Senator from NC, quit calling my house–3 phone calls in 2 days is not really endearing you to me. One more and I’m going to start thinking of you as a stalker.
This morning I cleaned the house which needed cleaning in the worse kind of way. I actually got out the dust mop and I’m amazed how many dust bunnies can move in and procreate in just a few weeks time. After cleaning I decided to change the vacuum cleaner bag. I think if you have to pull a plug of junk out of the hose that it is time to change the bag. We have a Hoover wind tunnel upright vac and its days are numbered. The better-half already hates it so there will be no arguing when the time comes. I spent a good 10 minutes trying to change the bag. It isn’t the first time I’ve done it–we’ve had the gosh darn thing for years–but every time I end up cursing the vac and vowing to destroy it. Today I decided that when our floors are refinished and the basement is livable we’re getting one of these.
Ok, I thought it was over-the-top that anything on regular tee-vee should include J*net’s naked boob–please that’s what cable is for—but this is worse.
Today a friend took me out to lunch as a thank you for some assistance I gave her a week ago. She’s hoping to get a much better and well deserved new job and I helped her with her resume.
We went to lunch at PF Chang’s and it was pretty darn delicious. It was the first time I’ve ever been to a PF Chang’s because until recently there wasn’t one in town and I had either never paid attention to them while in other cities or just didn’t know what it was. I got the orange peel beef and brown rice. She got a chicken peanut salad. We split some steamed veggie dumplings and an order of spring rolls. I thought my dish was outstanding with a good mix of spicy and I love that concentrated orange taste. We decided that the chicken on her salad actually detracted from the salad. My advice is to avoid it.
While we were there we noticed some people at other tables, ok we were doing some major people watching, and some of those people were using terrible table manners– picking up soup bowls and slurping from them; using the table as a prop for their tired weary bodies; using their laps as props for their really, really tired weary bodies; and not putting their napkins in the lap. Please, I hate to sound like what everyone’s mother should have sounded like, but sit up straight; keep your other hand in your lap and chew with your mouth closed.
The better half received this today in his inbox.
It is nearly poetic, don’t you think?
Today, after lunch, we went over to Target to pick up a few things. Are all Target’s that clean, neat and well run? I think so and I think that’s why Target kicks W*lM*rt to the curb.
The woman in line in front of me was a good foot shorter than I am. I am not really tall by any stretch of the imagination. I think I’m of average height but today I felt like a mighty Sequoia.
As you know, I’ve been selling stuff on eBay. I sold a book last night to someone who had emailed me earlier getting clarification about the book. You’d think if the person went to the trouble to inquire about specifics they would have noticed my big ol’ “I only accept Paypal” notice. I got an email from this person again today wanting to send me cash. Two things come to mind…how could you not notice payment options and who sends cash through the mail (if, indeed, that’s what she really meant)?
I’ve been working on a participant handbook for a training class. As many times as I’ve written documents like this, I still occasionally have a total brain freeze and have to look up simple things in a technical style book. I wonder what it is that makes me forget simple routine rules.
It is amazing the psyche restoring powers of dark chocolate covered raisins. We stopped by the store, For the Love of Chocolate, after lunch and I got some of those dark beauties.
