Day 049 / 365 - Hat Trick *

#049

After the Nuggets game, I'm not quite sure why, but I was still able to stay up late into the night.  In the early morning hours, I managed my first "Hat Trick" in my sweepstakes run!  A hat trick happens when you win 3 prizes (or more) in a day.  I am so happy I got these wins!  March was such a horrible month for me, sweepstakes wise.  At least April started off on the right foot. I won:

• $20 Coke MasterCard (It's actually loaded with $25!)
  
• FREE Single Sized Mars Candy Bar
  
• T-mobile/CCL Branded Soccer T-shirt
  

I also received one of my free candy bar coupon in the mail (I've won 5 or 6 times so far, I think).   Other than that, my day was rather uneventful.  I spent most of it working on websites and editing our pictures from the Nuggets game, which I've posted on Facebook.

Day 038-40 / 365 - A Productive Day

Day #040   Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Last night, I had to get up for a little bit because my coughing was a little out of control.  I was falling asleep while on the computer though and ended up falling asleep in the living room till 5:30AM.  YAY for 8 hours of sleep!!  

& So began my productive day.  When I woke up, I started folding ALLLLL the laundry that's been collecting for WEEKS now and put it all away.  The only thing left is socks, but that's a quick fix.  I swept the kitchen/bathroom up.  Put the rest of the dishes into the dishwasher and will wash them once it's full later today.  Then I vacuumed!  I had to empty the canister about 4 times 'cause there's so much dog hair.  There's just sooo much hair.... it drives me crazy!  I totally needed this.  It feels much much cleaner now.

After all of that, I sat down and had myself a cup of cocoa.  This was the most work I've done in weeks.  I'm FINALLY starting to really feel like I'm getting over this cough.  Hopefully that didn't jinx it!  Now I just have some website work to do and I'm thinking of baking cupcakes later.  

I just got this e-mail from my Direct Marketing professor.  I guess we're in the DMEF newsletter.  I'm like... the shortest one in the whole group!  At least I'm standing next to Jay Leno.  Too bad the pic wasn't bigger.  Oh, I also got a surprise win in the mail today.  It's my biggest win this month (it's been a super slow month sweepstakes wise!) so I'll take it!  Not really my kind of movie, so I'm giving it to Peter :)

Win(s):  Role Models DVD from DVDlounge.com

Day #039   Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Peter & I were supposed to go to Denver today and have dinner with his family.  I was getting ready and when Peter got here he said "they forgot."  Shoot, I was already 95% ready and now... nowhere to go.  I was pretty delirious at this point since I was running on 2 hours of sleep (not continuous either!).  Yes, damn the coughing!  Damn it to hell.

Anyway, instead of making the long drive down we headed out for a few before I fell asleep (it was bound to happen!) so the day wouldn't be a total waste.  We did some shopping and I bought the little pieces above.  A pair of sweatpants, a dress (bubble dress, i think?), & a nice top.  I needed something nice to wear on the days we go down to Denver and I'm quite satisfied with my purchases.  It's been a while since I've bought something for myself :)  Best part, everything was only $20.00!

After shopping we went to Buffalo Wild Wings for a late lunch/early dinner.  After we got in, sure enough the crowd followed us and BBW was packed within 15 minutes of being there.  It's always empty when we enter a restaurant, but once we're there a whole crowd of people come.  I made sure to get in my orders for .40 cent wings before everyone!

Shortly after we got home, I knocked the f&ck out!  Hallelujah!  ANNND I was actually able to sleep for 5/6 hours straight for the first time in a week.  

Day #038   Monday, March 23, 2009

At Patrick's Irish Pub/Bar.  The home of $3.00 Irish Car Bombs, all day, everyday.  No drinks for me though, I was stuck coughing myself silly.  No surprise there!  Monday was Owen's 6th year serving as a U.S. Marine and hence officially marking the end of his contract with the government.  This should be a cause for celebration no doubt!  He served his time on U.S. soil and in Iraq.  Owen-- a well deserved JOB WELL DONE!

Day 029 / 365 - Still Sick, But I'm A Winner

[insert photo #029 here]

I know... such a cop out, right?  Haha.  Well I promise you, I am STILL taking photos.  This stubborn cold (I HOPE it's just a cold) of mine just won't cease to exist.  Yesterday was actually the WORST I've been.  I can't say much for today yet since I am just 8 1/2 hours into the day  (It is currently 8:30 AM).  A portion of that time, an hours worth, was spent taking an extremely long hot shower.

My sinuses were SO clogged, my eyes and head hurt and I could not breathe.  My body felt overwhelmingly hot and ached all over.  I was basically miserable at that point.  The shower did help a bit, but not for as long as I would've liked.  I did the dishes in hopes that being semi-active would help and it did at the time.  I felt shiteous again shortly thereafter.  I also had to get all this webwork done for a website so I crunched through that for 2 1/2 hours.  Now I'm just sitting here waiting for my sinuses to clear up, just a tad so that falling asleep will be as painless as possible.  Oh yes, I slept all day yesterday and my inability to breathe has kept me up until now.

The sun kissed the night away hours ago.  It looks like I will be sleeping all day again today.  I already played most of my IWG's (instant win games).. LOSER messages all around.  It's been a pretty 'dry' March for me, which I don't mind because February was good to me.  I did receive this in my e-mail yesterday though:

Congratulations Maria on claiming your prize.

This is an official winner notification for the Wrigley Extra Slim Pack Sweepstakes promotion you participated in on MySpace.com. Your prize consists of one (1) $75 Live Nation Concert Pack - Includes the ability to download six (6) songs and to obtain two (2) general admission/lawn tickets for a show held at one of the select Live Nation owned and operated venues in the United States through December 31, 2009. To redeem your prize, go to http://www.livenation.com/concertpack and use the following code:
XXXXXX

Thank you,
Wrigley Extra Slim Pack Sweepstakes promotion services

I guess this marks my first "Daily" win.  I now have 3 of these concert packs (2 of them from a previous Wrigley's promotion) and I haven't seen any worthwhile concert just yet.  They say they roll out the summer concerts around April though, so maybe someone good will perform :)  Nothing like free concerts!  Oh, a Denver radio station (same one I missed a call from a month ago!) left me a message yesterday as well.  I won two tickets to a movie.. I don't remember the title though, but I don't think I'll pick it up.  I'm not sure why I entered it?  Whoops.  Haha.  Peter & I haven't even picked up our movie passes from the other radio station either (we both won a pair of tickets to 2 different movies).

Win(s):  $75 Live Nation Concert Pack, 2 movie tickets

  

Day 020 / 365 - Taking A Drive To Fort Collins

#020

I meant to post this yesterday, but I was attacked by a major toothache :(  Pain pain pain all over my face.  Ugh.  I hate toothaches, but I think I've grown accustomed to them.

Yesterday, after Peter got off of work, we took a drive to Fort Collins so that he could deposit money into his bank account.  On the way there, I had this huge urge to "Make It Rain" in the car with that whole stack of $10 bills he had (It was thick).  Haha.  While we were in FoCo, we stopped by Pho Duy and had Pho for a late lunch/early dinner.  Mmmm, meatball pho!  I think this was one of the more tastier batches that I've had.  After pho, we went and got some BOBA!!  I LOVE BOBA.  You have no idea.  Lol.  I decided to try something else for the first time (I'm not very adventurous when it comes to different foods/flavors) and got myself a white chocolate snow boba.  I'm SO glad I got it!  It was delicious, but it was the root of my horrible toothache :(  

It's cold/sweet foods that usually give me the worst toothaches and this one did me good.  We went to the mall after and after 2 stores, I needed to go home.  Painkillers, salt water solution, numbing liquid.. nothing worked.  I couldn't sleep and I basically could feel the pain all the way to my brain.  I think I'll just stick to soft foods for a while.  I was pretty miserable last night.

Win(s):  Candy Bar from Mars

Day 018 / 365 - The Stash

#018

Peter & I have extreme sweet tooths... Haha.  We just love sweets way too much.  It's pretty ridiculous!  This little stash isn't even EVERYTHING that we have stocked up :P  There's a good mix of things in here though:

• Fruity Snacks
  
• Li Hing Mui Covered Candy
  
• Chocolate
  
• Li Hing Mui Seed
• Mochi Crunch/Arare
• Caramel

Anywho, today was another warm day in Colorado, but I spent it all inside ;)  Hehe.  I fell asleep on the living room floor for a little over an hour.  I woke up and caught up on my sweepstakes.  I also added some sweeps to my list of dailies.  Haven't really won anything yet this month... it seems like everyone else is cashing in though!  Hopefully there's some goodies for me this month :D

Win(s): Mike & Ike Candy, Chocolate Candy Bar from Mars

Day 013 / 365 -It's A Beautiful Day

#013

Yesterday and today were really warm.  Is it really still winter here?  I feel like we've had such a mild winter, I don't think we should even call it winter.  We barely got hit when the crazy winter storms took over the east and west coast.  I guess I should be thankful for that!

I spent today finishing up the rest of the website that I've been working on and just have "Instructions" to type up and I will be all done!  Yay.  I also went out and watched Shawn guys practice for their softball game.  I just needed to get out of the house & I snapped some photos showcasing the weather.

Tonight, I watched America's Best Dance Crew.... QUEST CREW FTW!  I'm not hating on Beat Freaks or anything, I actually like them, but their performance was WEAK!  Quest Crew KILLED the show and I really hope they win.  I actually voted for them.  Lol.

Lastly, I actually JUST won this.  I figured I'd try on a whim, since 7 is my lucky number.  I won at 10:37PM :)

Win(s) for today:  $20 Mastercard Gift Card (my 4th one), courtesy of Coca-Cola

Day 012 / 365 - Just Shut Up and Drive

#012

I had the weirdest dream last night.  Without going into detail, it involved Las Vegas, old friends, Peter & his ex, & me turning into a raging jealous b&tch.  I woke up thinking, "What the hell?  Screw this, I'm not going back to that dream" and just decided to wake up and move forward with my day.  Lol.

SOO, I worked on a clients website for a couple of hours and finished up the design.  I received feedback from her and she's very pleased with it!  Now I just have to program the rest of the content & write up a list of instructions for her and I'll be set.

This afternoon, Peter & I cashed in on the FREE sub sandwich at Quiznos deal.  I got the Honey Bacon Club sandwich & it was delicious!  See photo here (don't be fooled.  my sub is naked because I don't eat VEGGIES).  I'd definitely order it again.  After that, we took a drive to Peter's brother's house in Westminster/Broomfield.  We stopped at a bunch of stop lights, so I put my camera on manual focus and snapped the photo of the lights posted above.  The first thing they did when we got there was play FIFA 09 on xbox.  Go figure.  Haha.  Now I just want to relax and play some Street Fighter IV or Call of Duty 4 later.

Win(s) for today:  $20 Mastercard Gift Card (my 3rd one), courtesy of Coca-Cola.