Waste of time and money

After our last trip, the hubster and I have semi-decided to have some sort of status on an airline. It's doable, but would require getting an airline card. Is it worth it for free first class upgrades to be chained to one airline perpetually trying to maintain status?

I've been reading a lot about it as was surprised I discover that people who have status which in my mind equates to flying a lot never cash in their miles for free tickets. I guess that's the other observation I have made. There are two type of fliers out there using thee programs. Those that want status for upgrades and those that want any kind of miles to redeem for free tickets. Which one am I?

Sheltered?

I'm having a tough time finding the right word for the title of this post. First it was naive, but that doesn't quite fit.

Anyway, I have a very skewed view of the world. I definitely live in my own bubble. So last night at volleyball, one of the girls on my team was complaining about how she couldn't spray tan because she hurt her legs the other night. (I don't know this girl, I am on the team through a coworker). I was kinda shocked that people actually spray tan and use tanning beds. I mean I see lots of stores offering those services everywhere, but I've never known anyone who has done it. Or maybe ive never asked about or had been told. It's like smoking. Why do people do it when it's so bad for you?

Oh no!

Egg roll isn't a puppy anymore, she's a senior! Wtf, when did this happen?

Red is silly

I gave red a carrot for a snack and she walks over to the TV and drops her carrot on the ground where it rolls in between the tv and the speaker. She's so sad. She just lays there and sticks her nose in the crack and cries. I had to help her. Poor doggie

Reason #7 why the hubster is the best

He puts up with all sorts of shit with me when we travel. For example, I always get the window seat. He also let's me just lay wherever I want so I can sleep. Previously, I would drape my legs over his so he couldn't use the seat tray to hold his stuff. This last trip I switched it up and used his tray table to rest my head and his legs were supporting my shoulders as I was curled up in a ball in my seat. Only love makes you give up your comfort for another.

Facebook rage

What is with people who only like photos on Facebook of non-interesting crap and spam my news feed? I need to start filtering these people out. Too bad I can't do it on the fb app.

What I did this weekend

Bought and installed a jewelry rack from the container store. I like it. The hubster talked me out of some overpriced branches. This one holds earrings too.


Bought and put up this mirror from Marshall's. Hi snoopy! It's got a convex mirror in it.


And replaced my tension rod shower caddy thing with this over the door rack which I don't think is really made for the shower. It's a little high for me to pump, but I think it works.

No lacrosse game today. Stupid slow moving storm. I also went on a run. Semi productive weekend.

Happy anniversary

It's been 4 wonderful years of marriage to the hubster. Are we surprised we made it this far? I think we're more surprised that we havent killed each other or seriously maimed each other. Nothing special today except we went out to brunch. I'm actually alone right now on my anniversary. The hubster is out having a nerd night with his friends. Who's the best wife ever?

He says he'll take me out to dinner tomorrow. Yay!

Well here's to at least another 4 more!

Dog picture of the day

Red hanging out with us in the morning, kinda hard to ignore



Close up!

Living Social FAIL!

I am done with Living Social.  Never, never again.

The hubster offered to go halfsies on an eyelash extension deal.  I agreed and bought the deal with Tomika Gordon at Salong Lofts and Chazon Glam Squad.  This is by far the worst customer interaction I've ever had.

I contact Tomika using the phone number provided 2 days after the voucher came in my email.  It sounded like she just woke up (I called at 10 am).  She was not prepared to say the least.  She told me she was not by a computer and that I should email her to set an appointment.  The email should contain, and I quote "blah blah blah blah".  I guess I could fill in the blanks.

I should have requested my refund then.  If I had known that Living Social only has a 7 day refund policy window, I would have!  I email and she responds in 24 hours.  The dates she sends don't work.  I request that she send me other dates.  Four days go by, nothing.  I try to get a refund from Living Social.  No dice, I'm outside the window because she didn't get back with me!  I send a reminder email because I'm making this appointment if I can't get my money back.  She responds within 24 hours.  Some more back and forth and we finally get an appointment scheduled.  It only took one week!  Hooray!  Last email is confirming date and time.  She replies "See you then (sucker)"

Today was the appointment.  I arrive at 4 pm.  Her area is dark, locked up, and empty.  *bad feeling creeps in*  I wait 15 minutes and call her.  Straight to voicemail.  I leave a message.  I email her.  I also find out that she had double booked the appointment.  We are both sitting there waiting.  After 35 minutes, I leave.  I call American Express and Living Social to get my money back.

That bitch had the audacity to double book the appointment and then not show up!  WTF!  How does Living Social find these vendors?!?!  Living Social does give me credit for the suck-tastic deal, but once that is spent I am done with them.  DONE.  So Tomika Gordon and Living Social can go live happily ever after.

I also suspect that this person is running this scam on every deal site there is.  After googling her name and her "glam squad", they have at least three other scams going on.  I hope those people suckered in to buying them fight to get their money back.

My scale is lying to me

I do not trust my scale anymore. Two days ago, I lost 2 lbs, totally abnormal. Then the next day, I lost 4 lbs (yeah right!). So I hit my all time low with no effort. I'm not that gullible as much as I wanted to believe it. And then today, I gained back 5 lbs. hmmm unless my metabolism has gone completely haywire, I'm sure my scale has become miscalibrated.

It was nice to think I weighed what it was telling me while I was eating poorly. Pizza for three meals during that period! Maybe pizza is my weight loss food. Wouldn't that be nice?

More bad dreams

Last night I had a dream where my friend told me a $95 check I wrote had bounced and when I checked my bak account I had no money.

Addicted

I am addicted to the Nike tempo running shorts. I just bought 3 pairs of them in 3 weeks and two of them are white!!

I have 6 in total along with two underarmor ones that are very similar in style. I have the following colors:

White/white
White/gray/magenta
White/peach
Bright blue/redish pink
Black and white striped pattern
Corally red/teal/white

I don't need anymore shorts!!

Pets

I had a terrible dream last night.  It involved euthanizing a dog.  I think it was brought on by the news that one of my mom's dogs is not doing so well.  It made me really sad to hear that Rocky's blood work indicated that there is something wrong with his liver.

Egg Roll and Red are not my first pets, but they are the first ones that I am one of the main caregivers.  I had a basset hound that passed away a few months after I moved to Ohio.  My mom took care of Jomer more than anyone else and I was not the ideal pet owner.  I regret that a lot.  I get a little sad to think of Jomer because I did not give him the care and love that he deserved.  It was nothing compared to how I take care of my current dogs.  I don't know what I'll do when the time comes for either Egg Roll or Red.  It's painful to think about it now and brings tears to my eyes.  Sometimes I even think that having to experience the pain and anguish that will come when their time comes is not worth it, but then the hubster tells me I'm stupid.

Rocky is not my dog, but I hope he gets the care he needs.

Mumford and Sons

So I took the hubster to go see Mumford and Sons.  It was definitely not the experience I expected, but it was still an overall good time.  It started off two days ago when I thought the concert was at a totally different venue.  Yeah, for someone as detail oriented as myself, I have no idea how this happened.  I'm the kind of person that looks up addresses a week in advance to find out what the parking situation is, how long it'll get there, what's the best route, etc.  Well, the hubster brought to my attention that the concert would be outdoors.  WHAT?  The forecast had not been friendly that last time I checked.  I also checked whether it was like an amphitheater with seating or just an open space.  My co-worker and yelp confirmed that it was a grassy knoll.  So I was prepared with that information and decided to bring a blanket.

I also found out that they wouldn't be coming on until 9:15 and I had no idea who the opening acts were.  This was good because the hubster doesn't get off work until 6 and the concert started at 6.  We were able to eat dinner at home and relax before heading out.  The venue was right next to the minor league baseball team's stadium and there was a game going on that same night.  So it was busy downtown.  We found parking and started to walk towards the entrance.  What we saw kinda baffled me.  This is strange. There's no grass, just... parking lot... *boggle*

So guess what?  They decided to move the concert outside of the pavilion which was really nice and cute looking, very intimate to the parking lot....  AGAIN, totally not what I expected.  The kicker was that since it was in the parking lot, you could essentially stand in the small service road in between the parking lot and baseball stadium and watch the concert for free!  There were even benches!  I guess if you were really a fan, you would want to be in the midst of things and right in front with all the sweaty, smelly fans.   If you hadn't guessed already, that was not me.  The hubster and I found one of the few grassy areas way in the back, laid down the blanket and plopped down.  Sure, we couldn't see the stage, but we could see the large  screens they put in the parking lot.  I wouldn't have been able to see much anyway since I'm not that tall and I didn't want to touch other people and risk having beer spilled on me and my nice dress.

So we enjoyed the show from the back away from the crowds.  Here's me enjoying a beverage:

Here's one of the view we had:

And ironically, here's the closest I got to the stage...which was actually outside the fenced in venue in that little service road I mentioned earlier:

Ok, the actual show.  It was great.  The hubster and I had a really good time.  They sounded just as good as their recorded music.  We got to hear some new songs that come out next month.  I'm not that into music so I wasn't enjoying it was much as the "real" fans.  Was it worth the $100 tickets and the $25 we spent on beer, parking, and food?  Yes.  It's about the same amount we would spend on a date night (fancy dinner, drinks, blah blah blah).  We also decided that we would go to a Clippers game before the season ended since I'd been asking for over a year.  Since we actually walked by and saw part of a game, I think that motivated me to go.

See you in a year and a half

So sad the Olympics are over. Good thing I only have to wait until winter of 2014 to get my next Olympics fix. So let's review my take on the Olympics. Just random thoughts throughout the Olympics.

Opening ceremony: wtf!
Closing ceremony: I love the spice girls! Totally redeemed the opening ceremonies. I admit that I fell asleep before I saw Sir Paul McCartney sing.
Closing ceremony: Jessie J destroying Queen and we will rock you, maybe I should reserve judgement until the end.
Track and field: I have never had such ab jealously in my life. Six packs do vary from person to person.
Track and field: so impressed with the long distance runners. So fucking fast. Those mile times are INSANE!
Rhythmic gymnastics: when did that become a team sport? 5 incredibly flexible women and 5 balls flying in the air... Amazing
Artistic gymnastics: I find nothing artistic about it.
Artistic gymnastics: never watching with the hubster
Synchronized swimming: scary, crazy Russians - scary = creepy doll faces, crazy = dinosaurs, creepy dolls, AND Michael Jackson on their swimsuits
Synchronized swimming: impressive
Track and field: lots of people thanking god.
Water polo: those are some big girls, probably need to be to fight off all those grabs, kicks and punches.
Beach volleyball: I wish I was taller and l must say I like their swim suits
Indoor volleyball: such long legs...
Basketball: women need more respect
Badminton and table tennis: I just can't watch it. Literally watched five minutes the entire Olympics
Field hockey: did not know they played on a wet down field
Cheating: a little disappointed in all the cheating controversy - badminton, British cycling, and Algerian distance runner. Really?
Handball: tbd


Overall: the women saved the Olympics. Get to work, boys.

That's it for now. I'm sure there is more in my head.

Bark bark bark

I like how Egg Roll barks for five minutes straight from the bedroom when I left the bedroom to try and watch the hunger games again. Yes, she was barking at me to come back. How dare I leave the bedroom when she was all settled in or the night. She finally realized I wasn't coming bak any time soon and she came out and joined me in the living room. That's right, I'm the boss!

Dog picture of the day

Red!!



Red + day camp

So happy and tired. I <3 day camp as much as Red. I also love a popped out Red.

Dog picture of the day

They actually look like sisters. Too cute and unnatural for these two.

I love the Olympics

I absolutely love watching the Olympics, summer or winter, even the most mundane events.  I spent a good portion of my vacation in Delaware watching the Olympics at night when all the day time activities were completed and we were exhausted.  If the TV was on, it was Olympic coverage.  Even after getting home from my vacation, I spent the weekend relaxing and vegging in front of the TV watching beach volleyball, indoor volleyball, track and field, water polo, field hockey, and occasionally flipping back and forth between badminton and other sports.  I loved every minute of it even though I was sitting on my bottom.  I even contemplated not going to summer league to finish off the women's volleyball match.

I'll be so sad when it's over.  But I'll only have to wait 2 years until the winter Olumpics in Sochi arrives.  I told the hubster last night that I'd like to go the Olympics once in my life.  Another thing to add to my list of world travels which I don't even think I've started on yet...

Crazy red

At the vet



Coming home from vet wrapped up in the seat belt



More vet



Frogger dogger

An apple family

I spent the past week in Rehoboth Beach, DE where the apple bug hit my entire family. It started with my mom whipping out her iPad and playing both mahjong and sudoku on it. My dai yi loves them both. I think my mom last her iPad at the first poong. Since it was her birthday, my mom and I went halfsies on it and bought her one. That just sparked a wildfire scramble of iPads. My mom's other two sisters also got iPads. That's right, four Chinese sisters with iPads. The last two days were spent educating them on FaceTime, Facebook, emails, apps, and passwords. Welcome to the 21st century, Lui family!!!

For a mini family reunion, we sure spent a lot of time on the iPads/iPhones. I think under one roof with 15 adults and one baby, there were 8 iPads and 7 iPhones. Also two MacBooks for good measure. Wowsers!!

Here are three of the four sisters surrounding the new iPad with two trying to teach the third how to play sudoku.



I think lesson took an hour at least. I still don't think she completely understands.