]> http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/ sexysadie's Blog en-us © 13:43:57 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Wed, Feb 13:43:57 8 GMT 30 http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/year_hobbies.html So the new year started with a couple of new hobbies for me. Knitting and TShirt Scarf making. Hans' wife bought me some yarn and needles and then taught me how to knit as my xmas present from her. I'm almost half way done with my first knitted scarf using a stocking knit stitch: She then gave me a TShirt scarf that she had made out of Hans' old shirts since he has lost over 80lbs in less than a year. Loved it! It's grey and twisted - like the dark grey one below. I watched her make a link ... http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/year_hobbies.html#comments Sun, 8 Jan 2012 22:12:48 GMT http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/year_job.html Hello again, this blog post is mostly for kdawg who has been asking me to post. After reading my last post, I can tell you that a few days later I got an interview at a Make-up FX shop that went really well. But the project didn't start for another 5 weeks. That caused a lot of stress and sadly a lot of stress eating during the month of October. It's a great job. While I'm just an admin, I'm an admin for creative types on a Feature film! Too cool. Most of my co-workers are men (married men ... http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/year_job.html#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:42:44 GMT http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/year_4.html Yep, it's been almost a year since I have posted here. It's been a quiet year for me. No work and all play - but on a really tight budget. The highlight of my year was running my fastest half marathon in June and then a week later going on a cruise with my father and lil sis through the Baltic Sea. I've really enjoyed not working. Especially after working at a place that really mistreated me. I was so happy to get laid off that I stretched it for as long as I could. So I've been halfhearte ... http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/year_4.html#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:50:16 GMT http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/waiting_hardest_part.html I'm currently waiting for my lungs to recover from my recent chest cold. This one isn't as bad as the one over Thanksgiving but as always, a chest cold means no exercise. After gaining yet another 7lbs over the holidays, I'm anxious to workout to shed that bulging middle that's popping buttons. I'm also waiting to get back to work to earn a decent paycheck. I've been waiting on this for over six months. I've had a few job offers but none that compared to my EDD check. Sure it sucks to be o ... http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/waiting_hardest_part.html#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 01:54:12 GMT http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/year_review.html As I look back on 2010, I'm happy I made it through this rough year. I was single all year, worked 6 months out of 12, lost my health insurance, gained 12 pounds, was sick the entire month of June, spent $475 on Rigby's vet bill, had many blankets and towels ruined by Rigby's bad habit caused by her unfortunate bladder stones, and I injured my right IT band (that's a tendon that runs from the knee to the hip along the outer side of the thigh.) On the plus side, I brought in 2010 with both ... http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/year_review.html#comments Sun, 2 Jan 2011 22:23:57 GMT http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/got_nothin.html Life has been status quo until last week after finishing my 9th Half Marathon on Sunday the 24th. Not two days later I was feeling the subtle signs of a scratchy throat that turned into a chest cold which hit me hard on Thursday. Then Saturday, EDD sent me a check for only one week instead of two right before rent was due. I started to feel like I hit rock bottom. No job for months, sick with no insurance, and barely enough to cover rent so I don't lose the roof over my head. Sure I just f ... http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/got_nothin.html#comments Wed, 3 Nov 2010 23:58:17 GMT http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/loss_favor.html Okay, the BIG news! This kinda freaks me out but in exactly one week, Wednesday 9/15 to today 9/22, I lost 5 lbs. No joke. I'm on the 6-week Solution: 1200/day for only one week, 1500/day for the next five weeks. I only cheated on my calories on Saturday when I attended two parties and then only consumed 1600 calories for that day. I must admit, I've been very cranky and tired on the low calorie diet and am excited to get to 1500/day plan tomorrow. That's the approx caloric diet I was on t ... http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/loss_favor.html#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:02:25 GMT http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/zero_2.html My life at the moment is about the numbers. How much or should I say, how little is in my bank account. How few dates I've gone on in the last year. How few jobs seem to be available to me. How much weight I'd like to lose. The numbers are against me. But I remain hopeful. I keep applying to jobs online. I keep buying lotto tickets (cause you can't win if you don't buy a ticket.) I keep my online dating profile up-to-date. I'm also keeping up on my social life in case I meet mr. right in p ... http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/zero_2.html#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:24:57 GMT http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/looking_work_searching_love.html Here I am again five years later writing a similar blog post. Except this time, I'm also telling the Universe that I'll settle for winning the lottery now and then eventually finding love later. Ha ha! I have the winning ticket in hand - power of positive thinking, ya know? I'm applying for anything and everything online that seems appealing. But I feel a little defeated this time around. I've done this a million times now (okay, maybe about 5 times), having been freelance for 9.5 years, b ... http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/looking_work_searching_love.html#comments Wed, 8 Sep 2010 02:13:23 GMT http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/internet_dating_sucks.html So where to start my next rant? After years of people telling me that I need to try to find someone online, I finally gave in. And so far, I must honestly say that this way is not for me. Sure a few written words can tell you something about someone. But you are only getting the edited version of them. I complain because yesterday I agreed to a coffee date via the chat function on the site that turned creepy. I made the mistake of letting the guy talk me into leaving the coffee place and g ... http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/internet_dating_sucks.html#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:00:20 GMT http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/bachelor_2.html I signed up on an online dating site on the 3rd and am now up to two real responses based on my profile. Otherwise it's, "You are a lovely woman;" "Hello there;" "Hope you have a nice weekend;" and "I'm a man looking for....(blah blah me, blah me)." The latter being the only one that said more than one line. Is one line enough to pick up a woman on these sites? Not this woman. I need an articulate man who knows how to read, comprehend and respond based on what was written. I've scanned a f ... http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/bachelor_2.html#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:51:08 GMT http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/gave_dark_side_dating.html Or at least that's how I feel about dating lately. Here's my latest rant. I know, I know! "Many wonderful people have found love via online dating sites." So I finally signed up on a free site. But the first couple of weeks the responses I've gotten have been creepy or vague. Until one, who I've been writing back and forth with for the last three days. But one guy out of 10 actually reads my profile and writes to me about it. One? Okay, maybe this is what happens in weeks two through three ... http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/gave_dark_side_dating.html#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 04:38:02 GMT http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/san_fran_half_marathon.html I ran my 8th Half Marathon on Sunday the 25th in San Francisco. I did it on very little training as I had bronchitis the entire month of June and couldn't do any form of workouts during that time. So that being said, this was the hardest 13.1 miles I have ever run but one of the most scenic. We started near the Ferry Building on the Embarcadero at 6:30am. We ran along the Embarcadero past Fisherman's Warf and Pier 39 and through Crissy Park with a view of the Golden Gate Bridge in the dist ... http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/san_fran_half_marathon.html#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:39:18 GMT http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/back_bridesmaid.html I made it back from the wedding on Wednesday night. I had a wonderful time visiting with my lil sis and the bride. I'm on the left and lil sis on the right. The photographer she hired set up a "booth" with a white backdrop for guests to take impromptu photos (and included it in the package). It was a lot of fun. Lil sis and I were waiting in line and the bride joined us for a few quick photos. It was a hit at the wedding and every photo I saw was wonderful. This photographer will be in hig ... http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/back_bridesmaid.html#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:42:30 GMT http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/broke_bridesmaid.html I'm still sick :pout:pout: I called my doctor's office to see what I should do next because I can't be a coughing bridesmaid. Yep, I'm gonna be a bridesmaid in less than two weeks for MereOnAir (in case you had read her blog on blogster years ago). The first time I have ever consented to being a bridesmaid, by-the-way. Here's the dress I got - in truffle brown. The store where I tried it on didn't have it in brown. Had to drive down to Long Beach on Friday just to get the dress in the righ ... http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/broke_bridesmaid.html#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:00:08 GMT http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/boredom_bronchitits.html So I was stuck inside for five days straight to help get over my sudden bout of bronchitis. I only left once on Thursday to pick up a zpak that my doc was so nice to call in for me at the pharmacy and again on Saturday to pick up some cough syrup. By Sunday morning I was feeling a little better and my new friend, Stream picked me up and we went to the Valley Crest Half Marathon. I did not run it, or even walk it as I was worried that I would end up with lungs filled with water if I even at ... http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/boredom_bronchitits.html#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:29:44 GMT http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/cold_caught.html So the cold that I've been dodging from my co-workers for months has caught up with me on my first day of funemployment. Drats! I'm fighting it with every known remedy that has ever worked for me. So far it's just a scratchy throat but it's threatening to enter my lungs... I need my lungs this Sunday to be tip top as I have my eighth half marathon to run on a hilly mountain trail. I checked it out with my new trail running friend DS. He's an awesome trail runner and we went when the heat w ... http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/cold_caught.html#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:00:27 GMT http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/1274921333.html Life is always a roller-coaster. I like the old wooden ones over the metal monsters that contain corkscrew turns. It's the corkscrew turns that get me every time right in the ears with the overhead safety bar. Well life is like that too. This month's corkscrew-turn is an out-date from my most recent job. It's not a complete surprise but I had been told I was working on a project that should have taken me through December. I had grand plans of paying off debt and redecorating my living room ... http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/1274921333.html#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 00:48:53 GMT http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/gets_day.html I know it's been ages since I've posted. But nothing really big has happened in the meantime. I've been going out to see bands again. LA has a lot of great music to offer for free or a few dollars cover. I've never been a fan of spending more than $20 to see a concert. The bigger the venue the more I feel disconnected to the music. I really enjoy the smaller venues, the more intimate settings. I was so lucky to see Spoon at a small venue in January, at a secret show before they started the ... http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/gets_day.html#comments Sun, 2 May 2010 22:11:33 GMT http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/lot_workin_going.html I've been hard at work since MLK Jr Day. I had two job offers thanks to DW. And an even bigger thanks to her for allowing me to take the second job offer that has already led to bigger and better things. If I don't screw things up too much, I will get a job promotion in March. I've been so busy with work, trying to expand my single world, and training for my next Half Marathon that I have little time left for blogging. I struggle to even keep up with my friends on FB. So, sorry that I've b ... http://my.greasy.com/sexysadie/lot_workin_going.html#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:13:56 GMT