The house is finished being decorated. The tree up, all ornaments on it, the wreath on the door with the plastic canvas candy cane I made for it. It's all done finally. I've been putting ornaments on the tree here and there because standing for a length of time hurts my back so I can't be decorating constantly until it's all done.
We're not lights on the outside people so that's not a problem. I wish we were but I'm just afraid that in this neighborhood someone will come along with a knife and cut the wires if they are low enough to be able to cut. I know, paranoia right? Wrong! One morning I came outside and saw that our hose which was rolled up in the planter was cut and it was a significant amount of hose too. I went to walk to the store and saw the piece that was cut laying on our grass. I don't give anybody in this hood the benefit of the doubt. They don't deserve it.
However, we do have an indoor patio which is actually kinda sorta outdoors. It's the space between the house and the garage, it has a wall in the front of the building with a door and the back with a giant window and a door so it's pretty much closed off. Chip bought 2 boxes of lights that he wanted to hang out there, not for holiday decoration but just for regular decoration for mood. Tonight when I was at the store I picked up these holiday light hanger things that have nails and you hammer the nails into the wood then you just press the wires into the plastic and it holds the lights. This way if you decide to take the lights off you can then when you want to put them back up you don't have to do anything, just push the wires back in. It's really cool.
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Bad Luck
I have the worst luck of anybody in this whole universe. I don't know what I ever did, maybe my karma sucks really bad. I went to ride my bike for a minute or 2 so I could see if the bent tire would be ok and as soon as I opened the back gate then set my bike up with the kickstand so I could close the gate, the kickstand went back in and the bike fell and guess what? My brand new rear view mirror broke right off. So now I need a new one. I've had bad luck with crazy glue and plastic. If I glued it with crazy glue then every time I adjust it it will fall off. ARGH!
Front Wheel
I got my bike all fixed up and stuff and I just spun the front wheel and apparently it's bent a bit. I just spent $76 today and I really can't afford to buy a new wheel. I'm sure that I will be fine with a bent wheel until I get my next check in January. I probably won't be able to ride my bike for a week anyway so when I do start up again I can just ride with a bent wheel for awhile. I'd rather not ride with a bent wheel but there really isn't that much I can do about it for right now. All I can do is just be very safe when riding and hope nothing goes wrong lol. Or just not ride at all until I get a new front wheel. This is all costing more than the bike is worth lol.
"Stuff"
We went to Snider's Cyclry today to get the parts for my bike. I got a new stem that has an extension so that my handlebars will be high enough so I don't have to raise them as much to get height. I also had to buy new hand grips because in order to take the old stem off and put the new stem on I have to take everything off the right side of the bar to slide it through. I don't really have to take the grip off the other side but then it will be lopsided so I really kinda do have to. All that was $25
Then we went and got my glasses frame which was $35.
And lastly we went to Target to buy a new computer because the magnet fell off the spokes when I had my accident and when I was putting the bike in the car today to go to Snider's the wire snapped so I needed a new one. But instead of buying another 20 function computer for $15 I bought the 12 function because I don't need that computer, just the parts. The 12 function computer was only $10 and I would've spent that on the magnet plus $2 on ebay which would've been a total waste of money. While I was in the bike department I bought a new rear view mirror that goes on the rubber grip on the outside of the bike, not on the inside so I will now be able to see and I bought gloves with the tips missing.
Then we went and got my glasses frame which was $35.
And lastly we went to Target to buy a new computer because the magnet fell off the spokes when I had my accident and when I was putting the bike in the car today to go to Snider's the wire snapped so I needed a new one. But instead of buying another 20 function computer for $15 I bought the 12 function because I don't need that computer, just the parts. The 12 function computer was only $10 and I would've spent that on the magnet plus $2 on ebay which would've been a total waste of money. While I was in the bike department I bought a new rear view mirror that goes on the rubber grip on the outside of the bike, not on the inside so I will now be able to see and I bought gloves with the tips missing.
Monday, December 01, 2008
Rosie Live...
Rosie Live... More like Rosie Dead.
When Rosie O'Donnell was doing movies I liked her. She was a pretty good actress and a pretty funny comedienne too. I really enjoyed watching her movies and stand up comedy. Then she came out with her daytime talk show. Chip and I watched it every single day, it was a standing appointment for us, we made sure we watched her show and we both laughed and we thought she was the greatest human being for all the things she did for people on her show. She was constantly giving prizes away every episode. Not just whenever but all the time. She would shoot those things at the audience during the show and she was on top of the world. Then all of a sudden she got tired of it and quit and basically handed it over to Ellen Degeneras.
Now, don't get me wrong, I love Ellen's show too but it's a different respect you know? It wasn't as flamboyant as Rosies. Like Rosie had the desk and it was covered with stuff. Her set up was like the Tonight Show with the desk and chairs.
Then Rosie went on the View for a year. Boy what a year that was. All of a sudden she was pushing her views on everyone and not allowing anyone to disagree with her without her temper flaring out. You know, it's one thing to have an opinion and feel strongly about it but when you get into a fight over your passion for it then it's no longer a talk show. And remember, every action has a reaction. Let's say for example the fight between Rosie and The Donald. What was that all about? I mean come on. That year on The View basically ruined Rosie's career.
Now she started to go back to the fun days of having a variety hour show which I used to like in the 70's. I loved the Osmond hour and the Sonny and Cher show. I loved those shows. I don't seem to remember the brady bunch variety hour. It's a very vague memory. And apparently so is the new Rosie Live show because after only a few episodes it's being canceled due to bad ratings.
I personally haven't seen it yet. I don't even know what time it comes on. I have a regular schedule of things that I like to watch every weekday and I think that her show cut into that time frame. I hadn't planned on watching it though.
I did like Rosie so I don't want this to sound like I'm putting her down because I'm not. I'm just saying that her actions on the view is what destroyed this new chance at a future career in this industry and in order for people to forgive and forget she's gonna have to do a lot of ass kissing and start apologizing for pushing her view on people who have their own opinions and are passionate about that.
Hey, don't get me wrong, I have views that I'm very passionate about like gay marriage. I get so upset when I hear people telling me that I have no rights to get married just like a straight person does but I'm not going to let it rule me. If straight people don't like me getting married they have that right to think that. But I also have a right to tell them to shove it up their ass.
When Rosie O'Donnell was doing movies I liked her. She was a pretty good actress and a pretty funny comedienne too. I really enjoyed watching her movies and stand up comedy. Then she came out with her daytime talk show. Chip and I watched it every single day, it was a standing appointment for us, we made sure we watched her show and we both laughed and we thought she was the greatest human being for all the things she did for people on her show. She was constantly giving prizes away every episode. Not just whenever but all the time. She would shoot those things at the audience during the show and she was on top of the world. Then all of a sudden she got tired of it and quit and basically handed it over to Ellen Degeneras.
Now, don't get me wrong, I love Ellen's show too but it's a different respect you know? It wasn't as flamboyant as Rosies. Like Rosie had the desk and it was covered with stuff. Her set up was like the Tonight Show with the desk and chairs.
Then Rosie went on the View for a year. Boy what a year that was. All of a sudden she was pushing her views on everyone and not allowing anyone to disagree with her without her temper flaring out. You know, it's one thing to have an opinion and feel strongly about it but when you get into a fight over your passion for it then it's no longer a talk show. And remember, every action has a reaction. Let's say for example the fight between Rosie and The Donald. What was that all about? I mean come on. That year on The View basically ruined Rosie's career.
Now she started to go back to the fun days of having a variety hour show which I used to like in the 70's. I loved the Osmond hour and the Sonny and Cher show. I loved those shows. I don't seem to remember the brady bunch variety hour. It's a very vague memory. And apparently so is the new Rosie Live show because after only a few episodes it's being canceled due to bad ratings.
I personally haven't seen it yet. I don't even know what time it comes on. I have a regular schedule of things that I like to watch every weekday and I think that her show cut into that time frame. I hadn't planned on watching it though.
I did like Rosie so I don't want this to sound like I'm putting her down because I'm not. I'm just saying that her actions on the view is what destroyed this new chance at a future career in this industry and in order for people to forgive and forget she's gonna have to do a lot of ass kissing and start apologizing for pushing her view on people who have their own opinions and are passionate about that.
Hey, don't get me wrong, I have views that I'm very passionate about like gay marriage. I get so upset when I hear people telling me that I have no rights to get married just like a straight person does but I'm not going to let it rule me. If straight people don't like me getting married they have that right to think that. But I also have a right to tell them to shove it up their ass.
Skill going to waste
When I was 17 years old and my sister found me in Simi Valley after being homeless for nearly a year and let me move in with her I decided that after seeing my first boyfriend Robert crochet that I wanted to learn how to crochet too. I bought a couple of books about learning crochet and knitting as well as some knitting needles, crochet hooks and some yarn.
I learned how to knit but I never really liked and I learned how to crochet and found it was a lot faster to make something and I could read the directions easily and so I got hooked (pun intended) on crocheting.
Over the next 20 years years I had made many pillows, blankets, lots of coaster, a sweater during the rodney king riots and even a bed for my kitty. But last year I had to stop because my hands would get numb after only a few minutes of crocheting. I involuntarily gave it up.
Chips and his moms friend Julia had passed away after Halloween in 2007 and her neice was going through her house and found tons of yarn and gave the majority of it to me knowing that I crochet. Well, I was very happy to get it all but I knew that I wouldn't have much use for it anymore due to my numbness. I wasn't exactly sure otherwise I would've rejected it which would have meant it would all go to the trash which would've been a total waste of good yarn so I accepted it. At Christmas 2007 I brought a lot of the yarn that I didn't care about with me and gave it all to Chips neice and another family member as well as all these knitting needles and crochet hooks.
Well, even though I had a good 20 years of crocheting I'm not ready to give it up because I've been dying to crochet hehe. Even though I know I shouldn't do it because I don't want to flare up the carpel tunnel syndrome, I'm doing it little bits at a time. It's not going to hurt if I do little bits at a time.
I just think it's a total waste of a great skill because not a lot of men can or want to crochet. Some men think that if they crochet they aren't men but lots of men crochet like Rosie Grier the football player, my Uncle Ron who is probably the most masculine man I've ever met crocheted in his earlier years, the private detective on the tv show Pushing Daisies knits and crochets and they are always showing yarn on his desk in his office. So it's not a skill that is female specific. But it is a waste of a skill if you can't do it anymore. I would've liked to be able to do it all year because that is usually the source of christmas presents from me.
I learned how to knit but I never really liked and I learned how to crochet and found it was a lot faster to make something and I could read the directions easily and so I got hooked (pun intended) on crocheting.
Over the next 20 years years I had made many pillows, blankets, lots of coaster, a sweater during the rodney king riots and even a bed for my kitty. But last year I had to stop because my hands would get numb after only a few minutes of crocheting. I involuntarily gave it up.
Chips and his moms friend Julia had passed away after Halloween in 2007 and her neice was going through her house and found tons of yarn and gave the majority of it to me knowing that I crochet. Well, I was very happy to get it all but I knew that I wouldn't have much use for it anymore due to my numbness. I wasn't exactly sure otherwise I would've rejected it which would have meant it would all go to the trash which would've been a total waste of good yarn so I accepted it. At Christmas 2007 I brought a lot of the yarn that I didn't care about with me and gave it all to Chips neice and another family member as well as all these knitting needles and crochet hooks.
Well, even though I had a good 20 years of crocheting I'm not ready to give it up because I've been dying to crochet hehe. Even though I know I shouldn't do it because I don't want to flare up the carpel tunnel syndrome, I'm doing it little bits at a time. It's not going to hurt if I do little bits at a time.
I just think it's a total waste of a great skill because not a lot of men can or want to crochet. Some men think that if they crochet they aren't men but lots of men crochet like Rosie Grier the football player, my Uncle Ron who is probably the most masculine man I've ever met crocheted in his earlier years, the private detective on the tv show Pushing Daisies knits and crochets and they are always showing yarn on his desk in his office. So it's not a skill that is female specific. But it is a waste of a skill if you can't do it anymore. I would've liked to be able to do it all year because that is usually the source of christmas presents from me.
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