So much to do before leaving

I have lots of little things to do before leaving for Portland in the morning. One of the things on my list of things to do, was to mow the lawn. Two problems with that chore, the lawnmower won't start for me AND it poured this morning.
That's where Miss B, my two year old niece can come in handy. Maybe she can come over while I am gone and take care of it with her new gift!

Close call with Einstein Brothers

I had a bit of a scare last week with the Einstein Brothers closest to my house. You see, I don't eat there as much in the Winter, Spring or Summer, but when the Pumpkin Bagel comes out during the fall, color me there.
Last week, Jojo (my mom) and I passed by, and there was a Penske truck backed up to Einstein Brothers, and the inside looked empty. Lucky for me and for all of you Kansas City are bagel lovers, it was just remodeling. A new bagel case and a new cooler for drinks, plus granite countertops. This is good news, not only is it open for business, but hopefully that means it will be open for business for a long time since they took the time, effort and cash to make improvements.
SG and I took a walk to Einstein Brothers on Saturday, to celebrate it still being open, and to admire the inside. It was nice, so was the cinnamon sugar bagel, toasted with plain cream cheese and cinnamon sugar on top.

Portland to Coast Relay 2009

So, back in the fall before I fell ill, I signed up for the Portland to Coast walking relay with a dear family friend BK in who lives in Portland. SG is also going to Portland for the relay as well. The race is 126 miles or something like that. We start at 6 a.m. on Friday and walk all day and night until finishing in Seaside, Oregon around noon on Saturday.

We had a pet....for a moment

This evening, AQ(the roomie) and I took a voyage to the downtown Costco. It was AQ's first time being there in a long time and she found some good things.
On our way home, we were driving through the Plaza area and saw lots of people walking their dogs. One particular dog caught our eye. It was a beagle and we both remarked on what a cute face he had.
Later in our drive (2 minutes later), we came across a beagle on the side of the road. We squealed because we were so excited. I stopped, AQ got out, called the dog and he jumped right in the car. We drove around and asked the people outside if the dog was theirs, nope. We brought him home, put him in the nice backyard, gave him some water. Before I left to meet SG1 for dinner, I let him in the screened in porch, and that is where I left him.
Luckily, I was able to take some pictures of him to show to SG1 and the girls while we ate dinner.
I came home, very excited for him to greet me at the back door, opened it and he was not there. I went in the backyard, GONE! It's a mystery.

Nike Shorts

Don't get me wrong, I love the Nike brand, just as much, or more than the next girl, but the ladies of today need to take a clue. First of all, I spent the morning in Lawrence with KJ on the campus of KU (it was a little painful, but I managed). The thing I noticed in the dorms, at the bookstore, on Mass St and all over was the abundance of girls wearing Nike shorts with random tops. I also saw this at the Apple Store on the Plaza on Monday, Nike running shorts and a button up shirt. Maybe I am getting old, and conservative, but this is not okay. Nike shorts and shorts like it, should be reserved for bumming around, moving or working out. Maybe just make a rule that you should not wear these shorts unless you are wearing a sports bra. That does not seem too hard.

KSU Football....not long til September 5th!

Check this video out -- Proud of this House: K-State Football vs. Montana State http://bit.ly/r4NRR

While I'm at it..

Hello blog friends...if any of you know of any jobs available, please let me know. I am currently unemployed and in the market for a job.

I've been away for awhile

I have been away for quite awhile, have lots to post about, but will just start with this forward I received today, it's pretty hilarious.

Random Thoughts of the Day:

I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can
think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell
my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves
me.

Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you
realize you're wrong.

I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink to
have fun." Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and
sticks when they've invented the lighter?

Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're
going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to
be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the
direction from which you came, you have to first do something like
check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to
yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're
crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

The letters T and G are very close to each other on a keyboard. This
recently became all too apparent to me and consequently I will never
be ending a work email with the phrase "Regards" again.

Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't
work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically
fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all
know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards
or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.

There is a great need for sarcasm font.

Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and
suddenly realize I had no idea what the fuck was going on when I first
saw it.

I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually
becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting
90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's
laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little
bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the
only one who really, really gets it.

The other night I hit a new low at an open bar. I had already hopped
on highway blackout when, inevitably I had to find a bathroom.
Eventually I decided it was probably on the other side of the bar so I
tried to walk over there, but ran into a guy coming the other way. We
played that, Both go left, Both go right game to no avail, so I
finally put out my hand to guide myself past and that's is when I
realized, yup, that's a mirror I just tried to walk through. And the
guy on the other side is me. Even cats can re cognize their own image.

How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than
take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear
your computer history if you die.

The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text.

A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the
spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.

Was learning cursive really necessary?

Lol has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".

I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron
test is absolutely petrifying.

My brother's Municipal League baseball team is named the Stepdads.
Seeing as none of the guys on the team are actual stepdads, I inquired
about the name. He explained, "Cuz we beat you, and you hate us."
Classy, bro.

Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all
I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".

How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod
and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?

I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up
to prevent a dick from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!

Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in'
examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete
idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and
said "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies"

What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?

While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and
instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.

MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I
know how to get out of my neighborhood.

Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the
shower first and THEN turn on the water.

Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty,
and you can wear them forever.

I would like to officially coin the phrase 'catching the swine flu' to
be used as a way to make fun of a friend for hooking up with an
overweight woman. Example: "Dave caught the swine flu last night."

I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

Bad decisions make good stories

Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their
profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got
the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if
I do!

Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?

If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would
probably just be completely invisible.

Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go
around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly
nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be
a problem....

You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work
when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything
productive for the rest of the day.

Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't
want to have to restart my collection.

There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are
going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me
if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I
swear I did not make any changes to.

"Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.

I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching
TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge
me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching
this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the
room. Will we still be friends after this?'

While watching the Olympics, I find myself cheering equally for China
and USA. No, I am not of Chinese descent, but I am fairly certain that
when Chinese athletes don't win, they are executed.

I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello?
Damnit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and
goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone
and run away?

I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing
anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she
hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light
internet stalking.

I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle,
then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.

Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising
speed for pedophiles...

As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers,
but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.

Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not
know what time it is.

It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.

I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to
answer when they call.

I think that if, years down the road when I'm trying to have a kid, I
find out that I'm sterile, most of my disappointment will stem from
the fact that I was not aware of my condition in college.

Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.


My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would
happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?

It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com<http://CNN.com> and the
link takes me to a video instead of text.

I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they
drive behind obeys the speed limit.

I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or
Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.

The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw
they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words,
someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think
about it, and then estimate d that there must be at least four people
eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by
myself. There's nothing like being made to feel like a fat bastard
before dinner.