If you're not wasted, the day is....

For the record, I stole that from my Stacy Michelle... hahahahaha!! I love that title.. And it especially laid the presidence for the day today.. Saturday! My favorite day of the week! Of course, my internal clock only let me stay asleep until about 8am, but I fell asleep at about 9pm the night before, so I wasn't feeling too bad... I know I know.. My life is so incredibly exciting! hahahahahahaaa!!
So anyway, I really am trying to keep up on my blog.. I don't know how long it'll last, but for the mean time, I'm keeping up for as long as I can....
I woke up, only to find Kelly's dad knocking at our door only about 20 minutes later.. He came to hang out and go to breakfast, and since we were going to the same breakfast joint I was at before, I knew that my options for "new" stuff was limited... We went to Cody's right across the freeway off ramp, and while I knew that I had the opportunity to order a "new" breakfast plate, I thought I'd resort back to old, yet fun ways, and order a fantastic adult beverage of some sort.. Fortunatley, they have drink "specials" at the front door and I made my "new" selection immediately with of course, the help of Kelly Coco-lee... I went for the first thing that attracted my eye...








The Bubbly Bull.. Which had two of my absoulte favorite drinks! Vodka, and Champagne.. How could you ever go wrong with two adult beverages like that? hahahhahahahaaa! Not to mention that it was about 9am........
So once it came to the table, I had my first sip.... HOLY TOLEDO!!!! Cheezo, talk about a stiff drink at 9am! hahahahahah!! To say the least, this drink was SO incredibly harsh that I got about less than 3/4 of the way through it, and had to leave it as a wounded soldier (moment of silence please.........................) I gagged every time I drank this concocktion.. No way, could any person finish this, unless it was a friday night, and you were desperate to get the night going... even then.. Finishing it, would equal the end of the night with you waking up to a chicken in your bed, and you have no idea how it got there... hahahahahahahaaa!!!! To say the least I got through about this much of it:




But, of course, leave it to Patty to suggest a fabulous idea! It was raining, and we had absoulutely no plans for the day.. Why not just get a bottle of champagne and get wasted!! Normally, I would've came up with this idea on my own, but I'm not quite the spring chicken I once was.. So, I agreed that it was a FABULOUS idea!! We trecked in the rain to CVS, got two bottles of almond champagne, and preceded home. To not let the day go to total waste, we went to the store, bought more stuff we needed (lamps) and finally hung our enormous mirror, which of course, required my new skill with the hand drill:




But I also put in some work to the Crafty Christmas book. Here's a peek :





And of course, started our day with our bottles of champagne... And pretty much finished the day the same way:







hahahahahahaha!!! Its kinda nice to not have to write huge huge blogs, as long as I'm keeping up.... Writing about one or maybe two new things doesn't require too much effort, which is nice.. Leaves more time for more important things... Like finishing our two bottles of champagne, and spending our day lounging around the house... On that note, I'll leave you with a two things: A warning against mysterious drinks disguised as delicious.. And a picture that summed up our day... hahahahahahaa!!! :







p.s- This blog may seem a little choppy..... thanks to my day... its hard to edit, add, and make my story fun and nice flowing when you've had too much to drink.. I just want to give a shout out to the person who invented 'spell check'.. hahahahaha!! youre awesome!

I love all things crafty..

Few people know of my little obsession I've had since I was about 18years old. And in attempts to keep up with my blog, and do "new" things, I'm going to post it for everyone to see... *gulp*
I have a thing for magazines.. All magazines.. The best ones are the old person ones.. hahahahaa!! Martha Stewart, Real Simple, Sunset, This old house, Cooking Light, just to name a few.. On rare occasion, I'll even steal a magazine from a Doctors office or random waiting area, if there's stuff in there that I just cant walk away from.. My huge purse/bag of course, allows me to do this..



Since keeping every single magazine would equal a huge heap of magazines, I usually just rip out the pages that I like the most, and you cant just rip out a page in front of a bunch of random people without being stared at like you just killed a kitten.. The stuff I tend to rip out could be anything! Recipes, do-it-yourself home projects, ideas and uses for crap, or even just pictures of homes that I like.. Weird I know.. I guess its kinda like cutting out little dreams.. Kitchens with awesome sinks, cabinets that are old as hell and refurbished, stone ovens, before and after remodels (favorite), uses for old tools, decoration strategies for holidays, differences between types of glass, I'm not kidding when I say anything.. I don't discriminate hahahahaa!
When I was young, my poor mom would always try to get me in the kitchen to learn how to cook.. And being the angry teen that I tended to be, I would totally refuse, and not do it.. Of course, now that I'm older, I wish I would've just listened to mom (dammit, she really did know best) and learned, but I didn't. So I even cut out explanations of things.. Like differences between spices, differences between cuts of beef, how to prepare and or cut veggies (the right way), how to fold sheets the CORRECT way, things that show you what in the hell a Gourd is, and how to grow/make bird hangers out of them.. Anyway, you get the idea...
So I was at work, and it just came to me, SOMETHING NEW! I decided that I needed to start getting these cut-outs situated and in order.. And that I would go to the craft store. Oh craft essentials how I love you



and actually by supplies that I would need. The new thing is, buy the supplies for myself for an actual specific project that I was determined to get under control. Usually my budget doesn't allow me to buy stuff. So I wait for holidays and birthdays to ask for random, yet specific things because I'm too darn cheap to buy them for myself..
So, I went in, (didn't look at all the crap I don't need-new!) and bought one book of paper, glue, and some specific stickers that were on clearance ( yay!) and was on my way..
I got home, pulled out my enormous stack of cut outs (shameful, I know..)






and got right to work.. (normally I'd get home and waste time) I sat down, and crafted my stuff like you wouldn't believe! I figured I'd start small and sort out all my "Christmas Holiday stuff" Ahhh.. relaxation at its finest.. And of course, wine was my co-pilot. hahahahaha!!
Anyhow, I'll post pics of a couple of pages that are done, and hopefully in a few days I'll be writing about how I started a craft project, and actually finished it. (new!) In the mean time, here's my cover of the book:

Delayed like a plane at LAX

Oh my oh my!! How the time has just flown right by me.. And maybe a little procrastination to toss into that as well.. hahahaha!! School has started again for me, and when I made my resolution, maybe I should've been more aware of how this would take away from my attempts at all my "new" things.. But I have not given up! No sir!! Delayed is a better word that I've chosen to use, because I'm still getting to where I need to be, just running a little behind. I think I'm going to start carrying around a journal (notepad) with me just to keep up with all the things that run through my mind.. And on top of that, I'm going to have to make a mini-night schedule where I work in the blog writing. I'm trying! I'm trying! hahahahaa!!

OK, so here we go:
I haven't lived with a male occupant/roommate/live-in-boyfriend, in quite some time now.. And I've got to say, Sometimes there are just things that women aren't taught to handle.. Not saying that they couldn't learn, but ladies, you know what I'm talking about, Sometimes, it's just easier to have a man to the "Mans Work".. Most times, I can do simple repairs, put things together, know how to find the stud in the wall versus just the dry wall when hanging pictures, etc.. etc.. I've even got a tool box that my dad put together for me so I can further my capabilities of repairs. So when we were faced with having to put curtain rods up, I thought to myself, `No Problem!' Oh man, this was a lesson to be learned for me, along with being one of my "new" things that I've learned. Ladies and Gentleman, I learned how to use a hand-drill on my own.. hahahahahahaa!! Now, I know that seems simple, and maybe most people have learned to use one long ago, but I have not. I've definitely WATCHED my dad and other males in my life, use one plenty of times! So we were able to get Kelly's dad to drop his drill off, and I would do the rest.. First of all, he said that we would need drill bits of our own because he was basically going to give us the drill but he wanted his bits.. So I waited 2 weeks to get them from Home Depot (1st attempt-Kelly was given the wrong ones) just to find out that the things I was looking for, was already with the drill.. I just didn't know what they looked like, so I figured they must not have been correct.. hahahahahahaaa!!! I was feeling like an idiot already.. Then one Saturday morning I decided that I was going to do it!! Damn it, I was going to put up these 5 curtain rods once and for all! I had my measuring tape, pencil, leveler, screw drivers, and drill.. I was ready to go..
And then I realized, I didn't know how to put the thingy in the thingy.. hahahahahaa! I sent my dad a shameful picture :



And basically had to learn over the phone how to even use the damn thing! Soon enough though, I was on my way to hanging up curtain rods for the first time. I've got to hand it to the men out there, while it seems easy enough, and for the most part it was, it still was very very time consuming and my hands started cramping!!! Holding up a drill above your head and balancing on a chair is not an easy task! But after everything I got them all up, and even made some mistakes ( Thank Goodness for Spackle), but I think it came out pretty good for a first timer







Here's one of my mistakes hahahahhaaa! and if you look closely, you'll see I made the same mistake about 3 times..:





Along with other things I hung that day, everything needed wall anchors, so that was another new thing I learned how to do. I just have to say that those anchors are a pain to get into walls!:







And lastly, I still have to hang this huge, iron mirror that is heavier than shit! So its still patiently waiting for me on the ground




I've also definitely tried some new restaurants, one of them being with Tommy, in which that was a great place! It was called LaLa's in LA, and Joe's crab shack.. I even let them put a bib on me (new!) and I kept it on for about 5 minutes until I got claustrophobic, and had to rip it off my neck.. hahahaha!!
Oh!Oh! and I also did my homework for once, on time, and way way before it was due.. Sad but true, that is a first for me as well..

I thought I'd post pictures of places that Kelly and I are looking at to go vacationing.. Fiji is going to cost about $1700 just for one plane ticket! So Fiji is out. But we were looking at another website (timeshare) on St. Martin, and noticed that people were posting how they enjoyed watching the planes...... I got curious, and looked up these pictures.. These were also the deciding factors of us NOT going to this time share:





Seriously, what the hell!!?? hahahahahahaaa!!!
Til next time