Wow time really flies. This week has been insane between my workload and my horrific commute. I have come up with a theory on Rte 128 North. I have noticed that the traffic reports on both radio and TV they never mention the stretch of 128 between routes 95 and route 3. It is as if this traffic ladden section of motorway Real Estate doesn't exist. I am a little peeved about this because being someone who sits (rots) in traffic daily with MANY other people I feel the lack of representation to be rude. So on to my theories, there are two. Theory numero uno -- Waltham is in fact the hellmouth (aka Sunnydale) therefore it is better left ignored this includes all paths leading here for fear of angering some menacing evil. A little far fetched at first glance but I challenge you to ride 42 miles (each way) in my goodyears for a solid month during rush hour and reserve offering an opinion until the finale of that little experiment. Theory number two is less controversial. The economy is down and there is terrible news published daily everywhere you look. There is no positive spin to place on this stretch of roadway so journalists have been asked to cut it from their repertoire. Why add more negativity because honestly if there were to offer commentary the status would remain constant -- "Travelers driving Rte 128 North, sucks to be you" put of course on Auto Play similar to the Dharma initiative.
Ok so I am slightly bitter for having spent four hours and six minutes of my life in a car yesterday. This post was cathartic, I am over it now. On to happy Friday thoughts.....
Friday, July 25, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Survey Time II
Rather than post the grumpy complaining post I had lined up I have stolen this from E. I think I got up on the wrong side of the bed. I became truly aggravated at the First Check drug test commercial on the radio enroute to work today. You must know the one with the annoying mother naming all the crazy drug slang (ie shabooShaboo) and her son mubling "No". Yeah I have a few choice words for the marketing person who greenlighted that little gem. But anyway, I digress on to the survey.
A. Attached or Single? Married to D Money. 9 Months and counting.
B. Best Friend? JC, Kell-Belle, and KC equally.
C. Cake or pie? Definitely Cake although I love Apple Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream.
D. Day of choice? Saturday
E. Essential item? My laptop with V Card, Blackberry, Debit Card, Face Lotion, Lipgloss, Mascara, oh and my flat iron. I couldn't live without any of these.
F. Favorite color? Blue. Green being a close second.
G. Gummy bears or worms? Worms.
H. Home town? North Easton, MA.
I. Favorite indulgence? Mani and Pedi's.Pedicures. I am alson known to get a quarterly massage and facial.
J. January or July? Given the terrible choice I guess January, new year fresh start things like that.
K. Kids? Not Yet.
L. Life isn’t complete without? Something to look forward to. **Completely stolen from E but so very true.
M. Marriage date? November 3, 2007.
N. Number of brothers and sisters?1 Sister and 1 half Sister.
O. Oranges or Apples? Apples
P. Phobias? Heights, Snakes and Fire.
Q. Quotes? What you do speaks so loud, I cannot hear what you say. --Ralph Waldo Emerson. Oh and "Jesus loves you, everyone else thinks you are an asshole" --C.Mondor
R. Reasons to smile? My family and my health. My dogs draw out some giggles daily.
S. Season of choice? Fall my absolute favorite time of the year. Fresh Air, Beautiful Colors, Great Hair and fantastic sweaters :)
T. Tag 5 people. I am not really in to tagging.
U. Unknown fact about me? I chose a profession with mainly men because I get easily annoyed with women. This is professionally only, in my personal life I am a girly girly through and through.
V. Vegetable? Zucchini
W. Worst habit? Hmm I have many terrible habits.
X. X-ray or Ultrasound? I just had an ultrasound on my leg a few weeks ago.
Y. Your favorite food? Cheesburgers, Buffalo Wings and Ice Cream. Granted I hardly eat any of these things for fear of becoming the size of a house but they are my favorites nonetheless.
Z. Zodiac sign? Libra
Z. Two z things that I hate: Zamboni's and Zepplins.
A. Attached or Single? Married to D Money. 9 Months and counting.
B. Best Friend? JC, Kell-Belle, and KC equally.
C. Cake or pie? Definitely Cake although I love Apple Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream.
D. Day of choice? Saturday
E. Essential item? My laptop with V Card, Blackberry, Debit Card, Face Lotion, Lipgloss, Mascara, oh and my flat iron. I couldn't live without any of these.
F. Favorite color? Blue. Green being a close second.
G. Gummy bears or worms? Worms.
H. Home town? North Easton, MA.
I. Favorite indulgence? Mani and Pedi's.Pedicures. I am alson known to get a quarterly massage and facial.
J. January or July? Given the terrible choice I guess January, new year fresh start things like that.
K. Kids? Not Yet.
L. Life isn’t complete without? Something to look forward to. **Completely stolen from E but so very true.
M. Marriage date? November 3, 2007.
N. Number of brothers and sisters?1 Sister and 1 half Sister.
O. Oranges or Apples? Apples
P. Phobias? Heights, Snakes and Fire.
Q. Quotes? What you do speaks so loud, I cannot hear what you say. --Ralph Waldo Emerson. Oh and "Jesus loves you, everyone else thinks you are an asshole" --C.Mondor
R. Reasons to smile? My family and my health. My dogs draw out some giggles daily.
S. Season of choice? Fall my absolute favorite time of the year. Fresh Air, Beautiful Colors, Great Hair and fantastic sweaters :)
T. Tag 5 people. I am not really in to tagging.
U. Unknown fact about me? I chose a profession with mainly men because I get easily annoyed with women. This is professionally only, in my personal life I am a girly girly through and through.
V. Vegetable? Zucchini
W. Worst habit? Hmm I have many terrible habits.
X. X-ray or Ultrasound? I just had an ultrasound on my leg a few weeks ago.
Y. Your favorite food? Cheesburgers, Buffalo Wings and Ice Cream. Granted I hardly eat any of these things for fear of becoming the size of a house but they are my favorites nonetheless.
Z. Zodiac sign? Libra
Z. Two z things that I hate: Zamboni's and Zepplins.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Survey Time.
Stolen from Caity
1) In five words, explain what ended your last friendship? She was crazy evil.
2) How was your prom night? Fine, nothing special.
3) Do you have any famous relatives? No but everyone thinks my Uncle looks like Ted Williams.
4) Have you taken out loans to pay for college? No my parents were genrous for part and the rest was hard work.
5) What did you receive last in the mail? Credit Card Bill :(
6) What beverages have you drank today? Water, Coffee, Diet Pepsi
7) Do you leave nasty messages on people’s answering machines? Nope I prefer to tell you to your face what I think.
8 ) What’s the most painful surgical procedure you’ve had done? No surgeries to speak of yet.
9) What is out your back door? grill, Table with Umbrella\Chairs, Deck, Patio, Questionable Grass.
10) Do you usually go out on the weekends? Half and half. I can be a bit of a homebody at times.
11) Do you like what the ocean does to your hair? Strange question, but no.
12) Have you ever visited a planetarium or do you even know what one is? I went to one when I was little
13) What is your favorite flavor of pudding? Tapioca
14) Describe your keychains: just a key ring with a house keys to my place, a key to my parents' house, my car key, and cards to the gym, Pet Smart, CVSand Stop & Shop, and old mercedes tag from my old CEO, a master key to my office, a key to the security safe at work, and a pen.
15) Where do you keep your change?Ina big bucket in the bedroom or the bottom of my purse.
16) When was the last time you got up and spoke in front of a large crowd? I gave a backup\security tutorial last quarter and spoke at a management conference.
17) What kind of winter coat do you have? I have too many coats. I go with the standby charcoal pea coat 80% of the time.
18) What was the weather like on your graduation day? Sunny
19) Do you sleep with the door to your bedroom open or closed? closed, keep the dogs coraled.
20) Is there anything purple within 20 feet of you? Nope
21) What is the strangest thing you’ve put in the microwave? Nothing I can recall. Maybe a sponge because someone told me it kill bacterial.
22) Can you speak any Japanese? not a lick.
23) Do you look good in the color yellow? not especially
24) Do you spit or smoke? DEFINITIVE NO
25) What is your favorite color(s)? blue and green
26) Ever played an instrument? does a recorder count?
27) Do you believe in Bigfoot, or Sasquatch? no
28) Ever been to a palm reader? Yes
29) Did they tell you the truth about your future? Umm strangely enough they told me my soulmate was a Red Head only to come true 16 years later.
30) What are you thinking about at this very moment? My best friend's baby shower tomorrow and some other good news I recieved from my other best friend.
31) Have you ever received a black eye? No
33) What are some of your favorite drinks? water, diet coke, WINE, Michelob Ultra
34) Do you have anything that hurts on your body at this time? My hips from running in boot camp.
35) Have you ever ridden in a taxi? yes
36) What is the last alcoholic drink you had? Jack Daniels and Diet Coke.
37) Did you do anything special last night? Nope. Cooked Dinner, Played with Dogs, Read, Went to Sleep.
38) What is your very favorite food? Hands down a cheesburger.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Prep Time
I am in full prep for my friends baby shower this weekend.
Is it bad that I am now fixating on how strong I can make the matching pink punch without getting Kitty Dukakis references?
Back to your regularly scheduled blogging.
- Pick up friend from California Red Eye on Friday - Check
- Balloons Ordered - Check
- Pink\Green Table cloths secured - Check
- Coordinating Pink\Green Plates, Napkins, Utensils Purchased - Check
- Thoughtful gift waiting in dinning room - Check
- Night before slumber party planned and pre-execution begun - Check
Is it bad that I am now fixating on how strong I can make the matching pink punch without getting Kitty Dukakis references?
Back to your regularly scheduled blogging.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
A little late to the party...
So yeah I discovered Facebook a few days ago. My fixation is now bordering on obsession. I know I am a bit late on this discovery, but nonetheless it is fun to see how past classmates\friends are doing. I keep pinging people I haven't seen in 16 years or so asking for them to befriend me....weird I guess. Maybe wasn't loved enough as a child to seek out such attention?(no) Maybe I am trying to relive my past? (nah) Maybe I want the mean girls from highschool to be my friend now as an adult as a sort of redemption? (nope) Maybe I am nosy biatch looking to take my google-foo to new heights....yep thats one hits the nail on the head. This stalking is to include new friends as well. I stalked loo today:)
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Amusing myself in traffic...
Rather than sit and rot in 128 traffic today I decided to find ways to amuse myself. Today's exercise coordinating rubbernecking to the song HOT, HOT, HOT. Under normal circumstances my hatred of this little ditty is right up with "Don't worry be happy" but today it seemed all too fitting as I crawled my way onto 128. Honestly it took 35 minutes to get from the overpass in Dedham onto 128. 35 minutes I shit you not. So if you saw some crazy girl in a hot pink polo acting out a spastic neck dance and giving the squirely-eye to all the surrounding cars while singing HOT-HOT-HOT, well yeah that was me. Feel free to join in next time, maybe we can create an auto-wave.
In other news I have been trying to make the permanent switch to Decaf coffee so I my visits have been less frequent lately. This morning though I needed a latte. Alright I didn't need it, I wanted it which leads me to my next story. Over the winter some of the few peeps who read this new blog-o-mine may remember me biatching about the parking situation in my cul-de-sac due to snow and possibly having to cancel a party. Well the part I left out is that one of my husband's friends was nice enough to plow us out but while doing that he and my husband stumbled right into an "afternoon delight". You see we live on a lake and there is an open lot a few houses down that is for public use. Lets just say that people of the public were using this lot that day and somehow managed to get their SUV lodged on a rock. One of these people is a married lady from my local coffee place, the other was construction worker (not her husband)from a job site down the road (across from the coffee place). Well it was a little uncomfortable for my hubby and his friend when the construction dude asked them to help dislodge the truck after he told them in detail about the tryst. Yeah way TMI for anyone especially a stranger and of course my giggling boy of a husband retold the tale to me shortly after. So every now and then I see this lady when I stop for a caffeinated beverage in the morning. She always gives me a perky smirk like we are "sharing" a secret between girlfriends and automatically gives me an extra hot cup to catch the condensation. She saw my husband and obviously knows who I am because we frequent that coffee house together on the weekends. The whole thing is slightly uncomfortable to be honest. This being the closest coffee shop to me (see: lazy girl) and her manning the window may be the deciding factors for me to quite my coffee habit. I feel safe in recounting this story because it would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack to determine the coffee shop in question as they are as common as trees on the south shore (Dunkin Donuts, Honey Dew, Starbucks, Donut King...) we got em all thus the reason for me need to break the habit.
In other news I have been trying to make the permanent switch to Decaf coffee so I my visits have been less frequent lately. This morning though I needed a latte. Alright I didn't need it, I wanted it which leads me to my next story. Over the winter some of the few peeps who read this new blog-o-mine may remember me biatching about the parking situation in my cul-de-sac due to snow and possibly having to cancel a party. Well the part I left out is that one of my husband's friends was nice enough to plow us out but while doing that he and my husband stumbled right into an "afternoon delight". You see we live on a lake and there is an open lot a few houses down that is for public use. Lets just say that people of the public were using this lot that day and somehow managed to get their SUV lodged on a rock. One of these people is a married lady from my local coffee place, the other was construction worker (not her husband)from a job site down the road (across from the coffee place). Well it was a little uncomfortable for my hubby and his friend when the construction dude asked them to help dislodge the truck after he told them in detail about the tryst. Yeah way TMI for anyone especially a stranger and of course my giggling boy of a husband retold the tale to me shortly after. So every now and then I see this lady when I stop for a caffeinated beverage in the morning. She always gives me a perky smirk like we are "sharing" a secret between girlfriends and automatically gives me an extra hot cup to catch the condensation. She saw my husband and obviously knows who I am because we frequent that coffee house together on the weekends. The whole thing is slightly uncomfortable to be honest. This being the closest coffee shop to me (see: lazy girl) and her manning the window may be the deciding factors for me to quite my coffee habit. I feel safe in recounting this story because it would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack to determine the coffee shop in question as they are as common as trees on the south shore (Dunkin Donuts, Honey Dew, Starbucks, Donut King...) we got em all thus the reason for me need to break the habit.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Long Weekend Wrap Up
Nice weather the past few days no? I love it when the weekends blow and the weekdays are spectacularly sunny. Well at least I was somewhat productive considering our plans to head up north never came to fruition.
Thursday I ended the week from hell and came home chilled with my hubby and dogs outside waiting for the rain to fall. I cooked up some turkey kielbasa, steamers and crawled into a bottle of Groth.
Friday we did a whole lot of nothing....lunch a, saw Wall-E and took the dogs swimming. We were going to hit up the Paw Sox but due to the threat of rain we decided to stay in.
Saturday we got up lounged around and then the hubby went out to play some golf on my request. I was in a terrible mood unable to come down from a horrid work week so I needed some retail organization therapy to right the ship. I headed to BB&B and picked up some new household items. The list included this, a new plastic liner curtain and some nested baskets for organization. After three hours in a newly spic and span (and organized) bathroom I was starting to feel myself again. I took a long shower in and my hair came out great. We headed out for some quick dinner at the Longhorn. Two glasses of Dynamite cab and all was right in the world. I also ran in to a really cool girl I worked with ten years ago which was nice both to see her and also that I had good hair.
Today I have spent the majority of the day digging out of the mess I have made out of our spare room, more commonly known as my walk in closet. I tend to go through this cycle where it gets out of control and then I have to spend a ridiculous amount of time getting my life (Clothes\Shoes\Accessories) back in order. I needed to get this taken care of because on Tuesday much to my husband's dismay I am interviewing a house cleaning service. I mentioned to him last week I wanted to hire someone because since his promotion and new travel schedule I am having trouble keeping up. He agreed and is now reconsidering saying we can handle it ourselves. I am keeping the appointment any way just to keep my options open. Well that is it from my camp this evening. I am off to bed soon, boot camp in the morning and I smell a dreaded run.
Thursday I ended the week from hell and came home chilled with my hubby and dogs outside waiting for the rain to fall. I cooked up some turkey kielbasa, steamers and crawled into a bottle of Groth.
Friday we did a whole lot of nothing....lunch a, saw Wall-E and took the dogs swimming. We were going to hit up the Paw Sox but due to the threat of rain we decided to stay in.
Saturday we got up lounged around and then the hubby went out to play some golf on my request. I was in a terrible mood unable to come down from a horrid work week so I needed some retail organization therapy to right the ship. I headed to BB&B and picked up some new household items. The list included this, a new plastic liner curtain and some nested baskets for organization. After three hours in a newly spic and span (and organized) bathroom I was starting to feel myself again. I took a long shower in and my hair came out great. We headed out for some quick dinner at the Longhorn. Two glasses of Dynamite cab and all was right in the world. I also ran in to a really cool girl I worked with ten years ago which was nice both to see her and also that I had good hair.
Today I have spent the majority of the day digging out of the mess I have made out of our spare room, more commonly known as my walk in closet. I tend to go through this cycle where it gets out of control and then I have to spend a ridiculous amount of time getting my life (Clothes\Shoes\Accessories) back in order. I needed to get this taken care of because on Tuesday much to my husband's dismay I am interviewing a house cleaning service. I mentioned to him last week I wanted to hire someone because since his promotion and new travel schedule I am having trouble keeping up. He agreed and is now reconsidering saying we can handle it ourselves. I am keeping the appointment any way just to keep my options open. Well that is it from my camp this evening. I am off to bed soon, boot camp in the morning and I smell a dreaded run.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Lost Dog
Missing since Sunday June 29, 2008. Color: Clear. Size: unknown. Lost while sleep-dog walking. Reward offered to anyone with any information.
That was the scene at my house in the wee hours of Monday morning. My husband played back to back golf tournaments on Sunday. I graciously offered to drop off and pick up upon his asking given the number of beers that would be consumed in a 14 hour day playing golf. The day started at 5:45am and we were home by 9pm. He seemed fine at first glance albeit a little sun dazed but boy was that a poor assumption. I hit the hay at 9:15 to read my book and he came up shortly afterward. The hideous snoring began shortly after that . I grabbed my favorite squishy pillow and departed to the couch downstairs with my loyal lab in tow (she hates his snoring too) in an attempt to get some sleep. At approximately midnight my loving partner comes clunking downstairs and proceeds to open our outer door and then turn on all the lights in our downstairs much to my dismay (see: seething anger). I forcefully asked what he was doing and he said he was letting the puppy out. He then proceeded to grab a huge bowl of his leftover Chinese rice, a bag of chips and come sit (on my legs) to wait out the puppy pee break. The funny thing is that the puppy is rather large now a days and can rarely make an entrance or exit unoticed and I hadn't heard him come down to the first floor. In frustration I grabbed my pillow and darted back up to the bedroom to yet again try and find a quiet place to sleep, lab as always hot on my heels. I open the bedroom door to find the puppy sleeping soundly. I then hear my husband awkwardly clapping and calling the dog outside. So being the sweet wife that I am I paused for a few moments and then called down to him "When you are finished walking your imaginary dog please shut off the lights" and off to bed I went. Suprisingly his dog hasn't been seen since. We had a follow up yesterday in which I discussed his future options (a 50 gallon drum and a large hole) if he chooses to disrupt my sleep again when visiting fantasy land. I think I drilled the point home.
That was the scene at my house in the wee hours of Monday morning. My husband played back to back golf tournaments on Sunday. I graciously offered to drop off and pick up upon his asking given the number of beers that would be consumed in a 14 hour day playing golf. The day started at 5:45am and we were home by 9pm. He seemed fine at first glance albeit a little sun dazed but boy was that a poor assumption. I hit the hay at 9:15 to read my book and he came up shortly afterward. The hideous snoring began shortly after that . I grabbed my favorite squishy pillow and departed to the couch downstairs with my loyal lab in tow (she hates his snoring too) in an attempt to get some sleep. At approximately midnight my loving partner comes clunking downstairs and proceeds to open our outer door and then turn on all the lights in our downstairs much to my dismay (see: seething anger). I forcefully asked what he was doing and he said he was letting the puppy out. He then proceeded to grab a huge bowl of his leftover Chinese rice, a bag of chips and come sit (on my legs) to wait out the puppy pee break. The funny thing is that the puppy is rather large now a days and can rarely make an entrance or exit unoticed and I hadn't heard him come down to the first floor. In frustration I grabbed my pillow and darted back up to the bedroom to yet again try and find a quiet place to sleep, lab as always hot on my heels. I open the bedroom door to find the puppy sleeping soundly. I then hear my husband awkwardly clapping and calling the dog outside. So being the sweet wife that I am I paused for a few moments and then called down to him "When you are finished walking your imaginary dog please shut off the lights" and off to bed I went. Suprisingly his dog hasn't been seen since. We had a follow up yesterday in which I discussed his future options (a 50 gallon drum and a large hole) if he chooses to disrupt my sleep again when visiting fantasy land. I think I drilled the point home.
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