10 things!!!

Here we go!!!

1. My lord -- let me sing sweet praises for my new favorite drug -- Armour Thyroid.  It has changed my life, no joke.  I'm not longer anxious, jittery, heart palpitation-y, dizzy, it is crazy that I put up with those symptoms for as long as I did on synthetic thyroid replacement.  Unfortunately, Armour Thyroid is made from dessicated porcine thyroid.  Say goodbye to Squeaker..... cutest piglet on earth, right?!?

You know what is weird?  When I googled "piglet" a load of images came up of piglets with birth defects, as in lots of two headed piglets.  Kinda creeped me out to tell you the truth.

2.  I love me an iced mocha......but I've learned that I really only love iced mochas from two places in my neighborhood, nay, the world!  Firehouse Coffee down on Market, and Caffe Fiore over by the bluff on 32nd.  All other iced mocha makers can suck it.  The other day Chris and I made one of our twice annual trips to Bellingham and I was burned TWICE in one day!!  It is the absolute worst when you spend money on a drink that you don't really want to finish, and it happened to me twice in one day.  Once on our way out of Seattle -- I should have known better than to go through a drive-thru coffee stand in the parking lot of a Petco.  Shame on me.  I drank about 1/3 of it and gave up.  I felt kind of let down, so I figured I should try one from Tony's in Fairhaven.  Ugh.  Another bust.  I think I'm just so used to how they make them at Firehouse and Caffe Fiore that anything else just tastes like garbage.  I guess I deserve it for spending upwards of $4 on a non-alcoholic beverage.

3. Speaking of our Bellingham trip.... Guess where we had lunch?

You guessed correctly.  Casa Que Pasa!!  I had my favorite burrito ever, the Rancho.  It's a melty, ooey, gooey, potatoey burst of goodness.  And definitely a must if you're ever making a trip up to B-ham.  Oh my lord, it is delicious.  I mean look at it!?!  It is just waiting to jump in your mouth. 

4. Just another Saturday night with my peeps -- So I met up with my usual suspect friends on Saturday night for some standard shenanigans and ballyhoo.  Drinks at the Lauer's beforehand, dinner at the neighborhood Mexican joint, then cruising the 'hood for a place to get a drink that doesn't suck.  On our way to said non-sucky bar we saw this gem:

Yup, it's a creeper van with a plastic unicorn hood ornament.  What else would be found in Greenlake, near midnight, outside the Little Red Hen?  It was either that or a homeless man singing Rat Pack songs for change while heckling passerbys -- oh wait that actually happened outside Old Town Alehouse in Ballard.  It has been a good couple weeks people.  A good couple weeks.

5. I have some new reading material:

Talking To Girls About Duran Duran by Rob Sheffield.  He also wrote the national bestseller Love Is A Mix Tape.  Kinda have a crush on him 'cause he has the job I dreamed of having when I was younger -- music journalist.  I'm diving in to Duran as soon as I finish The Mortal Instruments series.  I'm like an hour away from finishing the second book, but I took a three hour nap this afternoon, so you can tell where my priorities are.  Also on deck -- The Passage, and The Hunger Games.  And possibly trying to finish Pillars of the Earth, good god that book is enormous!  It's like Holy Bible enormous.

6. An unexpected good time was had by all --
Friday night I headed out to the sticks to hang with Casey and Kim.  What's on deck in the suburbs?  Mini-golf, pinball, and Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME at the Family Fun Center.  Throw in some Malibu Rum, Jameson, and After Shock, and we all managed to have a good time.

 
After I tweeted that I was like the Tiger Woods of mini-golf without the loose moral compass, I got a bunch of golf people following me. I still don't understand this whole Twitter thing sometimes.  Just because I mention grocery shopping does not mean I'm soliciting coupons.  Keep your spam in your pantry.  Anyway, the mini-golf course was lame, it was basically like 18 putting greens, no cool windmills or dragon mouths to maneuver around.  Family Fun Center needs to step up their mini-golf situation in a big way. 

Kim and Casey partook in a heated dance off on the Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME game.  Sweat beads were rollin'.  Next time I'm going to wear a sweat band and put on two coats of Arrid Extra Dry. 

 
And the pinball options were glorious.  Well, Lord of the Rings was glorious.  There was also Simpson's Party but it was lousy, it's picture didn't even make it on the blog.  See, that is what you get shitty pinball game!  No blog lovin'.

My precious......

7.  I've discovered some new blogs to stalk, added these to my favorites as of recently -- A Beautiful Mess, Smile and Wave, and notes on paper.   Check them out, stalk-worthy for sures.  Any blogs I need to check out?

8. Have you met Mrs. B.?

 
I got her for my birthday in 2nd grade -- that was 25 years ago if you're trying to do the math.  Mrs. B. is getting old and haggard, but still a constant companion.  She serves as more of a body pillow at this stage in my life than a friend that I bring with me on camping trips like I did as a kid.  Her shredded clippings are all matted -- her floof is gone.  But she's still beautiful in her own special loved teddy bear way. 

9. Twilight has hit the scrapbooking world. Hard.

DCWV now makes The Immortal Love paper and embellishment series.  I had seen the advertisements in the Scrap magazines, but had yet to see them in person.  But I went to JoAnn's bad-ass papercrafting sale today and saw The Immortal Love section had been ravaged -- it was like a pack of werewolves had gotten to it.  Ha!  I couldn't help myself.  Little Twilight humor for ya.  I didn't buy any Twilight paper, because I'm not 12 years old, but I did pick up some Cricut cartridges because they were on super sale.  I'm talking sooper dooper sale.  Bargain basement prices scrap folks. 

10. Frank had a blood draw this morning.  Little guy is holding steady weight-wise, thank you.  He actually gained about 2 ounces over the past month.

Keeping my fingers crossed he continues to stay happy and healthy.  He's my little beast.