shea sylvia [blog edition]

Anyone in the market for a “Cha Wau Wau” or...

Oct 1st

Balls.

I totally have the Pleasanton song stuck in my head now. “Pleasanton, YOU are...

Oct 1st

“When married people who are unhappily married ask you why...”
— Me to Carly during a...

Oct 1st

My high school BFF’s ridiculously cute little girl,...

Oct 1st

I am feeling particularly nostalgic for my hometown right...

Oct 1st

Weeds.

I am going to pull weeds this weekend. I have never done this before. Anything I should be aware...

Oct 1st

How many countries can you name in 5 minutes?

Oct 1st

This BBC documentary about women who pay gobs...

Oct 1st

Watch

lookmom: shiningstar: Youtube Video of the Day: The Baby-sitters Club Theme Song OMGGGGGGG...

Oct 1st

Say hi to Marley. She needs a home. She’s sweet,...

Oct 1st

attentiondoozers: Woman in cow costume arrested for...

Sep 30th

Foster Pug, Round 2

I’m getting a new foster pug.  This one really will be temporary - hopefully no longer than a...

Sep 30th

Sep 30th

lfarm: SPOILER ALERT!! Just watched S filming a makeout...

Sep 30th

How can it be that I’ve read the book three times (and...

Sep 30th

Mo' Money, Mo' Problems

Me: I actually feel kind of smug that I don't have any savings or investments, just lots of stuff.
Matt (laughs): You can tell everyone that you totally saw this coming.
Me: Exactly. I like my money where I can see it.

Sep 30th

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we...”
— Abraham Lincoln

Sep 29th

What you could do with $700,000,000,000

Give every person in the US $2,300 or give every household $6,200. Pay the income taxes of...

Sep 29th

The view of the (very unfinished) dining room from the...

Sep 29th

The view of the backyard from the dining room. It’s...

Sep 29th

The kitchen. If I had my way and I owned this home, the...

Sep 29th

The second bedroom/office/pug room.  It’s sparse right...

Sep 29th

The bathroom. There’s not much to change in here....

Sep 29th

Bedroom at a different angle. The scale of the prints/walls...

Sep 29th

My bedroom.  While I already have some idea of what I want...

Sep 29th

This is the first in a series of “new house”...

Sep 29th

Gratuitious pug picture of the day. Holy balls - they are...

Sep 29th

I want to make the Pionner Woman’s recipe for migas. ...

Sep 29th

“Life is short - break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss...”
— From an email I received from...

Sep 29th

L.O.V.E. this before and after… (via poppytalk)

Sep 29th

Do you know...

…how badly I want to shower everytime I think about the fact that my house has roaches....

Sep 29th

My next bread baking project, courtesy of...

Sep 29th

An Update

Now that I know the roaches are living on borrowed time, I feel much better and will (hopefully)...

Sep 28th

So far...

So far this weekend: I spent 15 hours moving. I found cockroaches in the kitchen, including one...

Sep 27th

Yo.

I’m moving today, hence my uncharacteristic lack of posting. Actually, right now I’m...

Sep 26th

On best friends

Me: You are seriously my lifesaver
Martine: I would expect the same from you - just an fyi - :)
Me: Dude. I would be there
Martine: I know
Me: I would be a surrogate if you couldn't give birth
Martine: LOL. Greatest gift ever
Me: I would just expect you to feed me ice chips during delivery
Martine: What if I just didn't want to give birth? Would you do it then too?
Me: That might be pushing it

Sep 25th

Watch

Katie Couric questions Sarah Palin on her foreign policy experience.

Sep 25th

House.

I pick up the keys to my new rental house in five hours. As a long time apartment dweller, I am...

Sep 25th

Watch

cuanimation: rickyv: After hearing Matt Damon’s brilliant comparison of a Sarah Palin presidency...

Sep 25th

Watch

aliexplainsitall: We Built This City by Starship Despite my aching head… this song was still able...

Sep 25th

Someday I want to live in an eco-friendly pre-fab house made...

Sep 25th

I don't know how I missed this, because...

alexbalk: In fact, some of the most basic details, including the $700 billion figure Treasury...

Sep 25th

“You need to get a life and quit hanging around with people...”
— A commenter on my previous...

Sep 25th

Life.

(This is a post for Future Me to read when I feel like my life is boring) Sometimes I feel like...

Sep 25th

“At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don’t...”
— Grey’s Anatomy (via justlia:...

Sep 25th

That’s a mighty large wiener, Martha.

Sep 24th

“And you know, I’m all for lipstick, I wear it myself, but at...”
— Hillary Clinton today in an...

Sep 24th

Claymates: The Kubler-Ross Grief Cycle

alexbalk: “I don’t understand the timing of all this information, or supposed information. I’m not...

Sep 24th

Best response ever to my post on the Claymates reaction to Clay Aiken officially coming out of the...

Sep 24th

Bohemian Mansion on the Bowery

Sep 24th

Not Eating Out in New York » Six Ways to...

Sep 24th

Excerpts from a Clay Aiken Message Board

Ok, seriously? SERIOUSLY? These excerpts from the Clayboard (does this make these people Claymates?)...

Sep 24th

(via cuanimation:amandalynferri) I have no words.

Sep 24th

mantooth: You don’t say?

Sep 24th

“The only time I feel bad about myself is when I’m...”
— Me to Erin during an epic...

Sep 24th

Made by Girl

Sep 24th

“We do not support government bailouts of private...”
— The Republican Party Platform...

Sep 23rd

Erin & I discuss being creepy and awkward

Sep 23rd

Waffle House Wedding, Pt. 2

Me: This is so unbelievable
Me: I'm in tears: http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/ftp/multimedia/waffleweddingx/publish_to_web/
Erin: I blogged that shiz like, a month ago
Me: You did?!
Erin: Shea, you are shockingly behind the times
Me: How did i miss it!?
Erin: Yeah, I've also gotten it via email
Me: Frack
Me: I really am behind the times
Me: This is depressing
Erin: http://erinintherealworld.blogspot.com/search?q=waffle+house
Me: Dammit
Me: If i commented, I was going to kill myself
Me: Luckily, I did not
Erin: ROFL
Erin: You can't forget the waffle house wedding

Sep 23rd

Waffle House wedding slideshow

Sep 23rd

(via aliexplainsitall: card by Naughty Betty) I think...

Sep 23rd

I want to marry this and have one million of its babies.

Sep 23rd

Aries

I don’t really believe in astrology, though I do find it to be oddly accurate when it comes to...

Sep 23rd

Sep 23rd

Sometimes I wish I could pull a Matthew McConaughey and live...

Sep 23rd

Radar explains the bailout in terms we all...

Sep 23rd

How can this be? Are these the same people who think the...

Sep 23rd

“Love comes to those who still hope even though they’ve been...”
— Unknown (via thresca &...

Sep 23rd

Eddie Ross's before and afters are gorge

Sep 23rd

“Google “revenge” and you get blairwaldorf.com”
— Dan Humphrey (Gossip Girl)

Sep 23rd

Going Organic: The Dirty Dozen

Y’all know that I can be kinda… granola. Even if you consider yourself to be more of a...

Sep 22nd

Donnie Wahlberg and skanky Aubrey O'Day are...

Sep 22nd

Watch

How I Met Your Mother returns tonight. It’s pretty much my favorite show ever. Tonight will...

Sep 22nd

Stephanie Tanner is headed for a television...

Sep 22nd

What was the #1 Song on the day you were...

Sep 22nd

This Fast Company article about Michelle...

Sep 20th

“We’re like Elaine and gay Jerry.”
— Regan, on our friendship

Sep 20th

I’ve seen this photo several times on various design...

Sep 19th

We’re moving next week into our new office space. ...

Sep 19th

“I keep saying I gotta start working out. It’s been about two...”
— Ellen DeGeneres (via simko)

Sep 19th

Steve Guttenberg in a dress. Why? Who cares. He was always...

Sep 19th

Leaders?

Jana, Lisa and I went to an event for the United Way’s Young Leaders organization.  The intent...

Sep 19th

Food for thought on the glass ceiling, John...

Sep 19th

“If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one...”
— New Retierment Planning for...

Sep 19th

L.O.V.E. via blog.designpublic.com

Sep 19th

Oath

After Midwest Beerfest tomorrow, I am taking an oath of sobriety. At least for awhile.

Sep 19th

This is David, husband to my awesome friend Lisa.  One of...

Sep 18th

Become a better world shopper...

Sep 18th

Can you believe that this California girl has never been...

Sep 18th

Even Republicans are Skeptical

From the Associated Press: Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel said his party’s vice...

Sep 18th

I just remembered...

… that in my wine-induced haze over the weekend during the Italian feast, I rapped.  Yes,...

Sep 18th

Watch

Sometimes you just need a little reminder.

Sep 18th

Help Please (Internets)

I’ve already put it out there that I needed a date to a wedding and help moving next...

Sep 18th

Closure, yo.

I have issues regarding closure.  More specifically, I need it.  I am not one to just move along...

Sep 18th

Maghound - The Netflix of Magazines

Sep 17th

Wanted

I need two or more dudes to help me move next weekend.  Specifically - Friday after work.  Just an...

Sep 17th

Seriously. These girls look sickly.

Sep 17th

Bananas Amazing!

holleewoodworld: And the thing I’m digging most about [The Rachel Zoe Project]? More than the...

Sep 17th

“If I’m feeling lonely, I don’t go looking for someone to be...”
—  thresca

Sep 17th

BEST BRUNCH SPOT IN NYC?!?!

juliaallison: … The point is, that stupid letter (which I tore up, btw) led me into a bout of...

Sep 17th

A new favorite home...

Sep 17th

Watch

bullshits: mantooth: Watch the background from about :40 on.  LOL I LOL’ed as well. The news...

Sep 17th

The 'Ta

Dear Wichita, It’s become quite clear that you and I are going to be stuck with each other...

Sep 17th

I can’t remember where I was or why this came up, but...

Sep 16th

When in need of a date, you might as well ask 334 of your...

Sep 16th

I kinda can’t believe it’s been nearly six...

Sep 16th

“Everybody should believe in something; I believe I’ll...”
— Unknown

Sep 16th

Bullevard just posted an email recap of...

Sep 16th

I told you I was curious...

Remember how I wanted to try boxed wine?  Well… I did.  I was enticed by Bota Box’s...

Sep 16th

Speaking of my name, Mandy received this email yesterday...

Sep 16th

Sheb.

Regan, one of my favorite people ever, has my name in his cell phone as “Sheb.” He...

Sep 16th

After carefully examining the NKOTB online...

Sep 16th

Sarah Palin installed a tanning bed at the...

Sep 16th

Hey isn’t that Zack Morris and Kelly Kapowski? Why...

Sep 16th

Clam Chowdah - The Recipe

Disclaimer: there is one “cheat” in this recipe - cream of celery soup - but it does...

Sep 15th

The Pioneer Woman's enchiladas look freakin'...

Sep 15th

W.T.F.

forever-insatiable: You’d think people heading into the corporate world would be encouraged (or...

Sep 15th

J & J after getting married in Kuai. Gorge. Their...

Sep 15th

How I spent my Sunday - making sourdough bread and clam...

Sep 14th

The Pugs in all their wrinkled glory.

Sep 14th

My Mom + Computers

Mom: Shooooooot! I need to install Norton Anti-virus and my CD-ROM isn't working...
Me: Mom, seriously? You have TWO CD drives. Use the other one.
Mom: But one of them is a CD writer...
Me: (semi-speechless) Are you serious?
Mom: ... yes?
Me: I am so blogging this.
Mom: No! You're mean.
Me: Mom, you realize that you can use your "CD writer" for any CD-ROM.
Mom: Really?
Me: Yes, test it.
Mom: Can I use a music CD?
Me: Yes!!!
Mom: (laughs) Here's one... It's Aaron Carter.
Me: Oh my God, Mom. I am so blogging this. TRY IT!
Mom: Ok! But I have to go soon.
Me: Well, fine. I see how it is. You need my help and then suddenly you're too busy.
Mom: (laughs) I have to go. I'll call you tomorrow.
Me: Bring Aaron Carter... Have fun with AOL.
Mom: Don't blog this!
Me: Ok... Next time, I'm recording our conversation with Skype and posting it...
Mom: Shea Janelle!!!!!

Sep 13th

So is it soda? Pop? Coke? Growing up in California, I knew...

Sep 13th

I've decided to sign up for this fitness...

Sep 12th

Sep 12th

Someone in Wichita is trying to sell a...

Sep 12th

Um, hi. How much do I love this wine rack? A LOT. The only...

Sep 12th

This is my report on the importance of knowing how to read. If you can’t read and you get a love...

Sep 12th

Sep 11th

Martine just told me she wants to come visit in January. ...

Sep 11th

aliexplainsitall: heddo: soupsoup: Is there a bigger...

Sep 11th

(via hilker:twistedfork:theresistance)

Sep 11th

The before & afters posted on Design*Sponge...

Sep 11th

Good Guide

Sep 11th

Wichita basically sucks when it comes to recycling. ...

Sep 11th

Empathy

The first 30 minutes of work were spent gathered around the kitchen with my co-workers talking about...

Sep 11th

“Young Jeezy snagged the number one spot on the Billboard...”
— Best Week Ever

Sep 11th

"Computer scientists and mathematicians are...

Sep 11th

thresca: Choose who you’ll give the best part of yourself.

Sep 11th

I would totally kill for this right now. (via kevinv033™ on...

Sep 10th

#2

Look. I’m going to get personal. I have an issue with doing a #2 in public.  And that...

Sep 10th

Luuuuuuurve it.  Even the chalkboard wall. (via Apartment...

Sep 10th

Sisters.

Mandy: I will be at dining out with DG. You'll find me with my face down in a trough of salsa. Mmmmm....
Me: Excellent! You can pull my face up out of my giant margarita and roll me out the door when it's time to leave :)
Mandy: Yessss... what are sisters for, if not to roll each other out of a bar?

Sep 10th

I have such a weakness for white. I am pretty sure I get...

Sep 10th

Matt: I just had the person on my demo say to his coworker that they had a "cookie firewall" preventing them from getting onto the webmeeting.
Matt: I didn't know
Matt: that there was such a thing
Matt: as a cookie firewall
Me: A COOKIE FIREWALL!
Me: Did you tell them to eat their way out of it?
Matt: I said they needed to activate the milk port
Me: lol
Matt: nom..nom..nom

Sep 10th

ellenclare: I can’t wait for the second edition of Charm...

Sep 10th

Until you post it on Facebook, it’s not official,...

Sep 10th

I think people who choose to post anonymous comments can suck it. Seriously, grow a pair. If you...

Sep 10th

The Honda Insight, their newest hybrid car and potential...

Sep 10th

Me: So thanks to Facebook, I've just learned that my ex, The Crier, is about to have another kid.
Dan: Ahhh, a young family of weepers.

Sep 10th

An NSync Reunion?

Sep 10th

Puppy Mills

I posted this earlier on Wichita Paws and realized that it’s well worth mentioning to a...

Sep 10th

“I’m going to save all of that emotional...

Sep 10th

Him: How are we not CEOs?
Me: We should be
Me: Though I think the fact that my enthusiasm about everything wanes after a week or so might hinder my CEO potential

Sep 9th

“…no one wants to think they are ‘that girl.’ In the end most...”
— (via emilyposts)

Sep 9th

I wish I lived in Manhattan so I could visit...

Sep 9th

For some reason, installing hooks under a shelf seems like...

Sep 9th

I don't think I would be ok with a dude...

Sep 9th

Matt (the brain behind Cherp) and I have started yet another...

Sep 9th

“To the 20-year-olds: Please leave men my age alone. I find...”
— Darcie To which I say...

Sep 8th

Who knew I could be so controversial?

Me: You are like the one millionth person to give me crap about my Entourage/The Hills comparison
Chris: lol
Me: I am sticking to my opinion though. Entourage is like The Hills for guys
Me: And the only people who have given me crap for saying that are guys
Me: Which i think kind of proves my point
Chris: So you think The Hills kids have just as much talent as the Entourage guys?
Me: No - it has nothing to do with talent
Me: The show itself is similar - attractive, successful young people living in Hollywood
Me: In each episode, not a whole helluva lot happens
Me: On Entourage, it's the same story (only well written)
Me: Guys hang out, guys have sex with hot girls, guys go out on the town, guys drink, guys smoke weed, Ari gets mad
Me: blah blah blah
Chris: lol
Me: The Hills is like that too, but for girls
Chris: From that angle, I guess the premise of the show is similar
Me: thank you.
Chris: Still though, that's a hard statement to make without people taking it the wrong way. It's like comparing Britney Spears to Elton John- they both make music, but on very different levels
Me: I don't get why guys took it so personally
Me: Actually, I do get why...
Chris: Because it's one of the few dude shows that doesn't seem to care about appealing to chicks, and it's very relatable
Me: Because I'm basically calling out their dude show for being kind of pointless and they don't want to admit to themselves that it kind of is. Granted, it's well acted the whole way through.
Me: Guys are too sensitive
Chris: rofl

Sep 8th

I cannot even tell you how much Twitter crap I got for this...

Sep 8th

VMAs

As it turns out, choosing to pass on the VMAs was a good decision.  The blogger who went in my place...

Sep 8th

I want to live in a weeHouse!

Sep 6th

I think I agree with this...

From Penelope Trunk: Okay. Look. I wasn’t going to tell you what I think of Sarah Palin, but...

Sep 5th

Apartment Therapy New York | Wall Quotations...

Sep 5th

(via lfarm) Who doesn’t want a little Turtle with...

Sep 4th

The Omnivore’s Hundred

Sep 4th

This makes me miss Northern California big...

Sep 4th

Sep 4th

WANT. Or at least want to do my best to reproduce :) ...

Sep 4th

Is it totally wrong that I kind of want to read this? ...

Sep 4th

I'm currently obsessed with:

Design*Sponge Apartment Therapy Re-Nest Smitten Kitchen Desire to Inspire (inspiring indeed,...

Sep 4th

“I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a...”
— Kid Rock (via...

Sep 4th

Singlehood.

juliaallison: Where are we in the West supposed to meet someone we’d like to marry, or at least...

Sep 4th

“Nice to meet you, Mr. McCain.” “Listen...

Sep 3rd

This, friends, is the Pet-A-Potty - “a small patch of...

Sep 3rd

“Last year, researchers at Queens College in New York...”
— Tony Dokoupil, Newsweek

Sep 3rd

Season 2 of Top Design premieres tonight.  Luckily, sweet...

Sep 3rd

Salt-n-Pepa salt and pepper shakers. Genius (via Serious...

Sep 3rd

Best 90210 Recap Ever

Sep 3rd

Adorable. More design inspiration.

Sep 3rd

90210

Highlights of tonight’s 90210 premiere: All of the Wichita, KS references (and the irony...

Sep 3rd

“Trig, Trak, Willow, Baton, Silo, Hoof, Horn, Humpback, Berg,...”
— Palin baby names (via...

Sep 3rd

For my non-geek friends, a compilation of...

Sep 3rd

via georgiegirlnyc: Walking home. Head down typing away on...

Sep 3rd

Want. I wish I was a Verizon customer right now.

Sep 2nd

I'm thinking I may give boxed wine a try

Sep 2nd

Apartment Therapy San Francisco | Before and...

Sep 2nd

Goodbye summer…

Sep 2nd

Going incognito in the new Google Chrome browser prompts a...

Sep 2nd

The new 90210… premiering tonight! When the original...

Sep 2nd

Me: You know what I kind of hate about Tumblr?
Me: There seems to be this clique of Tumblrers (?) who think their shit doesn't stink
Chris: I've run into that on FriendFeed. They are very "elite"
Me: They're like... the kids in high school who made a point to be UNIQUE! and INDIE! and COOL!
Chris: yeah
Me: And the end result is that they just come across as totally self-absorbed douchebags
Chris: Ugh, I was one of those kids in high school
Me: Whoops.

Sep 2nd

It’s heeeeeere! (also, every time I post something...

Sep 2nd

“Oil prices took a beating this morning on the commodities...”
— The Wichita Eagle’s...

Sep 2nd

I'm officially boycotting Perez Hilton. He's...

Sep 2nd

“There are a number of industries that survive solely upon...”
— From Stuff White People Like:...

Sep 2nd

A modern-day Flickr fairy tale

Sep 2nd

We threw BFF Jill a bridal shower this weekend.  Brunch at...

Sep 2nd

It’s almost tiiiiiiime! How much do I love Gossip...

Sep 2nd

“I have said it before and I will say it again: I think...”
— Barack Obama at today’s press...

Sep 1st

Gross.

I plan to vote for Barack Obama this November. That said, after the announcement of Sarah Palin as...

Sep 1st