Its been awhile

I haven't made the time to post anything lately but a lot has been going on. I had an amazing Christmas! It was soo good to spend time with the family and just be lazy with my boyfriend. We literally didn't get out of our PJ's on Christmas Day, it was lovely!!
I am so thankful that December is almost over it has been a trying month, too much going on and not enough of the things that I need to be happening.
Don't get me wrong for the most part it has been good, lots of parties meeting new friends and reconnecting with some old ones but it has kind of been a run around in the world of web sales and that is frustrating.
OH well JANUARY is going to be AMAZING!!
I have so many wonderful things in the works not just when it comes to my career and I can't wait only a few more days and a trip to Lava Hot Springs and I am HOME FREE!!

Interesting thought...

Ok so I am not one of those that typically over uses terms of endearment, that I am aware of. I am not one to call you hun, babe, sweetheart, darling, pumpkin, sug, or any other pet type name. Just not my thing, so I am recently in a relationship with a guy who defiantly over uses said terms.
Sweetheart, babe, pumpkin probably flow from his mouth at least several dozen times a day. I don't necessarily think this is a bad thing but it does make for a weird transition. We do call each other babe, which is fine but he calls a lot of people babe.
So where do you differentiate? How do you make the distinction with a man who calls a waitress sweetheart??
I am befuddled... Which is of no consequence I am sure that I won't mention it to him and he isn't a blog reader so there should be no risk that my ramblings will ever reach his desktop.

I can't believe...

This month is passing my by entirely too quickly! It is shocking that Christmas is only a matter of days away. I am so not ready for the season but that isn't unusual. There is a lot to blog about to catch up on the goings on in my life but it doesn't seem like there is ever very much time to do so.
I will have to make some time later on this evening.
I hope everyone else is having a wonderful holiday season and is keeping warm! This December is already proving to be a COLD one!

CHAMPION!!

OH yes!! I am a champion!! I won the first annual Christmas Stroll Bake off!! HOOORAAYY!!
None of those other treats even had a chance! Cake bites were the best of the whole group and there was kind of a lot of contenders. Most that seemed a little yucky but I entered both chocolate cake bites and coconut macaroons (which got a pretty good 4th place 2 of the 6 judges didn't like or where allergic to coconut can't do much there)
It was a really fun night followed by a fun time in Lava Hot Springs the next day. All in all it was a really great weekend.

Oh New Meds...

How much do I love taking medication???... BLECH not at all!! I have been struggling with my acne ridden skin that thankfully has gotten a lot better but not where I would like it to be. So I went to the dermatologist yesterday and was put on something new. Well a few somethings new, which is fine but the possible side effects make the task of swallowing the unusually large pills more difficult than I would have hoped.

I have to admit I am excited for the results but this now means that I will be taking upwards of 6 pills a DAY!! That isn't counting the vitamins and supplements that I have brought into my world. I am not going to lie this will be a test of my will. But now that I have a new look with very short hair I do need to have my porcelain skin back.
Here is to hoping the side effects wont get me to badly and that I will be okay with this new cocktail!

Need a Pick Me UP

This week is going to get the best of me, it has been a roller coaster of emotions from devastation to elation I don't really know what to do with myself.
I am really happy with my life right now but I keep running into a few road blocks, I know that it will all work itself out but it is still stressful!
I know that today will be better I just have to keep telling myself that, I also have to make a ton of treats tonight for the X-mas stroll, not really ready for that when I say not really ready I mean not ready at all!!
Again it will all work out I am so thankful for the great people in my life and feel blessed to be where I am.
Thank you Julie for the great recipe (cake bites are so going to win the bake off) I am excited to see how the different flavors turn out!

Sad News

Last night my family got some sad news... My aunt was killed in a car accident it is very sad I don't really even have words. Keep the Buchanan's in your thoughts and prayers, it will be a long trip to Nebraska for my parents. I hate that the only times they get to go and visit is when something awful happens.
I am praying for peace and safe travels. Tell your family that you love them!!

Love IT!

A great day

It was so much fun hanging out with Jen and getting some pictures, we haven't done this in years just taking pics and having so much fun. I really like this one of the two of us, we both look really good. Damn Jen looks great with RED lips! Very few people can pull this look off and she does it flawlessly. I am hoping that I will be up for a trip to Pocatello tomorrow to do some Christmas Crafting.
Those are two things that Jen and I love to do together, crafts and taking pictures! So hopefully I can make it happen.

HILARIOUS!!

Halloween

For Halloween I went to Jen and Steve's it was so much fun, in this pick I was a Lumber Jack Ferry and she was a Sexy Ladybug. No matter what Jennifer does she looks sexy and this day was no different. I had such a great time with them it was a blast shopping and going to that yummy resturant that we have become so fond of. I am just now getting the time to update on Halloween, a lot has happend but sharing the day with Jen and Steve was wonderful I am glad we had a chance.

Low Key Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving was great, didn't really do much just went to Alix's for dinner/lunch and the food was amazing. Unfortunately I wasn't feeling very well once I was done eating, not just full but really yucky. I ended up loosing the delish food that I had eaten then I had a really long nap. The nap was good the part before that not so much.
It was a lot of fun to go to Alix's and enjoy time with my family though we watched 4 Christmases (spelling?) and it was pretty cute I do love that Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon was good to. Again it was really low key just hanging out chatting about what everyone had been up to then dinner then I went home around 4.
All in all it was a really great day I enjoyed it!! I have so much to be thankful for and I am glad that I am where I am to enjoy my wonderful family and friends.

Photo Shoot

SO I am loving my new hair I even got all silly and took some pics of myself in my bathroom. Gotta LOVE IT!

Having Short Hair Again

So there are a lot of things I love about short hair but several that I don't.
I am sad that a pony tail day will not be anywhere in my near future and hat days aren't as cute.
I love wearing hats and have quite a bit lately it is kind of my signature look, if I am not wanting to get ready I just throw on my hat and some mascara.
Well I look like a boy if I do that now! My hair is really that short! Don't get me wrong it is super cute but hats are kind of out for the season and that is sad.
I can still rock all my cute headbands though which is nice because I have quite a few and I haven't broken them out for a while.

OMG!! I am tired

I was up way too late last night, I was talking to a friend on the phone who is very long winded and didn't get to sleep until the early am. But here is the thing I just wake up between 5:00 and 6:00 am never fail.
So getting to sleep past like 11 or 12 was a big deal. I am dragging ass today. But THANKFULLY there is only one more full work day in this week. I am so excited it is almost ridiculous!
I am looking forward to a lazy long weekend with family and friends. Hopefully this day will go by quickly and I will be super productive.
I need to have a few sales close this week so that I won't feel like such a loser since Lindsey is pretty much mopping the floor with me sales wise!

Thanksgiving Week

I am so happy that there are only 3 working days this week. Don't get me wrong I love my job but I am ready for a long weekend. I don't really have any plans besides eating mass amounts of stuffing and cranberry sauce but that sounds completely heavenly.
I think that I will go to pocatello for a day to spend some time with Jen and Steve, they have some crafts that need to be crafted. I love spending time with them it has been so great that we have been able to see each other so much the past few months.
So I am going to make a list of things that I am thankful for.

1. My family and friends. It has been so wonderful to spend oodles of time with them both
2. My new home. Thank you to the best landlord ever
3. My job, in this economy you have to be glad to have a job at all but to have one that you LOVE is such a blessing.
   
4. I know I already mentioned my family and friends but I think I need to be more specific.. Alix and Sam are the best sisters that anyone could ask for, always there when you need them even when they drive me crazy I am so thankful to have them. My Beautiful Mother, I love her so much and am thankful that she is mine. Jennifer and Steve, they have been such a great force in my life and am so glad that I have had the opportunity to spend so much time with them. Michelle, Brian and the kiddos, these are 4 of my most fav! I love them so much it is such a blessing to be a part of their lives. My little April and Cate!! Although things have been rough for the past few months April is such a strong and beautiful woman I don't know what I would do without her. Kira, Rog and London, I love the time I have had with them who would have thought that so many years later Kira and I would be so close. I can't believe how much London has grown it is so wonderful to have them back in Idaho Falls and in my world. My dad and Brothers, they are such strong men that I don't know what I would do without, although time with them has been few and far between I love them so much. I couldn't ask for better men in my life.
   I am so thankful for the great people in my life I couldn't be happier which is GREAT!
   

I better get back to work since I rambled on but I can't wait for the long weekend to spend time with the ones I love!

SHORT HAIR!

So I can't seem to make up my mind, about a month ago I had long lucsious mermaid hair that was almost to my butt, tonight I cut my hair really really short! I need to go blonder so I won't post pictures until then but it is really cute. I don't know why I have to be so extreme but its who I am. I was feeling better today so I went to my moms and had my little sister cut it.
I LOVE IT. I was trying to go for a little bit longer Tabitha Coffey I don't know that I will go platinum like she is but I will go much blonder than I am currently.

I hate going to the Doctor

The last time I was sick enough to need medical attention I went to a PA who was sure that I was pregnant because I had a sore throat. She did a flu test because I had lost my voice this was the dumbest thing I had ever spent $50 hard earned dollars on.

It has been difficult weighing out the options of just sticking it out in hopes that the mystery illness I have had since last Thursday will just dissipate or biting the bullet and going in. It wouldn't shock me if something had ruptured and I am slowly bleeding to death internally or my brain juice is oozing from my nose.

I have been battling being the largest producer of snot in the western hemisphere, an ear ache, sore throat (sure fire sign that I am knocked up) a SERIOUS tummy ache, and have been getting these terrible dizzy spells where I loose almost all peripheral vision....

I am sure that it is just some virus that I will be told to go home and rest but DAMN GINA I just want some drugs!!

YUCKY!!

That is the only word to describe how I have felt the last week or so YUCKY!! I have been extremely stuffed and can feel it moving to my chest. GREAT!! Thankfully I am going to go to the doctor tonight after work, given that everyone I know is SICK!!
I am so glad that it is almost the weekend I desperately need the time off to relax! I can't wait to just hang out in my living room with the fire going, hot tea, a few good movies, and my dogie... Hopefully a sister or two but I don't want to risk getting them sick this seems to be the never ending cycle of crud going around.

Better get back to the grind so that I can get everything done this afternoon!

I am having some dog mother anxiety

Today is the first day that I have left my dog alone at my new house. I have been taking her to my mom's house to hang out with the other dogs while I was at work but this morning I woke up later than I expected so she had to stay home.
I don't know why but it is causing me to be seriously anxious today. Which is stupid she has been left alone before but not for a while and I feel like a bad dog mother. Even though I spent the bulk of the morning making her little space all cozy. She has a little bed with several blankets neatly arranged so she can tunnel under them to stay warm. I turned the heat up a little I don't even do that for myself but my Lily is my baby so I worry.

What a wonderful afternoon!!

I had so much fun today, I was able to come to SLC with Jen (she worked almost the whole ride down gotta get shiz done) we stopped at Teleserve in hopes of talking to Jacob but he ended up on a phone call, but it was great to catch up with Julie. The J meeting will happen tomorrow :)
We had some GREAT sushi at Ginza did some shopping, and then IMOGEN HEAP!
The opening band was awful, thankfully we didn't show up until 8:00-ish so we only saw the tail end of his wild screeching. It was such a great show when Imogen came on though. AMAZING we went and stood near the back but it was still awesome.
Such a different experience from the first time I saw her years ago. I loved it and am so glad I came but I think I will start to try and find shows that are in different locations. My life has taken such a different turn that I would rather experience new cities to enjoy the bands I love, and I just want to visit new and exciting places.
Salt Lake is old hat and frankly makes me sad too many sad memories and sucky things. Although I do have some great friendships that I continue from afar SLC just makes me sad..... No way to really explain it just has a dark cloud. I am okay with that Idaho Falls has been great and I am really starting to actually plant some roots for awhile not just floating in hopes of being caught yet still afraid of being dragged down by the current of memories and places from the past.

Long Week

It is only Wednesday and already this week has been incredibly long. I have had to be at work early and late which is fine I am just tired.
I know it hasn't been very long but I am ready to have this hair out. Don't get me wrong I LOVE it I am just tired of it. I can't stand not being able to wash my hair everyday and with the extensions I am only supposed to wash it once a week.
That is yucky and I haven't done it! I have washed it a lot more than that, and that could attribute to the fact that I have had A LOT of pieces fall out. Which is fine if it didn't take some of my actual hair with it. OH well... Enough about my hair

I am going to see IMOGEN HEAP on Thursday! It will be so much fun I can't even wait! Who cares if my head itches and I want to pull my hair out? NOT ME!! haha!!

I have a lot of pics and updating to do this weekend but I am sure that won't happen until the usual blog day (Sunday)

TOO Many New things!

I really need to take some time to update on all the fantastic things that have happened in the last few weeks but... I don't have time right now so bullet point list here I come! HAHA~

• I moved into my own place
• Spent oodles of time with my nearest and dearest
• I MOVED!!
• Going to the Imogen Heap Concert (awesomeness ensues)
  
• My job just keeps getting better and better!
  

I am sure there is much more but I just can't get over number 1 and 3.... I will have to keep going later on today or sometime this week

Long Hair

So I finally did it I have MERMAID HAIR... I LOVE IT!! I look really different but it is fun. I will post better pictures later

Hilarious Conversation...

This afternoon I went to lunch with my little brother, he is probably one of my very best friends but we don't get to see each other as often as I would like.
We started catching up on what he had been up to over the weekend, he went to a haunted house with friends. Said it was LAME glad he wasn't sober...
M: So Dr. Slaughter's huh? How was that?
J: Lame... even drunk it was lame
M: That is too bad, do you have plans for Halloween?
J: No not really just hanging out with Kris, doing what we always do why?
M: Just wondering... (then I tell him about my costumes and the awesome-ness that will ensue with everything going on this year)
J: Neat
M: Are you going to dress up?
J: Maybe... dunno
M: What would you be?
J: A junkie
M: Are you serious?
J: YES!
M: What would you wear
J: A dirty shirt...
M: HAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
J: Really what else do junkies wear?
M: I don't know... I guess a dirty shirt would do it!

SO FUNNY!! I Laughed so hard I could have fallen out of the booth!

Perfection... Absolute Perfection

Finally I found the best little Halloween Costume ever! I needed something that I could wear to the Trick or Treat Street Event and not feel whorey. (this is a family event) and I FOUND IT! at the only "Adult" store in Idaho Falls none the less.

We have decided on a theme for our RV which will be a lot of fun.... I don't want to divulge given that there are prizes involved and we are going to be the winners!! So the costume itself will have to stay a secret because it would be a total give away on the theme.

(PHOTO is the non-family theme costume)

But my other costume doesn't! Last year I bought the best little Referee costume at the Blue Boutique, it was on an amazing sale because the zipper wasn't working (even though said faulty zipper works just fine) So I got this little frock for 80% off. Why such a great deal? I think the lady at the register had the hots for the guy I was with but hey... take what you can get!!

I love this little outfit and need to find an event to wear it to!

Michelle and Brian both have the day off AMAZINGLY enough so I am sure there will be some Ziel madness!! I can't wait!!

Unfortunately my Stank friends will be out of town, they are going to Boise and will be at the BSU game, which I am sure will be a great time but they will be missed!

Halloween is one of my very most favorite days so I am so EXCITED for all the goodness going on this year!!

Complete Transformation

Again I am faced with the fact that I don't like my "look" rather than driving the 200+ miles to SLC to get Zachified I decided to stick with someone local and do something outrageous.

The last hair trip to SLC didn't start out that great ended up with a very cool cut has grown out.... well... WEIRD! and I find myself missing my longer locks, even though I didn't do much with them. I am hoping that today will be the day that I get the NEW hair I have been waiting for.

If only Holly would call me back so we can schedule a time today to get this transformation out of my head and on to it!! I can't wait to post the pictures of how great it looks once it is done!! Wish me luck blog buddies!! It should be FAN-F@cking-TASTIC!!!!!

Almost Winter Blues

Not feeling ready for the upcoming weather snow, ice, and YUCK I decided that I would go test drive some cars. Mostly SUV's, Crossovers, and Trucks why I feel like I need to cut the gas mileage I enjoy by half or more.... WHO KNOWS??? Not me it is actually pretty stupid!!
I forced Sam to come along because I like her opinion and she keeps me grounded in the fact that I don't need to spend $30,000 just because I REALLY like it! haha
So this adventure while fun, didn't end up with me driving away in a new vehicle. I think I have decided to wait until January when things have slowed down a bit and the 2010's come out so the 2009 models go down in price a bit.
I was going to purchase a 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe, a very cute green color it was used but barely and I liked it a lot. Then I talked to a friend who works in the lending business and she said DO NOT buy a Hyundai or a Kia (which were the two types of cars I had fallen in LOVE with earlier in the day) they don't keep their value at all and most people are ALWAYS upside down. Given that I am in that boat now I will take her advise.
So I am hoping that this little Toyota Highlander Hybrid will stay on the lot for me for the next few months while I wait patiently for the price point to be closer to $20,000. That is my hope at least but who knows I might decide by then that I still want a car... I doubt it but we will see!!

New Music

It must be the time of year or something but it always seems to be necessary to find new music right about now. It has been pretty easy given that all the TV shows I watch have had some sweet tunes, as well as the blogs I read.

So there is a new play list for my car and when I am getting ready. Typically I just turn on VH1 it seems to be the only station that actually plays videos in the morning but THE SAME 10 videos every day!

Annoying!!! Who cares if John Mayer wants to get stoned? Do it with the American Idol girls who need an SOS and can't live without some dude. I am over it!! The damn Mariah Carey Obsessed song puts me over the edge, I CAN'T STAND THIS LAME SONG!!
It is nice that I have this newly found play list to enjoy... I will post more about it later... For now I need to go get ready for the day listening to it...

Spooktackluar!

So for Halloween my company is going to be part of a really cool event here in Idaho Falls, it is called Trick or Treat Street. This gives kids a chance to come out and trick or treat without having to go door to door. Well kind of... Basically a local RV company loans out about 40-50 RV's to line the street and local businesses decorate them and pass out candy and a knick-knack to represent them.

Web Impakt can't really give away a website or custom programming that just doesn't make any sense but we will think of something fantastic we always do. But the great part about this is

1. I get to help with the decorations! I love this part!! (and work in the office for only a half day)


2. WE ARE DRESSING UP!! One of my favorite things to do is dress up for any occasion and this should be great! We have such a great crew and we will look AMAZING!


3. We will be next to the SRL RV! Which will be awesome! This is always a really busy event like 4,000-7,000 peeps come through last year it will be nice to be next to some seasoned veterans. (as seasoned as you can get given that this is the 2nd or 3rd year)

This will be a wonderful opportunity to be out in the community doing something fun! I am very excited!!

Massage

April and I decided to use the free massage gift certificates that we had... I am so glad that we did, it was very relaxing for the most part. I am not going to lie there were parts of this adventure that were painful! Mostly when she was rubbing my neck, its like she found the most painful point and just stayed there. At one point I did have to say "that is starting to hurt!" But the massuse was very nice and stopped applying so much pressure but didn't move away from my neck which I would have rather her done my hands again or something.
Next time I think that I will say... I don't like to feel like I can't breathe in or out during the lower back section and I stay away from my arms!
I really didn't like the arms, I don't know why that was so painful but it was super uncomfortable. But I would totally go back and do it again. I hope to soon, instead of a full body (since there are several parts of mine that are now bruised) I will go for my back, feet, and hands, but it was a very nice treat and I am happy I was able to go!

Law Abiding Citizen

April and I really wanted to see Fame... Yes we are complete dorks but we missed the last showing so I picked Law Abiding Citizen which was a REALLY good movie. I LOVE me so Gerard Butler and he is great in this movie. He makes a very good Villain I recommend that everyone go see this.
It is pretty intense so if you don't like that then maybe you should find another show but if you do this keeps you on the edge of your seat! It is kind of a DUDE movie though, the whole theater was filled with guys... I didn't mind THIS WAS A GREAT MOVIE!

Bobbles...

New thing to LOVE! April and I had a great night out on Friday, we decided to have some sushi, shopping and go to a movie. Sushi was wonderful I am so glad that she enjoys it as much as I do because I rarely get to go. It was completely DELISH!!
After dinner in which I wore this great little ring she just purchased. A cute (fake) 4 carat yellow diamond antique looking bobble I decided that I needed one of my own. So we took off for the mall, which isn't the greatest but Wet Seal does have some cute jewelry. I decided that I was going to purchase not only 3 rings but also a dress that I didn't try on. I should have it is super short and I don't know that I can rock it. BUT I ended up with 3 amazing rings that I am in love with. 2 from Wet Seal and one from Kohl's.
We had a great night! And I love my new found jewels! I used to be a complete jewelry snob given that I dedicated almost 5 years of my life to selling jewels... But now I don't care at all as long as my finger doesn't turn black or green its all good!
My favorite piece of the night has to be this round peridot looking gem that has "diamonds" around the center. April and I are twiners and I think she said it is called "Appletini" I kept calling it "Lemon Meringue" but it is GREEN not YELLOW... I will have to find a YELLOW one next!

THE USED!!

Sam and I had sooo much fun this past weekend but the topper was the concert. Unfortunately we didn't stay the whole time. We were able to get right to the front maybe four rows of people back and we got stomped. Poor Sam's foot was smashed pretty badly and she was groped by some bald man... WEIRD!
None the less it was a really great time... I have found a new band that I am obsessed with well they aren't totally new to me MZ has liked them for some time and told me about them but they are a new obsession.
THE ALMOST!! A band out of Florida that loves Jesus! I have been listening to the pre-release of their new CD on a loop in my car! It is very very good the full version comes out Nov 3rd. I am excited to download it.
I was so pleased that we got to see them and the USED they played most of my favorite songs and then we were able to meet up with Olyea and some other peeps from Jared. It was such a jam packed weekend!

Day to Blog

Sunday's seem like a good Blogging day.... I always seem to do the most updating on Sunday's granted it isn't as exciting as Post Secret but who really can compete with hundreds of thousands of people sending their secrets? NOT ME!
So it has been a busy week... I had a world-wind weekend in SLC last weekend. Sam and I had so much fun, but we didn't get the memo saying "Megan you are not a ROCK STAR" don't be fooled it is very very true!
Too many late nights but SOOO much fun! We were able to spend Friday night with Jeff, Brandee and Matt which was alot of fun! Saturday night was the concert and Sunday I went to church then lunch with Julie and a quick trip to Nordstroms for some boots, (that's where I fell in love with the suede flower booties) and then back to IF. It was so much fun... Just late late nights or early early mornings how ever you want to look at it!

I found you... Miss New Bootie

I want these SO BAD!! I wish that they weren't a 5 inch heel though, that is too tall for me. I am not a tiny girl that would make me 6 foot tall! But I am totally and madly in love with these booties... Gonna have to hunt for them somewhere else in the weberverse to see if I can get a better deal!

Wednesdays are a bad day to stay home sick

So I started to feel ill yesterday around 3:00 I thought that maybe I had caught the flu that is going around not only my office but everywhere I turn. Thankfully I don't think that I have, I think I just have like a 24 hour bug or something. I am feeling a little better this afternoon after spending the bulk of the day in bed.
Today was a pretty busy day at work though there are several projects near completion and more that are in the pipeline or just starting. This is good but has been difficult given that I need to SELL more! Lindsey is giving me a run for my money this month and I really want to continue with my streak of high selling months. SO I am going to again damn near over dose on over the counter meds to be up for a very productive selling day tomorrow!

Swine Flu

So it is official, someone in my family has become a statistic! My older brother has the swine flu! No joke not only did he nearly brake his back earlier last month but he now has the swine flu. A little crazy but at least I don't see him often or my niece which is very sad. My mom can't risk getting the virus so she will have to stay away from them. Too crazy though, I do joke about it a lot every time I get a tummy ache which is often but I think that I will stop it has hit way too close to home.

I want a New Car...

It has been proven to me OVER and OVER and OVER that the little Hybrid is an evil force in my world I HATE that little car! It has defied me more than once I am going to go into a beloved bullet point list about the evil this car has put me through.

• Parking brake not pulled in 2006, in front of a friends apartment on a small incline. SMASH into another little Honda who's owner insisted it was a hit and run. LAME my car was still attached to hers. Yes I am going to leave my 20,000 investment in pain attached to yours and hoof it home to T-ville NO WAY $6000.00 in damages between both cars. OUCH
• 2 months later, some serious confident driving (people who know me understand "confident" driving) all the way to South Ogden to the then boyfriends apartment. In the AM his friend comes in... "Don't you have a little Honda Hybrid? Well it has rolled into a poll and is jacked up" Damn it!! another faulty parking technique on my part the stupid parking brake needs to pull itself... Confident driver yes confident parker no!! $2500.00 in damages.
• A year later... Its pouring rain, and I just found out the most recent bf has a WIFE yes a wife who has called me to tell me what a great person I am... yes this was an awesome conversation that ended with me rear ending a silver Toyota Tacoma, thankfully there was no damage to the truck but almost $1500 damage to my car! UGG!! (BTW I had no idea that this guy was married. I had even been to his house on more than one occasion and there was no reminance of wife. She had moved out almost 6 months earlier and took all his money to buy herself a new rack and I don't mean for her ski's)
• On a visit staying at friends someone smashed out a window in the little beast and stole all of my CD's (yes I am lame and still owned CD's) Ten years of collecting down the freaking tubes.. what idiot steals CD's there is nothing you can do with nearly 200 used disks of music that few have heard of or would even like. Thankfully someone replaced the lot with a sweet mix on my birthday that was only weeks away. Which is kind of a consolation but I wish I still had some of the originals. $300 to replace the window and a missing piece of my soul with the stolen CD's.
• Fast forward 2 years from the first escapade in parking malfunction. Another venture in confident driving... CRUNCH into a Teal car which was parked... only minor scratches on it so the owner said not to worry. $500.00 in damage
• 4 months later just long enough to for all of the accidents to fall off of my insurance I am stupid and back up into a big cement beam in an underground parking lot... THAT THING CAME OUT OF NO-WHERE! This was just me being an idiot there was no confidence in this maneuver just pure stupidity. Yet another bumper that needs to be replaced upwards of $2000 in damages.
• Driving down N. Temple going to my Monday night book club, in a rush because I am running late.... Not paying attention and the woman in front of me slams on her brakes. CRUNCH no damage to my car but there are two little licence plate bolt marks on her car. OF COURSE lets call the cops it is HUGE deal!! $500 in damages to her car.
• Driving down State street to get to a job interview, at this point I have decided the temp job was not going to work out so I was interviewing at a Bank. I am turning left onto 400 S from State and the Van in front of me decides he no longer wants to turn but go straight so he is going to BACK UP!! I honk he doesn't notice... SMASH, CRUNCH... this BUCKLES my hood! GOOD GOD MAN!! I can't win!! But thankfully this wasn't my fault but another $2500 in damages!

I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE THIS CAR!! It is the biggest pain in the neck!!!

So now that I have turned over a new leaf and am fiscally responsible with a good credit score (all of my bills are paid off except one medical bill and the stupid car) and a savings account that isn't laughable I don't know what I want to replace the demon seed I am driving around.

Thoughts? Suggestions? I wish there was something that came with a bubble around it or a driver so I wouldn't have to worry about any more issues with me behind the wheel, or not given that most of the issues had to do with my skilled parking jobs!

Iphones HATE ME!!

I don't know why last year I felt it completely necessary to buy an Iphone, but I did... and for the most part I have loved it. Until the day I dropped mine on the concrete on Rio Grande, cracking the touch screen. Which wouldn't have been so bad if I wouldn't have then dropped it again on the hardwood floor of my apartment shattering most of the top of the screen. It was still functional so I didn't replace it until months later. Well the replacement phone, yes phone not screen was then dropped again (not by me this time but could have just as easily been me) and is cracked again! GRRR!! This is so frustrating, but I am hoping that in my adventure to SLC this next week will mean that I will get another replacement. Apple store here I come!

I AM SO EXCITED!!!

So for my little sister's birthday I decided to do something a little different, rather than buying her tons of booze like you typically would for a 21st. I decided a concert was in order!! I am so pumped to go see the USED!!

Yes I know that they are a little EMO but I don't care! I have loved them for years and am so excited to take Sam to her first real concert and have it be a band we both love. It will be so much fun! We are going next weekend and somewhere in the mix going to fit in a haunted house! Hooray two of my favorite things... Music and Haunted houses... So any SLC peeps if your interested we will be there October 10th and 11th if you would like to get together a midst the madness it will be fun!!!

We both can't wait for Bert and the gang (yes the lead singers name is Bert) to rock our socks off!! YEAH!!!

Catching up with Friends!

I have spent quite a bit of time at Jen and Steve's house in the past few weeks and I have to say it has been SOOO much fun! I love that they are so happy together and that they live life to the fullest. It has been such a joy to spend time with them in their beautiful home. Jennifer and I even got to have a throw back to old time sleepover days the other night where we just sat on the bed and chatted until the wee hours of the morning. Unfortunately we both had to get up early to go to work the next day but that was fine.

I actually was able to sell Steve a website last week and can't wait to get started on it. He kept saying how wonderful it will be to actually be able to keep it up to date! It will be a lot of fun to work on this project with them and possibly in the future help with some custom programming to streamline some of the Foundations process's.

I love my job!! I get to talk to such a mix of people and really make an impact on their business it is wonderful, and I couldn't be more thankful that with that I could make a difference for Steve and Jen!

Bird Lady

Thankfully my mom is doing a little better today, not out of the woods by any means but doing better her blood sugar is now down to just under 300 which is still almost 3x higher than what it should be but no longer 500+. The doctors didn't think that it would come down without a higher dosage of insulin so things are looking up. She is still feeling pretty bad but better than yesterday so that is a good sign as well. The main worry now is her triglyceride level which was REALLY high, that in conjunction with the crazy high blood sugar is not a good thing. It can't be tested again for another 6 weeks so we wait. I can't even imagine what I would do if I lost her! I have already been through losing one mom (my bff from childhood's mother right after high school) and that was devastating. Still this many years later I can't talk or think about it much it is just such a tremendous loss. But as for today things are looking up in my little corner of the world and I am thankful!

TGIF!

I am so glad it is FRIDAY!! This has been a very long and trying week, although I am doing stellar at work, making well over my goal in sales for September things in the real world are very very STRESSFUL!
My mom is very ill, and will possibly be hospitalized today or tomorrow. Most who know me well know that I am completely a mama's girl she is not only my mom but one of my very best friends. Seeing her so ill is heart breaking, so please keep her in your thoughts and prayers that she will get through the next few weeks.

60th Birthday Bash!

Jennifer's wonderful husband Steve celebrated his 60th birthday this weekend and I was so happy to help create the perfect party. Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend and see the fruits of our labor but I had such a great time getting to know him a little bit better. I had such a wonderful time with Jennifer it was just like an old times sleep over! We did some crafts, taped things on walls, drank diet Mt. Dew, chatted, and laughed. The decorations were wonderful tie-dyed and smiley face covered nick-nacks. They completed the trippy-ness of the party with a black light room which is where Jen and I spent most of our time the night before. She had colored velvet fuzzy posters and we created neon puff paint happy birthday signs! It was soo much fun! The only thing we didn't do was take pictures, usually that is our MO but we were trying to complete so much in one night that we didn't even think about it.

It was crazy to reminisce about the past and how silly we were (and still are) Jennifer is one of my oldest friends and I am so glad to have her! I love that we live closer now so we can have more time together. Even with the age difference she and Steve are so in love and he is such a wonderful man. I can't imagine her with anyone else and it makes me so happy to see the joy she has in her life with him.

They are a great couple and I am glad to have them both in my life! Can't wait to make another trip to Poky to see the pictures and hear how FAR OUT the party was!!

Birthday Birthday Birthday's!!

It seems like September is filled with Birthday's! Both my sisters, my boss, Jennifer's Husband Steve and Julie all with in the first 2 weeks! It has been a lot of fun helping celebrate the birth of all these great people. (well not Julie yet) I have helped in creating the best birthday bash for Jennifer's husband which was so much fun. They decided to do a 60's theme, which included pot leaf (in design only) brownies, a black light room, a band and costumes! I can't wait to see the pictures. I was unable to attend given that it was my little sisters 21st!!

It is so crazy to think that SAM is 21!! We had a blast going out to a few different bars and there was only one little mishap... but it worked out okay we got her re-hydrated so she could finish out the night.

Alix also turned 30 yesterday... SO two mile-stone birthdays her celebration was much more mellow. She got the cutest gift ever and we had a good time watching movies and just catching up given that every ones lives have gotten so hectic. I LOVE BIRTHDAYS!!

I will post more on each later....

Garage Sale Madness!!

Why did I think that suggesting to my mother that a garage sale was a good idea??? Yesterday we had a garage sale, not just the Buchanan family wears but also two other families. It actually turned out to be quite the success... We made a few hundred dollars and were able to get the garage cleaned out so now my mom can actually park her car in it! Hooray!!
The day started really early REALLY early 5:30 am to be exact which is not a time that I typically see unless I am going to bed then... But that is when we started getting the left over items out that we didn't get out the night before. It was good we started so early because people were showing up at 6!
I was desperately trying to sell my wedding dress which was HILARIOUS given that the bulk of the shoppers were looking for the roto-tiller, weed whackers, antiques, books, and medical supplies. The big ticket items were the walkers, wheel chairs, and antiques.... So our shopper demographic was the hard core garage salers and peeps from the local "homes" IT was sooo funny to keep throwing in "SO do you NEED a wedding dress?" to the 65+ crowd... granted it was some cheap laughs but hey gotta keep em coming when you are up that early! I didn't sell the dress but that is okay...

Summer Fun

I have to admit I haven't had as much fun this summer as I typically do. This is my own fault because I have been a hermit but here are some highlights of the great things I DID do.

• Lava Hot Springs with Michelle: We had such a fun time spending the entire day together! It had been such a long time since we had been able to have a day. I still can't quite comprehend why we thought it was such a great idea to "float" the river after the woman at the pool said. "It is a real river, with REAL rocks, that really HURT!" this was a point that was proven well, when Michelle and I flipped and scraped along the REAL lava rocks. I fared much better than she did with only scrapes along my back. Poor Michelle ended up with a jacked up black and blue ankle and big scrapes and bruises along her legs it was awful. Not to mention her knee that was already hurt from the day before. YIKES! Even with the injuries we still had so much fun!! I love spending time with MZ!




• SLC trip extravaganza! I have already blogged about the SLC trip but it was so jam packed with shopping, hair, bff from Teleserve and her sweet son, more shopping, getting accosted at the mall, more shopping, the tail end of the end of summer bbq til the wee hours of the morning, no sleep, church, breakfast with my old room mate, more hair, more shopping... then DRIVE home... This was a fun filled trip even though I didn't get any sleep that weekend and there were a few hiccups I had a great time! I only have 2 pictures from the whole summer.... I am sure there are more I just don't have them. One is Thomas and I and the other is his friend who's name escapes me now.... but he was the best self esteem boost ever!! Gay men don't lie about peoples looks for some reason if they are batting for the same team they loose the mechanism of just spewing complements without cause. That night he kept announcing "Megan's are always HOTT" which was nice to hear since I am feeling so FAR from hot let alone HOTT.... haha! He took so many pictures of the two of us it just made me laugh! I need to get some copies of those :) It seems like in the one that I have there was something happening off to the side of us that we both really needed to look at! haha!!
  
• Ok so I have done A LOT more than these 2 things this summer this is just all that is sticking out in my mind I will have to post more later.....

I LOVE Birthdays!

I didn't get to enjoy Jessie's Birthday with her as much as I would have liked given that I ended up getting ill before the party even really got started but I had a wonderful time and I was so glad to help her celebrate 24 years young! I love how she keeps such a positive attitude even when faced with some really hard sitiuations in her life. She is unstoppable when it comes to being a doting wife and friend. I was so happy to add to the birthday with a cake with her sweet face on it, the girl can never look bad even with a pack 3x her size on her back!

Jessie is such a great person and I wish her all the best in her 24th year!

As much as I love Nordstroms... this was too much

I love shopping LOVE shopping! but I have an aversion to shopping in Idaho Falls. I miss living in the city and being able to go at my favorite stores Nordstrom, Banana Republic, Express and Forever 21 on a moments notice.

My goal was to add some color into my wardrobe which I desperately need, basically I wear Black, more black, with a touch of black and a splash of white and grey. BLAH!!! BLAH!!! BLAH!!! Well I didn't end up finding really anything that I liked. I went to every store in the Park City outlets and left with 2 shirts and a pair of shoes.

So I decided that I would try the Fashion Place Mall before meeting up with friends. BAD IDEA!!
It seems as though I am not meant to be a Fashion Place Mall shopper, while I love Nordstroms the last two experiences were a little damaging. Over Christmas I was attacked by a stranger over a parking spot and this time I was taunted by 3 little girls.

I was having a rough day, I was ill the night before (threw up my expensive dinner and had to leave Jessie's b-day party early) My skin was looking particularly awful from my blue light micro-derm abrasion 2 days prior, and my hair was too crazy for me I looked really terrible. But I knew that I was going to go to my hotel room and take a shower tame my hair and be able to re-spakle my face hiding the leprosy.

I am walking through the upper level of Nordstroms and I hear a little girl say... "Oh my gosh look at her hair, its weird" I laughed it off... it was a little weird Dorothy Hamill meets long hair meets wind is not the best look. Then she goes and gets 2 other little girls they are probably about 8 maybe 10 at the oldest. They start to giggle and I am getting a little annoyed because they are following me. Then one says "Wow look at her skin... why would you have short ugly hair with nasty skin?"
This went too far, I was okay with a little bit of rudeness because it wasn't worth saying anything but don't F@ck with me about something I am so desperately trying to remedy with no avail and can not control.
So I turned around, the girls did nothing they just stood there.
me:"excuse me?"
girls: Silence
me: "NO really what did you just say?"
girls: silence
me: "That was extremely rude and I deserve an apology"
girls: silence, obviously terrified scanning the showroom floor for their mother
me: "I am waiting" this was like the 1.... 2.... 3.... moment children are terrified of
girls: one runs, the other starts to tear up, the oldest who was the girl who started this smirks.
me: "Where is your mother?"
oldest girl: "She won't care"
me: "Don't be so sure about that, where is she?"
oldest girl: BURSTS into tears and starts sobbing like I shot her.
me: "Tears won't work on me honey just apologize and I will walk away."
third child: runs back "mom thought it what you said was really rude she is MAD and on her way just say your sorry"
oldest girl: continues to cry eeking out "sorry" and the younger girl beings to sob as well.
Me: "Thank you, you should really think about what you say and how it could make someone else feel."
I was furious but I just walked away, I didn't want to deal with these naughty girls mother and just wanted to get the hell out of there. But I was still on a quest for a colorful top to go out in to meet friends. IT WAS MY MISSION bad skin and ugly hair aside I had to find something!!

Off to Express... on my way down the hallway the stupid Nail guy grabs me and asks if my nails are natural, blah blah... "Yes they are my natural nails and I already own the buffer thank you"
Nail guy: "what about your skin"
me: "Awe FUCK you have got to be kidding me? NO I DO NOT WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT MY SKIN THANK YOU!!!!"

Then I was OVER IT!! Mission ABORTED!!! Fashion Place Mall SUCKS!!

Make Over Time!

I decided that I needed a mini make over. I am struggling with my bad skin, and my blah hair. I have spent over a year growing it out. It had gotten pretty long for me just longer than shoulder length and just wasn't ME... So I made and appointment in SLC to get Zach-ified! I love that silly gay hairdresser and couldn't wait to get a new look also to do some shopping since I hate all the clothes that I own.
I had an appointment at Lunatic Fringe and I was very excited! So I got up at 6 am to get on the road... I decided to take my mom's car since I was going to meet Julie in Park City and my car can't make it up the canyon. I was just getting into SLC and the check engine light turns on... OF COURSE!! I can't just get there with out a hitch.
Fast forward 2 hours, to Lunatic Fringe to get my hair did... Zach was great we talked about his vaca he was headed on to the Redwood Forest, while he was giving me my new look I was getting a little worried because he was going a little crazy with the asymmetrical look he was giving me. "Dorothy Hamill meets long hair" So I ended up with one side shoulder length and the other about to my ear. It was waaaaay too cool for me but I was trying really hard to rock it.
I met up with Julie in Park City right after the cut that took damn near 2 hours, and the look on her face confirmed it, I WAS NOT COOL ENOUGH FOR THAT HAIRCUT... so I quickly called the salon to reschedule with to get it tamed. Thankfully someone was able to fit me in on Sunday since Zach was leaving in an hour to make the trek to the Redwood Forest.
I Really love the way the hair turned out and the rest of the weekend was so much fun... More to come

I promised Julie I would be a better blogger

So a lot of things have changed since my last blog post, and I suppose that it is about time to update. Where to even begin... Hmmm I have become a fan of bullet points so here goes.

• Location: No longer living in SLC, now located back in the great state of IDAHO. Not where I intended to be ever again but it actually has been one of the best choices I have made in a long time.
• Reason for location change: Shitty economy and job change, probably could have stuck it out and tried to make it work in Utah but reference back to bullet one.
• New Job: AMAZING!! I am working for a Web development company and couldn't be happier, it is so wonderful to be good at something again! Not going to talk much more about it so as not to jinx it.
• BAD SKIN: I have never struggled with bad skin my whole life until the last year or so. As a teenager a "bad break-out" was 2 pimples at the same time which happened maybe quarterly. Now I am teetering on looking like a leaper I HATE it. I have started weekly micro-derm abrasions (a basic sandblast of the skin) for extreme exfoliation. I have seen improvements but I might be at the point where I need a medical intervention. I am like that stupid commercial where the kid is camped out at the store and the pharmacist tells him to get a life... ANNOYING!!
• Gave up on my quest for long hair: I cut my hair short again this last weekend, it had gotten really long for me. I don't know that long hair suits me I had just longer than shoulder length and now one side is above my ear and the other is chin length. Sounds weird I know but it is really cute. I will post pics later... maybe reference bullet point above.

Well the last 2 points were very superfical I know there are more things to talk about then my head but it is what was on my mind as I sat here with a clay mask on my face thinking these short bangs are hard to pin back. I will add another post about the craziness that insued about the last 2 points.

Good weekend!

I came up to Idaho to visit the family this weekend and it has been a really fun. I have been having a rough go lately work has been really stressful and life just seems to be going to fast to enjoy. But it was such a wonderful weekend hanging out with friends and family.
Friday night I was able to spend some time at the Ziels, it was great to see their new house! I am so happy for them that they have a house with a great yard and so much room for the kids to play. It was alot of fun to see little Danica and Ashton running around in their huge family room. They are getting so big! Danica is talking alot and they both have gotten so tall. It is amazing how much they have grown.
I also got to have a day of beauty with my little sis. She is in beauty school and so I booked an appointment for micro-derm abrasion and a deep conditioning treatment for my hair. I have to say that micro-derm effing hurts! I thought it would be like a facial or something but NO you are having your face sand blasted for maximum exfoliation! YIKES!! This is a much more painful process then I expected.
Sam was laughing at me because for some reason unknown to me when ever I have like a pinch or pain on my face it makes me sneeze. Odd I know but it happens every time I pluck my eyebrows I sneeze and when she was sand-blasting my face I kept having to stop her so I could sneeze. It was really funny! Hopefully the treatment will make my face soft wonderful because that was a painful endeavor!
It has been really fun just hanging out at my parents house relaxing, watching movies with everyone, and playing with my little niece.
I am a little worried about the drive back, I wasn't able to leave today because of the snow and the 50 mph winds. My little car does not do well with wind at all! Hopefully I can make it back to SLC for work tomorrow! I hate that it is almost April and there is basically a blizzard! UGG!!

YIKES! I am a jerk!

I am feeling really terrible today that me thinking sarcasm is funny offended someone at my work. Yesterday was an extremely busy and frustrating day for me at work and I allowed that to color how I spoke to one of the people who I do truly appreciate.
I offended him so much so that he went to the CEO to discuss how much it bothered him! I feel horrible! I never meant my shortness via instant message and over use of silly emoticons to make him feel unappreciated and I am mortified that I did!
GRR!! I am so much my fathers daughter... The Roger Buchanan came out in me while I was talking to this man online. Anyone who has ever dealt with my dad in a business sense would tell you he is too harsh and not very understanding.
Rather than explaining my frustration of my day and how we were going to implement a new program I was just short via IM which came across as rude and condescending. I hate this about myself and typically catch myself when I do it and apologize in that moment, but yesterday I did not and now this man that I really admire, because he works so hard and makes my job easier thinks I am a jackass!
I sent him an email to apologize (and would make a phone call in addition to that if he wasn't in the Philippines) and hope that it will remedy the fact that I was a jackass when we spoke yesterday.
Why am I such a jerk???!!!

Peanut Butter Slices???

I learned something new today! I never knew there was such a thing as a peanut butter slice?!? But there is yes, probably freeze dried 'piece' of peanut butter, like a Kraft single but not cheese.

I can't recall exactly how this topic came up at work but it did and one of my co-workers informed me that was such a thing.

Matt decided to tell Julie and I about the peanut flavored individually wrapped cheese-esque slice and we didn't believe him that there was such a product. So he googled it to show us a picture. Which in and of itself was hilarious that 1) That peanut butter slices exist. 2) That Matt thought of them and wanted to prove to Julie and I that they were real and took time to google them and find a website that sold them. 3) The conversation that ensued after the website was pulled.

Matt: "No really they do exist come see the website"

(Julie and I go to Matt's desk to see the site)

Me: "Oh my gosh that is insane that they do really exist" (lots of laughter)

Me: "It can't taste good?!?"

Matt: "Actually it is kind of good, I have had them"

Julie: "I don't think I would want my peanut butter to have a seam in it"

Matt: "I wouldn't like my peanut butter with semen in it either..." (More laughter)

HILARIOUS!! None of us could even continue talking about the slices because we were laughing so hard!!

WHO KNEW THAT PEANUT BUTTER SLICES EXISTED? AND THAT THEY COULD CAUSE SUCH A FUNNY CONVERSATION!!

PRICELESS!!!!

Dreams of instant mermaid hair dashed...

So my little sister text me last night to let me know that she doesn't think the type of extensions that her school is teaching her how to put in will be what I want. GRR!! I am so sad! I had my hopes up that I would have instant long luscious hair and now that is not in the cards!
From my understanding is the type of extensions that they use are pretty harmful to your natural hair. I would have to have little pieces of fake hair glued... yes glued to my natural hair to achieve the long locks that I dream of. Well this is not good for your actual natural hair it causes a lot of damage. Of any type (and there are several types of extensions) this is the most harmful.
I am so sad that I have to wait the long time it will take to grow my hair to mermaid status rather than just pay my sister to put some in. I don't want to have broken fly away pieces of hair for a possible 6 weeks of it staying in before having to be redone....
I am very, very, very, sad about this...
OH well!! I guess I need to find something else to obsess about!

Weekend trips are too short!

I came to Idaho this weekend to hang out with the fam and my Idaho friends. It has been a lot of fun but too short. I decided earlier today that I would stay another full day and leave at the butt crack of dawn to make it to work on time. I am really not looking forward to the drive in the morning but I couldn't bring myself to leave. For one I was right in the middle of a Top Model marathon with my little sister, secondly because I didn't want to make that stupid drive!

I don't know that it was the best choice tomorrow is going to be an extremely long day given that I still have to work but I just couldn't force myself to make the drive today.

I have had a really good time visiting with my family. My little sister Sam started beauty college this week so we have been talking hair and practicing all weekend. I have had my hair blown out, put in curlers, curled with a curling iron only to then be then rewashed and dried to flat iron. It has been fun to let her practice the craft she is learning.

I can't wait until she gets further into her studies so she can try some of her new found talents on me. Like extensions!! I told her that I was so down with letting her (while carefully watched by her instructors of course) add extensions to my hair. I want long long long luscious hair!! Like mermaid hair, I want hair so long blond and beautiful (even if glued in) that I don't have to wear a top! My luscious locks will cover all of the bits that shouldn't be exposed just like a mermaid! haha!! So hopefully in February or early March when she studies extensions I will be the test! This all depends on how they are put in and how much it damages your existing hair. I am trying to grow my own hair out I doubt that I have the will power for mermaid hair but I am going to grow it as long as I can! But if extensions are going to damage it then I will just let my dreams of being Rapunzel fade... just like my long lost dream of being a teen model. haha! (J/K I never wanted to be a teen model)

Bad Blogger

My lack of Internet at home has made me a terrible blogger! I don't have time at work (am stealing a few minutes to write this) to blog at all. I am getting Internet at my house sometime this week. I hate not being able to have my routine of write blog, watch the Hills and Samantha Who? online, check facebook, read other peoples blogs, check Perez Hilton, look at local news, and download music in the evenings.
So I will be remedying this problem this week so my blog will be updated more often and so I can get back to my nightly routine! I miss it.