Happy Halloween!!

Well, the wait is finally over.  I have managed to trick a few people when they tried to guess what my Halloween costume will be.  Only 22% of you were correct on the poll.  My nieces had me pegged from the beginning but I couldn’t let them know.  So here it is……….

I’m Strawberry Shortcake!!!  It was so much fun!!  I felt like a little girl with my poofy skirt and pigtails.  Quite the outfit, I must say.  I was trying to talk Jeff into being the Purple Pieman from the Strawberry Shortcake cartoons, but he opted out of that.  Here are a few more pics…

Here I am hard at work, as always!!

We had a Halloween costume contest at work.  I cleverly brought strawberry cupcakes as bribes for the judges, but they had to be P.C. and gave everyone first place.  WHATEVER!!!

One of my manager’s missed out on the group photo, so here she is.  Her costume was great!  She was Kat von D, and that’s Pixie with her.

My niece and nephew also dressed up.  Madisyn was Dorthoy from the Wizard of Oz.

And Jackson was a Jedi Knight.  He wanted to make sure I got the green light saber in the picture!

My oldest niece Julianna is 12 and getting too old for dressing up.  Too old????  Someone forgot to tell me that then!!  I took her picture as she was getting ready for the party.  At least her shirt says Wicked.

It was pretty fun!  They were off to a Halloween party so it was one more quick photo before they left.

I hope your Halloween was a happy and safe one.  I can’t wait to think of next year’s costume!!

Jenn, the bookworm

Well, I did it.  I’ve been procrastinating for months now, reading all the reviews and deciding which one is right for me.  I finally made my decision and made my purchase today.  What am I talking about?  Only the coolest thing around……

The Amazon Kindle

 

I have been eyeing this baby for months and drooling over the online forums, reading every review on Amazon, good and bad.  I probably know more than the Kindle Customer Service people do now!!  My inner bookworm cried sweet tears of joy as I made my purchase.  Look how small it is!!

 

My car is constantly littered with books and magazines because I do most of my leisure reading on my lunch breaks at work, and I never want to be stuck somewhere, waiting for an appointment or something without some good reading material.  This baby holds 200 books, and you can add a memory card to hold even more.  SWEET!!!

I’ve been debating between the Sony Reader and the Amazon Kindle, but it seems like the Kindle has so many more features, including the wireless connectivity that doesn’t require a hotspot.  Jeff has convinced me to wait a month on my purchase (I was planning on buying it in September) because we were hearing talks of the next generation Kindle coming out.  Turns out it’s still in the works, and 2009 would be the earliest it could even POSSIBLY debut.  I couldn’t contain myself any longer. 

Now I will be able to download books in 60 seconds, regardless of where I am.  It also has a built in dictionary, Wikipedia access, and email access.  I’ll also be able to access newspapers and blogs (YAY!!) from anywhere.  How cool is that????? 

It’s a little pricey but I think it’s totally worth it.  I was watching Friday’s Oprah show and she gave everyone in her audience a free Kindle.  As I seethed about my lack of foresight to be in Chicago in her studio audience that day (or the free car day, for that matter!), she made it up by offering a special promo code for all her viewers to get $50 off the purchase of a Kindle.  So I will pass on the code in case any of you want to purchase one.  When you log into Amazon to make the purchase, use promo code “oprahwinfrey” at checkout, and you’ll instantly get $50 off.  The offer is only good thru 11/1/08 at 11:59pm PST, so if you’re on the fence, now’s the time to act!!

If you have a Kindle, I’d love to hear what you think of yours.  Mine will be delievered on Friday, so not only will I have fun Halloween pics to post, I’ll have my little Kindle as well.  YIPPEE!!! 

The happy newlyweds!!

Train wreck posted a comment to my blog that just made me laugh, and I realized that I hadn’t talked about it here.  This happens to us on a VERY regular basis, including our recent trip to Walmart.

We are ALWAYS being mistaken for newlyweds or a married couple.  I guess we just have that happy glow about us.  Jeff and I have been dating for almost 4 years, and you would think that happy look would have been wiped off our faces a long time ago.  The drain of everyday life would have taken it’s toll and we’d be dragging ourselves to just be pleasant to each other.  Apparently not so. 

It all began in the first year we were dating.  We decided to take a trip to Orlando to visit Universal Studios (and because Jeff likes to make fun of the fact that I haven’t traveled very much.  Hey I love California!!!).  Click here if you want to see pics (there are tons!). 

Our first excursion in Orlando was to go to a show called Arabian Nights.  This was similar to Medieval Times but without the fighting.  That’s the best part!!  Basically it was just guys riding around on horses while you ate with your hands.  Still fun though.  Especially the blue drinks that we were able to enjoy even days later.  They put some crazy blue coloring in these drinks that changed our poop blue for days.  I was just glad Jeff experienced it first because I would have thought something was DEFINITELY wrong with me if I had seen it first.  Anyways, we had an elderly couple sitting next to us(smartly avoiding the blue drinks, I might add), and the guy was chatting me up.  He asked me “So are you guys here on your honeymoon?”.  This is how it all began!!  I turned to Jeff to see his reaction (mind you, we had only been dating about a year, and I wasn’t sure if he would get freaked out by someone saying that to us.  Some guys are like that).  Thankfully, he just smiled about it and told the man that we were just vacationing and it was left at that.

Later in the trip we went on a kyacking adventure down a river.  It was so blazing hot, and we were the only ones on the tour, so we had our guides’ full attention.  As we are casually paddling down the river, he asks me “So what does your husband do for a living?”  I quickly turned around to see Jeff’s expression and we both just started quietly laughing.

Even this weekend it happened when we were at the checkout at Walmart on Saturday.  We had shopped and filled our shopping cart with Chef Boyardee goodness and walked to the front to check out.  We decided since we were going to be spliting the cost of everything, we would go thru the “20 items or less” line, since he would do a transaction of less than 20 items and I would do a transaction of less than 20 items.  I know, I know, we were probably cheating on that but we each bought less than 20 items!!!  The cashier was making casual conversation with me (I checked out first).  Then she saw Jeff unloading his stuff to do his transaction.  She said “Oh, you don’t have to make your husband do a separate transaction just so you can be under the 20 item limit.  You are such a nice couple, I would hate to have you separate your stuff”.  Cracked me up!!!  Again, Jeff and I just smiled at each other and let the comment pass, which is what we usually do. 

It has become an inside joke to us now, and we just smile at each other whenever it happens.  He is always being mistaken as Mr. Smith and I get called Mrs. Hoffman all the time.  Everywhere we go, this happens to us.  Maybe people don’t think we’re dating because we’re not all over each other, groping each other in public.  Maybe it’s the quiet ease that exists between us.  We’re not like some married couples who you see in the stores arguing with each other and screaming at each other.  In fact, we RARELY even argue at all.  I guess this is just another confirmation that we’re perfect together. 

Thanks for the comment, Trainwreck.  It made me reminisce on all the times we’ve been called husband and wife.

A quest completed!

I didn’t realize my Chef Boyardee quest would raise so many people’s interests!!  I was sent a bunch of emails about it, and it was requested in many to take pictures of the quest, so without further adiu, sit back and relax.  Perhaps grab a cup of coffee or hot chocolate as I give you ….THE QUEST FOR CHEF BOYARDEE!!!!

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away……Hey wait a minute!  That’s Star Wars.  Jeff, how’d you get in here????  Let me start again….

*achem* A long time ago in a land far, far away, Jeff and Jenn decided to go on a quest for Chef Boyardee.  They were famished and needed nurishment after a long walk thru the forest.   After having some encounters with some other fairy tale creatures (ie. after all our other errands were done!), they decided to head to the land of enchantment, the land of fulfillment, the land of……WALMART!!!

As they fought their way thru the crowded parking lot, they were determined to get inside and find the jewels hidden within.  They passed many “interesting” fairy tale creatures, such as a woman at the front door asking for canned food items. and the greeter at the door who was missing most of the teeth in her mouth.  Boy, could she smile big!!!  She reminded me of the witch in Hansel and Gretel.  But that’s another fairy tale story.   Back to our heroes….

They fought their way thru the store, seemingling trying to be detered by all the other shoppers and the screaming children (I counted 5!).  As they rounded the corner, the heavens opened up and a choir of angels was heard from above…….

Can’t you just hear the singing voices????  (Of course I had to take pictures, to which Jeff replied that I’m obsessed with this blog.  True dat!)  Well, after pushing old women with shopping carts out of the way, our hero was able to capture one of the prizes.

Doesn’t he look happy about his conquest???  He was determined to find the spagetti with JUMBO meatballs.    And our heroine was able to save the fair princess…

Ahhh, the fair maidens are safe again.  So we headed home to the happy house with our bounty and got the stove going.

A sampling of our purchases

I tried to class up the action with some garlic bread, but it was still pasta in a can!!

Jeff enjoying the JUMBO meatballs

Cue another comment about being obsessed with blogging and “Are you really going to take a picture of me eating this???”  Yes, as a matter of fact I am!!!

Enjoying some good ol Spagetti O's

Alas, the bounty could not last and we ate every last bite.

Perhaps now we will have the energy to go on another adventure another day!!  Maybe the next quest will be the quest for bubblegum ice cream.

My cheap honey

While having dinner last night, Jeff and I were discussing the various culinary achievements of Chef Boyardee.  No, we weren’t having that but we’ve been having this discussion about the Ol’ Chef and Spagetti O’s for a while.  We were both missing it from our childhood (except that when I was single in my studio, I’d still round me up a bowl of goodness, and that was only last year.  Shhhh!!!!)   

Jeff being Jeff, he had to log on to the Chef Boyardee website and puruse our culinary choices.  I was quite upset to see that they had Spagetti Rings and not Spagetti O’s.  Those were my favorite.  I called my mom later on, and she was very quick to tell me that Spagetti O’s are made by Franco America and not Chef Boyardee.  She had that useless knowledge right on the tip of her tongue!!!  We both agreed she should go on “Are you Smarter Than A Fifth Grader” ’cause that sounded like a question they would ask!!!

So we have decided that this weekend will be an ode to the Chef himself.  We are planning a trip to Walmart to purchase as many cans as we can find, and we’ll eat canned pasta all weekend.  Sounds healthy, right???  Seeing as he took me to a nice restaurant last weekend, I thought I’d spring for the Chef’s creations.  I know, I know, I’m so generous!!!  Hey, it’s made by a famous chef, what more do you want from me??? 

What were your favorite childhood foods??

New blog theme!!!

Lindsay over at Designs by Splat created a lovely new theme for me.  What do you think??  I love the butterflies up top.  Very cute!!!  Thanks, Mrs. Kitty for the recommendation!    I’m not sure I can do a F*ed up Friday post, seeing as I am so happy right now.

Spooky House Haunt

I was so excited to tell you all about my car repairs and my day in heaven aka Costco, that I forgot to tell you all about our trip to the Spooky House on Saturday. 

Ohhhhh……scary!!!! 

We went a little early because we were hoping to get in before the crowds got there.  Because we are cheap, we bought just the regular ticket and didn’t upgrade to the VIP line.  Hey, I’m a VIP in my own mind, why do I need to purchase a ticket for that???  Besides there weren’t too many people ahead of us in line….

Well, we ended up waiting outside in line for about an hour.  Mind you, there was probably, oh, 25 people ahead of us, but it still took them an hour to get us to the front of the line.  Sheesh!!!  Jeff was convinced this was a marketing ploy to make people who were passing by think this was the happening place, and make them stop too.  We were stuck outside with a crazy DJ from a local Latino station blasting music at us.  We were having a good laugh though because in line right behind us were an old couple (ie. in their 70’s) with some of their younger friends (probably in their 30’s).  Jeff said that will be us when we get old.  Hopefully I’ll still have my teeth.  Surprisingly grandma was tapping her toe to the rap music that the DJ was playing.  Cracked me up!!!

One highlight of being stuck out there so long was that we got to see all the newcomers get scared from the monsters.  I, according to Jeff, don’t get scared enough so now we watch all the other people getting scared.  Just as fun, in my opinion.   These monsters were chasing screaming girls thru the parking lot all night.  It was pretty funny!!  Jeff stuck his foot in his mouth and said “You know, the monsters only chase the pretty girls”.  I gave him an evil look and said “Well you better tell them to start chasing me, ’cause I’m the prettiest girl here.  Right???  Right????”  He looked at me and said “You know that’s not what I meant”.  Yeah, uh huh.  So you were walking home tonight, right?????  I’m working on TACT with him!! 

Another highlight to being stuck outside was when the DJ played Michael Jackson’s Thriller.  I have seen “13 Going on 30″ so I was inclined to put my dance moves to the test.  A monster in a werewolf costume beat me to it, though, and was doing the whole dance right there for our viewing pleasure.  It was so funny to see a werewolf dancing like that!!!  I SOOOO wanted to jump the line and walk over to him, hands on my knees like they do in the video and join in.  Jeff was able to restrain me though.  If I had my camera, he probably would have let me go right ahead so I could embarass myself.  He enjoys that!!!  (Hence the poor video of me doing kareoke in Vegas.  Note to self…..do not let Jeff video tape me singing when I’ve had a few tasty beverages!!!)

Alas, we finally got into the house.  Before you go in, they pose you next to a wall with hanging corpses and take your picture.  Then they take a second picture, but right as they do, they blast this air canon behind you, blowing your hair everywhere and getting a startled expression on your face.  I remembered this but I didn’t tell Jeff.  The pictures were pretty funny because my hair was everywhere and Jeff had this look of “WTF?” on his face.  We didn’t end up buying them though, because they wanted an arm and a leg for them.  HAHAHAH!!!  Maybe that’s how they decorate the house.  With the arms and legs.  Ahh, stupid Halloween humor…….moving on!!

Going thru the house, Jeff kept trying to get me to walk in front to try to have the monsters scare me.  I just smiled and waved at them.  I’m sure that’s REALLY the reaction they were going for.  The last room was actually a hearse that you had to climb thru and there was a wooden slide at the front end of the car to slide out of the house.  There was this crazy guy in there bouncing the car around and screaming at us.  Which made us start to wonder……..maybe some of these people are not paid actors but just some crazy people who wandered onto the lot and started trying to scare people.  That thought was a little more scary!!!

Then my honey took me out to dinner.  We decided to go to Red Lobster because he was having a seafood craving, and I can always go for some crab legs.  We assumed that we would be in for a nice quiet dinner, but our dining neighbors decided that would not be the case.  We were seated next to a table of 3, an obvious couple and another girl, who surprisingly looked a lot like Mrs. Kitty’s big sis from our sorority.  Apparently they were there to drink away their worries and they already had a head start by the time we sat down.  The third-wheel girl was so drunk and so LOUD, complaining about her ex-husband, her child, her miscarriages, her new boyfriend and why he won’t marry her now, even though they’ve only been together a few months.  I felt like grabbing a mirror and telling her “This is why he won’t commit to you!!  You’re crazy!!!!”  Again, Jeff was able to restrain me, and we just sat listening to their whole conversation.  it was very educational!!!

I would just like to take this moment and ask you all if we go out to drink and I start carrying on like this chick, I give you full permission to slap the crap out of me!!!

A lovely Sunday afternoon spending my hard earned money

Today I had the wonderful excitement of spending my hard-earned money.  What, might you ask, did I get to spend this glorious money on??  Some beautiful jewlery?  Some fashionable clothes?  A trip to Tahiti???

Ah, no.  Unfortunately it was on car repairs.  That’s right, my FAVORITE thing to spend money on!!!  NOT!!! 

Yesterday, Jeff and I went over to my dad and stepmom’s house so she could milk her birthday just a little longer.  Hey, if adoring people want to lavish presents on me for a week straight and sing songs in my praises, I would be all for that too!!!  You go, Jennifer!!! 

While we were there, my dad pointed out the fact that my tires were wearing a little on the front.  I’ve been a little concerned because, being a chick, I have no working knowledge of my car other than how to turn it on and off (and even that’s a little sketchy).  In fact, this morning when Jeff and I were driving around, I unplugged my Ipod from the dock while the stereo was trying to read it, and it froze the stereo.  So instead of turning the radio off and back on, I turned the whole car off and restarted it.  Hey, it reset the radio!!!  Jeff just rolled his eyes at me.  Anyways, so my dad asked when was the last time I rotated my tires.  I told him that I rotated them the whole way over to his house.  HAHAHHA!!!  I’m so funny!  Apparently that was not the correct answer.

Seeing as it has been a while and I want to take care of my little Tinker (that link is for you, Melissa!!)for as long as possible, I decided that I should go rotate the tires.  (I can think of a few inappropriate jokes at this moment about rotating tires, but I’ll leave that one alone)  So I went over to Mike’s Tires in Canyon Country.  I’ve been there a few times before.  While they do a great job on the cars, they are a little short on people skills.  (Click on that link and read a few reviews of the profanity tirades that have been reported.  HAHAHAH!!!)  My solution???  I brought a book because I wanted to discourage Julio from making idle conversation with me.  As it was, I still was ogled a little bit.  Figures!!  A girl can’t get car repairs done without that happening. 

Upon further inspection, they told me that I needed new brakes.  Apparently they were down to 10% and once it gets down too far, it starts grinding on the axle and causes bigger problems.  I sat for a moment and pondered if I really needed brakes.  Hmmmm….do I want to be able to stop when needed?  I do have a stick shift and can always downshift to a slow roll……..alright, I guess I should do it.

I had to wait quite a while for it, but I was just glad that they could get me in.  While I was waiting, there was a father and daughter waiting as well for her car to be worked on.  She was whining and complaining about how this was going to ruin her budget (even though Daddy was there and was going to pay for it anyways) and how it was so unfair that she had to do these repairs on the car.  The lady behind the counter seemed a little flabergasted about this, and was trying to explain the values of car ownership and maintanence.  The girl just kept on complaining, and I could see everyone else in the lobby rolling their eyes at her and smirking. 

I took about as much as I could before I casually leaned over and said “You know, I have a budget as well, and this purchase certainly doesn’t fit very well in my budget.  But, my thinking is, it’s going to be a lot cheaper to pay $180 now than if my brakes go out, I slam into a tree, possibly a few other cars, and have to pay for a bunch of medical bills.  You might keep THAT in mind”.  YES!!!!  I love a little sarcasm in the morning!!!  The girl just looked at me like I was crazy (quite possible) and flipped her hair as she turned and stalked out of the lobby.  The dad looked like he wanted to give me a high five but he restrained himself.  He was trying to talk some sense into her, but to no avail.  I just casually paid my bill, and left the building with my head held high, feeling pretty awesome.  I love it!!  Now when I drive my car and I lightly tap the brakes, I feel like I’m going to go thru the windshield, so it’s kinda a fun game now.  Let’s see if I can get to my destination without killing myself by flying thru the glass.  Yippee!!!

Then I had the distinct pleasure of spending a little more money at Costco.  Jeff opted not going with me for this excursion.  Probably wisely so.  He’s the kind of shopper that likes to make a list, only look for the items on the list, and get to the register as fast as possible.  In, out, and on with life.  Me…..well, I shop a little differently, especially at Costco.  I like to wander aimlessly down each aisle, remarking that, hey maybe I do need a 5 gallon tub of mayo.  You never know when there will be a mayo shortage!!!  I also love to go when I’m hungry so I get a free lunch from all the samples.  I didn’t even make a list when I went.  I told Jeff that there were a “just a few things” that I needed to pick up.

Well a few things turned into a few more things, and oh hey, I haven’t read this book yet.  All told I spent another $200 there.  But I was also able to purchase 2 Christmas presents so I felt somewhat productive.  I started making my Christmas lists already, as it always seems to sneak up on me.  Jeff was laughing at me because I bought enough toilet paper to last us a LONG time!!!  He asked if I thought I had purchased enough.  Obviously this is coming from a MAN who has never been left high and dry while sitting on the throne (or would it be high and wet???  Hmmmm….).  We did manage to find a place to hold my enormous paper supply, and I am one happy girl. 

F*cked up Fridays

I have been inspired by Kitty Concerto, I have decided to have my own rant on Friday.  I’m trying to help her spread the verbal diahrea and the std in the Ford Ranger (not really sure about THAT story, Mrs. Kitty, but I would like to hear details!!!  LOL!!!) 

Seeing as my day yesterday was oh-so productive and wonderful, this post really fits in with that theme!  So without further delay, I give you my list of things that tick me off today:

1-traffic.  Traffic is really making me nuts lately.  Perhaps I should clarify: I don’t mind the traffic so much as I really dislike stupid people (maybe that should be another note).  People are in such a rush to go everywhere, and don’t care about the people around me.  Yesterday as I was getting off the freeway to go to work, I heard the tell-tale screech of tires and gut-wrenching slam of metal.  Right in the lane next to me was some jacka$$ who decided that he was going to try to roll over the cars in front of him.  He apparently forgot that he left his monster truck at home, and instead slammed into the car in front of him.  This car proceeded to slam into the next and the next.  All told it was a 4 car collision which scared the crap out of me, especially since I was RIGHT there.  The funny thing about car accidents though is you just can’t look away!!  Had I been driving a beast, I may not have been concerned but I can’t have my little Tinker smushed on the freeway.  Her feelings would have been so hurt!!  I had to gently console her as I rubbed the dashboard, speaking in baby tones like “Your mommy would never do that to you.  No she wouldn’t”.
Ummmmm…….yeah, I’m strange.  Moving on….

2-stupid people.  Ok, I couldn’t help myself, I had to add it as another item.  I hate it when people ask stupid questions or just don’t pay attention.  It seems like I am constantly surrounded by these people, even when I try to distance myself from them.  It’s like I tell Jeff:  I HATE drama and yet it always seems to follow me.  It’s like a little lost puppy trailing me around with those big puppy dog eyes, begging to be invited in.  As much as I love puppies, that one needs to find another home!!

3-living paycheck to paycheck.  It is SO frustrating to always feel like I’m living for the 15th and the 30th.  I hate that the money seems to go out of my checkbook just as fast (or faster!!) than it comes into it.  I have dreams of winning the lottery and bathing myself in money.  Well, not really since I used to work in a bank and money is REALLY not clean.  I can’t tell you how well I built up my immunity system by being exposed to so many germs.  But still, it would be fun to do it!!!  I realize that I am going to school to better myself and get a better education, but still!!  It would be really nice if I could make that salary now and take care of the bills now, rather than wait until then to try to play catch up.

4-school.  Speaking of trying to better educate myself, sometimes I get so frustrated with school.  I’m enrolled in an online college on the East Coast and it requires SOOO much discipline to buckle down and get my work done.  I’m glad that I’m doing it, but let me tell you, I will be just as glad to be done with it!

5-my lack of sense of smell.  Ok, this one may sound a little strange.  To those who know me well, you know that I have no sense of smell.  I know, I know, it’s strange.  Maybe not as strange as the fact that I have one big toe that’s shorter than the other, but it’s still strange.  You don’t realize how many people ask you to smell things throughout the day, or comment on some passing smell that I can’t enjoy (or commisserate with them about).  My SIL is so guity of this.  She’s always commenting on smells and asks me to smell it.  I just smile at her, and then she says “Oh yeah.  I forgot”.  Could I have this ailment fixed?  Sure I probably could, but if you read #3, there isn’t a ton of extra money lying around just yet.  And with people starving in China, it hardly seems like I should be griping about it, but I am!  So THERE!!! 

6-spam.  This never seemed to be an issue for me.  I would log in to my email account, and be excited to see mail from friends, family, and maybe a few ads from places I have made purchases before.  Now I log in to my account and see that I have all these messages, yet the bulk of them are spam mail.  Ever since my purchase online from a lingerie store (see prior post), I have been bombarded my spam mail, all of which is for porn sites.  The most offensive has been involving barnyard animals.  No thank you!!!  I will NEVER be interested, Mr. Porn People, so STOP sending the emails!!  At first I was responding to each of them, asking them to remove me from their mailing list, but I think this just confirmed to them that it is a working email address, and they shared it with 10 million of their closest friends. 

And speaking of spam, how did that word get assigned to junk mail???  Was it someone who had a bad Spam experience and said “This is junk.  I get email junk.  Hey, wait a minute…..”  Just a thought. 

7-people at work who want you to work.  Ever since Mrs. Kitty introduced me to the Google Reader, I am hooked on the lives of my fellow bloggers.  I love reading about your trials and tribulations, the good times and the bad.  So many of you put a smile on my face everyday, and I thank you guys for that.  It’s been such a fun experience getting a peek into your lives.  It’s that pesky work that gets in the way.  Can’t you see that I’m reading a funny post right now?  GOSH!!!  I feel like having an “Office Space” moment.  “I told them if they made me stop blogging, I’d burn down the building”.  Hey, it worked for Milton and his red stapler!  

I do feel obligated to say something positive in this post.  I can’t be so downtrodden!!!  It’s not in my nature.  I do love reading all of your posts and I love all your comments.  Feel free to comment away!!!  I have turned into a comment whore and enjoy all of them.  Also, thank you to Mrs. Kitty for showing me how to link items in my blog.  I’m crossing my fingers and toes that they are working correctly. 

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend.  Jeff and I are talking about going to the Spooky House in Northridge, another chance for him to try to scare me.  We’ll see who gets scared.  HAHAHAHAH!!!!

I scream, you scream…..

Do you ever have those days where you just feel like screaming at the top of your lungs, while pummeling your fists into the co-worker closest physically to you??  You just want to gouge out their eyes with sharp objects (I’m eyeing by letter opener as I type) while screaming at the top of your lungs “DON’T YOU PEOPLE UNDERSTAND ANYTHING???  AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN DO ANYTHING RIGHT????.  ’Cause that’s how my day is going so far!!!

Oh, it’s just me???  *crickets chirping*  Well, then leave a comment and tell me about how your day MUST be going better than mine!!!