Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Tiny Ass Apartment


This was in the news a couple weeks ago, but I was so absolutely floored by it, I have to share.

When I first moved into the building I live in now, I lived in a studio. It was small, and I felt like I barely fit. When I was at Michigan State, I lived in the dorms, and had a tiny ass room to start, and the moved into a double and lived by myself. It was bigger, but still hella tiny. Had those beds that roll, and they tucked under some storage units built into the wall.

Even those were not as small as this apartment: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/city_tiniest_studio_AF3nqD1kArYgpdyTyjNnXP?photo_num=7

I could not imagine living in that space by myself, let alone with someone else, especially a spouse. (Not that I would know from personal experience, having never been married myself.)

Monday, December 07, 2009

Holy crap I am tired!


I am STILL not recovered from my weekend. I need to get some more sleep, so I'll shortly be going to bed. Trying to make up for lost sleep is hard.

My life is pretty busy right now. Work 12 hours/day, out with a friend on Wednesday, meeting a new friend on Friday, baking on Saturday, kid's basketball game on Sunday. And I'm still trying to get some school work done to finish out the quarter.

Not to mention that I have to get back into a regular blogging pattern AND play with all my new craft toys! I promised my supervisor's daughter a "Team Jacob" t-shirt. have to get on that!

I wish I didn't love sleep so much!

Sunday, December 06, 2009

Yes, I am still alive


Wow, I bet you guys missed me. It seems like weeks since we last enjoyed each other. Last week turned out to be ridiculously busy for me. Since I'm a procrastinator, I finished my project the day before it was due and I didn't finish the paper until 2:00am the morning it was due. Had to do the PowerPoint after work and right before class (and all for naught since he didn't actually make us present or stay in class).

However, now that my classes are over, you guys will get to enjoy me again! I know you're excited. I even hope to get some stuff posted on the baking blog.

Yay for times in between classes!

And oh, my supervisor's family is trying to fix me up with someone. It's adorable.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Sketchy


My office has been driving me insane. A not quite right smell, papers all over the place. I started to straighten things up when I finally had some time, and I think I may have discovered where the smell was coming from.

I like to bring treats to work, and occasionally my lunch. When I bring in baked goods, it's not really a big deal. The remnants don't ever get moldy or funky. Not so with my lunch. Today I found some leftover Indian food and some chicken.

I didn't recognize the Indian food right away because the contents were a completely different color than when I brought the container in. The container is home with me now, but I'm pretty afraid to open it.

At least it's out of my office.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Black Friday - Final


Thursday actually began my shopping fun. I picked up my long-desired Cricut machine and six cartridges to go with it from Michael's before meeting up with friends for Thanksgiving dinner and a movie.

Friday was a loooooooooooong day. As you may have read, I decided it would be best to just camp out at Fry's starting at 12:30am. The line was already around the building at that point, and I wanted that printer.

They let us in at 4:45am, and I made a beeline for where I thought the printer might be. Rushing past me were hoards of people looking to snag a laptop on the cheap. I am SO thankful I was not in that crowd.

I would have been in and out of the store faster, but I'd had to pee for two hours outside, so I took care of that (after getting the printer, of course). There was almost no one in line when I checked out. It wouldn't have mattered anyway, they had almost 60 cashiers working.

After loading the printer in my car, I headed to Joann Fabric & Crafts to get the sewing machine tote Joanne asked me to grab for her. I got there much earlier than I anticipated, and had to wait like 40 minutes for the store to open. Once they let us inside, I called Joanne to see which print she wanted, since it looked like they had three different prints on the sewing totes. I picked one up and went to get my Joann's purchase - a sticker machine. I was hoping to be able to use my 50% off coupon, but that only applied to items that weren't already on sale, so I was bummed. Then, I noticed that it was 40% off and I had another 20% off coupon. Ended up a better deal.

The line at Joann's was much longer than at Fry's and I had to wait a bit. It was totally fortunate that I did. The woman in front of me noticed the tote and commented on how nice it was, and "Oh, is that a quilting tote?" I was like, "Um,no, it's a...oh, shit, it is." I had to get out of line, and go grab the right thing. The line grew by the time I got back in it and the cashiers all seemed to be having issues. Eventually I made it out with Joanne's sewing tote and the Xyron 5" Creative Station.

I headed to Michael's next, but I'm not sure why. I know I picked up an embossing machine, but I'm not sure what else.

By now I'm pretty tired, and all I want to do is go home. I'd gotten a couple short naps in while I was waiting outside Fry's (totally not a good idea, I had no idea who any of the people were around me), but they didn't do much for me. However, I've been looking for a silicone rolling pin, and I knew there was a Bed, Bath, and Beyond nearby and I had a 20% off my total purchase coupon. I made my way over there without killing anyone with my car. I went in search of my rolling pin, but had absolutely NO luck. I did find the French rolling pin I wanted and, as a bonus, a giant cupcake cake pan (silicone!) and a pack of three springform pans for making cheesecake.

I went to Target next. I hadn't really planned on it, but the BBB and Target are very close, and I really wanted to return some things and pick up some Q-tips. The return was really easy. No one was in that line. I went into the store to get the Q-tips, and the checkouts didn't look so bad. Until I got into the store that is. The line to check out wrapped around the store. It looked neat because they were calling people from the line. I decided that that was not the time for hygiene products and left.

I got home and took a 6 hour nap. After I woke up in the afternoon, I hit up Target and Best Buy. An infinitely better idea than trying them in the morning. I scored some containers for sugars and flour, a video game, a Blu-Ray movie, and some juice.

On Saturday, I went back to Joann's and grabbed another cartridge for my Cricut machine and some magnet material for the Creative Station. I went to Michael's and got some two-sided laminate as well. I cannot wait to start playing with that stuff!
All in all, an awesome shopping weekend.

Friday, November 27, 2009

Insanity


I have definitely lost my mind. Right now, as I write this, I feel like a homeless person. It is 2am, and I am lying on the ground. Outside. It is 40 degrees out. I am surrounded by strangers.

All of this for an $80 color laser printer and maybe a Blu-Ray movie. Black Friday, I love you.

(To be fair to me, I already scored an awesome deal on a Cricut machine. God bless you, Michael's, for being open on Thanksgiving.)

Around the country, thousands of people are doing the same thing. Are we all crazy?

I imagine this is better when done with friends. I'll keep that in mind for next year. Maybe next year I'll be getting hundreds off some gigantic TV.

But probably, it'll be for something small and dumb.

Thursday, November 26, 2009

The obligatory Thanksgiving post


On this day of Thanksgiving, we should all take a minute and ponder on what it is that we're thankful for. No really, go ahead and take a minute, right now. I'm waiting...

You're welcome. I say this because I know what you all just thought about. That's right, you thought about ME and how you're thankful for me and my blogging. No need to hide it, I know it. I'm happy I can be here to delight, amuse, and amaze you.

Seriously though, thanks for reading. I'd be blogging even if you weren't, but I feel better knowing I'm not just typing to myself.

I hope you have a great Thanksgiving and a wonderful holiday season!

I love Costco


In a lapse of judgment, I decided that today would be a good day to go to Costco to get ground cinnamon. A lot of what I bake uses it, and I figured it had to be cheaper at Costco than at the grocery store. Who cares if it requires a truck to cart it home? I'd have enough ground cinnamon and it would be cheap.

I got to the parking lot and kicked myself mentally. The damn place was PACKED. Filled with people buying pumpkin pie for tomorrow. It was pretty busy, but I was on a mission. Somehow I got derailed.

While I was looking for the ground cinnamon, I found sugar. A 10-pound bag of sugar. I also found a 4-pound bag of brown sugar. I picked up both because really, you can never have too much sugar.

Where I really got lost was the flour. Most baking requires it, and for some reason, it's not particularly cheap here. I pay almost $5 for a 5-pound bag of flour. So, when I saw some for $6.79, I picked it up. Of course, it required a lot of effort on my part since it was a TWENTY-FIVE POUND BAG.

That's right, ladies and gentlemen, I bought a huge ass bag of flour.

Joy.
 

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