Assignment: Decisions, Decisions

As just about everyone in the whole world knows by now, every week MamaKat hands out assignments for us. She gives us a list of really cool topics that we can choose from to write a blog post on. Heaven knows that I need all the help that I can get at times, so I am always eagerly awaiting her suggestions.

This week I chose:

What decision are you having a hard time making?

Are you kidding me? I can not make a decision to save my life! Well, I can actually, but seriously, the turmoil that goes around and around in my brain just to make a simple decision is, at times, just ridiculous.

For example: Blogging......... Sometimes my topics just fall in my lap. Other times I have a hard time deciding what to say and how to say it, but when it comes down to it, I sometimes wonder:

Should I blog about the not so exciting (to me anyway) season finale of The Bachelorette and how I think that Kyptyn should come and be my lawn boy so I can sit outside and watch him mow my lawn shirtless while I sip iced tea?

Maybe I could blog about the new reality show that I discovered last week, called "Dating in the Dark" where couples meet up for dates in pitch black rooms, touch and feel and even kiss on each other and then finally catch a glimpse of one another after all this. THEN these same couples decide whether or not they want to continue a relationship with their partner and how if I tried that, I would probably be paired up with someone who looked like this:

No such luck! He is the host of the show and just about the only good looking guy that has graced us with his presence as of yet.

I guess I have just discovered that when all else fails, I can always blog about gorgeous men!

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Priorities

Has anyone started their Christmas shopping yet? I can tell you, I have not and I do not even want to think about it.

I have more important things to worry about. Like shopping for school uniforms, shoes and supplies. Oh the joy! School starts here in just a few short weeks.

Shopping for school is not on my highest of priorities either. I would rather be on Facebook. In Yoville!

Something Borrowed

I am reading a book! Despite my current Facebook addiction, and watching my Netflix, and working full time, I have promised myself that I would set aside at least a half hour, maybe more, every day, to read.

Reading has always been one of my favorite pastimes, but sometimes life gets in the way and it just does not happen. I made a promise to myself to not let that be the case any longer.

This book is great and one of my favorite 'kind' to read. Easy to get into, cool characters, and best of all, fun! If you have not read this one yet, I highly recommend it.

I am looking forward to getting and reading the next one...."Something Blue"

Emily Giffin is a fantastic writer from what I have read so far. Check her out!

And That's The Way It Is

After all of the crap I dealt with......broken washing machine, ridiculous repairman and loads of laundry, I bought a brand new one! My brother in law (who I am indebted to forever, God bless his soul) came over and looked at the old one and determined that it had something to do with the motor. New motor + the labor they would have charged = just about the same for a brand new machine. Screw Sears, I went somewhere else and ended my troubles. For now!

Walter Cronkite died. I remember him fondly from my childhood years. He had a distinct voice, it was soothing and it brought back memories, hearing some of his old stuff from way back when. Stuff that reminds me of my mom. Those sort of memories are special to me.

Speaking of my mom (and my brother in law), I came across a song that brings back some very cool memories of her. Yesterday on Facebook, my brother in law mentioned a song on a post of my sister's and I had to go searching for it. And I found it! I laughed until I wanted to cry, hearing this after so many years and I remember my mom listening to this when I was very young. Here it is. And don't act like you don't know it or remember it. Unless you are under the age of 30.







My brother in law....he is a nut, but I thank him for this special childhood memory. Don't laugh!

No Surprise

I downloaded the new CD from Daughtry last week and I love it! Another example of an American Idol contestant who does not win and makes it bigger than anyone else from that season.

You can listen to their first single here

YouTube disabled embedding. So click and enjoy!

As I Yank My Hair From It's Roots!

Dear Sears!

Have you ever heard of the phrase "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"? Well let me explain that to you in this letter.

Last Thursday (July 9th) I had a repair service call scheduled for someone to come out and look at my washing machine. The washer was still working but occasionally would not complete the spin cycle, leaving my clothes in a huge soggy lump in the bottom. After having enough of that torture, I called and had someone to come out and look at it. I chose Sears over a local repair man because I believed that someone from a major retail company would have very experienced persons working for them.

So the clown you decided to hire, showed up at my home and made a guess as to what the problem could be. Not ever getting a straight answer, he wore on my nerves as he tried to be a comedian. That was my first problem with him. So Comedy Central reject repairman proceeds to inform me that the capacitor for the motor of my washer was going bad. Good enough, give me the bill, I pay you and I go back to work. Clownboy tells me that he will be back next week to change the part. At this point, my washer was still working. After he left, it did not! My luck!

So now I have one week to live with no washer. Fine, I will go to my Dad's and wash as I need to. Pain in the butt, but I do what I have to do.

Finally next Thursday (today) arrives and I await the call for dumb ass repair man to let me know what time he will arrive. He can not give me a roundabout time, just between the hours of 8am and 5pm. Wonderful!

At ten minutes until 5pm, I call the 1-800 number back and some foreign woman sitting in Zimbabwe informs me that I am scheduled for next Thursday July 23rd! One more week without a washing machine!!!!!! I hung up on her!

So my Sweetie, trying to come to my rescue, changes the part which arrived 2 days ago. It seemed easy enough, and if we can get it working I can call the stand-up-comedian-wannabe and tell him to bite me. Well, lo and behold, the part is changed and it still does not freaking work! So that leads me to believe that the part that your idiotic repairman ordered for me was not the bad part.

Now I sit and wait, but for what? Is he going to come back and look at it, scratch his head and order something else and have me wait 2 more weeks? Is this trial and error? Do you hire your repairmen at the local comedy club after they get boo-ed and hissed off the stage? Frankly, he was not funny, but let me tell you , he thought he was!

In closing, I would like to tell you Sears, if you send that idiot back to my home and he can not repair my washing machine, you will be hearing from me again and it will not be pretty. Oh and by the way, you are not getting one more red cent from me for nothing!

A very disgruntled and not amused ex customer!

Buried in Dirty Clothes

See this?

Yeah, mine would be dead!

Maybe we should not call it dead, it is fixable.

Supposedly!

Couple months ago, it started acting up.

Not spinning right.

Called Sears for them to come out and check it for me.

They came, they finished it off, now I wait.

Wait for the part to arrive.

One week without a washing machine.

It sucks.

The Hangover

My guy and I went to see this movie over the weekend. If you have not seen it yet, I highly recommend it!

Soooo funny! But then I really have it bad for this guy now:

Hello, Gorgeous!

Bradley Cooper. Look at those eyes!

Through the whole movie, I kept telling Sweetie..."I know that guy from some other movie, what did he play in?" Finally I realized. He played the cheating husband in "He's Just Not That Into You" (Among others!). That would probably be why I did not like him in that particular movie.

But I am over it. And so into those piercing blue eyes!

I Survived!

Ok, so if you read my previous post then you must be sitting on the edge of your seat, biting your nails, refreshing google every couple of minutes just to see if I have a post up about it. No? Oh well then. Here's what happened....

I was at my desk, thankfully on the phone, when she/he/it came up to the window. We have one of those glass windows with the hole to speak through, with a little slot for us to slip money, receipts, paperwork, etc. through. So while I am finishing up the phone conversation, she/he/it is just standing there waiting, and I know he saw me. And recognized me. Uggh!

So I reluctantly go up to the window and ask if I could help. We made eye contact {gulp!} and she/he/it showed no signs of knowing me whatsoever. I told him that he would have to wait out in the hallway for the City Attorney to speak to him and so he said thanks and left. Whew! I was so relieved.

This person looks exactly like she did in high school. Except now she/he has a goatee, wears a baseball cap and has tons of hair on his arms. I have never actually known someone who has had a sex change. To be honest, I really do not have a problem with that, to each his own. I just know I would not want to be a man. I am just way too girly for that!

Another thing is, I was not a close friend to this person in school. We did have classes together, we rode the same bus and we had a couple of mutual acquaintances. She did sign my year book. Wanna know what she wrote? To a sweet girl, I hope we stay friends for a long time. Love ya dearly but not queerly.

Um, yeah! Whatever!

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She-He-It

First of all, I would just like to say that I am not prejudiced. I am very open minded and do not have a problem with people in their beliefs/religion/political views, etc. I have my own and I pretty much keep them to myself.

However, I went to school with a girl who is now not a 'girl'/woman today. She has become a HE. And I will have to face her/him/it today!

That reason being, 'they' got a ticket in this city I work for, and since I handle all of those citations here at city court and because 'they' choose to dispute it, I will have to deal with 'them' today! Like in a short while from now!

Now I said I have no problems with people who choose to live their lives however they see fit for them. And I don't. The problem I have is....is this person going to call themselves out to me? I've talked to them on the phone (twice!) and I recognize the voice (although it's a bit different now) but will they talk to me as if they know me, or totally ignore any form of recognition of me?

I wish I could hide! I'll let you know what happens!

Rain, Memorials, and Vampires

We are finally getting some rain, after weeks and weeks of drought. Only bad thing about that is, when it starts, it does not know when to stop.

Today is Michael Jackson's memorial. I wish I could be home to watch it, but I am doing my duty and I'm blogging from work. Shhhh!

My followers have grown to 85. Wow! My goal is 100, so if you are lurking, click my follow button...just do it! If you are new here, go ahead...what the heck?

I've been doing something that I said I would not do. But don't we all do that eventually in our lives? Facebook has sucked me in. I have a farm on Farmville, FarmTown and a garden in Fairyland. I even sucked my sweetie into the madness along with some other friends on Facebook. It's fun, you should try it if you have not already. You know you want to.

True Blood (ya know, that show on HBO that everyone is watching or talking about?) has sucked me in. Pun intended... {evil grin} I finished the first season last night courtesy of Netflix. I really like it, but just so you know....none, and I mean NONE of those so-called Louisiana people have the right accent. That was pretty much the only qualm I had with the show....how they choose to portray us. We are not walking around chasing vampires around here, either. Or drinking vampire blood to get drunk. Just give me some grape or strawberry Smirnoff and I am good to go.

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David and Demi

The concert on Wednesday night was fantastic! The girls had a blast, but before I get to all of the details, let me start by saying we almost didn't do this concert.

When it was first announced I had decided that we would not be going because it was just too much money and we usually only attend concerts of artists that we really really love. Although they like both Demi and David, I just could not justify it.

Last week I got an email from the venue saying that tickets were now going for $12.99 a piece!! I was sold because months ago I had priced some tickets for just David Archuletta and they were almost $100 each, so this was a very good deal. When I pulled up seats to see where we'd be, they were not half bad, so again, what a deal!

Another thing I'd like to add, is what happened to the day when concert tees were $20??!! I got the girls each a shirt. Chelsea wanted David and Alyssa wanted Demi.....$65.00! Wow! Thankfully I still had some cash left over from vacation.

The show started out with an all girl band called KSM....they played some old cover tunes and were really cute, but by that point we were pumped up for some David!

For his entrance, he came out and was standing behind a huge curtain, so all you could see was his silhouette and everyone went crazy. Well, all the screaming hormonal teenage girls. I had to refrain from any comments or acts of fandom in front of my easily embarrassed pre-teen children. Hmmppph!

So here are a few shots I got of the show. I used the big screens that they had set up to get most of my pictures because it was easier to focus on.

Demi was a cute little act to watch too. They only qualm I had with her is she seemed to forget the words and once had to start a song over because she had messed up. Overall she was entertaining and the girls were really thrilled even more so with her.

I tried to upload the video I took, but blogger had issues with it....