Friday night....

and I am home alone again. ZickyZou is fishing with my brother and I just dropped the Zalyssa-monster off at my parents house so that she could puppy-sit tomorrow. Since I just got home from dropping her off at 10:15, does that count as going out on Friday night since I did go out???

I am very tired. I was going to take a shower, but maybe I'll just wait until tomorrow. I washed my face and am doing a Biore pore strip instead. I'm waiting for it to dry so that I can remove it and peel away all my blackheads. So gross, but so satisfying.

If I was writing about work on my blog, my blog would include a lot of swear words directed at one person. But since I am not writing about work, I have nothing to say about Voldy. Oh, and Dumbledork is the biggest dum-bass ever. ZarahZou, if you are reading this, remind me to tell you the stories about Voldy and customer service and Dumbledork and the waiver of subrogation.

I just got a most excellent shipment from qvc today. On easy-pay celebration day, I ordered philosophy micro-delivery peel (awesome), 32 ounce bottles of senorita margarita and melon daquiri 3-in-1's and a product I have never used before called the present clear make-up. It is allegedly supposed to make pores and lines invisible. I guess we'll see. My greatest thought is that it is going to make me break out. but, we'll see. I bought it on 5 easy monthly payments, so it is practically free. and qvc has a 30 day money back guarantee. the only way I can lose is if I break out and can't get the acne back under control. That would suck. I can't wait to wash my hair with the margarita scented stuff. except first I must finish off all the open bottles of other stuff.

ok, time to peel off the biore and then I am going to bed.

For my next adventure....

I will be reading Breakfast at Tiffany's. I've seen the movie, but have never read the book. The movie is supposed to be only "loosely based" on the book, but I hope it's just as good. Holly Golightly is the 1960's version of my favorite shopaholic, Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood). I'm hoping to love this book.

When I win the lottery (or become an ebay zillionaire) the only conditioner I am going to use on my hair is philosophy's amazing grace. Wow does it make my hair soft and shiny. I wish I could afford to use it everyday, but over $1 an ounce is just too much for my Suave budget. Thank you to QVC for having such fabulous and affordable kits available that allow me to have 8 ounces of conditioner every 3 months.

I am very sad that New Kid on the Block have not yet accepted my myspace friend invitation. I want to be their friend.

I heard on the radio that the Spice Girls are reuniting and going on tour. If they do MN, I am going. Won't that be a blast? I feel bad not taking Alyssa when she was 8 or 9 or however old she was when they were here. I'm willing to make it up to her now. Her best birthday party ever was when we played "Pin the Spice Girl on the stage" and the Spice Girl pencil drop where the prizes (that everybody won) was Spice Girl pencils. I was an awesome mom. All that was missing was the concert.

My new ceiling fan is installed. We have light in the "dining room". Awesome.

OK, I am going to go to bed early. I'm tired.

Wow! It's been a long week...

It is way past my bedtime, but I haven't blogged in over a week. Lots to say, no time to say it. My mom is doing much, much better. She is out of the hospital, still not sure exactly what happened, but she is doing better. Spending a couple of nights in the hospital with her left me exhausted. And I really don't think I have never been so scared in my entire life. But she is doing better and I am very thankful for that.

My dad halfway installed my new ceiling fan. He is coming back tomorrow to put on the light fixture thingy's. Now that the fan is up, I'm wondering if I should have went with the wood colored instead of white. Oh, well. too late now. It will match the beautiful track lighting in the kitchen, so at least it'll be tacky-coordinated.

My sister's myspace talks about Paul Bunyan, except she spelled his name Bunion. I found that to be very funny. But then I went in and corrected it for her because she is my sister. I am having a lot of fun with myspace. I just changed my song to Geri Halliwell's Look at Me. Because I'm a drama queen if that's your thing baabeee, I can even do reality. I love that song, even it makes me even more dorky than I already may be. I would like to think that it is just because I have extensive musical interests. Or I'm a dork. You choose.

I wish that I had not decided to no longer write about my job. I have a list of complaints that no one but ZarahZou (via e-mail) will ever hear. But since she is probably the only person that reads my blog, it would be redundant to type them all again anyway. I've tried to get other people to read my blog, but they just don't want to. I know Zalyssa comes in and skims for any references to her so that she can get mad at me for something legitimate, but other than that, I doubt I have any other readers , although everyone is welcome.

Ok, it is 10:20 and I am tired.

8:00 pm on a Saturday night...

and where was I??? In bed. I was so tired that I went to bed super early Saturday night. Then I was able to get up early this morning and get some house cleaning stuff done. I love doing laundry:)

I went to my dad's house for Father's day, we grilled hamburgers and carrots and potatoes on the grill. They turned out most excellent. I am most impressed with my grilling ability.

Yesterday I returned the light that won't fit into my ceiling fan. My dad said it might be cheaper and easier to just buy a new fan that already has a light in it, so I'll look into that. And he did some searching on how to fix the garage door keypad. We can buy a new keypad thing for $40. Any guesses on what ZickyZou is doing this week?? If you guessed going to Sears to buy the new keypad, you win.

All but one of my ebay auctions sold. I didn't make a ton of money, but I am going to come out ahead by a couple of dollars. And I relisted the other item for practically free, so maybe someone will bid. I have to go to the post office tomorrow to mail 3 packages.

I still need to figure out what I'm going to wear tomorrow. You;d think going casual would make getting dressed easier. No such luck. It is so hard to choose clothes because I have to be so careful of the shoes I choose because my feet hurt so bad all the time. I guess I'm getting old or something.

OK, off to my closet....

My life on the Z list....

Here's the garbage can that is still on backorder. I really

wish that it would get back in stock and ship to me.

It will absolutely complete my beautiful kitchen. Thank you ZarahZou for helping make my kitchen awesome. You and a trash can are all it took!!! (And your paintbrush.)

I just started watching Kathy Griffin: My life on the D list. I really, really like this show. She is hilarious. She swears a lot, but she is so freekin' funny. I think I might buy the first season so I can watch that.

Carlos Silva just got a complete game shut out. This is way cool, especially since the last time I saw him pitch he gave up like 18 runs in the first inning. I'm glad he was able to do this, and the twins win.

I would be very, very happy if someone would bid on my ebay auctions that do not have bids. Please. Please. Please. I am practically giving the items away, and if they don't sell I still have to pay ebay fees. I have lost so much money on the last couple of auctions, please someone buy these items.

Ok, bedtime...

Music & Lyrics....

I just finished watching Music & Lyrics. What a cute movie. I love Drew Barrymore.

I decided to go with a coral paint for the kitchen. And today I went to Target and bought new rugs that are coral, beige and green, so hopefully that will draw all the colors together and make it look like I have a semi-clue about decorating.

I just lost money selling something on ebay. That sucks! I paid $16 for a bottle of philosophy pure grace lotion ($34 retail). It sold for $21.99 + $5.00 shipping. Ebay fees of about $1.00, paypal fees of just over $1.00, shipping costs of $6.20 + .65 for delivery confirmation, .99 for the shipping box. Ok, I made a $1.15. But it took me 20 minutes to list the product plus 15 minutes in line at the post office. Nice. philosophy

I am making enchilada's for dinner. I may very likely be the only one home at dinner time. ZickyZou went fishing and I think Zalyssa is going to the Father Hennepin Days carnival. WE are going to be eating enchilada leftovers for 20 years. Good thing I like enchilada's.

Ok, I am going to list some more items on ebay. I have a lot of ground to make up if I am going to become a millionaire.

I slammed my finger in the door...

and it freekin' hurts. It bled for an hour. I think I might lose the nail. this is what I get for being in a hurry and trying to do 18 things at once.

I am going to be rich. I listed on ebay a bottle of philosophy shower gel that I got for free as a gift with purchase, and the bidding is already up to $8.50. I'll probably lose about a dollar on shipping because I am only charging $5 and it will cost that much to ship it plus I had to buy a box, but I am going to be RICH! I love selling gift with purchases. Free money!

I spent $100 at Target picking up milk. I do not recommend stopping there for milk. They way overcharge. And what is it with the new $100 Target service fee. It used to cost me $40 to pick up milk. Inflation sucks.

I have a half day of vacation on thursday to go paint shopping. I am considering taking a half day wednesday, too. Would that be terrible? I had the day from hell thanks to my favorite reps and my most excellent wonderfulist dum-bass manager. I could use some time off. I'm just scared I'll use up all my paid time off and then I'll get sick and have to take days off without pay. That would be very bad.

Ok, time to shower and then I'm going to bed.

Thank you, ZarahZou!

On Saturday ZarahZou and I got pedicures. very nice! we went to the beauty school, so thee cost was rather affordable. And my toes are a very pretty iridescent hot pink color. very fun looking. except one of my toes got a little smudged cause we went shoe shopping. I only bought two pair (I think ZarahZou got 3?).

Then we went back to my house and primed my kitchen. That's why me title thanks her. she did 95% of the work. she is very, very nice. and she has volunteered to help me paint next weekend. I am super glad she is my friend. not just because she is helping me paint. I was glad she was my friend before saturday, but now I'm gladder because she's so nice. This week I'm going to go shopping to find the perfect color. I find a sample of a beige that I really like, but I want to see if I can find a similar color, just a tad more coraly-pinkish, I think.

I've been very bad about posting new posts. Partly cause I'm lazy and partly because zalyssa spends so much time on the computer.

I listed new things on ebay, so maybe I'll be a zillionaire sometime soon. I hope so.

Ok, I am going to watch the mtv movie awards.