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January 31 Ho Hum sniff sniffHello everyone!
David and I made it back
from Savannah and Ghostock 2 yesterday. We had a nice time even though
it rained for 2 days. The conference itself was awesome and the people
were just great!
Well, today is officially
my 35th birthday. No well-wishers please because it hasn't been that
kind of day. It's kinda been somewhat of a let down. Today was just
like any other day except I was off and not working. I got some small
little gifts from my mom and dad. They were sweet to have sent them to
me. David took me to Savannah so that was my treat. Take care and stay
safe. January 26 Almost time for GhoStock 2!It's closing in on GhoStock time. I'm going to be spending my first day of vacation packing. I feel like a kid in a candy store. So much to do, so little time to do it. The weather is predicted to be fairly nice (mid 60's). I haven't been to Savannah in several years, so it will be good to get back. Tybee's always felt like a second home to me. Patrick, the founder and director of Ghost Hounds, has posted this information on the site and I thought I'd post it here. If you're free a little this weekend, and you can't make it to Savannah, you can watch it on your computer in the webcast. I did this last year and it was really interesting. Take care and stay safe. I'll do the same and catch you the first of next week.
Ghost Hounds paranormal research network is hosting our 2'nd bi-annual "GhoStock" conference this weeked - January 27'th - 29'th in beautiful historic Savannah Georgia. January 25 Short but sweetGood Evening everyone! Today was my last day at work before my vacation. I had a nice birthday party during lunch. My boss took me to lunch and invited several of my friends who work in other offices to come to the little party. I got a few nice gifts but LOVED spending time with people I don't normally get to see during the work day. It really meant a lot to me. I'll be home tomorrow so I'll post a better blog then. Take care and stay safe!! January 24 Books and ghostsI finished another book yesterday, Savannah Blues,
by Mary Kay Andrews. I get so frustrated sometimes after
finishing a book. I get so caught up with the characters that by
the time the book has ended, I want to find out more. I have read
several books that end perfectly. The author wraps up all the
loose ends in a tidy little bow and that's it. There isn't any
more to say. Other authors just leave me hanging by the end of
the book. I almost want to scream, "What happens next?"
Sometimes when I'm reading a good romance novel, I find myself a little
misty-eyed. I know then that I've grown too close to the
characters and the story. There have even been times when I feel
that the author had more of the story to tell, but just left me hanging
because they had a deadline and needed to finish the book. I like
a lot of contemporary authors, but I also still love the
classics. I've got a stack of new books to read, and most have
been listed in other posts, but add a new one to that list. The Mermaid Chair
by Sue Monk Kidd. My mom actually got me started reading Ms.
Kidd's work last year. Mom's book club had been reading, Ms.
Kidd's book, The Secret Life of Bees, and she recommended it. The story was not what I expected, but nonetheless it was very good! Three more days until Ghostock 2 and I'm really getting ready to go. It's amazing how people believe in the paranormal, ghosts, spirits, etc. but are not ready to admit it. One of the guys David works with is interested in it as well and is probably going to be joining Ghost Hounds also. David joined, which was a huge shock to me! He had another strange experience last night having to do with his grandparents. For someone like David to go from skeptic to on the fence believer, that's a huge change. I just think that there's more out there than most people are willing to investigate. I think we've all had an experience or two with something paranormal, but we brush it off as nothing. I've had 4 KNOWN brushes with the paranormal and ghosts. I'm completely sane and normal, but I just want to know what I was dealing with. I'll save my experiences for tomorrow. Take care and stay safe! January 23 Habla Espanol? A baby and a dogWith
the weekend over and only 4 days till Ghostock, I was overwhelmed with
the added rain this morning. I pondered ideas of what to write
about today and felt that it was time to write about some funny
memories. My first memory actually has to do with my husband and a friend of ours who was a nurse in the ER where I used to work. One night we had a Dr. working in the ER who was slow as Christmas (due to age) and not too quick on the intake as well. One of the other nurses had been trying to teach him Spanish so he could help the Hispanic patients who were coming in. The nurse was 8 1/2 months pregnant at the time and David, as an EMT, was there helping her out due to her condition. Now, on to the story. I was working as an ER clerk and registering patients as they came in and sending them to triage. I live in a small town so there was only one Dr. and one nurse on duty. This attractive woman came in with her baby and I got her registered. She answered all of my questions and asked some questions about the paperwork, signed what she needed to and I sent her back to triage. The nurse was in the exam room talking to her and David was helping the nurse with routine things. The nurse came out and said to go ahead and call the Dr. as it was 3am and the Dr. was back in his "bunk room". I called the Dr. and told him there was a patient here to see him. This Dr. is really slow and it took him nearly 20 minutes to walk down the hall (think small hospital). The Dr. went to the doorway of the exam room, took one look at the woman and began speaking to her in his broken and incorrect Spanish mixed with English. The nurse went in, followed by David to get more medical information and fluids for tests. The woman was there because her baby was sick. The Dr. kept trying to speak to the woman in Spanish when the woman finally looked at him straight in the eye and told him quite loudly without a trace of accent, "I SPEAK ENGLISH YOU IDIOT!" That's all it took. David and the nurse tried to stiffle their fits of laughter, and left the room at the same time. The Dr. ,red faced, just stood there and never said another word. The nurse laughed so hard we thought she was going to go into labor, but she nearly peed herself to death! All I could do was stand there and shake my head. I couldn't believe that this Dr. would just assume that a woman with long dark hair and olive tinted skin was Hispanic. She didn't even look Hispanic!!! That Dr. is no longer at the hospital. I had to do this part in pink for a reason... David and his partner delivered a healthy baby girl Saturday morning!! Way to go you two!! The single mother called dispatch a little too late. Her contractions were back to back and just before the ambulance got there, a First Responder called on the radio and said that the baby was crowning. LOL Glad it wasn't me!! I just can't see why this woman would wait until the baby was crowning to call 911! She lived one block from the hospital!! I know she must have been trying to hold off on the delivery, but I know I wouldn't wait. Congrats to the cute little baby girl and the mom. Both were doing great when David and his partner left the hospital. I'm glad they had a call like this. They've been having some bad calls lately including a fatality wreck last week. The person killed was elderly, but sadly enough, I was saddened that there was a dachshund in the car loose and that dog is now suffering. The dog was taken to the vet and found to have 2 ruptured disks, a broken back and a head injury. This makes me sadder since we raise dachshunds. On a brighter note, I'm looking for a Schnauzer so if you know anyone.... Not the giant, but either the standard or miniature. Take care and stay safe!!!!!!! January 21 Updates and a huge thank you.Since I still haven't been able to locate my missing Ghost Hounds t-shirt, I was able to buy another shirt from the person I bought the original shirt. It was actually the last shirt she had in my size, so the shirt problem has been solved.
I spoke with my mom this morning and she's actually working on getting my sister out of her life as well. See, somethings are beginning to work out.
It's a rainy, lazy Saturday and I have been really enjoying it. This is one of the things I LOVE! I have actually be baking today too! Wonders never cease!
Only 6 more days till Ghostock in Savannah and I'm ready to go! I heard that there was a chance of showers there next weekend, but I don't mind. We'll be indoors most of the time anyway. I'm going to try to keep today's fairly short since yesterday's was overly long. I do want to thank everyone for their remarkably kind words and thoughts. If I could combine all of your comments and kind words into a package, put a bow on it and sell it, I'd be a millionaire in a week. Thank you so much! Adrian (OneBigIndian) posted a long and extremely heartfelt post, however, he requested it be deleted after it was read. I saved it on my own computer and honored his request on the post comments. Take care and stay safe, everyone!!! January 20 A list and a window into my past & presentIt's
finally Friday and there's only a week separating me from Ghostock 2 in
Savannah and my vacation. I'm ready to hit the road and get away.
Several people are telling 5 personal quirks today, but I think I would
rather tell some of the things I love besides David and my family... 1. The smell of Polo and Chaps Cologne 2. The smell of fresh cut grass 3. puppy breath 4. the love, warmth and safety of my parents house 5. gardenias 6. real Christmas trees 7. hot pretzels from street vendors in New York 8. rainy lazy Saturdays 9. an empty beach 10. Mom's cooking 11. Absolutely ANYTHING to do with nature (except spiders, snakes and scorpions) 12. lounging in my big comfy chair, stacked with pillows, and a blanket, with my 2 kitty babies and a great book, with hazelnut coffee. This is really LONG!!!! I was thinking about something today that I really needed to let go. I hate the way my sister treats people including her family. Her behavior shows that she has serious issues with herself and she still has addict behavior. I'm not going to go into detail, but suffice it to say that she's treated people terribly for as long as I've been alive. She wonders why she doesn't have any friends and why she's so lonely, but I've tried to be there for her anyway. This is the same person who treated me like garbage for 21 years, threatened to kill me, and heaped loads of abuse on me. I thought I was a glutton for punishment and my own self esteem suffered due to her behavior. It wasn't until I was able to escape from her at 21 years old, move 3 hours away to another state to stop her wrath. I realized something yesterday that I had never been able to uncover. My sister caused me a lot of pain, agony, low self-esteem, and essentially my own biological children. How, you may ask? Well, to make a long story short, I was physically abused by her when I was a small child because I couldn't stand up for myself. She's my older sister and I loved her. I didn't know what she was doing was unusual for siblings. In 7th grade, my world collapsed when she and I began attending an all- girls school. Girls can be so cruel, but when it's your own sister, it's worse. Girls take their lead from someone else or older. My sister mentally and emotionally abused me for 5 years (7th -11th grade). My own classmates saw how she treated me and thought it was okay to do it too, so they did. It was neverending. My own sister started calling me awful names which eventually got around to everyone so that no one knew who started the names. I happened to find out a few years ago who started it. As my self-esteem fell, my companionship became food, so I ate. As I did so, I gained weight and I became depressed and had awful thoughts. My mother was never aware that this was going on, as she possibly chose to not believe it. She is aware of it now and has been very upset for not knowing it then. My mom saw my weight go up so from the time I was 12, I was on every diet known to man. My weight began to yo-yo which eventually led to the downfall of my thyroid. The thyroid helps with reproductive hormones and my thyroid couldn't help itself. PCOS began to set in and caused more damage. Hard to believe all of that came from one person. I'm still big, and my self-esteem is still hovering quite low. I did pick up one thing from my youth and that was learning to be highly self-depreciating. David, my boss at work, and several "friends" have been working on me to stop "putting myself down" but it's a bad habit I have. I guess that's how I OWN myself. I have many faults and I'm quick to point them out. Like Julia Roberts said in the movie, "Pretty Woman", "People put you down enough, you start to believe it.....The bad stuff is easier to believe. You ever notice that?" , I'm still working on myself. Now I see this same pattern of behavior happening towards my parents and I refuse to let them suffer like I did. I do believe that I suffered early and was rewarded later. I envied my sister for her popularity (which she was at one point), her looks, her many dates, and her sense of style. Even throughout high school and while I was at college, she was still killing me and my spirit. I see how she is now and I don't envy her at all. I see how my life has been rewarded and I'm pleased. I have 2 birth brothers I just found 2 years ago who love me just as I am and a birthmother who is my friend (not to mention a HUGE extended family with lots of kids.) Take care and thanks for reading. Now you know part of what's in my book. Stay safe!! January 19 What's wrong with Southern people, honey?!?!?!?!?!?I
was debating with myself as to today's topic and then I just got a
little angry. So today's topic is something that just makes me
"madder than a wet hen" as my mom likes to say. Here's a little background info about me. I'm what you'd call a proud damn Yankee. I lived in the northern states (NJ, DE, etc.) for nearly half of my life-thus not much of a southern accent in me. I've also lived in the south and always in large cities. I like the south and I'm comfortable here, but I miss New York and the New England area terribly. Southerners have some really strange customs and habits that I'm STILL not used to and, as an adult, I find a little immature and disturbing. Thus, my anger this morning. I was brought up that adults were to be respected no matter the age, and that when a child turns 18 that all the "pet names" need to cease. This has never been a problem until I moved to Georgia. Don't get me wrong, I love the "Peach State", but I'm sick of the disrespectful habits. My first experience with this habit, began when I started in law enforcement. People began calling me, "Honey", "Baby", "Sweetheart", "Darlin'" etc. At first it was older men ( note: elderly ie 60-70 year olds), then it was elderly women. At first it was cute, but enough is ENOUGH! For some reason, the older I get (note here 35), I'm now being called "Baby" and "Sweetheart" by men and women about 10 years older than myself. Even women younger than me, in the drive thru, are calling me "Sweetheart" and "Honey". I was brought up to be nice, but I'm getting to the point that I'm going to go ballistic on someone very soon. In the South, "Ma'am" will do just fine. Maybe it's me, but I just think calling a stranger a pet name is disrespectful. These people don't know me! Besides, in law enforcement, I feel that it's inappropriate as well as disrespectful. Now, I know that officers and the like would rather be called pet names then derogatory names, but heck, I'd rather someone just not say anything at all. I believe if I don't do it to other people, then they shouldn't do it to me. My precious nephews, aged 15 and 13, call me Ma'am all the time. Although I don't like them calling me that as I think it makes me sound old, I don't discourage them too much because I know that is a sign of good upbringing and my sister in law would not be too happy. David told me once that I should be glad they ARE saying it, because most boys that age are hard to teach etiquette anyway. Just call me by my first name, or Ms. or Ma'am and be done with it! Take care and stay safe! January 18 Freedom, and the idiot GM.Today
I've spent time perusing new blogs and I like some of them. Okay,
some of them are just plain off the wall, but I love this concept of
"Freedom of Expression". I know some of you are thinking that
this is just plain silly, but I think of it this way. Yes, there
are lots of things in this world that are offensive to me, but instead
of boycotting, protesting, etc. I make the choice to NOT buy
those things that are offensive. If it's on TV, I exercise my
right to change the channel. Same thing with the radio. I
gave up listening to talk radio for just this reason. Howard
Stern, in my opinion, is an idiot. Okay, so he makes more money
than I do, but so do porn stars and you don't see me doing that
either! Rush Limbaugh is just a moron. Plain and
simple. Rush needs someone to just put him out of his
misery. You can listen to whatever you choose, but I choose NOT
to listen. I have my own ideas and thoughts that are just as good
if not better than Rush Limbaugh. I, frankly, just don't feel
like sharing them on the radio. There's something called
discretion. Anyway, I'm glad that I have the right to say
what I want, when I want to. As I've always been told, " Now tell
us what you really feel." Never one to mince words, my
opinionated brain just goes for it!!! I worked in radio for 5 years. I majored in it in college. Heck, I was TOLD from the time I was 10 years old what I was going to be when I grew up. I am well versed on the in's and out's of radio. However, combine my VERY opinionated self with a male chauvanist pig with a severe flatulance problem and whose anal sphincter muscle is so tight it will one day cause severe impaction of waste--NOT A GOOD MIX!!! On top of that, he decided that Rush Limbaugh was the be all end all in radio and then decided to go satillite!! I finally quit and went into law enforcement. Actually, I'm glad I left. Turns out I was working with a Peeping Tom and now I found out a month or 2 ago that one of my coworkers is now an alleged child molester!!!!!!!!! GULP! (That's another long story.) Where's the background check when you need one? Needless to say that I miss radio, but not the station where I worked. Someone once asked me what I would major in if I could go back to college and get a degree. To be honest, I have no idea. I guess that's because I was TOLD what to major in and wasn't allowed to think for myself. More of this another day. Take care and stay safe! January 17 A Different PerspectiveI
was perplexed as to what to write today. I was undecided as to
write something political, nonsensical, informative or just plain
funny. I wrote this once, but MSN screwed up so I'm writing it
again. I just thought we needed a different perspective. I
don't know who wrote it, but a friend sent this to me in an
email. One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip the father asked his son, "How did you like the trip?" "It was great, Dad." "Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked. "Oh yeah, " said the son. "So, tell me what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father. The son answered: "I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them." The boy's father was speechless. Then his son added, "Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we are." Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have. Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends! "Life is too short and friends are too few." Take care and stay safe. P.S. I never did find that elusive shirt. January 15 Where's my shirt???Since today's a holiday weekend, I'm going to be working around the house. I've been looking for a certain T-shirt for the last 4 months and STILL can't find it. I have been tearing the house apart looking for it, even in places there's no way it would have been there. Ugh!! Is there a black hole in everyone's house that sucks in various objects and clothing at random times? I've become so frustrated and upset because I can't seem to find anything, but my house is becoming neat as a pin!!!
If you have a little time, check out The Pacifier with Vin Diesel. It's absolutely hilarious and worthy of a few laughs. Take care and stay safe!! January 13 Rants, humor and a sympathy noteAs
today IS Friday the 13th, I was afraid to do anything original. I
had some good ideas for the day, but I'll have to save them for
later. For some strange reason, I get freaked out by Friday the
13th and I'm not talking about the movie either. As they don't
happen too often, I usually plan ahead and try to be off on that
day. When I worked in law enforcement, I refused to work Friday
the 13th especially when it was a full moon and I DIDN'T work Halloween
night either! I have my own little quirks and those are just a
few of them. I went to a Defensive Driving class the other day
and while driving home, I was amazed at how careless people have become
while driving. I actually saw a woman reaching into her back seat
(turned halfway around reaching) while trying to drive. Scared
the crap out of me so I passed her. I've been driving the
ambulance code 3 (lights and sirens) and had people decide that they
weren't going to pull to the right under any circumstances! That
annoys the crap out of me because there is a medical emergency that I'm
going to or taking to the hospital and these people who don't move are
hindering me to do my job. I have a rule of thumb for people who
don't move to the right, besides the fact that it's the LAW! If
you don't move over, how do you know that we aren't responding to your
family member, or best friend and how do you know that it's not one of
your family members that's coding in the back of our truck? How
would you feel if it were your friend or loved one in the back of our
truck and some moron wouldn't move over? What if your family
member was near death, but could be saved at the hospital, and some
idiot wouldn't move out of the way and your family member died as a
result? Just a few things to keep in mind while
you're driving. Shocker!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The most hilarious thing happened last night. Well, it was a serious matter, but it showed me the total lack of professionalism our county dispatch has. I live in a small Southern town that is extremely nosey! Yes, if you sneeze in a room in your house, within 15 minutes, the whole county will know about it. Get the idea? David and I were cooking dinner last night and I heard someone cursing really loudly. I mean swearing that would turn your hair white and cause it to fall out. Sailors don't even talk this bad. I thought it was on the tv, but David said no it was on his radio. I thought, "Oh my gosh!!" One of the dispatchers had turned on her microphone and had been swearing like you wouldn't believe. A few deputies kept calling in to tell them that their mic was keyed and they had a hot mic, but NO ONE heard them. First of all I was shocked, but then I just died laughing! David said that the Sheriff was probably already on the phone with the director demanding this one person be fired. I haven't heard, but I can guess that by now she's already been fired. Oh, well. Then to top it off, last night at MIDNIGHT(!) the dispatchers started paging out all the fire depts! This went on twice then dispatchers told them to disregard. How can you screw up like this? I've worked those radios for 4 years and the dispatcher would have had to select the appropriate switch to get that to happen. I was a little angry because it woke me up twice and I had to be at work early!! I guess Friday the 13th showed up a little early for dispatch last night. Take care, stay safe, and have an awesome weekend. ALSO! Woah, if you read this, I hope you're starting to feel better. I'm really sorry to hear about your loss. January 11 TrainingI had a Defensive Driving training today at work and got off about 2 hours early. I'm now home and I've been listening to a new CD I just got. It's the one by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole...never heard of him? Well, he's the singer who sings 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' at the end of the movie "50 First Dates". The song was also used in a commercial not too long ago. The CD is actually really good and this song just tops it all off even though it's near the end. I was reading about Israel and I learned that he passed away a few years ago due to several complications. He was only 37 years old too.
I'm off to go play with the dogs. Take care, stay safe...and rock on! January 10 Hissy FitThis
reader has found a new favorite author!! Yes, I still have my
usual favorites like Sue Grafton, Patricia Cornwell, etc. but I
have a new one to add to the list. She is Mary Kay Andrews.
Well, that's one of her pen names. Ms. Andrews has written 3
books and I own all of them. There's Savannah Blues, Itty Bitty Lies, & Hissy Fit.
These books all take place in Georgia (as she's a former Atlanta
resident). These books are witty and quite entertaining.
The book reviews have been VERY positive, and after reading these
reviews I decided to purchase Savannah Blues.
It's absolutely hilarious! The best way to describe these books
is a woman's revenge. The main character is a southern woman who
is wronged, in some way, by her husband or fiancee and the premise is
that she gets revenge on those who have wronged her. The settings
are southern and the female character is both "southern belle" and yet
anti-southern belle. The latest book, Savannah Breeze,
is due out in April of 2006. For more information you can check
out her website www.marykayandrews.com . I encourage
everyone to read at least one of her books if only to just have a few
hours of hilarious reading. I've been a little retro the last few days. I have what I call "comfort music" which is basically 80's alternative music. Some of this music includes The Cure, OMD, early REM, etc. As I've found that so much of today's music is not that great, I've been going back and listening to a lot of 80's alternative. This could be a funk I'm in, but right now I'm enjoying the nostalgia. Take care, stay safe, read a little and rock on! January 09 Observances and ramblingsI can't believe how lazy I was this weekend. Now, I'm back at work and wishing I was somewhere else. I keep telling myself that in 18 days I'll be on Tybee Island having fun with the Ghost Hounds. We are having our bi-annual Ghostock at the end of the month and I'm super excited about attending. This is the second one and I do believe that they are going to be doing a live webcast again this time. The actual convention will be in Savannah. David and I are both going and this will actually be the first vacation we've taken, just the 2 of us, in 7 years! P.S. Check in tomorrow as I profile a new favorite author. I just started reading 2 of her books and I'm in love!!! January 05 How much is that doggie in the window?Ahhhh.....
I was sitting at my desk this morning pondering what the topic of the
day would be. I kept coming up blank. I had to call David
this morning to make sure he'd woken up on time to get to work. I
leave before he's usually awake, and I didn't remember him setting his
alarm clock last night. Alas, he said he'd forgotten to set the
alarm but mysteriously woke up in the night and managed to set
it. Therefore, he made it to work on time. Way to go,
honey!!! As I didn't feel much like lunch, I decided to goof off a little bit and check out the newspapers in our area. Online, of course, and the topic just hit me...eye candy! Now, I know you'll think I'm nuts, but bear with me on this. Today's topic of eye candy refers to pets. Yeah, like we need anymore pets on our farm. Between the 2 cats, 3 rabbits, 4 ducks, 30 chickens and 6 dogs, one's for sale btw, all we need is more pets. I guess since we don't have children, we can afford a FEW pets but not every pet. I have claim of both of the cats and 3 of the dogs-one miniature dachshund and 2 Pembroke Welsh Corgis. David got the rabbits and ducks 2 years ago and the chickens...well...those are all David's. He also has 2 miniature dachshunds. The 6th dog is a Brittany (spaniel) that we are desperately trying to sell but still no luck. She's only 8 months old, but too big and active for us. As I was reading the paper, I went to the classifieds section to make sure our ad was still in the paper. I confirmed that it was and continued to look at the other puppies for sale. I'm just shocked at the prices of some of these dogs. English Bulldogs for $1,400 and upwards of 2 thousand? Cavalier King Charles Spaniels are just as expensive!? How crazy is this business? Okay, all of our dogs are registered AKC and CKC and we do sometimes have litters that we sell, but not for THOSE prices! Who the heck buys these dogs? Obviously it's someone with money to burn. It's just as costly to buy from a pet store, and I'll be the first to say that pet stores now are NOT what they used to be. I've never gotten a dog at the pet store, but I know people who have. It does make me understand, though, why pet stores buy from puppy mills. Heck, more dogs mean charge more and making more money. What ever happened to people who just have dogs to love them as pets? Again, don't try to say that we don't love our pets including our dogs. Our pets, including the ducks and chickens, are spoiled and happy. Okay, I'm off my soapbox for today. Take care and stay safe! January 04 So much to do...so little timeWell,
the new year has begun and I'm being encouraged to use my creativity
again. My adorable hubby thinks I need to be more creative this
year so he's bought me beads to make different ornaments, jewelry,
etc., I'm redoing 3 of my parents' photo albums into something more
like a scrapbook, I have several books I'm itching to read, and now
David has a few other ideas for me to complete. He now wants me
to use my creative mind to make these placemat purses AND says he feels
it's time I write my "memoir" book. I'm so happy that he has so
much faith in my creativity, but I don't know if I'll have the time to
do all of this and work a full-time job too! I'll have to see how
much I can get accomplished. I would enjoy writing my "memoirs", but one question keeps coming into play. Who would read them??? The purses wouldn't be too bad because I can make them fairly quickly. The beadwork-I'm not so sure about. The scrapbooks are just for family so I KNOW they don't have to be perfect. Now if I can just read a book. Take care and stay safe. January 03 Happy New Year (of sorts)Happy
New Year everyone! I'm sad to say that I'm back at work today and
I walked into a mess. I was on vacation last week and although we
were only open 3 days last week, I can honestly say that I was
disgusted by what I faced this morning. Someone was covering for
me and left me a lovely gift of smelly, molded broccoli and bread on my
desk. Haven't people heard of trash cans???? My desk looked
like a tornado went over it. Talk about being a little
pissed!!! Even worse is the fact that my boss is anal retentive,
yes, even more than I am, and sent me tons of emails about stuff I
didn't need to be worried about. UGH!!! I have a question...has society changed and become so lazy that even the most intelligent AND the most inept people need someone else to do their work for them??? I had a 46 year old woman ask me to dial a phone for her today. I nearly spilled hot coffee on myself. There she stands with the cordless phone in her hand, I told her what to dial to get an outside line and she STILL couldn't dial a phone!!!!??? WTF??? I have a feeling I'm getting a little irkked with my job. Vacation for one, please? Is it me, or is everyone ready for another vacation? I sincerely hope everyone had a "flippin' sweet" Christmas and New Years. I got some really nice presents for Christmas and my anniversary was relaxing and fun. We went to a nice Chinese place for lunch and then went to see 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'. I must say that this was a darker movie and as I've read the book twice, I still enjoyed it. I will say this again, the book was so much better though. So many good parts were left out. This is a good read if you want some adventure/fantasy. I'm getting stacked with new books to read and they are all my favorite authors. Take care and stay safe!!!!! |
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