Lizet's Place

Can you drive both a manual and automatic vehicle?
Nope, just an automatic


Do you like to color? Are you doing more it these days?
I LOVE to color! I bought myself an adult coloring book (it's just large pictures that could easily be for a kindergartener) and I do it every morning on an app on my phone

Do you know any Morse code?
No. I know what it is but it confuses me

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Ya'll...when I tell you I was busy today, I WAS BUSY TODAY!

The stuff I ordered on amazon last week is starting to come in, plus Kim and I both got the stimulus, so I was able to buy even more things we need around the apartment and that's ALSO coming in this week (I love amazon prime!)

My DVD carry cases came. I ordered a 6 pack and used 5 of the 6 cases! I know I'll have to buy another one for the DVDs in storage because these will work better than the 12 billion (exaggeration) smaller boxes and reusable tote bags I have them in. According to the description, the 6 cases hold a total of 240 movies, video games, or blu-ray. I HAD 200 DVDs HERE AND DIDN'T REALIZE IT! I'm definitely going to need all 6 cases for what I have in storage!

After I sorted the DVDs, I used the 2 plastic containers for my Color Street stuff. Not all of it fits in the containers, but the area looks a bit better than it did before with about 6 or 7 smaller boxes of stuff. Eventually, I'll get a third container for the last bit of stuff and it can go in the closet.

Yesterday my record player came. I only have 1 record - the one I got at Christmas - and I played it to make sure the player works. It does! Friday, two records I ordered from Walmart arrive. I picked the Top Gun soundtrack and I believe the Dirty Dancing soundtrack.

I really need to spend time in my storage unit looking for my dad's records and his record player. I know he had a good 8 or 9 boxes of vinyl records. I don't know how many of them are still good after being in storage for over 10 years. I know they weren't properly stored, so they're probably warped and no good, but I need to check it out.

I ordered some (Church) shoes and they came today. I love them! I'll now be getting rid of about 4 or 6 pairs of other shoes that have run their course in life. The reason I'm getting rid of so many is because last summer I bought 2 more pairs of shoes but never tossed the old one. In total, I have 6 new pairs of shoes and I haven't gotten rid of any of the older ones.

Coming in the rest of this week are the clothes Kim and I ordered (well really, that I ordered for Kim), kitchen/bathroom cleaning supplies, a bunch of makeup, and a new record from VNYL.

THIS is my Christmas!

Oh! I also bought an LED mirror for when I do my makeup. The last 2 Sundays I haven't been able to do it because of dealing with Kim! So that means I either have to get up even earlier (I currently get up about 90 minutes before Kim) or use the time I'm actually awake to do my makeup, deal with Kim, get dressed, and freshen my makeup if need be before leaving for Church.

Tomorrow I have a dr appt to have an ultrasound of my ovaries. I hope the results get back to my PCP and eventual OB-GYN before my OB-GYN appt on Jan 12.

Then, on Friday I have an appt to see the ophthalmologist. I checked to make sure I have the picture that I took of my eye the last time I had issues with it so they can see what my PCP failed to understand and labeled as allergies and prescribe me drops that make my eyes burn for a couple of seconds after I use them. I've only used them like 3 of the 10 days. If I would have just kept using them, I would have been done with the prescribed time on Jan 3, but the few seconds of pain wasn't worth it. The only thing I didn't do was call and let the dr know. But I'm taking it to let the ophthalmologist know.

So...that's been in busy day...and it's only Tuesday!

I know you should never say you're never going to do something again but I can, with 100% certainty, say I'm never going to do this again.

"What aren't you going to do again?" you might be asking yourself.

Well, I'm never going to use a laundry service to pick up, wash, dry, fold, and deliver my clothes.

I thought it was going to be faster and cheaper, if not the same amount, than doing it in the laundry room here in the apartment.

I was hella hella OMFG WRONG! Here's what went down...

The place I found was about 2 miles away. They said $1.60/lb with a minimum of $30 and pick up and drop off were free.

I did a little math - in order to meet the minimum dollar amount, I had to have at least 18 ¾ (18.75) lbs of clothes. Okay, that seems like a lot, but clothes can be heavy, especially when folded and piled up.

I made a reservation on May 7th for pick up on May 11 - they only do pick ups on Monday with delivery on Tuesday or on Thursday with delivery on Friday (24 hour turn around).

All Sunday I was pretty anxious about when they would come. I even set my alarm for 6 am on May 11 because I wasn't for sure what time pick up was. Later that night, I got email reminders and even a text message reminder. Okay! I'm not going to forget. I'm ready! Dirty clothes bagged and waiting. They suggested leaving the bags outside for the pick up but I'm not stupid. You leave a bag of anything outside anywhere and it's liable to get stolen. I'm not having my clothes stolen or treated as trash.

Monday morning my alarm went off at 6. I wasn't completely awake, but enough to double check I had all the dirty clothes I wanted washed (I would be washing my underwear and towels myself). By about 7 am I figured that it wouldn't hurt to go back to sleep for a little while longer, so I set my alarm for 8:15am. I go back to sleep and at 8am my phone is going crazy with notifications! The only ones that matter are a text from the laundry service and an email from them as well. I dismiss the text message and go right for the email. They say they're "on the way" and I panic a little. I read more of the email and they weren't going to fucking arrive until 12:35 pm or 1:05 pm at the latest! THAT IS NOT ON THE WAY! I rant to my best friend and Colleen about it and go back to sleep. I wake up at 9:30 or 10 and go about my usual business, keeping an eye on the clock so that I can take my clothes out to wait for them to be picked up.

I get a call at 12:30 as I'm doing Kim's hair so she can go outside for a little bit. "Hi, I'm Kevin (I think that's what he said), and I'm outside to pick up your clothes" eowil;kadsfj! I tell him to hold on and I'd be right there. I grab 2 bags and on the way out I tell Kim that she has to wait while I take some bags out. I get outside and the guy was at the wrong entrance. Just about every delivery person or rideshare person goes to the wrong apartment building! Some have even said they were at the address they were given even after I show them my confirmation email with the correct address. Whatever. The guy comes to get my bags and I tell him there are 2 more. He takes those 2 and I go back for the other 2.

I had 4-13 gallon trash bags of clothes picked up. Two or 3 of them were full and the other(s) were half. I still wasn't sure if I was going to meet thw minimum, but I figured they would let me know if I didn't.

I hadn't heard from the laundry service except for a confirmation that my clothes were picked up at 12:40 pm and that I could log into the site to check on the progress. You better believe I did that every few hours. I wanted to see what sort of update I would get. Spoiler alert: there was no progress given. I felt let down. LOL

Now we are at today. I woke up nervous about when my clothes were going to be delivered and how much it was going to be. I tried to go back to sleep as I woke up too damn early (I think it was 6?) but I'm still awake.

About 9am, I get the invoice for my laundry. Holy fucking cow! This is why I'm never going to do this again. 41 lbs of "washables" for a grand total of $65.60!

I'm sorry...what!? That is fucking double what I was expecting to pay! No more than $40, but not almost $66!

Just thinking about it again has me mad. Now I'm waiting for when they say it's going to be delivered - that wasn't included in the invoice email, but I'm thinking sometime after 12:30pm.

Also, I really need to get to the store to pick up toilet paper, napkins, and more dish soap. I need quarters to wash as well, but I don't want to think about washing anything else the rest of the week or something.

Went to Target, under the guise of buying my sister's birthday gift, and bought myself a Nook and protective case!

Meet Danno! (Nook and case)



My laptop is McDanno and my myTOUCH is Monkey.

Do you sense a theme? LOL

This is an early Christmas gift and "yay for passing all your classes!" gift to myself (I will pass my current 4 classes with either an A or B. I'm very proud of myself.

I bought some other things from Target, too. Mostly stuff for baking. Friday or Saturday I'm going to make Nutella Swirled Banana Bread. I got something for my sister too - a card. I wanted to get her some perfume, but they didn't have the kind she liked and the only place I know that sells it is in the mall, and I'm not crazy enough to go to the mall any time this week. I'll go next week.

I'm gonna go back to playing with my new shiny.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Went to the movies with dontelltheelf. That was fun. We saw Jurassic Park in 3D, went to Styles of Hawaii, Trader Joes, then to Norms for a late lunch. We were going to go get some Poutine, but I didn't think my stomach would be up for that.

There are so many movies I want to see but can't remember what they are now. I'll have to search Yahoo! Movies for them. I do remember that one was Now You See Me or something like that.

Now for the fun I DON'T want to do again. I've been having problems with my netbook for like the last 18 months or so. Constantly running hot within 10 minutes of it being on, shutting down by itself...I know there's a lose connector where I plug it in, so that's not helping in it staying on. Well last night, maybe about an hour after I filed my taxes, I got ( this weird error message ) and I'd have to force it off or unplug it. Did a complete system scan and everything came up okay, but I couldn't get past that blue screen!

My dad says to keep trying, thisjerseydevil tells me it's probably dead (blue screen of death), but it all boils down to me getting a new laptop when I get my refund in about 2 weeks.

These are my 2 choices:

Toshiba C855-S5350 15.6" Laptop http://www.staples.com/product_984635

Lenovo G580 , Intel Core i3-3120M, 15.6 Screen Display, Notebook With 4GB Memory, 320GB Hard Drive, Windows 8 http://www.frys.com/product/7533026

I had more, but they went up in price by more than I could afford.

so...without proper internet/computer access...AGAIN!

So that package that was supposedly delivered on November 24 to my old address was actually picked up by the post office. THEY LIED TO ME! They told me they didn't have any packages for me!

I found this out when I finally called Amazon and told them I never got the package. I asked if it could be redelivered and the lady I spoke with said she'd check and get back to me.

By 5 pm yesterday I had an e-mail telling me that the package was going to be re-delivered to my sister's address and I'd get it by 8 pm. on December 20th. Thankfully that's a Thursday, so I'm going to plan to stay at my sister's until it arrives or 8 p.m. I hope it arrives early enough in the day because I've got plans.

Now then, my plans for the week:
I need to get to storage to get a couple of red blouses/tops from my unit and the slow cooker from one of the other units.
I need to wash my clothes (I'm out of socks)
I need to go to the grocery store for food stuffs for the church dinner on Sunday.
I also need to go to the mall (or the bank) to at least get gift cards for my sister, M & J. I'd rather get them all visa gift cards and let them get what they want. I figured $25 each for M & J and $50 for my sister and that will be the extent of my Christmas shopping.

There's also work on Wednesday, Friday of this week. Then next week, there's a half day (which I do anyways) on Monday before having Christmas off (which is a Tuesday and I have that day off anyways). Usual day on Wednesday and Friday of next week. I think the 31st is also a half day with Jan 1st off and back at it on Jan 2nd.

I need to e-mail J & N and ask if I can go "full time" volunteering for 2013. My dad has already told me, and continues to remind me whenever we talk (which is why I try not to call them so much) that come next year, he doesn't want me in the house - meaning he wants me pounding the pavement 5 days a week looking for work. Okay, fine. Monday-Thursday in the morning I'll volunteer with Legal Aid, then in the afternoons I'll go to the library and do my job search there since I won't be able to do it at home. Fridays I'll come to the church and do my usual work. This will ensure that I'm out of the house 5 days a week like he asks.

Last Friday, at the volunteer holiday party (remind me to take a picture and post the thank you gifts they gave out!), I got to thinking about going back to school for my Bachelor's degree and possibly going to law school. Listening to the other volunteers who are either in law school or preparing for the bar exam had me re-thinking what I want to do. I mean, I did get my paralegal degree, but every place I look they want someone with experience, even for a legal secretary position (which I would think my 11 years experience as a secretary would give me some sort of foot in the door). However, maybe if going back to school isn't a viable option just yet, I can get whatever certification I need to help me get my foot in the door as a legal secretary.

yeah, I think that's my goal for 2013. research Bachelor degree programs I might be interested in (I'm already fairly certain it will be something criminal justice related) and research the National Association of Legal Secretaries

And now I'm going to head back to my sister's. Maybe get a jump start on washing my clothes.

Sunday I used redbox for the first time when I went to the grocery store. I rented 21 Jump Street (had some funny parts, but I think I was expecting more?), Wrath of the Titans (I keep forgetting that Clash of the Titans is first) and The Devil Inside (this one was meh and a bit predictable towards the end). Today I returned those and got Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and Suing the Devil.

THEN! when I get home, I have 4 packages from Amazon waiting for me! 5 movies that I ordered but wasn't expecting until later this week! I got the first 3 movies in the Fast & Furious franchise, Gone in 60 Seconds (fuckin' finally! I thought we owned it for the longest time but could never find it!) and Mercy. I'll save these for later this week and over the weekend



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New for 30 years old, I need a couple of business suits. I choose pantsuits.

pantsuit 1:
some sort of vibrant color blouse
This jacket
These pants

pantsuit 2:
some sort of vibrant color blouse
This jacket
These pants

of course each pantsuit would need their own specially selected shoes. something comfortable, stylish and business-like.

Also, this dress is pretty bold for me, but I really like it.

or you know, limit me to $100 a month.

I just ordered my nephew's bday (8-5) gift and my niece's bday (9-6) gift.

Also ordered Thor, pre-ordered Snow White and the Huntsman, Prometheus, Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and Marvel's The Avengers. (love the amazon gift cards I won in raffles!)

Waiting to hear back from the BFF about the sex of her baby before I go even more crazy with the spending.

going through my clothes and packing up what I want to keep but don't foresee wearing in the next 4 months.

It's come to my attention that while I have a lot of clothes, none of them are no longer considered "business" appropriate. I can "dress up" a lot of what I have, but it still comes across as business casual and I feel woefully under-dressed when I go to the self help or domestic violence centers.

I think the next couple of month I'll be getting more business suits - skirts, slacks and jackets and packing away some of my "business casual" stuff.

I have like 6 pair of jeans. I almost always live in jeans. when I go to work (at the church) I dress however I want, but since I've been volunteering at the self help center, I've been having to dress up more, even for those 3 hours I'm there. When I used to work at the other church (back in 2007) I dressed neatly, almost business casual, because right after I went to night school and I didn't want to be lugging around a gym bag, my backpack and purse 5 days a week. But the point about the jeans...sometime in May, N, my supervisor, approached me after my shift and was like "we sort of aren't allowed to wear jeans." They actually weren't jeans, but dark flowly dress pants. Wasn't going to debate about what my pants were or weren't so I said okay and left. haven't worn those pants since - at least to the Self Help center. I've worn them to the Domestic Violence Center though.

point of this was that I need to get more business like clothes...or wear my Sunday dresses (that I no longer wear to church because I wear jeans hah!)



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...but it's something I could possibly afford.

1998 Chevrolet Cavalier LS

I emailed my dad asking if he thought this was a good deal.

However, if I got it, Hawaii would DEFINITELY be off for September :(