Sunday, November 25, 2007
Thursday, November 22, 2007
On Being Grateful
I am a whiner, I complain about practically everything. However, this being Thanksgiving and all, I think I will take a moment or two to mention a few things for which I am grateful, trying my best to look for the positive, and not focus on the negative. I expect this to be a short post :^)
Family--the people in your life over whom you have absolutely no control, but the ones you're with more than anything. Though we in my family are a weird lot sometimes--okay a lot of times--I wouldn't pick anybody else to have for my family. My parents didn't do shabby a job of raising me, and they have always supported me in what I do--even if they are a little naggy. My sisters each offer something different and special, and each of them has a cute family with some of the funnest, most-adorable kids around. I love (I don't like to use that word a lot, but it's true) them all.
God and Church--I don't know where I would be with out the basis of faith that I have in my life. I know that without God's blessings in my life, I would truly have very little. Also with my church, I had an instant family when I moved 2500 miles away from my own family. This is far too al-encompassing for me to try to explain the gratitude I do have, so I will leave it at that.
Friends--I have been very lucky in life to be able to make good friends. I have two of the best friends in my two very-best friends, Kade and Cammie Jan. We have been good buddies through thick and thin. They are two of the most amazing people, whom I can trust with anything, and with whom I am not afraid to absolutely be myself. I know can do anything, no matter how stupid, and they will still accept me. I have become friends with a lot of great people where I live now. There are some very amazing people, with whom I hope my friendships continue to grow from here on out. To any of my friends, thank you. You all are great.
My iPod--that and my daily podcasts of Radio From Hell. They make my workday much more tolerable.
My job--That I have one and that I enjoy the people with whom I work. Sometimes I start to hate it, but I am always reminded that I like my job when I go over to the office with the people whom I support in my group work.
Ben and Jerry--They make the best ice cream--well them and Maggie Moos--personal favorites from B&J are Brownie Batter and Cinnamon Roll (or Bun), and from Maggie Moos is Better Batter Cake Carnival--try them and you'll fall in love.
So that's a short list, but there is much more for which I am grateful, but now, the aforementioned Cammie Jan has landed at the airport here in Raleigh and kade and I must go pick her up.
Family--the people in your life over whom you have absolutely no control, but the ones you're with more than anything. Though we in my family are a weird lot sometimes--okay a lot of times--I wouldn't pick anybody else to have for my family. My parents didn't do shabby a job of raising me, and they have always supported me in what I do--even if they are a little naggy. My sisters each offer something different and special, and each of them has a cute family with some of the funnest, most-adorable kids around. I love (I don't like to use that word a lot, but it's true) them all.
God and Church--I don't know where I would be with out the basis of faith that I have in my life. I know that without God's blessings in my life, I would truly have very little. Also with my church, I had an instant family when I moved 2500 miles away from my own family. This is far too al-encompassing for me to try to explain the gratitude I do have, so I will leave it at that.
Friends--I have been very lucky in life to be able to make good friends. I have two of the best friends in my two very-best friends, Kade and Cammie Jan. We have been good buddies through thick and thin. They are two of the most amazing people, whom I can trust with anything, and with whom I am not afraid to absolutely be myself. I know can do anything, no matter how stupid, and they will still accept me. I have become friends with a lot of great people where I live now. There are some very amazing people, with whom I hope my friendships continue to grow from here on out. To any of my friends, thank you. You all are great.
My iPod--that and my daily podcasts of Radio From Hell. They make my workday much more tolerable.
My job--That I have one and that I enjoy the people with whom I work. Sometimes I start to hate it, but I am always reminded that I like my job when I go over to the office with the people whom I support in my group work.
Ben and Jerry--They make the best ice cream--well them and Maggie Moos--personal favorites from B&J are Brownie Batter and Cinnamon Roll (or Bun), and from Maggie Moos is Better Batter Cake Carnival--try them and you'll fall in love.
So that's a short list, but there is much more for which I am grateful, but now, the aforementioned Cammie Jan has landed at the airport here in Raleigh and kade and I must go pick her up.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Fire!! Part Two
So, today at work we are having the annual Thanksgiving pot-luck. This is not held at our corporate office, but rather at our Virginia Square (OVS) office, where I started out, and enjoy visiting from time to time. Since I was bringing funeral potatoes (per request, mind you), I decided to drive in and spend the day at OVS rather than ride metro to Rosslyn with said potatoes, then have to trapse them back again.
I get here, make my rounds, and am getting settled in, what what to my wonderin eyes should appear than flashing lights on all of the fire alarms and the most obnoxious chirping sound coming from them. Luckily I am on the third floor here rather than the 31st.
I guess this means that I'm not due for another fire drill for some time now. In my humble opinion, fire drills can be fun, but there is a toss-up between where they are more fun. At corporate, you have to go down 31 flights of stairs, but you hear the soothing voice of a talking fire alarm. At OVS, you only have one-tenth of the stairs, but you nearly go deaf from the blairing, shrill chirps emitted from fire alarms. But in both, the give you a few minutes out of the office.
I get here, make my rounds, and am getting settled in, what what to my wonderin eyes should appear than flashing lights on all of the fire alarms and the most obnoxious chirping sound coming from them. Luckily I am on the third floor here rather than the 31st.
I guess this means that I'm not due for another fire drill for some time now. In my humble opinion, fire drills can be fun, but there is a toss-up between where they are more fun. At corporate, you have to go down 31 flights of stairs, but you hear the soothing voice of a talking fire alarm. At OVS, you only have one-tenth of the stairs, but you nearly go deaf from the blairing, shrill chirps emitted from fire alarms. But in both, the give you a few minutes out of the office.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Things that Must Go!! (11-19-2007)
Hi all,
I've been out of town on travel for the past week (I'll write about that soon), and as such didn't blog much. However, I am back now, and would feel terribly amiss if I skipped out on my only weekly feature on it's third week. So here goes, the following must go:
1). Christmas music before Thanksgiving (FYI this was on my list before I heard Radio From Hell's)--It's bad enough that we are innundated by the stuff for the whole month of December. Now, it seems that Christmas music is being played earlier and earlier. The day after Halloween does not signify the offical beginning of the Christmas season. The thirty or so days from Thanksgiving to Christmas are plenty of days to celebrate. Maybe I am jaded from working in retail for four Christmases, but I do believe this over-abundance of Yule-tide joy must go.
2). People who still drive around with Bush/Cheney '04 stickers on their cars. I can understand the Kerry-Edwards folks a little more 'cause it's not hard to wonder how things could have gone differently in the past three years but they should get over it too. However, the people who were proud Bush supporters last election who don't at least question him enough to remove the stickers from their cars must be oblivious to what has happened to this country over the past seven years. If you can't get rid of that sticker, you #1, should pull your head out of the sand, and #2 you must go.
3). The watery juice on mustard and ketchup. I've heard it referred to Condirrhea. Eww. It's gross. I don't think that I should have to shake up the bottle to not have a soggy sandwich or hamburger. There must be someone out there who can invent something to rid the world of this nasty stuff.
4). People who come to the door, and rather than knock, say "knock-knock"--Just knock on the bloody door. It never really bothered my until my office neighbor pointed it out. Now it drives me nuts, and as such, it must go.
5). Men who wear baseball caps with business suits. I never noticed this in Utah, but now, everyday, on my ride to work on the Metro, I see multiple men in business suits heading into the District. When I see one of these guys with a ball cap on, I just want to rip it off and throw it out the door. I don't really know why, but I don't like it. I think these guys look like weenies, as such they must go.
I've been out of town on travel for the past week (I'll write about that soon), and as such didn't blog much. However, I am back now, and would feel terribly amiss if I skipped out on my only weekly feature on it's third week. So here goes, the following must go:
1). Christmas music before Thanksgiving (FYI this was on my list before I heard Radio From Hell's)--It's bad enough that we are innundated by the stuff for the whole month of December. Now, it seems that Christmas music is being played earlier and earlier. The day after Halloween does not signify the offical beginning of the Christmas season. The thirty or so days from Thanksgiving to Christmas are plenty of days to celebrate. Maybe I am jaded from working in retail for four Christmases, but I do believe this over-abundance of Yule-tide joy must go.
2). People who still drive around with Bush/Cheney '04 stickers on their cars. I can understand the Kerry-Edwards folks a little more 'cause it's not hard to wonder how things could have gone differently in the past three years but they should get over it too. However, the people who were proud Bush supporters last election who don't at least question him enough to remove the stickers from their cars must be oblivious to what has happened to this country over the past seven years. If you can't get rid of that sticker, you #1, should pull your head out of the sand, and #2 you must go.
3). The watery juice on mustard and ketchup. I've heard it referred to Condirrhea. Eww. It's gross. I don't think that I should have to shake up the bottle to not have a soggy sandwich or hamburger. There must be someone out there who can invent something to rid the world of this nasty stuff.
4). People who come to the door, and rather than knock, say "knock-knock"--Just knock on the bloody door. It never really bothered my until my office neighbor pointed it out. Now it drives me nuts, and as such, it must go.
5). Men who wear baseball caps with business suits. I never noticed this in Utah, but now, everyday, on my ride to work on the Metro, I see multiple men in business suits heading into the District. When I see one of these guys with a ball cap on, I just want to rip it off and throw it out the door. I don't really know why, but I don't like it. I think these guys look like weenies, as such they must go.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
11-12-2007 Things That Must Go
Today's things that must go are the following:
1). Spam--Not the emails (though they are annoying too), the ambiguous meat product. Actually all ambiguous meat products are quite scary. Well, there are some who really like Spam, so maybe it shouldn't go entirely. But, the worst part about Spam is that awful-looking jelly on the top. That is just vile. It must go!!
2). Manipulative emails--Everyone gets them from friends or co-workers, the type that push a political point or a religious agenda. The worst part about them is when they say something along the lines that "if you don't forward this to everyone you know..." either, you hate Jesus, you don't support our troops, or the terrorists have won and they are going to force us to marry people of the same gender. Sorry, I don't buy it. I think that I can love my country, or my Lord and Savior just as much much as the next guy without clogging up my friends' inboxes. However, people who know me and my political leanings have, on occasion, forwarded funny political emails to me, and I appreciate them from time to time.
3). Football Players with Long Hair Coming out the Back of Their Helmets--It just looks ridiculous. I always want someone to just grab those flowing locks of hair and just pull the guy down.
4). (Suggestion from a friend, but I support it) Grocery Store Discount Cards--They were fun at first, now every store has them. And, if you don't have one of your own, they will swipe the card that they have at every register for customers who don't have a card. It would save time and money and a lot of hassle if they would just do away with them and give me the freaking discount without my needing to have a huggin' card.
5). The "Obsession" with Brittney Spears--Sure she's a train wreck, but I don't need to hear about every minute detail of her life. She's trashy, and has a lot more money than I likely ever will have, so it kinda makes me smile to think that she's such a mess. But really, I would be fine to never hear anything about her again--positive or negative. But, she is living proof that you can take the girl out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park out of the girl. The media's obsession with her must go!!!
And those are today's things that must go. Please provide comments and suggestions for future lists. On that note, I must go to sleep.
1). Spam--Not the emails (though they are annoying too), the ambiguous meat product. Actually all ambiguous meat products are quite scary. Well, there are some who really like Spam, so maybe it shouldn't go entirely. But, the worst part about Spam is that awful-looking jelly on the top. That is just vile. It must go!!2). Manipulative emails--Everyone gets them from friends or co-workers, the type that push a political point or a religious agenda. The worst part about them is when they say something along the lines that "if you don't forward this to everyone you know..." either, you hate Jesus, you don't support our troops, or the terrorists have won and they are going to force us to marry people of the same gender. Sorry, I don't buy it. I think that I can love my country, or my Lord and Savior just as much much as the next guy without clogging up my friends' inboxes. However, people who know me and my political leanings have, on occasion, forwarded funny political emails to me, and I appreciate them from time to time.
3). Football Players with Long Hair Coming out the Back of Their Helmets--It just looks ridiculous. I always want someone to just grab those flowing locks of hair and just pull the guy down.
4). (Suggestion from a friend, but I support it) Grocery Store Discount Cards--They were fun at first, now every store has them. And, if you don't have one of your own, they will swipe the card that they have at every register for customers who don't have a card. It would save time and money and a lot of hassle if they would just do away with them and give me the freaking discount without my needing to have a huggin' card.
5). The "Obsession" with Brittney Spears--Sure she's a train wreck, but I don't need to hear about every minute detail of her life. She's trashy, and has a lot more money than I likely ever will have, so it kinda makes me smile to think that she's such a mess. But really, I would be fine to never hear anything about her again--positive or negative. But, she is living proof that you can take the girl out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park out of the girl. The media's obsession with her must go!!!
And those are today's things that must go. Please provide comments and suggestions for future lists. On that note, I must go to sleep.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Fire!!
Today at work, they had a mandatory fire drill. This is all good and well, but you may not know that I work on the 31st floor of my building. Sure, having the top floor of one of the tallest buildings in Arlington makes for some great views, including yesterday's sun-set, which was one of the prettiest that I have seen. However, when there's a fire drill, you can't use the elevator. So, we had to go down 31 flights of stairs. By the time we made it there, everyone was complaining that their legs felt like jell-o. That wasn't the worst, though. I was getting dizzy by going around and around. This is a picture from the bottom of my building looking up at the top after we all got out.
In my humble opinion, going down 31 flights of stairs is not fun, but I am certainly glad I wasn't like some of my female colleagues who were in 3 inch heels.
In my humble opinion, going down 31 flights of stairs is not fun, but I am certainly glad I wasn't like some of my female colleagues who were in 3 inch heels.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Vote for Lola
Hi All,
A friend of mine is having an online poll on her blog. She is looking for a name for her fantastic new Kitchen Aid Mixer. I believe it should be named Lola Falana, after the 60's and 70's dancer, singer, actress extraordinare (I really don't know who she is, but I like her name). I would appreciate your vote for that name. You can vote for and see a picture of Lola here. In my humble opinion, a mixer named Lola would be awesome!!
A friend of mine is having an online poll on her blog. She is looking for a name for her fantastic new Kitchen Aid Mixer. I believe it should be named Lola Falana, after the 60's and 70's dancer, singer, actress extraordinare (I really don't know who she is, but I like her name). I would appreciate your vote for that name. You can vote for and see a picture of Lola here. In my humble opinion, a mixer named Lola would be awesome!!
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