Day 356/365 (August 9, 2009)

so today i woke up and headed with Pip to wicked lotto to help chris and friends out. Luckily one of his friends won and then i took Pip back home to sasha's. he was so happy to be back and once we got around the wicked area he knew where we were and basically ran the whole way home. i then spent a lot of the day there chatting and catching up and beginning the renaming of my picture folders before i back them up. i started with may of last year and have to go through july of this year... a MAJOR undertaking to say the least. i am not renaming every picture but instead each day folder will get certain key words so when i want a picture i can search the word and find it easier. Pip still stayed cuddled with me a great portion of the day and at one point sasha made marty and i some extremely yummy turkey!

i also left with krysta at one point to get an 8 cent cupcake on 72nd st. it was ok but not fabulous! but it was exciting because when we got there there was an extremely long line and we were like oh well but we found out the line was for people who had just found out about the deal and were waiting for the text to get sent to them... since we already had the text we got to go straight in and not wait in line to get our cupcake... i paid with a dime and let them keep the change LOL!

anywho finally the time came and i headed home and i of course watched big brother and laughed so hard when jeremy piven made a guest appearance. everyone was so excited and i just kept thinking mercury poisoning and that if i were a contestant i would have said mercury poisoning? then sat down. i also thought it was so cute because one of the people was like i just met jeremy piven and he is a celebrity and i can say i met him... and i thought back to the days when i cared about that and how excited i would have been (joey fatone the first time i saw him in rent anyone, especially carol?) but now these days i just dont care. i mean clay aiken is someone i used to be batty about and he almost bumped into me when leaving billy elliot and i saw him an i was like o clay aiken just passed me what were you saying?

anywho i also got celery and carrot sticks ready to keep my tummy satisfied while waiting in line for the opening of the box office for bye bye birdie. i am pretty excited to see the show and you cant go wrong with $10 tickets, thanks bank of america for the help!

emma also kept going on my lap because she missed me so, it was cute but really annoying because it was hard to type.

the countdown has begun!!!! this is DAY 10

Day 232/365 (April 7, 2009)

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I should probably add Sasha to the tagging list since i know she reads this blog

Anywho today was a productive day (well that is in the eye of the beholder.) i updated like two weeks worth of this blog and was grateful that even though i wasnt writing the blog, i was uploading the pictures and writing the tags so everything (for the most part) came flooding back when i finally began to type!

i also watched some Charmed which i really do love and caught up reading Devons photo blog which is where i saw this picture so i decided to do it too.

i had discovered yesterday i couldn't find my camera so i went on a mission today and i cant find it in the apartment which frightens me since i know i couldnt find it in my bag right before i got to sasha's so i am afraid it somehow got lost in duane reade, on the subway, or by avenue q. i have always taken pictures every day, even before i started this blog and i keep wanting to reach for it to take a picture and can't. this leaves me feeling like a piece of myself is missing and i had some awesome pictures on my 4 GB memory card that are also missing with it :( i mean i NEVER take it out of my bag unless i am taking a picture, uploading pictures, or charging my battery. the last time i had seen it i was showing a picture i had taken of jordan and fred to her and krysta. i thought i had put it back in my bag after (which unless i find the camera here somewhere that means i did) but that is why i am thinking it must have come out of my bag on one of my outings yesterday without my noticing either by me somehow pulling it out or someone taking it out. but if someone took it out then why didnt they take my wallet? so that is why i think i accidentally pulled it out somehow :(

But in happier news (aside from that) i actually had a pretty good day. i have always noticed for the last 4-5 years that my bedroom is a reflection of my emotional health. the more chaotic i feel my life is the more disasterous my room gets. i generally hide my true emotions from people because there is just something about me that wont let people see me when i am not more than happy, so if you see that i am not more than happy that either means i trust you immensely or i have just gotten to a really really bad place and cant hide the true feelings anymore (which is a bad sign in my opinion, but anywho i digress). so even if i seem all chipper and happy out and about if you see my rooms and there are clothes everywhere and things not put away it is pretty safe to assume that i am not happy. well at some point today i decided that i was in a cleaning mood and i put things away (though i still have some things to put away but they are hidden tidy like until i am ready to deal with the mess and mayhem of organizing my playbills and tickets) and swept hardcore... i was quite proud that when i finsihed sweeping my room there actually wasnt that much that needed to be swept up!

then i got ready to go out and run a few errands. first i swung by the bank to do some depositing and then i headed downtown. since i was at the bank of america that is on 145th and something i took the A train since it was right there, and when i got off at 59th to transfer so many trains came but never the C and i didn't want to be late so i just walked to 51st St. this however turned out to be a good thing because the walk was so nice (even though it was still slightly chilly.) then i waited outside the Wicked SD for Kyle Dean... yea um i of course ended up being early since that is my MO and there is nothing like feeling like an uber creepster hanging by a stage door like that. i gave him the thing i was giving him and we chatted for a bit then because i enjoyed my walk there i decided to walk back to 59th st to go to whole foods since i wanted to make pizza and for some reason can't find pizza dough in any other store! i mean i love whole foods but i HATE how long the line always is... anyway i found my dough, picked up some delicious mushrooms, and an onion... then i waited for like 10 minutes to pay!

after i walked out the store i was feeling in such a good mood and still felt like walking so i walked to the 72nd station instead of having to transfer from the 1 there... i might have walked to 96th since i was enjoying myself quite much but i got hungry and knew it would take some time to prep the pizza.

i got home and started getting the pizza ready, i heated up the oven with my pizza stone in it, stretched out the dough, and then before i put on the pizza sauce i had cut up some of my mozzarella in strips and put them in a ring around the pizza then folded the dough over... i totally made my own yummy stuff crust pizza! (take that pizza hut!) then i put on the soauce on the cheese was so soft and yummy i couldnt shred it on my grater so i had to chop it up, then i put on the onions and fresh garlic i had chopped up and placed the mushrooms all over the top (mushroom and onion is my fave pizza topping) and i put that bad boy in the oven using my handy parchment paper! i cleaned up my mess and did dishes while it cooked and then enjoyed some yummy pizza... though i had to let all the moisture from the mushrooms drip off first! when i went to put away my leftovers i discovered that not only my camera is missing but my favorite tupperware set is too!

Eventually after eating that and watching some will & grace, and tuning out some boring news show since nothing was on at the time, i got to watch cupid. i saw the show last week and thought it was super cute, and had a fun discussion with kavin and nina in kavin's FB status... though because of my FB status i learned that this show was on (with different actors) in 1998 with like the same characters and premise... it failed, hopefully this one doesn't but i wonder why they would bring back a failed show without changing much?

then i wrote this blog to hopefully not fall behind again and did some online research for a trip i know i can't take but want to real bad!

Day 205/365 (March 11, 2009)

Today was a really great day! I slept until the last possible minute, did dishes, took the trash out and Sasha and Pip came over. Fred and Pip met and had an interesting time but they will become friends in good time i am sure! Pip was just too excited to see him. I had shut Emma in Krysta's room before Pip came ovr knowing she wouldnt be happy with him and she was upset with me, until a little while later i brought her out (holding her) so she could see why i shut her in there... then i could tell she was very happy with me.

Then we walked down to 125th street to go clothes shopping for me at Marshall's since i dont have that many wearable clothes and i am going away and would like to wear something new! I was surprised at how easily we were able to find things i liked, and even more surprised that i found a pair of pants that i liked... i never find pant si liked! They were a little bit more money than i would have liked to spend on them but they looked great and it felt nice to wear jeans that fit correctly and do not require a belt to keep them from falling! Pip was a stellar shopper and i would have had a hard time without Sasha's help. The checkout line took longer than the shopping experience!

Then we went to go to Sasha's voice lesson down by columbus circle. The subway was being mean to us, so we had to take a cab the last few streets to get her there on time. Then sasha asked if i could go to a bank of america for her, then take pip to the park for the first time, which i totally had no problem doing. Carrying around Pip was kind of fun because everyone that got within a foot or two of him would go "awe" "he's so cute" "look at that puppy" and one woman even stopped me and we spoke for like 3 or 4 minutes, maybe more. i let her think he was mine since it was easier that way and she said i was going to be a good mommy for him.... i was chuckling on the inside, but i will be a good auntie!

We eventually stumbled up the bank and took care of the transaction... i love having a bank that is everywhere... because i know that when i need one i just have to walk a little bit and i will find one... in fact we found two in less than 6 minutes!

Then i took him to the park for his first outdoor walking experience... it didn't go so well. At first he just stayed in one place and wouldnt even move with gentle tugging on his lease. Then i tried coercing him by making him walk after part of a doggie treat... he took like three steps then stopped, and then he started to whimper and cry. I let him eat the treat then i picked him up and decided that we would let Sasha try next time when the ground wasnt so moist from random sprinklings of rain. He was kind of cold despite his jacket so i went into a best buy, then later a bed, bath, and beyond to kill some time and keep him warm. Eventually the time came and we went to meet Sasha at her lesson and Pip got to meet another dog called oscar who i think is a pug, is black, and is super cute... Pip wasnt so much a fan of him, then we went back towards Sasha's place and made a lunch pit stop in Subway and found Matthew, Mackenzie, and Penski in there!

We then went back to the apartment and Nick woke up.... while there Pip tried to eat my food, tried to dig to china on my leg, lots of singing happened, i feel asleep and they had fun with me because i am a fierce sleeper, and lots of fun was had!

Eventually i left and went home because i had Texas stuff to tend to and i made a folder with evrything i need printed out... confirmations, directions, and a cover sheet. I also called a couple places to ask some questions i had about packing and all that fun stuff.

I also ate some left over pizza and asparagus and watched TV and played online... it was a very good and productive day! i didnt take any pictures of the clothes so y'all can see them when i wear them... oh and i am going to a place where more people say y'all!

Day 204/365 (March 10, 2009)

bag my ballet slippers came in

This was quite the day! I had decided i had lots of stuff i needed to do and after taking care of job hunting i set out on my errands for the day. This is the first time i spent lots of time doing errands. Although the weather wasn't technically "a beautiful day" i still left the house with nothing but a hoodie and it was good for me!

My exit began with some door troubles, no idea what happened but it decided that it didnt want to shut so after fighting with it for like 5 minutes i won and went on my way. The plan for the day was get stuff i needed to be able to take the ballet class i want to take and look for stuff for Texas. I headed to 34th street to get athletic wear and sunglasses. I looked in K-Mart and then went to old navy. Nothing worked at Old Navy (and i didnt even find any shirts for texas but that is why sasha and i are going out wednesday), so i went back to K-mart since i saw some there. In between i stopped in H&M hoping to find some sunglasses, but i will grab some cash and look on NYC streets some point soon. I also went to Bank of America to get my temporary debit card. Lucky for them i was in no rush since i ended up waiting 45 minutes for something that was finished in 5 minutes once a person saw me.

i got a chance to catch up on the phone with Mark as i walked.

then i walked over to Broadway Dance Center on 45th to get my photo taken for the ID card i need... sadly no one was at the kiosk so i couldn't do that but i got a feel for the place and asked some questions i had to an actual human and got answers that made me excited and feel better. Then i headed over to Sasha's and was greeted by Matthew and Pip, who he likes to call Nibs. It was nice having the pit stop there and chatting, sadly matthew wasn't feeling so well so he went to go for a long nap and i left before he woke up. Finally i had to leave to get to the Capezio store before it closed. I found the ballet shoes i needed for a very reasonable price and made my way out.

I decided to walk up to columbus circle and go to the Whole Foods there and ended up buying asparagus (asparagoose) and pizza supplies. The line was soooooo very long! but worth it. As i was walking to the store i gave Zina a call on the phone and ended up talking to her for almost an hour as i went on my crazy cheese hunt in the store and waited in line and then went outside. FInally i decided i didnt want to get off the phone and was sick of walking around columbus circle so i just walked to the 72nd street station while talking. and let me tell you it was a much needed talk. i have been having random really depressed moments lately and talking to her really helped, i cant wait for the cold to go away so we can hang out again (she doesnt come into the city when it is cold).

then i came home and made another real dinner of yummy pizza with onions and ate my beloved asparagoose! I finally went to watch Tv and we record Law & Order: SVU every week, and if i am home i usually watch it but today i decided i was going to watch without a trace... well as i was doing that i was checking facebook statuses and saw about 6 people with ones saying Gallagher was on the episode of L&O, and i had gotten a twitter from devon saying the same thing. So as soon as WAT was over i put on L&O. i was excited he had a large part on the show this time and well as yo may know i tend to be a little psychotic when i am watching tv shows and movies... i like violence, and i love bad guys, and i i love to see people cry! poor krysta had to deal with my craziness! he did such an amazing acting job on the show but i kept thinking gallagher!  So before i knew who his character was i was hoping he would be the murderer and he finally was! at one point his character was being interviewed by the psychiatrist and he got upset and i started yelling push him push him, and then he did and he feel to the ground and his character picked up a chair to hit him with it and i was screaming yes! the whole time causing krysta to die of laughter! later on he had a dramatic scene and ended up crying and i was like yes crying, and i got to see him dragged away in handcuffs... i dont know why i like to see the bad guys (though his character wasnt actually a bad guy but still) dragged off in cuffs and crying, and why i like so much violence (i like to call drama) but i do!) then instead of going to bed i stayed up way late playing online, writing this, ordering a leotard, and reading Devon's recently updated photo blog.

At one point while watching Without A Trace i stumbled upon someone's blog that had a really funny post that made smile, laugh, and be a little sad all at the same time, but it was a great read!

Krysta and i also decided it was time to throw out our High School Musical shower curtain because it was falling off its HSM hooks by ripping, so now we replaced it with a super cute duck one that i really like, but i miss HSM and it will take some getting used to! At least our bathroom is now primarily blue and not pink.

Day 203/365 (March 9, 2009)

i slept in so late! i woke up at 12:40 which in theory is bad since at one point last week i had been doing really great, but the weekend and lack of sleep finally caught up, and i will get back on track... i will! I spent the day at home feeling not so good because sometimes being a girl just plain old sucks!

the day was spent doing this:

job hunting

tv watching

paying bills

balancing checkbook/calling bank of america

figuring out basic schedule for the week

putting away my now wrinkled laundry

dance class research (that is a picture of one of the schedules)

dishes, lots of dishes

quality kitty time

p.s. Sasha named her new puppy Pippin, and Pip for short... can't wait to call him his name to his face