Some will argue that it doesn’t take much to amuse me, which is probably true, but I don’t think I’m the only person who giggled when they passed by this sign.

Dildo is a small town on the way to Twillingate, which is where I ventured to take iceberg pictures. Every time I’ve passed through this community I giggle. I can’t help it, the name just does that to me. I’ve noticed though, there are a lot of unusual names for villages, towns and cities here like Virgin Arm, Heart’s Content, Heart’s Desire and Cow Head. I kind of like the Heart’s Content and Desire ones though, those make me go “Aww” rather than giggle!

Today is Jess‘ birthday. She and I have been friends since fourth grade (which seems like forever ago now), which I think is pretty awesome. Her family is honestly like my second family, or wait, my third since Jo’s family is my second family. We were practically joined at the hips throughout our childhood, into middle school and even high school. Naturally as we got older, made other friends in college, got involved in other hobbies and such, we sort of drifted for a bit. Even so, we always stayed close and I think that’s going to last a lifetime. She’s an awesome chick and a wonderful friend, like a sister.

At any rate, I just wanted to send her a little birthday love! I hope you have an awesome birthday, Jess!

What a long and exhausting day. We made it to the hospital, which is about a 45 minute drive from here, around 10:45am. They whisked Jo right on to the CT scan testing room within a few minutes. I think they were getting ready to take their lunch breaks, but that’s not the point. Jo must have only been back there for 5 minutes, if that. I honestly thought it would take a lot longer than that, as my own experience with a CT scan took about 20 or so minutes. They explained to us that he should get his results within a week, so hopefully this will shed some light on his back pain. If not, I don’t know what more can be done other than surgery.

After we left the hospital we headed over to the mall and Wal-Mart. This is where my day turned to squat. Why must there be rude people in every Wal-Mart I go to? If you see someone trying to get down an isle, which by the way was hardly big enough for 1 person, then for crying out loud - MOVE, you aren’t the only shopper trying to get your items and go. This happened at least a dozen times. And of course every isle I went down, there had to be somebody standing right in front of the item I needed to get to. My “Excuse me’s” weren’t responded to, so I did what anyone else might have done in that position - I pushed forward, literally nudging the person in front of me until they moved. I seriously felt like running over some people with my cart, but I refrained. Needless to say though, I was so happy to get out of that store. For the 10 or so items I picked up, it took me nearly an hour and a half to get them and be checked out (limited cashiers of course, which is a rant for another day). I decided that even though I could exit Wal-Mart into the mall, I didn’t want to. I was too flustered to shop for anything else.

After that whole Wal-Mart thing, we got a bite to eat and headed home. I think I popped online for maybe an hour before my eyes started getting heavy to the point where I couldn’t keep them open any longer. I decided to have a nap because my entire body was just exhausted. I asked Jo to get me up at 6pm, but when he came in to wake me he said I grumbled “I don’t want to get up…” and drifted back to sleep until nearly 7:30pm.

I’m so frustrated with myself today. I wish I hadn’t taken such a long nap because it made me feel even worse. I’m also upset that I didn’t allow myself to shop in the mall. There’s a really nice shop in the mall where I buy a lot of knick knacks for my mom, sister and mother in law. They have some really gorgeous items with inspirational and sentimental quotes on them for things like holidays, birthdays, bridesmaid gifts and just every day things to let your friends and loved ones know you care. I was hoping to get my youngest sister a little something because she’s been having a rough time where she works. Some of the women aren’t treating her very nicely, so I wanted her to know I was thinking about her and hoping things would look up for her soon. I guess we’ll just plan a trip back there for another day.

I’m so glad this day is almost over with though. The weather hasn’t helped either - it’s been rainy, cloudy and cold.

I’m trying to wean myself off of caffeine, for like the billionth time. It’s not going too well. I wish I’d never gone back to it because the last time I gave it up, I didn’t have a single headache. I’ve been about 48 hours without it and I have a horrible pounding headache - which started the first day. There’s not much that’s relieving it at this point. I think the worst part about it, besides the headache itself, is that the tiniest things make it ten times worse. For instance; slamming doors, utensils clanking together, and teeth scraping utensils. Of course these things aren’t being done intentionally (I hope), but it doesn’t make it any easier to deal with.

I’m trying to stay motivated and concentrate on a design I’ve been trying to finish up but it seems like an impossible task. I hope this thing eases off before tomorrow. I don’t want to be stuck with this thing while I’m at the hospital for Jo’s CT scan (of his back).

I’m hoping we’ll get a little break in the next few days, so we can take a little road trip (so long as the headache is gone too). I’ve been wanting to take more iceberg photos while we’re here. I’ve been keeping up with an iceberg tracker, hoping there would be a few more in the area. There are actually a few along the Outer Banks near here. The problem is there aren’t any roads that lead to any of the locations. I guess I’ll just have to wait until they drift closer to the shore, to areas you can get to by car. There is one that I could take a boat tour to see, but I’m not sure about the price that would cost and we’re pinching pennies - especially since gas is going to go up AGAIN ($140 a barrel, CRAP, you can tell there’s a holiday soon).

In case you haven’t noticed, I threw up a little something earlier today - a new theme. It’s taken me a few days off and on, in between being sick and getting better, doing housewifey things, and working on client designs. I’m honestly surprised I finished it today. I’ve been working hard on a blog design for Helen and my husband. I decided to take a break from both of those so that I could work on mine for a little bit. It’s amazing what a couple of hours and determination can do for you. Ha, ha.

I’m exhausted now though. The mugginess that is the air in this room isn’t helping either. Jo’s been asking to watch a movie, so I suppose we’ll do that once he finishes up with Age of Conan for the night. I’m just piddle-farting around the web right now. I need to do a little catching up (on my dailies) but that’s a task I’ll save for tomorrow I think. Tomorrow’s looking pretty open. With any luck I’ll get through some of the catching up and finish up these two designs.

I got a lot accomplished today, thankfully. I even got my handbag all cleaned out, though I wish I hadn’t after digging out my passport. My passport picture looks horrid (actually, I guess that means “I” look horrid). It’s definitely worse than my driver’s license picture, in every possible way.

I must go though, and do some non-internetty things!

Why am I still awake?

I’ll tell you why. I’m sick. Sick, sick, SICK. I’ve tried going to bed twice now. Each time I do, my stomach just turns. I hate throwing up, which I guess isn’t something anyone actually enjoys doing though. I’m not sure what’s made me sick. No one has had any kind of stomach bugs or anything. I’m guessing it’s something I hate - curses to those delicious garlic fingers I had earlier. If that’s the culprit, I doubt it’d stop me from eating more, if there were any left. I’m such a glutton for punishment!

I hear snoring down the hall. Lots of it. I’m jealous. Not because I want to snore, but because I want to be in that kind of sleep. I guess I’ll park it on the couch soon. Jo will wake me up when he gets up in the morning. If I still feel like this (utter crap) then, I’ll go on and get in the bed for a little while then.

By the way, Windows Vista isn’t so bad, but those annoying “permission to do this” and “permission to do that” crap have already gotten old.

OK, I’m going to curl up on the couch now. If I don’t get some sleep, I’ll feel even worse.. I just know it.

That’s what I feel like today! I was happy to wake up to a little note saying I had a parcel waiting for me up at the post office. Just minutes earlier I told Jo I was getting concerned about my laptop because it hadn’t arrived yet. I told him if it wasn’t here by Friday, I was going to contact someone about it. No need to do that now though. I picked her up about an hour ago.

You’ll have to excuse the mess in the picture. We’ve been boxing up some things and moving furniture around as we prepare to paint the dining room. It was impossible to get a decent picture that didn’t include the mess.

We’re going to pick up a wireless router soon, hopefully sometime next week. I’m also going to hook up a regular mouse because the touch pad mouse.. that just isn’t working for me, which I figured would happen because I’ve never liked those. I’m not sure about Windows Vista. I think it’s going to take some getting use to.

I think I’ll go tinker around with it for a bit though. I’m definitely changing the desktop.

Jo decided to cook up some stir fry the other night, and while he was in the kitchen I caught a glimpse of him moving around (like dancing) in the corner of my eye. I kept thinking “What in the heck is he doing in there..?” A few minutes later I turned back around and noticed he was bopping his head, and he started humming. What he was humming, while cooking stir fry.. is priceless, because he eventually started singing (more like belting out).

“She told me to wok this way…”

HA, HA.

I seriously hope I haven’t forgotten anything!

Without further ado, I give you Chic Blog Design. I have worked so hard on this project for the last couple of weeks. To those of you that have provided me with feedback, input and things of that sort.. thank you so much. I appreciate it so much!

There are 11 themes total, 4 of which have unlimited downloads available. I really hope you enjoy what’s there, and will check back along and a long for future themes/templates and other design elements.

I’m thinking of moving my free themes over to Chic Blog Design too, but that will have to wait until the weekend. I’m pooped!

I am full as a tick, and it’s been just over 7 hours since dinner. We decided against the ham, since it would take too long to prepare it the right way (just plain old boiled ham is only OK). We wound up having baked chicken. I have to say, it was absolutely delicious! Those dark pieces of chicken, which a lot of people (for whatever reason) seem to dislike so much, were the best part. Tender as I don’t know what! The lighter pieces were just too dry for my liking. It was just like thanksgiving around here today! I think I’m going to need some lipovox to help me lose the weight I put on from that meal! Ha, ha.

I have so much to finish up with the design blog. Well, not “so” much, just a few things I really want to have completed before I actually announce it. If the few people who are writing testimonials are unable to provide them (no rush by the way) by late tomorrow, I’m just going to go ahead and launch it to get the show on the road.

Happy belated Father’s day by the way! I wish I had a little more time, but I really should get to bed soon. I plan on getting up early tomorrow. Earlier than I usually do (between 9 and 10am).. hopefully by 7am. I want to get an early start on a few things!