Archive for February, 2007

goals for 2007

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

I know this all seems a little late, but I actually made this list in early January. However I thought that I should post them here on so that I can track them better and mark them off as I go and hopefully hold myself accountable. I have completed some of them already.. HOORAY! Here they are:

MONEY:
1. Pay off credit card
2. Pay IRS
3. Pay state dept of revenue

Family and Friends
1. Remember Birthdays
2. Send Christmas cards
3. Be a better listener
4. Be more positive
5. Do not say negative things about other people
6. Mingle Better
7. Smile more
8. Hang out with my sister more often
9. Invite friends to lunch more often
10. Send more mail to my family

WORK
1. Be slower to speak
2. Organize my desk and keep it organized!
3. Go to Toastmasters during slow season
4. Learn a new word everyday

HEALTH AND WELLNESS
1. Exercise at least 3 times a week
2. Do 100 crunches every day
3. Use hand weights
4. Go hiking once a month
5. Lose weight

LEISURE
1. Make marble magnets
2. Learn to knit

HOME
1. Get more indoor plants
2. Donate more clothes to charity

HABITS
1. Drink less Diet Coke
2. Drink more water
3. Eat more slowly
4. Pray more
5. Keep a stock of stamps

Retail
1. Buy a Kitchen Aid Mixer in a fabulous color
2. Buy a new camera with at least 12x zoom

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new book

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

I just bought Rob Bell’s new book ‘Sex God’. Just started it.

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I am really looking forward to reading it. I was just recently introduced to Rob Bell via Nooma. I have only watched ‘Rain’ and I was really impressed by it. I will let you know what I think as I start reading.

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Laundry 101

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

For those that may not know, this time of year is the busy season at work. This means that I work an average of 62 hours in a 6 day work week. This means that every other week I work from noon to 10pm. This is one of those weeks.

So I decide that this morning is a good time to catch up on laundry. The first load is all whites, which included bleach. The next was a load of darks, 3 pair of black pants, a black tack top, various black socks, and a few other random items. Wel I just went to unload the washer and my black pants have bleach spots all over them. I did NOT add bleach to my darks, but now I am thinking that there must have been bleach still in the washer somehow. Is there some rule about the rinsing out the washer after adding bleach to a load? Do I need to sit through Laundry 101? This has never happened before? Is it a faulty washer?

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filthy…

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

You may know how I feel about Wal-mart especially the one in my town. It smells like stinky cigarettes. Last time I reported this to Wal-Mart, I was told that the smoke must have escaped the employee break area. They apologized, but it still lingers.

I can relate to this photo-essay of a filthy Wal-Mart!!

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rescue

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

Do you ever have 1000 things running through your mind at the same time and it makes you feel sick? I do.

Is anyone crying for help? God is listening,
ready to rescue you. Psalms 34:17

All I Can Say ….David Crowder Band

Lord I’m tired
So tired from walking
And Lord I’m so alone
And Lord the dark
Is creeping in
Creeping up
To swallow me
I think I’ll stop
Rest here a while

And didn’t You see me cry’n?
And didn’t You hear me call Your name?
Wasn’t it You I gave my heart to?
I wish You’d remember
Where you sat it down

And this is all that I can say right now
And this is all that I can give

I didn’t notice You were standing here
I didn’t know that
That was You holding me
I didn’t notice You were cry’n too
I didn’t know that
That was You washing my feet

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frostbite

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

I love canned air. It is awesome. I love to spray out my keyboard, the back of the back of my computer, and just any hard to reach places. One of your pictures fall off the fridge, and lands behind, just whip out your canned air and voila! its out. However at work it is a hot commodity, because everyone wants to use it thus a can can be gone in a matter of minutes.

Well this week we got in a new stick of canned air. So I happily blew out my keyboard, chair desk, EVERYTHING. Well my office mate, Mr. Blue, decides that he needs to use the air as well. First let me explain that Mr. Blue is one of the wackiest guys I know. He is just nuts. So anyway, by the time that Mr. Blue blows off his keyboard, etc the can is VERY cold. He thinks that is when the fun starts, he blows a little air onto his jeans and it left a frozen spot. He thinks that is funny, so he then continues to blow the air on his chin. Ha ha now he has this huge red place on his chin, it is frostbite.

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the reading glasses

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

For those of you that do not know, I live in a relatively small town. It is is a small mountain town surrounded by beautiful streams, waterfalls, mountains, hills and valleys. It really is amazing. franklin.jpg
It is a great place to live for many reasons e.g. very low crime, fresh air,no traffic jams, sense of community. However there are a few disadvantages; economy is weaker of that in a city, smaller pool of potential mates, loss of anonymity. The BIGGEST disadvantage however is there is no TARGET. Yes thats right the nearest Target is at least an hour and fifteen minutes away(if you drive fast). Oh how I love Target…..Of course we have Wal-mart. That is the only place go. Wal-mart is not my favorite, especially the one in our town. It feels dirty and smells like cigarettes. I have even emailed Wal-mart to tell them how disgusting the cigarette are. They call me and apologize, but the store continues to reek. And have you ever had to use the restroom there? Well I won’t go into that, I don’t want you to come to my blog and get sick.

That brings me to last night when Cody and I were standing in the Wal-mart checkout line. We were just there to buy light bulbs. The lady in front of us was super slow. She had to have everything in her bags just right, and then placed in her cart very deliberately so that none of the bags were on top of the others. She even requested that “Vinnie” get another cart and help her out to her car as well. Now this lady is not old, nor handicap in any way. She continues to write a check - which again takes FOREVER. Then just as her transaction was complete, she removes her reading glasses and hands them to the cashier. The cashier gives her a puzzled look while the lady proceeds to tell her that those are not her glasses. She just put them on while she was in the store because she “couldn’t see a thing” and she didn’t intend to buy them. What?!? My jaw hit the ground. Do people do that? If her shoes hurt her feet does she put on new shoes in the store and walk around the entire store then give them back right before leaving? People are funny…

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boo-boo

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

Why do some adults use baby-talk in adult conversions? I find this wildly annoying! And its only women that participate in this strange behavior. Do they think it’s cute? Furthermore, even if one finds it necessary to use this jargon when talking to their children, why must incorrect English be used? For example you may hear - “Does her want a cookie?”. Do these people really want their children to speak like this? Or is that just because I live in the South? Any ideas?

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umm yeah I’m 30…

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

30.jpgYeah I am 30.

I can’t believe it, even more than that-no one else believes it either. I think everyone must assume that I am in my early to mid-twenties. I wonder if it is because I am exude youth and beauty or if people just assume that since I don’t have children and I have never been married. I have chosen to believe the first, however more and more lately I am seeing that look I get when I tell people my age. It’s the look of disbelief and “Really?”. Wow, that makes me feel great. Not that I feel 30 is old, but I am beginning to feel like I am in spinsterville.

Would I feel differently if I lived in a larger city? lived somewhere other than the South? Hmm.. my boyfriends brother’s(he’s ten years younger than myself) upcoming wedding just makes my ‘Old Maidness’ more evident. Not to mention that I want to scream when someone asks when I am getting married !!!!!

Let’s look at some 30 year olds we may all know to put it all in perspective…..

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Kimmy Gibler - Full House

Jennifer Capriati - Troubled Tennis Player
Baby Spice
Ludicris - rapper

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Alicia Silverstone - Only 10 days older than myself

Sarah Chalke - fake Becky on Rosanne/Elliot on Scrubs
JC Chavez - *NSYNC
Punky Brewster
Joey Lawrence - WHOA!
Colin Farrell - doesn’t he seem really grown up?

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Peyton Manning - Superbowl Champion Colts Quarterback

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Fred Savage - The Wonder Years

Urkel and Laura Winslow
Amy Wynn Pastor - The carpenter from Trading Spaces

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Reese Witherspoon - represents 30 well

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and the winner is…

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

So I was flipping through a magazine I found abandoned at work when I noticed these cool dishes. They are giving away 7 sets of Tracy Porter’s Artesian Road Dinnerware valued at $305 each.
I decided that I must simply log on enter to win. I hope I win!!!

dishes

Probably not though, and i may have to purchase them from Wrappables.

This brought back the my phase of obsessively entering contests. Yes I admit, I entered every contest I could find on the internet. I figured the more sweepstakes i entered the greater my odds were to win. You know what I got? SPAM!!

However I was mildly successful getting a few free samples, mostly just shampoos and deodorants. It seems as though Chirky, author of a blog I read, has had a career makeover as a Beauty Editor! That sounds fabulous!

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