OK...i think i have a new pet peeve...this is my numero uno...for now...annoyance...
why do people feel the need to talk on their cell phones in public restrooms? I am now making it my mission to be as noisy as I can...to make sure that the person they are talking to know they are in a restroom...no i do not mean i am purposing to toot loudly either...you know...to do stuff like turn the water on full blast for a second...flush while they are talking...make sure the metal door has trouble locking so i have to rattle it a few times...quickly move the paper towel handle so it is annoying...even dry my hands a little longer if it has an automatic dryer...
just some thoughts...
people tell your caller that you will call them back in a sec...it's not hard to do...
what is your current pet peeve???
So...I was bored and I was searching for some odd inventions...well, the more I looked, the more it freaked me out...I am all for people being creative...but some of these just wanna make me say, "really?" Like this for example:
And this face protector...Is there another invention to help get rid of the ring around your face once this is removed?
I have issues with putting drops in my eyes...thankfully I don't have to wear contacts...but this just freaks me out...and if putting drops in your eyes is an issue...glasses or no glasses you'd still be blinking like crazy...and what is she putting in her eyes anyway...olive oil?
This really doesn't freak me out...it's just odd...I am not sure of any active cat that would just love sitting in this contraption as you walk around...my Sam probably wouldn't even fit in it and my back would hurt 5 minutes into the walk...
I was in a rare baking mood tonight and I got in gear to make Chex Mix Muddy Buddies (aka puppy chow) and no bake cookies...So, if I were to be honest, I wasn't in a baking mood, I was in a mixing mood...
I have all of the ingredients...or so I thought...no vanilla...I hardly bake (mix), but I think I have always had vanilla...not today...
So, I look online to see what could be a substitute...whiskey, rum, almond extract or maple syrup were my findings...yeah...don't have those either...
I opted proceed with the Muddy Buddies...no issues there...
Now onto the no-bakes...well, Sara came to the rescue and brought some vanilla by...
However, I don't know if vanilla really makes that much difference...and as Marchelle mentioned to me via twitter...recipes always seem to ask for 1 tsp...that's nothing...
I think adding vanilla is something that we've all bought into so we can purchase the Pure Vanilla Imitation Extract...so someone(s) out there is really rich because of us who continue to be fooled by this ingredient...almost the pure imitation definition of vanilla is "bland"...who wants bland Muddy Buddies...not I, says the one who probably ate her weight in vanilla free Muddy Buddies...
Other food conspiracies you've discovered? Let me know...
I don't have a problem laughing at myself for stupid/silly things that happen to me or that I do...However, today was overload...Let me share:
1-Arrive at the polls at 645 so I can get to work on time...stand in line for 1 hour...get to work on time...so far so good...sit down at my desk and realize my pants are unzipped...could they have been unzipped the whole time I was in a jr. high gym with 500 of my neighbors...yes, they were...so, to the eclectic group of voters in my precinct including "Unicorn Bun Woman"...you're welcome for the funny story you got to tell your co-workers, friends & family about me today...
2-Hair appointment after work....rushed home to change because I had to be at my nephew's football game that started at 8 in a town that's about 30 minutes away...what time do I pull in my driveway? @8...so I am super quick get ready girl...have to wear jeans because it's a football game...so I grab the new pair that I got over the weekend...check them for tags and such...brush my teeth and leave...I get there in the 3rd quarter...I didn't sit in the bleachers, I chose to stand along the fence with my sister...So...game over and I hear, "Ma'am" repeated several times...then I realize she's talking to me...I prefer Miss by the way...she then proceeds to tell me that I have a sticker on my leg...yeah...I forgot to remove the LONG sticker that repeats the size 457 times...So thanks to my rushing, every football fan in this small town knows what size pants I wear & that apparently I don't wash new clothes before I wear them...and they too have a story to tell their co-workers, family & friends...
Please no pant issues tomorrow...maybe I wont even wear pants...
So...I am all about the 100 calorie packs...give me thin, crispy, wafery Oreo crumbs or popcorn or whatever you want for a human to consume for only 100 calories...this is a major trend right now...I could not believe what I saw tonight while shopping...look who is now on the wave of low calorie packs:
You've got to be kidding me...Do other treats even have the nutritional value info on them? I honestly never even thought how many calories were in a dog treat...I have noticed lean treats, but come on...I'm focused enough on how many calories I'm consuming...I cannot start monitoring my dog too...Plus...they're 50 cents a pack...that's a penny a calorie...I might as well have a piggy bank...but I guess if my dog gets too fat from the other snacks he might become a piggy bank...Sorry...I just don't get these snack pouches for pooches...
3 Reasons Kids love Halloween:
1. Candy
2. Caramel Apples
3. Parties with tons of food
3 Reasons Feather hates Halloween:
1. I eat the Candy
2. I eat the Caramel Apples
3. I attend the parties and eat tons of food.
Why is it that in the summer I was so aware of what food I was putting into my mouth, but as soon as October is here and I guess I know I will be wearing sweaters and layers so I subconsciously think it's ok to scarf down 5,482 Halloween colored M&M's...Why did I even buy them in the first place??? I think I have eaten 2 lbs of candy in the last 2 days...no wonder Halloween is of the devil...the overwhelming candy aisles with all the "Fun Packs" (which is a total deception within itself...because you think, oh, this little package of candy won't hurt...but you eat 10 of them) hypnotize you as soon as you walk into the store...lead you to the candy then thoughts get into your head thinking you "need" this stuff...aaarrrgghhh...Plus...they put the candy out in like August...Great, I have 3 more weeks of being attacked by the candy devil...I shall do my best to stand my ground...so please don't entice me by asking me if I would like one of your snack size snickers...because I would like one...I just know I don't need one...because honestly, I probably have eaten a whole bag at home for my dinner, not a snack...ok...I can and will make it through these next 3 weeks without gaining 954 lbs!
I'm not a Halloween hater...I love to wear costumes and dress up...I just hate the way I seem to have little to no self control when it comes to the sweets...I'm not the only one am I?
Yes, I've said it...but when you are frustrated while looking for something and someone says, "It's always the last place you look."
OF COURSE IT'S THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK...YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK ANYMORE...YOU'VE FOUND IT!
The state where the wind goes sweeping down the plain and the waving wheat does smell sweet now has an NBA team..and we're excited...
I'm not so excited about the logo...but it'll work...Here's what caught me off guard today as I listened to the radio on the way to work...I'm a scanner when it comes to the radio...if I'm bored...switcharoo...(I heart radio controls on the steering wheel)...the first word as I was scanning was Thunderwear...this caught my attention because I thought they said underwear...the commercial then proceeds to inform the listener where they can purchase their own Thunderwear...how they can show their enthusiasm by sporting Thunderwear...I am also SO for supporting your team...however, these words sound way to similar (I know because underwear is in Thunderwear)...I just don't want people to think ill of us Okies that we all have speech issues because they're thinking we can't properly say underwear
other options? Thunderclothes...still a speech problem...Thundergear...maybe...Thunderthreads...hmmm...
Thunder, Thunder,Thundercats...ok...no...Thunderforms...Thundergarb...other ideas? If it's not changed then all fans will be walking around downtown to the games and everywhere else in their Thunderwear...oh, my...what will the state fair be like then???
OK...so while watching the Olympics, they had a small story on Chinese culture and McDonald's...how they have just in recent years (maybe it was this year...minor detail) introduced the drive thru. S0, naturally, when anything is new...there's a learning curve...
So, now I ask you...How long have drive thrus been in the US of A? I think almost FOREVER...well, since I can remember...No need for a learning curve right??? Well, you'd think not...
First we started with the 1 order screen and 1 window to pay and receive your grub.
Then we progressed to the 2 windows...pay at window 1 -grub at window 2
After that we have 2 menu boards. The one strategically placed approximately 3 car lengths back so you can have your order ready and then proceed to the menu board/order screen in which you can yell your order (oh..it also now has a screen so you can see your order)...
Then we have the 2 lanes so we can weave and they have to repeat your order a just in case you cut in front of the other car in the other lane...You know you've tried it...You also get that feeling like when you're at the bank of which lane to choose...and kick yourself because you knew to choose the other one when your lane takes forever...
Well, with all that being said...drive thrus are not new to us...perhaps the way they look change...but the last 3 times I have gone through a drive thru the person in front of me has practically parked at the preview menu board...waiting to give their order...then their demeanor (from what I can tell by looking at their side view mirror) goes from...Why don't they acknowledge that I'm here and take my order to Oh, I need to pull up to order like this sign on the menu board says...
I would like to say my fast food visits were weeks apart...but no--all within the last week at different places though...Am I impatient...yeah...it's FAST food for goodness sakes...and if you are stalling at the preview menu board to mull over your options...that's ok...unless you can proceed to the ACTUAL menu board...Just odd that it's happened this many times...and people actually don't know or remember...I'm sure it's not their first time at this rodeo...
This was a post I had on my previous blog-orignial posting date was 7/11/07:
ok...so i was sitting at an indoor sonic enjoying my peach iced tea and popcorn chicken when i saw a lady and her pre teen daughter walk by...they were carrying their food in sacks and a fork fell...what did they do? they paused to look at it, looked at each other, grinned and walked away...I am not quite sure why this bothers me...well, yes i am...even though this was a minute instance, what was this mother teaching her daughter? that it is ok to not pick up what you drop..if you know that someone else will eventually do it? that her timeline is more important that the person's that will clean up her mess?
the time it took for them to pause and grin, they could have picked it up...it wasnt like they were carrying a ton of stuff...the daughter was only holding her soda...
people, let's take responsibility for our actions...large or small...
don't leave your forks for someone else to pick up...
So, this past Saturday my friend, Kimberly, and I headed to the nail salon to get manicures and pedicures while we caught up with each others' lives...Fun times right! What a way to spend time with a friend, spend a little money and have smooth feet afterwards! Well, it is time to pay...for those of you who are mani rookies, you always pay prior to the application of the polish (get your keys out of your purse too). I hand my debit card to the tech and she proceeds to run it through the machine...normal routine, right? Well, she then calls the other tech over to assist...Then I hear, "oh so, sorry"...Sorry? Sorry for what? Then the second nail tech approaches with three receipts and explains that the cost was supposed to be $38.00 and I was accidentally charged $380.01! For that price, my polish better be
24k gold and they should have thrown in a couple of new toes for the two that I don't like...
****UPDATE**** Ready to hear a miracle...no joke...My car was going to cost $2400 at the shop...then they call me and couldn't fix it...they didn't have me pay ANYTHING and I kept all of the parts...So my friend's husband was able to fix it for $200!!!!! Claiming does work!!!
Ok...well, sort of...ok, actually overall...not so much...
Good: Sun shining, toured the capitol with Senator Aldridge with my class, free lunch, off at 3ish
Bad: check engine light came on, took my car to the shop, costing mucho deniro---not the Robert kind, the cash kind---I would show you a pic of my car, but it's at the shop...soaking up parts and labor expenses...
I know things break...need maintenance...etc...but seriously...in January I replaced my whole sewer...well, I didn't but someone did for me...and now this...I am claiming it now...no more outrageous expenditures for 2008!!! I've had my fill!
Happy Spring Everyone!
