Movie Review: Contagion

So tonight we saw the movie Contagion.  It comes out in early September... just in time to line up with the timeline of the movie which starts around Thanksgiving.

If you saw Outbreak back in the 90's it has the same feel... but seems oh so much more real-er.  Yeah... especially since part of it is based in Minnesota... not just anywhere in Minnesota but they actually say "Lake and Lyndale" when asked where the bus is that a person is on.  Awesome... Ugh.

When things are so close to reality I kinda freak out.  I instantly started thinking that I need to grow my can goods stockpile and invest in more hand sanitizer.  I got the heebie jeebies and the itchy scratchies.  It was bad. OCD to the fullest!

So, if you want a movie to make you think... see it.
If you are a germaphobe... make sure you wait till the movie can be downloaded in the comfort of your own home where you have a huge stock pile of hand sanitizer, food and have all your loved ones near you.

So I didn't set a New Year's resolution.Sue me.

I use to set a New Year's resolution. Lose weight. Eat healthier. Drink more water. Do the dishes every other day instead of letting them pile up until I don't have any forks. Yeah those.

Now that I've finally not set a resolution I don't have any goals for the year... Well... I can't do it. I need a resolution. I've decided I would choose one that I can actually accomplish.

Purge.

That's my resolution. I plan to purge our house... everything in the house needs to have a purpose... and not one that is "I'll need that some day". I think of the three curling irons that I have. The last time I used a curling iron... was... ummmm... let me think. I have no idea. Sure, some day I may have bangs again and want to do mall bangs. I could save one curling iron and sell the others at my "ANNUAL" garage sale. (Oh did you see that? I see resolution #2 there!)

Yep, I'm thinking I may do an annual garage sale. With the positive sale we had this past summer how could I not?

There you have it.

Do you have a resolution this year? What is it? If not, why not?

I got the bug last night...

No I'm not sick... just annoyed.

I managed to pull all of my clothes out of my closet that were either hanging or (dare I say this?) on the floor and ordered them back into the closet where and how they were suppose to be. I went through all my hanging clothes and made sure that if I hadn't worn it all summer long that I probably won't ware it next year (especially with hopes of a little one they wouldn't even fit).

I pulled out an entire basket full of clothes that either have holes, stains, are out of shape, just don't fit right, or I just don't like. I'll keep a few of the shirts for painting and yard work but the rest has got to go.

Now how did I get this all accomplished... well, honestly Jerome was over at JST's place with her and Tinker. I had the house to myself... and apparently this is what I choose to do with that time. Not to mention I cussed myself out when I was tripping over my shoes that were falling out of my closet. There was no one to blame but myself.

I worked on my armoire too. I need to hit it a little harder... perhaps tonight.... who knows. It'll only happen when the mood hits me. I really am looking at attacking our sock drawer next. It's horrible. Who knows if we have matching socks, what I do know is that we have a ton of mismatched ones with holes in them!

Weekend in review

Friday night I was invited to a purse party... and you know me... I had to go! On my way there I met up with Lisa for a brief exchange and went on my way. The party was at a Pampered Chef consultant from my cluster's house. I haven't seen her, or her sweet little one since my director had a holiday party at her house - two Christmas's ago! It was good to see and catch up with her.

Saturday morning Jerome and I awoke and started picking up the house. My sister and her two kids were on their way back home after visiting with mom and dad and heading for Chicago for the weekend for a wedding. The had a layover at the airport here and we weren't sure if we were going to be heading out for lunch or making it at our house... so... of course we picked up a little. Ends up that we headed to AppleBee's for lunch.

I had the Aloha Burger. YUM-O! I totally have a thing for pineapple. I love it. Especially since going to Cancun, Mexico and having fresh pineapple every morning. Jerome had a Chicken Strip platter, Tammy had some sort of salad and the kids... well of course had hamburgers and chicken fingers!

AKT, my niece and godchild, (and the flower girl that didn't make it down the isle at our wedding) managed to drop her bottle of beer on the floor which happens... no biggie but of course she cried. Poor girl. She's getting so big!

ALT, my oldest niece, was a barrel of fun! She sat next to me which was nice, I was able to poke and tickle her while we waited for our food to come. Jerome had the camera and took plenty of pictures I would guess, but I don't think I looked at them!

The bill came and we left. I was taking them back to the airport. Stupid me, instead of getting on Hwy 5 to the airport didn't get off the ramp and ended up taking them on 494. I hope they weren't too late. I didn't get a call so I assume they made their flight. SORRY AGAIN!

Once I left the airport and returned home I jumped in bed for a quick nap as we were going to a party Saturday night. Last weekend at the birthday BBQ at Lisa's house we were invited to E's house for his birthday bash. Lisa gave me the heads up that it could be an all nighter - aka leave at 6am kind of party... thus the nap Saturday afternoon. We had a good time at E's and even watched an HBO boxing fight on the the projection screen that was attached to the back of his house... I wish I had taken a picture!

Sunday we woke up and headed out for breakfast. I had been craving pancakes. Yes, pancakes. I wanted Denny's fluffy pancakes. Scary I know. So off we went, plus we had a $5 off coupon for there!

After breakfast we went home and were gathering items to go to Anna's house. She had purchased at mirror from our garage sale that she needed hanging but didn't have a stud finder. So I took Jerome, ha ha ha... (stud finder). No really, we went and hung up the mirror in her kitchen/dining room.

Once that was finished we headed to Lisa and Rod's to pick up the battery charger for the car (the bucket). Apparently there is something going on with the battery of my old car... I don't know I don't drive it but Jerome does. I headed in for a quick nap while dozing off to the TV while Jerome was outside.

We did end up slapping some paint on the wall Sunday night to see if we liked the color... I have a feeling I'll be painting the rest tonight... I like!

That's about it. C-ya later!

Office Bathrooms...

For those of you who work in large office buildings you may relate to this or I may just be one very odd person... for those of you who don't, think about it next time you are in a public restroom - think Target!

Are you ever surprised by how much one woman can pee? I swear that some of the women on my floor are going to have bladder issues if they don't already. Lately I've noticed that when ever I happen to be in there that the person in the stall next to me is peeing like a mad woman. How long have they been holding it to have that much pee???? And I swear they must be hanging onto the ceiling instead of sitting on the pot since it sounds like an avalanche!

I don't get it.

If you're leaving something behind in the pot you're nasty. Take two more seconds and make sure all of your stuff goes down... am I the only one who does this??? Like I want anyone seeing what I'm leaving behind... NASTY. Re-flush... it happens to all of us.

And don't even get me started on the tinkle drippers and hair shedders.... just wipe it up - GROSS.

ICK.

Today...

Well after work today I got to wondering about bills.... yeah... that evil word. I haven't had a really good system - ever. I've tried things and failed. Many things.

Does anyone have a fool proof way for paying your bills? How do you organize? Yeah the OCD is kicking in 100%! Spring cleaning here I come!

You would think I would be able to come with a system... and I had one that worked... that was until Jerome and I moved in together and I threw my date book out the window. Yep, I said date book - it was this paper book that you would take with you everywhere so that you would know when all your appointments were and stuff. I put my bill dates in there. But I don't have that... since that's so 2000! Thus another reason why I need a treo!

So, tonight I took all the bills that have been laying around everywhere (and I mean everywhere: kitchen, living room, office, purse!!!) and put them into folders... that are labeled of course... with a RED file for current bills. We'll see if this works... I don't know.... ugh.

And can I just tell you - I love my label maker... I not only used it today, but also yesterday... I labeled each end of all the cords that connect to the computer.

My Psychic Friends Network said...

a lot of things last night. Oh let me start over.

Last night an old co-worker of mine was having a happy hour birthday party for herself on Grand Ave in St. Paul. Jerome and I were invited so off we went for free appetizers of chicken wings, coconut shrimp and some sort of fungus on bread (mushrooms) and of course a few drinks.

We weren't there long before my co-worker Donna and shortly there after Nicole showed up. We all were at a table gabbing.

Alex, the birthday girl had a psychic there reading people. Of course I wanted a reading and thought Jerome should have one too! When she came around I took her up on the offer to read me.

We went and sat just off of the part at a small table for two across from each other. She asked me my full name and full birth date. I told her my name and birth date. She rubbed her hands together and pondered a bit.

She told me a few things that were totally true... The last year and half has been rough. (Really... can you say the wedding from h-e-double hockey sticks?) And that I have to have everything just right. Just perfect. (I was thinking can you say OCD?) That I need to have things done in a proper way and if they aren't I get angry. (True.)

She told me that I need to let it go... just a little. That I've become too strict on things and it's bringing me down a little. (Okay... sure.)

She said some things about friends who may not really be true friends...(acquaintances) and that they are causing some of this. And that I should cut my ties to them. (Hummm... who's doing this... step up!)

Then she told me to ask her anything.

Ummm... when will I have a baby?

She told me that I need to go to the doctor. I may have a medical condition, that is okay and "fixable" but needs to be taken care of before I will get pregnant. (Yes, it is time for my annual appointment. Guess I best schedule that!) She also said that I may end up having a miscarriage at some point, but I either won't know that I'm even pregnant or I won't be far a long - and stressed that it would not be "a few month" pregnant and have this happened. She did also say I will have a baby within the next year. (Hummm... okay :) ) She had said all she could about the topic and asked if there was anything else.

I guess I should ask about my job shouldn't I?

Your job is your job. You like it... but are getting a little bored. Being that you are getting a little bored you are making things more streamlined for yourself. Being organized. (Sure am! Can we say Implementation Guide for new sites, oh wait I can't talk about work on my blog!) Some people love what you are doing while others are pissed about it. (Her words, not mine) Some people were hoping to get the credit for it and you have burned some bridges. You don't need to build those bridges back up but be aware that they are burned and you won't be able to turn to them for help. You'll be there a good while but in two years you'll start looking for something more. Anything else?

Is he the one?

Yes. He is the one. He's the one you want and need to be with. But, you think he should be more. You put him in to certain "categories or buckets" where you think he should strive and fail to notice when he does well in other "categories or buckets" because you're worrying about the other ones. Stop it and let it go. He's good to you. You love him. You will make it work.

You're right. Thank you.

We got up and walked down the stairs. She told me at that point, "and by the way, it's a XXXXXXXXXX". Can't tell you what she said... we'll just have to wait and see! For those of you that were there... keep your mouth shut!

What did I get done so far...

It's 2 pm on Saturday. I woke up at 7 am from a bellowing cat... yes... Miss Lily was lonely and wanted to let everyone know. I did say anything hoping she would get over it and go back to bed... doesn't she know it's the weekend??? She could at least do those deep meows on a weekday... when I need to be up at 7 am... but no... she chooses the weekends!

I got up after not falling back to sleep... it was dark in the house... I went to the computer and squinted my eyes to see if my virus scan had found anything and then checked my email. I looked around at a few blogs... I even checked my bank account. At 8 am I went back to bed. I was freezing and cuddling up to Jerome is a sure was to get my feet warmed up again.

I woke up again around 9:30 am I think. I loaded the dishwasher and then washed the rest of the pots and pans and stoneware. Wiped off the counter and the stove. Looked at the table and decided I wasn't ready to shake the table cloth outside just yet.

I went downstairs and started to sort laundry. I started a load of jeans. Then I started straightening the laundry room picking up lint fuzzies and dry sheets that must have missed the garbage can. I pondered on how I'd like to have the wash and dryer built into a unit with shelving above it for laundry soap and other laundry items.

Jerome was dragging the twin bed in from the lounge (the living room that's in the basement... I came up with that since Jerome said he wanted it to have a music kind of theme as far as the artwork and such... piano lounge!). He was bringing it into the laundry/storage room. Where in the heck is he going to put that?!?!?! Ughhh. I went back to putting away some tools that had lost their way to the furnace room where all the other tools are.

I brought my clothes up that Jerome had washed a ways back. You know, I could probably go a good two months and not need to do laundry. Thus, I didn't miss the clothes that were clean sitting downstairs. Once I got upstairs I pulled all the empty hangers from my closet. And then it happened. I started pulling clothes into color, sleeve length, summer, winter, etc. I put everything in order and then started hanging up the pile of clothes from downstairs. Well that wasn't enough. I went to put away some sweat pants in the big armoire that we have. I pulled ever piece of clothing (minus my never folded drawer of underwear). Every piece. Refolded it. Tucked it back into it's proper place. Then I put away the sweats.

I ran back downstairs since before Jerome left to get his haircut he told me that the dryer had stopped. Sure enough... but the jeans were still wet. I cranked them back on and gathered the towels... here we go again. I took every towel, washcloth, bath towel, bath sheet, sheet, pillowcase out and arranged them back to their correct positions.

I thought to myself that's enough organization for today... then I noticed the bottom of the closet had tons of stuff just crammed in it. I thought I would post first and then head back to it since it will then lead me to the bottom of the sink in the main bathroom. I'll be organizing all day I think. Good thing the living room is in one piece for the most part as I picked that up the other night and I don't really touch the spare room since that's basically Jerome's closet. That just leaves the office and the totes of Christmas decorations and Garage Sale items that need to go out to the garage... by that time it will be too cold and dark for me to want to tackle the garage... or at least I hope!

The Holidays are gone...

It's official. The holidays are gone.

The tree came down last night. The cute little Santas and snowmen were wrapped and put in their tote. The holiday decor is all put away.

Oh wait. There is one item that is still up. I just thought about it now. My mistletoe. It's hanging from my kitchen "track lighting". I'll have to remember to get that down this weekend.

I even went thru my Christmas stuff to see if there was anything I may want to sell in the garage sale. Sure was... a whole tote full of Holiday decor - and that's only Christmas stuff!

The couch is moved to where it should be now that the tree space is available again. But the presents and day after Christmas shopping stuff is still where the tree was. Guess I'll be finding homes for that stuff this weekend as well.

I'm planning on getting the house back into order since I've been gone that past few weekends helping Lisa with dress shopping and such this weekend. Gosh I hope it doesn't go by too fast.

I picked up the bedroom a bit last night (put clothes down the laundry shoot is about it mind you!) and changed the bed sheets. I'd like to have some shelves hung and pictures this weekend. Perhaps then we will feel more "like home".

You would think... we moved in July... it's now January. Still nothing on the walls except for the mirror that my dad hung up the first time he was at the house after we moved in! The other items on the walls are just there because the previous owners left nails in the wall!

Ya down with OCD, yeah you know me...

Okay so according to this here test I scored a 17! What does 17 mean... well I likely have OCD.

If you score 12 & up OCD is likely
If you score 8-11 OCD is probable
If you score 0-7 OCD is unlikely

Go figure.

Example why this is true... well when I finally had my files straightened on my work desk and Josh decides to be funny to tweak them this way and that way I sucker punch him in the gut!

Closet... check

Here's the closet that I've been working on purging...
















I've gone thru the chest which the top drawer has all of five things in it and the large bottom has only empty boxes!

I still need to get the shelves hung so I can purge the desk of some of the "not used daily but need to have it kinda near the desk" stuff.

And here is the purge pile minus the new blue dirt devil. You can dig thru all of my stuff at my garage sale this summer. Yes, I will be having one. If you have stuff that you want to sell bring it over with the prices marked and I'll see what I can do for you!

Time to get organized...

Yeah I know... you think I'm organized. I am. And I'm not. It's a crazy world I live in!!!!

What I need to do is get myself ready for 2007 for my biz... Pampered Chef. I've got to get my files ready for taxes. I've got to organize all my paper work to see if I have enough to last me until next season.

Perhaps I'll work on cleaning the office tonight to help me get things started... oh Martha will be proud of me...