FINALLY!!!!

I feel like I have been working on these damn socks forever! They are finally finished. I feel a great sense of accomplishment with these. They were my first "real" pair, and they were somewhat difficult as they have a lace pattern in them.

On another note, gotta mention the weather. -24 wind chill this morning....awesome. I think I felt my eyeballs freeze this morning. ...and I actually walked to Stitch N' Bitch tonight. It was worth the suffering to not lose my parking space...of course by the time I walked there & back it was nice and warmed up to 12 with a wind chill of 2....I love it.

What a GREAT day!

Wow, I was thinking my Sunday would be okay with a few things thrown in the middle of it...but instead I had a really great day all the way around!

Started off, slept in, had coffee, went to church. Then Sarah & I went ice skating at a park near her house. What an awesome workout! We had so much fun!

Then we went back to her pad, knit for a little while, then headed out to a knitting store where I purchased yet MORE yarn for another project. Stephanie met us there & we proceeded to JoAnn's for a bit more shopping. We wrapped it up at Starbucks, then headed back to the car. While we were walking, Steph got really dizzy & dropped to the sidewalk... a typical adventure for us. She's fine...she had a massage this morning & hadn't drank any water, her first beverage after the fact was coffee so she got too dehydrated.

Then I headed home, made a wonderful dinner, watched a movie, ALMOST finished the pair of socks I've been knitting for months, and wrapped up the night with a little Ben & Jerry's.

Sigh, my thighs & butt muscles are telling me that a good nights sleep is in order...night everyone!

This week in the news

Well let's start out with SUCK. What SUCKS is I have received 2 parking tickets in the last 2 weeks. This SUCKS. The first one was bad enough. I didn't realize that I didn't have enough quarters to fill my meter downtown while I was parked for an appt. I thought I might run out but get lucky. I did not. $50 for a meter ticket. SUCK. What really makes me mad about that is that you see people all the time running into Starbucks for coffee, pulling up to a meter & putting on their flashers. I always put the quarter in the meter because I thought it was bad Karma. Go figure.

Then the other morning, I walked out to my car to the tune of yet another parking ticket because I was about 2 inches over the yellow line of the fire hydrant lane. $100. Even bigger SUCK! $150 for absolutely nothing. SUCK!
Okay, anyway moving on...

Today is supposed to be real, live, cold. Right now it's 0 degrees out and the current wind chill is -19. Woo Hoo! What SUCKS with that is that I can't stay home all day. I actually have to go downtown for an appt. this morning. It's given me a chance to test out the fabulous new Elmer Fudd hat that my parents gave me for Christmas. I am so freaking hot in this hat! I'm sure to have guys flocking to me with this baby on....

If you think it's Texas but it's not...

Okay so anyone local will know that we had unseasonably warm weather the past 2 days. It was between 55-62 two days in a row.

What the locals don't know is that that is typical Texas winter weather....and by that I mean, 30-40 one day or two then 60-70 the next...after the front leaves. This is the weather that I am SO used to! A few days of cold, a few days of warm... The saying in TX is "if you don't like the weather just wait a day....it'll change".

But now it's back in the good old 30's w/snow on the way....sigh....a girl can only dream...
...(dream sequence sets in... sights of a tropical beach are in view...oh yeah, and a Mai Tai in hand)

Hi!

Hello there folks...
Nothing too new here on the home front. Feeling much better but still not 100%...I can't seem to shake this thing...even a week 1/2 later.
Let's see...what's up here....I accidentally cut Radar's ear with the clippers..even with a guard. I feel like the worst parent ever! I wans't even clipping his ear, it just simply got in the way...he's healing nicely and I gave him a pity Frosty Paws tonight.....all is well with the pooch.
I've got a CRAZY full social calendar this week which is just what I need. I actually think I have stuff to do the next 5 or so days....Suelo is a busy girl....look out Chicago!
I went to church in my neighborhood this past Sunday. It's the first local church I've attended since moving. It's a United Methodist church and while I hadn't been to that denomination before, I really enjoyed it. In this neighborhood, it's kind of the Church of the Misfit Toys so I think I might fit in nicely. I'm going to give it some time before I make any major decisions.
Okay, nothing terribly witty or exciting....just life happening around me day by day...I guess that's all I can ask for for now. Happy New Year to all!

The big bang theory....

...sometimes in life we coast through things blindly day by day, minute by minute, hour by hour...life happens around us.

I found out some things today about a past friend of mine from my Austin days...he was a huge drinker, big partier, etc... but he settled down got married & had a good life....but as he reached his 40's, he found that those things like marriage & kids weren't making him as happy as he was in the 80's & 90's partying w/his buds...so now he's drinking like a fish, going to court mandated AA and has had 3 DUI's & has contemplated suicide...all because he hasn't found "true happiness"...

This makes me sad because as we travel on our quest for "true happiness", life happens around us and passes us by. It doesn't stop for us and our quest. It continues on and we only get older.

The bottom line is we have to find our own happiness. We have to create our own happiness. I feel for those who believe that this world is our end all be all of happiness because personally I feel the "life is a journey, not a destination" theory. The afterlife for me is where it's at and I look forward to being there...I'm not afraid of it.

It's like this really cheesy thing I've always had hanging by my desk about "dance like no one's watching"....I've had it for years but it's so true. We think that life will get better if we MOVE, get married, have kids, graduate, get older, stay younger, find a better job, etc... when truthfully, life is happening to us each and every day and these events we seek out are only milestones in our lives...not the end all be all.

This all coincides with feelings I've had in the last 48 hours. A handful of events have occurred that have made me wake up from my recent fog and realize what I have to do for myself. I need to embrace my life as I've chosen to make it, choose wisely what I'm willing to accept and not accept, not allow anyone to treat me any less than I deserve to be treated, learn from my past mistakes, and remember that I've ALWAYS been a ballsy, strong girl who doesn't take too much shit.... and while I've felt the weakest I've ever felt in my life the past 8 weeks, I've had some serious moments of clarity in the last few days that have pushed me out of the fog. The fog is lifting and I feel as though it might lift quickly...

Let me throw out a quote I've just aquired but really like, "Love has nothing to do with another person, but is the condition of my own heart".

I don't want to speak prematurely but I feel as though the "low" I spoke of earlier this week is about to start getting the hell out of here...

So with all of those deep thoughts being said....I'll end this with a quote from an old China man....Confusious say... "when four-eyed one is on mission, get fuck out of way"

Happy New Year...complete with funk

Toot! Happy New Year!!! Woo Hoo!!! Here I sit with no voice, congestion, cough, and grossness...woo hoo!!! Yipee!!!
I went to the dr. today & I have a sinus infection and bronchitis...yahoo! Drugs for me for the new year...Yipeeeeeeeeee!
Anyway, on my way out today I took some pics of the snow from last night...it's absolutely gorgeous outside despite my crapiness.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/suelolabamba/ Click on the New Years Snow button once you get there.
I had a party to go to last night & a house brunch to go to today....what a complete bummer to have to miss all of that. I was so looking forward to it too.
Oh well, Radar & I are about to cozy up on the couch with a movie & a snack...Yipeee!!! 2008 is here...wahoooo!!!!!