Monday, bleh

Allergies are kicking my booty today. I did discover that Tylenol Sinus Severe medicine is the greatest thing ever. Love the stuff.

I went to register today as a Volunteer Deputy Registrar. I can register people to vote. Yes, there is a reason I went to do this! I am volunteering this weekend at a Voter Registration Drive. I am very excited - it is one way to help get out the vote (for whomever you chose to vote for!!). The deadline to register to vote for the Nov. 4 election is October 6. So, if you haven't done so, go and register. If you need any info, just let me know. I have a list of the registration offices for other counties (I can only register people who live in Dallas County). This website is very helpful for those registered in Dallas County: http://www.dalcoelections.org/. So, no matter the candidate of your choice, you must get registered and more importantly, you must actually go vote! (I was given all sorts of information - early polling locations, etc - so if you have any questions, please ask!!) And I will definitely let you know how the voter registration drive goes this weekend. It is a non-partisan event, which is actually a good thing.

"The Office" is back on the Thursday!!! I can't stand how excited I am :). Don't try to call 8-9 pm on Thursday. You know I won't answer! And "Grey's Anatomy" comes back too. I can't wait to see what happens with Meredith and Derek. I never thought I'd care about them, but I really do :).

Have a great evening! (I got my sewing machine yesterday so time to get started on a project! Halloween is coming up, so we will see what I can make for that.)

Happy Birthday Mom

Happy Birthday Mom! Have a great day :)>.

The Weekend is Over. Bleh.

I saw Mama Mia today at the Bass Hall in Fort Worth today. It was still awesome. Loved it!!! And the cast was great. I will be singing "Dancing Queen" at least until Wednesday :). Thanks for taking me Mom!

I found this kitty video over on Cuteoverload. It is good for a laugh or two. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG_IcgVb-WM

Everyone have a great Sunday night!!!

Note to Channel 5

Um, the storm isn't that bad in the DFW area. You don't need to keep doing weather coverage at the expense of showing "Chuck". Thank you, that is all. I am sure there was nothing on before to delay the news coverage. They are just doing overkill.

On the brighter note, it is so nice outside. Love the wind and rain and happy coolness it brought :).

Good night.

Friday night chill out

Don't worry, I did go out tonight. I just got back pretty early. I am sitting here at 11:30 watching CNN and the Hurricane coverage. I don't know why, but Ike is scaring the bejeebies out of me!!! This hurricane just seems like it is getting bigger and bigger. I mean, we are even supposed to feel the winds and rain in Dallas tomorrow. That is a big ass storm. I don't even remember following Katrina this closely. Maybe because of Katrina I am more intrigued, I don't know. I just know I am following it a lot more. I just pray that the damage and devastation they predict coming, doesn't. But this darn storm looks like an angry Pacman wanting to eat up Texas and LA. Good luck and God keep safe the folks on the Texas Coast!!! We have an office in Corpus and two in Houston so I hope those employees got out or at least hunkered down well. I guess we will find out next week.

Sarah Palin. Geesh. I still don't think this woman is qualified to be VP. I think I am more qualified to be VP. I really think she is fascinating and I would love to meet her. She would be fun to debate and just talk to over a drink in a bar. But the lady does not need to be a heart beat away from the presidency. And I seem to meet people who love her. Man, I don't like arguing (well, not twice in one day, which I did today :)). But, the idea that Tina Fey will play her on SNL just makes me giddy. Tina Fey is one truly talented woman and I love everything she does. That will be awesome.

Okay, back to CNN and the Weather Channel. Really nothing interesting happened this week. It was long and I am glad its Friday. I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend. I get to go see "Mama Mia" on the stage again with my mom on Sunday! Can't wait. It will be fun.

Weekend Wrap up

Nothing too big happened this weekend. I went for a facial yesterday, slept a lot and watched scary movies on the Sci Fi Channel. I ended up getting sucked into one called "Unrest". The lead looked like Britney Spears. It wasn't a bad movie, not Oscar worthy for sure! It had an interesting premise but like any cheesy scary movie, had major holes.

All in all it was a good weekend. I got a lot of sleep and that was one of the goals! There are no huge stories to tell :). Yeah, I guess I need to schedule the delivery of my sewing machine so I can start sticking myself with needles :).

Everyone have a great week!!!

No Title

No Krav tonight. I did bills today and realized, if I wanted to eat, I might need to start next pay period. So the week of the 15th, I promise, a report of the butt whiping people will get. Trust me, I will probably still be in "Kick you in the head mode".

Now off to search sewing projects on-line. I am obsessesed :)>.

Happy Thursday! Good night.

Happy Wednesday

I have decided to learn how to sew. I think it is all these Project Runway episodes. Mom has a sewing machine I am going to take from my parent's house. She said Dad will be very happy :). We'll see where this experiment goes. I really need curtains and hey, might as well try it out on that. People, I don't even have a needle in my apartment, so this will be fun!!!

I am going to Krav tomorrow. I swore to Ryan I would go -- and while he won't kill me if I don't go, I made a promise to try it out. I will report back tomorrow. This past week has produced some "I want to kick you in the head" moments and I need an outlet. Yoga would not do it this time. I don't need calming, I need kicking in a controlled, productive environment.

"America's Next Top Model" started tonight. I am interested to see where this season goes with Isis, the first Transgendered contestant. And it is really my guilty pleasure. I love this show. I have to study the girls and see who my favorite is, although my girl always gets kicked off early on. Maybe I shouldn't root for someone.

Lets see, these are the most random things I can think of right now. I am too tired to write anything on Ms. Palin. Not sure what she brings to the table. I am all for a woman in office, we all know that. I won't be voting for McCain, but I am willing to research her more to find out what he saw in her. I just hope it wasn't because she had boobs.

Good night and special thoughts and prayers to my friend and her family tonight. When the time is right, I will reveal more, but now is not it. God knows who is in need of the prayers. He will take it from there.

I'm Here

Life is still good in the land of Kim. I still rock and I am still pretty happy :). I made it back from lunch before the rain started again. This weather has been pretty nice. I really like walking to the Bank of America building without fear of bursting into flames. I know it won't last but I am enjoying a few days of somewhat cool weather before we ride out the rest of summer.

Tonight I am playing poker at the Tipp Inn. I love that place but I hardly ever go play there on Wednesday night. Something always comes up. Well, tonight I am going. I am so bad at playing but I probably would get better if I actually made an effort to go and consistently play. I am in HR, I know how to bluff :)>. I am usually not the first one out, so I find that to be an encouraging sigh.

Okay, back to work. I was on my lunch break and now I need to get some work done. Woohoo. I'd rather daydream about cute new boy. But I can do that between projects. :)

I kind of rock :)

My first Aqua class was a success. I had fun teaching it and I think they enjoyed it. Jen and Mia came to the class and I am so glad they did. I was going into someone else's class and I loved having that moral support. Once I got going, man, I loved it. Genius me left my notes for the class on the kitchen counter but luckily I had reviewed them enough to know the flow of what I wanted to do. And to tell the truth, it was rush :). Okay, I am tired and want to go to sleep. It's been a long day!

One of the Best Weekends on Record!

I know I am a few days late on reporting, but hey, better late than never.

Mia and I went to dinner after yoga on Friday night and I just wanted low key and easy. We ended up going to the Humperdinks around the corner from me. We sit down and are soon approached by a nice man who asks us to join he and his friend for dinner. We decided to just eat at our table and then join them for a drink at the bar. They finished first and parked it at our table while we were finishing up. We ended up chatting with the guys and well, come to find out these guys are nice and our initial approacher actually had the hots for me. Woo hoo :). The more I talked to him, the more I liked him. So, based on that I gave the stranger my phone number :). We went to dinner the next night and ended up talking for hours. And then I hung out at the pool with him on Sunday. I got a tad too much sun but it was still a lot of fun! No news on the next date, but I do see us going out again. If we do, I will reveal more tidbits about him :). Mia thought he was nice so that counts for something.

Tonight I am working on my Aqua routine. I think since it is the first class, I am a little nervous but I know it will be great. I am the teacher, it is my class, I need to just keep my energy up and love it for them. But, yeah, I am still nervous. It has also been along time since I was hired till now. Just guess I never thought it would come. I am still just a sub, but hey, its a start!!! I can tell you there will be a lot of cardio and a lot of core :).

Ryan announced a contest for his clients for the month of Sept. It will include him too. So, I will want to beat him and therefore I will totally stick to my workout and eating schedule. There is a diet that Christian Bale did for the Batman movie that he and another client will be following. I am actually going to look it up too and just modify it to my portion and calorie needs. I will definitely share it once I look it up and get it started! I am looking forward to this all. It is something I need to mix things up.

Okay, well this post is kind of long so I will end it now. Plus, I need to make sure I have my plan of attack for the class tomorrow night. And the endorphins from working out will wear off soon and I will be sleepy in a minute.

My DVR makes a statement

So, I am not sure what comes on when during the Olympic coverage so I decided to just set my DVR to record it all and I would just watch and delete what I wanted. Or so I thought. The first time I tried to set it, my DVR went crazy and my cable went out. Yep, I know it was just a coincidence, but dang it was funny timing. Who knew the DVR was so political??

I hope everyone is having a great Friday. Now it is time to go get ready for yoga class. I think a Friday yoga class is perfect for me. I tend to get pretty high strung by the end of the week and the relaxation is good for me. This needs to become a habit (I did it last Friday too).

Later!

Forgot to mention

I accidentally turned my hair dark. I was trying to color my hair on my own. Well, I ended up with a reddish, brown looking color. I kind of like it -- and my head isn't orange. I think once this wears off though I will get it professionally done. And I might just stay in the red family. I kind of like it. :)

Is it Friday yet???

Howdy! Just checking in to say hi. I saw "The Mummy 3" last night. I would recommend it as a DVD rental. That's all I am going to say. It was cool to see the Chinese locations and the Terra Cotta soldiers (all a part of the plot) but yeah, I don't really remember the first 2 being that cheesy. Maybe I need to see them again. "Mamma Mia" on the other hand was awesome!!! I loved the musical on Broadway and I thought the movie just nailed it. It was very fun and I enjoyed it. I did want to get up on the chair and sing "Dancing Queen". It actually took all I had not to make a fool of myself. I know Mom would have probably enjoyed that though :).

Speaking of Chinese locations, it is pretty cool to see all the Olympic coverage of the Beijing Games. I am not really into the Olympics but I do watch an event every once in awhile. Matt Lauer was at the Summer Palace yesterday and it was so pretty. I miss that place. It was absolutely breathtaking when I was there. This picture really doesn't do it justice! I think you might see a lot of pictures of China over the next few weeks in this blog :).

Okay time to go. I am very tired and I plan to get to bed early. I am being a bum, I know. I needed to clean, but I am just kind of tired this week. So, goodnight!!

Howdy!

My cube neighbor is "singing". Yes, those are sarcastic quotes......

Everything is going very well. I am actually in a very good mood today. Could be the drugs :). He, he, just kidding Mom and Dad (and the DEA).

I hope everything is going well. Jon made it to Korea okay. So, now the question is, "will I actually go visit"? Hum. We'll see. Denver will be a lot easier to visit on a weekend trip, but I wouldn't be opposed to another Asia trip in the next year. Oh and Michelle is doing fine as well. I talked to her Tuesday night.

Okay, time to go. I just wanted to check in and say hi. I need to get some stuff knocked out this afternoon so time to go :).

Later!

Awesome Film!

The Dark Knight was actually everything I thought it would be and it was pretty amazing. I will say it could have been a little shorter, but other than that it was great. Heath Ledger completely transformed into the Joker and it was mesmerizing to watch. It is very sad that we will never be able to see anything like that from him again (that did make the experience a bit sad). Christian Bale delivered like I thought he would, the rest of the cast was great. The stunts were great. It was just great!!!!!

Jon and I went to see it at the Studio Movie Grill. We got there about 30 minutes early, but we should have made it even earlier! We had to sit in the last row. It was that or the first row. Considering where we were sitting, I could see just fine. Now, some people thought they could get there 15 minutes before hand and have a great seat in the middle. Like Midget woman (okay, she wasn't actually a midget but she was very short.....). This woman complained LOUDLY -- I almost offered to let her sit on my lap...... thank goodness the manager found them a better seat so she could see. Seriously, they were having to lift her chair to see above everyone. I love being tall :). And the servers kept trying to give us other tables' food (and vice versa). But, other than that, it was a pretty good time. I got the right bill and I guess that is all that matters, right.

SO today I am just chilling. We have having dinner tonight at Cafe Istanbul for Jon's going away dinner. I haven't eaten there in awhile -- it is very yummy food! I worked out with Ryan today so all my calories have been burned off. (Actually that really isn't far off, based on my calorie counter, I popped out about 800 in an hour with him. But that is only because we kept my heart rate up during the session).

Everyone have a great day!!!

In anticipation of The Dark Knight

I am seeing this movie in one hour. I already have tickets. Jon and I are going to check it out and I can't wait. I don't think I have been this happy about a movie since SATC. Christian Bale in ANYTHING is fabulous. He is truly an awesome actor. I look forward to giving my review. :)

I hope everyone has had a great Saturday!!!

Later :-)

I'm Home

I got in around noonish today and promptly came home and took a nap. I was rather tired but I did have to get up early to get ready to head to the airport at 7:30. That and I will take any excuse to take a nap :).

My meeting went very well and it was nice to get out of the office. I did get to actually go into downtown this time and Chicago is a beautiful place. Wednesday after the meeting, a group of us staying at the same hotel decided to hire a cab to check out downtown. Normally, without traffic, we were about 45 minutes from downtown. It took us 70 minutes with traffic (we weren't near a train station so don't ask why we didn't take the train!). I was hungry, tired and I had a headache so the cab ride was a little more than I wanted to do at that time. Once we got into the city, I found some Tylenol and actually began to feel better. We only had a short time so we just went to Navy Pier and hung out there. It was so nice and the weather was perfect. I even got a little chilly!!! I have some pictures on my cell phone so I will download them and post. I really fell in love with that place and will definitely go back when I have more than 3 hours and only one spot to see!!! Navy Pier was fun. I can only imagine what the rest of the city is like.

Last night I just had dinner with the ladies near the hotel and then I called it a night. Nothing too exciting but the food was pretty good. My plane ride today was awesome too. I had the emergency exit so there was plenty of leg space. Oh and when I got home, Simon just talked up a storm. Now that is what I expect from him when I get home!!!

Now I am just chilling. It was a good business trip but I am glad to be home. :). Have a great weekend!

I apparently have an accent....

I am in Chicago today for business (thru Friday). I never get to go anywhere for work, so I am kind of liking this getting paid to be out of town stuff. I do admit though, I am a stressed traveler. From the car at DFW to my hotel in the target city, I am a freaking mess. I have no idea why. It is a part of who I am, I just learn to live with it. I know the cats are well taken care of, the office isn't going to burn down without me and Dallas will still be there when I get back. I just can't relax. I am sooooo OCD when it comes to travel. It doesn't help that Chicago O'Hare Airport is like DFW on crack. I swear. Maybe it is because I have been to DFW many times and O'Hare only twice, but it totally stressed me out. It doesn't help that they tell me baggage claim is at the wrong carousal! Don't get me wrong, I love Chicago. There are very nice people here. Its just me!!!

I finally got to the hotel, settled in, actually went to work out (where does all that nervous energy go - the treadmill!!!) and then I decided I needed to eat something. My hotel has no room service. Free wireless, yes. Room service, no.... Now, my favorite thing about the hotel stay is room service, especially if my company is paying for it. Luckily there are many restaurants near the Courtyard. So, off I go, on foot (I have no car!). I find this place called Ted's Montana Grill. Okay, this place is AWESOME. I only had the veggie platter and was blown away. I can't imagine what the other stuff tasted like. I sat at the bar because that is where I feel comfortable as a single gal traveling alone! I don't really talk to the bartender, just to order and some pleasantries. But at some point he pipes in with, "Well maybe its because you are a Texan". Um, huh!!!??? I haven't told him where I am from, there is no sign on me that says, "Hi, I am an out of towner". I am texting a friend who says it might have been the "y'all". Ohhhh, yes, might have said that a few times. :) It tends to sneak its way in.....

It is so nice here at night. I was walking back from Ted's and it is so cool outside. Even in the "heat" of the day, it feels pretty good. Probably because there is no humidity here. I wish I could sleep with my windows open!

Okay, that is it. Have a great night and I will hopefully post again later. You know, since I have free wireless at this hotel :).

Howdy

Wow, a major holiday has come and gone and I haven't posted. Hmmm. Nothing really exciting has happened but thought I would check in and say hi. I am still alive, so its all good :). Oh, went to see "Get Smart" last night. It was very, very cute! I laughed thru the whole thing. It was a good time.

Well, that's it for tonight. Good night!