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April 26, 2010 | Book Three,Draven Atreides, Teenage Informant Series,Life in General,Movie Queue,The 4-1-1 on Me,The Family Jewels,Weekend Wrap-Up,WriterMentor

Friday night, Babendude and I went on a date. We’ve been trying to incorporate date nights either Friday or Saturday nights. The goal has been dinner and a movie, but it seems that we get thru the dinner portion and don’t really feel like doing the movie thing after. LOL We’re too full and a bit tired, I guess. So, it’s just been dinner. Sushi at Kabuki. Hey, that rhymes! I think if maybe we tried date nights on Saturdays, went to the movie first–an earlier showing–and then dinner afterwards, we’d be good.

Saturday, we ate breakfast at our usual place. And at this point, let me just say that we eat at Ron’s nearly every weekend. Unless I have a hair appt or he’s hanging out with his BF, we eat there nearly every weekend. And it’s worth the wait, lemme tell you. On our way up there, we kept passing signs for a model home furniture sale, so we decided to check it out after breakfast: 5,328 sq ft, 3 beds, 3.5 baths, garage with loft, a play room for the kids (apparently the kids were aspiring actors because the room had a little theater stage. Complete with velvet curtain and an area to change. Too cute), the master bedroom had a serious walk-in closet and the use of skylights was fabulous. It was just an absolutely beautiful home. And they want $2.3 for it. Yikes! Looks like it might’ve been worth it. “This would be too much for us,” Babendude says. “I’d like something like this, but on a more townhouse-condo scale.” LOL. Indeed.

In checking this place out, I got better ideas for Book 3. The people that Draven are investigating needed an understated-yet-expensive-looking house to live in. Done. And the Mom needed a better job than the one I’d originally created for her (antique store owner): luxury home staging. Done. I love it when this idea shit happens.

Later that afternoon, (more…)

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April 20, 2010 | Life in General,Movie Queue,The 4-1-1 on Me,Weekend Wrap-Up

Friday night, after work, while Babendude went to hang out with his best friend. I went to see THE LAST SONG with Miley Cyrus..

Surprisingly, I liked it. I admit, I’ve watched eppies of HANNAH MONTANA. She’s got great comedic timing. I didn’t see HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE because I didn’t want to be surrounded by squeeing teenies. If it happens to come on one of the cable channels, I’ll watch it. This movie wasn’t a laughing matter. There were a few funny parts that garnered some chuckles from me, but on the whole, this was romance/drama. And yes, you’ll be needing to bring some Kleenex. The bright spot was of course, her love interest, Will (Liam Hemsworth). This guy could be Paul Walker‘s younger brother. Which is probably why I was diggin’ him. Apparently, he was in the movie, KNOWING (with Nicholas Cage). Don’t remember seeing him, so he must not have had a significant part.

Saturday, we ate at our usual place, then went to see KICK-ASS.

Can’t tell you much I loved this movie. I had no idea it was based off a comic book. It was definitely an interesting take on the whole superhero thing. I know some people, like Roger Ebert, were hatin’ on the idea of an 11-yr-old assassin (who was really good at kicking ass, btw. Better than Kick-Ass himself), but the actress who portrayed her (Chloe Grace Moretz) did a great job of pulling it off. I remember her from (500) DAYS OF SUMMER (with Joseph Gordon-Levitt)

Sunday, Babendude and I had breakfast with my parents. The last time we saw them was the week we all spent together in Orlando. At the end of February. I felt it was time to reconnect. It was nice, although I’ve never really been a fan of Coco’s. I think we’ve been spoiled by Ron’s place. My Dad didn’t want to go there because he felt rushed. Truth be told, people wait a long time to eat at Ron’s, but it’s worth it. And truthfully, we wouldn’t have been able to sit at the table as long as we did if we hadn’t gone to Coco’s. Either way, it was good times. I like hanging out with my parents.

Oh, and of course, there was the laundry. I cannot wait until we move. Don’t know when that is, so don’t ask. All I know is that maybe I won’t feel like laundry would be such an annoying chore if I had a washer and dryer inside the house. I may not enjoy it as much, but I would seriously enjoy not having to go outside to do my laundry *sigh*.

So, enough about me. How was your weekend?

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March 22, 2010 | Life in General,The 4-1-1 on Me,Weekend Wrap-Up

Just so you all know, I will be in Alexandria, VA for 4 days this week attending an annual Records Mgmt training for the day job. I’m leaving today and coming back late on Thursday. I’m sure Steven will miss me. He won’t know what to do with himself. I just bought a smaller laptop (Toshiba NB300 series, navy blue, so perfectly small. YAY!) and will have access to email. The training is two days, but we have other non-work stuff planned. For which I will do my best to narrate and put up pics. We’re going there to learn, I swear.

Saturday – I did a lot of errands today. Picked up some stuff for the trip this week, but I also went a little crazy at Target and bought some new towels and matching rugs for our bathroom (beige, light blue, creme and yellow). Even though our house isn’t on the market yet, I’m still anticipating the move to a townhouse…and the fact that we’ll have matching towels and bath rugs to put in our new bathroom. The old towels were hand-me-downs from the parental unit when I first moved out on my own.

Yes. That was a very long time ago.

A few of them were from when I used to work part time at Crate and Barrel. When people returned stuff (for no apparent reason) it would be placed in the back and “sold” to employees. It was kind of like a live version of eBay. It was fun. I won a couple sets of bath towels out of the deal. I figured it was past time to get new towels and “real” bath rugs. Not the kind that look like bath towels.

I even made over to Barnes and Noble to pick up my 2-disc copy of NEW MOON. I’d pre-ordered it a while a back. And no, I wasn’t waiting up until midnight to get it. No movie is worth the loss of sleep. Seriously.

And laundry…baskets and baskets of laundry. I’m going from 80-degree weather to 60-degree weather so I needed some clean turtlenecks. *grin*

Sunday – Went to eat breakfast at our usual place, then checked out Nordstrom Rack. Bought a cute little sundress to wear to a friend’s wedding in May.

I can wear it as a sundress or a skirt. It even comes with straps. I think it was the cheapest thing there at $30. LOL. The clothes were still a bit expensive. I realize it’s called “rack” for a reason, but jeesh! It still didn’t seem like much of a discount to me. Then again, if I shopped Nordstrom’s on the regular, that would be a different story. Since I don’t…

We checked out Stein Mart, too. Never shopped there and I doubt I will again. That’s not a bad thing. I found this cute parachute-type skirt for $40.

The other clothes seemed like they were for more mature women. Mature, trendy women that live in Scottsdale. I’m pretty sure I was the youngest shopper in there. LOL.

That’s it for moi. How was your weekend?

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March 15, 2010 | "Whoa whoa I gotta go...back to schoooool...again",2nd Semester,LAS: Community and Social Change,Life in General,Movie Queue,Nonprofit Explorations,Prescott College,School Daze,Spring 2010,The 4-1-1 on Me,Weekend Wrap-Up

We didn’t do a whole heck of a lot, to tell the truth. The most exciting thing we did was try a new place for breakfast on Saturday: Butterfields Pancake House. I liked their coffee, but Steven and I agreed that their pancakes were too fluffy.

Yes, it’s true.

You can stop laughing now.

I’m a pancake connoisseur and hate pancakes that are so thick they soak up syrup. I love syrup. I love my pancakes drowning in syrup and butter. The best pancakes are the ones where you only have to use the bottle of syrup once. One time. Not multiple times and surely not the whole damn thing in one sitting (for the record, no that’s never happened to me).

The really cool thing about this place, though, is their orange juice squeezer machine…thingy. They advertise freshly squeezed orange juice and you actually have proof that it’s freshly squeezed. The juicer sits right out in the dining room, up against the wall near the kitchen and they use real oranges (y’know, as opposed, concentrate. LOL). They have crates upon crates of fresh oranges sitting right next to it. If the pitchers are running low, you’ll see the servers work the machine right there. It was pretty cool. I’m not a fan of orange juice, but it was pretty cool to see.

We ate at Ron’s Place, our usual place, on Sunday, then went to check out these townhomes. I just wanted to see the area, but the one unit we saw online didn’t include a refrigerator. I’d like a refrigerator already in the place, thankyouverymuch. We’re looking to sell our house and rent a townhouse. Not sure when it’s going to happen, hopefully by the end of the year.

On Sunday, we went to see GREEN ZONE. We liked it. I think Matt Damon makes a great action star. I think I might like to see him a romantic comedy, but he’s doing very well in the action genre and should probably stick to that. I could even see him doing an action/sci-fi flick. If you’re reading this, Matt, there’s a suggestion for ya.

Got some homework done, too. I have two assignments due this week because I’ll be out of town for 4 days next week and I’m not bringing the laptop. I’m attending my job’s annual records mgmt training in Alexandria, VA. Never been there and I’m really looking forward to going. My supervisor and I got on the list to tour the White House and we hope to see Obama at the Medal of Honor Day ceremony on the 25th. Squee! I’ll have pics, I promise.

So, that’s it for me. How was your weekend?

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March 8, 2010 | Family Portrait,Life in General,Movie Queue,The 4-1-1 on Me,Weekend Wrap-Up

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Friday evening, I went to see VALENTINE’S DAY. This reminded me of the movie CRASH, in the way that all the characters in the movie were connected somehow. The best part was that I had the whole theater to myself. Yes. The whole theater. I could’ve run up and down the aisles, screaming my head off. And no one would’ve known. Or heard me. Pretty cool. So, I was impressed by the whole interconnectivity of it all, but they should’ve replaced Taylor Swift with Miley Cyrus.

Seriously. She already has the blonde wig.

Or maybe she should’ve received a few pointers from Miley’s acting coach. I was wholly unimpressed with her acting. It’s like she was trying too hard to be a ditzy, empty-headed blonde because we all know she’s not like that in real life. As the gang from High School Musical 2 sang, “stick to the status quo.” Singing is your “thang”, honeybabydoll. Don’t stray until you’ve got a few more lessons under your belt.

Moving on…..the rest of my weekend was pretty uneventful. Mr. Maul was sick all weekend, though we managed to eat at Ron’s Place on Saturday and do a little shopping afterwards. It was cold and rainy on Sunday and that called for staying in.

Still trying to upload pics from our Orlando vacation. I was going to do a daily breakdown and realized that it was going to take too long. If I had written it ahead of time, I would’ve done it. Now all you’re going to get is a link to my flickr account. So sorry. I’ll let you know when it’s all been uploaded.

So, how was your weekend? Did you watch the Oscars? Who won?

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