Oh How I Hate To Be Wrong...
So last night after the festivities of the 4th, my husband and his brother and his brothers two friends come in and inform me that I am wrong about some things that hubby and I had debated about - apparently they were discussing these issues outside. One - that Argone in LOTR is also called Strider, I said no, they said yes - well they were right. Hubby put the movie in when we got home. Sure enough there is ONE and only ONE place where he is reffered to as Strider. Those dumb asses were making it out like he was called Strider many times in the movie - which he wasn't (and if I'm wrong about this, please inform me so that I can have yet another piece of humble pie). Secondly - hubby's brother backed him up on the Doritos debate (he thinks the plain corn chips are the original Doritos flavor - not true - it was the Taco flavor aka nacho cheese flavor now) I found a number to Frito Lay to call and ask questions about Doritos so that's my big plan for Monday.
Men... sheesh...
Saturday, July 05, 2003
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gee, I don't think anyone is surprised about that. I think the only thing that keeps me from being rated X is that I don't write about my sex life in detail - that just wouldn't be right.
Thursday, July 03, 2003
Happy 4th Everyone!
Tomorrow is the 4th. I hope everyone has a happy and responsible holiday. As for me I’ll be working. I was offered the opportunity to work Friday, Saturday and Sunday at all of my hospitals – and being that it is a holiday and my husband will be off work, I can take that opportunity. So I’ll be celebrating the 4th in true American tradition, I’ll be working my ass off to make a buck! Hopefully the 4th will be much like most other holidays that cause people to spend more money because I work on commission.
And speaking of money…
Now that my husband has a JOB I’m planning something special…
A VACATION!!!
For ME. I have no clue where I’m going to go, but I’m going to get away at least for a few days this fall. I may go visit different people I know around the US. (if you want me to visit, let me know ;o) Maybe Vegas… who knows… But I need a vacation. I haven’t had a vacation in about 3 years! Hubby took a vacation about a year and a half ago – I nearly committed murder when he did that… leaving me with a toddler and an infant for a whole freaking week… grrr…. Anyway… this is MY year for a vacation. If you have any suggestions for places to vacation, just say so. ;o)
It’s A Boobie Thing, You Wouldn’t Understand It
Today Super Girl nearly gave her daddy a heart attack. She had changed out of her dance clothes and was just wearing a short button up toddler dress as a shirt and her panties, we were telling her she needed to put some shorts on or pants on. She said to me that she was going to put on a dress so I said that she would need to take off that shirt then she looked right at me and said “Nah-ah, it’s a boobie thing.” And puffed her little 4 year old chest out at me. I nearly fell off the sofa trying to stifle my laughter. I encouraged her to repeat herself for her daddy’s benefit; boy I wish I had caught that look on his face. Just the mere mention of bra – even training bra – and our daughter makes him break out in a cold sweat, and G-d forbid anyone elude to future years when she will hit puberty! Sigh she’s trying to grow up so fast, that’s what scares the hell out of me, that one day I’m going to be walking her to dance class, discussing which story book characters live in the ‘forest’ we walk through and the next thing I know she’s going to be driving off in a car and I’ll be wondering what kind of characters will be out in the ‘forest’ she’ll be venturing into.
Tomorrow is the 4th. I hope everyone has a happy and responsible holiday. As for me I’ll be working. I was offered the opportunity to work Friday, Saturday and Sunday at all of my hospitals – and being that it is a holiday and my husband will be off work, I can take that opportunity. So I’ll be celebrating the 4th in true American tradition, I’ll be working my ass off to make a buck! Hopefully the 4th will be much like most other holidays that cause people to spend more money because I work on commission.
And speaking of money…
Now that my husband has a JOB I’m planning something special…
A VACATION!!!
For ME. I have no clue where I’m going to go, but I’m going to get away at least for a few days this fall. I may go visit different people I know around the US. (if you want me to visit, let me know ;o) Maybe Vegas… who knows… But I need a vacation. I haven’t had a vacation in about 3 years! Hubby took a vacation about a year and a half ago – I nearly committed murder when he did that… leaving me with a toddler and an infant for a whole freaking week… grrr…. Anyway… this is MY year for a vacation. If you have any suggestions for places to vacation, just say so. ;o)
It’s A Boobie Thing, You Wouldn’t Understand It
Today Super Girl nearly gave her daddy a heart attack. She had changed out of her dance clothes and was just wearing a short button up toddler dress as a shirt and her panties, we were telling her she needed to put some shorts on or pants on. She said to me that she was going to put on a dress so I said that she would need to take off that shirt then she looked right at me and said “Nah-ah, it’s a boobie thing.” And puffed her little 4 year old chest out at me. I nearly fell off the sofa trying to stifle my laughter. I encouraged her to repeat herself for her daddy’s benefit; boy I wish I had caught that look on his face. Just the mere mention of bra – even training bra – and our daughter makes him break out in a cold sweat, and G-d forbid anyone elude to future years when she will hit puberty! Sigh she’s trying to grow up so fast, that’s what scares the hell out of me, that one day I’m going to be walking her to dance class, discussing which story book characters live in the ‘forest’ we walk through and the next thing I know she’s going to be driving off in a car and I’ll be wondering what kind of characters will be out in the ‘forest’ she’ll be venturing into.
Tag Board Added!
I had to copy L - she had such a lively conversation on her blog today! I added a tag board, feel free to make comments there or whatever. I know it's kind of overlapping onto where the posts are, but it's not covering the text so it's not a problem. I'm just happy I managed to add something to this page and NOT end up screwing up the formatting (as I usually do!).
I had to copy L - she had such a lively conversation on her blog today! I added a tag board, feel free to make comments there or whatever. I know it's kind of overlapping onto where the posts are, but it's not covering the text so it's not a problem. I'm just happy I managed to add something to this page and NOT end up screwing up the formatting (as I usually do!).
Dallas City Library/Homeless Hangout
Recently the Dallas Observer ran an article about the homeless problem around/in the library. This is something that is very personal to me. Libraries are very important in communities. I remember practically spending summers at the library when I was a child. My sister and I would walk there by ourselves with a packed lunch to spend the day at the library reading or participating in the activities offered at our local library. We did this in lieu of having a baby sitter; we were very well behaved kids and were NEVER asked to leave or even to quiet down in the library. My parents were never worried about us being at the library, they knew we were not going to be out screwing around getting into trouble and they didn’t worry about anyone doing anything horrible to us. But… that was 20 years ago. Things have changed. The main branch of the Dallas City Library is down town, it’s the biggest library and it has the best resources. It has a whole floor devoted to genealogy stuff (my mom’s favorite floor) and occasionally it has some interesting exhibits (the Bonnie and Clyde exhibit was very cool), it also has a huge homeless problem. I remember being in high school and going to the main library with my mother on the weekend. Walking around the building to the main entrance was an absolute assault on the senses. Various places just reeked of urine. And god forbid you have to use some of the bathrooms on the main floor, they generally were pretty ripe also and littered with paper towels, etc. from the homeless washing up in there. Once in the building and busy looking for literature or what have you, you usually had little or no contact with homeless people. Those days are past. In the past 10 + years since my high school days the library has added a large section of public computer terminals with free internet access. For some reason this attracts the homeless to the library like magnets to a fridge. When they are not utilizing the computers to do things like surf the web, check e-mail or access porn they are either sitting at the tables trying not to fall asleep (no sleeping in the library!) or bothering patrons. Last year a child was sexually assaulted in a bathroom at the library, several patrons have been harassed, threatened and assaulted IN the library. One person I know personally told me of her trek to the library one spring day last year, she parked in the underground parking and took the elevator up thus avoiding the pungent aroma by the doors. As she sat down to do some research she felt someone touch her on the shoulder – not just a tap but a whole hand touching her shoulder. She started and turned to find a smelly unbathed man standing behind her, he said “Show me your titties.” She something like ‘get the fuck away from me’ and he persisted bothering her for a moment, ending with her elbowing him sharply. Thinking the incident was over she became absorbed in her research. 20 or so minutes later she heard what she thought was water trickling down the windows near her (it was raining that day), then she heard muttering near her. The above mentioned smelly unbathed man was pissing on her denim jacket she had placed on the chair next to her. She left the jacket and complained to the librarian. The man was removed and she was given a gift certificate to the store in the library. Still… that doesn’t make the incident not have happened for her.
There is no way in hell I would go to the main branch of the Dallas Library with my kids, hell I wouldn’t even go by my self these days and that is sad. I was discussing this with my sister. Why is there such a problem at the library? Why isn’t the city doing something about it? Why did the city let it get THIS bad? Why aren’t more residents of Dallas outraged that their tax money has gone to the expansion and maintenance of the library when they are not evening keeping their patrons safe? Dallas is not THAT bad of a city, it’s not all that scary so WHY is our main library a haven for homeless? I know part of it is that the homeless don’t really have anyplace to go during the day and it does get awfully hot in Dallas, but damn the library should not be a place I am afraid to take my children. Why can’t the city place officers in the library to patrol and keep patrons safe? Why aren’t there some kind of alarms to sound when there is a homeless issue in the library – like in the hospital (Code Pink – infant abduction, Code Red – Fire, Code Rush Show of authority to neutralize a situation, etc.) to help with the situation because the current practice of removing someone from the library and banning them temporarily is not good enough.
I’m lucky I suppose living North of Dallas in a nice city with a wonderful library. It’s just a shame the main Dallas library isn’t like that.
Recently the Dallas Observer ran an article about the homeless problem around/in the library. This is something that is very personal to me. Libraries are very important in communities. I remember practically spending summers at the library when I was a child. My sister and I would walk there by ourselves with a packed lunch to spend the day at the library reading or participating in the activities offered at our local library. We did this in lieu of having a baby sitter; we were very well behaved kids and were NEVER asked to leave or even to quiet down in the library. My parents were never worried about us being at the library, they knew we were not going to be out screwing around getting into trouble and they didn’t worry about anyone doing anything horrible to us. But… that was 20 years ago. Things have changed. The main branch of the Dallas City Library is down town, it’s the biggest library and it has the best resources. It has a whole floor devoted to genealogy stuff (my mom’s favorite floor) and occasionally it has some interesting exhibits (the Bonnie and Clyde exhibit was very cool), it also has a huge homeless problem. I remember being in high school and going to the main library with my mother on the weekend. Walking around the building to the main entrance was an absolute assault on the senses. Various places just reeked of urine. And god forbid you have to use some of the bathrooms on the main floor, they generally were pretty ripe also and littered with paper towels, etc. from the homeless washing up in there. Once in the building and busy looking for literature or what have you, you usually had little or no contact with homeless people. Those days are past. In the past 10 + years since my high school days the library has added a large section of public computer terminals with free internet access. For some reason this attracts the homeless to the library like magnets to a fridge. When they are not utilizing the computers to do things like surf the web, check e-mail or access porn they are either sitting at the tables trying not to fall asleep (no sleeping in the library!) or bothering patrons. Last year a child was sexually assaulted in a bathroom at the library, several patrons have been harassed, threatened and assaulted IN the library. One person I know personally told me of her trek to the library one spring day last year, she parked in the underground parking and took the elevator up thus avoiding the pungent aroma by the doors. As she sat down to do some research she felt someone touch her on the shoulder – not just a tap but a whole hand touching her shoulder. She started and turned to find a smelly unbathed man standing behind her, he said “Show me your titties.” She something like ‘get the fuck away from me’ and he persisted bothering her for a moment, ending with her elbowing him sharply. Thinking the incident was over she became absorbed in her research. 20 or so minutes later she heard what she thought was water trickling down the windows near her (it was raining that day), then she heard muttering near her. The above mentioned smelly unbathed man was pissing on her denim jacket she had placed on the chair next to her. She left the jacket and complained to the librarian. The man was removed and she was given a gift certificate to the store in the library. Still… that doesn’t make the incident not have happened for her.
There is no way in hell I would go to the main branch of the Dallas Library with my kids, hell I wouldn’t even go by my self these days and that is sad. I was discussing this with my sister. Why is there such a problem at the library? Why isn’t the city doing something about it? Why did the city let it get THIS bad? Why aren’t more residents of Dallas outraged that their tax money has gone to the expansion and maintenance of the library when they are not evening keeping their patrons safe? Dallas is not THAT bad of a city, it’s not all that scary so WHY is our main library a haven for homeless? I know part of it is that the homeless don’t really have anyplace to go during the day and it does get awfully hot in Dallas, but damn the library should not be a place I am afraid to take my children. Why can’t the city place officers in the library to patrol and keep patrons safe? Why aren’t there some kind of alarms to sound when there is a homeless issue in the library – like in the hospital (Code Pink – infant abduction, Code Red – Fire, Code Rush Show of authority to neutralize a situation, etc.) to help with the situation because the current practice of removing someone from the library and banning them temporarily is not good enough.
I’m lucky I suppose living North of Dallas in a nice city with a wonderful library. It’s just a shame the main Dallas library isn’t like that.
Cutting Edge
I did something the other day that I can't believe I did. I cut my hair - myself. Not really short - just trimmed. It's kind of layered now, so it curls up more. I'll post a pic later (I took one earlier but I looked majorly crappy - great hair, just crappy me). Hubby didn't even notice it was cut.
I did something the other day that I can't believe I did. I cut my hair - myself. Not really short - just trimmed. It's kind of layered now, so it curls up more. I'll post a pic later (I took one earlier but I looked majorly crappy - great hair, just crappy me). Hubby didn't even notice it was cut.
Wednesday, July 02, 2003
Good News!
I have so much to write, been so busy lately - I was going to write today, but a certain sister of mine (D) side tracked me. ;o) I had fun, up untill the air-conditioning compressor in her car died. Bummer. But on an up side for her, it looks as if she will get a new car sooner than she anticipated (downside for her husband is that he will have to give up his beloved Mustang).
Anyway- on to the GOOD news!!!
HUBBY GOT A JOB!!!! His contract was to end tomorrow (and it will actually) but someone got FIRED at his job and HE got offered the job. He didn't know it until he got home. The agency he's been working through called about 2:30 PM and left a message that they had really good news and wanted him to call back before 6 PM. He got home at 5:30 PM and I told him to call them ASAP. The official offer - he'll be making more than he was contract, but not quite as much as he was at his tech support job, but alas, the tech job high is a thing of the past we are just thankful he has a job.
I have so much to write, been so busy lately - I was going to write today, but a certain sister of mine (D) side tracked me. ;o) I had fun, up untill the air-conditioning compressor in her car died. Bummer. But on an up side for her, it looks as if she will get a new car sooner than she anticipated (downside for her husband is that he will have to give up his beloved Mustang).
Anyway- on to the GOOD news!!!
HUBBY GOT A JOB!!!! His contract was to end tomorrow (and it will actually) but someone got FIRED at his job and HE got offered the job. He didn't know it until he got home. The agency he's been working through called about 2:30 PM and left a message that they had really good news and wanted him to call back before 6 PM. He got home at 5:30 PM and I told him to call them ASAP. The official offer - he'll be making more than he was contract, but not quite as much as he was at his tech support job, but alas, the tech job high is a thing of the past we are just thankful he has a job.
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