The Thing That Goes Doink

O hai. Iz bak frum vacayshun. It wuz noice.

Wow that gets old fast.

Anyway, now that I'm back and more or less into the swing of things, it's time to get down to business. I have three episodes of Gilmore Girls to watch for backtodragonfly, and since I've proved it impossible for me to just sit and watch anything I'll probably start cutting out the pattern pieces for my Sheena costume. I also have to put on the Bombshell bra and measure my bust to make sure I get the top to be the right size. (But more on the bra and it's effects later.) I might also have Word open so I can jot down thoughts on the episodes as they come to me. I was a little behind last week, as the discussions are on Wednesday and that was the day I was driving through Glacier. I kind of missed the original discussion post, replying too late to really be part of it.

Yesterday the hubby and I did some incidental shopping, picking up odds and ends that we need, such as hangers (to accommodate my ever growing collection of nice, button down shirts, skirts and various sewing projects), face wash, a lingerie bag for the wash and a few things for the bathroom. Before I had a chance to bring it up with him, my husband noticed that the shower curtain was getting a little grody and that it was time to get a new one. I also lobbied for a bath mat, as I have some very nice body washes that have a habit of making the bathtub slick. So if I use my nice stuff and then my husband goes to take a shower, he nearly falls on his ass. The best part of this bathmat is that I can toss it in the washing machine with bleach when it starts getting gross. :3 Bonus points for easy care! The shower curtain is in various shades of green, which match the towels and coordinate with the area rugs, and the Van Gough prints on the walls. (We have Van Gough prints in the bathroom. Feel free to make a joke. I've done it dozens of times.)

( Girl Talk TMI, just so you know. )

Anyway, I think I need to get a few odds and ends put away and the apartment put back in order. It was cleaned quite thoroughly before I left, but unpacking has a lovely tendency to completely destroy whatever semblance of clean that I managed to achieve before we left. It's not completely toast, but it's still messier than when I left.

*le sigh* Back to work, I guess.

It suddenly decided to be summer in the TC. I'm fairly sure, with today being a Hanford Friday Off, most of the population will either be in movie theaters or out on the river. I plan on hiding in the apartment with the AC on. After all, I still need to watch Main Hoon Na and cut out fabric for skirts ('cuz, you know, I've been saying that I'm going to cut out the fabric for a couple of weeks now) so I might as well get them taken care of, together.

I was debating going out shopping, but pretty much anywhere I go will be packed (i.e. the mall) save a couple of places, like the grocery store or the fabric store. I'd rather not mess around with the crowds, because, let's face it, people tend to be really irritating when they're hot (myself included).

I suppose all that's really left is a little bit of cleaning. Making the bed, getting the last of last night's dinner dishes washed and put away, and making sure that I did in fact dust EVERYTHING yesterday. Which reminds me...yesterday I spent getting things cleaned up around the apartment - dusting and vacuuming because those I only do when I remember that it really should be done - and that's a good thing since I may be watching my husband's cousin's daughter for a couple of hours next week. I'd rather things were cleaned up around here instead of messy. Admittedly, she's ten so I don't think she'd mind the mess, but I really feel better about things being clean. At any rate, the house was due for a good cleaning so I might as well get it done while I'm motivated to do it.

I suppose I should finish what's left to be done. The dishes won't do themselves and the bed still needs to be made.

I'm trying to figure out what kind of new car to buy. I'm looking at three different cars - the Honda Fit, Honda Civic, and the Toyota Corolla. To get a better idea of what else is out there, I was also looking at the Ford Focus, but out of all of those car, the Focus doesn't have a lot of room, so that one got nixed pretty quick. The other three are more fuel efficient, have more room, and good reliability. Which is something I need.

The car I'm currently driving is a 1995 Thunderbird.  I've wanted a T-Bird for years, mostly because, let's be perfectly honest, I am a Beach Boys fan and "Fun Fun Fun" is one of my absolute favorite songs by them.  So me being able to cruise around town in my very own T-Bird, well, it's every girl's dream, right?  At least I didn't have to worry about daddy taking it away from me though.  It was *my* car.

I'm looking for something that gets good fuel economy, has good space (but isn't a land yacht), and doesn't cost an arm and a leg and my first born child.  Yes, I'm basically looking for an Econo-box, but I don't need a huge car.  And while it has been fun driving a V8 (my T-Bird has a 4.5L V8 under the hood), I'll be happy enough with a smaller engine.  Means I have to stop off at the gas station less frequently.  I want something I can road-trip in, something I can haul around my friends and small children in, and if I buy new, something that I can drive for ten to fifteen years before it craps out on me.  (Sadly, the main reason why I have to get a new car is because my T-Bird's transmission is dying.  D: )

There is the possibility that my husband will buy a mid-size truck for himself and give me his car, but I like the idea of getting a brand new car that is JUST MINE.  All of the vehicles I've ever owned were pre-owned and with the exception of my poor totaled Taurus, were in half-ass condidtion.  So that's probably why the idea of a sparkly new car is exciting to me.

travellyr graduated from Central Washington University yesterday, which meant we all went up to Ellensburg yesterday to watch her walk across the stage and receive her diploma. Other people who went up included her parents and brother, aunt, uncle, adopted parents (as in the parents of friends who have known Trav since high school), and a whole gaggle of friends, including desertkitsune , irksnapple , forgotten_relic , chaosblue , Ericka, Sabrina and myself. After we all went to lunch at a local Mexican restaurant, which is one of the few places in town that can fit 20+ people in one room at one time at one table. Lunch was on Trav's Dad, and after that the parents and other relatives left while us girls hung around Ellensburg until the Bar Noir started at nine. This included a run to Fred Meyer where we poked around and bought some stuff (I got a new bra and some sun glasses) before heading downtown to poke around the shops there.

So after a quick stop in at a piercing and tattoo parlor (where they had some really awesome clothes and jewelry), we stopped into a shop that specializes in imports. We affectionately called it the Import Store - most of their stuff comes from India and Africa. I was poking around the sale rack looking at tops and skirts before I wandered in and found a cute sundress. I wasn't sure if I was going to get it, but I didn't see the harm in trying it on - it's a very pretty cerulean blue, teal like color with a very interesting pattern in neutral tones. I came out of the dressing room looking a little nervous. I'm a little chubby and the dress doesn't exactly hide it well (well, it doesn't hide it at ALL). However there was no denying that my coloring works well with the color of the dress. I looked good which is surprising. So I made a $45 impulse buy yesterday (that's including tax), on a hand made silk dress from India. Now I have to find matching shoes.

Trav the grad bought some Henna, which Irk and Ericka used to create art on her back and legs. Of course, she also fell asleep with Kleenex shoved up her nose so she was making cute little snorting and snoring noise through out Kill Bill vol. 2. We also had the great BPAL (Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab) sniff-a-thon, where vials of perfume were passed around, tried on, and monitored to see how they aged and how our own body chemistry affected the scents. After Thai food, we all went out to Bar Noir, a faux bar in the back of a local art gallery where they show weird B movies and serve drinks and snacks while everyone sort of watches the movies, listens to music, and chat.  I was with Ericka and Sabrina so we couldn't hang around for too long because both had church today and we wanted to get home with enough time to get some sleep.

I got home at one, got to bed at one-thirty, and then was woken up at nine because my husband didn't know when I came in (he was fast asleep and there was no waking him), so he woke me up so I wouldn't get enough sleep.

Too bad I didn't get enough sleep ANYWAY.  So now I'm half asleep, not wanting to cook or do anything of importance (hey, I cleaned the damn bathroom and the bedroom today) and facing the prospect of actually having to cook even though all I want to do is sleep.