Filthy

Its the last day of inventory before a 4 day weekend/holiday.
And I'm filthy....literally:

And figuratively:
No cracks about me being on my knees a lot... ;)

HAHA!

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New Favorite Actor

Well, Christmas has come and gone.
Lets just say driving back on Christmas day for inventory at 6:00 a.m. the morning of the 26th makes for a lovely vacation.

But LOW AND BEHOLD...I get to work at 6 and they aren't ready for us!

I'm goofing off until they are.
Don't tell anyone.
Hey, I could have slept in another 2 HOURS!

I have a new favorite actor.
Tom Hardy.
He's on fire lately.
He's been in so much over the past 2 years!
But I find myself drawn to him.

He's a little edgy, and a little rough looking, but all hunky man!
He's also a very good, classically trained actor.

I first saw him in a Withering Heights remake, and really liked his rendition of Heathcliff.
I saw him again in Inception, and was like, "Hey, its that guy!"
Then I started seeing him in starring roles, and really started to like him as an actor, and my crush started.

He was amazing, as a PTSD soldier that fights UFC in Warrior. This is a Man's man movie, but I liked it as well.

Then again as BANE in the final Batman movie, the Dark Knight Rises.

But my favorite role of his is Forrest in the movie Lawless.

He plays a moonshiner, and his character is rough and tumble, but also has this soft side. He's brillant as an actor in it. His character Forrest makes this endearing little growl sound with his voice when he's thinking/speechless/uncomfortable. Not to mention the friction you feel between him and the female character in the film played by Jessica Chastain, whom I also love. They have chemistry to say the least.

Anyway, I'm smitten.

And I haven't even gotten to see him yet play Mad Max in the remake! This hasn't even started shooting, but I'm chomping at the bit for more Tom Hardy.

They just released this teaser photo.

He makes me weak in the knees.
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Before I sleep...

I seem to be forgetting something, because my body will not let me rest.
I'm to that point they say is 'over exhausted' when you are so so tired, but can't sleep. I haven't had a decent night's sleep since Sunday. I slept Saturday night from 8:45p.m.-8:00a.m. Now I can't seem to sleep since.
I like to think I have this little clipboard inside with a checklist...
Before I sleep I must check off all the items for the day.
Wake up- Check
Take a shower- Check
Go to work- Check
Meet Jen for Lunch- Check
Drop Ripley off at Groomers- Check
Work some more- Check
Pick Ripley up- Check
Make Dinner- Check
Clean up- Check

Huh, must me done now...can I sleep?...nope...there must be something I forgot to check off...

Oh yeah! Prepare for the end of the world tomorrow....
What to pick out to wear when its 1250° outside?....

I doubt I'll be sleeping too well tonight either.
Haha, it actually is really crazy outside today; Windy, and ominous looking.
Robert Frost poems always make me feel better. They are calming.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

-Robert Frost

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That awkward moment...

When you are standing on the stoop to your apartment at 9:30p.m., in the rain, and realize you don't have your key, husband is in Tulsa, don't feel good, have to pee, and you have to be at work at 6 a.m. on Saturday for inventory.

On the First Day of Christmas...

I decided to do the 12 Days of Christmas this year in regards to gift giving. Who doesn't like getting a present everyday up until Christmas?

I hate to say it but its a desperate attempt to make Christmas seem as special as when I was a little kid with Santa, Christmas cookies, candlelit services, and big family gatherings.

My family is spread all over the U.S. this year. My sister is in California, my parents in Colorado. I'm living in a little apartment while the house is being built, so there isn't really room for a big fancy tree. I just have this little tree on our kitchen table set up.

The angel just happens to be Jen's little boy. :) Her Christmas cards were amazingly cute, I just had to display the little guy.

I love giving gifts. Like love love love.
So really giving 12 presents to Joe instead of the 1 big one we usually do is more for me than him, but hopefully he has fun too.
I wrote a little message on our Bathroom mirror in dry erase marker so he'll see it right when he wakes up this morning, day 1.

"On the first day of Christmas,
my true love gave to me...
Open #1 to see!"

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Angel Tree Failure

I feel like the Grinch lately.
Haven't felt very well in a long time.
Last week I was out sick one day from work with a fever. Haven't really felt 100% since then.
Saturday Jen and I go out for the first time since the baby came.
Her mom watched him for a couple of hours while we ate at Texas Road House and saw the final Twilight movie since it became a tradition for us since the first one came out. I started noticing a muffling in my ear around the time we were eating, then slowly my right ear became totally blocked.
By the time the movie was over it had started to throb and I knew it was an ear infection.
Let me tell you, I haven't had one since I was a little girl, but no wonder kids freak out when they get one...IT HURTS!
By the time I get to the urgent care after Jen dropped me off, I'm having a hard time filling out my paperwork it hurts so bad.
I get back in the exam room, and you know its bad when the PA says, "Wow, that must hurt, looks pretty bad. Let me give you a steriod shot before you leave."
She gives me antibiotics and a script for Lortab-THANK GOD- and I head straight to Walmart to fill it.
Throbbing away this whole time. Hard to drive. There is this little side street behind Walmart, a short-cut by a small neighborhood, and I notice some breaks lights from cars up ahead. A little dog is darting across the road. I debate picking it up, but I'm in too much pain to think about it much, just want this Lortab quickly.
Thankfully Walmart Pharmacy isn't busy, and I'm out of there in 15 minutes. But on my way home I see another dog, not sure if its the same one, but looks suspiciously like a schnauzer, like my Ripley, and I'm really wanting to pull over, but this ear thing is all I can think about and I drive on...
I get home, take all my meds and go to sleep worrying about the dog.
I wake up about 3:30 a.m. and realize that I have to turn in my Angel Tree gift today to the church. A little 7 year old girl wanted Jewelry. I had a hard enough time the day we picked it up from church, shopping for jewelry for a 7 year old, not knowing if her ears are peirced, what she would think was lame, or not, etc. I settled on an inital necklace, since I knew her name, and a little bracelet with a cross on it. But at 3:30 in the morning I realize I haven't wrapped it, and don't have anything to wrap it with. I wait until a reasonable hour to go back to Walmart to get wrapping paper and a box, and I see the poor little dog on the side of the road. Dead.
I feel like I failed. I could have changed the outcome.
I'm a horrible angel tree giver.
Last minute wrapper, and neglectful dog lover...
It still upsets me. Will for a while. At least I'm kind of in a Lortab haze.
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Hazardous Jeans

So I have this new pair of skinny jeans. They have these little rhinestones on the back pockets. When I saw then I thought, "Oh cute, bling for my butt." I guess the idea being similar to those skimpy little shorts that have words like 'juicy' or 'pink' on them; they attract the eye and perhaps make you think about that part of their body more than a plain pair of short or jeans would inspire?

(FYI, that is not my rear-end, way too skinny...)

Well let me tell you...these dang things are DANGEROUS! Perhaps I'm just lazy and drag-ass everywhere I go, but I dont know how many times I've nearly ripped a hole in something I was sitting on. Those little jewel-thingys are sharp! They catch on everything my voluptuous butt comes in contact with. Maybe if my back-end was as skinny as the model's in the picture I wouldn't be having these issues, but hey, I always thought my A$$ was one of my best features, I just wanted it to be all sparkly and decorated for the holidays. Why doesn't it get to partake in the fun?
Tinsel doesn't try to shank you if you touch it. Can I turn off the security system on these?

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Old woman winter

I happen to be wearing knee socks, sweat pants, t-shirt, hoodie, and a scarf. Am I mountain climbing in winter? No I just happen to be under the covers, shivering my ass off. I've been running a fever and can't seem to get warm. Which anyone who knows me, knows I'm usually the girl in shorts, with the fan full blast on me and the covers kicked off. Boy, not today though! I called in, and I'm going to lay here all pathetic and try to get better from whatever this is I've got.

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