I Talk But Nobody Listens

Nothing pisses me off more than having to repeat myself over and over and over....

I got rid of my home phone because the long distance was killing me and I got a cell phone. Well, I also have a cell phone for work. I don't carry them both with me all the time (what a pain in the ass!). If it's during business hours, M-F, I carry the work cell (work pays for it and I have to reimburse them for personal calls on the cell). I have told my parents no less than a dozen times to call my work cell during work hours.

I call my mother to see if there is anything I can pick up for her at Wal-Mart and she tells me no. I get home and there's a message on my home cell that she needs something. So I call her back and tell her I just got the message and I've already been shopping. So she says, "I never know which cell to call."

Jayzus!!! So I tell her, again, to call the business cell during??? Everyone, say it with me, "BUSINESS HOURS!!!!!!" And the thing that cracks me up the most? We all have the same cell provider -- cover your bets and call both! It doesn't cost you anything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know it sounds petty, but my parents are 58 not 98, so why can't they remember where to call? Especially if you think the thing I need to pick up for you is important!!!!!

Okay rant over. I feel better now.

My Ex's Birthday

It's terrible when you just want certain dates to disappear from your memory and each year they sneak up on you and bite you in the ass. My last "serious" boyfriend's b-day is March 14th -- I'll call him K. It's a random enough date, but I just can't seem to erase it. Honestly, most of the time it's hard to erase any of him from my memory. LOL

I remember other past boyfriends birthdays without much emotion. I even remember my ex-fiance's and that guy was an ass and I don't feel anything when I remember the date. But, K's birthday still brings about a little sadness. I'm a firm believer that time does not heal all wounds. There have been 2 boyfriends and 6 years since K. Plenty of time. It just sucks.

What's a Girl to Do?

I’m feeling a little frustrated with my life. I just don’t get why I can’t be happy with what I’m doing. I have a pretty good life. I own my place, I have a great job and I have a great relationship with my family and friends. But for some reason, I’m feeling restless and a tad bored. I don’t know if it’s because I’m not dating anyone at the moment or if I just need to shake something up.

My job is fun, but not terribly challenging and I wonder if it’s time for me to move on. It has a lot more pros than cons. Really the only con is that I’m bored with it. Maybe I should just start small and get a hobby!

I just hate this gnawing feeling that there’s more out there that I could be doing/experiencing, “if only.” It’s really hard to know what is the right thing to do. As you can see, I’m also the type of person who over analyzes everything trying to make sure I don’t make a mistake – which logically, I know is impossible. A risk taker I’m not. :o)

WTF? At the Oscars

Wow, talk about some don'ts, there were a few at the Oscars last night. Here are my faves:


Could the damn bow be any bigger? Charlize Theron is a beautiful woman -- most of the time. This color is just wrong, the style is just wrong and the bow -- My God The Bow! -- is too hideous for words. Come on Charlize, you could (and have) done much better than this.

Keira, where did you find the bauble? This necklace has waaaaay to much going on. Maybe it was beautiful in person, but this thing looks like a rainbow gone wrong. A tip for next year -- leave this one in the vault!

This dress just screams black widow spider. And just who is this chick. It's never a good sign for a star when somebody has to go look them up at IMDB. Ahhh, she's in some movie called Tsotsi. Well, that cleared things right on up for me. Moving on!

Poor Michelle Williams. She finally gets out from under that Dawson's Creek shadow with the hit, Brokeback Mountain and she comes dressed like this. I don't know which is worse, the mustardy yellow of the dress or her fire engine red lipstick. Together it just spells "Fashion Disaster!"

And the worst dressed prize goes to Zandra Rhodes. Who? Yeah, me too. She's a designer. Wow, that's pretty freakin' scary! Her website has more scary photos of her too.

St. Patty's Day Celebrations

There's one great thing about having your birthday on St. Patrick's day -- rarely do you have to twist friends' arms to go out drinking. But I don't do the green beer. That is absolutely the grossest thing ever. I can barely tolerate 'regular' beer and I'm certainly not going to drink something that looks like a science experiment gone horribly wrong.

I'm not sure what I want to do this year. Maybe I'll try out DC 101's annual Kegs and Eggs celebration at Lulu's in DC. I'm not usually a morning drinker, but I guess I could make a change for this year. I love that it's on a Friday this year. My boss has been gracious enough to approve a vacation day (Thanks, Andy!) so the sky's the limit.

What do you guys do for St. Pat's? Growing up in an Irish family means there's a lot to be eaten and drank -- at least for us. Do you have any annual traditions? Now that it's harder to get everyone together, our family has a pact that we'll all have a Guinness and toast the family sometime during the day.

Bridezilla Has Reared Her Ugly Head!

I love my friend -- we'll call her Marnie-- I do. If I didn't I would have never agreed to be in her wedding. I'm usually pretty laid back, so I'm the go to girl to bounce ideas off of. I don't mind saying if something doesn't sound like a good idea and I'm the first one to back you up on a good decision too. But let me be clear on this. I have been in 8 freaking weddings, coordinated 6 bridal showers and 8 bachelorette parties. I don't need reminders, I don't need how-to's. What I need is for you to chill out and let the wedding party do their thing. We have got it covered! We will make sure it's a weekend you are available. We will not surprise you with a shower, we will make sure everyone important is invited. I promise!! The wedding is 6 months away and we are not going to wait until the week before to cram in all the festivities. And if your getting heat from your mom for details, tell her to chill too. Sheesh! What is usually fun, is getting tedious and it's too soon in the game for this.

Remember how we were in K's wedding together and she drove us nuts with "make sure you have blue ribbons for your hair -- no, no, yellow ones -- I mean, pink!" until we just wanted to strangle her? Well, Marnie, we're dangerously close to that point. I love you, take a load off!