tag:lelliebunny.theficus.com,2007-10-22://15 2008-06-07T01:20:47Z oh wait. there it is. i see it over there.... oh. wait. nevermind. Movable Type Publishing Platform 4.0 tag:lelliebunny.theficus.com,2008://15.2874 2008-06-07T01:12:24Z 2008-06-07T01:20:47Z

well, it's june now. it's been a busy last few months. i can't really say that much has happened that people would find interesting, but it has certainly been busy. i quit my 2nd job (the retail one) in may. i've been learning a lot with my new job. it's constantly changing, and i find it fascinating. i work with a great group of people, so it makes going to work much more fun. we're looking at trying to go out to see jodi and richard in a few months. after our last attempt, i hope that this one has a happy ending! the kitties are still doing well. zen is as bitchy as ever and shadow is still peeing! in an unrelated matter, i really like the clinique redness solutions product line. it works well with my rosacea. i'm glad that it is readily available (although nordstrom was out of the larger sizes, so i had to get the starter set). i'm going to a clinique event at nordstrom next week, so i should be able to get the larger bottles at that time. i hope that things continue to go well....

http://leslie.theficus.com well, it's june now. it's been a busy last few months. i can't really say that much has happened that people would find interesting, but it has certainly been busy. i quit my 2nd job (the retail one) in may. i've been learning a lot with my new job. it's constantly changing, and i find it fascinating. i work with a great group of people, so it makes going to work much more fun. we're looking at trying to go out to see jodi and richard in a few months. after our last attempt, i hope that this one has a happy ending! the kitties are still doing well. zen is as bitchy as ever and shadow is still peeing! in an unrelated matter, i really like the clinique redness solutions product line. it works well with my rosacea. i'm glad that it is readily available (although nordstrom was out of the larger sizes, so i had to get the starter set). i'm going to a clinique event at nordstrom next week, so i should be able to get the larger bottles at that time. i hope that things continue to go well. tag:lelliebunny.theficus.com,2008://15.2871 2008-04-01T03:18:39Z 2008-06-07T01:09:28Z

i just looked and realized that i haven't updated this thing since december, so here goes... january other than an extremely painful badly sprained ankle, nothing interesting happened. february the sprain wasn't healing, and the doctor thought that surgery might be required to correct the problem. i opted to leave my previous job because i needed to be off of my ankle. my friend and former co-worker, jason, had been trying to get me to come work with him for a while, so i gave it a go. a few weeks after leaving retail, i'm in an office job. i really can't argue with monday-friday 8-5, but i have learned that ironing sucks. i am staying on in my retail job in an extremely limited capacity. i am working just a few days a month, so i'll really stay in touch with the customers and products. march shadow had some emergency surgery because his urinary tract reblocked. with much thanks to my parents and their credit card, we were able to have the surgery done (it's called a p.u. - it essentially created a new pee hole for him), and he's healing nicely. i'm constantly worried about him, but all of the articles that i've read indicate that over 90% of the cats with the surgical correction never reblock. the torn tendon in my ankle healed well according to the mri that i had. the doctor said that since the damage to my ankle is all ligament damage. they're evidently all thickened and scarred due to repetitive injury. i read that each time you damage a ligament and it heals the way that mine have, you lose 50% of the strength of the ligament. well... multiply that by over 20 years of sprains and it just paints a lovely picture. work continues to be good. i'm learning a ton of stuff. i spent part of sunday doing the retail thing. it was really nice to be back and getting that face-to-face contact with the customers. my ankle was really less than pleased. i had lunch with amy before we went in, and that was good. j&r were going to try to come out here in may for their anniversary, but that sadly isn't going to happen. :( my parents sold their house and moved into an apartment for the first time since 1976. we got an appletv too. it is quite neat. i was really on the fence on it for quite a while, but i'm glad that we went for it. we're also experiencing quite the early spring weather here. it snowed several inches on saturday, but it had melted by mid-sunday. it has been a mix of sun, rain, thunderstorms, hail, and snow today (monday). it certainly isn't weather that i'd like to continue to have. april - april is almost here. i'm going to a partylite party at the end of the week. let's hope that april is better than march. that's really about it. things have...

http://leslie.theficus.com january other than an extremely painful badly sprained ankle, nothing interesting happened. february the sprain wasn't healing, and the doctor thought that surgery might be required to correct the problem. i opted to leave my previous job because i needed to be off of my ankle. my friend and former co-worker, jason, had been trying to get me to come work with him for a while, so i gave it a go. a few weeks after leaving retail, i'm in an office job. i really can't argue with monday-friday 8-5, but i have learned that ironing sucks. i am staying on in my retail job in an extremely limited capacity. i am working just a few days a month, so i'll really stay in touch with the customers and products. march shadow had some emergency surgery because his urinary tract reblocked. with much thanks to my parents and their credit card, we were able to have the surgery done (it's called a p.u. - it essentially created a new pee hole for him), and he's healing nicely. i'm constantly worried about him, but all of the articles that i've read indicate that over 90% of the cats with the surgical correction never reblock. the torn tendon in my ankle healed well according to the mri that i had. the doctor said that since the damage to my ankle is all ligament damage. they're evidently all thickened and scarred due to repetitive injury. i read that each time you damage a ligament and it heals the way that mine have, you lose 50% of the strength of the ligament. well... multiply that by over 20 years of sprains and it just paints a lovely picture. work continues to be good. i'm learning a ton of stuff. i spent part of sunday doing the retail thing. it was really nice to be back and getting that face-to-face contact with the customers. my ankle was really less than pleased. i had lunch with amy before we went in, and that was good. j&r were going to try to come out here in may for their anniversary, but that sadly isn't going to happen. :( my parents sold their house and moved into an apartment for the first time since 1976. we got an appletv too. it is quite neat. i was really on the fence on it for quite a while, but i'm glad that we went for it. we're also experiencing quite the early spring weather here. it snowed several inches on saturday, but it had melted by mid-sunday. it has been a mix of sun, rain, thunderstorms, hail, and snow today (monday). it certainly isn't weather that i'd like to continue to have. april - april is almost here. i'm going to a partylite party at the end of the week. let's hope that april is better than march. that's really about it. things have been very busy.]]> tag:lelliebunny.theficus.com,2007://15.2866 2007-12-24T05:22:08Z 2007-12-24T05:30:12Z

well. it's been a while since i wrote anything, so i thought that i'd finally post something. i'd like to say that i've been doing a lot of neat stuff, but i really haven't. we spent thanksgiving and my birthday in texas at my parents' house. since then it's just been a lot of work, work, work. we've made plans to go to chicago for a few days early next year to see jodi and richard. work has constantly been busy, so that takes a lot of my time and energy. on the shopping front, i bought the last edition tokidoki for lesportsac bag back in october. since that's over, i've purchased 2 more seatbelt bags (a houndstooth and a limited edition one that i'm getting for christmas). i'm planning on weeding out some of my purses and eBaying them to clear out space. i'm hoping that things start to calm down a little bit after christmas because we really want to start back on weight watchers. with all of the crazy stuff, it is really hard for me to focus. i hope to be able to report back on the progress that i'm making on that front sooner rather than later. i wish that they would come up with an iPhone app or interface for weight watchers. :) i've also been good with wearing my glasses that i've had for several years now. the optometrist had told me 2 years ago that i should start wearing them all the time. i did pretty well for a week or two and then i just got sick of it. we went back to the doctor over a month ago now, and i think that i'm doing really well with that. they really do make a difference in the frequency and severity of the headaches that i get. the babies and adam are doing well too. that's about it for now....

http://leslie.theficus.com well. it's been a while since i wrote anything, so i thought that i'd finally post something. i'd like to say that i've been doing a lot of neat stuff, but i really haven't. we spent thanksgiving and my birthday in texas at my parents' house. since then it's just been a lot of work, work, work. we've made plans to go to chicago for a few days early next year to see jodi and richard. work has constantly been busy, so that takes a lot of my time and energy. on the shopping front, i bought the last edition tokidoki for lesportsac bag back in october. since that's over, i've purchased 2 more seatbelt bags (a houndstooth and a limited edition one that i'm getting for christmas). i'm planning on weeding out some of my purses and eBaying them to clear out space. i'm hoping that things start to calm down a little bit after christmas because we really want to start back on weight watchers. with all of the crazy stuff, it is really hard for me to focus. i hope to be able to report back on the progress that i'm making on that front sooner rather than later. i wish that they would come up with an iPhone app or interface for weight watchers. :) i've also been good with wearing my glasses that i've had for several years now. the optometrist had told me 2 years ago that i should start wearing them all the time. i did pretty well for a week or two and then i just got sick of it. we went back to the doctor over a month ago now, and i think that i'm doing really well with that. they really do make a difference in the frequency and severity of the headaches that i get. the babies and adam are doing well too. that's about it for now. tag:lelliebunny.theficus.com,2007://15.2860 2007-10-25T03:21:48Z 2007-10-25T03:33:46Z

yeah, it hurts. it looks worse in person than it does on the pic taken with my phone. i walked into the high edge of one of the counters at work. it was one of those things where you actually have to stop moving and stand still for a minute because of how much it hurt....

http://leslie.theficus.com yeah, it hurts. it looks worse in person than it does on the pic taken with my phone. i walked into the high edge of one of the counters at work. it was one of those things where you actually have to stop moving and stand still for a minute because of how much it hurt.]]> tag:lelliebunny.theficus.com,2007://15.2853 2007-08-14T05:05:41Z 2007-08-14T05:09:28Z

OMFG. LOOK...

http://leslie.theficus.com LOOK ]]> tag:lelliebunny.theficus.com,2007://15.2851 2007-07-27T01:56:05Z 2007-07-27T02:02:03Z

my 20th anniversary monster squad DVD came today. it really got me thinking about some of the other totally crappy movies that i loved as a kid. here are just a few. the goonies (my favorite of them all) clue dragnet condorman the private eyes young sherlock holmes sixteen candles pretty in pink the breakfast club the neverending story ghostbusters weird science real genius national lampoon's european vacation three amigos as sad as it is, i can totally watch some of these over and over....

http://leslie.theficus.com my 20th anniversary monster squad DVD came today. it really got me thinking about some of the other totally crappy movies that i loved as a kid. here are just a few. the goonies (my favorite of them all) clue dragnet condorman the private eyes young sherlock holmes sixteen candles pretty in pink the breakfast club the neverending story ghostbusters weird science real genius national lampoon's european vacation three amigos as sad as it is, i can totally watch some of these over and over. tag:lelliebunny.theficus.com,2007://15.2850 2007-07-23T21:42:09Z 2007-07-24T05:23:33Z

so, i interviewed for a promotion at work about a week and a half ago now. i found out on friday that i got it, and it was formally announced this weekend. i also received my harry potter book which i finished today, AND i found my very first swatch on ebay (well not mine exactly, but it is the correct model). i've still got another day off before i go back to work, so i'm going to try to get some stuff done around the house. heh we'll see if i actually do that......

http://leslie.theficus.com so, i interviewed for a promotion at work about a week and a half ago now. i found out on friday that i got it, and it was formally announced this weekend. i also received my harry potter book which i finished today, AND i found my very first swatch on ebay (well not mine exactly, but it is the correct model). i've still got another day off before i go back to work, so i'm going to try to get some stuff done around the house. heh we'll see if i actually do that... tag:lelliebunny.theficus.com,2007://15.2847 2007-07-17T19:54:16Z 2007-07-17T19:56:50Z

$432 to fix my poor sporky (we hope). he had a leaking oil pan gasket. we're gonna re-check it in about a month to make sure that the rear main seal isn't leaking too. so, cross your fingers that this will work. if this doesn't, we're looking at about $700 for the rear main seal. wow. thankfully the dealership believes there is about an 80-90% chance this will fix the problem and that this was the less expensive of the 2 possibilities....

http://leslie.theficus.com $432 to fix my poor sporky (we hope). he had a leaking oil pan gasket. we're gonna re-check it in about a month to make sure that the rear main seal isn't leaking too. so, cross your fingers that this will work. if this doesn't, we're looking at about $700 for the rear main seal. wow. thankfully the dealership believes there is about an 80-90% chance this will fix the problem and that this was the less expensive of the 2 possibilities. tag:lelliebunny.theficus.com,2007://15.2846 2007-07-16T02:01:10Z 2007-07-16T02:02:19Z

that nelly furtado. she's so smart! ;) RIP yermom. you have served us well. thank you for everything. our cheesy little friend has some pretty big shoes to fill....

http://leslie.theficus.com that nelly furtado. she's so smart! ;) RIP yermom. you have served us well. thank you for everything. our cheesy little friend has some pretty big shoes to fill. tag:lelliebunny.theficus.com,2007://15.2845 2007-07-09T04:22:17Z 2007-07-09T04:29:51Z

so, the parents left on friday morning at the crack of dawn. friday afternoon i went back to work where i unfortunately left after less than 2 hours of being there because i felt really icky. we watched some of the stuff that we had netflixed while i whined about how crappy i felt. saturday brought a meeting and a regular shift. i felt better but still not great. today was another boring day. sadly the highlight of the day was probably watching the my super sweet sixteen bling countdown. ha. yes, i know that it is sad. now i'm watching adam play a video game (the darkness if you are curious) that he just rented from hollywood video. other than that, we had opened a ticket with xbox support about 2 weeks ago regarding our 3 sector red ring of doom. i didn't shell out the cash for the repair, and i'm so glad that i waited. with the certain type of failure we were experiencing, we were able to qualify for the extended repair that microsoft started offering late last week. YAY! no $140 to get the damn thing fixed. we're waiting on the empty box from them to arrive so we can get it sent back to them and get it repaired. i'm having my hair cut tomorrow. wednesday is going to be VERY long. meeting at 7 am, meeting at noon, work at 1:30. ugh. hopefully it will be fruitful. i'll try to report back in if anything comes of it. :)...

http://leslie.theficus.com so, the parents left on friday morning at the crack of dawn. friday afternoon i went back to work where i unfortunately left after less than 2 hours of being there because i felt really icky. we watched some of the stuff that we had netflixed while i whined about how crappy i felt. saturday brought a meeting and a regular shift. i felt better but still not great. today was another boring day. sadly the highlight of the day was probably watching the my super sweet sixteen bling countdown. ha. yes, i know that it is sad. now i'm watching adam play a video game (the darkness if you are curious) that he just rented from hollywood video. other than that, we had opened a ticket with xbox support about 2 weeks ago regarding our 3 sector red ring of doom. i didn't shell out the cash for the repair, and i'm so glad that i waited. with the certain type of failure we were experiencing, we were able to qualify for the extended repair that microsoft started offering late last week. YAY! no $140 to get the damn thing fixed. we're waiting on the empty box from them to arrive so we can get it sent back to them and get it repaired. i'm having my hair cut tomorrow. wednesday is going to be VERY long. meeting at 7 am, meeting at noon, work at 1:30. ugh. hopefully it will be fruitful. i'll try to report back in if anything comes of it. :) tag:lelliebunny.theficus.com,2007://15.2842 2007-07-04T04:07:59Z 2007-07-15T21:20:07Z

so, it's been a crazy whirlwind of stuff since my parents arrived (as you can tell from my previous blog post). spirit of washington dinner train we went for brunch on the dinner train last sunday. it was VERY bumpy since most of the route uses freight tracks. the food was eh, but it was one of those things that is kinda cool to say that you did. if you're thinking about it, do the dome car without a doubt. it was worth the money. i don't know if the whole thing was really worth the money, and i'm not sure if i'd really recommend it, but it was kinda neat (especially since i didn't pay for it!) . leavenworth i enjoyed leavenworth when we were there on monday. it was like a wussed-out version of fredericksburg. it needs some work before it gets there, but it was cute (and HOT). the drive out was also beautiful. again, it's one of those it's nice to do once but i wouldn't make a habit of it. we went to muenchen house for lunch where i had a pretty good beer brat. the drive out wasn't bad at all, but i would imagine that it would suck in most anything other than the nearly perfect weather we had that day. san juan islands today we took the victoria clipper iii to the san juan islands for whale and sealife searching. it was a beautiful cruise out there. we saw LOTS of animals and birds including one of the resident orca pods which was totally amazing. after the whale watching, we went back to friday harbor for 2 hours which was a total mess due to lack of map reading (not my fault) and the inability of other passengers to follow crew instructions for re-boarding the ship. i thought that i was going to go nuts on the way back (3 hours back from friday harbor to seattle) because it was already 4:30 pm and we'd been on the boat since 6:45 am. we got back to seattle around 7:30 pm. it was about 3.5 hours out to friday harbor to drop people off, about 2 or so hours of whale watching, about 2 hours back in friday harbor (where we had a crappy lunch), and then 3 hours back to seattle. it was a looooong day. i would recommend it though. it was really beautiful. i also greatly enjoyed being able to see the big bridge at deception pass. that is all for now. i've been up since 5:30 am (it's 10:15 pm now), so i'm going to BED. GOODNIGHT!...

http://leslie.theficus.com spirit of washington dinner train we went for brunch on the dinner train last sunday. it was VERY bumpy since most of the route uses freight tracks. the food was eh, but it was one of those things that is kinda cool to say that you did. if you're thinking about it, do the dome car without a doubt. it was worth the money. i don't know if the whole thing was really worth the money, and i'm not sure if i'd really recommend it, but it was kinda neat (especially since i didn't pay for it!) . leavenworth i enjoyed leavenworth when we were there on monday. it was like a wussed-out version of fredericksburg. it needs some work before it gets there, but it was cute (and HOT). the drive out was also beautiful. again, it's one of those it's nice to do once but i wouldn't make a habit of it. we went to muenchen house for lunch where i had a pretty good beer brat. the drive out wasn't bad at all, but i would imagine that it would suck in most anything other than the nearly perfect weather we had that day. san juan islands today we took the victoria clipper iii to the san juan islands for whale and sealife searching. it was a beautiful cruise out there. we saw LOTS of animals and birds including one of the resident orca pods which was totally amazing. after the whale watching, we went back to friday harbor for 2 hours which was a total mess due to lack of map reading (not my fault) and the inability of other passengers to follow crew instructions for re-boarding the ship. i thought that i was going to go nuts on the way back (3 hours back from friday harbor to seattle) because it was already 4:30 pm and we'd been on the boat since 6:45 am. we got back to seattle around 7:30 pm. it was about 3.5 hours out to friday harbor to drop people off, about 2 or so hours of whale watching, about 2 hours back in friday harbor (where we had a crappy lunch), and then 3 hours back to seattle. it was a looooong day. i would recommend it though. it was really beautiful. i also greatly enjoyed being able to see the big bridge at deception pass. that is all for now. i've been up since 5:30 am (it's 10:15 pm now), so i'm going to BED. GOODNIGHT!]]> tag:lelliebunny.theficus.com,2007://15.2841 2007-06-28T17:53:14Z 2007-07-06T02:19:21Z

yes, they are on their way. their plane is somewhere between here and dallas now. the apartment is mostly clean. since my mom has a bad cat allergy, we should probably vacuum right before they come over. there's a lot of possible stuff to do while they are here. here's the list... done watch to movado for re-repair - done 6/28 REI - done 6/29 anniversary dinner at daniel's - done 6/30 space needle - done 6/30 pike place market - done 6/30 dinner train - done 7/1 snoqualmie falls - done 7/1 leavenworth - done 7/2 deception pass - done 7/3 san juan islands - done 7/3 seattle art museum and sculpture park - done 7/4 mount rainier - done 7/5 list of possible things to do victoria or vancouver, bc ride the duck bainbridge island whidbey island museum of flight aquarium seattle underground tour...

http://leslie.theficus.com done watch to movado for re-repair - done 6/28 REI - done 6/29 anniversary dinner at daniel's - done 6/30 space needle - done 6/30 pike place market - done 6/30 dinner train - done 7/1 snoqualmie falls - done 7/1 leavenworth - done 7/2 deception pass - done 7/3 san juan islands - done 7/3 seattle art museum and sculpture park - done 7/4 mount rainier - done 7/5 list of possible things to do victoria or vancouver, bc ride the duck bainbridge island whidbey island museum of flight aquarium seattle underground tour]]> tag:lelliebunny.theficus.com,2007://15.2838 2007-05-21T04:37:51Z 2007-05-21T06:46:10Z

wow. it's been months since the managerial drama in february. well, it's back again. of the 3 managerial slots, only 1 has been filled. yes, that means that somebody else quit. it's no wonder that so many people are frustrated and exhausted. i am still trying to comprehend why it takes so long to backfill positions. it's been over 3 months. yes, i understand that we want to get the right person for the job; however, the delay in making a move is hurting the staff as well. i suppose this is especially true this time of year when you have lots of people wanting to take time off, but the lack of staff isn't stopping anybody from taking that time off. there are even people who haven't gotten through their initial training that are already requesting time off. it's a little disturbing when you see a shift coverage request and you have NO idea whatsoever who that person is! the whole thing is very frustrating. in an unrelated note, i think our xbox 360 is dying....

http://leslie.theficus.com wow. it's been months since the managerial drama in february. well, it's back again. of the 3 managerial slots, only 1 has been filled. yes, that means that somebody else quit. it's no wonder that so many people are frustrated and exhausted. i am still trying to comprehend why it takes so long to backfill positions. it's been over 3 months. yes, i understand that we want to get the right person for the job; however, the delay in making a move is hurting the staff as well. i suppose this is especially true this time of year when you have lots of people wanting to take time off, but the lack of staff isn't stopping anybody from taking that time off. there are even people who haven't gotten through their initial training that are already requesting time off. it's a little disturbing when you see a shift coverage request and you have NO idea whatsoever who that person is! the whole thing is very frustrating. in an unrelated note, i think our xbox 360 is dying. tag:lelliebunny.theficus.com,2007://15.2836 2007-05-06T21:40:05Z 2007-05-06T23:42:00Z

yes, i am going to call myself the goddess of allergy meds now. i've been on singular (for allergies and asthma) for several years. i was also on zyrtec, but one of my docs recommended taking it only as needed. after feeling terrible, having OTC stuff not working very well, and seeing 2 DIFFERENT doctors, i'm on singular, zyrtec, and flonase daily. well, i do feel a lot better. allergies suck, but yay for allergy meds. bleh. that is all....

http://leslie.theficus.com yes, i am going to call myself the goddess of allergy meds now. i've been on singular (for allergies and asthma) for several years. i was also on zyrtec, but one of my docs recommended taking it only as needed. after feeling terrible, having OTC stuff not working very well, and seeing 2 DIFFERENT doctors, i'm on singular, zyrtec, and flonase daily. well, i do feel a lot better. allergies suck, but yay for allergy meds. bleh. that is all. tag:lelliebunny.theficus.com,2007://15.2832 2007-03-28T05:28:44Z 2007-05-11T05:47:13Z

for some people it's drugs, alcohol, or shoes. not me. i'm all about the purses. adam is most pleased that i've found a less expensive brand to fixate on, but the volume of my recent acquisitions is a little scary. i've been going up to the lesportsac outlet where i can get a purse of a reasonable size for as little as $20. the most expensive thing that i have bought there was $97.50. that's a far cry from a MINIMUM of $595 for a vuitton bag. my obsession is with the tokidoki for lesportsac bags especially. a new print is coming out soon, so i must get one of those. i have a bag from each season now. here's the inventory of tokidoki... 1st (spring 2006) - bella bella in the original print and bella in tokidoki black (with the original print interior) 2nd - (summer 2006) - caramella pouch in the camo playground olive print (an outlet find) 3rd - (fall 2006) - buon viaggio in the foresta print and stellina in the citta rosa print (an ebay find) 4th - (winter 2006) - mamma mia in the inferno print (my first that adam bought me for christmas) and stellina in the paradiso print (an outlet find) 5th - (spring 2007) - mamma mia in the adios star print and stellina in the pirata print i don't think that i'll pick up the missing ones from the previous seasons. geez. i think that i will pick up a ciao ciao in the amore print when it comes out. i don't see anything else on the horizon that is calling to me since the japanese lesportsac site has tiny preview pics. oh and yes, i do use them all. if you think i'm nuts about tokidoki, go to the tokidoki blog . that site rocks. here's the update... i found an amore bag at macys on april 1. they had just received them over the weekend. so, now i am a proud owner of a buon viaggio bag. :D :D :D...

http://leslie.theficus.com the tokidoki blog . that site rocks. here's the update... i found an amore bag at macys on april 1. they had just received them over the weekend. so, now i am a proud owner of a buon viaggio bag. :D :D :D]]>