Abigail M. Schilling

(very exciting news at the bottom!)

mary-kate or ashley? you decide.
I somehow messed up the settings on my camera so that half the time I take a picture "manually" it over exposes like crazy. Which means I end up with pictures like this which either make me look way cooler than I am or just a poser. You decide.

It's finally open!
They've been building this since I moved in January and it just opened the other day. It's in a wasteland type area of my commute (as wasteland-y as suburbia can get) and I'm really hoping it will bring some other cool stores too. Also, every single time I passed it I thought to myself, "I should have been taking a picture of this every day. That would have made the most awesome (boring) photo essay ever." Next time I see a new cement truck appear in the wasteland I am totally starting this.

i feel blue
Old Navy was having a huge sale last weekend and I decided I needed new sweatshirts. Because, uh, they are totally business casual. And now I am in love with this new mustard-colored sweatshirt. LOVE. Oh, and when my manual settings aren't over-exposing, they're turning everything blue. Which is, I'll admit, fun.

thank you, abc, for interrupting grey's with this important commercial
For those of you still wondering, I definitely watched The Office live and then Grey's online Friday night. And on Wednesday I watched ANTM followed by Private Practice live. I watched Gossip Girl online on Thursday night (before The Office).

I'm so glad happy that network TV understands that I need shows to be online. Unfortunately, my computer doesn't understand this and sometimes gets so overheated that I can't hear the show over the sound of the fan.

poor little catalytic converter
I guess the check engine light came on because my catalytic converter needs to be replaced. This expensive part controls the air flow through the engine. Or something. Anyway, I totally cannot afford to replace it but my mechanic said that's okay. Just make sure I replace it before I have to smog again. Here's hoping I get wealthy before then.

and we're back to the smog
The skies were clear for about a day after the storm and then they went back to blargh. Which is what makes the beautiful sunsets.

In other news, M STUFF will back starting Monday. It will be a little different and more like I originally intended. And I'll be doing National Blog Posting Month again this year and will hopefully (fingers crossed!) win a prize this time. So, yeah, somebody please give me some ideas for 30 days of posts. Thanks.

The most exciting news, though, is...

[drum roll please]

Heather Anne is blogging again because she is a dirty whore and can't stay away. So add or re-add her to your feed.