So the army has this thing called the VTC (Video TeleConference). Basically you are told a day and time to show up and you go and wait your turn and then the put you in a conference room with two HUGE screens...one shows you and the other shows your loved one that is overseas. You get anywhere from 15-30 minuts (depending on many factors). Since the internet is down in the individual rooms and you can't use webcams in the internet cafe where my husband is stationed, this is the only way that we get to SEE each other right now. It is definitely a priviledge and I LOVE when we get a slot.
So, now you know the background...well last month the day that the VTC was being held was the weekend I was visiting California so I had to miss it. Today I just got on email that shows that we got a slot...for THIS Sunday....the day I am flying back from Las Vegas (going there with my husband's family). So that means I have to say "sorry can't make it" again :-( I know that my husband understands but I feel bad. I bet the people in charge are thinking "Dang, his wife doesn't care about him, she just travels and travels..." Which is not true, it has just been the last two times. GRRRR!!! If only tickets were easier to refund or move around but they are not and I know that spending time with my husbands family makes me feel better and keeps me out of a deployment rut. But what about what makes him feel better? I know he likes the VTC too!!
Well.....I just hope that they get the internet working soon where he is so that we can use the webcam. Other than that...I will NOT be traveling for the rest of the summer....that way I will be here if we are lucky enough to get a slot again.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Saturday, May 31, 2008
My Family is Medically Challenged Right Now
I guess I should attach this to the "Three Theory" post but heck, I'll let it have its own spot. By the way...how is everyone doing? I know, I go so long without posting and you all get sad. I know because I get phone calls saying "is there a new post yet?" or "don't you have anything to 'bitchngripe' about right now?" Ah, its good to feel needed :-)
So....on with it. A couple months ago I got a call from my mother stating that my grandfather (her dad) was taken to the hospital with chest pains and that after an angiogram was told he had blockages and would need an angioplasty [p.s. my mom's angiogram from the below post came back fine, yeah!]. Unfortunately the hospital he was at was, um, how do you say.....back in the woods and they are lucky to have the electricity running to boil water. Therefore he was waiting for an ambulance service to take him to the larger hospital. That was day one. Day two...stilll waiting....Day three...Ta da finally to the "real" hospital! Oh, but there is more. Turns out that he wasn't just admitted due to chest pains, he had actually suffered a heart attack that even the po-dunk hospital was able to see, my dumb uncle just forgot to tell my mom that part. Yeah, okay. So Grandpa gets his procedure and spends about a week in the hospital chasing nurses and being forced to quit smoking. Know what else I found out? No one was with him or visited him the WHOLE week!! That side of my family has their priorities a bit messed up, dontcha think?
Now, I mentioned this was in a group of three...so luck number two is....my older sister! She ended up having her appendix removed the week before her college graduation. Now my sister is 28 so obviously she is no longer on my parent's insurance, however I think we were all under the assumption that she was on some kind of insurance. In fact I happen to have gone to the same college system that she was at and know that they provide student insurance that is pretty cheap, provided you sign up for it, which...she did not. Anyone want to guess the bill for an emergency room admittance, emergency appendectomy and one day hospital stay? Drum roll.......just over $10,000!!! Yikes! Did I mention that because of school she has only been working a part time job that makes just over minimum wage? So.....I am selling these yummy chocolate bars to raise money for my sister's hospital bill....how many would you like to buy? heehee...just kidding.
Lastly, my grandmother was taken to the hospital this week due to pain and disorientation. A little background on this one....my grandmother is blind, diabetic, has high blood pressure and has been on dialysis for over a year. She lives with my worthless cousin, her ex-con husband and their 4 kids. Wait, it should be the other way around, they live with my grandmother and mooch off her social security and treat her like garbage. We have had a family squabble over this situation for years but my grandmother said it wouldn't be right to kick those poor kids out...whatever, they are going to grow up to be their parents if you allow this crap to go on....whoa....getting off track, jumping off the soap box. So, they take her to the hospital and start a battery of tests and Dr. Dougie Howser tells my mom that he is diagnosing my grandmother with diabetes...no shit Sherlock! Guess what she is blind too! Try reading the freaking chart and drug list before you decide to make "profound" statements. So then my aunt shows up and informs my mom that my grandmother was also disgnosed with Alzheimer's a few months ago...thanks for the phone call on that one aunt-of-the-year. So they send my grandmother home after doing....nothing. The next day the ambulance was there again to take her in as her legs were in so much pain she was screaming. So now the doctor's have decided that she has enough stuff wrong with her that she needs to go to a nursing home as she need round-the-clock care (I agree). So until we can set that up and since her blood sugar is all over the place, wouldn't you think that they would admit her? Nope...the insurance company somehow decided it was cheaper to send her home with a 24-hour-a-day nurse. Now my cousin is bitching about where the nurse is going to sleep and who is expected to feed her. Some people are so screwed up....
Well, there is my family's medical dramas for now. If anything it just makes me want to work harder on being healthy so, gym here I come!
So....on with it. A couple months ago I got a call from my mother stating that my grandfather (her dad) was taken to the hospital with chest pains and that after an angiogram was told he had blockages and would need an angioplasty [p.s. my mom's angiogram from the below post came back fine, yeah!]. Unfortunately the hospital he was at was, um, how do you say.....back in the woods and they are lucky to have the electricity running to boil water. Therefore he was waiting for an ambulance service to take him to the larger hospital. That was day one. Day two...stilll waiting....Day three...Ta da finally to the "real" hospital! Oh, but there is more. Turns out that he wasn't just admitted due to chest pains, he had actually suffered a heart attack that even the po-dunk hospital was able to see, my dumb uncle just forgot to tell my mom that part. Yeah, okay. So Grandpa gets his procedure and spends about a week in the hospital chasing nurses and being forced to quit smoking. Know what else I found out? No one was with him or visited him the WHOLE week!! That side of my family has their priorities a bit messed up, dontcha think?
Now, I mentioned this was in a group of three...so luck number two is....my older sister! She ended up having her appendix removed the week before her college graduation. Now my sister is 28 so obviously she is no longer on my parent's insurance, however I think we were all under the assumption that she was on some kind of insurance. In fact I happen to have gone to the same college system that she was at and know that they provide student insurance that is pretty cheap, provided you sign up for it, which...she did not. Anyone want to guess the bill for an emergency room admittance, emergency appendectomy and one day hospital stay? Drum roll.......just over $10,000!!! Yikes! Did I mention that because of school she has only been working a part time job that makes just over minimum wage? So.....I am selling these yummy chocolate bars to raise money for my sister's hospital bill....how many would you like to buy? heehee...just kidding.
Lastly, my grandmother was taken to the hospital this week due to pain and disorientation. A little background on this one....my grandmother is blind, diabetic, has high blood pressure and has been on dialysis for over a year. She lives with my worthless cousin, her ex-con husband and their 4 kids. Wait, it should be the other way around, they live with my grandmother and mooch off her social security and treat her like garbage. We have had a family squabble over this situation for years but my grandmother said it wouldn't be right to kick those poor kids out...whatever, they are going to grow up to be their parents if you allow this crap to go on....whoa....getting off track, jumping off the soap box. So, they take her to the hospital and start a battery of tests and Dr. Dougie Howser tells my mom that he is diagnosing my grandmother with diabetes...no shit Sherlock! Guess what she is blind too! Try reading the freaking chart and drug list before you decide to make "profound" statements. So then my aunt shows up and informs my mom that my grandmother was also disgnosed with Alzheimer's a few months ago...thanks for the phone call on that one aunt-of-the-year. So they send my grandmother home after doing....nothing. The next day the ambulance was there again to take her in as her legs were in so much pain she was screaming. So now the doctor's have decided that she has enough stuff wrong with her that she needs to go to a nursing home as she need round-the-clock care (I agree). So until we can set that up and since her blood sugar is all over the place, wouldn't you think that they would admit her? Nope...the insurance company somehow decided it was cheaper to send her home with a 24-hour-a-day nurse. Now my cousin is bitching about where the nurse is going to sleep and who is expected to feed her. Some people are so screwed up....
Well, there is my family's medical dramas for now. If anything it just makes me want to work harder on being healthy so, gym here I come!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
My New Walkway
Grass & Weed Killer $612Solar Lights $60
Black Plastic $24
12 Bags of Egg Rock $50
6 more Bags of Rock $27
Burning off 3 pounds from lifting ridiculously heavy bags of rock: PRICELESS
Some things money can't buy, for everything else there's Mastercard!! (or in our case-American Express!)
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
So your kid wants a dog huh?
So I have had some friends staying with me and their 3-year-old daughter was outside playing with my dogs yesterday afternoon. I am so glad that I have had the opportunity to see my dogs interact with such a small child because they are amazing! They never snap at her or growl or anything else scary and they allow her to torment them to a certain degree without even walking away. In fact my 120-something pound lab/mastiff mix is pretty much in love with her. Follows her EVERYWHERE! My other dog is a golden retriever. See totally adorable picture :-) So now you know the background...
So like I said, she was outside playing with the dogs yesterday and my phone rings....it is my neighbor and he says his daughter wants to come play with the girl in my yard. Sure no problem. So I go outside and this girl and her younger brother are hanging out talking to the little one in my yard through the fence. We do the reach-over and he passed the kids into my yard. Who then start SCREAMING in terror at my dogs. Uh....did you NOT see them through the fence? My dogs of course are like "what the hell is wrong with you? Maybe if I lick your face you will feel better". My neighbor does NOTHING. He just starts talking about how he would love to get a dog. UmmmKay....this only lasted about 5 mimutes and we were passing his kids back over to him because if they screamed and cried for a second longer I was going to have to start screaming myself.
My friend's daughter asked me why they left...I told her because they were scared of the dogs. She said "Axl was just licking her and giving her kisses." Out of the mouths of babes. Dear Neighbor, please don't get a dog until: 1. you build a fence, 2. your children learn to grow a pair and 3. they are old enough to help with the responsibility of it all. Thank you.
Friday, April 4, 2008
The Three Theory
You know you have heard that "everything comes in threes"...well at least bad things like death and such. Why don't good things come in threes? Well, I guess maybe if you were expecting triplets you could claim that but that leaves a very small portion of the population. So here is my terrible three for yesterday:
1. I got pulled over in the morning for having a headlight out. No fix-it ticket or anything just a warning to get it fixed. GREAT. So I went to the auto parts store after work. The minute I popped the hood to take the old one out this guy came up and offered to help me. I got the "poor silly GIRL thinks she can do this" look. I was tired so I just let him do it...but idiot me I didn't pay attention. So he pulls out the old bulb we go in get a new one and while I am paying the cashier the guy goes out and puts the new bulb in. When I return to my car and switched on the headlights it still didn't work!! Turns out that the "smart GUY" replaced the light for my brights NOT the regular headlight. *Smacks head* and returns inside for the right part. Stupid boys....
2. My mom recently got herself a trainer and started hitting the gym hard (class reunion year, you know how this goes). Anyway, she has been having wierd spells during some of her workouts so the trainer suggested that she go get a complete physical which lead to some other tests and finally she found out yesterday that she has an abnormality in her heart...uh, WHAT? They are waiting for insurance to approve an angiogram to see what it is exactly. The doctor "isn't too concerned and thinks it might be a blockage that they can get out with an angioplasty, but if I start getting chest pains I am supposed to go to urgent care". Holy Crap....
3. When I moved from California to Texas I had everything except my car loan switched to a bank here. I couldn't get a better rate for the car loan so I left my Credit Union account in Cali open in order for them to take my car payment out of. I started by sending checks written to myself every month to my mom to put into that account to pay the loan. Well, she always got them there late and then I found out that she would sort of forget about them and then give them to my sister to take. Since my sister has an account at the same bank it made more sense to send them to her. Loan comes out the 1st of every month like clockwork. So why did she get the check Monday (the 31st) and yet here it was Thursday (the 3rd) and my account is showing deliquent because she still hasn't taken the check??? ARG!! I have to find a better way to transfer my money :-(
On top of that there was a lot of crappy-crappy files at work that required me to spend more than 50% of my day at the various courthouses and the tax assessors office trying to find some answers...no such luck. So, why is it again that bad shit comes in threes? I am ready for some good news now.
1. I got pulled over in the morning for having a headlight out. No fix-it ticket or anything just a warning to get it fixed. GREAT. So I went to the auto parts store after work. The minute I popped the hood to take the old one out this guy came up and offered to help me. I got the "poor silly GIRL thinks she can do this" look. I was tired so I just let him do it...but idiot me I didn't pay attention. So he pulls out the old bulb we go in get a new one and while I am paying the cashier the guy goes out and puts the new bulb in. When I return to my car and switched on the headlights it still didn't work!! Turns out that the "smart GUY" replaced the light for my brights NOT the regular headlight. *Smacks head* and returns inside for the right part. Stupid boys....
2. My mom recently got herself a trainer and started hitting the gym hard (class reunion year, you know how this goes). Anyway, she has been having wierd spells during some of her workouts so the trainer suggested that she go get a complete physical which lead to some other tests and finally she found out yesterday that she has an abnormality in her heart...uh, WHAT? They are waiting for insurance to approve an angiogram to see what it is exactly. The doctor "isn't too concerned and thinks it might be a blockage that they can get out with an angioplasty, but if I start getting chest pains I am supposed to go to urgent care". Holy Crap....
3. When I moved from California to Texas I had everything except my car loan switched to a bank here. I couldn't get a better rate for the car loan so I left my Credit Union account in Cali open in order for them to take my car payment out of. I started by sending checks written to myself every month to my mom to put into that account to pay the loan. Well, she always got them there late and then I found out that she would sort of forget about them and then give them to my sister to take. Since my sister has an account at the same bank it made more sense to send them to her. Loan comes out the 1st of every month like clockwork. So why did she get the check Monday (the 31st) and yet here it was Thursday (the 3rd) and my account is showing deliquent because she still hasn't taken the check??? ARG!! I have to find a better way to transfer my money :-(
On top of that there was a lot of crappy-crappy files at work that required me to spend more than 50% of my day at the various courthouses and the tax assessors office trying to find some answers...no such luck. So, why is it again that bad shit comes in threes? I am ready for some good news now.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
So this crazy lady I work with...
Background: I work with this lady, Susie, who has an early 20's daughter, Kyra. Now, I am nice to everyone when I first meet them but spend 10 minutes talking to Kyra and you will want to strangle her. First, she has everyone thinking that she is stupid because she says retarded things like "my IQ is 20/20" yeah…REALLY dumb. The thing is if you watch her face when she says stuff she was 2 expressions: #1 when she says something stupid on PURPOSE her eyes with sparkle and she will give a giggle. Like "oh, everyone is paying attention to me". #2 expression when she says something on accident: she will get a deer in the headlights look and not laugh because she knows that everyone is laughing because she is in fact stupid.
Okay, besides that she is one of these super spoiled children and have mommy and daddy so and pay for everything. She flunked out of college that they were paying for, drives around in the car that they pay for, etc. You know where this goes. She DEMANDS to have those freaking $250 purses and other expensive things. She recently got engaged (to a guy that has already cheated on her since the engagement but whatever). Her parents are now taking out either a 2nd or 3rd mortgage on their house to pay for this lavish affair (or so the rumor goes). Her family does not have money and her dad has recently had major surgery but all that matters to Kyra is getting everything she wants. In fact her brother was supposed to go on a trip to Disneyland this week with the band from school but he couldn't. Now, if you ask them it is because he didn't want to go unless his mommy could be a chaperone…whatever! No teenage boy says no for that reason….the real reason is because they couldn't afford to send him when every extra dime they make goes to the pretty-pretty-princess wedding.
So, getting to the point…..a friend of mine recently got married and since she used to work in our office, Susie was invited and brought her daughter with her. They were SO rude at the wedding and I was just in shock. When we returned to work I was so heated that I decided to avoid her for a while thinking that it would be better to ignore her that to blow up. Then she emailed….here is the conversation: (S=Susie M=me any text in green is my comments on her BS which I did not send to her, I added them for the purpose of this blog)
S: I was just wondering what I have done to offend you, because since Mindy’s wedding you haven’t spoken or even looked at me so I know something is wrong because you usually talk to me some.
M: Yes, I am upset with you but instead of just blowing up I decide that I needed to take a step back, look at everything and then discuss it with you. The bottom line is that you and your daughter were very rude at Mindy's wedding. You can say whatever you like but I heard from several people and I viewed many of the behaviors with my own eyes. It is very hard for me to understand why you would go to someone's wedding if you were not there 100% in support of the couple but rather to "scoop out" and "critic" the situation for what? In an attempt to make your daughter's wedding "better"? I think that is a horrible thing to do.
You and I have discussed before that I am not the greatest fan of your daughter but I have always viewed you as two separate people and not held any of my opinions toward her against you, but now I don't know if I can do that after having seen that some of her rude behaviors were obviously either learned from or okay by you. I am aware that Kyra made comments about my wedding basically calling it "cheap". I can deal with what people say about me because quite frankly I don't care. However, for you and her to sit there and pick apart Mindy's wedding disgusted me to no end. Also, I overheard you repeating some of your criticism to people at work the following Monday…what is the point?
I don't know (nor care) how you are paying for Kyra's wedding but let me say that Mindy and AJ did a wonderful job considering that they had NO help financial from family. Their wedding was about them and it showed a lot of their character. Weddings are not about being grand, showy, costly events…they are about the couple and they should be shared with those people that love them and support their decision to make a life together. I think that your motives for attending their wedding were awful and it hurts and upsets me on behalf of two wonderful people.
Well I’m sorry you feel that way, but Kyra and I weren’t rude at all(*cough* bullshit *cough*). I don’t know who you got your information from but when it was only us talking and my husband it would have been hard to hear something (hmmm...hard to hear something...that would mean you DID talk shit and you are wondering how you got caught), when we didn’t talk to anyone else there,but Mindy’s parents and Summer a little (P.S. Summer is the one that told us you were talking shit about what the other guests were wearing, which equals RUDE). We weren’t there just to scope out the wedding, We have known Mindy for a lot longer period than you have and really cared about her marriage. Not one of us criticized her wedding, in fact Kyra loved her cake (because enjoying the cake means you were nice?), so again I don’t know where or who you got information from but they are wrong. (WOW...since I SAW most of it, I am wrong?)
As far as rude behavior, I think the way you were at the wedding was a lot worse than mine or Kyra’s. Kyra has never called your wedding cheap either (uh, yes she did--i fucking HEARD her), she and I both thought it was pretty, but believe who you want that’s up to you. We didn’t pick Mindy’s wedding apart either. There was no critizing at work either, only one person asked about it and that was Janey, and I didn’t respond negatively. (Again I HEARD her telling Janey that she thought the color scheme was off for a barn setting)
Yes, AJ and Mindy did a great job for their wedding and should be very proud of it. WE had no motives again, and to be quite frank with you I don’t know why you or anyone at this office hates or dislikes Kyra so much, she hasn’t done anything to anyone here. Just because of things she might buy is not a good reason, if that’s the case I think you or anyone else would have to not like a lot of other people. Kyra is the one that has heard things behind her back , and don’t think she doesn’t know.
Just stop. The only thing I hate more than rude behavior is lying. I will only address 2 things:
1. As far as rude behavior, I think the way you were at the wedding was a lot worse than mine or Kyra’s.
Are you crazy? Mindy asked me to be part of her wedding in the respect that I was to facilitate things going smoothly. I did everything that she asked of me and more because I care for her. You may have known her longer, but I know her better. If you think having a few drinks and dancing with EVERYONE else is rude behavior I will get you an etiquette book…asking where her servers are for the cake or pointing out how you do or don't think he color scheme works for a barn setting is RUDE.
2. Just because of things she might buy is not a good reason, if that’s the case I think you or anyone else would have to not like a lot of other people.
You obviously did not listen when I talked to you about Kyra. It is not the things she buys…it is the fact that she THINKS the things she buys makes her better than everyone else. Basically, she is shallow. Yes, I said it. That is why I do not like her. The fact that you make reference to other people not liking her either should open your eyes…if numerous people do not like your daughter…maybe it isn't them…maybe its her. Think about it.
I have nothing else to say on the matter.
I will stop after I say this, I hate lying also, and I don’t need an etiquette book, because I wasn’t there when you were drinking or dancing and don’t care if you did or not. (uh...then please point out what I did that you conceived as rude....) We never said anything about her color scheme either, you are getting a lot of wrong info from someone, but I don’t care, because I know what we did and said and it was nothing like you have festered up. (hmmm...my ears are deceiving me?)
Furthermore, Kyra doesn’t think shes better than anyone else, you just think that and I don’t appreciated you calling her shallow (uh, but she is), but I guess I could expect that from you, being the person you are evidently. My eyes are open and there is only one other person (uh no hunny...there is NO ONE that I have ever talked to in this office that likes your SHALLOW daughter) I believe that doesn’t like her which when I consider them, oh well., I just consider the source. And thanks for the name calling of Kyra, I really appreciate it and its hurts deeply, maybe one day when you have children if you do you will understand. I have nothing else to say either, because I haven’t done NOTHING…. (double negative...sounds like you have done something...)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Thanks for the laugh.
IM GLAD YOU THINK ITS FUNNY BECAUSE I DON’T, BUT SINCE YOU DO THAT TELLS ME A LOT ABOUT YOU………(yes that I find 45+ year-old women that argue with me about their retarded daughters hilarious)
Get over it.
We obviously are not going to agree and it is not worth it to me to keep this up. Seriously, I have better things to do. So, unless it is WORK RELATED, don't email me.
So that was day one. Day two she goes around the office pissed off....so I did the only thing that I thought was befitting...I walked around happy as a clam. She got so mad that when she brought the new orders to our office she slammed them down which caused me to burst out laughing. I mean, she is acting like a 6-year-old....that is funny. Later in the day she had to bring a file directly to me and she threw it on my desk and started to storm out of the room so I said "STOMP STOMP STOMP". I was amused...still am. Call me heartless but I hate BS like this! If you are going to act like an asshole expect people to call you out on it. I am one of those people that will.
Okay, besides that she is one of these super spoiled children and have mommy and daddy so and pay for everything. She flunked out of college that they were paying for, drives around in the car that they pay for, etc. You know where this goes. She DEMANDS to have those freaking $250 purses and other expensive things. She recently got engaged (to a guy that has already cheated on her since the engagement but whatever). Her parents are now taking out either a 2nd or 3rd mortgage on their house to pay for this lavish affair (or so the rumor goes). Her family does not have money and her dad has recently had major surgery but all that matters to Kyra is getting everything she wants. In fact her brother was supposed to go on a trip to Disneyland this week with the band from school but he couldn't. Now, if you ask them it is because he didn't want to go unless his mommy could be a chaperone…whatever! No teenage boy says no for that reason….the real reason is because they couldn't afford to send him when every extra dime they make goes to the pretty-pretty-princess wedding.
So, getting to the point…..a friend of mine recently got married and since she used to work in our office, Susie was invited and brought her daughter with her. They were SO rude at the wedding and I was just in shock. When we returned to work I was so heated that I decided to avoid her for a while thinking that it would be better to ignore her that to blow up. Then she emailed….here is the conversation: (S=Susie M=me any text in green is my comments on her BS which I did not send to her, I added them for the purpose of this blog)
S: I was just wondering what I have done to offend you, because since Mindy’s wedding you haven’t spoken or even looked at me so I know something is wrong because you usually talk to me some.
M: Yes, I am upset with you but instead of just blowing up I decide that I needed to take a step back, look at everything and then discuss it with you. The bottom line is that you and your daughter were very rude at Mindy's wedding. You can say whatever you like but I heard from several people and I viewed many of the behaviors with my own eyes. It is very hard for me to understand why you would go to someone's wedding if you were not there 100% in support of the couple but rather to "scoop out" and "critic" the situation for what? In an attempt to make your daughter's wedding "better"? I think that is a horrible thing to do.
You and I have discussed before that I am not the greatest fan of your daughter but I have always viewed you as two separate people and not held any of my opinions toward her against you, but now I don't know if I can do that after having seen that some of her rude behaviors were obviously either learned from or okay by you. I am aware that Kyra made comments about my wedding basically calling it "cheap". I can deal with what people say about me because quite frankly I don't care. However, for you and her to sit there and pick apart Mindy's wedding disgusted me to no end. Also, I overheard you repeating some of your criticism to people at work the following Monday…what is the point?
I don't know (nor care) how you are paying for Kyra's wedding but let me say that Mindy and AJ did a wonderful job considering that they had NO help financial from family. Their wedding was about them and it showed a lot of their character. Weddings are not about being grand, showy, costly events…they are about the couple and they should be shared with those people that love them and support their decision to make a life together. I think that your motives for attending their wedding were awful and it hurts and upsets me on behalf of two wonderful people.
Well I’m sorry you feel that way, but Kyra and I weren’t rude at all(*cough* bullshit *cough*). I don’t know who you got your information from but when it was only us talking and my husband it would have been hard to hear something (hmmm...hard to hear something...that would mean you DID talk shit and you are wondering how you got caught), when we didn’t talk to anyone else there,but Mindy’s parents and Summer a little (P.S. Summer is the one that told us you were talking shit about what the other guests were wearing, which equals RUDE). We weren’t there just to scope out the wedding, We have known Mindy for a lot longer period than you have and really cared about her marriage. Not one of us criticized her wedding, in fact Kyra loved her cake (because enjoying the cake means you were nice?), so again I don’t know where or who you got information from but they are wrong. (WOW...since I SAW most of it, I am wrong?)
As far as rude behavior, I think the way you were at the wedding was a lot worse than mine or Kyra’s. Kyra has never called your wedding cheap either (uh, yes she did--i fucking HEARD her), she and I both thought it was pretty, but believe who you want that’s up to you. We didn’t pick Mindy’s wedding apart either. There was no critizing at work either, only one person asked about it and that was Janey, and I didn’t respond negatively. (Again I HEARD her telling Janey that she thought the color scheme was off for a barn setting)
Yes, AJ and Mindy did a great job for their wedding and should be very proud of it. WE had no motives again, and to be quite frank with you I don’t know why you or anyone at this office hates or dislikes Kyra so much, she hasn’t done anything to anyone here. Just because of things she might buy is not a good reason, if that’s the case I think you or anyone else would have to not like a lot of other people. Kyra is the one that has heard things behind her back , and don’t think she doesn’t know.
Just stop. The only thing I hate more than rude behavior is lying. I will only address 2 things:
1. As far as rude behavior, I think the way you were at the wedding was a lot worse than mine or Kyra’s.
Are you crazy? Mindy asked me to be part of her wedding in the respect that I was to facilitate things going smoothly. I did everything that she asked of me and more because I care for her. You may have known her longer, but I know her better. If you think having a few drinks and dancing with EVERYONE else is rude behavior I will get you an etiquette book…asking where her servers are for the cake or pointing out how you do or don't think he color scheme works for a barn setting is RUDE.
2. Just because of things she might buy is not a good reason, if that’s the case I think you or anyone else would have to not like a lot of other people.
You obviously did not listen when I talked to you about Kyra. It is not the things she buys…it is the fact that she THINKS the things she buys makes her better than everyone else. Basically, she is shallow. Yes, I said it. That is why I do not like her. The fact that you make reference to other people not liking her either should open your eyes…if numerous people do not like your daughter…maybe it isn't them…maybe its her. Think about it.
I have nothing else to say on the matter.
I will stop after I say this, I hate lying also, and I don’t need an etiquette book, because I wasn’t there when you were drinking or dancing and don’t care if you did or not. (uh...then please point out what I did that you conceived as rude....) We never said anything about her color scheme either, you are getting a lot of wrong info from someone, but I don’t care, because I know what we did and said and it was nothing like you have festered up. (hmmm...my ears are deceiving me?)
Furthermore, Kyra doesn’t think shes better than anyone else, you just think that and I don’t appreciated you calling her shallow (uh, but she is), but I guess I could expect that from you, being the person you are evidently. My eyes are open and there is only one other person (uh no hunny...there is NO ONE that I have ever talked to in this office that likes your SHALLOW daughter) I believe that doesn’t like her which when I consider them, oh well., I just consider the source. And thanks for the name calling of Kyra, I really appreciate it and its hurts deeply, maybe one day when you have children if you do you will understand. I have nothing else to say either, because I haven’t done NOTHING…. (double negative...sounds like you have done something...)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Thanks for the laugh.
IM GLAD YOU THINK ITS FUNNY BECAUSE I DON’T, BUT SINCE YOU DO THAT TELLS ME A LOT ABOUT YOU………(yes that I find 45+ year-old women that argue with me about their retarded daughters hilarious)
Get over it.
We obviously are not going to agree and it is not worth it to me to keep this up. Seriously, I have better things to do. So, unless it is WORK RELATED, don't email me.
So that was day one. Day two she goes around the office pissed off....so I did the only thing that I thought was befitting...I walked around happy as a clam. She got so mad that when she brought the new orders to our office she slammed them down which caused me to burst out laughing. I mean, she is acting like a 6-year-old....that is funny. Later in the day she had to bring a file directly to me and she threw it on my desk and started to storm out of the room so I said "STOMP STOMP STOMP". I was amused...still am. Call me heartless but I hate BS like this! If you are going to act like an asshole expect people to call you out on it. I am one of those people that will.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
A Car Story that MUST be told...
I must preface this by saying that I asked my husband once to sell his Chrysler that he only drove to my house once while we were dating before he switched to his truck (it what I assume was a move to try and impress me). Then I BEGGED once after it had been sitting on our driveway for 6 months unmoved, never started and doing nothing but collecting bugs and foliage. Alas, he was convinced he was going to use it as a comuter car at some point....HA!
So, I have finally convinced him that it was worth it to sell the piece of crap...I mean, lovely car. I am sure that part of he decision was due to the fact that since he is deployed, he doesn't have to deal with the hassel of selling the thing. So, I asked him, in order to sell...what is wrong with it that I must fix? Two things: replace the fuse in the back so that the speakers will work and get a new battery because since the car won't start without being jumped it must be dead. Easy enough. So, I called up some friends of ours and asked if they would mind going with me to Sears, get the new battery and put it in. The fuse I replaced on my own...but still, no sound...GREAT.
So, our friends come over and he and I stare and stare at the engine...where the hell is the battery? Now, though I am a woman, this is certainly not the first engine I have seen or worked on and my friend works on his truck all the time...batteries are usually easy things to find. After confessing to each other that we felt like idiots, we checked the owners manual....the battery is under the front fender. Fabulous. So, we had to jump the car in order to move it away from the tree that would surely hinder this activity. Oh, this is the part when we noticed the back tire was flat....oh, did I mention it was 45 degrees and raining this whole time? Once the car was moved and we set to work putting the donut on the back...my friend noticed that the lights on the dash were, for lack of a better word, tweaking out and the seat began moving on its own. "Uh, I don't think it is the battery...you have a short or an eletrical problem somewhere." Can this day get any better? Why yes, it can...
So, we decide to take the car to the local shop where he gets stuff done and see if they can't run diagnostics and tell me how much $$$ this is going to cost me. Oh, I forgot to mention that the registration ran out at the end of last month.....so he drove the stupid car and his wife and I tailgated him to the shop so that any passing cops couldn't see it was in violation. So, we dropped it off and then puttered around town. The whole time I was stressing out and praying that it would be under $200 to fix....hoping, hoping. Finally the shop called and told us we could come back in. The car was running, turned on without having to jump it and was no longer tweaking out. The guy was talking to my friend naming off whatever it was that they did to it...I was sitting there just thinking that the bigger the words the more it was going to cost. So, drumroll....the cost was...NOTHING!! Apparently that is how good of a customer my friend is and since whatever they did didn't require parts they didn't charge me anything. SO HAPPY!!
Oh, and I changed out the 2nd fuse in the back and the speakers started working also. Right after we left the shop I went online, added it to our insurance and went and got it inspected. Tomorrow I will get it registered and then sell the dumb thing! Now I know why my darling husband didn't want to deal with it....the butthead is going to get it!
So, I have finally convinced him that it was worth it to sell the piece of crap...I mean, lovely car. I am sure that part of he decision was due to the fact that since he is deployed, he doesn't have to deal with the hassel of selling the thing. So, I asked him, in order to sell...what is wrong with it that I must fix? Two things: replace the fuse in the back so that the speakers will work and get a new battery because since the car won't start without being jumped it must be dead. Easy enough. So, I called up some friends of ours and asked if they would mind going with me to Sears, get the new battery and put it in. The fuse I replaced on my own...but still, no sound...GREAT.
So, our friends come over and he and I stare and stare at the engine...where the hell is the battery? Now, though I am a woman, this is certainly not the first engine I have seen or worked on and my friend works on his truck all the time...batteries are usually easy things to find. After confessing to each other that we felt like idiots, we checked the owners manual....the battery is under the front fender. Fabulous. So, we had to jump the car in order to move it away from the tree that would surely hinder this activity. Oh, this is the part when we noticed the back tire was flat....oh, did I mention it was 45 degrees and raining this whole time? Once the car was moved and we set to work putting the donut on the back...my friend noticed that the lights on the dash were, for lack of a better word, tweaking out and the seat began moving on its own. "Uh, I don't think it is the battery...you have a short or an eletrical problem somewhere." Can this day get any better? Why yes, it can...
So, we decide to take the car to the local shop where he gets stuff done and see if they can't run diagnostics and tell me how much $$$ this is going to cost me. Oh, I forgot to mention that the registration ran out at the end of last month.....so he drove the stupid car and his wife and I tailgated him to the shop so that any passing cops couldn't see it was in violation. So, we dropped it off and then puttered around town. The whole time I was stressing out and praying that it would be under $200 to fix....hoping, hoping. Finally the shop called and told us we could come back in. The car was running, turned on without having to jump it and was no longer tweaking out. The guy was talking to my friend naming off whatever it was that they did to it...I was sitting there just thinking that the bigger the words the more it was going to cost. So, drumroll....the cost was...NOTHING!! Apparently that is how good of a customer my friend is and since whatever they did didn't require parts they didn't charge me anything. SO HAPPY!!
Oh, and I changed out the 2nd fuse in the back and the speakers started working also. Right after we left the shop I went online, added it to our insurance and went and got it inspected. Tomorrow I will get it registered and then sell the dumb thing! Now I know why my darling husband didn't want to deal with it....the butthead is going to get it!
Friday, January 18, 2008
Tidbits
Oh, wow….I have let the bitch-in and gripe-in lapse haven't I? Well here are some good ones for you:
Why, oh why are some people the type that always have to see the glass as half-empty instead of half-full? Yes, going through a deployment sucks but guess what, YOU are not the only one. I have one girl that is so negative about EVERYTHING. No, that is not an exaggeration…she really can't find the light in the freaking sun! Also, the smallest things to her are huge catastrophes. For example the other day she called to ask if I was going to this deployment meeting thing that was being held that night. I said that yes I was coming. She proceeded to say "Thank God because I need to talk to someone, this has just been a HORRIBLE day." Let's see….my definition of horrible day would be: someone died, money problems, lost keys, car accident, etc. Nope…her super awful day was because her cat wrapped a string around his foot and she had to drive to 4 different vets before anyone would see him and treat him for…what? String around foot: remove, treat any wounds and go on with life. Don't get me wrong I love my dogs but I am not about to go pay god-knows-how-much to treat a string wound? Give me a break!
Speaking of animals….my lovely mastiff/lab mix who is just a big lover, has killed yet another cat. This would be his 10th. Before you go all "lock your beast up" on me…please note that we got a HUGE backyard so that we can have big dogs and they can run around, they never leave or try to leave their yard (it is fenced in), they are my first line security system since I am sort of out in the middle of nowhere and with my husband deployed it is nice to have them out there to bark and let me know what is going on…so, if you are a cat-lover….I suggest you move on because I really couldn't give two-shits about the massive amounts of stray cats in our area. Some tree-hugging hippie once told me that I should catch all the strays and pay to have them fixed…uh, I don't know how much tree-huggers make but I don't make enough (or let's me honest, care enough) to provide this service. Thanks for killing another Axl…besides the yucky-ness of cleaning it up, you are doing a great job!
How about a little note on TRUE FRIENDS. I love how some people say they have oh-so-many friends but in reality we all have those few friends that a true friends. You know, the ones that you call first for everything: big news, bad news, sad news, etc. There are those friends that you can call up and tell them about your bad day and they just GET IT….even if nobody else does? One of my friends was screwed over recently by another "friend" of hers and that girl doesn’t even get what she did. The bottom line should be: you messed up and instead of admitting it you acted like a royal a-hole and now you are out one more friend and OVER A GUY??? Hoes before Bros…don't ever forget it!
Let's see….what else? Can't think of much right now. I will try to be better and get a new blog up tomorrow also. I know that many of you cannot live without my anecdotes!!
Why, oh why are some people the type that always have to see the glass as half-empty instead of half-full? Yes, going through a deployment sucks but guess what, YOU are not the only one. I have one girl that is so negative about EVERYTHING. No, that is not an exaggeration…she really can't find the light in the freaking sun! Also, the smallest things to her are huge catastrophes. For example the other day she called to ask if I was going to this deployment meeting thing that was being held that night. I said that yes I was coming. She proceeded to say "Thank God because I need to talk to someone, this has just been a HORRIBLE day." Let's see….my definition of horrible day would be: someone died, money problems, lost keys, car accident, etc. Nope…her super awful day was because her cat wrapped a string around his foot and she had to drive to 4 different vets before anyone would see him and treat him for…what? String around foot: remove, treat any wounds and go on with life. Don't get me wrong I love my dogs but I am not about to go pay god-knows-how-much to treat a string wound? Give me a break!
Speaking of animals….my lovely mastiff/lab mix who is just a big lover, has killed yet another cat. This would be his 10th. Before you go all "lock your beast up" on me…please note that we got a HUGE backyard so that we can have big dogs and they can run around, they never leave or try to leave their yard (it is fenced in), they are my first line security system since I am sort of out in the middle of nowhere and with my husband deployed it is nice to have them out there to bark and let me know what is going on…so, if you are a cat-lover….I suggest you move on because I really couldn't give two-shits about the massive amounts of stray cats in our area. Some tree-hugging hippie once told me that I should catch all the strays and pay to have them fixed…uh, I don't know how much tree-huggers make but I don't make enough (or let's me honest, care enough) to provide this service. Thanks for killing another Axl…besides the yucky-ness of cleaning it up, you are doing a great job!
How about a little note on TRUE FRIENDS. I love how some people say they have oh-so-many friends but in reality we all have those few friends that a true friends. You know, the ones that you call first for everything: big news, bad news, sad news, etc. There are those friends that you can call up and tell them about your bad day and they just GET IT….even if nobody else does? One of my friends was screwed over recently by another "friend" of hers and that girl doesn’t even get what she did. The bottom line should be: you messed up and instead of admitting it you acted like a royal a-hole and now you are out one more friend and OVER A GUY??? Hoes before Bros…don't ever forget it!
Let's see….what else? Can't think of much right now. I will try to be better and get a new blog up tomorrow also. I know that many of you cannot live without my anecdotes!!
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