The Real Cancun
I wanted to watch a movie and we remembered that Sahara was gonna be out on the 30. Every time we saw my Dad he’d asked if we had seen it. So we decided to rent it now. We went to Hollywood Video, got a copy and went to pay. It was 4.95 or something like that and Husband asked if he didn’t have a credit of a buck or something. The girl at the computer shook her head and said that he didn’t.
“You sure? I thought I did.”
“Nope... says right here the last time you rented something from us was back in May. The Real Cancun.”
I immediately turn to look at Hubby and place my hands on my hips, “YOU RENTED THE REAL CANCUN?!” The girl at the computer and her other co-worker just looked at him.
“I... wait... No. I don’t remember... I didn't.”
Then the other girl quickly says “It’s not one of those bad movies. Sounds like it is but it’s actually funny and stupid.”
I say, “Well, that’s not the problem... the problem is that I didn’t know about the rental.”
“I didn’t rent it! I don’t know.. I guess I probably only saw like 10 minutes or something. But No. I didn’t rent it! I can’t remember it.” he was frowning all confused and embarrased.
I just shook my head and handed the cashier the 5 bucks. She was all serious and just gave me my receipt and the movie. Her co-worker though, she was trying to hold in a good laugh. I guess they were both thinking: Busted!
Shirts for Babies
Babies got shirts!
Chico: Jogging (him? yeah riiight)
Tushi: Caution: Dog At Leasure
Questionnaire
Lifted it at Lore's.
1. When you look at yourself in the mirror, what’s the first thing you look at?
My dark circles under my eyes and my wrinkles. >_<
2. How much cash do you have on you right now?
Nothing, I'm on my PJs
3. What’s a word that rhymes with “TEST”?
"Best"
4. Favourite plant?
I don't have any favorite plant.
5. Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your cell phone?
Beats me. I don't really bother to check. If anyone wanted to contact me that bad, they'll call again.
6. What is your main ring tone on your phone?
The Cingular main theme. :p Yeah, I'm happy with the company so far.
7. What shirt are you wearing?
A tan-ish PJ shirt that has a poodle saying 'Oo Laa Laa'
8. Do you “label” yourself?
Nah. I don't like to show off. Telling people that I am perfect would intimidate them too much.
9. Name brand of the shoes you’re currently wearing?
None. I'm barefoot.
10. Do you prefer a bright or dark room?
Generally a dark room.
11. What did you have for breakfast?
A slice of chocolate cheesecake at noon. Yeah, very late breakfast.
12. Since question 12 is weirdly missing, make some shit up.
blah blah blahbaaaaaa blahhhh blah!!!!
13. What were you doing at midnight last night?
Playing Chuzzle, or whatever it's called. A game with a bunch of puffy things that giggle and sneeze and shout cutely when you pop them. Found on Yahoo! games.
14. What did your last text message you received on your cell phone say?
Hmmm something along the lines of "I was on break before, right now went back to work so I'll give you a call when I get out."
15. Do you ever click on “Pop Ups” or Banners?
Sure. Some actually get my attention, especially all the ones that promise me younger looking skin in a few days.
16. What’s an expression that you say a lot?
"Cotayash!"
17. Who told you they loved you last?
My Dad.
18. Last furry thing you touched?
Chico, my kitty just about an hour ago since he sleeps with us.
19. How many hours a week do you work?
HAHAHAHA. House work never ends but if I really measure it, I guess I work an average of 76 hours or so.
20. How many rolls of film do you need to get developed?
Well, I guess like 1 or 2... I found some rolls today as I cleaned the closets... they must be from like 3 years ago or something, pre SonyMavica Era.
21. Favourite age you have been so far?
Hmmm... 21-22, I suppose... self-sufficient, job offers up to my ears, thin, active. Yep I guess that was like my top time.
22. Your worst enemy?
Bread!!! We have this love-hate relationship going on.
23. What is your current desk top picture?
A 3-D image I made of a character from one of web-comics that I read.
24. What was the last thing you said to someone?
"COTAYASH! IT ITCHES!!!"
25. If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to go back in time and fix all your mistakes which would you choose?
pft! The million bucks OF COURSE! Heh. Whoever said money doesn't buy love obviously never got a pet. Imagine all the goodies I could buy for my babies with a million bucks. Heck, my current house would be THEIR play house. ^_^ Besides, what's the point on going back to fix errors of the past? If I were to do that then my present would be totally different and that is definitely something I would be afraid of having different - what if it is worse! :p
Itches!
Gah! I can’t sleep. I have this horrible itching all over my body that I feel it’s going to make me mad and I shall scratch until my skin bleeds.
It started this afternoon at around five-ish. I kept scratching my neck and then my head and then I started feeling it around my thighs and then my tummy and it just kept going. I was busy fixing the drawers and closets so I didn’t bother to even go check if I had anything. It wasn’t until I told my husband to check my head because it was just itching so bad. I thought maybe my scalp was dry or something, he checked but nothing. Said it was fine. I finally raised my shirt and I noticed red blotches around my waist and tummy. The first thing that came to my mind was fleas so I checked the babies but they are clear. Besides, flea bites are tiny and these marks are big.
Husband said maybe it had been the sun because we went to a natural wildlife refuge on Sunday. We went through a lot of tall grass and trees trying to catch glimpses of some of the critters and animals and it was super hot that day. So then maybe I got bitten by something... or I unknowingly rubbed against some poisonous plant. Couldn’t have been the food (after the refuge we went to the beach to eat at a shrimp place, but being veggie I only had a plate of fruit).
I’ve had sun rashes before and they are not like this. Food rash nuh-uh. It just doesn’t look like these either. These look like mosquito bites since they are big and puffy but I don’t remember feeling the stinging. Mosquito bites are very noticeable but I doubt there was a big mosquito infestation in the park... The rivers were dry so there is no way... besides husband would have gotten it too and he is perfectly fine.
All of Sunday I was fine. After we got home we showered and took a nap since the heat pretty much got us very exhausted. We got up and did some house shores and then had some cheesecake. We bought a cheesecake sampler, which has slices of several kind of cheesecakes - plain, with strawberry swirl, chocolate, and with apple. I had a slice of the one with strawberry swirl. I was fine.
Today Monday I was fine too... but I did eat a slice of chocolate cheesecake at around noon, but chocolate has never given me any sort of allergies. It’s very strange.
Right now the bumps look very pink and super swollen and they itch like crazy. They have now spread to my face, making it look puffy and uneven in color. My feet and hands are beginning to itch as well. I can actually see a few bumps in the palms of my hands! These weren’t there before! Besides, I took a shower soon after I noticed the actual rash, this was at around 8:30 or so, when I finished with the closets. If I had something on my clothes it should of been gone after the shower no? I sprayed lysol all over my stuff and this morning I washed everything we used on Sunday. >_<
I’m soooo tired! I have to do lot’s of stuff tomorrow but I can’t sleep!
Wacom Tablet
Hubby gave me a tablet! It is 6x8 (actual working area), the stylus comes with an eraser on back (so it’s got the point to draw with and then if I turn it around it automatically uses it as an eraser, no need to change tools in my design program), and a wireless mouse for the tablet.
At first it felt funny since the pen doesn’t work like the mouse too much. The working area is quite different. With a regular mouse (wireless or not) you roll as far as your working area (mouse pad, etc) goes, which generally is about half the screen on the monitor. Then you pick up the mouse, place it back on the lower corner and keep going in order to access the rest of the screen. Basic stuff.
With the pen there is no need to pick up and go back to lower corners. The tablet area covers from corner to corner of the screen. If I click lower left side corner, it touches the START on my Windows. If I click the upper right side corner it touches the X (close button) of whichever application I am using. If I place the pen at the center of the table, it IS the center of the screen. Takes several minutes to get used to Not Wanting to move back to the lower corner to keep going across the screen (that will only take you back to the actual lower corner of the screen, unlike with the mouse).
I did basic stuff with it - open and close applications. Select text, delete, copy, paste. I doodled a few things on my Photoshop (wow! I can do eyelashes!!! No more squarey lines!). My pressure/sensibility for the pen is still far from how it should be, of course. I need to learn to do from thin lines to thick lines with fluent traces, but I’ll get there. I am doing some exercises for it.
First exercise, positioning over the screen. This one helps get used to move the pen around the screen. It’s like learning to walk. Baby steps, baby steps.
Positioning Exercise
My first Wirework Set
Done! Took me many hours but it's finally finished. The bracelet took me around 5.5 hours to make in a span of two days. Earrings an hour-and-a-half. The necklace about another 4.5 hours - I had already gotten the hang of it but I originally set the beads and springs in more wire and it made it look too stiff, so I changed it so that it would go on regular beadalong. It has a much better fall on the neck like that.
Finished bracelet and earrings
And a necklace to go with the set above
Past Due Images of Gazebo
I fianlly took the last picture of the painted gazebo/arbor, so here they are!
First we make 4 holes, 3 feet deep with these
The hole
Then we put these erm tubes to pour cement into
That is how it looks
We start placing the beams for the frame
As you can see it is not too big, 8x8
The tube lever, the lever, shovel, the erm... mixing thing, and the trowel
Okay so we poured the cement into the tube and settled some clamps with about 8-inch screws. This is done to anchor the gazebo as well as prevent cracking when cement expands during the cold weather, etc.
A different view of the same thing
The whole structure up and still not completely secure. This was done 2 days after the setting of the cement
From this view you can see we hadn’t leveled the base. Once that got done everything straightened out pretty well.
Spacd out ceiling to let all that nice Texas sun thru
A more ‘Artistic’ view
So here we are leveling the base and setting the steps to start nailing the floor.
Not completely leveled.
Ah! This is more like it.
Beams for the floor.
The pretty floor. We finished late but finished.
The finished gazebo, unpainted.
The finished gazebo with paint!
Artistic close-up? :p
A view from away... with the base for the brick grill, but that’s another project.
