"To Do's" that turn into "To Don'ts"

My "To Do" List this weekend included most if not all of the following: *=what I actually marked off my "To Do" list...
1. Defrost Freezer (when did I become my mother?)
2. Clean out closet (I'll give myself half a * because I cleaned out my shoes)
3. Clean out refrigerator.*
4. Wash sheets/re-make bed.*
5. Clean guest room (aka: the junk room...yeeah that may not ever happen).
6. Organize make-up table.*
7. Go to grocery store.*
8. Gym. (I have no excuse for not going, I just plain didn't want to).
9. Clean out purse.*
10. Clean bathroom.*
11. Vacuum.* (OK, call me crazy, but I LOVE to vacuum, and even more crazy, I vacuum in heels....)
12. Pay cable bill.*
13. LAUNDRY!!!*
14. Call TSO to set up eye exam. (I REALLY need new glasses/contacts, but I REALLY don't want to have pupils dialated.)
15. Start/finish report for school.

So, I got 8 out of the 15 things on my list done (all done yesterday) and had a lovely Saturday with the awesome Miss Jen, managed to give myself a manicure, wax my eyebrows and cut Mal's hair and flip through InStyle and Glamour.... So it was all in all a pretty productive weekend.. I guess this weekend will include me tackling my freezer and finally cleaning out my closet and going over to my mom's to do her hair and maybe go see "Red Riding Hood". Or maybe I'll set up an eye exam.... Better to see everything for SxSW weekend!!! Anyway, I hope everyone is having a LOVELY day so far and I hope everyone had a great weekend. Now, I'm off to search for a Coke Zero so I can make it through the rest of my LONG day!!

My that's a lovely shade of green....

So, I don't consider myself the jealous type.... However, it's hard to not feel a tinge of jealousy when your baby sister is getting married in less than a year, got a full scholarship to a private (Catholic- the parents LOVE that!) university, and has a 4.0 GPA in said university..... and me, I'm going to beauty school... and doing well in... but the rents seem to forget that I have a Bachelor's degree in English and minored in Biology which isn't easy to do... I'm not anywhere close to walking down the isle.. and truth be told I'm not sure I want to get married... I'm too busy working M-F, working on weekends AND going to school... all while trying to juggle a relationship and praying my period isn't a no show on a monthly basis, because as much as I want babies, it would be devastating news if I got pregnant right now. So, at the moment I am feeling a bit jealous of my sister, I hate that I can't express to my mom how I feel, because when my sister's fiance showed up asking my parents permission I was there, and my mom said to me... "I don't want you to get jealous" ouch! That stung just a little bit, don't get me wrong I am happy for my sister she deserves it, but at the same time I almost feel like it should be me that's being praised and have girls fawning over a pretty ring on my left hand... not the birthstone ring on my right hand (not to say I'm an ungrateful asshole, because I love that ring.) So, is my bit of jealousy justifiable or am I do I just have a case of "batting in the wrong order" syndrome?

Both my sister in laws who are totally awesome, have assured me the way I'm feeling will in fact... ya know pass, but in the back of my mind I keep thinking "I'm pushing 30, my boyfriend is 35 (who am I kidding, he's a man-friend), we're not talking marriage, we JUST tackled the idea of living together and kids are a possibility-- a very slight one at that." I feel like eventually if he and I are together long enough we'll have that "Big" and Carrie moment where he says "I wouldn't mind being married to you, if you wouldn't mind being married to me." Like we're closing a 10-year in the making business deal....MINUS the Blahnicks and HUGE walk-in closet.....

Though content with what I have in my life, supportive net of amazing friends, great man-friend, a cat whose loyalty trumps any dogs and a good head on my shoulders, part of me wants that dream wedding with a big white dress and everyone in awe of how gorgeous I look walking down the isle... Maybe it'll happen.... someday... I'm remaining hopeful.

Will this ever end?!?

I went back to the doctor.... again on Monday, as if this whole acute respiratory infection wasn't bad enough, on Sunday night I developed (very suddenly) a full blown ear infection in my right ear.... FABULOUS! So, the doctor put me on different/stronger meds, and ear drops for pain, because I was literally in tears on Sunday night... So, now I still feel like I have a cotton ball lodged into my right ear canal, and my hearing is still distorted which I was warned about... This is great! I really need to get better because I have errands to run, and Target is calling my name in the worst way... Plus, I need new clothes (unfortunately a lot of mine have gotten too big, not that I'm complaining, but aren't we suppose to gain weight in the colder months?)... Anyway, I hope everyone is doing wonderfully and staying warm and dry!!

(In other news, Mal's been busy making several long (and I do mean long) distance phone calls to his friends and family in Brisbane-- For those of you who don't follow the news or global tragedies... Brisbane, Queensland was hit by massive flooding. Thankfully his family and friends are okay.)

The Plague, New Years Eve and wow am I old!

You know how when you get stressed out your immune system says "Hey, I know you're like REALLY stressed, but we're going to go on a little vacation for about a week, have fun! Kay?" Yeah, enter the Plague of 2011, it all started with an achy throat early Tuesday morning and from there it was all downhill... awesome. So here I am being told "You really should take it easy" but yet I got up this morning, put a little make up on to cover up the huge planet on my chin (as if I didn't have enough to deal with Mother Nature? Really?!?) and went to the grocery store, because I was out of cat food, Almond Milk, Special K and carrots (odd, I know) oh and I needed Kleenex w/ lotion and Vicks. Which in retrospect was probably a bad idea to go to the store when I had my mom calling me asking me "Are you sure I can't go for you?" the day before....

So... Unlike most of my friends, I did not go out and party on NYE.... Mal and I went to dinner, then a movie... then we went back to his house, and fell asleep around 11... yeah, didn't even make it to the New Year... I guess that's what happens when you get old.... You fall asleep before midnight, and realize you're too old to shop at American Eagle, Express and Forever 21 (although the top I'm wearing now is totally from Forver 21).....

And, maybe it's just me, but does anyone else find the kids (hell, they're my age-ish) from the Jersey Shore to be annoying as HELL?? Thanks MTV for proving all you have to do to be famous is get knocked up at 16 or be an over-tan under-educated guido! I stopped watching MTV after the Real World Vegas... Wow I am getting old....

AUSTRAILIA!!

So I graduate from Aveda in like 6-7 months... and seeing as how I've ALWAYS wanted to go to Australia... Mal has decided as a grad present he and I are going to go! Granted it's only for like 2 weeks, but 2 WEEKS in Australia... Though, it's still like 7 months away I'm a little nervous... because we'll be stopping in Brisbane (where he's from) so I can meet his family (YIKES!), he's met my family... my mom likes him (who wouldn't? he's smart, funny, has awesome hair and he sounds like Hugh Jackman!)


Woo Hoo!! I hope I see a kangaroo!

Plans and tips for dating...

I never thought at pushing 28 I'd be helping my baby sister plan her wedding... But my mom told me "the best way to make God laugh is tell him your plan." And, maybe a decade ago I would have said "In 10 years I see myself married to my high school sweetheart, we'll have 3 kids with one on the way and I'll be a successful business woman and wonderful mother." Yeah, I didn't anticipate a broken heart for no reason, an unforeseen illness that plagued me for 2 years, 3 deaths, nearly losing both my parents, and lots of growing up. But now a decade later, I'm stronger, smarter (with somethings), I know what I want and I no longer wear my heart on my sleeve....and I now have a boyfriend that supports every aspect of my life including my need for personal space 4 nights out of the week and the fact that despite my attempts to remain calm in every situation... I do lose my temper... like when the cat decided it would be cute to hack up the largest hair ball inside my shoe.... Yeah... stuff like that. He finds my sense of humor endearing and the fact when I do get flustered instead of crying I tend to just smile and laugh... and for that I love him. For the first time in nearly a decade I feel happy with where I am in my life and with who I am...

But before meeting him (his name is Malcolm by the way, and he's Australian, did we except me to date another American?) I went on A LOT of dates, some good... some...notsomuch... So, to those guys I want to give you a little tip or a few about taking a girl out on a date or suggesting a decent meeting place...

1. Dinner at a restaurant like Chili's or Zio's is a great option.... Places like Wendy's, Sonic, McDonald's are not!

2. Meeting at a bar is fine.... Meeting at a GAY bar when you've been there since 3 in the afternoon is not fine.

3. Most women don't kiss on a first date.

4. When meeting a girl for dinner and/or drinks... PUT ON A CLEAN SHIRT. I do not want to see the mustard and ketchup stain from your lunch okay?

5. Talking about your family, that's okay.... going into family drama from 4 Christmas's ago.... not cool dude.

6. Asking the girl if she knows a lot about "gay lingo" is a HUGE RED flag.

7. I like stubble on a guy, it makes him look rugged, like Hugh Jackman or Charlie Hunnam (I'd be Jax Teller's Old Lady any day) but for goodness sakes keep that sh*t clean.

8. If you tell a girl I smoke a few times a year or you say I'm a social smoke, DO NOT smoke like chimney upon first meeting, you only get one time to make a first impression.

9. Dudes we women like to look good, not only to impress you but, yes to impress other women... yes, it sounds odd but it's true, upon first meeting, if you like her hair tell her, if you like what she's wearing tell her how pretty she looks. We LOVE compliments!

10. This one is for all my ladies out there... age is only important in 3 instances.... A. High school. B. Wine. and C. Good Cheese.

So, some of them might be funny and some of them you might find yourself nodding along saying "I KNOW!!!" but for the most part I hope you find them a little helpful when trying to find a date this New Year's Eve....

Because I'm not big on posting....

And really, who really reads this? I mean besides SP (which by the way, where the heck have you been lady?!?).
So, because my life is kind of hectic right now I have had very little time to post, yet alone to think or have a moment to myself. What with having my dad in the hospital and his not-so-near-death experience, moving out of my parents house (about damn time) and taking online classes to sort of pursue my dreams as Music Producer, my life is almost the same... And as much as I loved spending this weekend with my entire family, I am super glad to be home and in more familiar settings....
I'm trying to I guess weed out the drama in my family, which is why I am no longer inviting my foster sister to anymore family functions, she and her husband have an interesting relationship, they live in different cities and he pretty much has her on a very short leash, in fact its more like a choke chain... she called him maybe every 2 or 3 hours... So, yeah needless to say the family function invites are going to not be sent out to her anymore...
My best friend will be here June 19th from Dubai for 5 weeks, which makes me super excited! I haven't seen her in almost a year, and my oldest cousin is going to Africa for 2 years to join the Peace Corp. Which I guess looks good on paper...
What else? I guess that's it. So now I am off to fold my clean laundry, eat some dinner and find something decent to watch on TV...