The C.A.W.S.

Today, I am here to talk to you about something very important.  Something very special.  Something very pertinent. That thing of course is this:

The Christine Advanced Warning System

 The CAWS is a slightly-less-than-effective system in place to prepare me for Sister awesomeness!  It is supposed to let me know BEFORE she posts in her blog, so that I can be the first to enjoy it, and perhaps even enjoy the chance to perform my First Comment Dance.

Also, it's really helpful because, then I can prepare myself for mind-blowing humor.  It's especially important to be prepared so I don't explode after reading her new posts!

Because folks, they really are that funny!  I swear!

Anyways, I have attempted to create a Christine Advanced Warning System....but it isn't very effective. I need to add some sort of bell to it, or something.  It's just a bit hard...cause how do I attach a bell to Sister that ONLY rings when she updates her blog, and how do I get it to work from a 560 mile distance?  And then there's that whole obsessively waiting problem of mine....

I would probably watch that bell, instead of eating, or sleeping, or.....you know....anything else I need to do for whatever reason.  And really, Sister doesn't need all that pressure, cause then she might crawl into a corner and refuse to come out and draw for he blog posts anymore!

So ....yeah......I need to make it work better.




Also, on a side note, I am looking for some GUEST POSTS to help fill in some of the gaps between posts until I make it through the final push through the school year, and get a job!

Want to try your hand at Paint?
Want to try your hand at humor?
Want to take a chance to abscond my readers for yourself?
Want to do my work for me write a post for someone else?

This is your chance!  Shoot me an e-mail at seenandsaid@gmail.com  or leave a comment here about it, and I'll definitely be in touch!  I'm talking to YOU.  You know you want to guest post!

Training Your Significant Other

I'm super lucky to have Fiance in my life.  We've been dating for just over 4 years now, and I couldn't be happier.

Because I have trained him well.

Here is my patented list of ways to TRAIN your significant other.

1) Reward them for every little thing!  Opened the door for you? Give him a kiss!  Cooked you dinner?  Give her a kiss!  Cleaned up the house while you were gone?  Give 'em a kiss!  It's very important to let them know that you appreciate everything they do.  This will make your significant other more likely to do things for you!  Eventually you can phase out the rewards.

2) Disguise your requests for slave labor.  Don't ask him to come do all the chores and cleaning help you out.  Ask them to come over for a moment.  Give them a reward, and then mention your need in an offhand way.  "Oh, hey, while you're here, could you hang this up for me please?" Keep this up, and he will come every time you call, no matter what you need!

3) Never hesitate to correct your significant other when they step out of line.  A swift, and prompt punishment is important whenever your significant other steps out of line, or they will continue their negative behavior.

4) Remember that rewards should be interspersed randomly after the association between a behavior and the reward is established.  This way, they will continue to do the positive behavior hoping for the reward to come, because they never know when they will get it.

5)  When out and about, if your significant other doesn't want to go along with you to a particular store, give him a sharp tug in the right direction.  He will follow you happily.

Remember, folks, training your significant other is a lot like training a dog!  Except better, because they don't pee on the carpet, and the best rewards get enjoyed by both of you! (i.e. sex)

A Page from Sister's Book

I am sorry for no post today...and probably not for another for a few days, so I am taking a page from Sister's book.  Tonight, you are getting some cute pictures of my puppy! Enjoy.

And also, for those of you who are curious, here is a picture of Fiance and me!

I am Extremely Busy

I'm so so so so so so so sorry for the sparse updates, dear followers and readers!  I am sad to say that the sparse updates will have to continue for a few weeks.  I am so sorry, but I am just too busy to update every day with oodles and oodles of pictures.

This is what my next few weeks are making me feel like.

Needless to say, I have some very important things demanding my attention.  Unfortunately for you, dear readers, blogging has fallen to the background for now.

My question for you is this:

Would you rather have more posts with fewer (or even no) pictures, or fewer posts with more pictures?

Thanks so much for your input!!! I have to go now though.  I have some exercising to do tonight, and I need to eat dinner first, let it settle, and stretch.

Bye!

A Letter to Mark Burg

Dear Mark Burg,

What the heck is your problem?  Why would you ever spend that much money to produce the Saw movies?  They are torture porn.  Who the heck would want to watch torture porn?  Who the heck would want to produce it???  You are truly a strange human being.

As a result of your graphic, violent, malicious, sadistic films I find that I have trouble sleeping at night.  Shortly after seeing any of these films (that is to say, hiding in my room while Little Brother and Fiance watch them), I have trouble sleeping.  I think every little sound is something terrible.  My nights then go something like this...

And I spend all night moving between these three steps.  Settling into a restless light sleep, and then BAM.  There is some sort of creepy noise.  A car driving by, some jerk yelling at his drunk friends down the street, my roommate coming home.   A door creeking.  The house settling.  The floor groaning.

Then I can't do anything but curl up in a corner, going crazy.

Please, Mark Burg, do the world a favor, and create less horror, gore, and fear in the world.  Why can't you produce a few movies with happy fuzzy bunnies that like to paint rainbows or something?  I think that would make a much better film.

Also, if you INSIST on producing films that scare the pattootie out of me, I wish you would at least have the decency to make films that FAIL in the box office, instead of creating a bunch of box office hits.  This makes these torture pornography films impossible to avoid or ignore.

Mark Burg, I hate you forever.  Please go eat some candy, pet a unicorn, and look at the bright side of life.

Yours Truly,

Catherine

P.S. You even give my dog nightmares.  Congratulations. I hope you are happy.

Houston, I Have a Problem

As many of you know, I am HOPELESSLY addicted to cookies.  But this addiction goes so much further than cookies.  I am addicted to pretty much all desserts.  I love sweets.  My sweet-tooth is VERY demanding.

When I see a plate of cookies, or a freshly baked brownie, or chocolate cake, or a happily colored package of candy, my sweet tooth comes to life!

How can I possibly do anything but obey?  Unfortunately the end result of this is that I get food babies very often!  Until eventually, my frequent food babies ceased to be frequent, and started being permanent.....Here is my proof.

 

I am able to devour piles and piles of food.  You might even say MOUNTAINS of food.

.....but.....alas.....

This has to change.  I am tired of being at the beck and call of my appetite!  It rides me like a slave driver!  It looks something like this....

So I have decided to go on a diet!  And I will be totally awesome!!!  I plan to lose 40 pounds!  Which is a lot...I think.

Anyways, I mentioned it briefly in my last post....but here is the badge to my new secondary blog to track my diet progress!  I don't expect any of you to care so much, but anyways...if you want to follow along on my journey, and don't mind a lack of pictures or humor, or if you want to get to know the person behind the blog a bit better, feel free to check it out. =)

I Apologize Yet Again

I have been very busy.  I started a weightloss blog today.  I've added the badge to my list of badges on the sidebar.  It's called Diet Fiend.  Also, I got a brand new phone.

...an iPhone 4.

I will tell you all about one of those two things tomorrow.

Things I Do in the Bathroom....But Probably Shouldn't.

Everyone has a few things they do that they know they really shouldn't.  I am one of those people.  There are LOTS of things I do that I shouldn't.  In fact, there are so many of them, that I am going to focus on just one place.  The bathroom. The water closet.  The toilet room.  The restroom.

Whether it be public or private, there are things I do in the bathroom that I really shouldn't do.  I'd bet money that you guys have a few things you do in the bathroom that you shouldn't do also.  Here are just a few of the stupid things I do.....but probably shouldn't.

1)   Eat - I know that the bathroom is germ-infested.  I know that it is coated with a fine spray of fecal matter.  But damnit, if I'm eating a jello cup, I'm not going to stop just because I am walking into the bathroom to retrieve some make up...or deodorant....or my cell phone, because sometimes I leave it in there.

2)   Talk on my cell phone - I'm not saying that this is a good thing.  Actually, this annoys the hell out of me when I see other people do it.  But I am not innocent of this crime.....Yeah.  Sometimes, I'm that annoying girl having a conversation while I'm peeing.  Get used to it.

3)   Play video games - I have a Nintendo DS lite.  It is AWESOME.  The upside is I have something to do when I'm waiting on something.  The downside is that this means I spend more time on the toilet than I need to....finishing up just one more puzzle on my game.

4)   Read - This is pretty much the same problem as the video games....except worse.  I can sit on a toilet for twenty minutes distracted in a video game.  I can sit on a toilet for an HOUR distracted by a book.  It is BAD NEWS, people.

5)   Skip washing my hands - This is the one that I am most ashamed of admitting.  Sometimes I don't wash my hands.  I'm lazy.....and busy..... and sometimes I just don't care enough to wash my hands after using the bathroom.  This doesn't happen often or anything.  But come on.  I bet you skip occasionally too!

6)   Pop pimples - I know you are not supposed to do this.  But I do.  I just can't help it.  They DEMAND to be popped.  They haunt me.  I just can't....ignore....them......

7)   Remove dirty clothes - This is only a problem because I leave them there, instead of placing them in a dirty clothes bin.  They go on the floor....in the bathroom.

8)   Put dirty clothes back on - I don't always get around to doing laundry when I need to....or....ever get around to it for that matter.  The result is that I sometimes spend fifteen minutes looking for clean clothes....and then settle on the cleanest smelling shirt I can find.

9)   Blog - Sometimes you go to the bathroom and it takes a long time to do your business....On the occasion that this is going to happen, and I know it is going to happen....I sometimes take my laptop with me....and check my email.  And watch youtube.  And blog.  I could be sitting on my toilet right now.  You don't know.....and I'm never telling. BWAHAHAHA.

10) Make Out - Sometimes, in the morning, after I get up , fiance will accost me in the bathroom with kisses and cuddles.  I know that bathrooms are "unsanitary," but that won't keep me from getting my make out on!!! Rawr!

So there you have it.  There are definitely more things I do, but I am keeping it down to 10....because it is a nice round number, and I don't want to do any more drawings than that.  Sorry for my absence lately, dear readers.  I've been busy.  And distracted.  Also, I am trying to apply for some jobs, so I have just had a bit less time than usual.


Also, I am sorry for the shortage of pictures, but I just don't have the energy for it tonight.  Maybe tomorrow.  I'm pretty sure the Lazy Monster has gotten hold of me again.  I will have to work extra hard to remove this one.