25 things about me

1. I am afraid of the dark

2. I don’t really like the beach…you get sand in everything, you have to carry everything with you and there are no toilets in near proximity and the ones that are, are nasty.

3. My favorite thing to do in the summer is to just lie around at the lake and do absolutely nothing.

4. I’m pretty sure I don’t ever want to have kids

5. I MUST have at least one coffee each morning otherwise I get headaches

6. I am addicted to McDonald’s diet coke

7. My favorite thing to do on Sundays is go through the sale ads and clip coupons

8. I am OCD about germs and salmonella…I HATE when we have to greet and shake hands at church or anywhere, really. And when I’m cooking with raw chicken, I think I wash my hands twenty times.

9. The older I get, the more judgmental and impatient I am getting – I’m not proud, but there it is.

10. I love winter and snow and sweaters and coats and boots. Give me snow and 20 degrees over heat and humidity any day.

11. I still love to take naps

12. I like to vacuum

13. I love scary movies and tv shows, but I don’t like to actually BE scared (i.e. haunted houses are NOT cool)

14. I love to kick back and just have a glass of wine a couple nights a week

15. I worry about things ALL the time. Sometimes I think I just invent things to worry about.

16. I still get amazed over some of the simplest things – the way the world is so quiet after a snowfall, sunrises and sunsets, rainbows, the way it smells after it rains, the fall colors on the trees.

17. I have literally seen every episode of Friends at least ten times.

18. I am terrible at listening to my voicemail and returning messages…I much prefer texting.

19. I believe that there are no coincidences…everything happens for a reason.

20. I love pineapple and oranges but cannot eat them due to their acid content

21. I could spend hours in Barnes and Noble just browsing through books.

I'm stealing these next two from Rhi:
22. I was obsessed with *NSYNC in college. Like Rhi, I think I saw them about 12 times in concert...twice from front row center. I won't lie, that ROCKED.

23. I totally believe in retail therapy. My bank account doesn't.

24. If I could eat fast food every day for every meal and not gain a pound or die of a heart attack, I would.

25. I have never broken a bone or stayed in a hospital. *knocks on wood*

Inauguration Inschmauguration

You would think we have never had a president inaugurated before. Really people?!?! Is it necessary to lose our minds over this?? Also, just FYI, Obama is NOT African-American. He is Bi-racial. There's kind of a difference and I wish people would figure that out.

On another note, I heard through the grapevine that certain department stores (Macy's, Nordstrom, Dillard's, etc.) were giving away free cosmetics today due to some class action lawsuit for price-gouging. So I headed on over to Macy's on my lunch and scored myself some free perfume and Clinique lotion!

And lastly, this week my parents are on a cruise to the Grand Caymans, Cozumel, Honduras and Belize City. I spoke with my mom on Sunday before they embarked and it was a sunny 76 degrees in Miami. Color me jealous.

Hilarity ensues...

And so begins another round of American Idol. After, what is this? the eight season? you would think that I wouldn't be shocked any more by how much some of these people SUCK. But yet, I sit there with my mouth hanging open wondering why the HELL someone doesn't tell these people they can't sing before they make fools of themselves on national television.
Now, I understand that a lot of these tards are just doing it to get some face time, but some of these people actually think they can sing. Where are their friends? I'm sorry, but if my brother/sister/friend/son/daughter told me that they were going to audition and they couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, I would SAY something to prevent them from looking ridiculous in front of millions of people. Like the dude last night with the peroxide hair and jacked up teeth. Before he even went in to audition, he was talking to Gaycrest (I mean, Seacrest) and even admitted that some people have told him he can't sing. Um, probably because you CAN'T. Oy.

We'll miss you, Tony

The coach of the Indianapolis Colts, Tony Dungy, has decided to call it quits and retire. Even though there were rumblings about it at the end of last season, I had completely forgotton about it so it came as quite a shock. Tony was the only coach who I liked just as much as the players on the team, so it makes me sad. I know he has his reasons and he feels like it's the right time for him, so I will support him. He took my Colts to a Superbowl Championship and ended his Colts career at 73-23 - not too shabby. I just hope the dude they find to take his place is not a complete wanker.

We'll miss you, Tony - it's been a great seven years...

Waiting room annoyance

This morning I had my fun yearly visit to the doctor. I check in and sit down in the waiting area. The chair I'm sitting in has a chair next to it and then two more perpendicular to them, so a total of four chairs in this little group. This lady comes in with her husband and her kid who was probably no older than 1 year. She's pregnant again too. Way to go. Have fun with that. Anyway, they check in and sit down. Where, you might ask? In the two chairs closest to me. That's right. I didn't count, but the entire waiting room area had to have AT LEAST 50 other chairs and there were MAYBE four other people sitting in the chairs waiting....you do the math.

And to make matters worse, after they sit down, the mom starts talking to her husband about how her kid stinks because his diaper is dirty but she doesn't want to go change it because they might call her name while she's gone but she doesn't think they have changing tables in the rooms. SERIOUSLY??? I swear these things only happen to me.
While I was pondering whether to be rude and move or to just suck it up and stay there, they called my name to come back. The universe must have sensed my turmoil and allowed me a little reprieve.

Losing my mind

Some days I feel like I am truly losing it. Getting older or just too much on my mind? It's up for debate. Anywho, this morning I went through the McDonald's drive-thru to get my daily fix of caffeine and I decided a fruit 'n' yougurt parfait sounded good. So I ordered and paid. I get to the last window and the lady starts to hand me a bag. Thinking it was a breakfast sandwich of some sort, I tell her "no, I just had a large coffee." So she gives me this weird look and then hands me my coffee and I drive about my merry way. I'm almost to work and remembered that I had acutally ordered a parfait also. I bet the McDonald's lady was wondering what kind of drugs I was on. Maybe I need drugs....

Back to the grind

Back to work we go. Randy had two weeks off and I only worked a total of four days the past two weeks so it was a little rough getting up this morning. I guess I should just be thankful that I even have a job but it doesn't make it any more fun!!!

I've always wondered whose idea it was to cram the four best holidays of the year in to a two-month timespan. Oct 31 - Dec 31 and then bam, done for the rest of the year. Not cool. Couldn't we have at least thrown one in around June or something?? At least my birthday's in May, so that kind of helps....sort of...