Day 342/365 (June 24, 2015)

Since it was too hot yesterday to bake I popped into the evil cookie place to bring day old treats so they could have something. I also realized i forgot my breakfast and lunch at home which sucked!

I ate a few cookies and felt sick, oops! We had a very long meting over the day and I had to duck out early because of training. I was also starving since I didn't have lunch so I ate two bananas and was feeling very stressed because of all i needed to do.

Turns out that was a winning combination because i was a beast during training. I plowed through everything and Travis even had to add stuff not planned from his list, and had time to stretch! I mean i did 20 jump squats with out stopping!

Then i went home and tackled my massive to do list (which grew after photo was taken) and I knocked everything off except the clouds for the rainbow because I broke the rainbow and had to fix it... need to come up with a plan B... then we watched the premier of BIG BROTHER!!!!

Day 247/365 (March 21, 2015)

The day was crazy. I walked down to go to Trader Joe's but ended up waiting in line for the Big Brother Open Casting Call for season 17. Derrick (and Cody, and Frankie) were there. Derrick kept coming out and spending time with the crowd and he remembered me from the night before!

I made friends with the people in front of me (Sasha, Hiya, and Danielle, and also a girl named Kelsey). It was cold but we were determined. I had so much fun chatting with them. We spoke about random things and Big Brother things and I made a funny. Apparently in a town in FL it is illegal for more than 6 girls to live together because it is considered a brothel, so sororities can't have houses. So we were like what about more than 6 guys living together and I was like is that considered a BRO-thel? These people appreciated my humor haha! These other two guys also told a funny joke (if two vegetarians get into a fight does that mean they have beef or do they have to squash it?). I learned about a cinnamon toast crunch shot (RumChata and Fireball). When we finally got inside things went pretty quickly. They were definitely rushing us along to get done by 4, people inside earlier had to have have had WAY more time! We got put into a group of 7 and it ended up being the 4 of us and 3 other random people. They guy asked us a bunch of questions. He seemed to like the 4 of us but sadly none of us got a call back :( Anywho after it was over Sasha, Danielle, and myself went to a restaurant to eat and hang out some more. Such fun ladies. I know in things like this you don't usually end up seeing each other again... you are just friends for the day, but hopefully that isn't the case and we meet up again! Then I finally went to Trader Joe's! I also got to take a picture with my two favorite players from BB16 so that was neat! Derrick had us facetiming with the LA open call people at one point. (Seen above)

I got home and changed and got Karen to come with me to Jamie's Ladies night. Had some troubles getting there because of the MTA but it was nice to venture out somewhere. There was also lots of yummy sangria. Finally it was time to head home and crash!

Day 246/365 (March 20, 2015)

It was a crazy day but filled with much happiness and unfortunately snow! I headed intot he office to do a few quick things before Ted arrived with Dennis. Dennis had another day off from school so I said we could have a city day. We headed up to the Sony Wonder Lab, and spent some time there. They had some fun things like robots that danced and pretending to do heart surgery with a robot hand, and other things like video game (PlayStation, etc...) It is something we both wanted to check out but in my opinion although there were fun elements it was more geared towards younger kids than Dennis. SO it was fun but not OMG Let's go back, but it was fun spending quality time with him!

Then we were trying to figure out what to do next when he mentioned that he heard there was a place that had frozen hot chocolate so I decided that we would go to Serendipity 3 for lunch. It didn't open until 11:30 so we figured w would "kill some time" in nearby Dylan's Candy Bar. He was quite pleased with this idea and picked out candy for his sisters and himself. Then we went to wait in line for lunch. That is when it started to snow... we finally got inside and had a yummy lunch followed by the delicious frrrozen hot chocolate. He was a good sport since I kept making him take pictures with me! We passed by St. Patrick's Cathedral and he asked if we could go inside, so we did. Then he wanted to go back to the office and warm up while we figured out what to do next... which ended up being going to Grand Central to get frozen custard from Shake Shack. Then we came back to the office and just watched stuff on Netflix/Hulu because it was so cold and snowy until Ted was ready to head back home.

I said my goodbyes and headed off to the hotel where Derrick (and supposed to be Cody) from Big Brother said they would be hanging out. By the time I got there (which was not that late) Cody had sadly already left but Derrick was there! I was so happy to meet him and we chatted for a bit, such a nice guy! I also had the best Shirley Temple ever... yum!

Then i went home and lounged for a bit until I went out super late to see Travis' Boy Band Project perform (with him, Jesse, and Joey Khoury... and some other guy). Luckily I spotted Andy so I had someone to chat with for a little bit before they performed. It was a quick performance but they were so good and the crowd seemed to love them! Then I chatted for a bit and headed home

Day 70/365 (September 25, 2014)

What did I even do today? There was work and tv watching... Scandal finally came back and oh boy it's going to be a season! I did some laundry and of course there was kitty time... look it is joint bath time!

Also tried watching Forever from ABC on my Apple TV and the part of it I saw was really enjoyable but surprise surprise time warner sucks and my internet dropped. When that happens I have to restart my Apple TV and when I did the above happened... only home sharing and settings showed up. everything went away.... not only could I not finish watching it because ABC is not there but neither is netflix or HBO or YouTube etc...

it better not be broken!

Also finally got to watch the season finale of Big Brother, and although I still wish Frankie could have won I am so happy that Derrick won, bravo dude you were amazing!

Day 61/365 (September 16, 2014)

I had training today which is unusual for a Tuesday but I couldn't go yesterday. Oh man it really kicked my butt, even Travis noticed I was having trouble. Obviously I want to keep it up but part of me wants to maybe take a tiny break from it. Then I went to Trader Joe's which was basically a nightmare. There were so many people at the Chelsea location they should have made a line just to get in like they do up on 72nd/Broadway. The line to checkout was the longest I have ever seen, it wrapped its usual way past the produce and curled back up and went up a different aisle than usual... just so long! They kept calling "crew members" to the front for a "bagging party" to help speed things up! To make matters even worse there was an infant screaming bloody murder almost the entire time i was in there. I have a pretty high tolerance for crying infants so the fact this got to me is rough! It sounded like he was being tortured... i am sorry parent who was with him, when your child has a full on meltdown that bad, you cut your losses and leave whatever store you are in and come back to try again later. not only is it not healthy for screams like that but it is unfair to subject the masses to that.

Then I came home and watched some Big Brother with the roomies. And Fred and Charlie got some TLC from a visitor. Well more like Fred got some attention and Charlie was like no hey me, me!

Day 59/365 (September 14, 2014)

This was a very long day that didn't completely end up how I meant it to, but I am so glad it did. I got up early to help someone rush Pippin so he could get a good spot in line because he couldn't get in early enough. I brought blankets and a clue since I knew someone else would be rushing and had every intention of just going home after he showed up but the time passed quickly (I won Clue) and even though I got there before the sun came up and all the marquees were dark I decided to stay and rush myself. He brought a friend along so we all chatted and passed the time. There was a bit of line drama since a person came and ct the line. We had confronted the person when he did so and he said he would go to his place in line when the time came but of course he didn't and the cranky as hek woman who works at the music box and hands out the line cards did not care two hoots about the shenanigans. I freaking hate line cutting like that, it is so not cool and one of the few things that really sets me off. Luckily fate was kind and didn't mess with us and Matt and his friend ended up with the seat right next to me after I switched with someone else (i had AA 109 but took AA 110).

The show was lovely (Ciara's last) and the stage door area was crazy.... but it was fun watching them role out one of the Pippin set pieces/props for who knows why. The ushers also used the stairs in the beginning to hold the surplus of Playbills which I felt wasn't wise but I kept an eye out to make sure they were moved before the show started.

It was nice to come home and change into my pajamas and have a low key night. I finally finished watching the 3 episodes of Switched At Birth I missed recording when the last part of the season came back so now I can start watching them on the DVR and clear that off when I have the chance! Then the roomies and I watched Big Brother and eventually called it an early night. I fell asleep well before midnight, it was so needed!

Day 49/365 (September 4, 2014)

I woke up early so I decided to rush pippin... when the BO opened at 10 there was only 9 people in line. I could have showed up at 9:55 and been the 8th person in line! Alas I was there much earlier but I had nothing else to do and it was nice out. The BO guy that was working is the usual one and he was nice enough to give me the specific seat I asked for. I have sat in the same two rush seats multiple times so I wanted to get a different vantage point, thanks guy! I feel like I should bring him something yummy at some point. I do feel bad that I will be seeing the show when there is a live double eviction episode of Big Brother, but I want to see Andrea Martin and what if I really like her? I might not get the chance to see it before she leaves so tonight was it.

I forced myself to the gym after work and I am so glad I did... it made me happier than I was. I went home after and made some dinner, relaxed, and showered before heading out to the show. I really do love me some Pippin. Andrea Martin is s amazing as people said. Not only is she a vocal powerhouse but when she did the trapeze tricks she made it look effortless. Oh i'm just going to flip, I'm just going to hang upside down and sing... no big deal. The others I have seen do it, you could see the struggle on their face as they tried to do everything. I hope to squeeze in seeing it with her once more if I can. However I hope Charlie is back soon because they guy that fills in for him is not good at leading the orchestra. Every time I have seen him conduct there has been some struggles, and this was no different. I also think there may have been a fill in trumpet or trombone player because there were some brassy sounding wrong notes frequently. During I Guess I'll Miss the Man however the MD had his pacing all over the place but Rachel Bay Jones is amazing and made it work. If you didn't know the song you probably wouldn't have known how off it was, but she held her own and made it work... bravo! It turns out the recent winner of SYTYCD was seeing the show too... excellent choice buddy! (I think his name is Ricky). I also want to know why tonight (and Saturday) they took out the last trick in Simple Joys... i meant to ask KDM but forgot, i want it back! Orion also did the trapeze tonight with Andrea... is there nothing he can't do? i just don't get how he is able to move so easily like that.

After the show i waited at the SD and took a pic with John Dossett... i really do kike him in the Charlemagne role! I told him so and he was like but I just started, and I was like I know, I've already seen you twice! It turns out Hanke was seeing the show too so I ran into him as he was leaving from backstage so that was nice to chat with him for a bit. He told me at one point that I should just go for my dreams (how sweet) and apologized for having to run after I had seen him in B & C months ago... I was like it is okay, you have a personal life!

I finally got home and was so wired and energized that sleep didn't happen until 2 am... oops! I did use the time wisely and watched Big Brother (yelp, go Frankie Go!) and packed my bag for New Rochelle.

Day 48/365 (September 3, 2014)

I don't know what it is but I haven't been able to bring myself to the gym or my Glee dance class lately. That dance class is my favorite thing to do every week and the last MONTH I just can't bring myself to go, like really what is up with that? I also haven't gotten to the gym which a year ago would be par for the course, but these days I am usually very good about it. I am just in a funk and don't feel like doing much of anything, so when I left work at 2:30 I just went home. Matthew ended up coming over for a bit so it was nice to check in with him, and I made some zucchini for dinner (among other things). One of which was experimenting with using cauliflower to make "tater tots". I sort of did my own thing with them and they came out pretty tasty and puffed up which was fun, I dipped them in buffalo sauce.

Charlie conquered me per usual and then attacked poor Fred.

After watching Big Brother with Sasha and Karen I just worked on getting ready for bed and fell asleep pretty early for me.

Day 25/365 (August 11, 2014)

Such an early morning! The three of us got up early and packed the car, then headed back out on the road to come home. We made a little stop at my mom's to pick something up from her and had a visit with my nana, grandpa, mom, my cousin pammy, and the cute kitty Sophie.

Then it was back on the road... we made great time until NYC when we hot some bad traffic. It was so nice to finally get back home and see the boys! I have been doing all the laundry from the trip and some arts and crafts.

The first thing we did when we got home was watch last night's Big Brother since we missed it!

Day 365/365 (August 18, 2009)

WE HAS COMPLETION!!!!

It was a roller coaster of a day for me, kinda fitting since i saw next to normal i guess!

the day "began" with my attempting to get some sleep before rushing. i got about an hour before i woke up all alert and stuff. BAD NEWS instead of going right then i tried my best to pass time and finally got to rush at 4 which is when i was planning and had refused getting there any earlier. yea i was 5th in line! PISSED OFF!!!! i called sasha and finally she came down and joined and we were able to get the last set of front row orchestra seats thankfully. lack of sleep isnt good for tamra but the time passed we made friends i made a stop talking drunky mcwasted acquaintance (though his friend that had been with him earlier was most awesome). i took a little nap towards the end at one point and all was good.

got back to sasha's and watched a tiny bit of big brother after dark before getting ready and heading to my crumbs interview. the interview went well and then back to sasha's. it was nappy time. i basically only ended up getting about an hour of sleep before i was woken up by a phone call. (before i fell asleep though fred came over and nuzzled with me for a while and although it made me sneezy it made me really happy.) and pip even slept on me at one point during the day. Then i got in a long 45 minute phone call with apple because all of a sudden my phone was having some serious problems with syncing my music that i purchased and i have a temporary fix at the moment but it needs to become a temporary one so i will likely battle it out with them tomorrow.

anywho so this phone call caused me such incredible stress and part of it meant i had to call my mm which resulted in more stress and tears and well i just do not handle that well so i shoved my emotions down my throat and have been doing my best to ignore them. well sasha and i hung some more and she worked and then we gots ready to go. we went over to blockheads and met our theatre buddies there and had a yummy and delightful dinner. then to the theatre we went and the overpowering AC was most welcomed!

the show was unbelievably good and definitely worth the time spent rushing. i cant believe it had been over a month since i had seen it and am impressed with my self control (i guess the show is rubbing off on me as far as obsessiveness is concerned, j/k but lol).

after i began taking my final 365 pictures with my special 365 project. basically i took every picture that i posted in my blog and it is all on one sheet of paper with a 365 on it. and the first one was taken with sasha who is the highest tagged human! then i took one with kyle dean who seemed to enjoy my collage work since he was the first 365 picture and i hadnt intended it to happen full circle but i loved that it had. and while i was chatting with KDM chylar (pronounced skylar, tho i feel i missed a letter in there from when he told us how it was spelled.) also i dont usually "geek" out about interesting next to normal things however there were three moments this evening that had me in serious LIH (laughing in head). during why stay at one point when alice sang why stay she drew a question mark in the air and well i just found it hilarious because it was so not a her seeming thing to do and i do that all the time. also when she was taking the pills out of the medicine cabinet you could hear that some of them fell whilst she was doing so. ( i am sure others could see but not from our beautiful front row). the third was during better than before bobby accidentally messed up a lyric and instead of saying you've got it DI hooray, he said youve got it yay hooray, so then a second later when jenn sng that they both looked at each other and turned giggling as they did what they had to and when they turned back around they were still smiling and although it isnt supposed to be all giggly like that it was kind of a nice shared father daughter moment so i enjoyed that. and in general any time i see tears from people onstage i am just floored and there were some tears by kyle dean, bobby, and alice... good times! (I know i am crazy)

then sasha and i headed back and saw some lightening, by the time we got inside it was hardcore lightening and fierce rain so sasha, marty, and myself ran up to the roof to look at the sky and it was so rainy and hard and there was one especially breathtaking bolt that illuminated the whole sky and was positioned just right that we got a clear view of its bolitness!!!! then we came downstairs and watched the most oh snapish episode of big brother and i got a text from krysta saying the super had seen emma hanging around so he will keep an extra special look out for her and let us know as soon as he sees her. i hope she was okay during the storm because i miss her so very much. i also took a picture with marty and then this one with pip and fred because they are all important people in my life/blog and i was fortunate to see them today. i personally love how pip looks like he was flying and fred was nice enough to stop licking himself for a second to look at the camera for the picture!

i added this so you can see it close up if you want :D (can you find the mistake?)

as far as things go i doubt i will do a photo every day but i will try to post an entry everyday we will see how that goes and i will probably create a new blog for that since this one has run its course and i am proud of myself for keeping it up!

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 339/365 (July 23, 2009)

broadway in bryant park... i was going to get there really early with chris to save seats but i found out the night before that next to normal and wicked had switched places... i was supremely ticked off because the line-up was AMAZING and then stupid wicked came in and ruined it... why does wicked plague my existence?

anyway i finally got there and had a lovely time with everyone (like 16 of us) and chris was the list checkeroffer when people arrived... pretty funny! the show was decent. vanities i have no interest in and it was a shame that annaleise is a jaded former disney star and seemed to be bothered to be there. rock of ages was amazing and the understudy for drew was hot! (and talented to boot)

mary poppins was delightful but chooisng to sing practically perfect was a poor choice since it is a downer of a song... they did end with super...docious! (not attempting to spell) which i love that song. then wicked closed it out... grrrr! i took a ton of pictures during the sound check and recorded during the actual performance with karolina's camera however i didnt check to see if i had my adapter so i couldnt use my tripod... and well the videos i took were really shaky :(

i went home and ended up napping at one point and then uploading the pictures... only i stupidly didnt transfer the pictures to my computer before toying with them and make a big mistake and deleted more than 100 of the pictures i had taken, the ones i most cared about (rock of ages)... i was so pissed with myself!

then i went and helped chris with wicked lotto, and went to visit Sasha and Marty again... we hung, we remade Sasha's bedroom with her new set, and watched big brother, fun times!

Then i met with joey and we went to karaoke at NWS. it was quite the night and i had a new song downloaded... too bad the system was being extra slow and the words never actually appeared until about half way through the song... good thing i kinda new them, but boy was it repetitive when you dont know when the song will end (we like to party by the venga boys) someone i did not know helped sing it with me and drew danced with his poms up on stage... fun times.

when it finished i went home and had looked up ways to recover pictures deleted from a memory card, so i downloaded them before falling asleep.