Tuesday chat

kpwlee

I had to run to Target and oye the holiday drivers are out in full force

I was just minutes from heading to Big Lots when I read that and changed my mind. I don't really need anything, so I'll spend my lunch hour on the treadmill and doing some reading. I really just need to move before I doze off

We have to go to Target later, hopefully we can sneak in and out but after reading this I'm doubting it :(

Is it OK to get someone something for a baby shower not on their registry?  I helped pay for said baby shower, about $50 by the time we're done (which isn't bad, but still), and everything on her registry is about $30-$50.  I don't want to just get one small thing but otherwise I'm in a bit more than I'd anticipated.  We're also only 4 months behind her so I know it goes both ways.

I've been talking about Thanksgiving for so long now, I just want to make (and eat!) it all tonight!  Yum!

NicoleS

We have to go to Target later, hopefully we can sneak in and out but after reading this I'm doubting it :(

I just tried to take a Thanksgiving picture with Bugsy - let's just say he isn't a natural model 

Take it easy, Jackie!

kpwlee

I wanted to strip off my shirt and make sure it wasn't in there but didn't think anyone passing by would enjoy it LOL. I was making all sorts of freaking out noises and Bugsy was just staring at me as if I had completely lost my marbles.

I've probably told this story before, but my first job was working in a gift shop at a resort. The gift shop was in a 100+ year-old farm house. This one lady was trying on a shirt in the dressing room, and suddenly started shrieking and came running out - topless. Apparently there was a bat in the dressing room. lol! I had to try REALLY hard to not laugh... I was only 14. Another time a chipmunk came in and shoplifted a ring pop. Even carrying a ring pop, those little buggers are fast!

It's raining here, too, so either that will keep people inside or they will alll be out and just driving worse.  Too bad I really need to get things and I can get everything I need at Target so it makes the most sense.

Sammy isn't a good model either -- most pictures, he looks all scared and ears droopy.  As soon as the camera goes away,e ars go up and I have a happy dog again. 

janobonano

This one lady was trying on a shirt in the dressing room, and suddenly started shrieking and came running out - topless. Apparently there was a bat in the dressing room. lol! I had to try REALLY hard to not laugh... I was only 14. Another time a chipmunk came in and shoplifted a ring pop. Even carrying a ring pop, those little buggers are fast!

I noticed some crazy drivers in the parking lot of Walmart yesterday (and some equally bad "cart drivers" in the store).  I thought it seemed a bit early for holiday chaos, but I guess not.  I'm kind of glad we have no plans other than going out to eat on Thursday.  I can stay away from all retail establishments between now and the end of the weekend!

janobonano

This one lady was trying on a shirt in the dressing room, and suddenly started shrieking and came running out - topless. Apparently there was a bat in the dressing room.

I would absolutely do the same thing and I'm normally a modest person. My husband knows and worries about how emotianal I can get when I'm freaked out. I can't remember what I was telling him once but he said "whatever you do, don't call 9-1-1 cause we get calls like that all the time" ROFL. Good thing it's a different fire dept covering the area we live in.

I've noticed more scary drivers lately too and it's one reason I've parked the car I'm trying to sell for now. I was driving home the other day and there's a lot of road construction going on and literally not more than 4-5 inches of shoulder left on one side. A construction guy was trying to move the porta potty all by himself from right on the edge and it was tipping perilously close to the lane I was driving in .

People not paying attention to their driving is the norm here.  Texting while driving is officially illegal here now but that doesn't stop anyone.  Nothing like seeing a giant SUV pull out in front of you with one hand holding the phone, one holding the coffee, and obviously no attention being paid to driving the tank.....but, sadly, even without that, folks here don't seem to think that stop signs/lights, signals, whatever, are meant for them.

Tina, hope you feel better really soon.

Jackie, WOW...totally amazed that you are here so quick after the procedure.

I went down to the office this morning for a bit.  Still having trouble reloading the software for 2011 tax season on the main computer after someone deleted it all.  Why is beyond me.  I updated both computers, double checked that the program was there and opening properly, burned a back up CD, and when I stopped by Saturday, the software was gone from the main computer.  The CD was gone too.  I checked the other computer for the exact name, did a search, etc, and it simply isn't there, so I downloaded it again and then it didn't want to install.  Same today so will have to take the boy wonder in with me and have HIM make it work.

While I was sitting waiting for the download I went up to the C store for a coffee.  At first I thot all the police cars and police tape meant that the C store had been robbed again...had a LOT of those lately in this area...then I realized it was the street next to the store....a woman was hit by a very large construction vehicle and things weren't looking good.  Why the heck won't people use cross walks???  This gal wasn't two full car lengths from a safer crossing, and now she may not survive.  Sending prayers out for her.

glenmar

Why the heck won't people use cross walks??? 

That frustrates me too, esp driving in an area with many colleges in the city.  Seriously, I can't see you poking your head out between parked cars.... go 10 feet to the lousy cross walk.  Apparently here you can be cited $10 for jaywalking, but I doubt any cop has ever written that one up.

As I was going home, not 100 yards from the accident, still covered in crime scene tape, and some dopey woman stepped out from between cars and meandered across the street.  She wasn't even ONE car length from the cross walk and traffic light, and I almost peed myself thinking I'd hit her...and she flips ME off?????

I honestly don't understand why people are so careless with their safety.  I can almost understand why I have to stop to let the same group of 15-20 high school kids cross THREE times within a half mile...they are kids and think they are immortal, but geesh!  Scares the crap out of me everytime it happens.

Why  can't jeans and shoes last forever ? Why do we have to go shopping for them ? 

No, I don't want jeans with sparkles, already ripped off jeans, embroidered jeans, frayed at the bottom jeans, jeans that fall so much under my belly button that I will catch a stomach cold, or flared up jeans. I just want, you know, normal ones. Ones that sit at my waist, do not gape three miles in the back, have straight legs, do not cost an arm and a leg, and are in the store in my size.

I will not even start about shoes. Let's just say that 4 stores later I am still shoeless. I guess I will have to go on wearing flip flops or tennis shoes thru the winter. My tootsies will freeze or I will look not-so-well put together for work, I will either get sick or fired and then I'll be able to sue all the shoe makers in the universe for physical and moral damages. Vengeance will be mine, lol.

Jackie, spare your eyes (so you'll read this in a week or so).

Tina, get better double quick so you can enjoy your time off.

Karen, just the idea of getting my face in a big spider web gives me goosebumps. Inside spiders leave their right to live at the door and outside ones better make themselves inconspicuous if they want to see another day. Do.not. like.

I feel your pain on the jeans.  I'm uber short waisted so I have to buy low rise pants so they don't have to close around the lower ribs which are pretty much even with my belly button.  And couldn't the size be more consistent???  I wear anywhere from a 4 to a 10 in jeans and I'm sorry, but that's just wrong.

 I hate buying pants. I am not actually short, but I have short legs. It's such a pain. Shoes, I like to buy, I hate to wear. Actually, a month or two ago, I bought a new pair of New Balance sneakers at DSW. I didn't try them on, didn't keep the receipt or anything, because I buy the New Balances all the time, and have no problems. The last pair, they're no good, and rubbed the backs of my heels. So, I'm out the money on those. Maybe my sister can wear them, but I don't know. They would probably be okay if I wore higher socks, but I like ankle socks in my sneakers.

This is dog related sort of, but I'll complain here. I took Luke to the vet today to update his Bordatella vaccine.  Among other things, the vet asked if he would eat more, and I could put more weight on him for the winter. Ummm... he's a dog, of course he will eat more. If you look at his records though, he is hovering around his highest adult weight right now (today he weighed in at 14.4). Since we started flyball, he's put on about a pound. I prefer to keep him on the slightly slim but healthy side (can just barely feel his ribs under the fur). He's going to keep running in fly ball throughout the winter

Jackie, can we see the before & after pics of your butt implant surgery? :P

I had an allergic reaction to something today.  I am assuming that it was pumpkin because everything else in that recipe was something that I eat on a pretty regular basis.  The feeling of your eyes starting to swell shut, your lips swelling, & hives breaking out all over is not a fun one.  Nor is the amount of benadryl needed to reverse that stuff fun to deal with.  I'm still wandering around in a haze.