I'm in a bad mood

I'm going to see Mimi tonight to help her. That means I need to call Lauren & Andrew. :(

I'm really good at complaining.

I don't get it

There are some things that I just don't understand. Conservatives are one of them. Not wanting to go to a party (that was thrown for you) because there will be beer is another.

If anyone can explain these to me, feel free.

Reasons I Love Andrew

This is a new section of the blog called Reasons I Love Andrew. I will add at least one new thing everyday.

It's still having a bug in Firefox, but I hope to clear that up soon.

Happy birthday to me!

I like being crafty. I made red velvet cake truffles for Nicole’s birthday present. They weren’t that hard, but they were a bit tricky. I melted the chocolate chips in the microwave and “painted” it into ice cube trays and put them in the freezer. I read online that chocolate shrinks as it freezes so the cups would just pop out. Lie. I only broke a few though. The next thing was to crumble the cake and mix icing into it to make it pastey. That part was easy. And messy. But not as messy as piping the filling into the cups. After a messy situation with a sandwich bag bursting, we moved the filling to a gallon bag. It lasted a little longer. I ended up piercing the bag with all of my fingers and a seam burst towards the end and red velvet cake was everywhere. It looked like I killed something. And I did this twice :) Topped with pink sprinkles and placed on a pretty plate with a cover, they looked pretty. Apparently they taste good. Andrew wants a “sampling of cakes” for his birthday. But unless they make smaller boxes of cake mix, he might just get one kind. But I have time to come up with something.

The recipe I followed said to dip balls of the cake mix in the chocolate, but making cups was more fun. I think it might be too much chocolate though. The cups would be good filled with anything. Dark chocolate cups filled with cake might be good too.

I love Andrew :) We are going out for pizza at Momo’s tonight (not the grown-up store) and friends are coming over for games after. I heart dump cake. Last night there was a February birthday celebration at Peter & Laura’s. Addy is too cute singing Happy Birthday. Laura liked the dog we got her and I got fabulous gift cards :) and Nicole liked the candy/cake. I think it’s funny that Papa didn’t know it was my birthday :)

The entire state internet/intranet is down. No one has email, internet, intranet or anything happening on a state server. When your job is internet, then there is nothing to do. That’s why I can type this big post. I’m not currently busy. Oh, I will be when we’re up and running again.

It’s like a tiny disgusting snail kiss.
Puppies!
Big ears
Winston
I like Huskies
Heck yes
Squishy
Fuzzy
This pup is beefy
Bulldogs are awesome
So are itty bitty dachshund puppies!
And bassets

I got the blues da na na na na

I cooked a nice (RE: I set the table nice) dinner for Andrew last night since he is feeling kind of blue. Let me tell you it was one sexy table. I converted out tablecloth to a runner and broke out the battery candles and the two tapers that bleed funny colors that Mom just gave us. I didn’t cook so well, but it looked nice. Justin, Ryan and tall Andrew came over too. But not for dinner.

Work is still really busy, but I really need to tell about what happened. So I made a right hand menu. Woohoo, I know. Here’s the backstory and an explanation. The server we are working on has been uber slow lately. I mean creeping. I don’t know if that’s the cause, but it couldn’t hurt to blame it. After all, it’s just a server. Anyways, in the new look of the website, everything is getting a right hand menu. We make them, put them in a folder and then link to an instance of them in the pages that need them (so we have one file to edit instead of editing several pages). I made one and linked it to the pages that need it. I noticed something and had to make an edit to the menu file. No biggie, I do it all the time. What was weird though was that the edit was not showing up in preview mode. Refreshing and dumping cache was not helping. I asked a coworker and my boss both of which had no idea what was wrong. The file showed correctly in the WYSIWYG editor, but not in a browser. It sounds a lot less strange that it was. John eventually fixed it by renaming the page that was linking to the menu and then renaming it back. I <3 John.

• Killer smile
• Sunshine
• Uh oh
• Bunny mag
• Spectacularly awesome
• Scarred
• Give blood
• Hopscotch
• John Lennon or Harry Potter?
• Resale value
• lowl
• Grumpy
• Back in the well
• Rehab
• Punk
• Evil is cute
• Poor Amy Winehouse
• Larry King
• This is an excellent point
• AFV breakdown
• Awesome
• This is a terrible pun. lol

I have no words

The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

Museum of Bad Art

• This is my favorite one. It reminds me of the shark from James and the Giant Peach.
• This cat is creepy but it is amazingly done.
• And all kidding aside, I really like this one.

Who wouldn't want this?

Busy busy bee

So I didn't get to posting pictures last time, and I don't think I will have time today either. The March 2 deadline for the redesign is fast approaching and no one is really worried yet. They will be in a week or so though when they realize that their pages are out of date. But that's why I'm here!

Tonight I get to leave work early to go buy beer bottles so we can bottle tonight so we don't have to when Mom and Dad are here this weekend. And we have to get busy cleaning up too. I'm going to go get Jeff Dunham tickets on my way home too. Ticketmaster wanted to charge us a $20 convenience fee for buying the tickets online. I'm going to the Civic Center in person to see if that makes a difference. Andrew, give me a call about this. We should talk.

Happy Birthday Nicole!

It’s been busy at work this week and last week. We are converting everything to a new design and structure. I like it. The beta server has been really slow though, so it’s taking a long time to do anything. Which is why I have not updated in a while.

I’m almost all better though! Woot!

Also, everyone love on Andrew because he is the best!

Pictures will come later today if I have time :)

Chairs and kudos

So I got a “new” chair at work. There is a corner of the building where office things go to die. Two days ago, one of the big cushy conference room chairs was out there. The seat had ripped, but it was an otherwise good chair. So I asked if I could scarf it up to replace my squeaky chair. I brought the duct tape today and it’s good as new!

On another great note, I was able to sleep on my back fairly comfortably last night. Woot! I feel so much better today. I don’t feel as tired.

You know you frequent a place of business too much when you send them an anonymous letter and they know who you are. As I was filling out the survey from Bruegger’s, I figured I would send in a feedback form since I was already on the website. I praised the employees and said how much we love going there. Apparently, the corporate office sent the email to the store. Rebecca asked me about it this morning. The regional boss asked her if she knew who could have sent it and she was all like, “Pfft, I know. :)”

Links

• Zombies ahead! We totally need this in Tally!
• Spidey cat!
• I know a few people who feel this way.
• Go away!
• We don’t need no stinkin’ fence!
• Curse you!
• It’s been a while since the last Chuck Norris joke. Too long.
• Procrastination chart
• I didn’t believe that there are idiots like this out there until I saw this video.
• I know why they are 25 cents
• I’ve heard of this before, but it’s a terrible, terrible thing.

Jokes

A grasshopper walks into a bar and the bartender says, "We have a drink named after you." Grasshopper says, "You have a drink named Steve?"

A priest, a minister, and a rabbi walked into a bar. "What is this?" said the bartender, "some kind of joke?"

A snail was mugged by a couple of turtles. When the police asked him what happened, he said, "I don't know, it all happened so fast"

What did the zero say to the eight?
"Hey, nice belt!"

Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven eight nine.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

Two fish are in a tank. One says, "You drive, I'll man the cannon."

A duck walks into a bar and asks: "Got any bread?"
Barman says: "No."
Duck says: "Got any bread?"
Barman says: "No."
Duck says: "Got any bread?"
Barman says: "No, we have no bread."
Duck says: "Got any bread?"
Barman says: "No, we haven't got any bread!"
Duck says: "Got any bread?"
Barman says: "No, are you deaf?! We haven't got any bread, and if you ask me again and I'll nail your beak to the bar you irritating duck!"
Duck says: "Got any nails?"
Barman says: "No"
Duck says: "Got any bread?

What’s Beethoven's favorite fruit? Ba-na-na-na (sung like the opening to his 5th)

And some new ones for my “man-with-no-arms-and-no-legs” collection:
1. What do you call a man with no arms and no legs in a mailbox? Bill.
2. What do you call a man with no arms and no legs flying over a fence? Homer
3. What do you call a man with no arms and no legs in a pile of leaves? Russell
4. What do you call TWO armless and legless men hanging over a window? Curt and Rod

A man walks into a bar with his dog and asks for a drink. The bartender says "You can't bring that dog in here!" The guy, without missing a beat, says "This is my seeing-eye dog." "Oh man, " the bartender says, "I'm sorry, here, the first one's on me." The man takes his drink and goes to a table near the door.
Another guy walks in the bar with a Chihuahua. The first guys sees him, stops him and says "You can't bring that dog in here, but I'll tell you what, you can try saying it's your seeing-eye dog." The second man thanks the first, walks up to the bar and asks for a drink. The bartender says "Hey, you can't bring that dog in here!"
The second man replies "This is my seeing-eye dog." The bartender says, "No, I don't think so. They don't have Chihuahuas as seeing-eye dogs." The man pauses for a half-second and replies "What?!?! They gave me a Chihuahua?!?"

Q: How many Surrealists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?A: Potato

If you start a man a fire, he'll be warm for a night. If you set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

This one’s dirty but it made me chuckle: A Rabbit and a Bear are pooping in the woods. The bear turns to the rabbit and says, "Excuse me, do you have problems with poop sticking to your fur?" The rabbit replies, "Why, no, I don't." So the bear wiped his butt with the rabbit.

What’s small and green and has 4 wheels? Peas, I was kidding about the wheels.

Confucius say “He who runs behind the car gets exhausted; he who runs in front of the car gets tired.”

Links:

Soup is such a funny word.
Revenge
Have a nice day
I rock
Farts
Cutest little rat ever

Allergies and football

If you didn't watch Super Bowl 43, then you missed a bunch. I think it was a really exciting game overall. Go Steelers! Woot! There were some fabulous plays. Like the 100 yd interception touchdown return with no time left in the 2nd.

I had a scratch test today. Apparently I’m allergic to peanuts and eggs. I’m to take some time off of those foods and take an antihistamine for a month and then start to reintroduce the foods back into my diet. If I have a reaction again, I’m to stop and keep taking the meds for another month or so. I have directions.