Thursday's are always pizza night at the Carlock household. And it's not delivery. Gosh, I can't name one good pizza place near us. (But I don't want to dwell on that!)
There is, however this place right by our house called Burger Delight. It's been open for years...but we've never been. It sort of scares me and makes me sad. It has so much potential!!!It has that Huntley Dairy Mart feel, but it's missing something. The other day we figured it out. They don't sell any soft serve ice cream. In fact they don't sell any sweet treats. I wish they did. Jason just said the other day that if they sold ice cream - they'd be millioniares. No one sells it around here! Plus, there's a park right next to it, so it would make sense to sell ice cream treats, don't you think? Maybe we should leave an anonomous letter on the door.
Dear Burger Delight,
Why don't you sell any ice cream?? And why do you close at 3 O'Clock? You should install a soft serve ice cream maker and start chargin'.
Yours truly,
The Neighborhood
I'd make the letter a little nicer than that, but you get the idea. I think you can build a community around a good ice cream shoppe. I really believe that.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
My life, The Newspaper Headlines
My sister won't read my blog. She told me that on the phone yesterday. There are no real juicy details as to why. She just made this "ugh" noise when I mentioned it. And that's all I have to say about that.
So, for the rest of you with eyes, and a heart...I thought you'd be happy to note that this morning I did a double take while driving down I395 - I swear I saw a guy on a "car phone" - yeah - one of those huge "as big as your shoe" phones with the thick black curly cord. Don't worry, he knew he looked dumb. I could see it in his eyes.
Today seems to be a world of difference from yesterday. Let's recap the joys of my Monday real quick (in the style of Newspaper Headlines):-) yes, if there were actual stories to follow the headline, they would all be about me.
a. Driver Caught Off Guard: Didn't Have $8
b. Sister From Illinois Admits "Won't Read Blog"
c. Newbie Kicks Veteran Voicetracker Out Of Studio 20 Minutes Before Check In Time
d. Girl Crushes Sunglasses, Crushes Her Own Heart
e. Girl Stuck In Tunnel, Survives
So that was yesterday! Whew!
Today's headlines would read MUCH different as none of those things have happened. What a difference a day makes.
If you already read Jason's blog, you would know that today we headed to the Big Gym really early. Jason's been going back and forth about doing the morning gym routine again and finally decided to try it out. Not too shabby. Plus, now that it's warming up, not too cold either.
I miss the big gym and I'm glad to be visiting it again. (We both like the condo gym...but realize the big gym offers more options.)
Falling in the catagory of it's not what it seems...you may encounter an older woman on the path near our home walking her dog. This dog is in a green stroller. Leia and I met up with the older woman yesterday to find that the 11 year old dog was going in for leg surgery - today. The dog tore something and needed to be medicated - and the woman was told not to let her dog walk. To that, she said, "well then, we need to get you a set of wheels...cause I still need to get out and walk!" You go Grandma! At first sight though...the whole dog in a stroller thing seems absurd. I never even thought of surgery.
I'll be writing today's Newspaper Headlines later on...it was kinda fun.
So, for the rest of you with eyes, and a heart...I thought you'd be happy to note that this morning I did a double take while driving down I395 - I swear I saw a guy on a "car phone" - yeah - one of those huge "as big as your shoe" phones with the thick black curly cord. Don't worry, he knew he looked dumb. I could see it in his eyes.
Today seems to be a world of difference from yesterday. Let's recap the joys of my Monday real quick (in the style of Newspaper Headlines):-) yes, if there were actual stories to follow the headline, they would all be about me.
a. Driver Caught Off Guard: Didn't Have $8
b. Sister From Illinois Admits "Won't Read Blog"
c. Newbie Kicks Veteran Voicetracker Out Of Studio 20 Minutes Before Check In Time
d. Girl Crushes Sunglasses, Crushes Her Own Heart
e. Girl Stuck In Tunnel, Survives
So that was yesterday! Whew!
Today's headlines would read MUCH different as none of those things have happened. What a difference a day makes.
If you already read Jason's blog, you would know that today we headed to the Big Gym really early. Jason's been going back and forth about doing the morning gym routine again and finally decided to try it out. Not too shabby. Plus, now that it's warming up, not too cold either.
I miss the big gym and I'm glad to be visiting it again. (We both like the condo gym...but realize the big gym offers more options.)
Falling in the catagory of it's not what it seems...you may encounter an older woman on the path near our home walking her dog. This dog is in a green stroller. Leia and I met up with the older woman yesterday to find that the 11 year old dog was going in for leg surgery - today. The dog tore something and needed to be medicated - and the woman was told not to let her dog walk. To that, she said, "well then, we need to get you a set of wheels...cause I still need to get out and walk!" You go Grandma! At first sight though...the whole dog in a stroller thing seems absurd. I never even thought of surgery.
I'll be writing today's Newspaper Headlines later on...it was kinda fun.
Monday, March 9, 2009
That'll be $8.
I didn't have $8 for the parking attendant this morning.
Why you ask? Because ever since I've been parking in that lot it's been FREE!! (contracted by my place of employment of course) So when the parking attendant asked me for $8 I looked at him as if he was speaking a different language. I suppose he (sort of) was. I mean, I have parked here, there and everywhere around my work and hardly spent a dime. Eight dollars suddenly sounded like a rip off!
So, I told him in the kindest of fashions that I park here everyday and I can either pay double tomorrow or walk back over with the cash in about 20 minutes. (Duty calls at work, and I had to get on the air.) He agreed to the latter and I was on my way. No biggie fries, I'll just stop by the ATM, walk back over to pay the man and get on with my busy morning. And that's what I did. I'm just glad he agreed to this arrangement, or my car would have a few tickets on it by now.
About an hour ago HR announced that they apologize for the inconvenience and if you take your receipt back to the attendant you can get your $8 back. Really??! That never happens!
Whoohoo!
Things to celebrate:
1. Orange Tic Tacs
2. Fixed printers
3. Online shopping
4. Saturday adventures
5. Getting $8 back.
Why you ask? Because ever since I've been parking in that lot it's been FREE!! (contracted by my place of employment of course) So when the parking attendant asked me for $8 I looked at him as if he was speaking a different language. I suppose he (sort of) was. I mean, I have parked here, there and everywhere around my work and hardly spent a dime. Eight dollars suddenly sounded like a rip off!
So, I told him in the kindest of fashions that I park here everyday and I can either pay double tomorrow or walk back over with the cash in about 20 minutes. (Duty calls at work, and I had to get on the air.) He agreed to the latter and I was on my way. No biggie fries, I'll just stop by the ATM, walk back over to pay the man and get on with my busy morning. And that's what I did. I'm just glad he agreed to this arrangement, or my car would have a few tickets on it by now.
About an hour ago HR announced that they apologize for the inconvenience and if you take your receipt back to the attendant you can get your $8 back. Really??! That never happens!
Whoohoo!
Things to celebrate:
1. Orange Tic Tacs
2. Fixed printers
3. Online shopping
4. Saturday adventures
5. Getting $8 back.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Three nights only, please!
I'm begging you. Please let me go home tonight without having to sit in the tunnel for a lame 1/2 hour of construction. It's keeeeeling me. Tonight will be night four, and I can't do it again.
In other news, I'm back on the blog. That kinda sounds gross. But, three days in a row ain't bad....considering I really don't have too much to say in the first place. Let's see, what's going on in our world? Well, Jason is growing his hair out while I've been meaning to set up an appointment to get mine cut.
What else? Oh yeah, we had to throw away our waffle maker because of the harsh beeping noise it makes to indicated that the waffle is ready...this "beep" (which sounds more like the fire alarm on your ceiling) sent Leia into freak-out mode, so last weekend's Sunday waffles were a tad more dramatic than we planned. I had to take Leia outside and walk around the block to cool her off. She was shaking. Bad. Like her whole body was vibrating! She get's that way durning thunderstorms too. Poor girl.
All the snow melted already and I'm ready for spring. It's suppose to be in the 70s this weekend and tonight it's taco night! I'm concentrating on getting done at work to meet up with our neighbors. I hope I don't get stuck in the tunnel!
This post is much shorter than I planned, but I had to go to a meeting.
Things to celebrate:
1. Friday night taco nights
2. New beginnings
3. Learning to knit
4. United States of Tara
5. A clean bathroom
In other news, I'm back on the blog. That kinda sounds gross. But, three days in a row ain't bad....considering I really don't have too much to say in the first place. Let's see, what's going on in our world? Well, Jason is growing his hair out while I've been meaning to set up an appointment to get mine cut.
What else? Oh yeah, we had to throw away our waffle maker because of the harsh beeping noise it makes to indicated that the waffle is ready...this "beep" (which sounds more like the fire alarm on your ceiling) sent Leia into freak-out mode, so last weekend's Sunday waffles were a tad more dramatic than we planned. I had to take Leia outside and walk around the block to cool her off. She was shaking. Bad. Like her whole body was vibrating! She get's that way durning thunderstorms too. Poor girl.
All the snow melted already and I'm ready for spring. It's suppose to be in the 70s this weekend and tonight it's taco night! I'm concentrating on getting done at work to meet up with our neighbors. I hope I don't get stuck in the tunnel!
This post is much shorter than I planned, but I had to go to a meeting.
Things to celebrate:
1. Friday night taco nights
2. New beginnings
3. Learning to knit
4. United States of Tara
5. A clean bathroom
Thursday, March 5, 2009
No Biggie Fries
Did you see Bigfoot on Jason's blog? OMG. I think I beleive in Bigfoot. Or at least that's what the TV wants me to believe. Why does everyone have to be so skeptical? There's weird stuff everywhere, can't it be in the woods too?
I stole that "no biggie fries" line from Jason too. He says it and honestly it melts away any thought of stress. Try it out. You'll see. I recently used it in an email to my boss to look cool - and it seemed to work.
Speaking of Jason, he's doing great! His sweatshirt fits after I washed it!.... and I saw him leave for work wearing it this morning. About that. Jason leaves for work the earliest a person should ever leave for work. And he wakes me up :30 seconds before he walks out the door...so it's like a mirage/dream/what the hell just happened? moment that happens to me every morning. What happens next? Well, after the door shuts, I beg myself to stay awake and get on my gym clothes and head to the gym. It's not a pleasant feeling, but ever since Leia's decided to sleep in, I have had to rearrange my morning to fit the dog's scheduled outdoor time. She refuses to get up any earlier than 8am. Lazy! So that makes 6am out of the question. Fine by me. Gym first, then get ready for work, THEN take Leia on a walk.
Things to celebrate:
1. Special Titles for things
2. Tracy Morgan as Tracy Jordan
3. mini pretzels with no salt
4. pink sweatshirts
5. 3 year anniversaries
I stole that "no biggie fries" line from Jason too. He says it and honestly it melts away any thought of stress. Try it out. You'll see. I recently used it in an email to my boss to look cool - and it seemed to work.
Speaking of Jason, he's doing great! His sweatshirt fits after I washed it!.... and I saw him leave for work wearing it this morning. About that. Jason leaves for work the earliest a person should ever leave for work. And he wakes me up :30 seconds before he walks out the door...so it's like a mirage/dream/what the hell just happened? moment that happens to me every morning. What happens next? Well, after the door shuts, I beg myself to stay awake and get on my gym clothes and head to the gym. It's not a pleasant feeling, but ever since Leia's decided to sleep in, I have had to rearrange my morning to fit the dog's scheduled outdoor time. She refuses to get up any earlier than 8am. Lazy! So that makes 6am out of the question. Fine by me. Gym first, then get ready for work, THEN take Leia on a walk.
Things to celebrate:
1. Special Titles for things
2. Tracy Morgan as Tracy Jordan
3. mini pretzels with no salt
4. pink sweatshirts
5. 3 year anniversaries
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
I hope it didn't shrink a thousand shrinks
My blog is going to be delisted if I don't write anything! We got a big snow storm on Monday...or as the sign by the 395 bridge said "Snow Event". Which I didn't mind. What I do mind is the sign that keeps flashing "AVOID THE 395 TUNNEL"....but you only get to read that part cause you're driving really fast...and just before you pass the sign in a panic and are making alternate driving plans in your head, the sign switches to say, "13 FOOT MAX FOR TRUCKS"....Ohhhhh.....so only trucks taller than 13 feet have to avoid the tunnel. Got it. Phew.
Back to the snow. Leia sort of likes it. We have walked on the path this week and she stops and sticks her nose down in it...and then sneezes. She will, however, b-line for a patch of grass. Thankfully it'll be in the 60s this weekend and most of it will melt. And it has been COLD! Which brings me to my next thought. I was going to blog about this subject alone, but keep forgetting to tell you...in the mornings when Leia and I are on our walk, it's usually between 15-24 degrees out. Cold! Or...er....at least too cold to "hang out on the deck" if you ask me. So, each morning this week, as we pass the backside of condos...there's this lady "hanging out on the deck". She's sitting at the deck table. I've never seen her before, but she's old...perhaps in her 80s? I'm guessing. So, every morning this week, she's sitting outside. Very odd...especially when it's 17 out. Isn't she freezing?
Things that worry me at the moment:
1. Where is the oil leak coming from.
2. I washed jason's sweatshirt after he helped our friend Ross move, and I hope it didn't shrink a thousand shrinks. He likes that sweatshirt.
Things to celebrate:
1. Tomorrow marks 3 years quitting smoking for me!
2. I got to park in the lot twice this week.
3. Jason + pancakes
4. Saturday Feb 28 was Jason's 3 year quit smoking anniversary!
5. Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
6. Excel spreadsheets
7. Oren Lavie, The Opposite Side Of The Sea
8. Design Sponge
9. Birds on tree branches.
10. Spa services
Back to the snow. Leia sort of likes it. We have walked on the path this week and she stops and sticks her nose down in it...and then sneezes. She will, however, b-line for a patch of grass. Thankfully it'll be in the 60s this weekend and most of it will melt. And it has been COLD! Which brings me to my next thought. I was going to blog about this subject alone, but keep forgetting to tell you...in the mornings when Leia and I are on our walk, it's usually between 15-24 degrees out. Cold! Or...er....at least too cold to "hang out on the deck" if you ask me. So, each morning this week, as we pass the backside of condos...there's this lady "hanging out on the deck". She's sitting at the deck table. I've never seen her before, but she's old...perhaps in her 80s? I'm guessing. So, every morning this week, she's sitting outside. Very odd...especially when it's 17 out. Isn't she freezing?
Things that worry me at the moment:
1. Where is the oil leak coming from.
2. I washed jason's sweatshirt after he helped our friend Ross move, and I hope it didn't shrink a thousand shrinks. He likes that sweatshirt.
Things to celebrate:
1. Tomorrow marks 3 years quitting smoking for me!
2. I got to park in the lot twice this week.
3. Jason + pancakes
4. Saturday Feb 28 was Jason's 3 year quit smoking anniversary!
5. Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
6. Excel spreadsheets
7. Oren Lavie, The Opposite Side Of The Sea
8. Design Sponge
9. Birds on tree branches.
10. Spa services
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