a blessing from my friday nite stress...

so...do i believe that good can come from every situation?

um...yes...i just think that sometimes we need to look a little harder...

in regards to the blessing i'm about to write about...i didn't need to look hard at all...but i surely recognized it as a nice lil blessing...

so...my friday nite last week was a nite of stress...if you missed it...here is the link back... friday nite stress

now i realize as i write this...to many...it may seem pretty trivial...this blessing...but to me...well...it was kind of...well...no...it was pretty sa-weet... =)

since my light situation couldn't be worked on till monday...yes...because i do not...or i should say...i do not care to know or try and switch out the lights in my car...isn't that what a mechanic is for? tee-hee...plus...i love the auto body shop i go to...they are THE best in customer service! i think right about now...i should give them a good ole plug...so if you live in the bay area...and need a very customer service oriented, honest auto body shop...holland car care is the place!

so i get there...and am told it will take a few minutes...so i head on upstairs to the waiting area...of course...as a fashionista...i grab the one fashion magazine there...vogue...

but wait...could it be? it is the september issue of vogue for 2008! now...i know...it is funny that it is over a year old...but it is a auto body shop...the fact that they had a fashion magazine was pretty sweet...no?

the thing is...i have wanted the september issue of 08 for my collection of vogue september issues...

you see...the september issue is THE biggest issue every year...and i did not keep my 2008...so...hello! talk about a blessing...

so i ask shawn if i could "steal" it...and he laughs and says..."of course...i'm not going to be reading it"

so...you see...another proven point...that good things come out of bad situations...so now i guess i have to be all thankful & stuff that i got pulled over on friday nite... =)

surprised kitty...

oh my gosh...i can watch this over & over...it just makes me laugh...hands down...the cutest...well...next to my two adorable kitties... =)

friday nite stress...

so...it is friday nite...my girlfriend invites me over for dinner & movies...what fun...right? well..it was... =) but as the nite got late...i knew i had to get home as i had a busy busy saturday ahead of me...

so...i start on my drive home...christmas tunes are blasting in my car...i'm feeling happy...driving along...minding my own business...get to a red light...next to me...a cop car...next to him...another car...

the light turns green...i take off...the other car takes off...the cop car doesn't...
i figure it isn't any of my concern...as i keep driving along my merry fa la la way...

until...lights are flashing...the cop is behind me...seriously...what could i have possibly done wrong sitting at a red light?

i pull over...he informs me that one of my headlights is out...which...surprises me...first...that i didn't notice...and second...that my car mechanism that usually tells me when something is "out"...didn't...

so he tells me to turn my lights on & then off...i do so...and as he walks to the front of my car...and then comes back and says...now they are both out...

great...

then he asks me if i've been drinking...seems like a normal question...procedure and all...i let him know that i wasn't...he asks for my drivers license, registration & proof of insurance...which i quickly hand over...and then he says that he will be right back as he heads to his car...

minutes pass slowly...i just want to get home...crawl into a nice warm bed...

minutes pass...10 to be exact...what in the heck is he checking?? seriously...

he comes back...and asks me again...have you been drinking?? so now i am kinda freaking out...not from guilt...but i'm wondering why he is asking me again...clearly he didn't believe me the first time...

so i let him know...that i was at my girlfriends house...watching movies, eating dinner and yes...drinking tea (does that sound like an alchohol induced friday nite of partying?)

so he says...that he wants me to turn my body to face him...and not move my head...and follow his finger...

sigh...yes...i'm annoyed & freaked out at this point...

so i follow his finger 5 times...5!!

all i could think of is...oh my gosh! he is going to make me get out of the car...and do all the silly tests on el camino!! a busy street! talk about being mortified...

i am praying now...and thinking...this is not good...but wait...i haven't been drinking...why am i freaking out?

probably...because he keeps asking me if i've been drinking...

he then heads back to his car...for another 10 minutes...and returns with a fix-it ticket...thank you very much...could we not have completed this transaction in say...oh maybe 5 minutes?

as i'm driving home...i'm playing it over and over in my head...i know that my eyes tend to dilate at the most strangest times...where my brother has looked at me and said...you look like you are on drugs...ok...not the nicest compliment...for sure...but my point is...where my eyes doing that thing...where i look drunk? hmmm...when i told my girlfriends the story...one of them then said...oh yeah...your eyes do do that...

what?? i thought my eyes were normal...and what is that "do" that my eyes "do"?

all this to say...that i started out having a most awesome friday nite...which ended alarmingly stressful...and when i finally got home to my nice warm bed...i was too wired to get any restful sleep...

my girlfriends predictions were...
a. he was trying to pick me up (seriously not the way to do it)
b. he was bored and needed something to do (seriously annoying)
c. my eyes were doing that wierd thing (i wish i knew what caused it)

in any event...i now have a fix-it ticket to deal with...hope your friday nite was more fun!

nestled in His lap....

my precious chester (my oldest cat) is requiring a lot of attention today...i have always called him "mama's boy" following me around the house...needing to be by my side...or at least in the same room that i am in...

but today is a little different...he stands and meows...and won't stop till i pick him up and hold him...and now...he is happily nestled in my lap as i type...he is a big kittie...and when sitting in my lap...although i welcome the warmth...he does get heavy...

reminds me at times...when i need a little extra time with my sweet Savior...the thing is...i know He doesn't get tired of it...or get annoyed...as i did with chester...

there is something about being able to "crawl" into the Lord's lap...and just be cuddled...no words need to be spoken...it is the knowing...that He is there...no matter what...

and just like a child needing that protection...i crave it sometimes too...

confession...i...elena...am a...

my mind this morning...totally blank...had an exhausting but fun day yesterday...pretty much set up a mini jana kos trunk show...then got dolled up for the event...mingled for 4 hours...then tore down mini jana kos trunk show...this meant...loading up two cars...unloading two cars...at the beginning of the day...and then...loading up two cars again...and unloading two cars again...at the end of the day...i'm tired just typing it ;-) so please accept this as my earnest confession...

i...elena...am a lazy blogger today...

and in that spirit...i point you to my other blog for pics of said event...

domenico winery christmas soiree

Christmas with a capital "C"...

need i say more??

first day of december...

ok...reality check...it is the first day of december...seriously...this year...where did it go? the older i get...it seems time is just flying by...days turn into weeks...weeks to months...and before you know it...we are staring at the face of a new year...

i want it to slow down a bit...this is my favorite time of year...fa la la la la time of year...

yesterday i put up my tree...i guess i could summarize it as fabulously glamourous...i still need to decorate the rest of the house...but my home is already full of christmas music piping in the background...wrapping paper ready to be used...
egg nog lattes are advertised at starbucks...(i had my first of the year...yesterday) will need to keep that to a minimum though...

i love this time of year...but with all the hustle and bustle...i want to also cherish this time...when God sent His son...to us...as a babe...

the season is a happy time...but for many...it is a lonely time as well...i am praying the Lord gives me opportunity to brighten someone's day...every day this christmas season...