20 Years is a Blink.

20 years ago you left. It devastated my world. Still not over it although I accepted it a long time ago. There's not a day that's gone by in 20 years that I haven't thought about you. It seems like yesterday. I miss our talks, the music game we'd play, hearing you sing...there's so much I miss about you. I wish I'd gotten the chance to know you through the eyes of an adult but I was still a kid when you died. I'll always love you & I cherish every memory & moment we had together.

Happy Thanksgiving & Happy Columbus Day!

To all my Canadian friends & family, Happy Thanksgiving & enjoy your day off!

To all my American friends & family, Happy Columbus Day & enjoy your day off too!

I'm a Freak Magnet

I'm not sure why I attract the strange people I do or how I wind up seeing the odd things people do on a daily basis. As my friend/co-worker K says, I'm the only person she knows who gets to see this kind of thing on a regular basis...you know what? She's right! Here's a summary of my weekend:
Yesterday this bald, somewhat creepy guy comes up to my booth (I run a store at a flea market on weekends)...this is how our conversation went:
Him: Hi Sweets!
Me: Sweets?!? Did you really just call me Sweets?!?
Him: Yeah! You look delicious!
Me (cringing): Did you really just say that?
Him: Yeah! What's wrong with that?
Me: It's creepy that's what's wrong with it!
Him: I don't know why you would find that creepy...it's a compliment!
Me: Please just leave. You're really creeping me out.
At this point he actually did leave still thinking he did nothing wrong!

Today wasn't much better. A woman standing in front of my booth speaking to another vendor who was obviously friends with her, turned to her son (maybe 8-years-old) & began picking the kids' nose! She wasn't just near the front of the nostril either...she was digging with her index finger & no kleenex!! I was so disgusted! Honestly, what the hell happened to manners & proper etiquette???

Then I saw something rather odd at the parking lot of my local supermarket. A Muslim woman and her daughters, dressed in full burkas, began to pray on the grass. I've never seen anyone pray in the parking lot of a store before...I don't have an issue with anyone praying in public...I just thought it a little strange since most people I know (Muslim or otherwise) wouldn't think of praying in a parking lot of the local supermarket.

On another note, someone I was sort of friends (more acquaintances) with, showed up today & finally figured out I'm pissed off with her. She's been pestering me to add her to facebook. She even emailed my mother complaining I wouldn't phone her, email her or add her to facebook! I told her I'm a grown woman who doesn't need someone complaining to my mother (or anyone else!) about something so trivial. She couldn't fathom why I was angry. She finally got the message when I said "If I don't add you it means I'm not going to." She stormed off angry but it's not the first time she's done this. I was just fed up with the bs.

Bored...

Currently waiting for my laundry to dry which is why I'm still up at this hour. I should be sleeping but instead I'm watching a dreadful 'comedy' (at least that's what it's referred to as) show with some American comic named Demetri Martin.

I was supposed to get the day off tomorrow but I have to work...guess I can't bitch about it too much considering Wednesday I'm only working a few hours in the evening. Tomorrow I've got to bake dozens of cupcakes & cake layers...I'm supposed to wake up at 6am. Not sure how I'll stay awake tomorrow.

Saw this on a t-shirt yesterday: You are the most important thing on my to do list. HA! I love that :D

A Day Off...Finally!

Yup.  You read that right.  I finally got a day off.  Been really busy the last month with work, worrying about my health, switching doctors, more work...today I get all to myself without any obligations to someone else...I love that. 

Thanks to a co-worker & friend who shlepped herself to FanCon 2010 in Toronto, I finally got the first six year set of LICD (Least I Could Do).  She even scored me the LICD Beginnings bag & keychain!  I was thrilled with the keychain (I collect them...not sure why...I just do) XD.  If you haven't read LICD I highly recommend it...it's hilarious, politically incorrect, obnoxious at times, sometimes vulgar but a very amusing read.  She introduced me to Sohmer & I'm eternally grateful for that!

I also need to pass along a blog everyone should read.  Etiquette Hell is brilliant.  Funny most of the time, shocking at others, it'll have you shaking your head most of the time at what people try to pass off as good manners.  I'm addicted.

Well I'm off to do some summer cleaning...Happy Labour Day!

It's sad people are so ignorant about eggs!

Found this gem on google while searching for eggfruit...I don't know whether to laugh my ass off or cry that people are this ignorant about where their food comes from!

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061016104240AAJSdPU

For those of us who remember:

Hollywood Squares:


These great questions and answers are from the days when ' Hollywood Squares' game show responses were spontaneous, not scripted, as they are now. Peter Marshall was the host asking the questions, of course..

Q.. Paul, what is a good reason for pounding meat?
A. Paul Lynde: Loneliness!
(The audience laughed so long and so hard it took up almost 15 minutes of the show!)

Q . Do female frogs croak?
A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough.

Q. If you're going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be
A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it.

Q. True or False, a pea can last as long as 5,000 years...
A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.

Q. You've been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man or a woman?
A. Don Knotts: That's what's been keeping me awake.

Q. According to Cosmopolitan, if you meet a stranger at a party and you think that he is attractive, is it okay to come out and ask him if he's married?
A.. Rose Marie: No wait until morning.

Q. Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?
A. Charley Weaver: My sense of decency..

Q. In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words to say 'I Love You'?
A. Vincent Price: No, you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty..

Q. What are 'Do It,' 'I Can Help,' and 'I Can't Get Enough'?
A. George Gobel: I don't know, but it's coming from the next apartment.

Q. As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your hands while talking?
A. Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing old question Peter, and I'll give you a gesture you'll never forget.

Q. Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather?
A. Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.

Q.. Charley, you've just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to get any during the first year?
A.. Charley Weaver: Of course not, I'm too busy growing strawberries.

Q. In bowling, what's a perfect score?
A. Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy.

Q. It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist camps.. One is politics, what is the other?
A. Paul Lynde: Tape measures..

Q. During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet?
A. Rose Marie: Unfortunately Peter, I'm always safe in the bedroom.

Q. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls?
A.. Marty Allen: Only after lights out.

Q. When you pat a dog on its head he will wag his tail. What will a goose do?
A. Paul Lynde: Make him bark?

Q. If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to?
A. Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark..

Q. According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?
A. Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army.

Q. It is the most abused and neglected part of your body, what is it?
A. Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused, but it certainly isn't neglected.

Q. Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what was he trying to do?
A. George Gobel: Get it in his mouth.

Q. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?
A. Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant?

Q. When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex?
A.. Charley Weaver: I'll lend him the car, the rest is up to him

Q. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?
A. Charley Weaver: His feet.

Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed?
A. Paul Lynde: Point and laugh

WE DON'T STOP LAUGHING BECAUSE WE GROW OLD, WE GROW OLD BECAUSE WE STOP LAUGHING

Well it's finally raining!

For weeks the weather reports kept saying it's gonna pour, thunder & lightning, etc.  Looks like they finally got it right...

Shinedown, if you only knew(unedited edition)

This was supposed to be Shinedown singing If You Only Knew...well it's the video for it but I've got no idea who is singing the Christmas carol...cool version of it though so I'm posting it...hey if anyone knows who sings this version of Come All Ye Faithful, please let me know!

Life's Little Instructions

Sing in the shower.
Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.
Watch a sunrise at least once a year.
Leave the toilet seat in the down position.
Never refuse homemade brownies.
Strive for excellence, not perfection.
Plant a tree on your birthday.
Learn 3 clean jokes.
Return borrowed vehicles with the gas tank full.
Compliment 3 people every day.
Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them.
Leave everything a little better than you found it.
Keep it simple.
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.
Floss your teeth.
Ask for a raise when you think you've earned it.
Overtip breakfast waitresses.
Be forgiving of yourself and others.
Say, "Thank you" a lot.
Say, "Please" a lot.
Avoid negative people.
Buy whatever kids are selling on card tables in their front yards.
Wear polished shoes.
Remember other people's birthdays.
Commit yourself to constant improvement.
Carry jumper cables in your truck.
Have a firm handshake.
Send lots of Valentine cards.
Sign them, "Someone who thinks you're terrific."
Look people in the eye.
Be the first to say hello.
Use the good silver.
Return all things you borrow.
Make new friends, but cherish the old ones.
Keep a few secrets.
Sing in a choir.
Plant flowers every spring.
Have a dog.
Always accept an outstretched hand.
Stop blaming others.
Take responsibility for every area of your life.
Wave at kids on school busses.
Be there when people need you.
Feed a stranger's expired parking meter.
Don't expect life to be fair.
Never underestimate the power of love.
Drink champagne for no reason at all.
Live your life as an exclamation, not an explanation.
Don't be afraid to say, "I made a mistake."
Don't be afraid to say, "I don't know."
Compliment even small improvements.
Keep your promises no matter what.
Marry for love.
Rekindle old friendships.
Count your blessings.
Call your mother.

by H. Jackson Brown Jr.