Products

I’m not sure if a lot of women have this problem or if I’m just one of few, but I am such a product whore! If there is some new lotion, perfume, makeup, skincare, wrinkle reducer, or whatever that comes out I seem to have to try it. Don’t get me wrong, being this way has led me to some really great products, but the majority of the time it seems I spend way too much money for stuff that just doesn’t live up to the advertising, or a comparable version could be found for much less money. I’m not sure why I get so sucked in, but I so do. But seriously, do I really need to have 3 different body washes in my shower at once? Can’t I just finish one before being sucked in by the commercial for a “new and better” one? Oh and lipstick or lip gloss, how many of them in pink do I really need? Or the lip plumping ones, just how many of those do I really need? I could go on and on, but I think you probably get the picture.

I think I’ve even realized it’s gotten out of hand now. The biggest thing that lead me to that conclusion? No room in my bathroom drawers or my under sink cabinet. Seriously. I have to open the door and close it real quick because I don’t want something to fall out! The even sadder thing? I just went through and threw a bunch of stuff away about 5 months ago!

How did I get this way? I’m not sure. I remember when I was growing up I was always into all of that stuff but my family didn’t have money for too much extra. Maybe I do it now because I can. Not sure. I just know that I need to get it under control. I’d much rather have that money for a vacation to Greece than some lotion that I’ll only use a couple of times and throw away!

Ok, I’m pathetic. As I’m writing this I’m checking e-mail and had a Sephora add so of course I had to go check it out. I was actually contemplating ordering a couple of things!!!!!! Gaaaahhhhh!! Save me from myself! ;)

Do any of you do this? Or am I the only sucker in this crowd?

-Chula

Back with a vent...

Hello Friends in blogger land. I'm sorry I've been so MIA. It's been a busy past couple of months. Unfortunately nothing exciting, just life. One good thing is that I will be getting off of the rock for a week very soon. I can't wait to go shop at stores we don't have and eat at restaurants we don't have! I hope to write a few times before I leave and then let you know how it all went when I get back.

So, even though I'm back I have a negative thing. I have something I want to post. Really I want to send it to stepson and stepdaughter's mom, but I really do try to be nice and do the right thing so I won't. Instead, to help me get it out of my system I'm going to post it here. Keep in mind that there is such a history there (10 years worth) that there is just too much to post, but this "letter" made me feel a little bit better. Thanks for letting me have the online therapy.

-Chula

Dear You,

Your son, A, told me you called yesterday and asked for our address. I’m confused about why you don’t have it. Your daughter, Z, moved here with us 5 years ago, and A moved here 2 years ago. We have lived at that same address the entire time. If you would have sent the kids Christmas or Birthday presents or cards at least once during that time you would have had to use the address. Since you didn’t I guess maybe that’s why you are asking. OR, you could have found it on the court papers awarding physical residence custody of A to his father. Anyway, according to A you wanted it so you could send the child support money you owe for the past year. I’m sure you are struggling now that you are no longer receiving $750.00 a month from their Father, but is it really so hard for you to pay the $50.00 per month you have been ordered to pay? Especially in light of the fact that you do not support your son in any other way, and didn’t support Z prior to her turning 18 and moving on. Oh and don’t fool yourself into thinking that we don’t know about the business you and your husband own. I know you are not short on money; I’m just not sure how you are getting away with reporting you have no job and no source of income. What is so ironic to me is that if my husband said he could only afford to pay $50.00 a month in child support he would be told he had to go out and get a job. I know you have one school age child with your husband. Since he’s in school why can’t you go get a job so that you can afford to do more for A?

One thing I will say is that you are consistent. It seems when you have a bad day or just feel like being a jerk you call A and scream at him. Do you think that helps your relationship with him? It didn’t help with Z. In fact, she moved with us because of your treatment of her. Do you honestly think you can call your daughter ugly along with many of the other mean and hateful things you said and think she’d want to be with you? Really? There were many many times you would call and have her in tears with the things you were saying. I think A doesn’t really call you much because he just doesn’t want to deal with you. Why can’t you just call him and ask him about his day or how he is doing or what’s new with him? Why do you have to ask him about his dad, me, what kind of jewelry I have or where I buy my clothes? That really is none of your business. And more importantly, why do you feel the need to bring him in on the adult conversation items at all? A shouldn’t be relaying messages regarding child support or anything else. You should be adult enough to handle those types of conversations with his Father. Unfortunately you can’t.

Did you know that A was really looking forward to visiting this summer? Your refusal to pay for him to come has probably hurt your relationship with him. I hope you realize that. Last year we felt bad about your refusal to pay so we paid and how did you repay us? By letting A miss his flight despite our confirming with him several times that he had the correct flight info. Please understand that your “mistake” cost us an additional $1000 on top of what was already paid for the ticket. We didn’t mind paying for him to go because he really wanted it. But honestly, based on your history, I’m pretty sure you did this one on purpose. After years and years of paying for the kids to visit us (prior to their coming to live with us) and you not offering to help out one bit do you honestly expect us to continue to try to be nice? Especially when during visits with you there are quizzes on everything in our lives, screaming guilt trips, and general mental abuse? And then to top that off, upon returning we often experience behavior problems because of the things they go through there. Funny thing about all of this is that we have tried and continue to try to do the right thing and what is in the best interest of the A and Z when she was still with us.

You’d think that after 10 years of this things would change. They haven’t. I can only say that Thank God the kids were able to come live with their Dad in a stable environment. I hope that eventually they are able to have a good relationship with you, and in 3 years when A graduates and moves on, I for one will be celebrating the fact that I will never have to deal with your mean spirited, conniving, self serving, money hungry ass again!

Piss Off,

Chula

Sorry

Sorry to all for being MIA for a few days. I've just had life get in the way of writing. I hope all of you are doing great and that all of the Moms had a fantastic Mother's Day!

So, I joined a Jazzercise class. Last night was the first one. It was so much fun! I'm not sure if it was the instructor or if Jazzercise is normally that fun or a combo of both. Either way, I'm going to be going back.

In my last post I said that I'm going to start looking out for #1. A couple of people asked what made me finally do it. I have to say that mostly I just got tired. I got tired of having a negative attitude that was affecting everything around me. I got tired of feeling like I really didn't have anything fun to look forward too, and I just got tired of not having a life outside of being the "work" me and the "home" me. Somewhere along the way I let go of the fun and adventurous semi outgoing person I used to be. I didn't like the person I was becoming. Don't get me wrong, this is an ongoing process. Things haven't changed overnight. I'm still struggling some days, but things are slowly getting better. I'm really not trying to be corny here, but I do feel like I have a brighter horizon! So on that note, here's to my bright horizon and to you seeing yours!

-C

Today is #1 day

Today is the day I start looking out for #1. Me, Myself, and I! I'm not talking about "oh that purse is cute so I'm gonna buy it" or "just one piece of cake won't hurt me" looking out. I'm talking about putting ME first. My health first. Mentally and physically. I'm so worn out from trying to look out for others and not myself. So today it begins.

TRAVIS TRITT
Looking Out for Number One

No matter what I do I can't make you happy
Though I go to great lengths to do your will
If you say hurry, girl I make it snappy
Trying hard to keep your wishes filled
But I'm getting tired and feeling real discouraged
From being pressured underneath you thumb
So here's a message you can give your mama
Starting now I'm looking out for number one

Lord everyone around me
I've tried so hard to please
Till the only one unhappy
Feeling broken down is me
But things are gonna change
With each new setting sun
Starting now I'm looking out for number one

It's getting hard to face my morning mirror
There's a stranger in there staring back at me
He tells me every day it's getting clearer
Son you're not the man you used to be
Yeah it's time to get this monkey off my shoulder
And quit worrying 'bout the things that you want done
I'm gonna start the fire that you have smoldered
'Cause starting now I'm looking out for number one

Lord everyone around me
I've tried so hard to please
Till the only one unhappy
Feeling broken down is me
But things are gonna change
With each new setting sun
Starting now I'm looking out for number one

Yeah starting now I'm looking out for number one

-C

Worthy Cause

Being a former member of the United States Navy and having family members and friends in the military I think the Cell Phones for Soldiers program is a very worthy cause. I also really admire the fact that it was started by teenagers. The link and info about the program are below for anyone who might be interested.

http://www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com/

About the Program:

Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to turn old cell phones into more than 12 million minutes of prepaid calling cards for U.S. troops stationed overseas in 2007. To do so, Cell Phones for Soldiers expects to collect 15,000 cell phones each month through a network of more than 3,000 collection sites across the country.

The phones are sent to ReCellular, which pays Cell Phones for Soldiers for each donated phone – on average, each phone represents 60 minutes of talk time for our troops.

“Americans will replace an estimated 130 million cell phones this year,” says Mike Newman, vice president of ReCellular, “with the majority of phones either discarded or stuffed in a drawer. Most people don’t realize that the small sacrifice of donating their unwanted phones can have a tremendous benefit for a worthy cause like Cell Phones for Soldiers.”

Cell Phones for Soldiers was founded by teenagers Robbie and Brittany Bergquist from Norwell, Mass., with $21 of their own money. Since then, the registered 501c3 non-profit organization has raised almost $1 million in donations and distributed more than 400,000 prepaid calling cards to soldiers serving overseas.

“Cell Phones for Soldiers started as a small way to show our family’s appreciation for the men and women who have sacrificed the day-to-day contact with their own families to serve in the U.S. armed forces,” says the teens’ father, Bob Bergquist. “Over the past few years, we have been overwhelmed by the generosity of others. But, we have also seen the need to support our troops continue to grow as more troops are sent overseas for longer assignments.”

Through increased fundraising efforts, the Bergquist family hopes to raise more than $9 million in the next five years to fund new programs, such as providing video phones with prepaid service to allow soldiers abroad to see their families on a regular basis.

Junk TV

Well, last night was the finale of Search for the next PussyCat Doll. This show was pretty much a waste of time from the very start and stayed the same with the finale. Despite that, I couldn't help but watch the entire thing. Yeah, I'm lame. Anyway, I'm not happy with the choice. I pretty much knew from the start they'd pick her, and to be honest, out of the 3 that were left she was the better choice. However, based on the clips they allowed us to see she seems like a real bitch and will probably have a hard time getting along with the other members. I guess time will tell. I am certain about one thing though, I will NOT be following what happens with her. Actually, this is all kind of cracking me up because I say I don't care but I'm taking the time to post about it. Hmmm... What the heck does that say about me? OK, OK, I enjoy a little mindless TV now and then. So what? Speaking of mindless TV, I just read that Rosie is leaving The View. You know what I think of that? Goodbye and don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya! I used to soo like Rosie, but she's just too much for me now. I am all for people giving their opinions, but I don't like the way she does it. Now, I don't want to keep being a Debbie Downer so I will say that I admire that she started the Gay Cruise. I think it's fantastic that Gay families can go on a fun vacation and not have to be judged. Other than that, I'm not sure I think she's really done much good.

I am now stepping down and off of my complain box! :)

Have a great hump day!

-C

Happy Monday!

Well, this post is a little late as for most of you it's probably already early Tuesday morning or close to it. Sorry for the lateness! My weekend seemed to just fly by! I swear I leave work on Friday and 5 minutes later the alarm is going off on Monday morning. Some days I sure wish I was independently wealthy!!!! We saw a pretty good movie on Saturday night. It was Hot Fuzz. It had the same main characters from Shaun of the Dead (http://www.shaunofthedeadmovie.com/splash.html) in it. When I first heard about Shaun of the Dead I really didn't even think twice about it, but we rented it when it came on video and it was so funny. Hot Fuzz is just as funny in my opinion. I will say that it would help if you enjoy British movies and humor to like them. I also want to see Disturbia. I'm not usually a fan of scary movies but this one looks good and I like the kid in it who used to be in Even Stevens. Has anyone seen it?

This past weekend was a little quieter than the previous weekend. We decided to go out and party on Saturday night of that weekend to celebrate my birthday early. Holy Mother of God! I am not used to doing that. We got a room in Waikiki so that we could both party and not worry about having to drive home. Let's just say that it took pretty much all we had to get up and drive home the next morning and then we spent all day in bed recovering!!! It was fun but I'm not sure I want to do that very often. ;) Funny how when you are in your 20's you can go out and party, get a couple of hours of sleep, go to work, come home and take a nap, and then go out and do it all again. I'm not sure I'd want those days back, but feeling like crap all day isn't so great either! Do any of you have any funny party or hangover stories?

Hope you all have a Fantastic week!!!

-C

Where has the time gone?

Today is the second day of the last year of my Thirties. I can't believe I'm already 30-freaking-9! It seems like just yesterday that I couldn't wait for my 18th birthday and all of the "freedom" that came with it. Yeah right. Then, I remember that I used to think people who were 21 were so grown up. Frankly, at 18 and 21 I was such a dumbass! It's hard in some ways to admit that but it's true. Hell, some days I still am a dumbass! Anyway, I feel like I'm going to reach a milestone next year and there are things I want to accomplish this year. I don't want to be sitting here typing this on April 19, 2008 and not have accomplished a damned thing! I don't think I'm really ready to put out for public viewing all of my goals, but here's to reaching them!!!!

-C

Perception

OK, so today I got hit with a whammy. I'm sorry that what follows is going to be semi-vague but I need to just get it out with specifics. Perception is a bitch no matter what. Is it really fair to judge someones character based on an incident? Does that mean that a person can be good and do good things 99% of the time and that it's OK for them to be judged on that 1 time that something happened? Especially if the something that happened really had extenuating circumstances? And once someone has a certain perception of you how can you change that? Can you really change it? In my situation I'm going to try my best to change it, but at what point do I just say "f" it, stop beating myself up and move on? I know you can't truly change what others think. You may be able to change your behavior(s) that cause a perception but I don't think you can ever change how someone else thinks about you.

OK, while I'm in a crappy mood I'm want to also add the following:

Dear Mr. Loud Stereo,

I'm sure you enjoy your music in your car. Hell, I like that song too! However, is it really necessary for you to blast it as you are driving down the my street at 2:00 in freaking morning? Seriously, you are shaking my windows! I know that you probably spent a lot of money so that your "system" would do just that, but can you have some consideration for those of us who can't be out partying at 2:00 am on weeknights? I really don't want to be a jerk and call the police on you, but seriously, I'm extremely tired of being woken up by this.

Thanks for your time,

Sleepy and Grumpy in Hawaii

I just wanna go back to bed..

This morning I woke up to what felt like a bunch of drunk teens on spring break pounding on the inside of my forehead...it STILL freaking hurts! I really wanted to just stay in bed, but I have stuff do so I did the right thing and got up. Yeah, that didn't pay off so much. My flat iron started smoking and singed my hair in several places. Yeah I'm pissed cuz this is supposed to be a "good" one from a high end salon here in Hawaii. Good my fanny. I've had it for too long to get my money back but not long enough for this to be happening! Now I guess I'll have to search for another. Any recommendations? Ok, so then I hit the road to get stuck behind people who think it's ok to do 45 on the freaking highway. Gaaah! I just wish I could go back to bed.

Hope your day is going better!!! :)

-C

Save me..

Ok, I have to say that I don't know why I'm wasting my time on this, but I am ONCE AGAIN watching the "The Search for the next Pussycat Doll" why am I so hooked on seeing what's going to happen next? Maybe I need to focus more on my miles goal and less on this junk. So please make me feel better. Is anyone else watching this?

When to let go..

One night when I was 16 I went to the drive in movies with my friend. It was actually the last night it was going to be open in our town. I wasn't sure what to expect that night, but I knew I wanted to have fun. That's the night I met G and my life changed. At first I thought he was nice but I wasn't looking for a boyfriend. How quickly that changed. G became such a part of my life and continued to be part of it until I was 19 and cheated on him. Shame shame shame on me. I haven't had the chance to tell him how sorry I am for that, but I hope that since nearly 20 years have passed he knows. Anyway, I had had a few boyfriends prior to that and 1 that I even considered to be "serious" or as serious as you can be as a teenager. G truly was my first love. We were together through the rest of my high school and even moved in together after I got out of high school. In my opinion we were on the track to babies and a family one day. At one point semi early in our relationship I found out he was "seeing" another girl. You see, back then in Kansas if you were 18 you could get in to clubs and drink 3.2 beer. Unfortunately they changed the law before I turned 18...darn them! But G was going to clubs sometimes and met a girl from my high school there. We obviously broke up for a while and he was seeing the girl. That lasted about a month and then he came back to me and I felt all was right with the world. I found out (not quite sure how I found this out to be honest) that the first song they danced to was Shout by Tears for Fears. So after that I hated that song. A couple of years ago I heard that song on the radio and started to change the station as I had done many many times through the years. I stopped myself and had to think about it. When do you let something like that go and why do you hold on to something like that for so long? I realized that I was being ridiculous and that it was time to just let it go. It did make me wonder how many other things I might be holding onto that I really don't need to be. I guess I'll see as time goes by.

On a different note. Last night I was watching TV and a commercial came on for face soap. I'm not positive of the brand but it showed a girl putting soap on her face and then washing. I found it odd that she didn't put the soap on her forehead or her neck. It was only from underneath her eyes and down to her chin. How do you think her forehead and neck get clean?

-C

Too good to be true...

I'm having a hard time not contacting Patrick on the wonderful opportunity he sent below. However, I think I'll just take my chances on the lottery that Hawaii does not have.


Good Day
I am Mr. Patrick Chan, Executive Director and Chief Financial
Officer of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd. I have a concealed business
suggestion for you.

Our client Gen. Samir Abi Rahman who was with the Iraqi forces
and also businessman made a fixed deposit for 18 calendar months,
with a value of Twenty Four million Five Hundred Thousand United
State Dollars only in my branch. Several maturities notices was
sent to him, even during the war which began in 2003. Again after
the war another notification was sent and still no response came
from him. We later found out that the General along with his wife
and only daughter had been killed during the war in a bomb blast
that hit their home.

After more inquiry it was also discovered that Gen. Samir Abi
Rahman did not declare any next of kin in his official papers
including the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided
in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew
of his deposit in my bank. So, Twenty Four million Five Hundred
Thousand United State Dollars is still lying in my bank and no
one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me most is
that according to the laws of my country at the expiration of 5
years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong
Government if nobody applies to claim the funds. Against this
backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a
foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Gen. Samir Abi Rahman
so that you will be able to receive his funds.

MODALITIES:

I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so
that we shall come out successful. I have an attorney that will
prepare the necessary document that will back you up as the next
of kin to Gen. Samir Abi Rahman. After you have been made the next
of kin, the attorney will also fill in for claims on your behalf and
secure the necessary approval and letter of probate in your favour
for the move of the funds to an account that will be provided by you.

There is no risk involved at all in this matter, as we are going
adopt a legalized method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary
documents. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters
concerning this issue.Once the funds have been transferred to your
nominated bank account we shall then share in the ratio of 60% for
me 40% for you.

Should you be interested send me the following:
1, Full names,
2, private phone number,
3, current residential address,

And I prefer you reach me on my private email address
below:(patrickchan64@yahoo.com.hk) and finally after I shall provide you
with more details on this operation.

Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.

Kind Regards,
Mr. Patrick Chan.

Commitment

There comes a time in life when I think you have to ask yourself what the heck are you doing? Are you where you wanted to be and doing what you wanted to do? If you can say yes, great. If not, you have to ask yourself why not and what can you do to change that? At this point in my life I have to say no. I’m slowly trying to make some changes. I have joined a program to help me learn how to eat correctly, and I’m attempting to exercise more. Slowly but surely those changes are helping, but I can’t help but feel I need to do more. Hubby is close to getting his Bachelor’s Degree. I’m not. I know it’s good for me and for my future but I have such a hard time committing. In fact, I think I have a hard time committing to just about anything. I really think that’s the behavior I need to change, but I am just not sure how to do it. Where do you find the “know how” for something so big? Is it a matter of just setting your mind to it and doing it? I’m not sure that I believe that because I feel I’ve done that in the past. Then again, maybe I didn’t truly set my mind to it. Is there a way that you can be taught to commit? Is there some class you can take? If not, how do you dig down deep and find that “thing” that so many others seem to have but you can never find?

As if I have nothing better to do....

Ok, I have plenty to do but I just thought this was cute so I just did it. If you go to M&Ms.com you can make your own. The little cat in the right hand corner is called a necco cat. I'm not sure the spelling is right on that, but I just love them. You are supposed to face them toward the door and they are for good luck. I have one that has an arm that swings and it's just the cutest thing. Wow, everything is "cute" to me tonight. Geez, am I in the 6th grade right now? Actually, life would be much easier if only I could be. So on the news they just said that the smell of Crayola crayons is so familiar to adults that it's soothing and can be used to help lower blood pressure. I'm not sure I think that's true, but I guess there are some things you just associate with childhood that make you feel better. One thing that springs to mind for me is Enjoli perfume. My mom used to wear that. I can't even remember what it smells like for sure but I just remember it being comforting because it was her. I'm not sure many people remember this perfume, but it was the one that had the commercial where you hear the lady singing "I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and never let your forget that I'm a woooomaaaann...Enjoli" and it had a lady dressed in 80's business woman attire. Another thing I can remember from childhood is Lip Smackers lip gloss. The stick kind and then the liquid glossy kind. I remember once I had a cinnamon liquid gloss one and for some reason I thought it tasted good so I would keep rolling it on my lips so I could eat it! I can only imagine how gross it would probably taste to me now! :) I will have to say though that Bonne Bell has a butter frosting lip gloss that tastes great. Ok, maybe I just am one of those lip gloss eaters! On that note, think I need to make a trip to Longs for lip gloss!

-C

Choice

I feel I can't not weigh in on this. You can agree or disagree with me, but I believe it should come down to the choice of the person. I certainly don't believe abortion should be used as a form of birth control, but there are too many circumstances out there that make me believe it should come down to having the right to choose. If you believe same please click on the Blog for Choice button and add to your blog.

Monday Monday

Happy Monday all! No, I'm not being sarcastic, I really hope it is a happy one for you. :)

So on my way to work this morning it felt like I was in my own personal Indy 500 with the other cars. I swear! It seemed like I kept getting behind people who were driving slow IN THE LEFT HAND LANE and then when I would try to pass them they would speed up! It's times like that I wish I could play bumper cars with them and get them the hell out of the way!

On a positive note, nothing huge over the weekend but I did get to spend some rare alone time with hubby. Hope you all had a great weekend and an even better week! Only 5 days til Friday! Woo HOO!

-C

Patience

Ok so I'm a person who is not very patient and wants everything yesterday! How when you are trying to make life changes and don't see results quickly do you handle it? I am seeing small results and celebrating my small victories, but it's hard when I want to see big changes and fast. In a world with high speed internet, food in 5 minutes or less, pictures or glasses "in about an hour", and just instant gratification on so many things how do you become and stay patient? I need some tips. Anyone? Bueller?

Hawaii Sunset

Since I feel that I'm so fortunate to be here, I wanted to share a little "aaaah" picture with you all. My hubby and I went to enjoy the sunset this past Sunday and it was so wonderful I couldn't help but share. I hope you enjoy!!!!

Uuuuhhhhh.....

My stepson has only lived with us for about a year and a half and it's been an adjustment all the way. Some days better than others but no bad days. Recently we had something happen that I was NOT prepared to deal with. Ultimately I don't think it was mine to deal with but it was still weird. You see we found said son with a DVD that made me blush. Mind you, I was in the Navy and saw/heard some things that made it so that I could never be a prude, but this was even beyond that. Son got the DVD from some "friend" and I can't believe things like that are so available to young men. On one hand I think that at 15 1/2 it's natural for him to be curious and there is nothing wrong with it. On the other hand..Holy Crap! Things like that have sure changed since we were teenagers. Back then guys would just sneak a peak at their uncle's girly magazine or somehow have gotten one of their own. Now, it's high tech and it's very easy to get via friends or the Internet. I think hubby handled it well. He told him it was not appropriate for him to have that material, that real women aren't really like the fantasies they attempt to create in movies/magazines, and while he isn't giving him a green light to be "active" he wants him to feel comfortable enough to talk with him about it when he is ready to become "active". I would have dealt with it if I had too, but man am I glad I didn't have to because it would have been embarrassing to me and him. Not so much talking about the "active" part, but more the content of the DVD. In the end though I think that the situation is fine. I don't want him to feel like we think he's some sick pervert because he had that. If he's curious he's curious. Now, if he brought material like that into the house again I may make a bigger deal of it, but I would never want to make him feel bad about himself or his manhood. It was much easier to deal with my emotional stepdaughter when she came to live with us at 15. Doing this boy thing is hard!!!

On a different note. I'm slowly making some life changes and I want to congratulate myself on small victories each day! Yea me!!!!!!!!!

Hope everyone has a great day!

-C

Just having one of those days....

Ok today is just one of those days. For anyone who reads this, I'm going to apologize now because I need to do a little venting here.

Things I hate:

1. People who can't or refuse to follow directions! We have someone at work that was having problem with their computer. We have a phone in "help desk" set up to troubleshoot problems. The help desk tech on the phone was trying to walk this someone through taking the battery off of the laptop. The person called me from another part of the office to show them how to do it (while they were still on the phone with the tech) because they didn't want to or refused to listen to the tech on the phone! Once I got there the person had the battery out. A total waste of my time, the time of the tech on the phone, and the dumbass employee who didn't just follow directions to begin with!

2. Getting up at 4:00 in the morning to get to work between 5:30 and 6:00 so that I don't have to sit in 2 hours of traffic to get here. Yes my friends, Hawaii has AWFUL traffic. And the problem is made worse by people who drive 30 in the left hand lane. Those same people usually have some sort of sticker on the window that says "slow down this ain't the mainland" Don't get me wrong, I love it here and not everyone is like that, but if you don't want to drive the speed limit then get out of the GD left lane!!!!! Also, when it starts raining..you don't have to slam on your breaks and then drive 25 on the highway.

3. Rude people at public places. The other day I was in a drug store and there was a customer screaming at the cashier because she had the nerve to ask for is identification card when he used a credit card and the signatures looked a little different. At first I thought it might have been an identity theft thing or something. Nope..just the guy being an assclown. He was telling her how she would always have a job like that and blah blah blah. Why do people think they can abuse those who work in customer service jobs? I am a big one for getting good service wherever I go, but if I get bad service I don't scream at the person. I think that "customer is always right" mentality gives people like that guy license to treat people the way they want. I think it's sooo wrong!

4. Not being able to eat french fries, banana splits, hot dogs, pizza, and whatever else without consequence. I am 5'10 and when I was a teenager I could eat anything and everything. Now I freaking have to watch everything I eat. I wanna go back to those days!

5. One specific good for nothing mother who decided not to send her son anything for Christmas or even call him, but thinks it's ok to call a couple of days later and scream at him for deciding to come live with his dad. Mind you, a decision he made a year and a half ago but still hears about. The worst part, the kid saying it's ok if she didn't buy him anything for Christmas because he didn't buy her anything! Who is the adult in that situation? Actually, you can tell when you hear his end of the conversation....Mom, I just want to talk to you about what's been going on with me..Mom, if you are going to talk like that I'm gonna hang up...him having to say I love you too about 20 times in a 5 minute conversation and then hanging up and having a stomach ache because he's upset from the conversation. Why the hell can't people just act like grown ups and leave the kids out of the problems they have with each other????

6. People who insist on leaving their office doors open while calling someone on speaker phone! I really don't need to know or even care what time your dentist appointment is!

Ok, I think that may be it for now. I feel better. I try to be a pretty positive person, but some days you just gotta let loose! To me and whoever may read this...Have a great rest of your day and stay positive!!!!! :)

Happy 2007

Happy New Year!!!!!!!


I hope that 2007 is a prosperous year for each and every one of you. My wish for you and for myself is to have the courage to go out and do all of the things we've been scared to do, succeed at those things, and to live a happier more fulfilled life.