Jeez Chineez: So Long, Farewell...

Well...amazingly enough two weeks has just FLOWN by. I've enjoyed being in the office. It's truly a beautiful thing, the dynamic of the office. All the little quirky things that make it so great...I love it. And I love everyone. I missed you all and I will miss you when I leave tomorrow. Thank you for my chair back and for my very own desk back too. It's been great. I'll miss our workout ball stretch sessions and gab sessions in front of the giant mirror (an outsider must think this sounds so weird...) and of course foos (I finally played!!) and hearing people foos and lunches and early morning coffee and how much I love spying on Bainbridge Island people from my window. Sighhhhh...
The Christmas party was OFF the hook, as usual (we've gotta do an official blog on that, yo) and I seriously couldn't spend Christmas any other way than with you guys.
I love you all. Until next time. KEEP ME IN THE LOOP!!
-Jeez Chineez
p.s. you can find me softly weeping into my IM.

Jeez Chineez: BOOOOYAHHHH!!(I feel like I've used this title before...)

Just thought everyone should know that...I WILL BE THERE IN TWO DAYS!!! GOODBYE STILL-SOMEWHAT-WARM-OCCASIONALLY-TROPICAL-WARM-NC and HELLO COLD-20-DEGREE-RAINY-SEATTLE!! Sigh....how I have missed you. :) And you all know you've missed me, you all in the office you. I'll be in on THURSDAY!!

Damien: What should our hands do while we're on the phone?

From time to time, we will get a chatty client. This leaves our mouths, ears and for the most part, minds occupied, but leaves our hands completely idle. Some of us turn to mindless online games, others little toys, but there is one that turns those empty hands into a vehicle for artistic endeavor! Josh draws, or as a true Mainer would say drars. Here is the latest from the On The Phone Gallery.

JeeVee: Teej is da Mayn

Check out this afternoon's office goofiness...brought to you by yes..."The TJ!"


You are seeing correctly YOGA BALLS BOMBARDING LAURA'S DESK! TJ went around the office grabbing everyone's ball and totally trapped Laura into her space. LOL!

Oh, yes..and in the 2nd pics..I got up on the desk in front of her's and snapped a pics from that angle so you could see how enclosed she was. By the way, while TJ was strategically placing the balls, Laura was on a client call...the ENTIRE time!

She's so awesome..cause I don't know how I would have been able to contain myself from laughter!! Ahhh...good times!

"The TJ" seriously rocks the house with a dynamic and an energy like no other. Here he is in something his 'secret pal' got him this week! :D

JeeVee: Megplants Rock!

It's Meg's Birthday today!!

She's not in the office on Thursday's so, she was totally surprised when yesterday, we graced her with our vocal stylings as she was standing at the fax machine. it was great! so..here's to our dear Meg ~ Haaaaaappppy Biiiirthday!

Jeez Chineez: Sleep, no I never get enough.

The past week, I've stayed up until past 1am every night. Every. Single. Night. Over the weekend it was more like 3...4am. Most of the blame can be put on the Twilight book series (which I've finished. In a week. Yes. Thank you. Thank you very much.) but also just on the fact that...I don't really want to go to sleep when it's time and I find ways of avoiding it and then regret those ways when I finally wake up in the morning. I've always hated the snooze button. I mean how obnoxious. You get to sleep in 5 minute intervals and then get jerked awake repeatedly with the alarm again. I would always grab John's phone and turn the alarm off after it was going off to prevent him from hitting snooze cuz it drove me NUTS! Now, it's all I do. Snooze, snooze, snooze.
It's getting bad. To the point where I'm forgetting to do things. Normal basic things. Like washing my face or tattoo in the shower. Or turning on the lights. Or putting dryer sheets in the laundry. Or adding water to the coffee maker. Yeah. It's bad. It makes me worry what exactly I am doing at work. Like for real. Am I actually working or dreaming? Am I giving the right answers in tech support? Don't be alarmed. I've been pumping the caffeine all morning and am in a constant state of checking and rechecking my work to make sure I don't say anything stupid like 'Thank you for suing mywedding.com.' Oy.
Unfortunately I have one night this week that requires me to stay up. I bought a ticket to New Moon on Thursday. Opening night. And I can only imagine the headache that will ensue with all the screaming teenage girls (and boys I'm sure) in that small cramped theatre. But other than that I am determined to go to sleep. Early. Like...before 11pm. Which is early for me. What's my problem??

JeeVee: Secret Pal Time!

Here's what I got day one: $15 starbucks card and an origami heart! wahooo!

Day two: An origami made basket with Christmas stamps!! yayee!! SO cute!!

Check out what Ash got:

Laugh Out Loud!! :D i haven't seen what she got for her day 2!

I hope my person likes what i've got them! hehe. Being sneaky is fun!! hehehe

Tattoo Alert

Latest tattoo. I am stoked. Stoke-a-loked. I got James 1:17 tattooed on my arm. I was reading our wedding vows the other day (and tearing up...cheeseball!) and a verse from the Bible in John's vows stuck out to me. I suddenly realized with chills that not only is James 1:17 an amazing and powerful verse, but 1.17 is also our WEDDING date too. I thought maybe he planned that so I checked with him. NOPE. Totally not planned. It feels like such a huge gift. I've been searching for the perfect verse for awhile now. I knew I finally found it. Or more...it found me.

JeeVee: What a Special Day!

What a GREAT DAY!

Today is not ONLY Friday the 13th...[oooh, cue the horror music]...but it is also..the day when:

The American space probe, Mariner 9, becomes the first spacecraft to orbit another planet successfully, swinging into its planned trajectory around Mars back in 1971

The new Constitution of Greece is adopted in 1864

Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators in 1954

Rachel Wheeler (formally known as Jackson) was born in to the world in 1985.

Chinese (Cantonese)	生日快樂 (sàangyaht faailohk)
Chinese (Hakka)	生日快樂 (sang niyt khwài lók)
Chinese (Hokkien)	生日快樂 (Sen-jít khoài-lók)
Chinese (Mandarin)	生日快樂 [生日快乐] (shēngrì kuàilè)
Chinese (Shanghainese)	生日快乐 (sinni kualoq)

It said all of that meant Happy Birthday! Let's hope so! haha

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Have a fantastic day!! We miss ya!

JeeVee: Just 6 Easy Steps

We seem to be having an issue with the "toilet paper roll changings." For a while, it was good...and all of a sudden...BAM!

Dear Katy goes in to take care of business...to her surprise and disappointment, she finds not just an empty roll of toilet paper on the holder, but a new one sitting on top of it.

C'mon 'mystery non-changing the toilet paper' person, just a couple more steps and you would have been victorious!

I present to you...a nifty 'step-by-step' guide to help you through it, created by our very own, Ashley.

Yes, folks...she demonstrated and photographed herself defeating this difficult task to assist those who are too ashamed to ask for any help. And it is displayed, where? Well, conveniently right above the toilet paper roll holder. Good thinkin' lincoln.

See, not so bad huh? Step 2 may have been quite a challenge, but...boy does it feel good when all is said and done.

Jeez Chineez: Oh Goodness...

So...I confess. I started reading the Twilight books. Last night. And I'm already over a third way through the first. Yes. I'm a nerd. Some people may be fuming with uncontrollable (and unexplainable) anger right about now at the idea of this...but hey...it's actually a very good book...and I'm enjoying it. And it gives me something to do at night besides avoid sleep because I miss my husband (cue pity)...I heart reading. Of course...reading a romantic book about a sexy vampire doesn't exactly help the situation. But...that's besides the point.

I also bought a ticket for midnight November 19th to see the first showing of New Moon with several of my friends. *guilty smile*

What?? Don't look at me like that!! You know you're just friggin JEALOUS and Edward totally likes me MORE!!! *tear*

Jeez Chineez: Backwards Motorboat

It's FRIDAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!

It's been one of those weeks so I am beyond stoked that it's over. Early-week I ran out of milk...and never had a chance to run out and get any. Then this morning I ran out of creamer mid-making coffee. Yeah. Crap. But thankfully I had the brilliant idea to use eggnog instead. YUM!! Big fan. Who needs creamer anyway?

Last night I went to Outback for the second time ever. And it proved itself worthy of my attention again. The last time I went there I was backward motorboated (Yes...I coined the phrase. Basically, it's when someone brushes their boobs against the back of your head. YUUUUUCK.) by a well-endowed waitress. Most awkward moment. Instead of reaching around to the right or left of me to put my plate in front of me, she decided the best tact would be to wrap her arms around me and place it over me...like a 4 year old...all the while brushing the back of my head (more like SMACKING the back of my head) with her boobs. What. The. Crap. To make things even crappier, my meal looked like I had done something to offend the kitchen. When the waitress asked for my order, she asked 'Do you want a potato with that?' Now NORMALLY in NORMAL LIFE, this would mean she was asking if I wanted an ADDITIONAL potato. You don't ask someone if they want the garnishes that come with their meal already. Because that's just retarded. Well...in this case, she was retarded. My meal came and was a ginormous place with two tiny little pork chops in the very center...and nothing else. Nada. No garnishes, no sides, nothing. I looked at my friend like "What did I do??" And this was after recovering the boob incident.

Thankfully, no boob incidents occured last night (male waiter....fewf!) although he did crack a joke about his divorce which was super awkward. But the food was good...and I actually got garnishes and sides! What a treat. Ha.

So...share your awkward restaurant horror stories. NOW.

JeeVee: Go Ashley, it's Yo Birfday...

we're gonna party like it's yo birfday....

Struttin' her stuff and lookin' all sassy with a new do! Ashley is celebrating her 28th birthday today!

double scarf - ing it....cause I just got her that one for her bday! :)

JeeVee: Grashley Foostastic

What is this? Apparently, team Gretchen & Ashley are Godzilla like in the mywedding.com foosball arena. We've crossed over the boundaries that hold us in DeVign...and have made it to the infamous Monthly Sales Board! Check it out!!

yes...the picture is a bit strange...scary even. but...still cool! :D

JeeVee: mywedding.com 2009 Annual Bake-Off (Part III)

FUN with COSTUME COOKIES!

Josh

Rachel

Ashley

Marci

Teej

JeeVee: mywedding,com 2009 Annual Bake-Off (Part II)

Rescue from Wooly Swamp

By: TJ

Spider Cuppiecakes
By: It's a mystery....we really don't know!

Spider web on the Knot
By: Mary

Puke Soup
By: Rob

Chocolate Guiness Cupcakes & Almond Bark
By: Sarah

Wooly Swamp in FULL EFFECT - slime, and fire and a flying helicopter!!
By: TJ

Dead Pizza on Fire?
By: Drew

JeeVee: mywedding.com 2009 Annual Bake-Off (Part I)

Lady Gaga Wispy Nest Head Piece from VMA's
By: Rachel

Costume Cookies
By: Gretchen

The Bad Witch from Wizard of Oz
By: Laura

Medusa
By: Larnie

Buried Skeleton
By: Ashley

More to come...I HOPE! :D A few peeps so far have not brought anything. :( But, yeah...end of month is kinda hard to get something together!

I'll expect big things for the Christmas cookie exchange! :)

JeeVee: Latte Love

It's been so cold lately...my car was frosty yesterday morning! anyways, the cold always makes me more coffee and mocha and latte obsessed than ever!

This pics makes me feel all waaarm inside. :)

Jeez Chineez: Beep Beep Boop Boop

So...I finally sat down and was creative last night. And this is what I created. I am SO friggin excited about these so I had to share. They are not perfected yet. But soon. Very soon. *rubs hands together and laughs like a mad scientist* They are about an inch and a half to two inches tall, made entirely out of wood, hand-painted, and friggin awesome.

JeeVee: Bake Off 2009

So, thinking about cake and all for this Friday's competition...I saw this and thought it was funny!


Alright - till tomorrow. :)

Jeez Chineez: Halloweiner!!

Hahaha...ok...so I crack myself up with my own blog title? So what?
So I think it's close enough to Halloween and about time to share what we are going to be for Halloween (or what our kids are going to be if applicable...) So....SHOW AND TELL TIME!! Most of you (probably all) already know what I'm going to be. Although my entire costume has not arrived yet. A little nervous...hope it comes this week or else I gotta go out and try to find the final piece. But no biggy. But either way I will be LADY GAGA!! So what are YOU going to be? Tell tell tell tell!!

Jeez Chineez: What the...

I ran across this video and it craaaaacked me up. Some of us are avid American Idol fans. Some of us are avid American Idol Nemesis'. Nemesi? What's the plural of Nemesis? Anyways...some of us don't like it. But either way...I found this video to be rather hilarious. So I had to share. Since you can't tell if it's a bra...thong...or what? Good times.
HAPPY FRIDAY LADIES!

MegPlant: ode to JeezChinese

today i came into the office, and my computer was deceased. yes. dead. the dreaded blue screen of deathy deathdom. i also happened to have my camera with me, with it's new beautiful lens (that i only got yesterday) attached. so naturally, i did what anyone would do. no, i didn't drink a swig of toilet water. that's just gross. no, you weirdo, i took a few pictures.

and i could only really think of one thing to photograph, because i love it so much, and that is the spikey dog and his bone that i inherited from our wonderful jeez chinese. so here's a picture of a picture (i used my cell phone to take a picture of my camera's display screen, hehehe) just for you, rach:

i missssss you! and everytime i look at mister spikey dog, i smile.

in other news, i am in love with my new camera lens.

and that is all.

stay classy, san diego.

JeeVee: Breakfast

The taste of Autumn - mocha & warm apple pie

JeeVee: I love my ball...my bouncy ball

FINALLY i get to talk about them balls! sheesh! i don't know why it takes me forever to post something when i am sitting at my computer all day! oh, well, cause i guess i'm working at my desk! :) haha.

Anyways, a couple weeks ago, pretty much the whole office switched over to sitting on a 'yoga' ball at their desk, rather than buy a new chair.

So, now, we all just bounce...bounce...bounce..at our desk.

In our office of 3 - we all happened to have 3 different colors...seeeeeeeeee:

And here's ash..holding our balls together for the pic!


Alright...be back soon!

Jeez Chineez: Breakfast with Georgie

I know not everyone loves cats so I will try not to make this a regular thing. But I have to share sometimes how odd and funny my kitties really are. For example, George will eat anything. Really. Anything. He's already had stomach surgery for eating a plastic razor sharp "star." I still have yet to figure out what exactly it is. Yes, they gave it back to me after the surgery and yes I still have it. Yes, gross. I know. But he will truly eat anything. And this is how I spend most mornings and most breakfasts (except photoshop elements is not usually on the menu). With him staring greedily into my cereal or oatmeal or cream of wheat (mmmm) bowl. I have caught him countless times with an entire mouthful of mini-wheats before when I wasn't looking. Hence why I never let my cereal out of my sight now days. Both of my cats like watermelon (you can watch a video of this on my facebook) and my other cat Bean is convinced she likes coffee grounds. I don't think it's true. But she is convinced nonetheless. George also has an obsession with his own butt. He likes to wake me up in the morning by mooning me. I don't know what his deal is.
All this is to say...my cats are weird. But aren't they all? Ni-col-a can attest to this.