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Bah Humbug to Pottery Barn

Ok, I ordered at the last minute.  I'll admit that.  But our good friends at Pottery Barn said, "You've made the deadline.  We can have your order to you before Christmas!"  Great I said.  So fast forward to Christmas Eve, no present.  I call Pottery Barn, the woman says, "Your order was shipped on the 21st." I said, well, I haven't received it yet, what's the tracking number.  She says "I don't have your tracking number here because UPS had to make up a bunch of numbers for the Christmas holiday."  *Side eye*

I said, well, if it was shipped on the 21st, then it should be here right?  She says, "it should be there today. Definitely, today."  I said, "Well when I ordered it, the woman said it'd be here the next day" (that's the 21st).  She says, "Well, when it's monogrammed, you have to add on a couple of days to the quoted date."  So I let out a sigh and say "So even though I ordered it thru the rep, I (exaggerated "I") have to add on a couple of days to the quoted shipping date.  Why doesn't she just give me the correct date."  *silence*  But she still said it would be here Christmas Eve. Christmas has come and gone.  No package and I'm pissed.

Pottery Barn better get on the ball.  Hell, they can keep it and I can hit the mall. I sent them a nice email to exhibit my frustration.  We'll see what they do.  Other than that, it was a good Christmas.  I just had to get that off of my chest.

How was your holiday?  Was Santa good to you?

There's always time for lipstick

My annual holiday party is tomorrow.  And thank God I am ready.  Bring it!  I started decorating right after thanksgiving.  I cleaned the kitchen a couple of days ago and have just been on super clean up duty behind myself for the past couple of days.  My roommate has been doing the same.  It feels good not to really have anything to do.  I mean, I woke up this morning and vacuumed my bedroom and scrubbed my bathroom.  But the house is clean, serene, and christmasey.

My family is here today and it feels good to be able to hang out with them and not have 100 things on my list.  So what have I been doing while waiting for them to get here?  Looking for a new shade of pink/fuchsia lipstick.  There has to be one out there for me.  I've been looking online at different shades, ended up on Sephoras website looking at random gift sets that have nothing to do with lipstick.  Oh, I need to find a new punch.  I guess i'll hit All Recipes and Food Network websites.  Did I remember to move the treadmill?  I should really get my nails done.  And it's free shipping day! Let me see is there anything else that I have to do.  Oh lipstick.

Have a great weekend!

The Iowa Debate

Ok, my intent was to pass on my in depth feelings about the Iowa debate.  I just can't.  Man that debate wore me out.  I'll just give my general feelings on it. 

Ron Paul-I think that he did a good job.  In general, I like Ron Paul.  I'm not a fan of him being President.  But I feel like we can actually sit down and have a drink together.  We can walk away agreeing to disagree without getting our buzz blown.

Mitt Romney- I really think that he's going to come out on top.  But he wont do it by betting people 10 G's on whether he expressed something in his book.  Who bets $10,000 off the cuff. That's the first amount that pops in your head under pressure?  Best thing he said "I've never been poor. But I grew up with a dad who was poor."  It was honest.  I can appreciate that.  He didn't try to lie about his wealth in order to relate to the general public.  Either it's there or it's not.

Newt Gingrich-Oh Newt.  Newt came out better than I thought he would.  They were going after him all night.  I'm definitely not a big fan of his.  But the best comeback of the night.  "We had four allegations, do I get four responses?"  In response to Mitt Romney boasting that he spent his life in the private sector, Newt replied "The only reason you didn’t become a career politician is you lost to Teddy Kennedy in 1994."  He should've just dropped the mic and walked off the stage with that one.  That was the comeback of all comebacks.  You can't become a career politician if you lose.  You've got to find something else to do.  That was great.

Rick Perry-Who?

Rick Santorum-Eh.  Most memorable that I can recall is him agreeing that Michelle Bachman is a consistent conservative.  He agreed that she's been fighting President Obama, but she's been fighting and losing.  He's been winning.

Michelle Bachman-I have 5 words for her.  "You're a mean girl Michelle."  And not even really mean as in she'll snatch your lollipop out of your mouth. She has the mean girl mentality.  Like if you like someone she doesn't like, she's going to stop talking to you in gym.  She spoke about some of her opponents agreeing with President Obama, and noted that she wont agree with Obama.  She said the nominee has to be willing to not agree with Barack Obama issues.  She almost gave me the feeling that she'd say no, just for the sake of saying no.  Like "oh you think it's raining outside, well if you think it is, then it absolutely can't be."  The kicker was at the end of the debate, George Stephanopoulos asked a great question.  The question was "tell us the one thing you’ve learned from someone else, one of your challengers, on stage."  What do you think she did?  She gave kudos to Herman Cain.  She gave props to his speaking style. Ummm was he on stage?  His speaking style?  I feel like it's dangerous to have someone who can't respect or take in someone elses ideas.  You may not agree on EVERYTHING.  But have to agree on somethings.  I don't feel like she debated, I felt like she used the debate as a full on campaign speech.  There's a difference.  I should've just walked out of the room when she said "You can take it to the bank."

0_0 ...I just got an image in my head of Reese Witherspoon in the film Election.  I loved that movie. I might have to download it soon...

Anyway, how was your weekend?  Decorations up?  Gifts Wrapped?  What'd you think of the debate?

If you missed it you can see the video and read a full transcript here.

Coffee quest for a non-coffee lover

One of the things that made us start this blog is to share the random conversations and emails that we exchange everyday.  Yes, we exchange emails while we should be working.  You mean you don't? 

This is a random email between me and 2 of our guest writers, Kendell and Brown Suga.  So Kendell doesn't like coffee.  Not one bit.  She doesn't understand me and Sugas love for it.  Yeah I don't know what's wrong with her either.  Here is the email.  Keep in mind, there were a few before this, hence the crazy subject line:

-----Original Message-----
From: Reesie
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 10:07 AM
To: Kendell; Brown Suga
Subject: RE: Let me just say that.....

Suga...do u drink regular coffee at starbucks or do you always get macchiato and such?  If you do..have you tried the Christmas blend...

   
-----Original Message-----
From: Kendell
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 10:09 AM
To: Reesie; Brown Suga
Subject: RE: Let me just say that.....

In case you were wondering, I haven't had the Christmas blend because coffee is the devil's punch, lol.

From: Reesie
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 10:09 AM
To: Kendell; Brown Suga
Subject: RE: Let me just say that.....

Ok..i just bust out laughing.

----Original Message-----
From: Kendell
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 10:50 AM
To: Reesie; Brown Suga
Subject: RE: Let me just say that.....

If I drink regular coffee it'll be their iced vanilla...i have not tried the Christmas blend though.

But speaking of coffee I am on a coffee high thanks to caribou....

I got the dark mocha with a shot cherry....oh yeah...HEAVEN in a cup...

-----Original Message-----
From: Kendell
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 10:52 AM
To: Brown Suga; Reesie
Subject: RE: Let me just say that.....

That sounds good and I don't even like that stuff, lol.

-----Original Message-----

From: Brown Suga

Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 10:59 AM

To: Kendell; Reesie

Subject: RE: Let me just say that.....

 

You should try the devils chocolately flavored punch...lol 

-----Original Message-----

From: Kendell

Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 11:01 AM

To: Brown Suga; Reesie

Subject: RE: Let me just say that.....

 

Ummmm...I'm skeptical....I think I need to do a coffee tasting...lol.

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Reesie

Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 11:02 AM

To: Kendell; Brown Suga

Subject: RE: Let me just say that.....

 

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh yay! Coffee tasting! Coffee tasting!

Ok, with that being said, what type of coffee should we submit for the coffee tasting?  It can't be too strong.  She loves hot chocolate, so maybe something with a chocolaty taste.  I can't wait to see if we can turn her :)

Goodwill Painting

Gracious, where did Monday come from?  As you know I joined a group of bloggers last summer for a thrifting expedition.  I was inspired by Mr. Goodwill Hunting himself.  Well, he's gone and inspired me again. 

Take a look at how he changed this:

To This

Yeah I was fascinated too. Who knew that you could paint chairs?  Well I didn't.  So before you throw out your old chairs because they no longer match your decor, take a look here and see how he did it.

World Aids Day-Celebrate by Sharing Info and Getting Tested

Any one who knows me knows that i'm very passionate about the HIV and AIDS crisis.  I've had friends live with this disease and die by this disease.  From here on out, I don't want anymore of my friends and family members contracting the disease. I don't want their friends or family members contracting it, or theirs.  Let's keep the ball rolling.  The people that I know with the disease have been living wonderful and full lives.  They take care of themselves and stay informed.

Now it's your turn to stay informed.  

• Know your own HIV status and your partner’s too
• Condoms Keep you safer than any other form of birth control.  Not counting Abstinence of course.
• If you are in a committed relationship (so you aren't using condoms), and know that your partner has cheated or even suspect it, get tested.  If you decide to stay with him/her, start using condoms again.
• Never reuse or share anything you use to prepare or inject your drugs.
• If you are pregnant, or think you might be, please talk to a doctor or your local health department about getting an HIV test

The are various types of HIV test that you can receive are:

Antibody Tests: The most common HIV tests look for HIV antibodies in your body, rather than looking for HIV itself:

• Enzyme immunoassay (EIA) tests use blood, oral fluid, or urine to detect HIV antibodies. Results for these tests can take up to two weeks.
• Rapid HIV antibody tests also use blood, oral fluid, or urine to detect HIV antibodies. Results for these tests can take 10–20 minutes.

If you get a positive result from either of these tests, you will need to take another test, called a Western blot test, to confirm that result. It can take up to two weeks to confirm a positive result.

Antigen Tests
These tests are not as common as antibody tests, but they can be used to diagnose HIV infection earlier—from 1-3 weeks after you are first infected with HIV. Antigen tests require a blood sample.

PCR Test (Polymerase chain reaction test)
This test detects the genetic material of HIV itself, and can identify HIV in the blood within 2-3 weeks of infection.

Go and get tested today. 

 

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