mood: exstatic
listening to: The Simpsons


She has arrived...and her name is Coral. The smell of leather is intoxicating. The perfectly stitched details and feet and latch that display the same pattern as the fabric are overwhelming. The cloth bag she arrived in and the little care card inside make me giddy. Yes, I know it is only a purse, but it is my first kate spade. :)

mood: antici.....pation
listening to: Love of a Lifetime - Firehouse



First, thanks to Shay for my new icons. Yeah, yeah...they're for LJ, but well, I post here :)

Second, still no Kate Spade purse. Guess that's what happens when Fedex carries for USPS. The very nice lady at our branch said she's seen it take up to four days for something to get here from Dallas. poodoo. No purse by Monday, someone's getting a NASTY phone call from this redhead. Or maybe I'll call my second dad for advice on what to do. :P

What else? Taking Mom and Dad to the airport in the morning...they're off to New Mexico for a few days. Then home to rest and/or clean house. The house needs major, major cleaning. Hoping I can recruit D to help. :) Tomorrow night is game nite at A&J's (w00t). BTW, A...do we need to bring any games? What are we going to play? Still looking for the dip recipe, too. :P I may end up making something else to nosh on.

Finally,
My thumb is much better from last week's injury. :P It's still a bit stiff and I still can't pop my knuckle which I need to do very badly. It's driving me crazy. My truck is still injured, too...we haven't had time to get new touch-up paint for the huge gash left by my ring. :(

Oh yeah...one more thing...can you guys please stop by the forums? I posted some new stuff last week. :)

I recently purchased several items from your online store and was very excited about receiving them. However, the Short-sleeved v-neck T (#3571850524004) has been a disappointment. I have only worn the tee twice, and only washed it once (on a gentle cycle), and the bottom hem has already started unraveling. I realize I was able to purchase the tee at a clearance price, but I can't settle for a poorly made shirt. I love Gap tees, and frequently recommend them to friends even though they often cost a bit more than other stores. I always tell my friends it is worth the extra money because of the quality of the shirts.

I felt you should be made aware that the Short-sleeved v-neck T may have quality issues and hope you will be able to take the time to investigate and see if this was a rare occurrence or if it is a real issue.

Thank you for your time,
Meagan Warncke

mood: great!
listening to: Dustin on the phone in the dining room



This is from an email my Mom's friend, Wanda, sent. It cracked me up. It's for my fellow children of the 70's. No offense to my younger friends...you guys keep me young! heee.

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If you are 30 or older you will think this is hilarious!!!!

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning ... uphill BOTH ways ... through year 'round blizzards. Carrying their younger siblings on their backs ... to their one-room schoolhouse, where they maintained a straight-A average, despite their full-time, after-school job at the local textile mill ... where they worked for 35 cents an hour just to help keep their family from starving to death! And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!

But now that I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia! And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how good you've got it! I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!!

There was no email! We had to actually write somebody a letter ... with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there!

There were no MP3's or Napsters! You wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the record store and shoplift it yourself! Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and mess it all up!

We didn't have fancy stuff like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it! And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!

We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like "Space Invaders" and "Asteroids" and the graphics sucked! Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! ... Just like LIFE!

When you went to the movie theater there no such thing as stadium seating! All the seats were the same height! If a tall guy or some old broad with a hat sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you were just screwed!

Sure, we had cable television, but back then that was only like 15 channels and there was no on screen menu and no remote control! You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your butt and walk over to the TV to change the channel and there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?!
We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little brats!

And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up ... we had to use the stove or go build a frigging fire - imagine that! If we wanted popcorn, we had to use that stupid JiffyPop thing and shake it over the stove forever like an idiot. That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled.

You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980!

Friday: Left work at noon so D and I could go talk to Michael, the guy that will be putting in our wood floors. Also picked D out a new pair of stylin' glasses...he will be super hot with them. Stopped by Ari and Jeff's to pick up the grill, got home, tried to open the tailgate of my truck and it was stuck. So, I grabbed the handle and D pulled as hard as he could, and the tailgate opened, but my thumb got caught and I sprained it SUPER bad. I really shouldn't be typing now...I need to go wrap it back up so I stop using it. I am not a wuss about pain, but I was lightheaded and sick to my stomach from this injury. :P

Saturday: Had Mom and Dad over for lunch for Father's Day. Got Daddy a gift card to Academy. Dustin helped me make Portobello Mushroom "Fries", Chicken-Cheddar Barbecued Burgers, and Lime Coconut Buttermilk pie. I was able to do the pie on my own, but he had to help with the other stuff. We just spent the rest of the day watching movies and such. D finally got the see Philidelphia and 54, neither of which he had seen before.

Today: I went to Wal-Mart to get some groceries and other essentials, and D has gone with a friend to the gun show. Not sure what else is going on today...he might go hunting again tonight, so I might have to entertain myself or call Ari to come over and entertain me. :)

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Geography

Costa Rica is bordered to the north by Nicaragua and to the southeast by Panama. It has both a Caribbean and a Pacific coast. A series of volcanic mountain chains runs from the Nicaraguan border to the Panamanian border, splitting the country in two. In the centre of these ranges is a high-altitude plain, with coastal lowlands on either side. Over half the population lives on this plain, which has fertile volcanic soils. The Caribbean coast is 212km (131mi) long and is characterised by mangroves, swamps and sandy beaches. The Pacific coast is much more rugged and rocky, and, thanks to a number of gulfs and peninsulas, is a tortuous 1016km (630mi) long.

Weather Overview

Costa Rica is a tropical country and experiences only two seasons: wet and dry. The dry season is generally between late December and April, and the wet season lasts the rest of the year. The Caribbean coast tends to be wet all year. Temperatures vary little between seasons; the main influence on temperature is altitude. San José at 1150m (3772ft) has a climate that the locals refer to as 'Eternal Spring': lows average 15°C (60°F); highs average 26°C (79°F). The coasts are much hotter, with the Caribbean averaging 21°C (70°F) at night and over 30°C (86°F) during the day; the Pacific is a few degrees warmer still. The humidity at low altitudes can be oppressive.

We are staying here, btw. :)

is to go to her email on a dreary Monday and find that katespade.com is having a sample sale. she is able to purchase this $210 purse for $79 ($93 with shipping and tax) :)

Thanks to LuckyMagRewards.com, I found fredflare.com, which led to the addition of many new things to my wishlist. :)

I haven't been able to shop in a long time, but now that we are out of debt, I devoted part of my budget this month to some new summer clothes. I got the following from Old Navy and Gap for less than $115. I am pretty proud of myself. Everything was on sale except the khaki shorts. (which have the CUTEST pockets, btw...the fabric for them is a cute red and yellow floral pattern ;)) And yes, I realize I got *3* of the same polo shirt. I already have it in brown and I am washing it at least once a week because I love it so much. So...I figured why not by 3 others so I can trade them out and not have to wash them all the time! :P

Just updated today:

DVD Aficionado - Sarafina1977's DVD Collection

Star Wars: The Marathon Continues to Strike Back

or

Star Wars: The Phantom Marathon Clones Return to Strike Back at the Saga of New Hope

:)

A, J, D, and I are finally watching all six Star Wars movies this Saturday. If anyone else wishes to join us, let me know!


(thanks to Ari for the titles for Saturday's event)