Hey Chelle - So you've got a lot of walking done today getting all those signatures, huh? Good job!!

yup...lots of walking, running, stalking, pestering. It got the job done, and I got some nice kudos from my boss.

OMG - THE YEAR END FREEZE - designed to make us all


Glad you got everything you need Michelle. A valliant effort on your part.

Happy - you just wait until you see what I am going to call November's thread. Just you wait.
Since I no longer have to live with snow and ice during the winter, the thought of taking a break to visit is quite acceptable. Probably won't be when I leave. And oh yes, my coffee perks even the hardiest coffee addict up. No wonder my kids won't touch the stuff. DS1 comes and has a big sniff when I make it, but says the smell is better than the actual. DS2 considers me to be addicted and therefore immoral about coffee. And my friend fall about laughing when I ask if they require real or imagined coffee. Imagined being the instant stuff. They all know about my real.

Annie - be very careful around that stalker. They don't give up and don't give in. I think you need to get someone to run you home for a while and if he persists, then by all means file a report on him. He needs to be told and not by you because he is not listening to you.

Mel - if it is okay with you, I will stick to my winters here. I just love winter here, it's the summer that hacks me off. We will go to NZ for the summer and tour around the lakes and forests.

Michelle - hope you can manage some rest over the weekend and next week. The fact that you are walking and chasing men all over the building is a fairly positive outlook.

Laura - at least you gave the doggy a good walk. I'm till walking the riverbank but not getting much else done in the way of exercise - apart from waving the boys off to squash or tennis each night.

Ceejay - have a good break, drive carefully, come back refreshed. Do not take calls from the office.

I actually have some work to do today, so I better get off and do it. I'll be back to you tomorrow and tell you some more of the funny stories I now have stored up. See ya

HAPPY FRIDAY. SORRY THIS IS SHORT BUT THEY ARE
SHORT-HANDED AT WORK. MAYBE A FULL DAY.
I AM OFF TO BLOWDRY MY HAIR!
HAVE A GREAT DAY.

SHAD...HAPPY SATURDAY!! HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

Happy Friday mornin' to yahs all. Made it through another week...

Shad - so now you have my curiosity peaked about next week. I will let you post the new thread then. Somehow I do get the feeling that your coffee would be bold and strong. And not sissy flavored like ours. Heck, after a while I can't taste the flavor either.

Ceejay - I hope you enjoy your vacation and have a great time with your family. Safe travels to you!

Michelle - I still get a chuckle from you racing around to collect signatures and beat the deadlines. Mostly because they make it so comical for us (NOT). It's true - you have to get a papal dispensation to bypass the freeze. Hopefully you can get the playful weekend you deserve now that you have done your duty.

Annie - frozen Coke? Well I guess it's not too much different than the Coke slushie stuff at the 7-11's. Good stuff - but only in the hot summer. Come to think of it, we have no 7-9-11 stores down this way. I guess they have been replaced by "convienience mart" gas stations. I guess if you don't have to go back to CVS until Wednesday that means you have some free nights? Whoo hoo. Hope you don't book them up with chores.

So Laura - are you getting roped into joining the talent show? Sounds like they have some creative ways to get money from your wallet. We are telling people after paying through the nose for the health care increases, we have such a negative increase there's no money for anything else. Kinda what they tell us at raise time

Good morning Miss Mel. How did I beat you in this morning? You are usually up early coaxing the sun out of the horizon. I hope things are going well for you. How is Jen doing? Did you guys recover from the side effects of your shots? Do they get worse each year?

Guess it's time to get on with the day. Talk to you later. Happy Friday.

I kinda thought she was hovering around me. Good morning Miss Sunshine - don't let them wear you out in the office.

TGIF and I have been bad already this morning. Jan's BD here in the office. Mary brought WARM CINNAMON ROLLS from Pat-a-Cakes bakery. OMGoodness are they ever good. Only ate a half of one, that is my justification. LOL.....and....we are going to On the Border (Mexican) Restaurant for lunch. Moo moo buck-a-roo (as in kangaroo) lol

Happy...yep, so far on the agenda for the next few nights off...finish cleaning this evening, then getting up and getting a front end alignment and am sure to find out that I have something wrong with my right front something or rather cause I have funny steering going on. Major $$ I am sure. Then Saturday night I have a date with Bo Hick, remember him from southern Indiana? Sunday with Dad. After that I am pretty much free Monday and Tuesday nights...as of now.

Shad...just go ahead and brag about no snow or ice living. The way the weather has been this past year, you never know what you might get, just like Forrest Gumps box of chocolates. Will you even know how to act with actual work at that place?

Laura..lunch with friends, it always says to me a free for all with eating. Like a pass to be bad. Goodluck making good choices.

Chelle...sounds like you need to wear your red ball jets tennis shoes to work. That was a brand of tennies when I was about 5 years old, pretty sure they are no longer around. Red cloth tennis shoes with white rubber soles and white rubber toe cover with a little red ball on the back of the white rubber heel. Kind of like today's low ankle buddy tennis shoes.

Hello's to the rest of ya's.

Have a wonderful weekend, my sista friends.

Morning all. TGIF!!!

Michelle - LOL - stalking the big shots for their signatures. Nice the boss appreciated your tenacity.

Shad - More funny stories please! LOL, real or imagined coffee. My mom's retired and has plenty of time to brew real coffee, but she's a frugal sort and would hate it if she didn't finish a pot of coffee she'd brewed. So she's an instant coffee drinker. I'm not a coffee drinker at all, so I'm with DS1 - smells good (especially the smell of the beans being ground!), but I'll pass on drinking it.

Mel - Hope your office day goes okay - DON'T WORK TOO HARD!! You're ahead of me w/ blowdrying your hair. I didn't have time this morning, but I better start getting my act together in the mornings - it's getting too darn cold to leave the house w/ wet hair!!

Happy - No, I didn't perform in the talent show, just attended it. I thought the $5 fee for admission was worth it, and for a good cause. People like this kind of stuff and are willing to spend a few bucks for it. I'm sure the contributions via payroll deduction are probably suffering a bit though due to the freeze on raises and bonuses... Doesn't help that our insurance rates are increasing this year too, but at least they're limiting it to 5%.

Annie - I hope your car problem doesn't turn out to be major $$$. It's not related to that car hitting yours a while back?? If so, let them pay for it - church or not. One of my lunches was pretty healthy - tilapia sandwich. The other wasn't - big serving of pasta. So it's a split - only a half free-for-all.

Ceejay - Hope you're enjoying your vacay. Maybe you've already left for your sister's?? Safe travels!!

Yesterday's fundraiser talent show was good - three singers, one pianist (a video), two standup comics, and one act that's hard to describe - a one-man band of sorts (who was not actually a serious contestant). There was a judging panel because this was, after all, modeled after "America's Got Talent". I wasn't too keen on the act in which a Mr. White Bread sang the Louie Armstrong song "What a Wonderful World" - in Louie's voice, of course. I've seen that done a few times and I just don't think it's funny, and I kind of think it borders on inappropriate. Not sure why - comics do impersonations of all types/races of people all the time and I don't have a problem with it... I'm just being weird. One of the standup comics won it, deservedly. A $500 prize!

I did one BE workout last night, but bf did the dog walk before I got home, so no dog walk for me. I watched some tv, finished the Carl Hiaasen novel, did a load of laundry, and loaded some more music and podcasts on iTunes, which I synched to my iPod this morning. My knee is STILL sore, so I'm not doing the elliptical today. I'm gonna do a couple errands at lunchtime anyway.

Tomorrow the friend whose dh passed away is coming over and we'll hang out and also go out to lunch. Been a long time since we got together, and it'll be a bit sad because the three of us (bf included) will be missing T. Nothing else planned for the weekend - yay!!

I made a decision yesterday that work is not going to keep me from enjoying my day's off. My sis and I planned for me to come on Saturday and that's what it will be. I'm not answering the phone if my boss should call.

Shad
I love the smell of coffee brewing but hate the taste. There's a coffee mill in the mall in Springfield that I love to go to just to smell the coffee. They have coffee beans from all over the world.

Laura
Sounds like you had fun at the talent show. Was it local's from your company?

Michelle
Good job on getting all those required signatures and getting kudo's from the boss.

Mel
As the others have said don't work to hard.

Annie
You deserve the next few day's off. Enjoy the week end. I like the ON THE Border resturant. My sister that lives in Dallas has taken me there. Yum. I've not thought about frozen coke. Dad used to do this and put peanuts in it.

It's pay day and check has already arrived so it's time to get the bill's sorted out and get them in the mail.

Bless these silly men around this office. Dude put Dawn Dishwashing liquid in the dish washer, we have water and suds all over the kitchen area. LMAO!!!!

TGIF! And I'm leaving in about 10 minutes! Wooo Hooo!

The day started with trying to put out fires prior to going to the all day class. And worrying that the situation might smolder and blow up tonight.

But I've got all the logistics worked out for the teams that are working tonight to implement our reports. And my brain is full of all I learned at training so I'm heading home to relax. I'll have to login around 7 or 8 pm anyway for a couple hours to verify/validate as things get implemented.

I'm hoping the weather cooperates so I can get some yard work done this weekend.

Annie - Thanks for the great laugh about the dish soap in the dishwasher. I remember red ball tennies! They were awesome!

No more time for personals...I gotta get outta here before another firestorm hits!

I hope y'all have a great weekend!!!

Lots of love and big, big, hugs,

Busy day ahead of me today, so no personals until I get the house done and the yard tidy and do the shopping etc. DS1 has been away for a couple of days staying with friends and the DS2 went out celebrating late last night so he is snoring on the couch watching tv (Better Homes and Gardens - not a normal choice for him). And YES he was celebrating getting his apprenticeship. He told me last night. I am so thrilled for him. We will need something to drink to celebrate on Sunday at the bbq.
Cat is becoming senile I am sure of it. Can't remember the last time she had anything to eat - and it was only 5 minutes back - she is inhaling anything that lands on the floor and is getting horribly vocal when we take no notice of her.

Anyway I am out of here to finish the coffee (it's instant and therefore imagined) and get on with clearing the kitchen and sorting out what I have for the meal and what I have to buy. Gotta get on with it.

I COULDN'T RESIST THIS POOCHIE THIS MORNING. HE'S TOO CUTE TO PASS UP.
HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT DAY!


WORK WAS WORK YESTERDAY. NOTHING NEW THERE. JUST ANOTHER DOSE OF INSANITY. THIS WAS DEFINITELY NOT ONE OF MY STELLAR MONTHS HEALTH WISE..SO I AM NOT IN THE MOOD FOR NUTS OR ANY VERSION THEREOF!! VERY SHORT FUSE THESE PAST 2 WEEKS. BUT I DID WARN THE MEN AND TOLD THEM JUST BETTER DO "IT" ( WHATEVER THE IT IS) AND NOT ASK QUESTIONS. THANK GOD THEY LISTEN. I SERIOUSLY WOULD RATHER DEAL WITH 100 SENIORS THAN THE OFFICE STAFF. IT'S JUST NOT "FUN" ANYMORE NO MATTER HOW I TRY AND FOOL MYSELF. ONE DAY THE EXTRA CASH WON'T BE WORTH IT. FOOK THE BILLS! THERE WAS NO MEETING THURS NIGHT THANK THE LORD. I WAS IN NO SHAPE TO GO DOWN THERE.
IT'S A BIT CHILLY HERE AT 44 DEGREES. HEAT IS ON AND I WOKE UP BEFORE 6 WITH A FULL MOON SHINING IN MY APARTMENT. IT WAS EERIE BUT BEAUTIFUL....VERY HALLOWEENIE-ISH.
OK.....I AM DONE WHINING AND NEED SOME FOOD AND DRINK. SHAD SHOULD SEND SUNDAY OVER HERE...SHE WOULD FIT RIGHT IN...I KNOW ALL ABOUT SENILITY!


CEEJAY...HAVE A SAFE TRIP AND A GREAT TIME WITH YOUR SISTER. GLAD YOU DIDN'T FALL FOR THE CO-WORKER'S EXCUSE....EVEN IF IT WAS REAL. LOL AND GOOD FOR NOT ANSWERINGTHE PHONE EITHER!! YOU JUST GO AND ENJOY YOUR VISIT!!



ANNIE...SORRY THE DAY BEGAN ON THE WRONG FOOT AND HOPE IT GOT BETTER THURSDAY! OMG...YOU FELL ASLEEP? I JUST READ THE NEXT POST. YOU NEED SOME TIME OFF!! HOPE THE CAR PROB IS CHEAP! DAWN IN THE SDISHWASHER



HAPPY....NO MORE THEME OF THE MONTHS?? DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE HOUSE WHILE YOU'RE GONE...WE'LL KEEP IT NICE AND TOASTY ....NOT SURE WHAT YOUR HEATING BILL WILL LOOK LIKE THOUGH!! BTW...WE ARE BOTH FEELING MUCH BETTER. IT JUST SETS OFF A SERIES OF BAD STUFF FOR A FEW WEEKS BUT IT IS WORTH IT. THANKS FOR ASKING.



MICHELLE...GLAD YOU GOT ALL THE SIGGIES YOU NEEDED. I AM SURE YOUR WORLDLY SISTERS WOULDN'T HAVE MINDED FORGING A FEW! KUDOS ARE A GREAT THING...EXPECIALLY FROM THE BOSS!! HOPE EVERYTHING WENT WELL WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION. (I SOUND LIKE I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT....RIGHT?)



LAURA...ANOTHER FUND RAISER?? YOU SHOULD HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE TALENT SHOW!!GLAD LUNCH WITH THE FRIEND WAS NICE. WE NEED MORE NICE MOMENTS IN OUR LIFE!!
WAS HOPINGYOUR KNEE WOULD FEEL BETTER! I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH STUFF DONE BY WHITES IN BLACK FACE. JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT..... LIKE AL JOLSON. HOPE YOU AND BF CAN SOOTHE THE FRIEND AND HER LOSS. IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY A SHORT WHILE AGO YOU TOLD US...TIME IS FLYING BY!!



SHAD...I'LL PASS ON THE REAL AND IMAGINED COFFEE TRYING MY BEST TO STAY AWAY FROM IT!! MY FRIENDS CALL MY FRAPPUCCINOS...JUNK COFFEE!! I COULD DEAL WITH A TRIP AROUND LAKES AND SUCH. SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. AS YOU KNOW I AM NOT A BIG FAN EITHER EXTREME HEAT OR COLD!! CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEW FUNNY STORIES!!
OH...I AM SO PLEASED TO READ ABOUT DS2!! CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM!! THAT IS GREAT NEWS! THE BEST I HAVE HEARD ALL WEEK!

Good morning kids,

Gotta get my hair done this morning. I could have waited 2 more weeks or so but my hairdresser is very popular and she is just coming back from maternity leave so I make my appointments well in advance. Sometimes when I make an appointment back in May it's hard to tell how slow or fast my hair will grow in October.

Anyway no time for personals, got to get out of here in 30 minutes. Catch up later.