ScoobydooGal - This is for you....

1. FIRST NAME? Anastasia Beaverhousen. …or Jacqueline/Jacque works.
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. My mother thought she was elegant and my dad liked the name.

3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? Last night I nearly did watching the documentary about orphan children living in the subways in Bucharest. It was called the Children Underground. It’s a good flick. Makes you realize how good we have it.
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Naw, not really.
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Turkey and ham but that ham has some serious sodium going on. Gotta watch that.
6. KIDS? Don’t have ‘em and won’t ever have ‘em but I love ‘em.
7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? I’m not sure. I’m a hard person to understand at times when I keep to myself but when I feel like being social I can be very fun. I think I am confusing as a friend.
8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? Yes – online. Ya know, it’s what you are reading now. This isn’t really a journal because I don’t put super personal stuff on here – at least not anymore. It’s mostly trivial stuff about my life. People find it interesting and it always surprises me. I LOVE MY READERS!!!

9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? I have been known to get sassy from time to time. Mostly I do it for humor and I try not to use it when I’m angry but it’s tough.
10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Nope.
11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? HELL TO THE NO! Are you kidding me? You could kill yourself doing such crazy things! What if the rope broke? What if you hit your head? What if you pee’d your pants and everyone saw it? What if you had a heart attack? The other day I was on a three step ladder pulling off wallpaper and I nearly puked from being so dizzy up there. Heights are not my thing and jumping from a high point with a rope around my feet just about sends me into convulsions of fear just thinking about it.

12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? I don’t usually eat it but if I did it would have to be Raisin Bran Crunch.
13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Usually I don’t have shoes on that tie but if I do then no I don’t. Not usually.

14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? I am when I need to be. Sometimes it’s nice to not be so tough all the time.

15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? I’m not a huge fan of ice cream but I have taken a liking to the Weight Watchers Ice cream/sorbet bars lately. They have some wonderful flavor. (2 points)

16. SHOE SIZE? I recently found out that I still wear a 7 ½ shoe (and not an 8 ½) but it’s a 7 ½ EE (double wide) hence the reason I used to buy bigger shoes to fit my width. Now that I know what I wear, life has been easier and it’s been a heck of a lot easier to walk.
17. RED OR PINK? Red = Always red.

18. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOU? I find it hard to ‘settle’ when dating someone since my divorce. I’m cynical when it comes to men and their intentions. It’s not fair to the nice guys.

19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My old best friend Chuck that refuses to speak to me anymore but whatever. I guess life changes. Sometimes I want to forget I even knew him just to make the pain go away but then I get upset for thinking that way. Maybe someday he will say hello. I hope so.

20. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? Well, you can’t really send it to me but you can answer the question in the comments if you are son inclined. I love finding out about people – ESPECIALLY my readers!

21. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES YOU ARE WEARING? Blue jeans (that are a size to big now that I’m losing all this weight) and tan sandals

22. LAST THING YOU ATE? Weight Watchers Wild Berry Smoothie (only 1 point)
23. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? The typing of co-workers next to me, some one walking in the hallway next to me and someone slamming a file cabinet door shut. It’s so boring here…

24. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Red = Always Red.

25. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SMELL? The smell of my Grandma’s house (May she rest in peace) when she made fried chicken, my mom’s house when she is cooking my favorite meal especially for me, garlic cooking, cinnamon being heated, mini-doughnuts at the state fair, the smell of my dad coming home from a baseball game when I was a kid (hint of beer, sweat and dust), fresh cut grass, lilacs blooming on a spring day, cucumber melon candles and Drakkar Cologne.
26. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? My older sister L. I talk to her every single morning (during the work week). I don’t drink coffee but I suppose you could consider her my morning cup of jo. We gossip about what we did the night before. It’s never juicy – I need a life.

27. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? Eyes, smile, shoulders and hands are usually the initial things I notice but someone that is in good shape sends me through the roof. Firm legs, arms, butt and tummy? Holy crap – hold me back! Of course you must have a decent personality or it will ruin EVERYTHING for me. (At least long term… He he he)
28. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Yup I do! When are we rock climbing again? I’m healed – are you?

29. FAVORITE DRINK? Fresh squeezed lemonade from Good Earth. Holy crap is that stuff good!

30. FAVORITE SPORT? Roller-blading

31. HAIR COLOR? Grey and brown (I’m letting it go natural)
32. EYE COLOR? Hazel/green
33. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Yup.
34. FAVORITE FOOD? Any kind of German food usually is a winner, that or Italian or Mexican. I mean, do I have to pick a favorite because generally, I’m not prejudice against any type of food group and tend to like them all. I’m enjoying food a lot more now that I actually know what and how to eat. Weight watchers have been a good choice for me and I recommend it to anyone that is battling weight loss.
35. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? Happy endings - Scary movies give me night mares. (See the last post)
36. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Children Underground – it’s about orphan children living in the subway tunnels of Bucharest. I love documentaries and this one was exceptional. It truly put you there with the children instead of having a narrator tell you about it. Life can be so hard…
37. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? It’s pink with black trim and a black kitty on the front. It says, “Not just another pretty kitty.”
38. SUMMER OR WINTER? Spring and fall are much better. Summer is too hot and humid and hard to breath. Winter it’s too cold and hard to breath. I like Spring and fall…
39. HUGS OR KISSES? I like both. I do, I do…

40. FAVORITE DESSERT? Recently I was treated to some Coconut Key Lime pie at the Fire Lake Grill downtown and it was divine! Simply Divine! I don’t know if it’s my favorite but it’s my most recent favorite!
41. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING? I don’t have time to read. I barely got through this email. Ok, not really but I don’t have the patience for reading usually. When I start a book, I end up reading the first three sentences like 8 times and I STILL won’t know what I read. I’m horrible with reading. I have to really focus on it usually.

42. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? The postal rates for first and Standard-A class mail for this month because the post office tends to change them more than a homeless man changes their underwear. STOP THE INSANITY!
43. WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? I watched a movie and hung out with Queenie for ‘Healthy Movie Night’. We gossiped and had a good time.
44. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE SOUNDS? Mark walking in the door for his weekly visit, my phone ringing, my nieces/nephew calling my name in excitement, my two sisters L and N talking with their kids, the neighborhood on a Saturday morning, the monotone noise of a public radio DJ while I sleep, the rhythm of a baseball game being called on the radio while outside with my dad, my mom pretending to be mad at me and laughing instead, the sound my grandpa makes when he is outraged about the world, the words "I love you" that come out of the blue from a child your playing with (you know it's heartfelt), the ren fest in full swing on a smoldering hot day and the silence within myself when I'm meditating.
45. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? The Beatles all the way! I seriously had a crush on George. I always thought he was the cutest one. They have the best songs - not that the Rolling Stones didn’t have killer tunes but the Beatles are what I grew up with. My mom was crazy nuts about them and we would listen to them and Elvis while we did our chores around the house. It always made it easier to stomach the work when we were singing.

46. THE FURTHEST YOU BEEN FROM HOME? I went to Florida once but doubt I would ever go back. HUMID as HUMID can get!
47. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I have a way of making people feeling comfortable telling me things they have never told anyone. I think it’s probably the most flattering thing I have ever realized about myself. It means people trust that I wouldn’t tell other people and they feel I’m a good friend. It’s nice to know I make people feel safe.
48. WHAT ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW? Fuming about the fact the vendor that messed up my letterhead job and had to reprint it – messed up again and delivered the final product to the wrong place… AGAIN! It’s like they are mentally challenged...

I Need Help.

Have you ever seen the movie Lara Croft :The Cradle of Life?  You know the part where they are walking through the dark valley to get to the mountain that has the Pandora ’s Box and the shadow creatures come out of nowhere and suck you into the depths of hell/nothingness??  You know how if you stand still they won’t see you and you won’t get taken?

I had a dream last night or actually this morning that I was in a tower in New York City on the morning of 9/11 and I witnessed all of New York being filled with smoke from the two towers falling.  Everyone inside the building thought it was the end of the world and went into survival mode.

So we are in the building and for some reason we are eating the rigatoni I made for Queenie and me last night for ‘Healthy Movie Night’ and all of a sudden I start hearing screaming from the back room.  It turned out one of my friends was missing but there was blood and guts on the wall where they were sucked through by the monsters. 

It was then that I saw a small glimpse of one moving in the room.  I yelled out to my friend to stop moving but they didn’t.  At that moment they were sucked into oblivion and I ran like hell while the thing was busy killing my co-worker.

I got to what I thought was a safe place and in that instant my eyes opened and I saw my real reality of being late for work by a half hour.  I wanted to jump my ass out of bed like nobodies business but was unable too due to the fear of being sucked into my walls by some invisible shadow demon.

Yes - I’m a dork and thought the dream was real.

Eventually I talked myself out of the whole dream thing and got myself in the shower.  Talk about waking up in an instant!  This is why I can’t watch scary movies.  I mean, I can’t even watch a Tomb Raider flick without having a nightmare.

Crap.

Press Checks... they can be your friend

OK, so I had to go back on press with the letterhead that was screwed up.  They had to make plates twice to get it the way I wanted it.  Ugh.

It would have been awful but my sales guy offered to take me to the driving range to hit a few golf balls while we waited.  Do you know how beautiful it is outside today?

YA!  I KNOW!

So I had to go to a press ok twice but I got golfing and a boost to my tan out of the deal.  I can’t complain.  Life is good…

"Men Are From Mars..."

I know you have all probably read this before but it’s so hilarious I wanted to share it with you on my blog.  Every time I read it, I laugh out loud…

 A University of Phoenix professor told his class one day: "Today we will experiment with a new form called the tandem story. The process is simple.  Each person will pair off with the person sitting to his or her immediate right. As homework tonight, one of you will write the first paragraph of a short story. You will e-mail your partner that paragraph and send another copy to me. The partner will read the first paragraph and then add another paragraph to the story and send it back, also sending another copy to me. The first person will then add a third paragraph, and so on back-and-forth.  Remember to re-read what has been written each time in order to keep the story coherent. There is to be absolutely NO talking outside of the e-mails and anything you wish to say must be written in the e-mail. The story is over when both agree a conclusion has been reached." 
The following was actually turned in by two of his English students:  Rebecca and Gary.

 
THE STORY: (first paragraph by Rebecca)
At first, Laurie couldn't decide which kind of tea she wanted. The chamomile, which used to be her favorite for lazy evenings at home, now reminded her too much of Carl, who once said, in happier times, that he liked chamomile. But she felt she must now, at all costs, keep her mind off Carl.  His possessiveness was suffocating, and if she thought about him too much her asthma started acting up again. So chamomile was out of the question. 
(Second paragraph by Gary)
Meanwhile, Advance Sergeant Carl Harris, leader of the attack squadron now in orbit over Skylon 4, had more important things to think about than the neuroses of an air-headed asthmatic bimbo named Laurie with whom he had spent one sweaty night over a year ago." A.S. Harris to Geostation 17," he said into his transgalactic communicator.  "Polar orbit established. No sign of resistance so far..." But before he could sign off a bluish particle beam flashed out of nowhere and blasted a hole through his ship's cargo bay. The jolt from the direct hit sent him flying out of his seat and across the cockpit.
(Rebecca)
He bumped his head and died almost immediately, but not before he felt one last pang of regret for psychically brutalizing the one woman who had ever had feelings for him.  Soon afterwards, Earth stopped its pointless hostilities towards the peaceful farmers of Skylon 4. "Congress Passes Law Permanently Abolishing War and Space Travel," Laurie read in her newspaper one morning. The news simultaneously excited her and bored her. She stared out the window, dreaming of her youth, when the days had passed unhurriedly and carefree, with no newspaper to read, no television to distract her from her sense of innocent wonder at all the beautiful things around her. "Why must on lose one's innocence to become a woman?" she pondered wistfully.
(Gary)
Little did she know, but she had less than 10 seconds to live. Thousands of miles above the city, the Anu'udrian mothership launched the first of its lithium fusion missiles. The dim-witted wimpy peaceniks that pushed the Unilateral Aerospace disarmament Treaty through the congress had left Earth a defenseless target for the hostile alien empires that were determined to destroy the human race.  Within two hours after the passage of the treaty the Anu'udrian ships were on course for earth, carrying enough firepower to pulverize the entire planet. With no one to stop them, they swiftly initiated their diabolical plan. The lithium fusion missile entered the atmosphere unimpeded. The President, in his top-secret mobile submarine headquarters on the ocean floor off the coast of Guam, felt the inconceivably massive explosion, which vaporized poor, stupid, Laurie and 85 million other Americans. The President slammed his fist on the conference table. "We can't  allow this! I'm going to veto that treaty! Let's blow 'em out of the sky!" 
(Rebecca)
This is absurd. I refuse to continue this mockery of literature. My writing partner is a violent, chauvinistic semi-literate adolescent.
(Gary)
Yeah? Well, my writing partner is a self-centered tedious neurotic whose attempts at writing are the literary equivalent of Valium. "Oh, shall I have chamomile tea? Or shall I have some other sort of F--KING TEA??? Oh no, what am I to do? I'm such an air headed bimbo who reads too many Danielle Steele novels!" 
(Rebecca)
Ass-hole
(Gary)
Bitch 

(Rebecca)
F__K YOU - YOU NEANDERTHAL!
(Gary)
Go drink some tea - whore.

(TEACHER)
A+ - I really liked this one

!!!

The Goddess has listened and answered my plea!

This week I have lost the weight of one Mexican Made Yoga Blanket making my complete total since October 28.2 pounds. (Despite the drinking and the key lime pie dessert I shared on Friday night)

It’s crazy. For years I have exercised like a mad woman and never achieved these kinds of results. What is crazier is that I haven’t been doing anything but taking small walks that I take all the time and it’s melting off of me. Had it not been for my knee injury I wouldn’t have believed it was possible to lose this much weight and do so little. I mean, not that I’m sedentary because I’m not. I average about 7,000 to 10,000 steps a day on my pedometer and that seems to do the trick.

The bad part of this is that I have entered a lower weight category on the weight watchers scale and that means I must now eat two points less a day than before if I want to continue to lose weight. Two points is a snack that I guess I can let go of but it wouldn’t be right without a ceremonial goodbye.

** ** ** **

TWO POINTS

** ** ** **

I will miss the TWO POINTS.

They have been good to me.

Be it a weight watchers ice cream/sorbet bar or a piece of string cheese

It was there for me.

I could always count on the TWO POINTS

To pull me out of the funk I was in.

The hunger pains ended

TWO POINTS eased the pain.

GOOD BYE oh you marvelous TWO POINTS.

You will forever be remembered

In my tummy

Like gold to a banker.

….Good bye….

Begging...

Dearest Weight Watcher Weigh-in Goddess,

I hope this posting finds you well and you are enjoying the warm weather this summer has brought us.

As much as I’m a huge fan of your work in the past few weeks, I fear I am a bit leery of seeing you this evening.  It’s not that I have an issue with you and your scale or anything it’s just that frankly; I don’t want to step on it.

I realize that this isn’t part of the Weight Watcher way but seriously I’m at my wits end. Because of this slight mental defect this week, I hope you can find it within that thinned-down Goddess heart of yours to give me some nice numbers at weigh-in.

Happily counting my points,

Daydreamer

PRESS CHECK GONE BAD

Dear Mr. Press Operator That Printed My Letterhead,

The run sucks, in fact – it’s ridiculous!  This looks as if a rookie handled this job not to mention that you SHIPPED IT TO THE WRONG PLACE!  It’s obvious my first sign-offs were not given any thought. It needs to be put back on press and I’m not happy about driving out to Timbuktu to OK it…AGAIN!

YOU SUCK!

*stomping feet*

BEFORE & AFTER

BEFORE ALL THE DRUNKEN MAYHEM
Notice that you can see definition in my eyes, there is some structure to my face rather than a swollen blob and you can actually see my chin line.


DRUNK, SWOLLEN and SWELLING...
Notice how all you can recognize from my face is my eyes - barely. This is what alcohol does to a person's body...(well, ok - my body).

Trust me folks - it's Tuesday and I'm still not 100%. I will be though. I can feel myself coming back out of it. My chest will be a happy camper when it happens too. I mean, I realize I have health issues but I guess I never saw a picture of me having the issue. This is a wake up call if I ever saw one. (as if the hangover wasn't??)

I realize this isn't a flattering thing to be posting online about one self like this. I suppose I only pointed it out because of how shocked I was at the literal difference. I have never seen pictures of it. I guess I had to see it to take it more seriously. (yes there is a camera angle difference but the eyes give it away...Doesn't matter what angle your taking the picture then...)

All my life my parents have been HOUNDING me to behave and TAKE BETTER CARE OF MYSELF because of all the crap wrong with me. I have blatantly disregarded their warnings for most of my 33 years. Don't get me wrong, I do take care of myself. I try really hard to do the right thing for myself including recently joining Weight Watchers to aid me in my weight loss.

What I'm getting at is that I deny I have health issues at times. NOT ALL THE TIME of course or I wouldn't be typing this. I know I wouldn't be here if that were the case. Sometimes I just wish I could be like everyone else.

Tonight is weigh-in at my Weight Watchers meeting and I can assure you that I didn't have a successful week with all the drinking I did. If I lost anything I will be shocked. What sucks is that I have no one to blame but myself for it.

Ugh.

FRIDAY EVENTS

I will need to post about Friday another time when I'm not exhuasted and still feeling the after shocks of my bender on Friday night.

Yes, I realize it's Monday night but my body being in the shape it is doesn't give a rat's ass about how long a hang over SHOULD take. All that matters to it is that it was treated very poorly for too many hours in a row.

Sometimes it's sucks but the older my ticker gets - the more I gotta 'make the right choices'.

whatever.

FRIDAY PICTURES

But! I had one last picture left to take one of me and the Queen of ALL Queen's. We had a fabulous time.

Don't we look suburnt? I think i just look drunk.....and bloated....

Here Queenie and I are on the back patio taking pictures and having a good time. It's then that I notice that my battery in my camera phone was dying and I had little camera action left for the day or night.

We arrived at the Eagle for 3 for 1's happy hour and the afternoon took a new spin. Like, actually spinning for me unfortunatley.

I realized it was PRIDE weekend but little did I know the craziness that would ensue the rest of the night.

As soon as we were done with our drinks we headed back to Queenie's to be whisked away in our chariot to the next destination.

It's at this point where I should have turned back and asked myself, "Do I want a hang over in the morning that last three days?"

....yeah but I didn't do that....

The bartender's name was John. He was super cute and made one hell of a nice shot for us. Plus we each had a Vodka Tonic. Apparently, this is my new drink....

After the lake we had to pay a visit our old friend Rudolphs and see how he was doing....

Friday morning we took our time getting ready to go and watched a movie. Then we made our way to Tryg near Lake Calhoon.

Don't eat there. The service was LOUSY and we got over charged $15.00 on our tab. It was AWFUL!

Afterwards we took a 'walk' on Lake of the Isle. See the pretty boats in the water?

Due to royalty rules only the tops of the heads were allowed in this picture. Plus, the sun was in our eyes and we are squinting....

THURSDAY - KATHY GRIFFIN

Are the horses pretty?

We walked around a bit trying to hail a cab. While we were walking I thought I would take pictures of the pretty lights....

When the show was over - we noticed that the sign was already changed!! I mean, Kathy was just on and they already changed the danged sign!

Good thing I took the picture earlier!!!

IT'S KATHY!!!!!!!!! It's Really HER!

Kinda cool huh?

See how active she was on stage?!! I couldn't even get a good shot or nothing!!!

SIT STILL GIRL!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH OMG!!!!! IT'S KATHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Breath.
In.
Out.
Iiiiinnnnnnn.
and
ooooooutttttttt.

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S KATHY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Queenie's shoulder again and a picture of the famous dude.

Do you think that he is talking out of the side of his mouth about me taking the picture?

He could be. That would mean a famous dude talked about me.

Cool.

Remember the story about the chick in the bathroom that was dating the famous dude? Well? Here they both are.

I realize that the picture is horrendous but what do you expect? It's not like I'm the paparattzi or anything.

Here you can see Queenie's shoulder and the dude in the middle is Michael from the Lord of the Dance and the chick next to him is the chick I talked to in the bathroom about Kathy and Matthew's divorce....

ALLEGEDLY...

Here are Queenie and I at the Palomino having drinks.

Due to Queenie being placed in the witness protection program for Queen royalty, I am unable to show his whole face but if would would like to see his face in it's full hottiness we would be willing to accept the highest bid for pictures.

In no way shape or form are we expecting the 4million that Brad and Jolie got for Shiloh but we do expect something quite comparable.

Seriously.

We went inside and saw the one - the only - KATHY GRIFFIN!!!!

THURSDAY NIGHT - Woah.

I have so many pictures to share but they are all at home. I will post them tonight…

Thursday night – Left work early and met up with Queenie at his place.  Fixed ourselves up for Kathy and called a cab.  Arrived at the Fire Lake Grill and had a wonderful meal.  The walleye, scallop & wild rice cakes were the best!

We left the restaurant full and anxious for Kathy.  We had some time to kill so we walked to the Palomino  for cocktails.  Queenie is famous here and everyone knows him because is like royalty and stuff.  We ran into a waitress he knew and she sat us and got us a drink right away despite the crazy busy packed place it was.  (I guess it’s good to know people)

We sat down and gossiped.  We were sitting in the waiting area because frankly, the place was too packed for anything else.  Soon there was this dude that asked us if he and his friend could sit down across from us.  We were like – sure go ahead. 

So that dude walks off and gets his friend.  The friend sits down. They wait for about 5-10 minutes (not even).  The drinks come and the friend of the dude goes off on the waitress about the wait. Queenie and I were totally upset.  I mean, the place was packed.  They weren’t even sitting in an actual area that is waitressed and the guy had the nerve to argue with how long the drinks took! He shouldn’t have even gotten served sitting there!

He got no where with the waitress so the dude took it up with the manager and got his drinks paid for. We had no time to defend the waitress to the manager since Kathy was coming on stage in like 5 minutes so we had to leave but we knew we’d be back…

I go off to the bathroom and while waiting in line I start a conversation with this chick in front of me. (Ok, and the chicks behind me too.)  We were discussing Kathy and how excited we were to see her and gossiped about whether or not she was reconciled with her hubby Matthew or if they were really getting a divorce. We all decided that they did reconcile and they are still getting the divorce. 

I didn’t think anything of it and we headed downstairs to get in line. Not a minute in line and Queenie mentions that the famous dude from Lord Of The Dance, Michael Flately was behind us in line.  So I look and who is he with?  The chick that I talked to in the bathroom!  The famous dude was her date!

FOR REAL PEOPLE!!! I TALKED TO A FAMOUS DUDES CHICK IN THE BATHROOM!!!

All of a sudden I felt like royalty myself! I pretended to be taking pictures of Queenie and then totally took pictures of the famous dude and his chick. I will be sure to post them later.

So we get inside and to make a short story long – it was hotter than a Sauna room in July in the theatre.  Queenie and I thought we were gonna die it was so hot!  Queenie knew practically everyone in the PACKED theatre and I met some nice people next to me.  I believe their names where Alison and Travis.  At least that is what I remember. If not, than it was something else…. Whatever.

Anyway, Kathy was HILARIOUS as expected.  We loved every second of her show.  She rocked the house and people were laughing so hard it was crazy!  If she is EVER in town again I will go in a heartbeat!  She is DA BOMB and that is all there is too it.

After the show we headed back up to the Palomino for an ‘after Kathy drink’ and of course Queenie ran into some more friends.  He explained to me that I was probably one of the few straight people in the audience when I told him that he knew some many people.  I suppose that makes sense being Kathy has a huge Gay/Lesbian following.

So we are up at the Palomino finally and we have a glass of wine and get a chance to talk to the manager about the crazy person that yelled at the waitress.  Turns out the friend that was with him was just as appalled as we were and apologized for his friend’s rudeness.  People can be so dumb sometimes.

We eventually left after our drink and caught a cab to Queenies place for movies and relaxation.  It wasn’t long into the movie before we were both asleep and waking up to a brand new day.  Except this next day would be one for the record books in the world of Queenie and Jacque…

(To be continued…)

I'm alive...but barely...

I have a post in the works…

I'M SEEING KATHY TONIGHT!

Ok, Ok, Ok.
I’m so super excited I can’t even stand it!!

I woke up early, packed my bags for the sleep over at Queenies. I loaded the truck with my golf clubs for our possible excursion Friday morning. That is if we aren’t still a bit loaded from the night before…

I had on 8 different outfits this morning. I settled on a pair of white Capri (crisp and brand new), a black tunic top with a tie in the back, low square cut with sequins around the collar and a pair of my most cosmopolitan looking black and white sandals.

Will Kathy Griffin care if I look like a slob? Of course she will! She makes fun of people for much less. I have tickets for the main floor – Row Q – SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE THEATRE!

We are gonna stay afterwards and meet her. I want her to sign my ticket stub. Queenie is gonna buy her DVD and invite her to pride with him this weekend.

She could very well say yes. I hope she does.

Is today over yet?

How about now?

NUMMY!

Today a co-worker and I were taken out by a print vendor while on a press check.  We went to Good Earth in Roseville. 

This restaurant has a ton of vegetarian meals as well as natural whole foods.  It was so good!  I mean, I ordered lemonade and they juiced it AS I ORDERED IT!  It was hands down the best lemonade I have EVER had.

People, if you live in CA or MN?  You need to go to this place.

I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE IT!!!

Remember last week when I was sobbing like a baby because I gained 3 pounds at my last Weight Watchers meeting? Well, those days are over!!!

I have lost the weight of one DEWALT DW309K 11.8 Amp Heavy Duty Reciprocating Saw Kit in ONE WEEK! The chick weighing me had to weigh me TWICE because even SHE didn't even believe it!!! This brings my Weight Watchers lost weight total to the weight of one ProTeam VX2000 Backpack Vacuum Cleaner in one month!

That brings my accumulative total since October to the weight of one LB Field Liner. Can you imagine lugging that on your back wherever you go? I don't have to do that anymore! It's gone!

I'm so happy! I'm so totally happy. This confirms why I went down a whole pants and shirt size just recently. I can't lose focus though. I mean, this is only the beginning. Today someone that doesn't know I'm on the program asked if I lost weight. Had I not lost a pound or a pants/shirt size - that alone would have made my entire week.

I'm already starting to feel better about myself. I already have more energy. Life is just to short to not try and better myself. Any one of you out there can do it too. It doesn't have to be about weight. It can be about anything.

Maybe you want to get closer to a family member? Maybe you want to learn how to ballroom dance? Maybe you want to take that vacation you have always dreamed about?

Don't wait. Start today.

SCOOTER vs. TRUCK

In order to save gas I was thinking about getting a scooter – a Honda Helix to be exact – and drive that too and from work instead of my truck.  Having already gotten a permit to drive motorcycles in the past I thought this really would be pretty simple. I could just renew the permit and take the driven portion of the test with the scooter.

I called around and talked to my folks and I sent emails to friends that own cycles.  Most everyone thought it was a good idea (except my Mom) but my Dad told me to ‘do the math’ first.  So I did.

MONEY SPENT ON JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUN GAS MONTH $30.50 $34.62 $41.45 $42.50 $46.55 $44.93 (APPROXIMENTLY) $34.05 $33.15 $20.25 $37.00 $24.85 $40.70   $38.10 $34.55 $38.90 $54.50 $49.25 $42.25   $37.00 $35.15 $30.52   $45.50     $35.65                         TOTAL $175.30 $137.47 $131.12 $134.00 $166.15 $127.88               AVERAGE TANK $35.06 $34.37 $43.71 $44.67 $41.54   AVERAGE PER GAL $2.42 $2.37 $3.01 $3.08 $2.86                 TRUCK PER MILE $0.20 $0.20 $0.25 $0.26 $0.24   HELIX PER MILE $0.05 $0.05 $0.06 $0.06 $0.06                                 TRUCK HELIX         MPG 12 50         CAPACITY 19 3.2         MILES PER TANK 228 160                                       1DAY 1WEEK 1MONTH 1YEAR 1YEAR 1YEAR MILES TO &             FROM WORK 16 80 320 3840 2480 1920               TRUCK $3.82 $19.10 $76.39 $916.69 $592.03 $458.34 HELIX $0.92 $4.58 $18.33 $220.01 $142.09 $110.00 SAVINGS PER $2.90 $14.51 $58.06 $696.68 $449.94 $348.34         Driven Minus Minus         Every Winter Rainy         Day   Days               Years I need to drive it to see a savings 5 8 10               COST OF SCOOTER $3,600

I have to drive that scooter around constantly for many years in order to see any type of savings.  We all know that Minnesota weather wouldn’t allow this at all! Bleh. 

I suppose I will need to trade the truck and get something ‘decent’ using the words of my mother.  OR I could just hold on to the truck until it dies.  Turns out that I am not spending as much as I thought I was on gas after all however, I haven’t included the charges to maintain my beast of a vehicle.

Oh well, I guess it beats a car payment PLUS gas…