My Randomness

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree!

2010-12-04T10:32:00.002-06:00

Project Christmas tree is underway! One Tree is up and the Second is going up today. I have acquired enough Coca-Cola ornaments that I have enough to do a tree in just those, that tree will be in my dining room since my kitchen is Coke themed. I will post photos when I'm finished!

Back in Black!

2010-11-28T00:52:00.004-06:00

I'm back.....after waaaaay too long! I am now the proud owner of a brand new laptop (which was an awesome early Christmas gift, thanks to grandparents!). I had to go read my last post to see where I left off.

Let's update -

1. I still live on my own, but I am no longer in the apartment, I am renting a house!

2. I am still working in the County Office that I have been in since January 2009

3. Still totally in love with my boyfriend, Clay!

4. I am working very hands on with our church's youth group right now, we are between Youth Pastors right now, so Clay and I have taken on a large portion of that responsibility.

It's pretty late and I didn't really have much to post, I just wanted to start the ball rolling again, stay tuned!

Logged On

2009-06-04T19:06:00.002-05:00

I'm actually getting a chance to be online for more than a few minutes! Quick review...I moved out about 3 months ago and got my own apartment. Totally love living there! I got some goldfish over the weekend, 2 died, so now I'm down to one. I haven't named it yet, still working on that. I'm thinking "The Phantom"...I have no idea why? I don't have a lot to update about, I'm still liking my job, I still learn new things everyday. I'm hoping my head doesn't explode one day from all the things I'm cramming in there and trying not to forget!

That look on my face...it's shame...

2009-02-28T22:28:00.002-06:00

Yes, I do realize it has been a month and one day since I have posted anything. There is about 3 inches of snow in the ground right now. It's pretty, but honestly I hate it! It totally ruined my plans for the day. I'm a tad bit bitter, I'll get over it.

What's new in my life?

Well I have a boyfriend now :)

(I know what you're thinking and, no, this won't become one of those blogs where I go on and no about that subject, promise!)

I'm liking my new job, it has stressful days, but all in all I like it.

My new car is great!

(I know, still no pics)

There hasn't been anything very exciting going on in my life lately. I need to add some pics from the 33miles concert I went to, maybe tomorrow. I'm going to a Sanctus Real concert next Saturday in Mountain Home next weekend! Pretty super excited about that!

So I think that's all for now...

Ice Ice, Baby!

2009-01-27T15:01:00.007-06:00

So there is ice everywhere! Yesterday morning they were saying this could be the worst ice storm we have seen in 10 years, I think they were right! Springfield and the surrounding southern Missouri areas got a really bad ice storm 2 winters ago, but we were only on the edge of that. This is definitely the worst one our town has seen! Here's some pics I took in our yard.

Our cars, yes, that's my new car!

The field behind our house

We left work early Monday, the courthouse was closed today, and it is closed tomorrow...

Becoming "Girl Friday"

2009-01-16T20:48:00.004-06:00

Today was day 15 of my new job. I'm still learning new stuff, I'm pretty sure until I have been there a few months I will be learning new things. There's just so much, but so far I am enjoying it! As for the title of my blog, I am definitely becoming "Girl Friday". Three days into the job, Bethe who place I took informed me that after she had taught me everything I would indeed be Girl Friday. So far I believe it she knows how to do everything there is to do in our office and hopefully I will someday too. Please note she still works there, she just transferred to a different job in the same office.

Moving on, I got a new car!!! I don't have any pics yet, it's a 2000 Chevy Malibu. I got an amazing deal on it and the inside looks brand new! The insurance company involved with my wreck called today and they are for sure going to total my car, and I am actually getting $100 more dollars than what I paid for my new car!

God has blessed me so much in the last few months. This verse completely sums it up...

But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. 1 Thes. 3:3

Right off it says the Lord is faithful, enough said. He is so faithful and when we are faithful to him his works are evident in our lives.

Stablish literally means to establish, God has totally done that for me. I was was working a part-time job where I wasn't eligibly for insurance or any benefits. I get a call telling me that I was being dropped from my dad's insurance plan and within 2 weeks I got a full-time job with benefits, that as stated above I am loving! I would definitely consider that becoming established, I am basically starting my adult life and so far it's of to a great start!

Secondly the verse says he will keep us from evil. All evil comes from satan, and there is nothing more that he likes than to see the children of God suffer. I could have been really hurt in the car wreck, but I know God's hand was with me and he was protecting me that morning.

Where to begin???

2009-01-08T23:11:00.005-06:00

No, I haven't fallen off the face of the blogging planet, although I'm hanging by only finger tips.

I had a great Christmas, I actually had like 4 of them. I ate way too much food! New Years was good too, I got to spend it with my BFF.

I started my new job on January 2, that was an adventure. There was/is a lot to learn. Things are crazy busy with ending out a year and starting a new one, all with payroll thrown in the first week of the year. I'm liking it so far, but I will be glad when it slows down a little.

I saved the most current news for last, I was involved in a car wreck today.

I was driving to work this morning and I saw a truck stopped in the oncoming lane quite a ways ahead of me, then I see a deer cross the road. I start slowly slowing down then I deer number 2, I slow down more, I look to right in the field where the first 2 came from and there are 2 more so I come to a complete stop, not knowing if they are going to cross the road or not. They get pretty close to the road, but then run back to where they came from. After being completely stopped for maybe 4 seconds a truck runs right into the back of my car! I was so relieved that I didn't any of the deer, and right when that thought rolls through my mind is when he hits me. It was so scary, he was going pretty fast. My foot was holding the brake completely to the floor and the impact still pushed my car quite a few feet. My seat went all the way backwards and is still stuck there, the back part of the seat reclined and that is what kept me from hitting my head on the steering wheel. I know God was watching out for me today, it could have been so much worse. At this point I'm feeling okay. I hope this is still true in the morning, they say it takes about 3 days to really see how much something like a wreck effects you. I'm still not sure why the guy didn't stop or even slow down, guess I'll never know.

Hibernation...

2008-12-22T17:09:00.006-06:00

Hey kids! I didn't disappear, I swear! I have been kinda busy, not so much so that I couldn't have blogged, that part just happened cause I'm sort of a slacker. Opps!

So today is my next to last day of working at the library. It has been kin of slow this afternoon, I think it's too cold for people to get out. This morning I went over to the county clerks office, which is where I will be working starting January 2nd. I thought I might get a small taste of the job and see what it's going to be like. While I was there a couple got a marriage licence, two people needed passports, and we worked on paying a bunch of bills. I had never realized the process it takes for county offices to pay their bills, way complicated..lol! I'll have a full report after the 2nd!

So here's what I've been up to lately...

About 2 weeks ago I got a Blackberry Curve!!! I (heart) it!

I went to Silver Dollar City last Friday with my boys, here are some pics...

Last Sunday we had a 60th Wedding Anniversary for my Grandparents, that was fun. 60 years is a long time, most people don't make it that long!

So I think that's it!

Deputy without a Badge!

2008-12-06T13:12:00.002-06:00

So, I will be starting a new job soon. I am going to be a deputy clerk for our county. The official job title is weird to me, I feel like I should have a badge, or a gun, or a really butch hair cut!? This will be a full time job, I'm only part time at the library right now, so that will be a change. The main reason for the change is I got dropped from my current insurance, and I had to find a job where I would have that. I'm really excited to start, I know I will have to learn a ton of new things, but there are going to be some other people starting jobs there too, so I won't be the only new kid on the block. So that's really all I know at this point, guess I'll have more to say about it after I start!

Black (Eye) Friday

2008-11-29T12:25:00.004-06:00

Ok, so I didn't really get a black eye, but it would have been totally possible considering as man was killed at a Wal-Mart store early Friday morning!

I did do a ton of shopping, that started at 4:45 Friday morning. I got a camera at Wal-Mart. Then to Springfield and the mall. I got some clothes and a bunch of stuff at Bath & Body works, I heart that place! The best purchase of the day would be the Kathy Van Zeeland bag I got! It's green, it's shiny, it's fabulous! I will have to post a pic.

This is completely random, but while in Best Buy in Springfield I saw the band Hinder. No, I don't mean on an album cover, I mean the real deal, They played a show there Thanksgiving night and they were doing a meet and greet in Best Buy.

I guess I should backtrack, I kinda skipped Thanksgiving. This year I spent Thanksgiving in West Plains with my BFF and his family. Our fam doesn't really do much, so I decided while I had a little bit of time off work I would go there. I got some great birthday gifts while I was there, the best was this bible from Clay -

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/KJV-Ancient-Faith-Bible/Holman-Bible-Editorial-Staff/e/9781586404666/?itm=33

It is pretty much the coolest thing ever! The edge of the pages are bright gold and it's only about 5 or so inches tall, it will fit in my purse so great!

Birthday, BABY!

2008-11-20T17:39:00.005-06:00

When your birthday is on a random Thursday not much excitement usually happens. My birthday is actually going to stretch until next week. Here is today's birthday recognition...

I got flowers at work from my family!

Here is my name on the bulletin board in the Youth room at church.

A close-up

20!!!

2008-11-20T17:34:00.002-06:00

So this concludes the birthday countdown, I am now 21!!! The photo above is last year at the library, my mom brought me the cake and pizza. If you look closely you can see my name is spelled wrong on the cake..lol "Mellissa"

19, my last "teen" year...

2008-11-19T16:01:00.003-06:00

This is on Thanksgiving after my 19th birthday, which is only about a week. Not much to say about it, there is a lot of green in the pic...

18, now I can vote!

2008-11-19T15:50:00.003-06:00

This is yesterday's post, I'm a slacker! Again, not a party photo, I do remember my 18th birthday was on a Sunday and I had lunch with my grandparents (we had Chinese!) This is me the August after I turned 18, I decided to cut all my hair off.

Before...

After...

Buttons!

2008-11-18T20:50:00.002-06:00

I just posted my first listing at my Etsy store!!!

Check it out!

www.TheAwkwardTurtle.etsy.com

Dancing Queen, only 17!

2008-11-17T21:15:00.002-06:00

So once again I can't upload a photo, I think it might be my dial-up, grrr! I hate it! So I'm going to try and add photo tomorrow at work.

Today's post is me at 17, sitting in my car, which I can at this point drive, I finally got my licence when I was 17. That is definitely the most memorable thing that happened that year!

SWEET Sixteen!

2008-11-16T22:25:00.003-06:00

Also not a party photo, you can't see me very well, but this is my first car that I got when I turned 16. It's a 1990 Cougar. It was a pretty good car, I drove it until March of last year. It pretty much completely died.

The above was the caption for my photo, but I've tried to upload it 3 times and the uploader thing won't work, so I'm going to add the photo later.

5 X 3 = 15

2008-11-15T20:12:00.002-06:00

No party photo this time, actually there won't be many more party photos. This was taken not too long after I turned 15. This is about as long as my hair has ever been. I was in the process of growing my bangs out here, I hated them!

Fearless Fourteen

2008-11-15T09:31:00.003-06:00

I'm a day behind, I will have to catch up later. This is yesterdays post. Apparently some one's flash on their camera wasn't working when they took these...

Once again another Pizza Hut party, this is the last one.

Every girl needs a huge smiley face pillow!

My Fair Results

2008-11-13T17:06:00.001-06:00

I'm a slacker, I should have done this sooner.

I got got one red ribbon at the State Fair. It is on a photo that I got blue ribbons on at county and district. The judging at state is apparently done differently than they do it here. I plan on finding out exactly how they do the judging before going next year.

This photo was taking in Eureka Springs, anyone who lives around here has probably walked past the bench, if not at least driven by it.

Baker's Dozen

2008-11-13T16:31:00.000-06:00

Officially a teenager!

This party took place at the same place as the pool party. I decided not to swim because I "didn't want to mess my hair up".

So a teenager...lol!

Check out Wes hangin' out in the background...haha!

Pizza!

One Dozen!

2008-11-12T17:06:00.001-06:00

Finally at the age 12 my obsession with Winnie the Pooh came to an end...but first one more birthday party with that theme.

Also let me mention that today is Wes's 14th birthday, I should have added a pic of him, but I'm at work. Anyways HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUB!

2 ones...

2008-11-11T17:09:00.000-06:00

I didn't come up with a photo from my 11th birthday party, but I am 11 in this photo. It is probably not too long after considering there is snow.

I have realized from these photos that I had s serious obsession with Winnie the Pooh.

T - E - N

2008-11-10T22:15:00.000-06:00

When I turned 10 Wes and I had a double party. This place had an indoor swimming pool. I was always jealous of kids with summer birthdays, because they could have pool parties, so after 10 years of searching for a place we could swim in November we found one!

Notice that my dad's mustache has been tammed down a little ;)

Workin' 9 - 5

2008-11-09T23:06:00.000-06:00

On my 9th birthday Wesley had been in the hospital with pneumonia for around 2 weeks, he actually spent his 2nd birthday there. The nurses made him the banner you can see in the background and got him cupcakes.

Because of all the hospital drama, my birthday was pretty short and sweet. Pretty much just family and cake at Pizza Hut.

8 was great!

2008-11-09T01:13:00.000-06:00

Once again we find ourselves having my party at Mc Donalds. This post is also dated a day late, I haven't been around a computer much today.

There really isn't much to caption these photos with. Enjoy!

7 ATE 9!!!

2008-11-07T19:04:00.000-06:00

My little brother was born 8 days before my 7th birthday, so this was just a family party.

Before the party, a family shot. I am no longer the baby!

The gift I'm holding is a doll, but check out the stack of VHS movies behind me...retro!

The one candle at the bottom in for Wes.

I got a BIKE!!! Check out the look on my grandmother's face...she was afraid I was going to "fall over and harm the baby!"

6 of one, half a dozen of another...

2008-11-07T01:09:00.000-06:00

So this is actually going to be posted on Nov. 7th, but it is the post for Nov. 6th. I went to an AWESOME concert tonight and I did not get back it time to post it. I'll add pics of that later!

So because I have to do everything big and to the extreme I had two parties when I turned 6. The first one was at school with my class, my mom made cupcakes.

Second party was at Mc Donald's. I don't even remember some of the kids in this pic...lol!

5, 5, $5 Footlong!

2008-11-05T23:48:00.000-06:00

Beauty and the Beast cake!

Could my face be any more chubby!?!?

You must lick the icing off the candles!

So there is a hilarious story to go with this pic. I really thought I was getting a horse for my birthday, so when my dad left to get this chair out of the garage and came back in with it I got really mad, because it wasn't a horse. I secretly loved the chair, not as much as I would have a horse, but I thought I should make my parents think I was mad.

Here I am starting to get over it...you can see some of my other gifts in my arms. Yea, that's a Troll doll with blue hair! Also a "Michelle" from Full House doll.

After my parents went to bed I decided to sneak up and sleep in my secret favorite chair...lol! They caught me!

4 your entertainment!

2008-11-04T22:41:00.000-06:00

And now I'm 4!

Barbie cake!!!

Today's post is short and sweet...like me!

VOTE!!!

2008-11-03T17:16:00.000-06:00

Tomorrow is election day, let your voice be heard, GO VOTE!!!

I'm very excited to be voting in my first presidential election. I think it's pretty cool that no matter who wins this election it will be a first, either a black president or a woman as vice-president. In a small way I feel like my vote will be helping make history. I think the next 4 years will be a time of a lot of change for the United States.

Not only am I going to exercise my right as an American to vote, I am also going to work at an election poll. This will also be a first for me, I'm really excited to "get my feet wet" as far as politics go. Hopefully if I like it I will get called to do it again. My friends have picked up on this and now joke that I will be "working the poll" on Tuesday...lol!

1 + 2 = 3!!!

2008-11-03T17:05:00.001-06:00

This birthday party was held at my grandparent's house.

Garfield cake!

I look like trouble!

Just being me...

Notice the wardrobe change! Check out my friends carrying the gifts to me like I'm a princess! Also note the "My Big Sister" doll next to me, those were so popular back in the day!

Throw up your duces!

2008-11-02T18:03:00.000-06:00

So here's my second birthday!

So you know you are a child of the 80's when you had an "Alf" cake! My mom made it, she use to make cakes for a living, she made a lot of the ones that are to come in the next few posts.

Check out the mound of gifts behind me!

Birthday, Baby!

2008-11-01T23:08:00.000-05:00

Here's the deal....in 20 days I will turn 21!!! So for the next 20 days I'm going to post pics from a birthday or close to it.

Enjoy!

This would be about a month and a half before I was actually born. Look out world!

My mom, she had no idea what she was getting into!

If you live around here you will appreciate my dad's very 80's trucker style "Bass Pro" hat.

So here is my 1st Birthday! Sticking my finger in the cake, I still do that!

Apparently I was full of hot air then too?

No wonder I want a bike now, it started at any early age!

Officially 1 year old!!!

Hail to the Chief!

2008-11-01T13:08:00.000-05:00

These are from yesterday.

I'm pretty sure in my lifetime it has never hailed on Halloween, I could be wrong. If it ever has I don't remember it.

I spent this Halloween different than I have any other. I didn't have to work, so I just hung out at home all day. I did dye my hair, something I've been threatening to do for a few weeks. It's not exactly what I wanted, but I learned it is hard to highlight your own hair. I will add some pics of the finished product soon. Hopefully I can take some this afternoon!

I went to the Green Forest football game last night, where I debuted my Ugg boots! I wasn't brave enough to put my pants legs on the inside, I'm not sure I look with them like that?

Moving on, needless to say the Tigers won. It was a great night for football, It only got a little cold close to the end of the game. I think that was just from sitting still so long.

So I think that's it...Oh, Happy November! I become older this month!

Falling!

2008-10-29T17:24:00.000-05:00

Here are some photos I took this morning. I don't like the way Blogger makes your photos smaller when you upload, it takes away from the quality.

This one I took with my Canon, using a special setting.

Random, I know, but appreciate it for the artistic quality...

Loved it!

2008-10-21T15:18:00.000-05:00

I recently read The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards. It's a very good read. Only after a few weeks of finishing it I discovered there was a movie made based on the book. I usually don't like watching movies after I have read the book, but this one was actually pretty good. The book has 401 pages and everything is very detailed. Like most movies from books some details were left out, but the movie followed the book pretty closely. This is definitely one of my favorite books. Check it out at your local library!

Stop! It's Hammer time!

2008-10-03T13:23:00.000-05:00

It is currently 1:25 P.M.

Someone just signed in for a computer and put the time down as 1:11! Not a child mind you, he is at least 18.

I rest my case...

State Fair, a GREAT movie, and frustration!

2008-10-02T16:09:00.000-05:00

So this is a little delayed, but here it goes!

Tuesday I dropped off my photos for the state fair in Little Rock. I won't know how they did until at least the 10, that is when the fair actually starts. I hope I get to go back while it is actually going on, I have two main reasons, the first is to see how my photos did. The second is I want to try a Pig Licker, for those of you who don't know a Pig Licker is chocolate covered bacon! If I don't get to back whiloe it is going on I won't know until the end of the month when the entries are picked up. Here's a random photo from the road...

After we got back from Little Rock, Clay and I saw the movie Fireproof. It is so good! I would encourage everyone to go see it. I'm not married, so I can't say this for sure, but I think it will have an even bigger impact on you if you are married.

So let's move on to frustration, after 3:30 or so on weekdays there is a steady stream of young people who come through the library to use the computers. We have 10 computers, so once they are full we start a waiting list, everyone gets one hour and when there time is up we ask them to let someone else use it, then we call the next person on the list. So here's the scenario 10 computers, 10 users, one user gets up leaving 10 computers, and 9 users. So obviously the person being called would use the open computer. Amazingly enough at least half of the people say "which computer do I use", Okay once again just to clarify, there are 10 computers, 9 people using them leaving 1 computer open. Am I crazy or should it not be ridiculously obvious?!?

It amazes me, I'm to the point I just laugh and say the only one open. One day someone ask that and they response they got from my co-worker was "the one that's open, unless you want to sit on someone's lap!" I thought I might actaully pee my pants!

It's 5 o'clock somewhere!

2008-09-26T14:46:00.000-05:00

So here is an issue that really troubles me...a large portion of today's youth cannot tell time. When someone wants to use a computer here at the library they have to sign-in on our time log. This process consist of writing your name and the current time of day.

Simple enough...right?

Well, there is an alarmingly high number of teens of come through here that can't tell what time it is by looking at an analog clock. We have a clock hanging right behind the circ desk so all you have to do is look straight up and there it is. It's funny a lot of patrons know the clock is there, yet every time they sign they say "what time is it" my reaction to this is always the same I point to the clock and say "there is a clock right there" unless of course I can see some reason to just go ahead and tell them the time. The other thing that happens is, they write their name and then look at the clock (usually for a long period of time) and then say "What time is it?". To which my reply is the same, at that they usually just guess the time or they just don't write a time and walk off. What really takes the cake though, is today a lady who is at least in her mid-thirties came in and said "I wanna play computer" so I hand her the sign-in sheet, she writes her name and some random numbers and says " you can just make up a time I didn't know what to put" I say there is a clock right there (slightly stressing the RIGHT THERE part) and she says " I know, but I didn't know what to put". I almost wanted to laugh out loud, I mean seriously this woman is a mother of 3 children, she drives a vehicle on the open road, but she can't tell time.

It disturbs me!

I'm veering off course here, the point is there are entirely too many of today's youth that cannot tell time.

When I have children I will make a point to make sure they develop skills like that very early on.

Woes of the Library...

2008-09-20T13:14:00.000-05:00

Here's an actual conversation I had today...

Emo Girl "I need to return these books, I have one more at home, but we are in a hurry. My mom knows these are overdue and that there is a fine , but we'll pay it later"

Me "Okay, well actually we don't charge fines, and I can re-check the other book if it is over due."

Emo Girl "Oh ok, good we are in a hurry"

She proceeds to walk away from the desk and I realize that the top 2 books on the stack belong to the High School Library.

Me "Excuse me, these books don't belong to us, they belong to the High School"

Emo Girl "I know I told my mom that, but she said we could bring them here."

Me "Well you can't return school library books here."

Emo Girl "Oh they belong to the school?!?"

Me "Yeah, see this stamp that says "Properly of Green Forest High School" in the front cover?"

Emo Girl "Oh, ha ha, okay, well we are in a hurry! Thanks!

So here's my take on this conversation, I'm assuming that probably this girl's mother realized that they had overdue library materials about 3 seconds before they left to go somewhere else. In a hurried panic she says to Emo daughter "We have got to return that stuff to the library, go grab it quick, WE ARE IN A HURRY!" So Emo girl runs to gather up the materials and realizes a book is missing in reply she says "Mom, I can't find one of the books!" Mom says "Those books are already overdue, they are going to charge us a fine, but go ahead and come on, WE ARE IN A HURRY! Emo girl and mother run out the door, jump in the car, and speed away. On the way to the library mother tells Emo girl, "run in and return those, tell them we know one is missing and that they are overdue and we will pay the fine next time, cause WE ARE IN A HURRY!" Mother pulls into library parking lot, Emo girl jumps out, mother says" go fast, WE ARE IN A HURRY!"

So by the time poor little Emo girl gets inside and relays the message all she can think of is "WE ARE IN A HURRY!" It was quite amusing. I'm still not sure why her mother thought we could accept High School Library books?!?

I don't really know what to do with my hands right now...

2008-09-18T16:12:00.000-05:00

So I had a very loverly long weekend, I went to West Plains to see my amazing best friend! A lot of random fast food and Wal-Mart trips were made. I got an awesome Razorback hoodie that I am super excited about! On Sunday night I got to sing with the praise team at his church, that was pretty cool. Monday consisted of a lot of helping out at the church loading trailers and stuff like that for an event later this week. On Tuesday we went to Mt. Home to see my love, Jessica and her new found mate, Joseph. We ate at CHILI'S, my favorite! Then we watched Baby Momma, it was ok. I expected to laugh more, but it wasn't bad. Wednesday I came home and returned to work. Tonight is bowling, I didn't decent last week, I hope I do even better tonight.

Some weekend pics...

So excited I could PEE!!!

2008-09-09T15:53:00.000-05:00

Ok so ever since they made Batman Begins I have been saying they should make one with The Penguin played by Phillip Seymore Hoffman, well guess what?!?!? THEY ARE! I am so excited, if they had made one with an other actor playing The Penguin I probably wouldn't have watched it.

I CAN'T WAIT!

Look! Look!

http://perezhilton.com/2008-09-09-batmans-pulling-out-the-big-guns-confirmed

Politics...

2008-09-09T15:43:00.001-05:00

Check it out!

http://shelfcheck.blogspot.com/2008/09/shelf-check-265.html

When will I learn?!

2008-09-02T16:46:00.000-05:00

So, ever since I started working here at our loverly public library I have been throwing around this idea of a people-less library with my co-workers. Basically it would be like a large underground vault if you will. It would have arms with claws that would retrieve the books and they would be dispensed through a slot.

Well look out kids someone else thought of it too! Slightly different than mine, but the same premise, it's called the GoLibrary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzpF9FQtoR8

Mine would house a lot of materials, where this one has a limited selection, much like the Red Box located at McDonalds and Wal-Mart.

Don't get me wrong, there is nothing that beats the experience of going to the library and browsing through the books, doing research, or getting information hands on. There are some days around here that get crazy when we search high and low for a book and can't find it. This would eliminate all that confusion. Of course if all libraries converted to this I would be out of a job! I think the GoLibrary is a great idea that will appeal to our fast paced society, and possibly encourage reading to people who never think twice about going to their local library.

Either way I had the idea, did nothing with it, and no someone else is doing it!

This always happens, I had the idea for Bluetooth on phones before I ever heard of it, and now it is something used by millions of people everyday!

Overheard at the Library...

2008-08-26T15:09:00.000-05:00

Women # 1 "I heard the pub burned down..."

Women #2 "Which one??"

Women #1 "The one in Golden"

Women #2 " OH! The one with all the good hamburgers and stuff!?!?"

Women # 1 "Well I guess, they had really good steak."

I wanted to say "Oh yea, that's the one, with the good burgers, that really narrows it down!"

The brary really brings out a lot of sarcasm in me...

FUNNY!

2008-08-23T13:02:00.000-05:00

This is hilarious and I hope one day it happens at our library! Not even kidding...

http://www.xpl.se/privat-fest-i-biblioteket.html

My idea...

2008-08-23T12:22:00.000-05:00

So I am toying with this idea I had last night...I have a lot of shirts, I mean A LOT. So I am thinking about seeing if I can go a whole year and wear a different shirt every day. Of course there would be rules and exceptions, for instance...

I have some library shirts that were graciously given to me by our library director. I would hate to not get the good out of them, so I would have to repeat those, although if I went anywhere else other than work on that day I could change and therefor be wearing a different one on that day.

Sunday would be an exception also, because I wear dresses on Sundays, so that would be out, sometimes I change in the afternoon, but not always, so I think this would be a 6 day a week project.

I haven't decided for sure if I want to do this or not, I tend to be somewhat of an overachiever, and I know that I will be aggravated with myself if I don't keep up with it. Although if I start I will probably finish it because the word "fail" tends to not be in my vocabulary...

At the Library...

2008-08-23T12:04:00.000-05:00

It is 12:10 on Saturday, the library is open until 2 today, so far I have encountered the following...

A guy walked right past the DVD shelf to ask me where the DVDs are located

A cut little boy with red hair picking his nose in the middle of the children's section

A little girl running around pointing to her grandmother and saying "Dat's my mommit!" to random strangers

A mom with her son, after checking their books out the son ask her "do we have to bring these back?"

And just for the record the phone has only rang one time today so far...

Super Great!

2008-08-16T13:10:00.000-05:00

So while in Movie Gallery getting a copy of the movie 21 (which I will probable talk about later) I saw this great music video....if you are a fan of youtube you will appreciate this a lot!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WanLLnVixC4

Random Fact

2008-08-14T14:28:00.000-05:00

So this was on Perez Hilton today....

"On Thursday, the US government will release a report that reveals that the late, great chef Julia Childs worked for the gov as a spy.
During World War II, 24,000 people served in an international spy ring managed by the Office of Strategic Services, an early version of the CIA created by President Franklin Roosevelt. They were soldiers, actors, historians, lawyers, athletes, professors, reporters. The recruits studied military plans, created propaganda, infiltrated enemy ranks and stirred resistance among foreign troops.
The government report will list the names of the 24,000 people who worked with the OSS and previously classified files relating to the program."

I love to read and retain useless facts and this is one I ran across years ago...I feel so informed, I already knew this!

Anytime she is mentioned in conversation I always work this story in, so there is a chance if you talk to me much I have already told you this! Who says useless facts are useless!?

2008-08-08T12:08:00.000-05:00

So just saw this on Perez Hilton, I hope it comes to pass! I love Alice in Wonderland, the mad hatter is one of my favorite characters, and of course who doesn't love Johnny !?!?

Aug 7, 2008 (19 hours ago)
Going Mad
from Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton by Perez Hilton
Johnny Depp is known for playing quirky characters.
He's lent his skills to such notable parts as Edward Scissorhands, Willy Wonka, Capt. Jack Sparrow, Sweeney Todd, and a few others.
Well it seems Depp can add Mad Hatter to his resume pretty soon.
Tim Burton is working on remaking Lewis Carroll's classic fairy tale Alice in Wonderland into a 3-D film.
The flick would be released some time in 2010.
Plans are for the movie to be live action until Alice jumps down the rabbit hole and her adventure begins.
Alice will be played by Aussie actress Mia Wasikowska from HBO's In Treatment.
Neither Disney nor Depp have confirmed the reports, but we have a feeling he might do it.
Depp + Burton = BFF for life!

My weekend...

2008-08-04T22:04:00.000-05:00

So starting Thursday and ending Sunday was an event known as Youth Fire Crusades in Branson. Our youth group has been attending for a long time. Here's a slight run down...On Thursday we had "Drama Night" at the church, it was pretty short and sweet. Friday was Silver Dollar City, our kids didn't get there until Friday night, but I went on Thursday, so on Friday I hung out with my BFF and his church. We left SDC around noon, because it was ridiculously HOT, but not before riding the Giant Swing twice...I heart it so much! That afternoon I went to the movies and saw Get Smart, it's a pretty good movie, the humors isn't that kind that just reaches out and grabs you, but there are subtle funny parts. That night we had a church service, it was really good! Actually all the services were really good! After church we went to The Track, where we decided to get pizza. They have this one they call the XXXL pizza and we decided it would be cool to get that, so we did!

Yea, it was huge! I'm not sure of the actual dimensions, but it was definitely the biggest pizza I have ever seen! When we ordered it the girl was like" Are you sure...it is like this big" stretching her arms out very wide as she says it. On Saturday we had a morning service then it was free time for the afternoon. I had to come back home to make an appearance at our family reunion. Then it was back for church again that night. Our kids left that night, but I stayed for the service Sunday morning, after I had lunch with a friend I hadn't seen in a long time, which ended up being lunch with her and another friend I hadn't seen in even longer, it was loverly! So in short that was my long weekend, a few details left out, but yea, that's pretty much it.

I tried to add pics, but it is giving me trouble, maybe I can get'em on here later!

Home...

2008-07-23T16:58:00.000-05:00

So, once again I am home from a trip out of town. There are like 80 thousand details, but I won't tell you all of them, cause it would take forever. I pretty much just spent the week hanging out in West Plains with my bff Clay. Who is totally the greatest bff ever! There were a lot of movies watched and a lot of good food consumed.

We watched The Dark Knight on Saturday, it is definitely one of the greatest movies ever made! I will be buying it the moment it comes out on DVD. I am kinda contemplating buying all the original Batman movies.

I bought some really great jeans while I was gone, they are Silver's, which is my favorite brand. They are rapidly becoming my favorite pair of jeans! I bought some other stuff too, a really great dress, some shirts, a couple pairs of capris, and some AMAZING shoes! I should really stop spending money.

You are now free to move about the cabin...

2008-07-11T09:20:00.000-05:00

There is a guy who comes in the library to use the computers and he always says "Can I get a terminal please". I always think of an airport terminal when he says it. I'm tempted to one day say "I'm sorry, we do not have clearance for take-off"...

Funny...

2008-07-10T17:30:00.000-05:00

http://www.toondoo.com/View.toon?param=294029

So I wish I could make this bigger, but it won't let me. I could pretty much be one of the people in this! Click the link to make it bigger.

I'm back...

2008-06-25T16:59:00.000-05:00

Ok...so, I went out of town for 10 days. While I was gone blogging was pretty much the farthest thing from my mind, but all things are back in focus now. So here's what I was doing...

Saturday after work I headed to Springfield, where I met my best friend, Clay and we went to West Plains where he lives. I stayed there for the weekend, then on Monday we started the 4 hour journey to Burlison, TN to church camp! I love road trips!

So, we spent the week there along with about 300 other amazing people. Our church took about 13 youth kids, it was so great to see God working in their lives.

My job for the week was team leader, which means me and another guy were in charge of a team of 23 teenagers...AHHH!!!! No, it's really not that bad, I had a ton of fun. Not only are you leading, you are playing the games and getting hot and sweaty with these kids (I say kids, some were only a year younger than me!), but you are also building relationships. I was a little surprised that I was a team leader, since it was my first year to be a counselor at Sr. camp, I have been one at kids camp though. I met tons of cool people, maybe some of you are even reading this?

So once camp was over on Friday, we went back to West Plains where I stayed until Monday morning.

So now it's back to work and life as usual.

Here are some pics from camp!

The night before we left, a late night run to Wal-Mart.

Part of our group...

Me and Hayden

Clay, Makayla, and Me

Me and the Searcy girls...love them!!!

I know, I know...

2008-06-25T14:37:00.000-05:00

I will update soon, very soon...possibly today!

Blond and Blas'e...

2008-06-12T15:55:00.000-05:00

So I got my hair re-highlighted today, there is a lot of blond now. She used a darker red color, which I like very much. I kinda wish there was a little more of the red. I will post a picture when I have time to take one.

So next week is going to be oh so enjoyable! I am spending the week in TN at church camp with our youth kids. I'm so excited I can't wait. Camp is one of the greatest experiences ever. I'm so glad my parents sent me ever summer since I was like 10.

Some of the kids in this town really need to get jobs, or hobbies, or something. Every day since school let out the same group of teenagers has been hanging around the library bored out of their minds. They only get an hour on the computer at a time and once that is up they only get one again if we are not busy, which hardly ever happens. It seems like they could be doing something a little more productive. If you are going to hang out at the library ALL day at least pick up a book or something!

I added a counter to this page and it keeps going up, so I know someone is looking at this, leave a comment so I know who is following me!

All for now!

My weekend so far...

2008-06-07T17:36:00.000-05:00

I think we will start with Friday, I pretty much did a whole lot of nothing for the first half or so of the day. At about 5 the UPS truck pulled in, which meant my new phone was here!!! I quickly changed clothes and headed to Alltel to change my service over to it. After that I decided I really needed some Chinese food, I needed to go to Wal-Mart after that, so I didn’t want to get it to go. So cut to me sitting in a Chinese restaurant…alone. Usually it doesn’t bother me to eat alone, I don’t do it that often, but when I do it’s fine. The waitress takes my drink order, then like halfway through my meal she comes by and says “where are your friends?” She usually sees me in there with the same people. I say “they had plans” to which she replies “Oh well, you should have brought your boyfriend”. That right there boys and girls was the clincher! I laughed and the rest of the conversation went like this -

Me - “well it would help if I had one”

Her - “whatever you’re so pretty, you don’t have a boyfriend, I can’t believe it”

Me - “well I don’t”

Her “it must be because you don’t want on then!”

Me - (with sad look on my face) “not completely”

A few minutes later I go up to pay for my food

Her “I still can’t believe you don’t have a boyfriend”

Me - ……..

Then she gets the attention of the other women working there, (at this point I should say she is about my age and the other woman is probably mid 30’s)

She says loudly to the other woman “can you believe she doesn’t have a boyfriend?”

Woman - “really!? Well she’s actually pretty smart” and she laughs

Then the first chick turns back to me, “I really love your make-up and you smell good”

Me - “thanks”

Her - “wait, I don’t swing that way, I don’t want you to think that is why I was going on about the boyfriend and giving you compliments”

This just makes the whole thing even more awkward…
I just laughed and said “yea, me either”

Then on to Wal-Mart, to buy things like make-up and food.

Saturday

Time for a wedding! One of my cousins got married today, I’m so happy for him! It was a really small ceremony, like maybe 50 people. It was very casual, the bride actually had on jeans. That was a first for me, but it worked for them, they are very laid back kind of people.
Below are some pics.

So I was going to add a few more, but the uploader thingy is messing up, maybe later.

Shoes and a hand bag to die for!

2008-05-31T10:59:00.000-05:00

Ok, so where to begin...

I got 2 pairs of ridiculously fabulous shoes...

I'm actually wearing these today at work with jeans and a shirt I got at Hot Topic last night.

They are "Michelle D's", "Jazlyn".

The others are "Gianni Bini's". They are red, closed toe, heels with just a hint of sparkle and 3 little silver hearts on the outside of the heel. So YUMMY! Yes, I just referred to shoes as yummy, in some weird way shoes remind me of candy. I wish I had a picture of them, they are my favorite out of the two pairs. I may just have to take one and post it.

I also got the greatest handbag ever! Again I couldn't find a pic, but I think I will take one. It is a "Kathy Van Zeeland". It's metallic silver and in my own terms has lots of "hardware". The straps have really cool hinges, and it has a really funky hang down key chain with lots of bling!

So, back to the fact that I am wearing the pink ones today, a guy came in the library earlier and needed to send a fax, so while I'm sending it he says "I like those shoes". That pretty much made my day, guys noticing fabulous shoes and then commenting on it is like the greatest thing ever!

As with almost every other post I've added this one is going to involve food. I ate at Olive Garden yesterday, they have a new chicken dish that is amazing.

It is the Chicken Milanese and it consist of Pan-seared chicken breasts crusted with Italian herbed breadcrumbs, served with asiago-filled tortelloni, tossed with spinach in a garlic cream sauce.

It was so good, I hope they add it to the menu.

Women are funny, while standing in line last night to watch Sex and the City. I made some observations.

1. When going to watch a movie such as S & C women feel the need to dress up, apparently if the movie showcases great fashion you should be dressed this way too.

I don't have a problem with this in anyway, except if you are going to do it, do it right. I saw some of the awfullest outfits I have ever seen. One lady in particular, she was wearing a brown, sleeveless dress that was a size too small, which caused a problem with clinginess. It was made out of a material that was a bit heavy, so even if it had had room to be flowy, there was no chance of that happening.

2. Women feel the need to over state how much their husbands/boyfriends hate chick flicks.

It's a world-wide known fact that men don't like chick flicks. Apparently some women don't know this and they don't realize that everyone else does know it. I bet I heard 15 different women tell their friends something along these lines. "I tried to get ________ (insert guy name here) to come with me, but he didn't want to see this movie." To which the friends would reply "Yea, my husband/boyfriend didn't want to either" Duh! ya think!?!? Was this information exchange really that shocking to you?

So these are my thoughts....

I'm thinking about starting a shopping blog, like pretty much when I get new stuff posting pics and whatnot, hmmm....we'll see.

Sitting at work...

2008-05-28T16:44:00.000-05:00

All my titles end with...but that's ok, right? So re-run season is upon us, which usually is a bad thing, but I'm looking forward to watching the Gossip Girl re-runs. I'm never home enough to keep up with a series, but I'm going to try to keep up with these. I'm also going to watch the whole season of Smallville, I kinda missed like most of them last season though, so a lot of it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. The reason I missed them was because Thursday was my bowling night, anything else I might have sacrificed to watch it, but not that. I sort of have ADD when it comes to television watching, I find myself trying to read during the commercials or something like that, which usually leads to reading past the commercials and missing the show.

So speaking of bowling, our season ended 2 weeks ago, my team got 3rd place. I was super excited about that! I really wanted to bowl a 200 game this season, but it didn't happen. Hopefully I will get it next season. I would love to say I'm going to practice a whole lot over the summer, but I'm not sure that will happen.

A. Idol thoughts

2008-05-23T10:38:00.000-05:00

So yesterday I was all caught up in the library banter, and I didn't say anything about American Idol.

Here goes...

First off if you are a living, breathing, American you already know that David Cook won. I was super excited, I like him a lot! When he first auditioned I said he totally could win the whole thing, and I was right!

Who could forget his awesome audition where he did his own version of Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" and of course the awesome argyle pull over...hot!

This was one of my favorite performances. Idol top 12 week when he sang "Eleanor Rigby". The comment from Simon that week was ,"You actually could win this entire show"

How much do I love this shot!?

My girl Amanda, "the rebel with no cause", if you will, on the end doing the classic peace sign, while all the other girls do what they were told to do in rehearsal. Total maverick!

How great is this moment...just chillin', singing with Bryan Adams. Just for the record Bryan Adams is ageing gloriously!

The greatest American Idol winner yet! I wasn't crazy about the tails on her dress. It kinda reminded my of the outfit Dolly Parton wore a few weeks back on Idol, although at the rate Carrie is going she just might be the next Dolly, who as we all know can wear whatever she wants!

I just have one question...why did they steal Mini Me's shirt and put Archie in it??

I wasn't exactly sure how humble he was a few weeks back, but I think this was for real.

So there ya go kids our 2008 American Idol, David Cook!

So TRUE...

2008-05-23T09:56:00.001-05:00

http://pollicinor.giuseppemazza.it/post/31663147/no-non-devi-girarla-quelle-mail

Around the library...

2008-05-22T17:09:00.000-05:00

So, just in case you didn't know I work in a public library, and from time to time things happen that I feel I need to vent about -

1. Today, someone apparently knew they were going to be using a computer long enough that their poor, little body would grow faint and hungry, so they brought crackers with them to sustain themselves. This is a two-fold problem. First, when eating crackers you make crumbs, when you make crumbs where do they go? Well, if you are sitting over a computer they go into the spaces in the keyboard! Second, a small portion of the said crackers were dropped and someone else of course stepped on the small portion and therefore now, we have tons of smashed pieces in the floor.

2. The fabulous library I work in has 10 lovely patron computers. They are completely free to use and open to the public, as long as you have no over due library materials. All you have to do to use them is abide by the rules and sign in on our time log before you use one, simple enough right? Apparently not! Three grow adult people came in today, one person sat down at a computer and the other two watched over his shoulder. I ever so politely walked over with the time log and ask the person to sign in and I let him know that when he wanted to use our computers he needed to do so. Approximately 15 minutes later I see that he is now looking at books and the people with him have both decided they want to use a computer, did they sign in...NO! I know they heard me tell him what he needed to do, because they watched me tell him! Afraid that I might not be able to be so nice this time, I pointed it out to a co-worker who,and apparently when I did they heard me, because one came over and said "I was just about to sign in", keep in mind this is after using the computer for a good 5 minutes.

Those were the majors today, nothing horrible, just stuff.

On a much better note I have a great story about a really nice guy.

He came in and wanted to print out some pictures of his new grandchild from his e-mail. With a little help he did so, the kid was way cute by the way. Then he ask if we have any books about basketball, or specifically Micheal Jordan. While my co-worker searches our database for him, I decide to throw out a fact for him that there is going to be a new documentary about Jordan coming out. FYI, I got my fabulous info from Perez Hilton...

Spike Lee announced in Cannes on Monday that he is directing a feature-length documentary about Michael 'Air' Jordan, who some argue is the best pro-basketball player in history.
Lee revealed that he hopes to bring the doc to next year's Cannes Festival.
MJ on the Cannes red carpet!
The project will feature previously-unseen footage shot by NBA cameras during the final two years in Jordan's career, the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons.

He replies "Oh really!" I say "Yes, and I think Wesley Snipes is involved". Ok let me cut in here and say I made a mistake I meant Spike Lee, but I had just read something about Snipes, so that's what came out...oppps! Ok, back to story at hand. He replies "is he going to do it from jail" and again thanks to Perez I was able to say "actually looks like he is not going right now"

The courts ruled on Wednesday that if he was not granted bail to appeal his tax convictions, then he'd have to check into the big house by June 3rd.
According to new reports, though, Snipes was granted bail today (Thursday) until his appeal goes through.
The judge who issued the order reportedly indicated that the appeal process could "equal — or nearly equal — the length of the term of the commitment imposed."

To which he says "well thanks for the update". So if nothing else, today I got a guy up to speed with the latest celeb gossip.

Actually story doesn't end there, he did find a couple of books we wanted to check out. When he gets to the desk with them he takes out the title cards, which I found odd. The reason I found it odd was we haven't used those cards in the "check out process" for at least 4 years. Seeing that he was a really nice guy who wouldn't get offended I said, "I'm curious how long it has been since you have checked something out at the library?" He looks at me funny and says "why?", and I say "well, we don't use those cards anymore", and my co-worker shows him the "new" bar code scanning system and the receipt printout, he was very impressed and laughed when he realized how "far behind" he had gotten in terms of the library. I wish all people were as nice and friendly as this guy. When he left he looked at me and said "bye Wesley", it was so cute! I laughed.

Frustration...

2008-05-20T17:08:00.000-05:00

So, I got my radio all up and running on Monday and I love it! Here's the bad news, I used a promotion code when I called to set it up. The promotion was to get the first 3 months free, the activation fee waived, and a year's worth of radio for $77. This was a pretty sweet deal and I was super excited. The lady who helped me said the code was valid and everything was good to go. Today, while I'm sitting at work I get a phone call from an unknown number, so I answer and it is another representative from XM who tells me that the code I used does not entitle me to the first 3 months free. I'm pretty much not too happy at this point and she doesn't really care so I ask to speak to her supervisor. The supervisor tells me all the same stuff and after my not very happy reply they decide to give me one month free. So, I still got a pretty good deal, but I think when one representative tells me I can have something I should get it!

In other news, the mac and cheese snacks I ate earlier were delicious! It was brought to my attention last night, by a very awesome source, that I haven't eaten bacon in at least a month. Which really doesn't sound like a big deal, until you know that it is like my favorite food. Maybe not my most favorite but it's definitely in the top 10. So I also had a bacon toaster today, which was way tasty! I have a new favorite drink at Sonic also, it is lemonade with strawberry.

I just realized that pretty much all my post involve food...weird?

Tonight is the last night of performances for this season of American Idol. *TEAR* Actually I am pretty much excited, this season has seemed long to me, very entertaining though. I think this year will be one of the closest ever, both Davids are very talented. I really think that Cook will win. He has been my pick all along, all though I won't be disappointed if he doesn't win. He will definitely be getting a record deal.

2008-05-17T10:51:00.000-05:00

So here it is kids...my XM satellite radio!

See what happened was I went to Wal-Mart last night for no other reason than to just look around with Alysa (side note, this was after eating way too much really good Chinese food!) and we were in the electronics section anyways, so I decided to just go look. Upon my arrival to this section of the store I find that all the radio equipment is on sale, so I got sucked in and bought it. I also got the home adaptor, which will take care of that fore mentioned problem of me living in my car. I haven't actually installed it yet, because it was getting dark when I got home. Hopefully I can get it all up and going this afternoon.

Mid-week melancholy

2008-05-15T12:27:00.000-05:00

So, I missed Idol last night, but as we all knew Syesha went home. Now it is the battle of the Davids! I really hope to see more of Syesha, the last few weeks on Idol I have really enjoyed her performances. I think she has really found herself as an artist and is ready to take on the stage.

Yesterday something pretty cool happened, I won an autographed copy of a book that is the sequel to one I read a few months ago and totally loved, it's called "Around the World in 80 Dates", by Christa Ann Banister. The sequel isn't going to be released until August, and I can't wait!

Tonight is my last night of bowling, I'm kinda sad it is over for the year, but I know I will be really busy with other stuff this summer. As of last week our team is in third place, we only won 1 out of 4 last week, so our standings this week will depend on how the other teams did.

So, I get to go on my lunch break in 5 minutes, I'm pretty super excited about that! I'm working a little more than usual this week, which is totally fine with me. Hopefully when I get my next check I can get a new phone, which won't be near as exciting as that usually is, considering that I'm going to get the same one I have now. In the long run though I think I will he happier with have the same phone for a long time, rather than having to pay out the nose for ring tones.

I'm thinking about getting satellite radio in my car. I rode to work related training the other day with a co-worker who had it and I was uber jealous. There are like 170 stations! I always joke about living in my car, but I'm pretty sure if I get it I really will. Although there are accessories you can get to use it with your home stereo. This venture looks pretty promising, I'll let you know how it works out.

My Fabulous Weekend!

2008-05-11T22:13:00.000-05:00

Here's a recap -

Friday included shopping for jewelry and getting some great bargains! Followed by an amazing pedicure...possibly my new addiction? I discovered I love the new chicken sandwich at Mc Donald's, which is what I had for lunch, with possibly the best fries I have eaten there in at least a year.

The afternoon was long, possibly because I was way excited about my upcoming adventure to Clarksville for the U of O graduation. I rode down with a friend, and we didn't leave until 8:30, so the trip seemed a bit long with it being dark. Upon arrival we immediately found Wendy's, where I had the classic Frosty & Fries! Once back to the campus much chatting and " hanging out" was was in order. Much so until about 3:15 A.M. when sleep finally found me.

Saturday started early, around 6ish. I honestly don't remember getting ready, due to being sleep deprived. I kinda fade in on the day, somewhere around the time when some of us are in the car on the way to get breakfast. We were in a hurry, so it was Mc Donald's to go, which might I add, Mc Donald's has amazing breakfast! Then it was off to the chapel for baccalaureate, and after that, the big event known as graduation. It was a bit cold and triedto rain, but held off til later. I'm so glad it did!

Dinner was fun...a short road trip, loud music, friends, random pictures, having my food paid for.

After being kinda, almost blown away by a tornado, it was to Wal-Mart to buy a gift. That in itself, not so fun, but when in the presence of Jessica and Quinn ever so much fun! After that mission was complete it was to Wendy's for more Frosty & Fries! I need to throw in at this point that I probably gained 10 pounds this weekend. Once back to the campus much more of the before mentioned "hanging out" was participated in. Once again not enough sleep was had, and it was a long drive home early this morning.

Sunday, needless to say was filled with napping, it was glorious!

As for something random, I didn't not partake in Mac & Cheese bites today or yesterday...oh well, it might be for the best...

Some Pics...

Quinn & Me

Jess & Me

Again...

At dinner

Jess, Quinn, Me, David Ray, Kari

A continuum...

2008-05-08T17:53:00.000-05:00

As I predicted Jason, was voted off American Idol last night. I'm not exactly bragging about knowing this because I'm pretty sure Helen Keller could have told you he was going home.

There is all this talk of him mouth the word "don't vote" while Ryan was giving out his voting line nunbers. I disagree I think he said "vote, vote" he was just holding his mouth funny while he said the words.

I meant for this to be longer, but it is time to leave work....

I'm Melissa Sooter and this is my American Idol update...

2008-05-07T17:26:00.000-05:00

So my first thought is, no one on AI should ever, ever sing a Bob Marley song. He was great, we love him, but only he, himself can sing those songs. They aren't great vocal songs and they just aren't the same coming from anybody else.

Secondly, Randy apparently woke up on the wrong side oh his pricey satin sheets...he was totally giving some the contestants a bit of the "stink eye".

My man Simon came through though and totally told them what they needed to hear.

I am pretty sure that Jason will go home tonight, I'm sure he has a lot of fans, I mean he is way cute, but the last few weeks his performances just weren't what they needed to be. If not him it will be Syesha, but I think he last couple of weeks have been strong enough that she will get to stick around one more week.

On another random note, I had my daily order of Mac & Cheese snacks earliler, they were amazing!

Something worth reading...

2008-05-06T17:23:00.000-05:00

I'm not sure this will actually be worth reading, but here we go. I'm actually sitting at work, with 35 minutes to go. American Idol is tonight, so I'm pretty mucho excited about that. I'm still not sure who I think will win, I know it will be one of the Davids. They are both really good, personally I think David C. is more talented, but who knows, David A. has a lot of fans.

This is totally random information, but I feel you should know since Sonic brought back the Mac & Cheese snacks last week I have eaten an order everyday one day I had them twice...I know, I know, it's not a good habit, but I'm only gunna live once!

I'm sorta addicted to this new site www.twitter.com thanks to my fabulous boss! You should join then you can follow me! http://twitter.com/Blk_Eyeliner87 My current updates are actually posted on the right of this blog...

The beginning of something fabulous...

2008-05-03T12:38:00.001-05:00

I'll post someting worth reading when I get this all figured out...