Sunday Stealing: The Social Meme

1. Where was your profile picture taken?
In a mall in Central Jersey by my husband.

2. Name someone who made you laugh today.
My kitten Daniel (sorry, not a person) because he was acting very silly. Two bloggers posts made me laugh too but I don't know their real names to say who they are.

3. Do you believe exes can be friends?
That is a tough call. Usually if children are involved on some level they should try to be. If children aren't involved then no because friendship just usually leads to friends with benefits or mess around with each other in between relationship sex.

4. How do you feel about Dr Pepper?
I feel more for Diet Dr Pepper and even more for Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band

5. Who was the last person you took a picture of?
My kitten Daniel (not exactly a person)

6. Are you upset about anything?
Auditors coming to work this week so it will be a stressful work and I don't do stress well especially with MS.

7. Do you think relationships are ever really worth it?
This is a dumb question

8. Are you a bad influence?
I don't think that I am. Like I have never been arrested. I'm so boring I haven't even gotten a speeding ticket. So I take that back. I'm a good influence! I vote. I pay my taxes. Oh yeah and I don't cut the tag off the mattress either. Maybe I'm just a nerd. Or boring. Or both.

9. Night out or night in?
Night in normally

10. Has anyone ever called you perfect before?
Sure..my boss last week when I found something for her. We have been preparing for audits and it has been very stressful at work so if I found a paperclip I would be perfect at this point. But it was just used in passing I'm sure. If only I was perfect. LOL! Actually..I am starting to think I am getting close to perfect because I had TWO blog posting days in a row!!!! After a 2yr hiatus that is pretty impressive!!!

11. What song is stuck in your head?

12. Someone knocks on your window at 2:00 a.m., who do you want it to be?
Umm no one because I live where the only access to my window is a fire freakin escape so if someone is knocking on my window I'm either A)calling the cops or B)getting a baseball bat.

13. Do you smile a lot?
Hell yes! I also laugh alot which gets me in trouble especially at work. And when I used to go to church.

French Twins Identity Exposed

Ok, well not really. But I made you look! ~~ Saturday was an absolutely wonderful day. We had a bloggy friend meet-up in Meriden, Connecticut. Sue and I had the absolute priviledge of finally meeting BUD! We had SO much fun, I can't even tell you. I was SO happy to get to see Sue again. She is such a blessing to me! Meeting Bud was fabulous. The man and friend behind the blog. We also got the honor to meet his girlfriend Kathy. She is a sweetheart!!! They are SO cute together. Below are some pictures!!

Bud with the "real" French Twins. Yes ladies and gentleman, Bud was in..er..on our laps.

Bud, The Stud, Weiser ~ Check out his face! Proof that he had a threesome, kiss that is. Me with my beautiful friend Sue!! ♥ I love this picture!
Me with Bud! One of the sweetest and funniest guys I can call friend. ♥ He is like the brother I always wanted. I love this picture!! One more thing I have to add, and I told Bud this. These pictures don't do his eyes justice. Bud had the most beautiful ice-blue eyes. Holy Moly.
Bud and Sue
Me and my hubby Larry
Bud with his sweet and beautiful girlfriend Kathy. Guys let me tell you, they are so flippin cute together that you just want to put them on a shelf. Like they are so sweet that you can get an instant cavity. I'm SO happy he is happy! (Please note that the French Twins and his neighbor's wife have stepped aside! ;) ~ )
Sue with her sister Dianne, better known as MSMF
Another shot of Kathy & Bud. Too cute for words.
Friends Forever ♥ ~ You both know how much I adore you.
I finally got the opportunity to buy Bud a drink, or two. LOL
The infamous Smirnoff.
It is so nice to have a day like this. We all had such a good time. And we laughed. And laughed. I feel very blessed to have met these wonderful people through this blog. They have become like family to me.

This Bud's For You

That is right ladies and gentlemen. Sue and I are going to have the absolute pleasure of FINALLY meeting our friend Bud on Saturday. We are SO excited to meet him and his girlfriend. He has become such a wonderful friend over the past few years. Before you ask, The French Twins are sadly not able to attend. ;) -- Yay, Bud's chair will finally be full.

This blog has brought alot of people into my life. One I am so blessed to know is my friend Sue over at Coffee Slut. I am so looking forward to seeing you again my friend. You are a blessing in my life. I am so looking forward to seeing Dianne again too. She is Sue's sister, also known as MSMF.

Hopefully Kristen over at Scrappin My Bliss will be able to join us too. She's had a horrific week at work and may indeed have to go in. Just in case Kristen, we are definitely doing this again in September or October just in case.

I will be sure to take plenty of pictures. This is going to be SO much fun!!!

To The Over 30 Crowd

This was sent to me as a forward from my husband who received it from a friend. (And he told two sisters, and she told two sisters..LOL) Well, you get the point. It has been forwarded probably a hundred times. Sorta like Sunday Stealing. I can't and don't have the energy to find where the theft started. LOL! I thought this was SO funny to share with everyone of my bloggy friends who are over 30. The under 30 crowd does not know how 'hard' we really had it!!! LOL!


THE SPOILED UNDER-30 CROWD!!!
If you are 30 or older you will think this is hilarious!!!!

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking 25 miles to school every morning.... Uphill... barefoot... BOTH ways Yadda, yadda, yadda

And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on my kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!

But now that... I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today.

You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia!

And I hate to say it, but you kids today, you don't know how good you've got it!

I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalogue!! (which normally had a wretched smell)

There was no email!! We had to actually write somebody a letter - with a pen!

Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take, like, a week to get there! Stamps were 10 cents!

Child Protective Services didn't care if our parents beat us. As a matter of fact, the parents of all my friends also had permission to kick our ass! Nowhere was safe! Even some of our teachers could beat us.

There were no MP3's or Napsters! If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself!

Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ would usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up! There were no CD players! We had tape decks in our car. We'd play our favorite tape and "eject" it when finished and the tape would come undone. Cause - that's how we rolled, dig?

We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it!

And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was ! It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your bookie, that annoying friend at school, a collections agent, you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!

We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics!
We had the Atari 2600! With games like 'Space Invaders' and 'Asteroids'. Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination!! And there were no multiple levels or screens,
it was just one screen... forever!

And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died ! Just like LIFE!

You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your ass and walk over to the TV to change the channel ! NO REMOTES!!!

There was no Cartoon Network either ! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying !?! We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little
rat-bastards!

And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up we had to use the stove! Imagine that!

That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980 or before!

Tuesday Funny

Today is such a cold day here in NJ. Yesterday it poured all day. That saying that April showers bring May flowers is way over-rated. I have to say it really stunk walking around with my cast shoes trying to avoid puddles which would soak my wraps. I needed to go back in time when people wore galoshes. LOL!

I had a crappy day though. I all about lost it on the phone with the woman that fitted me for my day & night garments. I wanted to take the advice of the little girl in the video above and "kick her ask". I called to see how long it would be until my garments were in so I could make provisions at work to take the time off to go to her place. Well, she informed me that she is "buried in paperwork" and hasn't even called the insurance yet to get the authorization. This was as of 4pm on Monday. That translates into my not holding my breath in hopes of getting them this week. They are all being custom made. There is no way. I don't even know how I would get them next week. I'll probably hear some song & dance about it being a holiday week. Grrrr!

So as you can see I'm frustrated & cranky. I needed that laugh that this video provided.

An iPod Fit For A Queen

OK, am I the only one who thinks that President Obama's gift to the Queen was so cool? I thought it was a very modern gift for the Queen. I think it is so cool that he had it personalized and included a video of her visit to the U.S. He also uploaded a Broadway 2 disc CD.

ROCK ON LIZZIE!!!!

Funny Airline Announcements - Part 2

I now conclude the rest of the list of funny airline announcements. Part 1 was featured last week.
Enjoy!!!
11 - "Your seat cushions can be used for flotation; and, in the event of an emergency water landing, please paddle to shore and take them with our compliments."

12 - "As you exit the plane, make sure to gather all of your belongings. Anything left behind will be distributed evenly among the flight attendants. Please do not leave children or spouses."

13 - And from the pilot during his welcome message: "Delta Airlines is pleased to have some of the best flight attendants in the industry. Unfortunately, none of them are on this flight!"

14 - Heard on Southwest Airlines just after a very hard landing in Salt Lake City: The flight attendant came on the intercom and said, "That was quite a bump, and I know what y'all are thinking. I'm here to tell you it wasn't the airline's fault, it wasn't the pilot's fault, it wasn't the flight attendant's fault, it was the asphalt."

15 - Overheard on an American Airlines flight into Amarillo, Texas, on a particularly windy and bumpy day: During the final approach, the Captain was really having to fight it. After an extremely hard landing, the Flight Attendant said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Amarillo. Please remain in your seats with your seat belts fastened while the Captain taxis what's left of our airplane to the gate!"

16 - Another flight attendant's comment on a less than perfect landing: "We ask you to please remain seated as Captain Kangaroo bounces us to the terminal."

17 - An airline pilot wrote that on this particular flight he had hammered his ship into the runway really hard. The airline had a policy which required the first officer to stand at the door while the Passengers exited, smile, and give them a "Thanks for flying our airline." He said that, in light of his bad landing, he had a hard time looking the passengers in the eye, thinking that someone would have a smart comment. Finally everyone had gotten off except for a little old lady walking with a cane. She said, "Sir, do you mind if I ask you a question?" "Why, no, Ma'am," said the pilot. "What is it?" The little old lady said, "Did we land, or were we shot down? "

18 - After a real crusher of a landing in Phoenix, the attendant came on with, "Ladies and Gentlemen, please remain in your seats until Capt. Crash and the Crew have brought the aircraft to a screeching halt against the gate. And, once the tire smoke has cleared and the warning bells are silenced, we'll open the door and you can pick your way through the wreckage to the terminal."

19 - Part of a flight attendant's arrival announcement: "We'd like to thank you folks for flying with us today. And, the next time you get the insane urge to go blasting through the skies in a pressurized metal tube, we hope you'll think of US Airways."

20 - Heard on a Southwest Airline flight. "Ladies and Gentlemen, if you wish to smoke, the smoking section on this airplane is on the wing and if you can light 'em, you can smoke 'em."

21 - A plane was taking off from Kennedy Airport. After it reached a comfortable cruising altitude, the captain made an announcement over the intercom, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Welcome to Flight Number 293, nonstop from New York to Los Angeles. The weather ahead is good and, therefore, we should have a smooth and uneventful flight. Now sit back and relax... OH, MY GOD!" Silence followed, and after a few minutes, the captain came back on the intercom and said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I am so sorry if I scared you earlier. While I was talking to you, the flight attendant accidentally spilled a cup of hot coffee in my lap. You should see the front of my pants!" A passenger in Coach yelled, "That's nothing. You should see the back of mine!"

22 - A mother and her young inquisitive son were flying Southwest Airlines from Kansas City to Chicago. The son (who had been looking out the window) turned to his mother and asked, "If dogs have baby dogs and cats have baby cats, why don't planes have baby planes?" The mother (who couldn't think of an answer) told her son to ask the flight attendant. So the boy dutifully asked the flight attendant, "If dogs have baby dogs and cats have baby cats, why don't planes have baby planes?" The flight attendant responded, "Did your mother tell you to ask me that?" The little boy admitted that she did. "Well, then, tell your mother that there are no baby planes because Southwest always pulls out on time. Now, let your mother explain that to you."

Funny Airline Announcements - Part 1

Well as you know in my job we do have alot of funny moments we hear about or experience. A few posts ago I wrote about the crazy confused woman who insisted having her boss sit in first class when there wasn't a first class cabin on the aircraft. It was coach only. As a last resort I had to literally describe the gentleman walking in the airplane - what would be to his left & right for her to finally understand after 5 times.

It seems that airline staff has alot of funny moments too on the aircraft. I am going to post this in installments so my post isn't SO long. I received this in an email from someone who sends me all travel related jokes because I'm an agent. This was too funny not to share.

Funny Airline Announcements - Part 1
1 - (Note: Southwest has no assigned seating; you just sit where you want.) Passengers were apparently having a hard time choosing their seats, when a flight attendant announced, "People, people we're not picking out furniture here, find a seat and get in it!"

2 - On a Continental Flight with a very "senior" flight attendant crew, the pilot said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we've reached cruising altitude and will be turning down the cabin lights. This is for your comfort and to enhance the appearance of your flight attendants."

3 - On landing, the flight attendant said, "Please be sure to take all of your belongings. If you're going to leave anything, please make sure it's something we'd like to have.

4 -"There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only 4 ways out of this airplane"

5 - "Thank you for flying Delta Business Express. We hope you enjoyed giving us the business as much as we enjoyed taking you for a ride."

6 - As the plane landed and was coming to a stop at Ronald Reagan, a lone voice came over the loudspeaker: "Whoa, big fella. WHOA!"

7 - After a particularly rough landing during thunderstorms in Memphis, a flight attendant on a Northwest flight announced, "Please take care when opening the overhead compartments because, after a landing like that, sure as hell everything has shifted."

8 - From a Southwest Airlines employee: "Welcome aboard Southwest Flight 245 to Tampa. To operate your seat belt, insert the metal tab into the buckle, and pull tight. It works just like every other seat belt; and, if you don't know how to operate one, you probably shouldn't be out in public unsupervised."

9 - "In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, masks will descend from the ceiling. Stop screaming, grab the mask, and pull it over your face. If you have a small child traveling with you, secure your mask before assisting with theirs. If you are traveling with more than one small child, pick your favorite."

10 - "Weather at our destination is 50 degrees with some broken clouds, but we'll try to have them fixed before we arrive. Thank you, and remember, nobody loves you, or your money, more than Southwest Airlines."

Monday Afternoon Recollection

I'm such a nerd. Really I am. I chickened out last night at Chilis and never got my margarita. I got an unsweetened iced tea instead. Ok, but I wasn't the only one who "chickened out". My best friend C & my husband L got Diet Cokes. So there. LOL! Funny thing is that going to Chilis was the event of my weekend. Other than that, I didn't leave the house. I saw something a tad disturbing to me. Ok, I really shouldn't say anything because currently my husband & I do not have children. BUT, there was this couple behind us with this small child. He must have been 2yrs old. It was one of those moments when you see them sit down you do a mental eye roll because a toddler sitting behind us in a booth means to us...kicking the booth, crying, etc. Surprisingly, he was SO quiet we didn't know he was there. It was loud in there though with people talking & music playing on the speakers so we didn't see why the child was so quiet. He was watching cartoons on a portable DVD player. It pacified him. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Yeah it was awesome for us. But how was it for him. Needing that stimulation just to behave. What happened when we were kids and our Moms told us to sit there and behave. We ate our dinner & we listened. Those days are over.

We had a really good time with C and even went for ice cream afterwards. Yes, I said ice cream. We went to Dairy Queen and it was 35 degrees out. Hey, we had daylight savings time and to us, that meant having ice cream. I'll tell you that we weren't the only ones who had that bright idea. The place was packed. We stood in line for awhile and even encountered a little girl & her mother screaming over whether "Ashley wanted chocolate or colored sprinkles on her ice cream". Apparently Ashley didn't want to answer her mother & the whole place was affected by this decision. My decision was quite easy to make. If anyone has experienced a "Blizzard" at Dairy Queen you know what a delicacy it is. For those of you who don't know what a Blizzard is, it is a cup of ice cream with whatever you want mixed in. I chose Oreos & Peanut Butter sauce. Very tasty.

So after we froze our "butts" off eating ice cream in 35 degree weather, we rushed home because there was a program I wanted to see on at 10pm & we forgot to set the VCR. So I run into the house, turn on the TV...it was 9:59pm. Yes! Just made it. Then all of a sudden, another program comes on the right channel. Turns out the program I wanted to watch was on Saturday at 10pm not Sunday. Duh!! The good news is that they are re-airing it today at 1pm and L set the VCR for me. Phew! At least I had another option, unless the electricity goes out. LOL! Only I would worry about crap like that.

My sister is getting a tad better since her surgery. She has only been sleeping 1/2 to 1hr a night and here and there for 20mins at a time during the day. Her husband was going to call up the doctor and see if he can see her um, like now. She is post-op 5 days now & there is very, very little improvement. Plus today was the last day of her antibiotics. Hopefully I will find out more when I go to lunch at work when I speak with her. I hope there is good news. Here is hoping!

UPDATE about my sister (9:30pm): I spoke to my sister around 4:45pm this afternoon. She went to the specialist. He wanted to see her immediately. He thinks either her infection has not gotten better or the stent that he put in may have shifted. She is scheduled for a CAT scan on Friday to see which of the two it may be. Until then, he prescribed more percocets. I would rather he did the CAT scan right away but I don't have a medical degree...so my say doesn't count. So if it is the infection, he will give her more antibiotics (why he couldn't just give them to her now, I will never understand). If it is the stent, he will need to go back in & fix it. Ouch!