my laptop took 3 min to boot up from shut down. but it takes forever to wake up from being asleep. perhaps no more putting it to sleep.

it's cold.
at work it was cold. my feet were numb. i left work 15 min earlier than i planned because i couldn't take the cold. now i'm home and my feet are numb again.
i'm ready for bed. i stayed up too late.

today i've watched tv, gone to the movies, took a nap, watched tv.

oh i guess after movies and before falling asleep i ate at steak 'n shake. that was the only meal i had today. i did eat popcorn at the movies.

my laptop took 17 minutes to boot up. i timed it.

took 17 minutes to wake up from being asleep. i should time it it from being shut down.

i forget what i even wanted to use the computer for. and while it was booting, i thought up 2 other things. if only I could remember.

super tired

still about an hour of cleaning to do if i can suffer through the pain
then 2.5 hours minimum of cooking

people arrive at 12. i'm so dang tired.
i had to search in my email to find out what foods I'm cooking tomorrow. i couldn't remember. i probably should allot an extra half hour for something i forgot to buy at the store.

so 4 hours
so start my "day" at 8.
hmm i need to allot for 20 minutes of the heating pad at least once in there.

am i allowed to wear my pj pants tomorrow with company here?

my laptop takes about 20 minutes to start up now. i don't know what's wrong with it.

so tired.

it's probably bad taht i didnt' buy the food for Saturday yet.
and i won't be home until 10 tomorrow.

it sucks that i still need to go grocery shopping for food for saturday and for stuff for tomorrow. i can barely walk. stupid knee

of coruse iw ork tomorrow and this is the altest i've stayed up all week.

we dropped dave's car off to get an oil change and warranty work. then we went to dinner. we went down route 8 and didn't find anything so we turned around and went on the turnpike to cranberry and then went to on the border.

i didn't do nearly enough on my to do list.

i did aboug 5 of 58 yesterday
and 1 today
i started a few things but didn't finish. i still have some time before my next break. maybe i'll get some stuff done.

I'm up

i'm up already. on my vacation day. i wanted to go back to sleep. i couldn't. am i turning into an early bird or something. i haven't even been staying up past 10 lately. i used to stay up until 1 all the time. and that time difference is more than 1 hour so it's not only the clock change.

i'm so tired. this isn't good. i need to stay up for awhile to see election stuff.

i am never going to make it staying up late tomorrow. i'm so tired right now.

tomorrow is more exciting than Christmas so maybe i'll be hopped up on excitement and stay up all night.

also tomorrow is like Christmas but better.

all i do is eat.

I didn't get paid for 12 of my OT hours.

all i want to do is eat.

i didn't wear my knee brace to work today. i wish i had.

we had 21 kids for halloween here. one kid took 3 candybars and then he kicked our obama sign repeatedly.

splitcoast stampers website is so slow lately. it makes it take longer to get card ideas.

cookies

so i made no-bake cookies tonight
i thought i could take some in to work for my group
then thought I could take some in to JD
then remembered tomorrow is Friday... so it's JD's birthday.

so then i made JD a birthday card
then i went to go put cookies in containers but they are not cool
i want to go to sleep since i have to be at work really early tomorrow

but i'm the type of person that can't fall asleep knowing there is something to be done. sigh
i have a feeling they have hours before they arent' soft.

i put some in a ziplock and put them in the freezer. i hope that doesn't ruin them.

you use ziplocks so when you sneek some frozen ones, you don't end up breaking the container.

anyway so now i have to put the cookies in containers tomorrow morning. and i already have to get to work super early and hate to wake up in the morning. now i have to make sure my alarm is set early enough for me to have time to get ready. and i didn't even change my regualr alarm. so i'm only relying on heart attack alarm. it doesn't have a snooze. this could end up bad.

and it could also end up bad in taht sometimes when i'm afraid i'll sleep in, i don't sleep well the entire night.
we'll see how it goes.

i decided since i email people about all kinds of random stuff but the don't respond that i should just post it all in here. people don't respond here but at least it's all compiled nicely together.

i hope i can remember that i decided this.

pants

last week i got so fed up with my pants not being long enough and not being able to find pants long enough anywhere in stores that I ordered pants from Victoria's Secret

so 2 days ago they were delivered. i was pretty excited. and afraid that i would have picked the wrong size

the "yoga" pants are awesome. they are long. my ankles don't get cold. they fit at the waist and the crotch.  i hope they wash well. if they lose an inch or 2 in the length they will still work because i got 36 inch inseam on all my new pants.
the new black pants, i wore yesterday stretched the entire day.  so they got way too big.  sadness.  they are long enough though.
the khaki pants (i wore today) are nice and long. they fit well and they did not stretch.

so 2 out of 3 isn't bad and the 1 that i don't like i still like better than my other pants.

make my nose stop dropping. that's all i want for now. i can deal with my nose,upper lip, and eyes being super dry later.

so how come PB got me sick and he was only sick for 2 days and I'm on day 5 of being sick?

i went to work wednesday then went to giant eagle on the way home because dave wanted me to and i said i'd just grab a few of the things we really need. i bought the entire list. i'm dead today. sicker than i was. and now my throat is killing me.

so i had bloodwork done at quest. i get separate bills for all the different tests they ran. they cost me stamps and each bill is under 5 bucks.

cancel Amex card

I tried to cancel my blue cash and my blue for students amex cards today. I have my coporate card and my Citi Amex still.

So I call
put in numbers to one of the cards
a choice is cancel card
i say it. it can't hear me or understand me.
i repeat. it still can't understand me.
so then i hit the number associated with canceling a card (you can say "cancel a card or press 4" (or whatever number it was)
and it then takes me to "add a card" not "cancel a card"
and i cant' get out of it right. i can't go back. at other areas it says you can say "go back" and it will take you back.

The 2nd time i called, i didn't say or press the cancel a card and said representative and then hit 0 and i got to one.

then there were all these problems and slowness on their end. I only got 1 card canceled. The guy apologized. the 2nd one wouldn't go through. I have to call back another time. These cards haven't been used in years but i want to get rid of it.

stupid stupid stupid


(i guess i forgot to post this yesterday)

pictures

house pictures

very few uploaded yet. but finished house pictures not halfway built house pictures

dinner

I only ate 20 small cheese raviolis for dinner.
normally i eat 45-55. sad times. i also ate less bread than normal.

well i'm home sick today and my nose won't stop running. i'll probably go through over 1 entire box of kleenxes. i have been searching for vaseline but can't find it. my nose is starting to get raw.

I'm probably getting sick or sick when I go to sleep at 10pm. and if i go to sleep at 10 2 out of 3 nights, i know something is up. i'm just preparing to get sick now.

well and my nose keeps running.

so many things make me mad.

why is it that when i bump a knee it's always my bad knee?

i just swiveled in my chair to get up and really bumped my right knee. i almost knocked over the bookshelf (if it was just free standing, it would have been knocked over)

now our lawn has 3 heights. it got dark too soon.

and i keep grass staining all my pants.

the grass is always wet. today is the first day it didn't rain. it was still wet.

it's too cold in here. we should turn on the heat.

3 thermometers upstairs read 64, 65, and 66. brrr

garage door opener is now installed.
and the garage is in the midst of being organized

i also wiped off the layers of dirt from our front door and porch railing.

all it does is rain. well rain for a few minutes

our grass has been half cut since Sunday.

i just ironed 14 things.

11 more to go (at least)

UPS said they delivered a package but I never got it. They said they left it on the porch.

My mom needs surgery on her knee.


I am finally going to iron. (I didn't say I would iron all my clothes that need to be ironed, but some will get ironed.)

the worst time getting gas today.

the card wouldn't swipe
the pump didn't work

they did charge me the wrong amount too. that was 20 cents under. but more than whatn I lost got sprayed out from the pump. stupid thing.

also our upstairs toilet is clogged. we bought a plunger today but the plunger seems to suck.

lawn mowing is nothing but trouble
it takes too long
also i need to buy a weed wacker. i was going to get one today but felt ready to pass out at sears so we left after we bought the garage door opener and before looking at weedwackers.

i finally made a new icon. I think it's been 2 years.

i was gone from the house for more than 12 hours today.

my legs are going to be sore tomorrow.

never buy a Toshiba Laptop

that is all.

it is not a good idea to watch criminal minds right before bed. i think i've said that before too. i guess i didn't learn. i was in bed trying to fall asleep for over an hour and was scared because of the show I just watched.

I want to watch more TV. I didn't do anything this weekend that I wanted to do. I did some stuff I guess like laundry, yardwork, and carry some stuff upstairs.

i just spent 40 min puling weeds and cleaning up straw and you can't even tell.

i watched lots of TV shows last night. i stayed up until 4:30 am.

My knee really hurt when I woke up.

I have tons of stuff that should get done today but I want to finish watching TV. I should probably make a to do list and finish a few things.

wedding

i have to go to a wedding today. i had to figure out what to wear a little bit ago.

i decided to wear a skirt/shirt since my dresses suck or are summery and then i remembered this one outfit that i wore in summer 2005 that my mom said "it looks like you are going to a wedding" so i had to dig that shirt out. i havent' worn either since. now i have my outfit picked out and i don't have to go shopping.

i would upload a pic but i don't know how to upload to my site from my mac. it's probably really easy. oh i can upload it to my picasa. ehh i'll do that later. no i'll wait until i'm actually ready for the wedding instead of dripping wet hair and upload that pic so i look nice in it.

i have a tripod that is more than a few inches high. now i can take all kinds of pictures.

i have to c lean. but instead i am watching keith. then going to watch the debate. then going to watch post debate coverage.
i got home from work a little bit ago but I ate and it got so late.

the weekends just fly by. i need another vacation day. or 2.

we can get our cars in the garage now. just the rest of the house is junky. our kitchen is too small. i think if we didn't switch the powder room and closet then we'd have enough space. it's like i need one more cabinet. and i would have had that. it's because we buy too much food at once beause we really hate to go to the grocery store.

we tried to buy some furniture today but we can never find anything that we are looking for. i wish the room was a foot or 2 deeper and a foot or 2 wider then we wouldn't have to worry about dimensions.

weight graph

i finally updated my weight graph
http://colleen.akwire.net/weight/
the last time was July 28. I always forget to change the last updated date on the page.

it's normal to use 3 computers at one time. right?

chair

id on't think my black desk chair is going to match my room.

but right now i'm sitting on a step stool since my chair is downstairs.

mac

i finally set up my mac. it's only been 3 weeks.

we spent about 4 hours at ikea today.

one of the things we got is missing the box of hardware.
also we tried to be sure we didn't lose the receipt and i kept it this time. and then we get home and it's not in my purse. it disappeared. i wanted to analyze it too.
everything we bought just barely fit into the car...using the trunk and back seat and making the front seats be up further than normal. this is the impala too.

gram is out of intensive care.

3 days in a row i didn't get home until after 9. so tired.

gram is in the hospital. 3rd one in a week.

last night i rode a mechanical bull. my thighs hurt so bad right now.

I live in the sticks
pizza hut doesn't deliver here.

i'm at a conference in Erie.

It's fun. it kind of sucks having to be somewhere by 8am on the weekends though.

1.5 hours into putting up this tv wall mount my arm is sore. the directions say it takes 10 min to instal.

today someone told me: i didn't even recognize you. you look so pretty
i didn't do anything special. i even didn't have a necklace on. i had on a skirt. curled my hair ends under.

well

well i finished my conference call for work.

The cable guy left.  He was here over 2 hours.

complain

I seem to like to complain. --well it seems that i like to anyway.
I logged on to post that my shins hurt.

during the day it sure is bright in this place without blinds. i better go to sleep now so that when the sun wakes me up I at least have some sleep in me.

I have really come to the conclusion that I can't decorate. I don't know what towels or rugs to get for the bathrooms. I also need to know what pillows to have for the family room. I need a non-engineer to help.

My body is sore. My shins hurt.

It's so odd to have a house.

I'm moved.

I have a ton of unpacking to do. I still have some carrying from the POD to do too.

It's tiring.

i have a lot of buying to do too.

The master bedroom seems so empty.

ugh. why is it so hard to take a pill at 11. fast take a pill at 11 and extremely hard to fast, take a pill at 11 and then get bloodwork at 8. i should have taken the pill with me tonight ugh.


also i was never so happy to find 286 in my life. i was so lost out in the boonies. streets aren't even labeled. the gps wouldn't turn on. i mean ti turned on but wouldn't ge ta signal and low battery light was blinking.

i have to get an 8am cortisol test
i need to fast for it
and take a steroid the night before at 11pm

i've tried to do this everyday for a week. i either don't fast because i work too late, forget to take the pill at 11 or have an early meeting at work that i can't get it done.

now tomorow is my last chance to do it before my appointment.

my shins hurt

that is all

i want to train for a half marathon.

i just don't know how to start.

last night i was jogging on the treadmill and as soon as i got above 6.2 mi/hr my knee had sharp pains. if i ran at 6.2 i was ok.

i went to home depot today. i ended up looking for a paint color for my craft room. so the only thing i decided is i don't want yellow. i picked up paint samples of practically every other color and a ton of each color because there are different shades. i can't decide.

less than a week and i'll have a house

lunch

my lunch consisted of steak and chicken today. i did eat a little leftover angel hair with marsala sauce too.

i'm getting fat. it's because i eat all wrong (even worse than before). i'm way too busy at work so i don't eat "breakfast" anymore. then my lunch is super small because i hurry to get back to work. then i don't snack at all anymore. then i eat a huge dinner. then i eat snacks at night and eat while sitting in bed right before going to sleep.

i walked on the treadmill tonight. i tried to read a book while walking. it made the time go quicker but my eyes hurt. it's rough work trying to read while walking. and read a soft back book.

here i am wishing i had a mouse pad with a wrist pad. and then i realize my other computer (this one.the mac. sitting right beside it has one.)

i slept too late and now i stayed up too late.

i just got a painful cut from a cerran wrap box. i was diggin in my container and pulling out ziplocks and hit the cutting part of the box. it's extremely hard to type w/o using my pointer finger.

my allergies are awful again. i can barely function

I finally got my laptop at work.

i'm so tired.
i'm mad that people volunteer to do stuff and don't.
im mad that i did TONS of work and was a "co-chair" to the event with Jay yet everyone said he did a wonderful job and didn't say anything about me. i did a TON. i hate when I don't get recognition.

i hate when people are like "don't worry about it" but i'm not worrying i just want it planned. ugh

bubba's wasn't as good tonight. then near the end i heard someone say that some girl was back there cooking (possibly with bubba) but i could tell something was different.

I hate how things take longer than you guess they will.

now i really stayed up too late

oi

I think I stayed up too late.

Today

i woke up around 10am. then around 11:15 i decided i needed to curl up on the bed under an afghan. after an hour or so dave came over so i asked him to cover me with a 2nd one. he did and also covered me with a third one. that was nice.

update on yesterday

after i posted more things went wrong.

the day goes bad. you think it can't get worse. then it gets worse. then worse. then worse.

someone who went to RPI got married. a friend sent me the pictures. now i've been looking at the photograhers pictures for over an hour. i don't even knwo any of these people. the scenery is so nice.

the guy from RPI actually talked to me once saying he was in a bunch of my classes. i said "oh i didn't notice" and he left and never talked to me again.

http://rjtpictures.blogspot.com/ Sunday July 20 show his wedding pictures. the engagement photosa re a few pages back. I found those in my browsing.

update: here's the post where I wrote about the guy the first time around: http://smilincolleen.livejournal.com/262971.html

i accidentally napped for 2 hours tonight. maybe closer to 3. going to sleep tonight is going to be rough. i was going to use the treadmill but slept instead.

i just added more layers to my hair. it was already slightly layered before. i cut about 3 inches off the shorter later. then i went and asked dave if he noticed that I cut it. He did not.

i walked for an hour tonight for relay for life. it was hot. luckily it got a little cooler by 8pm when our hour started.

i'm sick of people who think they are better because they have a master's. it really bothers me.

today just had a million things go wrong.

i just updated my weight graph file. and i don't even feel like making the jpgs and updating my weight graph website. i must be sick or something. and the graph is even nice.

gas price

this was almost a month ago at Costco

the slip i wore today was from october 1991. that's 2nd grade. the wedding was october 5.

i worked 9 hours 45 min at work today. then i worked 4 hours at home. insane. after my meetings tomorrow and early Friday i'm going to relax a bit.

i couldn't fall asleep last night. so then i came home from work tonight and got really tired. took a half hour nap. except it wa really a 2 hour nap. now i still have to get some stuff done.

i helped my parents paint timmy's old room this weekend. it's suppose to be a grayish tan or something. it looks purple now though.

i use the treadmill just a little and now my knee is killing me.

time to shower. then off to the atm to deposit checks.