What I've done so far today....

yep.  tax dollars once again hard at work.

8:15 - I arrive.  Hey, it was snowing, don't give me any shit.

8:30 - I check tray #1 on the copier.  Horrors!  It's empty.  I fill it.  And then check on tray #2.  It's ok. 

8:40 - I change the date on the date stamp.

8:41 - ate the rest of my delightful blueberry scone from Panera Bread.  It was free with my points or whatever they do.  Free.  I love free.

8:42 - 9:45 - check Facebook.  Weather.  Road conditions.  Emails.  Tempted to look for jobs, but decide that maybe that wouldn't be right. 

9:45 - bring mail over to baskets.  Check for faxes.  There's one.  I paperclip it and put it into the right mail slot. 

9:50 - 11:15 - check Facebook.  Weather.  Road conditions.  Emails.  Wonder what was in frozen container that I brought for lunch.  Hope it's something good. 

11:20 - open and date stamp mail.  Put into correct mail slots.  Whoops - another fax came in.  Take care of that.

11:55 - OK, I've waited long enough.  What is in this container??   Ooooh roasted butternut squash and chicken soup.  Deeeeeeelightful!    Now I'm on lunch for an hour.  What to do.. what to do...  OK, I'll read my book.

1:00 - interoffice mail has arrived.  Date stamp.  Log into computer.  File in mail slots.  check tray #1 again.  Considering there are only 5 people in here today, there's a lot of paper being used!  Fill it up AGAIN. 

1:15 - 2:00...  Check Facebook.  Send a text or two.  check weather. 

2:00 - hey!  I can write a blog post about all this!  My exciting life.  At work.

2:07 - make coffee.  

Now I think I'll read again.  Maybe check Facebook.  Emails.  Weather.  All that good stuff.

This is my life.  Every.  Day.   And I get paid to do this.  A lot. 


Someone shoot me.

Another meme??? Of course..

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The Never Ending Meme - Part I

1. Song that always makes you sad?
Michael Buble's "Home"..  especially when I'm due for a visit

2. Last thing you bought?
Oh geez, I don't know.  Lunch on Friday, I think?

3. Last person you argued with?
Probably Josh.  He's the only one I ever argue with - and he starts it, I swear.

4. Do you put butter before putting the peanut butter on?
What the hell would possess someone to put butter and peanut butter together?  My father used to eat that, and it was nasty.  Yes.  Nasty. 

5. One of your stuffed animals’ names as a kid?
Paco was my stuffed frog that I kept in my car.  Granted, I wasn't a kid - don't judge.  He was cool.

6. Did you ever at one time own a Barenaked Ladies CD?
I actually own a number of them.  Do you have a problem with that?

7. Favorite day of the week?
Saturday.  The week is over, and you know that you have one more day to sleep in.  :)

8. Favorite sundae topping?
Oh I am such a whore for hot fudge...

9. Did you take piano lessons?
Good God no. 

10. Most frequent song played?
When?  Today?  Yesterday?  Last month?  Really - you need to be a little more specific.  I mean, seriously - it depends on the mood, what's on the radio, what I'm doing. 

11. T.V. show you secretly enjoy?
Tori & Dean.  LOL  I didn't pay my cable bill and that was the only non-commercial channel that we got for like a week.  I was hooked. 

12. Would you rather play basketball or hockey?
PLAY??  Are you kidding me?  I'm short.  Basketball is out.  Besides - I played in the CYO league in Jr. High and Marty French was the coach.  His sister (think Coach Beast on Glee) played on the team.  She was mean.  And big.  Never again.  Hockey?  No thanks, I like my teeth.

13. Date someone older or younger?
Right now, I'd just settle for breathing..

14. One place you could travel right now?
the Caribbean.  It's warm there.  And the ocean is gorgeous :)

15. Do you use umbrellas?
This question is gay.  Really? 

16. Do you know all the words to the Canadian national anthem?
Is there a reason why I should?

17. Favorite cheese?
mmmmm cheeese......

18. The Smith’s or The Cure?
WTF?  Really?  How old are we, 12?  How about some Springsteen in there?  Do you like me, circle Y or N.  Another dumb one.

19. Do you prefer blondes or brunettes?
I really think that someone went off the deep end.  Whatever happened to a good ginger?  Come on now.

20. Best job you ever had?
OK - total cheese answer here.  Mom.  

I can't wait to see what Part II is going to be like!  LOL

Sunday Stealings...

An interesting concept.......  I actually had this as a draft from 7/12/09.  Yes.  2009.  LOL  I think because there are so many questions that it was just overwhelming to me. 


1. If you could turn back the hands of time to correct one wrongdoing, what event would you choose and why?
Hmmmmmm this one is tough. I think that every experience makes us stronger and shapes who we are, so I'm not sure that I would "correct" anything. If I could maybe change something, it would be convincing my ex-bf to let the FFW live in the empty house. But that would have a domino effect, and change where I am now and I kind of like where I am now. But it would also have changed her outcome, and maybe she'd be back in the trailer park where she belongs.  (*this is actually the only one I answered in 2009, and I think I'll leave it..)

2. Are you one for tradition? If so, what traditions do you strongly believe in? If not, what makes tradition hypocritical?
I love some traditions.  Scratch tickets on Christmas morning in our stockings.  Hanging with my kid on New Year's eve.  I think hypocritical would be going to church on Christmas and no other day - but really, who cares?  WHO CARES.  Does God hear you more if you go to church?  or less if you dont?  To each their own..


3. You were taking part in an event and you had to crossplay, who would you crossplay as and why?
WTF?  Crossplay?  What the hell is that?

4. If you only had one day left to live, how would you spend your last day? Would you be tempted to live fatally if you knew you were to die the next day, and if so, what extreme measures would you take?
Live fatally?  Who the heck thinks this shit up?  I would spend my time with my family and friends.  Have a big old party - because that's how you should go out.  Having fun. 

5. What are your top five sinful materialistic items, ones you'd expect from others including those closest to you? Why are each in the position they are in?
Huh?  Sinful?  Seriously?  What am I supposed to answer to that - crack?  I don't have any truly sinful materialistic things.  I do have some materialistic things that I just love though :)
1. My blanket on my bed.  Seriously - have you ever seen this thing?  There's a reason why we refer to it as "the sexy blanket".. the thing is so thick and fluffy it's like having a bear sleep on top of me.  Which, when it's all cold and nasty out - is pretty damn nice.  Not sure about sinful, but it works.
2.   My camera.  love it!  I need to use it more, though.  I haven't had much inspiration lately, though. 
3.  My car.  I love the Wasaabi.  Heated leather seats?  The stereo system?  Make me swoon..
4.  My Bose wave radio.  If you have one - you know what I mean.
5.  My kitchen.  Yes, all of it.  LOL  I love to cook.  I love to eat. 

6. I am...  stronger than I think sometimes.

7. I feel... tired lately.  It's time for some serious changes.

8. I see... many changes coming down the road.

9. I need... a job.  In Rhode Island.  Or Maine.  Somewhere that I can smell the ocean.

10. I love... the smell of the ocean.  I never realized how much I'd miss it.

11. I wish... my family wasn't so prone to terrible, horrible, fatal sicknesses.  It really sucks.

12. I think... a cure for ALS should be found.  Like... oh.... tomorrow??

13. I hear... dead people?  That Ashton cheated?  That Bieber's balls have dropped?  Really.  I hear lots of stuff - what do you hear?  the ocean when you put your ear up to a big shell?  What a dumb one this is.

14. I crave... Nothing at the moment.  And really, even when I was pregnant I didn't have cravings.  Oh, I know.  I crave peace.  that's it. 

15. I fear... dying alone. 

16. I hope…that my son will get to know his siblings someday.  It's his right to know them, and theirs to know him.  Just because adults are stupid doesn't mean that the next generation has to be. 

Friday Fill ins :)

Thursday, January 5, 2012


And...here we go!



1. Discussions about the future sometimes disturb me.  Where am I going?  What will I do?  Where will I live?  Ugh..

2. Soon I'm going to come to the point where it is time to say goodbye to Michigan.  I'm going to be sad. 

3. I think it's time to start packing?  LOL


4. My son almost never fails to put a smile on my face.

5. Maybe sometime he can make you laugh so hard you cry, too. :)

6. My faith in knowing that things always work out the way they should gives me strength.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to maybe hanging with the girls at the FOP, tomorrow my plans include  cleaning, sleeping in and Sunday, I want to oh who knows.. LOL !

Happy New Year....

I really hope that 2012 brings lots of good things to everyone :)

So far 2011 has brought me:

1 sickly brother
1 bitchy sister (and, to be fair - it goes both ways - sometimes)
1 renewed sense of family
1 house that is now entering foreclosure (it's a strategic default, people...)
1 sense of adventure with the thought of moving back to the New England area
 - I can't wait to smell the ocean any time I want, to visit family any time I want, and to be able to babysit for Michelle (I know you read here LOL)

Maybe 2012 will bring my son some of his siblings as he will be closer.  One now knows about him, the rest can't be too far off from knowing.. And really, it's not his fault his father happens to be an asshole.  He's a great kid - it's their gain to have him in their lives. 

I'm tired.  I have nothing to do at work.  I'm sick of it - while some people would love this - I do not.  It makes me nuts.  And tired.  And lazy.  I might have to take a nap now after all this typing... LOL

Enjoy the New Year - stay safe if you go out!

Seriously? LOL

Sexy Sasquatch?

Sasquatch eating a kitten??


Are people NUTS?  These are some search terms that peeps have put in and found themselves at my blog.  Why would you want to see Sasquatch eating a kitten, oh person in Maryland?  That's just wrong.  Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

Sexy?  I don't know if I'd ever consider Sasquatch sexy.  Do you like hairy men?  Because that's what I'm thinking of with your "sexy sasquatch" terms...  Ew.

Yup.  These are things that make me giggle.   Hope all is well with everyone out there - getting ready for a low-key Christmas, some good friends and great food.  :)

Enjoy!

Is Reggie Bush a complete moron?

Seriously.  To say "get well soon" to someone with ALS is equivilant to telling a blind person that they'll see you later.  Maybe even like talking to a completely deaf person that doesn't read lips.  Telling the guy with both legs amputated that you're going to race him and he'd better fun fast!

Idiot.   But then again, he did date a Kardashian, didn't he?  'Nuff said.

ALS.  Lou Gehrig's disease.  A nasty, horrible, terrible, debilitating disease.  That up until a few months ago, I only had heard of and really didn't know much about.  Now?  I know way more than I ever wanted to.  My brother was diagnosed a year ago, and I found out in September.  The whole dysfunction of not telling your siblings right away aside (that's for another post) - Jesus, this sucks. 

He's got two young kids.  A wife.   A family.  And now my 6'5" brother that's always been the most stable one in the family?  He's in a wheelchair - dependent on them for everything.  Fanfuckingtastic. 

And where am I?  Michigan. 

We went home for Thanksgiving, and sitting at my father's talking to my brothers and watching my son play with his cousins outside, I made the decision.

Yup.  It's time to go "home"..

Friday Fill-Ins :)

And...here we go!
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1. As you can see I once again have nothing to do at work...



2. I hope to be making some great changes soon!



3. I love to buy food.  I <3 food.  I'm hungry now as a matter of fact!



4. Food makes for great gift(s).  I'm selling Tastefully Simple now.  You should check it out.  it's good stuff...



5. What's up with people that are just *dumb*?  I don't get it.  I come across some dooseys sometimes and it never ceases to amaze me.



6. The rest of my life is right there at the tops of my fingertips.



7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to hanging out and watching tv with my favorite kid, tomorrow my plans include CLEANING (dammit!) and Sunday, I want to enjoy the cleanliness, because it won't last long!

Stuck...

Rock, meet hard place. Hard place, meet rock. Me? I’m right between the two.

Trying to decide what to do with your life sucks. I mean it really, really sucks.

I have a great job – that makes me nuts because it’s so slow.   Regardless of what else I do - that has to change.  Which sucks. 

I have a house that is OK, but I absolutely love my neighbors. You couldn’t ask for better neighbors.

There’s unbloggable stuff going on at home (where I’m from, not where I live). That makes me want to move back. It could be time.

Do I default on my mortgage and move back? I’ve been asking the bank to work with me for over a year, and I’m still waiting for answers but in the meantime I’m 60 days behind. Do I let that go to 90 – and then let them start foreclosure proceedings? Or (shocker) maybe THEN they’ll work with me?   But will it matter?  It's expensive to move - I could use what I'd put toward the mortgage toward a moving truck. 

Do I quit an excellent job for… for what? Where do I work? Where do I live? Where do I put all my STUFF??

I hate this shit.

Wouldn't it be funny

if Justin Bieber was the baby-daddy?

Just a thought