Old Lady Leary... FIRE!

My Comcast online account isn't working right and so I had to talk to an analyst online to try and get it figured out so I can pay my bill and it just wasn't getting fixed no matter what the analyst was trying to do to fix it. I thought maybe I was getting to a place where it might be fixed and what happened? The fire bell outside started going off and within 30 seconds that means that all the high pitched smoke detectors in the apartment started going off too. So of course this means we are supposed to evacuate! Boy was I not thrilled with that idea but there is no ignoring that noise. So I got my coat and keys and phone and quickly typed to the analyst that I had to leave because my fire alarm was going off. what does said analyst promptly do? she logged off and went on to the next customer! SO irritating! Well I made sure Kortney was really awake and getting ready to evacuate and we head outside. Guess what? It's about 10 degrees outside AND it's snowing. Which would be OK if I weren't in PJ's!!!! At least I had my coat. My Christmas PJ bottoms are NOT warm like you would think they should be. I had a scarf and blanket in my car that I went and got after about 5 minutes in that freezing temperature! I felt bad for one of my upstairs neighbors though... they had to carry the their baby (probably about 11 months) out at 12:05am in his sleeper with only a blanket around him to protect him from the cold and snow. I offered his mom my blanket for the baby but she said it was OK and luckily the alarm turned off and we were allowed to go back to our apartments after about 15 minutes in the cold. So thank you neighbor who started the fire. It was quite fun? no, exciting? no, interesting? no ANNOYING!! I'm sure you didn't do it on purpose though so I'll forgive you... once I can feel my feet again.

I'm a Gleek

I am IN love, and my love this time is a new television series. I will admit that I resisted at first. When Amy told me last summer that I HAD to watch the series premiere on Hulu I listened and put it on my queue but never got around to watching it before it expired. People kept telling me to watch it and I finally got around to it only because I was at a friend's house and she was watching it. It was like cupid shot me with an arrow as I sat down to watch. I swear this show was my life in High School (minus the singing although if there had been a Glee Club at Verdugo you had better believe I would have signed up in a heart beat). Anyway, we all know that I was, ok not was but am, a little geeky. These kids speak my language. My favorite character (so, you know the one most like me) is a girl named Rachel who is self proclaimed high maintenance, and not high maintenance in the super vain sort of way but the super bossy, loud, always right sort of way (look I'm growing, I can admit these things about myself), she has an amazing singing voice (something I wish I had), and she is kind of clueless when it comes to making and keeping friends, but somehow she has them anyway (in the sort of, we tolerate her way). I'll admit that I don't find myself like Rachel in EVERY way, just the ones that count. There also happens to be another character on the show who is a cheerleader (Cheerio) that is a closet show freak (Sound like anyone we know?). This character, Quinn, reminds me of my very best friend Brandee (except that Brandee didn't get knocked up in High School and I wasn't trying to steal her boyfriend). Brandee was a cheerleader, yes, but I think that she would have been happier in show choir if Verdugo had had one. Well the moral of this long rambling post is that Glee on Fox Wednesdays is AMAZING and I'm super sad that there won't be anymore new episodes till April. But when it does come back make sure you watch it! I don't know what I would do if it was canceled!!! Don't worry though, if you like me can't wait till April; the last five episodes of the season are on Hulu right NOW, and all 13 episodes will be on DVD on December 29. This is one TV series that I am more than willing to fork out mondo amounts of money for so I can own them all to my very own self.

Just a few memorable lines from Glee to end on:
Best pick up line ever: "How do I get you into my Hatchback?" (I'm so going to use this now that I have a hatchback)
About hairography: "It's like cool epilepsy."

That is all.

Merry Christmas!!

On Saturday, after our move, Kortney and went to pick out a Christmas tree for our living room. After we picked the one we wanted my favorite conversation of the day took place between us and the Home Depot worker. It went a little something like this:

Worker: So is this going on the top of a car or do you have a pick up to put it into? How are we doing this?

Us: Actually, we have a U-haul.

Worker: (stunned silence with a little bit of confusion on his face)

Us: We just got finished moving and thought we would take advantage of the truck since it's paid for anyway.

Worker: Oh good, I was worried you had rented it just for this.

Kortney and I were in hysterics for about an hour after this. I guess we were the first people he had ever seen get a tree in an empty U-haul. The look on his face was just priceless. i really really enjoyed putting that 7 foot tree in the back of an empty 15 ft truck though. Maybe next year I will rent a U-haul just to get my tree!

Remember.

New Apartment!!!

Kortney and I have moved!!!!

Kortney and I found a new apartment very quickly after we made the decision that we were not going to stay in our old one. Our new place is only about 3 miles from our old one which made moving easier and also means that (although we are technically two blocks out of the boundaries) we can still go to our same ward (one of Kortney's prerequisites). I absolutely LOVE our new appartment. It is bigger than our last one by almost 200 more square feet and the layout is more open and homey feeling. But the VERY best part? We have a Washer and Dryer!!! That's right no more storing up laundry and hitting up random friends/family members to do loads of laundry at their house! I might be a little over excited about this part of the deal but having lived without a washer and dryer in my apartment(s) for the last 6 years, I know how awesome they really are. I know I need to put on pictures but they are currently all on my phone. I'll take some with my camera once everything gets more settled.

Oh my!

Wow, has it really been over four months? Yikes! I'm sorry everyone I know that you all must feel deprived. I have a few excuses if you want to hear them.... The main one is that my computer freaked out and wouldn't stay on longer than two minutes and then I sent it to get fixed and it has been almost two months!!! I'm STILL not back to my trusty viao but I figured enough is enough.

Anyway, I don't really know where to start. Here's to trying!