B.erry L.ettucy and T.asty

I had one of these for lunch today:

Some one please tell me how bread, lettuce, tomato and bacon can be SO delicious!

I loved every bite of it and plan on making myself one for dinner.

Seriously?

We have lunch as a team (with everyone on church staff) about twice a week.

We all choose one restaurant and order. One person volunteers to go out and pick up lunch. We have it upstairs, outside the Pastoral Staff offices.

I've been trying to have a more servile attitude so I've been volunteering quite a bit recently.

I have found that I have a pet peeve when it comes to being a lunch delivery lady:

It bugs the heck out of me every time I come in with all these bags and drink-filled cups (totally exhausted from walking up the stairs with all the stuff) and people ask me, "So, which one's mine?".

Here's my inner monologue: "I just drove all the way out to pick up your food, missed valuable productivity time, hauled all this food upstairs, practically put it on your lap and you still want me to look through everything and tell you which one's yours? The least you could do is check for yourself."

I know that my inner monologue probably counteracts my servant attitude, but dude...

it seriously bugs me...

seriously.

Catch Me if You Can!

I love getting caught up on stuff.

Last night I balanced my check book while watching Jon and Kate Plus Eig8t.

I cleaned my room, folded laundry, put it away, prepped some yummy food for today and cleaned out some paperwork.

Today at the church, I got to tie up some loose ends that had just been there and I got to catch up on lots of stuff that had been pending. Filing pictures, making some picture CDs for people, etc. One of those pending things had been pending since last summer...yikes!

I love catching up on stuff.

Makes me feel like I can do SO much more!

AND, I even got started on my to do list for this week :)

Pseudo-Celebrity Sighting

Yesterday (while waiting for the Monorail) I looked behind me and saw her:

She's Ev from the Gauntlet.

I wasn't sure it was her at first (she's tiny in person) until I heard her speak.
Plus, she was wearing that exact, same pony tail.

And then, while having lunch at the Rainforest Cafe I spotted him:

Slade Smiley from the Real Housewives of Orange County.

Reality stars are just all over the place!

MORE Stranger Words

You can read the first Stranger Words HERE.

I bought some Lil' Smokies for the sleepover (Saturday morning breakfast).

When I took the package out of the freezer I noticed that the expiration date was January 21st...are you kidding me?!? Gross!

After dropping Brenda off I went to Super A to get a refund.

As I parked, it began to rain really hard...I wasn't ready for rain so I decided to make a run for it across the parking lot.

As I was running an old man said, "You're going to get wet...and very sick!".

Just like that, like I was 12 again.

I'm telling you...I'm like a stranger magnet these days!

4am Makeovers

A couple of the girls slept over on Friday night.

We talked like crazy, played "Truth or Truth" and ate...a lot.

When Bibi, Melissa, Abby and Janette fell asleep (I have photos of these sleeping beauties but won't post them...I'm not that mean), Aileen, Brenda and I decided to get all made up (hair and all) and do a photo shoot.

The prep:

The result:

Then, the girls became hommies:

BONUS PHOTO

Bibi wearing leopard pants, laying on a tiger blanket while resting her head on a zebra print pillow case...how exotic!

It was a really fun, tiring night...went to bed at 5am...wow!

Changing Fashions

I made an observation while driving to the bank today.

There were a bunch of students walking home from school and as I watched them I noticed they all wore their backpacks identically. They used both of the straps over their sholders.

When I was in early high school it was SO nerdy to wear both straps of your backpack...everyone put one strap over their shoulder.

Strange...

what made you a nerd in 1999 makes you fit in in 2008...

times change.

Just Call Me J-Lo

About two weeks ago Marlene, Edgar's sister, asked me to help her with her wedding.
She get's married in 3 months!

We had our first "wedding meeting" today.

We went over guest count, food, flowers, location, timelines, videos, slideshows, lighting, sound, music...we mostly did a big overview.

I LOVE that I get to help plan a wedding.

Here's where all that "Whose Wedding is it Anyway?" and "A Wedding Story" watching comes in.

I'm also glad I watched, "My Best Friend's Wedding", "The Wedding Planner" and "Wedding Date" hundreds of times.

I kept being annoying throughout the meeting...I said things like, "You are exquisite, you are timeless..." (The Wedding Planner) and "Oh, I want to get married!".

I really do feel like a planner...

so far, I get to be the one that guides the procession into the church for the ceremony and I get to be the one that says what happens (on and off stage) when during the reception.

I'm thinking of getting an earpiece...just for kicks...even if no one is on the other end.

P.S. I also just got asked to be a bridesmaid at my friend Roxy's wedding, December 6th!

TV Resolutions

I promised myself I'd watch some new TV this year...read HERE.

Smallville Season 1 was on sale at Target yesterday...so I bought it.

I watched two episodes last night...so far, so good.

I'll let you know how it goes.

The Office...

you're next!

I'm sad to report that the Gladiators were not sufficiently entertaining...they didn't make it past the first episode.

N-E-R-D

My blog friend, Allison, and I are making plans to hang out in the near future.

I am so excited...I realize how nerdy that sounds.

Ever since we set the idea of meeting up I think about what I'd like to do and talk about with her whenever I read her comments on my blog.

Here's what I've thought of so far:

1. I'd like to watch some TV with her.

2. Have her guide me through google analytics...I'm terribly confused by it.

3. Have her say "brilliant" in a British accent.

4. Have her tell me about Kenya.

5. Talk about blogs.

There's other stuff too, but I'd like to save that for the actual meet and greet.

Although we've met before, we actually get to hang out this time...

excellent!

I will not allow my personal tragedy interfere with my ability to do good hair...

I've always had short hair.

Always.

But now, I have long hair...it was intentional...I worked long and hard to grow it out.

Here's what my hair looked like, as of Sunday afternoon:

The girls and I took a picture together and it seems as though only my first layer decided to show up (on the left side):

After looking at this picture, I'm contemplating going back to short.

My small group has asked me to keep it long...they like it long, so do I...but maybe change in good.

What do you think?

Small Group Quote Wall

Me: "Hey, do you have those individual size napkins? Those are way cheaper than using the roll."
German: "Yeah, oh those napkins? Yeah, we don't have them."

Me: "He's becoming in-Creesy-ngly..." (about Man on Fire)
German: "Oh, that should be on quote wall!"

Valerie: "There's the door!"
German: "Yeah, why don't you use it?"
Everyone: "Oooohhhhh!"

ABS-olute Pain

I posted, earlier this week, that I wore a new pair or one-size-too-small-jeans.

I wore them from around 8am until 9pm...all Sunday.

They were tight at the waist, but I managed...hoping I'd loosed them a bit, for the next time I'd wear them.

So I get up on Monday morning and have major trouble tightening my abs (to get out of bed). My stomach hurts as if I'd been working my abs out all Sunday.

Then it hits me...

my pants!

My abs still hurt today...

everytime I get up, lean over, make any type of movement that invloves my abdominals...pain.

Seriously, I never thought that could happen.

Stranger Words

We had Bibi's birthday lunch today.

So, so good!

As we were walking through the parking lot back to our cars Damaris decided it'd be funny to smack Jorge on the knees...

he didn't think it was funny, so he attacked and she dropped her Bible on the floor...he picked it up and ran off.

Then, while we went over to Damaris' car, I said, "You know Jorge, just can't walk away from a fight"...this random lady walks right past us and says (something along the lines of), "All Jorge's are like that!"...in a bitter, angry tone.

Seriously...

we couldn't stop laughing.

There's some Jorge out there making a woman miserable.

Calvin Kan't Fit

My mom and I went shopping yesterday morning.

We scouted Macy's, Nordstrom's and other random stores for really great, cheap jeans.

We bought other stuff (cardigan, blouse, new black flats) too, but mainly we wanted to buy some great fitting jeans.

We hit the jackpot at Macy's...

I got a pair of Calvin Klein's for $25...original $88...reduced to $45...but ultimately came out to a sweet $25.

Only problem...

they are one size too small.

I'm wearing them right now...but wish I had a girdle on...

My mom persuaded me into buying them, saying they'd be a stronger motivation for me while taking my cardiokickboxing class.

I think it'll work.