28 posts tagged “random thoughts”

Because I have no skills! Arg! Worst week ever! That's all I have to say about that!

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This next picture is dedicated to Grouchy Old Man... I thought of you (for some reason!) when I saw this picture my email this morning... I think your cat would like the picture as well...

Blue bird of happiness

So Kiks and Jim's party was really good. Their newly configured basement worked perfectly for the get together. Everyone really seemed to enjoyed themselves... and it was a great time... but even at Christmas, with all the good feelings and appreciation for health, family and friends: some people continue to be selfish, ignorant, hurtful and suck in general.

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William's work party at Beachgrove was a good time as well. I would like to share some advice for those people attending a work party:

- Do not get visibly hammered at the work party... especially when you are 'the new guy', having only worked there for a few months.

- Don't let your spouse become visibly hammered at the work party.

- Rockin' it on the sparsely populated dance floor at a conservative venue is not recommended. Neither is getting jiggy with it.  

- Don't let your spouse go into the bathroom alone if you suspect the possibility of her passing out without the benefit of undergarments.

- Damage control in said situation may include preventing the boss' son from discovering the indiscretions mentioned above.

- Don't sit outside main entryway, smoking darts, languishing in your drunkenness, awaiting a taxi.

Reasonable advice, no? I'm awaiting William's phone call informing me of related shop talk from this morning! 

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I really need to focus and get organized for Christmas. We have only one decoration up in our house up and no tree yet. I have purchased only 4 gifts. I have completed all the Christmas cards (they will be others I have forgotten, and will remember over the next week - so wisely I have not packed away the Christmas card work area. There is booze we need to purchase for our Christmas Eve day festivities, and for gifts as well. There are food items I need to buy for the dinner at our house (for 20 people) on December 27th... I have 2 get togethers during this week and 1 one the week-end. There is a lot going on and I'm not feeling on top of things! I love the Christmas season, but I'm feeling distracted and am not quite into it yet....

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I have 6 more books to read by the end of the year to reach my goal of reading 50 books in a year. I missed recording a few in the 30's and I think this has messed me up! So for now, my Nintendo DS is put away, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010 is in virtual hiatus as well as actual.

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Life is good!

Over the last couple of weeks, I've been mentally composing a list of wrongs - here it is.

- Tiger Woods. Enough already. Who cares? I'm sure there is a time in many marriages when one partner would very much like to take a stiff shaft of steel and strike it against a thin pane of glass. Most of us are lucky that our lives and indiscretions are not written about in the tabloids. I do feel bad that Tiger thinks we're all so dumb as to believe his story. It also sucks that so many of his fans won't be able to see him play this week-end. I'll be glad when this story isn't the headline of every news report.

- People shooting one another. There was just another incident in Seattle where someone took it upon themselves to kill random (or not so random) people. We need to find another way of dealing with our frustrations people! Step away from the gun! And yes, guns do kill people - when they are held by angry mentally unstable people. America - It's way past the time to review the 'right to bear arms'. Seriously.

- Party crashers in DC. Obviously this couple is completely classless - way to inspire terrorists -  Good job Secret Service. Get over yourselves. If that couple does appear on the Real Housewives of DC, yes I will watch, but I will do so knowing they are douches. Yes, douches.

- CBS sports coverage of football. PLEASE! Stop showing fantasy stats 2 minutes into the first quarter! Just give me the scores. FOX tried this one week, then they realized it is very annoying. The CBS pre-game hosts are so stiff, serious and boring - they need to re-think their coverage. Also - please get the grown men dressed in suits OFF a mini field recreating plays. It's embarrassing to watch them fake passes, pretend to block and run about in slow motion while telling us lowly viewers what is going on. Who thought this was a good idea? Even the superior FOX pre-game does the 'All State Covers the Field' segment - it's just terrible!

- VOX. I like so many things about VOX, but you'd think they'd have the bugs worked out. I can rarely comment on other blogger's posts. I would say my success rate is less than 10%. For a month I couldn't load any books... It seems like there aren't many 'real' people out there... only ads and tweets...

- The music in the Big Break. The Big Break is a compelling (although slightly cheesy) golf competition reality show on the golf channel. The 'background' music is so loud it's difficult to hear them speak! The music is full of 80's inspired gratuitous guitar riffs chock with dramatic starts and stops. It makes the show nearly unwatchable. I swear the guy editing the sound is also the writer, producer, and composer of said crappy music and he thinks it's the most important part of the show. ARG!

- The service at RBC. My mom isn't exactly mobile right now. After a rough hour of therapy the other day, she asked me to run into the Royal Bank to make a deposit. She handed me her bank card and a personal check written to herself from her CIBC account. The place was completely empty, and the teller asked me if I had an account there, and I told her not for about 8 years or so - and informed me I couldn't deposit it for her. She called over a supervisor and they told me it's illegal for me to have her card - I pointed to my mom sitting in the car and told them it's difficult for her to walk. No go. She has been banking at RBC so long her account number is like '8'! I have been making deposits for my mom at CIBC for 20 years. Random vacationers deposit money in our account in Tennessee all the time. When in real estate, it was a well known fact that RBC lacked customer service. They told me my mom would have to come in. I pointed at the teller and supervisor and said, 'This is exactly why I don't bank at RBC - your customer service it terrible!' My mom then limped in, and we had to wait a few minutes for the supervisior to re-appear - although the place was empty - they told her to swipe her card in the card reader, it didn't work, oh wait, no you have to sign this... they have no idea what they are doing there... they told my mom, now that they 'know' her, (she has been banking at that location since it opened more than 30 years ago...) if she needs to do another transaction, they can come out to the car (no drive up window...). Sure. Brutal.

- Tim Horton's. I was at the drive thru last week, and after making my order, the girl working the drive thru said, '$1.32'. No drive up, no please - just the total. When I picked up my coffee, she never said a word. Not the amount, not the change she gave me and not a 'have a good night'. Nothing. I should have said, 'HEY! You may hate your life and your job, but you're paid to be nice. It's your job to be polite, follow policy and smile.' Ah well, I'll put that retort in the vault and use it next time - I'm sure there will be a next time.

- People who are all show and no go. I know people who brag about the parties they attend, the rich people they know, the cars they drive - and when it comes to being generous - nothing. If they donate anything it's used and worthless. There is a Sutton Creek Ladies Christmas party next week where we all bring toys and canned goods to donate. Believe me - I'll be watching to see what this one lady brings. She is so pathetic. If she doesn't bring anything I will say something to her.

- No response. I hate when I ask people to get back to me on something and they don't. Even if they don't have the answer, then just tell me that! I'm guilty of this occasionally, but I always apologize and have a reason... some people are just lazy, afraid so say 'no', or are trying to piss me off.  

Oh, there's more... but I have to run, and wow, I really feel better now!  

I check Facebook generally in the morning, and maybe once more in the afternoon just about everyday. I have  been engaged on this social site for over a year now (after realizing I can avoid Crazy) and I have noticed a definitive genre of status updates.

- The Debbie Downer. This is the person who is always complaining. "Debbie Downer didn't get enough sleep, and will be dragging all day at work today". I have about 3 people in my list (people I have not seen since high school) who post everyday something depressing... "Debbie Downer hopes the rain holds off long enough to attend her favorite aunt's funeral'...

- The Always Ill. This is the person who is either always sick or their family is. I have about 3 people in my network who only post about their illnesses... 'Always Ill is at home with a cold, I hope I don't spread it to everyone.'

- Woe Is Me Worker Bee. This is the person who always complains or talks about work. "Woe Is Me Worker Bee has 7 more hours of computer work to do.' Hating Mondays, happy hump-day and TGIF are reoccurring themes with the Worker Bee.

- The Quoter. This is the person who always has positive and inspiring quotes as their status update. 'The Quoter just loves waking up in the morning, clapping her hands and saying "today is going to be a great day!"'

- Drama Queen. The Drama Queen always has something exciting going on... from out of control teenagers, a bad marriage, a crazy boss, multiple hospital visits... the Drama Queen's status updates could be a reality TV script, but the updates are often not completely informing, prompting questions from friends... 'The Drama Queen just got back from the hospital with her youngest daughter' followed by Drama Queen's Friend, 'OMG, what happened? I'm praying for you and your daughter.'

- The Texter. This is the person who can't write in complete coherent sentences and is not concerned about good spelling. 'The Texter isss totoly syched abt thisss wk-end w BFF Crissssy!!!'

- The Party Girl. This is the person that lives for the week-end, and sometimes has a mid-week escapade worthy of sharing on Facebook. 'The Party Girl is completely hungover, we rocked the block! Thanks Ladies for an awesome night out!'

- The Mom. The Mom is a Mom and nothing but a Mom on Facebook. Every updates revolves around their most perfect precious offspring. 'The Mom is so happy to spend the day with her baby girl. When she is napping I'm just going to stare at her and thank Jesus for this most perfect being'.

The Bible Thumper. They are the person that quotes the bible and prays a lot. 'The Bible Thumper is praying for a safe Hallowe'en for all the kids out there.' 

The Attention Seeker. This person always has a status update that is incomplete, and is posted for the express purpose of receiving comments. 'The Attention Seeker just can't believe what happened today!'  They are also known to post continually while on vacation, 'The Attention Seeker is sitting poolside... it's 80*F and the beer is cold'

So who am I on Facebook? Mostly I just post what I'm going... running errands, watching football, or going golfing. I think I'm a 'Polly Positive', or 'Hey, Look At What I'm Doing'

LG is running errands and can't wait for the week-end!

Well, well, well... I've been a fairly productive LG for the last few days... I've cleaned out the garden, the pond, and yesterday I switched out all the summer clothes for the winter clothes. It took a lot longer than I thought (hours really), but I have about 2 bags for donation and about the same amount of clothes will fulfill their dust rag destiny, (as soon as I get the good scissors from my mom). Still to do: clean out the garage, put up the fall decorations, and clean the b'junk off the windows casings.

Exciting life isn't it?

Hm!

I've been invited to play in a tournament on the 17th, which is awesome. It's match play format with me representing the 'Essex County Ladies' versus the 'Kent County Ladies'. It's in Blenheim

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and I've only played that course twice, but I remember it to be quite nice. This invitation makes me feel good, as initially I my name was given by a woman whom I really like and respect, and it makes me happy that she thought of me. I'm sure at times we all feel lost in the crowd and unable to please, so it's good to be thought of now and then.

Today I'm having lunch with KT and SuprT, then I'm attending a board meeting at SC - I'm not sure (no one is really) if I can serve on the board or not. If not, that's fine - but it was nice to be nominated, (by one of the owners, part of the management team no less) as she must think (or at least have thought) that I could be helpful to the operation of SC. If I'm able to serve I'll have to be certain to mention her, and all the little people, in my acceptance speech.

Good God, I hope you know I'm joking.  

There is not too much going on this week-end which is rather nice. It's been great having people over the last couple of weeks, but if William and I are alone this week-end I certainly won't be upset. Either way, I'm happy.

Let me check, yep, life is gooooood.  

I guess I should have prefaced yesterday's post by saying that nothing specific of a rude nature happened to inspire such a crusty post. I was just working with the scorecards and realized that once those cards are left on the table, they are never considered again - except by me.

Ah well.

Also, I should simply tell the 'powers that be' that certain jobs are not in the realm of score keeping... but again it comes down to: at least I know it's done and done right, it saves someone else the hassle (they probably have a truly busy life), and I can handle it if someone questions what I've done.

I am planning on passing over the ringer board. That will save me about an hour of transferring and adding the numbers to a clean board.

This week-end is going to be great! Steak dinner and watch some DVR'd shows on Friday, then the Club Championship all week-end. I could go on and on about that, but not today. The weather will be fantastic, the company good, and life in general is wonderful.

This morning we awoke to perfect silence. Ah yes, a scheduled hydro outage - which was supposed to be done by 5am... continued on until well past 9am. What to do what to do what to do?

Oh - I'll make coffee and read a book. Nope.

Oh - I'll check my email. Nope.

It's funny how many times within half an hour I forgot that we didn't have power.

So I ended up purging some items.

Yesterday I watched another episode of A&E's 'Hoarders'.

Anyone who knows me understands that I am so not a hoarder. I am possibly the near opposite (complete opposite would be a monk) of a hoarder. I border on minimalism as opposed to 'I have a lot of crapism'.

I recycled about 50 gardening magazines that I never realized I had. I thought I pitched (always meaning recycled..) them a couple of years ago. As I looked lovingly at the pretty covers, I considering quickly going through all of them, but then reconsidered: I hadn't missed them in two years, so out they go!.

Billy had (oh yes, had) a huge collection of old 'Playstation' magazines. These magazines were awesome when they came out. Great reviews, a playable and demo CD, it was just great. The mag changed formats a few years ago and became most poopy. Because the original magazine cost over $10 per copy, Billy pre-ordered for several years for a discount, in about 2001. When the magazine changed its style (much cheaper in every way) we ended up having credit and receiving this magazine for years. Years! Those I've tossed, but some of the original ones we actually moved from our old house. In 2005.

When I asked Billy if I could throw them out, he said, (with sad eyes and a whiny expression), 'but they're mine'. I told him he could keep a few and he sorted through the huge and pile and determined that indeed, all of them were important.

I pitched all but about 8. I'm so cruel.  

I went through our book shelf. Books are probably the hardest thing for me to dispose of. I don't usually purchase books, but when I do, I hold onto them. Many of the books on the shelf a) I've already read b) I did not purchase and were c) given to me by my friend Rachelle, with the express instructions to 'pass them on' when I through. But some are so good! Some of the books I'm waiting to pass on to just the right person. Anyways, I boxed a bunch up, (like 30) my mom picked a few out, my sister in law will look through the pile, then they are off to the book exchange at Sutton Creek.

I asked William if I could throw out old WOW magazines, and he looked so sad and said, 'why are you throwing out all my things?' I was laughing pretty hard. I again asked him if I could pitch them, and he said, 'but it's my dungeon campanion'. I laughed all the way to my mom's house - where I left the magazines for my nephew. Funny. Mean.  

I tossed some 3/4 burned candles, VCR tapes, (don't even have a VCR) - all but our wedding video, which we have never watched btw. I tossed some cassette tapes of mine. William refused to part with his briefcase looking tape hold (oh you know what I'm talking about!) complete with WRIF (Baby!) and WLLZ bumper stickers. Sweet. I asked him to name 5 tapes inside and he got off easy as there were about 10 Triumph tapes. They were also several Foreigner tapes, who he claims to hate, but still, he couldn't part with them. Ah well.

I added to the 'yard sale' pile. Every year my mom's church has a yard sale of which I (barely) contribute to. Items include: some never been used candles, old golf prints (burgundy and forest green frames - no thanks), a mirror, 2 brief cases, etc.

I feel pretty good about our house right now. Yip.

I just typed a huge post and somehow lost it. Crap! I'm not redoing it!

Here is it in point form:

- Have a few books that I have to review for the '50 books in 365 days' group.

- Had the girls over last night. Fun. Great friends. So easy to enjoy ourselves. I'm very lucky.

- Going to Boblo reunion this week-end.

Old Boblo pic

 Pretty much just want to see my friend Sarah and her husband, although I hope there are a few other people that I knew from back in the day.

Sarah and Chris

Don't they look fun? Remember - it was the 90's....

Me and Sarah

Oh yes, the 90's indeed!

- Mom G is back from England/Scotland. Woo hoo.

- My mom has just left with my nephew Myles to catch a cruise ship in Seattle (hi DD) then up to Alaska and then a bus tour in San Fran. Lucky kid.

- Life is quite busy, but exceptionally good.

I was lurking around other Voxers the other day when I stumbled upon this one particular site. The woman appeared to be in her late 20's and her bio read something to the effect that she is always chronically broke.

Now - disclaimer - maybe she is the type of person who likes to complain, but doesn't really have any reason to. Perhaps she is financially stable, but her peers are not, so to fit in, she lists on her bio page that she is overwhelmed with bills.

I started glancing through her posts and was surprised to see that was searching the internet to purchase 'something' (now of course I can't remember what - but it struck me as complete luxury item), and she also couldn't wait to buy the Hello Kitty popcorn maker.

Huh?

She goes on to mention her Net-flix membership, going out to eat and drink and something about clothes.

Hm.

Now I'm sure she's just a lovely woman. She appeared to love life and have lots of friends and fun - that's great. So I'm just wondering if she is really broke and if she is, isn't it obvious to her perhaps why? Maybe she doesn't care. Maybe she needs the Hello Kitty popcorn maker to breathe.

Why do I care?

Oh, I don't really.

The week-end felt a bit 'off'. I had a blast Saturday golfing with some girls, and had fun hanging out at SC for a couple of drinks afterward. I totally forgot my clubs there! Duh! Billy and I had great night steak night date night and of course it was awesome.

On Sunday William worked and I wandered about the house - nothing to clean (okay, I could have done the car or kitchen cabinets), no pooch following me around, and nothing to do. I started reading a book that I thought I already read - but didn't, and so far so good. We had dinner at MomG's, and it was an early night for me.

I was at the house in Windsor for a bit this morning and it doesn't look like I did anything! ARG! I was there for hours and despite my efforts I see no progress! Very frustrating! I did take a load to the recycle place, and it was packed! Good responsible Kingsville - itans, or ites or whatever - we are.

I called several businesses today inquiring about sponsorship for our 18 hole tournament. I hate doing that. So annoying! It's one of the (many) things I hated about real estate. I feel like I'm begging. Ah well. Many the businesses on the list from 2 years ago aren't cuttin' it this year - 1 has closed, and we no longer deal with 3 others. I'm not calling the fancy schmancy dress shop which I have never been in, nor could afford to purchase anything... I'll hand that one off to someone else. Also I'm simply not calling another golf course to ask to sponsor us. That's just weird. I could see the indoor place, but not another course that is 8 minutes away... Along with those I have approached 9 others on my own. For sure I have 3 donations, possibly 5 altogether. I guess that makes up for the deficiencies on the list I was given.

This tournament is really wearing on me. I can't wait until July 29th (okay, really I can, there's a lot of great things to happen between now and then, obviously, but you know what I mean!). I constantly feel like I'm hassling people (to play, to donate, to help out) and I have lists written down of things to do, people to talk to, things to order, and a ever flowing list in my head of things to add to my lists. Super. When this is done I'm going to feel like a whole new woman!

It's only Monday, I don't 'work' and I'm already looking forward to the week-end!

Noteworthy:

I have great friends. Originally we were supposed to get together last night for SuprT's b-day, but sadly, a friend of our gang of girls' mom very unexpectedly died. Last night the group of us got together and made the trek to Thamesville for the wake. NK was really happy to see us, and I believe it's a good thing to confirm our friendships with the background of real life. Although NK's mom's death was on our minds, we had a lot of great laughs and fun on the hour trip there and back. Maybe the death reminded us how incredibly short life is. Maybe we needed some time together without distractions in a big SUV. Whatever the reasons, I certainly had a great time last night. Again, I have great friends.

Newsworthy:

When I initially heard reports of Michael Jackson's hospitalization I was of course surprised. When I heard that CNN was reporting his death I was shocked. I really thought the media had it wrong with all the Farrah Fawcett drama going on.

Now, why was I shocked? Because his age? Not really. Because of his stardom? Nope.

I was shocked because it sounded to me reminiscent of L Ron Hubbard's death many years ago. L Ron who you may ask? The founder of Scientology - the crazy who stated that he would live forever. Well, yeah he died, but 'they' didn't announce it until just after the space shuttle blew up, although he died weeks earlier 'they' were waiting for a big media event to overwhelm the masses so his death would go 'unnoticed'. A la Farrah Fawcett.

Well aren't I the little conspiracy theorist!

The second thought in my little brain was disbelief in a few other facts:

- he's dead

- it's fairly accepted that he is a child molester

- he's broke

- he was having an autopsy done when it's obvious to me a whack a doo to the extent who is Michael Jackson would be cryogenically frozen or at least have his brain switched with a monkey's or some other Frankenstein-ish thing.

So, just as Elvis hangs out at Burger King in Kalamazoo Michigan, I will forever think that Michael Jackson is living as a white man on a beach in Thailand with a harem of young boys.

'Cause that's how I roll.

No Surprise:

Well, well, well, Monica Conyers was actually mysterious City Council Person A who was being investigated for a crap load of bad, illegal behavior. How incredibly not shocking. That woman gives off the stink of entitlement like no other human in the history of humans. Way to go Monica! She took a plea deal, which is amazing to me that she would admit any wrong doing, however an FBI investigator stated that the evidence was overwhelming and incomparable in depth!. Wiretaps and a camera in her vehicle (said to play as clear as one of those annoying Sonic commercials) apparently showed her blatantly asking for kickbacks and offering to be bribed, along with countless other charges. No code words for Monica, she was direct using real names and terms that can't be confused. Brilliant! 

The media is going nuts in Detroit. I can just imagine the talk on even the sports talk radio channel, as Monica has called in and thrown her ego around on sports radio! 

At least she was wasting federal tax dollars instead of only city tax dollars. Good job Monica!