I have been up to my ears with work this past two weeks. My part-time job, temporarily went full-time. My boss, and friend, well her father has been terminally ill for some time now. Last week it took a turn for the worst, and he past away last night. My thoughts and prayers go out to her and her family.
Continue reading "Sorry For The Silence"I survived the mosh pit! I think I'm feeling a little old to be kicking ass and taking names in the mosh pit these days :)
Oh by the way Glen, no the new website is not up yet! I'm working as hard as I can man...Get off my back dude :)
Hey what DVD should I bring in for Sunday?
How was the concert? Did you crack some bones? And not to mention your day off? Just be glad that you chose today to not come it.
The new laptop is here! YAY! I so need to convert the home network to wireless!
It's pretty cool. I'm going to get the digital camera this weekend if I can find a good deal, otherwise I'll order it online and have to wait 3 days for it. I hate waiting!
Wildfires rampage through S. California
I did the right thing, I called my sister, she's fine. She just can't got to work or go outside.
Like this is anything new for me...
I can't stand people that feel the need to send out 100 emails about their accomplishments throughout the day. It's freaking annoying as all hell. Not only is the crap unwanted, the source it's coming from is a total joke. It's like this, let's come in 15 minutes late, blame it on Sunday traffic (or lack there of), and send out motivational email that is not only patronizing, but let's not use proper grammar.
Bugs the shit out of me!
Continue reading "Rant About Work"I'm having a hard time filling my 30 points a day, check it out:
I've barely used any FlexPoints! I'm kinda anxious to see what I'll weigh in at on Wed.
Things have been so crazy for me over the last two weeks, so I apologize for the lack of interesting things to say lately. I've been working more hours at my second job, so I really haven't had a day off in two weeks! Working everyday isn't a big deal to me, the long hours will payoff when my laptop and digital camera arrive :)
But I do need to find better ways of balancing my time. I think when I run myself down, and don't get enough time for me, I tend to take it out on my friends. And let's face it, I don't have many friends to begin with, so I want to keep as many of them as possible :)
Today I have a Pie class, and then babysitting for Melissa while she goes to a Christian Rock concert. LOL. I never thought the day would come when Melissa trades in her Doc Martins for Christian Rock. It's all good, whatever makes her happy is all I care about. But I'm going to Social Distortion on Tuesday :)
Thank goodness the time changes tonight! Arizona doesn't change, but the rest of the world does, so I don't have to be at work until 8am now, and off by 630pm. Not so bad, if I get my ass up and out of bed by 530am, I'll have time to walk the Canal before work. I always say that I'll do that, but it never happens.
Went to my frist Weight Watchers meeting today. Not too bad. Kinda creepy. My problem is that I have intamacy issues, and getting all touchy feely about stuff can be hard for me. I need to overcome this, so I'm trying to get better about it.
I'm working on getting downsizing2schwabies.com up and running. Stay tuned!
Feeling inspired, my friend Stephanie and I are joining Weight Watchers tomorrow.
Flex Points here we come!
We bought this domain today so we can share our progress. Now we're both going to run out and buy digital cameras with our bonus money!
I hate buying stuff online sometimes, I get no staisfaction out of it. I bought the new laptop over the weekend, and the estimated ship date is Monday!!! ARRGGHH! I want it now!
If you haven't seen this site yet, I highly recommend that you stop by.
Thanks Joelle for your great stories!
I am in love with this band Stars! You're listening to their first single from their album titled Heart, "Elevator Love Letter". I am totally in love with them right now. I hope that you love them just as much as I do. Enjoy the tune!
Dude, you know that I am all over this show next week:
I Love The 80's Strikes Back
Check out the pictures...Ahhh...the good 'ol days!
So we have all seen how Rocco's kitchen staff sucked. Now we have Jamie Oliver. What Jamie has done is to open a new restaurant with a kitchen staff of kids who have never worked in kitchen before. Not only are they inexperienced, many of them have attitude issues.
I like Jamie Oliver's approach to cooking. It's simple and it makes sense. Watching the show is pissing me off! These kids don't realize how freakin lucky they are to be choosen to work with such a talented chef! More than half of the lucky 15 don't show up on a regular basis, and the ones that do don't do a good job. Jamie arranged for the kids to attend college and learn from step one how to become a great chef. I would have killed for an opportunity like that! One thing that I notice, and it pisses me off, is that no one take responsibility for their actions. Like one girl, it took her 45 minutes to get the main entree out, and when Jamie asked her what she wanted to tell the customer, she said "there's nothing I can do about it". What the fuck is that all about??!! Dude it's you're fucking problem that you can't the entree out, own up to and fix it! It's as simple as that. I hate it when people place blame when it's their own damn fault!
When I worked in a kitchen, I feared getting yelled at by Chef, but it doesn't even phase these kids. Then you have the ones that don't show up. And what makes it worse is that they don't even bother to call. Jamie has given these kids so many chances to prove themselves and they keep taking advantage of him. He tells them over and over about how it's his ass that is on the line, and they tell him that it won't happen again, yet it always does. I would have kicked those kids out on their ass. The problem is that these kids have no passion for being a Chef, they just want to be on TV.
I hope Jamie can pull this gig off. He's a great chef, I would hate to see these kids bring him down.
Being home sick today has given me too much time to watch crappy shows on FoodTV. So I was just watching Semi-Homemade with Sandra Lee. The idea of the show is good, show people easy ways to make yummy meals using pre-made items. I'm all for using short cuts in the kitchen, but some of the ingredients she used made me cringe!
Non-dairy whipped topping?!? I know that there are people out there that can't boil water, but please take 5 minutes to learn how to make fresh whipped cream. There is no subsitute for fresh ingredients. Pre-made pizza dough, don't use that crappy already baked stuff. Run down to Trader Joe's and buy the raw, it's only $.99, and it even comes in whole wheat! Oh and don't get me started on the beer margarita's, YUCK! If the audience you're trying to win over is the Martha Stewart crowd, you have just been invaded by the trailer park. I'm sure I'll get shit for that last comment, but I have never denied being a food snob.
If you have trouble making food or want to make tasteful yummy foods, don't be afraid to sign up for classes. They are cheap, and you get lessons taught by people who went to culinary school, and you'll get recepies that have been tested over and over so you won't have to worry about failure.
OMG! I am so sorry BoyWithoutAHome that you are there all by yourself. You're killin me man... If it's any consolation, I'm not doing anything but lying in bed, telling myself that I don't need to hurl....I'm sure you've had nothing but annoying people, asking you for the weirdest things, and I'm sure they have been whiney as all hell, to the point that fingernails scratching on blackboards is better than listening to their crappy stories.
I love ya man...hang in there little buddy :)
YOU ARE SO LUCKY THAT YOU LEFT. WE HAVE HAD 30+ HOLDING. I CAN'T WAIT FOR LUNCH! VERY HUNGRY. SO YOU AND FTB ARE GONE TODAY. SLACKERS!! IM LONELY.
My dad would have been 67 today. I still haven't gotten over my little habits. Like this past Thrusday, I would have called him to wish him happy birthday on my way into work. I caught myself dialing his number. It's the little stuff like that that bum me out. The conversations that my dad and I used to have were very one-sided, but it's hard to walk away from a parent even when they are trying to ignore you.
There is still so much that is unsettled with my dad's estate. I don't really know what to do about it. I want to believe in the good in people, but I am afraid that no matter what I say or do, I'm going to get burned.
Systems are estimated to come back up in about 30 minutes. Oh please, oh please stay down longer! I don't want it to be a busy day today!
The Gods must be on my side today. The systems are still down this morning. Oh, please let them stay down all day!!!!
I know that the corporate machine sucks the life out of me, and I should have more of a "DAMN THE MAN" kind of attitude, but I just saw HP's new commerical for their digital products. It features "Pictures of You" by The Cure, and a little tear came running down my face. Maybe it's because I love the song so much, or maybe it's because "The Man" has put something that I hold so dear through the corporate machine. I think it's more about the fact that a voice from my generation is making a dent in the corportate machine, one commerical at a time.
My friend Glen wanted to know what the update for my laptop crisis was.
I called Dell, and they are going to work with me on the price. So it looks like the total cost will be about $1300.
I lost my car keys and the key to my other job was on the same ring. I'm so pissed off about it. When I was 4 yrs old, I had lost the right of one pair of sandles and the left of another. I was making my dad late for something, and he made me wear the two different shoes. Wherever we went someone pointed out that I had two different shoes on. So from that point, I have never lost a thing! Now, I have no clue where I put my keys. I'm at a complete loss as to where they may be.
So I have been saving for a lifetime it seems for a new computer. I really wanted to get a laptop so I can take it to my other jobs and for having a DVD player when/if I travel.
I am partial to Dell since I that's what we have in the house right now, and we've never had any problems with the two that we have. So I have been scoping out Dell for like the last month. Got the configuration that I wanted, and the total cost would have been $1301. So I save my cart, and it tells me that the cart is good until Nov. 1.
Well I go in to check my cart this past Thrs. Low and behold, my cart does not exsist. And did I bother to print it? HELL NO! ARRRGGGGHHH! Now the same configuration is going for $1699!
Crap is the year almost over?? Is it me or has this year just been flying by?
I'm headed off to the other job for a bit. Gots tons of computer stuff to do. Luckily I like doing it. I should have been there 20 minutes ago, but having extra time to sleep was more important today for some reason.
A new laptop and digital camera are in the near future. I can't wait!
see ya later!
