Forget the Gridiron, It's Basketball, Baby!

Tonight the lady Runners are playing one of their biggest games of their season. They are playing the Gauchos, yes the UCSB Gauchos! CSUB recently became a part of Division 1 and are hoping to make a bid for the Big West Conference so they now play all the fun schools that people care to watch on TV. Both teams have similar records and have been on winning streaks recently so this should be a really good game. I'm going to sport my royal blue shirt and attend this Pack The House night to root for both teams! Though I'll have to cheer louder for the Runners since I do attend the school, but UCSB has always been my team that I cheer for and I cannot possibly abandon them just because I don't currently study there. It would be very rude of me if I turned my back on the school at which I attended basketball camp and improved myself as a player. So if you find yourself in front of the TV and not sure what to do, see if ESPN 8 (The Ocho) is showing the game and play Where's Kimmers. I'll be in blue.
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Making Use Of My Toolbox

I went to my favorite store last week and bought a new storage thingy (the official name even though the box says otherwise) to keep my photos and other items in. I still have a cardboard box filled with photos from when I moved and figured I should unpack it since everything else has (finally) been put away. I also figured that I should have somewhere that Lavender can live and enjoy sunshine since he probably can't remember the last time he saw the sun. All he remembers is the kitchen and sitting near my recyclables. A few days later I watched re-runs of crime-dramas on TV and assembled my cabinet. Not that it took me multiple shows but that's what I was doing when I decided to bust out the screwdriver and hammer. Next step, moving Lavender over.

Here is the new addition to my living room:

Next to it is a similar storage thingy that Mom assembled when I first moved up here. (Told you I'd give you credit!) Target is totally my go-to store.
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Another Music Moment

You have got to watch this video it's one of the coolest videos ever. Very creative and fun to watch.



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A Tornado In Bakersfield

I feel like I survived a tornado. That is if I lived where there are tornadoes and if I knew what surviving a tornado felt like but I'm sure that what I'm feeling is that same sensation. Last night I set my alarms on my cell phone for 8:50 and 9:00 so that I could take a really quick shower before I had to go to work. My regular alarm clock (the awesome iHome that I won last year) goes off at 8:30 daily even though I normally turn it off and go back to sleep. Now you can understand why I set multiple alarms different times in the morning, by the time the third (or fourth) alarm goes off I'm tired of telling them to "shhhhhh!" so I just get up.

So this morning my first alarm goes off and I turn it off because the people on the radio are being rude by talking when I'm trying to sleep. I'm expecting my phone to go off in about 20 more minutes but the next time I wake up it's 9:40... It's amazing how fast you wake up and get out of bed when you realize that you should be getting into your car at that exact moment. I ran to the bathroom to get ready, realized I forgot to grab a shirt (kind of necessary when getting dressed), ran back to my closet and threw it open, ran back to the bathroom with my shirt and got dressed so fast I'm surprised nothing was backwards or inside out. I then reached into my kitchen and filled my water bottle and grabbed a granola bar as I was running out the door. Yes, I have super extender arms and a really fast faucet otherwise that would totally be impossible to accomplish. Amazingly I arrived at work at 9:59 which was probably do to the fact that I was driving when people aren't going to work or dropping kids off at school and I didn't have to worry about weekend traffic. Had this been a Saturday, I'd have been doomed.

Don't worry, I've learned my lesson, next time I will just shower the night before. That way I won't sleep through my shower again.
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Why I Don't Brush My Hair

My hair is getting out of control. Because of the wave and wannabe curl it can get a lot of volume going, and sadly it's not always in the desirable way, so I have to make sure I don't go too long between re-layerings. The other night I brushed my hair before bed and I felt like a lion there was so much hair! It made me laugh so I took a photo to share, though it doesn't do it justice.

I just rolled a bunch of change so I think I'll stop by my local SuperCuts and have them re-layer the beast. :)

Oh, here's the awesome housewarming/Christmas gift Jas gave me:

Ok, gotta go review for my second test today.
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A Moment of Music

One of my favorite bands, The Killers, just released their newest single and the music video. I love it! Spaceman is such an awesome song and their videos are always very unique and cool. I like the fact that even though MTV and VH1 don't show music videos anymore they still create awesome videos. I'm putting it here so I can watch it whenever I want. :)

Spaceman

My Payday Bonus

On Friday I ran a few errands and picked up my paycheck from work. Attached to the normal envelope was a second, envelope with a card. I assumed that it was a thank you card for working hard as holiday help since the semi-annual sale ends this Sunday and that's how long they needed the holiday help for. When I got home I opened the card and found this written inside it:

"Kimberly,
Thanks for all your hard work this holiday season. We'd like to offer you a permanent part time position. If you are interested please let any manager know ASAP.
Sincerely,
BBW Managers"

I was very happy to read that because they had not given any indication as to whether they were going to offer any positions. It had been told to us when we were first hired that they may (though not a guarantee) have a few positions at the end of the season. I don't know how many people were asked to stay on--everyone appeared to have had an extra envelope on their paycheck, either as an offer or thank you--but I should know next week.