Toozday talkin'

 I think it's time for a new alarm clock! 

I still feel blech.  Not sick, just not right.  Unfortunately, everyone else is out sick so in lieu of just sleeping the day away, I got my lazy butt into the office.  Too much work to do and my brain just isn't functioning.  This should make for an interesting day.

Today is THE day for crazy boss lady.  Her new big wiggy job gets annouced today.  There is a string of internal communications occuring, followed by a press release for the "outside" world.  The word that I'm not following her is starting to get out, very hush hush...but a few people know.  But, once its announced...I can start networking to help find her a replacement admin. 

The dude whose job she is taking has an admin, of course.  But, that admin is not sure if he will be taking her with him.  Wouldn't it just be fabulous if this gal could inherit crazy boss lady?  She already knows the organization, she knows the business, etc.  My luck could not be that good.  But, one could wish upon a star. 

I am the worst at keeping secrets from Rick.  The absolute worst.    First of all, after my incident of runaway scooter yesterday, he drove up, seriously, not 10 minutes after I told you guys about it.  So, had I been stuck...I wouldn't have been stuck for too long.

So, anyway, he comes in the house and we have our regular chat about how the day went, etc. etc.  Then, he sits down to watch the news and asks how the foot was today; and how my conversation went with the physical therapist (we had to cancel yesterday's appt because he had wor work).  Then, he asks me if I attempted any steps.  I said: "I took a couple of steps." 

About an hour later, he is eating his dinner, and I turn around to him and up from my belly I purge the words:  "I have a confession to make!"  He says:  "Okayyy."  I said: "You are going to laugh at this."   And, of course, my nervousness about confessing makes me laugh.  I tell him the whole story of the scooter rolling away from me and how I just stood there not knowing how I was going to get myself out of this one.  Then, I told him that I baby-stepped the six or so feet from the door to the scooter.  During this time I'm telling him my confession, he just shakes his head and smiles. 

I really was expecting a "talking to."  But, he didn't get on to me at all.  I think he held it in...thankfully.  Later, as we sit on the couch watching TV, he said:  "You are not to go out the front door when you are home alone."  I, very submissively, said:  No, I won't do that anymore."   

 After this I started having memories of 14 years ago when we had horses and I wasn't working at the time.  I was new to horses, and anxious to ride.  But he asked me not to deal with horses when I was home alone.  He was at work one day, and I rebelliously decided I wanted to take my (spirited) mare into the round pen and ride.  Everything was going fine...I dressed the horse with no problem, she was nice and relaxed.  But, when I hopped up into the saddle, the bItch kicked up and knocked me right off, hitting my head on the round pen.  Yep...I saw stars.  And, he was none to happy with me when I confessed that story. 

the_gopher

 I think it's time for a new alarm clock! 

I second that.  I don't tolerate a clock that wakes me up too early. Or anything waking me up too early for that matter. 

I'm invited to the volunteer and employee picnic at the place I take Luke to do therapy. If it's a volunteer picnic, does Luke get to go too since he's a volunteer?

The only alarm clock that I like:

Strawberry Alarm Clock

Now that's an alarm clock I could deal with :)

From yesterday...thanks for the King Ranch recipe, I cant wait to try it.   Barb it sounded like you use genuine corn tortillas not chips.  Sounded like Jackie uses chips.  Wonder the difference.  This might be a good idea for when the kids come home labor day weekend.  Last year we did italian....my yummy spagetti sause cooked on the fire pit.   Year before we did chili and beans.  They are home for approx 5 day and I will usually do something big one evening and then sandwiches and dogs and burgers the rest of the time.  

Well yesterday came and went and no $50,000 dollar energy efficient contest winner calls..  guess I will now have to start looking for a good HVAC company....Jackie you wanna come to Arkansas and bring a crew, lol... and a heat pump for $1.95??? 

Have a great day all!

Tortillas vs chips:  Completely dependant on the chef.  Chips will definately give the recipe more of a crunch, I would imagine.  We typically have tortilla chips to scoop while eating.  So glad you will give it a try!  The family will love it!  The chili powder gives it a nice kick.  Years ago...I had another recipe that included it...it too was gooood.  Enjoy!

shadowsgin

Well yesterday came and went and no $50,000 dollar energy efficient contest winner calls..  guess I will now have to start looking for a good HVAC company....Jackie you wanna come to Arkansas and bring a crew, lol... and a heat pump for $1.95??? 

Boo.  I'm sorry you didn't win the contest.  Wish I could grab one of the guys and a new unit and head your way.  If I win the lottery (I guess I need to play) I'll be knocking on your door with a big grin on my face. 

Twister got his stitches out today. :)  I've tried taking off the Bite Not collar but the second it was off he'd start working on those stitches.  He's so happy to finally have it off for good.  Me too. :)  Now if we could get the bowel problem over with things would be as good as they can be, all things considered.

Another crazy morning here at work.  I feel pulled in a million directions.  I can't remember when I've felt so overwhelmed with work and personal stuff. 

Julie, I hope your ears are better today.  Don't feel bad about complaining as I'd be non stop whining in your shoes. 

Forgot what else I was going to say and I need to try and tackle some of this work. 

 I'm watching the dressage while reviewing some stuff for work and wow are these horses ever gorgeous.

I have nothing good to say about my ears today. I got extremely aggravated at work yesterday straining to hear what everyone was saying all day during meetings and just in casual conversation. I probably only have 30% of my normal hearing ability and can't hear some of the guys in my office at all due to the pitch/frequency of their voices. I sure hope it improves as my ears heal. I called the doc office yesterday to see if all this drainage is normal. They haven't called me back yet though. ok enough whining.

I'm going to add some photos to Janice's photo dump if anyone is interested :)

The equestrian events have been my favorite part of the olympics and especially the jumping. Wow!!

I must be having a sympathy reaction for you Julie. I woke up this morning and my right ear is completely plugged up. I've tried every trick I know to unplug it but nada. I took an allergy pill and that hasn't helped either. What a yucky feeling this is. I can't imagine how you're dealing with both ears and probably a much worse case of this :(.

Jackie - I'm sorry you're having such a rough time and wish I could help somehow. (((Hugs)))

I have a much needed hair appt at noon and fortunately work is super slow, so it won't be a problem. I still dread the 2 hours of doing nothing. I wish I could just send my hair off and have it delivered back to me all done.

I am trying to stretch out a new pair of shoes I bought for an upcoming wedding.  Suprisingly enough, they are fairly comfy and considering I have been wearing them since 6:00 am, I think they past the wedding test.  Here they are:

They are a little dressy for the office, but I threw them on with a pair of pants to dress them down a little bit.

Julie - I hope your ears better soon, and fast.  That whole process just seems awful.

I am convinced that if you took out all the BS stuff I do at work (like administrative red tape, repeating stuff, dealing with "procedures";), I am only really productive 20% of the time.  Now I know why I get more done when I work from home.  SIGH

I have JUST gotten my internet and phone back.  DS said it went out around midnite last night.  There are a few drawbacks to having everything through the cable company.  The CABLE worked, just not the important stuff!

Off to catch up.

Lisa, those shoes are pretty!  BTW, King's Island....is that near Cincinnati?  We were driving home and saw and amusement park, and I'm pretty sure that was the name.

Julie, sorry to hear about your ears, that must be awful :(

I ended up having a pretty good time in Ohio, like I figured I would.  The training was pretty good, but the scheduling did annoy me a little.  They had several classes that were "required" for new consultants, so I did them, b/c I tend to be a rule follower, but when you do all the classes they say are required, you couldn't take any of the other classes they had offered and I think some of them would have been more productive.  The did have 2 speakers that I really enjoyed, and I got to break a board! (Karate style, just like you see in the movies.  It was pretty awesome!)

Back to work now, and I am so unmotivated.

Tina, how annoying to wake up 2 hours too early!  But I suppose it would've been worse if your clock had lost 2 hours.  You would've been very rested, but you also would've been really late for work! 

Barb, I had to go back and read yesterday's thread to get more info about your confession to your DH.  It did make me chuckle to imagine the look on your face as you watched your "knee scooter" roll away from you.  But I'm glad you didn't hurt yourself trying to get back to it! 

It reminded me of my neighbor who broke his femur a couple years ago and was supposed to stay off it for weeks.  I'd see him outside standing on one leg while trying to wash his car or do something in the yard, and I'd worry he'd fall and break his other leg!  Is it any wonder why our dogs have such trouble laying low when they're recovering from a surgery or injury?!  We all want to do more than we should.

DH's sister and her husband arrived this weekend.  His other sister and her husband were here for a few days last month.  Is it just me, or does anyone else ever feel like their spouse must have been left on a doorstep as a baby?  Sometimes I think DH's family is so different from him that they can't possibly be related.  

tacran

  Is it just me, or does anyone else ever feel like their spouse must have been left on a doorstep as a baby?  Sometimes I think DH's family is so different from him that they can't possibly be related.  

LOL!  I wish that were the case with DH and his siblings.  They're like peas in a pod and when the three of them get together I just about go bonkers.  They can take three days to decide where to eat lunch and then choosing off the menu is another round of agonizing. If a really important family decision needs to be made, forget it.  I could go on and on but let's just say I like them all by themselves but when they are together I'm ready to knock all three of their heads together and make the decisions while they're unconscious.