Here I sit trying to breath through my nose. It is not working out too well. This is one helluva cold with stopped up ears and I’ll bet anything it will turn into a sinus infection soon since I’ve had it since last Friday when I was on vacation from that stupid holiday. At least I did get to use my new dryer over the weekend 4 times and it worked each time!! lol One of my friends ended up delivering it to me because he is one of those folks who has retired a few times and gets bored at home so go does something for a few months part-time and then quits. This whole weekend was windy, rainy and just bleh for most of it although there were some spots that were nice and the dogs had fun chasing the squirrels. I also think I saw either a black squirrel or this was a very, very dark gray one. Either way he managed to not get eaten. I was going to pick up all the leaves but maybe next month lol

It’s Official

Weekend Happenings

Spring Fever

Voting time has arrived peoples. I only wish I had my own place so I could have entered to try to win this $20,000 home makeover that Renuzit TriScents is giving away with Tayna Memme. But since I am stuck in the land of renters for a foreseeable future thanks to a family member I am thrilled to be able to get the chance to help pick the winner from the suggested list of semifinalists over at the gallery page.

I must confess though that the one I picked I can relate to as I, myself, am a twin. Having triplets? Umm, ya, gotta be worse with 3 times the stinky diapers although now that they beyond that stage from viewing the video it could be worse. I know when we started running around we were terrors. If you have 2 favorite choices, you are in luck because you can go to the semi-finalist gallery each day up until June 7th and pick one choice daily. So get your friends and family over to the gallery page and vote, vote, vote because remember the lucky winner wins that $20,000 for a home makeover.

Just imagine, the person we end up picking well literally have a new life with this makeover because no matter what house you end up buying there are always some improvements and/or things that need fixing unless you buy from a new build which, lets face it, much us cannot afford. It essentially would be a brand new home after the makeover and anyone would be proud to show it off once it is complete.

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Why is it when you have days off it freakin pours? I was supposed to have a dryer delivered sometime between 8 AM and 12 PM, ya don’t ya just LOVE delivery hours like that? So obviously I’m up early on my day off because I sure as heck wouldn’t be up on my own if it was my choice. Now I have a reaalllly good suspicion that this dryer is NOT going to be delivered right at this moment lol If they do show up I think they are stupid. It is a torrential down pour right now, literally. Of course, the little one is sticking to me like glue right now too because of the thunder. Not sure why she has become all suddenly afraid of it.

So much for cleaning up my yard of leaves today too which was my plan. I can still go to the shooting range though and pretend I’m aiming at all my enemies or people who have pissed me off lately. Then the gym and I think that mouse has finally bit the big one from the poison or I need to empty my trash can. Either way I need to fix that first and try to find the bas***d’s hiding place to get rid of him.

Ugh..

Working Fridays…

Annoyances

Time to learn more food facts according to me. If you are not interested you can move along. As always be sure to check out Fun Craft and Recipes to join each week and to spread the news so others might join as well.

1. How do you make chicken salad?
Never actually made any so I’m not really sure. I’ve bought some before
2. Fast food chicken. What fast food restaurant makes the best chicken?
Well considering I have limited experience in the fast food section I’d have to say Taco Bell because that’s about the only one I half way frequent maybe every couple months.
3. What’s your favorite way to eat chicken?
Grilled with lotsa spices or fried.
4. Share a recipe using chicken or take a picture of a chicken dish.
I make this one a lot. You get chicken tenders or cut some chicken breasts up into strips. You mix some bread crumbs with your favorite flavor of Mrs. Dash and then dunk the chicken in it to coat. In a pan heat up some olive oil and then cook the chicken until done. Drain on a paper towel. Yummy.

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I never could get the hang of this sport. Every time I’ve tried to play it, I end up shooting the ball up over the fence and it is a pretty freaking tall fence. I guess my mistake was playing racquetball first. Either way I love watching tennis. I have never been a fan of the womens side of tennis and I honestly cannot stand some of the women players out there right now due to their attitudes. Now the mens since is a whole other ballgame. My favorite players were back in the day of Agassi and Sampras. Watching Agassi get the ultimate 4 grand slams in one year was amazing. Something I know Sampras only wished he could have accomplished but that man has nothing to be ashamed of with all of his wins including 7 wins at Wimbledon.

We are lucky enough to get the Family Circle Cup here in my state but it’s all women. I wish I could get to some of the gram slam tournaments like the Australian Open or even Wimbledon but I know getting Wimbledon tickets must be hard. I’ll even bet those tickets get sold out early because it is a major tournament and with it being in Europe they have a better chance of more players entering. But just imagine being right there on the sidelines listening to them pound those tennis balls with all their might and watching some of them get so pissed off they start slamming things down. That is entertainment.

You Think You Know Sports Trivia?

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Brutal Sports

I was tagged by Charla so be sure to go visit her blog.

Here are the rules:

1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
4. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.

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1) What was I doing 10 years ago?
Working at the same hospital in the same department.

2) What are five things on your to-do list for today?
Work in the clinic today, go to the gym, use my stimulus refund that should be hitting my account today to buy me a fricken new dryer, get the information on a funeral I need to attend either tomorrow or Thursday, umm play with the dogs? Cripes, all that alone fills up a fricken day.

3) What snacks do I enjoy?
Cheetos, mixed nuts and the occasional dark chocolate. I’m not really a snack person I guess.

4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire?
Go visit Australia, buy some land and build my own house to my specifications, donate to the SPCA, maybe build a little townhouse community and become my own slumlord but actually fix things when they need fixing unlike my current situation. Probably more things but I wouldn’t know, I’d first of all check with a lawyer.

5) Three Bad Habits
I stay up way later than I probably should but I can’t sleep at night and I slouch more than I should. Umm I don’t know of anymore bad habits. I mostly have bad traits which I could go on about forever. I live by myself so there is no one there to tell me what they can’t stand lol

6) 5 places I have lived…
Frankfurt, Germany and many places in South Carolina.

7) 5 Jobs I have had
Manager at Taco Hell, everything at a movie theater, various administrative positions at the hospital, and an independent contractor out of my house. That’s it.

Six people I want to know more about…

Let’s continue the FFOF peoples that Charla has started but I’m not going to do 6 so I’m going to tag Elizabeth, cooking mom, Kari, and Babet.

Meme’s at Large

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In case you have been in a hole the stimulus refunds have been going out as of last week early mind you too. I will be receiving mine tomorrow. Don’t when yours is coming? Check the website at IRS.GOV

Now what will you be doing with your refund that we will most indubitably be paying back probably 10-fold to the government? I will be buying a new dryer since mine has been broken now for over a month. The rest I will most likely pay bills or save it as gas money since the gas isn’t going to go down any time this century I’m betting.

More broken things…

Another Tag

What I’ve Learned Today

Ever since the company refused to fix my watch anymore due to it being out of warranty and supposedly parts not available I have been on the hunt for a watch just even similarly close to it because I know there is no way to get the exact watch anymore. I mean heck I bought it when I was still a senior in high school and that was almost 20 years ago. I’ve even looked at the Casio watches which I don’t really mind if they had more color choices. I like the blue face dial of the silver one here but prefer gold bands like the one on the right but despise a black face. How exactly does one view anything on there is my question because it’s so dark. Of course the blue face isn’t that much lighter but I like the color of it. My old one had a cream face and I could even tell the time in the middle of the night because the hour/minute hands glowed which was nice because I’m blind as a bat without my glasses or contacts in. I may have to bite the bullet though and get the Casio Atomic Executive Waveceptor which is the silver band with blue face because I am thinking I may not be able to get a gold band one anytime soon.

The Wave Ceptor watches are interesting in that they have atomic timekeeping which automatically sets the time daily using calibration radio signals from Fort Collins, Colorado so long as you are in a 2,000 mile radius as well as receiving data for the other advanced functions on the watch which include 5 time zones. Now I love the fact that it is solar powered. Saves on battery usage. Heck I can’t say for sure if there is a battery in there from looking at the specs but I’m becoming more intrigued by the minute.

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