All I Want For Christmas...

Ok, so its not ALL I want, because A) I am a girl and 2) I like lots of things, and C) It sounds way nicer if you claim to only want one thing, or world peace or something. So maybe I want two things.

First being this nifty canteen. I have a 64 oz container that I fill at work and drink each day because I am an avid follower of the 8 glasses a day rule. The bummer is, that even though I fill my plastic container with ice and THEN water it still becomes warm at the end of my work day and I have to force myself to drink warm water. Euw. So, this would look swell under the tree for me. If you know, you were maybe wondering what you could get a girl like me who seemingly has everything. (ha!)

(then you can give me world peace...after the gift)

I'd also like the Biggest Loser workout DVD. Because winter is coming, and I'm once again getting bored with my workout routine. I know there are people out there who claim to not know what to get me, but I'm only the easiest person in the world to buy for. And..you know who you are. Someone could pass this along to my brother too, that'd be great. Tis the season!

P.S. You don't really need to forward me your wish lists, because you're pretty much getting jewelry from now until I no longer work where I work. It lasts forever. Unlike plants, which you use to get from my previous employer.

P.P. S. In case you forgot, I have an extensive wish list right here.
*smile*

P.P. P. S. On a sidenote, we had a bday celebration for new girl at work. It was before pay day. We all had to scrounge together to make a nice little food day. Guess who swooped in and hogged up our food? The VP's, who drive to work in their beemers and lexus's and fancy suits and shoes. Then, I get a clock for christmas. (new girl got a coach wristlet from one of her VP's for her bday. Yes, I said a clock)

P.P.S.S. They caught on to the fact that I have been overpaid holidays the last three holidays in a row. Thanks to a manager in my dept asking if I had holiday on my check cus she didn't. So, I have to pay back 3 days worth of work, at over $500. I get to split it up into several checks, but seriously? I'm pretty peeved. I'd like to get that bitch back. Any ideas?

In closing....today is MY review at work.

Do You Like to Watch?...

For your enjoyment...This is my season pass list in my Tivo...in order of importance, so Tivo knows what's up when there are scheduling conflicts. Yes, my list has 75 shows, but they aren't all running at the same time, so it's really not as pathetic as it looks.....is it?





1. Lost

2. Heros

3. Grey's Anatomy

4. Desperate Housewives

5. The Biggest Loser (families, starts sept 16!!! and Jillian is back!)

6. The 4400 (which I first thought Heros totally ripped off...similar concept, but Heros definately wins even if it came after..)

7. Big Brother

8. Fringe - this show was realllly good!!

9. Til Death

10. Kitchen Nightmares

11. Million Dollar Listing

12. Flipping Out

13. Blow Out

14. Dr. 90210

15. Ugly Betty

16. Private Practice

17. Oprah

18. Ellen

19. The View

20. E-Vet Interns

21. Meerkat Manor

22. Animal Cops Houston

23. Animal Cops Detroit

24. Animal Precinct

25. The Mole

26. Pushing Daisies (three weeks, ERIN!)

27. October Road (I think its been canceled. wa wa waaaaa...)

28. Wife Swap

29. Extreme Makeover (I think this is not comin back...couldn't find a link. Siiiiiigh)

30. Extreme Makeover Home Edition

31. The Baby Borrowers

32. Kath and Kim (hasn't started yet but I'm psyched)

33. Medium

34. My Name is Earl

35. Flip This House

36. Intervention

37. Criss Angel Mindfreak

38. Paranormal State

39. Ghost Hunters

40. The Two Coreys

41. Gene Simmons Family Jewels

42. Pam: Girl on The Loose

43. Psychic Kids

44. Denise Richards: It's Complicated (season over)

45. The Girls Next Door (season over)

46. America's Next Top Model

47. Greatest American Dog

48. Shear Genius (season over)

50. Top Design

51. Date My Ex: Jo and Slade (season over, she picked the right guy!!!)


52. The Real Housewives of Atlanta (not started yet...eeek)


53. Tabitha's Salon Takeover


54. Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List


55. Millionaire Matchmaker

56. 90210 (shut up)

57. How I Met Your Mother (LOL funny...hard to find)

58. The Amazing Race (I think the manfriend should try out for this with me. We could totally win! And it's casting time!)

59. The Ex List (new showw)

60. The Grizzly Man Diaries (this show is awesome. If I died being attacked by cats...while it would hurt, I would be ok with it in the next life.

61. 30 Days

62. Janice Dickenson Modeling Agency

63. Workout

64. House

65. I love Money

66. Trading Spouses - (is this comin back?)

67. A Haunting (havnt been new ones in foreverr)

68. Men in Trees (is this coming back...anyone? anyone?)

69. Ace of Cakes

70. The ghost Whisperer

71. Hell's Kitchen.

72. Fear Itself

73. Priviledged (new addition)

74. Psych

75. Days of Our Lives (which I have deleted the recordings for months and think I am going to cut from the list. Salem is too young a crowd for me these days)

I love new things!!..

Show of hands...who watched the Fringe? I happened to love it. One of the creators of my uber favorite show...Lost did it. What makes this fun? I believe it to be just like Lost. I think there were clues in the show to help you find what the "pattern" is. Obviously those images they showed at commercial breaks were important, and they had a commercial for Massive Dynamics, the company in the show. Like Lost has commercials for the Hanso Foundation.


Love that. I love when TV trickles into the real world like that. I love having to think and look for clues, that's why I love Lost!


What else was exciting is that scarey guy Matthew Abbadon from Lost that visited Locke in the hospital is in it. That guy is super creepy. And I happen to believe he is the devil. Muh ah ah ah ah.

I'm giving my reviews today. Dun dun dunnnnnn.....I'm not worried about doing the new girls but I am worried about doing the old girls. Cus she got a lower score than last time. It's not my fault her performance dropped. So why do I care?

I might have mentioned that I'm in love with this super cute boy? Well, I still am. Just didn't want you to forget about it! He made plans with me to go out for our anniversary. Awww...It'll be a week late cus on the day, he's going out of town for his Dad's bday. I thought it was pretty sweet that he even remembered to bring it up. Yea, that one is gonna wind up locked in my closet before he knows it. I heart him. Kinda like when you really love a little puppy and you wanna squeeze it so hard that it might die? I realize this sounds insane, and I'd never ever hurt a puppy. Or my manfriend. But, it's the concept. Sigh...

Office Space....

At work yesterday, I was at the tail end of the project I'd been working on for days. Which was stupid post cards for the billions of employees stating how much money they had to sell to win the free trip this year. Printed on these freaking perforated cards. The process was long, and ridiculous. You know, torn apart, and stuffed into the corresponding labeled envelopes. I spent 5 hours on Friday, above the 8 I get paid for, doing this freaking shit. Not to mention the time over I've been working prior to, and after that.

Monday, the project is due. My boss leaves around noon, family business. We're almost done stuffing these stupid cards into a billion envelopes, and here comes the girl who sent me the file with the numbers I merged into my stupid post cards.

"How are you?"

"Just fantastic" (yes, I say this)

"Not for long. It seems A/P (note the blame being placed on accounts payable, when the girl who gave me the info is an analyst, mkay?) gave us the wrong (specific stupidly named sales report) numbers, and this may have to be re-run. Are you almost done with them?"

"Ohhhhh.....kayyyy....yes, they were due today, so they are almost done. And..I don't have any more post cards to re-run the new numbers on"

So I think to myself, I have the graphic, I can use card stock and re-create the stupid post cards, minus the perforations, I can use the cutter. I did spend a lot of years in marketing, you improvise. The downside? Our color printer is completely busted, and an outside vendor has to come fix it. In like, two weeks. Balls!

My peeps are already discouraged over the project, but I'm optimistic! About an hour later, here comes the analyst. She hands me a package of postcards (she was obviously hoarding to watch me sweat) and that made me happy. What made me happier is that she said we only had to re-do 36 cards.

The moral of the story is to always give someone totally shitty news, then back it up with some less shitty news. It's a great way to get someone excited about how you took a crap on them. And that's office politics.

I have to take another diversity class today from 1-5. I already took one as a team member. I have to take FIVE more as a supervisor. Five. That is 25 total hours I have to take. How freaking diverse do I need to be? Last week we had diversity day. Where I ate a lot of diversified food. The Saffron Patch was there, and I actually liked the food!! Of course, so was Alladins, mmm.

Bizzee...

I'm so super busy at work, that for once I feel guilty for blogging. I have been working over every day. Friday, I stayed until 7, and then took work home, where I worked until 11:30. I hate working at home it pisses me off. It's nothing of great importance. It's all this crap for a meeting. Well, I suppose it is important, but whatever. Not to me.

One of my cats has worms. Isn't that special? I picked something out of his butt/leg fur and it was moving. After a phone call to my sister to look it up online, concluded it is tapeworms. Which is from fleas. Which isn't suprising since my dog came home from my Moms with fleas and I've found at least one on her twice weekly baths. I can't treat the dog due to her miriad of skin conditions, so my best bet is to advantage the cats..treat them for tapeworms, and bomb the house. A flea infestation wouldn't take too long with 4 cats, a dog and a rabbit.

I've got some shitty PMS. So, I'm on a pretty thin fuse today. Everything is pissing me off. Sometimes it doesn't phase me that it's my time of the month. Othertimes it seems to overwhelm me.

Something fell off my car on my way to the boys house this weekend. It was scraping on the ground and embaressing me. I thought something horrid was wrong and I'd have to spend a billion dollars I don't have to fix it. He looked at it for me, and concluded it's the heat shield to my exhaust. And, it'll fall off eventually, until then I have to just turn up the radio. It's the American way.

The Most Wonderful Time...Of The Year....

Better than Christmas. It's the magical time in television, when new shows start. When seasons begin. Although, it isn't full blown Fall TV yet, I opened up my Tivo wish list and found my tailor-made category "season premier's".

To my delight, 95 programs matched my query. Ninety-five! Some of which were the new season's of Ellen, and Oprah! More importantly? Dr. 90210!

The only TV event that makes me more happy, is when the Entertainment Weekly Fall Preview guide arrives. I shut out the world, and read cover to cover about all the shows I might like. Pop in the complimentary DVD that comes with the issue. Then, I make a date with Tivo while we set them all to record. The whole time laughing to myself and wondering when I'll find the time to watch the 65 shows I already have tivo'd.

I might have a sickness. I've been super busy at work. I think I have re-done my reviews like 5 times. The last time my boss said I was too direct. So I had to pussify them if you ask me. Whateva! I've been working out at lunch, which is my new favorite thing, because then I can go home at 5. Well, except for the fact that I've been working til 6 latley.

Communication is a Concept..

Of course the girls said in response to yesterday's post to communicate my feelings. Can't fault the one guy for being honest. But, as it turns out, we did talk about it. And the manfriend is the one who brought it up.

It was like the third "talk" we've had about where we're headed in the relationship. Which is always nice to talk about, and get out in the open. The same thing was concluded. We're crazy about each other, are happy to have found one another, and see ourselves with a bright future together. We both think we are good catches (it's important to know your own worth) and think the same of the other. The manfriend wants to see more of me. Says it's hard to say goodbye. Of course, I'm nodding my head because, it's the same way for me. I mean, who cries on the way home from his house? Me. Who tells her cats that she misses him out of the blue? Me. (People..the cat's get it, ok?)

The only difference I pointed out, is that I am optimisitc about our future. I have faith that this is all happening for a reason. And he is struggling with that. To me, the crying when I'm happy, proves my feelings are real. I've never cried from being happy before. Ever. I've cried from being mistreated, and made to feel like dog shit. Never because my heart is so full if I don't let it out, I might explode. What a concept. It all gives me faith.

Most importantly I told him while it is hard to be 50 miles apart, try to see the good in it. The good being that we are both from similar pasts, where we went from relationship to relationship, and never spent time on our own. Moved in with someone right away. The distance has forced us to live apart, and even though it sucks balls, it has a purpose . He simply wants for us to see each other more. Who can blame a guy for that? I want that too. And, I'm working on it when I finally move closer to work, it'll be closer for us as well. He said that he also sees us living together, but is not ready for it right now. While I can say I want that, I'm not ready either. I don't want to jeopardize what we have cus he isn't ready. I can see that. He said he just wants to see how it goes with us seeing more of each other. Have us living together be a more natural progression.

He told me I'm more patient than him. Which I laughed at. I call it having faith. Patience, is not something I'm good at. I pointed out that he took hours to hang a picture on the wall. And can put electronic things together. And fix a computer. And he takes forever to do the dishes. That stuff, I have no patience for.

The anniversary thing, he apologized for. He said that it was important to him, and the comment he made was a result of his own baggage that has nothing to do with me. I gathered that from my saying "our anniversary" it stirred up thoughts that we should be married and have 2.5 kids and the white picket fence or something. Which, is not what I meant by it at all. I told him it is what it is, an anniversary.

I've been divorced almost 10 years. (long ass time) He's been divorced like, two. He says in some ways I'm way ahead of him because of that, and I can agree. It's a lot of work to get over a failed marriage. Work that is well worth the time and effort it takes. He says he wasn't looking to find a relationship when we met. (me either) So I asked him why he was dating if he wasn' t hoping to find a relationship. Which is a whole other topic, and his own personal business. But it's funny how things work.

All in all, I have a pretty good catch. He can communicate without my feeling threatened, I find him irresistable, funny, smart, and an all around great guy. I told him when I saw his profile the thing that caught my attention the most was "I am sure of who I am, and of what I want". I am too, and that is very hard to find. Someone who knows who they are, will enhance your already fantastic life without screwing around with yours.

And, we ended the night happily snuggling. With me staring at him and giggling. And being mad because he makes me so nuts. (in a good way) I woke up the same way too. Not wanting to get up, and leave his side...and him not wanting me to. Some day this will all make sense..

Who Didn't Labor on Labor day? ....

Show of hands...who watched the new 90210? Guilty. Who liked it? Me....I'm suprised I enjoyed it but I did. I liked all the little throwbacks to the original which were obviously put there for all of us die hards! Like "Silver" being Erin Silver, Kelly Taylor and David Silver's sister that was born on the old show...Nat still at the pit. Bringing Brenda back, and of course Kelly. Oh, and the girl at the beginning on the news being Andrea Zucherman's daughter, also born on the old show? Good times! Loved it. Tivod it! Hope they keep up with the guest visits!

Speaking of TV....how bout Jerry being HOH on Big Brother? Could it have sucked anymore? I'm so bummed about Renny and Keesha. My faves. Sigh. And do you think they will tell Renny about the hurricane? Like they told that one chick a few seasons back about 9/11 cus of her family.

I spent the weekend with my manfriend! (given) We went to a party at Kat's on Saturday, a guitar Queero party. Where people played guitar hero. In true nerdy fashion. I think we were the only ones really drinking. Honestly, what's the world come to when even the 30 something's are engrossed in video games at parties?

Will the next step really be "virtual" sex like in those futuristic movies? Kill me now.

Sunday we went to another cookout. It was a really nice day too! We had many coronas...and some blueberry vodka shots (yum?!)...and enjoyed a nice fire. And food. Yes, the food was good! I didn't even cook anything for labor-less day. I bought spinich dip and the bread bowl. I didn't even scoop the dip into the bowl, I cut a chunk out and stuck the container inside.

Monday, we tried our hardest not to labor on labor day. We did however, move my couches from down/upstairs. Luckily the neighbor was outside and helped the manfriend so I only had to take the couch downstairs. Men are handy like that. But mostly we lounged around in the a/c at my crib. And watched movies. Awake and Meet the Spartans. I spent three whole nights with my manfriend. It's blissful for me. Sigh....

In completely unromantic news. . .our anniversary is coming up, in, three weeks. He mentioned in passing how it had almost been a year, and I squealed with excitement "ohhhhhhh Iknowcanyoubelieveit our anniversary?!! Wouldn't it be fun to go where we went for our first date, for our anniversary?"

To which the manfriend just replied all non-chalant.. "I've thought about going back to go back, but you know I'm not big into titles". Meaning.....an anniversary is a title. I can't be exctied for our anniversary. I can't get cute cards. Or gifts. The day will come and go without even being any different than the next. And that is going to totally hurt my feelings. Which in the grand scheme of things is no big deal because we have a trillion other good things to focus on.

Just being a man? I mean, we ARE boyfriend/girlfriend. Isn't that a title? He calls me his girlfriend. Should I just let it go and not say a word? Well?

you have been deleted...

I'm having the kind of day where you had a fantastic weekend, and spent 3 glorious nights with your lovebug (that's the manfriend) and come back into work and delete some very important files.

My company uses outlook to post public files we can all access. Our department maintaines one. In particular, I maintain the list of all of our stores, and their important info which is the bible to many. I also maintain the schedules for all of our district managers. All of this and many other files are in said outlook folder.

This morning while posting the new store list, instead of deleting the one old file and posting the new one. I deleted the entire folder, and its hundreds of postings. No, it doesn't just go into the recycle bin either. IT had a good laugh at my expense. Luckily they saved the day. Seriously what would we do without an IT department? Cry. I think I'd do a lot of crying.

How bout that hurricane?

P.S. Thanks for the info on records. I could not for the life of me remember. And Mom sold all my records at a yard sale. Even Winnie the Pooh. Even Puff the magic Dragon. Even my sisters high school marching band! (yea, they made a record, how totally 80's is that?)