I'm alive!

As if you non-exisentent readers cared!

So here's the latest:

Went to Canada, it sucked. Got engaged at Niagara Falls. That didn't suck. Now I'm getting hitched and it turns out I have a lot of planning to do. But woohoo! I'm getting married! And my ring is soooo pretty :) My hand, however, is scary.

I went to my 3rd Taste of Chico last weekend. I do love the Taste of Chico! Yummy food..... After we ate Brigette suggested swimming. She failed to mention that Carina's pool was 20 below. Yikes! I'd rather just stay inside and play scattegories. Oh! Oh! We had gelato at a new sweet shoppe in Chico! I love gelato! So much in fact that I went back and got more after the taste of chico was over. I know, I know - I'm a pig. But hey, I didn't get this chorizo arms eating salad! Carinie Beans and I decided to make a date to go to Apple Hill in a few weeks and take the boys. I'm so excited! I love Apple Hill! Plus it's a special treat to see Carinie Beans 2 times in one month. If you happen to stumble across this post before sept 14 you should stop by her page and wish her a happy birthday.

Umm... other than that life is same ol', same ol'. Gidget is preggers and she's uncomfortable. Oh and she stinks but what's new? Andrew is hoping for like 15 puppies, I'm rooting for more like 3. I'll keep you updated on the final count.

So back to Niagara Falls....

It's a must do! It was so romantic and Andrew proposed to me on Table Rock at the bottom of the falls while we were looking up at them. Then we rode the maid of the mist and ate dinner in the revolving dining room in the Skylon tower. I'd do it over again in a heartbeat! What I wouldn't do over again was stay with Andrew's dad..... At least not for more than a few days! I totally support Andrew having a relationship with his father and if he wants to go up there every year I'm ok with that. I'm just not going. He basically left me alone at home with his wife and 3 kids while he took Andrew out and about and he almost didn't let us go to Niagara Falls! I finally just booked a room and said that Andrew and I are going come hell or high water. It had it's good points and it had it's bad. For me it was a little more bad than it was good. I much prefer the company of Andrew's mom :).

Side note

I am getting married however I am not officially engaged which is why y'all haven't heard anything about it yet. The boy and I decided to get married awhile ago but I wanted to be together for at least a year before we seriously comtemplated it. That year is up so we're giving 'er a shot. Once I get my ring all picked out then we can buy it, announce it, and start planning it!

Under the Boardwalk......

Last week sucked. So much in fact that I refuse to talk about it. Let's just say that it didn't stop at Willy Nelson's cousin. Oh no, I had to deal with a lady who said she was a member of the Eastern Orthodox Corinthians or some shit and because she was a LEO it was her birth right to be entitled to free insurance and financial assistance and she wanted me to petition the Gods to pay for her citation. If any of that makes any sense to anybody please fill me in because I'm completely lost. I'm just going to go ahead and assume that she's in a cult and she's a wack job.

Now on to the good news. Andrew and I decided yesterday to take a cruise down to Santa Cruz since he had never been. We didn't leave the house until like 12:30 and the traffic was INSANE but we finally arrived around 3. The damn weather channel lied to my ass though as it was not 69 degrees and partly cloudy but 400 degrees and CROWDED. Ekk! That does not bring me glee. I managed to convince Andrew to mini golf with me inside Neptune's Kingdom which was loads of fun. They have a killer mini golf course there. It's all about pirates and they have a black light section and canons that blow every once in awhile. It brought me much glee. Except for the part where I sucked and was like 15 points over par but whatever. I had fun and that's all that matters. Then we ate clam chowder in a bread bowl and hit the road. I always enjoy our Saturday's together because it's the only day that we get to hang out just the two of us.

So I have some amazing news. Logan's Roadhouse is coming to Natomas!!!!!!!!! I know, it's freaking amazing!!! That's only like 15 mins from here. I'm so freaking excited I can't hardly see straight. I love me some Logan's rolls. Mmmmmm....... I'm salivating (don't worry Weenie I'm not drooling on your computer). In other non related news I think I found my wedding set today at Jared's. The boy and I are going to go over tomorrow and take another look see but I think it's awesome and it's reasonably priced too! Oh and I loved our sales lady. If you're in the market go see Candice at Jared's in Roseville. She's awesome. Really. I'll try to post a picture if I can. It's nothing crazy, just a simple wedding set that sparkles real pretty like on my finger :). I love it.

My week so far....

Yesterday was an interesting day at Traffic Court. A lady in drug court claimed that she was having a heart attack. The paramedics were called, the fire trucks showed up, we were all concerned. Turns out that she was just suffering from a possible bug bite. Now I'm not a medical expert but in my world a bug bite is pretty easily distinguishable from a heart attack. Especially since the exterminator had just came on Friday and I personally showed him around. Sounds to me like someone was just trying to get out of going to jail on a dirty drug test.

Today a fellor we call Willie Nelson's cousin shows up asking me to call the Davis Police Dept for him to ask about a ticket he got for ghost riding on a lady's bicycle. He said he crashed and he was scared so he gave the citation to the lady and hid. Now he wants info. Willie Nelson's cousin is mentally ill in the most annoying of ways. You can't get rid of him. Period. I finally had to call security to get him out of my window because you couldn't reason with him. No way am I going to let him use my phone to call the DPD on a ticket that he doesn't even have in his possession. So he goes to the next window and pisses my coworker off with the same thing. Eventually after he's pissed everyone off at least twice he leaves.

Then the mail comes. As I'm sorting the mail I see a letter addressed to A. Schwartzanegger (sp?). I open it up and there's a birthday card inside signed by Blue Whale Bill, Sausalito, Guam 1969. WTF? It gets better. He also sent in a check which was completely blank except the spot where he was suppossed to sign. In that spot he wrote "# of laws in California?" On his courtesy notice he wrote all kinds of jargon about radar number infinity and "yes....... your honor..... and mine." He signed it "with love" and his DL number instead of his name and put the expiration date of JJ/22 for his credit card. Now I know they are making cards last longer and longer these days but I somehow think that he's getting a little ahead of himself with JJ/22. I mean we're not just talking 2022. We're talking whatever year in the future in which they start using letters instead of numbers to identify the month and date a card expires. Good times people! Luckily he wasn't my problem.

So I've been having a rough time lately. Not really rough, rough but not good. Work is getting on my last nerve. I feel like I get critized for alot of shit that shouldn't even be my fault. For example, a man had a fine of $134 OR he could fix it and pay only $10. He sent me $110. I sent the check back (which used to be the procedure) and we had an old address on file so it came back to us. The clerk that was opening the mail didn't notice there was a check in there and dumped it and that's my fault because I sent the letter back. What REALLY burned my hide is that the boss asked the lead clerk what she thinks and the lead clerk went along with the boss even though she's told me time after time to send checks back because it's easier than posting them and having to deal with refunds. Of course she would never cope to this though when I could just get in trouble instead. One of the things I've always disliked about my boss is that she'll have a procedure and then one day something will go wrong and all of a sudden the old procedure never existed and I had totally made everything up. It's frustrating! I could go on more but I'll spare you the details. Bottom line is I'm frustrated at work.

I'm also frustrated with Andrew working so much! He's never home and it drives me crazy. Not only does it get old going to be alone every night and never knowing when he's going to come home but I'm starting to get upset because I can't rely on him for anything. Like tonight - we invited a guest over for dinner and he said he'd BBQ. It turns out that he had to end up going to work and then a side job and I was left to handle it myself. I'm also left with handling the yard work which I hate and taking care of the dog and normal house stuff and everything else. Plus he can't keep promises he makes because he never has enough time. He was supposed to fix my grandma's brakes on Saturday and he still hasn't made time for it. You can only imagine how often he tells me we're going to do something and then ends up working instead. I know he's trying to make us money and that he's trying to start a business so I try to be patient but it's getting old.

Yesterday after work I was walking off a curb and the next thing I know I was on my hands and knees in the street with my purse scattered everywhere. That's right, I ate shit. The worst part is that it was in front of everyone as it was 5 pm and we were all heading out to our cars. Talk about embarrassing! Plus I had dirty hands and dirty knees to show for it so I couldn't exactly pretend that it didn't happen. Life's a peach!

Visit from an old friend

So the other morning I was laying in bed trying to sleep as Frankie was biting me and I was thinking of my old friend Chris who now lives in Washington D.C. I think about Chris from time to time as I really enjoyed our friendship and I miss him much but that day I told myself that as soon as I got a free moment I would send him an email and hope that he responds. So I get to work and I pop into my email account and low and behold there's an email from Chris!!!! I hadn't talked to him in about a year's time and it gave me goosebumps to see that he had been thinking about me on the very day that I had a promise to myself to get in touch with him. What's even crazier is that he was reminded of my while reading an article about people getting stopped at the Canadian border because of youthful indescritions and he began laughing because he could totally see that happening to me. The scary part is that he had absolutely no idea that I am actually headed to Canada in 2 weeks! It absolutely blows my mind the way the world works sometimes. I can't even begin to explain it but it sure put a huge smile on my face :).

Winchester Mystery House and LeAnn Rimes

Yesterday was fantabulous!!!! Really, it was F'ing awesome. Weenie and I started out with a breakfast of champions from Nations in Vacaville. Mmm... bacon. Then we cruised down to the Winchester Mystery House for a grand estate tour (mansion and behind the scenes). For those of you that haven't been to the Winchestery Mystery house it's a MUST. If you don't even know what I'm talking about I highly recommend you look it up on the internet. Here's the jist of it :

Sarah Winchester married the guy who owned Winchester rifles and ammunition. When her husband and baby died she consulted a psychic who told her that she was being haunted by the spirits of the people killed by the Winchester rifles and to appease them she must build them a house and it must be in construction 24/7. She moved to San Jose and started building and she built continuosly for 38 years. The great part is that she built doors that open to walls or that drop off the side of the house along with stair cases that go nowhere and staircases where you have to go up and then down to go down and so and so far. She was rich as hell so it's amazing in there! A little hot in the summer time but freaking amazing!!!!!!

From Winchester we went to Chevy's and had some yum yums and margaritas. MMMM......

Then we started our ascent to the Mountain View Winery. If you've never been to the Mountain View Winery you must go. It's amazing beyond words. It's on top of this massive hill that over looks all of San Jose. It's honestly breath taking. Just a word of advice for anyone going up there - the sign that says "Sound Horn" means you have to honk you're horn while going around the turn. Yeah, I didn't know that. I asked Arlene what a sound horn was. I wasn't sure but I thought my horn was pretty sound. She advised me to stop talking and go back to licking windows :).

LeAnn Rimes puts on a great show and she has some fantastic new songs coming out! I'm so freaking excited about her new album! It's going to be great. I will say that up until yesterday I had never seen a performer wear such casual clothes. She just came out in shorts and a sleeveless shirt. Hell, I don't blame her. It's probably hot as fuck on that stage in the middle of summer singing and dancing around. I'm just used to a little pizazz I guess. We had great seats but we ended up getting out of them and going to the back to stand. Nobody in the stands was actually standing and I just can't do a concert sitting down. I can't. It's not right! We were so hyped up on the way home all we did was giggle until we literally hurt. Oh, and we scored some free banana's at the 7-11.

Here's some pictures for your viewing enjoyment:

My Post Office Rant

I don't think that people should be able to solicit you for political reasons in front of the Post Office. It's just wrong. Actually, I don't think they should be able to solicit you anywhere for that kind of garbage. Girlscouts selling cookies are cute. Old men who care waaaay too much about abortion laws or gay marriages or whatever are not cute. In fact it's just scary if you ask me. It's so hard to avoid the creeps! All I'm trying to do is get my mail. That's it. I don't want to sign up for your petition or to receive your junk mail or to listen to you rant about crap that I don't care about. All my life I've been plagued by these people! They stalk you at college, at the grocery store, and now the freaking post office. What next? Am I going to have to listen to them before I get to order at Wendy's? Please people, just go away. I'm not political. I'm just a girl trying to get her mail and I'm getting way too old to convince people that I'm not 18 yet.

On a brighter note, my boss is recommending me for a promotion. Not a huge promotion but I'll be going from Legal Process Clerk I to Legal Process Clerk II. I'll still be doing the same work but I'll get paid more. I think I'm pretty deserving as I work the counter and know my shit when it comes to traffic court. I'm not perfect by any means but there are times when I have to correct people that have been there longer than I have! I think it's because I do the counter and I have to deal with every situation all day long. Anywho, I'm happy. More money is a good thing :).