before I start my weekend….

Went to the skating rink last night…got a blister :pissed: , but it was worth it…my legs are thanking me today…lol

I woke up early to go get my hair done and BOOOOOOI did it need it. I got scolded for waiting so long…when you have a relationship like that with your beautician, it’s a GOOD thing. I dont think my hair would have grown back to be this long if it wasnt for her. :thumbsup:

My sands Britni gave birth today. CONGRATULATIONS SANDSIE! We’re all growing up so fast….*sigh*. So many babies now…First Raynee, then Erika, now Brit….:grouphug: I love my sisters.

I’m gonna get up and go pack in a minute…that’s the only thing I dont like about going on trips…the packing. I dont think I’m going to check a bag though. If they were to ruin my new Guess Luggage, I’d have to crawl out on the runway and slap some folks. It would be me, them, and the airport security that would have to save THEM. And you can just forget shoes and belt for the flight. I’m wearin flip flops…I REFUSE to have to go through the taking off of shoes again to get through security scans.

Oh, i forgot to introduce you to Ernie. He’s my work buddy. Go Trojans! :curtsey:

Anyhow, me and my patna in crime (Erika) will be together again this weekend. I’m super excited. Expect lots of pictures, you know me well enough by now.

FIXED SITE ISSUES

With new layouts come site fixes…I fixed the SUBSCRIBE feature. Thanks to Bruthacode for bringing it to my attention. I also STOPPED the Radio.Blog AUTOPLAY. I did this because it was slowing down the site load for the Modemly Challenged.

Anyhow…have a blessed Friday and Weekend ya’ll. Stay safe.

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You can’t tell Smart People anything…..because they think they know so much.

All right, I’ll admit it. I’m hard headed. The first step to solving the problem is admitting that you have one. Unlike Jazz, I’m not an alcoholic, so I didnt think the rule applied. J/K @ Jazz
So you can go ahead and add that to the list. Spoiled, Hard Headed, Anal, Vain….Smart. I’ll take it. Fuck it. Part of what makes me, ME.

But in my defense and in defense of other smart folks out there…

1) We wouldnt have gotten this smart if we DIDNT listen. :shhh:

2) We probably wouldnt have learned so much, if we didnt have so much practice preparing and arguing our points. :surprised:

and 3) Who likes a dummy? :duh:

I guess what I’m trying to say is…the previous statement that you can’t tell a smart person anything because they dont listen, just isnt true. We listen to everything that is stated. That’s how we learn. Now whether or not we actually choose to USE the information that is presented…that’s another story.

Alright, that’s my rant for the day.

Good News: Got my Dr. Jay’s Order…but uh…where are my skates, damn-nabit?

Have a blessed afternoon ya’ll.

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I like it here…..I’ve had several jobs that I’ve really liked in the past. My favorite was Milk Fed. OMG, I have so many clothes from there. Milk Fed Clothing Corp was/is a clothing line owned by Sofia Coppola. I worked there as an assistant to the head accountant who would come in once a month to make sure I was on track.

God, I hate numbers…

This coming from a person who has found that everyone wants to hire her and pay good money for her to what?

You got it…..crunch numbers…

I’m hoping that getting my MPA will help me to obtain more Human Resources/Managerial type positions, rather than Accounting/Managerial positions.

Anyhow, I took some more shots with my new camera….

It’s got great quality. It’s got the same features as my old Canon A80, but it’s smaller and i can drop it in my jeans real easy.

That’s it for today…..glad you guys like the layout.
Have a blessed day…

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You probably saw me working on it yesterday….lol. My page was allllll ova tha place, while I was trying to figure out alignment and what not. Apologies! But I finally got the new layout up and I hope you like it.

EGH, my throat feels like someone rubbed it with sandpaper while I was sleeping. That added to EVERYTHING ELSE makes me not want to go to work. But I have a feeling that I’ll be one of 2 or 3 people there today, so I may as well.

AND, my camera arrives today! WOO HOO! It is CURRENTLY out for delivery….which means, I GOTTA GET TO WORK!

Drjays.com order should be in tomorrow. As well as, MY NEW SKATES! WOO HOO!

Anyhow, gotta get dressed…im late!

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And I’m back…Okay, so the Neighborhoodies.com Saga contiues…..*READ YESTERDAY’S POST IF YOU’RE CONFUSED*

I got an email about 10 minutes ago, from Kit in the “Satisfaction Squad” saying that my order was going to be put back into production in response to the email i sent ON THE 7TH in response to his question as to whether I wanted a different font because the one they had wasnt available.

I kindly sent an email back to ALL of the emails they had listed on the website.

I sent this reply on the 7TH!!! ANd you’re just responding 11 days later!?!

I needed these by this Friday!! If I can not RECEIVE THEM *read, if they
will not be in my hands by THIS FRIDAY, I want to cancel my order.

And I’m sure it will be another two weeks before I get a response back.

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And I’m back again…lol..it’s HERE!

I took a picture of it next to a staple remover so you can see how small it is…lol….it’s so TINY! All the features of a Canon..in a small, stylish carriage.

Have a blessed day!

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Thanks so much for all the support from the last post. :grouphug: I really appreciate it.
I should be getting my skates probably on Tuesday/Wednesday and if anyone is in the Northridge/Glendale area and needs a skating buddy…lemme know.

Anyhow….today was cool until I realized I havent received my order from NEIGHBORHOODIES.COM. I should have realized something was up when I was ordering and the cost to ship a shirt and some pants was $30.00 for arrival 3 weeks later, and apparently that was “RUSH SHIPPING”. The other option was shipping for $400.00 and that was for the CEO to fly to my house and hand deliver the package. It was a cute idea, but today…the shit just aint funny.

Anyhow, I THOUGHT I ordered it with enough time to spare for my trip to Arizona. I mean, the shipping stated (shipment by October 12th). And yet….it’s October 17th and I still havent seen a tracking number or any status report from the company. I’ve sent emails to their customer service department, but there was no response. If rubbed the wrong way, I’ll buy the domain NEIGHBORHOODIESSUCKS.COM and really show them how i feel. I mean, $200 for a custom shirt and pants aint cheap.

When I called their Los Angeles store, the girl on the other end sounded like she didnt know what she was talking about. She had to turn around and ask someone else who was standing there. They told me that they dont have a 1-800 number for online customers, and that the only way to reach them was through the customer service email that I had been sending emails to. I explained to the lady on the other end that I had already sent two emails with no response and she asked me if i had spelled the email correctly. That had to be the DUMBEST question of the century as the link was on their website, it wasnt as if i had to type it in directly or anything.

*sigh*….I’ll keep you up to date on what happens…but, in short…..

DONT EVER BUY ANYTHING FROM NEIGHBORHOODIES.COM. Their SERVICE is HORRIBLE!

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Alright, I’ve got a concept….and I’ve done the research….so here goes nothing.

1 Pair of Black Skates = $95.00

2 Skating Rink Locations = Glendale, and Northridge

3 Hours / 2 days a week = 3 Hours at each Location

The Plan

Lose 10 pounds by Thanksgiving

The Research

3 Month Plan to Lose 20 Pounds

The blue numbers in the following table are the number of hours you will need to skate every day to lose 20 pounds in 3 months without altering your eating habits. You can see that a 120 pound skater who can only skate 8 miles per hour will have to skate 3 hours a day or (more likely) combine skating with cutting back on the number of calories they consume. But if that same skater can kick up the speed to 14 miles per hour, they can lose 20 pounds in 3 months by skating 1 hour a day, with no change at all in their eating habits.

Wish me luck…..

This morning started off interesting…*sigh*…

I woke up extra early because I couldnt sleep…Then finally when I got back to sleep, I realized it was 6:57AM and the alarm was about to go off ANYWAY. So I stayed awake. I did my usual morning, check emails, check bank accounts, get ready for work… But, I couldnt help but to lay back down. So I did….and I ended up waking up in a panick because I realized it was passed the time that I should be getting on the freeway.

So I eventually got to the front door and realized that I couldnt find my credit card. I mean, what would the morning be without Starbucks. I couldnt find it…and the last place I remembered using it was at SavOn, last night. *head in hands* I lost my last credit card last friday and I had transfered money into THIS account, so I could use THAT card, and now…I can’t find IT. So now..I dont have ANY DEBIT/CREDIT CARDS….

Courtney….only you….

So when I got to our parking lot, I called incog from the car and let out some steam since I couldnt find it in the car either. He suggested calling Savon when I got to work and that he could go pick it up while he was running errands today. :thumbsup: I headed towards the freeway. I got there and realized it was going to be an EXTRA long ride on the 405 being that Sunset was backed up for whatever reason. It took me 1.5 hours to get to work BECAUSE OF THE DAMN 405. *sigh*

Courtney….only you….

So when I finally did get to work, I ran to get the mail, because I knew the mailroom would be closing….I got there and the ladies were being extra nice and let me have the mail even though it was closed. HOWEVER, on the way out of the mailroom, I couldnt get out. And the ladies had already locked themselves on the inside of the mailroom. So I was standing with LOTS of MAIL, and huge headache, in the middle of a loading dock underneath one of the tallest buildings in Century City.

Courtney…..only you…..

So I decided to get creative and use the freight elevator shaft. There was no one around…HEY! Why not?! So i got in, pressed 2nd Floor, the doors shut….aaaaaaaaaand……I was stuck.

Courtney…..only you…..

Eventually one of the guards heard me and let me out and I was able to get up stairs somewhat….on time?

I’m going downstairs to plead with the folks at Washington Mutual to let me have some money out of one of the accounts because I NEED some COFFEE like I NEED a RIGHT ARM.

I hope you all have a good weekend,

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Daily Humor

Very rarely do I talk about past or current relationships in depth…you all know me. But, over the past few weeks, I’ve been able to offer my friends advice and I’m actually proud to say that I can do that. I’m blessed to be able to have found Incog. It’s true what they say, the Lord will sometimes send you through some ISH to get you where you need to be. And BOOOOI….lol

A friend said to me:

I hate that all of my relationships end exactly the same way. A slow deterioration of phone calls then the complete hault of calls all together. I dont deserve that!

And I dont think anyone necessarily DESERVES it, I think it just happens when two people either grow apart or move on. In this case, I’m glad they decided to move on.

Among relationships and love, I’m blessed to have been able to have the things that I have; Home, food, clothes, water. Even the material things that we can sometimes take for granted, ya know? I’m happy to be applying to Grad School, and I know that if I dont get in, it’ll be okay in the end, because He’s just preparing me for something BETTER. Now I KNOW, I’ll be “Suzie on the Spot” to login and post about how sad/upset/stressed I am, if I DONT get in…but I wont hesitate to write the Positive either.

Anyhow, How have YOU been blessed? What kind of things have you been through, where in the end *by the grace of God*, you came out on top?

Have a good HumpDizzle!

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Bally Personal Trainers are about good for 8 personal training sessions…and that’s about it.
I paid for 24 sessions and well…I’m STILL paying for 24 sessions and my last session is tonight. Damn Payment Plans…The total cost was about $2400.00 ($100 an hour)….and ummm, NO. Dont….EVER.

I have some personal gripes, but I’m going to leave it alone. I just feel like, if i had done about 8 sessions, I would have been good to have the routine down, and just increase intensity as the weeks progressed. It IS good if you have to have motivation, but frankly if you dont WANT to do something, then you just WONT.

With all that said, I gained a grip of muscle, and my clothes fit nicer, but…that’s bout it (24 sessions later).

Yesterday (Monday) ended up being a pretty good day…x0x0x0x0 to Incog.

Things are starting to become over whelming with the company, but you ask…and the Lord provides. So i’m DEFINATELY not complaining.

Hope everyone has a good Tuesday!

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This weekend was pretty alright…no complaints here.
Saturday morning, i woke up and when Incog left, I took off to get my eyebrows done, and to do a little shopping. You know how that’s my favorite past time.

I hit up Hollister, and got the cutest vest and tank top. Then I headed home because I knew we’d probably end up going out to the Camarillo Outlets when we went to my mom’s later and I didnt want to spend too much money yet.

After I got back, we headed out to my mom’s house. When we got there, she was watching the USC Football game, so we sat and waited for that to be over > GO TROJANS < , btw. While we were watching, my aunt pat came over to say Happy Birthday, so that was cool. Once the game was over we went to Woodranch BBQ Grill, and ate lunch.

Then it was on to the Camarillo Outlets. Incog picked up some cute new shirts, and I hit up Guess for a new black puff jacket. Then we hit up Timberland so I could get some new pink boots. Believe it or not, I've never had Timbs before...I've always been a sneaker or black leather boot type girl.

Anyhow, we made it back to Northridge in record time, headed over to Coldstones so I could get some birthday ice cream, then to the store to pick up some "ROMPA ROOM" supplies, and then headed back to the house to clean up a little.

Everyone came around 10:30pm/11:00pm, the pizza arrived by the time they got there, so that was bueno. I had spent 30 minutes on the phone with someone from Pizza Hut trying to explain to them that we only wanted 3 pizzas...apparently the guy who answered the phone was new and had it marked down that we wanted 6. SMH.

Anyhow, here are a few pictures from the event. Sunday was pretty lay low...i chilled after Bri and Andrea left (1:30pm). We had all passed out at about 4am, so we were pretty beat and slept late.

My monday morning hasnt been so great, but that’s another post for another time…

I hope that everyone has a blessed week! I’ll get back on the blog posting expeditiously…I know I’ve been slacking.

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