My mom came up today and she and I went out to lunch. Maggie and her new friend Faith came along too. At dinner, Nana asked how old Faith was and she said 8 and that her birthday was in December. Somehow the conversation got to the point as to how old Nana was and Faith innocently suggested 96. I almost laughed myself silly.
Not to much going on here. I did get my dessert made for tomorrow's pitch in. I made chocolate covered strawberries. Faith's mom and dad went to Sam's Club yesterday and I asked her if she would check how much and if they had any. They were only $3.50 for a huge package so she picked me up 2 packages. Check that to do off my list.
Paul and Steph are back from their weekend away. I plan on cleaning my bathroom and recuperating from being the person in charge with Maggie. She is a handful at times...but I do love her.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
EDUMACATION AT IT'S BEST
How would you pronounce this child's name: "Le-a" ???
Leah?? NO
Lee - A?? NOPE
Lay - a?? NO
Lei?? Guess Again.
It's pronounced "Ledasha" Oh yes...you read it right.
This child attends a school in Livingston Parish, LA. Her mother is irate because everyone is getting her name wrong. SO, if you see something come across your desk like this please remember to pronounce it correctly.
When the mother was asked about the pronunciation of the name, she said "the dash don't be silent".
Leah?? NO
Lee - A?? NOPE
Lay - a?? NO
Lei?? Guess Again.
It's pronounced "Ledasha" Oh yes...you read it right.
This child attends a school in Livingston Parish, LA. Her mother is irate because everyone is getting her name wrong. SO, if you see something come across your desk like this please remember to pronounce it correctly.
When the mother was asked about the pronunciation of the name, she said "the dash don't be silent".
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Long Sunday
Today I decided to make carmel and chocolate covered pretzels. It has taken me ALL DAY! Of course I had to have a few breaks in there but I am still messing with this stuff! I didn't like the molds I bought to use for the pretzel rods. I probably will not be using them in the future either. It was easier to use a spoon. They turned out yummy. Some don't look so good but that doesn't affect the taste.
Maggie has a great friend next door! She and Faith have played together almost NON STOP this weekend! It was really great to see her outdoors playing. They made a fort out of cardboard boxes. I wonder what the weather is like in New Jersey?? This little girl wears furry boots and today I saw her with a coat. A WINTER COAT. She wasn't wearing it...but she had it next to her outside.
Hope everyone had a great weekend.
Maggie has a great friend next door! She and Faith have played together almost NON STOP this weekend! It was really great to see her outdoors playing. They made a fort out of cardboard boxes. I wonder what the weather is like in New Jersey?? This little girl wears furry boots and today I saw her with a coat. A WINTER COAT. She wasn't wearing it...but she had it next to her outside.
Hope everyone had a great weekend.
Update
Let me tell you a little about what I have been up to. Last Thursday, the practice administrator had each of us pull out a piece of paper from a basket. Each paper had a name of an associate we work with. We had to come up with 3 admirable qualities or something we look up to and/or respect on the person we picked. It could be either personal or professional. I pulled the worst person in our office. She is mean to us. She says she hates our patients families. She doesn't have anything nice to say to anyone. I showed the administrator and she laughed and laughed and laughed. I laughed too but I really had to stretch and dig deep. So I came up with these 3 things.
1. Spews confidence
2. Sharp analysis
3. No dependence of validation from others
MY MEANING of 1: She is very confident...to the point of making us to want to vomit!
MY MEANING of 2: She is quick to judge others.
MY MEANING of 3: She doesn't give a shit about what anyone else wants or feels.
So I went hoping into the clinical coordinators office and of course she knew who I had because the administrator had already laughed and laughed and told her...so I showed her my list. I thought she was going to fall off her chair. She said she "Loved my adjectives and that everything I said was true." So I bee bopped into the practice administrator and told her I was finished and asked if she wanted to see it....and she did. I thought she was going to fall over laughing. She even called her boss, the "BIG" administrator to share it with him...(EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT THIS PERSON...and yet she stil gets away with it?!) and with her laughing, I couldn't help but laugh and almost potted my pants! I wasn't sure if she was going to read our lists a loud or if she was going to give each person their list....so I wrote in cursive using my LEFT hand because this person would know my writing.... This made her laugh even harder!! The administrator then said through her laughter, although they were all true, I had to redo them because there was NO WAY she could ever read them with a straight face. She said she was going to keep the list and anytime she needed a pick me up she was going to re-read them. The next day I went back into her office with 3 new ones. She said as she was getting ready for work that next morning, she let out a huge laugh thinking about what I came up with.
Oh and I forgot to tell you,
My new list:
1. Beautiful eyes and hair
2. Articulate speaker
3. Confident
It was very ackward! Most everyone wrote a book about the person they got...I had a few words...oh well. It was the best I could come up with!
More later!
1. Spews confidence
2. Sharp analysis
3. No dependence of validation from others
MY MEANING of 1: She is very confident...to the point of making us to want to vomit!
MY MEANING of 2: She is quick to judge others.
MY MEANING of 3: She doesn't give a shit about what anyone else wants or feels.
So I went hoping into the clinical coordinators office and of course she knew who I had because the administrator had already laughed and laughed and told her...so I showed her my list. I thought she was going to fall off her chair. She said she "Loved my adjectives and that everything I said was true." So I bee bopped into the practice administrator and told her I was finished and asked if she wanted to see it....and she did. I thought she was going to fall over laughing. She even called her boss, the "BIG" administrator to share it with him...(EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT THIS PERSON...and yet she stil gets away with it?!) and with her laughing, I couldn't help but laugh and almost potted my pants! I wasn't sure if she was going to read our lists a loud or if she was going to give each person their list....so I wrote in cursive using my LEFT hand because this person would know my writing.... This made her laugh even harder!! The administrator then said through her laughter, although they were all true, I had to redo them because there was NO WAY she could ever read them with a straight face. She said she was going to keep the list and anytime she needed a pick me up she was going to re-read them. The next day I went back into her office with 3 new ones. She said as she was getting ready for work that next morning, she let out a huge laugh thinking about what I came up with.
Oh and I forgot to tell you,
My new list:
1. Beautiful eyes and hair
2. Articulate speaker
3. Confident
It was very ackward! Most everyone wrote a book about the person they got...I had a few words...oh well. It was the best I could come up with!
More later!
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Anti-Social Neighbor
We got new neighbors. I am pretty excited because they seem very friendly, although, I haven't spoken to them AT ALL. I wouldn't consider myself anti-social but I am feeling that way. The best news is they have a little girl. She is 8. Since Maggie is 7 it should be a good thing for her. The little girl (who is actually pretty big, or normal compared to Maggie, the peanut) came over to play last night. I seen her out so I came inside and told Maggie that she was outside and Maggie almost ran me over to get out. I can tell Maggie is very excited to have a new friend and one, who is next door is the best! I can remember my best friend living next door to me when I was young. I can't imagine what kind of person I would have turned out if it wasn't for her. Back to the neighbors, they are from New Jersey and they have very cute accents. One time I was in New Jersey and had to answer the phone at the place I was staying and the owner of the home wanted to know what sweet, southern gal was answering his phone while he wasn't at home. It amazes me how different we talk. The new neighbors asked about recycling and such. It was pretty embarrassing how far behind the times we are. It is mandatory there, as we all know. It seem mandatory every where but here. We are so behind in that area. Sad. I was pretty embarrassed to say the least.
My parents came up today and took us out to lunch. We went to one of my favorite hangouts....Michelangelo's. Loved it!
That is pretty much it for me. Hope everyone had a good weekend.
My parents came up today and took us out to lunch. We went to one of my favorite hangouts....Michelangelo's. Loved it!
That is pretty much it for me. Hope everyone had a good weekend.
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