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Friday, December 21st, 2007
7:40 am	I guess I am odd, but I don't see the scandal here There is a new Taser scandal. It made CNN news because of the HUGE scandal from an early morning taser use in an arson case. Situation is, Home owner hears odd noises on his roof, so he calls 911. Police show up, and they call the fire department. There is a man on the roof, and he is merrily lighting fires on the house roof. Fire Department shows up, and starts hosing the roof, and the man on it to stop the fires from doing more damage. Man on the roof is still refusing to come down. Police deploy rubber bullets, Man on the roof goes back to his odd holiday celebrations. Police climb up on the roof, and taser his ass, man falls off of roof, and then runs away. Rin Tin Tin gives chase and brings the man down. I'm thinking that in this situation tasers seem appropriate, after all the man was lighting the house on fire, and not surrendering to police, or the fire hose for that matter. The police also did not throw the man off of the roof, but damn, the crazy man on the roof could have killed the people living in the house. I'm next expecting to hear that the poor home owner is going to get sued for letting the police to cause the man to fall off of his roof. Some humans just need to be locked up and have the keys thrown away. (Comment on this)
Thursday, December 13th, 2007
11:24 pm	High Society at the "Holiday Party" So the hubby and I went to his command "holiday party" which was a semi-formal event. I really need to remember that this is a Navy thing, and that a lot of the Squid have the taste, discretion, and morals of a drunk high school jock. So my idea of semi-formal is... women wear a dress or skirt, nice shoes, and perhaps even some makeup. The guys should be wearing (IMO) Dress slacks, dress shirt, tie, sports jacket, and or dress sweater. What we saw... 1 guy wearing a BRIGHT red top hat, red tie, sports jacket, some sort of bizarre stripped blue jeans. Another guy was stylishly dressed in track pants, workout shirt and running shoes. There were at least 10 guys wearing jeans and t-shirts, complete with ball caps. The women.... were either wearing revealing plunging necklines that were almost showing navel, and their impressive cosmetic augmentations. Some were wearing stretchy black pants and casual shirts, usually too tight. Another delightful outfit... formal dress, HUGE clunky shoes, and white sports socks. The other item we had fun spotting were the tacky tattoos peeking out from under expensive outfits. At our table, there was myself, the hubby, one of his fellow shop mates, then there was a cute young couple, the navy girl dressed in her strapless dress, and her stylish husband. Then there were the 4. The 4 were composed of one man who appeared to be in his early 40's with his 20 something female companion. His companion spent most of the evening hiking up her strapless gown. Then there was the cougar. The cougar had relatively decent cosmetic augmentation (boobs, nose, and a lift from the looks of things) substantial bling, and 18-19 year old, just out of boot camp arm candy. The young kid looked happy to be getting some, his cougar wife/companion looked like she would be willing to do anything that didn't run too fast. The hubby and his shop mate spent most of the evening hoping that the cougar would burst free of the straining sundress that she was almost wearing. Sadly, the cougar wasn't the worst behaved there... we left early, I was afraid I would start getting annoyed at the drunk people getting too close to my chair. Current Mood: drunks can be frustrating (Comment on this)
Monday, October 29th, 2007
12:43 pm	Muffin tops? Ok so I am always forced to wonder about women. Most women realize that the muffin top abouve the waistline is not flattering. Why do they not realize the same about the muffin top over and under the bra? I was cruising around in the fat lady scooters at Target (not supposed to walk for more than 5 minutes at a time) and managed to be frightened by more than one family of women who should be in at LEAST one size larger both in the pants and the bra... Do they really think that tight skanky outfits make guys glad to see them? Current Mood: and bored (Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
6:40 pm	High Stress So I found out that we are going to have a boy. Yay. Not Yay part, Baby Stowaway only has one kidney. So in one swift test I went from having a great pregnancy to having a high risk one. :( Current Mood: stressed (Comment on this)
Saturday, October 13th, 2007
9:45 pm	Essential items vs great marketing So I have been getting price ideas for Baby Stowaway needed nursery items. If I follow the lists provided by Babies R Us, Walmart, or Target I will be facing a total bill on just fun stuff for Mommy and Daddy and nothing the baby can use or wear. What I am looking for is an actual list of items that can't be done without. So far I have gotten mixed reiews on a baby changing table, baby swings, even cribs, play Yards, infant safety seats. We have a tiny two door car (Hyundai Accent) so I think that the removable infant safety seat makes the most sense while Stowaway needs to be sitting in a backwards facing safety seat, all I would need to do is snap the seat into the leave in place safety base. I will need to get a dresser and or wardrobe for storage. I will need to get a crib and new matress (I don't want to get used cribs or car seats for safety and recall concerns). I am thinking I will need two baby gates, one for the baby's room to keep the cats out of the nursery, and a slightly wider one to block the hallway for safety reasons. I will need a stroller as I tend to walk around Santee, and use public transportation. Clothingwise Stowaway is due the beginning of March, so the average temperature is around 25 during the day and down to 8 or so at night, so I am not certain as to what level of warm wear I will need for taking the baby out and about. I am planning on using disposable diapers, and the common opinion around here is to use Pampers and or Luvs, and to run very far away from Huggies. I was wondering how many onsies, jammies etc to survive with some sembelance of sanity. I figure I will need at least two mattress pads, 3-4 sheets, 2 or 3 blankets and at least one set of bumper pads. What age should I be introducing toys to Stowaway, I know they are essential for stimulating mental and physical growth. So what toys are best for what ages.... LOL and just to make this more fun, I am sure I am running in more circles than normal due to my GAD (general anxiety disorder) that amkes me stress over little details like this 6000 times more or so.... So any help would be greatly appreciated Current Mood: confused (Comment on this)
Friday, September 14th, 2007
11:09 am	Poll #1055361 yes or no on finding out the gender of Stowaway Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All Between week 20-21 I have the option of using the Ultrasound to determine if I am going to have a baby boy, or a baby girl. Should I? View Answers yes, gotta know right now 1 (100.0%) no, it should be a surprise on their birthday 0 (0.0%) (Comment on this)
Monday, September 10th, 2007
11:26 pm	I won, I won So we decided to go to ladies night at the adult superstore in San Diego, they were giving out small sample packs of various lubes and demoing assorted adult toys, (no nudity). I will admit I went mostly to get the free stuff, and the food. After a slight technical difficulty with the first drawing for a kick ass box of Kamasutra products worth over $75.(the guy handing out the tickets was giving out both halves) About 30 minutes later they held a second drawing.... and it was my number, yay!!!! I had seen a really nice prize package of assorted products, instead, I recieved a beautifully packaged substantial collection of porn DVD's worth in excess of $300, but damn that large package of body product would have been nice. Current Mood: being stretched from inside (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
9:51 pm	Oddities of being Pregnant So one of the most famous things that everyone knows about pregnancies is the oddball cravings. Personally I have been quite lucky, I crave seedless red grapes, celery with cheez whiz, and split pea soup. Yes the person who hates peas is craving the damn soup. UCK. Current Mood: nauseated (Comment on this)
Thursday, August 9th, 2007
4:04 pm	Recent Changes I got married about 2 weeks ago, and I am expecting our first child together. (my first, his second) So I feel fat, sick, and tired, really really tired. Current Mood: sick (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
7:28 pm	Well it is official I am now Erin Lili-Irene Powell Lynch. lol that way when I mess up I can still be writing my legal name. (Comment on this)
Sunday, July 8th, 2007
7:52 pm	it has been a while I have been doing most of my posting on Facebook to be honest. But hey at least now I get to suffer having to drink a large glass of American milk every day accompanied by a revolting smelling pill. Think the worst smelling dog pill, and then mix it with a good snort of buckleys. (Comment on this)
Monday, May 7th, 2007
9:21 pm	choices Poll #980689 My New Name Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All What should I do about my name at the end of the month View Answers Erin Powell 1 (25.0%) Erin Powell Lynch 1 (25.0%) Erin Powell-Lynch 1 (25.0%) Erin Lynch 1 (25.0%) (4 Comments |Comment on this)
9:15 pm	I'm getting married So by the end of the month I am going to have to have made up my mind on what my last name is going to be. Due to rather interesting events happening this year, my family will not be able to attend my wedding. So what I am planning is just to get married (civil ceremony) on May 25th, and then perhaps have an "actual" wedding later on when the family can attend. (Comment on this)
Monday, April 30th, 2007
2:08 am	Why won't they STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! probably NSFW When I was growing up I will admit it, I was always slightly more curvaceous than my slender sister. For a long time we did wear the same size clothes, but just with a slightly different flare. Then genetics, poor diet, and weight caught up with me and I started packing on the pounds. About 7 years after I went from weighing 123 to averaging around 140-160 my upper assets decided to save money on a Boob job and go from being an easy to accomidate 38C to a 38D. This was not a big deal for me, I could still pick up pretty bras at La Senza, silk and satin or event WalMart aka Satan's Store. I even stayed at 38D for about a year, then I hit 38DD, spent about $60 replacing still decent bras and proceded go on with my life. About 5 months passed and I noticed that the bras weren't fitting anymore. So I then went out and attempted the difficult task of trying to find 38DDD's. I found two after a couple of months searching. By this time I was looking into going to Kentucky for a week to spend a mutual vacation week with a friend and meeting up with other friends. Much to my horror the bras that I had just bought no longer fit, so I was then forced to go to Fredericton's only expensive lingerie store and search desperately for gasp 38E's. They had two that fit, but since I was working in retail and each bra was well over $70, I had to put them on layaway for a month so I could break the budget buster over three paycheques. I picked them up and then left the following week for Kentucky. By the time I returned from Kentucky they no longer fit well, and within 2 months were painfully too small. I was then forced to attempt to find another bra to fit. Thankfully I was able to get one sent up from Florida by a friend who loved to shop and shared a cup size issue. In the past two years I have given up on wearing bras, I can't afford to keep up with the increase in upper assets, and have instead taken to wearing tank tops with built in shelf bras instead, or when I am at home, going free. One problem is, I was completely happy being a 38C, I didn't dream of getting a few thousand dollars together to get breast implants, I could have survived as a 38D as I still had bra options. A second problem is everytime they grow, it HURTS. I am not certain how many people remember the pain they went through as the first sprouting occured, but over the past 7 years I haven't been given a chance to forget it for very long. It has actually gotten to the point that I run a fever from it, sort of like a teething baby, except I am a boobing adult. I also tend to get nasty comments from strangers who like to comment on cleavage (Trust me women, if I could find something to keep them contained and not increasing, I would) and "sexy" (to them) comments from people who couldn't tell me if I wore glasses, had more than one tooth in my head, or even if I had a head for that matter because they haven't managed to get above my armpits due to the existance of two substantial mounds of fat on my chest. Other problems I run into as a result of these twin annoyances that have taken over my body, when I am trying to find essential garments in stores and ask a simple straight forward question, I tend to get bizarre responses back. "Do you carry 38F or G sports bras?" is often answered by "No but you could always try wearing a 40D and see how that fits" ?????????????????????? ummmmmmmm if I wanted that size, don't you think I would have asked for it? Usually followed by "Would you like a shopping basket to hold you selections in?" Why can't they instead say "I'm sorry, we don't tend to carry that size, but you might want to try Store X Y or Z, they may have it" Trust me, I am more than likely to remember that they were willing to help me find my initial request, and return for other items that I am in more traditional sizes. I did find one store that carries the sizes that I require, and they even have a relatively reasonable price for some of their garments..... the stripper store aka Fredericks of Hollywood, the nice lady there ever suggested a few other places that I could also look for bras to fit me. I can hardly wait till I go back to work, I am going to treat myself to a lingerie shopping spree like I haven't done since my 2nd year of university. Imagine, pretty bras, matching panties and *gasp* getting the same sales that smaller chested women qualify for.... 3 bras for $48.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!! or $24.00 each. I haven't been able to find matching bra and panties since I was in my 1st year of college, and haven't been able to afford them since I had my mad shopping spree at La Senza in my 2nd year of University. Current Mood: the aliens are growing again Current Music: the hummmm of the computers (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
6:40 pm	boredom I have realized that there is not a hell of a lot to do when one is basically housebound. I get to see the kitties sleeping alot. I get to cook food, gain weight, and well watch way too many dvd's and tv shows. There are some things that I do enjoy about being down here, well aside from the sweetie. Fresh citrus fruit is great, as is the temperate climate. I miss things like Pataks curry sauces, curry mixes seem to be in very short supply down here, but there are more refried beans than I can shake a stick at. In cute news, my kitty Piggers is laying on the floor like a huge furry jelly bean. (Comment on this)
Monday, April 9th, 2007
9:57 pm	hee hee Star Wars Horoscope for Aquarius You can be cruel and torment people who disagree with you. Deep down, there is a peace-loving, friendly side to you. You have a knack for inflicting pain on people and use your intellect during battle. Star wars character you are most like: Darth Vader What Is Your Star Wars Horoscope? (Comment on this)
Friday, March 23rd, 2007
2:13 pm	You are What Rejected Crayon Are You? (Comment on this)
2:11 pm	Hee Hee Your Famous Last Words Will Be: "I can pass this guy." What Will Your Famous Last Words Be? (Comment on this)
12:15 am	just because You Are Scooter Brainy and knowledgable, you are the perfect sidekick. You're always willing to lend a helping hand. In any big event or party, you're the one who keeps things going. "15 seconds to showtime!" The Muppet Personality Test (Comment on this)
Monday, March 12th, 2007
6:29 am	Not Lost Honest I don't post alot simply because I guess I have fallen into a rut. This year started off miserable, just before xmas, the sweeties great uncle died, then New Year's Day, his Grandpa died, then we went up to MN for the funeral, and the day of his funeral, his Uncle died. At the same time, my dad was diagnosed with a few massive blocked arteries in the heart. He went in for surgery, and thankfully has since been sent home. He has been healing nicely, however, until surgery, it was touch and go as to him actually not kicking the bucket before they could attempt to fix his faulty ticker. Since then, I have turned 32, and well pretty much not done anything else. Next week we have the sweeties daughter for March Break. I am supposed to take her whale watching, which I am looking forward to. (1 Comment |Comment on this)