No I'm not talking about the kitchen counter... I'm talking about that little thing over there in the corner of my page. Tricia <-- lame ass... even more so for doing that little arrow thing, but I loved my old counter... it gave me stats and trends and ranked me with other pages... *sigh* I could even semi see you, yes YOU, well your IP address. Scary how tech savy I've become in my old age... so now I'm trying this one out... it will have to do until I get over my bitter disagreement with GoStats or find something better. Suggestions out there, DO let me know! :o)
So you all tell me... is it stealing to nab a glass from a bar/resturant? Please take the survay below!
Sometimes it really is hard to tell if as you get older things just aren't as impressive, you have much higher standards, or this world and the people in it are truely declining with each day.
I know we have all heard that when you are little your cup is smaller and easier to fill and as you get older your cup is a whole lot bigger and it takes more... but at times I catch myself wondering... "what is up with the kids today." Then I pause and almost coke because it makes me sound like I'm 47.
I think I say this because I went to an event for this organization I was extremely involved with growing up (IORG). Everything looked a little, ok a whole lot less impressive. The leadership has changed hands and the younger girls are now the older girls running things and I have to think to myself that it is getting run into the ground. At work there are a few 10 year olds that I can see doing very well in the organization, but I somehow completely hesitate even talking about it anymore. I think mainly because I know that they will go to Garden Grove Assembly, and it is totally lacking history and real leadership. I know I should get back involved and try to make something of it, but I don't.
I keep talking that I want my own Girl Scout troop. But who knows where my life is leading and if I would end up abandoning the kids in the next few years. Just my rambling thoughts today. What do you all think of the kids today?
Picking up a few things from local shopping places around my house can be very interesting... let me share with you two stories I've experienced in two days.
First story: Some reason lately I've had an interest in shampoos. It's driving my mom nuts apparently because when I was in Ireland she took all the bottles out of my shower and put them under the sink. She couldn't understand why I needed so many different kinds of shampoo brands in the shower all at the same time. I call it options. I miss sharing a bathroom with roommates and trying out all of their stuff... um... I mean, it wasn't me...
So here are me and Crystal in the shampoo isle smelling them and bargain shopping. So I end up getting Tresemee (tresemme, ooooo la la). It was on sale, 2 for 5 bucks. Can't pass that up. So I get to the register lady and she scans it in and totals it up and the sale price didn't register. So I tell the chick, hey those were labeled 2 for 5. So she unscans them and replies back to me, "That means they're free." Hell yah! So I guess at Albertsons (yes damnit, I crossed the picket line) they have a nifty policy that if it doesn't register, it's free. So boys and girls go to the Albertsons on Westminster and Golden West and pick up some free shampoo and conditioner. Crystal was going to run back and get some, but the lady told her, "Nope now that I know, it doesn't work." Just don't go to the express line.
Second story: Yesterday after my morning shift I stopped into the local liquor store to check out phone cards. They usually have some pretty sweet deals. Dumb me didn't bring any money, wallet, license, nada with me to work that day so I was pretty much just price checking. So I ask the nice man at the counter for a little help finding the cheapest card to call Ireland. The guy was super nice, actually clean, and friendly too, so it wasn't too scary when he came across the counter and walked to the front door where all the rates were listed for each country. Keep in mind that it is 10am. So as he is explaining and pointing to each different option I get a whiff of his breath... the guy had already been drinking something pretty damn strong. Now I know some people out there think I am a drinker and a half, but 10am! Come on! I only do that on vacation, not when I have to be at work in the morning. =0Þ
Quality, quality... so the moral of the story... let's go try buying some liquor at Albertsons that's on sale!
Is it just me, or do you all smile at the person when they check your ID? Like they aren't going to recognize me if I'm not smiling or something...
Same thing with a friend of mine that has to smile when she sees someone taking a picture of anything - human, plant, scenery. She doesn't even have to be in the picture, but there she is smiling away... (Liz you're a dork)!
I've been having some major writer's block lately. I open up a new entry and I just don't know where to start. Let's see... I got to see Mary this weekend, drove her off to the airport! Dang, it had been WAY too long. :o) I also got to see Liz and Ash too. Liz and I went to Ashleigh's diving meet in Redlands on Saturday. You did awesome ACP! Even though I don't like those weird dives when you enter feet first yours was super pretty.
Hmmm... OH! Finally got my pictures back from the trip! YAY! I organized them all and stuff. Eck and I combined all our film so there is a ton. I am a little disapointed though that I didn't take more pictures in Dublin. I think I have just about 5 of them... and they include the Guinness factory and the Jameson factory... can we say theme? I just think at that point in the trip we were over the picture taking thing. Hopefully I'll have some of them up and online soon!
What else did I want to say? Oh, so I'm not a huge reader, so anyone out there with time to kill and like reading stuff, read my sister Jenny's book she wrote and let me know how it is. I'm curious to know, but lazy as hell!
That's it for now I think...
Well today was my first day back at work. The morning went be pretty quick. It was so nice to see the kids, I got lots of hugs and smiles and kids telling me that they missed me. It was way cute and made me feel all warm and fuzzy. Before I left, I made some bracelets and gave them to a bunch of the girls to wear as anklets... of course they had to show me that they were still wearing them, and of course I had to show them that I still have mine on too!
The afternoon went well too. I felt really comfortable back in the club. Any fear that I had about not knowing the kids or them not knowing me or not respecting me because I was new vanished. It was almost like I never left. Two of the little kinders said that they missed me and that they were glad I was back. :o) Hee.. hee.. I think the highlight was when Heidi shared at announcements that I was back and everyone cheered, and it wasn't that sarcastic cheer that you would think... they actually missed me! Yay! I'm on cloud nine, but I'm sure it will wear off by the end of the week.
While I was gone they also tracked me on a bulletin board. There's a map of Ireland and the States. They have little pegs everywhere I went as well as clippings of emails I sent Heidi. (Not all of it was appropriate). They even pinned up the postcard I sent them. It was great! Weird how a job can actually make you feel warranted and wanted. Hmmmm... go figure. That's it for now. Hopefully I'll have pictures to share soon. As of now they are all sitting in New England! Eck? :o)
PS I HATE the new hotmail! Why ya gotta change what we're used to?