7.16.2008

Today, Barb is: having a good day.
it is Wednesday which doesnt really mean anything but it is hump day and so that is a good thing.
but the exciting thing is this.
I AM GETTING MY OWN PLACE!!!!
i move in one week from today.
well that is when i get to sign the lease and get the keys so i can start moving in at least.
i plan on taking some pictures of the place before barb invades it so you guys can see the before and after pictures.

ok now here is the thing, and i have Crystal and Erin to blame for this predominatly.
i am fastly becoming obsessed with the Twilight books.
Crystal told me about them and Erin told me about them and so i finally gave in and read the first book. i read it in like 36 hours and then i went right into the second book in the series, New Moon. that one was knocked out in 36 hours as well. and then right back into the third book, Eclipse, another 36 hours later and i was finished.

now here is the sad part,
I have to wait until the begining of August for the 4th and final book to come out!
BOOO!
If any of you out there plan on reading these books, be prepared.
I was up until 2am sunday, monday, tuesday and wednesday night reading them becuase they suck you in! surprisingly enough, Barb on 4.5 hours of sleep is just the same as Barb with 8 hours of sleep. i wasn't overly tired, in fact i am pretty sure that i didn't yawn as much in those days as when i get a normal nights amount of sleep.
maybe i should do a study on that. figure out what is barb's optimal sleep usage.
anybody got a hypothesis out there?

ok so to wrap up,
barb is moving in a week to her new place.
barb is in love with Edward and Bella (the main characters in Twilight) and Stephanie Meyer (author of Twilight).
barb on 4.5 hours of sleep is still a cool barb.

work is still work.
still here kicking and screaming my way through the days but it is getting better.
getting more responsibilites little by little.

did you know that i am the Teller Supervisor, Operations Assistant and HR Assistant?
well i am! so put that in your pipe and smoke it!
ok bye.

5.19.2008

Today, Barb is: tired and cold and slightly put out.
we have auditors here. that why.

so i get an EXTREME amounts of joy when i can go slow and people behind me get mad.
there was a few days ago where there was a car that had been waiting (for a couple of blocks) to get in to the proper lane. he wanted to turn. there was only my car and a few behind me that were coming towards him that made the turn not possible. so being the Minnesota Nice driver that i am, i slower down and motioned for him to go in front of me.

there was a guy driving behind me in a little red car, he couldn't have been much past like 20ish or so. he saw what i was doing and threw his arms up and did a little tandrum right there in his car. i saw him doing all of this in my rear view mirror. from there on out, i purposely drove as slow as i could to make him angrier.

i love it. :-)

4.28.2008

Memories and pictures of Virgina, surronding areas and my cousins plus some.


First off -


A picture of the three of us! that is Stu, Me and Mike








this is Stu and his doggy! I don't remember what the pups name is right now. Tremor is the pups name!




SHAKERDAWG!!!!


Shaker, just about the cutest dog in the whole entire world!!!!




Washington Monument
we drove around DC. literally we drove in and around the basin and out again.
these shots are from Mikes car.



This is Mike again with Shaker. We were driving to get the hot dogs that were made from half of the deer meat and half something other meat. they were the BEST hot dogs i have ever eaten!
PENNSYLVANIA!!
We went to Pennsylvania! it was a short trip, but that is where the hot dogs were.

This is Mike and Steph playing Guitar Hero.
We played Guitar Hero alot of the weekend. It was awesome!
more Apple blossoms trees. they were in full bloom when we drove through. this is another picture that was taken out the window of Mikes car.
Lincoln Monument through the apple blossom trees
little closer picture of the Washington Monument. this one was taken through the sun roof.

This is what they sent me back to!!!!!! Stupid Snow.



This is a close up of me and Steph the morning I am leaving to come back to the snow.



3.26.2008

Today, Barb is: really, Really, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY excited!!!!

i am going to Virginia to see my cousins!

3.04.2008

Today, Barb is: feeling like she is constantly being walked on. and not in a good way.

so i found a job in the seattle that i am really tempted to apply for.
it is working for google in the hr department and i really want to apply for it.
if i were closer to having my lease up then i would be more apt to apply, but i still have like 5 months on the lease.

but yea.

2.21.2008

Today, Barb is: wondering why she can't be more adventerous with her life.

why can't i just say goodbye to everything and everyone and just leave.
just pick up my life and move somewhere else.
be somewhere else.
be someone else.

ever have one of those days where you just want to make a massive change and see what happens? i am having one of those days. all i want to do is quit my job, pack up my cats and room and start driving away.
but i like my job.
i like having a place called home for my cats.
i don't want to leave, but i feel like if i don't, the world is going to start crushing me.

is that weird?

2.18.2008

Today, Barb is: sitting here with a cold nose.

for some reason my nose and hands are the coldest parts of my body for the last few days.
i could be out in the weather with only pants and a tshirt and it is always my hands and nose.

what does that mean?
bad circulation to those 2 areas? (well techincally it would be 3 areas because i have 2 hands and only one nose) what do you think?

OH OH OH OH
so today is presidents day and we are open here in the banking world.
but we are REALLY slow because i don't think people know we are open. so that means it is a catch up day for all of us here.
the Federal Reserve isn't open so we have no wires, no processing, nothing! it is great.
the other really cool thing is that if we work today we get another day off later to have, so it is like i get double pay for working today. we get paid for today and then again for the other day we want off! !!!!

yeah for me!

2.07.2008

Today, Barb is: on hold.

no really, i am sitting here on hold to Lane Bryant because I need to pay my bill but i don't want to have to pay 5 bucks to do it, so i am going to try and throw a fit and see if they will waive it for me.



well they didn't.
jerks.
so i just went and paid it online.
lovely thing the internet, makes bill paying SO much easier, and no pesky stamps and paper needed.

so things are progressing nicely for me here.
looking at buying a place when the lease is up.
the boys are moving also. they are just going to be renting again it looks like.
i am torn between renting by myself for a year and then buying, or just buying right now.

it is kind of hard because i know that i don't want a single family home well, because i am not miss fix-it and neither is my dad. so it leaves either a condo or a townhome.
i found a condo that i really like, but i keep getting torn between what i want.

the condo is really nice and i wouldn't have to do a lot of painting because it is totally already me. but i haven't really found any townhomes that i would really like, i found one but it needs "work and carpeting" . I don't know what that means, and i dont think i want to!

but so yea, that is where i am right now.
i am actually getting preapproved for an amount over the weekend, and that will help alot with deciding what and where i will be looking for or if i am just going to be renting for another year.

so there ya go.
that is what is going on in my life.


also!
guess what?
I am going to visit my cousins Stu and Mike at the end of March. I got round trip airfare for 210 but i wish i would have waited, because i could have gotten it today for 194. but a 16 buck difference itsn't that much.

so that is what i am going at the end of march and then at the end of april my friend erin and i are going to go to chicago and see Wicked and spend a long weeked there. it should be pretty fun!

12.12.2007

Today, Barb is: tired.

so how is everyone out in the world?
things are trucking along for me here in the real one.

there have been ups, downs and all arounds going on over here for me.

the biggest news in my world is the fact that I was promoted at work.
so moving up to teller supervisor and operations assisstant.
taking me from being right on the main floor with all the customers and moving be back a bit to be able to focus on the operations stuff. it is really exciting and good things are happening over here, not only for me but for the whole place as well!

i am starting to read the book, South Beach Diet. a co-worker and I are going to read the book and try to get our blood healthy. that is what the book is about, not about weight loss or anything be making ourselved healthier in general. so we are going to read the book and then try out best to figure things out. we aren't getting the pills or food or whatever they have out there for it, it is just going to be us doing it together.

lets see...
Thanksgiving was good.
Christmas is coming up fast.
After Christmas is New Years.
Then we have my birthday!
So this time of the year is always busy for me.

Hope you are all doing well, I will be back. Probalby sooner rather than later so you will just have to hold tight!

-b

10.31.2007

Today, Barb is: so hyped up on candy it isn't even funny!!!!!!!


Have you all missed me? Well, you should have darnnit!

So there is this website called Woot. go check it out if you don't know about it woot.com
I have been looking to get a portable mp3 music player. i was looking at an ipod but then woot had a brown zune for 79 bucks and then 5 bucks for shipping. it was cheap. thirty gigs. and brown. so i decided to buy it! then i got the email from woot saying that they had negative 1400 brown zunes and so i was going to get a black zune and an extra package with chargers, plugs, earphones, travel case... it was sold for a hundred bucks. so i basically got 200 bucks worth of stuff for 85 bucks! wheeeeee to woot!

But, i got my Zune last night. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!! it was really fun to play with and now i have a sweet mp3 player to use on my flight down to orlando. rock me!
so, like my momma said, i must live right... and i do. i do.


have a happy halloween everybody!
i am going over to the 'rent place and help my momma hand out candy so that should be fun!
stay safe and have a good night!

10.18.2007

Today, Barb is:

Thirteen Things that are happening around the life of BARB

1…. I have become an AUNT!!! His name is Anson Jonas Lind. See the post previous to this for his picture. He is a cute little guy!

2.... I am going to Orlando, Flordia in the second weekend of November. The Mom and Dad will be down there with timeshare time and so I am using some of by vaca time to head down for a long weekend!

3.... Stephen Colbert has announced he will run for the Presidential Office of the USA. How does this relate to me? I would totally vote for him.

4.... I am thinking of buying a iPod. It is a black refurb 8 gig iPod and if I am going to be flying around, I am going to need something to listen to.

5.... The work has its annual shareholder meeting tonight, so I have to go and look pretty and talk to people about what I do. It is appetizers and free drinks. It will be interesting to see who ends up 'loosening up' the most. Stories will be forthcoming (I hope)

6.... I bought 4 pairs of bottoms for my Flordia trip and for the possible January/Feburary California trip.

7.... Halloween is around the corner and some friends and I are going to go to this corn maze next weekend. It should be insanely fun as I have never been to one. I am going to have to restrain myself from doing the whole put-your-hand-on-the-right-side-and-don't-let-go-and-you-will-get-out thing.

8.... I think I have decided what I am going to be for Halloween.

9.... My friend Erin is coming over tomorrow (friday) for a girls night at my place. My boys and the dog will be gone, so it will just be us and the cats hangin' out!

10.... My cats are annoying me. Snuffy to be exact. The past 4 days he has awoken me right around 4 am with his pawing at the bedroom door. I left the door open last night and i was awoken to the 4am pawing of the roommates door!!!!!!!! Not cool Snuffy, not cool. So any thoughts? I have tried covering the door with stuff; a garbage basket, toilet paper still in the plastic (becaseu it is like 4 high) and my random plastic garbage bag. Doesn't matter, still gets through that stuff to paw at the door.

11.... Seely has left the building!!! I try to go to her blog and it is gone. This saddens me. :-( Come back! I miss you.

12.... The middle boss is gone for 3 days starting tomorrow. The upper boss is gone starting monday for a whole week. That means for 2 whole days, Barb is in CHARGE. Scary thought huh?

13.... It is rainy and kinda dark so no one is here and it is like an early Friday! No bosses (see number 5 for the reason why, the board meeting, then shareholder meeting then shareholder party, i only have to be there for the party!) are here and no customers are here and so i am kinda bored but in a good way! Make sense?

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10.09.2007

Today, Barb is: still high on life from becoming an auntie!

EDIT: Meet Anson Jonas Lind (middle name decided!)



and here ya go.

baby!
Today, Barb is: feeling like she is at the top of the world!!!!!

BABY IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!
I am offically an auntie as of 3.08 am today!


EEEKKKK!!!!!
EXCITEMENT!
I am totally excited if you can't tell....
I have a nephew. 19 inches, 6 pounds 4.5 oz of baby boy!
The name is still being decided upon so I will let you know what the name is when i know!

Baby Pictures will follow as well....I think.
EEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKK

BABY!!!!!!!!

9.27.2007

Today, Barb is: having a head ache right behind her eye brows and it hurts.

coworker number 2 had a headache in the eye socket area the past couple days, and now i have it!. :-(


i have decided that i know what i am going to do my Thursday Thirteen, it is going to be



AHA! not gonna tell ya!
you have to wait, just like everyone else.

9.25.2007

Today, Barb is: feeling like it is friday.
which is a good thing. except i have to be back here tomorrow. :-(
meh. oh well.

ok here is my dilema that i am having right now.
when i rented my apartment i looked at it through rent.com
and it was an apartment that at the time was giving away a hundred dollar visa gift card if you signed the lease for one of the apartments in the offer. lo and behold, ours was one of them.

so i signed up for the gift card and it has arrived.
now here is the tricky part. should i just walk on the wild side and just blow it on fun stuff, like books and other stuff. i could have a field day at my fav ebook sites.
or do i take the mature responsible road and use it for like food, gas, and cat litter/food stuffs.

wild side or responsible?

thus the never ending barb dilema.
what say you people?
let me know.

9.20.2007

Today, Barb is: getting in two, yep count them 2 posts!

here goes my thursday thirteen!




Thirteen Things i love about my room!

NUMBER ONE
Is my fantastic dresser! I got this from my brother jim and i love it! he painted it and everything!


NUMBER TWO
is my sweet desk that I got at a garage sale for a total of three dollars.
yep. three dollars. SWEET!

NUMBER THREE
number three is my desk chair . it goes to the desk above. it is from Ikea and i love it!! It is red and i like red, even though it doesn't really go with my natural wood look in the room

NUMBER FOUR
is my tv stand/stuff holder. again, if you notice Ikea and natural wood. if you look in the left hand bottom corner that will give you a sneak peak of number 5
NUMBER FIVE
my current book stack.
i have read them all. except Wicked and I am in the starting position of that. if you look close, there is some Shiloh Walker, Anya Bast and Charlene Teglia in the pile
NUMBER SIX
my bed. i love it. there isn't anything else to say. i really like my comforter set. i bought and exchanged 3 sets before i decided to stick with this one. i am glad that i did!
NUMBER SEVEN
is my actual bed frame.
Ikea, natural wood.... are you getting the picture? i like it. even though it was harder than hell to put it together since we were missing like 12 holes for screws. it sucked.
NUMBER EIGHT
is the art above my bed. ikea, natural wood.... green... pretty.. flowers. i like the one on the left the best.
NUMBER NINE
this is my little beetle's homage. it is above my bathroom and closet doors. bathroom is on the left. closet is on the right.
NUMBER TEN
the stuff in my bathroom on my sink.
mainly my 2 bottles of product and my flat iron and blow dryer. i have NEVER owned any of these things before. this is a big step for me. i blame Nick my hair stylist. he rules!
NUMBER ELEVEN
which leads me to the rest of the bathroom!!! if you don't know, i have a ducky accent theme. i love it!!! the following pictures are close up pics of my bathroom
this is the inside of my bathtub. ducky non-slip-on-the-bottom-of-the-tub-things-that-don't-stick-to-the-bottom-because-there-is-already-stuff-there
so i put them on the sides of the shower to use as decoration.
that is my shower curtain duckys. CLOSE UP!!!!!!!!
isn't it cute!

house warming present from my momma. it is a ducky nightlight! i heart it!

Number twleve
my kitties!!!!!! Meet Snuffy.
another snuffy!here is shy oscar! she has one blue eye and one green. she is totally camera shy but cute none the less!Last but not least.....
NUMBER THIRTEEN!!!
my view.
take into consideration that is through my screen. but still. i look at a road and a building.

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Today, Barb is: wondering why work sucks so much?

maybe it is what i am doing.
maybe it is the fact that i am like a month behind.
maybe it is the fact that i need a new job.

yep. that has come again. the time of the month where barb looks for a job, sees a job she really really wants, gets interviews, and then doesn't get it. it is a vicious vicious cycle. it sucks. but alas. that is the world with barb.

i am currently working on my Thursday Thirteen and since Eric is not feeling well we are not going to Merlin's Rest for fish and chips tonight. insert sad face here. there is a chance that i may just go and have dinner myself tonight there. i don't know. i will let you know.

threw a baby shower for the sister in law who is pregnant. that went well.
baby is due at the beginning of october. so i will hopefullly have some pics up when the babe is born. i am taking guesses as to if it is a girl or a boy. we don't know.

i went to the Melting Pot last night because work (in a surprisingly nice gesture) wanted to recognize everything i have done lately and told me to take my significant other out for dinner on them. so i took eric, not quite my significant other, but the closest gayest thing i have. we had fun. i am still full and this is the day after!

found a couple new blogs that i like. been a lurker for most of them.
took pictures that will be going up today of my bedroom area in the new apt. (hint hint TT, cough) so that should be cool.

just got invited to a movie sneak peek tonight for free that i might go to. the new Ron Howard one...? something about the astronaunts, i am not sure.

ok. back to work i go!

9.12.2007

Today, Barb is: feeling like she needs to shut herself in the closet and make all the people go away.

have you ever had one of those day?

i don't even have time to talk to you today.
that is how crazy it is right now.

can i just leave and not come back but still get a pay check?
probably not, but it is worth a shot! right?

9.07.2007

Today, Barb is: feeling full and totally going to explode!!!

just so you all know, this is my 301st blog post.
hold on a moment while the clouds part and confetti falls from the sky.

ok enough of that.

today it is friday.
hip hip horray.
on the bad part, i woke up at like 4 am this morning to major craps.
not cool.
but it got better and then i did wake up.
i had to wake up really early to take my car to a dealership and have it looked at. my baby has this thing where i can't shift unless the key is in the shift lock thingy. and so i took it in EARLY this morning (for those of you who don't know me, i am not a morning person). i got there and i heard the most beautiful sentence in the car world

'It looks like your Aveo is still under warranty'
YES!!!!!!!!!!
way to go barb's car! i did a happy dance, right there in the car dealership. i am not going lie. i was so happy i was tempted to give the guys the brownies i made for the pot luck we had today at work.

brownies?
see the last post. yum
i made brownies because we decided to have a bank pot luck and i decided to make brownies since most people were bringing other stuff. needless to say, we have WAY to much food. like i am talking we could eat what we have for the next week and a half. we have 2 cakes.
2 cakes people.
brownies, chicken, pasta salad, lettuce salad, chips and dip, cheese curds, cucumber sandwiches, ice cream, watermelon, cantaloupe, watermelon.
way to much food.
but it puts everyone in a good mood!!! :-) so we are rip-roarin' and having a grande ole time here at the work.

have a good weekend people, i will be around.

9.06.2007

Today, Barb is: feeling better! hip hip horray!


And because of it... and copying Morgan's Thursday Thirteen, here goes nothin!

Thirteen Things that start with B


1 - Barb!!! that would be me!

2 - books... duh, i am kinda of a book feind

3 - blue, the color.. it is in my top five.

4 - babys.... we have baby fever at our place, sister-in-law is pregnant, friend is pregnant, friend already had baby! there are going to be/is babyies-galor!

5 - beer. no i am not a drunk, i just enjoy a beer now and again

6 - bacon, it is so so good... and in sandwiches it is ever better! I love a good BLT. yum!

7 - brownies... chocolate food, how can you NOT like them? also i am pretty darn good at making (and eathing) them.

8 - bbq. i like it. you get messy and you get to eat really good yummy meat with bbq sause on it!

9 - oh oh oh! bananas! they are like one of my top favorite fruits

10 - the Beatles. how can i forget the beatles! they have awesome music and thier videos are totally a trip!

11 - bed, in particual MY bed. i love it. there is nothing better than after a long day, crawling into bed and ketting yourself drift

12 - berries also... not just bananas. i like them all, straw, blue, black, rasp. yum!

13 - and last but not least.... boys! ok well actually men, but boys starts with 'b'


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