In July of 2004 I lost a diamond baguette out of my wedding ring. I was really upset since we hadn’t been married even a year then. By some miracle I found the diamond a few weeks later and avoided spending several hundred dollars on a new one. We only had to pay about $70 or so for the work on the prongs. Since then I’ve lost 2 more diamonds. One is gone, no idea what happened to it. The second one, which fell out only a couple of weeks ago, I found right away and was able to keep safe. Today I went with my SIL to a jewelry store here in Omaha. I wanted to find out how much it would cost to fix it, put the one diamond back in and buy a new one for the setting that is missing. The total? Including the diamond? $63. Yeah. So basically that jewelry store back home was WAY over charging for that tiny little diamond. Now I didn’t go to one down in the Loop where you have to get buzzed in and show ID, this was just a place in my home town. Wow. So yeah, needless to say, I’m really glad it’s not going to cost me an arm and a leg to fix it.
Have you ever done that? It’s damned annoying. It’s the side of my tongue too. I feel like I have a brick on one side of my mouth. Makes it hard to eat. And talk. But that’s not why you’re here, is it? So you might be wondering what’s going on with work, since a lot of those posts have been password protected. And really, if you want the password, just email me. Anyway, since it’s not a keeping-a-secret-from-my-employer issue any more, I’ll just post about it.
I started at my current place back in September. And right away I knew it was not for me. I started looking elsewhere pretty much right away. Had some interviews but obviously nothing significant. Well, long story short, my boss knows that I feel that this isn’t a fit and that I’m looking. She said she’s OK with that and understands and said she’d even give a reference if I wanted. So phew, that’s out of the bag.
So really that’s where I’m at. I’ve had some interviews and some irons in the fire but I’m still at the old place for now. As soon as I know, you’ll know.
Oh and if anyone is on Facebook, come add me as a friend. Cuz then you might know stuff sooner!!
Not that I’m happy about David Tennant leaving the show. I puffy heart him. He’s the bestest Doctor ever. Not to mention the cutest. Maybe he’ll reprise his role as Barty Crouch in the later Harry Potter movies. Maybe they’ll rewrite the script and make him the HERO of the movies. Hmm. A girl can dream. So the new one is is a young actor named Matt Smith. Yeah I never heard of him either. But maybe he’ll do OK. Better him than an American actor. And I personally think it’s better to have someone who’s relatively unknown, hope it doesn’t typecast him though. Now. Who’s going to be his companion?
Tomorrow we’re going home for Christmas. DH is flying, as he has to come back early for work, and I’m driving. Of course hell is supposed to be unleashed upon Chicagoland tomorrow, which makes perfect sense, why else would they have record breaking snowfalls if not for the fact that I now live 500 miles away and am desperate to be home for Christmas? So, anyway, I’m leaving in the morning, 9 or 10ish, depending on the weather. Originally I was going to leave here around 6 but that would put me into Chicago early afternoon, while the snow is still going. This way I hope to miss the bulk of it. So, anyway, if you’re so inclined, I’ll be posting my updates to my Twitter page. You know like passing Des Moines, stuck behind an 18 wheeler, trapped in a snow drift, etc. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and/or a Happy Hanukkah!
Haven’t done this in awhile…
And your ASPCA commercials! There is a REASON why I don’t watch those Pet Rescue 911 or whatever they’re called shows. Because they make me cry. But no, you come out with these heart-wrenching commercials showing poor little homeless puppies and kitties asking me to give to the ASPCA. And I want to give them every penny I have too. Just so those poor little darlings can have someone to love them.
After watching one such commercial, I looked down at my darling cat, asleep amongst the clean clothes, bent over, and petted him telling him “Hobbsy I don’t care WHAT happens, I am NEVER giving you up. You will NEVER be homeless or go hungry. I’ll do whatever I have to do to keep you.” Hobbs in turned looked up at me, as if I was nuts, then bent his own head and tried to bite me. Little fucker is lucky he’s cute.
Just a general update. Let’s see… this past weekend DH went to visit his friend up in Minnesota. It’s lovely this time of year I hear. Shaah. Right. He got back yesterday. THANKFULLY before the snow hit Chicago hard and after it stopped for the most part in Omaha. Saturday he was at work and it was getting cold enough that I finally needed to turn on the furnace. Plus Saturday was warm enough that I could open some windows since furnace dust burn-off isn’t exactly being bottled and sold by Lancome. But then the blower wouldn’t shut off even though it wasn’t putting off heat. Well I googled a solution and it said to tap the furnace, smartly. Which fixed the problem. Yay me. Saturday night was our company Christmas party. K was supposed to come with me, since DH is working nights, but she and B got a titch too toasted at B’s Christmas party Friday night and she wasn’t able to make it. Now she’s gonna be ticked that I told the whole internets that she’s a lush. Oh, sweetie, we already knew. Sunday K & I made cookies! That was lots of fun. We tried really hard to fuck them up but they came out edible. Shock of shocks. I still have not even started my Christmas shopping. Mostly. We bought a couple of gifts like a month ago but nothing since then. And no, I’m not worried yet, why do you ask? If the weather holds we’re planning on coming home for Christmas. Yay for Chicago pizza. I swear people in Omaha wouldn’t know what good pizza was if it bit them in their Huskernation. I mean they put hamburger on their pizza. Hamburger! Ground beef!!! Blasphemy!!! Omaha got it’s first measurable snow yesterday. Wasn’t too bad, only 2-3 inches. I’m not looking forward to these hills with ice on them. There’s a reason why I didn’t want to move anywhere with mountains and ice is only part of it. I’m a flatlander at heart and proud of it!!
Yes, that’s right. It’s my birthday. Whadja get me? So today was OK at work. I decided I wasn’t going to let work kill my birthday buzz and despite their best efforts, they did not. DH got me some books I was wanting so that’s way cool. B&K got me a Kitchen Aid stand mixer. WAY cool, been wanting one of those for YEARS. I got a check from DH’s aunt and a B&N GC from my friend, C. Thanks to everyone who got me something. And a big fuck you to the rest of you fuckers. HAHAHA I’m totally kidding. Sort of. Not really. No, not at all, seriously, fuck you.
Holy crap WordPress.com went and updated their interface. Interesting. Anyway.
So for those of you wondering, my birthday is this coming Monday, December 8. There’s still time if you want to send a gift. Just email me for my address I’d be happy to supply it.
In other news. Bears lost to the Vikings. You probably knew that. My SIL, K, and I joined WW last night. I’d rather not talk about that right now, though. We are planning on going home for Christmas but can’t stay as long as we’d like. Not much else going on. You?
Oh gosh, I’m so upset with myself. NOT
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I Bit My Tongue Today
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Sweet Home, Chicago…
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Curse You, Sarah McLachlan!!
I’m cold. I’m never cold.
A Very Happy Birthday… to ME!!!
There’s Still Time
FAIL!
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