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We’re back! We actually got back really late (11:30 PM) on Thursday but have been trying to get back into our “routine” over the last couple of days. I think we’re slowly getting back. Coming back to work today was like a sudden jolt but I think I’m handling it pretty well.

We had a wonderful time in Florida. I fell in love with Disney World and now I want to live there! Coming back home was like some kind of punch to the face! I was glad to be back with my dogs and my family but I realized suddenly that I had to snap out of the Magical Disney World that I was once in.

I fell in love ten times over with my husband. Just when I thought my heart couldn’t possibly grow any larger, it proves me wrong. He is my best friend and the love of my life. I feel grateful that I have the opportunity to spend the rest of my life with such a wonderful person.

More on the trip and pictures later. I have a lot to get accomplished and a lot of “catch up” to play this week.

Candy :: Jun.30.2008 :: Wedding :: 1 Comment »

I just haven’t been writing lately because my wrists. They hurt. Bad. Sometimes I want to chop them off and just go wrist-less because it seems far less painful. Because The Carpal Tunnels. They’re painful. They really have been showing me no mercy. Ow. And there they go again.

I don’t use my computer at home because as much as I use it at work, I am in horrible pain by the end of the day and I don’t want to go NEAR a keyboard. I’m leaving on my Wedding Vacation (read: Honeymoon) on Thursday and I’ll be out of commission for a good week or so. I’m really hoping this time away helps to rejuvenate my spirit and also relax my wrists. Maybe even give ol’ Carpal Tunnel a kick to the wayside.

I’ll be back after June 26th. I’m going to be in Disney World. Having the time of my life with the love of my life. Riding rides, walking thousands of miles, taking pictures and doing, ya know, Honeymoon type things.

Candy :: Jun.16.2008 :: Marriage :: 2 Comments »

That is me, breathing a breath of fresh air! I don’t know what it was but I got in this funk and it lasted a good week or two. I was really feeling yucky about myself and it just snapped one day. And ever since I’ve felt like I was floating again. I’ve even had the energy to go on walks with the hubby. Short walks but still.. That’s better than no walk right?

So tomorrow I’m going to the Ringling Bros. Circus!! I can’t believe it. I am so excited because I haven’t been to the circus in years. I was very young when I went to the circus last. I wanna say somewhere around 10 or 12 years old.

Candy :: Jun.06.2008 :: Daily :: 3 Comments »

Gene and I used some of our wedding gift money and purchase a reallllly nice set of pots ‘n pans. They’re Calphalon brand and they were somewhere around $400 retail. Of course we got a few discounts and we were able to get this 13 piece set for about $320 after tax! But, the point is that this is a VERY expensive set of cookware and after you cook up some bacon and it looks like this:

You tend to.. what is the word I’m lookin for here? Oh yeah.. FREAK THE EF OUT. I wanted to cry because I thought maybe I missed a step in the cooking process. Or maybe since I only read the pamphlet that came with the cookware 498 times instead of 895 that I missed something.

In the cleaning section of the pamphlet it says something about using Bar Keeper’s Friend to clean the cookware. I laugh because my first impression is: I’ve never heard of this before, which means it is going to be impossible to find in stores and second: What the heck kind of name is Bar Keeper’s Friend? This must be some kind of joke! They must have paid Calphalon big money to get their name in their little brochure.

Gene does what he does best and extensively researches this stuff online. It appears that it is some kind of miracle powder and that it can be found at The Walmarts. I almost crapped my pants! So we went to The Walmarts and were able to find some, for a measily coupla bucks ($2 in Okie Talk). I poured this magically powder onto my pant and scrubbed it (I’m sorry but I just had to leave the original first part of this sentence up here. It was TOO funny to pass up. Typos! Ugh) I poured the magical powder onto my pan with a few drops of water and scrubbed it with the recommended Dobie pad (Again, What the heck??)

All I’m gonna say is this:

P.S. I guess that wasn’t all I was gonna say. I just want to say here that this stuff is highly acidic and before pouring it on everything you own, you should read the cautions and instructions and all of that nonsense. It is GREAT stuff! It is really good about cleaning off that yucky black burnt crusty stuff on the bottom of your pots and pans too.

This stuff saved my life. See, I was going to have a full on heart attack and stroke when I thought I had ruined a pan that probably cost $100 on it’s own. So, in a way, this can of magical powder saved me from visiting The Dark Side a little too early.

Candy :: Jun.02.2008 :: Daily :: 2 Comments »