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13May
0

Spotted: Superman

May 13 is “Bike to work day”.

I’m all about alternative transportation but let’s get one thing straight: I hate bicyclists. They think they own the road, the travel soooooo slowly, and they’re bound to accidentally veer off their path and drift into your lane.

Since today seems to be their holiday, there’s what seems like millions of them on the road. It was almost more than I could handle this morning. I was exhausted and cranky, and being attacked from all directions by bikers. Then I saw it.

Superman was riding a bike. Or rather, some DS on a bicycle was dressed as Superman. Maybe he was crazy. But he made me laugh.

Cheers to you, Superman on a Bicycle. When disaster strikes, you can’t fly, but you can pedal your heart out.

Posted by Caro in cool, Random, Rants and raves, Sports, Work
11May
0

Unattended Children

OK here’s another funny sign that deserves its own post.

I don’t need any further commentary do I? LOL

Thanks, Kelly!

Posted by Caro in Hilarious, Random
03May
0

Jesse Spencer

I have a new guy obsession. He’s tall. He’s blonde. He’s got a damn nice body. And the kicker? Yes ladies and gentlemen, he’s Australian. So hot.

I’ll keep this post PG and just leave it at this: intense feelings come over me when I watch this guy on House ;)

Posted by Caro in Random, Things to do
29Apr
1

The Wiser Wedding

OK I’m going to start out by saying that I know this is long overdue and I know I should include photos, but I don’t have any with me. Also, I didn’t take many. I guess I’ll just add those later when the photographer gets it together and sends out the pics to the bride and groom ;)

Anyway, wedding. This was my very first experience being a bridesmaid. There’s quite a lot of work that goes into this title, and being one of only two made it an even bigger job. Can I just add that I packed a checked-luggage sized suitcase for the weekend? And that it was primarily filled with toiletries? LOL

So Friday was the rehearsal and dinner. It was the first I had seen of the venue, which was gorgeous. Although not in bloom yet, I’m sure the pictures turned out amazing! Rather than do a traditional rehearsal dinner, the bride and groom decided to book some lanes at a bowling alley so we could have some fun. I liked the idea, but let’s be honest – bowling = broken nails. That’s a bad situation. Also, since I’m crazy and work 3 jobs, I would have had to get my nails done on Monday and pray that they didn’t get messed up during the week. I wasn’t about to take my chances with that, so I got my nails done during the bowling and missed most of it. Oh well.

The groom’s parents got an amazing suite at a nearby hotel and stocked the kitchen with food and drink. While we worked on the last few things for the next day, we got to enjoy some delicious treats and a little champagne :) I’m definitely taking notes for my own wedding (which won’t happen for decades I’m sure), and this is getting added to the list: a suite with 2 bedrooms. When all is said and done let’s be honest: we all need space to get ready and a regular room isn’t enough. This had a total of 3 full bathrooms. Brilliant!

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Posted by Caro in Food, fun, Life, Travel, Weddings
27Apr
2

Zac Posen for Target

I ran into Target the other day to quickly grab some nail polish remover. Of course this is Target we’re talking about, a place where I typically buy more things than I need/should on any given shopping trip. Add to that my bereavement and it’s a recipe for disaster.

Literally the first thing I see when I walk in the store is this super cute dress. Then I realize it’s a preview of the new Zac Posen for Target line. So I start grabbing more things to try on. None of the other things worked out very well, so here I am with this $70 dress and a huge dilemma: to buy or not to buy.

I texted like 5 people to get an opinion. It was unanimous: buy the dress. I can always return it or sell (for a profit even?) on eBay. Ok fine. I’ll buy the dress. I’m still debating keeping it, but I really like it!

Thoughts?

Posted by Caro in Random, Shopping
01Apr
1

This Is So Wrong

Why does this product exist?

Is this made with actual placentas? Cuz if that’s the case, GROSS!!

Posted by Caro in Discoveries, Random
01Apr
0

No Bro

This is getting added to my Fun Signs page, but it was so awesome that I decided it needed its own post as well.

Thanks to Jess for pointing this out to me, and credit to Mission Mission for this great find!

“I mean, I avoid “the bro” every chance I get. But to straight-up bar them from the community? That seems a tad bit like overkill.”

Agreed!

Posted by Caro in Discoveries, Hilarious, Life, Random
01Apr
0

What Is Happening Here?

I had my last physical therapy session today. Thank god, because this was costing me $35 per session. In a previous session, I had a different therapist. She taped my food, and OMG it felt wonderful. I think this was supposed to be something to help me out until my custom orthotic arrived.

Today my physical therapist thought she would be helpful and tape my foot again. Only it was clear she didn’t have the slightest clue what she was doing. I would see her tearing off tape, tearing it in half, then haphazardly sticking it to my foot. In weird ways, not in a coherent pattern like the other chick did. Keep in mind the other woman put absolutely 0 pieces of tape over the top of my foot. It completely covered the bottom, and went up the back of my heel and a tad up the sides of my feet. Yet it felt SOLID.

This is what I ended up with today:

What in the world is going on here? There’s all kinds of asymetrical tape going in all sorts of ways. Whereas the previous taping lasted 36 hours (apparently it’s OK to keep on in the shower!), I had to remove this one about 2 hours after I got it because it was restricting my movement and actually causing additional pain. It took like 15 minutes to take off cuz I didn’t even know where to start. Seriously, WTF?!?

Posted by Caro in Health, Life, Random, Sports
31Mar
3

Sashimi Fail

J took me out to sushi for dinner tonight. We decided to try this little sushi place down the street from us. I was hesitant, given that it looks kinda janky from the outside, but whatever,  let’s give this a shot.

The inside of the restaurant way exceeded my expectations. It was clean and very cutely decorated. All the fish at the sushi bar looked really fresh too.

My all time favorite item at a sushi place is salmon nigiri:

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Last time we had sushi, J suggested we get sashimi instead of nigiri because at that particular place it was more cost-effective. I’ve never had sashimi, and trying new foods at a sushi restaurant scares me. Let’s face it, last time I did that I came super close to vomiting in my mouth. I had to spit out the roll. OK whatever, I’ll try sashimi.

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Posted by Caro in Animals, Food, Random
31Mar
0

Yahtzee!

Let’s get this out of the way: call me a nerd, but I LOVE playing board games. They’re so much fun!!

Alright now that there’s no question about that, I can post my blog about board games :)

From time to time when I wander through Target I’ll actually allow myself to indulge and buy a game.  I’m trying to beef up my collection at home, but in order to keep my wallet happy it’s a pretty slow going process. A couple of weeks ago I bought Yahtzee. It’s the simplest of games really – it consists of a cup, 5 dice, and a pad of paper to keep score. You roll the dice and try to make things, like 4 of a kind, full house, etc. Since you only get 3 tries, sometimes you don’t get all of the items on the list (like  a Yahtzee, aka 5 of a kind).

A couple of nights ago I convinced J to take a break from his work and play a quick game with me. That’s another thing I love about this game – with only 2 people it can be super quick! So we played. It didn’t seem that close, but as we each started finishing our sections, I started adding up the scores. As it turns out, I was ahead by a lot. J only had one item left on his list: Yahtzee. Since this is the hardest one to get, it’s also worth the most. He was frustrated and asked if it would even matter if he got it. I added up all the points and realized that if he rolled a 5 of a kind, we would be exactly tied.  TIED!

So he rolls. Three 6s. Another roll, another 6. Down to the last roll – can he roll a 6? 16.5% chance he will. At this point we’re having a pretty friendly yet competitive game here, and you have to understand there was some serious suspense. He rolled.

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Posted by Caro in fun, Life, Money, Random, Things to do
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