A Likely Story!

Psychic?

Over the past 2 days I have had sudden thoughts of past clients wondering 'Gee, haven't heard from them in ages, I wonder what they are up to?'. There were 4 of them to be exact.

3 of them called me yesterday...one emailed me within the last minute.

Creepy.

Hope you had a great Halloween!

Happy Halloweener!

All You Zombies!

Didn't Think This Would Happen

When I got my new phone activated, I was told by the T-Mobile guy that the two ring tones I had downloaded were no longer on my SIM card. Was initally bummed, seeing how they were both two huge favorites of mine.

Coheed and Cambria's ' A Favor House Atlantic' was my alarm tone that I've woken up to every day since January of 2005. And AFI's 'Silver and Cold' played every time I got a text message. I never ever got tired of them.

Know what?? Believe it or not, found the coolest tone on my new phone and it's actually cooler than what I had before. It's called Moonlit Haze and it's a super sweet piece of music to wake up to...it makes me really happy every time I hear it.

So I guess sometimes change CAN be good.

First. Pumpkin. Ever.

Carving a pumpkin. Cross that one off my life list!

Let's Talk About Food

It's Meme time! Whee!

1. How do you like your eggs? If I'm making them, scrambled. In a restaurant or if my Dad is making them, over easy.

2. How do you take your coffee/tea? Me? Coffee? You must be kidding. Ditto for tea.

3. Favorite breakfast food: Steuben's hash browns.

4. Peanut butter: Chunky

5. What kind of dressing on your salad? Vinagrette? (The spelling is off but you know what I mean)

6. Coke or Pepsi? Used to be Coke only. Then I met HDW and now I'm 50/50.

7. You’re feeling lazy, what do you make? Reservations?

8. You’re feeling really lazy. What kind of pizza do you order? Gave up delivery pizza last year. Only pizza I eat at home is Amy's Organic. And you have to buy that ahead of time. So I guess I've been saving $ on no food deliveries?

9. You feel like cooking. What do you make? I rarely get the urge to cook...maybe since I hate to cook?...but every now and then I'll make a meatloaf with baked potatoes and steamed edamame.

10. Do any foods bring back good memories? Eating anything at my parent's house. Everything they make is great and they make it all look so easy.

11. Do any foods bring back bad memories? Anything Oriental or Thai. I had several boyfriends in college that were always trying to get me to eat that crap. It always made me sick. But I kept trying. I never ever liked it and to this day whenever anyone mentions Chinese, Japanese or Thai food I want to puke. Very bad memories there!

12. Do any foods remind you of someone? Fried Chicken - Mom. Killer breakfasts- Dad. Gigantic holiday feasts- Dad and Mom. Chocolate chip cookies - Diane. Spanish Hot Doggies-Mom. Killer bean casserole - HDW. Killer BBQ- Cameron. Mac & Cheese - Jeff C. Killer Mango Salsa - Flod

13. Is there a food you refuse to eat? See #11

14. What was your favorite food as a child? Grilled hot dogs and hamburgers with my Auntie Maggie's potato salad. Heaven.

15. Is there a food that you hated as a child but now like? Strawberries

16. Is there a food that you liked as a child but now hate? Don't hate it but don't like ice cream as much as I used to.

17. Favorite fruit and vegetable: Toss up between banana and strawberry. Fave veggie? Avocado, hands down.

18. Favorite junk food: Chips and guac (w/ no cilantro)

19. Favorite between meal snack: Don't really eat between meals all that much. Handful of chips maybe?

20. Do you have any weird food habits? My milk has to be super super cold. If eating cookies, they have to be soft or else I'll nuke them until they are. And I won't touch leftovers that are over two days old MAX!

21. You’re on a diet. What food(s) do you fill up on? Don't really do the diet thing...just try to eat healthy and in moderation. I do really like steamed edamame, tho. Tastes like french fries.

22. You’re off your diet. Now what? Again, don't really go overboard on anything. Maybe alcohol?

23. How spicy do you order Indian/Thai? See #11. For Mexican, I like it medium.

24. Can I get you a drink? Milk for breakfast or lunch. Coke or Pepsi for dinner. Raspberry Vodka Tonics for being social. Hot chocolate for when it's cold. Beer every now and then.

25. Red or White Wine? Gives me migraines so I'll pass. Rosie or HDW will drink it for me!

26. Favorite dessert? Spring & Summer-Key Lime Pie / Fall - Pumpkin Pie w/ French Vanilla ice cream / Winter- Pizookie from BJ's.

27. The perfect nightcap? Andrew got me hooked on Mountbrew. Roibos Tea mixed with Bailey's. I hate tea. I hate Bailey's. I love this concoction. Go figure!

Who to tag??

4 Denver bloggers that blog all the time. 2 Denver Bloggers that haven't blogged in over a month (so many to choose from, sadly!). The new daddy foodie from DE (WALT...this is you! YOU, Walt! YOU YOU YOU!!!). And for dessert? LG from LA.

Bon Apetit!

WOOT!

Hit a bloggy-type milestone this afternoon.

And Miss Heather helped me get there!

Lifetime page views:
75000

Am sure a large majority of them are from me, but still! That's a lot of clicking.

Thanks for clicking along with me!

You might be thinking ' well that is all well and good but does Heather win anything'?

Of course she does. A blog post giving her credit and a drink...her choice..next time we hang out.

Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick!

Finally Played It

Wrote this post on 2 Feb 2006.

Seeing as my hard drive died recently, am in the process of reinstalling all my CD's into my iTunes. Today I decided to keep grabbing stacks and stacks of CD's and multitask as I worked.

About 20 minutes ago I saw the CD mentioned in the post. So I installed it. And now I'm playing it.

First time in 6 years.

And I'm good with it.

And The Winner Is??

Me!

Cause I have a new phone. Yay!

Thanks to all for weighing in with feedback and suggestion and help. Except for Diane. Carrier pigeon?? Yeah, right! :-)

Another Instance Of Me Asking For Your Opinion

Lucky you!!

The breakyness continues here in Kathyland. My most recent victim is my cell. It died last night with no warning. I have two newer batteries and the one that came with the phone. None of them will hold a charge anymore and I can't use my cell unless it is plugged into an outlet.

So! Any ideas of which phones I should check out and which I should steer clear of?

I am on T-Mobile and really don't want to spend more than $100 out the door...yeah, I'm cheap these days. iPhones are not an option given I am happy with T-Mobile and not switching anytime soon.

What I look for in a phone is :

* Easy to use

* Ability to text

* Digital Camera (at least 2 MP)

* Video capability

Don't need to play music or any other bells and whistles.

Thanks for your input!

Update -

What make, model, brand of phone do you have? Why do you hate/love it? Anything you would change if you could?

Universal Thou Shalts / Shalt Nots

If Kathyland ruled the world...or at least Colorado.

In no particular order.

Thou shalt not have two major tech appendages die in the same month. Example - Hard drive two weeks ago and cell tonite. Nope. Not allowed. (And yes they ARE appendages cause I said so)

Thou shalt not sell playoff tickets via an antiquated Luddite manner.

Thou shalt not pull up to your neighbor's house at 3 am BLASTING what you call music out of your windows. Cause it will wake me up. As well as the rest of Denver. And it's so very rude to boot.

Thou shalt not use your stadium voice when you come outside at 3 am to meet your friend with the music BLASTING out of his windows. Cause, you know, people are sleeping at 3 am. Or trying to.

Thou shalt not call me on the phone, being a client I have only talked with once or maybe twice, and say ' hey, it's me, call me back. Without leaving your name. Or number.

Thou shalt call me by my name. The one on my voicemail that you had to listen to before you left me a message. My name is not Kazzy, Karen, Kody, Taffy, Tami, Lisa (WTF??), Becky, Karol, Gretchen (another WTF?) or Krazy. Altho the last one may be more appropriate at times as of late.

Thou shalt not give birth to a child unless you plan to love it and care for it and nurture it and treasure it with all your heart and soul. Cause there are just way too many reports lately of parents that don't do that and it's getting sadder and sadder to read about almost every single day. And it's not fair to the kids. Not that life is fair, but you know what I mean.

Thou shalt not go a day without laughter. It's good for you and the people around you.

Ditto for music. Unless you blast it out of your car windows at 3 am.

That's all for now. Feel free to add to the list in the comments.