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| Thursday, July 17th, 2008 | | 2:56 pm |
curses
I got a $500 check in the mail from my school for being a student ambassador. I was pretty sure the check was based on my participation in the new student orientation, which I could not attend. I decided to be honest and ask the dean if I could cash this check. He said no, and to return it to him. I should have just cashed it. They would have never known. I could really use an extra $500 - there's SO much we need to buy for the house. Oh well. It all works out in the end. | | Monday, March 10th, 2008 | | 9:55 pm |
We put a bid in on a house!
Copied directly from myspace. heheh. Yay! Kinda scary, but very exciting. http://picasaweb.google.com/MaryTereseTorres/Houses02It's the one at 14 stocks street. The others were either gorgeous inside and had a 2 foot yard, or trashed inside and had a huge yard. The one we picked is great inside, with minimal cosmetic damage, and has a decent sized yard. It's a really nice first house..I'm so excited that prices fell enough that we can afford this! :) I didn't realize how many homes out there were foreclosed. And how people purposely trash their houses when they are foreclosed. At some houses, I saw holes punched in the walls, scribbling all over the walls...things people did just to ruin the house before they left. It's a shame. Anyways....HOORAY! | | Friday, January 4th, 2008 | | 12:17 am |
happiness
reposted from my myspace... (I actually signed on for the first time in months..) I wonder what it will take to make me happy all the time. I thought i would be happy if i was married. I am. Then I thought i'd be happy if i had a lot of money. I do. I thought i'd be happy if i had a lot of nice things. I do. I thought I'd be happy if i got involved in neighborhood and school activities for the boys. I thought I would be happy from earning straight A's every semester, getting accepted into the honors society, and getting scholarships. I thought I would be happy if i got involved in volunteering for local charities and "giving back". Why am I never happy with myself or my situations? I feel like i'm constantly reaching for some unrealistic goal that can never be achieved, so I never feel satisfied. It is a curse. I go to bed satisfied with myself, and wake up with a feeling of impending doom. What does it take to make one happy? I think I need a different outlook on life. Mary | | Friday, August 3rd, 2007 | | 5:04 pm |
sigh
someone stole my entire camera bag from a wedding I was at recently. I've been stalking various people trying to see if someone picked it up, but i'm running out of hope. There goes $1300+ worth of camera equipment. :( | | Saturday, July 21st, 2007 | | 9:50 pm |
hooray!
i fit in medium size clothes for the first time in 2+ years. i've been taking hatha yoga classes while i'm waiting for my kundalini yoga classes to start up again in the fall. it involves a lot more balance and muscle use, which is toning me up nicely. in other news, i'm taking 4 classes in the fall. i'm enjoying my summer break. the end. | | Saturday, May 5th, 2007 | | 9:35 pm |
yay clothes
I just went on a massive shopping spree at kohl's. i haven't bought myself a decent wardrobe in like 10 years. I've NEVER been able to afford to buy the clothes I really want, and end up settling for polo shirts and such. I was always afraid to buy dressier clothes, because I knew it would start a chain reaction in which i needed shoes to match, then earrings, bracelets, necklaces, hair things, etc. This time, I said fuck it. I ransacked the fun fancy dressy outfits area. I bought myself beautiful dresses. I bought myself silky pajamas. I bought awesome outfits. I bought myself shoes. I am very excited to wear my new clothes. They make me look great :) But now i want to go out and accessorize! Shopping is dangerous. | | 1:07 am |
rant
the other day, as i was talking to one of my neighbors in passing, she kept walking and turned her back to me when i was in the middle of saying something to her. she totally ignored what I had to say. It really hurt my feelings, although I realize that this woman is the neighborhood WT gossip. It makes me bitter when the twins' friends mothers won't let them come over to my house, or insist on coming and lurking in teh background when I invite them anywhere. They say their children are uncomfortable with new surroundings, but according to the kids themselves, their mother isn't comfortable. I am young, but I am a good mother. I am responsible and mature, and keep my home safe and appropriate for all children. It's hard to explain to your children why their best friend from school cant' come over to play. it makes me sad when the boys get invited over for a playdate once, but never again, although the mother raves to me how well behaved they were, and I return the playdate favor by having the child over at my house. Am I doing something wrong? Am I not up to speed on playdate etiquite? do I smell? what the hell am i doing to drive everyone away? it's hard trying to fit in with a bunch of 40 year old bleached blonde surburban housewives. They're warm one minute, and cold the next. luckily, a lot of parents to children bean's age are closer to my age, more friendly, and more open to conversation. I have friends and such who have kids bean's age, or close to it, with who i can hang out with. It's just the age gap between me (27) and suburban mothers of seven year olds (43) seems to be impossible to bridge. life goes on I'm considering taking yoga teacher certification classes for kundalini yoga...we'll see how that pans out. i've really enjoyed classes and the various things we do in them...i'm interested in learning more, and perhaps even teaching it. i've been instructing family and friends on various kriyas as it is...so we'll see how things go. my radishes, carrots, spinach, peas, pole beans and romaine lettuce have started to sprout..i've never grown anything from seeds before, so i'm kind of proud of them all. in my long garden i have two lemon balm plants, broccoli, lemon thyme, oregano, rosemary, chammomile, dill, three types of pepper plants, a few basil plants, and a tomato plant. I'm going to plant another pepper plant and a zuchinni plant. i also have more basil plants growing from seed in my sunroom, and many pots of spearmint (i had to tear it out of the garden because it was taking over). my strawberry plants from last year came back, i tore some out of the planter and gave them away so that I have room to bury more runner plants this year. I inherited an orchid through freecycle, i've been researching it, and found out what kind it is....Lc. Green Veil "Dressy". I can't figure out much besides that, all I can find is pictures about it. I will spray it with water randomly and try to keep it humid...and hope it doesn't die. I'm weird...i refuse to grow flowers, only veggies, because i "always kill flowers". yet when i DO try to keep a flowering plant alive, i choose the most bitchass finicky flowering plant in the world. giggle. i think i'm turning into an old person... i'm really getting into gardening and plants. the me of 5 years ago would have thrown shit at the me of today. life is good... the semester is almost over. aubs heads to SF next week for a conference, so i'm sure i'll be bored and lonely, if anyone wants to stalk me..feel free. back to school, i should keep up my 4.0 average, and scholarships get announced this month. i applied for like 20, hopefully i'll get at least one... it really helps pay for school related shit. in other news, the last weight loss update i posted on here said like 8 lbs or something... i'm up to 19 lbs lost. not a huge difference, but enough that i can fit in my pre pregnancy jeans again. i've managed to keep my funsize boobs too, which is always a plus. i've been shitty at posting updates and such on here...i've been busy. i'll try to make more of an effort to post here :D | | Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 | | 10:20 pm |
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i hate when i'm eating baby carrots, loving life...and i get a bitter one. totally ruins the experience. in other news, my classes are going extremely well. i love yoga. elizabeth, i now know what the downward dog is ;) i've been walking, jogging, and running more the past 2 weeks. and eating smaller portions, and snacking healthier. i've lost 8 lbs! :) it's good to finally see progress, although I never tried for more than a day or two before. | | Monday, January 8th, 2007 | | 8:46 pm |
whee.
semester is over. well, it was over almost a month ago. two more a's. :) i'm taking three classes next semester: Accounting 212 Honors English Composition Yoga Should be good times. i went out and bought a yoga outfit because i'm sassy. Classes start the 15th. I've been trying to lose weight. I stopped boobyfeeding piper (i couldn't keep up with her appetite) so that made me want to eat less. I've been trying to be more active in general... I look thinner, but i weigh the same. Feh. I'd like to lose about 25 lbs....we'll see how that goes. I tried doing jump rope today for the first time in like 10 years. It was a disaster. My ankles and knees couldn't support my weight, and I went tumbling down like a jackass. I've been practicing though (god that makes me sound pathetic) and i can do it a bit now before I have to stop. I guess it's a matter of conditioning my body. We got a Wii for christmas. it is awesome, and also helps me get in shape... playing tennis, boxing and bowling really works various parts of my arms, thighs and butt. :) after a period of intense activity and motivation, i've been feeling very blah lately. i suppose it's understandable. That's about it. :) | | Monday, October 9th, 2006 | | 3:25 pm |
weekend of ghey
it's been a while. sorry. This past weekend aubs and i celebrated our one year anniversary :) aubs went all out and got us a room at some fancy pants bed and breakfast out in white post. saturday morning we dropped off piper at his parents, and headed out. we stopped at linden winery. we had the standard tasting, then went into some other room and ordered some sort of goat cheese, venison sausage, and baugette, and sat and enjoyed our wine with them while we waited for a "premier" cellar tasting. it was pretty sweet....they take you into the cellar, where all the wines are fermenting..it's all candlelit, and they let you taste the high quality wines they make. they even served up a garganzola/pear tart with the dessert wine. it was nice :) we got two bottles of good stuff to save for a special occasion, then we headed out to l'auberge provencale. it was raining and nasty, so it was just like our wedding day ;) our room was totally sweet.... http://www.laubergeprovencale.com/room2.htmlaubrey had ordered rose petals for the bed, a bottle of champagne, and chocoate covered strawberries. we relaxed in the sitting room drinking and eating in our robes until it was time to get ready for dinner. i wore my new fancy black dress, heels, fancy earrings, and i got all gussied up. our dinner was OUTSTANDING. for an appetizer, i had chapelure crusted scallops with arugula salad and ver jus butter. for my salad, i had a rabbit salad with apple frisse and a sage dijon maple vinaigerette. for my main course i had poached lobster tail with mussels and other things i can't prounounce. i had a white chocolate raspberry martini and an apple pie martini, and we split a bottle of wine. for dessert, i had three little chocolate/raspberry thingies. i'm vauge about them because at this point, i was pretty damn toasty. i also made it a point to steal some of aubrey's food...he got two types of seared tuna for his appetizer (my appetizer was teh winner), beef tenderloin carpaccio (my salad won) and rack of lamb for his main course (his won bigtime! it was the best food i'd ever eaten) they personalized our menus cutely, wishing us a happy anniversary. i saved the menus because i'm a cheeseball. we had an aromatherapy steam shower in our room, which i loved, but aubrey hated, so that didnt' last long. i had plans to stay up all night talking and being ghey, but i was so tired and full and buzzed that i ended up going to sleep at like 10:30. i'm such a party animal now a days, eh? for breakfast, we had a broccoli and carmelized onion quiche, pork tenderloin, bacon, and a potato something or another cake. it was all very yummy i'd highly suggest this place for a romantic getaway. i had a really awesome time, and can't wait to go back!! now, back to real life... | | Wednesday, September 13th, 2006 | | 1:45 pm |
stuff and things
1. a semi rear-ended aubs on the toll road. not a full-length tractor trailer, but a step below. anyways, he smashed aubs, who smashed the person in front of him, who smashed the person in front of him. needless to say, the eclipse got totalled. :( we got a nice settlement check though and... 2. we got a new car yesterday. 2007 civic EX. in "galaxy gray". it's so awesome. i never thought i'd say that about a civic, but they redesigned it in 2006 with a sleeker body style and more sass. it gets 40 mpg highway too, which is really nice. we had to reserve it, because 2007's aren't really out yet, they're trying to sell 2006's...we bought it like 15 minutes after it came off of the truck. I would have preferred a 2006, price-wise, but we couldn't find any 2006's in the car we wanted. 3. i cashed in like 10 years worth of marlboro miles. i got two tents and two sleeping bags. they are stylish, and don't say "marlboro" anywhere on them, so it's all good. apparently they aren't printing or accepting miles anymore, so i'm glad i cashed them in when i did. i was scared they wouldnt' accept them because half of them weren't "new" miles, but i saw my check cleared today, which means they accepted them. maybe we'll go camping at shenandoah sometime this fall. it's kind of ironic that i dont' even smoke anymore. 4. school is going good...taking accounting and marketing this time around. they're full semester classes, so the slow pace is killing me. 5. the boys started 1st grade last week. they love it! | | Tuesday, August 15th, 2006 | | 10:25 pm |
order of business
ooh! fall semester starts on monday!! I'm taking two classes this time, full semester ones, not that wacky half-semester summer class nonsense that i did last time ;) I'm taking intro to marketing and accounting fundamentals. I took two years of accounting in high school, so hopefully i'll be able to beat my way through the cobwebs and remember some of the things i learned. THe lovely jillian teller is going to let me use her book from when she took that class, saving me 100 smacks. i love you jillian. i'm taking all the "hard" classes now, so that later on i can load up on the cake classes (fitness, composition, etc), maybe taking 3-4 of those in a semester. i arranged a meeting with a counselor, so that i can offically register for a major...and get my other questions answered. I've been researching scholarships, there are quite a few available, tailored specifically to homemakers, or "returning" women, or women in general. Hopefully I will qualify for some, even though I am part time. I'm working on my heartfelt essay. chuck has a girlfriend... apparently she's a mother of twins too! he's moved in with her...and i've noticed a huge improvement in his attitude towards me, friendliness, and the amount of things he's been doing with the boys, and the responsibility he's been taking on. the boys have been coming back unspoiled, not acting like babies, and listening to me (for the most part). i see this as a blessing, and hope the goodwill continues. my husband is the most awesome husband ever. earlier today i gave him the "i want a first anniversary full of romance and love"...basically, asking for a first anniversary with just the two of us, bottles of champagne and wine, a big bubbly bathtub...all that ghey shit. i don't ask for much, if at all, so i was pretty insistent on a night of ghey. he went and booked us a room here http://www.laubergeprovencale.com/index.htmli'm reading up on it, and i'm really psyched. it's some le snoot french bed and breakfast near rt 81... it sounds relaxing, posh, beautiful, and the food sounds really really awesome. I can't wait to tour wineries in the area, walk through the gardens, have a fancy ass meal, probably the best one of my life, and then lounge in a fancy atmosphere with chocolates, champagne, wines, etc. Our room even has an aromatherapy shower. Giggle! I feel so fortunate to finally have a life i've always dreamed of. of course there's bumps and bs along the way, but it really helps me appreciate the moments of happiness and contentedness that come along. /ghey | | Friday, August 4th, 2006 | | 2:47 pm |
1. apparently, my sister's upstairs neighbor's a/c broke and is pouring out water everywhere. last night her walls started seeping with oddly colored water and mold. she came here like a refugee at like 10:30 pm, bringing her two cats with her. violet is very bitter about this, and has spent the past day hissing and snarling at the other cats. having three cats makes me feel just a wee bit like a creepy cat lady. 2. kim, amanda, and jessie are coming over, and we're taking the boys fruit picking. there's blackberries, apples, and peaches. i have been cooking a pot roast all day, so we will feast and have drinks of alcoholic nature afterwards. 3. i'm going up to visit my parents this weekend 4. i finally put up pictures of our new place...hit me up if you wanna see the album yay! | | Monday, July 31st, 2006 | | 7:17 pm |
!!
my watermelon is yellow. they mismarked my watermelon. it's crimson sweet yellow watermelon i guess you can't tell the difference between the yellow and the pink when they're little seedlings. i had no idea there even WAS yellow watermelon it's hard to eat yellow watermelon. it's like trying to eat that green ketchup they had out for a while. my kids love it though ps - i made the rosemary garlic pork tenderloin. divine. | | Thursday, July 27th, 2006 | | 9:06 pm |
craving
I am craving pork tenderloin. pork tenderloin stuffed with fresh rosemary and garlic. and rubbed with oil and garlic on the outside. i will make it soon. | | 6:33 pm |
congrats to myself
it has been a year and a day since i smoked a cigarette. in other news, piper can now eat real food! she eats rice cereal, and i steamed, pureed, and froze yellow squash and carrots. the yellow squash came from our garden. baby food is expensive. 75 cents a jar, for things you can make yourself, if you have the time. next i will do green beans and peas. our watermelon plant continues to take over our yard. i have to keep twisting the vines so that they stay contained in our 7X4 garden area. i find it hilarious that everything died in that patch, but the watermelon is flourishing. we have a melon, it's growing bigger and bigger. when it's like 10 lbs i will cut it off and have a party. :) | | 12:58 pm |
Upromise
after two years of leaving my account stagnant, I have shown new interest in my Upromise account for those who don't know what that is, it's a site at which you register your credit card, grocery frequent shopping cards, etc and for every purchase you make at participating retailers, you get a certain percentage deposited into your Upromise account, which is an account you can put towards your kids' college costs. You can invite family and friends to link up to your account, so I've started doing that. If anyone's interested in helping me out, shoot me an email at maryanarchy at gmail dot com and i'll send you an invitation! :) it's free, all you have to do is register a credit card and/or grocery store and drug store frequent shopper cards. Everything's automatic, you don't have to do anything but buy stuff! ;) | | Monday, July 24th, 2006 | | 2:57 pm |
hooray
my half-assed diet and exercise regimen is starting to have some visible results. my diet = not eating whatever i want whenever i want anymore. turning down desserts. eating carrots instead of sandwiches for a snack. my exercise = walking about 1.25 miles every other day with the dog/baby/aub i weighed in at 161.4 this morning. this pleases me...i've lost about 35 pounds since i had the baby :D only about 15 more lbs to go until i'm back at my pre-preggers weight....although that may be tough to get to again, because it's also my "pre-quitting smoking" and "pre-stopping taking adderall" weight. i'm willing to bet i'll lose a lot of weight when i stop breastfeeding down the road. i won't have boobs anymore though :( | | Wednesday, July 19th, 2006 | | 1:45 pm |
i hate home depot.com
over two months ago, i ordered a baker's rack from home depot.com. I waited 2 weeks for it, and it never showed up. i had to call in to get a tracking number for the item. Turns out it was damaged in transit, rejected from the Chantilly UPS, and sent back to home depot. no one informed me of this, and if i wouldn't have called in, i would still be waiting for it. I called back in, got a credit issued, and ordered another one. They told me my credit would take 3-4 weeks to appear. I waited 4 weeks, called back and said my credit hadn't been issued. I had to wait on hold for an HOUR...only to be told my credit was rejected, they didn't know why, but they were trying it again, and it would be in my account in 48 hours. four days later i called back again, had to be put on hold for 45 minutes AGAIN, only to be told the exact same thing, that they had no idea why my credit didn't go through, but that it would be posted to my bank account within 72 hours. Here i am, almost a week later, on hold again for what i'm sure will be an hour. I'm going to see if they can send me a check. this is fucking ridiculous. reasons i'm extra bitter: 1. if you want to place an order, you get a CSR almost immediately. If you want to return an item or have questions about your refunds, you have to wait an hour. 2. this rack cost $180. I have been out $180 for two months. I had to be a cheap ass on my vacation because i had very limited funds, thanks to home depot. If I don't get results in this phone call, i'm sending the better business bureau after them. this is fucking ridiculous. ps - i'll be out at transit tonight. | | Monday, July 17th, 2006 | | 12:32 pm |
laywer bill
i'm about to write a check for $1,100, pretty much depleting what's left of my savings account. i wouldn't be so bitter, but we ended up coming to the EXACT AGREEMENT THAT I SUGGESTED IN THE FIRST PLACE. if he would have just listened to me.... i hate him. |
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