Indians won again. 7-2 vs. Chi White Sox
YAY!
02 April 2008
Tired girl
I be a very tired girl today. The last two mornings I've woken at 2:17 and 2:23 respectively. I end up tossing and turning for a few hours then jerking awake when my alarm goes off thinking I'm super late for work. This morning I just gave up, got up and went into work about 30 minutes early.
On my way I stopped by Starbucks since I figured with two days in a row of lack of sleep I would need a chai. Plus we have a weekly meeting Wednesday mornings and all the guys drink coffee so I wanted to fit in. Well, I must be going their too often. I pulled up and the lady said (at the drive thru no less), "Going with the usual today?" I stumbled for a moment and said, "No, I need a venti and we'll need to make it nonfat." She immediately said, "Got it, nonfat venti chai, $4.06."
Okay...I'm going too often. This kind of freaked me out and made me laugh all at the same time. Boss1 made fun of me for having the BIG coffee cup this morning. Of course I had to explain it was chai since I'm anti-Lutheran and don't drink coffee, and then I explained my sleep patterns.
Luckily, I had already talked to him on Tuesday about taking tomorrow off. It's weekend work week so it is always crazy and it's probably (most definitely) really stupid of me to take tomorrow off, but I haven't had a mid-week day off in months. I'm really excited about it.
I'm going to sleep in (if I can - this will probably be 2:33 tonight), then go for a run, pick up a package or two, meet with my tax man, and veg. I might hit the mall and do some shopping, not that I have any money, and maybe - just maybe - I'll get my hair cut.
Of course all my best laid plans always go astray. Hell, JB, my plan for working out is already screwed up. I told you it probably wouldn't happen like I wanted it to. I'm just not that good.
Anyway, I'm tired and going to bed now. Pleasant dreams.
On my way I stopped by Starbucks since I figured with two days in a row of lack of sleep I would need a chai. Plus we have a weekly meeting Wednesday mornings and all the guys drink coffee so I wanted to fit in. Well, I must be going their too often. I pulled up and the lady said (at the drive thru no less), "Going with the usual today?" I stumbled for a moment and said, "No, I need a venti and we'll need to make it nonfat." She immediately said, "Got it, nonfat venti chai, $4.06."
Okay...I'm going too often. This kind of freaked me out and made me laugh all at the same time. Boss1 made fun of me for having the BIG coffee cup this morning. Of course I had to explain it was chai since I'm anti-Lutheran and don't drink coffee, and then I explained my sleep patterns.
Luckily, I had already talked to him on Tuesday about taking tomorrow off. It's weekend work week so it is always crazy and it's probably (most definitely) really stupid of me to take tomorrow off, but I haven't had a mid-week day off in months. I'm really excited about it.
I'm going to sleep in (if I can - this will probably be 2:33 tonight), then go for a run, pick up a package or two, meet with my tax man, and veg. I might hit the mall and do some shopping, not that I have any money, and maybe - just maybe - I'll get my hair cut.
Of course all my best laid plans always go astray. Hell, JB, my plan for working out is already screwed up. I told you it probably wouldn't happen like I wanted it to. I'm just not that good.
Anyway, I'm tired and going to bed now. Pleasant dreams.
Letter 2
Dear Stars,
Won't you please align and tell me what I need to know about me?
~moe~
Dear ~moe~,
1: How You Approach Life and How You Appear To Others
Won't you please align and tell me what I need to know about me?
~moe~
Dear ~moe~,
1: How You Approach Life and How You Appear To Others
Modest, unobtrusive, and often rather quiet or shy, you are a person who is content to be in the background or to serve as an assistant, in the supporting role rather than in the lead. You are quite humble in your own assessment of yourself and you have a very strong perfectionistic attitude, with a tendency to be overly self-critical. No matter how well you do something, you always see the flaws in it and how it could be improved. Often you will simply refuse to attempt something because you feel you cannot meet your own high standards.
2: The Inner You: Your Real Motivation
You are a person who thrives on challenge, and you often feel that you must battle your way through life, depending upon no one and nothing but your own strength, intelligence, and courage. You believe in being totally honest, true to oneself and one's own vision and convictions, even if that means standing alone. Honesty, integrity, personal honor, and authenticity are your gods, and you have no sympathy for weakness of character in others.
Sincerely, The Stars
01 April 2008
Counting my blessings
The WTF for the day
Can someone please tell me why the AI judges continue to hammer Syesha when she has had kick ass performances the last few weeks?
Tonight she performed "I Will Always Love You" which many people probably didn't even realize was a Dolly Parton song and so they immediately compared her to Whitney...which she is not. In fact, she didn't try to be Whitney. Syesha did a great mix and if you didn't know either song you wouldn't have realized the similarities.
What pissed me off most was that it was like they wanted her to sound like Whitney or Dolly. But Syesha was doing what they keep telling the contestants to do: she made it her own. And for my money, she did an awesome job.
Michael Johns did pretty awesome too. But I have a thing for accents.
Tonight she performed "I Will Always Love You" which many people probably didn't even realize was a Dolly Parton song and so they immediately compared her to Whitney...which she is not. In fact, she didn't try to be Whitney. Syesha did a great mix and if you didn't know either song you wouldn't have realized the similarities.
What pissed me off most was that it was like they wanted her to sound like Whitney or Dolly. But Syesha was doing what they keep telling the contestants to do: she made it her own. And for my money, she did an awesome job.
Michael Johns did pretty awesome too. But I have a thing for accents.
Letter 1
Dear Readers,
I was going to start this morning with an exciting announcement - I'm engaged! Yeah, my boyfriend, whom none of you know about, came over last night and proposed and I said yes. But this morning I overslept and had to rush to work, didn't even have time for a Chai. So I didn't post this until now.
And then I realized that all of you who know me would know that this was a totally lame attempt at an April Fool's joke so why even bother. And no, I don't have a secret boyfriend. Like I could actually find a guy to date me at all.
Instead, I'll just mention that for NaBloPoMo this month the theme is letters. So I'll be writing letters to either you or me or whomever I feel deserves a letter. Thank goodness this is only a 30-day month.
Sincerely,
~moe~
p.s. I might not sign every one...that seems redundant since right below this it will say "Posted by ~moe~ at whatever time I write this" but we'll see how I feel.
I was going to start this morning with an exciting announcement - I'm engaged! Yeah, my boyfriend, whom none of you know about, came over last night and proposed and I said yes. But this morning I overslept and had to rush to work, didn't even have time for a Chai. So I didn't post this until now.
And then I realized that all of you who know me would know that this was a totally lame attempt at an April Fool's joke so why even bother. And no, I don't have a secret boyfriend. Like I could actually find a guy to date me at all.
Instead, I'll just mention that for NaBloPoMo this month the theme is letters. So I'll be writing letters to either you or me or whomever I feel deserves a letter. Thank goodness this is only a 30-day month.
Sincerely,
~moe~
p.s. I might not sign every one...that seems redundant since right below this it will say "Posted by ~moe~ at whatever time I write this" but we'll see how I feel.
31 March 2008
List 31 - The Final List
March's NaBloPoMo theme of Lists ends today so I'm going to do one of those fabulous lists that get emailed around all the time. My mom sent me this one today so here we go.
1. Were you named after anyone? First name, probably not; middle name, my paternal grandma
2. When was the last time you cried? Earlier today but only for a brief moment.
3. Do you like your handwriting? Not really. When I print and take my time it looks okay, but this is really why I took up typing at age 8.
4. What is your favorite lunch meat? I'm not a big fan of lunch meat but I usually eat turkey or chicken when I do.
5. Do you have kids? None that I know of.
6. If you were another person would you be friends with you? You betcha.
7. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Define "a lot".
8. Do you still have your tonsils? Yes
9. Would you bungee jump? No, I have a tremendous fear of falling. I'd stand on the ledge and look out though.
10. What is your favorite cereal? Golden Grahams and Lucky Charms
11. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? I do unless I'm in a hurry. When I was in high school if we didn't untie our basketball shoes before putting them in our locker we got reprimanded from our coach.
12. Do you think you are strong? Muscles, I need to get to the gym. Emotionally - not so much.
13. What is your favorite ice cream? Baskin Robbins Daiquiri Ice
14. What is the first thing you notice about people? Their smile
15. Red or Pink? Are these the only choices I get? Blech. Red.
16. What is your least favorite thing about yourself? My sappiness, and my waistline right now.
17. Who do you miss the most? Dad but since he won't be back, I also really miss HRM
18. What color pants and shoes are you wearing right now? Blue jeans, no shoes
19. What was the last thing you ate? Kashi three cheese pizza
20. What are you listening to right now? "The Big Bang Theory" on CBS
21. If you were a crayon what color would you be? I always choose Persimmon because I like the word, but I don't think I'd actually like the color if I was it.
22. What are your favorite smells? Mowed grass, spring, movie popcorn, cookies and pie baking, sawdust, Ralph Lauren's Romance cologne, Drakkar cologne, fresh laundry, and other stuff
23. Who was the last person you talked with on the telephone? A rep from the Guthrie wanting money, I mean, donations
24. Favorite sport to watch? Baseball!!! the Indians, baby!
25. Hair color? Brown in the winter, Auburn in the summer (the sun brings out the natural red in my hair)
26. Eye color? blue
27. Do you wear contacts? When I'm not feeling lazy.
28. Favorite food? Really? I have to pick one? Pizza, cookies, pie, Chicken!
29. Scary movies or happy endings? Depends on my mood. Knowing that I'm a sap I'd probably cry at the end of both.
30. Last movie you watched? Today? In reverse: The Producers, Hairspray, and Someone Like You
31. What color shirt are you wearing? black, natch, and a 'cigar' colored zip-up hoodie
32. Summer or winter? Summer right now (I'm sick of snow), but usually fall.
33. Hugs or kisses? At this point in my life I'll take whichever I can get
34. Favorite dessert? My Apple Pie
35. What book are you reading right now? The Mezzo Wore Mink by Mark Schweizer
36. What is on your mouse pad? I don't have one at home, but at work it's Marvin the Martian
37. What did you watch on TV last night? Ocean's 11
38. Favorite sound? My phone ringing with an awesome friend on the other line.
39. Rolling Stones or Beatles? The Beatles
40. What is the farthest you have been from home? Israel
41. Do you have a special talent? This is a PG-13 blog...I can't list it here.
And now the list theme has ended, but don't be surprised if I find another list to do sometime in the future. Next month's NaBloPoMo theme is Letters. I already have one ready for Thursday (it's awesome!). See you then!
1. Were you named after anyone? First name, probably not; middle name, my paternal grandma
2. When was the last time you cried? Earlier today but only for a brief moment.
3. Do you like your handwriting? Not really. When I print and take my time it looks okay, but this is really why I took up typing at age 8.
4. What is your favorite lunch meat? I'm not a big fan of lunch meat but I usually eat turkey or chicken when I do.
5. Do you have kids? None that I know of.
6. If you were another person would you be friends with you? You betcha.
7. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Define "a lot".
8. Do you still have your tonsils? Yes
9. Would you bungee jump? No, I have a tremendous fear of falling. I'd stand on the ledge and look out though.
10. What is your favorite cereal? Golden Grahams and Lucky Charms
11. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? I do unless I'm in a hurry. When I was in high school if we didn't untie our basketball shoes before putting them in our locker we got reprimanded from our coach.
12. Do you think you are strong? Muscles, I need to get to the gym. Emotionally - not so much.
13. What is your favorite ice cream? Baskin Robbins Daiquiri Ice
14. What is the first thing you notice about people? Their smile
15. Red or Pink? Are these the only choices I get? Blech. Red.
16. What is your least favorite thing about yourself? My sappiness, and my waistline right now.
17. Who do you miss the most? Dad but since he won't be back, I also really miss HRM
18. What color pants and shoes are you wearing right now? Blue jeans, no shoes
19. What was the last thing you ate? Kashi three cheese pizza
20. What are you listening to right now? "The Big Bang Theory" on CBS
21. If you were a crayon what color would you be? I always choose Persimmon because I like the word, but I don't think I'd actually like the color if I was it.
22. What are your favorite smells? Mowed grass, spring, movie popcorn, cookies and pie baking, sawdust, Ralph Lauren's Romance cologne, Drakkar cologne, fresh laundry, and other stuff
23. Who was the last person you talked with on the telephone? A rep from the Guthrie wanting money, I mean, donations
24. Favorite sport to watch? Baseball!!! the Indians, baby!
25. Hair color? Brown in the winter, Auburn in the summer (the sun brings out the natural red in my hair)
26. Eye color? blue
27. Do you wear contacts? When I'm not feeling lazy.
28. Favorite food? Really? I have to pick one? Pizza, cookies, pie, Chicken!
29. Scary movies or happy endings? Depends on my mood. Knowing that I'm a sap I'd probably cry at the end of both.
30. Last movie you watched? Today? In reverse: The Producers, Hairspray, and Someone Like You
31. What color shirt are you wearing? black, natch, and a 'cigar' colored zip-up hoodie
32. Summer or winter? Summer right now (I'm sick of snow), but usually fall.
33. Hugs or kisses? At this point in my life I'll take whichever I can get
34. Favorite dessert? My Apple Pie
35. What book are you reading right now? The Mezzo Wore Mink by Mark Schweizer
36. What is on your mouse pad? I don't have one at home, but at work it's Marvin the Martian
37. What did you watch on TV last night? Ocean's 11
38. Favorite sound? My phone ringing with an awesome friend on the other line.
39. Rolling Stones or Beatles? The Beatles
40. What is the farthest you have been from home? Israel
41. Do you have a special talent? This is a PG-13 blog...I can't list it here.
And now the list theme has ended, but don't be surprised if I find another list to do sometime in the future. Next month's NaBloPoMo theme is Letters. I already have one ready for Thursday (it's awesome!). See you then!
They won! They won! They won!
So the awesome Indians just won their home and season opener against the Chicago White Sox, 10-8. Awesome game! I wish I could have seen it live, but mlb does have this Gameday pitch-by-pitch function that works well enough (I can use it at work too). So it was kind of like I was there.
And I will be there in June! I can't wait to see them play live at home! It'll be so awesome. I need to upgrade my Indians gear. YAY!
I hope I didn't jinx the boys with this post. Keep up the great work, guys. This is your year.
And I will be there in June! I can't wait to see them play live at home! It'll be so awesome. I need to upgrade my Indians gear. YAY!
I hope I didn't jinx the boys with this post. Keep up the great work, guys. This is your year.
I won! I won! I won!
I never win anything, but a week ago I signed up for this give-away. And last night I got an email telling me I won. I'm so excited. (Here's proof, just in case you don't believe me.)
This also brought me smack dab in the middle of my youth. I loved the Mr. Men and Little Miss books. I can't remember if I have any of these but I'm very tempted to buy the set. Of course that's way more money than I have right now, but I'd still like them. They were so fun to read. And apparently they have a cartoon on Cartoon Network now. I'm going to have to do some scoping today and see if I can find them.
Now the promotional pack that I'm winning I'm supposed to give to my kids (i.e. niece and nephews) so I'm thinking I'll give them the Noddy stuff. They'll like that. Then I can keep the Mr. Men and Little Miss stuff for me. :) I'm so selfish.
This also brought me smack dab in the middle of my youth. I loved the Mr. Men and Little Miss books. I can't remember if I have any of these but I'm very tempted to buy the set. Of course that's way more money than I have right now, but I'd still like them. They were so fun to read. And apparently they have a cartoon on Cartoon Network now. I'm going to have to do some scoping today and see if I can find them.
Now the promotional pack that I'm winning I'm supposed to give to my kids (i.e. niece and nephews) so I'm thinking I'll give them the Noddy stuff. They'll like that. Then I can keep the Mr. Men and Little Miss stuff for me. :) I'm so selfish.
30 March 2008
Yakko!
As a big fan of Animaniacs, I have to share this. I haven't figured out how to embed videos (I really am computer illiterate...I wish people knew that). So here's the link!
List 30
I'm making a plan, and to make a plan you need to make a list. So here's my list. But first my plan.
I stupidly signed up for a marathon that happens in 6 weeks. I signed up back when I was on my marathon high and now I really want to see if I can complete it. RW tells me I shouldn't even attempt it but if I'm going to then I should plan to run conservatively. I do that anyway so maybe I'll be okay.
But to make this happen I need to get into a zone and I need a game plan. So here we go:
The odd thing is, I really like running at noon, but I used to really love running in the mornings. With the former it broke up the day, I was able to de-stress for awhile and then face the rest of the day with a fresh look. But with the latter, I can start my day with exercise, fresh air and clear my head to start the day. Plus I can get in at least one workout for the day just in case something comes up and the nooner falls apart. Lord knows at the end of the day I don't want to do anything (though I do like evening runs sometimes too - clear my head of the troubles of the day and go to bed with an empty mind, though some say I usually do have an empty mind).
So I'm going to try this this week. Tomorrow I'm going to clean up my locker and put in the stuff I'll need and get ready. Tuesday morning (knock on wood) I'll be running at 5:30 am.
Here's hoping.
I stupidly signed up for a marathon that happens in 6 weeks. I signed up back when I was on my marathon high and now I really want to see if I can complete it. RW tells me I shouldn't even attempt it but if I'm going to then I should plan to run conservatively. I do that anyway so maybe I'll be okay.
But to make this happen I need to get into a zone and I need a game plan. So here we go:
- Sundays: Long run day; Wash clothes, iron uniform, shine boots and pack up work stuff for work - i.e. shirts, socks, undies. Also set up second set of running gear - socks, bra, shorts, tees, purple shoes, undies; measure out Endurox and Accelerade for week
- Mondays: Off day (maybe); groceries; Take uniform, boots and stuff to work and pack in locker. Also take extra workout gear sets; Also take Endurox and Accelerade (and bottles); Make hard boiled eggs for breakfast for week; Make lunch for next day (repeat each night); Pack jeans and shoes to go home in.
- Workday mornings: Get up at 5 - contacts, pull hair back, get into workout gear, grab lunch; be at work at 5:30 to run back road and run 20 minutes out and back; at 6:20 head in to shower and get ready for work, be at work at 6:45 - eat eggs and bagel
- Workday middays: Change into second set and either run or do cross-training - 30 minutes out and 30 minutes back; shower and eat lunch.
- End of Workday: pack up both sets of icky clothes, change into jeans leaving uniform there for next day
- Evenings: make lunch for next day, do laundry as needed, and pack to return the next day
- Saturdays: Medium run, some cross training, begin planning for the next week
The odd thing is, I really like running at noon, but I used to really love running in the mornings. With the former it broke up the day, I was able to de-stress for awhile and then face the rest of the day with a fresh look. But with the latter, I can start my day with exercise, fresh air and clear my head to start the day. Plus I can get in at least one workout for the day just in case something comes up and the nooner falls apart. Lord knows at the end of the day I don't want to do anything (though I do like evening runs sometimes too - clear my head of the troubles of the day and go to bed with an empty mind, though some say I usually do have an empty mind).
So I'm going to try this this week. Tomorrow I'm going to clean up my locker and put in the stuff I'll need and get ready. Tuesday morning (knock on wood) I'll be running at 5:30 am.
Here's hoping.
Sometimes things work out
So Happy Birthday to my Mom today. She turned 39, again. Amazing when she has a 43 year old son and a daughter older than that...
Anyway, let's see...a little run down of the day. I went to church this morning which was hilarious. Yeah, church isn't supposed to be funny. Sorry, but it was just a cluster this morning.
It all started with the Kyrie which was a new setting, which the leads to a new setting of the Hymn of Praise. Well...this setting of the HoP starts like our normal one we do all the time so as BigO started to sing he just launched into the regular version. and the organist, God bless him, launched into that version too (I'm not sure if this was out of habit or if he is that good that he grabbed the new version while BigO was vamping). Anyway, this was totally off from what was in the bulletin. BigO looked around with confusion (all while singing), he looked over to his associate and just shrugged his shoulders, then he started cracking up (though I give him credit for not bursting out into all out laughter like I could see was on his face).
Well we finished singing and he looked up, grinned and said, "I commend you all for your excellent memories. Let us pray." After church I complimented him on his great work and he said, "Well, you've had those moments I'm sure and you know you can't say 'Oh shit' at the altar." I said, "Well I said that in church once but I was in the basement so I think I'll still make it to heaven." He busted out laughing and wished me a good day.
There were some other moments too, like when the associate wanted us to sing a hymn after the Gospel since it read Anthem in the bulletin but the choir was nowhere to be found. So BigO had to step in and say that the choir was singing during communion so he could just continue with his sermon. Then his sermon had the "That was easy" Staples theme and at one point he joked with BigO about "having trouble writing a sermon?" and "Having trouble with your associate pastor?" to which BigO replied, "Not anymore" and we all laughed.
All in all a good day. I also got to see some of my surrogate parents from high school. Their son was in my younger older brother's class and their daughter was two years older than me. She and I played volleyball and basketball together.
Then I went home and waited for Mom to call me back with her decision on what she wanted to do for the afternoon. I knew she had a dance tonight at 7 and we had talked about going to lunch and then a movie. Well...my mom is notorious for not making decisions well. So finally after the 3rd phone call she asks me what I was going to do today and I said that all I have to do today is run. So she told me to go run and then she'd have a decision when I got back. Well, 90 minutes later she still didn't have a plan so I finally got fed up and told her I'd just come up.
Part of the conversation was giving her two options: 1) we could get together for dinner, my treat, before she had to go to the dance or 2) she could just spend time at home and I'd leave her alone. I mean it was her birthday so it's her choice.
Well she says, "You shouldn't have to take me to dinner."
so I said, "fine, have a great birthday."
"Well, now you're pissy."
"No, mom, I'm mad that every time I offer to take you out to eat you turn it around that I shouldn't have to take you out to eat. I'm not offering because I feel obligated to buy you dinner, I want to. But like I said, if you'd rather not, that's fine. I'm not going to be upset one way or the other."
She hemmed and hawed so finally I said, I'm coming up. I'll be there in 45 minutes.
We ended up having a good afternoon. We got subs at the local convenience store, ate 2 week old cake after I made her blow out the candles I had arranged into her age, and then played cribbage. It was fun.
And now I'm at home, surfing the blogs I read and trying to make a plan. More on the plan to come...
At least it was a good day. And despite my original plan of all of us getting together (and I still feel we should have done that) it turned out okay.
Anyway, let's see...a little run down of the day. I went to church this morning which was hilarious. Yeah, church isn't supposed to be funny. Sorry, but it was just a cluster this morning.
It all started with the Kyrie which was a new setting, which the leads to a new setting of the Hymn of Praise. Well...this setting of the HoP starts like our normal one we do all the time so as BigO started to sing he just launched into the regular version. and the organist, God bless him, launched into that version too (I'm not sure if this was out of habit or if he is that good that he grabbed the new version while BigO was vamping). Anyway, this was totally off from what was in the bulletin. BigO looked around with confusion (all while singing), he looked over to his associate and just shrugged his shoulders, then he started cracking up (though I give him credit for not bursting out into all out laughter like I could see was on his face).
Well we finished singing and he looked up, grinned and said, "I commend you all for your excellent memories. Let us pray." After church I complimented him on his great work and he said, "Well, you've had those moments I'm sure and you know you can't say 'Oh shit' at the altar." I said, "Well I said that in church once but I was in the basement so I think I'll still make it to heaven." He busted out laughing and wished me a good day.
There were some other moments too, like when the associate wanted us to sing a hymn after the Gospel since it read Anthem in the bulletin but the choir was nowhere to be found. So BigO had to step in and say that the choir was singing during communion so he could just continue with his sermon. Then his sermon had the "That was easy" Staples theme and at one point he joked with BigO about "having trouble writing a sermon?" and "Having trouble with your associate pastor?" to which BigO replied, "Not anymore" and we all laughed.
All in all a good day. I also got to see some of my surrogate parents from high school. Their son was in my younger older brother's class and their daughter was two years older than me. She and I played volleyball and basketball together.
Then I went home and waited for Mom to call me back with her decision on what she wanted to do for the afternoon. I knew she had a dance tonight at 7 and we had talked about going to lunch and then a movie. Well...my mom is notorious for not making decisions well. So finally after the 3rd phone call she asks me what I was going to do today and I said that all I have to do today is run. So she told me to go run and then she'd have a decision when I got back. Well, 90 minutes later she still didn't have a plan so I finally got fed up and told her I'd just come up.
Part of the conversation was giving her two options: 1) we could get together for dinner, my treat, before she had to go to the dance or 2) she could just spend time at home and I'd leave her alone. I mean it was her birthday so it's her choice.
Well she says, "You shouldn't have to take me to dinner."
so I said, "fine, have a great birthday."
"Well, now you're pissy."
"No, mom, I'm mad that every time I offer to take you out to eat you turn it around that I shouldn't have to take you out to eat. I'm not offering because I feel obligated to buy you dinner, I want to. But like I said, if you'd rather not, that's fine. I'm not going to be upset one way or the other."
She hemmed and hawed so finally I said, I'm coming up. I'll be there in 45 minutes.
We ended up having a good afternoon. We got subs at the local convenience store, ate 2 week old cake after I made her blow out the candles I had arranged into her age, and then played cribbage. It was fun.
And now I'm at home, surfing the blogs I read and trying to make a plan. More on the plan to come...
At least it was a good day. And despite my original plan of all of us getting together (and I still feel we should have done that) it turned out okay.
29 March 2008
Nail me to the wall
My dear friend K wrote about this site. I clicked on it and if she thought the law had its hold on me with my list of books to read, well, holy crap. This list totally nailed me to the wall.
First I have to say the whole concept of the list is hysterical, because it really is true. So many of these things are right on the money. I find myself on this list way too many times.
#55, #25 (and while I did hear David in person read from his upcoming book, I don't always find him as funny as some do), and #9 are hitting me hard today. Oh and I'm leaning to becoming a #61 except I really do want to use it to get to work because gas prices are killing me and I need to save all the pennies I can for my multiple vacations and marathons this year. (Oops...there's another one.)
That's just a few of them on me. Do you fall on this list?
First I have to say the whole concept of the list is hysterical, because it really is true. So many of these things are right on the money. I find myself on this list way too many times.
#55, #25 (and while I did hear David in person read from his upcoming book, I don't always find him as funny as some do), and #9 are hitting me hard today. Oh and I'm leaning to becoming a #61 except I really do want to use it to get to work because gas prices are killing me and I need to save all the pennies I can for my multiple vacations and marathons this year. (Oops...there's another one.)
That's just a few of them on me. Do you fall on this list?
List 29
This is probably cheating but I found another good list online, so once again I'm posting it here. Maybe tomorrow or Monday I'll come up with a list of my own.
This from 21 Suggestions:
This from 21 Suggestions:
- Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your happiness or misery.
- Work at something you enjoy and that’s worthy of your time and talent.
- Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
- Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.
- Be forgiving of yourself and others.
- Be generous.
- Have a grateful heart.
- Persistence, persistence, persistence.
- Discipline yourself to save money on even the most modest salary.
- Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.
- Commit yourself to constant improvement.
- Commit yourself to quality.
- Understand that happiness is not based on possessions, power or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect.
- Be loyal.
- Be honest.
- Be a self-starter.
- Be decisive even if it means you’ll sometimes be wrong.
- Stop blaming others. Take responsibility for every area of your life.
- Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you’ll regret the things you didn’t do more than the ones you did.
- Take good care of those you love.
- Don’t do anything that wouldn’t make your Mom proud.
28 March 2008
Family Fun
Tonight I went with mom to see my nephew's spring concert. They did a little musical of sorts - spoken parts and some dancing and singing. Pretty cute for elementary kids.
My nephew was adorable (don't tell him I said that). He was so into the music and dancing away...not in a flashy way, just really having fun. He's such a cutie.
It's always fun to spend time with my family. I do love them, despite some of my perhaps venting posts earlier. This is birthday weekend. My BIL is tomorrow, Mom is Sunday and my SIL is Monday. I had talked once about us all getting together to celebrate - partially for the birthdays, partially because we haven't all been together since Christmas. But I don't think it's going to happen. My sis said she needs Sunday to get ready for her work week (she's a teacher) since she's going to spend the day with her hubby for his birthday tomorrow. I haven't heard from my brother and his wife, so it looks like it's just kind of going down the tubes.
The other day a co-worker and I were talking about family relationships. He made the comment that it's the parents job to care and look out for their kids, it shouldn't be the way around - at least until it has to be. In some ways I really agree with that.
But then these days come around, and mom's alone and it makes me wonder if that feeling should be true. I know she feels hurt that we won't be spending time with her (I think she and I are doing lunch and a movie), but then I think about all the times when my brother has asked her to watch his kids and she's had to check her dance schedule first or her work schedule (she is retired). I don't know how to find the balance.
I sit here watching Phenomenon and think about how short life is. How one or all of us could be gone at a moments notice. We know this in our family...we had to deal with that with Dad, but it didn't seem to really change our attitude about things. Or maybe it did for awhile but since that was 14 years ago we've become accustomed to this mess and this is all we know and remember.
I don't know. I feel guilty because we're not all getting together and I don't know what to do about it. I don't want to guilt my siblings into anything because we get that enough with mom (that Norwegian Lutheran mom guilt - it's the best.) But I still feel like we should be doing something.
Am I expecting too much? Should I not make such a big deal about this? I mean, I don't celebrate my birthday, so is it too much to expect us to celebrate hers?
I don't know. I'm just confused right now. Maybe it's the timing of the night. I tend to get crazy after 10.
My nephew was adorable (don't tell him I said that). He was so into the music and dancing away...not in a flashy way, just really having fun. He's such a cutie.
It's always fun to spend time with my family. I do love them, despite some of my perhaps venting posts earlier. This is birthday weekend. My BIL is tomorrow, Mom is Sunday and my SIL is Monday. I had talked once about us all getting together to celebrate - partially for the birthdays, partially because we haven't all been together since Christmas. But I don't think it's going to happen. My sis said she needs Sunday to get ready for her work week (she's a teacher) since she's going to spend the day with her hubby for his birthday tomorrow. I haven't heard from my brother and his wife, so it looks like it's just kind of going down the tubes.
The other day a co-worker and I were talking about family relationships. He made the comment that it's the parents job to care and look out for their kids, it shouldn't be the way around - at least until it has to be. In some ways I really agree with that.
But then these days come around, and mom's alone and it makes me wonder if that feeling should be true. I know she feels hurt that we won't be spending time with her (I think she and I are doing lunch and a movie), but then I think about all the times when my brother has asked her to watch his kids and she's had to check her dance schedule first or her work schedule (she is retired). I don't know how to find the balance.
I sit here watching Phenomenon and think about how short life is. How one or all of us could be gone at a moments notice. We know this in our family...we had to deal with that with Dad, but it didn't seem to really change our attitude about things. Or maybe it did for awhile but since that was 14 years ago we've become accustomed to this mess and this is all we know and remember.
I don't know. I feel guilty because we're not all getting together and I don't know what to do about it. I don't want to guilt my siblings into anything because we get that enough with mom (that Norwegian Lutheran mom guilt - it's the best.) But I still feel like we should be doing something.
Am I expecting too much? Should I not make such a big deal about this? I mean, I don't celebrate my birthday, so is it too much to expect us to celebrate hers?
I don't know. I'm just confused right now. Maybe it's the timing of the night. I tend to get crazy after 10.
Something's coming...is it spring?
Spring is closer at least.
The way I have my office set up my windows are to my right. They used to be to my back which freaked me out, and caused problems for people visiting me because they'd be looking directly into the sun to see me. Plus there would be a glare on my computer screen.
So I moved my furniture around. It actually opened up my office a lot more than before. I remember walking in to this room long ago and it just felt small. The way it was laid out just sucked. Yeah, it was welcoming to a point. My predecessor was facing the door so as you walked in she was right there in front of you. But the rest of the furniture just felt boxed in.
You've seen my pictures. Well, now with the sun to my right and spring inching its way closer, each morning around 8am I have my very own sun shower. It peaks over the neighboring building and shines upon my face (read: in my eyes so I'm blinded and can't see). It's great. This morning I needed that extra heat since I was a little chilly. But I'm always chilly so that's nothing new.
It just felt good to have that sun on my face again. Maybe spring is here.
List 28
I'm home for lunch and stumbled upon this site. Too funny so I had to copy here.
LEXOPHILES (LOVERS OF WORDS):
1. A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.
2. A will is a dead giveaway.
3. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
4. A backward poet writes inverse.
5. In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes.
6. A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.
7. If you don't pay your exorcist you can get repossessed.
8. With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
9. Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I'll show you A-flat miner.
10. When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
11. The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was fully recovered.
12. A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France resulted in Linoleum Blownapart.
13. You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
14. Local Area Network in Australia : The LAN down under.
15. He broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
16. A calendar's days are numbered.
17. A lot of money is tainted: 'Taint yours, and 'taint mine.
18. A boiled egg is hard to beat.
19. He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
20. A plateau is a high form of flattery.
21. The short fortuneteller who escaped from prison: a small medium at large.
22. Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
23. When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.
24. If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine.
25. When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.
26. Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.
27. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
28. Acupuncture: a jab well done.
29. Marathon runners with bad shoes suffer the agony of de feet.
LEXOPHILES (LOVERS OF WORDS):
1. A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.
2. A will is a dead giveaway.
3. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
4. A backward poet writes inverse.
5. In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes.
6. A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.
7. If you don't pay your exorcist you can get repossessed.
8. With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
9. Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I'll show you A-flat miner.
10. When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
11. The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was fully recovered.
12. A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France resulted in Linoleum Blownapart.
13. You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
14. Local Area Network in Australia : The LAN down under.
15. He broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
16. A calendar's days are numbered.
17. A lot of money is tainted: 'Taint yours, and 'taint mine.
18. A boiled egg is hard to beat.
19. He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
20. A plateau is a high form of flattery.
21. The short fortuneteller who escaped from prison: a small medium at large.
22. Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
23. When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.
24. If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine.
25. When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.
26. Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.
27. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
28. Acupuncture: a jab well done.
29. Marathon runners with bad shoes suffer the agony of de feet.
27 March 2008
Oh...
And it was snowing this morning - a couple inches at least - and continued to snow on and off all morning and early afternoon.
It was gray skies until at least 3:20 this afternoon.
Then the sun came out and the skies were blue and the snow on the roads and sidewalks melted.
This state drives me nuts.
Hey Mother Nature: pick one!
It was gray skies until at least 3:20 this afternoon.
Then the sun came out and the skies were blue and the snow on the roads and sidewalks melted.
This state drives me nuts.
Hey Mother Nature: pick one!
Anger Management
I may have made a mistake Tuesday afternoon.
Last week after I got my thank you gift from the VIP who visited, my mentor and I were talking about the day. He commented that since he helped me (somewhat with the lunch) that he should get to share the gift since he didn't get one of his own. I, being the fair person that I am, agreed and we determined I'd have it that week and this week he'd have it. Then we'd just keep switching off until he retired or we forgot about it.
Tuesday afternoon I ran over to his office to deliver the gift. It gathers fingerprints easily and I didn't have a good case for it yet so I wrapped it in a paper towel and took over to him. It's fairly small but it does have a little weight to it. He was talking with someone else so I just set it, still wrapped in the PT, on his desk. He tried to give it back but I insisted we share it because that's what we had agreed to.
Yesterday morning our mutual friend, RRR, called and I told him to call my mentor and ask him about the gift "he" got. Soon my mentor called me.
"You took back your gift, didn't you?"
"No, didn't you tell RRR about it?"
"Well he started talking on and on and I thought he was talking about my own version of it (he actually has one of his own that he gives out to other people) so I started describing that. RRR got confused and I got confused until he said that it was the one I was given. So I had to correct him but that got me wondering what you did with it."
"I left it on your desk while you were talking to Chad. It was wrapped in the paper towel so it wouldn't get smudged."
"Oh, no."
"You didn't throw it away did you?"
"I didn't but I think someone else did. I'm going to have to go through the trash."
This continued all day long. I kept laughing about it because knowing him he would tease me about this and then suddenly hand it to me when I least expected it. And really, if he did throw it away, it's not the end of the world. Granted it would have been nice to have it longer than a week, but still. It's just a gift.
Well, my mentor kept asking me if I was angry. I kept saying no. And then he asked me, "Do you ever get mad? I've never seen you mad." He determined that I wouldn't get mad, but I'd get hurt - having hurt feelings and all since I'm so sensitive, but I wouldn't get mad.
It got me thinking, because I don't know that I've ever really been hands down, voice raised, pissed off, yelling mad. I vent, and my voice goes up at times, but I don't know if I've ever really been mad. I just don't get mad. Life's too short to really get ticked off.
Of course friends who have heard me talking on occasion during rush hour traffic in the cities or any traffic in this town would disagree. But even then I yell out once and then I laugh about it.
Anyway, here's an interesting story about anger. I wonder if not getting angry is a bad thing too. Maybe I'm just so lazy I don't want to exert the energy it takes to get pissed off. Or maybe I'm just really that mellow.
All without yoga. :)
And I still don't know if he found the gift or not. I guess I'll have to wait that one out.
Last week after I got my thank you gift from the VIP who visited, my mentor and I were talking about the day. He commented that since he helped me (somewhat with the lunch) that he should get to share the gift since he didn't get one of his own. I, being the fair person that I am, agreed and we determined I'd have it that week and this week he'd have it. Then we'd just keep switching off until he retired or we forgot about it.
Tuesday afternoon I ran over to his office to deliver the gift. It gathers fingerprints easily and I didn't have a good case for it yet so I wrapped it in a paper towel and took over to him. It's fairly small but it does have a little weight to it. He was talking with someone else so I just set it, still wrapped in the PT, on his desk. He tried to give it back but I insisted we share it because that's what we had agreed to.
Yesterday morning our mutual friend, RRR, called and I told him to call my mentor and ask him about the gift "he" got. Soon my mentor called me.
"You took back your gift, didn't you?"
"No, didn't you tell RRR about it?"
"Well he started talking on and on and I thought he was talking about my own version of it (he actually has one of his own that he gives out to other people) so I started describing that. RRR got confused and I got confused until he said that it was the one I was given. So I had to correct him but that got me wondering what you did with it."
"I left it on your desk while you were talking to Chad. It was wrapped in the paper towel so it wouldn't get smudged."
"Oh, no."
"You didn't throw it away did you?"
"I didn't but I think someone else did. I'm going to have to go through the trash."
This continued all day long. I kept laughing about it because knowing him he would tease me about this and then suddenly hand it to me when I least expected it. And really, if he did throw it away, it's not the end of the world. Granted it would have been nice to have it longer than a week, but still. It's just a gift.
Well, my mentor kept asking me if I was angry. I kept saying no. And then he asked me, "Do you ever get mad? I've never seen you mad." He determined that I wouldn't get mad, but I'd get hurt - having hurt feelings and all since I'm so sensitive, but I wouldn't get mad.
It got me thinking, because I don't know that I've ever really been hands down, voice raised, pissed off, yelling mad. I vent, and my voice goes up at times, but I don't know if I've ever really been mad. I just don't get mad. Life's too short to really get ticked off.
Of course friends who have heard me talking on occasion during rush hour traffic in the cities or any traffic in this town would disagree. But even then I yell out once and then I laugh about it.
Anyway, here's an interesting story about anger. I wonder if not getting angry is a bad thing too. Maybe I'm just so lazy I don't want to exert the energy it takes to get pissed off. Or maybe I'm just really that mellow.
All without yoga. :)
And I still don't know if he found the gift or not. I guess I'll have to wait that one out.
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