so it appears the old spaghetti factory is in fact open indefinitely now.  they must've just gotten the memo b/c they were lacking on staff, valet (that was a blessing), and doggie bags (only one plastic bag for 4 people?)  nonetheless, the company was spectacular - we heard the copyright "happy birthday" song sung no less than 5 times, and we each ( Read more... )

saturday morning i dropped shelby off at school and made my way to cerritos for the tire exchange.  they said it would take a few hours, so i had the shuttle service drop me off at the mall around the corner.

then the spending started.  yipes!  the body shop reeled me in again.  that thankfully was the most damage i could do besides eating chick- ( Read more... )

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forgot to mention craig was at the party saturday.  he's been working 7 days a week on miss teen usa.  he's looking forward to a break once the show airs.

sunday we rolled out of bed slowly, although in retrospect we should've been faster.  didn't get out of the house til afternoon.  fed the beta, forgot my phone so had to go back home for a sec, ( Read more... )

so i'll get the big news out of the way first.

i turned in my storm grey ion 2 sedan for a 4 year rental car yesterday.  thing is, this new 2006 saturn ion 3 sedan is unnecessarily fully loaded, including spoiler and sunroof, but b/c it's a glorified rental (aka lease), i MUST watch my mileage, so no, my car will not be everyone's happy wagon for ( Read more... )

why would a major supermarket chain decide to carry diet cherry vanilla dr. pepper in both bottles and cans yet not have the regular sugary goodness of cherry vanilla dr. pepper in either form?

my engine light came on again.  i guarantee it's the fuel cap once more, but the little bugger will not go off and i've checked the cap twice to make sure ( Read more... )

satan like funny box...

man, that show kills me!

mamie has decided to sit in my lap as i write this--she is growing increasingly irritated at the fact that i cannot pet her while typing.

the "arctic storm" is coming...we may or may not wake up to 1 to 4 inches of snowfall on the ground tomorrow.   i love how the okie weathermen can pinpoint ( Read more... )