Weekend Update

Folks, folks, no need to panic. The snow storm of the century did not take place. I believe it snowed maybe ten minutes Saturday morning. It might have been closer to six minutes. Obviously not near enough to cause any type of…anything. Basically, life was normal this weekend. Well, unless you live in Woodward, Oklahoma. They received 28 inches, and I’m pretty sure that sucked! But my life went on as normal, which means you have a Weekend Update to read…

Friday
It rained all day on Friday! Lord Gary said the rain would eventually turn to gut retching snow, and cause all of us to be trapped indoors. In spite of this, when Friday night rolled around it was still only raining. And since I don’t have cute rain boots, I opted to stay in for the night. I cooked dinner and watched basketball with a few friends.

Saturday
Saturday I decided to relive one of my childhood activities by visiting OKC Science Museum. As a child this museum was called the Omniplex. However, a few years ago they decided to change their name to Oklahoma Science Museum. Can museums do that? My friend Andrew and I spent the afternoon being in tornados/earthquakes, playing with erosion, traveling in space shuttles, eating space food, and looking at airplanes.

Saturday night I had a date. It was with the guy that asked me to The Thunder game, and then totally ignored me the next day. I guess he got over The Thunder rejection. The date was fun. It was nice evening. We had sushi and nonfat Chai. Blogger World, you know the fastest way to my heart is through nonfat Chais and cookies. He’s off to a good start. I’m still undecided on the guy but the food on the date was good. I think it’s too early to give him a name on this blog, but I’ll keep you posted.

Sunday
After I got past the normal Sunday routine (church and lunch) I went for my long run. Yesterday was a beautiful day. We’re talking high 60s, possibly in the 70s. Since the weather was so nice I went to the lake for my run. I was planning to run 6-7 miles, but then I started thinking how cool it would be to run around the entire lake, so I did. Yup, 10 miles! I was so excited that I went home to celebrate with a cupcake. Shut up, it’s not counter productive. But I have to tell you guys. Remember the Mother Cupcake, Mint Chocolate Cupcake? It was my reward. A-mazing.

Friday Fun Facts

This weekend the snow storm of the century is hitting my entire state. I kid you not. There’s a blizzard warning for tonight and tomorrow. Again, I kid you not. The weather people are FREAKING OUT! This morning on the news, they had every reporter out among the state. Of course, no one could report any new weather activity, but please have it noted that according to the weather people- we will be snowed in all weekend! ALL WEEKEND!

Ok, on to Friday Fun Facts. Today, I am dedicating FFF to some of my favorite musicians. These people were either part of my childhood years or teenage years. SO please enjoy, and feel free to use your new knowledge to impress coworkers, lovers, family members, or the homeless man on the street.

First up, today the lovely Mariah Carey is celebrating a birthday. The once turned actress is turning 39. I feel that everyone should honor Mariah by watching Glitter. Seriously, if we all watched Glitter this weekend, it’d boost sales 100%.

Next up, one of my favorite Oklahoma celebrities is celebrating a birthday. Reba McEntire is turning 54 this weekend. I like Reba because of her show, Reba. It is pretty cute. Judge me if you may, but it’s a cute show! Also, Reba and I went to the same basketball camp in Lindsay, Oklahoma. Of course, she went in the 70s and I went in the 90s, but you know we share that bond.

Two more birthdays, hang with me.

Third up, is MC Hammer. Can’t Touch This, is turning 46 is weekend. Anyone, near the age of mid-late 20s has fond memories of MC Hammer. The man invented parachute pants, which we all owned. WHATEVER! I know you owned and wore the pants.

Finally, I’d like to wish the head Blue’s Traveler dude a Happy Birthday. He’s turning 42. Sadly, I don’t know his name. But I know he plays a mean harmonica, started his career very overweight, and then lost about 200lbs. Good for him, and Happy Birthday.

As you can see, there are lots of birthdays today and this weekend. Enjoy your weekend. Hopefully, you have a great weekend, and hopefully I won’t see a blizzard.

Ramblings...

For the past ten days I’ve been raising Amish Friendship Bread. If you are completely clueless to what this means, let me give you a quick explanation. AFB is where a “friend” gives you a premade starter batch of bread, and for ten days you have to constantly mash or add ingredients to your starter batch. Finally, on the tenth day you are able to bake the bread. This is my second time to make Amish Friendship Bread; and once again, mine turned out horrible. I give up! I’m done with the freakin’ Amish! They need to develop another way to show friendship. I have four starters in my freezer. Anyone want them?

Yesterday at work, two coworkers and I spent the afternoon coloring a flow chart. To be completely honest, we sat in the executive conference room thinking about coloring a flow chart. We mostly talked about old coworkers, who I could date at work (which I’m against), former dating coworkers, and my coworker’s current boyfriend. Today, I think we are actually going to color the flow chart. I’ll keep you posted.

Speaking of me dating, I have a friend that’s trying to play match-maker with me. She wants to set me up with a guy from her office, who I know. He seems nice, so I said sure. He and I have exchanged a couple emails, talked in person a few times, and he even came to my birthday party. But that’s it. Tuesday night he invited me to a Thunder game, but I had to decline. I’m sorry! I already had plans. Do you really think that if you invite me to something five hours before the event I’ll be free? Again, I do not sit at home and knit sweaters! I briefly saw him last night and he didn’t even acknowledge my existence. I’m thinking this short lived match-made is dead. No one should try to play match-maker unless they are me or The Millionaire Match-Maker. No one!

I just discovered the Mother of all cupcakes. Check this out:

Oh my word. Doesn’t that look amazing? It's a mint chocolate chip cupcake.

Funny story: Sister #1 has a friend who is currently looking for a job. She was searching online and noticed that a company called Company Confidential was hiring. Since it looked like they were hiring so much, she decided to send in her resume. When writing her cover letter she addressed it to: Company Confidential, and then went on to explain how she was very excited to work with Company Confidential. Now, my question to you. If you are HR do laugh at the cover letter, or do you call the person in for an interview just to see who wrote a cover letter to Company Confidential?

So on that story; I think I’m going to call it a day for my Ramblings….

It's gettin' hot in here

Today, half of my normal lunch partners were MIA. Since Lunch Partners #1-#3 were gone, #4 and I decided to go out for Thai Food. We both love Thai Food, and rarely get the chance to have it for lunch.

When the lunch bell rang…#4, another coworker we recruited, and I headed off to our favorite Thai place. #4 and I usually get Pad Thai, because we are unoriginal creatures. However, today I wanted to be adventurous. I decided to be a daring girl and try a new noodle dish. The new dish was surprisingly good, but a bit on the spicy side for my taste. #4 stuck to his safe Pad Thai. My other coworker had his normal spicy salmon with 3 stars of spiciness and extra peppers on the side. As you can see, my coworker likes it HOT, like superstar HOT!

As we were all eating our food, my coworker offered me a bite of his spicy salmon. I politely declined. I assumed one bite of the spicy salmon would cause my mouth to catch on fire, literally. Finally, after three minutes of convincing I decided to try one pepper off his plate. HOLY CAT FIGHT! My mouth was on fire. After my one bite, I drank all my water, chomped all my ice, and then started in on #4’s water/ice. My mouth was on fire! It was hurting so bad that #4 and I had to stop for ice cream on the way back to the office. Needles to say, I will not be trying any Thai Food that is above a one star! My pantie waste mouth can’t handle the HOT!

Come along and ride on a fantasic voyage

Big weekend! Not only did OU win, but I turned 28. Yup, it was my birthday weekend.

Friday
My dear friend KC had me over for dinner. I love when KC cooks me dinner. A) A great cook and I always love the things KC prepares. B) Not offended when I show up sweaty from my aerobics classes. C) Sends me home with leftovers. See, an all around great evening when KC cooks!
After dinner I decided to go home and watch a movie. This particular Friday night, I decided to have Colin Farrell and Samuel L. Jackson keep me company. The duo is in S.W.A.T, which I haven’t seen in a million years. I think it’s one of Colin’s better movies.

Saturday
Most of Saturday was pretty uneventful. I watched lots of basketball and cooked a few meals to freeze. Recently, I discovered freezing premade meals. Last year I lived on Lean Cuisines. After a full year of LC, I’m sick of them. I cannot stand the thought of eating one for dinner. So this year I’ve been eating small frozen meals that I’ve precooked. Yes, I realize it sounds like I’m 80 years old, but I’m hungry at night and a sandwich just doesn’t cut it!

Saturday night was my birthday party. We dined at Buffalo Wild Wings, classy if you ask me, and I watched more basketball! It was a fun evening. When the games were over a smaller group and I headed to a local bar/restaurant to watch drunk people karaoke. It was pure comedy. My favorite was a guy who sang Jingle Bells.

Sunday
My family celebrated my birth. My mom cooked lunch and Sister #2 baked my cake. Last year I had an awesome Easter Bunny cake, because my birthday fell on Easter. This year I received a strawberry cake. The whole meal was great! And the fam bought me great presents. Sister #1 bought me Tupperware, I was way pumped. Shut up, don’t laugh! Sister #2 bought me my favorite Jam and BBQ Sauce, and the parentals gave me money. You can never go wrong with money.

The highlight of the day, besides the food and presents, was running 8.5 miles. BOOOH YEA! I’m almost all trained for the half marathon. All around, it was a swell birthday weekend.

Friday Fun Facts

Can you feel it? Can you feel the excitement of March Madness? I am involved in three bracket pools, and two of my brackets are kicking butt. Sadly, the bracket I posted yesterday is sucking it up. I can’t be perfect always.
For today’s Friday Fun Facts, I thought I’d post more about NCAA. Enjoy. And folks, let’s try to get a few hours of WORK in at your job.

Since the NCAA started seeding teams only once have all four #1 seeds made it to the Final Four (National Semifinals): 2008 Kansas, North Carolina, Memphis, UCLA.
No team as a #16 seed has ever defeated a #1 seed since the field was expanded to 64 teams, though some have come close.

Only four #15 seeds have ever defeated #2 seeds.

In the 2006 and 2009 tournaments, Villanova was able to play its first two games at the Wachovia Center in nearby Philadelphia, a venue where it had played three regular-season home games. A fourth home game at that facility would have disqualified them from playing there.

The Division I Men's Basketball tournament is the only NCAA championship tournament (officially, the BCS Football Championship is not an NCAA event) where the NCAA does not keep the profits. Instead, the money from the multi-billion-dollar television contract is divided among the Division I basketball playing schools and conferences.

1/2 of the money goes to the conferences based on how well they did in the six previous men's basketball tournaments (counting each year separately, one share for each team getting in, and one share for each win except in the Final Four and, prior to the 2008 tournament, the Play-in game).

* All facts were stolen from Wikipedia because I have zero creativity!

And so the madness begins....