Sunday, bloody Sunday

Current mood: cheerful




Current music: lose control - evanescence

OK, so this wasn't a bad day at all, but I always wanted to say that (my subject title), lol...I always look forward to Sunday nights now since I got hooked on Flight of the Conchords which airs Sunday nights at 9:30 CST on HBO. Its hilarious!!! My mom selah61 got me hooked on it, so I made some icons for her today:

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I am in an exceptionally cheerful mood because I just got done watching FotC (it was BRILLIANT). Normally, the Sunday night before school starts (well, teachers go back tomorrow and students return next Monday), I am in a flat-out pissy mood. But things are good and I guess I'm ready to get back into a routine. This afternoon Jay and I got a cheapo leather computer chair for me, which is soooo much better than the aluminum folding chair I was using (really hard on the buttocks, lol). Then we put together the bookcase I got at IKEA with Ashley yesterday. It was cheap but it looks really sharp and I can add to it which is a really good thing. So now I can put the new books I bought on it, and find out just what it is I bought, hehe...

Well, I best be off now so I can get ready for school tomorrow :-(
Darn...12 hour days are so fun!

I HATE TECHNOLOGY!! okay, not really, but it does frustrate the poop outta me

[ mood | discontent ]




[ music | Life Is Beautiful - Vega4 ]

It should not be this hard!!! It just really should not be this difficult to transfer files and applications from one PC to another!!! grrrrrr...especially when I have a portable 250GB external hard drive to help speed things along...But, since we got the new desktop last night, it has been nothing but DRAMA!!! **unimpressed**

Of course, since it's new it came with the EVIL Windows Vista program. I am trying to be patient with it, but it hurts my head. So, we got a good wireless router as well since we have cable internet on our other PC and we attempted to connect them last night. Nope, the router installed but the card would not :-( Jay finally got a hold of tech support this morning and got that straightened out. But I have had other problems. We got the PC mainly so I could have one to do my writing on (uninterrupted). We had a laptop but it recently died...poor thing was a little overworked. RIP.

So, I installed Ulead (my video editing software yellowbee hooked me up with..bless u girl!!) and it didnt work. Eventually, I figured it out, but now it won't play AVI files anywhere on the new PC. Which ALL of my video files I use for editing are formatted in. My only option is to convert them all to WMV format I think, which will take AGES!!! Double grrrrrrr...Then, I attempted to install Photoshop. Nope, it rejected the serial number...WTF??? splodge04 was kind enough to give me the CORRECT serial number because apparently the one on my system info was 4 digits short...CRAZINESS!!! Thanks KK ;-) Only problem is now, I can't get the InstallShieldWizard to come back up since it's already been through that process a couple times...I NEED YOUR HELP AGAIN KK!!! You're such a good friend...no, I mean it!!! :-p

But, it doesn't end there! So, next I register my iPod for this new PC and download iTunes and all that mess. Well....it won't let me import my iPod because apparently they don't let ppl do that because they're afraid of song-stealing...HELLO?!?!? It's already going on with things like limewire, ARES, etc...ppl don't steal iTunes, they pay for that STUFF!!! WHAT ARE YOU THINKING STEVE JOBS?!?!?!? grrrr....so I spent about four hours getting music files onto my external hard drive and then opening them (30% of them, one at a FRIGGIN time) on iTunes. And, here's the KICKER: the ones I actually PAID FOR with iTunes, won't open because even though I put in my password and username, it just goes to the music store, never allowing me to open the songs....THAT I BOUGHT FROM ITUNES!!! For goodness sake, what is WRONG with the world???? Guess I will be making CD's of those songs tomorrow to beat the system and rip them to my PC that way...Oh yes, Jobs, I will be victorious in the end!!!

But I'm not bitter.

:D

Oh, and Jay's car battery went ka-plooey this morning because of the friggin heat! So, after dragging my happy butt outta bed, taking him to work, dealing with roadside assistance (who couldn't get it fully charged), tow trucks, dealerships, $95 in charges, and a TOTAL wasted day off later, it's fixed.

This is not how I envisioned spending my last weekend before teachers have to report back to school on Monday (NOOOOOOOO!!!!). Hope everyone else had a better day :-) At least I *look* good.....MUWAHAHAHAHA!!!! Oh my gosh, I'm so just kidding!!! Delirium has set in!!!

Peace out and God Bless!

Good Gosh, I keep slacking!! (Originally posted Aug 16th)

[Mood - - rejuvenated]




[Music - Life is Beautiful - Vega4]



Alrighty then, it's time to get back on track here!!!

A couple weekends ago I got to see my long lost sisters from OC!!! We had lunch at a little place in Ft Worth and then went shopping for some maternity clothes for Amanda :-) Here's some pics:






We had an awesome time, but I was a little nervous that since I hadn't seen them in so long, it would be awkward....NOT A CHANCE!!! We couldn't stop talking and laughing. I love those girls!! I wish I could see them more :-) But at least we have the internet now to keep in touch!

*subject change* lol

Okay, last time I wrote I had just been "reborn" as an avid reader, hehehe...I have since decided to start collecting books. Old, new, good, bad, whatever.

Last Thursday night, my mom and I spent about 6 hours at book stores just gazing at all the old collector's books Half-Price had for like just a few bucks!!! I ended up spending $60 over the next two days on books (I know that's alot to spend, but I just KEPT ON FINDING THE BOOKS I WAS LOOKING FOR!!!). It was so much fun because my mom is a literary buff (also one of the best unknown writers in the world...seriously, she's AMAZING and I can only hope to be a tenth of as good as she is one day) and we just sounded like the biggest nerds ever talking all educated and stuff through the stores, lol. I was bummed because they had an 80-year old copy of Dickens' Bleak House but only the first volume!!! Hopefully I'll find a full collector's version somewhere. Anyways, so we realized how late it was and we were STARVING so we went to PF Changs (YUM!) and ate some Hot and Sour Soup and this vegetarian dish that was so spicy we couldnt eat it, hehe. It was good to get to spend some time with her since I get so busy during the school year.

One of my favorite books of all time The Once and Future King by T.H. White we looked ALL over for, but had no luck. So, the next day, after I picked up my permanent license plates that had come in to the Ft Worth Kia, I went to Half-Price in Arlington. I looked again for the TH White book in like 5 different sections, no luck...until I happened to notice some out-of-place books in the sci-fi section!!! There it was!! A hardback first-edition printing of TOaFK!!! And it was less than $7!!! Plus, they also had the complete version of all 6 (thats right--all six!) Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy stories in one book that I had been searching desperately for (one that was cheaper than the $20 version Barnes & Noble just put out.

Then, Mom called to say that she found the first edition Alice's Adventure in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass that Nanny left her after she passed away. Pretty cool ;-)

I know some people out there who are REAL book collector's and don't think its cool just to buy old books because you ENJOY reading them or don't care if they have dog-earred pgs, spines, etc. but I think its neat. Especially when I find a book that has a hand-written dedication in it to a family member etc. (we found one that was over a hundred yrs old that had a father-to-son dedication, that would make the son like 90!!).

I have had the week off and its been hella-nice!! I have been cleaning and shopping and relaxing! Yesterday, Jay and I finally decided to bite the bullet and take our old PC in to see what was wrong with it whether it was expensive or not. So, we take it to the Geek Squad (thats seriously what they're called) at Best Buy and within minutes they have diagnosed it as a motherboard problem and say they can recover the files **squeal** All our files we thought we'd lost!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!! So, we got back the wedding story we wrote each other, music, videos, pictures, documents, etc.!!! It was an awesome day!! Plus, we may decide to buy a second PC because we fight over our one all the time and I can't imagine how mean I'll be to Jay if he tries to make me get off the computer when I'm in the middle of a writing thought-process.

Today I'm finally getting my hair done (havent done that since March!). Just getting it recolored and cut. Then, maybe we'll go shopping for a second PC tonite :)

I know I've probably left a crap-load of stuff out---OH YES I DID!!!!!!!!!!! Gillian Anderson's people put on her website, like yesterday or something, that she FRIGGIN PULLED OUT OF THE "HELEN" PROJECT (which has an estimated shooting start of SEPTEMBER, which is REALLY close to NOVEMBER!!!!) !! If you don't know why I'm so excited then you might be one of the last people who haven't heard David Duchovny and GA both say that they think filming for X-Files 2 may start in November **holds in her shriek of excitement** OMG, I hope that is why she pulled out of "Helen"!!!
(please excuse my X-Files nerdiness, but thats just who I am, hehe)


Sorry for the long post, but I had to catch up --again--

God Bless!!

So Tired :(

Mood Tired

Ugh. I know I am weanie for being so tired, but I really AM! I have gotten up early pretty much every morning since last Thursday, which is a first for the summer (lol). The problem is I still can't fall asleep until after midnight...and, most of the time, not until well after 1am. So, getting up at 6am is no good :(



So this weekend, I felt the need to go book hunting (inspired by Katie, hehe). We went to Half-Price Books (I LOVE that place!) where I bought a hard-back copy of LOTR by Tolkien and a paperback copy of The Hobbit. It will be my first time reading them (sad but true). Then, when we were done there, we went to Barnes and Noble where I searched through their clearance bin for about 90 minutes. *grin* Normally when we go, Jay and I will get a couple magazines and sit in their coffee/Starbucks section and just read and hang out for an hour...well...I have really gotten back into reading novels again so I just kept walking around looking at books...not realizing Jay was sitting in the coffee section by himself with a couple of magazines and books waiting for me to return. 90 minutes later I walked by him, still sitting there, glaring at me because I was clueless. I felt so bad!!!! It was kinda funny seeing him there though just staring off into space while others looked at him sitting all alone :( Poor baby!



Oh! But I did buy "Sammy's Hill" by Kristin Gore and "Shut the Door" by Amanda Marquit. Haven't started reading any of those yet though, as I am still rereading "Deathly Hallows" :)













Sunday we were in Oklahoma since we will be too busy to go back for awhile (to visit Jay's family). While we were having lunch, Liz (Jay's sister who has a job traveling around the state to people's houses for insurance claims) said that she went to a woman's house the other day who asked (upon seeing her nametag) if she was related to Jay Harvill (my hubby). Liz said that she was, and the girl said that her sister had been Jay's high school girlfriend, Keri, who just recently went through a bitter divorce. Keri's sister then proceeded to ask about Jay's "situation" and when Liz said that (lol) he is six years HAPPILY married, the sister said that Keri thinks about him all the time and would love to see him again. Liz was like, "Uh, don't think that would be okay" hehehehe....That girl has no idea what she would be in for, if she ran into me ;) J/K



Today was the first day of volleyball camp *joy* and I am really tired from herding kids from station to station across campus and working with them on drills they have no clue how to do. But, that's my life, I guess!


Hope your week is more restful than mine is!! :-)



God Bless!

Lazy Days of Summer

[mood okay]

Well, the last couple of days have been pretty boring. I have finally had time to check out my Mom's new favorite show, "Flight of the Conchords" on HBO (the first 4 eps are on the On-Demand channel which was nice, lol). It's odd, but BRILLIANT!!! Every character is hilarious...Definitely one to check out.

I also had time to play on Photoshop :)

--BEGIN HARRY POTTER NERDINESS--

I love playing with exclusion on that program because it does such cool things with the colors. It's hard to find good caps though. You can see how much I like the Weasleys. Don't have any of Snape, but I haven't found any I like yet.

--END HARRY POTTER NERDINESS--

Well, not much else has happened, except I did get my car windows tinted...YAY!!!! It looks pretty sweet now ;-) hehehe...

So, okay, here's my list of current favorite songs I think you should check out:

1) Rehab RIHANNA

2) Easy PAULA DEANDA

3) 21st Century Meltdown FEEDER

4) Umbrella (cover) SCOTT SIMONS (www.myspace.com/scottsimonsmusic)

5) When You're Gone AVRIL LAVIGNE

Okay, I'm off to do some more procrastinating :)God Bless!!!

Cars, Hallows, and In-Services

[musicIn The Air Tonight - Nonpoint]



Hello :)



Well, it has been a few days since I've written and I need to catch up!!! Friday, Jay and I called our friend Billy who works in the Service Dept. at a Kia dealership in Ft. Worth and told me that they had a whole bunch of Spec5's at the moment, if I wanted to come look. So we got there around noon, knowing that if we found one for the price we wanted, we'd buy. We told the salesman (a friend of Billy's) that we wanted one that had NO MARK-UPS on it except for a spoiler. And we really liked black. So, he took us to the back to the cars that were FRESH off the truck. It still had protective tape over the paint job, plastic over all the seats, and the radio had not even been setup!!! hahahaha...We took it for a test drive and fell in love!!! It is such a fun car to drive! We were so proud of ourselves because we got the price knocked down quite a bit with our mad haggling skills ;) HA!!! Plus, Billy is gonna do the $600 tint job (the dealership usually charges you for) FOR FREE!!!!! WOO!!!!!! And, any accessories we need, we got the hook-up ;) YAY!!! Here's a pic of it:


















So, all last week, I tried to reread "Half Blood Prince" (the 6th Harry Potter book) and only got about 200pgs into it. So Friday night and Saturday morning, I kept reading, but was so anxious about listening for the postman to deliver book 7 that I could barely concentrate. Oh yeah, it probably didn't help that I was watching Sorcerer's Stone (the only HP movie I own) and Goblet of Fire (which I have now watched 5 times while it's been on HBO On-Demand channel, hehehe....I'm a dork!) while trying to read HBP **grin** I told my friend Ashley that I'd go with her to Old Navy once the book came, but by 4:45 it STILL wasn't there!!!! So, she came over around 5pm and we went to look at the house she's having built down the street from me (YAY!!!) and then I made a quick return to my house where Ashley opened the mailbox (it was on her side of the car, lol) and THERE IT WAS!!!! Well, since I only became a Harry Potter fan this year, it was my first-time getting a brand-new book on the day it came out. Wow!!! It was pretty cool!!! The box it was delivered in (from Amazon) had HP stuff all over it and was just really cool looking. So, we went shopping. I just got two white undershirts to wear under blouses because I didn't like the rest of their clothes. Plus, I'm pretty much broke right now, hehe...I got home at nearly 8 and started reading and didn't stop until 2 because I wasn't really supposed to stay up late since I had to work Monday and was trying to get back on a sleep schedule. So I got about 13 chapters in :) Sunday I read the rest of it...finishing around midnight.



She is *the* most AMAZING storyteller I've ever heard of. I am a pretty darn creative person, if I do say so myself, but I couldn't have DREAMED of half the stuff in there. It was beautiful, sad, hysterical, lovely, horrible, and just flat out: UNREAL!!!!!!!!! I am about to go and read it all over again!!!! I cannot WAIT to see what they do with this movie!!!! It needs to be about 4 hours long AT LEAST to get all the....well, you know what I mean if you've read it ;) I am busting!!! There's so much about it I have to say but I don't wanna spoil it for anyone. My husband (who has only seen movies 1,4, and 5 and has read none of them) has really become a fan, too and is BEGGING me to tell him what happens. He went and found out what happens in 6 which I was SO MAD at him for. He totally spoiled it for himself, when he could have just READ MY COPY!!! He's a genius, but not big on reading which I make fun of him for since my dream is to be a famous writer.



Oh my goodness, my legs are on FIRE!!! I have like 13 mosquito bites on the worst places on your shins and feet a person could have them. Friday night when I cleaned out my SUV (which is now Jay's since he traded in his truck for the Spec5) the bugs were EVERYWHERE around my lawn and I was barefoot. They are on my sockline, toes, calves, shins, anklebones, etc.....SO IRRITATING!!!



Anyways, today, I had to go to a special Teacher-Inservice which was GT (gifted and talented) training just for coaches since when the rest of the teachers do it we will be coaching...lovely, isn't it? Us coaches work twice as much as the rest of the teachers, but our pay does not NEARLY show it :( Oh well, it *is* for the kids, who I absolutely adore. I love my job, for sure!!!!

So, tomorrow, I am taking my car back to Billy to get it tinted...Sweet :-D I got a request from someone who watches my vids to make one to the song I'm listening to (see above). It's ironic because splodge04 gave it to me and told me of its amazing-ness :) And this is like the longest post ever!!!! Sooooo, I'M OUT!!!! Have a great and blessed day!!!

Pretty Good Thursday

This whole vegetarian thing is much easier than I thought it would be! Like, last night, I went out for girls night to TX Roadhouse in North Richland Hills like we usually do on Wednesdays. I had two rolls w/honey (yum!) and macaroni and cheese...and sweet tea, of course! See, that was not hard ;-) Then today, Jay and I went to the local Chinese restaurant and I order the Triple Mushroom Plate (which is exactly how it sounds...the brown sauce they serve it in is to die for!) w/fried rice and noodles, plus Hot&Sour Soup (my favorite!).

After that, we went to the new Kia dealership in Arlington. We wanted to check out the Spec5'sand Rio5's. They are so cute and the gas mileage is amazing!!! We are gonna trade in Jay's truck cuz it is like 10 years old and falling apart on the interior but the exterior is still in good condition. So, we'll see how that goes.

Then I got home and talked to Mom on the phone for over an hour. She is amazing at finding new tv shows that I will fall in love with like Extras (which is now one of my favorites) and recommended one on HBO called "Flight of the Conchords" which is supposed to be really funny comedy about a "rock group" that's struggling to make it. Anyways, so I'm off to watch the ep I tivoed :)

Hope everyone had a great day!!! God Bless!

It was a pretty good day :)