We were shopping fools yesterday. And not the good kind of shopping. More like those errands that were put off because we were playing all weekend. Although we did make the mistake of setting foot into Ikea and left with a houseplant, festive napkins, 2 enormous fake sunflowers, and the tea light candles we went in for. LOL, right? After that we did penance at Target. You know, all those things we go to Target for… Oh, and Richard found some furniture he’d like to put outside on the patio to replace our lawn chairs! Sadly, due to Target’s not wanting to sell ‘floor models’ we weren’t able to procure said outdoor furniture. Richard did however collect everyone’s name and plans to contact the DM. Exciting! Then it was off to the Ralph’s for some much needed foodstuff. We work the next 6 days straight and no one wants to be running off to the grocery… It was there that we saw the Sauce Goddess! Her shirt was delightfully sassy so I asked her to pose for a photo. She was cute! The sauce she was demoing was pretty good too. We picked up a jar, but really we just wanted the shirts!! Will be ordering soon…

After all the excitement, and looking ahead at a very busy work-weekend I decided we should forgo the Blogger Meetup.  It would have been fun to go, but I really needed a quiet night in. Besides the huge Tweet-Up is just around the corner. We won’t be missing that one.

All in all it was a good day off. But ow, my wallet! Still sore! Heh!

tagged: day off grocery target errands ikea ralph's

daniel · terribly early · say it · ping it

For as much housework as I accomplished today I think that is a personal best. 

tagged: day off chores home housework

daniel · lunch time · say it · ping it

Due to some miscommunication that annoys the piss outta me I am now off today. I was basically sent home. Because I have to work next Saturday. Period dot. So now… What do I want to do to celebrate la Cinco De Mayo?? 

tagged: work day off cinco de mayo miscommunication

daniel · early afternoon · 3 comments · ping it

Why is it I can wake up from like 12 solid hours of sleep and still manage to feel tired? Just curious.

Love, Daniel

tagged: tired sleep day off 12 hours

daniel · late morning · 2 comments · ping it

Hey look! I am not at work!!

It has been so long since a day off that I felt this was totally blog-worthy… Heh.

tagged: work update day day off

daniel · early afternoon · 1 comment · ping it

Sometimes I like to go to happy hour. I was hoping someone would invite me today, but he got caught up at work. I was bummed. I tried to recreate that happy hour magic at home, but the handful of rice crackers and cheap wine I had here just weren’t the same. Plus, drinking alone isn’t so happy. You see, it was one of those days. It seemed everywhere I turned there was drama and crap. Beh. I hate drama.

Anyhoo, speaking of drama… Yesterday was my last day off for, well more days than I care to count. Of course I had to use it to take my car in for service. The window on the passenger side was having issues. Actually it was loose like a tooth. You could wiggle it when the door was open. Not to mention how it rattled while driving. I think I know when it happened but it doesn’t matter. So we bring it over early in the morning. Super early for a day off! Beh. So after that early wake up call and trip across town we go about our day, totally planning everything so that we’d be back on that side of town when the car was done around 5ish. That’s always when they finish, in my past experience, and I had figured a non-engine issue would be fast. Apparently not so much. We still had heard nothing by 5 so I called to get the status. There was none, as in they hadn’t even touched it yet! So the ‘service advisor’ says he needs to keep it over night and offers me a rental. Ew. I say I’ll try to make other arrangements. So Richard jumps through all these hoops to be able to go into work later so he can drop me off on the way. Nice! Aww! So I call back the car guy, after we were already at home with a whole hors d’oeuvres spread and margaritas on the patio, to let him know I don’t need the rental.

Nope. I wouldn’t have anyway. He told me my car was done. I had until 7:00 PM to get it. So you see what happened there?

You see?

My day was screwed up in the beginning and screwed up at the end. We had to hustle all the food into the house and jet across town. I guess we could have left it anyway, but that was really gonna be a problem. But had Mr. Advisor told me he was getting someone to get on my car, we’d have been ready. I hate crap like that. 

tagged: work richard drama day off car service margaritas rental   Gwen Stefani - Danger Zone    

daniel · early evening · 1 comment · ping it

I just realized it’s SATURDAY! And I am off! Wooo!

Now what? 

tagged: day off saturday

daniel · late morning · say it · ping it

OMG. I haven’t posted all day. Weird. I have to say though, today was kinda off. It started normal enough, day off, gym time, shopping, ect. But I still have to say overall today kinda sucked. I hate arguing. It totally wrecks my mojo.

Tomorrow the final phase of furniture comes in. After this the house is officially full. No more furnishing will be possible. No more room. We have a chair in every possible corner. Or a couch. Whatever is appropriate. Heheheh. That’s right, the recliners Richard ordered will finally be delivered. Those are for the sitting room off the kitchen. The chairs from there are to be split up. One goes into the office, for 2 person computer viewing. The other up into the master bedroom, completing the new look.

I am officially afraid of how much stuff we own. We will never fit into an apartment again.. Scary. I feel so grown up old. 

tagged: richard day off furniture delivery chairs recliners tuesday   stressed

daniel · late at night · 3 comments · ping it

I am not going to the gym today. I will go all of the other days off on my fancy 5 day weekend, but not today. I don’t feel guilty about that either. Nope. No guilt.

I am guilt free....

Yep…

Hrm.  ?

tagged: gym day off guilt   guilty

daniel · lunch time · say it · ping it

What a relaxing day! Richard had to work, and I’ve had the house to myself all day! I did absolutely nothing. It felt so nice! I goofed around on the computer and basically lounged all day…

Now I have selected 2 recipes for dinner. When Richard gets home we will go out to the luxurious remodeled Vons for ingredients. Then we will come back to the house and cuddle by the fire, have cocktails, eat dinner, maybe watch a movie, and retire. Aren’t I fancy?? We’ll have to do a blogumentary on the dinner recipe though, if only because of it’s source. Hehheh. 

tagged: richard day off movie

daniel · mid-afternoon · say it · ping it