Like. Oh.My.Gawd!

You know how Cosmo Magazine does the Most Eligible Bachelor issue and they pick one guy from each state?

Hold on to your hormones, ladies ...

I found out that Maryland's MEB (an Army Captain) not only lives in my town, but works in my building.

Like. Oh.My.Gawd!

Apparently he is an aide to one of the Generals here on base and his office is on the second floor. My office is on the first floor.

Like. Oh.My.Gawd!

And I know you all think I did, but I did not run up to the 2nd floor and look for him. If I was 10 or 15 years younger I might have, but my knees do not allow me to run anymore.

*sigh* So close, yet so far.

A little bit of this, a little bit of that

~~ I finally made potato soup yesterday. Best pot of soup I've ever made, if I do say so myself.

~~ Went to the grocery story yesterday and discovered that Carnation has brought out their holiday edition coffee creamers. Finally! The Peppermint Mocha is to die for. It's like drinking a melted peppermint pattie. Happy happy joy joy!

~~ Took my car for it's emission testing on Friday. It passed! Halleluiah!

~~ Every time I hear the word "Halleluiah" I think of the movie "A Christmas Story". There is a scene where Ralphie is daydreaming about saving his family from Black Bart and his band of marauders using his Red Ryder 200 shot carbine action air rifle (you'll shoot your eye out!). At the end of the scene his little brother shouts Halleluiah. Cracks me up everytime. I love that movie.

~~ We had a freeze warning last night. Summer is offically gone. I got out all my sweaters and put away the summer stuff. Put away all the summer type clothing, shoes, accessories. So sad. I don't do well in the cold, but at least I have my Peppermint Mocha coffee creamer.

~~ I just ordered the DVD collection of "Wonderfalls" from Amazon. I loved that show, and stupid Fox cancelled it before it aired all of it's episodes. So excited to get it. So excited! Also ordered Hanna-McEuen's CD (their song "Ocean" is so beautiful), and Karla Bonoff's first CD (album? If it is a replacement CD for something that first came out on vinyl what do we call it? Album? CD? So confused). Anywho, Karla Bonoff is awesome and everyone should check her out. Her song "Someone to lay down beside me" is fabulous.

~~ George Clooney was on Oprah yesterday. So funny, smart, sexy, and goofy. I have officially booted Hugh Grant off of my celebrity boyfriend list and have replaced him with George. Besides, he has a villa in Italy. We all should have a boyfriend who has a villa in Italy. But I call dibs on George! He's mine. Get your own villa owning celebrity boyfriend.

My Renaissance men

Went to the Maryland Renaissance Festival this past Sunday. It was the last day and every single citizen of Maryland was there. Or at least it seemed like it. It was the perfect day ... sunny, breezy, no rain. It had rained like crazy on Saturday so it was a tad bit muddy. Well, a whole lot muddy, but who cares?! It's the Ren Fest and it's a tradition, daggummit! (the link to it is over there <----).



This is my new boyfriend, Captain Jack Sparrow, AKA Stephan. He did smell kinda "piratey" though. He also winked a lot. A lot.



These two cuties are my buddies, Bennett and his big brother Miles.


They were super proud of their just purchased "horns" and were very happy to show them off. Bennett got the groovy blue and black swirly ones, and Miles got the no-nonsense white ram type horns.

We are sitting outside the Horn Shop. They only sell horns, nothing else. *grin* Gotta love the Renaissance Festival.

Oh! For those of you familiar with the SurvivorBlows Family album, Miles is the little cutie sitting on my lap in my picture. He's getting all grown up. *sniff*

Conspiracies and stuff

It's raining. Again. It rained the entire time I was on vacation two weeks ago. I went back to work and the sun came out. It's Saturday, and it's raining. I smell a conspiracy against Augie.

I do not think I can wait three weeks for the new Lost episode. 3 freakin' weeks! What are they trying to do to me? I smell a conspiracy against all the Lost viewers.

When I go to the grocery store today I am going to buy the biggest honkin' bag of M&Ms I can find. Then I will go home and contemplate eating the entire bag in one sitting. I smell a conspiracy against my thighs and my ass.

I went to Quiznos yesterday for the first time. It was good, but not "knock my socks off" good. I don't think Subway has anything to worry about, as least with my business. I guess as far as sandwiches are concerned, I'm not so fancy -- more of a Subway girl than a Quiznos girl.

I really want to go to the Greek Isles. I have two wall calendars and one is of the Greek Isles. It's gorgeous. Simply breathtaking. I will go there before I die.

My second wall calendar is a Keith Urban one. Not a surprise to anyone, huh?

I am going to make cream of potato soup today. It's a homemade soup day for sure.

I am really tired of Paris Hilton. Can someone please make her go away? And soon.

*sigh*

The stupid M&M thread at the other place has made me want some M&Ms. There are no M&Ms in the house. None. At all.

This is just wrong.

Formal Announcement

*drum roll*

I hereby declare Gothmog, Landru, and Dweeze to be co-moderators of Augie's Bloggie.

So toe the line people. I got the baddest bunch of Mods around. And the cutest.

Applications accepted

My blog needs a mod. Tell me why you should be Augie's Bloggie's Mod.

Harbors

Concorde Point Lighthouse. It sits right on a hill overlooking the Chesapeake Bay. This is where I live. The town, not the lighthouse.



This is Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Baltimore is my very favorite city. My two harbor towns/cities are only 30 miles apart. I'm very lucky to live here.

All Hail Nutz

You like my new look? Nutzy got it for me. *twirls and preens*

Thanks Nutzy! *smooch*

Now I have to figure out the link thing.

Boring template

This template *points all around blog* is boring me. I need a new one. Problem is I'm too lazy to find a new one.

Here is how you can help. Suggest a new template for Augie's World. Please? You will get complete and total credit.

And thank you.

Nine days

I have nine days off. Nine days that I will not be at work. Nine whole days.

I can't really go anywhere because I have no money (see "Stupid Car" post), but I want to do fun stuff.

What should I do? Tell me people. Guide me. Show me the way.

Or threadjack (postjack?) at will.

Help

I haven't decided what I want to be when I grow up.

Any suggestions?

Every single year

I do this every single year. I stumble upon the newest Christmas displays (yes, yesterday in the back of the Target store, near the Halloween decorations, I found a whole aisle of boxed Christmas cards) and can't remember if I need cards.

I can't remember if I bought cards at the after Christmas sales last year. What usually happens is I buy them for next year, then when next year gets here I don't remember what I have, so I buy them again, resulting in a major surplus of cards. However, maybe last year I resisted buying them because of this whole surplus dilemma? Maybe. But I don't remember.

So, do I buy new cards now, while the selection is good, or wait until it's time to get all the Christmas paraphernalia out when December gets here? By then the selection will have been picked over. I'm very selective about my Christmas cards. They can't be cutesy, or too preachy. I prefer more of a winter type, happy holiday to all, season greetings genre, as opposed to religious or Santa themed cards.

I know you are saying to yourself, "Just go look, Augie. Go look through the Christmas boxes and see what you need". Well, that ain't gonna happen. It would involve a major effort, and I'm lazy.

If I was the Martha Stewart type, I'd have a notebook dedicated to holidays and would have noted in the Christmas section what I purchased in 2004 and what I need to purchase in 2005. But that would involve being organized, and I am not organized. Or dedicated.

And I'd probably lose the notebook anyway.