Easter Blessings To You!

Here is a picture, which my mom took after she made her Easter cake. I know the picture did not do the cake justice and the picture is beautiful!!

Everyone came to our house for Easter, plus one of SIL friends from Kokomo. We had 2 kinds of turkey, veggies, bread, 2 salads (not to mention a home-made cake my mom made!) and lots of other goodies! A couple (the same few each year) decorated the eggs while the others watched golf! It was a very nice relaxing day.

I got an Easter basket (See below) from an awesome friend!!! I also got a pail of goodies from SIL and Easter Lillies and tea from SIL mother! I couldn't believe all the goodies I received! I would post pictures but haven't gotten my camera with me but I am blessed with all the love given to me!

Speaking of giving love....my mom made Fraubyers and family a dozen cupcakes! Isn't that the greatest! My mom wanted to make sure those babies got some cake for themselves! They are very cute and my mom is the best!!

Easter and All Year Blessings to you and yours!

Easter

Mags basket

Easter Sunday

You would think she would smile after having the bunny leave some great gifts!

Judybunny

What a wonderful surprise I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT! Judybunny was good to me!

Craft Time

It is my month to host the craft night! Thursday's work well for everyone?? Let's wait to see when Christine's craft night is this month and then I will schedule for the following week.

Guess where?

Forget that last 2 posts about "Guess"

I have deleted the picture from my phone in error!! But I am sending to the blog a current "Guess where!" If you are the first to guess, you get a prize!

Guess (See Below)

I posted the WRONG picture!!! I will try to repost the correct picture later.

Guess

Guess what this is and win a prize!

Hello Monday!

Sad! Sad! Sad Day!!! I had to go make another March payment on my car at the bank because of an error somewhere. The first time, the bank wrote down the wrong account number so it looked as if I never made my payment. Now I am getting calls out the whazoo from the collection agency stating I never paid. They said my check bounced. When looking at my statement online it couldn’t have and it didn’t. So the (car) bank was crappy with me and told me to make contact with my bank. So I called and they said no that my check wasn’t returned and it never has even gone through to them yet. I don’t know what happened so the bank who holds my loan for a car called yet again (3rd time today! Can you say harassment?!) and I asked them for a copy of the bounced check, which they will send to me. In the meantime, they wanted the March payment AND the April payment. The April payment isn’t due until the 19th. I was like, are you nuts? Anyway, they wanted me to pay by phone to them and charge me an additional fee to do so (19 bucks or something ridicules like that!). I said, “NO, I will go to the bank here next to my work and pay there.” So that is what I did. On my way back, more sad news was received as I went into my FAVORITE Java spot, Java Junction, and found the owner has to sell. He isn’t making any money and HAS to sell. I am heartbroken. If you ever had this coffee and compared it to Starbucks coffee you would pick Java’s coffee. It is so sad for him. He looked like he might cry when he told me. I was sad for his luck and for mine.

Be Politically Correct

1 She is not a "BABE" or a "CHICK" - She is a "BREASTED AMERICAN."

2. She is not "EASY" - She is "HORIZONTALLY ACCESSIBLE."

3. She is not a "DUMB BLONDE" - She is a "LIGHT-HAIRED DETOUR OFF THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY."

4. She has not "BEEN AROUND" - She is a "PREVIOUSLY-ENJOYED COMPANION."

5 She does not "NAG" you - She becomes "VERBALLY REPETITIVE."

6. She is not a "TWO-BIT HOOKER" - She is a "LOW COST PROVIDER."

7. He does not have a "BEER GUT" - He has developed a "LIQUID GRAIN STORAGE FACILITY."

8. He is not a "BAD DANCER" - He is "OVERLY CAUCASIAN."

9. He does not "GET LOST ALL THE TIME" - He "INVESTIGATES ALTERNATIVE DESTINATIONS."

10. He is not "BALDING" - He is in "FOLLICLE REGRESSION."

11. He does not act like a "TOTAL ASS" - He develops a case of RECTAL-CRANIAL INVERSION."

12. It's not his "CRACK" you see hanging out of his pants - It's "REAR CLEAVAGE."

Thanks Beth for sharing!

Sign

It reads "Child of God on board". I thought, as opposed to what? Child of Satan? Come on people!

Aren't We Supposed To Be The Intelligent Species?

1. WILL THE REAL DUMMY PLEASE STAND UP? AT&T fired President John Walter after nine months, saying he lacked intellectual leadership. He received a $26 million severance package. Perhaps it's not Walter who's lacking intelligence.
2. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS: Police in Oakland, CA spent two hours attempting to subdue a gunman who had barricaded himself inside his home. After firing ten tear gas canisters, officers discovered that the man was standing beside them in the police line, shouting, "Please come out and give yourself up."
3. WHAT WAS PLAN B??? An Illinois man, pretending to have a gun, kidnapped a motorist and forced him to drive to two different automated teller machines, wherein the kidnapper proceeded to withdraw money from his own bank accounts.
4. THE GETAWAY! A man walked into a Topeka, Kansas Kwik Stop and asked for all the money in the cash drawer. Apparently, the take was too small, so he tied up the store clerk and worked the counter himself for three hours until police showed up and grabbed him.
5. DID I SAY THAT??? Police in Los Angeles had good luck with a robbery suspect who just couldn't control himself during a lineup. When detectives asked each man in the lineup to repeat the words: "Give me all your money or I'll shoot", the man shouted, "that's not what I said!" .
6. ARE WE COMMUNICATING??? A man spoke frantically into the phone: "My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart". "Is this her first child?" the doctor asked "No!" the man shouted, "This is her husband!"
7. NOT THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED! In Modesto, CA, Steven Richard King was arrested for trying to hold up a Bank of America branch without a weapon. King used a thumb and a finger to simulate a gun. Unfortunately, he failed to keep his hand in his pocket. (hellooooooo)!
8. THE GRAND FINALE!!! Last summer, down on Lake Isabella, located in the high desert, an hour east of Bakersfield, CA, some folks, new to boating, were having a problem. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't get their brand new 22 foot boat, going. It was very sluggish in almost every maneuver, no matter how much power they applied. After about an hour of trying to make it go, they putted into a nearby marina, thinking someone there may be able to tell them what was wrong. A thorough topside check revealed everything in perfect working condition The engine ran fine, the out-drive went up and down, and the propeller was the correct size and pitch. So, one of the marina guys jumped in the water to check underneath. He came up choking on water, he was laughing so hard.
NOW REMEMBER...THIS IS TRUE.
Under the boat, still strapped securely in place, was the trailer!

Thanks mom for sending this one to me!

Napoleon Hill Taught Me A Lesson Today

I was reading about Napoleon Hill today. One of his most “copied’ writings was a short writing on tolerance. It isn’t just about race it is about day to day living with others. Instead of getting annoyed about what someone is doing, step in their shoes and see why they may be doing what they are doing. Or, better yet, let it go. Life is too short to concentrate on the opposites of someone. Look for what brings them into your world and even if you don’t agree with what it is which annoys you perhaps just not focusing on that will help you get through your day a little better.

Why am I bringing all this up? Well Boss 2 paces when he is on his phone. He paces here and there and back there again. It aggravates me. Then I thought about Napoleon Hill and wondered if Boss 2 does this because of something negative from his childhood and it is how he copes. I am just throwing that out. It probably isn’t true but let’s just say it is for example only. I would then think hurray for him for learning pacing as a coping skill. With me thinking like this, I have empathy instead of hostility towards him. Wouldn’t Napoleon be proud? I am.

Monday, March 19

I woke up late this morning. Normally I am the first one up because I have to leave before anyone. This morning, I woke up to the sound of my brother leaving. Not a good sign. When I looked at the alarm clock I noticed the clock was set on PM instead of AM. I have no idea how this got changed. It worked last week…maybe I was setting the alarm to get up correctly, which would have been incorrect. I just don’t know. So I hurried and showered and got ready to go. I text boss 1 to advise. No response. So I text boss 1 again as this is what I am supposed to do until he responds. No response. So when I get into the car, I decided to call in and speak with boss 2. I was physically in my car and I told him, “Grouchy momma bear on the road.” He said to put on a happy face because we were having guests come in this morning. ARGH! I had to go back into house and change!! So I have basically taken my lunch hour before my day has started!!

The picture below is a Webkinz animal. It is a stuffed animal, which comes with an adoption tag. This tag has numbers you use on the computer to “play” with your animal. It is kind of like the game SIMS but for smaller children. My Maggie LOVES it! She named the dog Georgia. She sleeps with her and plays with her and it is very cute to watch her! Maggie also loves playing online with the animated Georgia. She takes her to the vet, gives her a bath and feeds her, among other things. My brother and I have been playing a lot with the quizzes and games so that she can get points. The points are used to purchase just about anything you could think of needing or wanting. It is a really cute idea. To bad I didn’t come up with it. If Maggie continues to like and play with Webkinz, I will see about getting her a kitty so that Georgia will have a friend to play with.

Newest addition

It's sleepy time!

I am having a hard time concentrating and especially keeping my eyes open. I am not sure why, it isn’t like I had a heavy lunch or anything. If anything, I am starving! I had some tuna, which was pretty bland and dry with a piece of wheat bread and then I ate a piece of fruit. I haven’t had any cokes….HA HA! That is why I am so tired! I am sure of it! I must go and get a drink right this moment!

How is your day going?

Spiritual Sunday

I went on a retreat today with a friend. WOW is the best way I could describe what happened today. I got so much out of hearing the speaker/leader of the group. I really can't describe what I learned because it is still running through my head. Everyone had one on one time as well as group time with the leader. This was one of the best days I have had in a long time. I didn't know anyone and yet I felt at ease. One of ladies I met today said my eye sparkled and danced. I loved hearing that!!! It was just a great day. The speaker lives in Arizona and has been on several tv shows including OPRAH! I sure hope she can come back again soon very soon!

Happy B day Nana

Honey and Cinnamon Cures

I may try a few of these and if they work, you will be the first to know!

HEART DISEASES:
Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, spread on bread and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries, reduces loss of breath, strengthens the heart beat and revitalizes the arteries and veins.

ARTHRITIS:
Take daily, morning and night, 1 cup of hot water with 2 spoons of honey and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder.

BLADDER INFECTIONS:
Take 2 tablespoons of cinnamon powder and 1 teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.

TOOTHACHE:
Make a paste of 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder and 5 teaspoons of honey and apply on the aching tooth. This may be applied 3 times a day till the tooth stops aching.

BAD BREATH:
Gargle with 1 teaspoon each of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water first thing in the morning. The breath stays fresh throughout the day.

CHOLESTEROL:
Mix 2 tablespoons of honey and 3 teaspoons of cinnamon powder in 16 ounces of warm water and take 3 times a day to reduce the level of cholesterol.

COLDS:
Mix 1 tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for 3 days. This will cure most coughs, colds and clear the sinuses


INDIGESTION:
Cinnamon powder sprinkled on 2 tablespoons of honey and taken before food relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.


UPSET STOMACH:
Honey and cinnamon powder can relieve stomach aches and help clear stomach ulcers from the root.

GAS:
Honey and cinnamon powder can help relieve stomach gas.

IMMUNE SYSTEM:
Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases.

PIMPLES:
Mix 3 tablespoons of honey and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder. Apply on pimples before sleeping and wash off in the morning with warm water. If done daily for 2 weeks, it removes pimples from the root.

SKIN INFECTIONS:
Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.

WEIGHT LOSS:
Mix honey and cinnamon powder in 1 cup of boiled water and drink daily 1/2 hour before breakfast on an empty stomach and at night before sleeping. Drinking this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.

CANCER:
Patients suffering from cancer of the stomach and bones should daily take 1 tablespoon of honey with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder for 1 month 3 times a day.

FATIGUE:
Mix 1/2 tablespoon honey in a glass of water sprinkled with cinnamon powder, take daily in the morning and in the afternoon about 3:00pm when the body's vitality starts to decrease. This increases vitality within a week. This helps seniors to be more alert and agile.


LONGEVITY:
Mix 4 spoons of honey, 1 spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of water and boil.. Drink 1/4 cup, 3 to 4 times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft, arrests old age and increases life span.

Fab Friday

1. Boss 1 is out.

2. Boss 2 is out.

3. I have gotten much done (work and play wise).

4. I woke up with a headache but it seems to be gone now!

5. Joined Curves this week and I LOVE it! If you decide to join, give them my name so I can get a t-shirt!

6. It is COLD in here. I would rather be cold than hot…see Number 1 of Monday Headaches post.

7. It’s Friday, must I say more?

How is your day?

Bright light

Oh Auntie that light is to bright!

Relax

Tonight we turned the lights off, turned Mozart on and burned a candle. It would have been perfect except Maggie kept talking and moving from person to person! LOL

Number two

I kid you not!

Two houses still have lights on!

Monday Headaches

1. Boss 2 was in all day. He had the heat blasting and I bet it was 90 degrees.

2. I was starving most of the day.

3. I drank a diet coke and ended up with a terrible headache...one which I still have right now.

4. Boss 1 snapped at me and I forgot to snap back.

5. I can't reach my friend Dawn...she is the one who's husband isn't what I call "husband material."

6. The plumber came and fixed my rental plumbing problem. It cost me $600.00 and he only takes cash or check...NO CREDIT.

How was your day?

Taking a bath

To cute

My Griffin

I walk into his house and he announces, ';Oh it's just Becca!" To cute!

Another year gone

Rental

My renter will be all paid up if he pays me today. I can't even believe it. I have gotten so used to him not paying me. I must continue to think positive thoughts that money will flow not only to me but to him as well! Now I have to have someone come in and look at the plumbing situation in the house. Renter is stating the pipes are clogged. I called one plumber and he is booked out for a week. An entire week!! What would happen if you had an emergency? UGH! I prefer not to think about that.

That twitch is my head

I am really trying to change my attitude for the positive right now. I am really feeling a little bit stressed. We just found out yesterday that a motor line was being offered in this territory. We jumped at the chance only to find out this week, they offered the line to someone other than us. On top of this, I can’t seem to win or influence customers to use any of our lines. They would if we were price competitive but in most cases, no where close.

I also am very frustrated because an inquiry came in approximately 2 weeks ago. Boss 2 wanted to handle it all. It was something I could have done but even though I didn’t want to,I gave it to him. I emailed him last Friday where the quote was so I could follow up. Well, there wasn’t a quote ever done. I realize he is overwhelmed and overstressed but by goodness give me the darn work! He stated today he wanted to do it because he needs to learn the product line. I get it. I get it. What I don’t get is why couldn’t I crossed and do the work and then give the inquiry back to him so he could get a grasp on what it was, which needed to be done. I am drowning in debt here! I need these sales and I am more than willing to do what I can…I wanted to B*itch slap him. Of course, I held my tongue and my back hand swing.

Attitude

John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation. Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" He replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or ... you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood." Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or... I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life. "Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested. "Yes, it is," he said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life." I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back. I saw him about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins...Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter," he replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I could choose to die. I chose to live." Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. He continued, "..the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action." "What did you do?" I asked. “Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said John. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath a nd yelled, 'Gravity'." Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead." He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude... I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34.

After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.


Thanks Carl for sending this to me!

Lost and FOUND! Welton Girls!!!!!

I am so very excited! I found my girls! I found my long lost (3 years) girls! The Welton girls moved to Bloomington and I lost them. I have been internet searching for their mother and other family members and I even went to what I thought would be their schools website. Last night I hit the jackpot!! I thought to myself those girls are “cool” I bet they have a myspace account. I did some creative searching and low and behold I FOUND THEM!!! I actually got to email back and forth to them too! I am so very happy right now. It really has made my day and even my week!

Let's Go Shopping! NOT!!

No, I am not stress about anything. I just decided to pay myself everyone’s payroll for the month. Yes, you read that right. I direct deposited everyone in my company’s paycheck into my checking account. The good news is that the checks went into the account today and I found the error today. I got everything straightened out and everyone is taken care of. I am working with a new payroll software. I either didn’t put the numbers in and the software automatically copied mine or I put my checking account number into the software under everyone’s name. I just can’t believe I would have entered my numbers under other people’s names in error. But the fact of the matter was, it was done…Mrs. Boss 1 was worried that her taxes would be wrong and etc…I was like, Mrs. Boss 1; the only thing affected was the money was deposited to me and not you. The numbers are recorded correctly under the SSN. I could tell she didn’t believe me but I told her not to worry. I mean come on; would you be worried about it? Me the payroll person in charge of money and all the numbers…..Hell yes I would be worried! What else do you suppose I could be doing and not catch? I don’t even want to think about it!

Miss Violet

She is doing very well! Hurray for Miss Violet!

hair bows

She wanted hair bows put in! Not the freebies given to you when you get your hair cut but the pretty red ones. I was very happy to see that she wanted them and picked them and then wore them!

Bear and the Atheist

An atheist was walking through the woods.
"What majestic trees!
"What powerful rivers!
"What beautiful animals!"
he said to himself.

As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. He turned to look. He saw a 7-foot grizzly charge towards him. He ran as fast as he could up the path. He looked over his shoulder & saw that the bear was closing in on him.

He looked over his shoulder again, & the bear was even closer. He tripped & fell on the ground. He rolled over to pick himself up but saw that the bear was right on top of him, reaching for him with his left paw & raising his right paw to strike him. At that instant the Atheist cried out, "Oh my God!"

Time Stopped.
The bear froze.
The forest was silent.

As a bright light shone upon the man, a voice came out of the sky. "You deny My existence for all these years, teach others I don't exist and even credit creation to cosmic accident." Do you expect Me to help you out of this predicament? Am I to count you as a believer"?

The atheist looked directly into the light, "It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask You to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps You could make the BEAR a Christian"?

"Very well," said the voice.

The light went out. The sounds of the forest resumed. And the bear dropped his right paw, brought both paws together, bowed his head & spoke:

"Lord, bless this food, which I am about to receive from thy bounty, through Christ our Lord, Amen."

What do you think?

I have a friend who has been married for 20+ years. She married this man straight out of high school. I used to like him. I thought he was so very funny. I don’t think he is funny any longer. I know I have spoke about this friend before. The only way she can reach me now is via email. She uses the My Space account to email me. Husband found out and deleted her account. Weeks later, he said she could sign up again so she did only to have it disabled less than a month later. Yesterday she asked me if I would sign her up under my name. She mainly uses this “my space” to track what her 15 year old daughter does and she emails me. I agreed to do this for her. Am I a bad girl?

Miss Violet

Isn't she lovely?

Monday Monday

Last night I could not sleep. I tossed and turned and tossed and turned. I am not sure why I could not sleep but I could not even get tired! So I got up and took 2 sleep aids. Now this morning, I don’t want to wake up! I have had 2 glasses of tea and a large cup of coffee and yet still, I want to lie down under my desk. I am sure wanting to lie under my desk has NOTHING to do with both partners being in the office this morning. It is such a warm welcome for me to come in first thing Monday morning, especially when I am so tired and have to answer a million questions right off the bat, even before I get my coat off. I am such a lucky girl! Lucky, lucky girl!

Collin

I asked Stephanie Byers if I could take a picture and scrapbook it for her. She allowed me to take this picture of Collin. I have been thinking for over a week or so how I wanted to scrapbook the picture and even sketched out what I wanted to do with the page. This page ISN'T WHAT I sketched. I cut the paper incorrectly and then had to totally re-think and re due what I originally wanted to do. I was VERY DISAPPOINTED but here it is.

Rah!

I got a bonus today and it turns out to be around $350.00. Now don’t get too excited about this amount. Even through it is $350.00 I am still down in my pay $1,500.00 a month. I will say it was a nice thing to get but it still sucks to see my check each month. This will pay off 1 medical bill and I only have 4 hugh ones left. Rah! Go Me!

Friday Morning

Today is our "Come to Jesus" day at work. The last Friday of each month, I have to put together financial reports for the partners to see who and what is getting paid. Just as you can imagine, it is a really fun exercise for me to have to do.

I am supposed to be going to a baby shower tomorrow. I really don't want to go but I know it will be good for me to go out and mingle....I don't like to mingle....Thus the reason why I don't want to go. Baby present already purchased. I had work pay for 95% of the gift.

That is it for now. Happy Friday everyone!

CRS

I am totally losing it! I have CRS syndrome! Today I was looking at my calendar and I have down the words “96th Street 11:00 am – 1:30 pm” on the 31st. I kept wondering and thinking what it was I was supposed to be doing on this date. I went from one thought to another and I just couldn’t think of what it was. After about 15 minutes I decided to forget it and thought maybe it would either come to me later or that I would have to miss whatever I was supposed to be doing on that particular date.

Update: I was looking at the month of January. OMG!

Why didn't I think of this?

FINALLY, someone has come out with a 100% bipartisan political bumper sticker. The hottest selling bumper sticker comes from New York state.

"RUN HILLARY RUN"
Democrats put it on the rear bumper.
Republicans put it on the front bumper.

I could have sold millions!

Attention or Breakdown?

Britney Spears shaved her head. I'm not feeling it personally. This could be a good thing for her....Picture all of the bad vibes and weaves her hair had entangled in it.... The divorce drama....The child neglect...The vomit...The partying...Hanging with Paris Hilton...Going out and wearing no panties and then getting her picture taken showing it all...Sleeping with both men and women. Let's hope all that negativity is now shaved away. Let's all hope it's a fresh start. Let's hope she hunkers down, hires back her assistant and stylist and then listens to them. Let's hope she goes shopping for some decent outfits....Works on her album...And rediscovers herself. Let's hope this new streamlined Britney is how she's going to stop masking the pain, and work through it and come out the other side pretty, and fun, and shiny, and making hot pop tracks the world is waiting for. I guess she could have gotten drunk and/or high and during this time had a complete meltdown and this was the result. I don't know...but I sure hope she gets her act together not only for her children but for herself.

Monkey Man

Aaron is a crazy monkey man.

T G I F

I have a bad headache today. I am freezing and I just want to lie down and go home! I am not enjoying this thing called work. I just don’t want to be here right now. I just don’t.

I found out boss 1 gave me the candy. No one is for sure where the flowers came from. I didn’t ask boss 2 because, well, frankly he isn’t the type. I am thinking I know who sent them but don’t want to ask.....just in case.

This just in! The person who I thought may have sent the flowers did indeed! It is a continual thank you present. It is the never ending thank you present. It is nice and I love it. Of course, it may be the cause of my headache…..double edge sword I guess.

More lights

And this

Came in to this

But I am still feeling like a pirate. ARGH!

SNOW

I can't believe how much snow we had! It took hours upon hours to get our cars out of the driveway and I have missed 2 days of work. The person who is in charge of plowing our subdivision did a crappy job! He didn't plow approx 10 feet of show from our driveway so we had to shovel the road to get our cars out....!!! I am working tomorrow and then get to wait and see what Friday and Saturday brings. It is supposed to snow.....

P.s. I don't know if you can see this, but the snow is covering my hood of my car. We had to also DIG underneath the car as it was packed as well.

Look Listen and Take Heed

This video is pretty funny. It reminded me of a friend who had to "sit and play dumb" when she was out with a MANLY MAN. Her date and another gentleman were talking about plumbing and she piped in and they both looked at her like she was from another planet. She was basically told to sit in her chair and look pretty. She didn't date him very long....thank goodness!

If you get a chance, take a look by clicking HERE.

Thanks mom for sending this to me.

Burnt my breakfast

This reminded me of a book my friend Beth told me about, which is pictured above. The book asked a question....What kind of a person are you? One who would scrap the toast and eat it or throw it away and toast another piece.

My answer: Throw the burnt one away!

Only in the midwest

Reservations anyone?

Time to Clean

I have an urge or impulse to clean out my desks today. I have wanted to do this for quite sometime but never found the time to do it. Today, I got to the point where I just started pitching and throwing. Boss 2 wife called me today and asked what I was doing and I told her I was cleaning out my desk. She didn’t seem concerned nor do I really at this point but I think I am starting to be prepared if something happens to my position. I don’t want my legacy to be known as someone who has old ketchup packets in her desk (among other things!)

I am pretty depressed too.

President Hillary

One sunny day in 2008, an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue , where he'd been sitting on a park bench.

He spoke to the Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Hillary Clinton."

The Marine replied, "Sir, Mrs. Clinton is not President and doesn't reside here."

The old man said, "Okay," and walked away.

The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President Hillary Clinton".

The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mrs. Clinton is not President and doesn't reside here."

The man thanked him and again walked away . .

The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same Marine, saying "I would like to go in and meet with President Hillary Clinton."

The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mrs. Clinton. I've told you already several times that Mrs. Clinton is not the President and doesn't reside here. Don't you understand?"

The old man answered, "Oh, I understand you fine, I just love hearing your answer!"

The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow!"

This drink

I am so sad. This is my favorite drink...maybe of all time. This morning I was looking at my brake light on my car to see if I could fix it. (The brake light is not working.) I found this drink in my car! Of course with the weather being as it is, it is frozen like a piece of fish stick! I have taken it in to my office and I am hoping I will be able to see it thaw into a nice cold beverage for me to drink. I just hope the lid doesn't pop from the pressure and the contents spew all over my desk. I just looked and bubbles are coming from the bottom of the bottle to the top. It is kind of pretty when you think about it. Oh Well! Happy day!

It's snowing!

And snowing and snowing!

Dear Mrs. (Kindergarten Teacher):

I don’t like your attitude either! You are the most unwise woman and there has been an injustice done with not picking my niece as the little red hen. Stupid! Stupid! Woman! How did you get through college? Kindergarten must be a farce and children must not learn anything in your class. Any sensible person can see my niece is a genius. I don’t think the rest of the children in this class have the ability to pull off a role of this caliber but no…You must do it you way don’t you? You must think you know it all. I know this child. I see more of her than you do! What makes you the expert and have the ability to know what is right for her? You are just her kindergarten teacher and I am her Auntie! She is my flesh!

I am very unhappy and most displeased. I sure hope you are not going to want any help anytime soon from me.

Auntie

Dear Mrs. (Kindergarten Teacher):

What do you mean my niece didn’t get chosen for the part of the Little Red Hen? Apparently I have misjudged your ability to teach as well as having the skills to see obvious talent. My niece has flair and could perform this lame, stupid play in her sleep. Jesus! It is my hope you weren’t the unintelligent person who decided not to place my niece in the main role of this daft and foolish play.


Thank you.
Auntie

Dear Mrs. (Kindergarten Teacher):

I was looking over paperwork, which you sent home regarding the Little Red Hen performance and I did not see my niece’s name listed as the Little Red Hen. I am sure this must be an oversight and wanted to point this out right away so that you could correct your error.

Again, please let me know if I can help in anyway.

Thank you.
Auntie

Little Red Hen Letter

Dear Mrs. (Kindergarten Teacher):

I was so happy to hear students in your class would be performing a play of the Little Red Hen. This story was one of my favorites when I was a child. I am so pleased to hear you are teaching my niece a story with moral in school. I can tell by the story chosen, you must be a positive person with good values.

Please let me know if I can help in anyway.

Respectfully yours,
Auntie

Spinning Around

Today, after what….7 years….I find out that maybe I shouldn’t take total blame for the spinning. I received a text message from boss 1 this morning. Boss 1 said he would be in at 9:30 a.m. The office had factory training on one of our lines we sell today at 9:30 so that made sense. What didn’t make sense was he just came in at 3 p.m. He made an announcement that they just got back in from Florida. Boss 1 wife told me they watched the game at a friend’s house and made it sound like they were in Indy. I was lead to believe they were in Indy….deliberately. Why? Why would someone deliberately cover something as trivial as that? If she covers something this small up, what else has she covered up? Am I supposed to believe these people any longer?? Is this what I am supposed to learn here? I got it. I got it. Also, Boss 2 wasn’t very happy about not knowing what was going on with boss 1. He didn’t sound pleased that we didn’t have training either. I believe a big blow up is going to come soon. Man, I hope I am not here to have to listen to it or have to be a part of it.

Sunday

My girl Maggie was so very cute yesterday! She asked me several times if the game was on yet. She wanted to watch the Colts play. This would be her very first game she had ever seen. Knowing she didn’t have a clue, it was very cute to see her want to watch the game.

“Have the Colts played yet Auntie?”

“No, not yet, they don’t play until 6:30.”

“It is past 6:30 yet?”

“Not yet, but I will let you know.”

When the game started, she sat on the coffee table in front of the big screen. In her right hand she had her Colts puppet on. (Picture below) I just wanted to cry when I couldn’t find my memory stick for my camera. That would have been such a cute picture!

Maggie watched, I would say, a good hour of the game. At one point, she asked to “pause” the game so she could get up to get something and that really made me laugh. She isn’t used to watching T.V. We normally watch things off the myth box (like a TiVo) or we watch a movie. Then she grew tired and wanted to play a game with us. I played waitress and customer with her so that I could continue to watch but play with her at the same time.

How do you play waitress and customer? Well, she is the waitress and comes to me and I tell her what I would like to eat and/or drink. She then goes to her play kitchen and stove and makes what I asked. I am not allowed to call her anything but the word “waitress”. I am not saying being a waitress is a bad thing, I just hope for her she doesn’t end up one for real. That is a very hard job!

Hope everyone had a good weekend.

Ms Violet

I am happy to report Ms Violet is growing and blooming!

Go Colts!

Maggie made this Colts puppet.

Life getting in the way

My mother told me this week that I needed to update my blog. I have been so busy that I just haven't had the chance but looking back I wonder what it was, which kept me from writing. I can only assume it is life getting in the way.

I have started a new chapter in the sales training class I am taking. It is all about journaling. The teacher wants us to journal first thing in the morning. Heck, I have trouble finding the shower in the morning before work let alone getting up and physically put pencil to paper so instead I find myself writing at odd times. For example I wrote about 4 pages the other day waiting in the lobby of my doctors office. I wrote about my fears of having to see a new doctor and the dreaded question if I would have to have a scope on my neck. (Yes to the last question.) It was good to write but now I admit I haven't written a single word since then. It has been a couple days. This isn't a good thing. I promised to give my all to this class yet I haven't followed even the basic rule, which is to journal every day. I am reminded every day by my conscious but yet I say to myself, "I will do it in a little while", which in my mind is a cop out. In a little while becomes days. I must ask myself why I keep doing it and then buck up and write. I just promised myself I would do write today but "in a little while".

I started on making a Christmas gift (2007) the other day for my friend Fraubyers. I am about to take scissors to it and rip it into shreds. I keep messing it up, over and over. It is frustrating and I want to understand why I can't get it right. Getting it right doesn't mean I don't think it looks good, it is a pattern so getting it right means getting the pattern correct. Nothing more on this subject! I don't want to give the surprise away.

Well that is it for now. I must take my journal and write in it now. In a little while has come.

Learn to Phone Phony: Tape 2

Very funny!

Learn to Speak Body

I love this one!

Kids these days!

My brother and I have been playing a race car game on the Xbox. He bought the game used for $3 and we are really getting good use of it. This game doesn’t have anybody beating each other up or doing anything disturbing on it. It is just racing car against car through streets and crazy corners. I enjoy playing the game but I normally end up getting dents in my thumb from holding the thumb stick to hard and also I tense my muscles in my hands, arms and legs. I have to say I am pretty terrible playing this game. In fact, I come in dead last most of the time but it doesn’t matter. I still like to play. The only bad thing, I think, is that I end up cussing like a sailor. We always play when Maggie goes to bed but I still don’t like cussing when we play this game.

This morning, my brother comes and tells me that my 5 year old niece is the one who I will need to aspire to beat. She did a fast lap in 33 seconds. WHAT? 33 seconds? It takes me several MINUTES to do the same darn thing! This must mean she didn’t crash into any other cars and/or guard rails! I couldn’t believe it!!

NEW WORDS FOR 2007

How many can you RELATE TOO?

Essential additions for the workplace and beyond:

BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.

SEAGULL MANAGER: A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps all over everything, and then leaves.

ASSMOSIS: The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing the boss' butt rather than working hard.

SALMON DAY: The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die in the end.

CUBE FARM: An office filled with cubicles.

PRAIRIE DOGGING: When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and people's heads pop up over the walls to see what's going on.

MOUSE POTATO: The on-line, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.

SITCOMs: Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage. What yuppies turn into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids.

SWIPEOUT: An ATM or credit card that has been rendered useless because the magnetic strip is worn away from extensive use.

IRRITAINMENT: Entertainment and media spectacles that are annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them. The Anna Nichole show or the Bachelor is a prime example.

PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the heck out of an electronic device to get it to work again.

ADMINISPHERE: The rarefied organizational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the ADMINISPHERE are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve.

404: Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error message "404 Not Found" (meaning that the requested document, like the person's brain, could not be located).

GENERICA: Features of the North American landscape that are exactly the same no matter where one is, such as fast food joints, strip malls, subdivisions.

OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake.

WOOFYS: Well Off Older Folks.

CROP DUSTING: Surreptitious flatulence while passing thru a cube farm, Or any other public place, then enjoying the sounds of dismay and disgust
(this often leads to PRAIRIE DOGGING).

And lest we forget:
ANAL GLAUCOMA: Used as an excuse for not showing up for work. Translation "I just couldn't see my ass coming in to work today

Auntie Claus

Maggie picked this book from her school library. She told me that she gotten my book. I was confused until she pulled it from her backpack! She was so cute showing it to me. She and I are going to read the book tomorrow.

It was a busy morning for me yesterday. I received the information I am about to tell you in about 2 minutes, which was way less time than it took me to type it! This was all given to me unsolicited!

My company had one of our factory reps come in for training and to call on a few customers. This gentleman brought a lady friend in with him to the appointment. This was totally unprofessional. Would you take your boyfriend or girlfriends knowing you were going to make sales calls? Anyway, this lady friend ended up sitting in my office during the sales call with boss 1. She stated she was going to go and sleep in her boyfriend’s car while they were working however boss 1 and 2 said for her to stay in where it was warm. So, boss 2 sat her in my office so that she could play on the internet. (Thanks!)

My first gripe was I wanted to hand her a tissue. She kept sniffing and sniffing. This is one reason why it is very important for me to have my own office. It has been way too many years for me to share an office with someone, especially someone who isn't as well educated in the world of social graces as I am. HA! Anyway, she told me in the first minute she sat down that her "husband" (she was here with a man NOT her husband)....anyway, her husband has cut her off and not giving her any money. She said she has 3 kids and she left husband and her 3 kids at 3 a.m. one morning because he was beating on her. (Why would you leave your kids behind then?) Husband won’t give her the children now, and he is now claiming abandonment. Did I tell you that she said he had better watch himself because she has a tape of him and her neighbor? She actually graphically told me what was on the tape. My mouth dropped open. I couldn't believe she told me that. She then said both her husband and this woman want this tape. So I said, "Well maybe you could tell the neighbor if she comes over to your side and helps you out that you would hand over the tape." She then said that the neighbor was a crack head so she wouldn't be of any help to her. OMG! This was all before she sat down in her chair.I offered her a desk office chair instead of a hardback chair (with no wheels) and she proceed to tell me that she hurt her back a few years ago and the doctor messed her up and she has been on morphine for at least 6 months she was stoned and couldn't do ANYTHING. This was one of the reasons why she is now getting a divorce because the doctor gave her morphine drugs. She also said she started having tremors and when she went back into the back surgeon's office, he looked at her and walked away and wouldn't see her. It sounds to me like he was a smart doctor and wanted nothing more to do with her. She said she was suing him too for 5 million dollars. OMG! Now she is seeing a doctor like the television show Doogie Howser MD. She said he went to collage when he was like 15 years old.... So she wrote emails to her attorney, while her male friend and boss 1 went out on a sales call.

Doesn't she sound like a train wreck?

WHY WOULD SOMEONE TELL ME THEIR LIFE STORY...SOMEONE I JUST MEET 5 MINUTES PRIOR????


UPDATE: Apparently, according to boss 2, gentleman from factory was at one of our customers and told the people he was meeting with about his girlfriends soon to be ex-husband story. Boss 1 was Mortified!

What a difference 50 years makes.

Scenario: Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack.
1956 - Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack's rifle, goes to his car and gets his to show Jack.
2006 - School goes into lockdown, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.
++++++++++++++++++++++
Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1956 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.
2006 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.
1956 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal. Sits still in class.
2006 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his father's car and his Dad gives him a whipping.
1956 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2006 - Billy's Dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. Billy's sister is told by state psychologist that she remembers being abused herself and their Dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some headache medicine to school.
1956 - Mark shares headache medicine with Principal out on the smoking dock.
2006 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Scenario: Mary turns up pregnant.
1956 - 5 High School Boys leave town. Mary does her senior year at a special school for expectant mothers.
2006 - Middle School Counselor calls Planned Parenthood, who notifies the ACLU. Mary is driven to the next state over and gets an abortion without her parent's consent or knowledge. Mary given condoms and told to be more careful next time.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.
1956: Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
2006: Pedro's cause is taken up by state democratic party. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he can't speak English.
+++++++++++++++++++++
Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.
1956 - Ants die.
2006 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.
+++++++++++++++++++++
Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary, hugs him to comfort him.
1956 - In a short time Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2006 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison.

What a difference 50 years makes.

Thanks mom for sending this one to me.

You have new Picture Mail!

iBlinds - New generation iPod accessory

Just think if this person put all his energy into something positive for mankind. Although, this did put a smile on my face so maybe this was it's positive purpose....

Snow

Maggie said "Man that was fun, but my feet are sure cold!"

Missy May May

In the middle of Archivers a tiny dancer is born! I sure wish the screen was a better quality but You Tube makes the screen very large.

40 things you would like to say outloud at work or just about anywhere...

1. I can see your point, but I still think you're full of ca ca.
2. I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce.
3. How about never? Is never good for you?
4. I see you've set aside this special time to publicly humiliate yourself.
5. I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to see it my way.
6. Who lit the fuse on your tampon?
7. I'm out of my mind at the moment, but feel free to leave a message.
8. I don't work here - I'm a consultant.
9. It sounds like English, but I don't understand a damn word you're saying.
10. Ahhh. I see the screw-up fairy has visited us again.
11. I like you. You remind me of myself when I was young and stupid.
12. You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.
13. I have plenty of talent and vision - I just don't give a damn.
14. I'm already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth.
15. I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.
16. Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view.
17. The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.
18. Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.
19. What am I? Flypaper for freaks?
20. I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant.
21. It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of karma to burn
22. Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.
23. And your cry-baby whiny butt opinion would be?
24. Do I look like a f'reaking people person to you?
25. This isn't an office. It's Hell with fluorescent lighting.
26. I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left
27. Sarcasm -- just one more service we offer.
28. If I throw a stick, will you leave?
29. Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.
30. Whatever kind of look you were going for, you missed.
31. Oh, I get it. Like humor. Only different.
32. A cubicle is just a padded cell without the door.
33. Can I trade this job for what's behind door number 1?
34. Too many freaks, not enough circuses.
35. Nice perfume, but must you marinate in it?
36. Chaos, panic and disorder - my work here is finally done.
37. How do I set a laser printer to kill?
38. I thought I wanted a career; turns out I just wanted a salary
39. I'll try being nicer if you try being smarter.
40. Wait a minute - I'm just trying to imagine you with a personality

Cervical Traction

My cervical traction unit came in yesterday. I started the program last evening. I am supposed to do the stretching twice daily. I just don’t know if I will be able to do that. It means I have to get up early. I don’t like getting up early. I don’t like having to get up at 6:25 am now and if I do this every morning, it would mean I would have to get up at 6 a.m. I just don’t think I can do it. Between my brother and my niece, I don’t know if this will help me or not because they both make me laugh to the point of no return. Maggie has to be right there with me and my brother is talking to me telling me I am not doing exactly what the instruction video showed to do. Never mind that my doctor gave me different directions but at any rate, he makes me laugh out loud. Maggie thinks she has to snuggle on top of me when I am lying on the floor doing the stretching. Last night my brother was going off about me not following the directions and for Maggie to get in and help me when Maggie stated, “I only got to watch half of the video” and my brother yells back that it was obviously more than what I had watched. So Maggie came a running! Those two are to much sometimes! I hadn't laughed like that in a long time.

UPDATE: Cervical traction (neck) NOT cervix! LOL!!

Wake me up when you are done talking.

This is what I feel like when Boss 2 talks to me.

Watching Football

I normally don't watch football. I don't keep up with who is in what championship game or payoffs. I used to watch more when I lived at home but since I have been moved away from home I just don't get into it. This evening I invited myself over to the Byers home to watch the playoffs. I thought it would be interesting, and it was. I stayed until about 8. The game started at 6:30. It seems only about 15 minutes of the game was actually played in the hour and a half I watched. There was commerical after commerical. I couldn't believe it. Then when the game was being played I found myself becoming anxious. I remember now why I don't watch football. I get keyed up and nervous. So I didn't finish watching the game at the Byers. I decided to leave so that I wouldn't have a nervous breakdown in front of their children. I did turn the radio on to listen to the game in my 7 minute drive home. Then came upstairs and I am keeping track of who is winning by going to a local news website. My nerves just can't take the minute by minute plays. I hope they win. I sure hope they do because there will be much disapointment by the entire community and it would be nice to finally win but I can't take the pressure of the stress of it all blow by blow.

You have new Picture Mail!

More Christmas spirit than necessary.

You have new Picture Mail!

Tree

This house still has tree up and lights.

You have new Picture Mail!

Feeling Down

I am feeling really down today. I guess part may be the weather. I know much of it has to do with my job. I am not really happy where I am working. Things are not the same as they were, not that anything stays the same, it is just working with 2 bosses is really difficult and I am at my wits end. One wants me to do things one way, the other wants something totally different. I am just so tired and frustrated. I know I shouldn't complain....

Argh!

Very tired today

I didn't sleep well last night. I just couldn't sleep at all! It was a miserable night. I even decided to take a half of a sleeping pill around midnight and that didn't help either! It wasn't like a drank a bunch of caffeine on Sunday. I just don't know what the deal was but today, I can hardly walk, talk or concentrate at all. I must rest and rest soon!

Well, that is it for now because I can't even think about what to write or what I did this past weekend to write about.

What is and isn't cool....

This evening Maggie was showing me her new Lightening McQueen car and I said "That's nice." I was informed, "It isn't nice Auntie, It's COOL." I guess I am the one who is not so cool.

Don't you just hate when you buy something and all the pieces are not there? I am frustrated because I purchased a kit at Hobby Lobby and the main piece of the kit wasn't in the box! I wanted to do this craft this weekend and since they aren't open on Sunday's, I won't be able to return it. This is not cool either.

I purchased a warm blowing humidifier to put in my room. I am planning on running it at night when I sleep to help my throat. I didn't have a very good night last night. I had a massage and I guess since I hadn't had one in quite a while my muscles decided to spasm while I tried to sleep. I was up and down all night. Each time I woke up, my mouth felt dry. Since I would wake up dry I would take a big drink of water, which meant I was up going to the restroom too. None of this is cool to me either.

What I think is cool:
The growth taken off my vocal cords came back benign!
The CT Scan taken of my neck came back negative!

Forget to take down the lights?

There are so many people who have forgotten. I think I may start taking pictures of those who have forgotten and start posting them. I am just amazed at how many homes still have their homes lighted up! Oh, wait....I guess I best check to make sure our house doesn't still have ours glowing bright into the night too!

It seems I may be very creative!

Isn’t there a saying about the most creative minds have the messiest desks? If there is, then I must be pretty creative, because my desk is constantly being mistaken for the remnants of a tornado. It’s not that I don’t like a clean, neat, organized office, and about only the day before I go on vacation it is in good shape. But keeping it that way is where I always fail. I have the best intentions, but procrastination and distraction always get the best of me.

One of my resolutions was going get organized and stay organized. As of today, I have failed miserably. Is there hope for me? I am not sure but I am looking onto the possibility of trying to get organized. Is that like saying, “I will give it a shot, but I know I am going to fail?” I have heard that one before.

If I was really brave, and I’m not, I’d post a picture of my desk so that you could each bash me. I’m not sure I can do that yet. So, I will set my timer for 15 minutes, bring in a big garbage bag, and I will thin out some of the items not needed on my desk.

Once I get to the point where I feel like I’ve decluttered, I may post a picture.

Are you a recovering clutter-holic? Feel free to share some inspiration or commiseration with me!

My niece has been very sweet to me since I came home from surgery. I guess the absence made her heart grow fonder. She has been the sweetest little girl. We all have been playing waitress with her as she got a new kitchen and fruit stand for Christmas. She loves cooking the make believe food and then serving it to us. Last night she asked if I would like some puzzle soup. (Daddy had finished a puzzle and it was sitting near her.) I wanted to probe and ask questions about the soup.

“What is in this puzzle soup?” I asked.

She then replied very upbeat and lively, “Well, there are worms and butterflies!”

"Worms and butterflies!" I said with a crazy look on my face.

"No, no, I mean butterfiles and flowers!" She replied.

Okay, I guess that makes it all right then....

Argh!

It has been a stressful day for me! I don’t understand why because it has been pretty quiet but I am trying to get figures together for the bosses and I am having troubles! Yesterday all day it was the darn federal 941’s and I ended up having to call the people who make our software. Today it is still software related but I need to take the responsibility of this problem because I ended up putting money in an account, where it didn’t belong and then had to search for it. No biggie but it is just the little things sometimes, ya know? It is sucking the life out of me. I normally don’t have issues with the accounting side of business so it is somewhat frustrating.

I am looking forward to getting out of here today. I stayed late yesterday and probably should not have. I, however; have so much to do and it feels like a ton is sitting on top of my sore shoulders. I know I will feel much better getting some things accomplished and off my plate.

I am still laughing!

I had a very big laugh today. My mother sent me a picture of a “homemade” gift. (Picture to the right). It was slippers. I sent the email on to not only friends; I sent it to a male stranger! I shouldn’t say stranger, because I do have a WORKING relationship with this man, I just have never met him in person before! I didn’t even know I had sent him the email until he emailed me back stating:

“There are just some emails a man shouldn’t open! Happy New Year!”

I laughed and laughed and laughed! Can you imagine? I sent him an email back stating I had hoped he had a good laugh on my expense.

This is the email, which I forwarded to everyone:

Here is a gift I am planning on making each of you next year for Christmas since money is going to be tight this year. Please let me know your size so I can get started on them. I have also included the directions just in case you want to pass this gift out to others too.

Take four maxis to make a pair. Two of them get laid out flat, for the foot part. The other two wrap around the toe area to form the top. Tape or glue each side of the top pieces to the bottom of the foot part. Decorate the tops with whatever you desire, silk flowers, etc.These slippers are soft and Hygienic; Non-slip grip strips on the soles; Built in deodorant feature keeps feet smelling fresh; No more bending over to mop up spills; Disposable and biodegradable; Environmentally safe; Three convenient sizes: Regular, Light day, and Get out the Sand. Happiest of holidays........