Bug...

I was washing dishes tonight and out of the corner of my eye I see a HUGE completely black insect flying around my kitchen. I have never seen anything like it. It was like a fly, but had the longest legs like a grand daddy long leg. It was really fast when it was crawling on my wall, but when it flew it would fly like a bee. (You know, not extremely fast and it would zig-zag it's little living self around my kitchen) In the South we are known for the flies and mosquitos. Therefore, I have killed a few in my day and it doesn't bother me at all to do it again. (The only thing I freak out about are geckos, insects are simple)

Killing the insect was not an issue. Two hard slaps with my flip flop and it was dead, but I can't figure out what it is.

If you have any idea, I would appreciate it. As of now, after my research I believe it is a Hawthorne fly. But it looks to small to be that.

Food Pyramid...

Since multi-tasking is not a skill I lack, I was shopping and talking on the phone at the same time. I had gotten everything on my shopping list except for the granny smith apples.

Why do grocery stores feel the need to put food in pyramids?

I feel like my grocery store puts all the food that could fall into pyramids in the middle of the produce section, instead of the chilled shelfs against the wall. I had already gotten my potatoes and onions from a pyramid without trouble so I was confident that picking a couple of apples would not be an issue.

Little did I know that the apples had other plans.

Naturally, I went for the apples on top of the pyramid first but of course they had some bad spots. While continuing to talk on the phone, I carefully moved the apples around to find some good apples. Finally, I found one good apple to put in my cart. When is one of anything ever enough?

I went back to grab my second apple and all my mom heard on the other line of the phone was me saying, "OH gosh, oh gosh, oh gosh!! The apples are falling everywhere!" Green apples were flying everywhere. I felt like I was in a movie because apples were rolling under people's grocery carts, rolling between people's legs, and halfway across the store. Not sure of what to do next, I stood there for a second to see if anything would happen. I looked around expecting a grocery store worker to say something to me and realized no one had even noticed what had just happened. People were walking around the store grabbing their produce like any other day. How do you not see green apples all over the floor?

I picked the apples up and put them on an empty cart, so I didn't have to put them back on the pyramid. One would think I had just learned my lesson and wouldn't go back to the apple pyramid. However, I hadn't gotten my second apple. I went back to get my second apple and couple apples shifted. I decided to take the hint and walk away.

Valentine...

Happy Valentine's Day!

My Valentine is half way around the world, but it doesn't mean that I can't send a little love his way.

"We've got real chemistry"

"You're Just My Type"

"I Only Have Eyes 4 You"

"I'm Going Bananas Over You"

"You're The Cheese To My Macaroni"

To My Mom:

I like you 'cause
you like me  
and you don't like 
much.

(Get it... peanut butter and jelly) 

To My Daddy:

To My Sister:

Not really sure what this means. But I am sure you do. 

To My Dad and Sister:

Happy Valentine's Day! 

Know that you are loved halfway around the world!

(All these cards found here)

Happy Birthday...

Today is David's Birthday!! I wish I could be there to celebrate, but we will have plenty more to celebrate together!

Happy Birthday! I love you! 

Just a Thought...

I found this quote when I first started my job. I was still learning how to be a boss and how to manage a program. Stress has never been really an issue for me. I have found through the years that I am more stressed out during a football game than I ever have been in school or work. However, this job was different because I was actually in charge.  I was extremely frustrated one day and saw this quote.

"Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."

It's true. No matter how bad of a day you had, someone else had a worse day than you. The quote just reminded me that instead of dwelling on the negative, I needed to focus on the blessings that God has provided for me. 

Just a little reminder to not worry about the small things.

I love this commercial and think this is the way life should be. (I'm a hippie at heart) 

When it rains it pours..

When it rains it pours and I am in need of an umbrella...

I knew it was only a matter of time. I knew they would come. I just didn't know when.

I saw the army of ants crawling across my floor to reach the dr. pepper spots that I had missed. My first instinct was to kill them. Then I realized I could actually use these ants to my benefit to find out where I had missed the dr. pepper.  Once I found the source of their dr. pepper, I used my trusty Raid can and demolished the intruders.

I decided to make chocolate chip pancakes for lunch today. I love chocolate chip pancakes and I hadn't made them in awhile, so I was really excited. I had everything mixed and only needed to add the Bisquick. I opened the box and see little black spots in the Bisquick. I turned on the light to get a closer look and all of a sudden one of the black spots started moving. I have no idea how many there were. I had another box of pancake mix (obviously I like pancakes) and sure enough the little black bugs, Weevils, had infested that box as well. I shook my head, let out a heavy sigh, and started looking through the rest of my food to make sure it hadn't been taken over by weevils. Thankfully only two other things had weevils.

I went to go grab lunch instead because I didn't trust my food. I brought pasta home and decided that it needed some parmesan cheese. The parmesan people need to figure out how to better store their product. Everyone knows that when you get the parmesan out there is probably going to be a big clump of parmesan stuck together in the middle of the bottle. Sure enough, there was a clump of parmesan in the middle of my bottle. Automatically, I begin to shake the bottle of parmesan and one side of the cap, the one with the big hole which I never open, pops open in mid shake. Parmesan goes everywhere. I stared at the parmesan on my floor, which I just mopped twice the day before because of the dr. pepper, and said, "I really dislike my life right now."

I am not sure if I am ready for Wednesday.

Score: Monday 1, Anna 0
           Tuesday 3, Anna 0

I am not liking these odds.


P.S. I really do love my life. I just don't like when these things happen. 

"Mama said there'd be days like this.."

I don't even know how it happened.

I was getting out 2 cans of dr. pepper to put in the refrigerator. I grabbed one can and then as soon as I touched the second can it exploded on me. It slipped out of my hand and fell on the floor and just spewed dr. pepper everywhere. I mean e.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e. I just stood there in shock. I didn't know what to do first. I looked in the mirror and saw my clothes soaked and watched as the dr. pepper rolled down my face, arms, and legs.

I was upset because I had just mopped my floors and washed my rugs this past weekend. I didn't know if I was supposed to clean the floor first or get in the shower first. However, once I realized I was standing in a puddle of dr. pepper, commonsense kicked in and I knew I needed to take a quick shower.

I soaked up the rest of the dr. pepper from the floor up with towels and had no choice but to go wash the towels and rugs again. As I walked to my front door I noticed there were some brown spots on the bottom of the door. I was amazed that the it had spewed that far. I reached up to unlatch my door and then I saw it.

Simultaneously, I said, "OH. MY. GOSH." as the towels slipped from my hand. I took a step back, with my jaw almost touching the floor from my state of shock, as I realized the horror that lay in front of me.

There were dr. pepper spots all the way up my door. I took a step back as my eyes followed the brown spots all the way up to my ceiling.  I then noticed that my wall was covered and dripping in dr. pepper. My WHOLE kitchen was dripping in dr. pepper literally.

How could this all come from 1 can??

I slipped on my yoga flip flops and went to go throw the towels and rugs in the washer. I noticed my shoes were sticky since the dr. pepper had decided to attacked them as well. I rinsed off my flip flops with the water hose before I went back up stairs. When I took my first steps something sounded weird. I looked down and white stuff was coming out of my shoes. A few step later I realized it was soap coming out of my shoes. Why in the world would there be soap in my flip flops?? Suddenly I remembered that there was powder laundry detergent surrounding the washers that I must have stepped in.

I just stared at my soapy flip flops and thought of the mess that was awaiting me and said, "Why me?"

20 clorox wipes, standing on: chairs, table, kitchen counter, and an hour later I had the mess cleaned up. At one point I was jumping on my chair to reach the middle of my ceiling to clean the dr. pepper spots and mumbling how I hate my life. (I can be a bit dramatic)

As I was leaving to go to class this afternoon a downpour of rain came out of no where. I went to go grab my rain jacket and then remembered that I had washed it with the towels because it was soaking in dr. pepper too.

Today was not my day.

I told my mom that I would not be surprised if I had ants or geckos attack my apartment because I had probably missed dr. pepper somewhere and they were coming after the sugar. As I was leaving tonight, I saw a gecko near my door. (on the outside) I yelled at it to go away and threw my keys at it. My neighbor saw me and thought I was crazy. I just smiled and walked off.

The culprit 

My ceiling... 

I hope your Monday was better than mine.

P.S. Don't be surprised if a new gecko story arises soon. I have a feeling one is lurking around.

Why me?