It Started with a Journal

ropo, I am looking at your photos! The first disc got some ink smudged on it (the purpley one you used to label it), so my computer is having a hard time reading the 2nd half of the photos, cry.

OMG at some of the ones you included on the 2nd disc, the older ones!! Wow I really need to lose weight, I look good in those ones of me and Forrest haha. I look so young! LOL and there's one where Trix totally looks like she's Meg White. A few cute ones of Alicia and Sharon!! And zomg the PUZZLE. It's really neat to see the progression of it. I wonder what ever happened to that puzzle. LOL when we had the sea of black pieces left.

I kinda sorta re-injured my ankle this weekend. Well, maybe that's going too far. Let's just say that I aggravated it to the point where, for a few hours, it felt achy and bad again (and proved that it's not fully healed). ( What happened... )

I fail at dishwashing gloves. Regularly, every few weeks, there's a hole in them, usually on one of the thumbs, and then I have to start with a new glove. I even tried buying a more expensive pair, which lasted me longer, but the other day, again, I found a hole in the thumb. Does this happen to anyone else, or am I doing something that's wearing them out so quickly/creating holes in them? I don't get it.

Food wise, I've recently made butter popovers and apple butter (basically, apple preserves), chorizo and eggs, a raspberry yogurt cake, and cabbage spring rolls (latter two not blogged about yet). I've also done my Daring Bakers challenge for this month, but I can't reveal what it was until next weekend.

So after finishing Buffy S3 for the... I don't know how many time, I have a general question/thought about the show that has occurred to me before, but that I don't think I've ever voiced out loud. ( Cut in case someone considers this a spoiler. )

I really need a haircut. This isn't usually something I think about until it starts being noticeably long and in my way. The woman whom I've had cutting my hair the last couple of years didn't do that great a job the last time, so I'm kind of hunting for a new place/stylist. Edit: Am trying a new salon that a coworker (whose hair I like) recommended. It's going to cost more than I have ever paid for a haircut before, but if it is good, it'll be worth it.

I'm trying out a new lipstick. I've never been into pink, it usually makes me look sallow (whereas on SMG as Buffy it's so cute), but this one actually looks decent. It's called "Candy" from Estee Lauder.

Speaking of cosmetics and frivolity, I had the craziest/funnest/shallowest dream ever last night. I finished PD10, which I enjoyed a lot, so I know why it was on my brain. Anyway, I dreamed that I was with Lana Weinberger (from PD) and Blair Waldorf (from Gossip Girl), and after doing a bunch of shopping they took me to their hair stylist and she was going to give me a proper cut that would flatter my face. (I've always wanted to do that -- get some super talented hair stylist to show me what style I should have, then maintain it with a more affordable stylist.) I was sad because she had just started working on my hair when I woke up.

So I went to the doctor yesterday( ... )

I recently switched from Liberty Mutual to Allstate for my car insurance and so far I'm pretty happy. Not only do I have a lower premium, but I also get cash back every 6 months if I am accident-free in that time period. It's pretty cool.

I have some Facebook questions, for those of you who have answers:

1. Is there a way to have different security groups, like LJ?
2. It's not really an online journal, right, so there's really nowhere to post 'thoughts' or anything like that? You just kind of use the status message as the basis for conversations? Or posting pictures or whatever? And you just write on that person's 'wall' and they write on yours?
3. When someone finds you in the public system, is there a way for them to know how active you are (like they can see the last time you posted something, etc.)? I'm wondering if I can just refuse to friend certain people (like coworkers), but just let them believe that I'm not an active Facebooker (which right now, I'm not).
4. Once you've friended someone, there's no way to defriend them without them knowing and being insulted right, unless it's a mutual thing? I guess this is where the security groups question comes in also, because sometimes I don't want certain people knowing certain things, but it seems that once they're my friend, it can't be helped.

Right now I feel very limited by Facebook since it's with my real name and have real life people who know it. I like, can't post anything.

Happy new year! I can't do the month/sentence meme since I only started LJing again in May of this year.

Well, I hope the rest of the year is better than how this one's started out, as I'm sitting here with a pretty badly sprained ankle. Yeah. It happened right after we saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I walked off the curb, but I guess I didn't realize there was a curb there, and my foot/ankle gave out. I heard a snapping sound, but don't believe anything was broken ... it was just agonizingly painful the first two days. It's actually feeling a lot better today (though I still can't put a lot of pressure on it), which is good because we're still supposed to go to Universal Studios, which would so not be possible if I were to have to painfully limp everywhere. My right foot (the injured party) was so swollen the second day that when I lined my heels up, it was like an inch longer than my left foot, and looked soooo puffy. Today they are about equal size, so yay. Luckily (or unluckily, depending on your point of view), Jade has a history of sprained ankles so she knew exactly what kind of Ace bandage to buy and showed me how to put it on, and also lent me her adjustable crutches so I could stay off the foot (although the crutches hurt my hands so much that I actually prefer limping).

As predicted there has been a lot of eating. I have a bunch of blurry photos, because restaurants have terrible lighting for taking food pictures (unless it's lunchtime and there's natural light). We've also gone to Knott's Berry Farm, and seen Valkyrie and Yes Man in addition to the aforementioned TCCoBB. We've also played some dorky, fun board games (Cranium = win).

Haven't seen as much of Jade as I might like, because her poor doggie is going through some health issues. :-( However have seen more of Robbie, which is fab. Tonight we're thinking of going to Wood Ranch, which has the best macaroni and cheese EVER. It is so, so rich and cheesy. It's delicious. Sadly we'll probably end up ordering $30 steaks just to get that as a side dish. But it is new year's, so hey! Why not.

I have pictures I'm too lazy to upload right now, but once I'm home and once again have nothing to entertain me I'm sure that will get done right away. Oh, I hope the cold there hasn't frozen my car or computer so much that they stop working, lol. It's been around 70 here every day and it's great.