delightfully dorky…

Our 2009 Prius has been on ordered since May, and we got word from the dealer last week that it will arrive in January. We were also informed that, in an attempt to beat the Chevy Volt to the punch, the 2010 Prius will be available in March. A BMW steering rack isn’t high on my list of priorities, but I’m not about to buy a new car and have it outdated in bodystyle and MPG within three months, so we decided to wait for the 2010 model.

I felt a little nervous when I typed the name of an ex-boyfriend into of Criminal Searches. This boyfriend had a love of a certain green leafy substance and a some debt collection agencies hot on his tail, so I though that I’d see something pop up on his record.

Thankfully, he’s kept his nose clean, and you can make sure the baby sitter, dog walker, and housekeeper are all doing the same. Criminal Searches in only in beta, but you can type in the name of just about anyone to see if they have drug, alcohol, theft, or violent crimes on their record.

I think it’s a great way to quickly check on someone new you’re dating or letting into your home. It seems to be fairly accurate, and it never hurts to do your due diligence.

I even searched for myself. I had to. I’m clean. Don’t worry.<

Before I went to bed last night, I walked around the house and shut off all the lights, closed vents, and lowered shades like I do every night, but I kept hearing something. Something loud. Something electronic. Both of the computers were off, but I still couldn’t figure out what it was. Then I walked into the living room and saw that the Xbox, PS3, and Wii were both on. The TV and the games were off, but the counsels were sitting idle, and I was surprised by how loud everything was. Kind of makes you wonder how much you’re spending on electric every month to keep things running!

Everyone rushed out this weekend to buy their new iPhone like it was the best diet pill around, the Apple servers crashed and burned, and I still don’t understand all the hub-bub.

I spend a lot of time on the phone, more time blogging, and even more time texting and emailing, and I haven’t once felt the need to rush out and purchase an iPhone. I’m just not that impressed with all the “features” and can live without them.

I love my iPod, but I’m kind of indifferent to Apple beyond that, so I’ll stick with my Palm.

I am full of useless knowledge and facts and I love investigating when I come across obscure bits of information, so 100 unbelievably useful reference sites you’ve never heard of has me itching to look up all sorts of things I’ll never use again. Dictionaries, teacher references, and math guides are all listed, and I’m going to be sure to bookmark Slang Site, Math Glossary, and Factmonster.

Maybe one of them can tell me what a micro sd is.

If you have a little one that is scared of monsters under the bed, rope lights as ambient lighting might squash those fears. You don’t need a video card to control the lighting, just a footswitch used for Christmas lights and some clips to attach the lighting to the bedframe. With a tap of your foot, the underside of the bed lights up, and monsters disappear!

This website can’t tell me if I make my living as a futures broker, a doctor, or a school teacher, but it can tell me how old I am by testing my memory. The site isn’t in English, but the gist is that you are shown a bunch of numbers, which are then replaced by empty circles, click the circles in the order of the numbers they represent.

The test was spot on with my age every time I played. Did it guess your age correctly?

I had no idea it was going to be so hard to find someone to redesign my blog. I’ve emailed three companies/designers; one wanted to charge me $75 just to talk about what I wanted, another doesn’t know Wordpress, and the third only wanted to design my header.

This is the first time in recent memory that I have cash in hand for a service, and no one is willing to do it!

If you’re a designer, or know of a designer, who would like to take on a redesign of Oh, Hey. please leave me a comment!

Jack Mackenroth, from the last season of Project Runway, may have been able to design some mean corsets during his television stint, but a dancer he is not. Which is great for us, because this video is absolutely hysterical and I’m so glad he had the nerve to keep posted

I’m almost finished planning my Orlando vacations. Yes, that’s plural.

One vacation is a week at Disney with my husband, and the other is a weekend at Izeafest! It’s the details of the second one that are still sketchy, but I’m determined to make my first appearance at a blogging convention hosted by the company that started my blogging obsession.

I began blogging four years ago, but it wasn’t until July of 2006 that my blogging kicked into high gear thanks to PayPerPost. I realized that, with a little work, people would actually read my blogs and I could make money doing something I enjoyed! Being a new MBA graduate, extra money was much coveted and blogging let me put my marketing skills to use!