Every time that the movie Twister is on, I get sucked into it. It is my favorite movie … TNT has been playing it all weekend (Fri, Sat, and Sun nites at 7pm). I guess they decided to run it again as soon as it was over tonite. I’m not sure if they the rest of the weekend or not.

I’ve seen this moving so many times that I can recite the dialog before they say it in the movie (and that drives my sister nuts … ) So guess what I’m watching right now … LOL.

Mood: lonely

I watch WAY TOO MUCH of the Food Channel. If there’s nothing else on, I’ll probably end up watching the Food Channel … unless the Iron Chef is on, I don’t like that show. I love watching 30 Minute Meals (even though Rachel Ray annoys the hell out of me … LOL).

I made my own 30 minute meal type meal (it might have taken just a bit longer). I had a couple of boneless chicken breasts, some broccoli, and bow tie pasta. I wanted to do something with that. I ended up frying up the chicken breast in some olive oil (or EVOO as Rachel would say … ) and butter (actual butter, not margarine. I had butter left over from Xmas baking). I cooked up the pasta and blanched the broccoli. I cooked some onion and garlic in the chicken drippings and added a bit more butter. Then I added some chicken stock and let that reduce. I could have added more so there would have been more sauce, but oh well … next time. After the sauce was how I wanted it, I added the pasta to it, the cut up chicken, and the broccoli and stirred that up.

It tasted better than I thought it would. I wasn’t sure what to expect since it was the first time I had tried this method. But I liked it. The only thing I’ll do differently next time is to add more chicken stock so there’ll be more sauce. Maybe some more onion and garlic too. I also added some grated Parmesan cheese (and not the cheapie stuff you get to sprinkle on pizza … this was the real thing).

I’ll definitely try this again some time. Now I need some ice cream for desert. Cookies and cream …

Mood: lazy

I could get myself in trouble with this new phone. I’ve been checking out the Verizon “Get it Now” website to see what kinds of stuff I can get for my phone. Uh oh. LOL I think I’m gonna have to install one of the applications in order to get customized wallpapers. I was thinking of the Yahoo one since I already have a Yahoo id and photo albums set up. I figure I could download all of the pics I might want on my phone and then only use the app for 1 month. There’s a $2.99 monthly subscription charge. It would be nice if I could somehow get the pics to my phone for free, but not in this capitalistic society …

And I checked out the games too. THAT’S where I could get in trouble. In the puzzle category alone!! They’ve got Snood, Collapse, Bejeweled just to name a few. And they’ve got Pyramid Solitare too. I haven’t looked at the other categories yet. I should stop while I’m ahead. And of course, you’ve got to pay for the games. Most of them are around $4.99 or $5.99 to get, then you can play unlimited. There’s no way I’d get the ones where you have to pay airtime or subscription charges. I’m too cheap for that. We’ll see if I decide to do any of the games. I’ll do the wallpapers for sure. I want to customize my phone. I think I can even add pics to the contacts and they’ll show up when they call. Not sure about that yet. There’s a spot for a graphic … I’m assuming it shows up when the person calls. I’ll have to check the manual for sure.

And that manual … not very helpful. Sure … it tells you what the buttons and stuff are, but it doesn’t go into detail on how to add things or customize the phone. I wish it did. I didn’t find much online either. And the CD-ROM that came with the manual wasn’t much more helpful. Oh well.

Mood: silly

Well, I’m off to a good start on my New Year’s resolution. I generally don’t spend money on things unless I really need them. Every now and then I’ll buy a CD or DVD, but not very often. But, in following with my resolution, I’m changing that. Now … I’m not going crazy or anything, but I’m getting things for myself that I normally wouldn’t. First thing I did was get myself a new winter coat. The one I had was 3 or 4 years old (I can’t remember anymore when I got it), and I had gotten it at Fleet Farm. I got a new one on 31 Dec … a Columbia jacket. I’ve been wanting one forever. Most of the stores I went to actually had them on sale … couldn’t believe it. But I couldn’t find one I liked or that fit well. I wanted one with a removable inner liner. I managed to find one at Herberger’s. And it was 50% off. Can’t beat that. I got a $225 coat for about $120 with tax. But the only reason I actually spent the money on it was because I had my Christmas bonus money yet.

And the day before yesterday, I ordered the Mary Kay Satin Hands Pampered Hands set thingy. I went to a party with Robin a few weeks ago … a friend of hers is just starting out with Mary Kay. I got a couple samples of the Santin Hands Hand Cream and loved it. We also got to try out the Pampered Hands stuff at the party. I liked it. So I decided to get the entire set instead of just the hand cream. And I’m one who will buy the Equate brand lotions at Wally-world … I’m a cheapskate … LOL. I picked it up last nite and love it. I’m using the set in the mornings and in the evenings and the hand cream itself whenever I feel the need. I may end up getting a 2nd bottle to take to work and leave there if it works well. My hands are so dry … they need it.

And tonite I got a new cell phone. Okay … I didn’t really buy it. My provider is Verizon … and I was eligible for the “new every 2″ thing. I got the LG VX4500. I read some good reviews online last nite about it. I didn’t like any of the ‘regular’ phones they had, and most of the flip phones were camera phones. I didn’t want a camera phone. I’ve got a digital camera if I want to take digital pics. I’ve played around with it a little bit so far. I need to read the book to find out some of the other stuff. It doesn’t have the fortune teller thing like my old phone had, but oh well. I only played with that at the bar … LOL. I need to read up to see how I can get different pics on it for the wallpaper. I’m hoping I can just email it to my phone somehow. I don’t plan to go online with it even though it has the capability. About the only thing I would do is to download ringers. But I’ll hopefully be able to browse online with my computer to find what I want before I try with the phone. I don’t wanna waste my minutes.

Well … I need to go read the book. And I think I need to make supper too. We had pizza at work during our “fun hour” (it didn’t get there ’til about 10 min to 5pm though). Wasn’t hungry when I got home from the mall. I’m starting to get hungry now. There’s a pic of my phone in the extended entry. Not the best pic … I didn’t try very hard … LOL. But it’s a pic nonetheless.

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Mood: amused

I can ALMOST file my taxes. We got our W-2s at work today, and I got a thing in the mail from SLND about my studen loan interest. All I need is the official form from SLND (the 1098-E). The letter said they have to send that out by 31 Jan. Then I just need the stuff from job service about my unemployment. I had them take taxes out of it. Who knows how long it will be before I get that. I’ll probably give them a call sometime next week to see if I can find out.

< rumble rumble rumble /> Maybe I should head to the mall now. My stomach is growling at me. I need to go pick up the Mary Kay stuff I ordered (the girl I ordered from works at the mall and she’s bringing it with her). I’ll probably stop by the food court and pick something up. I was thinking about the chicken selects from McD’s. Don’t know for sure yet. I should just get a sub from Subway (I think there’s one in the food court … LOL). I just know that I’m hungry.

Mood: hungry

I added the random quotes to the site tonite. I only have about 5 quotes in my database thus far. I need some more. So if you know of any good quotes, let me know, and I’ll add them.

Gotta go watch the season premire of Alias. I’ve been waiting forever for the new season. Mmmmm … Agent Vaughn …

I’ve put together an editor to add quotes to my blog. I’ve incorporated it into the WordPress interface … I thought that would be the quickest and easiest way to get it into a secure area. You need to be logged in to WP in order to access it. It’s just a simple editor to add quotes to the database table I created. I don’t have very many quotes in it yet, so I’m not going to actually add it to the blog display yet. I’ll work on that tomorrow nite.

I had a little bit of confusion when I started this. I’m used to working with MSSQL syntax at work ‘cuz that’s the type of database we work with. I had to re-familiarize myself with MySQL. I just had to look at some of the other things I’ve coded and then I rememebered the correct syntax.

I still need to add the ability to edit an existing quote, but that isn’t a high priority for me right now. I’m the only one who is going to be using this … unless some other WP user out there is interested in it since it’s integrated into the WP admin interface.

Mood: accomplished

The time to start treating myself better that is. That’s my New Year’s resolution for 2005. I need to take that seriously.

Today I had my 2nd review at work. I’ve been there just over 6 months. Being how I am, I was ready to get yelled at or even fired. I need to stop being like that. They had good things to say. Just a couple of things I need to work on, but they’re minor. And I’ll be getting another raise. Not sure how much yet, but every little bit helps.

But that shows me that I need to have more faith in myself. I need to stop feeling like everything that goes wrong is my fault.

That being said … I think I’m going to add some motivational quotes to my blog. Some random quotes pulled from a database. I’ve found some sites in the past with good, motivational quotes. Do you know of any? Leave a link in the comments if you do. I want to gather up a bunch to rotate through.

Mood: okay

Yep … it’s about that time again. I’ve redesigned the layout of this site. I still have a few kinks to work out, but it’s basically done. Let me know what you think.

Mood: working

I guess that since it’s the beginning of a new year, I should make a resolution. I’ve never stuck with anything I’ve resolved in the past. I need to change that this year.

My resolution is to change my attitude. I need to change the way I look at myself … how I treat myself. I need to be more of a positive, outgoing person than the negative wallflower that I am. I need to be more of a go-getter than a sit back and watch and follower.

But being how I am, I’m sure it won’t last.

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Mood: empty