Glitter Makes You Brave

So...I'm giving away not ONE but TWO beds...in the spirit of the world's biggest garage sale- except they are free to you guys...

The first is my Full-size PLUSH well-used but still decent Serta mattress. I also have the box spring and hollywood frame. Need a bed for the guest room, or no somebody in need? Give them my number PLEASE

the second is a Queen size futon (that folds into a couch). It's not perfect but excellent frame and (nothing gross on the futon).

Please want my beds...please come and take them away. I have Evan's loft bed disassembled in my front walk way...but it's raining out :( oh boo-hoo

Morning all!  What no replies at this dark and terrible hour?  I'm just riding the wave of one of my 3:30 am spontaneous wake-up calls of nature...and no I didn't have to go to the bathroom.

I would like to shout out some MADD props to (oops I don't mean to affiliate this message inadvertently).  I am making my lists and checking them twice.  I am expecting all you luverly people, who have a mind to sling boxes, this evening at about 6pm.  I looks like PIZZA will be on the menu for simplicities sake.  I am a Papa Murphy's fan plus I can't see paying that much more just to get my pizza in a box. 

If you'd care to weigh in throughout the day I have been blessed by a MOVING MIRACLE.  I was trying to watch a movie on my laptop last night, when my customary head meet pillow, mind meet dream land set-up didn't pan out, and low and behold I am magically connected to some mysterious internet.  Thank you Flamingo Acres...bless your generous or woefully non-techie heart!  (ACK having mentioned them I see I'm down to ONE bar.  I must be quick)

I'm laying in soda and water and planning to order a Papa sized Chicken Alfredo (sub mushroom for tomato).  I am happy to get the thin crust to lower the fat (I'm thinking of your Gall- Bartell)  I dunno maybe a Cowboy?  I don't want things to get too late so I'm expecting folks will either eat when they get there or be happy warming it up?

Blessed are the moving helpers for they shall inherit my undying gratitude!

So just in case anyone thought they'd missed their Golden Opportunity to help me move my belongings from point A to point B-  BE NOT AFRAID.  The ship has NOT sailed. 

I will have a Big Ol' Uhaul Truck from 5pm Friday to 5 pm Saturday.  You assistance is GREATLY appreciated.  Many of the strapping lads who had volunteered have fallen by the proverbial wayside.   I have a wee flock of fiesty fems but there are a few items that just need more bicep than I (or they) have.

I don't want to beg...but I will.  I like to think I've been the kind of friend to help you move (even if you haven't you know I would).  I have a budget for mad drinks and lunch/dinner.  I have 6 Fifths of alcohol and an abundant sense of payback.

I quote Phistopheclese when I say "You don't know who your friends are...until they show up on moving day"  (or something he would surely say if he'd thought of it.

peace

In case you hadn't heard...Barak Obama will be holding a Stand for Change rally @ Mac Court THIS Friday night. 

Free to the public but First Come First Served

Doors open @ 7pm - program begins at 9pm

You can find out more and RSVP here http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/eugene

I tried to invite some of you who I thought might be interested but then it did a weird hiccup and I realized you might just prefer an open invite. 

I will be there.  I might even bring Evan... and his DS. 

So, let me know if you wanna go...we can sit together!  I am SOOOOOOO excited :D

So as most of you know, I am gearing up for a relocation over Spring Break.  I have been a diligent little pre-planner and am Purging till it hurts.  The idea of a garage sale did cross my mind...but I just have TOO much to do the next few weeks.  I've taken several car loads of the truly craptacular crap to Goodwill, but I am saving the too good to give to strangers for all you fine people.  So...if you have a lack of STUFF in your life OR you'd like to take a crack at owning some of MY stuff- COME ONE COME ALL. 

I have clothes (mine and Evan's), toys (m&E), books and cds (m&E), lotions and potions and CRAFTS and some kitchen stuff.  I seem to have amassed a ridiculous quantity of canned goods so if enough folks pick the same day/weekend- I'll even make a batch of soup or chili.  It will be a sort of low grade party with LOTS of door prizes.

It also goes w/o saying I could use help packing and moving all the things I can't part with...although I have a GREAT start on the packing and it will be done WELL in advance of moving day.  The duplex will be available 3/15 but Trevor thinks he'll need to full weekend to do what needs doing.  I asked for ASAP possession  3/24 but that being a Monday I really don't expect to get the big doings happening before that Saturday the 29th.  I'm sure I'll rent a Uhaul, my knees just don't tolerate moving w/o a  ramp anymore.  I'll feed you and keep you full of whatever drinks tickle your fancy and shuttle you from your house if that's what you would like.  I'd love to make a massive enslaught Saturday and Git 'R Done.

With this schedule I really only have 3 weekends left before the move (eek, GASP).  I know the Wedding Shower is 3/15.   I don't know what time it is however as that detail was missing from my invite?  Come early for best selection, although I do have some items ear-marked for folks- it's first come first dibs.

Evan's results:
You are Mystique

Mystique 68% Riddler 61% Apocalypse 61% Poison Ivy 59% Dark Phoenix 58% Mr. Freeze 57% Venom 57% The Joker 54% Magneto 52% Dr. Doom 49% Catwoman 48% Juggernaut 32% Lex Luthor 31% Green Goblin 28% Two-Face 28% Kingpin 25%

Sometimes motherly, sometimes a beautiful companion, but most of the time a deceiving vixen.

Click here to take the "Which Super Villain are you?" quiz...

So it looks like I'll be moving soon.  I have an opportunity to share a duplex with some long-term friends that's two houses down from one of my best friends.  wOOt

The timing is not ideal but I am SO ready to do away with my commute evils.   I'd like to wait until school is out but then I'll be working so I can't win.  Getting Evan to school through June will be an undertaking, but this location is so ideal- I've gotta jump on it.  It's right on the bike path, the bus ride downtown is quick. 

So if you have a deficiency in your lifting/carrying or packing life, I may be able to place you with a box and or crate, in the near future.

Tomorrow night!  Crikey that snuck up on me...oh that's confusion - shaka can that crept up on me.  Wondering if folks are still planning on coming?  I'm about to make a Cheesecake so I sure as Huffalumps hope so!

It will be lemon in celebration of my recently triumphs with Pumpkin Cheesecake and Lemon Meringue Pie.  I've become a Dessert Woman with both of this items this month.  I made truffles again, as well as AT LEAST10 types of candy, cookies, and fudge.  I am Betty Crocker and Martha Stewart.  I am Martha Crocker!  and don't you forget it.

If folks could check in that would be awesome.  I know we've been busy and I wonder if you are ALL feeling up to the night?  To reiterate, I'm thinking very mellow, Game Night with lots to eat and drink.  I've got the Sweets covered!

Hoping to see everyone!

In a bizarre twist I actually bumped into Ted and was inviting him to the party before I realized what I was doing...so that could be fun to watch :P

He did it .  He did it. By George I think he did it.  I knew that he could do it and indeed he did!

Evan has done it.  He broke his "Craptastic Monday" streak...and NOT a damn moment too soon.  After two subsequent weeks of being SO out of control he "was unsafe to put on the bus" to his next Gig- and therefore had to leave work to pick him up from school, to be taken to his Tia's house...I had an CALL FREE first day back in class!  HALLELUJIAH!!!!!

BTW, not only did he do "okay"...the little monkey brought home a "Great Day!  Evan didn't need a single reminder" note from his teacher.  I can't remember the last day I didn't need a reminder.  He also had a good day in his other two daily arenas.  There is MUCH joy in Mudville!

I did little things to show him how proud I was like calling everyone we know within his ear shot AND giving him oodles of hugs and smooches.  I was SINGING at the store tonight.  There is no relief like a break from expected stress.  He got to have a special dinner.  Chicken nuggets with mashed potatoes and carrot chips with a side of ranch for dippin'.  Whatever it takes to ring his bell.  He also got to claim 6 of the Poke'mon deck of 60 cards that he selected this weekend.  Intellectually I know this is a bribe.  My sanity doesn't care.  I will take what I can get and if I must purchase  two decks a month for the rest of his schooling this is a price I'm willing to pay. 

Along with his favorite dinner, we had a "bubbly" toast.  Vernor's Ginger Soda in double shot glasses.  In case you're wondering there are about 10 double shot glasses in a 12 ounce can.  I made toasts to his good choices and helping me have a great day.  He made toasts to Poke'mon and the cantelope he got to eat for "dessert".  Then in the last toast of the night he got VERY serious and looking me in the eyes said the following as we (plastic) chinked glasses. 

"To the health of Love, the life of God, and the heart of the World."  Here, here mono blanco here, here.

BTW, I give mad props to the new "reduced food additive" diet I'm trying him on.  We have had nothing to eat that isn't made of food.  I can't say it's the ONLY thing but even if it's giving him a nudge.  I am convert!  I realized the "fruit roll-ups" I'd gotten him were actually labeled "fruity-flavored snacks".  geh

Blessed be

So...my ever so kind Dad unexpectedly offered to get the Internets for Evan and I at home with the logical understanding that it IS something I need/can use for school.  Sadly living Offcampus AND way out of town, the service available as part of my exorbitant student fees is NOT available in my area. 

Anyway, look for me to post  more often AND be available online outside work hours.  wOOt!  So my days of furtively reading and making small if any comments are finally over.

I'm sure you'll all sleep better upon learning this EXCITING news.

I’m at work today…you know at my job at the Task Force.  When I read about 

steffenmania quitting, I gave them a call on Thursday and one week later, here I am.  I think I overdid my doozie of a holiday, I feels like I haven’t been in for about 9 months.  Remembering the hang of things.  Trying to get a good grip on how I can manage this job working about 25 hours a week…hmmm.

 

 The keyboard is strange, I forgot a glass and am drinking out of someone's old peanut butter jar, and I don’t like sitting with my back to the door.  Gives me the willies…also the printer is a throw-back to the stone age- I can hear the little monkeys with their hammers and chisels.  Otherwise it's good to be back in the wage-earning harness!

 On an even brighter note, I have money now…or I will when I get paid. 

Thanks to all who care enough to comment on my stuffiness.  I have some rather jubilant news.  I got my Term paper for African Studies back this afternoon.  Now I've written some rockin' papers this year and I GRATEFULLY acknowledge the assistance I've received from my many generous and talented friends.  This paper however, I flew solo.  Sascha did do a read through the day it was due but she made no changes...other than suggesting a conclusion, which I was working on. 

I have a goal to get better at writing strong papers a week in advance but they are just somehow lacking.  Oh well, not dead yet!  The comments from the Professor were effusive to the verge of gushing.  I got an A but the REALLY cool part was that in a class of 150 students there were only 8 As given.  Also there were apparently rampant issues with citation flaws (ie plagiarism) which the Professor addressed with furious wrath in class.  She demanded that anyone who had a red mark on top of their paper (citation violations, need for style manual) do a complete re-write starting with an interpretation of the University policy on Plagiarism including examples from their own papers.  She used the classic carrot and stick.  Students were given the opportunity to raise their grade a 1/3 ( C- to C) but failure to do this was punished with a 1/3 grade drop from the current grad (2/3 of the class had Cs, Ds, or Fs).  So some ballsy fellow in the back asked if the students who had cited properly shouldn't receive an automatic increase for doing it right the first time.  She agreed.

I got an A PLUS!!!!!!  I DON'T have to do a re-write during Dead Week!  I'm ever so relaxed for the final.  With 30% of my grade (midterm)  an A and 40% (term paper) an A PLUS I'm sitting pretty.  Except now I am burning for my first ever A Plus in a class...but that would be gravy.

It's me being pushy and reminding everyone AGAIN that my party is NEXT weekend.  Saturday April 21st, starts around 6pm (think Cocktail Hour).  I am respectfully requesting potluck Tapas (which basically breaks down to cute little food bits that one might pile on a saucer sized dish.  I will furnish Mojitos and at least one other fruity style "stick-an-umbrella-in-me-I'm-too-cute-for-my-own-ass" drinks.  If however you felt more comfortable offering booze than gnoshables it would not be turned away.

If I knew what folks were planning/thinking about bringing, it would help me get some height on my near rapturous anticipation...but I'm good with surprises as well!

***Also as I know she is in a work frenzy just now, I'll put in a word for saschamacha 's Pampered Chef shin dig THIS Saturday.  I think it starts at 5ish?  But I'm planning to go very early so I really didn't pay attention. 

Okay I don't know why technology hates me...someday I'll find someone who can teach how to do this stuff until then... go check out the version you can read!

http://www.asofterworld.com/

Hippity-Hoppity Easter Everybody

So other than drinking to excess I'd say this weekend was one of the grander expressions of super fun I've had in awhile.

YOU MUST SEE "BLADES OF GLORY"

I don't remember the last time I stomped my feet at a movie.  I think I blacked out a few times from oxygen dep while laughing. 

Also went through the Arboreteum with my friends Sarah and her daughter Mia.  We are quietly working on a plan to unite the families.  Tie up our land holdings and what not, you know. 

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Access to Birth Control Passes the Oregon House on Pro-Choice Lobby Day!

Yesterday, hundreds of pro-choice activists watched as the Oregon House of Representatives passed the Access to Birth Control Act HB 2700 with a strong bi-partisan majority! With a resounding presence in the capitol, pro-choice activists lobbied their legislators for pro-active, prevention focused legislation.

So for those of you who don’t mark time by such events…my Mr. Noodle has rounded the corner into Five-a-tude.  This is a righteous thing.