About This & That

I won't delete this blog - even though I exported all my older posts from Blogger to Wordpress - because... what if I get tired of WP??

Just kidding!!

I've been playing with it for a few days and I'm LOVING it.

Sooooo...

Here's my new blog and my new feed (and there's a 'Add me to your Google Reader' link in the blog to make it easy for you)

May I bug you with one more thing? Could you update my links on your blogroll to my new wordpress last name? I know, i know, i'm a pain on your butt!!!

Come check it out, I have my post about creating iPhone ringtones for free!!

So I went.

OMG.

I think I should even spell it out because it was THAT good.

There's something I've been wondering about and right as she laid out her cards she asked me if I was wondering about THAT. And I hadn't told ANYBODY about it!

I believe there's people out there who just bullshit you all the time, and I also believe that there's people who are not phony. I've never talked to a psychic or anything before because I didn't want to pay money so people can lie to me - I can get that for free - I wanted to make sure the first time I go, it would be to a recommended one. One of my friends at work recommended her a couple of weeks ago and I decided to give it a try.

I'm so glad I did!

She totally picked up on my stress and what's been going on in my head. She said no to stress and that I stress WAY too much. She said that I'm frustrated at work because I'm not being used to my full potential and that I want to learn more. (totally right) She said I might have a big decision to make soon, job-related. She also mentioned there will be someone around me that would try to hurt me (not physically) and that she's not a bad person, it's just part of her journey and that there's nothing I could do to avoid it and nothing I do wrong. It's just something on her and that I shouldn't blame myself for it.

She said J will get his promotion soon (yay! well, we'll see) and as soon as he saw his cards he said that I was lucky to have found him in this life because we have been together before and we lived our happiest life in Ireland and that's why J wants to go there so bad. She said we're really good together and that we have a deep connection and a very reciprocal relationship, we both give and we both take, we both share our worries and fears. At this point I could feel a tear rolling down my cheek. It was so emotional because this person doesn't know me and she knows how awesome my relationship is with J. And not that she said something new about it - I know how awesome he is and how awesome we're together - it was really inspiring and fascinating to be reaffirmed on it. I felt so grateful.

She also said we will have two kids and that my first kid is going to make me wait until he/she decides to finally come and join us and that he/she has chosen me (ME!) to be his/her mom and it's waiting around until he/she is ready. She said there's a chance I have four kids and that we haven't decided yet (that was when she was reading my palm) but if I ever decide to go for a third that it's likely I get twins (I hope that's not true!)

She also mentioned my fear of water. She said I had drowned on my previous life and died and that's why it scares the shit out of me.

I'm sorry I have used a lot the phrase 'she said' but if I stopped typing to think of a different way to say it, I might just forget about other details.

In general, she said I have good energy and that my hubby and I are a perfect match and that we're surrounded by people we love and that love us back. We have no negative karma and we're good people. I believe she helped me realize how much I stressed over nothing and how lucky I am to have everything I have and that I ignore because I'm stressing 24/7.

If you guys were here I would totally take you to talk to her and you will be convinced this is not bullshit. I believe in it and it feels like a big weight has been lifted from me.

I'm really really glad I went.

Have a great weekend!

I'm going to see a psychic tomorrow... I'm so excited! And I've heard she believes in past lives and can tell you something about it and/or help you deal with problems you have now and that you carried over from a past life.

I'm not going to go into it right now because I can't even concentrate. I'm just soooo looking forward to it!

I got so many questions...

Girls,

Haven't you always hated it when you're wearing open heel shoes and your pants keep getting stuck in between your heels and your shoe?

Well, let me tell ya there's a solution for that:

Out Easy Struts!

The website doesn't really go into 'how it works' but I googled it a lot and it seems very popular. How come I didn't know about it?

Love,

Melissa

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Now for a smaller audience…

Short girls,

Haven't you always hated it when you have a bigger tushy (and/or curvier body… yes!) and you buy bigger size pants/jeans and the legs are too long for you? And you have to have them tailored?

Or like me, you have to hem them?

Or you have to staple them? (Been there, done that)

You're waiting for an easy solution right?

Well, there's no easy one, because you could tape it and you could glue it, but it's never like the real one. With stitches and everything.

BUT…

that's not the point for this short letter. After you had them sewn (or you sewed them yourself, whatever) you still get frustrated because it's a different length for high heel shoes and flip flops, right?

Well, FOR THIS there is a solution! (and a pretty one)

The Zakkerz!

They are a little pricey so I'm thinking I might create them myself… I mean you could make them from lanyards, put a magnet inside and sew it together, couldn't I?

I will let you know and I'll start my black market… kidding! ( mua ha ha...)

Enjoy,

Melissa

I'm debating between installing Disqus or IntenseDebate (or neither). I just hate the commenting platform Blogger uses. I can't respond to comments or go straight to the person's blog.

Have you used it before?
Which one is better?

Thanks for the advice :-)

You Are a Labrador Retriever

You are very optimistic. You approach life with enthusiasm and vigor. You aim to please, and you are a very quick learner. You can be a bit rowdy and unruly, especially when you don't get enough exercise. While you are a bit wild, you're never dangerous. You are a truly gentle creature.

In no specific order:

(well kind of. Hmm… no, not really.)


Apps Store!

Pandora

BF caller

Facebook

reMovem free

21 Pro Poker

Labyrinth LE

iVote

Fifteen

Solitaire City

Units

Midomi

Twittelator / Twinkle

Tipstar (saves me headaches in a restaurant.. I know I know. I have a lazy brain.)

MightyDocs

YPMobile

Dial Zero

Stanza

Wikipanion

i.TV

YouNote

MySpace


What are yours?

I wasn't kidding! I wish I was...

This is how it was Saturday Morning...





I think Penny likes it, she was kind of a puppy (6 -8 months) when we had our last winter. I think she is having flashbacks...


Would she remember she was the best on fetching snowballs???

It’s the Halloween month and I am not very pumped by it. Every blog I read say it’s their favorite month. For me it’s more like a reminder that winter will start soon and work will be busier and crazier and very very snowy. Well duh? I work in a ski resort so I think I could predict tons of snow my way, either real or man-made snow.

The part I like about fall is how beautiful everything is: the trees, the mountains, the sky.

Weather is getting chillier but it’s still ok to go out for long walks. Every October I convince myself I need an awesome camera because everywhere I look is a postcard picture. And I’m so frustrated I still don’t have one. They’re so expensive!! But I think I might include it in my Christmas list to Santa Jeremy Claus. And I should respond to him when he says ‘it’s still expensive!’ that maybe it can be my Christmas and birthday present (April 8). Do you think he’ll agree to that? I doubt it!!

At least Penny is enjoying October...


I've never carved a pumpkin (how sad is that?) No pumpkin carving in Peru, I don't think we even have pumkins! Anywho, J got one in the store so we can carve it together but Penny got it first...

Have a nice weekend!!!

I want to buy a nice professional camera and I’ve noticed some of you guys are always posting really beautiful pictures.

What kind of camera do you have and/or which one would you like to have?

I need recommendations!!

PS. Thank you for your comments on my last post, I really needed some feedback!

Little iPhone has been giving me trouble with the text messaging. People just don’t seem to be receiving my texts, it’s so frustrating! And when I check on the AT&T website it shows that it’s gone out, received and of course I’ve been charged for it. The weird thing is that it just happens when I send messages to Verizon or T-Mobile. I just don’t get it. Is it because I transferred my number from T-Mobile? Or what the heck is it, because I’ve talked with AT&T and Apple CSRs and they blame each other. At least Apple said I can go and exchange it if I want.

So now I just need to gather my energy and drive to SLC, find parking in the Gateway Mall on a Saturday, make an appointment, wait to talk to someone, and wait until that someone is done checking my phone.

I just don’t know if I’ll go. Maybe the solution will be worse than the problem?

Decisions, decisions…

1. I’m bored with my music. I was told by my brother in law that I’m listening to grandma’s songs. Since I want to please my in laws (and I want to do it for me, too!) I need new songs, new groups, new everything. I need YOU to recommend me songs so I can Pandora them and that way get more and more new songs!! (Hint: I’m not very into heavy metal)

2. Blogging has become like a burden to me. I’ve had so many things to do, and I feel bad for not reading other blogs as often as I wish and/or blogging about interesting worthy-of-reading stuff. How do you get over that? It didn’t help that the IT dpt at work decided to monitor our internet usage either. Now I have to read from my iphone and despite my love for it, it’s kind of hard to comment or finish reading my daily 150-post reading list. Maybe I need a little break.

3. I’ve found a new obsession. And I’ve been way into it for over a month. I can’t share my obsession here yet, but believe me, it’s been sucking the energy/time/inspiration for blogging out of me.

4. I’ve realized that I’m not so welcomy to new people/friends anymore. There are some ‘new’ girls trying to join my awesome-super-trustworthy-loving circle of friends and I’m not very excited about it. It’s not that I don’t like them – I do. There’re just a lot of feelings going on when I think about it. I feel vulnerable, exposed. I fear our ties might loosen up from each other as our little group of 5 grows into a group of 8. I fear I might lose my real friends to let other acquaintances in my little circle. I know this sounds really selfish and insecure but I just can’t help it. I haven’t felt this way with friends for a very very long time. I have tons of friends, but really close friends (call it BFF it you want) are just 2 or 3. Friends that I feel totally comfortable with, that I can express myself and whatever comes out of my mouth I know for sure it won’t rub them the wrong way, and they will know I’m not being mean, or rude, or careless. Even blogging, I can feel the self-censoring going on. (Is it ok if I say this? Would someone take it the wrong way? Is this topic too sensitive to joke about?) Anyway, I always thought of myself as someone really open to everyone, someone with a motto of ‘the more the merrier’ but I guess not. Not now. I can hang out with them, but include them in every gathering we have would be too much to ask from me.

I can feel a tiny bit of guilt. Please feel free to be honest so I can get over myself.

Any thoughts?

I got my first award!!!

#1:

Ria send me one (or two) of them, and since I’m greedy, I’ll take two.

#2:

I’m going to pass this to 3 blogs/bloggers:

::drumssssssss::

KT

E.P.

Maxie

And I would have included Nicole here too – did I mention I love your name? It’s the name of the baby I don’t have…yet – but she got one from Ria already. Bummer!

Isn’t it awesome to belong to this great blogging community??

I attended the Body Worlds exhibit this past weekend and it was fascinating! It makes you realize that we all have one chance to make our lives work to the maximum: we only get one heart, two lungs, one liver, etc. If you mess them up that's it. They're gone and we don't get second chances.

They also had a small section for pregnancy showing babies/embryos that were 4 weeks old! It's amazing, they have a formed heart at that age. 4 weeks old. It's the first organ that starts working in our bodies and it's also the last one to stop working when we die.

If there's one in exhibition near you, go! I highly recommend it :-)

CLOTHES, CLOTHES AND MORE CLOTHES!!!

I love this website, it's not the nicest Prada-like (or even Wet Seal like) but hey, they're super cheap! And since I like buying clothes every season, it's worth it.


WARNING!!!

You can find items from this...




And this...



To this...





This...




And even this!!!

Good luck on your browsing...

Have a great weekend!

Pretty funny! (I'm not against or for H. Clinton, I just liked the picture!)