wanna giggle?


go to google.com,  go to maps, get directions from New York, NY, to Paris,  France.  Pay close attention to the 23rd line

i really enjoy caramel kisses...they are very tasty


on the other hand


snow freakin sucks!!!!

ugh...i almost died like 4 times on the way to work...all the while thinking...is it really worth risking my life to get to work every freakin day?  probably not...but then i do have my family to think about......granted my money wouldn't be worth a damn if i was dead...it's a catch-22...you figure it out.....


so in the excitement and preparation for my black belt demo i slightly forgot about the tournament that's coming up in like a week in a half...sigh...i always seem to be preparing for something martial arts related....

ah well


my weapons form is all set cause i'm just using one of the forms from my demonstration, my bo form, which i worked on quite a bit, so it looks pretty good...well...i don't know if it does...it might look like garbage for all i know...but it feels comfortable...

i'm doing a traditional form for open hand forms...so that's pretty simple...not much room for error.... i always feel more comfortable doing forms that are already made up for me than forms that i've made up myself....don't know why...but i do........


pete and i have once again started an exercise regiment...whether that'll last...is beyond me...we did some lifting last night and some sit ups and junk....we decided that we really need to work abs everyday cause we're just a bunch of fatties :-P

have i said yet that i really hate the snow?


oh well...supposed to be nice from this weekend on...which will be good...... 


we were finally able to take the boys outside this weekend...it was beautiful out on saturday....so we got home...ate lunch...showered...cleaned a bit...took the kids outside...and the nice weather went away and it was freakin cold out!! omg...so not nice.... not only that but the wind was gusting at like 200mph...it was crazy...


but the kids had fun...evy was too cute...peter went across the street to play with a kid from his class who's grandparents live on the street (he comes every now and again to visit them)...so evy was just kind of running around and doing his own little thing (he's not allowed to go in the street, much less cross it), playing with leaves and running around....he came up to us and said in his cute little 4 year old voice "daddy...i've got some bad news"  and of course we asked what it was "no one wants to play with me" and then he did this like...pouty lip thing...  i have it on video, i'll have to post the video so you can see...it was cute, funny and sad at the same time.... 

eventually he was able to go play with the other kids, until he fell and got mud all over him...and that was the end of the world right there...he wasn't hurt at all...the dirt was just...too much for him...needless to say i took him upstairs and got him cleaned up and he went down for a much much needed nap....

we had some tasty dino nuggets for dinner that night (dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets) and the kids went to bed, and a couple hours later brian and melissa came over to hang out...and they left around 1:30ish...so we watched some TV and went to bed...only to be woken at 7am...i don't get why kids sleep later during the week than they do on the weekend...it's insane...after they were picked up we had breakfast and fell asleep for a bit longer...and then went to the dojo to work out for a bit...and went to paradise pizza for some lunch/dinner...mmmmmm so good...we had fried mozzerella and pizza and desert...yum....


then we went to walmart and got some stuff....the thing that was most exciting for me was the new hampers we got with wheels on the bottom...OH MAN...SOOOOOOOO COOL....of course the first thing i thought of was putting the kids in them and pushing them around...haha...we did that later that night...and pete was most excited about the new garbage can we got for outside (so weird....)...

oh and we got a dvd player (it was $25...SWEET) for our room, we have a tv in there...but it's quite useless as we don't have cable...so we got a dvd player...and it's very nice...now we can snuggle on the couch and watch tv and then we can go to bed when we're tired and snuggle and watch tv....i'm sure that sounds quite petty to most...but it is very nice :-D


i had a dream with professor snape in it the other night


someone at work went to Pepe's today for lunch (There's a pepe's in fairfield now apparently) and brought the extra back and i had a piece..it had bacon and onions on it....i don't mind onions...but it was a bit too much...i ended going to the bathrrom and seriously scrubbing my hands and face and brushing my teeth...my hands still smell.......


and the caramel kisses are going to be the death of me..........................



not much else has been going on really...peter got to dress up as harry potter at school last friday, they were having a reading celebration and they had to dress as their fav. book character....he picked Junie B. Jones first...but his father convinced him to pick a male character :-P

so we found a stick...made some glasses...i used eyeliner to make a scar...and presto....harry potter...


dodododo


well...hmm


i don't know



i suppose that's all for now..............

till i get my black belt!!! Yay!!!

I got contacts on Tuesday, here's some pics:




he told me to flip my hair back...i think i just made a mess and then proceeded to laugh :-P

Stole this from kelsey, apparently if you have seem more than 85 movies, you have no life............................


(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
(X ) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
( ) Neverending Story
( ) Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane

Total: 6

(x) The Princess Bride
(x) Anchorman
(x) Napoleon Dynamite
( ) Labyrinth
(x ) Saw
(x) Saw II
( ) White Noise
(x ) White Oleander
() Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
(X) The Princess Diaries
( ) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Total so far: 14

(x) Scream
( x) Scream 2
(x) Scream 3
(x) Scary Movie
(x) Scary Movie 2
() Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
() American Pie
() American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp
Total so far: 19

(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
( ) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
() Little Black Book
(x ) The Village
(x) Lilo & Stitch
Total so far: 26

(x) Finding Nemo
( ) Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
(x) The Grinch
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre (THE ORIGINAL)
( X) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks
() Butterfly Effect
() 13 Going on 30
() I, Robot
(x) Robots
Total so far: 31

(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
(x ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
( x) Along Came Polly
( ) Deep Impact
() KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
() Joe Dirt
( ) KING KONG
Total so far: 37

( x) A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
( x) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( x) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
(x) Dumber & Dumberer
(x) Final Destination
( x) Final Destination 2
( x) Final Destination 3
( x) Halloween
(x) The Ring
( x) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
(x) Flubber
Total so far: 50

() Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x ) Practical Magic
( ) Chicago
(x ) Ghost Ship
(x ) From Hell
( ) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
(x) I Am Sam
( x) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards
Total so far: 55

( ) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child's Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( x) Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
( ) Gothika
( x) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x ) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
(x ) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
Total so far: 62

() Bad Boys
() Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Sleven
(x) Ocean's Eleven
(x) Ocean's Twelve
( x) Bourne Identity
(x ) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
() Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
() Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
Total so far: 67

(x) Independence Day
( x) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
(x) ET
( x) Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
( ) War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour
() Rush Hour 2
Total so far: 73

( ) Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She's All That
( ) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways (..>>;)
() Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
(x) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
(x ) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x ) The Terminator 3
Total so far:  82


(x) X-Men
(x) X2
(x) X-3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
( x) Jeepers Creepers
( x) Jeepers Creepers 2
( x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
(x) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
Total so far: 95

() Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
() Old School
() The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf's Tribe
(x ) A Walk to Remember
(x ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
() The 40-year-old-virgin
Total so far: 98

( x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
( x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
( x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
() Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark  --- I saw one of these ..
( ) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(  ) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total so far: 101

( ) BASEketball
( ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
(x ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
(x) Elf
( ) Highlander
( x) Mothman Prophecies
( x) American History X
( ) Three
Total so Far: 105

( ) The Jacket
() Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(x ) Shaun Of the Dead
(x ) Willard
Total so far: 110

( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
() Hulk
(x) Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
( ) Chronicle Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
(x ) 28 days later
() Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
() Waterworld
Total so far: 113

( x) Kill Bill vol 1
( x) Kill Bill vol 2
( x) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
( x) the Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
( ) Army of Darkness
Total so far: 117

(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace "star wars"
(x) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones "star wars"
(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith "star wars"
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total so far: 123

(x) The Matrix
(x) The Matrix Reloaded
(x) The Matrix Revolutions
(x) Animatrix
(x ) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
() Team America: World Police
( ) Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
( ) Hannibal

Total: 129

my crazy dad...the grim reaper

 
my hairy boyfriend...the big bad wolf


*scary noises*


My cute sister...the Colonial Girl


cute sister, dark stepmother, strong with the force future step-son, and crazy dad


Hairy boyfriend, adorable big-footed younger future step-son


again, dark stepmother, crazy dad, cute sister, strong with the force future step-son


creepy halloweenie moon


big tough man...in a nightie


all hail the mighty Hennessy


strong with the force future stepson telling a scary story


happy halloweenie family (big bad wolf, little red riding hood, hobo clown, darth vader)



So those are the halloween pics...i took like 50 last night and most of them came out awful...they all have this freaky light distortion thing going on...oh well...better luck next time


So i haven't updated since like...a century ago...or so it feels....


work is going good......the usual i suppose...there's always someone there that drives you crazy...makes you want to ram pen up their nose every time they come to tell you something cause you know they aren't coming to tell you a positive thing....i don't work well off of negative reinforcement...typically it pisses me off, cause i already know my faults and am already beating myself up over it...don't need some old person telling me what's wrong with me....go scrub your bunions...


sooooooooooo ya....i haven't updated in so long and so much has happened but yet i have nothing to say :-P

hmm....


i've pretty much been put in charge of all computer related things at work considering everyone there is 50 or older (there's one part time woman whos in her 70s)........so i guess that's pretty cool...annoying too...especially when i walk in the door first thing in the morning with hands full of bags and stuff and i get swamped with questions and problems....ah well...that's life.....

the boys are doing well...peter loves 1st grade...he lost another tooth yesterday....one of his front teeth, his other front tooth is loose two...someone may be asking for 2 front teeth for christmas!!

i have a tournament on sunday...peter is competing as well...and a couple of kids from the other classes too...should be good fun...my sai form is coming along swimmingly and pretty much rocks....after one of the tournaments in the summer time i went through a serious transformation and my style has changed accordingly....i feel like the possibilities are endless now...i'm working more towards shocking and amazing people than actually impressing people (example...the first move in my open hand form i throw myself face down onto the floor {techinal term would be a front break fall).  

i've been so tired lately.....i guess just running around between work, home and the dojo...i can hardly stay awake at night when we watch tv after the boys go to bed

last night we did go trick or treating...we went up to my dad's house in naugy... we've been trying to do new things on holidays to break away from what was down prior to me moving in.....so we refrained from going to his ex sister-in-law's house as he's done every year in the past....time to stop catering to what everyone else wants and just do what we want...which is why all holidays are much more simplified now....christmas is spent at home, as well as easter.  thanksgiving is really the only time we'll go out, and this year we're going to pete's mom's house (we may be bringing the turkey this year :-P).  And just to clear the air now...christmas eve is not a holiday we celebrate in our house. December 24th is peter's birthday, so don't feel offended if any invitations for that day/night are refused. 

ANYWAY....trick or treating was great fun... i think my dad is the coolest trick or treater ever...he actually went up to cars and made scary noises and shook his death axe at them....


i keep forgetting the tournament is this weekend....and it's like...not even a huge deal to me right now....just another event to go to....i guess that's what turning into a 40hour a week person does to you....nothing seems as important as being able to stay home and relax and get things done around the house....

good thing is is that other than the tourny we have nothing else planned....i'm sure after the tournament (the boys will be with their mom afterwards) pete and i will just go home and relax....do laundry....cleanup....nap......maybe some video game playing? :-P


my black belt demo/promotion is coming up quickly (in february).  i'm allowed to invite 10 people, and while that seems like such a small amount...i'm having a hard time trying to think of 10 people to invite......considering two people that i would very much love to have there (and i know and understand it is not possible) live in another state and another country.....but anyway....10 people is a big number...seeing as my boyfriend is the instructor, and he's also helping, as well as peter and evan, and marc, and also brian and melissa (who have become our very good friends in the past few months), so that rules out what...6 people?  ah well....i'm sure i'll figure it out...plus there doesn't have to be 10 people....i could invite just 5...that would be good too...less space to take up :-P


anyway....so i wanted to type up a program for the demo so that everyone would know what i'm doing, and on the front page ( i was working in Publisher) it asked for the company logo, and i was working on the laptop, and all the default company info on here is the dojo...so it put in the dojo's logo, and it looked ok for a second...until i realized that it wasn't an AMAA presentation...it's mine...so shouldn't my logo be there? But alas, i do not have a logo....so i came up with one, cause i am, and have been for quite some years, developing my own system of martial arts called Alackdan (for those who have been to my tournaments and actually heard me announce my forms...that's where the alackdan comes from in the names of most of the forms i do).  Alackdan is the tagolog (native language of the Philipines...though i may have spelled it wrong) word for Scorpion, and the Scorpion kick is MY kick...

here's a picture of it:


and yes...i did really break the board doing that...normally i'm bent over more with my chest closer to my knee....


but anyway...that's a scorpion kick...not a realistic kick in a self defense or even sparring situation except for extremely rare circumstances and you have to have EXTREMELY good timing...this thought it often disputed...many thing it is impossible to use in sparring...i think it is possible...and some day i will have the ability to time it out and use it with out getting my ass kicked....

but anyway...my art is basically pete's (Tao-Do) infused with kung fu, bhata, less traditionalism, a lot of emphasis on the Sai, and obviously will have more scorpion like movements (low, hooking movements, such as leg sweeps)

now that i've completely bored everyone to tears....



i designed a logo, drew it all by hand, and then scanned it into the computer and have been working on it in photoshop (editing it a bit, making it smoother, erasing the gray shadow that the pencil smudging caused, adding a drop or two of color...etc)....i won't reveal it until it's completely done...



tommorow night we're going to jordan's house for dinner...he's buying us quiznos...and he knows exactly what to get us cause he saved the receipt from the last time he bought us quiznos so that he wouldn't forget....what a nut......




so we're all doing well...we had a cold that ran through the house the last couple of weeks (all got it but peter, and all three of us at different times), but we're all healthy now.....now that we have two steady paychecks we are finally catching up on bills...now just gotta deal with some back car tax issues so that we can re-register the jeep before the reg. expires on the 18th.......

we hope to look for a new car after christmas to replace the chevy...cause it's done....i dont' even drive it anymore cause it's not allowed to leave shelton...so pete takes it to work (he works in shelton) and i take the jeep down to fairfield......but i don't like him taking the car cause it's like a ticking time bomb....it's time for it to go...i looked up it's estimated value today....125 bucks....not that i had any intentions of selling it....we'll be donating that hunk of junk....let some poor cancer-ridden child benefit from it instead....how...i'm not really sure..but that's what the billboard says *sigh*

of course when we had the jeep in for emissions inspection the mechanic found all these problems with it....(some were a wee bit exagerated as i found out after talking to the mechanic that we go to all the time {they don't do emissions}).  so who knows when that'll go....hopefully not after we finish paying it off...cause that would really piss me off....

well that's about all for now...hopefully i'll get around to updating more often.....i'll def. have to post new pics (pumpkin picking pics, etc) soon....


enjoy El Dia de Los Muertos!!!  :-)