Posts in category Cookie Love

It’s Sekrit Boyfriend Meeting Day

November 18, 2011 Written by Lisa

And it was not without an enormous angst! The venue posted some crap about the VIP Meet and Greet being cancelled and threw the entire DC world into a panic. Okay, not the ENTIRE one – mostly me and about four others. But all is right with the universe and I shall meet and GREET boyfriend today.

Must remember to ask angels (or Cousin O’Love – sorta the same in my book) for help to not act like a stuttering dumbass. SOOO excited!

Also too: lots of vacation and not being at work! I love it!! I did two readings yesterday and ate a bagel (bad food choice – paid blarfy consequences) and putzed around. Life, she is good for me!

Happy Stuff, Pretty Sure Ive gone insane, Secretly 12 years old

Vacation is a mere 3 days away!

November 8, 2011 Written by Lisa

I cannot wait!

See, there’s this mandated thing from Compliance Department on high where we peons have to take five consecutive days off once a year.

Haz I done it yet?

Haz you seen my year?

So, decided to just do it now. Got nowhere to go and I’m happy with a stay-cation. Deliriously happy, I might add.

Vacation plans for next year? Maybe in January, Duty and I might go to Sedona – woo-woo capital of the west! :) (I don’t think he’s going for the woo.)

Things are heating up over at Practically Intuitive and I’m going to be working on my 2012 plan the week I’m off. This year really has been a “just wing it” year but so much good stuff has happened that I’m glad it was. I went where I was called.

Also too: “Meet and Greet” with my sekrit boyfriend on November 18th.

I think I’ll ask him to hold a sign that says “Yes, I know I’m her sekrit boyfriend.” Dare me? Anyone?

I’m actually really excited about it – on the VIP route we get to listen to the soundcheck, do the meet ‘n greet and get pics with boyfriend and everything.

Cousin O’Love has been tasked with going on this adventure with me. We were fangirls for David Cassidy when we were 10 and here we are at 51 and 52 fangirling some more for another David.

(She’s not an official fangirl – just a really nice person who indulges my fantasies.)

Gonna have the nice chick who does my nails pretty up my hair and makeup. If I can’t be slim, at least I can look well put together.

(Don’t remind me that I’m older than his mother, please.)

Blah blah blah, General Blatherings, Happy Stuff

Birfday joy!

October 23, 2011 Written by Lisa

What have we learned as we moved through the doorway of our 51st year on planet Earth?

1) Sitting in the room with the big tv and the entire 2nd season of “The Good Wife” is as near an addiction as I seem to get these days. Each weekend morning I’ve spent 2 hours watching episodes. It’s lovely. Nothing to do, nowhere to be. Nice.

2) My body no longer enjoys Five Guys burgers and fries. Thankfully, it let me know in a subtle way (like just feeling oogy and gross rather than some sort of butt explosion in public!) but it was unsubtle enough that I got the message. Too bad. It was my one and only birthday cheat meal and I threw half of it away.

3) Visiting Aunt Nellie was fun – she said no matter how much she forgets, she won’t forget me. :) YEY! I brought cookies to the aides at the nursing home (I’m Italian – I gotta feed someone!) and they just about grabbed it out of my hands!

4) The visit with Auntie got sort of bizarre when her roommate decided it was time to take her pants off while moaning about dinner. I don’t do well in those kinds of situations so I sort of hid behind Aunt Nellie (who is as big as my pinkie finger so that was a funny sight) who tried (in vain) to talk roommate into putting her pants back on. My contribution was getting one of the aides to come assist with said panty retrieval. I was glad it was time to leave.

5) Both Duty and my office sent me flowers at work on Friday and MentorBoy brought me a little African violet as a birthday gift. He also wrote me the nicest “thanks for everything” card. He’s a good kid. I’ll (sort of) miss him.

All in all, a nice weekend. Low-key filled with snuggly blankets, Good Wife DVDs, a pumpkin spice latte and sleeping in. Can’t ask for much more than that!

Oh wait, yes you can! My wish has come true and Cookie will be playing at Falls Church VA (not tooooo far from here) on November 18th and I’ve got TWO friends who will go with me! (Cousin O’Love and Charlie O’Pal) YEY!

Blah blah blah, Happy Stuff

Who’s to say I’m not already gone

June 20, 2011 Written by Lisa

Perhaps it’s the wine that’s making me love this song just a wee bit too much. Cookie’s new album (streaming on AOL until it comes out June 28) is a-mazing. Light years from his first post Idol win album.

And so much more Dave than anything else. Love it.

(Yeah, probably the wine making me all weepy and shit. I’ll look back years from now and wonder why I posted these particular lyrics but inside my head, I’ll know.)

Who’s to say I’m never wrong

Whose to say that I’m not already gone

Who’s to say the time inside your head

Keeps runnin’ on and on and on and on

Who’s to say we’ll make it through
I’m starting to believe that what we think is never true
And whose to say the rhymes inside your bed
Will keep you warm when everything is getting colder

And I’m just holding on until it’s over

Mayday
Somebody save me now
I’m closing my eyes
Cause once the sun rises it’s out of my hands
It’s out of my hands

Who’s to say this history
Isn’t all just some winter’s distant memory
You can’t escape this drying ink
The fall of who we are is getting closer
And I’m just holding on until it’s over

Mayday
Somebody save me now
I’m cutting all ties
From the world outside
Cause it’s over my head

– Circadian (from “This Loud Morning” – David Cook 2011)

Rolling in the deep

April 17, 2011 Written by Lisa

Rolling in the Deep

Been listening to the Adele song of the same name because my sekrit BF did a cover of it recently and I was sadly ignorant of it. I’m so out of the loop when it comes to new music although I admit that I do know who Adele is and loved her song “Chasing Pavements”. This one rocks, though. She’s got a voice like no other. Love it. Thank goodness Mr. Cook is dragging my sad ass into the present (music-wise).

Cooklandia revisited!

Speaking of my beloved, I shall be seeing him in concert at the end of this month (woo hooo!) when he does a benefit a couple days before the Race for Hope. Still not dragging my ass for hope or anything else but am planning on attending the show. Cousin O’Love will be joining me and she’s always up for a fun time.

Failing up a mountain

I totally bolluxed myself up by aiming for $3000 this month, kids. That was a tad too far out of my vibration. I changed it to $2000 and am happy with that. I’m feeling like the end of August might be the appropriate time to make the switch (so sayeth my own personal astrologer and laugh if you want but she totally called Duty’s heart attack last year months before it happened.) I think I will go with that. It gives me some time and space to get my office set up and keep the flow moving with new classes and whatnot. Moving into a new venture with the energy of “I’ll show them not to get in my way” does not a peaceful transition make. Just sayin’.

Diversions

Who’s watching Idol? I am but only because sekrit BF is singing the “Get off the stage now” tune and will be performing on the show April 21st. Otherwise, I couldn’t care less. It makes for good snark, though, and a nice diversion from how things seem to be going to hell otherwise.

There’s no need for me to have an iPad but I’d love to be able to play my dorky games on a larger screen than my iPod. I have to put on those old lady glasses so I can see close up to play. I suck at Hearts, btw. There really is a strategy involved but I’ll be damned if I know it.

It didn’t take long for me to lose interest in my Kindle. I think I like old fashioned books. Plus, you can buy books for Kindle and read them on your PC so that works better for me. Am I a Luddite?

Work update

Sings out loud: “I’ve got the power” – because yes, yes I do. I can walk out tomorrow and be just fine. So I am doing what I can at work but am not killing myself over it. Other people in the office come and go at will and I have been bound by my dumb loyalty to the job. I say FEH to that! I actually took time for lunch and sat outside last week. It was nice. I’m going to make that a habit.

Also too: broker dude is behaving himself pretty well and there are a couple candidates coming in for interviews. Hope reigns supreme, yo! I will swim my way back to a peaceful day where I fax a bit, surf a lot and answer phone calls from Neanderthals. When the day comes that I no longer do that, you will find me dancing my ass out in the street. Really, if truth be told, no one should be paying me to answer phones. My tone seeps through no matter what. Someone called the other day and when I answered it they said this “(broker in our office) called me.” I replied “Okay.” Who calls a company and says that?? Is it possible to say “May I speak with Joe Smith? They just called me.” Fine. I’ll put you through. Learn some damn manners. Really. Or suffer the wrath of my piss-anty tone. (How many days until August 19th? Oh, I just checked: 124. Okay then.)

Takes deep breath and moves on.

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