Dad's Dell and other fantastical stories...
Ok, so is "fantastical" really a word? Well, according to LJ spell-check, it seems to be savvy. So...word. What's up? I haven't been on LJ in a long time. Dad got a new laptop last week and I've been playing with it ever since. And somehow there is a boosted signal picker-upper or something, b/c we (intermittently) pick up someone's wireless. The status always says "very low," but "connected." So, hey, that's cool. It was decently reliable until this weekend, for some reason. Then it started being fickle. But being online while Dad incessantly calls from work is fantastic (without the regular primitive dial-up). He seriously needs more work. I can always tell when he has a slow day...millions of calls home. Anyway! Since I have all my fabulous bookmarks on this computer (mine) and not on his, I can't visit all my online haunts as often as I want. So, yeah. That's why I haven't been on here.
Um...so what do you want to know? It seems that so many things have happened since I've written, but I guess I'll just touch on a few highlights. Last Wednesday, much to my alternating chagrin/excitement (lol, I'm so bi-polar) we recorded hymns at church. That's right, me singing and mom playing piano. She's an old pro! But me, on the other hand...well, I was pretty much a basket case. I was SOOOO nervous during the first song...I was freaking out! After a while I calmed down a little, but was still (very) nervous. And can I just say that I really am not a fan of my high voice. And what the crap is the deal with all hymns being so frickin' high? grrrr. My high voice is breathy and wimpy. Just because I can sing that high doesn't mean I should. Really. So anyway, I could barely manage the singing itself, but in addition to that was having NO stylistic...anything. ha. I was too nervous to even attempt to make it sound good. But whatever; he got his recording. Just a straight, breathy & annoying sing-through. And man did we cruise through those songs. lol. We did 20 songs in like 45 minutes. And I saw Zac smiling a private little smile about something a few times during the process...I wish I knew what it was for. Was he smirking at my childishly-high voice? Was he wondering why he's never heard me sing this way? Or was he just surprised to hear me sing at all? He's never heard me sing alone before, even though we've been singing together for months. I'm a huge dork about singing in front of people (especially him). Let's just leave it as "I'm no soloist." And if he ever stumbles upon this blog: Zac, that's not what I normally sound like. So, enough about that. I was just SO consumed with that event for so long, and then all of the sudden it's over, so I thought I'd record my thoughts about it and leave it at that.
Along with that ongoing process is the ongoing search for biscotti jar candles at Pier 1. I got an email from them sometime within the last couple weeks and was looking online and noticed that their prices for the biscotti-scented things are odd #s, which means they're on clearance. Which means it's discontinued. :( boooo! I have 3 favorite scents from Pier 1, and that is one of the top 2 (lol, I go back & forth). So, I went up to the Pier 1 at Riverdale and they didn't have any of the jar candles (but I did get 2 "Mango Papaya" scented jar candles--also on clearance, but just the jar candles, not everything in that scent. And btw, that's my 3rd fave scent). And I strategically planned going to the Pier 1 I used to work at for a Sunday (did I write about this before on LJ?) b/c that's when the store manager always had the day off. But of course she was there, and they didn't have the right jar candles there, either. boo. Soooo, last Monday I went to Maple Grove and treated myself to a Qdoba supper (YUM!) and a little Pier 1 shopping at that location as well. Nothing. Didn't buy a thing. boo. Why doesn't anyone have my candle? *cries* So THEN I decided to check out the Roseville store a different day last week (Friday? I don't remember; not like it matters). And I used Alicia as my cell-phone-defense against being forced to talk to stupid salespeople at Pier 1. I hate it when they try and chum up to me. Just leave me alone. If I want your help, I'll ask, thank you. And of course they didn't have my candle either. So I give up. If anyone wants to check their Pier 1 and send me a gift, the sku is 2179734. haha.
And before that Roseville Pier 1 run, I went to K-Mart (which I hate) and happened upon 2 great deals! One was a Christmas package gift-set of flannel jammies on clearance for $2.99! Sweet! I bought them for Mom, b/c she was recently looking for that kind of pajamas (b/c the basement is cold. ha. but of course the "cold" season is over. At least for retailers it is). And then I got something else for Alicia, which I can't talk about, b/c I haven't sent it to her yet. I told her that I got her something, but didn't give any details. So maybe she can blog about it when she gets it, or I will try to remember to write about it later. haha. But I'll just say that it was also a great deal. :) yay!
Oh, and another funny thing that made my day: when I was checking out at K-Mart, the cashier said "you look familiar, but I don't know why." I was like "really?" because I didn't recognize her at all. But I asked her name and she said "Leanne" and I instantly knew how we knew each other. haha. We used to work at Walmart back in the day! hahahahahahhahahaha. And I remember weird things about her like she used to get lots of phone calls at work. And she wanted to buy the Shaggy album. hahahaha! I didn't mention these things to her, but I did say "you used to work at Wal-Mart! I used to work at Wal-Mart." and then we continued with a short convo that made me smile as I walked away. It kind of made my day. Is that pathetic? I don't care. I love having those little personal interactions with people. It was so funny that she recognized me!
And then yesterday we went out to Erik & Kris' church for baby A's dedication. :) YAY baby! And even better, after church we went to their house along w/ some of Kris' family. That's not the good part, the good part is that I got to play with 2 babies! Baby A is 1 and I don't know how old the other little girl is, but she is just the CUTEST little sweetheart ever. She was endlessly entertained with stacking rings on that ring-stacker toy. lol (I don't know what they're called, I'm not a mom). But I kept saying "good job!" and was saying the colors and counting the rings as she put them on the spindle-y thing. And she was so pleased. Suuuuuuuuuuuch a sweetheart! She had the most adorable big brown eyes ever! And at one point she toddled over to me and climbed into my lap! I just about died! Little cutie pie! She'd never met me before that day, but still wanted to be in my lap. YAY. I love that lil' pumpkin!
And yes, I do need to have a baby immediately. You're right.
Oh, and they sang "Mighty to Save" without me at FCC. Again. grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
It was even my week to sing, but I had to miss b/c of baby A's dedication.
But it was worth it to play with 2 precious baby girls :)
Um...so what do you want to know? It seems that so many things have happened since I've written, but I guess I'll just touch on a few highlights. Last Wednesday, much to my alternating chagrin/excitement (lol, I'm so bi-polar) we recorded hymns at church. That's right, me singing and mom playing piano. She's an old pro! But me, on the other hand...well, I was pretty much a basket case. I was SOOOO nervous during the first song...I was freaking out! After a while I calmed down a little, but was still (very) nervous. And can I just say that I really am not a fan of my high voice. And what the crap is the deal with all hymns being so frickin' high? grrrr. My high voice is breathy and wimpy. Just because I can sing that high doesn't mean I should. Really. So anyway, I could barely manage the singing itself, but in addition to that was having NO stylistic...anything. ha. I was too nervous to even attempt to make it sound good. But whatever; he got his recording. Just a straight, breathy & annoying sing-through. And man did we cruise through those songs. lol. We did 20 songs in like 45 minutes. And I saw Zac smiling a private little smile about something a few times during the process...I wish I knew what it was for. Was he smirking at my childishly-high voice? Was he wondering why he's never heard me sing this way? Or was he just surprised to hear me sing at all? He's never heard me sing alone before, even though we've been singing together for months. I'm a huge dork about singing in front of people (especially him). Let's just leave it as "I'm no soloist." And if he ever stumbles upon this blog: Zac, that's not what I normally sound like. So, enough about that. I was just SO consumed with that event for so long, and then all of the sudden it's over, so I thought I'd record my thoughts about it and leave it at that.
Along with that ongoing process is the ongoing search for biscotti jar candles at Pier 1. I got an email from them sometime within the last couple weeks and was looking online and noticed that their prices for the biscotti-scented things are odd #s, which means they're on clearance. Which means it's discontinued. :( boooo! I have 3 favorite scents from Pier 1, and that is one of the top 2 (lol, I go back & forth). So, I went up to the Pier 1 at Riverdale and they didn't have any of the jar candles (but I did get 2 "Mango Papaya" scented jar candles--also on clearance, but just the jar candles, not everything in that scent. And btw, that's my 3rd fave scent). And I strategically planned going to the Pier 1 I used to work at for a Sunday (did I write about this before on LJ?) b/c that's when the store manager always had the day off. But of course she was there, and they didn't have the right jar candles there, either. boo. Soooo, last Monday I went to Maple Grove and treated myself to a Qdoba supper (YUM!) and a little Pier 1 shopping at that location as well. Nothing. Didn't buy a thing. boo. Why doesn't anyone have my candle? *cries* So THEN I decided to check out the Roseville store a different day last week (Friday? I don't remember; not like it matters). And I used Alicia as my cell-phone-defense against being forced to talk to stupid salespeople at Pier 1. I hate it when they try and chum up to me. Just leave me alone. If I want your help, I'll ask, thank you. And of course they didn't have my candle either. So I give up. If anyone wants to check their Pier 1 and send me a gift, the sku is 2179734. haha.
And before that Roseville Pier 1 run, I went to K-Mart (which I hate) and happened upon 2 great deals! One was a Christmas package gift-set of flannel jammies on clearance for $2.99! Sweet! I bought them for Mom, b/c she was recently looking for that kind of pajamas (b/c the basement is cold. ha. but of course the "cold" season is over. At least for retailers it is). And then I got something else for Alicia, which I can't talk about, b/c I haven't sent it to her yet. I told her that I got her something, but didn't give any details. So maybe she can blog about it when she gets it, or I will try to remember to write about it later. haha. But I'll just say that it was also a great deal. :) yay!
Oh, and another funny thing that made my day: when I was checking out at K-Mart, the cashier said "you look familiar, but I don't know why." I was like "really?" because I didn't recognize her at all. But I asked her name and she said "Leanne" and I instantly knew how we knew each other. haha. We used to work at Walmart back in the day! hahahahahahhahahaha. And I remember weird things about her like she used to get lots of phone calls at work. And she wanted to buy the Shaggy album. hahahaha! I didn't mention these things to her, but I did say "you used to work at Wal-Mart! I used to work at Wal-Mart." and then we continued with a short convo that made me smile as I walked away. It kind of made my day. Is that pathetic? I don't care. I love having those little personal interactions with people. It was so funny that she recognized me!
And then yesterday we went out to Erik & Kris' church for baby A's dedication. :) YAY baby! And even better, after church we went to their house along w/ some of Kris' family. That's not the good part, the good part is that I got to play with 2 babies! Baby A is 1 and I don't know how old the other little girl is, but she is just the CUTEST little sweetheart ever. She was endlessly entertained with stacking rings on that ring-stacker toy. lol (I don't know what they're called, I'm not a mom). But I kept saying "good job!" and was saying the colors and counting the rings as she put them on the spindle-y thing. And she was so pleased. Suuuuuuuuuuuch a sweetheart! She had the most adorable big brown eyes ever! And at one point she toddled over to me and climbed into my lap! I just about died! Little cutie pie! She'd never met me before that day, but still wanted to be in my lap. YAY. I love that lil' pumpkin!
And yes, I do need to have a baby immediately. You're right.
Oh, and they sang "Mighty to Save" without me at FCC. Again. grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
It was even my week to sing, but I had to miss b/c of baby A's dedication.
But it was worth it to play with 2 precious baby girls :)