you know you have a problem managing cravings when...

... You have a mouth full of nachos, holding a full cup of Dippin' Dots in your hand and you see a picture of frozen yogurt and you debate if you should stand in line for it or not. This happened to me last Friday. That's a great idea Reader, I should put a diet on my new years resolution list! How cliche. And that's very cliche of me to say that's cliche.

All this talk about new years resolutions has made me hungry for my Peppy. I love this ice cream so much, I named it.

Also, you should listen to this. I like this song a lot today.

the goliath beetle.

Here is a question: Why do we need a beetle like this on the planet?

I think I'll just stick to these Beatles instead...

bits of my weekend.

Two things I learned this weekend:

1. Dippin' Dots can cure a broken heart that was caused by a lost earring.

2. Working for a few hours on Saturday isn't THAT bad.

(above) just so you know, I was talking when Steve snapped this.
Also note, this would be the last time that blue hoop earring would be
photographed.

sometimes i can be neat.

Hey, look! I can see myself in the ornament! 

Sorry, this 'limited edition Kaleena ornament' isn't for sale on Amazon... yet.

photo of the day #68

Note to self: NEVER challenge a hippo to a game of tag.

if i were a...

If I were a month, I’d be December.
If I were a day of the week, I’d be Thursday.
If I were a time of day, I’d be 3pm.
If I were a planet, I’d be Uranus! Wow, I can be immature. Probably Mars.
If I were a sea animal, I’d be sea lion.
If I were a direction, I’d be East.
If I were a piece of furniture, I’d be a lazy boy recliner... or a banana chair.
If I were a liquid, I’d be Mountain Dew.
If I were a gemstone, I’d be a pearl. (not really a gemstone)
If I were a tree, I’d be a bonsai tree.
If I were a tool, I’d be a phillips screwdriver.
If I were a flower, I’d be a tulip.
If I were a kind of weather, I’d be 68 degrees with an overcast.
If I were a musical instrument, I’d be an key-tar (keyboard and guitar in one!).
If I were a color, I’d be red.
If I were an emotion, I’d be eager.
If I were a fruit, I’d be a gala apple.
If I were a sound, I’d be the sound of pins being knocked over by a bowling ball.
If I were an element, I’d be helium.
If I were a car, I’d be a 66' El Camino SS.
If I were a food, I’d be greasy cheese fries.
If I were a place, I’d be some sort of event center.
If I were a material, I’d be silk.
If I were a taste, I’d taste like sugar.
If I were a scent, I’d be fresh bread or a Sharpie marker.
If I were an animal, I’d be a duck.
If I were an object, I’d be ladder.
If I were a body part, I’d be a hand.
If I were a facial expression, I’d be an OMG expression.
If I were a song, I’d be "The Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkle.
If I were a pair of shoes, I’d be red flats or Chuck Taylors.

no more regrowth, yessss!

I had a long awaited, over-due, much needed/wanted hair appointment today. I was walking around with about two inches of regrowth... and since my hair is colored a very light blond, my regrowth looks really dark in comparison. {note: my natural color is a dirty blond, but the blond I have in it now, makes it look alarmingly dark}

Before the appointment I looked like I could be one of those nappy hoes on Jerry Springer. You know, the ones who slap, hiss and fight other girls for gettin' and foolin' with their man? (oh no she didn't!!) I haven't watched that show in years (that's a lie) but it seems like the girls on that show always have black regrowth on the top of their head and bright yellow hair on the bottom. All I was missing was a three sizes too small tube top and some Spice Girl boots.

So, back to my appointment. I hate the conversations and gossip you hear in a salon. I had to sit for two solid hours and listen about a girl's boyfriend, named Klay.  

Hair Dresser 1: He spells it with a 'K' isn't that just so unique? It just seems so... glamorous!

Customer: My Husband's name is Clay, but he spells it with a 'C'!!!

OMG! OMG! omg overload.

This is what I would look like if I was on Jerry Springer:

This is another lie, I don't have cleavage like that. And that's not a spider on my head, that was my regrowth. Have you ever noticed how bad I exaggerate things?

photo of the day #67

Have you ever been so angry that you tackled a horse?

q & a

Question: What is wrong?

Answer: EVERYTHING.

Okay not really, but almost. Tonight, I lost my favorite hoop earring that I've had since the history of forever. Don't you hate that feeling when you go to play with your jewelery just to find out it's gone? Oh what an awful feeling. Once I discovered it missing, all I wanted to do was go home and cry in the shower.

Pros of the night:

The night was spent with Steve and we went to the Utah Jazz basketball game where I ate Dippin' Dots.

  
Cons of the night:

I lost my earring.

note to self:

Be more interesting and do more interesting things. Pre-teen Kaleena is disappointed in you, even Kaleena 2 years ago is disappointed in you. She thought future Kaleena would have already accomplished something more adventurous, more intriguing by now. 

I'm afraid this is a beginning to a quarter life crisis. 

kthanksbye.

hi, i'm employee of the month.

Reader, guess what? I was awarded, 'Employee of the Month' today. I was getting ready to walk out of work and my boss presented to me a glorious trophy.. a trophy with a car on top. Reader, my job has absolutely zero to do with cars. It's a trophy in which I won't even be able to keep and show future children.

After I got my temporary, confusing and odd themed trophy, I walked out of work as if there was a large marching band marching behind me, fireworks shooting in the sky, candy lining the streets, DOUBLE FREAKING RAINBOWS!!

I was happy. And proud.

does santa have an e-mail address?

If he does, I would send him an e-mail saying...

All I want for Christmas is:

Eric from, The Little Mermaid, for a second boyfriend. 

Eric was my very first crush in life. And I agree with you Reader, it is strange I have a crush on a cartoon.

Steve, you're still my #1.

photo of the day #66

Introducing: The half human, half horse bride.. lady... thing. Well she is the most beautiful horse bride I've ever seen!

fine, i guess i forgive you.

Comcast, you are officially forgiven. Your automated system and customer service reps might be hopeless, but my, your service technicians sure are helpful.

I also want to thank and give you a virtual high five and/or hug if you said my Christmas tree was pretty. It lifted my alarmingly-low-holiday-decorating self esteem quite a bit... especially because none of you pointed out that there isn't even a star on top! Ha-ha. Hmm, not that I think of it, I really need to find a tree topper of some sort.

Do you want to know how happy I am that it's December? I am THIS happy. When you read THIS, did you picture me standing with my arms stretched out as far as they go with a straight face, raising my eye brows up and down? Cause that's what was intended. So if you didn't, go up and read that part again and envision that.

december.

Goals and to-do list for this month:

-Read the newspaper more. Even though it makes my finger tips black.
-Get my Christmas shopping done before December 23rd.
-Donate a turkey/food to the food bank.
-Fill my gas tank before it gets on the E. My car loves me, so I should love it back.
-Send out handwritten Christmas cards.
-Stop comparing myself to others.
-Only drink two Capri Suns a day... instead of six.
-Not buy a President chia pet. (have you seen those? wow).
-Continue to eat that yummy peppermint ice-cream in our freezer. I hope it's still there... I may have eaten it all.
-Get more peppermint ice-cream if that other one is gone.
-Make realistic new year's resolutions.
-Build a snowman family in the snow.
-Get my hair done, my regrowth is humiliating!