Not that I ever really left, but last night I went to a new stylist to have my highlights touched up.  I must say, MUCH better.  There are not weird streaks, that I can see anyway, the color looks good and most importantly I didn’t spend a TON of money like last time.

I’m heading out soon.  Hal has the runny eye so she has a vet appointment.  This should be fun.  Then I realized Belk is having a huge sale today and if I use my card I get an additional 20% off.  Yes please!  So I am going Christmas shopping.  I have to run downtown and have my camera cleaned.  And then I need to run to Target and pick up the food items I need for tomorrows baby shower.  At this rate, with this list who knows when I will actually get home.

Oh and the kicker, I started tanning again.  I figured the holidays were a perfect time to start.  Yeahhhhhh, I got a few things crispy fried yesterday.  Mainly my ass.  It hurts to walk if your butt is burnt.  🙂  Oopsy!  M got a good chuckle at the color last night.

Also, my Christmas cards are STILL NOT HERE!!!!!  They supposedly shipped on the 29th.  But there is no tracking info from FedEx.  I emailed the company last night to make sure the order has been send out.  I’m currently waiting for a reply.

Now I just have to make it 20 more minutes so I can meet M for lunch, run home and grab Hal.  Go to the vet.  Go downtown.  Go the the mall.  Go to Target and finally go home and start cooking.  YAY Friday, ughh!

~k

I’m on my soapbox today so please bear with me.  There are many things that annoy me, some of which I have bitched about on here and some I haven’t.  I feel like I’m beating a dead horse at this point, but only because the issue has been resolved.  But this morning, this is what I had planned to blog about so here goes.

Now that I have a super cool phone with all the bells and whistles, I normally will skim through Facebook while the water is heating up for my shower.  Nothing annoys me more then when a status update hits me the wrong way.  I mean it’s before I’ve even had a chance to wake up!  (Okay, so I do realize this is my OWN fault, but still 😉 )

I have a cousin who is currently overseas.  Her and her husband have been in the Middle East for a couple of years now.  For a while her posts mainly bitched about various things related to living there.  In the past year or so, I’m not sure of the time frame really, her FB posts have become increasingly liberal, controversial?  I’m not sure either of those words truly describe it but that’s the best I’ve got for now.  A normal post is something like “I think this and that’s the way it is.”  Or “quote from some intelligent person who is insightful and wise – hence I will use this as mine so people will think I am wise and insightful.”

While I don’t mind the quotes she posts, I find some of them amusing.  This may sound snotty, but I know better.  I think it’s funny the person she tries to be on FB.  I guess that’s what all of it boils down to.  Who she wants people to think she is and who I KNOW she is.

So the latest FB post had to do with people responding to her statuses.  This was the final straw.  She’s done this before.  She will post something, something she KNOWS will get a rise out of people, and then get pissed when they respond.  This has happened several times with her posting that people should keep their opinions to themselves.

I finally knew I had to respond to her post today.  I responded with “if you don’t want people’s opinions then maybe you shouldn’t say it on fb.”  HEHE!  She responded that is wasn’t the responses but people “preaching” at her.  Umm, okay!  My mom even stepped in and agreed with me.  After that post I decided for my own sanity, it was probably best to hide her posts going forward.  Because, frankly, I DON’T CARE!  She makes herself look like an idiot.  I don’t have to witness it.

Rant over, I will hop off my soapbox for now.  🙂

Happy Thursday!

~k

*oh and I had to turn my comments off (because people post so often, not).  I started getting a lot of SPAM comments.

I think I’ve said this before but all this wedding planning has kicked my creativity into high gear.  I am having a blast doing and creating things for our wedding.  I even helped a fellow knottie with her invitation background yesterday.  It makes me feel good I was able to help her out.  (And even better that it took less then 10 mins start to finish 😉 )

Just a few months ago I had very limited knowledge of Photoshop.  I’d never even opened Publisher.  Now I feel I could conquer the world.  Or at the very least some basic editing and design.  Why oh why had I not learned these skills months ago?  I used Photoshop to create our Save the Dates.  And honestly, if I’d had the knowledge I have now I might would have done something differently.  The one thing I spent the most time on is the one thing I’m just not super crazy about.

M admitted that he doesn’t like the pic we decided to put on it.  I have to agree.  We had a friend take some photos for us, and while I’m not complaining, I’m not crazy about any of the pics taken.  Maybe it’s my fault for feeling rushed in trying to get them out so quickly.  Oh well, they are done now and hanging on our friends and families refrigerators.

I hope that I will continue to find new and creative ways to use these skills.  I foresee a long line of adorable/rough and tough birthday invites, party invitations, and Christmas cards, ala Kelly.  Every project makes me feel more and more comfortable with my skill levels and more confident in the projects I can and will create.

I think that’s why I didn’t feel like blogging yesterday, I was working on the background.  One creative outlet for another.

~k