A Lack of Blogging

Wow, it's been a long time since I've blogged. Life just goes by way too fast to keep up!!

Tomorrow I will learn if I have a job for another year or not. I'm quite stressed about it. If the County is making cuts, I am probably one of the first to go (for a multitude of reasons that don't make sense, but they are too complicated for me to explain. Let's just blame it on Politics. That should say a lot.) It's not right, but that's just the way it goes.

So what do I do when I'm stressed? I eat. It's probably not the best way to deal with being stressed out, but it's oh-so-delicious. I'm crossing my fingers that after tomorrow, I'll be able to know a little bit about what my future holds so I can stop drowning myself in ice cream, cookies and Milky Ways. And Mt. Dew (not diet, of course.)

In other news: Four weeks from Saturday I will be sunning it on the beaches of Hawaii.

Tractor pulling is finally over.

Will know next month how long Nathaniel's girlfriend goes to prison.

Am glad that fall is here. Now if it would stop being hot and humid, I may smile a little.

"That's Adult Talk!"

Thank you, Kristen, for making me laugh!!

Just an update on gramps: He's now been moved to trauma. So that's a step up....or is it? I don't know. He's in good spirits, but he's a wreck. There's no way he can come home anytime soon. He'll probably have to rehab in a nursing home for a while.

Take my advice: never go to a funeral for a baby. (It was a baby girl). Just don't do it. No matter how much you think you can handle it. You can't. Trust me.

I can't wait for this week to be over!! (Friday is Kristen's birthday, so I don't know if I should add that to my "happy" list or "sad" list for the week. The way it's going, I'm hoping it's a happy occasion!!!)

Bitterbot Butterworth

So, my grandpa is in ICU. He and my uncle Mark were re-roofing the garage at the lake house on Saturday afternoon. Earlier in the day, Mark fell off the roof. But they both decided to go back up instead of calling it quits -- I would have called it quits.

Then my grandpa fell off the roof. He has a cracked spine, three broken ribs and a bruised lung. They are not feeding him anything, just IVs, because if he gets pneumonia, he's a goner. They can't really do surgery on his spine because of his age, but if he moves wrong he will be paralyzed. So he's pretty much a wreck.

The bright side? His lady-friend has offered to move in and take care of him if he needs it. My aunt is flabbergasted because she just learned that they've been spending the night at each others' houses. (We already knew that, so we're over the initial shock of old people getting it on!) So I'm glad that he has her.

My cousin's 8 month old baby passed away on Sunday. She was born with a rare disease that caused the oxygen level in her blood to be too low. Babies born with this disease rarely live to see their first birthday - but it's hard to lose a baby, nevertheless. So that is sad, but she will be resting more comfortably in heaven now.

I am done with Sunday school indefinitely. I'm glad - I needed a break. But on the last day of classes, I overheard the kids with this conversation: (K1 is a girl and K2 is a boy)

K1: I have three cats.

K2: Really? I thought you had four.

K1: No. (pause) I only have three.

K2: No, you have four. *points to his crotch*

K1: Oh, yeah! I guess I do have four cats.

Let me tell you, I almost died!! These kids are only 10!! (If you haven't figured out what they were talking about, I can let you know.....I had to explain it to my mom. When I told Justin, he had no problem figuring out what they were talking about.) I am so glad that I am done with Sunday school for now. Some people's kids!!!!

Dunder Mifflin

One of my newest addictions is watching cooking shows. I don't know why - it could be my intense love of food (and by food, I mean eating). So the other night I was flipping through the channels and came across a show where a lady was making some Chinese dish. All of a sudden my mom says, "Did she say Swiss Ass?"

Needless to say, I just stared at her. First of all, my mom never says bad words. Secondly, we're talking about food. Who needs "Swiss Ass" in their food?

Turns out the lady said "soy sauce" and my mom misinterpreted it. Very badly!!

We laughed a lot and then in her mom-ish way she said, "Well, I guess my ears just aren't working right!" I think, "yes."

Tonight we're going to have a big family cook-out. It will be a good time. I'm glad I spent my night last night cleaning the grill and back patio. It's going to be nice weather and good times.

In other news, I got April kicked off of someone's facebook friends list. I feel bad, but the truth is the guy was a douche. Seriously.

Still counting the weeks until Hawaii: 27 to go!!

March Madness

I had a post in my head last night and wouldn't you know it, now that I'm sitting down to write it I can't remember a darn thing I was going to write!! Ugh.

Seven months until Hawaii - I am so excited to go!! Hopefully the time will fly by. Somehow I think it will drag on - especially because I am using all my vacation time for this trip so I won't have any time left to do other things this summer. So we'll see how that goes. But whenever I get bored with going to work every day, I'll just think of where I'll be in October. Ah, I can imagine it now......

I watched a little bit of The Office last night - I was considering wearing a tux to work today. Just so that I could personify classy. But I didn't. Mostly because I don't have a tux. And I'm not a man.

I had a brilliant stroke of genius the other night and have come up with the present I'm going to give Kristen for her 30th birthday. Makes me laugh. Hope it makes her laugh, too.

And one gripe: (because, let's face it, it's my blog and I should complain at least once or twice on it). What is up with people not eating meat for Lent and then bitching about it the whole time? I thought the purpose was something along the lines of depriving yourself a little bit to appreciate the horrendous torture that Jesus went through on your part. I don't know, going without meat? Being beaten to a bloody pulp and hung on a cross? Yep. Let's complain about the meat. Let's not even shut your trap and be grateful. Let's annoy the crap out of everyone by complaining about all you have to do for Lent. Makes sense, doesn't it?

I know this will make me sound pathetic, but I'm totally going to town tomorrow and buying "Twilight" on DVD. Only because I have to watch it again to make sure it was as funny as I thought it was. And I need to see Edward sparkle. Hahahahaha. Makes me laugh!

Well, eight more hours and one free lunch and I'm outta here! (I love when people bring us free lunch!!)

Facebook

Would it be wrong to respond to someone's friend request by saying, "I forgot how ugly you were!" to the girl who thought she was the most popular in high school?

'Cause I want to.

But I won't.

Zip

The zipper on my winter coat fell off on Monday. I figured I could fix the darn thing myself. So Monday night I got out the glue and put the two pieces together that broke. It went back together nicely and I was quite proud of myself.

Unfortunately, I should have put one end of the zipper mechanism over the actual zipper before gluing it. Now I have a zipping mechanism that won't fit onto the zipper. *shakes fist* I knew I should have taken home ec in high school!!!

Oh, well. It was a free coat. I never got a charge on my credit or debit card for it. I've had it for three years. I think it's time to upgrade.

Fish fry Friday night! Woo Hoo! Gotta love Wisconsin and Friday night fish.