Merry Christmas, we robbed you.

I left my computer at work for the first time in MONTHS, and I arrived at work after a lovely evening at the theater to find my AD totally freaking out and screaming at a cop. Turns out that someone took it upon themselves to steal all the computers left in the office overnight. They got 5 computers equaling $25,000, they ripped them from the locking mechanisms and made off with in my case a year and a half worth of work, files, emails, pictures, and music. I had to change my bank account, call friends and family to warn them and be deposed by my companies legal team due to the "sensitive material in my emails and on my computer." I have never seen four girls cry for 3 hours and then decide to "catch the bastards".

My co-worker Katie, decided to turn into Nancy Drew and using the random time sheet that was on my desk in place of my computer we tracked this person down to her place of business. The cops interviewed her and her supervisor. It turns out that their office had an attempted break-in first, and last night this person's time sheet was resting happily on the supervisor's desk and now its residing at the Irving police station where its being analyzed because it somehow made it from Coppell to my office in Irving.

You ask why there was no back-up? Because the last back up didn't work totally so i threw it away and when I moved offices I misplaced that stuff. Now I have nothing left, and I get a brand new computer to go with a brand new year. I do however have to worry about my emails and pictures ending up on the internet. CREEPY.....

-Liz

FIRE ANTS

I bought a plant, an awesome wonderful Ponytail Palm Tree. Her name is Moxie and everyone in my office loves her. My boss says there isn't a plant that exists that could fit my personality better. Today my other boss stole Moxie's water dish to use on her plant and a bunch of dirt came out of the bottom. While standing around discussing something really important and relative to work my co-worker Katie said "Why is the dirt moving?" UM BECAUSE ITS ANTS, Zillions of freaking ants just running out of the bottom of my plant. When I got my water dish plant back and watered the plant I apparently flooded the ants home and therefore sent them fleeing-into the office. I had to call the building maintenance dude and ask him to spray our office in the middle of winter for a summer bug, he is super happy. I am also really itchy and pretty sure I got bit today, and I spent the rest of the day jumping around in my cube killing little ants. I don't recommend our plant guy, as much as I love my plant- I do not like the ants it brought along with it.

-Liz

Guest Blog

We had a proposition* from one of our friends to be a guest commentator. Here are his words... (im sure he is going to be thrilled).

"I gotta say I think the post on the blog was pretty immature. Sure, it wasn't one of her finer moments, but it was 2 a.m.** and she was drunk. I'm sure you've never said stupid things in a similar situation." -Guest Commentator


*This proposition was made while drinking and in the sober light of day I'm pretty sure this isn't what he meant. I do this of my own free will, and when he finds out about it I'm pretty sure he will be pissed. This was also done without the knowledge of my co-bloggers and therefore leave them the heck alone. Its all fun and games, until a person is out of her mind mean to JUST ME. It might have been 2am, and she might have been drunk but I being sober sally who drove friend's butts home, and I feel deserves a little more credit for the fact that it takes ALOT to make me feel uncomfortable and I was from the moment we walked in that house.

**To the best of my knowledge I keep my mouth shut when drinking and instead pass out.

-Im in trouble.....

Stupid People of the Week award

Its our first such awesome award time on the blog and there were two such deserving people I had to award them both. I wont use their names, they need to be protected.

To you silly man who can't figure out how to properly send text messages to the people you meant to send them too---- THEN DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION ON YOUR PHONE. Sending an apology two minutes later when you have made a HUGE blunder is no way to end an impression of someone. We salute you silly man.

Finally, to you bat-shit crazy lady. Not everyone who paints their toenails red is sexually frustrated (we could like holidays like CHRISTMAS perhaps?), but you and your clear toes clearly are and if you want to do something about that none of us will stop you. Do not get jealous when girls more fun then yourself come to your house because you have put YOURSELF in this lovely living situation you have. You are awkward and insane and I am very very scared of you. I think you need medication and STAT. Not to mention your warm cookies were not that good, but its fun that you stayed up waiting for your friends who didn't invite you out to come home and eat them.


-Im in trouble.

Merry Christmas from the TH!

Nothing says holidays like a Santa suit and using your staircase to create Christmas magic. There are out-takes but those are not allowed to be seen (yet).

Cookies Cookies Everywhere

The Townhouse held a cookie exchange on Tuesday. Twenty-Five people running around drinking "Snowflake" (easily the best cocktail ever- White Cranberry juice and citrus Vodka, you really cant go wrong with this one.) and chatting around the Christmas tree. We had a gentleman dressed as Santa, Uncle Mort, Von the childlike Christmas sweater dude, and two people in boots and boxers. We ended up with several dozen cookies and we have done everything to get rid of them from taking them to parties and to work. The highlite of the evening was taking the TH Holiday Card photo and possibly the roommate "shot"- as I will now document because its funny and we all clearly loved it.

Getting pulled over.

To continue what happened on my birthday I have to again thank Allison for something. The girl filled my car with balloons. So I run out the door late to work to find- balloons. I started popping them, made a break for it and then, GOT PULLED OVER. The cop didn't think I had proper visibility. We went back and forth about this for a full minute before he let me off with a "have a good birthday and get to work, show your co-workers and then pop the rest of them. I went to the eye doctor, my eyes are healing nicely (happy birthday to me, I can see again!)


Went to happy hour, had some $3 you-call-its, kissed a friend of mine under the mistletoe and moved on to Cuba Libre for dinner where we had mojitos and champy. All of this took more then a sentence to describe all of this but at the same time, Im too tired to want too. Needless to say, I almost set my hair on fire because I laughed so hard I hit my head into the back of a candle holder. We then moved on to Vickery Park, where a man named Chip from Massachusetts bought me a huge shot. I do know that I can unbutton shirts with one hand (which is handy when you think about if I ever lost a hand). Chris drove me home and I woke up and made it on time to work this morning which none of my co-workers who were at happy hour last night thought would be possible.

Basically it was the most awesome birthday I have yet to have. I mean smoke alarms, cops and mistletoe- OH MY. I have the best friends EVER!!

I just baked 48 cupcakes, for my bosses baby shower, then I am going shopping for an adopted grandparent angel. Saturday is dress shopping day for Jen. Sunday is brunch and pedis- I am really really tired just thinking about it.

-Yay for birthday weeks!

Smoke Detectors

So its 12:42 AM which means I have been 24 for 42 minutes. At approximately 12:05 I heard a knock at my door so I stopped text messaging people back (go all of you who were way way on time) to open the door and find a pink and black cookie cake and 6 balloons and two people screaming happy birthday!!! Then while I danced around Chris set off the smoke detectors. In his defense my smoke detector is right above my door and 24 glow in the dark candles do create some serious smoke. After the three of us woke up Lindsay with the screaming, and the high pitched smoke detectors we had ourselves a slice, took a few pictures and now its off to bed for me to dream about what tomorrow holds, which so far includes happy hour with all my favorite people and probably dinner and probably something hilarious and the best part about all of it is I WILL WAKE UP AND BE ABLE TO SEE IT, yay for Lasering your eyes right before your birthday!

Now I have been 24 for 51 minutes, go me!

-Liz

Thursday Night Randomness

So the Gary England Drinking game was a success, as was the "Office drinking game" and the "Greys Anatomy Drinking game". We continued right on into the night with a Girls vs. Boys Scene It competition and ended up with two extra roommates for the night. We also had our first major adventure/encounter with our neighbor Mike. It all started like this.


The news advises people to stay off the roads so, Lindsay and I go to the liquor store. As we are walking out to my iced over car I decide we should invite the neighbors to join in our reindeer games. Mike finally answers the door after we have given up on them answering. He asks what we are doing, we tell him we are going to the liquor store, and just like that into the backseat of Goldilocks he goes. Then he gives us a tour of his townhouse, and tells us he is moving out the next day- we finally actually talk to our neighbors when the only normal one decides to move out, this isn't the greatest job on our part.

Then Allison came over and joined in, followed shortly by Christiaan and Bear.

There was laughing, there was crying (on TV), there were jack-knifed semis- ladies and gentleman that's the way your snow day should end, at 4am when you realize that you are going to have to go to work the next day because the roads are not going to stay bad.

Here's looking forward to "Artic Blast 2007"!
-Liz