Happy Ash Wednesday. If I weren’t concerned about being blasphemous I would mention that it is kinda like “my” Wednesday. I mean how many times when I was younger did I regret having a name that had no meaningful nickname options. At least “Ash” can come in handy one day a year, right?
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There I said it. I wish it would stop raining.
Every time I have said this out loud to someone here in the past few days the response is always “we need the rain”. Yes I get it. Rain is good and nourishing and if I were a selfless person who cared more about the environment and less about my hair then I would have that attitude. But I’m not. I hate when my shoes are wet and it soaks through to my socks. I hate wrangling my umbrella when getting out of the car. I hate that rain makes me want to stay in bed and watch movies all day instead of doing anything productive with my life.
And since my saying “I wish it would stop raining” really will have no effect on whether or not it rains (unless I begin to perform my native american stop raining dance in full swing) I will say it as much as I want. I guess I’m just still not a selfless California who can view rain on a macro level that doesn’t just equal inconvenience and flat hair.
I will never again doubt my mother’s taste in books.
Well scratch that. I will never again doubt my mother’s taste in her favorite books. Weird Dean Koontz books about psycho murderers and golden retrievers are still bad.
Ok well at least my secret of where I get all my fabulous beauty tips. My friend Sarah, who is a financial analyst for Sephora, started a blog of all the fantastic advice and suggestions she gathers from the insiders at Sephora and from all her trials of products and goodies. Seriously – every product she has suggested to me I have loved, from the Sugar lip stick to the Lorac eye palette. And of course my first beauty product she suggested – Bare Essentials.
Check out her blog – The Pretty Analyst.
Sarah, I need a new mascara. I like big, full brushes. Currently using Lorac’s mascara but I’m not really too pleased – it isn’t wet enough or something. Help!
I am in an eternal struggle between being environmentally friendly and my love for the convenience of pre-packaged snacks. I feel guilty every time I reach for a mini bag of almonds or juice box. Maybe one day I will find the motivation to buy little tupperware containers and large bags of snacks at CostCo and make my own. Until then … here I come guilt-inducing 100 calorie pack of Cheez-Its.
Am I alone in this?
I’ve been taking some new medicine that makes me feel sick to my stomach so I’ve been eating ridiculous amounts of toast. I tried to spice things up with some rice and veggies tonight but alas it didn’t taste good so I had more toast. That and chai tea from Trader Joe’s. It’s basically like a preview to the first three months of my future pregnancy ten years down the line so I suppose it is good practice.
We’re off to Tahoe tomorrow … aka in 6 hours … with Nico and Sarah. Wish my luck with staying warm, making it down the mountain, and not having to stop the car in traffic every hour to use the bathroom. I’m definitely looking forward to cruising in the snow and taking lots of hot chocolate breaks with SB while the boys race or do whatever it is they do.
Happy (early) Valentine’s Day!
Since tomorrow is Friday the 13th (ooo ahhh) and Saturday is February the 14th (ooo ahhh) I felt like poor Thursday was getting screwed on the deal and deserved its own title post. Sorry Thursday that you aren’t as scary as Friday the 13th or as significantly lovey as Valentine’s Day. But don’t worry … you will forever hold a place in my heart as the day when I had to fight my way through protesters in front of the Countrywide downtown who were chanting “Criminal lender” on bullhorns and waving Save the Homes signs in my face. Oh San Francisco.
One other significant thing about today is that today was the first day of the rest of my life. I say this because today was the first day I tried Trader Joe’s chai tea mix and it is seriously life changing. Mix half a cup of the mix with half a cup of soy milk, heat in the microwave, and ahhh it is all the goodness I generally pay $4 for at Starbucks in a mug in my own home. Seriously this stuff is that good. It should’ve made the commercial.
That’s right. February 21st from 1 pm to 5 pm is the second annual NorCal Regional Grilled Cheese Invitational. Second annual means that they had it once and it was worth repeating so it is a must. Specifically because the slogan is “Bread. Butter. Cheese. Victory.” The photos on the website also show a person in a horse head costume on the microphone, something of a grilled cheese cake, and many large trophies.
Don’t worry. Apparently they had one in Austin last year so Texans your turn for 2009 is surely coming.
Maid of honor that is.
That’s right – as of next Spring I alone will carry on the Messick name. I’ve been waiting … not very patiently … for the word to be out via the internet so that I could put it in my blog that my sister had gotten engaged. They were in New York and not able to tell everyone yet so me being as vain as I am had to be sure to not blog or Facebook a word of it since I do know that my extreme popularity would mean the word would surely be out across the globe. Ha but seriously is anything even real anymore until I post CONGRATS on your Facebook wall? Or until you change your relationship status? I think not.
Having had my maid of honor duties for approximately three days now (four if you count that as of the second of the engagement on Friday I was in fact the maid of honor in spirit even if I hadn’t been asked yet with any specifics) I can say that I have already started formulating my speech, planning bachelorette activites, and determining how best to insert that ridiculous picture of Kat in the green eyeshadow, frizzy hair, and gigantic Scarlett O’Hara dress into the rehersal dinner slideshow.
On a more serious note – I am so thrilled for my big sister to be getting married. It feels like just yesterday we were playing with My Little Pony, taking wagon rides through the neighborhood, or fighting over how early to leave for school. It is hard to believe that we are no longer growing up but are grown up. I love you more than ever Kat and am so glad to have my sister as my best friend.
Thank you Gawker for bringing me to this fantastic recipe for Rice Krispie Treat Drumsticks through your hilarious article on why Kelloggs is the perfect endorsement fit for weed smoking Michael Phelps. Or I guess thank you SNL for making fun of it and causing Gawker to write this hilarious article. Either way … don’t these look good?
Kat maybe next Christmas you should make these instead of the regular peppermint ones.
Speaking of weed though – did anyone catch the Lil Wayne interview by Katie Couric? I mainly caught the 30 seconds of it that Joel McHale made fun of on The Soup this week but then had to of course You Tube the rest. Seriously if you have some time and are bored … it is so worth the time.