Nuttin to say today. (I'm sure you're all jumping for joy. ;o) ) I'm just really tired, I have to get up at 4:45 tomorrow morning for work, and last night wasn't as good as I'd have liked. Oh, not that it really matters, but I just did my pedicure, and I've decided that I actually like bright pink on my toes! The color is Magenta Blitz (of course a Mary Kay color), and I think it's my fave so far. Coming from someone that used to HATE pink of any shade, this should be news. I've also got my cute turtle toe ring on today. I just got it from Betty a bit ago, and I have to show it off for her. I believe it will be in Campaign 12? I think that's it. The one that starts this weekend/next week. Check out her website! (the link is on the left in my link list.)

Wow, there are actually people online today. That's quite surprising. Usually, there's no one on. So that's pretty kewl.

Damn, I better get going. I don't have much time here to mess around with the blog. I'll leave you with a poem today. Oooooooo, lucky you! ;) Anyway, have a mah-velous day!!! Bub bye!!! :oD

--TO TOUCH THE HEART

And I'll remember year to year,
Just how your touching helped me grow.
I just thought I'd tell you so.
-Author unknown

Here's a survey that I'm passing the time away with...Thanks Crystal for sending it!

1. WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME? Melissa Diane Hartenstine

2. WHAT COLOR PANTS ARE YOU WEARING? Dark blue jeans

3. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? The tv onthe channel E!

4. WHAT ARE THE LAST 4 DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER? Not gonna post that...sorry

5. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? A muffin...hehe real healthy, huh ;)

6. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Violet

7. WHAT IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW? Sunny and bea-u-ti-ful!!! :o)

8. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Ummm...that would be yesterday....I think it was Betty

9. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX? I think I look at their hair or their eyes...not sure

10. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT YOU THIS? Of course, I love you Crystal! ;o)

11. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? I'm doin great! :oD

12. FAVORITE DRINK? Iced tea...I drink it constantly...

13. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK? Back in Jr. High, when I did actually drink, I loved strawberry daquaries! (of course I can't spell them, tho)

14. FAVORITE SPORTS? :P I don't play sports, but I guess tennis is my fave...to play. To watch, it'd have to be soccer ;)

15. HAIR COLOR? medium brown

16. EYE COLOR? uh, I'd say hazel

17. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS: Nope

18. SIBLINGS AND THEIR AGES: Bonnie...35 (will be 36 this year), Betty....33 (will be 34 this year), Tina...27, and then me!...19 (will be 20 this year)

20. FAVORITE FOOD? I love Boston Creme Pie! And the Grill Shop California cheeseburgers! :o)

21. LAST MOVIE U WATCHED: I think it was Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade on tv this weekend.

22. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR? November 23!!!

23. ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK SOMEONE OUT? Eh...no not in most cases, but I've been "off the market" for so long, that I'm not even sure anymore....

24. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS BETTER? Happy endings! Although scary movies are great too!

25. SUMMER OR WINTER? SUMMER!!!!!!!!!! I hate winter!

26. HUGS OR KISSES? Both... ;o)

27. RELATIONSHIPS OR ONE NIGHT STANDS? Relationships, because more is involved, and the happiness last for a longer time.

28. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? Vanilla

29. DO YOU WANT YOUR FRIENDS TO WRITE BACK? They don't have too...since this isn't email!

30. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Dunno if anyone will

31. WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Dunno

32. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? The Stand by Stephen King.....The really long version...Complete and Uncut....over 1100 pages long.

33. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? The color blue.

34. FAVORITE BOARD GAME? Damn I can't think of one. Maybe I'll have to take a raincheck on this q?

35. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT? Waited around and babysat for my sis, cleaned the rest of my room, slept...that's all I can remember...Sad, I know

36. FAVORITE SMELLS? Oooooooohhh.....my Joshie, CkOne, Avatar, Calvin Klein Truth, Curve, strawberries, that perfume Carol wore last weekend that I can't remember the name to, MK Tribute, the air right after a rainstorm, shampoo, incense (certain ones), Egyptian Musk... I know there is more, but I won't bore you anymore.

37. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNINGS? "Dammit! I hate you Howard Stern!" (That's the radio station I have my alarm set to) on some mornings, and some mornings it's "Ah, today will be a great day!"

Well, there ya go! Sorry, I was immensely bored.

I have a joke for ya:

--How did Pinnochio find out he was made of wood?
>His hand caught fire!

Hehehehe... ;oD I thought that was really funny. There was another one I heard from the same radio station:

--What is the lover who's on top of the wet spot?
>Overcome!

I got them from the radio station WZZO 95.1 on the morning show Bear Man and Keith.

It is so amazingly beautiful outside today. Too bad it's not supposed to last. I heard that it's supposed to rain the ENTIRE fucking weekend. That's so depressing. :,( Ah well, maybe it'll be sunny for my weekend off! :D I can hope, can't I?

I cleaned yesterday, like I wrote yesterday. I did more last night and this morning. I also condensed a few items into my (not-to-mention HUGE) purse, so I won't have to carry around two bags, which should make Josh happy, since he complains that I carry too much with me. He'll still probably complain, but he can kiss my ass about it, since I tried to make my load smaller.

I wish my bro-in-law would get his ass home so I could borrow the car and just drive around and try to get lost. I'm in one of those adventurous moods right now. But no, he wanted to go fishing. He's obsessed with fishing anymore. It's sad. I think he's only caught one fish since he got his license. That's even more sad. ;)

I actually got outside this morning to take a walk. Well, it was part walk, part run. I decided to try interval training again, since the air wasn't so fucking cold today. I did okay, but the hills just kill me. I can hardly go for more than 2 minutes. Eh, I'm just out of shape I suppose. And, the trash dude was staring at me. That was disturbing. I beat them to my house though. Ha! :oP

Shit, what else did I wanna say? Oh yeah.....my dad was awake this morning before I got up, which is very strange....very strange indeed. He works second shift, and his usual time to get up is about 10:30, and that's even early for the time he's gotta get to work. But he was up at seven o'clock in the morning mowing the grass!!!!! Can you believe that? I think it's nuts. But that's my dad. He tends to do strange things. :o)

Alrighty, talk to y'all later! (sorry, gettin a bit southern-ish there)

"Getting married for sex is like buying a 747 for the free peanuts." -Jeff Foxworthy

Bub bye!!! ;o)

Don't ya hate it when you have something interesting to comment about, but then forget what the hell it was? Well, that's what just happened to me. I was reading someone else's blog, and had a fleeting thought in the back of my mind, but as soon as I signed on blogger, I forgot what it was. I know it wasn't terribly important, but I guess it had some kind of importance for me to want to sign back on right away and discuss it. Eh, well, I dunno.

I'm babysitting now, so I should go and feed the kids, since my sis isn't here yet, and it's almost Bree's bedtime. Oh yeah, it's also her FIRST BIRTHDAY today!! I didn't get her a present though. I kinda forgot. :o] Oh well, she won't know. I'll just go out and get something tomorrow. I know I won't have time tonight.

Anyway, I gotta go. Bub bye!!!

Hello! I do have some time today, so I will go over my weekend quick. FIrst of all, I don't even remember what the hell happened Saturday, so I won't even force myself to go back to that day. I do know it was a pretty good day, and that's all I need to know. Sunday, we (meaning Josh and I) went to Karen's house for dinner. That's always fun. We were actually there almost all day, so it wasn't really just for dinner, but, whatever. Monday kinda sucked. For me, anyway. I imagine Josh was enjoying himself. I went over to his house, and for a bit we were watching (of all things) Sesame Street and Mr. Rodgers, since he has no cable and, for some reason, we stopped on ch. 12. :o) That's when you know you're bored. When you have to resort to watching little kids' shows.

Anyway, we ate lunch, and sat reading magazines; me reading my Allure and Self magazines that I had been trying to catch up on for the past few weeks with no luck, and Josh reading a 1960 Motor Trend magazine my dad had saved for some reason, and I ended up with (since I didn't want to throw it away), and I brought it for him to read. Sometime around 4 pm, Richard called Josh, and Matt was over at Richard's and they (Richard and Matt) were trying to dig out this really old tractor (like, from the 1940's) from Richard's yard (he's got a huge amount of property, and it's right behind the barn thing at the beginning of his driveway), and they needed Josh's truck to pull a huge bush off of the tractor. So that's where we ended up for about 2 hours. It was definately funny watching the "comedy" of this project they've begun. Of course, in about a week or two, I'll be sick of watching them do anything with the tractor, and be pissed every time we go over there. But, that's just how it always seems to happen. ;o) Oh, and Josh bent the back bumper of his truck because of the damn thing. Apparently, there was a cinder block in front of one of the huge back wheels of the tractor, preventing it from moving, and that's how the bending happened. And, since the damn thing is soooo old, they didn't know which lever (this thing had about 5 or 6 levers, unmarked) would put it in neutral. So, finally, they just gave up to go research the tractor. Matt, apparently, has found out a bit more info, so I assume we're gonna be there sometime this weekend. Of course, I have to work, so I won't have to sit through it for the most part, but after I get done at work, I will probably be there sometime. So, yeah anyway, that's what happened before dinner.

After dinner, Eric called Josh (we were back at his house) and came over to visit, so Josh went outside to meet him and his girlfriend, and left me inside. I was sitting there for at least an hour, waiting for him to come back, but he was outside still. By then, I was a bit pissed that he just kinda left me there without even telling me he was going to meet them. He finally came back in and I was pissed at him, and because it was getting late, I thought I'd have to leave very soon, but I ended up staying for quite awhile afterwards, and I was calmer by then, and we worked everything out (not a big deal to begin with, but I was sort of feeling left out by this, and that's one thing I hate, because I've always had to deal with that from everyone I've ever gotten close to and I just couldn't sit back and just brush it off like I've always done), so we ended the night on a better note than we started the day on.

Yesterday, nothing important realy happened, other than I dropped Crystal's b-day present off at her house, and she was really happy with it, so that made me happy. And I got my order in from Mary Kay, so that made the afternoon even better. The thing that kinda ruined it was that Betty had a shit-load of work to catch up on from Monday, since she was the only one there on Monday (she had to do everyone's work, since she was the only one there), so we didn't even leave the shelter until 8(!!!!!!) pm. I was not happy about that, since I had laundry and shit to do, but I made up for it this morning. I was intending to stay home (which I'm getting the feeling I shoulda done anyway) to clean my closet to fit all of my extra shit in, but I actually finished most of it before I had to leave to get here, so I just decided to come here and finish it later today and tonight. Which is why I was really trying to rush this post, but ended up writing soooooo much more than I intended to. Sorry it's so long-winded today. :o) I actually had a lot to write. And now my fingers are killing me. Damn!

Okay here's the quote:

"Never under any circumstance take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night." -Dave Barry

:o) That's a great one. Anyway, have a wonderful day today!!! Bub bye!!!! ;oD

"Life is short but hard, like a body-building elf." -The Bloodhound Gang

I have no time to write a meaningful message ( :o) ), so I just have the quote for today for ya. As well as the two quiz postings. Anyway, have a great day, and (hopefully) I'll be able to write about everything that went on this weekend. Well, the interesting things, anyway. ;o) Well, I already said this, but have a great day!!!!! :oD

And yet another one!

You scored 50% Water
You may feel Water's influence in your birth chart, since you certainly feel it in your daily life -- you're sensitive, emotional and deep, possessed of a poetic and romantic nature. If your man is a Water Sign as well -- a Cancer, a Scorpio or a Pisces -- you're probably a great match, since you share an intuitive connection and you both have compassionate, understanding natures! If he's an Earth Sign -- a Taurus, a Virgo or a Capricorn -- he loves you for your deeply emotional nature, and loves to provide you with the grounding influence you need. If he's a Fire or an Air Sign, yours may not have been the most natural or immediate of connections -- which isn't to say it can't work between you. If he's an Aries, a Leo or a Sagittarius, he might find you a bit too clingy and sensitive for his tastes; if he's a Gemini, a Libra or an Aquarius, he might be a bit put off or intimidated by the emotional way in which you approach the world.

You scored 20% Earth
You approach life in an Earthy way -- you're grounded, sensual, practical and reliable. Perhaps you have some Earth Signs in your birth chart. If your Mr. Perfect is an Earth Sign -- a Taurus, a Virgo or a Capricorn -- he's probably attracted to you for your dependability and loyalty, not to mention your utter sensuality. The Water Signs -- Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces -- also make great matches for Earth Signs; if your man is a Water Sign, he's a bit of an emotional dreamer who appreciates you for the way you provide him with a firm, steady base. If he's a Fire or an Air Sign, yours might be a case of "opposites attract"! If he's an Aries, a Leo or a Sagittarius, he might find your relaxed, sensual nature a bit too, well, relaxed; if he's a Gemini, a Libra or an Aquarius, he might be interested in something other than your witty repartee.

You scored 20% Fire
You've got lots of Fire energy motivating your actions and desires; you may have some Fire in your birth chart. If the man of your dreams is a Fire Sign -- an Aries, a Leo or a Sagittarius -- your connection will be truly hot and a lot of fun. However, your relationship might just be combustible, so watch out that you don't burn one another alive! If your Mr. Right is an Air Sign -- a Gemini, a Libra or an Aquarius -- it's also a good match; Air fuels Fire and helps it spread, and Fire Signs always keep Air Signs interested and guessing! If your man is an Earth or a Water Sign, yours might be a bit less than a perfectly smooth and flowing relationship. If he's a Taurus, a Virgo or a Capricorn, your heady energy and risky behavior might put him on edge; if he's a Cancer, a Scorpio or a Pisces, you might be a bit too insensitive for him -- though he's so sensitive himself, he probably won't say anything about it.

You scored 10% Air
You've got the markings of an Air Sign -- a Gemini, a Libra or an Aquarius. You may have some Air in your birth chart, since you tend to approach things from an intellectual point of view and can't sustain an attraction to someone who doesn't stimulate you mentally, first and foremost. For that reason, your Mr. Right might be an Air Sign as well, as yours would truly be a meeting of the minds (and wits). If he's a Fire Sign -- an Aries, a Leo or a Sagittarius -- he might not be as into art and literature as you are, but he's still likely to appreciate your scintillating wit and fun, social nature! If he's an Earth or a Water Sign, you two might be meeting on some other level. If he's a Taurus, a Virgo or a Capricorn, he loves your mind but might wish it were a bit more focused or dedicated; if he's a Cancer, a Scorpio or a Pisces, he might try to get you to spend more time at home with him, emoting.

I got another quiz for ya!!! ;o)

You Are A Chocolate Flavored Condom!

Addictive and totally decadent.
People are passionate about you - driven wild by your every move.
You are often an object of desire, although you're usually too much to handle!

What Flavor Condom Are *You*?
More Great Quizzes from Quiz Diva

I got this from Kabalarians.com. I think it definately describes some basic facets of my personality to a T. So, anyway, here's my name description:

Your name of Melissa gives you a clever mind, good business judgment, a sense of responsibility, and an appreciation of the finer things of life. You are serious-minded and not inclined to make light of things even in little ways, and in your younger years you had more mature interests than others your age. Home and family mean a great deal to you and it is natural that you should desire the security of a peaceful, settled home environment where you can enjoy the companionship of family and friends. Whatever you set out to accomplish you do your very best to complete in accordance with what you consider to be right. In the home you assume your responsibilities capably, having the self-confidence to form your own opinions and make your own decisions. Others can rely on you; once you have given your word you will do your utmost to fulfil a responsibility. However, there is a tendency to be a little too independent in your thinking and it is difficult for you to accept the help of others when you should. Due to your strong sense of responsibility, you could experience worry and mental turmoil through assuming more responsibility than you should. Friction could arise through others feeling that you were interfering with their rights and privileges, even though you are only trying to help.

I just republished all my archives finally. I tried quite a few times, but blogger was being stupid, so I couldn't for a long time, but I just tried it today and it actualy worked!! That makes me a very happy girl, even though it's not an apparent thing when you look at the blog at first. But that's okay. Because I accomplished something. Yay for me! ;o) This morning was a catch-up day for me. I didn't accomplish nearly as much as I wanted to, but I still got stuff done. And last night was, as usual with my Joshie, great. Nothing really interesting went on, other than a nice talk we had when he dropped me off, but I'll spare everyone the details. But it made me very, very happy. :o) Other than that, I have nuttin to say.

Well, everyone have an "insatiable" Friday!! ;o)

"A penny will hide the biggest star in the Universe if you hold it close enough to your eye."
--Samuel Grafton

Bub bye!!! ;oD

I had a good night last night. Amanda called and she had already worked for the day, and said she was going bowling, so she invited me, and we met at 8 and drove over together. We played a game ourselves, and her one friend, Alan had stopped by and he played a few games with us. Of course, I suck at bowling, since I hardly ever go, and Amanda and Alan are both on the bowling league (at least I think Alan is), so I looked even worse than I really was. But I don't deny I suck at it. :P And this group of friends were 2 lanes down from us and they were drinkin, and being loud and obnoxious. Apparently this girl was visiting her friends and boyfriend, and it was her last night here. Well, they were pretty well sloshed and yelling and stuff towards 9:30-9:45, and 2 guys come up to bowl in the lane between us. These guys were minding their own business, and just having a good time, and the girl that was visiting came up to them and told them not to swear, because they'll go to hell for it. Also for smoking. When the group of drunken friends left, the one guy said to me and Amanda about what she was saying, and he made the comment, "Well, I'm gonna be going to hell for more than that!" I thought that was kinda funny and I'd share that. But that was about the most interesting thing to write about the whole outing, since I don't remember much more about it. But it was fun.

Yay!!!!! I get to see my hunny tonight!!! :oD I've been going through Josh-withdrawal for a few days, since I haven't really talked to him since Sunday. The phone convo we had was so late at night, and I was so tired, that it didn't seem to "quench my thirst." ;) Heh that sounds like it might have a double meaning. I didn't originally mean it that way, seriously. I'm sure you don't believe me though. :o)

Alrighty, out of topics already. I'll write back if something interesting happens worth typing it out. Meanwhile, Have an "audacious" day!!!!!!

"Wise men talk because they have something to say, fools talk because they have to say something."
--Plato

P.S. I would like to wish Michelle a very Happy Birthday!!!!! :o)

Sorry I did end up having a bit more to say than I thought. :o]

It's amazing how I used to be sooooooo obsessed with the show Trading Spaces (kinda still am, when I get the chance to watch it), but when everyone starts liking it and getting obsessed with it, that's when I begin losing interest. I don't know why, I just stopped taping it on Saturdays, and stopped watching it on the weekdays, and that used to be a highlight, when there'd be a new episode on that I hadn't seen. I have such a passion for decorating and that kind of thing, you'd think I'd never stop talking about it! I miss my show!! (How loser-ish does that sound?) :o) I think I like it more for seeing Ty than anything. ;o) Ah damn! Gotta get my ass moving! I gotta get home and go to the SPCA. And I've spent wwwwwwaaaaaaayyyyyyy too long online today. Alright, enough of this shit, I gotta go!

Not much to say today, since it's ugly outside and I'm really tired now. Bleh. Last night didn't end up going quite as planned, since Amanda got called in to work because a person quit, and someone had called off again, and they're short staffed, so she had to go in. She's the assistent manager, so she gets sucked into that kind of shit. Yesterday was the first day she was supposed to have off for about a month. So she was really pissed, and we didn't get our game of bowling in, but we did get to hang out for about an hour. Then I was really upset because my sister was being a bitch about not wanting to drop me off at home before she went grocery shopping, which I hate being dragged along for, and I called Josh at 8:30, but he wasn't there, since I had told him I probably wouldn't get to call him when I was out with Amanda, so I was just having a bad night. Anyone with Cancer in their astrological charts seemed to have a bad day/night yesterday. Me, Josh (I ended up getting a phone call at 9:30 from him), Betty, Amanda...anyone else? I can't think of anyone else, but I'm sure there's more.

I measured my blood pressure today, and at about 9:30 this morning, it was 101 over 65. Is that too low? The systolic (the top one) number was even lower when Karen took it a week ago, and it was later in the afternoon. I think it was 89-90-something (in that range). Damn, I know it went down quite a bit from when I had it taken at Christmas. Back then it was 120 over 70-something. oh well. My pulse this morning was kinda high though, at 82. I don't like that at all. I hope it was because I had been doing some work before then, and that would explain it. Eh, no use trying to really figure it out, since I don't really moniter it like I should, what with both parents that have high-blood pressure.

Anyway, I must go now. Have a great day!!!!!! Bub bye!!! :o)

"To live is like to love -- all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct is for it."
--Samuel Butler

I love beautiful days like yesterday and today!!!! Especially after all those shit days we had last week. I went for a quick walk this morning, since it's supposed to rain the rest of the week, and I coulda walked for hours! Unfortunately, I ate a big breakfast, therefore I was late leaving the house, so I didn't get to go for a real long walk. :o( But I might just go to Green Lane and hike a bit when Chuck gets here. That is, if he doesn't take the car to go fishing, which is very likely.

I'm going bowling tonight with Amanda, so that should be fun. I'm not a big fan of bowling on a regular basis, but it's fun to go every once in awhile. I have to stop by the ATM to get moolah. I have none at this moment. That reminds me, the meeting last night kinda sucked. I was very tired and anxious to leave, so I could call my hunny, but the meeting ran over time, so I didn't even get home til 9:30. :o( And, I was already tired, so driving for forty minutes to get home was kinda annoying. Especially when you've got a cop following you, and you can't speed. Just another reason why I couldn't get home before then.

Crystal, if you're reading this, I have your birthday present, and we gotta get together so I can give it to you! I know you wanna be with your love, but I think you can spare a few moments for lil ol' me. :o)

Well, I know I'm boring you to death, so I shall go. I have a lot to get done today. Here's the quote for ya:

"Life is playfulness. We need to play so that we can rediscover the magical around us." - Flora Colao

Alrighty, have a super day!!! Bub bye!!! :o)

The quote below is an interesting thought. I have to agree, and there is more to the whole explanation of this on his site, so I would suggest you read the whole thing. It's the second post on his page.

"I’ve read and heard women describe of how the act of receiving a man into her body is an expression of the role of the woman in a relationship. That his act of penetration is that of dominance. And that this is the proper way to view the sexes. In committing his act, he accepts responsibility for the relationship, the protection of her and her offspring, and the role of the decision maker. In return she gives her loyalty, her support, and the propagation of not only his seed but his ideals, his character, and indeed his very nature." -The Yeti

*rolls eyes*

When will the stupidity end?!

Wow this weekend was a fun one. I had to work (bleh :oP) but it was fun anyway. Saturday was great! I finally got the latest Applause magazine, which was late by nearly 3 weeks, and just everything that happened added up to a wonderful day. :o) Sunday wasn't as good, but I didn't get stuck with something really shitty to do all day; me and Carol just helped everyone with half a floor, and kinda took it easy. ;o) So that was good, considering I didn't get nearly enough sleep any day of the weekend.

And this morning, I recieved my order (yay!!!), so I was happy about that, until I saw the bag I had ordered. It's about twice the size I thought it was, so I can't use it on a normal day. I ain't carryin around that big-ass thing!! The order form said it was a tote bag, but it looks big enough to be a suitcase! So, I was kinda disappointed by that, and some of the stuff I got off of the business supplies list kinda wasn't quite what I was expecting, but I'm still happy. I got the Mary Kay Tribute limited-edition perfume, and I love it!!!!!!! It smells soooooooo good!!!!! I wish I woulda gotten it earlier; I coulda probably had better sales for this quarter. Eh. There's still a little under a month left, so I'm not worried. It's all good. ;o)

Hmmm....well, Sharon and Cookie came over to Josh's last night for dinner, and that's always really fun. They brought the Owen J's promenade over to show everyone how cute Christine looked for the prom. I saw quite a few Boyertownies there too. Only guys, and they were all together at a table, but it was kinda neat seeing some of the people who I haven't seen in a while. Of course, they were people I never really talked to, but at least they weren't some of the complete assholes I remember from school. Anyway, we didn't watch the whole thing, since it was an hour and a half, but we fast forwarded to the end of the tape where the king and queen danced, and the king (I don't remember his name) was so drunk. It was hilarius. He was singing along to the music, acting like a total jackass, and it was just one of the funniest drunken acts that I've seen in a long time.

I took a walk this morning, and, even still, there was not one single cloud in the sky. It was so beautiful, but I couldn't force myself to go as long as normal walks usually last for me, since my *wonderful* friend is coming this week, and I'm really tired out from lack of sleep. So my workout was really crappy this morning. Luckily my parents bought a whole bunch of fruit this weekend, so I will be able to work on that part of my diet now. That's one of the parts that I've never done well on eating enough of. That's usually because no one ever buys that kind of healthy food, and just buys junk, but I'm sick of the junk, even though I've cut a lot of it out. I've lost the poundage that I was determined to, and started excersizing more, and now it's time to work on the nutrition more.

Anyway, I must go. Everyone have a great day, and here's the quote for ya!

"Life is playfulness. We need to play so that we can rediscover the magical around us." - Flora Colao

Bub bye!!!!! :oD

I don't even think I need to comment on the useless messages over there, other than this: No, I do not care that you write over there, nor do I get pissed. Maybe the first time, but not now. It seems to me that with all the time you waste writing in the message board, you must have no life yourself. Just a thought

Anyway, I don't have any time to address anything else, so I shall go. Here's the quote:

"I realize that when I met you at the Turkey Curry buffet, I was unforgiveably rude, and wearing a reindeer jumper." -Colin Firth as Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones's Diary

Bub bye now to all my "fans." ;o)

Ooooooooooo I think I pissed someone off. :o)

Have you ever been so infuriatingly pissed off, and when you finally calm down and you are all fine and happy for a while, someone just pisses you off past the limit of talking? (I can't think of the word I wanted to write instead of "talking," but that sounded pretty good itself) Well, that happened yesterday. Well, you know I was pissed when I posted yesterday, but I calmed down, and actually stayed in a good mood until last night. I had to babysit for Betty, since they were having some board meeting this morning (at the SPCA), and they had to clean up really good, and they were short-staffed yesterday, so they had to work late. *rolls eyes* Anyway, I agreed to it, even though I was not too keen on the idea, but I just went along with it, and I also got free Mickey D's food from it. ;o) Well, I told them I needed to get to bed early, like, 9:00 (which was the time I told them), and I alos had a few things to do before that, so they needed to pick me up at around 8:30, at the latest. Well, they agreed, and I thought it was all fine. Right. (in immense sarcastic tone) Well, 8:30 came and went. Then 9:00. Thinking to myself, "I should be in bed now, goddammit!" I think Betty finally walked in at 9:15 or a bit later. Tina and my mom didn't even get here until 9:30, or a few minutes later. I was so pissed. Beyond words. Crying-because-pms'ing/moodiness/pissed off-ness; just completely angry and ready to kill someone. If anyone would have gotten in my way, I woulda hurt them, no doubt in my mind. And not even an apology in return for giving up my time was offered to me. I had not one word spoken to me from Tina or my mom, and I just couldn't believe that I even bother being nice to any of these people who constantly take advantage of everyone they get close to. Betty isn't that bad with it, and sometimes babysitting isn't that bad, but I refuse to babysit later than 6 pm anymore. If Josh comes to pick me up, I'm leaving. I am not doing this shit that happens every week, non-stop. They never get home on time; I am always sitting here waiting for them. In fact, I get there to drop off Betty's car at the SPCA, and we won't leave until, at the earliest 6:00. If I'm lucky. I don't understand why it's so difficult to leave before then, especially when they just fuck around at the end of the day like I often see them do once 5:00 rolls around and they spend about twice the amount of time doing what should be simple and quick, and then just complain about anything and everything that has to do with the job. Complain about how tired they are, the people they work with, normal things. But every day I hear, "With the kind of day it was today..." That aggravates me so much, just because I hear it all the fucking time!!!!!! Grrrrr.....enough about that.

I'm watching the E! True Hollywood Story on Dirty Dancing. I looooooovvvveee that movie!!!!!! Ewww..Anna Nicole Smith is quite disturbing looking. I noticed it before, but Damn! I just had one of those moments when you realize just how bad it really is. Ick. *cold shudder* I do think she was pretty at one time, but it all went to hell in a short period of time.

I think I shall go now. I think I've done enough venting for the week. :o) Anyway, here's the quote, and have a mah-velous day!!!!! :)

"Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourslef on fire. -Arnold H. Glasgow

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That's about the best way to describe my feelings about AOL at this moment. It just fucking kicked me off in the middle of the post I was writing, and I just can't stand it. It makes me seriously want to injure the person who signed on causing me to be kicked off. That's how it always happens.

It was nothing important anyway, but I'm still ready to flip out. I can't even begin to describe how pissed I am. And I know it's unhealthy to stifle my anger, so I'm trying to get it out without over doing it. The only way I can is to write in here about how pissed I am. Not accomplishing much, mind you, but I think it's about the best I can do.

Anyway, I hate these days that seem great when you wake up, but then just get all sucky and shitty. I saw the sun shining, and I woke up early. But that didn't last for a long time. My walk was nice, except that it was windy and sorta cold. And, I didn't have enought breakfast, so half an hour before lunch, I really was hungry, and that's not unusual, but it got to the point that I felt nausua (for some reason that word doesn't look like it's spelled right, and I'm really not sure about that; I usually don't have this kind of problem) from lack of food in my body for too long. Some people get headaches from being too hungry, but I get sick. Don't ask me why, since I have no idea why this happens, all I know is that I have to eat when I get hungry. I can't skip meals.

Anyway, I had more to write about but my memory is just for shit right now, so I'm not even gonna try to remember everything. I know I'm anticipating my order arriving, and my Applause magazine coming in the mail, and needing to call some people, and just things like that are on my mind and anything else I had been thinking about, for some reason, got lost in the mmess of everything. This kind of thing happens when I get really mad, or something, and calm down in a certain time period, and I just need a break right now. If this post didn't make complete sense, don't worry. I don't think it completely made sense to me either. I am going to post the quote and go relax with a magazine or something, at least until my mind clears. Anyway, ahve a great day everyone, and don't let anything get you down!! :o)

"If more people really pondered how much is enough in their lives, perhaps there would be
a lot more truly satisfied folks in this world." -Linda S. Anderson

Bub bye!!! ;o)

Hey, sorry about Friday's post. I was kinda annoyed with the repeated messages that clogged up the message thing when I saw it. Of course, I could erase the messages, but at least it made it interesting, so I'm just gonna leave 'em there.

I just found out that Bob went to the hospital awhile back (I didn't even know), and now he owes $7500. He said, "Don't ever get chest pains." Heh. Well, if Mr. Stupid would stop smoking, then maybe he wouldn't have chest pains in the first place, don'tcha think? Honestly, he's only in his late twenties. If he's getting chest pains now, he's in trouble. Hell, even I used to get a few back in the day. But then, I figure that's from years of being surrounded by clouds of secondhand smoke plus the actual smoking. And it sucks now, since I want to get away from all the smoke, I can't. Everywhere I go, someone smokes. Betty's place, Josh's house, Karen's house, work. Oh God, if you think a room with one, just one, smoker is bad, go to the smoking room at the Geriatric Center, and inhale the fumes there. Damn!!!!! Just walking by is nasty. They only smoke at certain times of the day, and are supposed to close the doors, but when you open the door to let a resident in, you nearly suffocated instantly by the smoke. This room is supposed to be for the smoking residents, and they used to be allowed to go to more places for the smoking, and do it whenever, but, thank goodness, the administrator and all of those "higher-ups" decided to restrict things more, for everyone's safety. I wish they could throw the smoking policy away, and just not allow smoking at all, but I'm not sure that'd be possible. There are certain regulations about that, and I don't know everything, but I think the residents would seriously have major rebelling going on if that ever happened.

Anyway, yesterday I went for a walk, and it was sooooo peaceful. I went down Hoffman Rd. and there was this tree that's spreading its seed, and they look like a huge amount of dandelion seeds blowing around, but they're from the tree, and holy shit, does it spread! There's so much of it too! At Karen's place, on Sunday, we were sitting outside in the afternoon, and it was just raining these things all over. It almost looked like it was snowing. It was kinda funny, since I happened to be wearing all black, and these white thingys were sticking to me. If you'd try wiping them off, they'd just get more stuck to you. This little "snowstorm" lasted at least 2 1/2 hrs, if not longer. Must've been a big tree, I guess. But anyway, I was taking my walk yesterday and saw that, and I was thinkin, "Dammit, I can't get away from 'em! They're following me!!" And I had to walk through a veil of white thingers. Twice. So that fun. That was the main interesting thing for my walk.

I had the M.K. meeting last night. I take Rt 23 down there, and I was looking for the cross to find out where that accident happened (the one where 3 ppl died over the weekend), and it's kind of ironic how, a few miles before that, there were skid marks and shit on the road that you'd be almost positive there was a sucky accident there, and believe me, these marks went all over the road, and some went all the way to the grass, but where the deadly accident was: nothing. Not a single mark. Other than the slight indentation in the guard rail. It makes ya think.

Oh, and speaking of the meeting, it was Mary Kay Ash's (founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics obviously) birthday yesterday. We had birthday cake. It was good. Made me feel a little like I shouldn't have eaten that Crispy Creme donut after lunch, but who cares? I just said screw it, and enjoyed that cake. Of course, that's usually my attitude over the weekend; that I can have whtever I want without thinking about estimating calories or shit like that (not that I go nuts with that during the week, either), but this weekend was very unhealthy for me. Eating at Red Lobster on Saturday, and then having a big dinner on Sunday, as well as Dairy Queen, was a bit much. But it was good. So :P I shouldn't think about it. If I don't eat like that every day, I'm okay. Which I don't.

Anyway, I don't feel like reporting about the weekend, so if anyone who reads this wants to know, even if I really don't know you, ask me and I'll tell you about it. It's not really that exciting. Not boring either. Just right. :)

I hope to be recieving my Applause magazine from last month, and this month soon, but I dunno when it'll get here. I didn't get one last month, since they were being gay and decided to not send me one since I was unactive again that month, but I should get one this month. If the bastards don't send me one, I'm gonna flip out. I am so lost about some stuff, just because I missed that one issue. So I don't wanna miss this one. I also should be getting my order soon. They're processing it at the South branch, instead of Northeast (where they've always done it before) this time, so I don't think it'll get here as quickly as normal. They said it'd be here on Friday, but I'm hopin for tomorrow, or Thursday. Just so I can get the presents ready. ;) Not gonna give away anything more about that. ;o) And I want my stuff too. I ordered another bag, and I hope it's the one that I wanted, so then I can get rid of that clear one I ripped. That one sucked anyway. I can't find the one that I'd really like; the one I keep seeing other consultants carrying around, that would be the perfect size for a purse and some MK neccessities, but I couldn't find it on the order sheet online, so I think this one'll be okay.

Oh yeah. My buddies have gone back to the shelter. :o( Meaning the kittens Betty was fostering, to the SPCA. It's kinda lonely now. I don't have my buddy, Rollie, sitting on my lap, keeping me company while typing in the blog. *WAAAHHHH* I want kittens!!! "No, Melissa, there are wwwwaaaayyyy too many fucking animals at your house already, and you know what they'll grow up to be." So, yeah, I miss 'em already. I could go "visit" them today, but I don't think that's be a good idea. Dammit, I got attached to them. At least I know not to ever volunteer for something like that, cuz then I'd wanna keep them all to myself. :)

Well, folks (or should I say person), it's time to go. Here's the quote for ya, and then I'm off! Have a meaningful day!!!! :o)

"Sooner or later you've heard about all your best friends have to say. Then comes
the tolerance of real love."

P.S. Not sure if I just forgot to type the author, or if there wasn't any; I'll check if I remember to later.

I scored a 68% on the "How much B-town is in your blood?" Quizie! What about you?

Thanx for the quiz Crystal!

I would just like to say that people really waste their time with something they claim to think "is gay."

And, as a message to the asshole: Be more original. Calling the blog gay isn't very interesting, nor do most people care if it sucks. The majority that read it think it sucks, and, me, not caring, continue to write all the "gayness" of what goes through my mind. I don't particularly care if anyone ever reads this, either. Like I stated on the message board: I do this to get my thoughts out, not for anyone else. It's my style to write like I'm writing to an audience. Just get over it.

It feels good to vent. :)

I looooovee this free email site!! It's so cute! Yes, I'm easily amused. ;o)

Anyway, I don't have much time to write, so I'll just post da quote, and be on my merry way. Well, unless I ind some time when I get back from dropping the car off at the SPCA. Which I might; I dunno.

Anyway:

"Nature gives you the face you have when you are twenty. Life shapes the face you have at thirty.
But it is up to you to earn the face you have at fifty." -Coco Chanel

Well, there ya have it. I might get back later, but if I don't, have a lovely day!! Bub bye!!! :o)

Hello all! I'll just spare you the rambling of Melissa today. I'll just put the quote below, and be on my merry way. Besides, I gotta get goin anyway.

"We never know when or whether our words may spark some enlightenment in someone but we know
for sure that if we are silent they certainly won't." -Paula

Alrighty, have a great day!! :oD

Heya! Sorry about yesterday's post. I got really pissed, so I just decided to walk away from it.

Anyway, I'm happy because my sis's Avon stuff came today, and I will be getting it tonight when she gets home. Yay!! I know, I shouldn't buy too much from there, but, like I told Josh(and I'm sure Ialready wrote here), there are things Avon sells besides cosmetics and skin care, and, as long as I don't step over that line, I'll be alright. Anyway, I ordered a pair of sandals, which are actually really cute. They've got a leopard print sole, with beading on the straps. :) I can't wait!!!! I've managed to behave myself, and not go through her boxes (which happen to be sitting a few feet away from me in the living room) to get my stuff. I have to wait until she gets home. :o( I think I'll survive. I've done okay so far. I'm very proud of myself. Anyway, I've gotten a few other things, but I won't go on and on about them. Besides, one of the things is fragrance related, so I don't think it would be good to promote that in words (which seems stupid, since I'll be promoting it by wearing it, but tough shit to those who think I'm being bad by doing this :oP) I don't think I'll ever stop buying perfume. It's my fetish. And my vice. I've even started with Josh. ;) I already bought him cologne, which he doesn't even use. And shaving cream (Mary Kay). He doesn't use that either. Oh well. I tried.

Well, I have nothing else to say right now. I have to go file my nail since it broke (waaaaaahhhh!!!!! :o( *pouts), so here's the quote of the day:

"So it looks like Sierra Mist soda is making a pretty big marketing push.
Too bad I've been drnking it for years. It's called Sprite." -Aaron Karo, Ruminations

Alrighty then, I wish everyone a "bootylicious" day!! (sorry, I have that list from imood, and it lets me get stupidly silly ;o) ) Bub bye now!!!!! :)

Hi all! Well, I did have something written, but you guessed it, it got deleted. And I'm not gonna fuck with it again. I had everything copied, just in case, but then I cut and pasted the quote, and lost it all. I'll put the quote here now, and maybe I'll re-write what I originally had in this post later today. Don't know if I will be able to though, since I don't remember much of what I wrote. Some of it was kinda trivial, so it's not too big a deal, but I got other stuff to do, and cannot spend a million years posting to this freakin blog.

Sorry about the pissiness. That's what happens to me when certain things go wrong. Sometimes I have a very bad temper. Anyway, here ya go:

"Everyone's got their Stella." -Stephen Dorff as Jake in the movie, Entropy

I'll add that I had this quote for about 2 weeks, but I kept forgetting to look up the title of the movie since I had only seen the last half of it, but I finally remembered this morning. So, anyway, have an awesome day!! :)

Not much to say today. Worked this weekend. Bleh But it was pretty fun anyway. Can't remember much about it though. :) I guess that blueberry pie didn't help my memory after all. ;) We were talking about that at lunch on Saturday (I DO remember that much, and a few little things), since I was being extremely forgetful on Sat. We also were discussing what "a bat in a bat cave" means. It makes me laugh, but ya had to be there to get the full funni-ness of it. I hate it when those situations come up like that, where they're hilarius when they happen, but when retelling the story, it really sucks. Maybe I just suck at telling stories. Not doubting that myself. :)

I *might* be going to the MK meeting tonight. Not sure, since I might have to bring food, and I don't have any moolah, therefore I will not be going if I have to bring food. ;) I will also have to borrow $2 from my mom anyway, since I spent my last few dollars on gas (which wasn't even a noticeable amount, anyway). So, yes I am officially broke. I have no money, except for change, and I don't think they'd like me after paying for something more than a dollar at the grocery store.

I think I'm done now. Nothing in slightest bit interesting is coming to mind. Well, here's da quote:

"And tell Jim to fuck off. He’s not the boss of you, and he eats poo. And possibly blows goats. All you gotta do is find proof." -Steph

Well, have a wonderful day, guys! Hopefully today doesn't suck, and I will have informative posts tomorrow (hmmph..like that's possible) Bub bye!!! :)

Why do I even expect anyone to be online on a Friday? I know that the "partying" doesn't really start until night, but every Friday, there are less people online than normal, and for those that are on, for a shorter time period. But I always am surprised to find a fewer amount of people than usual. I don't really toalk to anyone anyway, so I don't even know why it matters to me. :oI Hmmm...

Am very tired. I woke up about an hour earlier than normal, and fell back asleep, but I still am really tired. That's not good, since I gotta get up at 5 tomorrow morning for work. I think I'll survive though.

I checked out my Mary Kay website (link on the left there) just now, and it's changed, so I would go check it out if I were you. ;) I absolutely adore these kittens!! Of course, one of the older cats was getting pissed at them and swatting them every few minutes, so I had to "discipline" her, which wasn't fun, but everything seems to be okay, since the kittens are seperated from her for the moment. I must've taken, like, 10 pics of the kittens so far since they've been here. I think they'll be leaving a week from today, but I'm not sure on that one. I'll let ya know.

Oh yeah, had a somewhat interesting night last night. Most of it was spent waiting and "in transit." Josh had to go to his mom's to inspect his step-dad's pickup truck (inspection ran out in April), and it takes at least 20 minutes to get there. I had to wait for Josh until about 7:20-ish (?; not sure if that's right), and when we got there, I had a sandwich, and he was outside most of the night until we left just before 9:00. So, it wasn't really a good night for alone time, but it was semi-fun, all the same.

I have to get in touch with my sis at some point today to give her my order for Avon. I hope I see her long enough to do that. Ugh, and I have a slight headache, which is very unusual, for the fact that I never get headaches unless something's wrong. I'm hoping it's just tiredness or something to that effect. Or reading too much. Whatever it is, I want it to stop hurting!! (I'm such a baby :o))

Well, on that note, I shall leave you with the daily quote:

"Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break
your
word or lose your self-respect."
--Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Have a great day!! And have a wonderful and relaxing weekend!!! Bub bye!!! :)

Ah, another happy day. Although waking up this morning to a big tractor spreading manure on the fields surounding my house wasn't that nice. I didn't even notice that it was the tractors, until I got up to pee, and someone had opened the bathroom window, so it was smelling kinda icky in the bathroom right then. That's why, as an adult, I will never live near a farm again. I like the cornfields, and the fact that it's not really busy/city-like, but, goddamn, it reeks!!

Anyway, today is the first day in an extremely long time that I've gone without washing my hair for the day. I usually feel dirty when I don't do something like that, but I don't today, which just feels weird. I dunno. I guess I'm just weird. Which would explain a lot. ;) Lemme see...what to say, what to say...I see my sweetie tonight. Yay!!!!! :D That's always cause for celebration.
Another cause would be my continuing weight loss/toning up goal I've been working on. I just noticed that my arms are definately skinnier than before, although that wasn't a part of me I decided to measure when I first started out, since I was concerned more with my abs, and so I don't really know how many inches my arms were. But, yeah, I'm quite excited about this. I hope that I can continue to maintain this kind of thing when i get a fulltime job, cuz if I can't, I'm screwed. Then I'll probably end up back where I started. Eh, I guess things'll work out the way they wanna work out. I can only do so much.

I forgot my camera again. I was gonna take more pics of the kittens, but I forgot this morning getting ready to go. Grr...

Oh, and I watched the second half of this movie called Cheats. It was really funny. I suggest the next time it is on HBO, or Cinemax, watch it. I wanna see the beginning, but I don't think it'll be on again soon. I'll just have to be patient. :oI

I'm pretty sure I said everything I needed to, so I shall free you of my babbling. :) Here's da quote:

"We're going to get 69'ed...with a star." -Martin Starr as Applebee in Cheats

Alrighty, have a mahvelous day!! :o)