A day (or two or three) in the life of...

Not a good day, not. just not. Everyone around me is stressed, therefore I feel the stress and well, it's just not good. Reasons I'm not particularly ecstatic today: Boss is supremely stressed with good reason Lu's out of town (up in NJ on business) I'm feeling a case of the chubs Mom's upset, either at me or my brother so she takes it out on me and pouts till I can pull out of her what the deal is. Might be because I didn't invite her to come with me to Cozumel for the wedding planning trip but I don't know unless she tells me. Don't like being at the office Didn't get my workout in yesterday so I feel some guilt today. Reasons I should smile: Lu sent me gorgeous bright purple orchids and a sweet card to my office today. :-) I'm in relatively good health My friends rock (given...) My nephew is doing great and I will most likely see him tonight I have a job (still to be determined if the next couple projects do...

I have been in search for the Lost Season 1 , Disk 1 at the local blockbusters to no avail. My plan is to catch up on season 1 and then start watching season 2 off of Jem's Tivo. He's asked me for the last year to pay attention to this show because I love the building of mysteries kinda shows (LOVED Carnivale's season one but then I had HBO no longer so couldn't watch season 2) so this seems like one I would love. My problem is 1) I never remember when the shows that I like are on 2) I don't have TIVO and 3) I get PISSED when I miss a show I wanted to watch. All this together equals me trying to avoid getting hooked on any particular show that I'd need to commit to watching on a regular basis. I'm thinking strongly about getting the TIVO box now that it's only $49.99 (after $150 rebate) and then I can just program it to capture all the shows I'd want to watch and be able to watch them all at about midnight till 3 (when I watch the most TV because Lu...

I'm on day 3 of my cleanse (' master cleanse ') and lemme just say that sugar withdrawal is a bitch! I wish I didn't have such strong fixation for sugar. I mean, now that I haven't had it in 3 days, I'm fine but damn it's a bitch when your body's coming off of caffiene and sugar. I first did this cleanse back in December and did it for 10 days actually, oh wait, nope, now that I think about it, I only lasted 8 days and then broke down and dived into a bag of trail mix. The thing is, when I did it back in December, I felt so good that I was able to go w/out taking any of my allergy medicines (I'm allergic to almost all environmental allergens as well as to my kitties) for about 2 months and I just felt cleaner and less congested. Loved it. Not to mention my skin was amazing and glowing for a good while. Well, till I went back to my junking and drinking. bleh. As much as I want to be consistently healthier and internally clean in general, I realize tha...

Frog (my brother) is now officially a Father! Baby Noah Fausto was born this morning at 9:06 a.m., weighing in at 8 lbs. 16 oz. and happy and healthy as can be. Frog's wife, (Medina, or Meddy as we call her) had to have C-section because she was more than ready to receive baby Noah into the world. Once Lu and I got over to the hospital today (nope, we didn't make it to Cozumel, long story dealing w/Lu's Vietnamese citizenship, *sigh*), I started clicking away like mad, gushing, tearing up and just feeling so excited and proud. Noah's the first baby between us and our immediate cousins, so this is quite an exciting time for our family as you can imagine. All I can say is, he's beautiful and came to our family at a time that we really could use the touch of love and happiness that he brings into our world. He's this beautiful little bundle of innocence and hope. As you may be able to tell, I'm kind of at a loss for words and feeling so overjoyed and overwhelme...

I will be at the above island till Sunday. I'll be picking some of you up a few sturdy, handsome, rich, tall (am I forgetting any other specifics here?) MeHEcans on the way back from the Duty Free shop as well as some cheap bottles of liquor for our collection (we can never keep our collection intact for long though). I keep thinking of that movie line: "Are you a Mexican or a MexiCAN'T???". Heh. MeHEcan't. Hope everyone has a safe, happy, productive (if you wanna be), relaxing, gorgeous, superb weekend and I hope there's some fun sharing of adventures on your part. I'm sure I won't have too much to share besides tales of wedding planning, snorkling, drinking, dancing, shopping... I think I'm getting cussed out now by some of you. :-D Eh, I only get to go for 2 days though so it's not really enough to hate on me for. honest. I'll bring you all a shot of tequila each. ;-) PS - Can't wait to see most of you's next weekend at Oktoberfe...

*I will need to get this lil cheerleader teddy bear as a testament of my excitement I will then need to get a hold of a jersey like the one above to show my support and make me look like a real 49ers fan. Since I love the colors (Red and Gold which of course are also the skins colors but ah well...) this is a major plus! Then of course, I will need one of these and some wings from Hooters (maybe Mish can even be our waitress) and I will be able to cheer w/my Hubby-to-be!!! Go 49ers!!

So, is it gonna be something like this Mikey? M'ers said something about "Is Rebecca Demornay (sp?) coming by as well?" *Thanks to M'ers for finding this pic which I had all but given up on finding...

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Though I'm sure there'll still be bare ass prints on windows, beer bottles still spinning on kitchen floor, random walking around in kimonos and cigar butts littering around... Heh, have a good time Mikeyyyy!!! Watch out for those suburban housewives, they look at men in our neighborhood, I think they bite.

Those people at Gallery of the Absurd are hilarious. So much attention to detail. Brit Brit and her lil bundle of cheetos. awww. I'm procrastinating from doing work again over here... Sipping coffee and blog hopping for a pinch. I need to get my head back in the game though, at some point... as usual. Same song, different day? Scratch that, boss just came in with surge of motivation I needed [read: reminding me of stuff that needs to be put back on front burner]. Oh, btw, boxing classes may not be a go anymore. I'm more than a bit bummed about that considering I was all ready to get all Sly Stallone in there and work it out. What to do now? I was really looking forward to that. Think I'll have to look into a boxing class outside the one my gym is offering, considering they're planning on having it at 9:30am Mon/Wed!! WTF? What are working peeps supposed to do then? Arrr... Cozumel this weekend! WOOOHOOO! I'm ready. [blinking eyes, hoping it'll be Friday ...

What kind of pirate ye be, yer wondering? Wanna talk like one perhaps ? Aye! This lass be having herself a good 'ol time with the mateys today! Edward England You are 51 %Treasurer, have 53% Seafairability, crave 38% Bloodlusting, and lust 70% in Wenchwanting! Edward, you are the sweetie pie of Scalleywags. Originally a captive on a pirate ship, the crew liked and respected you so much they made you a captain! You plundered the Indian Ocean beautifully. You plundered Indian womens honor beautifully, and you sailed like a pro. Your downfall is in your good and kind nature. Being a pirate is a dirty ugly business, and sometimes you must torture and slay your captives. At least for no other reason than to stop people calling you a wussy pantaloons. Maybe if you had slayed that merchant captive he wouldn't have come back and beat the scurvy out of you! My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender : You scored higher than 29% o...

This weekend rocked. Great. Amazing. I love my crazy ass, Schizo family (I mean that in the kindest way), my nut job friend (Harms, I totally didn't mean to punch at you tonight but please don't startle me like that again GURRRLLL), my Hubby-to-be who turns into the most amazing romantic when I least expect it and our temp. roomie Mikey. This freaking weekend was the best and that's all there is to it. I'm in love with the people in my life, all of you, a-l-l of you who whether I was around you or not this weekend, leave a lasting impression on my soul. I may be one of the craziest, shit talking chicks you'll ever meet, but I got all your backs. ;-) That is, if my jab gets a bit stronger. Harms, you're a trip. No.more.startling. None. K? Feeling particularly happy about life in general and needed to savor this moment and look back on it. Life is wonderful at times. Can be a beyotch at other times but for the most part, I'm blessed and thankful for that. G...

M'ers humors Clussy: [10:07] Clussy 75: I have no such pet colander of which you speak. [10:07] Clussy 75: nope, none [10:07] Clussy 75: G'morrrrrrnnniiiiiiiiinggg M'ers!!! [ 10:07] M'ers: too funny [10:08] M'ers: Mornin to ye' [10:08] Clussy 75: what'cha doing under there? [10:08] Clussy 75: :-D [10:08] M'ers: mmmm? [10:08] M'ers : :-O [10:08] Clussy 75: heh [10:08] M'ers : not gonna' get me [10:08] Clussy 75: doh! [10:08] M'ers : ha ha ha [10:08] Clussy 75: ;-) [10:08] M'ers : that was like the whole updog thing [10:09] Clussy 75: too bad, this convo would so have been cut and pasted into a blog post. [ 10:09] M'ers : now remember.....I do this for you Claudia [10:09] M'ers : Under where? [10:09] Clussy 75: HAHAHAHA

Holy Smokes, it's our favorite chronic smoking Food Channel cutie patootie! Look at Rachel showing some skin and breaking out in stoner giggles. Who knew she would be willing to do a photo shoot like this one? M'ers may be loving this pic, oui? Actually, I think Jems will love this too! :-D I was just pleasantly surprised as I stumbled upon this FHM cover on the net and felt the overwhelming need to share. She's still looking all wholesome and cute though, isn't she? She's always always always giggling. Come on, everything she puts in her mouth is the most delicious thing EVER and she giggles incessantly. Don't get me wrong, I think she's beyond adorable and comes off super sweet but, I don't know, something's up there... And congrats to our $40 a day starlet , she's now engaged and will have to share her food with another.

So as luck would have it, my battery died today as I was attempting to go out to lunch. To make it even more fun for the whole family, my celly battery died as well. Luckily I was here at work so all the guys hovered over my truck to try to repair it. I'm sure they welcomed that dose of testosterone renewal in the middle of a quiet day. Well, we got moved it so that it would be accessible to jump and jumped the battery. Left it running for about 15 min and then turned it off and back on in hopes that the battery would have been able to sufficiently charge. Nope, not so much. So I call my hubby-to-B and get no response so I leave a message. I wait half an hour and then email him w/subject line of "Your Damsel is in distress: send for help" (jokingly really, my email was lighthearted, I promise) and hear nothing back. Arghgh and because it is close to my time to peak as a woman, my emotions are all skiddish and I get frustrated. The scenarios in my head go a fluttering ...

chest tightening... breathing becoming shorter... even a bit dizzy. Make it stop!!! I have so much to do, I think, I don't know!! I have to do my breathing exercises and calm me-self cuz I'm stressing. Harms, I'm stressing. Aren't you supposed to be holding my hair back over here as I barf from the stress? Isn't that your main duty? (heh, duty...). No, but seriously, I have yet to really get my shit together over here. It really may just be like 3 of us out on the MD beach front in sweats and saying 'sure , I guess I can handle that' instead of the beautifully dreamt cozumel beach wedding. *breathe* I can't think cuz the head won't stop spinning. Someone enroll me in a stress management class please. I will take it as an early Xmas present. You can all chip in for it, yeah, it'll be good. Going back under my desk where I can remain in my fetal position and pretend I have nothing I need to be doing (besides my work of course...) and no worries. ye...

I was directed over to this sloganizer site from pstvnrg's blog and I have to say, I'm highly amused. Love it! Because Clussy is Complicated Enough. This Is Not Your Father's Clussy. Life's Pretty Straight Without Clussy. All You Need is a Clussy and a Dream. Wow, I almost couldn't stop. I had to just go away from that page. Damn, time to work now. I kinda like the "Life's pretty straight w/out Clussy" one. heh.

IM convo w/old friend I went to high shool with. Actually, he was my first high school boyfriend even. Sweet as can be and we've had dinner w/him and his wife a couple times. Ahh... not teens anymore.. Anywho... read on: [01:38] mikeJ: how's it going [01:39] Clussy 75: can't complain. I'm ready for the end of the day to be at home though. :-) [01:39] Clussy 75: how are you doing under there? [01:39] mikeJ: under where? [01:39] mikeJ: i'm fine i guess [01:39] Clussy 75: HAAAAAAAA [01:39] Clussy 75: Made you say it! [01:39] Clussy 75: YES! [01:39] Clussy 75: Thank you for humoring me [01:40] mikeJ: no you got it [01:40] mikeJ: i'm stupid [01:40] mikeJ: :) [01:40] Clussy 75: seriously? [01:40] Clussy 75: YAY! [01:41] mikeJ: i see u haven't changed a bit [01:41] mikeJ: that was actually pretty funny [01:41] Clussy 75: I'm so accomplished now for the day. time to pack up and go home. I pulled one over on Mikey! [01:41] Clussy 75: yeah, well, I do ...

Picked up Mikey from airport last night and we ended up chatting and drinking wine till the wee hours (think it was like 2:30 when I finally got to sleep) and now I'm paying for it. I'm a zombie here at my desk. I keep praying the boss men won't pop up at my office door and want any status updates or conversations that require me to respond in complete sentences. Ouch. Change the previous prayer request for snow to prayer for the end of this work day in a snap of the fingers please. Much obliged, Claud~

So, I'm wandering around blogs, 'next', 'next', read, skim, 'next'... and then WHAP ! I"m bitch slapped with images of .... can't even say it . Holy smokes! I guess these are sites that you can post what you'd like on there but damn, THAT ?? Wow. Whoa... I got all paranoid and was scrambling to close my window and hoping there weren't 'trackers' associated to that blog. It's just a blog though, right? can they get too sophisticated w/infecting your machine w/nasty stuff just at going onto thier web page? Ack, I'm afraid. I mean, I'm at work, THAT should not have popped up onto my laptop at work. No more 'next blog' at work. No more. No mas. ACK! Beware of 'next blog' button!

Ok, I've decided that I'm ready now. Ready for the flannel PJ's, lighting the fireplace (though it's a gas one so it's not nearly as gratifying as a real wood fireplace for me but it'll do), making the irish coffees, being snowed in w/ a foot or two of snow out there and just being in the house w/Lu-cifer for a week or so straight. Not only am I ready for it, I NEED it. I love me some snow days. I love that in VA, we freak out when there's 2-4 inches of snow projected and that you can't watch your shows w/out the big 4 inch thick 'panic banner' streaming across the top of your TV w/the snow projections and that forecast map showing you odd colors of red/green/yellow/orange/blue hovering over your area. That feeling of getting up for work and seeing snow falling on the street is one of my favorites ever! I call in if I see a dusting of anything on the streets around me. I'm so not ambitious that I want to jump at any opportunity to play hooky....

Before meeting up with the gang of ladies that were participating in the bachelorette party weekend on Friday, I stopped by Night Dreams in Tyson's as planned and shopped for a good 30 minutes. I, um, wanted to make sure I got the perfect presents? They had lots of funny goodies so I went with getting about everything they had for bachelorette parties, including the penis straws, the big stick-on dashboard decor (which made the bachelorette cringe and actually get a bit frustrated w/me at times as she tried to pull it off when other drivers happened to see it on the dash and bust out in laughter. I literally smacker her hand once. I believe in tough love) edible panties (that reference was for you Buggie), Lover coupon books, pleasure balm, etc... The works, basically. What you need to understand about the bachelorette is that she is quite a reserved woman and not very sexual at all. We've talked about this since we were teens and I'd always encourage her to try harder to l...

So my friend from highschool is getting married in October and this weekend is her bachelorette party. Her maid of honor (her sister) decided we should all go away to Rehobeth Beach for the weekend. Meh. Ok, I guess. I mean, I'm one of the actual brides maids so I really can't back out of it, which I did try to actually. Plus, this is the oldest friend I have (she's like 97... ok, I know her from middle school) so I gotta support her and anyways, I've never been to a bachelorette party before. None of my immediate girl friends are married, or the ones that are, I met after they've already gotten married so I never got to participate in this ancient ritual of debauchery. My camera's coming and I'm stopping by Night Dreams to pick up a HVC for the occassion. Wish me luck and may I come back on one peice and without shattered eardrums (totally not a jab at you Busted ) due to screeching Sorority Girls. Ackk!!! Hope everyone has a magnificant weekend! Would a...

This turned my frown upside down today Rand sent me this clip in email, setting it up with "Hey, I shot some hoops this weekend and think I'm getting better. My wife filmed a bit of it." I about spit out my half of a ham sammich that my boss shared w/me for lunch when I watched this clip. This may be a pinch graphic for some people's taste but I've yet to see soemthing too graphic for my taste so... here ya go. Anyone wanna play hoops the following weekend? <br> Powered by Castpost

Ok, my issues are surfacing like mad lately. Issues w/stoopid food. Once I get on a good groove of eating healthy, I'm good to go and feel incredible but it's getting started that really messes with me because I'm a snacker. I don't think it's out of real hunger but out of just compulsively wanting something to snack on. What do I do? Seriously? I mean, I'm going to the gym regularly now (though so much is always planned that it's been only 4 times a week which I need to up to 5 to 6 times a week) but that won't bring me the results that I really want/need. I need to 'off' 10 lbs from my body. 10 lbs of fat. To do this though, I really need to get a handle on my eating habits. I feel like I almost don't even know where to start at this point. The working out is making me even more hungry than I was to begin with. Any suggestions on getting a structure for healthy eating and making it be more easy/accessible for me? I may be going back on Atki...

I've felt this way for at least 8 or so years now. I don't know what triggered it but I can only assume that people that buy yellow cars/trucks are begging for attention. They're driving down the road yelling "Look at meeeee! You can't help but look at me! I'm hot shit!". I detest yellow car drivers by default. I'm not a big fan of individuals that have to beg for attention and feel the need to push thier way into the spotlight and I associate yellow car drivers with this category of people. The guys at work all know this about me and even tease me about my severe aversion towards yellow car drivers. As a matter of fact, if I happen to be driving (wether to lunch or a client site) and I have coworkers in my car, we all in unison look the direct opposite direction if we happen to see a yellow car. They support me and I appreciate this immensely. Obviously when taking the pic above, I had to look in the general direction of this 'car' w/out rol...

The beautify lil lady of the hour. Here's the lil beauty w/two of her biggest fans. Though it was kinda just like any other lunch (albeit satisfying and filled with lots of laughs) because the recently-transformed-into-woman, Tricia, did not feel like talking about why we were all gathering around in the first place and she'd squirm at any mention of being a woman. After lunch though, Buggie and I took her shopping (wow, she's such a woman w/the indecisiveness about what she wants :-)) and encouraged her to cry whenever she wanted and to tell her male teachers that she's having 'woman issues' when she wanted to get out of something. Kidding, we didn't teach her that yet. :-) Actually, we did get her some lip glosses even though we offerred to buy her anything she wanted and that's really all she wanted. I was prepared to plunk down some cash on the lil lady but ended up spending under $10! Nice! I'm thinking I'll do a lil girly day w/her for m...

Haaa! Look at the cute stripper teddy bear! I will douse him in cheap perfume and call him/her my side kick! Seriously, this is freaking cute! I'm going to have to put him in the boxing classes with me too though if he's going to try to actually make some tips. That tummy is going to jiggle far too much when he does the upside down pole dances.

I still love the Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works fruit body splashes . I've loved them since I was in high school and still enjoy the scent of them. I spray them on once in a while (if I feel I need a variance for my senses) after I shower and work out for a refresher, or before I go to sleep sometimes (just cuz) or here and there to perk me up. The thing is, apparently, exotic dancers had taken to spraying themselves up with these sprays (along with half of the female population in the States, the other half hate the scents I guess) so to the 'gentlemen' who frequent these establishments or even just have gone a few times, it's become a trigger that reminds them of the ladies on the stage. I happen to work with a couple gentlemen who've frequented these establishments... a lot. heh. So, when I happen to spray one of these scents on me before a work day (really rarely now because I just don't feel like it as much) I see them twitch to a familiar ...