Little Bit of This, Little Bit of That

1. Feeling better today - definitely a good thing. :)

2. Dinner tonight at Bunny and John's, and kiddo will probably sleep over, so quiet evening! YAY!

3. Dad is out of the hospital. He was released yesterday shortly after noon. The docs have concluded that the chest pains were NOT his heart, thankfully. However, they don't know what DID cause the pains, so we're at a loss, there. Dad has a regular doc appt coming up soon, if not today (because I'm really bad with time, OK?), and hopefully he'll find out what he needs to do to be able to continue walking, as that's the more imminent threat right now.

4. My friend I mentioned earlier now has an LJ! I'm so pleased, I can't wait to show her the ropes. She may yet come to DW, too, but I'm STOOPID and messed up the web address. *rolls eyes at self* Either way, I'm glad she has an outlet available to her! Next step: teaching her how to navigate a forum. XD.

5. You guys, these shoes have HEART-SHAPED HEELS!! ♥♥♥

I AM LUSTING FOR THESE JUST A LITTLE BIT.

Found over on Fluevog.

6. Just renewed a bunch of books from the library online - handy little tool. Finally finished The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho) the other night. It was such a wonderful book; I'll need to procure my own copy of it. If you've read it, I'd like to chat with you about it.

7. Friday, I love you. Thank you for FINALLY dragging your ass here, because I am so beyond ready for the weekend!

So for whatever reason, LJ is NOT BLOCKED today here at work. I was so excited to see this, I've been checking it periodically all day. But BOO, there's not much happening! I hope, of course, this means that everyone is busy, but happy.

Busy myself here, but taking a few minutes just to post without having to do it via crossposting on Dreamwidth. *hee*

Got a busy evening ahead of me, too; minutes to type up for tomorrow's chapter meeting, a graphic to make for the contest, and whatever else my brain remembers, of course. We all know I forget crap on a regular basis. XD.

1. OK, so I haven't collected all the vacation pics yet. BUT - I did find the one of Mikey with the fish he caught. Check him out:



2. Since that's the only one, I'll picspam you with today's fabulosity. I'm so good to you guys. *snorts*

3. Nachos for dinner! They were SO good!
YUMMO!


The "Nachos Idea Guy," grinning with his mouth full:


4. We were in Target and I found a Harry Potter Clue game!!

Yes, of course I bought it!


It's a bit more involved than the good, old-fashioned Clue game, but it's still the same basic move-accuse-deduce setup.


You can be Resident Bad-Ass, Neville Longbottom! Win!


Or Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny or Luna. We ended up playing two rounds:


5. You guys, I got my own fishee!!

Look at him and tell me he's not gorgeous:


He's mostly this deep, rich, cobalt blue:


Had to turn the flash off to get that glory-of-the-sun-in-blue color to show nicely:


But the flash brings out that stunning aqua-green beneath!


6. And Fishee totally needs a name. I can't keep calling him "Fishee." Any suggestions?I'm thinking along the lines of something Thai or Cambodian; betta fish are native to the rice paddies of these places. I've got several ideas, most of them Thai. Chanarong, which means experienced warrior. Kasem, well being; happiness. Klahan, courageous. Niran, everlasting; eternal. Sunan, which has no meaning. Virote, great; power. Atid, sun. Of those, Chanarong would be closest in description - they're Siamese fighting fish, after all. But I don't really like that name. I couldn't find a Thai name that means "glorious," because MAN, look at that coloring! I want to sink into the brilliance of it.

I found a Vietnamese name, Thanh, meaning bright, clear blue; elegant - do they have rice paddies in Vietnam, do you suppose? It's the same region as Thailand and Cambodia, after all...

And a Cambodian name, Samnang, which means good fortune, which of course has nothing whatsoever to do with fish or fighting or gloriously brilliant, sink-into-me blue.

According to an online translator I found, "glorious" in Thai is: รุ่งโรจน์ , which of course doesn't tell me anything about how you say it. *rolls eyes*

I think I'm leaning mostly toward the Vietnamese name, Thanh, pronounced TAN-yih, because the meaning is closest to what I think of when I look at him. But I also like the Cambodian Samnang, because I could call him Sam for short and I love that.

Decisions, decisions... Thoughts, anyone? Please?

7. We saw bunnies there. I want a bunny so horrifyingly badly, but I can't have them; I'm allergic to them in rotten, unlivable ways. I'm allergic to nearly all the pets we could easily afford and handle, which sucks for Mike because it means he can't have any of them. *shakes fist at the allergy deity*

So suffice it to say I babble at Fishee like it's a bunny or kitty or puppy I can pet and snuggle and love. Yeah, I'm a geek, I know it. *hehe*

8. I keep making these long posts - is that irritating to anybody? Would it be better if I used cuts more often? I wonder, sometimes, if people don't like to see really long entries cluttering up their "friends" pages. Thoughts?

9. I brushed my hair this morning. It hurt. Note to self: next time you bring a brush along on vacation, USE IT.

10. A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. GEORGE MOORE.

11. Hmm, it's apparently ten after three, which means it's not even Sunday anymore, it's Monday. I think I'll head to bed; have a good week, all!!

EDIT: 12. I forgot to tell you! That two-hour power outage last night? Completely fried our already-gasping router. *rolls eyes* But we picked up a new one today for less than half what we planned to spend on it, so that rocks. Yay for unexpected sales and finding the last one in stock!

1. OK. So we're mostly moved in. We got all the big stuff done on Friday, and we're officially living here, now. There's just boxes of stuff left at the house that we'll bring over throughout the week. Pictures...uh, eventually...

2. It's hubby's 30th birthday today. I made him breakfast (crescent rolls filled with cream cheese and bacon) and a cake (devil's food with cherries in the middle and chocolate cool whip for frosting). Yummy.

3. Happy Easter to all of you; I hope it was lovely for you. We had dinner at my aunt's...ham, rice, corn, super-delicious fruit salad - it was all so good. And Mikey loved his Easter basket. It was full of candy, so of course he did. *hehe*

4. No LJ notifications going out? I know it's happening to Sarah - anybody else? Argh. EDIT: Never mind, spoke too soon. There were two notifications in my email when I just checked it a minute ago. *rolls eyes* Go figure. *rolls them again*

5. Beth and Dana and the girls came over for half an hour or so on Saturday to see the apartment. It was really nice to see them. Elaina even painted us a picture; I put it on our fridge, it's so cute. And Evie - the first thing she did was crawl to our recycle bin and tip it over. *snerk* Too, too cute. And Beth helped me unpack my box of pots and pans - which ended up being less stuff than I thought it was. *gigglesnort* I can't wait to have them over for a game night, or even to grill outside with them. Weather's getting nicer, after all. XD.

Okay, so this is my very first LJ post.

I have absolutely NO idea what I'm doing, but ahh, such is life, hmm?

We'll have to see how this goes; should be rather interesting, if not amusing.