Picture - Check out the NEW Kings uniforms for this year!!! These will be the alternative (sometimes away) and we'll keep the purple for home. NICE!!! And of course, there's my main man... 
 

Hooray for Basketball!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Sacramento Kings Basketball has begun.

So we got our butts kicked. It's only preseason, so that doesn't matter anyway.
And Rick Adelman has decided to become a pimp. He wore this silver jacket that made everyone thing something was wrong with their TVs. Seriously, the thing was weird. It made it look like little lines were moving across your screen every time he turned. Not sure what was going through his head on that one!

I have a much more important announcement.

Mike Bibby has decided to step up and lead the team. For those of you who don't follow Kings basketball, Bibby has the skills to be a leader. He's always lacked on very important thing. He couldn't speak.

*drum roll please*

This summer, Mike Bibby learned to talk. Yes, he spoke before, but now, we can understand him! It's coherent! Now he can lead! It wasn't that he didn't want to before, it was just that the other guys on the team couldn't understand him! They interviewed him and my head snapped around. It's like a whole new person!

So the team actually looks good for this year - we a have a lot of new people, but if everyone stays healthy, we should be doing all right. On a side note, they did a half time special on the team and showed a little ritual they do every year. They all get ready to come running out of the tunnel at the beginning of this first game. They tell the rookies that they get to run up front. Then, when the music cues, the rookies go running out - all by themselves. The veterans are just standing in the tunnel laughing. It's pretty funny to watch!

On that happy note, I'm going to take off my Bibby jersey and go to bed. Good night!

Weekend Wrap-up

Very observant Eva! Yes, the mood of the day is gone. I'm very sad about it. But the website that provided me with the faces just disappeared. www.unkymoods.com. Gone. Overnight. No warning. I was very sad. So, mood be gone. You'll just have to guess at my moods from the tone of my posts. Definitely an easy feat since I never tend to be sarcastic.

I had a very interesting weekend. Surprisingly, lots of shopping happened. I got a few new outfits for work and some goodies from Bath and Body works. Now I can walk around in a cloud of Warm Vanilla Sugar again. :) I'm sure the people who sit near me at work are excited about that one. They had one of those buy three, get one free deals. By the time all was said and done, I had a little more than three, but it was worth it.

I also hit up Illuminations. That was a surprisingly cheap trip, but I think that was because I went in knowing what I came for, went straight to it, and then straight to the register. I'm in DEEP trouble if I let myself look around that store. This weekend's purchase was the pumpkin pie candle. Ladies and gents, it smells exactly like pumpkin pie. It's not fall until I buy that one. Now, we can get into the holiday spirit! Woo hoo!

I was a good girl at the gym this weekend as well. On Saturday I ran 3 miles and on Sunday I ran 5 miles. Woo hoo! I've discovered that on my long days, the 3rd mile and the last 1/2 mile tend to be the hardest and that I stop sweating around 3 1/2. All interesting facts that I'm sure you love to hear. No really, I have felt so much better since I've been running these last few months. It's always been a major stress release for me and I guess I sort of forgot about it when I broke my foot. It was hard to get back into, but now it feels good. No, that's a lie. It hurts like hell. But I like the fact that I can make my body do what I want it to do, you know, the whole mind over body thing. The actual five miles feels like crap, but once I fall off the treadmill and stop feeling like I'm gonna yak, I really do feel a lot better. I swear.

On that happy note, I'm off to bed. Night!

The coolest blog EVER!

Ok, so I have to give some props to another blogger out there. Eva passed this on to me: it's called "Pink Is The New Blog".

http://trent.blogspot.com/

It's like "People" magazine, only snippy. I love it. Go down and read the comments he makes about Kirstie Alley today. ROFL. Seriously funny.

 

So today was the early trip to the Bay Area. It was a great, very productive trip, but now I'm super tired.

 

All right, now time for the gross news. Ladies and gentlemen, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are pregnant. Eww. He's 43 and she's 27. That's the equivalent to her having sex with her dad. Eww. Seriously, I was shocked when I read it today. Really shocked.

 

Eww.

Traffic Hazards

So do you remember the day I talked about the local radio traffic reporter saying there was a traffic alert because a cow was walking across a road? Well, yesterdays, it got better. I swear, I'm not making this up. Yesterday there was a major traffic alert because there was a goat wandering around on the shoulder of one of the major highways. A goat. I don't know that I have words for that...

Today is my big presentation - 11:00am. Think lots of happy thoughts for me!

My latest choir adventure is still going wonderfully! FYI, our next performance is October 22nd - please email me if you would like to order tickets - I would love to have you there!

Ok, time to finish getting ready for work. I'll fill you in on the presentation tonight! See ya!

Attack!

Cody and I were almost viciously murdered tonight. Ok, maybe I'm being a little dramatic.

When I got home for the gym, I felt bad for the dog, since he hadn't had the chance to run on a treadmill. So I settled for taking him for a walk. He was so excited to be going and practically drug me down the sidewalk. About halfway through, we get to this open area. This mangy looking dog comes up to us. I'm looking around for his owner (DEFINITELY a "he"). Nowhere to be found. No leash. He comes up and takes an aggressive stance with Cody and then starts sniffing and jumping at him. Keep in mind, it's dark and I have no idea what to do. All I could think about was getting Cody away from him. This dog was scary looking, like a mix between a pit bull and a lab. Very beefy but unkempt looking. So I'm trying to back away and get myself between Cody and the other dog (yes, in hindsight I understand that this is a bad move - but I really just wanted to protect him!). I'm stomping at him and yelling "no" and "stay" and "sit". All while pulling Cody away. The dog would let us walk a little then circle around. So I'm yelling and stomping and trying to get away. Cody, bless his little heart, is following my commands - he's stopping, sitting and staying. *sigh* Well trained dog. At this point, I'm panicked, so I call my mom who jumps in the car to come find me. Finally I make it to the edge of the little park area and have put some distance between me and the big ugly dog. At this point I tell Cody to run and we take off together, running for about a block before mom got to us. SO SCARY. I don't know what I would have done... I was trying to get Cody's leash off the whole time because I didn't want him to get tangled up if he had to fight... and the sweet little thing is just trying to sit and stay because I'm yelling it in a firm voice.

Moral of the story - keep your freaky, mangy, scary dogs locked up and/or on a leash!

The 3 Step Approach To Spider Extermination Part 2

Now it's 4 steps.

As detailed by Eva, there is generally an intermediary step between Stomp and Swim. This step is explained below:

1. Spray: In order to properly exterminate a spider you need to ensure you have some way to disable said spider's movement. I find that hair spray does this most effectively. Extra strength Suave. It has great hold, but comes off most surfaces.
2. Stomp: This step is crucial. "Smash" may be substituted for "stomp" (SSS Approved Smashing Materials: shoes, books, binders, anything heavy that rolls, cups, glasses, plates but never, NEVER anything that involves touching the spider, even if it's through toilet paper). The key is making the first stomp or smash effective. There are several reasons for this. First, we're not into torture here. We want quickest, most painless end for our little arachnid. Secondly, the only thing worse than a spider crawling around your room is a half dead spider wiggling it's legs. Yuck. Make it a good stomp.
3. Scrape: This is the especially icky part. Generally by the time I get around to stomping, I'm so worked up that I go a little overboard. This leaves an unsightly mess. Beware. In your panic you may reach for anything, ANYTHING to remove the remains. Don't use important documents such as receipts, bank statements, cards from family members. I recommend about 30 squares of toilet paper.
4. Swim: How, you ask, does swimming become involved in the spider termination process? Well, you have to get rid of the body. I use the patented "Rush and Flush" method. This involves me putting the little body on any surface I can spare (without touching it, of course) and running as fast as I can to flush it down the toilet. One tip: don't run too fast. Those suckers are light and tend to have a lot of lift at high speeds.

Kids, remember the four "s": Spray, Stomp, Scrape and Swim and you'll be spider free!