Where I come from…

we do not leave our car doors unlocked, like ever. Sometimes not even when you are in the car and driving. Seriously.

we never leave a car window open unless in the car and even then you close them real fast when you are about to drive through certain neighborhoods.

we call ice cream sprinkles “jimmies”.

fluffernutters are a staple of childhood. And you make them with Marshmallow FLUFF, not creme!

there were a ton of stores and places to eat in walking distance.

I had a bus stop right around the corner from my house, so I could easily get to the places I couldn’t walk to.

6 inches of snow is considered a dusting.

there are at least 24 Dunkin Donuts within 15 minutes of your house. I actually had 2 that were only 5 minutes away.

you would often find a packie right near those Dunkin Donuts (at least in my city). Don’t know what a “packie” is, do you? (see below)

we call liquor stores “packies”.

In Indy…

People often leave car doors unlocked and windows open, even in store parking lots! WTF?!?

I got a weird look at the ice cream place when I asked for jimmies once. (I wasn’t aware no one else called them that lol)

My boyfriend was deprived of that simple childhood pleasure that is a fluffernutter. I have since introduced him to them and he likes them! Also found out that fluffernutters originated in New England (though have since made their way around the country and in some cases world. Yay fluffernutters!)

There is nothing in walking distance. Nada.

The nearest bus stop is 1/2 an hour away, which would have been OK except that there are no sidewalks and sometimes no pavement at all (unless I want to walk in traffic). Makes me sad.

They announce that 2″ of snow is expected and schools get closed, people do panic ’stock piling’ shopping and when it falls people suddenly can’t drive and cause accidents and even pile ups like crazy. Pathetic.

I think I have seen only 1 Dunkin Donuts. So weird.

I compiled this because since I moved I often find myself saying things that start with “Where I come from….” Some of the things on this list I got from online lists, but they are things that anyone back home can tell you and stuff I often say.
I will probably add more to this as more things happen, or as I remember them.

Star Trek!

We have a geek date tonight! After Ken gets out of work we are heading out to get something to eat at Skyline Chili then we’ll hang out at the comic book store for a bit, make a pit stop at home then it will be off to see the new Star Trek movie! Can’t wait to see it!

Other things going on:

I happened to get out of work early today, which is good because I would have been bored, but bad because I lose some money. *sigh*

Had a migraine that lasted for a week, got really bad and I had to miss 2 (out of only 3) days of work that week.

Amandas hair cut came out looking pretty cute, though I was unable to do any actual style to it. *sigh*

The robins seemed to have abandoned the nest, that usually means the eggs were infertile. 

That is about it, can’t think of anything else. *shrug*

Amanda stuff

Amanda has asked me to cut her hair “short”. Not sure why all of a sudden because I thought she was happy to finally have her hair grow out long again. There was a time, about 6 years ago, when she first got alopecia and the Doctor said it would be a good idea to cut her hair shorter so that some of the weight would be taken off of it because the heavy hair was not helping the hair loss problem. So anyway back at that time she had asked me to cut it like Sailor Mercury’s hair, so this time I have been searching the net for anime inspired hair styles for her. Hopefully I can cut her hair into a really cute shoulder length ‘anime’ style. So later on I will get to that task, and hopefully she will let me take a photo of her new hair style. I was glad when she asked me to cut it though because her hair has been looking kind of, drab, I guess you could say. It just kind of hangs there and does not flatter her, and she never really does anything with it. So maybe I can make it look really cute, where she won’t have to do much and it won’t be a lot of hassle to manage it.

Other stuff…

Amanda’s birthday went good. She loves her iPod nano, of course. And after we got back from eating at Culvers we all hung out a little just watching some TV. Also as part of her b’day her and I were supposed to go to the movies (“17 Again”) but I have been sick all weekend with a migraine so we will go later, after the hair cut. So we are looking forward to the movies later! And I am sure Ken will be happy to get some peace and quiet and get some work done, not that he ever complains but I am kind of a pain in the butt always teasing him. It’s fun, I can’t help it!

Oh, and we are going to buy her a new computer. The one she has been using finally died. Just a cheap one, nothing fancy. She really only uses it to get online and stuff. It’s an expense we really can’t afford but we’ll figure it out. And we just spent $140 on that iPod. *sigh*

Robins!

July 4th of last year me, Ken and Amanda (and Ares, of course) were on our patio having a little cookout and as we were sitting at the deck set eating and joking around I happened to look over to where the back porch light is, which is right outside the door…And what did I happen to see? A nest and four little baby bird heads poking out waiting for some food. It was so darn cute, but I felt bad that we were keeping mommy and daddy robin from feeding the babies and since we were pretty much done we packed it up and went inside.

Here is one of the photos from last years nest, this was taken maybe a day or two before they left the nest…

Robins - July 2008

Well anyway, the robins are back again this year! The weird part is that a week or two ago we noticed some robins hanging around our patio. And on at least two occasions, that we witnessed anyway, one of them would stand right at our backdoor (a sliding glass door) and seemed to be looking in (even tapped the door with it’s beak one of those times) while the other stood on the banister of the patio. Then just a few days ago, the 20th, we saw the nest on our back porch light (yet again!), took a photo and saw that one egg had already been laid! So this year we are going to document by taking a photo every day! Seems they are stopping at three this year. It will be fun watching the whole precess this year. Last year we only saw about a week of it, I have no clue how we did not notice the nest before then since it takes 2 weeks for the eggs to hatch the I think another 2 weeks before the babies are ready to leave the nest. At least this year we get to hang out with the robins for awhile longer.

Robins Eggs - April 2009

Amandas Birthday Plans

My daughters 17th birthday is coming up on Friday, the 24th. For starters I am going to make her a chocolate cake, which is her favorite. We got her an iPod nano and will also give her $30 in a card. Oh, and the card was this really cute one I found that had a kitty dressed as a frog! lol So anyways, after Ken gets out of work on Friday we will give her the gift then we are going out to eat at Culvers. I already know what I want to eat, a Grilled Ruben Melt and maybe get a root beer. Very yummy. Then Saturday night Amanda and I will go to the movies to see 17 Again, Ken gets left out because it’s not one he wants to see .  He’ll be happy just staying home to get some work done on his website.

And something I thought was pretty cool…Amanda got a surprise gift about a week ago when a package came in the mail for her, it had a figure in it. She has her Amazon wishlist on a site she frequents and evidently one of her friends on there bought her a birthday present. How nice! She was really surprised and happy about that.

So cute

I absolutely love this photo! Buffy, Angel and How I Met Your Mother fans will know these guys…It’s Alyson Hannigan and Alexis Denisof with their baby girl, Satyana! This photo just makes me smile, they just look so cute and happy

The world is a mess…

and I just need to rule it. – Dr. Horrible (Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog)

Wow, so….my life is boring. And yet, I still feel like blogging. *sigh*

This is what I have been up to lately…it’s not much…cause you know, I have no life.

Been checking out that Tokyo Stormtrooper guys website, dannychoo.com, mainly because he has these great photo articles he does and I have a fascination for Japanese culture so I have really been enjoying looking at his photos and seeing what he has to say. It’s the only site I have found like that, wish there were more out there for other cultures too.

Watching a lot of hulu.com and waiting for the aliens to come and eat/drink my brain goo. Just finished watching ‘John Doe’…They seriously needed to make a season 2 of that show. Or at least a TV movie to clear up a few things and not have a cliffhanger ending like that. Another show gone before it’s time. Stupid networks. Oh…And I forgot how awesome ‘Doogie Howser’ was…But of course it does star Neil Patrick Harris and he is beyond awesome so it is to be expected. . Must find another series to watch on there, one I haven’t seen. Maybe ‘Arrested Development’?

Haven’t been feeling too great lately and ended up missing 2 days of work a couple weeks ago (and I only work 3 days) then the following week I thought I would make a whole week but when I went in on my 3rd day I was feeling really funky so I went home. Oh, Kens grandparents have a new cat, a cute little gray kitten who wandered into their yard. It likes to jump on my shoulders and walk on me while eating my hair. LOL And this is work related because it was hanging around the office with us. heh

Me, Ken and Amanda had one of our pizza and movie nights about a week ago. There wasn’t much to choose from with OnDemand but we decided on watching The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Seemed like the only one all of us would like. And we ordered Hungry Howies pizza which we haven’t had in awhile, good pizza. mmm. We all went to the mall yesterday where Amanda decided to spend some of the money I got back in tax returns. I didn’t even get myself anything. *shrug* She got some of her typical stuff, manga, nail polish, a plushie and a Fall Out Boy CD…That might be about it. So that means we hit Borders, Hot Topic and FYE. While at the mall we hit, what I have decided is my favorite pizza place out here, Luca Pizza. Got some cheese pizza and breadsticks. yummy. After that we went to Best Buy where Amanda spent more of my money on a PS2 game, it was a Neopets game that was only $10. Friday Ken and I had to get some grocery shopping done but we decided to turn it into a mini geek date first. We hit Skyline Chili, I love getting the buffalo chicken salad there, and then we went to Borders and I got my caramel latte and we read some magazines. Then we went to get groceries…How exciting.

Easter today. Gonna make ham for me and Amanda and terriyaki chicken for Ken. Also gonna make some corn on the cob, sweet potatoes and rolls. Gave Amanda some Easter candy, Twilight DVD, Vampire Knight stickers (import from Japan) and a pin from Final Fantasy (wolf head?). I gave Ken some Easter candy, he was surprised because he thought we wouldn’t do anything for each other, which I wasn’t planning on but I thought it would be a cute surprise, it was and he liked it. We all colored eggs, which for some reason is fun…I think it’s because I like all the colors.

Guess that about covers everything.

Nothing.

The title sums it up. Can’t exactly blog when there is nothing to blog about…Basically, nothing ever happens, ever. That is my life. *shrug*

Even though my life is dull I felt like blogging anyway. It’s because I am up late and bored. Yay boredom.

Job: I mentioned recently how one of the employees quit…She was gone for a couple of weeks but she is back again. Though now she works part-time, so she will be working 3 days a week like me. Other than that work hasn’t changed much. Still no jobs out here so I am just glad to have something. I just hope they don’t feel obligated to have me there becasue it’s not like they are made of money.

Home: I managed not to puke at that fish fry we went to a couple of weeks back, but the smell did almost get to me. It’s not something I will ever do again, no offense to anyone but it is just not my thing. I am a city girl…I mean, a fish fry in a barn with a bunch of people I had never met who prayed before the meal. I felt really, really, really, REALLY out of place. Other than that not much happening on the home front. Ken, Amanda and I play Rock Band quite a lot lately, that has been fun! And of course I have been reading my new Legend of Drizzt book (Collectors Edition book 3) and love it, duh! Drizzt is awesome.

Random: Still have not gone to the movies, I was hoping to see Watchmen but it hasn’t happened. So no actual dates lately, except the occasional “Geek Date” where we hit Borders, Comic Carnival and Skyline Chili. I am going to get Amanda the Twilight DVD and probably give it  to her for Easter. For her birthday, which is coming up on April 24th,  Ken and I are getting her an iPod nano, which isn’t exactly cheap. She loves listening to her music and all she has an old, cheap mp3 player and has been wanting an iPod so I thought it would be nice to get it for her.

Hmm…That is all I can think of. So bored.

Gnomes did it.

I want my hour back, dammit! Stupid hour stealing gnomes!

So anyway I finished my Legend of Drizzt book last night and now I feel kinda sad because I miss the “world” I get into when reading books like that. You know, it’s like losing a friend or something. Which is why I am heading to the bookstore today, so I can get the next volume.

Ken and I both want to get the next volume of The Dresden Files, which just came out on paper back, so we’ll be getting that too. And of course Amanda is getting a manga.

OK bookstore time. More Drizzt and Guenhwyvar! Yay!

Videos that make me smile

But I am weird, so other people may look at them and scratch their heads and wonder what is wrong with me LOL

Tokyo Dance Trooper How can anyone not love a dancing Stormtrooper?

Where the Hell is Matt? (make sure to click the “watch in HD” option)A guy named Matt dancing badly all over the world! w00t! There is actually a pretty cool story behind this…One time he decided to travel all over the world, took his saving and just did it. He started a website for his family and friends to keep track of where he was and at some point he met up with a friend who thought it would be a great idea to have Matt do his weird little dance for the camera in different locations to make it more entertaining…Then somehow it spread all over the net and he became kind of famous for it…Then he even got sponsors who sent him all over the world to do it again! It’s just really neat.

Geek Love Song Too bad that I found it a little late for Valentines day, but it is never too late to spread the geek love!

I know that I have just enlightened your lives and made feel happy when you were down…No need to thank me.