days of nuwanda

Deal or No Deal

Hubby posting again:

My wife likes the show "Deal or No Deal" on NBC, which is a take off on the British version by the same name. Well someone with time on their hands worked out the payoffs per case as well as a spreadsheet on the expected outcomes. Now you can play along to see if the deal the banker gives is a "deal" or not.

Looking for an excuse not to work?

Here you go.

38 Random Questions

Found these silly questions floating around recently. Be sure to send me your comments (and your answers too!)

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1) name the last four things you have bought:
1. Cookie-flavored Peeps
2. new hair dryer
3. dog food
4. Scotch tape

2) name four drinks you regularly drink :
1. Coffee
2. Chai
3. Chocolate milk—the at-home version w/ Hershey’s syrup
4. Diet Cherry Coke

3) last time you cried? Have no idea…not many tears this month

4) what’s in your cd player? Maroon 5: Songs About Jane

5) what’s under your bed? More Paris pictures that I must find room for (I’m obsessed with Parisian décor, mainly the Eiffel Tower)

6) what time did you wake up today? 7:09 when the phone rang (It was a work call, gosh darn it!)

7) current hair? Short above my shoulders, straight layers, milk chocolate brown

8) current clothes? Bootcut jeans and awesome black v-neck sweater that is unbelievably soft (I literally bought it b/c it was soft. Who cares how it looks; it feels so nice!)

9) current desktop picture? Arc de Triumph in Paris

10) current worry? That my insomnia will last forever

11) current hate? People who call me up just to tell me I’m a dork! (hahaha, kidding Jeanie!)

12) favorite places to be? In bed, or out shopping (Is that terribly shallow and vain? Hey, it’s true.)

13) least favorite place? Standing in line at the post office

14) if you could play an instrument? Piano and flute…oh wait, I do play those. My bad!

15) favorite color(s)? Black

16) how tall are you? 5’6”

17) favorite expression? It could happen to anyone!

18) one person from your past you wish you could talk to: Ken B. from summer camp. He was so cute, and we were a perfect fit…Barbie & Ken! Oh well, wasn’t meant to be.

19) favorite day(s)? Friday

20) where would you like to go? right now? Kohl’s to shop, then to Starbucks

21) where do you want to live when you get married? Well I’m already married, but ideally I’d like to live in New England.

22) favorite food? Quesadillas, chicken marsala

23) color of most clothes you own: Black, red or pink

24) number of pillows you sleep with? 2...regular pillow for my head, and a body pillow (if you haven’t tried a body pillow, you do not know what you’re missing!)

25) what do you wear when you go to sleep: tank top & flannel pajama bottoms

26) what were you doing 12am last night: sleeping (for once!)

27) how old will you be in 10 years: 38

28) what do you think you’ll be doing in 10 years: wondering where the time has gone

29) do you have braces? No, never did

30) are you paranoid?! No. Why do you ask? Do I seem paranoid to you?

31) do you burn or tan? Burn first then tan

32) what is the brand of your wallet? Don’t have a clue and don’t care

33) first piercing/tattoo? Ears pierced at age 15, no tattoos (yet?)

34) first enemy? My sister, who ironically was also my first friend

35) last person you yelled at? Donald Trump when he fired Sandy and kept Jennifer on The Apprentice last night. Jennifer did not deserve to stay, in my humble opinion.

36) last crush? Singapore Idol winner

37) last thing you ate? Mac-n-cheese (hey I live with a toddler!)

38) the last book you read? Lemony Snicket’s The Bad Begginning

If I were a cereal...

Which General Mills monster-themed cereal mascot are you? Count Chocula You are a chocolate-loving vampire introduced in 1971 whose success has since skyrocketed. You were once even parodied on an episode of The Simpsons, as 'Count Fudgula.' Your chocolatey cereal with its chocolatey bat-shaped marshmallows is delicious and savored by cereal connoisseurs of all ages.

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12:22 am

...and I cannot sleep. Thus my tale begins.

Hooked up with my sister today. I'm glad she lives a mere hour away so we can get together whenever the mood strikes us. We met at Barnes & Noble just because and had fun hanging out. We found so many ridiculous books....The Bad GIrls Guide to Good Sex or something like that. I offered to get it for her as a gift, but she graciously declined for some reason. And The Guide to Secret Societies. Ok, if you publish a book with their secrets, they aren't really secrets anymore, are they?

Our conclusion: there are many questionable people out there, and plenty of authors who write questionable books for them. Isn't that nice? (Questionsable is the only term that seems appropriate to use here...I could think of more descriptive words, but let's keep this PG.)

On a good note, I ran into an old friend of mine from college. Actually he found me in the store and said, "Are you Barbara?" I hadn't seen him or heard from him in like 5 years. (Nothing intentional, I promise) I found out he moved to a place just a few blocks downtown from my house, so we'll definitely have to hook up again. He hasn't changed a bit, which is mostly good. (heehee) He was very observant however...he said, "Your hair color is lighter." Wow. People who see me all the time haven't noticed the lightening I've done these last few months. (from dark chocolate brown to milk chocolate brown with highlights) But he remembered my hair color. That is weird.

Lots of good memories from my college days. I did kinda flirt with this guy a lot back then. You know, the whole "I don't want to be attached but it's fun being friends" stage. We were only friends and never pursued anything else. I think we may have gone out once or twice...my memory is getting cloudy. I think Prof Nelson thought we were dating b/c of the way we argued in class! Ha, yes it's coming back to me now. That was hilarious! Anyway, he was cute and smart and fun and older than me by like 6 years (which I was always looking for in a man), but there weren't many sparks. We just flirted a lot. He is still single, so now I'm wondering who I can hook him up with.

Wow, I'm tired but I cannot sleep. That latte with dinner is still keeping me up. Why does caffeine bother me so much lately? It never used to. I should at least attempt to sleep. Ta-ta.