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Thursday, October 27, 2005 ...AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS! It follows that my daughter inherited my aptitude to constantly use erroneous words to convey something. (See? I just can’t pull off using big words.)This might fall into the category of nsfw. It's a floor Zoe.... a fllllloooooooorrrr.  And don't get any weird ideas about how she came up with that word. I know what you're thinking. Pervert. posted by me | 8:19 PM | 8 comments HARRY POTTER HARRY POTTER HARRY POTTER So does anyone else out there have "Chirstmas eve excited tummy" over the fact that the next Harry Potter movie comes out in less than 22 days?I'm such a nerd. posted by me | 7:48 PM | 2 comments Tuesday, October 25, 2005 I COULD REFERENCE ALFRED HITCHCOCK, BUT I WON'T GO THERE Some people believe peculiar animal behavior may be an indication of things to come, like an earthquake or a tornado.I'll admit I pay attention to what the squirrels are up to in the fall. See how much weight they’re packing on to try to determine if winter is gonna be a long one. Not that it’s peculiar behavior or anything. But this was the scary scene in my front yard this morning. It's hard to see, but the trees really don't have many leaves left, it's all birds. The noise alone is enough to give you shivers. Last time I saw birds migrate like this we had snow banks over my head…of course that was probably 12 and much shorter back then. Time to batton down the hatches I think. posted by me | 8:27 AM | 3 comments Sunday, October 23, 2005 I DON'T GET OUT MUCH Last weekend I took a road trip to Stillwater, MN with my Mom and Sista-K. It was a great weekend for it....Don't judge me, I don't get out much.BEAUTIFUL STILLWATER  Stillwater is seriously 40 minutes tops from my moms house. The reason I mention this, is because I kept excitedly exclaiming to everyone how I was "going out of town", and I don't think this counts as leaving the Twin cities. We spent most of the day shopping (along with stopping for a couple cocktails). BACK AT THE HOTEL Mom  Things Beaner just can't pull off. 1. Camesols 2. Using big words; 3. Magic scarfs. What can I say, I look like a muppet.  Sissy could even pull off the "magic scarf dress". If it would stay up that is... well, and down.  After admiring our purchases of the day, we decided mom needed a haircut (and to have a couple cocktails).  Always remember to pack your dustbuster on weekend road trips. You never know when you'll need it. But you will.Yes, that is indeed my dustbuster.  TIME TO GET CRAZY After moms haircut, clean-up and a few more cocktails, things just got crazy. Sista-K bought a really fun CD with funk music from the 70's (?). You'll just have to hum "play that funky music white boy" to yourself while you imagine Sissy jammin.  And of course we couldn't resist showing mom Baby brother Dan's blog   DINNER! Time to head out to dinner (and cocktails) GUSSIED UP   Mom and Sista-K  Sissy's favorite Drink: Strawberry Daquri with extra big olives Pigging out on chips, cuz it took the restaraunt FOREVER to get our order straight.  After dinner we decided to freshen up  And head back to the hotel and enjoy the hot tub (and some more cocktails). No. No I'm not going to post pics of that. IN MEMORY OF... Sunday we (slept in and) toured the town. The houses are AMAZING! I would have loved to have been able to walk through some of the more historic ones. The weekend was fabulous. We shopped a little more and honestly, got it ALL out of our systems and headed for home. The kids missed me I'm guessing, they gave me a "Loopy Dance" when I got home.     Hmmmmm....maybe I need to get out more. posted by me | 9:52 PM | 4 comments Thursday, October 20, 2005 BOGO PSYCHOLOGY 101 I love psychology in advertising. I love to hear about all the schemes companies have to soak whatever amount of money they can from their customers.I just wish I didn’t fall for it every time. *In the interest of protecting the innocent, names have been changed. So my local Koala-Mart store is having a BOGO sale! I love BOGO. So, when wandering through the store and the opportunity to put one more Christmas present to bed presented its self, I got all shittery. A large sign read “ALL bathrobes, loungewear or pajamas Buy One Get One Free-Mix n’ Match”. Sweet! A new bathrobe and jammies for that special someone. When I got to the checkout however, it was like an announcer in the back of my mind was screaming, “Let the games begin!” When the cashier rang up my bathrobe/p.j. purchase, I did not get anything free. The cashier said the jammers weren’t part of the sale. So I argued. I went and ripped the signs down that were above both the bathrobe and the night clothes and said, “See here? See? It says “ALL”. The cashier reluctantly made a manual adjustment and I was out the door. When I got home, I decided to look through the circular, just out of curiosity and indeed, that particular brand of jams were excluded from the BOGO Sale. Whoops. I felt a little guilty and thought maybe I should go back to the store and fix it. But then I thought about it a little more…if it’s excluded, then why was it on the rack with a big sign above it that said “ALL”? Ahhhh, BOGO psychology 101: Mix items not included in the sale with items that are, hope customer doesn’t notice at time of check-out, or doesn’t care and purchase it anyway. They were trying to pull one over on me. Damn you Koala-Mart. I wonder, when you get a job at a store like that, do you have to go through a whole day of training on how to sucker your customers or does it just come naturally? Oh well, it wasn’t like I stole it or anything; I also didn’t get it for free. I checked my receipt, the jammas were $34 and the adjustment was only $22. Yeah, those 2 numbers look a lot alike. I’m sure karma will get me for the $22 at some point, probably the next time I visit a BOGO sale. Side note: “Shittery” (shaky + jittery) is my new favoritest word, I’m sure I picked it up from someone’s blog, but I can’t remember who’s (Babyjewels or Tinapopo's perhaps?). So, thank you blogger for the new word, I plan on using it as much as possible to the point it becomes a common word that ends up in Webster’s, where you can proudly claim it as your own contribution to the English language. And, no, I don't shop at K-Mart posted by me | 4:58 PM | 0 comments Thursday, October 13, 2005 YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK? Well, you probably don’t want to. But here goes anyway.CELL PHONES: I think the sign at the theater that says, “Cinema Theater bans guns on these premises”, should include “and cell phones”. And when you go to restaurants they should ask “cell phone or non-cell phone” because the hostess really has nothing to ask anymore as an ice-breaker, now that smoking seems to have been banned. I think people who walk around in public wearing a wireless ear piece for their cell phone, and talk really loud and take calls while they’re being waited on at the fast food counter are fidiots and we should legally be allowed to openly mock and ridicule them. And occasionally poke them a couple times. MAN STORES I think that Menards, Home Depot, and Lowells would double their profits if they had a “Spouses lounge” complete with cocktail bar, child care facilities and desperate housewives playing on a TV. And all the men shopping at the man stores would have to be fitted with a pager. Not so their wives could find them, but so the bartender could let hubby know that wifey-pooh has had enough, and it’s probably time to go. COMMON COURTESY I think that every 3 years, people should be required to take a two-day course in common courtesy. The first day they would do nothing but respond to things with “please”, “thank you” and “excuse me”. The second day, some huge guy named Huge would follow them around and poke them every time they forgot their lessons from the previous day. THE PERFECT HOLIDAY: A DAY WITHOUT BRIT-FUDERLINE, DASHMI, BENGAR, TOMKAT, ETC. I think there should be a full 24-hour holiday where the media couldn’t talk about anyone famous. And it was against the law for the paparazzi to even snap a picture of anyone famous. Hey, I don’t want to hear about them, they should get a day off too. And all the news stations could only report good news. And there was nothing to do with decorating, gift giving or food preparation involved. And the banks and post offices had to stay open. That’s what I think. posted by me | 10:10 PM | 2 comments Saturday, October 01, 2005 MI CASA ES SU CASA Ummmm.... I'm thinking not so much.I've spent a number of days caulking around windows, doors and facia, preparing for winter and the "your natural gas bill is going up 70%" nightmare. We have so many creepy crawlies I cannot stand it. I KNOW! I live in the country, what should I expect? I have come to accept the spiders, at least the little ones. They take care of the other bugs in the house. but I'm to the point where I don't care anymore, I want them to GET THE F*** OUT OF MI CASA OR I'M GOING TO GO INSANE!!!!  This is what is currently hanging right outside my window. I think the pink fluffy thing (size of a golf ball) is a nest of babies. Mommie spider and I had a stand-off the other day. I wanted to caulk around my window, she thought I was going to hurt her babies. She literally posed herself in an offensive position while I did what I needed to do around the window. Sorry all you PITA people, this animal needs to go away. Question is how do I kill arachnid and babies before they enter my house? Oh, I'm gonna puke. posted by me | 9:40 PM | 10 comments |
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