Hi to vacation, see ya later to friends!!

oh yes!!! Today I do a dance of joy because today is my last day of work for a week!!! I am on vacation all next week and I can't wait. Plus, who doesn't love a computerized dancing baby first thing in the morning. Anyway, today is also bittersweet for several of my co-workers. For today is their last day here at this company. Our company had a pretty big lay off several months ago and I personally know a couple of people that were affected.

So, to them I say that I wish I could share Tinkerbell's magic and sprinkle some fairy dust on them--even though that stuff makes you fly but you get my point-- and make them stay, but I know that change is inevitable and yet it still sucks. At least I still have my blog and e-mail which I will constantly be on because I would go crazy without someone more sane to level me out (and you know who you are). So, I have written a poem that I am dedicating to certain people and they know who they are. :)

If only I could turn back the time
And make you stay here a while,
Or if only I could walk with you
the very next few miles.

If only things didn't have to
change and you could still stay here
Then maybe the good times wouldn't end
And I wouldn't feel like shedding tears.

But I know you must move on
to bigger and better things
To follow your heart is more important
Always follow your dreams.

So, for now it is see you later
And not a tearful good-bye
For I will see you soon again
Maybe even walk with you those miles.

My newest goal

Well, on top of losing weight so that I am not a complete lard butt when and if I ever get pregnant again, I have decided that my new goal is to make a cake that melts in your mouth. You know the kind that you get from the bakery where the icing is just so fluid and the cake is the moistest you have ever eaten. Don't get me wrong. I have made my fair share of decorated cakes for birthday parties and I have even made a wedding cake, but I want mine to be bakery perfect. Mine have received wonderful reviews but I want "melt in your mouth, none left over goodness". I am researching ideas for different buttercream icings and I will probably experiment with a few while I am on vacation next week.
The only reason I have decided that this is my newest goal is because a wedding cake was brought into work yesterday for a bridal shower. It was gorgeous and the icing was perfection. Not too sweet, and it just collapsed onto my tongue in the most wonderful way. So, I know I can do it, but it is just a matter of getting into the kitchen and practice, practice, practice.
Who knows? I might one day even be able to pull off this:
highly unlikely, but possible!!!

Open mouth, insert foot!!!

Okay, so I stopped by the store this morning to get a newspaper and a drink as I usually do. The girl behind the counter, who I speak to every morning, got to talking to me about age. So, I said "Well, I will be 28 in September". She replies "28?" with eyebrows raised as if to say "who are you kidding?". So, I asked her if I really looked that old and she stutters out "oh! n-n- no. I just thought you were older cause you act older. And you know with being married and having a kid." Okay, no what she thought is that I was already in my mid-thirties (and not the youthful looking early thirties that most of my friends are) (and you know who you are Myra :) ) and I am an old frumpy fuddy dud that has lost my youthful glow. Nice recovery try on that comment, but you just opened your mouth and inserted foot. Oh well, it could've been worse I suppose. However, I will not let this ruin my day. I will look at it as an incentive to start trying to look my age and acting a little younger. I will try to stay young at heart. :)

BORED!!!!

That would describe me today. Bored out of my mind. Not too much to write about. But being bored has its ups and downs. Like, one of the ups is it allows me time to daydream about what kind of new hairdo I want. It is short right now with bangs, and I can't decide if I want some really funky hairdo with cool color, or just a blah-blah-freakin-blah-i-don't-know-how-much-more-boring-i-can-get hairdo. Looks like the coloring (which I have never done) is winning right now. Only time will tell how brave I will be.
It also allows me to daydream on just how many more children do I want, or how many more do I think my already UGH body can take. I want 3 more, hubby wants 1 more. We will see what happens. Already working on the 2nd one. I am excited about just about the aspect of getting pregnant and carrying the child. I loved being pregnant the 1st time around, so hopefully the 2nd one (if I am lucky enough to get pregnant again) will be easy as well. The only hard part was the actual labor. I know you are saying, "Well, DUH birdbrain. That would be why it is called labor!!!". I know that, I am referring to the fact that I don't want to be told after 11 1/2 hrs of labor that I now need a C Sec. Not Fun!!! Stubborn child wouldn't make his grand entrance.
One of the last ups to my boring day is that it allows me time to blog and to write to coworkers who I don't get to see very much and to read their blogs. Interesting stuff. That's why they are linked to mine. :)
Oh! yeah! 2 hrs to go at work! Think I will daydream about what to do tonight before my little one goes to bed. :)

What do people envy about you?

AAWWW that's so nice. Don't know how true it is, but still it is nice.

People Envy Your Compassion

You have a kind heart and an unusual empathy for all living creatures. You tend to absorb others' happiness and pain. People envy your compassion, and more importantly, the connections it helps you build. And compassionate as you are, you feel for them.

What Do People Envy About You?

How do you communicate?

You Communicate With Your Body

This isn't as bad as it sounds, it just means that you're a "touchy-feely" person. You need a lot of affection in your life. And for you, this means both giving and receiving little touches. Warm hearted, you bond with people easily. In fact, you often feel a little sad when you're not in the company of others. A little moody, you tend to be controlled by your emotions. But a bit hug always comforts you!

How Do You Communicate?

I am a Britney Basher!!!

What on earth would give this poor lil' punkin' of a girl the idea that she is hated by millions? Maybe because she is. She wants her privacy? Well, then quit dressing like a 2 bit trailer trash truck stop hooker. In this Dateline interview with Matt Lauer she explains that she just wants to be left alone and to have her privacy. Well, Ms. Spears, you can't have it both ways. You can't love the life you have and not want to give it up, but want the paparrazi to spare you and your precious little family. I mean come on. The crocodile tears really had me there for a moment. But even through the whole facade she manages to chomp open-mouthed on that wad of gum and not finish one sentence. Oh!!! And how dare she compare herself to the likes of Goldie Hawn and Julia Roberts?!!!! "Well look at Julia Roberts. Her husband was married with kids when they met and you don't see her getting bashed like I do." Oops! # 4..Danny Moder (julia's hubby didn't have kids when they met). Also, she doesn't go around parading like the cover of Truck Stop monthly. I mean come on Britney get real. Okay, I know as a mom I don't always look my best, but that is no excuse for me to (at 6 months pregnant) go around w/ unkempt hair, bad makeup, and even worse choice of clothing. I just loved having to stare at her boobs about to pop out of her top with the side of her bra showing. Real classy Brit!!! And then what does Kevin mean by everything comes out of his pocket. How!?!?!?! What job has he had lately? The only thing surfacing out of Kevin's pants is his little bit of manhood that has spawned 3 kids, soon to be 4. Get real K Fed.
One last thing. She has wept with the world??? Okay, uummm NO!! Not unless the world she is speaking of consists of just the voices in her head that have apparently taken over. The only thing she has done to help the world is turn into trailer trash so no one would want to breed with her except for Kevin. Now that is a big help to the population problem. For that and only that Ms. Spears you deserve a star on the walk of fame.
Real classy outfit Britney and the extensions look worse that Jessica Simpson's new line of wigs. SORRY!!!

The Big Three-Oh my where did the time go?

So, yesterday was my hubby's 30th birthday..hence the title. I asked him if he felt any older, which is what we all tend to do even though we know the answer. He told me "no older than a day ago". Which was the answer I expected. I don't know if in one instant, I felt for him the years slipping by as they are for me, or I just felt some sort of nostalgia of days past by me in a flash that I didn't take the time to appreciate. I know he doesn't, but I can't help to think of all the days that go by that I don't just soak up the moment. No, my teenage years were not the greatest, but they were definitely better than some of the years in my 20's. There are lots of things I would've done better, different, kinder, not so fast, etc.. But wouldn't we all? But if I had the chance to do it, would I? If I did, then I probably wouldn't have the husband that I do or my wonderful son. I wouldn't have learned how cruel or nice people can be. I wouldn't have known that I do need to sit back and soak up all that I can from everyday that I am blessed enough to be part of. So, I raise my glass to today and to today I toast "Learn from the past, live in the present, look for the future".

At what price would you sell out?

On Average, You Would Sell Out For

$1,111,417

At What Price Would You Sell Out?

Not quite perfect McDonald's...Quite a perfect case of the hebejeebies!!!

Holy fish McGriddles, Batman!! What have they done to McD's?!? It seems that in a story from The Onion posted here some genius McDonald junkie has opened his own version of the popular fast food chain. Only his store, the Not Quite Perfect McDonald's, serves the regular favorite munchables at a slashed price, and in an even weirder version of the McD's favorites we have come to know and love. Wow, who's ready for a six-piece quarter pounder.

It seems that this cost saving guru, one Brian Landers of Gurnee, IL, thinks he has found a goldmine. Apparently not everyone else feels the same though. Well, imagine that. You see, for just $.30 a piece you can buy an M-shaped hamburger. The catch is however that this catchy "M" shaped patty comes on a regular bun. It might mean that some of the bites are burgerless, but who cares?!?!? You just go there for the low prices anyway, right? Well, hello genius!! If I am going for the low prices, then why doI have to buy a whole lot more to fill me up? Also, who really wants frozen foot long french fries, even if they are included in the $1.99 meal which also consists of a gray shamrock McFlurry (with chicken nuggets as the topping instead of M&M's), a cheeseburger with half the top bun missing, and the ever popular apple pie with french fries coming out the top?

Not only is the food being affected but it seems that so are the characters. The play place at this flea market style McD's features a Ronald McDonald with eyes facing opposite directions, a pink instead of purple Grimace, and a toothless Hamburglar. Well, I kind of understand the toothless one. I think that if I had to eat a $.20 flash frozen brick of ice cream instead of a soft serve cone I would be missing a few myself.

Some folks, as crazy as it may sound, actually like this place. Or, should I sing "They're lovin' it"? Seems one Mack Vesper, a longtime patron, has not been affected by the odd diner. He says "It's not like the meat's tainted." No, Mike it may not be, but my stomach or dreams might be after eating the concoctions their serving up here. But just to play Devil's Advocate in this one, I think I will stick to the ideas of others. Anita Sibakis states, "I'll never take my children there again! They opened up the Happy Meal and there were headless Mulan figurines in there. It scared the bejesus out of my youngest." Yeah, Anita, you think?