Yayyyy!!! Beach Trip begins t/m!!!

Ok, I am sooo ready to leave. Even though it will only be until Sunday, I am still very excited. Fun, Sun, good food, time with my hubby... what more could you ask for?

BTW... If anyone is reading my blog (I am not convinced that I'm not just talking to myself most days) please leave me comments!

The first person to leave me a comment will get a prize. (That prize may be imaginary, but hey, a prize is a prize.) Just kidding, I will send you something special if you comment!.

;-)

Have a great weekend everyone and I will write when we get back and let ya know how everything went.

Quote of the Day: In a speech this week, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said that America needs to work together to conserve oil. Then Arnold lit a cigar and drove over the crowd in his Hummer. -- Conan OBrien

The Beach!!!!

We are leaving Friday for a quick jaunt to the beach. Yes, I said jaunt. We will be going down Friday and returning Sunday! I am as excited as if I am spending a whole week or longer. Just the chance to get away from it all for a couple of days makes me happy.

Ok, it doesn't make me as happy as say a mocha from Starbucks, but I am pretty happy none the less. I just had a wonderful idea... drinking a mocha from the aforementioned Starbucks while driving to and from the beach!!! Brilliant!!!

Anyways, I don't know how I am going to make it through the next few days, but I will just grin and bear it, or is that saying grin at a bear and he will bear it, or bare a grin and a bear will get you? I don't know. Sleep deprivation is getting to me. I am starting to make less sense than I did before, and that ain't saying much.

Have you heard that gas may continue to drop in price over the next 2 years? Yes, there was an article that said that it may be down to $1.50 a gallon within a year or so. Wooohooo... now we can all afford to eat again. Yayyyyyy!!!

Last thing I want to mention... one of the things that has burned me up for a long time, but I have had nowhere to voice my opinions on it...

PEOPLE WHO SMOKE AROUND THEIR CHILDREN!!!
You people, and you know who you are, are not only idiots, you are also the most selfish human beings in the world. Your children are required to be around you day in and day out. This does not make it ok for you to hoist your child onto your hip and smoke like a chimney right in their little faces. These children are at a big risk of getting cancer from your second hand smoke and you just don't care. It is fine with me if you give yourself a life threatening disease, you smell bad, and everyone who isn't a smoker shies away from you, but putting your children through that is inexcusable. I don't know how many times I have been out at a restaurant and seen parents haul their kids outside to watch while they smoke. Have a little decency and at least let the kid have a chance, by not forcing them to breathe in all of those toxic fumes. You don't deserve to have children if you behave so stupidly in front of them. You are required to have a license for driving, fishing, and hunting, but any moron can have children. It's sad, and it isn't fair to these children. Grow up a little bit for your kids and take a lot more care with their lives. Please.

Quote of the Day: "When you look back at your life, make sure it is only with a little regret and a lot of happiness." Shannon Upright

Cars: The Bain of my existence!!!

Ok, Ok I know we all have car problems, and they all get us a little down sometimes... but give me a break! My rear brakes had worn down past the squeaker (it broke off without making a squeak) and needed to be replaced. My wonderful husband took the task of changing them in stride. I, idiot that I am, thought no problem, they will be fixed by dinner time.

Nope, sorry, you lose, wrong answer. He worked on them for over four hours Sunday night to no avail. The caliper/piston would not return to it's normal state of being on the brakes. Something was obviously wrong with the caliper and we didn't realize. With much effort, a few scratches, and a few choice words the caliper was put back on. Ok, a strong C-clamp helped also.

We then took my car the next day to the fair, which is only about 5 miles away from my house. On the trip home we smell the breaks burning, but assume they are new and should therefore smoke a little at first.

Nope, wrong again. By the time we got home and stopped the car, the cover over the rotor was red it had gotten so hot. Fear of fire and my car blowing up stopped me from driving it to work on Tuesday.

Ok, so now we realize the caliper IS the problem and we go to Auto Zone to order another one. Too bad the part won't come in until 3pm today. So, my wonderful, of course, husband will be getting off work early today to get my part and (HOPEFULLY, PRAYING REALLY HARD) get it fixed to day.

Now, I really wonder where my little magic mechanic is. Oh, you don't know about my magic mechanic? He is the little man I dream about! He is about 2 feet tall and he comes to my rescue whenever I have car trouble.

Yes, he is imaginary, but wouldn't it be nice if there was a little robot man stuffed in the trunk for whenever those car problems arise. I can dream, can't I?

Oh well! Maybe one of these days I will have a car that actually works. I can dream about that too!

Thought of the Day: "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius- and a lot of courage- to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein

PUGSY!!!!!!!!!

I just thought that everyone should start the day looking at my pugs face!

Have a great day!

LABOR DAY, SCHMABOR DAY...

Ok, I get that labor day is supposed to signify the end of Summer and give us all a little rest before getting on with our week. But, please, why put it on a Monday? All that does is give you a little taste of freedom before you have to go right back to the "Daily Grind". Huh huh, get it? Anyways, bad joke.

I worked half a day yesterday (so called Labor Day) and then went home. Yes, it was nice to get off early and be able to go home and get some things done in the house. The problem is that it messed my whole sense of, what day of the week it is, up. My body woke up today thinking, "Yeah, it's Saturday, now I get to sleep in (a little) and relax all day." Nope, sorry, my brain alerts me that it was all a cruel twist of fate and today is actually another work day. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, noooooooooooo!"

Ok, ok, so I am a drama queen, sue me. But really, what purpose does it serve for us to have Labor Day on a Monday? It should be on a Friday to give us a long weekend, then you would really feel like you have had a good rest from work.

Oh, well, such is life. As they say, "If you can't beat the crazies, join em." Ok, so nobody really says that, but hey, I can say it if I want to. Yes, I can. Don't argue with me. Oh, that was actually the voices in my head and not a real person. Too bad, sometimes they have a lot of cool arguments with me when no one is around. Loony bin? Who says I am crazy? Ok, maybe a couple of psychiatrists think so, but what do they know? They only went to school for many years and got degrees. Quacks!

Anyways, have a great day, don't let the voices in your head tell you what to do, and smile, it could always be worse than what it really is in your life.

Quote of the Day: "Hey, where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?"

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

You can't see me in my office right now, but I am doing a happy friday dance. I went to lunch and got a Mocha from Starbucks and I am sailing through the last four hours of Friday. What is it about a drink from Starbucks that can just make your whole day? Simple pleasures. They get ya every time.

I was driving down the road coming back from lunch and a guy in a fire department car pulls out and almost hits me because he wasn't paying a bit of attention, but do I get upset? Nope. My mocha is working its way through my system and I am feeling no pain. And no, before you ask, I did not spike it with vodka. It is just the fact that I have cut out drinking almost any caffeine, and this mocha is like a triple shot of it. Mmmmmmmmmmm Gooooooood!!!

Anyways, hope you all are staying dry and having a wonderful day!!!

Quote of the Day: "Great spirits have often encountered opposition from weak minds." Albert Einstein.