Twilight

So I finished Twilight over the weekend.  It was pretty good.  I didn't look at it as others have seen it as Bella not being able to think for herself and doing everything that Edward says.  First of all, she's 17 and it's her first boyfriend, of course she is going to hang on every word and everything he says and does!  I am sure that this would have happened even if he wasn't a vampire.  I started New Moon last night, I read the first 200 pages before I went to bed.  I think that I might have a problem.  The beginning of that book is kinda shocking, not what I expected at all.  I will probably finish it in the next couple of days, so I will let you know what I think of it.

I do have to say, that I am excited for the Twilight movie to come out. I will probably be there the weekend that it comes out, I don't care that I am not a teenager!!

Neighbor Update

Ok, I just heard yelling again, this time only from him.

"What'd you say?  Did I eat another doughnut?  I haven't eaten any doughnuts!"

Ok, if she's concerned about him eating doughnuts - why are they in the house?!?!

The Neighbors

I don't really know too many of my neighbors.  I say Hi when walking by but that is about the extent of it.  The couple that lives kitty corner from me yell all the time.  I have noticed even more since the windows have been open.  The other day they were yelling and I heard her say something about him eating something that she didn't want him to eat and then I didn't hear his response then she said F*$# You!  Now I just heard her yelling at him again.  I think that I need to side with the guy on this one, she sounds like she is annoying bitch.  One of those women that gives other women a bad name!

The Secret

I am a big believer in The Secret.  In case you don't know what it is, it is a best selling book, that is also a DVD and it teaches you the Law of Attraction and how to use it in your life.

I just bought the CD, so that I can listen to it in the car.  I have been trying to apply it every day and thinking positive thoughts.  Here is what has happened over the past couple days that tells me that I am doing it right!

On Monday, I really wanted to take my break at work from 7 - 8 pm.  When it came around for me to pick the only times were for half hours at 5:30 and 8:30.  Which I took, because that's better than no break at all!  Then I was talking to another co-worker and she asked me to switch the areas that we were working in and I did, so then guess what time my break was..... 7 - 8!!  Woohoo!  All that I did was think while I was driving to work that I wanted to take my break from 7 - 8 and the universe answered!

Another thing that I have been trying to get a good parking spot (and let me tell you that in a  story parking structure that is an impressive feat!).  So I just think while I am driving to work that I would like a good parking spot and low and behold I had 2 parking spots that opened up when I pulled in yesterday!

The Secret says to start out with small things and then you can move up to bigger things.  All that I have to do is think positive thoughts!  Think of what I do want as opposed to what I don't want.  

The moral of the story is, try The Secret - it works!!

A Trip to Parisian

This weekend at Parisian they are having an event where if you bring something for Goodwill, they will give you a coupon for 20% off.  So my mom and my sister Alicia were going to go.  Alicia called me last night to see if I wanted to go, too.  I told her that I had lunch plans with Lisa but call me in the morning and we'll see.  So Alicia called me this morning when I was on the phone with Lisa making plans for our lunch.  We ended up going to lunch at Red Robin on Hall Road by the Parisian store at Partridge Creek.  So I call my mom to see if they are still shopping and they were, and I told her that I would stop by.

Ok, so now I get to Parisian.  I am walking around trying to find them and I couldn't.  I call my mom and she tells me that they are in the back of the store by the men's section.  I was in the back of the store and do not see a men's section.  My mom says that she is going to send Alicia to find me.  Ok, so then I am kinda hovering in the area that I was in.  Then my phone rings, it's Alicia and she says, "Marco."  (As in the Marco Polo game that you play in the pool when you're little.)  Then she asks me where I am.  I told her that I was in the front by the purses.  She said that she was, too, and she would come find me.  So then I stand around for a few minutes waiting for her and I don't see her.  So then I call her again to see where she is.  She says that she is by the Godiva chocolate by the escalators.  I am walking in that direction and tell her that there is no Godiva by the escalators.  Then she says that mom is calling her and she probably thinks that we were both kidnapped.  While I am waiting for Alicia to come back on the line, I decide that maybe they are on the second floor, even though I have already asked several times if they are on the first floor and they said that they were.  And also at this time, I am laughing so hard that I am crying because it is really funny.  So then when I am talking to Alicia again, she asks me which Parisian am I at.  I told her the one at Partridge Creek.  She says oh well we're at the one in Rochester.  So that's why we can't find each other, because we're at completely different stores!!  So I did not end up buying anything at Parisian today.

Tabatha's Salon Takeover

Bravo is a great channel.  There is a show that I DVR called "Tabatha's Salon Takeover" and it has a contestant from the first season of "Shear Genius" (another great show) and she goes to struggling salons and helps them get back on their feet.  So the show today is in New Jersey and these women are all stereotypical NJ girls.  They have big boobs, too much makeup and they are rude!  There is this one woman though, her name is Stacey and she is a trip.  She got all mad at Tabatha and stormed out of the salon and called her an animal.  Tabatha is like the Simon of hair styling, she tells it like it is.  If you get a chance you check it out.  It's on Thursdays at 10:00pm.

Books I am Reading

After the overwhelming response to my post yesterday about books,  (not really, the only people that I even know that read this are my mom, Alicia and Vicki!  If anyone else is reading, I would love to have my first comment - hint hint) I thought that I would share my current reading list with you.

I am currently reading "Oxygen", it is about an anesthesiologist that has a child die during surgery and what happens after.  I am only about 5 or 6 chapters into it, but it is good so far.  Then I am going to read "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer, then the Twilight books, then I might read the Stephanie Plum books.  Hmmm... it sounds like I am only going to read books that involve some version of my name.  I also have the Peter Walsh book about organizing, "It's All Too Much".  I really think that I should be on his Clean Sweep show - I am sure that my family will attest to that!  I also have Emily Giffin's new book "Love the One You're With".  She is a good writer, so I should read that one soon.

Books that I am excited about are:

Jen Lancaster's new memoir.  I think it's called "Pretty in Plaid" it's about her time in high school and/or college - that comes out spring 2009.

Jodi Picoult's new one "Handle with Care" it's about a little girl (I think) with Brittle Bone syndrome and what happens when she is advised to sue her Ob/Gyn, which is also her best friend, for wrongful birth.  This basically means that you wish your child had never been born.  I read the excerpt on her website and I couldn't wait to read more.  That comes out in March 2009.  I may have to take the day off work to read it, I know that I won't want to put it down!

Chelsea Handler's new book - I saw that she has another book that she is writing with Chuy, that will just be funny.

I think that I need to get a life, since I am excited about books being released months from now.  I will keep you updated on my reading list!

I Have Jumped on the Bandwgon

Ok, so I have a problem.  I am seriously addicted to books, not just reading them, buying them.  One of these days when I don't have anything better to do, I am going to count the books that I have yet to read.  I am sure that the number is at least 100 or so.  My biggest problem is that I discovered buying used books on Amazon - that started it.  So now, I can buy a book for a penny!

One of my favorite authors and bloggers - Jen Lancaster - just was blogging about some books that she was currently reading and asked her readers to post what they liked to read.  Jen posted that she was going to read "Twilight" which I had bought to see what all the hype was about, but it's still in the pile.  A ton of comments were about "Twilight" and how good the series was and that you should make sure that you have all 4 of the books before you start reading because you will not want to put them down.  So, I just went to Amazon and bought the other 3 . (Mom, I can see you now rolling your eyes - but I am sure that you will like them, too!)  I accidently bought a couple other books that she recommended, too.  As soon as my shipment comes, I will start reading this series and let you know how it turns out.

New York Trip

So this past weekend, I traveled to Buffalo, NY with Ann and Lynn for some TS training with Vicki and her team.  We were able to meet some new team members and a returning favorite - Holly!  Yay!  It was so good to see Vicki and Holly again.  We had a marathon training session, it was around 5 hours.  Then we decided that we were going to go to dinner at 8:30.  We decided on the Olive Garden.

Vicki called ahead to see what the wait was and it was about 40 minutes.  We were starving, and didn't really want to wait that long.  We were going to go to Applebee's instead.  We had to stop at CVS so Lynn could pick up something and by the time we were leaving CVS, it had already been a half hour, so Olive Garden it was.  

The wait was going to be about 15 minutes when we checked in and someone noticed an open table in the bar area.  We told the hostess that we were going to sit there.  There were glasses all over the table and the waitress didn't seem to notice or if she did, she didn't care, so Lynn started cleaning them up.  The waitress, who was moving at a turtle's pace took our pager and put it aside and said she'd be back to take our order.  Then Lynn said ,"Our vibrator is going off!"  So we decided to get a regular table.  We sat in Kevin's section.  He was a great server and we were glad that we didn't sit in the turtle lady's section.

It was a great trip to New York, but I was very tired when we got home, so I took a nap!

Stupid Car

As some of you may know, I live in a condo.  We have assigned parked spots.  My spot is next to two guest spots so many times I come home and someone is in my spot.  Sometimes I leave a note which says something along the lines of, "Hey, you parked in a reserved spot, next time park in a GUEST spot."  Depended on my mood, I can write it kinda feisty.  Like one time I called the person a genius for parking there.  I usually find the note crumpled up on the ground.

So Sunday night, I get home from work around 10:55pm like usual and there is a car parked in my spot.  My neighbor doesn't live in her place, so I just parked in her spot, no big deal.  I didn't even leave a note this time. Monday, I leave for work and the car is still there.  Same thing when I get home.  Tuesday, still there.  I am not really caring too much, since I can park in my neighbor's spot.  But I decided to call our management company to report it.  Now I felt kinda stupid calling, because it is a petty thing.  But here's the reason.  We had work done on our parking lot today and all cars had to be out by 7:00am, or they were going to tow at the owner's expense.  I was calling the management company to let them know that it wasn't my car and I didn't want to be held responsible if it wasn't moved when they started the work.

The lady that answered the phone didn't seem like the sharpest knife in the drawer.  When I told her there was a car parked in my spot since Sunday, her response was, "Are the spots assigned?"  Now would I be calling to say there was someone in my spot if they weren't assigned?  I am not 12!  Then she was trying to get me to send an email in to them, but I explained my situation and then she took the info.  Then, I stop at my mom's house on my way to work and she tells me that the management place called and left a message on her cell phone about needing me to call back to answer some questions.  This was at 12:25.  So I call back and they are closed for lunch from 12:30 - 1:30.  Wouldn't this have been a good thing to say in the message?!?!  I call back at 1:30 and talk to the lady to give her the info about the car and also let her know that she had called my mom instead of me.  

This morning, I left about 9:00 to run some errands and the car was still there.  When I got home around 1:30, they were working on the parking lot and it was gone.  I kinda wanna know whether or not the car had to be towed and if it was, I really would like to see when the person comes back and sees that it's gone!

Sorry, I guess that wasn't too exciting of a story, I will try to make the next one a little better!

Happy Labor Day!

I hope that everyone has a fantastic Labor Day!  I will be working, but that Holiday pay is pretty nice.