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it’s employee appreciation week at work!
fun times.
these are my little smile dimples that you never get to see on my blog.
so today, at work, donut day and car wash day.
tomorrow is the culminating bar-b-que but i won’t be in town!
and that is probably when they will draw for raffle prizes and i won’t be there. but i can still win.
another snowy day.
i like lomi lomi oil. need some. it’s good for my hair. (the ends, which i stupidly bleached, and plan to possibly henna soon).
pictures of my face much?
sorry.
it happened.
just two people whose paths are crossing.
i almost typed ‘ha-bloggy-ha’
should have.
i am pretty much happy.
things are pretty good.
could be better could be worse as is always the case for us all.
being healthy. herbal infusion (not tea), started the morning with hot lime water. uh… grapes. had papaya yesterday morning. sipped on a meal replacement shake (a good one, not HFCS, quality stuff) mixed with almond milk and soy milk throughout the day.
i look like an ogre. hence the change in diet.
time to get serious.
typical morning in downtown reno, nv. (not)
there was a parade.
dunno why. the super bowl? who knows.
replete with multiple marching bands.
they were playing ‘let’s get retarded’
haha
quit checking out the high school chick’s butts.
you know you were.
perv.
now you think i am a perv.
well.
idk, their butts just seem to stand out in these pictures for some reason.
maybe it’s because i am an artist. i don’t know. sorry i brought it up.
but you know you were thinking it.
the meal replacement shake.
bought these earrings today. finally caved. i’ve secretly wanted them ever since i saw them (well, a pair of them, anyway…) but i was in denial about it. i finally submitted to peer pressure because everyone had a pair but me, it seemed.
they are made by this really awesome chick, liz, who used to work with me and at WFM.
the other side is an achor.
heart anchor.
alright. i suppose that’s all for now.
i miss you, blogland.
i’ve been away-ish.
not really, but sort of out of my normal routine.
we’ve had nothing but spring-like weather. a little chilly at night is all.
no big whoop.
haven’t even had to wear a jacket, lately. even when i thought i should have brought one, i quickly realized it truly was unnecessary.
wow. people are truly amazing. have you noticed? sometimes in good ways, sometimes in bad. it’s crazy, really.
i loved this dress when i tried it on, but in the wearing, have noticed a few flaws. it’s actually too big. i liked that, at first. but the arm-holes are gargantuan. either i need to tailor them or wear a cardi or wear something underneath (which i am generally un-in-favor-of) so anyway yeah blah blah blah blah blah you are my blog and you have to listen.
write a story about me.
here is a picture for story-telling, i remember that from my childhood, it was in a book. grrrrrrrr. i am frustrated about something right now.
it is annoying me a great deal.
yo quiero taco bell
this is something which i ate.
my son is precious.
aw. best pic ever of me ma. such a cute photo.
okay, yes, i am mental.
here are a few cool things from Korea from this girl who used to work in my department before i worked there. i knew who she was but didn’t have tons of involvement with her. one time she told me she liked my braid. ;-)
cool band-aids. makes me want to get an owie.
i never tasted the bottom one but the top one was good, until i realized it is mushroom-flavored, then it was just kind of weird, but i am still glad i ‘lived on the edge’ and tried it more than once. thrice, even.
oops, sorry, random vegetable photo.
in this little adorable cube lies curled up the cutest little washcloth known to man. wanna see?
um. maybe later. my camera needs new batteries and i am doing something right now. ttyl.
my friend Pete got a gift card to Macaroni Grill/Chili’s/whatever other restaurants are all part of that grouping. i’d never eaten there, so we went last night after i got off work. i just wanted to try it. i like trying new (to me) restaurants.
i like that the kitchen is open. whaddya call that?
on display?
in view of the ‘guest’
there was a lot more going on in a different segment of the kitchen, but i only snuck this one photo.
they poured the wine, put the bread and olive oil on the table, and left us to our menus. i wanted to try the bread but having just got off work, i knew my hands must be dirty from touching a bunch of products which have been groped by every tom, dick and harry. HAHAHAHAHAHAH. sorry. just kidding. but anyway, since i caught this cold (which is on its way out) a new awareness of germ spreading has come upon me.
and of course, requisite bathroom shot. (with weird mirror-pose face)
in the bathroom they play recordings which teach you how to speak italiano. how quaint. well, it can’t hurt to be exposed to other languages on whatever level, i suppose.
so, i guess there are germs all over menus, from people touching them before they wash their hands? i wonder if the menus get wiped down/sanitized between customers. nah. i doubt it. maybe once a day they get wiped down with sanitizer. i never used to think about this that much because i always figured, i don’t get sick. but i still thought about it because think about buffets or salad bars…. all sorts of people touch the utensils without washing or sanitizing their hands, i am sure… even when sanitizing wipes are provided. *shrug* i mean, we are all exposed to germs. more important is possibly building up the immune system and then being careful around compromised immune systems. hi. and then you know my camera isn’t sterile or sanitary. i should wipe that guy down, once in a while, too. gross. haha.
anyway, i wanted to wait to place my order and then go wash my hands so i could tear into that ciabatta roll or whatever it was. (such an appetizing prologue, eh?)
peter is nice to me. maybe too nice. i am not used to guys being too nice. it makes me feel uncomfortable, to be honest, when a guy is all about doing everything for me. overboard? gung ho? i am used to being treated like crap, honestly. oh yeah, he went to home depot and bought me some concentrated concrete cleaner so i can hopefully get rid of the stains on my sidewalk/porch.
hm. i just realized i think he wore his hat at the dinner table. that used to be a big no-no a long time ago, back when etiquette was all the rage. but pete has pretty crazy hair, so it’s prudent to leave the hat on. the hat is almost like ‘normal hair’, i guess. and also, people wear hats indoors all the time now, which i think is weird. i can NOT do that. my body temperature is usually really high or something. i am not very tolerant of heat. makes me feel nauseous. and i don’t believe in dressing warm inside. that’s all. i don’t like heaters, either.
may not look very appetizing, but it was really good. i ordered the warm spinach salad with prosciutto, roasted garlic and goat cheese. the dressing was a lemony olive oil, i think. and peter ordered mushroom ravioli. so we mixed them.
after the fact, he told me he hates spinach, haha, but i ‘got him to eat it’. i love spinach. it was just the right amount of food and quite delicious. there wasn’t a lot on the menu that intrigued me, except maybe the skewers. it’s not that much different than olive garden really… but it was okay for mainstream, i guess.
time to start getting ready for another day at work.
ta ta.
did i tell you i dyed my hair today?
yep.
i did.
this is an after picture… so you can see it’s nothing drastic.
natural vegetable color.
yep, i’m gonna sleep in ‘em.
this was weird.
walking on my way to work this morning, i see this guy. red and green basketball outfit, must be a christmas basketball game somewhere.
funny old guy. he ran and dribbled off and on, ahead of me.
i am loving my new job. yep. goin’ good!
very thankful for that.
christmas shopping is basically done.
hm.
hope you’re having happy holidays n stuff n such.
(i don’t really like that way of typing. i would rather type “and” or even “&” than “n”… it just bugz. also i don’t care for “i know, right?” or……. uh……. it kinda bugs me to type “and such”
that’s good for now. ;-)
here is how i spent my thanksgiving.
yum yum yum!
the hazelnut and cranberry en croute was fantastic! just needs a little mushroom gravy and you’re all set!
sausage sage sourdough stuffing.
try saying that ten times fast.
bread.
my fave is kalamata olive, as i’ve mentioned, previously.
feeling mischievous, are we?
hurry up and take the picture, nate, i feel like a complete nerd!
oh well, you’re a complete nerd, too! har.
well, at least you got to shave off your creepy ‘mo’, eh?
but it was entertaining while it lasted!
i think this is his bill cosby impression.
who took my chocolate pudding?
i AM the charcuterie.
look what i did!
what more could i want but to work with kate and nate?
i handle a lot of meat.
prosciutto sometimes really grinds my gears. in a bad way. as in, it is a p.i.t.a.
watching Marie Antoinette for the second time (really the first, because i didn’t pay attention the first time because i have to watch movies eight hundred times before i can pay attention, especially if it’s a good movie)
this movie is magnifique
heheheheh this picture is hilarious.
the pleasure is all mine. ;-)
what now?
oh, yes… don’t be jealous of my new shoes, cool as they may be, made in italy and all…. they make clicky clack noises when i walk. i do not like noisy shoes or noisy any apparel. i need to be sneaky and stealthy at all times.
i could LIVE off of kalamata olive bread, toasted, with butter. i am not kidding at all.
pretty much exactly like eating birdseed.
it was good, though.
oh my goodness, the car rental place gave me a brand new bitchin’ camaro. not that i really want that… but it should be kinda fun anyway, for a day. all these darned volleyball girls (and their parents) are swarming the city. car rental place is swamped.
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