The Dead Pool

So, who took Anna Nicole Smith in their dead pool this year. Not me. You have to feel a bit sorry for such a wasted life. I thought she was cute when she was the Guess? girl. She made curvy women sexy. Women with hips and boobs. I wonder who they will find to be the baby's daddy? and what will happen to the baby. That is who you feel sorry for. Not the kids fault it was born into a crazy train wreck mess.

New boss is in town. Got my review. Pleasantly surprised. Not by the content but by the amounts. Raise kinda sucked but the bonus was better than last year. Enough to be where I think we will be getting hardwood flooring put in the house this spring!! YIPEEE!! I think we are going with a wood called amendoim. It has a really pretty color and pattern. Both which vary depending on where in the tree it is from. It is much nicer looking than oak, maple or the Brazilian cherry we were looking at.

New boss took hubby and I and coworker, L and his partner to dinner. We went to Friday's Front Row. She was excited to see the park and couldn't believe how cool it was that you could go and eat at the ball park in left field. She wants to come back during the summer and catch a game. I guess you never realise what a cool things Milwaukee has to offer when you live here. We are pretty lucky.

My mom was supposed to go into for surgery on Tuesday. Well we got there and she was in the OR and when the anesthesiologist was doing his pre-surgery testing he discovered a heart murmur. It was a bit strange that no one else caught it with all the tests that she has had done over the last few months. So, she has a few more test done next week but it looks like she will have to have a valve replaced in her heart first. The doctor is looking to do this within the next couple of weeks. She is rather bummed about it but heart stuff does run her family. My grandma died about 20 years ago from heart disease.

Any one have any ideas on what to do with our dog Boomer? For those of you who may not remember... Boomer is the dog we rescued while camping this past summer. He is a Yorkie-Pomeranian mix. Looks like a Yorkie tho'. When we got him he was 9 months old and had been in at least 6 homes by this time. At some point someone beat him and he was/is terrified of men. To this day if hubby moves to fast or startles Boomer he gets scared and growls. He is getting better tho'. The problem is that he has some major separation anxiety. He hates being in his crate and messes in there every day. I have a whole stash of old crate towels that I use. I give him treats and toys when he goes in there. It is getting to the point that as soon as I bring him back in from outside in the morning he goes and hides out under the bed. He knows he is safe there cuz it is a king bed and we can't reach him. Rufus and Riley don't mind being in their crates and go in there so well. If we leave him out he messes in the house. I have tried to confine him to the kitchen but somehow he is Houdini dog and jumps over the half wall that separates the kitchen from the living room. We have a breakfast nook in that corner and he would jump on the bench then on the table and over the wall. I tried putting stuff on the bench but he would pull it off or jump over it. I hate leaving him cuz he just shakes and cringes when I put him in his crate each day. I am almost to the point where he may go into doggy day care. I don't know what else to do. Any suggestions??

Well, on to the moment you have been waiting for....

ZOBMONDO!!

Would you rather....

As a woman have a really hairy back

----OR----

really long curly, exposed nose hairs?

I am going with the back hair. I can hide that better than the nose hair.

Have a good weekend everyone!!

TV Show Review

A guy I work with is from Nova Scotia. Frank is a great guy with a very warped sense of humor. He recently turned me on to a Canadian TV series that is now on DVD. I have rented the first two season so far and I have to say it is hilarious.

Trailer Park Boys. Shot documentary style. It chronicles the lives of Julian and Randy, who live in the Sunnyvale trailer park. They are a couple of not too smart guys who drink so much, swear WAY too much (this show could never make it on US TV), and do a bit too much dope.

The humor is not for everyone. This is definitely rated R. There is a bit of over the top gun violence and Ricky and Julian end up in prison three times in the first two seasons. But with episode titles like "Fuck Community College, Let's Get Drunk and Eat Chicken Fingers", "I'm Not Gay, I Love Lucy... Wait a Second, Maybe I Am Gay" and "A Dope Trailer Is No Place for a Kitty" how can you go wrong by renting it. They make great episodes to watch while working out.

The characters are great. Bubbles, Mr Lahey, Randy, J-Roc, Trevor and Corey. Each one of them sorta remind you of someone you may already know.

Some of the things to take note of are... You never see Julian without a drink in his hand, even when driving, Ricky wears the same track pants every episode and how Bubbles got his name.

You can rent the first four seasons from Netflix.

If you rent it or have already seen it let me know what you think.

Note to self....

Remember to move the Clorox Clean-Up bottle away from the Spray -n- Wash bottle in laundry room.

I accidentally 'clean-up'ed a colored shirt. Now it is ruined..... DAMN!!

Drunk Munchies and Ramblings

I went out for a few drinks after work and got a pretty good buzz going. Now I am home and am hungry. I already ate dinner and and craving something sweet. So I decide to play some poker. That usually takes my mind off of eating. I have been packing on some pounds lately. I am usually good during the week but the weekends suck. I drink and then get the munchies. I could so easily make that box of pudding that is in the cupboard and it the whole thing. I won't but I could.

Back to my story.... I powered up the laptop and logged in to the poker room and find a table to play. I get about 20 hands in and the site goes down. Damn. I was doing really good too. Now I am thinking about eating... grrrr..

So I will type.

Hubby went to the Bucks game tonite with some people from work. I told him that if he wanted to play poker tomorrow that he needed to be home earlier than 3 am. Last time he went out after work it was almost 3am before he got home. I hate it cuz then he ends up not doing anything the next day except sleep.

Work sucks. I am so looking for another job after we get our bonuses in March. My co-worker, L, is on vacation today and all of next week and already it a nightmare. I literally spent most of the day working on two pagers than were not getting a signal from the network. The vendor has no idea why this is happening and have already shipped them new devices. Monday is already shaping up to be a crappy day. I hope that L is having fun on his cruise in the Caribbean. It is a gay and lesbian cruise. Charo is one of the feature entertainers on the cruise. These should be some very interesting pictures. He better bring me back a bottle of rum!!

The poker site is still down. It has been almost an hour now. Maybe I should take a nap. That will cure my munchies. That sounds like an idea.... sorry for the ramblings... and see ya when I wake up!

Because I have Nothing Better...

.... to Write About. You get a little thing about how to tell if you are from Wisconsin. I will add my own stupid comments.

• You know how to polka, but never tried it sober. What else do you do at weddings other than polka... wait see the one a few down.
• You know what knee-high by the Fourth of July means. I won't tell you the answer to this one
• You know it is traditional for the bride and groom to go bar hopping between the reception and wedding dance. This depends if you live in the southern or northern half of the state. In the southern half, you go after church and pictures but before the dinner. Up north, you go after dinner and make your grand entrance at the bridal dance about 9:30pm.
• You know the difference between "Green" and "Red" farm machinery, and would fight with your friends on the playground over which was better! Do you know which is red and green? It is kinda like a red or blue state....
• You buy Christmas presents at Fleet Farm. We have Farm & Fleets around here. Where else can you buy a saddle for your horse, a 6lb bag of cashews, oil for your tractor, paint and a dress??
• You spent more on beer & liquor than you did on food at your wedding. uhhhh yeah!!!
• You hear someone use the word "oof-dah" and you don't break into uncontrollable laughter. My aunt still uses that word to this day... same thing with the word "dupa"
• You or someone you know was a "Dairy Princess" at the county fair. I was too busy showing horses to be a princess.
• You know that "combine" is a noun. Think wheat
• You let your older siblings talk you into putting your tongue on a steel post in the middle of winter. I was the older sibling...
• You think Lutheran and Catholic are THE major religions.
• You know that "creek" rhymes with "pick". My parents have one of those in their backyard.
• Football schedules, hunting season and harvest are all taken into consideration before wedding dates are set. This is more true up north than around here.
• A Friday night date is getting a six-pack and taking your girlfriend shining for deer. Ditto above
• Saturday you go to your local bowling alley.
• There was at least one kid in your class who had to help milk cows in the morning...phew!
• You have driven your car on the lake. How else do you get to your fishing shanty??
• You can make sense of "upnort" and "batree".
• Every wedding dance you have ever been to has the hokey pokey and the chicken dance. That is a given.
• Your definition of a small town is one that only has one bar. Think Husher Pub
• The local gas station sells live bait. Don't forget your cheese whiz and lottery tickets
• At least twice a year some part of your home doubles as a meat processing plant. We had to be twelve to be able to use a knife when we would butcher the chickens... We still got to use the ax to chop their heads off tho'. The worst job was stripping out the gizzards... YUCK!!
• You think that the start of deer season is a national holiday. There is more vacation time taken during this time than any other time of the year!!

Have a good weekend all!!

ZOBMONDO!!

Would you rather....

Have a lisp

----OR----

pronounce all of your Rs as Ws?

Is there a difference??

Time To Get Off My Ass

I have been lazy the last few weeks. I just have not felt like posting anything.

It has been a busy couple of weeks. Two weeks ago, hubby's sister calls me up and asks for hubby. He went to go get bagels and was not home. Sis-in-law (SIL) had been pretty sick the week before and today she thought she needed to go to the hospital as when she woke up she had this HUGE lump in the middle of her chest. It was about the size of a softball (I am not kidding) and sat right in the middle of her breastbone. I call hubby and tell him to forget the bagels and go over there. He spends the next 9 1/2 hrs with her at two hospitals before he gets home. Turns out that she has some sort of infection and when it settled in her body it attached itself to the wires in her chest from her open heart surgery 4 years ago. She spent over a week in the hospital before they decided to lance it so it could drain. She came home the following Saturday. Hubby went to pick her up and take her home.

She lives alone and has three dogs. Two basset hounds and a golden retriever/lab mix. Other brother, T, was going over there every day to take the dogs out and stuff. The next day, she calls hubby up and says that she cannot take care of the dogs, will he take them to the humane society so she can surrender them. Hubby convinces her not to give them up just yet. We have three dogs so we really cannot take another one. We end up taking one of the dogs to my parents, who had recently had their dog die. T also has a dog and two young kids. so he took the other dog. The last dog stayed home with SIL. Well, by Tuesday, SIL, calls up and says that she is back in the hospital, she has kidney stones. Just fucking great. Hubby has been going up to the hospital every nite and was tired of not getting home and eating dinner until 8pm. Thursday, SIL comes home. She calls hubby at 6pm to pick her up. I was just starting dinner. He is pissed. Other brother, T, was off that day from work and had called her 4 times to find out when she was getting out so he could pick her up. I swear that she does that to him just to push his buttons.

During this time, my dad was in the hospital for a few days as well. He has struggled his whole life with alcoholism and fell off the wagon. He is doing much better not and is back in a rehab program.

To make things even more exciting, my mom, who when she was about nine was punched in the stomach by one of my uncles. It was not until years later did they find out that when that happened it was not her stomach but her diaphragm that was hit and part of it has been paralyzed (kinda nerve dead) ever since. She always had problems breathing but had attributed that to years of smoking. Now what is happening is that her stomach is moving up to where her diaphragm should be and is pressing against her heart. So when she eats anything she gets this really uncomfortable feeling. The doctor said that potentially if she eats too much at once it could put enough pressure on her heart to cause a heart attack. She has been going in for a bunch of test and should find out in the next few days when they will be doing surgery on it to move everything back to where it should be.

My cousin, who I have written about in the last few weeks, is also not doing very well. They think that if he does the chemo and radiation, that his heart will not be strong enough to take it. He said that he is not giving up but is starting to prepare for the worst. Getting his affairs in order and such. My aunt (his mom) has lived with them for many years and my cousin's wife said that she could stay with them as long as she wanted to or needed to. That she was always welcome to live with her. That was really great thing.

On Friday, we went to a neighborhood, wine tasting party. Every couple brought a bottle of wine, wrapped up so you could not see the bottle. We then sampled and rated each bottle. The highest and lowest rated bottles got a prize. We had the lowest rated one. It was a bottle we had gotten as a gift a couple of years ago. It was a Merlot that was BAD!! There were a couple of really good ones. The best part was the 'wine trivia'. We took turns answering questions. One neighbor, Sue (who by this time had 2 glasses of wine), was trying to say the word vineyards. She said it like vine (rhymes with line) yards. Not vin (rhymes with tin). Then about 10 minutes later, Jim, was having problems with the word acidic. It came out sounding like ass-a-dick. By the end of the nite everyone was pretty drunk. I don't think I have ever heard Kevin talk that much. It was a great time and are looking for do this again in a month or so. We are lucky to have some really great neighbors who like to party. The best part is that it was only two houses away. Easy walk home!

Well, enough to talk about for today. I will try to be more diligent about writing more often. I am surprised that anyone even bothers to check back on my site to see if I am still alive.

Have a good week, everyone!

ZOBMONDO!!

Would you rather...

Have a bird that says "Fuck you" every time someone walks into the room

----OR----

have a dog that humps all of your guests' legs?

hmmmm.... I have a parrot and we have been very careful to make sure that he does not know any swear words. He does like to call people dorks and whistle the Jeopardy theme. Hubby did teach him to make farting noises...but no swear words. The dogs are all males but do not hump anyone's legs. They do go after each other alot tho'... is that the same thing?

Dentyne-isms

New ones in red....

#12 - If all else fails, hit the ground and start flailing.
#41 - Why don't fortune cookies give actual fortunes anymore
#70 - Whenever someone says "Fire at Will", does Will get a royalty check??
#91 - Beware of anyone who overuses the word "paradigm"
#95 - Picking a scab early may leave a scar, but it sure is fun.
#96 - Making the bed: Not fun. Messing it up again: Fun
#101 - Why do all unusual meats taste like chicken?
#113 - Thre's no monster under the bed. He's in your closet tonight.
#116 - Replacing someone's parachute with a bag of canned goods is not funny. Ok, it is.
#117 - A first date is not the place to mention you've done time.
#127 - Happiness is a brand new pack of Dentyne Fire
#131 - Why is it that the more you spend of dinner, the hungrier you are when you leave the restaurant?
#132 - Making faces in the mirror is one of life's great secret pleasures.
#136 - Much worse than tennis elbow is video game butt.
#147 - Everyone practices one-upmanship. But I am better at it than you.
#156 - You can't really call TV characters at phone numbers that begin with "555"
#158 - Surfing used to be done in the water. Now it's done mostly at work.
#159 - Open your eyes when you kiss - if you get caught, what can they say?
#162 - Try this: To get someone to keep talking - nod your head and say "Really?" a lot.
#163 - If a candy bar says "Now with real chocolate" what were you eating before?
#168 - Sticks and stones may break my bones, but rug burn really hurts.
#169 - The muumuu has yet to realize its full potential as a fashion trend
#171 - My vacuum cleaner is dusty - what should I do?

I think I've Been Constanza'd

This year for Christmas a co-worker, who is in St. Paul, sent the rest of the team a Christmas card with a note in it saying that a 'gift of love has been given in your name'. Apparently she donated money to a organization called Heifer.org.

What did she donate in our name, you may ask.... a gaggle of geese. Yes, geese. Why can't they just catch the ones that are swimming in our pond and ship them off to some third world country. At least then I don't have to walk in all the poop.

Now, while it is a worthwhile organization and provides a valuable service. I am seriously doubting that she gave the donation. She is like this. I would not put it past her to say that she made the donation and never really did.

For Christmas last year, she wanted to divide the cost of a gift for our boss down to the penny and then only wanted to donate 5 bucks towards the gift. There are only 4 people in our group... that would look really stupid if we gave our wonderfull boss a gift card for 20 bucks for the entire team. The rest of us just contributed more and never really said anything more about it to her.

This is also the woman who, for being in her 50's, is about as flighty as a schoolgirl. She was on vacation for 10 days about 6 weeks ago. On the first day of her vacation, she fell off a ladder and hurt her foot. She waited to go to the doctor until the day she went back to work. That is when she found out her foot was broken. She missed more time due to doctor and therapy visits. Why she did not go to the doctor right after it happened, I'll never know. She is like that.

ZOBMONDO!!

Would you rather....

As a woman and in front of a crowd of friends, have to crush ten empty beer cans against your forehead

----OR----

mud wrestle a friend while you both are in bikinis?

hmmmm... ok, not a hard choice... I would do both. I am pretty sure I have crushed empty beer cans on my head (and between my boobs) while camping. Mud wrestling... I would choose to wrestle with Mary Lynn or Lisa.... Both have great bodies and nice boobs... plus I'm sure we could make a ton of cash selling tickets.

Geography Quiz

I was reading an article on MSNBC.com and was amazed at how many people could not answer some basic geography questions. Here is the quiz. I will post the answers in the comments.


1. What is the largest state east of the Mississippi River?

• Pennsylvania
• Georgia
• Florida
• Massachusetts

2. In which continent is Angola located?

• Asia
• Antarctica
• Europe
• Africa

3. What is the state capital of Kentucky?

• Louisville
• Frankfort
• Lexington
• Richmond

4. In which continent is the world's highest mountain located?

• Asia
• Antarctica
• Africa
• Europe

5. What is the world's largest river by volume?

• Amazon
• Nile
• Mississippi
• Danube

6. The deadly 12/26/04, tsunami that killed more than 180,000 people originated in what body of water?

• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Red Sea

7. In which ocean are the Solomon Islands located?

• Indian
• Arctic
• South Pacific
• South Atlantic

8. Where does the Mississippi River begin?

• Mississippi
• Minnesota
• Colorado
• Wisconsin

9. Java, a term used for 'coffee', is also an island in which of the following?

• Indonesia
• Indiana
• Seattle
• Madagascar

10. The Gold Rush that began in 1848 occurred in what state?

• Colorado
• Alaska
• California
• Washington

Good Luck!

New Version of Blogger

Has anyone switched over to the new version of Blogger? If so, I am interested in your comments. I have not made the switch and want to know if I should. Thanks!

Back Among the Living

Happy New Year!! Hope you have a wonderful year!

Well, I am finally feeling better. I have been down and out with another cold. Thanks goes in part to my sister, who rugrats are always sick and have infected me. I found an amusing post about sick kids from Reener. Go check it out. Anyway... it seems like my nieces are always sick with something. I suppose that is part of being a kid and all but, I know that my sister's lifestyle does not help. The kids have very poor nutrition and do not eat very healthy. Hence they are sick all the time. I will be downing the Airborne from now on before I visit them.

So being sick has over a holiday weekend has been a bummer. I have pretty much done nothing but sleep for the last 3 days. I did take a shower and head out to the grocery store this morning. It sounds like I missed out on a great party at P&K's. I was fast asleep by midnite... or was until the neighbors started shooting off fireworks and that set the dogs off into a barking fit.

Christmas was ok. Got some gifts that I have yet to return. A Christmas floor mat (why would I like that?? it is blue and matches not a thing in my house), gloves (I only have like 10 pairs of gloves) and a pair of lounge pants that don't fit (mom, I am not an xl but a M). Every year, I tell them to not get me clothes. Gift cards. I even gave my mom the info for some new cages for my bike. They are pink and match my bike perfectly. Did I get those?? noooo... So I will be returning stuff sometime this week. when I feel up to it.

I have been selling some stuff on ebay over the last few months. It has been a good way to get rid of some stuff I no longer have a need for and make a few bucks. I have this tote bag that I got from Victoria's Secret last year. It is a silvery pleather and is ugly. It was free that is why I have it. Anyway, I put it out on ebay for 15 bucks, another 12 for shipping. Someone bought it like a month and a half ago. Three weeks after I shipped it out, she comes back and says that there is a scratch/cut on it and wants to return it. So I send her a label for return shipping, (5 bucks). I get it back and there is no way that it left my house looking like that. If I did not know better, I would say that when she opened the package she cut it with the knife. But the bad thing is that I cannot go back and prove that. I cannot argue about it and don't want a bad mark against me. The fact that she had it for more than three weeks (said that she had not opened it until then) leads me to believe that this is a bit fishy. I send her, her money backl via PayPal and this is the email that I get in response from her today.

Thank you for your prompt action. However, I wonder if this was processed a refund, vs you made a payment. In the past when this happened and the seller refunded my money, I never had to accept or deny it. It just got deposited into my PayPal account. When I visited this site, it told me that I'll have a service charge of $1.11. Now, that's a negligible amount, however, it also goes onto tell me that I can have 4 more such transactions up to Aug next year unless I upgrade my PayPal account. Doesn't sound normal to me.

Can you process this as a pure refund? Sorry, I'm not familiar with PayPal processes, but I've never had to worry before.

WTF?!?! She is not familiar with the PayPal process?? and in the past, when this has happened.... How many people are refunding her money?? And why?? She has 1881 other feedbacks left by buyers and sellers for her. This tells me that she must be doing some buying and selling to have that many feedbacks. Me, I have 42 feedbacks left about me. I had to pay the 1.11 charge from PayPal and will not get that back. That is built into my shipping charges. I now have to go back out to PayPal and figure out how to cancel the transaction that I already sent her the 27.99 and figure out how to do a refund. This woman has really soured me on selling anything else. BITCH!!

So back to work tomorrow... Should be an interesting time. Since we lost a team member who quit at the end of last year. He found out last Thursday that since his last day was 12/29, he lost out on his 401k match by the company. You have to be employed on 1/1 to get the match for the previous year. That probably cost him 3-4 grand. Not a smart move and one I would have looked into before giving my notice.

ZOBMONDO!!

Would you rather....

Talk like you have walnuts in your mouth

----OR----

walk like you have a walnut up your butt?

Hmmm... tough choice. I guess I would go with walnuts in the mouth. The butt is an exit only.

Have a good week all!

Why am I up so Early??

It is 7:30 am and you may ask yourself, self... what are you doing up so early on a day when you don't have to work. Well... blame hubby. When he got up this morning he got the dog all riled up and they had to go out. By the time I got them outside to do their business (in the pouring rain, no less) and back in the house, I was awake. This was about 6 am. So I stayed up. I stripped the bed and am washing everything. Sheets, comforter, mattress pad... the whole works. I have two loads already done. I figured that since yesterday was the start of winter, I could take my fall themed sheets and comforter (they have fall colored leaves on them) off and replace them with my winter ones (snowflakes, mittens and such). Yes, I know, I am a bit goofy that way. I have sheets and comforters for each season. And they all coordinate. Each season I will switch the bedding out with something new. I guess the hardest part is finding room to store all the sheets and comforters (at last count there were 6).

Boomer is a one dog destruction crew. For being only 8 lbs, he sure likes to literally destroy the dog toys we buy. The toys that say they are for chewers, yeah right, those last about a month. Stuffed squeaky animals, those will maybe last a few days. Some of Riley's favorite toys, have met with disaster. Riley has (or had) a couple of toys that made noise when you squeezed them, a duck, pig, monkey, sheep, they are all gone now. Boomer literally rips them to pieces. I am forever walking around and picking up chunks for animal stuffing around the house. The worst ones are the tennis balls. They shred very nicely and hurt when you step on them in the middle of the night. The good news is is that he does not mess with furniture or shoes. Hopefully, he will grow out of that chewing phase.

I worked a half of day yesterday and went to Kohl's around lunchtime. I was shocked. There were only about 40 cars in the lot. The store was practically barren. I was able to wander around the store and pick up some stuff for presents and myself, without having to beat anyone up. There were so many workers milling around, it was kinda sad as they kept coming up to you to ask if they could be of any assistance. You don't see that very often.

I even got all the presents that I had wrapped. Amazing. I hate wrapping presents. And this year I vowed to use up the wrapping paper that I already have and not buy anymore until that is gone... somehow I ended up with about 20 rolls of paper. I killed off 3 rolls already.

My cousin, who was recently diagnosed with cancer in his esophogus, had a heart attack yesterday. Man, he has had some really bad luck lately. I am going to try and get up to the hospital to see him this weekend as it looks like he may be in there a while. He was going to start with his cancer treatment right after the holidays. I don't know what will happen now.

The rest of the weekend is looking to be busy. Saturday, the gang is getting together for our annual holiday gathering. Since P&K sold the bar, we don't all get together like we used to. This should be a fun nite. K, remember to never leave your drink unattended.... For those who may not know, K, is not a big drinker. So last year, whenever she would leave to go to the bathroom we would fill her glass up. She never realized it. The next day we went out to eat with them and she could not figure out how she got so drunk and was a hurting unit. I have a hard time keeping a straight face and had to tell her what we did. She had no idea. It was too funny...

Christmas Eve, since we do nothing with hubby's family, we go out to eat with P & K. Not sure where we will end up this year. It is a nice time. I think StB may join us this year as well. The more the merrier.

Christmas Day is at my parents. We put out a bunch of food and let the kids go nuts. The dogs always have fun as well running around and playing in the paper.

ZOBMONDO!!

Would you rather....

Have heinous breath and good teeth

----OR----

gross teeth and regular breath?

I am going with good teeth. That is the one thing I am very picky about it my teeth. My parents spent alot of money for me to have nice teeth. I try to keep them looking nice.

Have a good Christmas everyone. Stay safe and I hope Santa is good to you!!

Shopping Online

I found a great site that if you do any of shopping online can save you some money.

Jellyfish.com is a site that was started by a couple of guys in Wisconsin and if you go to a retailer's site thru Jellyfish and make a purchase, you get cash back. They have some of the biggest retailers online. Barnes & Noble, Circuit City, Best Buy to name a few.

I have purchased a few things thru the site already and have about 12 bucks in my account. If you use my name as a referral, I get a cut in anything that you buy from the site as well. Use this link to sign up. It is only good for US and Canadian residents.

They also have something called the Smack Deal of the Day. You can get some fantastic deals on stuff. The deals are every weekday at 1:00 pm EST. You can check out the details on the site. Unfortunately, the site is blocked from my work and can't try to get the deals myself. They have some good stuff on there.

Check it out and happy shopping!

Holiday Time

Yeah, yeah, yeah... I know it has been a while since my last post. Not much to say and too lazy. It is amazing that I even have any readers left but according to my stats at least 13 people have stopped by today to check me out. I should be nice and give them something to read about.

Last nite was hubby's company holiday party. It was a good time. It was at the Italian Community Center. A really pretty place. The food was fab. I even got to try a new, to me, beer called Sprecher Micro Light. The beer was really good and went down smooth. One you could drink all evening, which I did. Next time you are out, try one. The entertainment was a casino theme. You got 'chips' to play with. Not that you got anything for winning or losing but it was still fun. I wanted to play bocce but found out way later that it was down the hall and somewhere we never found.

Today, we went Christmas shopping. We got most of it done. Tomorrow will be spent getting the gift cards we need to pick up yet. We are fairly lucky in that we only have to buy for a few people and half of them are my nieces. They are easy. Now I have to get everything wrapped. I hate wrapping gifts. I got all my Christmas cards out on Friday. A little later than I wanted but still in time.

Found out earlier in the week that the guy we hired in Sept. is leaving at the end of the year. Great.... now we are back down to three of us again. It is going to SUCK!! He is going to a company that I would love to get into. They are consistently ranked as one of the top companies to work for nationally. I am going to hit him up after bonus/raise time in Feb and see if there are any open positions. This is one of those companies that hires by 'knowing someone on the inside'. The nice thing is that it is about 10 minutes from home. It would mean no more 45-60 min commutes to work and in crappy traffic.

ZOBMONDO!!

Would you rather....

Give someone the finger when he cuts you off in his car and have him turn out to be your priest or rabbi

----OR----

have your friends catch you picking up trash while you're wearing a felon-orange jumpsuit?

I am going with giving the priest the finger. I'm not religious so it would matter.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Update from the Fire Drill

On Monday, when I was bitching about the fire drill, I should have thanked my employer. On Wednesday, there was an explosion at a local company. It killed three poeple and injured almost another 50. Here is a picture of the aftermath and some articles.

Bottom line.... someone smelled gas and they began evacuating the buildings. This action probably saved alot of live. I guess I should be happy that we have a plan in place and know how to execute it...

Week In Review

The past week as been a bit hectic with stuff going on.... not so much to me but to others around me.

Hubby has been working alot of hours and has not been getting home until after 9pm every nite. All I can say is that all the hours had better pay off come raise time. Tonite he is off playing poker. Hope he does better than he did last time. We are also playing tomorrow at Big Momma's. DJW, are you joining us??

For the few people who read my blog, that don't know, Gambino had to go in for more surgery yesterday. Her doctor found more cancerous cells and they did surgery right away. She is doing well. I think that she will now have to go thru radiation and chemo. That sucks!!

I also found out that my cousin has cancer of his esophagus. He is 44. The doctors said that it is inoperable. He is going to Chicago next week to meet with some cancer specialists. What is scary is that he had a sore throat around Thanksgiving and it never got better. It felt like he had something stuck in his throat. He went to the doctor and they did a scope and found a mass in his esophagus. They biopsied it and found out that it was a very aggressive form of cancer. This is really crappy!

We finally got a new boss at work. She is out in Portland, OR. We are in Milwaukee and we have another person in St. Paul. Should be interesting to see how this works. We are used to working in virtual teams so... it will be nice to actually have someone who has the time to work to get stuff back in order. The last few months have been hell and it had better pay for me come raise and bonus time in Feb.

It has been really cold here this past week. I hate it, I am not a cold weather gal. Give me the warm weather any day. At least it is supposed to warm up this weekend. I need to get my truck washed. It is really dirty.

ZOBMONDO!!

Would you rather....

Have frequent spurts of uncontrollable drooling

----OR----

be a bed wetter?

I am going with the bed wetting. Only hubby would know. everyone would see me drool.

Have a good weekend everyone!!

What a Crock....

WTF?!?!

We had fire drill today at work. It was about 9:30am this morning. It was 12 degrees out and snowing. We had to stand outside and wait until the building was cleared. That took about 20 minutes. I was pissed. It was cold outside and our place to meet in inclement weather was the liquor store up the hill that went out of business last summer. So we had to stand outside the whole time. Why could they not do that 2 weeks ago when it was 60 degrees out??

Stuff

I am working on a server upgrade that has gone bad and right now I am hosting a call between several different areas. I don't need to actually do anything except listen and make calls to get the right people involved... I am mad as it was going so well. We were two hours ahead of scheduled then BAM.. the shit hits the fan. Nothing that we did... just stuff that was not caught in testing by other areas. We are now once again looking like we have to back something out. grrrrr.. Somedays I really hate this job.

Let's see what has gone on in the last week.

Hubby and I went to Hooter's to watch the football game with some friends. We got there about 3:30 or so. I guess I am a wimp and can't keep up drinking any more. I was pretty much toast by 8:30-9:00pm. I can't drink with the big boys.....

On Friday, we got dumped on with about 13 inches of snow. Thankfully, I was able to work from home and didn't have to worry about driving in. After the snow was all cleaned up we met some friends for a fish fry. It was a nice time, hubby and I ended up sitting in the bar after dinner and it was almost 1:00am before we got home. We both felt like poo the next morning. We slept until after 10:30am.

Our neighbors had their annual Christmas party last nite. It was ok. For whatever reason it broke up by 10:30. It was strange. I think that the hostess was not happy about something as she hardly said anything to anyone most of the evening. oh well...

It is now 11:15 pm and I am still working on this server upgrade. We are working on a fix and hopefully that will prevent us from having to do a full back out of the server upgrade. If we have to backout it. I am keeping my fingers crossed. I am getting tired and cranky as I have been working on this now since 3:00pm. Nothing like a short weekend. I have to be up for work at 5:30 tomorrow.

Yeah, a temporary fix was able to be implemented. This is great cuz we don't have to back out the server upgrade. It is now 11:53 pm. I am going to bed.... nighty night all!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Later today hubby and I and the boys are heading over to my parents for dinner. Riley will like it cuz he knows that the kids will be dropping food on the floor that he gets to eat.

Last night, we headed up to Big Momma's for a few cocktails. It was good to see a few people who we have not seen in awhile. We laughed over a few stories of our friend Dave who passed away earlier this year and how a several years ago we had a party up at the bar and Dave was deep frying turkeys. He was cutting up the turkey and in between licking his fingers and then going back to touch the food.... ahhh the good times. It was nice to see Russ and Elaine, Vicki and Zeke, and a few others. We are thankful for the great friends that we have.

I am also very thankful that our good friend, Ms. Gambino, is on her way to a speedy recovery. For those of you who may not know, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had surgery yesterday. She came thru the surgery with flying colors and her doctor is very optimistic that everything was removed. She was very lucky that it was caught very early. She has just gone in for a routine doctor visit and in less than a month was having the surgery. She will still need to go thru radiation treatments but it had not spread to her lymph nodes or anywhere else. The scariest part of this is that she is only 38 with no family history. So ladies, I urge you to have a mammogram at your next doctor visit. I know that at my next visit in Jan, I will be having one done.

So my faithful readers... what are you thankful for this year??

Have a wonderful holiday. All I know is that I will NOT be hitting the stores tomorrow for Black Friday. I avoid doing any shopping on that day. I hate the crowds way too much.

Getting You Caught Up

Well, when we last left our heroine she was fighting a cold.....

I am glad to say that after a visit to the doctor and some great drugs, I am now healthy. Or at least as healthy as I'm gonna get. By last Friday, my cold was so bad, I was not getting any sleep cuz I could not breathe. So, I went to the Aurora QuickCare clinic. They are clinics that are staffed with a nurse practitioner and they can write scripts. I went and walked out 20 minutes later with a diagnosis of a sinus infection and an antibotic and decongestant. After a few days of the meds I began to feel much better. If you have a minor cold, I would recommend these places. Quick, easy and only 40 bucks. They don't take any insurance so there is minimal paperwork.

Last weekend was spent laying low and getting better. Fast forward to this week....

On Thursday, hubby and I went to the Bob Seger concert. It was a good time. There were alot of old people there... and by old, I mean walkers and oxygen tanks, literally. I seen more polyester in three hours than I do in a month. He played all of his favorites and a few new things. Hubby ended up getting really drunk. Not sure how that happened but Ken and Arnie should have benn there to take the blame for getting him that way. I was kinda bummed that we were in a section that was a sitting section. I go to concerts to sing and dance. Not sit. If I wanted to sit and listen I would buy the dvd and watch it at home. I got a few looks when I was dancing a few times. I didn't care I paid my money for the ticket and was going to do as I pleased.

This weekend, hubby is out of town for the Packer game. I have a few things going on but otherwise will enjoy the peace and quiet. Looking forward to heading out with the gang for the game tomorrow. It has been awhile since I have seen some of them so it will be a good time.

ZOBMONDO!!

Would you rather....

Streak naked through your office

----OR----

be known as the office farter?

I am going with streaking. That is a one time deal. Streak and done. I have enough gassy friends who will take the office farter title.

See you all later!