Tuesday, January 29, 2008
THE RED COLANDER
THE RED COLANDER
Once upon a time in a world we call Wal*Mart
Roaming the house wares department with my shopping cart
I could see her a million miles away
Tony’s long lost friend who had gone astray
She was lovely and bright with holes perfect for draining
I thought for sure there would be no complaining
I picked her up gently by the stainless steel handle
The price tag dangled; at once I detected a red-blooded scandal
Dave Ramsey would say it is too much money
“What about Total Money Make-over, honey?”
Justified I had a perfectly good one in my cupboard
It works fine and free is something I certainly can afford
Days have come and gone since I saw sweet Bella
I still listen to Dave, he’s my money fella
Then one cold January day as a new semester gift
Four little women, one little man and their mom, my spirits did lift
She was red and shinny and did not need training
A colander just waiting to start her job draining
So thank you to Anne, Andrew, Alex, Caroline & Katy
No way would we forget Jacqueline, our newest little lady
Once upon a time in a world we call Wal*Mart
Roaming the house wares department with my shopping cart
I could see her a million miles away
Tony’s long lost friend who had gone astray
She was lovely and bright with holes perfect for draining
I thought for sure there would be no complaining
I picked her up gently by the stainless steel handle
The price tag dangled; at once I detected a red-blooded scandal
Dave Ramsey would say it is too much money
“What about Total Money Make-over, honey?”
Justified I had a perfectly good one in my cupboard
It works fine and free is something I certainly can afford
Days have come and gone since I saw sweet Bella
I still listen to Dave, he’s my money fella
Then one cold January day as a new semester gift
Four little women, one little man and their mom, my spirits did lift
She was red and shinny and did not need training
A colander just waiting to start her job draining
So thank you to Anne, Andrew, Alex, Caroline & Katy
No way would we forget Jacqueline, our newest little lady
p.s. i had my old colander since 1992...that's 16 years!
WELCOME!
Kelly and I decided to make a welcome sign
warning: Pregnant woman with drill
I used a dark mahogany stain.
Kelly used a maple finish
semi finished...need to dry and then we need to hang
Eventually these cute little guys will stick with magnets to the sign during the appropriate occasion
I couldn't wait to hang mine...even without the cute occasion ditties!
THE FAT TEST
THE FAT TEST
Last evening for school I had my fat tested
Bringing a curse for the nights I had rested
A measuring tape around my waist
Or around my neck, let’s not make haste
Then pinch this place and that place too
I feel as though I should be caged in the zoo
Fat is an ugly word, so let’s think of replacements
Obese, high risk…never mind I’ll just hide in the basement
Apparently I own what we know as a mirror
One that makes things appear much nearer
Nearer to thin-ish or healthy, curvy or even fit
Or nearer to McDonald’s drive through, my order to submit
A new day has come; no I won’t break into song
But after spin class today, I felt all wrong
This muscle hurts and this muscle screams
My bum thinks I’ve been in the saddle, or so it may seem
Terri was nice, for an instructor who yells
OH yeah, that spin class was great, even swell
My mirror deceived, since my eyes do the viewing
Apparently my mouth has been doing too much chewing
To all you who care and are up for the challenge
Remind me when you see fit; this is something I can manage
So no more fast food and no poorer planning
Come this summer I’ll need less of me for tanning!
Spellbound Sorento...the story of the possessed Kia
A few weeks ago, while Heather was in town, my Kia started acting strange. We were driving to church and the heater was not heating. I messed and fussed and annoyed the crud out of Heather, but to no avail, something was wrong.
Over the course of the following few weeks I kept experiencing these random times when the Kia would take on a mind of it's own and decide to cool the interior, even though the thermostat was set on 80+. I called John to tell him of my woe's and he agreed I should take it to the dealership while it was still under warranty, so I figured that was a good plan. Besides, pretending the shot-gun seat heater actually warms your tush, is probably getting really old for anyone that sits in that seat on a brisk Georgia day.
Resolved to make the appointment at the Kia dealership I go on with my goings on.
Fast forward to Monday morning of this week. I am on my way to work in HORRIBLE Atlanta traffic...what is wrong with people, it is ONLY A LANE SHIFT!...anyway, I am about 1/2 way to work when all the sudden my dome light blinks on. I look up and it goes off. Strange. What's up with that? Continue driving...do, de, doot, de do...it happens again, except this time it stays on a little longer. A few minutes later I pull into the parking garage at work and the light does it again...and STAYs ON! I am freaking out...I try to manually turn the light off ~ nothing. I park and get out of the vehicle and re-shut every single door ~ nothing...the light is still on.
At this point I am just weirded out and decide to shut off the engine and go inside. Thankfully the light went out when I locked the car and I went inside reassured I would not need a jump in 8 hours.
For the next 8 hours I contemplate the haunting of my mode of transportation and debate how to sell it...quickly.
Dreading what I will find when I leave for school that night, 4pm rolls around and I head out to the garage. I start the car and you guessed it, the light is STILL ON! At this point I am freaked and have no intentions of getting on I-75 only to be attacked while driving 80mph up the freeway by some extraterrestrial being from my backseat!
I get out of my car...open every door...close every door. Check all the windows, including the back, then back in my car...lights still on. I am about to call Sarah and ask for a ride home - I can skip class - when a light pops on in my head...THE DIMMER SWITCH!
I slowly reach down to the bottom of the left side of my console dash (sure something will soon be eating my hand) and gently touch the nob. Sure enough, it was resting directly at that spot...you know, the "click" where you are only controlling the dimmer of your console lights and the hump where you turn your interior car lights on...it was sitting right there, right at the crest. That last speed bump into the parking garage must have made it stick.
I know, I know...one would think I would have checked that switch first, but I didn't. I mean come on, the lights were not on to begin with...!?!
Now I guess I should make that appointment with Kia, instead of Ghost Busters!
Over the course of the following few weeks I kept experiencing these random times when the Kia would take on a mind of it's own and decide to cool the interior, even though the thermostat was set on 80+. I called John to tell him of my woe's and he agreed I should take it to the dealership while it was still under warranty, so I figured that was a good plan. Besides, pretending the shot-gun seat heater actually warms your tush, is probably getting really old for anyone that sits in that seat on a brisk Georgia day.
Resolved to make the appointment at the Kia dealership I go on with my goings on.
Fast forward to Monday morning of this week. I am on my way to work in HORRIBLE Atlanta traffic...what is wrong with people, it is ONLY A LANE SHIFT!...anyway, I am about 1/2 way to work when all the sudden my dome light blinks on. I look up and it goes off. Strange. What's up with that? Continue driving...do, de, doot, de do...it happens again, except this time it stays on a little longer. A few minutes later I pull into the parking garage at work and the light does it again...and STAYs ON! I am freaking out...I try to manually turn the light off ~ nothing. I park and get out of the vehicle and re-shut every single door ~ nothing...the light is still on.
At this point I am just weirded out and decide to shut off the engine and go inside. Thankfully the light went out when I locked the car and I went inside reassured I would not need a jump in 8 hours.
For the next 8 hours I contemplate the haunting of my mode of transportation and debate how to sell it...quickly.
Dreading what I will find when I leave for school that night, 4pm rolls around and I head out to the garage. I start the car and you guessed it, the light is STILL ON! At this point I am freaked and have no intentions of getting on I-75 only to be attacked while driving 80mph up the freeway by some extraterrestrial being from my backseat!
I get out of my car...open every door...close every door. Check all the windows, including the back, then back in my car...lights still on. I am about to call Sarah and ask for a ride home - I can skip class - when a light pops on in my head...THE DIMMER SWITCH!
I slowly reach down to the bottom of the left side of my console dash (sure something will soon be eating my hand) and gently touch the nob. Sure enough, it was resting directly at that spot...you know, the "click" where you are only controlling the dimmer of your console lights and the hump where you turn your interior car lights on...it was sitting right there, right at the crest. That last speed bump into the parking garage must have made it stick.
I know, I know...one would think I would have checked that switch first, but I didn't. I mean come on, the lights were not on to begin with...!?!
Now I guess I should make that appointment with Kia, instead of Ghost Busters!
Friday, January 25, 2008
Jury Duty Scam
This is why I love having a BLOG...I can inform those I love about potentially bad things that might happen to them. Here is one such thing:
JURY DUTY SCAM
This has been verified by the FBI (their link is also included below). Please pass this on to everyone in your email address book. It is spreading fast so be prepared should you get this call. Most of us take those summonses for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on their civic duty, that a new and ominous kind of fraud has surfaced.
The caller claims to be a jury coordinator. If you protest that you never received a summons for jury duty, the scammer asks you for your Social Security number and date of birth so he or she can verify the information and cancel the arrest warrant. Give out any of this information and bingo; your identity was just stolen.
The fraud has been reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma, Illinois, and Colorado. T his (swindle) is particularly insidious because they use intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into giving information by pretending they are with the court system. The FBI and the federal court system have issued nationwide alerts on their web sites, warning consumers about the fraud.
Check it out here:
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm
And here:
http ://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp
JURY DUTY SCAM
This has been verified by the FBI (their link is also included below). Please pass this on to everyone in your email address book. It is spreading fast so be prepared should you get this call. Most of us take those summonses for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on their civic duty, that a new and ominous kind of fraud has surfaced.
The caller claims to be a jury coordinator. If you protest that you never received a summons for jury duty, the scammer asks you for your Social Security number and date of birth so he or she can verify the information and cancel the arrest warrant. Give out any of this information and bingo; your identity was just stolen.
The fraud has been reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma, Illinois, and Colorado. T his (swindle) is particularly insidious because they use intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into giving information by pretending they are with the court system. The FBI and the federal court system have issued nationwide alerts on their web sites, warning consumers about the fraud.
Check it out here:
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm
And here:
http ://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp
Monday, January 21, 2008
I hate these things. I got this from April (who I love dearly!) but I simply cannot send it out in an email, I’m testing this in reverse – isn’t the sky supposed to fall if I don’t?! If you opened it, you have to do it. Then, send it back to the person who sent it to you and the rest of your friends!
Two names you go by - other than the one you were given:
1. Kathy
2. KD
3. Never…NEVER Kat…unless you want to die.
Two things you are wearing right now:
1. Socks
2. Shoes
3. Bobby Pins
Two of your favorite things to do:
1. Sing
2. Sleep
3. Travel
Two things you want very badly at the moment
1. Find the man of my dreams
2. Finish school
3. Get paid a lot of money
4. Own a home of my own
Two favorite pets you have/had
1. Rhett & Scarlett (turtles)
2. Lola & Hershey (stuffed dogs)
Two things you did last night:
1. Dishes (finally, yuck!)
2. Made taco’s…stale shells, what a disappointment!
Two things you ate today
1. Close Talker. Mmmm, Moe’s!
2. Banana
Two people you last talked to:
1. Chris (boss)
2. Loren & Jamie (front desk)
3. Anne…on IM
Two things you will do tomorrow:
1. Work
2. School
Two favorite holidays:
1. Valentine’s Day (I have no idea why, I never actually have a Valentine!)
2. Christmas
Two favorite beverages:
1. Diet Coke
2. Diet Mt. Dew
3. Diet Water (ha!)
Here's what you're supposed to do, hit forward, delete my answers and type in your answers. Then send this to a whole bunch of people you know. Instead, go to blogger.com and create your own blog and post it on there. Much more fun that way, and I won't get any more junk mail. Love you April...
p.s. I know I can't count, but some things I simply could not make up my mind about which one's I would rather share.
Two names you go by - other than the one you were given:
1. Kathy
2. KD
3. Never…NEVER Kat…unless you want to die.
Two things you are wearing right now:
1. Socks
2. Shoes
3. Bobby Pins
Two of your favorite things to do:
1. Sing
2. Sleep
3. Travel
Two things you want very badly at the moment
1. Find the man of my dreams
2. Finish school
3. Get paid a lot of money
4. Own a home of my own
Two favorite pets you have/had
1. Rhett & Scarlett (turtles)
2. Lola & Hershey (stuffed dogs)
Two things you did last night:
1. Dishes (finally, yuck!)
2. Made taco’s…stale shells, what a disappointment!
Two things you ate today
1. Close Talker. Mmmm, Moe’s!
2. Banana
Two people you last talked to:
1. Chris (boss)
2. Loren & Jamie (front desk)
3. Anne…on IM
Two things you will do tomorrow:
1. Work
2. School
Two favorite holidays:
1. Valentine’s Day (I have no idea why, I never actually have a Valentine!)
2. Christmas
Two favorite beverages:
1. Diet Coke
2. Diet Mt. Dew
3. Diet Water (ha!)
Here's what you're supposed to do, hit forward, delete my answers and type in your answers. Then send this to a whole bunch of people you know. Instead, go to blogger.com and create your own blog and post it on there. Much more fun that way, and I won't get any more junk mail. Love you April...
p.s. I know I can't count, but some things I simply could not make up my mind about which one's I would rather share.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
UniverSOUL Circus
The other night when I left the GWCC after the tradeshow I was following signs in downtown Atlanta trying to make it to I-20. I wasn't quite sure where I was, but saw a sign ahead for the freeway so figured I could get it right soon enough.
I was so distracted by the fact that I was in the wrong lane, that when I passed the building on my left with a photoworthy scene painted on the side, I was not quick enough and missed the chance to take the shot as I fumbled for my camera.
Well, last night, camera in hand and headed the same direction, I was READY!
...now I'm not sure what the UniverSOUL Circus is, but don't you think it sounds a little bit like a church? Seriously, how much fun would THAT be?!?!
being EVICTED!
NO! Not me silly!
...but for sure someone in my apartment complex.
I always wondered what they do with all your stuff, check it out, this ain't no yard sale! ...ooh, but I could use that hangy clothes rack thingy!
Friday, January 18, 2008
The Special Event Show 2008 III - THE END
hello people...thank you for coming to play in my sandbox.
Today was the last day of the show and here are the remaining photos:
(...I am exhausted, so I will only comment on those that are comment worthy...)
this is a shot from a window above the show floor. it doesn't do it justice, you can only see a few of the aisles, but at least you can see my booth if you look close enough
this was stunning...really simply beautiful!
i must have this rug...i love love love it!
how incredible are these high-back chairs?! I love them too.
These next 9 or 10 are photos of the table competition.Generally speaking, they are amazing...the imagination it took to think of these is simply amazing...you will see.
i sell these chairs, they are bamboo
this is their "invitation" that goes along with their table, cute huh?
Anne, thought of your little (ha!) Japanese family when I saw this one.Isn't it pretty?!
Below...if you look close enough you will see that there is a little yellow rubber ducky at each place setting. I am not sure what is wearing the rain coat & hat, but probably an individual bottled beverage. In the bag on the seat...rain galoshes! OH, and the centerpiece, it's a fountain!!! It was running, but I don't think you can tell.
thought this was adorable. Big tree centerpiece, my fav blue speckled enamelware and canning jars for drinking glasses. this is my kind of party! Oh, and those napkin rings...butterflies! Wood candle ditties in the center too.
...the end of the table top competition...
this is a client of ours and we sold them a lot of stuff, including those beachwood chiavari bar stools in fruitwood. Aren't they pretty!?
Can you tell that those are little teeny tiny chairs sitting on a regular size table?
ARE YOU READY?
THIS IS THE BEST PART OF THIS WHOLE SHOW!
SERIOUSLY...YOU ARE GOING TO FLIP!
...
WASN'T THAT GREAT!
EVERYTHING WAS MADE OUT OF BALLOONS!
back to your regularly scheduled program...
Kelly...do you like these?
Do you think brides would like them?
Okay, this is our booth!
Chairs are part of us too...
Okay, this brings us to the conclusion of the show.
back to your regularly scheduled program...
Kelly...do you like these?Do you think brides would like them?
Okay, this is our booth!
Chairs are part of us too...
Okay, this brings us to the conclusion of the show.
We hope you have enjoyed your time here and encourange you to comment, because it makes the monster in the sandbox happy!
loves!
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