Thank the LORD it's Friday!!

I could not be happier to see this Friday arrive. For one, it's been the week from H*E* double hockey sticks here at work. It's the week after Thanksgiving and the dreaded week before deadline here and every single person in the world who has waited until the last minute to apply here all of a sudden has decided that they need to know what is going on with their applications NOW. Never mind that they were the irresponsible ones who waited until the last minute to apply. No, it's our fault that we're not able to put their applications at the top of the pile because of course their applications are more important than the 4,329,435 others we've received.

I'm also thrilled to see this particular Friday arrive because it is PAYDAY. I'm doing the happy dance right now; and it's a pretty goofy sight to see a 6.5 month pregnant lady do the happy dance.

I changed up my look a little bit for Christmas. What do you think? I was extremely hesitant to do this since I have a custom design from Susie at Bluebird Blogs. But I just couldn't resist dressing up my blog for Christmas. I'll just be holding my breath when I try to re-install my Bluebird design after Christmas is over. Scary stuff. I get itchy feet when it comes to my blog design. I get bored after awhile--even with a fabulous custom design. I've been curing the itch by goofing around with my Mom's template every few months or so since I haven't felt like I can mess around with mine. Half the time I don't even ask her if she wants me to do something, I just do it. I hope she doesn't mind.

A couple of posts ago, I did a quote and asked people to guess if they knew what show the quote came from. I keep forgetting to post the answer. The quote (which is not verbatim) was:

"I'm browned, basted and ready to be carved!!"

A couple of you guessed the show "Friends" which is absolutely.....correct! Anyone who has read my blog for any significant period of time knows what a humongous fan of Friends I am. The episode that I took this quote from was from the 5th season when Chandler and Monica were still dating in secret and were spending some time with Chandler's boss and his wife. They were playing a game of tennis doubles and Monica (being the competitive person she is) was of course beating them at every game. Chandler begged her to back off a little and let his boss and wife win a game. Monica looked at him like he was crazy and said,

"Are you crazy? Look at them. He can barely breathe and
she's popping pills. Those birds are browned, basted, and
ready to be carved."

So, there you have it! :-) Man, I miss that show! I would be a super happy camper if I were to get the entire 10 season boxed DVD set for Christmas or my birthday. (*ahem Mom) That and an electric blanket. I don't ask for a lot.

And now I must whine a little bit. I whine a lot lately; it's my prerogative right now. But today I must whine about the fact that in one week, my parents are going to be jetting off to Hawaii for their 35th wedding anniversary. Not like they deserve it or anything. (tongue in cheek). However, they did this to me ten years ago and their trip falls over my birthday. I know, get over it, Kristen. I'm an adult, I don't need my mommy and daddy around for my birthday. But, come on! Twice in ten years they have done this to me. Good grief. Hope you're guilt ridden all day on the 8th, guys! JUST KIDDING! Have a fabulous time.

We have no major plans this weekend, except I was thinking it would be fun to take the kids driving around to look at Christmas lights. It's one of their favorite things to do at this time of year; a little tradition that I have passed on to my family from my childhood as it was always one of my very favorite things to do as a child. I'm just looking forward to a (hopefully) relaxing weekend. We'll see.

Have a wonderful Friday and an even more wonderful weekend!!

I've Been Customized!

Na na na na na na na na na na
She's got the look! --Roxette circa 1989

I've been blogging now for over a year...technically almost two if you want to count the six measly posts I did in 2005....and I've always wanted a custom design. Oh, I tried myself here and there....dabbled a little bit. I even had a couple of "tweaked" templates that didn't look too bad. But then Blogger screwed me up royally when they decided to go switch everything up on me. New blogger templates? Yeah, I can't even attempt to mess with those. So, I decided it was time. Time to admit defeat and go to a pro.

Enter Susie. Of Bluebird Blogs. I've seen her designs everywhere and have loved everyone I've ever seen. So I contacted her. After working with her for awhile, she installed my new design last night. Color me excited! What do you think? I love it. I like to just stare at it. People who can do this awe me. I aspire to be one of "those people" someday. (But by the time I do figure it out, blogs will probably be passe).

So anyway, if you're looking for a custom design and want to work with a very sweet and professional person, Susie is your gal. I think she's actually not taking anymore requests until early April, but I'm just putting a plug in for her. She's great!

The One Where I Give Credit Where Credit Is Due!

Like my new header? Yee-haw. I wish I could say that I put that in there, but I musn't lie. I arranged the picture, Mom took the picture, Yellow Mama cartoonized the picture for me, and wonderful Beth put it in my template for me. Yeah, I thought I had templates all figured out...until I switched to new blogger. Now I'm clueless again. Oh, well. So, thanks to my peeps for making the new header a possibility. You all rock!

You Know You're Obsessed

with attempting to create new templates when you have a dream last night that Mrs. Tradeoff has a new template that includes animated clay-mation that talks and sings. Yeah. I think I'll go put away my study aids and go play Candy Land with my kids. Ta-Ta.

Experimentation

I did this on my lunch....won't get in trouble. Just playing....not the final product.

I did it myself!

See this template? See it? I did it all by myself!! Oh yeah! So tell me....the truth....is it too hard on the eyes? If so, I'll change it. I certainly do not want to blind anyone and make them not want to come visit. Let me know!

Debuting a New Look.

Approve? Disapprove?

I needed something new, fresh and exciting. And guess what? Unlike the last time I tried to mess around with my template, this time I was able to make it work without losing anything. I was smart this time and saved my template to Notepad just in case. I'm getting smart in my old age of blogging.

I also re-vamped Grandma Dawn's blog. Check it out, too. :-)

I'm out til Friday.

New Look & Gross Stuff

Well, I am debuting a new look. The poor Queen has spent the better part of her day trying to help me figure out my many blog issues and the decision was made to try out a new template? What do ya think?

Now, ladies, ladies. When you are at work (if you work) and you are using the public bathroom, please do your best to make sure that your sanitary napkins make it all the way into the sanitary napkin container. Even more importantly, in your quest to put the napkin into the container, please ensure that you are not smearing blood all over the container as to make anyone who follows you want to throw up their recently eaten 2 pound Chipotle Burrito!! A simple request, I think. (Now I will go throw up said burrito as that was not a hypothetical situation....I was the lucky one to experience it.) Gross!!