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Comeback of Un-epic Proportions

Monday, August 17th, 2009

By now, I assume that most people have removed me from their feed readers, so I’m probably talking to air. That’s ok. I’m not all that interesting, but I feel like I should blog, so I am. Occasionally, I have stuff to say.

Today I took my doggie, Suzi, to the vet. It was supposed to be a check up and booster shot appointment, but it ended up almost reaching $300. And to add to it, another $300 on the 26th when we bring her in for a dental cleaning. I really didn’t want to do it, but she has an abscess tooth! And worms! That explains my Twitter: No such thing as a free dog. Although she was given to us, we’ve still had to pay our share of vet bills. It’s times like this that I wonder if pet health insurance is worth it. Probably not.

I just got a new job! I have no idea when my start date will be. I’m just kind of waiting and seeing how things go. But now I have two jobs, since I am keeping my job with Barnes & Noble. I hope that it doesn’t get too stressful, but it’s it’s bad, I can always drop a class or something. A full time job in a library would be optimal, but it doesn’t seem to be working out for me. So I will take what I can get for the meantime. I feel like just giving up on the job hunt for awhile. It’s exhausting. I may even stick with this set up until I finish my degree. I’m just tired of it all.

Another exciting thing that I’m doing is editing my mom’s novel. Yes, my mom wrote a novel! She finished it many years ago, when I was a kid. I read it through once, but it’s been so long I barely remember the story. So I’m going through it one chapter at a time. So far, I have to admit, I’m very intrigued in the plot. Who knows, there may be a free download in the future… At the very least, I can hook up people with an autographed copy!

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How I Feel, but Said Succinctly

Monday, May 25th, 2009

A note from Nancy Leigh DeMoss about Carrie Prejean (contender for Miss USA).

Prejean’s Story Points to Deeper Issues in Evangelical World

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Ignored.

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

I bet if blogs had feelings, that’s how mine would feel. It’s been many months since my last post. And it’s definitely not that I don’t have lots swimming in my head, it’s just that the time to formulate a post is not there. For example, I’d love to discuss that whole Miss California debacle. But really, in order to write out a well-written post, I’d have to read some articles, think about it, and then carefully craft a post. Who has the time for that? Certainly not me. I haven’t even been reading all that much lately. It’s all been about staying afloat. Today I am finishing up the semester and after that I’m FREE for a month. Then it’s back to classes. I’m hoping to revive this blog someday, but for now, it just doesn’t look like it’s happening.

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I Woof You

Monday, January 26th, 2009

I promise that I won’t bring this up any more.

But I love this book. Most of the time, I’ll warrant, those tiny gift books that are 200 pages or less (this one is 160) are usually a waste of money and time. But I guarantee if you purchase this one or even just sit for 30 minutes in a book store and read it cover to cover, it will enhappy you. As cheesy and corny as it is, I think it truly has some valid points to make on being happy. Enjoy the things you have. Treasure your friends. Take time to rest. Eat cookies. What else do you need?

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Well Said.

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Read: I Have Seen the Enemy, and She is FABULOUS: How to Read Women’s Magazines Without Feeling Awful About Yourself

Sometimes I think I’m immune to self-loathing, and I have conquered a fair bit of it due to my awesome husband who constantly reminds me that he thinks I’m a babe. I do notice that when I start picking up the fashion magazines or watching beautiful people on TV I start thinking that I’m not good enough. There are so many better things to focus on rather than looks. At the same time, I want to be well-dressed and not sloppy when I go out into the world.

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Ramblings

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

This morning I was putting cream and sugar in my coffee, and I looked at the fat-free label on the cream bottle. Then I wondered, how can cream be fat free? It’s CREAM for crying out loud.

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The Novemberist

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

2nd to last month!

  1. PBS Son of A Witch – Gregory Maguire
  2. STR Can’t Fail Color Schemes – Amy Wax
  3. PBS The Lights of Tenth Street – Shaunti Feldhahn

The color schemes book totally doesn’t count because it hardly has any words in it, but at this point I don’t care. I enjoyed both of the novels that I read this month. I’m still working on Pillars of the Earth, but I’m probably going to finish it this week. I’m excited to read the 3rd and final novel in the Wicked cycle, and since I work at a bookstore I can get it for free for two weeks. Hurray!

Anyways, I’m just finishing up my classes so hopefully I’ll have more books read this month. I have 20 left to reach 100. I’m taking bets: who wants to guess what number I’m going to finish on?

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Post #458

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Nothing much has changed lately on the Melgares homefront. Still waiting for Grandma’s situation to change. Still working at the bookseller. Still spending the bulk of my time a) studying or b) procrastinating from studying. I submitted my degree plan yesterday so at least now I know which courses I’m taking next semester.

My birthday was pretty uneventful this year. Mike and I exchanged presents early “just in case” we ended up in Michigan during the actual days. So far that hasn’t happened, but I got a nifty wacom tablet (like a drawing peripheral) and I’ve been using that almost exclusively instead of a mouse. I’m getting pretty good at it, actually. I spent most of Monday studying or doing school-related things. I interviewed a librarian for an assignment due this Monday (eep!) and then I went to Panera Bread and studied for about 3 hours. That evening we went out for pizza at a restaurant called Tilli’s. The food was pretty good, but the place was completely dead. I think we were the only paying customers there – the other dude sitting at a table was the owner, I’m pretty certain. I don’t think they’ll last, which is too bad because the food was decent.

I’m working tonight but I have tomorrow off. I’ll probably spend it studying and cleaning, since the apartment is a little messy and we have a crapload of laundry to do. It’s also nice to spend the morning at home doing homey things. I get my schedule tonight for next week, so until then I have no idea what next week will be like, and of course who knows what’s going to happen with Grandma. I hate everything being so up in the air like this, but it’s a good lesson in learning to “go with the flow”. Anyways, I should get some reading done for school, so I’m off for now.

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Decabled.

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

It’s unbelievable the craziness that has been happening since the hurricane, that never seems to end. I’m at Starbucks, using my father-in-law’s internet account (Starbucks seriously needs to get on board with the free wi-fi) to do my school work. Luckily I was able to get pretty much everything done that needed getting done until about Tuesday. I have a quiz that rolls out tomorrow so I need to come back sometimes before Tuesday regardless. You may be wondering, why not just use the internet at home? Because we don’t currently have internet, and it may be awhile coming. I guess the “fence guys” that put up our new fence (yay for a fence!) cut our cable so that means no TV, no internet, and, since we have Vonage, no phone. I’m suffering.

In less crappy news, I got a job! You’re looking at the blog of the newest bookseller for a national chain bookstore. I’m not specifying just in case I have bad things to say later on. I’m actually a little conflicted about the whole deal anyways. I just finished reading “Buy, Buy Baby” by Susan Gregory Thomas and I’m thinking that the world is out to turn little kids into materialistic consumers, with the whole “cradle to grave” marketing. It’s definitely changed how I feel about cartoon characters and kids’ programming. I recommend anyone with small children or planning to have children to read it. Anyways, the section on reading and children’s books was shocking. I can’t believe how many kids’ books are pretty much 10 page commercials.

There’s a possibility that I may be in Michigan for a few days next week. It all depends on things here, and how Grandma is. She’s not doing so well, and it seems like it will be just a matter of time. Anyways, my battery life is getting low and my computer is being a pain in the butt anyways, so I’m going to sign off and head home.

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L-Ike a Hurricane.

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

My goodness. Ever since Wednesday things have been in total chaos. I’m sure if anyone has been watching the news at all or not completely under a rock (that means you, Sarah) you probably have figured out that I’m either in hiding or I’ve been Hurricane’d. Today is my first day of unfettered internet access although I seem to have lost any semblance of cellular reception in the process. I’ve spent most of the past week either crying, panicking, or travelling somewhere to get away from the hurricane. We stayed Thursday through Monday at our friends’ place in Troup, TX (about 2.5 hours southwest from Dallas) and although we had no power Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon, it was a pretty good time. We got to visit with them and relax. I actually felt pretty good about things until we got closer to Houston. The damage is really scary to see. I can’t even imagine what it must have been like to be here when that storm hit.

I spent most of today trying to get my schoolwork under control but it’s difficult considering I can’t hook my own laptop up to the internet and have to use someone else’s computer. So my notes are on mine and I have to look things up on this one – very inefficient. I’d go somewhere to hook up to the internet but at this point I just don’t know where to go. I don’t even know if I have an appointment tomorrow with a doctor since I have no way to get ahold of anyone. Very frustrating.

I mostly just wish that Mike and I had our own place to go to since we’re staying with his grandmother and I just feel weird about the whole thing. It would be nice to have our own private space to be in. Of course this storm has probably made our house even farther from its completion date. We’ll be lucky to be in there by Christmas. I know I sound discouraged and mopey and I kind of am, although I do feel relieved and happy that the damage wasn’t worse and everyone I know made it through safely. Some more breathing room would be nice though.

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