Silent night...

Christmas was quiet and nice... Just Josh and I (and Lucy and Molly and Lucky, of course). we opened presents in the morning, tried to find somewhere the eat in the evening, settled on Shari's (kinda like Denny's) and then went to a movie. (Yes Man, funny)



I am writing this blog on my brand new laptop computer :-) Now I can sit in bed, watch TV, be on the phone, blog, and surf the net at the same time... talk about multi-tasking....



My darling dear husband also gave me a digital camera and some UGG boots.... so now you will see more pictures of my life so far, the dogs, and of course new cute heels when I buy them!


Josh got a new guitar (Gretsch electromatic hollowbody - All Brian Setzer-like) and lessons... I told him he needs to sing the future not-yet-conceived baby lullabies all rockabilly-style.**



*but he needs to get a leopard-print velvet jacket and do his hair in a pompadour for the full effect...

Merry Christmas Everyone!

This is getting ridiculous...

Dear Mother Earth,

So what's up with all of this snow we have in Portland and the whole Pacific Northwest? I can understand a day or two of it, but this it going on a week and a half with no end in sight. I know others have to deal with it all of the time (someone I know continues to remind me she used to live outside of Buffalo, NY and didn't have snowplows and had to drive/walk/ski to school everyday, probably 5 miles uphill both ways), but we here in PDX are not prepared, nor are we used to it. We don't have a bunch of snowplows waiting in the wings to clear our streets. It's dangerous...

Case and point - My car is stuck at work in Woodburn, about 30 miles from here. It has been since early Saturday morning when it started snowing and I had to put my chains on at 6am in the dark in the snow (a feat which I am quite proud of, mind you). But then, WHOOPS, a cable snapped, which caused me to pull over on I-5, in the dark, wearing all black to take them off and pray the rest of the way to work. Oh, plus I was sick and lost my voice that day. Josh picked me up that day and it took us 3 hours to get home.

So Josh and I decide that we HAVE to get my car. TODAY. He is sick now, BTW. So we get out on our little major street here in Beaverton and promptly lost control of the car and started to spin. Twice. Into oncoming traffic. before you ask, YES we have 4 wheel drive, and yes we had chains.

Scared, I said, screw it, I will miss work and not get my car. I hope to hitch a ride with my assistant tomorrow, that is if she can get out of the driveway. Oh, and she decided to try to ski to the corner store and twisted her knee... See? Dangerous....

So I understand that you, dear Mother Nature, have something against us and think global warming is a bunch of B.S.

I just have one question for you.... It THIS the end of days? Snow-mageddon? If it is I won't waste time and money trying to get knocked up.

I await your reply.

Yours Truly,
Carol

P.S.
Maybe you did it for the dogs. They seem to love it.

P.P.S.
The no power thing was a nice touch. Touche'!

@)(&%#ing snow....

The snow turned to ice... my car got stuck AGAIN. I have chains that I have no idea how to put on, but I am gonna try cuz I have things to do.... and it's cold.....

SNOW!

So last night Josh and I felt like we were kids waiting for santa... every 10 minutes we peeked out the window to see if it was snowing yet... by the time we went to sleep around 12:30 it still wasn't snowing.

When we woke up this morning it was like Santa came... and DUMPED snow all over. It was beautiful to look at, but then it just wouldn't stop! The roads froze over, I had to close the store early and drive back home with my assistant Emma 30 miles away...

I am off work tomorrow, but since my dear husband tried to come get me and got my car stuck in a drift, then had to walk 3 miles home I am doing nothing but snuggling in... which is OK in my book...

Bomb blast in Woodburn...

Yesterday I left my house to buy my husband's guitar he wants and to stop by Sephora and the bank to make a quick deposit before work at 5pm. I made it to all places but the bank, I got stuck in traffic on the way to work so no time, so I went straight to work at 5pm. At 5:30 a concerned parent of an employee called to tell us that a bomb went off in a nearby bank and they don't know anything else... We all thought it was Wells Fargo, which is the bank we go to for work. Turns out the bomb went off at the bank I go to, West Coast Bank, the branch I opened my account at, the same one I was going to go to before work but didn't have time.

It killed one Police Officer and injured several others.... News story here...
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UPDATE...
The bomb specialist who was brought in died this morning. Woodburn Chief of Police is in critical condition... No word on who did it and why....

Bettie Page R.I.P.

Bettie Mae Page
4/22/1923 - 12/11/2008

Bettie Page, notoriously famous pin-up queen, has passed away at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack on Tuesday, Dec 2nd...

Anyone who knows me knows how much I have always adored Bettie. Her memory will always live on, she was the original supermodel.....

Sharp Objects

REVIEW:

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

I just finished this suspensful novel about a VERY dysfunctional family. Camille Preaker is a small-town woman living in Chicago as a reporter who goes back to her town to report on a murder of a young girl. I don't normally read a lot of "serious" books, but this one has a cool cover.

The story was dark (which I LOVE) and disturbing (which I LOVE EVEN MORE)... It's a debut novel from Flynn, which is a surprise as it is written in such a way that the reader would never have guessed the author was new. I really enjoyed it and couldn't put it down, there's just enough sex, violence, and weirdness to keep you hooked!

5 Stars!!

Screw it...

So I have decided to NOT temp and do whatever it is I please... I am gonna drink coffee, I am gonna partake in luscious drinks such as the Coconut Cream Martini at McMenamins. I am gonna ENJOY November and December, belly and baby-free because I know this will be the last Holiday season as a non-mom...

So there.