The LOUD one in the office

For those of you who know me well...it is NOT me that is the loud person at the office.

I may talk loud on the telephone, my voice is trained to carry from years as a disc jockey...

I may crack a joke or two with people who I consider my "work friends"....or just friends.

I might even voice my opinion about something rather decisively - or forcefully, or aggressive, you pick your word...I say I am just pointing out how THEY are wrong...

But, I am not the person who makes the office unbearable to come to...the LOUD presence who makes everyone feel un-welcome. Unfortunately I identified this woman the day I interviewed at my current job. She scowled at me as I walked past her office with my future boss...nice, huh?

She is on vacation this week.

God is it peaceful.

New Envirosax

Envirosax sends me notification when they get new styles - I do this to torture myself apparently! Becasue I want a new set EVERY TIME.... however I resist because how earth friendly would that be if I just had a million sets of Envirosax?

Anyway, check out their blog about Earth Day and the contribution that using Envirosax has on the planet...

Then DROOL (yes pun intended) over the new Animal Planet series! I wish they would send me that one - or the Botanica set, or the new Candy set, or...

P.S. I sent them a COOL suggestion for new product/packaging. I will let you know if they actually take my idea and run with it! ;)

let's get physical, physical...I wannna get...

Since last fall when I finally complained to my hubby about my lack of time to hit the gym - he and I have been trading days to get up at 4:30 am (we have a toddler and teenagers -when do you think we can work out?) and go to the Y.

I am NOT in the greatest shape of my life, yet, but I am working on it - and need the rest of you to know the rules I have learned about manners and etiquette at the gym.

It was something I felt passionately about after a few 'iffy' mornings of people interupting my high on the treadmill - and as The Countess says - Anyone can have class.

Alright, alright, alright. I said I was going to have more patience and be nicer to people this year, but writing this will prevent me from shoving one of these annoying people off their treadmill - OKAY? ;)

1. Do not get on the machine NEXT to someone already working out if there are others open! Unless you know them, then it is a fun distraction!
2. If you MUST get on a machine next to someone try to find someone at cool down, or just starting, not someone in the zone.
3. If you MUST get on a machine next to someone in the zone - do not "f" around. Get on and start working out - do not start and stop a bunch of times, and futz with a book AND a newspaper, you are being DISRUPTIVE. stop it.
4. Do not wear heavily scented lotion or ANY PERFUME at ALL to the gym. You are there to get sweaty and people have asthma, I do NOT want to have to use my inhaler because you wore your perfume to the gym!!!
5. Do find a place AWAY from people if you know you are having a gassy day. Like the LAST row of machines, not the first - so when you fart your scent hits us all. Just not classy dude. Even my gass-ius husband knows this one.

So there you have it, the rules you need to not cause the woman next to you at the Y to scream inside her head for you to GO AWAY!!!!!!!

I hope it was helpful.

am I cold and heartless?

So Sair was going to Prom with her boyfriend of about nine months and he called her Wednesday night after she got home from confirmation and

BROKE UP WITH HER OVER THE PHONE???

Yes, I think that is gutless and he is a rude little pig - frankly I did not care for him much, he would slobber on her in front of us, she seemed to pay for everything and he was not even one-tenth as cute as she deserved.

Her mom let her stay home from school. I did not really agree with that - he does not go to her school and it is just a boyfriend...

I said this to the T-Bone and he disagreed BIG TIME - he said, "What would she learn if she just was at school to cry all day? She was all ready for prom and everything."

Thus revealing once again that mommy is probably a big meanie.

Thoughts?

A lighter blogging moment

I was watching the Lindsey Lohan E-harmony ad on http://www.funnyordie.com/ and feel totally vindicated about my choices in funny men...like this one

And of course my longtime love interest -

And this guy too ;) My own little drama queen!

When I looked down and saw - OUR PEOPLE on Funny or Die, Chris Henchy??? Isn't he??

Yup, married to Brooke Sheilds.

AND they have two kids...

That is it - funny men get hot chicks.

Daily Definition

ASS

The Sad Balloon & The Happy Eggs

The sad balloon in Galtier Plaza is now visible from our company balcony. The strings look like they are working their way around and it perhaps will one day fall from it's perch in the ceilings girders.

Boo Boo La La and Daddy made pretty Easter Eggs while Sair and I were at church for the Maunday Thursday service.

Aren't my baby and baby-daddy talented?

About a year ago...

About a Year Ago I put up the post about being "too busy".

This Housewife of NYC is illuminating my point EXACTLY. (what a beyotch)

It is exhausting to think that she actually gets paid to be this stupid.

Mom Meme - Meme Mom

I know you all want to know more about me – well at least TheMom does!

She tagged me some time ago, but I did not have the luxury to pontificate about myself until now.

The Rules
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them. (If you read it, consider yourself TAGGED!)
5. Let each person know they’ve been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

Okay, so where to begin…

1. Until very recently all my favorite people to talk to were the guys in my life. I don’t know why, but guys always liked being my friend and I liked having them ask me for advice, rides to school, cut their hair, etc. It made me feel important and not in the “need” to have a boyfriend. Don’t get me wrong I LIKED having boyfriends, but it did not seem super important until I was over thirty. (I still have lots of guy friends, but now it is more even with the number of women I like to be around.)
2. I have a warped body sense that belies what I see in the mirror. Unless I look in the mirror or see a picture I always think of myself as being thinner than I am right now. I believe this is because when I was growing up my grandmother ALWAYS told me that I had a “perfect little shape”.
3. I watch videos of my daughter on YouTube almost every day at work – and I have tons of pictures of her around my office. I could not make it through the day if I didn’t have that to look forward to on occasion.
4. I love the zoo – if it were not so far away I think I would go every weekend for at least an hour.
5. I love historical fiction, but the last book I read “Bread and Dreams” was TERRIBLE – I read it anyway because I paid good money for that loser book.
6. I am addicted to SuperPoke Pets on Facebook – if you have not played, don’t do it. It becomes an obsession to get every cool new item on Thursday mornings when the Pet Shop refreshes with all the coins you built up on playdates….sigh.

I hope you found out something new - because TAG you are it!