Day 362/365 (August 15, 2009)

the mac and cheese i made... i know it looks SO good!!!!

where i spent most of my day sleeping

The day was thoroughly unproductive for the most part except for the dishes i did and the hardcore cleaning of my bedroom floor getting all of the yucky pee residue of it and making it smell like lysol now! i also did some major reorganization of and deletion of some stuff on my PC computer, so i guess the day wasnt as unproductive as i once thought.

i ended up napping for about 4 hours which will bite me in the rear later i am sure, all i know is i need to get over this cray sleep thing i have had going on for a while! i also watched parts of aladdin and all of hercules today since it was on ABC Family. i own them but i always like to watch them better when i dont have to put the movie on. (though hercules is on VHS so i cant actually watch it whenever i want). emma and i spent quality time together which always makes her and me very happy.

Since i had done all the prep work for dinner the night before all i had to do was pop it in the oven and i had some scrumptious mac and cheese for a real dinner, it looked real good!

anywho after i posted this motivation struck and i finally labeled and organized my playbills and tickets from april until now. this means i also updated my spreadsheet so yay for actually being productive! i am going to organize my life for going to kim's tomorrow then BED.

Day 351/365 (August 4, 2009)

POOPed is the word of the day!

I did a bunch of stuff that doesnt really matter but then Pip and I headed out to the dog run on 72nd. We were there for well over an hour and he had lots of fun running around and trying to play with all the little dogs and trying real hard to play with the big dogs on the other side of the fence. While i was there my "friend" that i made was totally gorgeous and he had the cutest little yorkie named Dylan. I got pooped on by a bird and i went and cleaned it off with the hose, then when i went back over to get my stuff and move i got pooped on again! this time i moved my stuff before cleaning... thank god for that hose. There were also dangerous crab apples falling.

Eventually we left and walked to 9 to 5 to help sami with lotto but we all lost so Pip and i made our way back home. first we made a pit stop at path mark to buy some groceries. (i had pip in a travel dog bag the whole time). then we came home and enjoyed a lovely peach before i began cooking dinner. i also did a bunch of dishes throughout the day so i could have a clean sink.

dinner was yummy chicken and yellow rice with carrots, celery, and onions. i also enjoyed two large glasses of milk because i love milk so much! we did so much walking and standing and i was so tired (pooped for the word of the day)

emma has also discovered a new favorite spot to sleep... on top of pip's crate and i find it extremely funny since she spends so much time trying to get away from him!

and then i found out michael buchanan is the guest for this weeks broadway sessions at therapy, so i wont be going to bed early. it was a great deal of fun! Rachel Potter and some girl from the marvelous wonderettes were also there and besides rachel having just an incredible voice that is mind blowing the other girl (feels bad i dont know her name) was also wonderful and sang the funniest song!

they played a matching game and i participated... yay for Michael and i sort of "matching" on our answer! After it was over joey, myself, mike, and his friend stayed for quite some time and it turned into a wonderful dance party of sorts to all the show tunes, really my kind of thing! Patrick was also there so that was a pleasant surprise, then i came home and went to bed super duper late!

Day 341/365 (July 25, 2009)

i woke up and paid some bills. i went for a walk with tucker to the post office where he caused me to bleed pretty badly from a small painful wound, then later he got me again and that slice above HURTS. emma and i cuddled up on the couch and i ended up taking a nap that i didnt want to take. after i woke up i went to the grocery store and bought some stuff and i made a yummy shepard's pie for a real dinner. krysta also made some yummy vegtables and cous cous.

kinda hot right now so i suppose i should grab the fan but dont care that much

i also finally cleared all the annoying bubbles off my iPhone because i have no new voice messages anymore and no new emails!!!! that is exciting :D NO BUBBLES!!!!

Day 288/365 (June 2, 2009)

i paid more bills, and i went on a cleaning spree. i wiped down the surfaces in the bathroom, including the tub, and i did a bazillion dishes... practically all our silverware! i also wiped down and organized all our surfaces, i just couldnt get to my bedroom... will stay messy for a while!

then i met mark at barnes and noble, and ran into kelly :D

the story of my life did a performance and CD signing. it was nice to see will chase and malcolm gets sing the great songs again. then mark and i did some walking and ended up chatting in the courtyard before i came home. i finally had the penne a al vodka i had been craving for a few days, a TON of asparagus, and topped it off with the last half pound of cherries!

ps i also had such a happy dream at some point last night... i cant share it but it put smiles on my face!

Day 286/365 (May 31, 2009)

i love how emma always curls her tail up on her body like that when sitting or laying down.

anywho this was not a good day for me. i was in a really depressive mood, like one of the worst i have been in a long while. i know what came over me, and i wish i had someone to talk to and i know what i need but cant get it. (calling this life woes in my tags). i am thankful krysta had volunteered the night before to help sasha and autumn get the little mermaid student tickets because really the thought of getting out of bed (ok well off the couch) for more than a few minutes was painful... enough that i didnt even go to path mark because it was "too far away" i meant to go down eventually and hang for a bit, but well emotionally and mentally i couldnt even though i am sure hanging would have helped.

i spent the day watching lots of tv, including the cute maneater on lifetime. i also finally cleared my inbox and even paid lots of bills... boredom in the highest.

at one point i went grocery shopping and bought some stuff. i made a real dinner of terriyaki beef and yummy mashed potatoes. i ate a lot but it was good. i also did a bunch of dishes

Day 267/365 (May 12. 2009)

I woke up and the biggest accomplishment was cleaning out my email inbox which means my stress level went down quite a bit! Eventually i made my way to the Barnes and Noble in Lincoln Center to see the cast of next to normal perform before their CD signing. even though it was on 66 i just walked to and from the 72nd St subway because i could and i was so nice out!

I got there and chatted with Jo Ann and Mike and some other girl for a bit, then found Chris and his friends in line. eventually they let us in and we got great seats in the front on the side. They sang three songs and made me kinda want to see it on the sooner side, but since i am almost pretty sure i am going to be all about n2n soon i might hold off. i took a bazillion pictures, especially of Aaron since he sang in all 3 songs and well i had sasha's awesome camera so i was using this as a play around with the features opportunity.... yea i think i took almost 120 over the course of those 3 songs, oops!

then i left since i wasnt getting a cd signed and did some more walking and a little grocery shopping, then i came back into the aprtment and put it all away. tonight was a roommates night in and krysta made a yummy dinner for us and we chatted and watched some tv, much needed! eventually i worked on updating this, and major facebook picture uploadage, and then we also had some vanilla ice cream with samoas in it for dessert.

One of the shows i ended up watching is The Phone, now i think it is interesting, not only does it have "suspense" in it but my favorite part is the end of the show when it is a test to human character. After the teams finishes the task they are told only one of them can get the money based on a quiz. After the person who won the quiz gets the money they have to not only decide if they will keep the money or split it, but they have to tell their teammate too. of the 3 episodes i have seen two people have split it, and 1 has not. I mean you just went through a day of all hek and you did each challenge with a teammate and probably wouldnt have been successful without their help so it is pretty selfish to not share it. i think the show would have been better if the person who won the money decided not to split it they would lose it and all the money would go to the other teammate. but yea so that is my thought.

i also did a bunch of dishes, and did some cleaning in the kitchen/livingroom... and on my way back home i found a box of newborn kittens... 5 of them and they looked like they were only a few hours old, and probably had been born within the last 12 hours of my finding them. their faces were so tiny and they were huddled together, mom wasnt too far away, but mom was a street cat so i suspect the kittens probably wont survive (or maybe already gone) but i have no way of knowing what happened to them since i dont talk to the barber shop guys who kind of look after the neighbor hood strays, and since i dont want to know anything bad, i will choose to live in ignorat bliss and believe they are on the way to becoming healthy kittens that want to play and will be adopted by people.

Day 258/365 (May 3, 2009)

i woke up feeling alot happier which was nice, and after some good puppy time i made my way out. It was raining, and he the streets were so water filled. i ended up getting soaked on my 25 minute walk tot he life cafe. sneakers were a pool, and my pants got hit so bad, it went all the way up to my knees!

Anywho Emilie wanted to celebrate her birthday at Life Cafe, so that is where i went. Emilie, Jennifer, Carina, Steph, Vicki, Jerri, Some other girl, and myself stayed there for like 2 hours (maybe a little more.) They very nicely didn't kick us out even after we payed. I really don't like the food at Life Cafe, yeek! my turkey burger was plain and burnt! Then we walked to Crumbs by union square and i was proud of myself for no breaking down and buying a cupcake! then we all headed uptown. i went to the NWS Box Office to buy tickets to ABz for dawn and myself. Ended up with great seats for tomorrow night! while there i ran into Ravi very quickly, and MKC and group of his friends holding up the line buying tickets. (not really holding up the line) then i got my tickets and headed back to kim's. i was able to finally make the pizza and do the dishes that i have made since i was here. Soon i am going to make sure i have all my stuff and head home, since Kim gets back tonight. I am watching a cheesy movie on ABC Family called Taking 5 and enjoying it quite a bit!

I also got bit by the organization/cleaning bug! i decided my closet needed sme work so i switched out the winter stuff and put in the spring stuff and i also reorganized it back into sections... it took a long time but felt wicked good!

Day 253/365 (April 28, 2009)

Word of the day: HOT!!!!

It got really hot and i proudly never turned on the A/C, instead the fan kept us cool.

The non-boring part of the day was going over to Kim's. Susie and i were gonna have dinner together while playing with puppy. I struggled with my ginormous suitcase filled to the brim with laundry and carrying dinner i had made but never ate. It is a miracle i made there in one piece!

Anywho it was super nice playing with puppy and hanging with susie, and i was able to do most of the laundry i brought. I will finish the rest up soon. i came home and watched a little TV, and actually fell asleep by 2! (mostly because i just remembered how i got no sleep the night before! like maybe three and a half hours worth.)

i need to take my camera out for good pictures of the puppy when i am with her, and almost thought i didn't take any pictures today, but thankfully i did just barely after midnight, while Tucker and i were riding home

Day 252/365 (April 27, 2009)

look i finally got a band shot!!!!

Oh what a day! i had a really hard time sleeping, even harder than usual, and ended up really only getting good sleep from like 8:30 until 11! The majority of the day was spent with playing with tucker and giving love to the kitties... especially Fred since Sasha was coming to pick him up.

i prepped the dinner i was planning on having and it ended up being alot more work this time around, and of course lots of dishes were involved. Krysta came home eventually and i filled her in about the specifics of yesterdays happenings and then i got myself ready to go out and about.

Sasha finally came and after we gave her a band-aid our first failed attempt at getting fred happened. It was funny for a cat that is always try to escape out the front door he failed at a prime opportunity. He was in his carrier and Krysta was coming through the door as the carrier fell to the ground (not zipped correctly) and he had this look of panic on his face until he landed, then he made a run and ran back inside the apartment! I went in after him and picked him up and then failed attempt 2! he climbed up on my back, which is usual... but then he launched himself like crazy... so then Krysta went after him and was successful at getting him back.

We dont usually have too many legitimate cabs in our area and yet usually it is hard to get one if we do, and by some amazing miracle there was one coming down and he hopped in it without waiting at all! I felt a little left out since i was the only one without a pet on her lap.

We got dropped Krysta off at Petco and then went to Sasha's. After fred had a tiny chance to roam around i said my goodbyes and then then i headed to meet karolina, karen, and diane by madison square garden. We made our way to The Annex (by rockwood music hall) and let me tell you... eww! it was the worst venue by far as far as comfort and stuff... the sound system was astounding though! we sat through an interestingly strange guy and then finally Frisco Verdes. They were great as usual. We hung around for a tiny bit after then bounced out!

I swung by Josh's to pick Tucker up before heading home, and then we made our way home in his swanky new bag. i watched Chuck (amazing) and Gossip Girl, then time for bed! However it was quite sad because when i walked in the door i forgot for a moment and was expecting to find fred right there, but he wasn't! i know he is happy to be back with his momma, and she is even more happy to have him back but my heart is broken just a little!

Day 250/365 (April 25, 2009)

The day was spent recovering from going to bed so late. I lounged with the kitties, went grocery shopping, cooked an awesome dinner of broccoli rice and teriyaki beef, and watched lots of yucky tv. i also did the dishes and took out the trash. i did a little light cleaning of the bathtub.

Day 246/365 (April 21, 2009)

The first part of the day was spent doing alot of job applying, and watching fred and tucker play so well together until tucker decided today was his day of sleep. I prepared my dinner for the night... homemade mac and cheese and i added onions to it and it has monteray jack cheese in it as well as the usual cheddar. I just ate some and it was yummy! (this also means i did a bunch of dishes.)

eventually i got dressed and headed out (with tucker) to sasha's just to hang. It is pretty fun walking with tucker since everyone is basically fawns over him. When i got to sasha's i was pleased to find mackenzie and matthew there as well as krysta. AFter krysta took hom out and the rest of us talked and watched some youtube videos. eventually the boys left and it was just sasha and i. as much as i love going out and doing things it really is my favorite to just hang out and talk and stuff.

Finally it got late so i headed home since i had to actually cook my dinner. I found krysta here already which shocked me and we ate some of the mac and cheese and i have been watching tv and playing online.

At one point sasha and i were talking and she was like all people are not the brightest bulbs and i was like but i am pretty brought most of the time and she was all yea but i dont really count you as a person.. ROFL! (not completely verbatim since it was a little while ago but funny nonetheless!

The picture above is me with her High School Musical Gaby bear. i was chilling on her bead and asked Gaby a question and she didnt answer me, and i was like Gaby is just here for moral support... we laughed, and i cuddled with the bear and that is where this picture came from.

Sasha also told me about this water game assassination thing that i REALLY want to do, like it sounds beyond amazing!

Day 236/365 (April 11, 2009)

Continuing in the pattern of nights passed i had a hard time falling asleep and then to make matters worse when i sleep over at my mom's i get the worst sleep once i do because the bed is so incredibly uncomfortable and i toss and turn as my back wakes me up in pain. the night before i had asked my mom to wake me up by a certain time because i had a personal errand to do, and then i set my alarm because i figured she wouldn't wake me when i wanted because she never does. she of course didnt wake me and i accidentally set my alarm for a pm wake up instead of an am wake up. well by the time i had woken up not only was it much laer than planned she had forgotten i had said i needed the car and of course made chaffeur plans since she is the official family chaffuer which i think is wrong since she is being taken advantage of. if i had gotten up as planned i could have done my errand and been back for her to play door mat, but i wasnt and of course when faced with family guilt the needs of everyone else comes above her daughter that she is lucky if she sees three times a year... but why should i be put first?

anywho eventually i ended up over at my uncle's house for the first birthday party and was surprised at how many of the family came to it and the ones from the father's side of the family i didn't know. there was this one little girl that i didnt know and she was just soo incredibly cute, and i got quality time with tessa, the birthday girl, and leilani, and my aunt kathy.

after lots of time, cake, and hoodsies we ended up back at my moms place and i got dinner made even though we werent hungry. later we did eat and i watched lots of tv and once again couldnt sleep!

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 222/365 (March 28, 2009)

This bottle of pepto-bismol became my best friend for the next two days because i felt so incredibly nauseous/sick... and basically tried to starve myself (until i got home) to prevent any possibility of throwing up while out and about. even though i was sick i got up and headed out because i had made plans to meet sarah for a bit since we hadn't seen each other in forever. i foolishly choose to wear flip flops and just a hoodie because it started off warm, but then by the end i was so chilly!. Anywho i met her in the courtyard then we went over to DTE since Lympus had texted me telling me to come there. When i got there we chatted for a bit and he gave me tupperware to replace the ones that i had brought that got accidentally thrown out. they are pretty nice and hold lots!

then Sarah and i went back to the courtyard and chatted for quite sometime until it got too cold for us and we began a pursuit of a starbucks to sit in for a while but the three we went to were filled to the brim so after lots of walking we decided to split up so we could go get warm. I then headed to Path Mark to do some grocery shopping. I got a bunch of stuff and much needed ingredients for a baking endeavor.

i got home and did a TON of dishes then began the lengthy process of my night. i had started to feel slightly better so i made a real dinner with stuff i had bought (later to regret this) and then i baked brownies for myself because i had been wanting to for a while (also a mistake) and then i baked cookies to give to neil for his last show and did more dishes. it was a long endeavor but fun in the end.

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 197/365 (March 3, 2009)

The day wasn't that eventful... the biggest events were going to the grocery store and buying lots of different things, and i made homemade mac and cheese for dinner that night... and it has enough leftovers to last me until saturday...

Krysta and i ate the mac and cheese for dinner and fred was a crazy cat! no clue what he was doing

Day 193/365 (February 27, 2009)

yea it is square but it was tricky homemade dough!!!!

The biggest event of the daylight hours occurred at the grocery store. I wanted to make pizza so grace and i went and bought the supplies but because we couldn't find pizza dough i decided to try to make it on my own. It ended up being a good project for the day but i didn't like the yicky feeling i had well mixing or kneeding it. I usually enjoy mixing things with my hands but this just felt weird and yea i dont think i will do it again. Next time i will make my ay to Whole Foods and buy the dough i like... and the sauce i like!

I also spent some time with Fred and Emma, and got a good picture of them liking each other (ok well getting along)... which they are very good at not letting you get but i snuck up on them.

Krysta, Grace, and I ate the pizza which was yet another real dinner for me which was nice. I also spoke on the Phone with Ted, and emailed with my cousin... i need to get out to New Rochelle on the sooner side to visit them!

Went to Mostly Sondheim (of course) and had lots of fun. This week Todd hosted again and since Kate was away in CA this guy named Michael filled in. He sounded great and was quite funny. AT one point Grace and i got brave and we sang Church Rulez... it actually was a disaster and we did follow the music pretty well for the most part.... it was no where near perfect but it was lots of fun and Todd and Michael were super nice to us and warned everyone we needed a lot of support... haha but it was great and fun!

Day 191/365 (February 25, 2009)

I was going for a zoolander look, and instead look upset... when in fact i had a great time!

I tried to capture all 3 sets of baked goodies... SUGAR COMA!!!!

Oh what a day!

I spent the day doing many random things. I must also note that with the exception of showing Grace select scenes from American Mall and listening to part of the commentary the day was spent listening to a whole bunch of music rockin' from my itunes.

Today i made a birthday card for Hope that i was super proud of, even if i can no longer allow myself to use super glue because it always results in more glue on me than anywhere else. I then began my baking quest of cupcakes to bring to Hope's celebration. I had lots of fun frosting them, and then decorating them. I wish i had better handwriting, but one container said happy birthday hope, and the other were random designs, music notes, and one that said TSS.

Eventually i showered and got ready to leave, and at this point had consumed a few cupcakes amongst other random food of the day, including an omelette that i put cheese on that i had to scrape it off because it disgusted me for the first time ever. I made my way to grand central since i had to take metro north to Pleasantville because that is where Lucy's Lounge was. The trip wasnt so bad and the train was for nicer than the ones that take me to new rochelle! The cupcakes had a tiny incident on the way of me dropping them, but luckily nothing happened to them and they remained safe... seriously those dollar store containers rock!

When i walked up the steps as Hope had said i found it pretty easily and headed in. I ended up only being like 8 minutes early and walked in to an almost empty place. However i found a girl sitting by her lonesome with cupcakes in front of her. I asked her if she was here for Hope's birthday and she said yes.... score! so we chatted until Hope arrived, and then until more people came and we moved over to a larger table. Another one of Hope's friends had come in with this beautiful/monstrous sized cake.

It was nice getting to know the few of her friends i had never met before, and it was eve nicer when i realized i had already met most of them so it ended up being an evening of just fun, instead of "oh hi i only know one person here awkwardness."  we sang her happy birthday in spanish and everyone ate so much of each others cake like goods The cake had chocolate squares on top, and was checkered inside with vanilla and chocolate cake. We ate so much we went into sugar overload! I suspect i will have a bad tummy ache tonight!

All of her friends are also nannies, and let me tell you how weird it was. I would have killed 3 years ago to have so many nanny friends back when i was a nanny. Everyone was talking about their day and the things the children had done, and for the first time i had nothing to share since i am no longer a nanny. I still liked listening. At one point a band started playing and the singer started sining in a grover (of the muppets) voice and we were like what? but then he started singing in his real voice... twas much better!

I left a little on the early side since the trains started coming much further apart and when i got home i was extremly pleased because Krsyta had mae a real dinner and i was able to consume the left overs which was much needed to get something non sugar related in my system.

Then i designed the money for altar boyzopoly since i hate the money design that came with the make your own opoly game... and now i shall get ready for bed and spend 5 hours brushing my teeth, because they sure need it!

Day 190/365 (February 24, 2009)

I didnt take a picture of what i should have taken: our table all clean, with table cloth, and set up for a real dinner!

The day was spent doing nothing really. I baked sugar cookies because i was bored and when i went grocery shopping butter was on super sale.

We all ate a ton of them, especially me!

I watched lots of TV, did job hunting, and wrote a very long LJ entry about yesterday.

Krysta and I also lamented in the fact we couldn't go to the Bare reading!

The nicest part of the day was provided by both Grace and her Mom. She brought a lasagna made by her mom here from CA and this was the first night we were all in, so we decided to have it tonight. Krysta got some yummy bread and in her words made it "fancy." we used the pretty china dishes i have to eat a real meal, and we watched the movie Identity. it was kind of interesting but the murders in it should have started sooner because i was losing interest fast, but then it got intriguing. My favorite was the random guy in it that was in an episode of Highlander as Mikey and i always get excited when i see him in things because he is such a versatile actor, too bad i can never remember his real name.

Day 183/365 (February 17, 2009)

I spent the day not doing that much besides job hunting, and watching tv. I did however go help out a friend with Wicked lotto and bought supplies to make a real dinner for the first time in a long while. I made terryaki chicken, rice, and broccoli.

At one point Krysta was finally able to get something she had wanted to download and she was listening to it very happily! This is her acting all happily like!

Later we went to Therapy to watch Broadway Sessions and it was good times with everyone and listening to Dabbon and Bruett tunes. I even won a little composing challenge... thanks to Krysta's friend telling me the answer, but at least it gave me some much needed attention and the host gave me a flower on his way in... this excited me greatly, i have a picture with it but it was taken after midnight so i cant post it here.