So - we are looking for a new coach and a new quarterback...Cassel needs a place to go...Could it be he would like to stay on the East coast. Bill Parcell could come out of the office - Gruden might be interested as well, it seems. I have to say I don't feel a bit sorry for Mangini. What a sad game. Great for Dolphin fans, though.

Had a great Christmas -- got totally spoiled by Don, as usual. Found some GREAT deals on the new "Black Friday" as well. I am looking forward to the New Year - spending this week getting the house organized and weeded out so that I can go into 2009 with everything in it's place. Also plan on dusting off the treadmill and hopping back on board to pursue a healthier lifestyle.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to one and all!

Product endorsement from my peep

My good friend Bethany recommended a product to me while shopping in Target one day and I am IN LOVE! If you haven't already, you MUST try Dove's new cream oil skin moisturizer. AMAZING!! I have never been into using lotion everyday and my skin certainly reflects it - since I tried this I am moisturizing like crazy and what a difference. I don't think it's just because I am doing it - I think it's what I am using. LOVE IT!!!!!

Not looking good for the home team

Holy Crap Mangini!!!! Let the *(#&%$*# kicker do his job. There was NO reason for him not to kick again with a 5 yard penalty. It would have become a 1 possession game and at least perked their "we CAN do this" brain. Favre couldn't get on the same page with his own receivers and every hit he took he deserved! When he finally threw a long enough ball there was no one who wanted to catch it and keep it! And the fumbles...didn't know the Keystone Cops were still playing. I am sooooo disappointed in them!!! Everyone is entitled to a bad day but Mangini needs to either get his cranial-rectal inversion reversed or go work for Detroit! I hope Santa forgets where he lives!

Let it snow, let it snow...MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy crappola with the snow...enough is enough. Romantic on Friday thinking of being snowed in and watching movies on TV, went shopping Saturday morning early - Don said he would be certain I was a crack addict if I thought I was going anywhere Friday - shoveled Saturday morning, shoveled Saturday evening, it started snowing again at 5 a.m. this morning (yes I was up) and I just got done shoveling again! OK - to be fair, I only shovel the deck, but still...I feel bad for Don - he's been out there for hours! hee hee. Everything is wrapped and under the tree - the J-E-T-S are holding onto playoff hopes - the Dolphins are up and it's a blowout in New England! We will see how jolly I am after the game. Hope everyone had a safe and relaxing weekend!

Cookies :-) YUMMO!

I did my first cookie exchange. What a great idea!!!! All you have to do is figure out how many people are participating (we had 6) and then make that many dozen of 1 kind of cookie. Everyone else does the same and you end up with 6 dozen different kinds of cookies. How easy is that?

My Christmas shopping isn't complete yet - heck, it's barely started...Don and I have a plan though. Since it is supposed to snow 2" per hour starting at noon, we are going shopping at 3. No one should be as stupid as us, and if it's just not possible, we are going tomorrow morning at the crack of dawn. I am sure we will avoid most humans with our plan and still preserve our Christmas spirit.

It could happen to someone else, but why?

OK - so I go to the store today to pick up some supplies for cookie baking. I went to Aldi's in Johnstown and surprisingly it went well - no one stood in my way, no one butted in front of me or parked in the middle of the aisle reading the contents while I tapped my foot impatiently and sighed. The cashier was super friendly and quick. Just when I thought it would be my first visit to that store that went my way...Yeah. RUNAWAY AMISH HORSE AND BUGGY!!!!!

It was pretty frightening - I saw the horse and the man come through the parking lot in my rear view mirror and I could tell it wasn't going to be good. I opened the door, grabbing my cell phone to call 911 and then got back in my car just in time to not be hit by the whole shibang. The horse turned, the buggy toppled over on it's side and the whole thing went over the poor guys leg. I got out of the car (leaving it running, with the door wide open and a satchel of cash in my purse) and started running towards the horse and buggy, which was headed up the parking lot directly into 10 a.m. Saturday traffic on 30A. Thank God the horse got his leg caught in the rope and the rope was under the axle of the buggy or this wouldn't have ended well at all.

Are Amish allowed to speak Non-Amish people? Neither the man nor the girl with him would speak to me. I had the horses halter and so did the girl. The horse had his front leg through the rope which was tied to the front of the carriage and then fastened to his halter. Why, I don't know. So the girl is trying to hold the horse and untie the rope which was pulled so tight you couldn't budge it. I told her to hold the horse and let me get the rope - asked the guy for a knife - no response. Asked the guy if he needed a doctor - no response. Told him to give me a fucking knife (they must respond to vulgarity because he pulled one out of his pocket) and cut the rope from the cart. Then we couldn't get the horse to move because he was frightened and the carriage was buried in the snow bank. Finally the man pulled him forward enough to move and got him into the parking lot and we pulled the buggy up behind him. They wouldn't let me help after that - Just kept telling me they could take it from there.

This all happened in the middle of the parking lot entrance to Aldi's on the shoulder of 30A at 10 a.m. on a Saturday morning at Christmas time. DO YOU THINK ANYONE STOPPED TO HELP? No, they didn't. Shameful.

After returning the flour they lost out of the buggy to them and making sure the license plate I found with the flour wasn't theirs (I actually asked them if they had to register the buggy with DMV, what was I thinking?) we went our separate ways. I cleaned off the license plate on the back of the truck parked next to my car and sure 'nuf, he was missing the front one. I didn't bother to go back in the store to explain the situation to "the customer driving the grey Dodge Dakota" - I just put it next to their driver's side door and drove away.

I am not sure if I should have called the police to report a hit and run or not...

It's Christmas on the blog:-) It's not too hard on the eyes, I don't think. I don't know what the colors are for New Year's though.

We would rather have nothing, thank you.

So the bailout for the big 3 flopped on the Hill. They were asked to cut salaries...they said no and so did the Hill. In this economy, I am glad people feel comfortable saying they want it all and won't settle for anything less. If my employer gave me the choice of keeping my job, a roof over my head (even if it wasn't the most expensive roof), health insurance and a pension - but said I had to work for 3/4 of the pay, I would say THANKS and go back to work. I know what people think they are worth and that they should be compensated for their efforts, but if it comes down to 3/4 or nothing, wouldn't you take 3/4 and hope that down the road the other 1/4 would come back? We are back to the 70's in relation to unemployment, the market is in the crapper and recession is a best case scenario right now because Depression is the only other choice.

For the first time in 5 years neither my husband nor myself is getting a Christmas bonus. We aren't pissed off about it because a bonus should never be expected...We are both glad that we still have jobs and so far they haven't asked for 1/4 back. I consider my health insurance and all the other benefits I get a huge bonus. As a matter of fact, I am looking at a substantial pay cut by choice to not have to carry the beeper anymore after the first of the year. It all depends on what the economy continues to do and whether or not Don's company decides he is expendable.

Have a great day!

Hey...

Ya know what I want for Christmas? $103.50 - that's what I just bid on a serving bowl on Ebay. I was playing if I can't have it neither can you, and well...they don't want it anymore. I just hate when I am outbid by $.50. Of course, I pushed it as far as I could and although the serving dish is AWESOME and I have never seen one like it, I don't think mashed potatoes would taste any better out of it than say, a Pyrex bowl. Apparently Don reads this on a regular basis, so there is no telling how much longer the keyboard is going to work before he shuts me down, so make the checks out to cash and send them along:-) And if you don't hear from me, I will be at my second job slaving away so I can continue to be an Ebay junkie:-)
Have a great day!

Dear Santa

Dear Santa,
I have been very good this year. I voted when I should have for what I believe could help the country. I went to work every day I was capable of doing so to support my family, pay my bills and live my life in the style I have become accustomed to. I have tried to be as nice as I could be to the people in the world I don't really care for. I haven't quit smoking yet, but neither has Mr. Obama, so I don't feel so bad. I am trying, though. My address is the same as last year when you came, so you know where you are going. I would like the following for Christmas this year:

• An IPod - I must be the only person in the free world without one
• A puppy - Shorthair and voiceless a must - my husband doesn't like dogs, so I will have to hide it. I will name him Sparky.
• New Brakes - apparently I am what they call "rough" on mine because it's the second time in a flippin' year they need replacing!
• Clothes - you can give me a gift card and I will pick them out, though. Last year they were a little "ho-ish" with all due respect.
• Oh, yeah - and a Golden Parachute. Don't really know what it is, but I think you can get one off Capitol Hill if you don't have one.

I will leave the cookies under the tree again this year - hurry and make me the first stop if you want any peanut butter ones...they go fast once I go to sleep. Merry Christmas!

Love,

debby kilcullen (formerly Lang if you need to check my references)

Durf

Plaxico Burress...what is there left to say? Regardless of the fact that...he shouldn't have been out at a nightclub due to team "rules", even if he was listed as inactive for the game on Sunday. He shouldn't have been carrying a gun...even if he did intend on registering it at some point, maybe. But, when it is announced that the only reason he shot himself is because he was wearing sweatpants and the gun slipped out of his waistband and he went to grab it, shooting himself in the thigh...that is just DURF!!! Obviously he wasn't wearing socks, or he could have stuck it in the top of one of them. And more so, what the hell was he doing in the hottest nightclub in NYC in sweatpants? Has he no pride??

John Stewart rocks! His show is not only entertaining, it is exceptionally informative and very much worth watching.

Have a great day!

Not so bad:-)

My weekend on call is over in 3 hours and it wasn't bad at all. So far only 1 call out and that was for this afternoon. I did get worried yesterday morning when the snow and sleet started and went through 'til last night. Bad weather always brings staff who will find any excuse not to work.

How 'bout them Jets? For the love of Pete, Mangini - keep the red flag in your pocket or switch glasses. Not that a time-out would have helped yesterday...What up with the D? Disappointed, but they were playing a worthy opponent and will get them next time.

In the season of giving and celebrating friends and family, why would Verizon make a commercial such as they have, or actually a series of commercials, showing one friend shaking down another for a babysitters number and blow-darting her other friend...over the possibility that there may only be one phone left at the store when they get there and she is going to be the one to have it? Could this be the reason that people are getting trampled to death or shot in the head over the last $5 Barbie during this shopping season. Irresponsible advertising and shame on Verizon!

The halls are decked and for cripes sake, the walls are washed. I spent all weekend confined to the house with the beeper and got some stuff done! The house is rearranged, all the laundry is done, every dish is clean and put where it belongs, the tree is up and looks GORGEOUS if I do say so myself, the presents that have already been purchased are wrapped and under it and all I have left to do is wash the kitchen walls this afternoon! And decorate outside, but how hard is it to hang a kissing ball and put a mat down? Yeah for me:-)

Have a great day!

I need Overeater's Anonymous (but only for 1 day)

Wow - did I eat WAY too much at Thanksgiving! I didn't eat all day waiting for dinner, 'cause I knew it was going to be good. Didn't keep in mind that dinner wasn't going to happen until almost 6 p.m., though. Gorged would be a good word to describe what happened. I couldn't go black Friday shopping because I was getting ready to throw up. That never happened, but the hiccups you get right before it does came and that was enough.

Not to mention I had a Dilly of a headache. Got knocked in the eye by a giant gentlemen at work Wednesday night fighting over keys. OK - it wasn't really a fight, but more of me telling him he couldn't have them and him knowing he is big enough to get whatever he wants and taking them, after elbowing me in the right cheek full force. HOLY CRAP did that hurt. It looks like I went Black Friday shopping two days early and went to the mats over a Barbie doll. My cheek is all swollen, my eye is at half mast and I have 1/2 a black eye - thank god the eyelid didn't suffer is all I am sayin'. Thinking I should go for an X-ray because it's way swollen and it WAY hurts, but the last time I broke my cheek and forehead there was nothing they could do about it but ask for my co-pay.

I am on call this weekend - anyone reading this must think very good thoughts for me. I have all my rituals in place and am hoping for the best. Hopefully no hangings, no deaths and no brew-ha's.

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving and is enjoying getting ready for the holiday season!

Gas is $1.61 in Ohio:-)

I'M BAAAAAACCCCKKKK

OK - I went to Sandusky, OH and Uniontown, PA. It was fun as always - Morgantown, WV is next month, hopefully. Lots of snow down in that area - we have none up here, so I was surprised. You could tell that by the way I packed. I took a pair of Crocs and a pair of girl boots and summer socks. I don't recall what I was thinking when I packed except minimize. I did a great job fitting everything into a small bag - I am practicing rolling, cramming and maximizing space when I travel. My friend that I travel with thinks I should put myself together enough to start hosting(?) a few of the shows I go to with her. Apparently all I would have to do is get up on stage, hold a microphone and introduce people and maybe throw out an entertaining line or two. I think I may give it a try at some point - The worst that could happen is the first time sucks well water and I never do it again. How hard is that. Another thing to cross off my list of things accomplished in life.

Just a little plug if anyone that I am not related to or haven't known since childhood is reading this...If you are ever in an area that Carole Deyoe or Carol Pennington is performing, you should definitely check them out. FUNNY and good comedy. You will definitely enjoy their shows.

HOLY J-E-T-S!!!!! Thank goodness we got to hear it on the radio - I would have loved to see it as it sounded like the D was AWESOME and the O was INCREDIBLE!!! Just so everyone knows, I am a bit offended when they are referred to as the NY Bretts although it is an ingenious play on words:-( The Giants looked great as well - Chris C. went so far as to call the two NY teams the two best in the league. Regis predicted a JETS/Giants Superbowl this year and how incredible would that be???

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Happy Birthday to my younger sister Sarah who turned 38 yesterday!!!

road trip

I am off for the weekend - don't know where I am going and probably should have asked for clarification, but really - does it matter? I am going to Pennsylvania or West Virginia or Ohio with a friend of mine who does stand up comedy. I am her travel buddy and when she calls I just ask the dates and make sure I take the days off. I will be home Sunday afternoon, unfortunately too late to see the JETS game, so everyone keep your fingers crossed that we kick some Tennessee ass!!!!! 10-1:-)

Have a great weekend!!!!!

$21,000.00???

So it has been said that the economy is in a state of HOLY CRAP. According to the Governor of New York, we have to tighten our belts all the way back to a Victorian corseted 19" - the sky is falling, we are going belly up - if we don't fix this now we are all doomed...

Why is David Patterson ordering a $21,000.00 hand-made Turkish rug for his executive residence? Perhaps expenditures such as this one in July are what put us in the position we are in today? While I realize it is very difficult for either him or his wife to get to Huck Finn's or Mooradian's, I am sure they had something of a suitable selection for him to chose from in the $200-$500 range that would have done very nicely.

Perhaps now that the cat is out of the bag, he will rethink his purchase and have his tailor make the rug into a few colorful coats for the homeless people sleeping in the park across the street.

Or perhaps he could donate it to the local food pantry so all the hungry people stopping by for a can of soup could wipe their tattered shoes on it before stepping inside.

Maybe, since it's Turkish, he could make a gift of it to the brilliant techies at RPI so they can study the dynamics and mechanics of a flying carpet that seats 10.

Since he is take, take, taking away from healthcare it could be used for a warming blanket in the surgical recovery ward.

Or cut up for bandages - since it contains color and sterilizing it would fade them, it would only be used for non-life threatening cuts to prevent infection.

Me no understand.

No, I am fine, THANK YOU!

Ok, so I will preface this one with...I am a bit intoxicated when this small disturbance occurs. Went to my in-laws tonight to go through my mother in laws clothes - Unfortunately she passed extremely unexpectedly a few weeks ago. While going through her personal possessions, I had a few. There, I said it. For those of you who don't know me, I don't drink often...I smoke as well...SHUT UP! Don decided he should drive home, which was OK with me. However, when I rolled down the window to flick my cigarette out, it went down the sleeve of my exceptionally cheap, foreign made fleece of extremely flammable material, from WalMart. If your wife is sitting next to you in 19' weather, pretending she is fine, while the air from her open window is fanning the very noticeable flames coming out of the cuff of her protective outwear, perchance next time, instead of asking "You OK, honey?", Pull the fuck over and see that she indeed stops, drops and rolls. "Yeah, I am fine, fuck nuts" - Thought it was the comfort of my heated seat and forgot my wrist was searing until I noticed that my fucking crotch was on fire as well. They ain't a kiddin' when they say if there's smoke, there's fire!!!!! Disaster avoided, first degree burns don't usually leave scars and it's all over but the crying for now. Have a great night!

Fuck you and your bonus

I am furious that to get a bailout it had to be SUGGESTED to the bigwigs of the three major auto dealers in the United States that perhaps, maybe a good idea, why don't you just for this year, GIVE UP YOUR MILLION DOLLAR BONUSES?????? Fuck them - let them bail themselves out, and AIG and all the banks. I drove foreign cars in the past and quite frankly think they perform at much higher standards than the domestic one I drive now. I have a mattress - I don't need a checking account. It seems that everybody is now thinking that a handout is for them and they shouldn't have to make a single sacrifice. I understand we have to protect the jobs and the economy of our country, but come on now...The rich really have been getting richer for a long time now and the middle class has been bending over each and every time and taking one for the team. Enough is enough. According to many, Social Security is all but going to be extinct when I get to retirement age, so why should I have to contribute anymore - any family member I have that is old enough to collect is dead - my work is done. Isn't there a way to declare yourself an emancipated citizen and not pay taxes anymore. I understand that I wouldn't be able to collect unemployment, social security, etc...but it's not like I use it anyway. I believe you have to give up your Social Security number, but so what - I don't need another credit card - I will rip open my mattress the next time I need a new foreign car and pay cash.

The agency I work for announced we wouldn't be getting a Christmas bonus this year because, while we are in the black, we can't count on making up the bonus in next years' revenue. That's a lesson all these other companies should pay attention to. My bonus would have been a percent of a percent of what theirs would have been.

Have a great day - I am now going to work, like I have every other day for the past 23 years so that I can make enough money to pay my taxes to bail everyone and their brother out.

Did Al Franken win?

LOVE MY HONEY

I love my husband. Woke up this morning and like every other morning, my coffee pot was set up and ready to go. He doesn't drink coffee. He was successful yesterday and took a buck - goofy mother fucker (the buck, not Don) -Half his rack points out of his forehead - If I can figure out how to down load from his phone I will post a picture. He was happy and that's all that matters. He's quiet and sometimes people think he's anti-social, but if he doesn't want to speak to you he isn't going to - that's that. I can't imagine any other wife in the world gets treated as well as I do - If they do, they are lucky:-) Have a great day!

OH YEAH!

How bout those JETS?? Great game last night - very happy with the results:-) Took today off because I knew I would be up late and I would be needing to recover. Pissed because I can't sleep past 6:30 a.m. Guess that's what naps are for. Have a great day!

OH NO YOU DITNT!!!!

While waiting in line at Dunkin' Donuts this morning for my daily dose of x-large carmel coffee light with 4 Splenda, I noticed that they have now begun asking customers not to use their cell phones in line and to have their payments ready when they get to the window. Who do they think they are? If I hadn't been so decaffeinated at that point, I would have told them to shove their coffee up their ass. The second part is a no-brainer, except I had to point out to the hooker taking my order that if she would tell me what it came to instead of just saying drive through, we could get that hold-up out of the way. Did this all while talking on my cell phone - didn't have anything of any value to say to my husband on the other line, but I knew he would answer the phone and talk to me so I could deliberately defy the fuck nut that put the sign up. Made the bitch hold my coffee out the window for an extra second or too while I SLOWLY switched my cell phone to the other ear so I could take the coffee of her hands. How passive aggressive can I be?? Have a great weekend!!!!

O-B-A-M-A

THANK GOD! Last night at 11 p.m. I felt the change in my 401k - I felt my optimism returning and I know this country is going to move in a better direction. I was impressed with McCain's concession speech but could have done without the cameras focusing on Oprah's mascara running during Obama's moment. I fell in love with Joe Biden at the time of the Iran Contra hearings and am so glad he's been chosen by what I believe will come to be the country's greatest president to step up and help us out.
HALLELUJAH!!

VOTE OR SHUT THE F%*K UP

So I work with a lot of immature people as do half the Americans out there. One of the idiots said yesterday that she thought it would be cool if they elected John McCain today, but chose Obama to be his vice president if he was runner up with the number of votes. WHAT??? First, I don't think that quite approaches what a sentence should be. More importantly if she had put the crack pipe down in school and removed her head from her ASS to listen it would have been an improvement. WHAT THE FUCK PEOPLE - this is what we are letting out of schools with diplomas these days. How sad.
Vote early - And remember you can only do it once.
Pittsburgh won last night so it looks like a Democratic nation:-) Have a great Election Day!

J - E - T - S

Would you looky there - great day of football Sunday, huh? The NYJ started off shaky yesterday, but got over it at the end of the first quarter. Looks like we may have a respectable record this year:-)

I can't help but be excited - Halloween is over, the slasher films are put away for the year and now it's time to deck the halls. I LOVE CHRISTMAS! More the decorating and good cheer that it brings than the presents, but of course I accept all with a smile:-) Looking forward to some awesome sales soon due to the flailing economy. I didn't even pay attention last week so I don't know where it stands, but it can't get any worse so I am assuming we are back in the 9000's at least.

Have a great day!

Recession hurts everyone kitty

How do you explain to the cat that they are the first one to be affected by a recession. The news reporters may not be willing to come out and say it, but I drew the line with the picky bitch that lives in our back room this weekend. $15.00 a week is too much to spend on her finicky ass. We have tried substitutes, but she insists on top shelf and sister when it's between me and her - you guessed it. She is, of course, revolting. She is attempting to go the bulimic route and won't listen when I tell her she is only hurting herself and we ain't payin' for therapy. I don't care - hard food comes up the same way it goes down - I can vacuum that shit up.

I am addicted to E-bay. Love it! I inherited from my Great Aunt Pam a beautiful set of English china and have spent the past year or so adding to the pattern. Unfortunately, it is rare to find the hand painted "edition" of the pattern so it gets VERY expensive when I can actually find something. But in the past month or so I have practically stolen some pieces. I just got a Royal Worcester flower bowl for $15.00. Sometimes I think people don't know what they actually have. It's getting to be way more winter like than I was prepared for. Had to scrape the car twice this week already. Hope everyone has a great day. Peace Out!

I am now officially 39. I don't feel much different yet, which isn't unusual after a birthday. I did spend a bit of time reflecting and realized that when my mother was my age she had four children, was still beautiful, a size 6 and got to stay at home and raise her children without worrying how the bills were going to be paid. Don't get me wrong - we were never blessed with an abundance of money. Somehow my parents made us feel as though we were though. I remember thinking my mother was the most beautiful, elegant woman in the world, and I still do. She would always get up and make us breakfast, set the table and sit with us and when we got home from school, the table was set for tea and we all sat together and had a snack before we went out to the barn or started our homework. She made our lunches for us and packed them and then drew little pictures on the bags like bunnies and kittens.
When it was our birthday, we always woke up to the breakfast table set and a balloon and presents on our plate. All the other kids got a little present on their plate so they didn't feel left out.
I went to a baby shower yesterday for a friend and was reminded of that - it was my birthday and the guest of honor remembered and gave me a little gift bag. On her special day she still thought of me. Thanks, B! Hope you had a great day and got all sorts of special baby presents!

AAHHH...the first real day of hunting season. The only time that Don doesn't push snooze fifty times before he drags his ass out of bed. I LOVE venison and am not opposed to hunting. I don't want to get my license and traipse around with him, but I am not adverse to someone else bringing back a tasty morsel that is low fat and delicious when cooked (by Don). The bonus is that in these uncertain economic times at least we will be able to eat:-) People keep talking recession, but I don't see what's going to save us from a depression with the stock market still continuing to show such great instability. Even after the election we still have an ass wad at the White House for almost three more months. Lots of damage can be done in that time. Here's hopin'. Have a great day!

I will be a year older in a few days. 39. I remember growing up, when my mother was 39 and I thought that was SOOOO old that I would never get there. Do you remember what it felt like to feel young and not understand that you wouldn't feel that way forever? I do. I am very happy with my life and who I have become because I actually really like myself, my job and who I choose to be around. I have taken some hard licks in life that were tough to get through, but I think they did nothing but help me become who I am. If I ever have children I won't be the type that tells them "Trust me, I know" because they need to experience life's lessons on their own...and I know from being me that they aren't going to listen anyway. Have a great weekend!

Do we really think Sarah Palin would be all about helping out the families of special needs children if she didn't just have one? I hate fair-weather fans! Have a great day:-)

Holy Crap with the stock market and the rest of America. Please get the bad man out of the White House and don't replace him with another bad man. I have heard the recommendation that instead of putting money into your retirement plan you should be putting it in your savings account for the time being. I would have to say I agree. Between my husband and myself we have taken a SUBSTANTIAL hit with our retirement accounts and were down a collective $7,000 as of yesterday. That's four months off our retirement "life" in payments. I don't even want to know what someone who has been saving as they should have since 21 is facing. I am stopping that and paying off credit cards and loan payments as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, hubs is committed since he is in a cafeteria plan and has no other expenses that he can use the extra money for. I hate Bushes! Have a great day and vote when it's time!

Wow what a crazy world - on call this past weekend. Got a call from a staff that found her husband hanging in the garage. That's one I have never heard in the course of taking call-outs. He is OK - in the psych ward, but OK for now. Last night while reading the paper my husband points out that his cousin is apparently missing, last seen at 2 a.m. six days ago and they have found her car burned up but not her. You don't think of these things until they hit closer to home and it's someone you know. I hope she's OK, but can only imagine if things went the way it seems how terrified she must have been (or as bad as it sounds, hopefully IS). Still working on the camera and practicing. Have a great day! I hate psychos!

My friend Bethany gave me a digital camera yesterday:-) YEAH! Thanks so much, B! As soon as I figure out what the hell I am doing, I will start taking the most artistic, thought provoking pictures and posting them. Keep in mind I live in Podunck country and thought provoking to me might be "Do squirrels have sex in public?". You never know:-) Have a great day. Today I hate stupid people!

Just honest - not a bitch

I have noticed as I have gotten older that I really have started to subscribe to the "It's not my business what anyone else thinks of me" attitude. I was on Post Secret the other day (I think that's the name) and saw one that made me think of myself. It said something to the effect of since when does telling the truth make me a bitch? I have developed what some would call a bad habit of not caring what people think of me and saying what I really feel about things. I am never intentionally mean and never intend to offend, but sugarcoating never helped anything. If you don't want my opinion - don't ask.
I really could kick myself for the years I spent pretending that I liked doing something just because everyone else wanted to do it. Or, the time I spent hanging around with people I really didn't have much use for because I didn't want to say no to someone.
My very good friend Shirley passed away in July and I really miss her. We worked together and when we first met, it didn't go well. We were two of the same people and the only two in the bunch who weren't taking shit from nobody. Needless to say we butted heads often and weren't fond of each other. Both of us changed locations and ended up working closely together a few months later and realized that we really did like each other and became great friends for years. I learned a lot from her about life and how much it should be appreciated. She had primary pulmonary disease and leukemia as well as a few other issues to deal with, but unless you knew her well, you wouldn't have known she was sick. That's probably why she lasted so long - she was a tough little pit bull.
Anyhoo - I hate cramps! Have a great day.

I have come to the realization that I need a digital camera. I don't know how to download ring tones to my cell phone, so I am positive that downloading photos into my computer should be delightfully easy:-0) We shall see. Off to start another work week - I wish I loved all of my job, but I don't - I am on call quite a bit this week and am not happy about it - I HATE BEING ON CALL! Let's just hope everybody lives through it this time. Have a great week!

I feel like I need to put a long robe on, pull it over my head and find a scythe to carry around. On call twice this week (which is unusual with our new system) and yup...both times someone kicks. Hoping this will make the agency see that I truly do have the worst experiences while on call and I should have the privilege taken completely away from me. I have cried, begged, offered to give up a portion of my salary and threatened to take jobs I am very much over qualified for to get out of having to carry the beeper to no avail. If they think how much revenue is going to go down with my recent trend, maybe this will be the ticket out. You never know. Hope all is well in your world.

Hello again

It's been a while. Cancun wasn't my bag. The first two days were occupied by Tropical Storm Dolly. We had standing water in our room on the 4th floor. The wind and rain were so strong it came in through the sliding glass doors. Wouldn't have been so bad, but we left some of the luggage on the floor and it was soft-sided. The merchants were rude and PUSHY! Las Isles Mujeres (forgive the spelling) was BEAUTIFUL! It is a little island that you can see from Cancun and get to by ferry. Other than that, I can now say I have been to Cancun and don't need to go again. My husband is keeping a running tally of how much he can get away with spending on hunting equipment to catch up to me and my vacation. I just don't understand the whole thing. All you need is some warm clothes and a gun that fires. One back room of our house is filled to overflowing with every accessory available - crazy. It does entertain him and he is good at it, so whatever.

Yeah...Just used the "next blog" selection at the top of the screen to see what else is going on in this site - LOVED the little fat-assed latina chick who thought borderline porno and her ass were a great subject for someone who looks 12. I don't care what kind of ass you have - at that age it's to be kept to yourself...but of course, when she winds up missing after hooking up on the internet, the family will be weeping with mucho gusto! Don't think I used the phrase correctly...don't f'ing care. What's up with the foreign selections with "next blog" anyway?

You may be under the false impression that I am a night-owl based on the times of my postings. Don't have a gd clue as to how they are coming up with the times for these things. I am never up and on the computer at those ridiculous times of the morning - don't know how to change them, don't really care...I was thinking maybe it was Pacific time it was operating under, but doesn't seem to be the case since I don't type coherently at midnight:-)

Who in their right mind shows up at their employers home, way out in the boondocks, at 8:30 at night, when their employer never told them where they live, and it's so far off the road you have to be a stalker to find it, and you tried to call me at home and after leaving a rambling message you haven't heard from me because I am still wondering how in the f you got my number? Obviously the only thing left to do would be to drive to an undisclosed location and confront someone, right? Then, when it's called to his attention by me and my HUGE husband that he needs to drag his @#%@#@# ass, he goes to my office and sits at my desk writing me an apology letter. HOLY ASS CREEPY. I am insane that someone violated my personal space. Didn't know I could ever react that way to anything. But, this is why it doesn't surprise me that sales of guns to woman in America is on the rise. Nope - not surprised one bit. I will admit that I would have better luck knocking someone in the balls with one rather than trying to hit a target, though.
The kid is getting fired and I don't really feel bad about it. Of course, he knows where I live. Have a great day!

I am going to Cancun in July - It's cheaper and emptier than any other time of the year. My friend and I were going to go to Ocean City - cost $1600.00 for the hotel room for 4 nights. Cancun for 7 days/6 nights all inclusive? $1400.00. Don't even want to take the time to figure that out. My husband and I don't vacation together as a rule. I guess opposites do really attract. I love the beach and the heat and he wears shorts in the winter and turns the air conditioning on in April. I tell hub all the time not to make me answer the phone when I have been drinking - I will commit to anything after a few beers. And that's what happened the evening I said "sure, Cancun's fine. I've never been, so we might as well." I think he is a bit upset about the expenditure in hindsight, but I did tell him as he threw me the phone that it wasn't a good idea. Maybe now, if for no other reason than monetary, he will listen:-)

Pebby!!!

Hey - I am a first time blogger and expect nothing from this experience besides an outlet for me. Pebby? you ask. Well...it's a nickname for me from my husband Don. He was intoxicated one evening and called me Pebby which is an honest slur, I suppose. He was onto something though - I work with retarded individuals and did a visit to a house I never work at and one of the gentlemen that lives there asked me my name - I told him Debby and he raised his hands like he was doing jumping jacks and shouted "Pebby!!!" Hysterical!!!! I almost peed myself! At least Don has something in common with someone in the world:-)
Hellinahandbasket is the general feeling I get when I think of where the world is heading. I am sure it can be saved, but I don't know by what. Other than a sense of humor, I don't have much to offer in the way of advice.
This will be interesting...