I feel like the worst friend in the world. Robin wanted to go out tonite, but I didn’t want to. And she was gonna be the DD. She still went out … with her brother and his roommate … but I feel like a heel not going out with her. I’m sure she’ll still have fun. She knows people at the bar and she’s the type who’ll go up and talk to other people. But I still feel like a bad friend for not going with her.

I’m just not in the mood. It’s not just because of the drama that was there last time. I just feel like I wouldn’t have had fun. I haven’t the last few (dozen) times I’ve gone out … no matter who I’m with. I think I forgot to how to have fun … if I ever knew how. And I know I would have felt like crap when midnite rolled around and I watched everyone kissing everyone else. Aren’t I the optimistic one … LOL.

I just feel like if I had gone out, I would have ruined Robin’s nite. So … she’ll have more fun in the long run with me staying home. Hopefully she understands and isn’t mad at me.

Mood: indescribable   CSI marathon

I always say … I’d be happy if we didn’t have snow ’til Christmas Eve and then it can melt on Dec. 26th. Yeah … we already had some snow, but it’s all gone. The temps have been pretty nice lately. I believe it got up to 41° or 42° today. And it was close to that yesterday. Christmas is only 5 days away, and we don’t have any measurable snow on the ground.

The forecast has a chance of snow on Friday, but it doesn’t appear to be much. I can’t remember there being a Christmas that wasn’t white. I’m not gonna complain though. We could get a blizzard and be buried in a couple feet of snow at any moment … this is North Dakota after all.

I’ll keep ya posted if we have snow or not (not that you probably care … but I’m gonna tell ya anyways).

Mood: drained   Christmas Do-Over

I got Lisa’s Christmas present on Saturday and bought some baking supplies. I made a batch of spritz cookies on Sunday. I’ll probably make at least one more batch. I got about 6 1/2 dozen from the batch I made. But if I do make another batch, I’ll be adding extra almond extract. Just not enough of it in there for me.

I made a batch of peanut butter blossoms tonite. I used Hershey’s Kisses (Dark Chocolate … ) instead of chocolate stars. I got 4 dozen plus 1 out of the batch. I WILL definitely be making more batches of those. And I’m so proud of myself … I’ve only eaten 1. But I have a feeling that I’ll be eating 1 more when I pack them up (after the chocolate sets up). I ate around 6 or so of the spritz yesterday. I couldn’t help myself. They’re small … and I had to eat the ones that didn’t turn out very well.

And I got my Christmas cards written up tonite. All I have left to do is seal the envelopes and put on the stamps. I am going to have to get more stamps in order to send ‘em all out.

I think I’ll be making some pecan tassies tomorrow nite … probably a double-batch. Not sure yet.

Mood: blah   GH

It’s hard to believe it’s December with the temps out right now.

I went to the grocery store a little bit ago and wore my leather jacket. I didn’t even button it up when I walked from the store back to my car. I came home and opened up my balcony window. It’s nice to get some fresh air in here.

This mild weather means that the streets are melting too. I just wish the sun would hit in front of my garage to get rid of that thin sheet of ice. I still need to get a decent shovel, so I can’t chip away at it. One of these mornings, I’m gonna go crashing down ‘cuz I’m not paying attention.

I did some Christmas shopping this morning. I was actually at Walmart before 10am. This is the 3rd weekend in a row that I’ve been there by 10am. I wanted to get there before the mass of people go too large. And I’ll probably be out there again next Saturday to do some more Christmas shopping since I get paid next Friday.

I bought some of my baking supplies too. Between what I got at Walmart and what I got at the grocery store, I think I’m ready to go. I’m only worried about running out of a couple of things … brown sugar and petit four cups (for my peanut butter cups) and maybe cream cheese (depends on how many batches of tassies I end up making). I’ll probably run out of butter too. I got 2 pounds. I shoulda got 3. The unsalted stuff is cheaper at Walmart than at the grocery store.

My Christmas tree is now complete as well. I put it up after I got home from Mom and Dad’s after Thanksgiving … so it’s been up a while. But it’s just now complete. I bought a box of candy canes to put on it.

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I think I’m gonna wait ’til tomorrow to start my baking. I need to clean up the apartment some and I just don’t feel like standing around the kitchen when it’s so damn nice out. And I could use a nap too … LOL. Whatever happened to me being able to sleep until noon on the weekends. Ah … the good ol’ days.

Mood: okay   Froggy 99.9FM

Hey Santa … I thought of a couple more things that I missed on my list that I forgot. Nothing extravagant, just a few things I forgot …

• a car charger for my cell phone (LG VX8300)
• any mp3 player (I had mentioned an iPod Shuffle, but any cheaper one would work too)
• a stereo
• charm bracelet
• a cowboy

See … it wasn’t a whole lot more. Just a few more options that I thought of.

Mood: dorky   NASCAR Awards Banquet

How ya doin’ this year? It’s not too cold up there at the North Pole is it? You didn’t send some of that cold air down here, did you? LOL How’s Rudolph and the rest of the reindeer? How are the Reindeer Games going this year? I heard they added curling for this years Games. I heard that the elves have an advantage there.

I thought I’d get you my Christmas Wish List a little early this year. I’m giving you a bunch of options to choose from. I don’t want you to think I’m greedy and want everything on the list. I’ll be happy with just one or two of ‘em. I just wanted to give you options. Well … let’s get down to business … here’s my list:

• candles (I really like this fragrance)
• MicroSD card for my cell phone (so I can have music on my phone)
• card reader to read that MicroSD card
• a cowboy
• iPod Shuffle (it’s kinda neat … and I could listen to it at work)
• Rubbermaid containers (mine are all pitted up and need to be replaced)
• memory for my computer (it’s gettin’ frickin’ S.L.O.W)
• a laptop … no specific brand … whatever is good
• gift cards for clothes … I don’t know what I want so I don’t expect to you figure it out … LOL. JCPenny is good or anywhere else too.
• a cowboy
• Cars DVD
• Talladega Nights DVD
• anything Dale Jr related
• anything Martin Truex related
• anything Paul Menard related
• cute cow figurines or small stuffed ones
• NASCAR DVD game
• a cowboy
• any of the CSI seasons on DVD
• Rachel Ray 30 Minute Meals cookbooks
• digital thermometer
• digital weather station
• NOAA weather radio
• have I mentioned a cowboy?
• Gone with the Wind DVD
• anything techy
• a makeover (I have NO idea how to apply makeup to make me look pretty …
• a membership to a fitness center (then maybe I’d work out)
• I don’t think I mentioned that I want a cowboy.

That’s about it. I think you should be able to find something on that list to bring me.

Mood: silly   Grey’s Anatomy / GH

My phone is finally here. Actually, they tried to deliver it just before noon, but I wasn’t here. I was still at Mom and Dad’s. But I got back to town about 5pm. Grabbed the ticket they put down on the door, called FedEx, and then went to pick up my phone. I came home and looked through the stuff that came with the phone and FINALLY opened up the box with the phone. It’s charging right now. I’m gonna wait ’til tomorrow morning to activate it. I want to make sure that the battery is fully charged before I do that. I’ll have all weekend to play with it.

I’m gonna call Verizon tomorrow too. I got a letter in the mail on Wednesday that said something about 1500 bonus anytime minutes when you renew or upgrade your plan. Well … I just renewed mine. I want those extra 1500 minutes (not that I’ll ever use them … LOL). I also want to check on my text message plan. I think the one I had with my current plan carried over to the new one, but I’m not sure. And I need to check to see if that includes picture messaging or not. I don’t know that I’ll be doing a lot of picture messaging, but I might do something with that … at least to get the pics off of the phone (until I get that MicroSD card).

Well … I’d better go finish unpacking and putting my crap away. I haven’t done any of that yet. I’ve been all about the phone … LOL. And I’m starting to get hungry again. Lisa made a pizza about 3pm before I left. I ate 3 big pieces of that, so I wasn’t hungry. But I’m starting to get a little hungry. Maybe I’ll have a piece of pumpkin gooey butter cake. I left a bunch of it at home with Mom, but I’ve got some left for me too.

The sooner I get my stuff put away, the sooner I can get back to the phone … I’ll probably go thru the user guide tonite. I really wanna start playing with the phone now, but gotta let that battery charge up. I hope there is some indication on the phone when it’s fully charged. My current phone has a charger cradle that has a light on it to let me know when it’s done. This new one just has a cord. I’m sure it will beep or something. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see.

Mood: okay

It’s finally on it’s way. And it’s scheduled for delivery this Friday. I guess I know when I’ll be coming home from Mom and Dad’s. I hope Mom doesn’t get upset about that. But I wanna play with my phone over the weekend.

I had to call this morning to get my tracking number. They say they send out a confirmation email when things are shipped. Bull. I haven’t gotten one, and it was shipped yesterday.

But who cares now. I’ve got my tracking number. I know when I’m scheduled to get it. Now I just have to wait.

Off to work. Thank goodness it’s a 4-day weekend.

Mood: awake   Today

As I mentioned the other day, my computer chair is almost busted. It’s being held together by duck tape (and yes … I mean duck. it’s duck brand ). Well, I asked at work if they’d be willing to sell one of the chairs that are sitting around unused. They said yes. And for only $25. Nice chair too. It’s got 3 adjustment levers … up and down … back forward and backward … seat pivot forward and backward. Really nice chair.

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So … does anyone want an almost busted chair … being held together by (black) duck tape?

Mood: okay   Y&R

I swear … you’d think I was 5 years old the way I’m acting … LOL. Ya see … I ordered myself a birthday cake. It’s the only way I’m gonna get one. Mom and Dad don’t live in the same town. And I wanted one. And the way it’s decorated, you’d think i WAS a little kid …

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And I got a free video rental coupon too … just for ordering a cake. I haven’t rented a movie in ages. Too bad it doesn’t include new releases. Still … there are a lot of older movies that I wanna see. And when I say older, I mean only a few months … LOL.

Robin and I are going out for supper tonite. I want a free meal! LOL We’re going to Big Daddy’s Surf Bar and Grill. I’ve never been there. They’re fairly new. They replaced Geckos. I’m not sure that I can wait ’til 6:30 to eat though. I might have to cut into the cake. But I won’t. I was gonna invite Robin over for cake. Guess everyone will just miss out. At least Mona has a good excuse for not making it … they’ve got teachers conferences ’til 8. Haven’t heard from Amanda, so who knows what’s going on there. And I’m not suprised that Barb isn’t coming.

I’m off to snack on something to tide me over. Gotta stay away from that cake … for now …

Mood: hungry   30 Minute Meals