Tan Hands?

Just a little FYI- If you see lotion that says it has a "Gentle Glow" BACK AWAY! Especially if you are pasty white!! Unfortunately the other day I felt the pain of ultra dry winter hands and reached for the nearest lotion next to the kitchen sink because I didn't want to make the trip upstairs to find lotion. A mistake I will never repeat. Ever. Much to my amazement, after several hearty applications of the lotion, I awoke the next day with, you guessed it, ULTRA TAN HANDS!! Given my complexion, my hands looked more orange than anything. Talk about a humility maker, because I had to work all day at the library.

Some may argue that if the lotion bottle is dark brown, one would understand that Gentle Glow implied tanning lotion.

IT COULD HAVE MEANT LITTLE SPARKLES, TOO! Gosh.

All of this begs the question, why on earth, in the house of the most pasty family ever, would there be lotion with tanning solution next to the sink?!

Answer: we are Polish and it was probably free in the mail or something. :)

true story.

Importing "Kitty"

So everyone should know that I work at a library. Part of my wonderful job in the circulation department is watching all of the different items the library has to offer circulate through the system. Why is this so great? I get FIRST PICKS on newly checked in items before they even hit the shelves. I.E. - Great books that I probably never would have discovered otherwise (see Stockett's The Help). CDs, DVDs, you name it! So, right now, I am downloading about 15CDs and 5 Audiobooks to my itunes library. So what else can I do while they download but go on here and ramble about nothing in true Sanguine form. Hey, you don't have to read it. You can choose to stop scolling right now. Not like I'm going to know, and even if I did, I would forget about it in 5 seconds because of my sanguinity (word?). So hey, joke's on you.

I'm going to make a quilt. I was at JoAnn's the other day and they had some fat quarters on sale for $0.99! I bought them like they were hot and decided right there I would make something out of them like the Elm Creek Quilters (great book series by Jennifer Chiaverini about friends that quilt--my mom and sister and I read them like it's our job). So I picked out a few different colors that I really liked, mainly reds, browns, and deep greens, and now I just have to pick out the quilt pattern. My mom loves to quilt, so she has pretty much every quilt book in the universe. Each block is named something special and means something. Honestly, most of the time I can't understand why the blocks have the names they do, but regardless, there sure are a lot to choose from out there! I think I've narrowed it down to a simple pattern, but I'm not sure yet. I'm very indecisive. But this is something I want to accomplish. So decisions are coming soon! I'll try to put updates on here every now and again.

My CDs are almost done importing, and I will be moving on to audiobooks. Fantasia 2000- Firebird Suite just scared the crap out of me. If you haven't listened to it before, go listen to it and you'll figure out quickly what I'm talking about.

STUPID FISH DISEASE

I just spent a few moments trying to think up a great title for this post, but really, the only title that sums it up is the one I chose.  STUPID. FISH. DISEASE. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Most know that I am an animal enthusiast.  Fish really have never been a big part of the equation before.  Sure, it was nice to have a little fish friend once and a while, but nothing more.  My preference was for the cuddly puppy of any variety, and even an occasional kitten.  I even brought a kitten home once when I was working at the vet.  It was one of the stupidest things I have ever done, but the kitten fooled me with its facade of fluffy fur and pink nose.  Regardless, never a fish fan.  

HOWEVER....

I got a fish in the summer.  I believe his picture is on the blog somewhere in my minimal posting. Most of you know that I have a very difficult time sleeping at night, and oftentimes, over the past few months, I would fall asleep watching my little friend swim around.  It was relaxing.  I loved my fish.

THEN HE DIED.

Why did he die?  

STUPID FISH DISEASE!!!

How did he contract such a horrible fate?

STUPID SCOTT'S PET SHOP IN LAGRANGE, IL!!!!!  

My brother wanted to get me a few more fish friends for Gimbly (yes, nerd alert I know, whatevsies).  So we got two fish that were smaller than Gimbly so he would be able to be top fish in the tank.  It was a meticulous decision.  I found two who fit the job.  They were cute.....AND VESSELS OF DISEASE AND DESTRUCTION!!!  The first one waited until it had five babies to kick it.  Yes, five fishy babies, four of which my brother saved, put into a tank, and ground up little fishy flakes for them.

Yeah, they're all dead now.

Then the other one got the fish disease.  No surprise there. 

Well, we all know the outcome. 

SCOTT'S PETSHOP=DISEASE INFESTED FISH MURDERERS. 

Moral of the story, don't eff with my fish.