And I didn't write one of them down. Let's have a nacho bar open for lunch today. Don't forget to add extra cheese!
Dear Momma,
Please explain why Texans serve thin sliced onions with platters of bbq meats & such.
Dear flyers,
If you sit in the middle seat, could you please refrain from reading the newspaper or other very large publications?
Dear husband,
Why didn't you bother yourself to pick up cat litter and clean out the cat's water dish like I'd said needed to be done while I was gone?
Dear Christmas,
Could you please come a week later this year?
Dear lunch,
Could you please come up to my office? I'm feeling lazy.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
None of my exes live in Texas
But a boy online from Texas had a crush on me once long ago. He sent me a Tiffany's pen.
Have some nutty edam with me.
We had our first presentation in Texas last night. I had three glasses of wine beforehand. Then we had three glasses of wine in the bar afterwards. I was rather ill feeling this morning.
Today is a work day.
Tomorrow is our 2 hour presentation. Sigh. I'm so over it already and just want to go home.
Our truck is broken. Not sure what's wrong.
My BIL apparently quit his job yesterday.
I ate a small serving of mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving.
Miss you!
Have some nutty edam with me.
We had our first presentation in Texas last night. I had three glasses of wine beforehand. Then we had three glasses of wine in the bar afterwards. I was rather ill feeling this morning.
Today is a work day.
Tomorrow is our 2 hour presentation. Sigh. I'm so over it already and just want to go home.
Our truck is broken. Not sure what's wrong.
My BIL apparently quit his job yesterday.
I ate a small serving of mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving.
Miss you!
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Long time no see
I'm going French today. Have some Brebiou (similar to brie).
A listie, to catch you up.
1. Lush! I get to take a bath tonight. Chris is gone hunting, so I can enjoy my new purchases with some spa music in the background.
2. The potato conundrum. Why don't I care for mashed potatoes anymore? I mean, I don't hate them. I just never crave them and could really do without. I used to love them.
3. Work. OMFG, am I ever going to have time to play like I used to? Me thinks not.
ETA: Crrrrrry! I'm going to be here until at least 8 tonight. On effing Thanksgiving eve. Why? Because one of my student workers didn't do what I asked her to finish by tonight, even though she said she was doing it Monday and Tuesday. I've got an hour drive home, a house to clean, grocery shopping to do, and to travel to BILs tomorrow and then host my family on Friday. I hate life.
4. Texas. I leave on Sunday and will be gone thru Wed., so you won't hear from me much.
5. Food. I still don't really know what we are having for Thanksgiving. I need to figure it all out today so I can hit the store on the way home.
6. Bravie, could you run over to Pier #1 and grab me a cupcake? I'm so craving them.
A listie, to catch you up.
1. Lush! I get to take a bath tonight. Chris is gone hunting, so I can enjoy my new purchases with some spa music in the background.
2. The potato conundrum. Why don't I care for mashed potatoes anymore? I mean, I don't hate them. I just never crave them and could really do without. I used to love them.
3. Work. OMFG, am I ever going to have time to play like I used to? Me thinks not.
ETA: Crrrrrry! I'm going to be here until at least 8 tonight. On effing Thanksgiving eve. Why? Because one of my student workers didn't do what I asked her to finish by tonight, even though she said she was doing it Monday and Tuesday. I've got an hour drive home, a house to clean, grocery shopping to do, and to travel to BILs tomorrow and then host my family on Friday. I hate life.
4. Texas. I leave on Sunday and will be gone thru Wed., so you won't hear from me much.
5. Food. I still don't really know what we are having for Thanksgiving. I need to figure it all out today so I can hit the store on the way home.
6. Bravie, could you run over to Pier #1 and grab me a cupcake? I'm so craving them.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Greetings from lovely CA
Appenzeller cheese today.
Things I've done so far in SF:
-Worked
-Worked
-Saw the sea lions at the wharf
-Worked
-Ate the best cupcake EVAH!
-Bought some white balsamic vinegar
-jogged the wharf
-Ate pumpkin pancakes
-worked
Things I've done so far in SF:
-Worked
-Worked
-Saw the sea lions at the wharf
-Worked
-Ate the best cupcake EVAH!
-Bought some white balsamic vinegar
-jogged the wharf
-Ate pumpkin pancakes
-worked
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Vent
I'm too ticked off to think about cheese. And this isn't an interesting vent. Just need to get it off my chest.
We are doing a presentation on Nov. 26 & 28 in Dallas. Me and the other person are going to be at a conference from the 14-21, have Thanksgiving, and then fly out. So we about two working days to finish this. I came up with an outline, got it ok'd by her and my boss. Did about three hours worth of work starting it, and then the other presenter and I divided the content up to expound upon/do the presenting.
Five minutes ago, the other presenter says she has another idea of how to arrange the whole talk, negating the three hours of work I spent so far on the slides and organization. With only two effing days left to actually work on this thing? You have to be kidding.
We are doing a presentation on Nov. 26 & 28 in Dallas. Me and the other person are going to be at a conference from the 14-21, have Thanksgiving, and then fly out. So we about two working days to finish this. I came up with an outline, got it ok'd by her and my boss. Did about three hours worth of work starting it, and then the other presenter and I divided the content up to expound upon/do the presenting.
Five minutes ago, the other presenter says she has another idea of how to arrange the whole talk, negating the three hours of work I spent so far on the slides and organization. With only two effing days left to actually work on this thing? You have to be kidding.
Monday, November 12, 2007
For the sake of updating
Pizza, heavy on the mozzarella, today.
I have nothing interesting to update with, so I'll force some randoms.
Football
I'm having so much fun watching the Packers. They seem to be having a really fun season. It makes me smile. We met some friends to watch the game at a bar yesterday. We had a drinking game. Everytime this annoying man at the bar said "Giddy up!" or "Git er done" we drank. Ugh, it was hard to keep up! We weren't shy about it, but I don't think he ever caught on.
Oh, and momma wondered why nobody likes the Cowboys? It's the ego factor. The Cowboy's have always been a very egotistical team and it seems to come from the top down. They far-too-often let their players act like punks over the years.
Lack of motivation at home
I've been horrible about doing projects around the house. I clean, do laundry, etc., but cannot make myself tackle some projects. I think I'm so burnt out from work that I have little energy left on the weekends.
Christmas trees
I think I'm going fake this year. We haven't put up a tree for the last two years because of kittens. They would certainly climb and chew their way to death (I might have to kill them), so we just decided to save ourselves the stress. I miss it though. So now I'm considering a fake tree on the front porch (outdoors). I saw an ad in the Parade section yesterday for an online source with free shipping. I need to check them out. I cringe at the thought of shopping in stores this time of year.
I have nothing interesting to update with, so I'll force some randoms.
Football
I'm having so much fun watching the Packers. They seem to be having a really fun season. It makes me smile. We met some friends to watch the game at a bar yesterday. We had a drinking game. Everytime this annoying man at the bar said "Giddy up!" or "Git er done" we drank. Ugh, it was hard to keep up! We weren't shy about it, but I don't think he ever caught on.
Oh, and momma wondered why nobody likes the Cowboys? It's the ego factor. The Cowboy's have always been a very egotistical team and it seems to come from the top down. They far-too-often let their players act like punks over the years.
Lack of motivation at home
I've been horrible about doing projects around the house. I clean, do laundry, etc., but cannot make myself tackle some projects. I think I'm so burnt out from work that I have little energy left on the weekends.
Christmas trees
I think I'm going fake this year. We haven't put up a tree for the last two years because of kittens. They would certainly climb and chew their way to death (I might have to kill them), so we just decided to save ourselves the stress. I miss it though. So now I'm considering a fake tree on the front porch (outdoors). I saw an ad in the Parade section yesterday for an online source with free shipping. I need to check them out. I cringe at the thought of shopping in stores this time of year.
Thursday, November 08, 2007
CMAs
Not that I watch the CMAs, but some pics are on the front page of Yahoo.
Observations:
1) Nicole Kidman always wears too much dark red lipstick and looks down when she smiles.
2) Kellie Pickler's hair is so effing cute.
3) Can Carrie Underwood be any more beautiful?
4) Sarah Evans looked ridiculous in that outfit.
5) Jewel's obbies look really weird.
Observations:
1) Nicole Kidman always wears too much dark red lipstick and looks down when she smiles.
2) Kellie Pickler's hair is so effing cute.
3) Can Carrie Underwood be any more beautiful?
4) Sarah Evans looked ridiculous in that outfit.
5) Jewel's obbies look really weird.
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Misc.
Cheddar and bacon spread with assorted crackers today. Seems like the holiday season thing to have. I've been doing a lot of misc. posts lately. Sorry if that's boring.
1. Chris did a very sweet thing yesterday. He picked me up at the bus stop because a) it was bitter cold, and b) there were lots of pissed off offenders walking the same office-bus route I'd be.
2. My boss is driving me nuts. She has no clue that she works in a completely spastic way. Everyone else knows this (even people that don't directly work for her). It used to be manageable, but she's so overextended now and I don't see her committments changing anytime in the next few years.
3. I bought a spin toothbrush yesterday. Long ago, my dentist recommended a Sonic Care one, but I couldn't bring myself to spend that much money on a toothbrush. So instead, I finally ponied up $17 for a rechargable precision spin one (Crest, I think). Do you have a spinny toothbrush? Do you like it? I couldn't use mine yet this morning because it has to charge for 20 hours for the first use.
4. My poster presentation for the conference next week is almost done. I should have to the printers by noon today. I think it looks fabulous. It's hard to do qualitative research posters and make them look nice because there's not a lot of opportunity for charts and graphs. It's often just a lot of words. Now on to my Dallas 2 hour lecture/discussion presentation. Yeep.
5. The new season of The Real Housewives of Orange County started. It's my guilty pleasure. That, and The Hills. I think it's because I'd like to be rich. :-)
1. Chris did a very sweet thing yesterday. He picked me up at the bus stop because a) it was bitter cold, and b) there were lots of pissed off offenders walking the same office-bus route I'd be.
2. My boss is driving me nuts. She has no clue that she works in a completely spastic way. Everyone else knows this (even people that don't directly work for her). It used to be manageable, but she's so overextended now and I don't see her committments changing anytime in the next few years.
3. I bought a spin toothbrush yesterday. Long ago, my dentist recommended a Sonic Care one, but I couldn't bring myself to spend that much money on a toothbrush. So instead, I finally ponied up $17 for a rechargable precision spin one (Crest, I think). Do you have a spinny toothbrush? Do you like it? I couldn't use mine yet this morning because it has to charge for 20 hours for the first use.
4. My poster presentation for the conference next week is almost done. I should have to the printers by noon today. I think it looks fabulous. It's hard to do qualitative research posters and make them look nice because there's not a lot of opportunity for charts and graphs. It's often just a lot of words. Now on to my Dallas 2 hour lecture/discussion presentation. Yeep.
5. The new season of The Real Housewives of Orange County started. It's my guilty pleasure. That, and The Hills. I think it's because I'd like to be rich. :-)
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
My sister's secret
Have some mild brick today.
My sister is getting baptized this weekend. We grew up Catholic, and we were all baptized as children, however, as you likely know, most religions have some form of adult ceremony, as it's said you don't have free will as a child. For some churches, it's confirmation. Others do adult baptisms.
Well, my sister has been very spiritually curious for the last few years. She's said her life has been empty. So, she started doing some religious exploration with some guidance of people at her workplace. The company owner is very religious and part of an evangelical church. She's participated in church book clubs and such over the last year. Last week she tells me she's getting baptized on Friday and hasn't yet told her husband (of 16? years).
He's been very uncomfortable with the whole thing, as he's never been comfortable with her bosses church and feels she shouldn't tangle work and religion. So, in effort to "protect" him from feeling "weird" about the whole thing, she's not telling him.
How would you feel about this if you found out after the fact, or the day of?
ETA: I'm trying to find out more about the church and am having little luck.
My sister is getting baptized this weekend. We grew up Catholic, and we were all baptized as children, however, as you likely know, most religions have some form of adult ceremony, as it's said you don't have free will as a child. For some churches, it's confirmation. Others do adult baptisms.
Well, my sister has been very spiritually curious for the last few years. She's said her life has been empty. So, she started doing some religious exploration with some guidance of people at her workplace. The company owner is very religious and part of an evangelical church. She's participated in church book clubs and such over the last year. Last week she tells me she's getting baptized on Friday and hasn't yet told her husband (of 16? years).
He's been very uncomfortable with the whole thing, as he's never been comfortable with her bosses church and feels she shouldn't tangle work and religion. So, in effort to "protect" him from feeling "weird" about the whole thing, she's not telling him.
How would you feel about this if you found out after the fact, or the day of?
ETA: I'm trying to find out more about the church and am having little luck.
Monday, November 05, 2007
Swirly Head
Have some marinated mozzarella, sliced thin and served on a bed of greens.
My head is swirling with misc. stuff.
1. My Friday fun-day was great. I found a fantastic new restaurant, drank some great wines, found a new perfume (but didn't buy it) and had some good chats.
2. My weekend was good. Chris and I went to breakfast before buying new tires for the car on Sunday. Country Kitchen's breakfast has sadly gone downhill. Granted, it had been like six years since I'd eaten there.
3. Does Tom Brady actually LIKE playing football? Gawd he seems pissed to be playing. Even a win didn't get a smile out of him. In contrast, Mr. Favre had a fun time on Sunday. Great game, lots of playmaking, another win for the Pack.
4. Imight GET to see Nookie in January. *crosses fingers* YAY!!!!
5. I made some yummy stuffed chicken breasts with a dijion wine sauce last night.
My head is swirling with misc. stuff.
1. My Friday fun-day was great. I found a fantastic new restaurant, drank some great wines, found a new perfume (but didn't buy it) and had some good chats.
2. My weekend was good. Chris and I went to breakfast before buying new tires for the car on Sunday. Country Kitchen's breakfast has sadly gone downhill. Granted, it had been like six years since I'd eaten there.
3. Does Tom Brady actually LIKE playing football? Gawd he seems pissed to be playing. Even a win didn't get a smile out of him. In contrast, Mr. Favre had a fun time on Sunday. Great game, lots of playmaking, another win for the Pack.
4. I
5. I made some yummy stuffed chicken breasts with a dijion wine sauce last night.
Friday, November 02, 2007
Risky Business
*slides into blog ala Tom Cruise* Cream cheese danishes this morning. I have lots of piping hot coffee, too.
It's FRIDAY!!!! I'm sooooo happy this week is over. It's not been fun. I have three major things to do before noon today, but it's ok, I still have time to play!!!
I have some not-so-confidential questions for you:
1. How many regular OT posters (of present) do you wish would get banned?
2. If you were given the day off today, what would you do?
I'm off at noon today to play with my sister. We've been trying to schedule an afternoon of shopping, drinking and dining for months. The temps are supposed to be around 50 this afternoon, so we consider that pretty lucky for November in WI. Yay!
It's FRIDAY!!!! I'm sooooo happy this week is over. It's not been fun. I have three major things to do before noon today, but it's ok, I still have time to play!!!
I have some not-so-confidential questions for you:
1. How many regular OT posters (of present) do you wish would get banned?
2. If you were given the day off today, what would you do?
I'm off at noon today to play with my sister. We've been trying to schedule an afternoon of shopping, drinking and dining for months. The temps are supposed to be around 50 this afternoon, so we consider that pretty lucky for November in WI. Yay!
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