Thankful Thursday... a Day Late

Over at Heir to Blair, she does a little something called "Thankful Thursday". Although I'm a day late, what's a better day than Friday to say you're thankful?
Here's what I'm thankful for this week.

-It's FRIDAY! Although I do have to work tomorrow, it's not like it's a hard day on the job. It's an off-site event, which does stress me out, but it seems like it'll be a chill one.

-Last night I took about 2 hours and really learned how to use my camera. I learned about shutter speeds, ISO, metering, etc. Wow, there was so much I didn't know and really enjoyed figuring it out for myself (with the help of a few books and the trusty internet, of course).

-Jasmine Star's online, 5-day workshop on wedding photography. Look, I doubt I'm ever going to be a wedding photographer but if watching these online workshops help my everyday photography, I'm all for it! The whole thing is just incredible and you can check it out here.

-Only one more week in this job. HALLELUIA! I'm so frakin' excited to be moving to another division, I can hardly stand it. I don't want to make a big deal out of it at work but I'm so stoked. I hope the Hubs and I can celebrate with dinner out next Friday.

-My coworker has a tomato plant that has been going crazy lately and just about everyday I get a baggie with about 15 cherry tomatoes. SO good. I just cut them open, put a little salt on them and mmmmm. They don't even make it home.

-The projected forecast for today is only 95 degrees. That's 10 degrees less than yesterday. And this weekend will be in the 80's! YES!

-Thankful for the Hubs. Seriously, you guys... he's the best. And now that I'm becoming a happier person, he's becoming a goofier one. I absolutely love it and we have a lot of fun.

What are you thankful for?

Best Present Ever

My parents have a great sense of humor. Humor that's lost on children. Back in the 90's one of our family's favorite show was that acid-trip of a mess, Ren and Stimpy. My parents still walk around quoting "No sir, I don't like it". I see episodes now and wonder how we were ever allowed to watch it.

Side note: Here are the list of shows we weren't allowed to watch. And I didn't because I was scared of punishment.
1. Golden Girls
2. You Can't Do That On Television
3. Dawson's Creek
4. The Wonder Years
5. Rosanne
6. My So-Called Life
7. Beverly Hills 90210
8. Melrose Place
9. Party of 5
10. Doogie Howser (dude, Neil Patrick Harris, whaaaaat?)

I'm sure there are more, but I've blocked them out. And to this day, I don't think I've seen a full episode of any of these shows. I know. SHOCKING.

So anyway, back to the story. We loved Ren and Stimpy. One year for Valentine's Day, my parents bring out these big boxes for me and my brother (my other brother wasn't around yet). I think I was 11 and brother was 6. We open up the boxes and we both have these huge pieces of wood. Logs, if you will. We look up at my parents, blinking in confusion and my mom goes, "We got you both logs!"

See video for reference:


Yeah, I saw the humor in it immediately and found it hilarious. My brother, not so much. He was only 6! He started crying and saying, "What am I supposed to do with it?!" Which made my parents laugh even more. Finally, they cut him some slack and finally brought out our little Valentine's Day gifts. But honestly, I don't know what they were. I will always remember those logs though and I hope we can be as funny with our kids someday.

Were your parents pranksters? I can appreciate my parents' humor now but at the time it was infuriating.

I'm a cheap date

Wooooo boy, did we have fun this weekend! I'll blog about Flugtag and Taco Trucks later but for now, this little beauty. Some Monday morning fun for ya. I was in Danville about a month ago for work and stayed at a nice hotel. Ok, not NICE nice but nice for me. It worked and didn't smell like cigarette smoke, is all I'm saying. So I go to get a Diet Coke from the vending machine and here's what greeted me.



But wait, where's the soda? Open the door, of course!



Soda!



We're old school. Only coins.



P.S. This was my sweet ride. The car rental guy was like, "Um, are you sure you don't want another color?" Are you kidding me? This color is great!



So tell me guys, am I totally lame for loving this vending machine? Or am I just easily amused?

Love Song Sunday: I'll Still Be Loving You

I'm big on signs. I'll find signs in everything. I don't usually tell people about them but this song was a sign that the Hubs and I belonged together. I absolutely love this song and once I played it in the car when we were dating. He started singing the song along with me and I knew. I KNEW. Ok, there were other things that sealed the deal but this song was a part of it. This song takes me back to when we were dating and I would have used this song as our first dance if the other song we used didn't work (but it did).
So here is Restless Heart with "I'll Still Be Loving You"

Sweet Relief

Alright alright, I won't tease you any longer. The only reason I held out this long was because I was working out in Long Beach and JUST walked in the dang door. Longest day ever.

Anywho... I GOT A NEW JOB! That's my big fat crazy announcement. Nope, not pregnant. Nope, not moving. A new job. Yesssssss. I'm still working for the same school but a whole entirely different department. I'm so looking forward to new challenges, adventures, ideas, everything. I know this department is so different from the one I'm currently in and that is ok, because it's time for a change. I've been wanting to do this for about two years and I finally made it happen.

So yes, I'm stoked, nervous, excited, happy, anxious, etc. That's what happens when we break out of something we've known for awhile. And that's ok. Sometimes you have to make a huge change to find happiness. If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Well, unfortunately I couldn't change the way I thought about something. I thought I could, but turns out I couldn't. So I decided to change the situation. And it could only get better from here.

Drum roll please...

I've got something great to announce pretty soon but there are always those people that can rain on your good news parade. You know what I think about that?


From the artist's website

Like the Matrix, but not

Ok people, have you seen Inception? I know I know, we're so behind. We just saw it this Sunday and I loved it. There were slow parts yes, and parts that I totally zoned out at but for the most part it was great. It was kind of like the Matrix where I don't want to talk too much about it. But for those of you who saw it, thought you all might like to see some of the best scenes.... from a Lego perspective. Who doesn't love it in Legos? Click on the Amusing Planet link for more.



from Amusing Planet via Neatorama