The final Big Blog Challenge topic is to post a great email that you got. Here's one that one of my co-workers sent me:
This could happen to you.
I was barely sitting down when I heard a voice from the other stall saying: 'Hi, how are you?'
I'm not the type to start a conversation in the restroom but I don't know what got into me, so I answered, somewhat embarrassed, 'Doin' just fine!'
And the other person says: 'So what are you up to?'
What kind of question is that? At that point, I'm thinking this is too bizarre so I say: 'Uhhh, I'm like you, just traveling!'
At this point I am just trying to get out as fast as I can when I hear another question. 'Can I come over?'
Ok, this question is just too weird for me but I figured I could just be polite and end the conversation. I tell them 'No..I'm a little busy right now!!!'
Then I hear the person say nervously... 'Listen, I'll have to call you back. There's an idiot in the other stall who keeps answering all my questions.'
Cell phones, don't you just love them?
TTFN!
Monday, June 30, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Happy Birthday to me!
Another year, another birthday. I can't complain too much - I'm really happy where I'm at right now. Somewhere along the road I've travelled I've learned about self-acceptance; something I had trouble with when I was younger. Although I wasn't aware of it happening, I've become comfortable with who and what I am. That isn't to say there aren't still some things I'd like to change; there are some issues I'm still struggling with. But overall, I'm really happy. I've been richly blessed with all that I've been given and accomplished in life.
I want to start my post today with my birth verse (taken from http://www.birthverse.com/). "Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?" (Matthew 6:26) I've always liked this passage from Matthew (see verses 25-31); it's a good reminder that we should not worry about our physical needs, that in all things God is looking after us. So I was really happy when I saw that my birth verse was part of one of my favourite passages.
And now...back to my birthday. Here's what the ideal way to spend my ideal birthday would be. Sleep in. Get up around 10:00 and have a nice breakfast that I didn't have to make. Stay in my pajamas until noon and play my new Nintendo game (I bought myself a little birthday gift yesterday - a Tetris game for my Ninteno DS). Get dressed and go out shopping. Meet my friend for a late lunch and maybe a movie. Go home and have my birthday dinner with my whole family (my brother would be there too). Open my gifts and have cake. Watch some TV. Go to bed. Nowhere in this scenario does going to work figure in LOL. It's nice to dream, but...
Here's how the day is actually unfolding. Got up at 6:20, got dressed and did my hair/make-up. Grabbed a cup of coffee and left for work. Listened (and sang along) to one of my new NKOTB cd's that I bought on eBay. Breakfast was a chocolate cupcake at work left over from yesterday's huddle (very tasty, but not so nutritious). Spent the morning trying to balance a report to break down the engineering hours on an invoice I was doing (and yes, it really did take all morning for the one stupid report because I kept having to go back and fix rates and hours). For lunch, I went out to Arby's and got a pecan and chicken salad wrap, potato bites and iced tea (again, very tasty but not so nutritious). YUM! It's the first time since they've had the pecan chicken salad that I've gotten it. When I got back to work, I got a parking spot closer to the door than where I had been parked this morning. I was wishing though that I could still park in stall #626 (for obvious reasons), but's it now a reserved spot for company vehicles. Oh well.
Well, time to go back to my report (it's still not working the way I need it to... GRRRRR).
TTFN!
I want to start my post today with my birth verse (taken from http://www.birthverse.com/). "Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?" (Matthew 6:26) I've always liked this passage from Matthew (see verses 25-31); it's a good reminder that we should not worry about our physical needs, that in all things God is looking after us. So I was really happy when I saw that my birth verse was part of one of my favourite passages.
And now...back to my birthday. Here's what the ideal way to spend my ideal birthday would be. Sleep in. Get up around 10:00 and have a nice breakfast that I didn't have to make. Stay in my pajamas until noon and play my new Nintendo game (I bought myself a little birthday gift yesterday - a Tetris game for my Ninteno DS). Get dressed and go out shopping. Meet my friend for a late lunch and maybe a movie. Go home and have my birthday dinner with my whole family (my brother would be there too). Open my gifts and have cake. Watch some TV. Go to bed. Nowhere in this scenario does going to work figure in LOL. It's nice to dream, but...
Here's how the day is actually unfolding. Got up at 6:20, got dressed and did my hair/make-up. Grabbed a cup of coffee and left for work. Listened (and sang along) to one of my new NKOTB cd's that I bought on eBay. Breakfast was a chocolate cupcake at work left over from yesterday's huddle (very tasty, but not so nutritious). Spent the morning trying to balance a report to break down the engineering hours on an invoice I was doing (and yes, it really did take all morning for the one stupid report because I kept having to go back and fix rates and hours). For lunch, I went out to Arby's and got a pecan and chicken salad wrap, potato bites and iced tea (again, very tasty but not so nutritious). YUM! It's the first time since they've had the pecan chicken salad that I've gotten it. When I got back to work, I got a parking spot closer to the door than where I had been parked this morning. I was wishing though that I could still park in stall #626 (for obvious reasons), but's it now a reserved spot for company vehicles. Oh well.
Well, time to go back to my report (it's still not working the way I need it to... GRRRRR).
TTFN!
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
My newest addiction is...
Webkinz. Yes, I know that I'm too old for stuffed animals (so some would say, anyway). But I don't care! I just love these little cuties - they're so cuddly. My first one was a beagle that I named Harley. After that, in no particular order ('cuz I can't remember LOL), came Cleo the black lab, Amber the yellow lab, Rudyard the reindeer and Lilo the siamese cat. Next on my list of pets to get is the cocker spaniel and the elephant. I just wish they had a dolphin - I would be all over that one. The Shining Stars plush are really cute too. I've seen a couple of those I wouldn't mind having. One's a beagle (I seem to have a thing for beagles lately), and another is a really cute bunny.
On a totally unrelated topic... I'm really quite glad that my birthday is on a Thursday this year. My favourite scrapbook store is open late Thursdays, and with my membership I get a birthday discount. But I can only use it on my actual birthday - I found that out the hard way last year. Which kind of sucks. Especially since the scrapbook store across the street from work let me use my birthday discount almost two weeks after the fact when I had a membership there. I haven't completely decided what I'm going to buy, but I do have my eye on an All My Memories tote. I also have a 40% coupon for Michael's that's good this week too. And Michael's is just down the street from the scrapbook store! I know what I'm getting with that: a Crop-In-Style Paper Sticker Binder. I need something that's sized to hold 12x12 paper for my faith scrapbooking supplies. The only problem is I'm not entirely sure where I'm going to store my new goodies - my corner of my room where I keep my scrappy stuff is overflowing as it is, and the two shelves in my closet where I also have scrappy stuff are both full. Oh, to have my own dedicated scrap space!
TTFN!
On a totally unrelated topic... I'm really quite glad that my birthday is on a Thursday this year. My favourite scrapbook store is open late Thursdays, and with my membership I get a birthday discount. But I can only use it on my actual birthday - I found that out the hard way last year. Which kind of sucks. Especially since the scrapbook store across the street from work let me use my birthday discount almost two weeks after the fact when I had a membership there. I haven't completely decided what I'm going to buy, but I do have my eye on an All My Memories tote. I also have a 40% coupon for Michael's that's good this week too. And Michael's is just down the street from the scrapbook store! I know what I'm getting with that: a Crop-In-Style Paper Sticker Binder. I need something that's sized to hold 12x12 paper for my faith scrapbooking supplies. The only problem is I'm not entirely sure where I'm going to store my new goodies - my corner of my room where I keep my scrappy stuff is overflowing as it is, and the two shelves in my closet where I also have scrappy stuff are both full. Oh, to have my own dedicated scrap space!
TTFN!
These are a few of my favourite things
Today's blog challenge topic is to list 25 of your very favourite things. I have so many favourite things that this was really easy. So without further ado, here is my list of my 25 favourite things:
Favourite Colour: Pink
Favourite Flower: Pansies
Favourite Smell: Rain
Favourite Season: Spring
Favourite Holiday: Christmas - the birth of our Saviour
Favourite Animal: Dolphin
Favourite Food: Chocolate
Favourite Restaurant: Red Lobster
Favourite Drink: Water
Favourite Ice Cream: Peanut Butter Chocolate from Baskin Robbins (suddenly I'm craving a milkshake LOL)
Favourite Perfume: Wish Of Love (Avon)
Favourite Lipstick Revlon Moisturous Lipcolour in Rosewater
Favourite Lotion: Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion
Favourite Piece of Clothing: My $4 Tommy jeans (yes you're reading that right - I got 'em at Goodwill)
Favourite Piece of Jewellery: My daughter's pride ring that my parents gave me for Christmas in 2003
Favourite Place To Hang Out: West Edmonton Mall
Favourite Place To Shop: Reitman's
Favourite Vacation Spot: California
Favourite Bible Verse: Proverbs 3: 5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight."
Favourite Quote: "When you come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: there will be something solid to stand on, or you will be taught to fly." (Barbara J. Winters)
Favourite Song: "The One And Only" - Chesney Hawkes
Favourite Singer: Rebecca St. James
Favourite Group: Bon Jovi
Favourite Movie: "Lady and the Tramp"
Favourite TV Show: CSI: New York
Favourite Book: "The Princess" by Lori Wick
Favourite Author: Max Lucado
Favourite Magazine: Simple Scrapbooks
Favourite Video Game: Tetris
Favourite Way To Relax: In a hot bubble bath with a good book and some candles for atmosphere
Favourite Website: Scrapbook.com
TTFN!
Favourite Colour: Pink
Favourite Flower: Pansies
Favourite Smell: Rain
Favourite Season: Spring
Favourite Holiday: Christmas - the birth of our Saviour
Favourite Animal: Dolphin
Favourite Food: Chocolate
Favourite Restaurant: Red Lobster
Favourite Drink: Water
Favourite Ice Cream: Peanut Butter Chocolate from Baskin Robbins (suddenly I'm craving a milkshake LOL)
Favourite Perfume: Wish Of Love (Avon)
Favourite Lipstick Revlon Moisturous Lipcolour in Rosewater
Favourite Lotion: Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion
Favourite Piece of Clothing: My $4 Tommy jeans (yes you're reading that right - I got 'em at Goodwill)
Favourite Piece of Jewellery: My daughter's pride ring that my parents gave me for Christmas in 2003
Favourite Place To Hang Out: West Edmonton Mall
Favourite Place To Shop: Reitman's
Favourite Vacation Spot: California
Favourite Bible Verse: Proverbs 3: 5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight."
Favourite Quote: "When you come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: there will be something solid to stand on, or you will be taught to fly." (Barbara J. Winters)
Favourite Song: "The One And Only" - Chesney Hawkes
Favourite Singer: Rebecca St. James
Favourite Group: Bon Jovi
Favourite Movie: "Lady and the Tramp"
Favourite TV Show: CSI: New York
Favourite Book: "The Princess" by Lori Wick
Favourite Author: Max Lucado
Favourite Magazine: Simple Scrapbooks
Favourite Video Game: Tetris
Favourite Way To Relax: In a hot bubble bath with a good book and some candles for atmosphere
Favourite Website: Scrapbook.com
TTFN!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
It's my birthday and I'll age if I want to
Today's Big Blog Challenge topic is to write about how we celebrate birthdays. Quite timely since my birthday's coming up in two more days. I have, however, decided that I am not going to get older. That's right. I'm staying 30. Possibly even for 2 or 3 more years to come. I like being 30; it's been a good age. So I've decided to be like Peter Pan and not grow up anymore.
When my brother and I were younger, we always looked forward to our birthdays. Aside from the obvious reasons, we got to pick whatever we wanted for supper and what kind of cake we wanted. Some of the things that I remember requesting were my Grandma's chicken, lasagna and hamburgers. When we had our birthday parties, we generally got to pick out what we wnated to have to eat too.
Now that we're getting older, we sometimes have our birthdays out at the restaurant of our choosing. Or we get take-out from said restaurant and eat at home in our pajamas (which is usually quite a bit more fun, and the bonus is that you don't have waiters making you do embarrassing things while they sing Happy Birthday loud enough for the entire neighbourhood to hear). I say sometimes because I'm still waiting to have my birthday supper from last year. Cake is generally chosen by whoever goes to the store to buy it. Everybody knows that chocolate or cheesecake are good choices for me. MMMMM....cheesecake!
This year for my birthday, I decided that I wanted to have it at one of our favourite restaurants in Montan when we go on holidays next month. Mom's been asking me where I wanted to go, and I've been really struggling with how to tell her that I don't really want to go out for dinner. Like I said, I'm still waiting for last year's dinner. So I decided to pick a place that we want to go to anyway. And we're going to be there for the best part of the week so there's lots of time to go there. Just for fun the other day, I looked up their menu just to get myself all watered up for my supper, and boy, I can't wait!
TTFN!
When my brother and I were younger, we always looked forward to our birthdays. Aside from the obvious reasons, we got to pick whatever we wanted for supper and what kind of cake we wanted. Some of the things that I remember requesting were my Grandma's chicken, lasagna and hamburgers. When we had our birthday parties, we generally got to pick out what we wnated to have to eat too.
Now that we're getting older, we sometimes have our birthdays out at the restaurant of our choosing. Or we get take-out from said restaurant and eat at home in our pajamas (which is usually quite a bit more fun, and the bonus is that you don't have waiters making you do embarrassing things while they sing Happy Birthday loud enough for the entire neighbourhood to hear). I say sometimes because I'm still waiting to have my birthday supper from last year. Cake is generally chosen by whoever goes to the store to buy it. Everybody knows that chocolate or cheesecake are good choices for me. MMMMM....cheesecake!
This year for my birthday, I decided that I wanted to have it at one of our favourite restaurants in Montan when we go on holidays next month. Mom's been asking me where I wanted to go, and I've been really struggling with how to tell her that I don't really want to go out for dinner. Like I said, I'm still waiting for last year's dinner. So I decided to pick a place that we want to go to anyway. And we're going to be there for the best part of the week so there's lots of time to go there. Just for fun the other day, I looked up their menu just to get myself all watered up for my supper, and boy, I can't wait!
TTFN!
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