I should have gave up rockstars for Lent

RM stood me up.  I've never been stood up before.  Feels kinda shitty.  I also can predict his every move, so I should have saw it comning, just chose not to give it light.  I waited 30 mins at Denny's in Indy sent 1 phone call and a text to him before I texted "I'm going home back to Chicago."  He did call.  With an excuse.  And said "please dont not be my friend anymore!"  I drove the entire 4 hours home.  No radio, just me alone with my thoughts.. and cried almost the entire way home.  Feeling mighty insignificant and extremely emotionally needy. *sigh*  rockstars.  Can't live with them.. can't kill them.

February's Goodness

These are a few of my favorite things...
1. Dragon Rolls.  It's art you can eat!  A toe curling dragon roll in particular is one that I will maime a small child for.
2. Mardi Love.  Oh.. love love love.  She's curvy, and sassy, and beauty all rolled into a talented little dance package.  I was fortunate enough to be able to take 2 workshops with her this month and it was bliss!
3. Eric Hutchinson.  I want him to become my rockstar boyfriend.  But he doesn't know it.  And I have been without an oven for a year now, so I cant entice him with baked goods.  He's got effortless blues and pop just rolling off his tongue.  He's a cutie too.  I'd so bust out the duct tape and clean out my trunk to take him home.
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4. Ugly Betty.  I'm digging all the campy goodness!  Love the characters, Vanessa Willams, what is she now?  like 84..looking as fierce as evah!  I'd tap that.  Super sadness to hear that the series is coming to an end.   But I am confidant that I will find a new addiction being the Netflix whore that I am.
5. Cannon Power shot SD1200 IS. totally crazy uncharacteristic impulse buy for me after seeing a friends post some pictures she took on facebook with this little number.  I love it's compact design and amazing quality of photos it produces, image stabilizer so that I can shoot without the harsh flash, uncluttered by unneccessary features  Totally easy to use out of the box point and shoot!  I took this picture from my plane window above Baltimore...it's a happy gadget!

Where in the world is Diva G Sandiago?

This weeks schedule, and of course I am procrastinating..by blogging..

Friday 26th-Indianapolis, IN : Trunk show at Redemption Boutique 5-8pm. Then just Maybe.. RM and I will catch up for a few seconds.

Saturday 27th-Cincinnati, OH : Mediterranean Echos workshop and show. I did super well at this last year. Hoping for a repeat.

Sunday 28th- Indy & Antioch: My hotel is in Indy. Closer to home than Cincy. So after a nights rest driving back home.

Monday 1st- Baltimore, MD: 6am flight into BWI and hanging with Kristin Wolfmueller. Meeting her brand new hubby. Maybe seeing Kenzie. And gerneral shinanagans.

Tuesday 2nd - Vieanna, VA: Hothouse Flowers at the Wolf Trap. So much goodness wrapped in happiness with a side of bacon.

Wednesday 3rd -Washington DC: Heading to Elkton MD inthe morning, seeing my Auntie Loot Loot.. who I have not seen in 15 years! Yikes! Making a filipino feast and driving it down to Arlene's place in DC. My brother is flying up from FL for dinner! (That's how we roll) Jeanette, who I have not seen in maybe 28 years is coming.. there will be lots of hugs, laughter and tears.. and Adobo.. and pancit....Im sure of it.

Thursday 4th- Elkton MD & Antioch: Just some last minute catch up time with Auntie before heading back home on a 6pm flight.

Friday 5th - Milwaukee, WI: Jeanette's Disney Hafla and vending

Saturday 6th- Chicago, IL: Hanging out with Lemming #2 at her open house. She said I could bring some feathers and rhinestones to sling. She's awesome that way.

Sunday 7th-HOME: Interesting concept. Not quite sure what to do here..

Monday 8th-Chicago IL: I had a hankering to go to the Chicago Flower show. I don't know why. I've never been. Bill can't take me, so I invited Deb. We're off to buy some seeds.. and hunky gardeners. They sell those at the flower show.. yes?

A few days of normalcy...then..

Saturday March 13th- Chicago , IL : Hothouse Flowers will be spending St. Patrick's day in Chicago.. once again. If I were Irish, I would probably rather spend it in Ireland. But, whatevs. Im not complaining. Any time I get to take in a Flower show, I am blessed and blissed.

Sunday March 14th, Grand Rapids, MI : Hothouse Flowers. Now I am just getting greedy. I know. Good thing I don't live in Boise Idaho. They never get to see the Flowers. And they probably really like potatoes. I'm sad for them on both counts.

Sleepy.

Not all parts of my body fully committed to getting up. I should go back to bed until I have 100% cooperation.

Who am I to question?

I can hear Alex upstairs singing about his Vagina.  I don't ask questions.. I just live here.

Flirting with Stalkers

What does my supreme flirting skills get me?! A stalker. Sweet. What my stalkers need to understand is that I Flirt because I think *I* am cute, not because I think they are cute.

Good thinking for online chat blockers and status offline hiders.

Sleep walking activities

I began sleep walking a couple weeks ago. Luckily it only lasted a couple days. Always between the hours of 3am-6am. I was told sleepwalking is a sign of stress. I don't do stress. But these tumors do indeed stress my body out greatly, so I suppose that could be it. What does a Diva do when sleepwalking you may ask? The answer is Facebook. I was sleep facebooking. I'm super productive while sleep facebooking. Posting on peoples walls and sending them messages. Only to find them the next day. Nothing embarrasing or out of the ordinary on Facebook. The bodies in the trunk of my car though.. that's another story...

January's Goodness

I meant to blog each month about all the good stuff I encounter. These are the things that put a smile on my face, make my mouth tingle, my heart skip a beat, my feet tap..you get it.. the stuff warm fuzzies are made of. So, Im sharing these, each month.. in a nice orderly list format.

1. Reconnecting with old friends and family- There really is nothing like reaching out to a long lost someone. We all get busy and preoccupied in our lives and I know we have people that have crossed our minds every now and again. They say it's never too late..but I've learned that there does come a time when it is too late. When you lose someone in your life, especially those who you have not seen or heard from in a while, you may find yourself saying.. I wish I had more time. Well, the time is now. There is some powerful stuff in a quick little call, text, IM, note, message just saying "hey..I've been thinking about you." Whether its a brief little chat or a conversation that goes on for months..it feels damn good.

2. Food Network - I don't watch a lot of TV. Frankly, I don't even know what channels go to what TV stations and what show is on when. But I do know that I can turn on Channel 64 at any given time and fall in love. I'm particularly in love with Ace of cakes, Cake Boss, Cake challenge (do you sense a theme here?), Chopped, Iron Chef and Worse cooks. (Jenny Cook was robbed!!..btw)

3. Netflix- Yep, I'll admit it, I'm a movie whore. I'm on the Netflix 5 at a time plan. I've rated 3163 movies and TV shows so far. I catch up with all my TV shows via netflix and watch it now. I love it, love it, love it!

4. Flattop Grill - My favorite resturant. Sadly, the nearest one is 1 hour drive time from my house. But I will gladly drive it for some fabulous fresh and healthy make your own, all you can eat stir fry goodness! Evanston, Chicago, Madison ..I'm there!

6. Costco's Mango Salsa- I no longer have a Costco acct..but it may be worth re instating it.. just so I can get more of this Mango Salsa. Its toe curling!

7. Superfoods- My new thing, for the past few months now, is to try to incorportate at least one super food in my daily food intake. I eat many daily..but right now..I'm all about the blueberries. Goodness..they are snacky awesome! Not to mention, they are loaded with antioxidants and vitamins that help protect the body from the damaging effects of free radicals, promote a healthy urinary tract and some studies have shown Blueberries to slow neurological aging. So eat up! They are yummy.

8. Ketchup- Ketchup will always be in my goodness list. If there is no ketchup..then I just wont eat. I'm a Hunts kind of girl. Bonnie sent me some Organic Ketchup from Publix for Festivus. It was fun while it lasted.

9. Michael Franti & Spearhead : Say Hey - This song is best listened to loud. Past volume 11. And accompanies Ass Shaking nicely. Enough said.