Waterless Pedicure

Last month, I got my first waterless pedicure. It occurred in the Sacramento airport while I was waiting for my flight. It was a weird pedicure. They advertised it as a relaxing foot massage and pedicure and I found it anything but. First off, I was stressed I was running it too close to my flight time. Second, the pedicure was just weird and there was barely a foot massage. I felt like I was paying $45 bucks to have my feet wrapped in Saran Wrap. What a joke!

I did manage to take some pictures but KT gives the whole experience two thumbs down. Check out the photos and if you are in Sacramento, just pass on it. P.S. It was the most expensive pedicure I have ever had. Nice huh?

What To Do On 08/08/08?

Get married! Congratulations to Dave McCormack who will be tying the knot later today! (Your bride is so lucky to have you) P.S. Booo Booo for leaving Field Services! We will miss you!

Flashback Friday (12)

We flashback this friday to the 1984 Olympics. I couldn't find a really good picture but I must say the two below made me laugh. I was 11, Becca 7 and Matt 5. One of the things we did was get autographs from the athletes. Look at how happy Becca is (waiting in line behind that girl with the short hair-lol) to get her autograph. Photo #2: Could those headbands be any thicker? Could those shorts be any shorter? Could Matt be any skinnier? RO!

Jenn Ann & Kim Ann Go Way Back

So Blackberry guru (Kevin thats you) Can you tell me how this happened?

Frequent Facebook Status Tuesday=Success!

Several people played today and it was super fun! For those that didn't, here are the updates I made from my Blackberry today. Should we do it again?

1:20 AM: Kimberly is not believing that Sydney woke up after 2.5 hours to eat.....since she was stuffed with cereal. Maybe cereal isn't all its cracked up to be.
5:55 AM: Kimberly is about to go through security at Ontario airport.
6:16 AM: Kimberly is sitting on a Southwest airlines Boeing 737 headed to San Jose.
7:50 AM: Kimberly is reflecting on how great Jeff's voice is and happy he recorded her Voicemail greeting. We are looking for a Starbucks.
8:22 AM: Kimberly is enjoying a cinnamon dolce latte.
9:39 AM: Kimberly is looking at floorplans
10:34 AM: Kimberly is working on a presentation about service delivery
11:13 AM: Kimberly is struggling with her work assignment so she is going to take a break and go to the bathroom
11:46 AM: Kimberly is wondering what the heck Queen B is up to. She has yet to update her Facebook status today.
11:57 AM: Kimberly just slammed her finger in the bathroom door super hard. ouch ffd!!!!!
12:19 PM: Kimberly is having lunch on the beach with the Dominican team! this rocks!
2:54 PM: Kimberly is leaving Santa Cruz and is headed to the airport but she wishes she was eating shaved ice with Jane
3:44 PM: Kimberly is smelling Cinnabon and wanting to eat it.
4:18 PM: Kimberly is glad that if necessary my seat bottom cushion can be used as a flotation device.
5:13 PM: Kimberly is happy to be back in Scal and headed towards David and Sydney
7:02 PM: Kimberly is watching two versions of the Young and the Restless at the same time. One is on TV and one is playing on the floor.
8:43 PM: Kimberly is blogging
9:01 PM: Kimberly is giving Sydney a bottle with cereal and hopes it makes more of a difference than it did last night.I'm beat.
11:01 PM: Kimberly is convinced the cereal thing is a lie. 2.5 hours and she is awake

Talk About Burning The Candle At Both Ends

Midas (The Pet Snake)

I found him while I was on vacation in Montana. He immediately took to James and I and we had so much fun! I brought him home and gave him to Jane. I think right now he is actually living with the Skinners. Here are some pictures of us on vacation with Midas.

We miss you, Midas! Hope you are having fun in Arizona with all those Diamondbacks.

Facebook Status Fun

I love Facebook! I joined it back on January 15th and I find it entertaining. I rarely log into it on my pc but I am on it on my Blackberry frequently. My favorite thing is reading other peoples status. For those not on Facebook, you can update your status with anything and as frequently as you want. My favorite status of the last week was on Donna Klauser's whose read "I survived the Chino Hills earthquake!".

I am declaring Tuesday, August 5th as Frequent Facebook Update Day. I am going to try to update mine at least once per hour on Tuesday. If you don't have Facebook and you want to play you have a couple of days to get yourself an account.

UPDATE: SUNDAY at 6:57AM-For those that can't see my current status it is: Kimberly Thomas is freaking out because for no apparent reason her blackberry has rebooted 5 times in the last 15 minutes. (That was my status last night it-It will now be changed to Kimberly Thomas is now really freaking out because for no apparent reason her blackberry continues to reboot itself and is totally unusable)

Can't Access Blogs

I keep getting an error on accessing a couple blogs. I had David check and he did too, one of them is Bianka's. Another one is Katelin's.

The error says: Internet Explorer Cannot Open The Site. Operation Aborted.

Flashback Friday (11)

James and Bryan at the races

MAP!

My new Pearl has a spell check, my old Pearl didn't. The other day I had the following conversation with Diane, she was on her email, I was on my Blackberry driving down the Freeway:

Diane: I saw someone wearing Birks today at work
Kim: Really?
Diane: And I cannot wear my toe separating shoe because of the dress code.
Kim: MAP!
Diane: ?
Kim: I re-read it and start laughing....I had to call Diane to explain

Then today Jenn Ann responds to a comment I made on her blog:

Jenn Ann: Bragger!
Kim: MAP!
Kim: forwards email to Diane: Hey Diane, Jenn Ann just got the Map!

Anyway, for some reason my Blackberry keeps changing LMAO to MAP!

Sydney Was Green With Envy

How lucky was Elizabeth? She got her bottle Starbuxed! (Yeah, nice word I just made up)

Today's Quake

I figured there would be a million quake blogs so I didn't do one but since nobody has done a blog on it, I guess I will. Two quake stories:

1. Mom was sick today so Becca watched Sydney. I left the office at 11:40 to have lunch with David G. On my way there I called Mom's phone to find out how she was feeling. I didn't feel most of the earthquake since I was driving. The conversation when James answered:

James: Yeah?
Kim: Hey, what's up?
James: We are having an Earthquake. Isn't that enough?
Kim: We are? (as I come to a stop)
James: Yeah, duh!
Kim: Oh yeah (as I see the lights, trees and cars shake and 100's of people on the street instead of in the office)

2. Switch to Becca's house. Becca is changing Sydney's diaper when the earthquake starts. She picks up Sydney and goes and gets Elizabeth. One kid in each arm while Joshua is scared and she is trying to console him. 5 minutes later she realizes that she didn't put Sydney's diaper on...unfortunately, Sydney reminded her with a shower. 20 minutes later, Joshua (who is getting potty trained) has to go to the bathroom. She sits him down on the toilet and he changes his mind. As soon as he stands up, oops...and Becca gets another shower.

New Blackberry Pearl (8130)

So yesterday I got a new Pearl. I switched from back to Verizon from AT&T. My notes are as follows:

*First off, quickest Verizon trip ever. Was in, purchased, number ported and out of the store in less than 10 minutes
*Verizon doesn't let you download ringtones from their website to a Blackberry. (WHAT??? How dumb is that?)
*My memory just cleared out like it used to on the early pearl. (Meaning- 1/2 of my messages disappeared and my call log is gone)
*Taking longer to update Facebook status than on my AT&T Pearl
*I can post comments on the blogs easier with the new Pearl
*Color went from Black to Silver (Not real happy about that)
*Am able to do video on this one
*Camera takes longer to take pictures
*Verizon Ringbacks suck

Hmm...not sure I am happy.

Larry's Birthday Lunch

Today when Larry arrived at my office the following conversation ensued (This is abbreviated):

Kim: Where do you want me to take you for lunch?
Larry: You don't need to take me anywhere
Kim: It's your birthday! We are going somewhere nice.
Larry: I don't have any time. How about we bring in Mediterranean (Note: This is a take out place we eat at all the time)
Kim: No, somewhere special
Larry: I really don't care it's just another day
Kim: No, it's not, it's your birthday
Larry: So
Kim: How about Cheesecake Factory?
Larry: Too far
Kim: How about Smitty's? It's close and nice.
Larry: Yeah, we went there once. OK, thats fine.

Later......while sitting at Smitty's.

Larry: I think I will get the Cobb salad, thats what I got last time
Kim: I got the trout, that was right after I found out I was pregnant.
Kim: Hey! That was for your birthday last year!
Larry: Oh yeah, maybe it was
Kim: The exact conversation we had this morning we had then! "I don't care about my birthday...blah blah". I suggested Smitty's because it was the only nice and close place.
Larry: I bet you are right
Kim: Remember, once something happens more than once it's a tradition! Next year, same time, same place!

Happy Birthday To Larry and Jeff!

(I wasn't sure what your favorite cake was)

The Year 2048

I took this picture yesterday at the airport and the following conversation ensued between me and James.














Kim: Will that be me and Jane in 2048?
James: Probably
James: Which one of you is the gambler? (The one on the right is wearing a shirt with dice and cards on it)
Kim: Hopefully me because I don't want to be in a wheelchair. Jane won't be caught dead in those shoes though.
James: The one in the wheelchairs taller, it must be Jane
Kim: Hey and check it out, they are headed to Reno!

15 minutes later:

James: Oh look, here comes Queen B
KT: RO (and then I take the next pic)

Flashback Friday (10)

BK (Before Kids)

Conference Call-San Francisco Style

Jeff took a conference call today from the cable car. How cool is that?

Growing Up Without A Pool

A couple of months ago Matt and I were discussing how in the summertime we used to take this big black barrel (some would call it a trash can) fill it up with water and play in it like it were a pool. David looked at us with a look that said "I'm horrified and don't plan on letting my daughter play in a trash can" I don't ever remember us throwing trash into it but it is possible....because there was more than one..uh...pool. Were these redneck pools? Probably. We also played on slip and slides but the best was when John (the only pool owner on our street) would invite us all over to swim.

In lieu of a pool people need to improvise. On Saturday, I was watching Brittney, Jessica and Melody. They wanted to start a car wash so they would have an opportunity to "get wet". When I said I really didn't want to run a car wash because it would be too difficult with Sydney, Jessica looked at me and said "Thats okay, lets just get wet with the hose". For the next 45 minutes we played games with the hose.
Did you have a pool or were you forced to improvise?