December 9th, 2008 by Kateastrophe

Woah there. It’s getting a bit serious around here! Yikes! Sorry I’m Debbie Downer (wah wah wah)! I’ll try to drink my Diet Coke and perk right up and present you with . . . random thoughts, ala Kate. YAY!

• The mat sensor (the who-be-what?) in my car is broken. This means that it thinks people are in the car when they’re not and vise versa. This is all well and good when someone is in the car who refuses to wear their seatbelt (*coughPETEMYCOWORKERcough*FATHERINLAW*cough) and the dinger forgets to go off, but it’s NOT all well and good when someone ISN’T in the car and the car thinks there is. Then the dinger goes into hyperdrive and there is NOTHING I can do to make it stop. Lucky for me this happens randomly so getting in the car is always a new experience. Will it ding? Won’t it ding? Will the airbag decide to be on or off? It’s like a tasty surprise, only not usually tasty and mostly annoying.

   

• Said mat sensor is being repaired right now and the dealership gave me a Yaris to drive for the day. Is it just me or do those cars look like a Hershey squirt? Well, I think they do, and I sort of feel like I’m driving a fake plastic clown car compared to my hunk-a-burnin’-German-metal. Maybe for fun this afternoon I’ll see how many co-workers fit in the car . . . interesting idea.

   

• I am on the edge of a sinus infection. This sucks for many reasons (can’t breathe, can’t hear being two of them) but the MAIN reason this sucks is because my girlfriends and I are supposed to be recording some of the songs we’ve sung over the years this Friday afternoon. Where’s my prescription pad when I need it . . . anyone have an extra Z-Pac they want to send me? No?

   

• We got some painting done in our house yesterday!! Our master suite, family room and powder room all got a much needed make-over. That builder standard white flat paint was giving me a condition from all the vomiting it was making me do. The family room has one dark, luscious, rich red wall and tan everywhere else, and our master is these two cool shades of palm green. Now, this was a stretch for the Tuscan-leaning decorator in me, and brighter than I would normally go, but with our distressed black furniture and ivory linens, I’m LOVING the way it looks. Our neighbor calls it the Kermit room, but he can eat it. Matt and I both love it. I’ll post pictures tomorrow. We don’t have our wall art and stuff up yet, but at least you’ll get the idea. Oh and if you hate the green, I hate you. Ok not really. Mark my words, I’ll never paint my own house again. I woke up, went upstairs and worked a full day and when I was done working, the house was done. Oh the bliss.

   

• I think I might still be high on paint fumes

   

• My girlfriend Rhonda and I went to Celine Dion this weekend and OHMYGOSH she was so good. I know many of you will mock me for loving her as I do, but I swear to you that was the best concert I’ve ever been to. EVER. And I’ve been to some amazing concerts. If you have a chance to see her, TAKE IT. Seriously.

   

• The Ohio State Buckeyes made it to the Fiesta Bowl! Now, for those of you who hate them for this, know that I understand. They probably shouldn’t be there over some of the other schools that got screwed (seriously, Boise State I’m so sorry. Truly.). I think the BCS is broken too, but that doesn’t mean I don’t LOVE the fact that the Bucks are going to a big bowl game AND that that bowl games happens to practically be in my back yard. I will be there with my nuts on. (Can I say that in public? Haha.)

   

• The Buckeyes coming to Phoenix will most likely bring many of the Kateastrophe Clan with them. I’m hoping for lots of cousins and maybe a brother or two as well as my Dad. Party at Kate’s house!

   

• We are getting our tree tonight!!! I am so very excited. The rest of the house is almost finished and while I’m lacking a lot of fun Christmas décor for my pad, the tree is always a sight to behold. My gift from my Grandma last year was this UNBELIEVABLE tree skirt that I cannot wait to put to use. Crushed red velvet with gold beading? Stopit.

   

• I did most of my Christmas shopping in China, which is good, but what is not good is the fact that I have no motivation to do the rest of it. I did a little Black Friday online this year (so great. You should try it) but now I’m stumped. What does one get their father, who buys himself everything he wants? I mean really that’s not very nice of him.

   

• I go to Utah this weekend to see my idol, Brian Stokes Mitchell (I realize since I’m a girl I can’t be just like him, but if I was a boy, trust me I would want to be) sing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. I get chills just thinking about it and I CANNOT WAIT. Oh and we’re going to a fancy pants steak dinner at Ruth’s Chris afterward. My joy will be full. Plus I get to see my friends and my Mom and snow and those are all VERY good things. The only downside is that it’s going to be very cold. Like colder than the 50 degrees I think is cold in Phoenix. Yeah. I’m a pansy. Shut up.

   

And now this list is getting very long so I’m just gonna quit while I’m behind. I need some more Diet Coke . . .