So today is Friday. Woo Hoo! I have to work tomorrow but that is no big deal. At least I am working with my work bestie! I am so ready for the weekend. I am picking up my mom and my monkey around 4:45 and we are hitting River Fest for the parade tonight. For those of you non-ICT folks River Fest is a city festival that has a whole lot of stuff to do. I have not been in a few years but I am taking my little boy to the parade because I think he will enjoy it. Then on Sunday we are going back to watch a Children's Theater group perform for the kids. And all it costs is a button which is $5. That is a week's worth of free stuff for $5. Pretty awesome! And next Friday you can get into our local "professional" baseball teams game just with your button! SUper sweet! And then on Saturday night I am going bowling with a group of couples. This is similar to the event that I went to solo last month at another couples bbq. This month, thankfully, my spouse is participating! Yay!
Anyways...hope everyone else has a great weekend planned. And if you are a mother or even just a mutha I hope you all have a great Mother's Day!
Friday, May 8, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Jen Lancaster rocks
So, over at Oh! How Lovely! http://ohhowlovely.net/2009/05/05/giveaway-pretty-in-plaid-by-jen-lancaster/ *I'm not sure that I know anything about computers but this is the direct link to the giveaway* they are giving away a copy of Jen Lancaster's new book Pretty In Plaid. I started reading her books when I couldn't afford to buy new books and got a killer library card from the ICT public library and I checked her out. I'm like 99% sure I have blogged about her books that I have read but she is a killer (figuratively, not literally) author who lives in Chicago. She fell on some hard times after the dot.com boom and her tales of hilarity ensue. Anyways...I hope I win the giveaway because who knows when the library will get a copy and you know with the crazies in the library I don't know when I would get around to checking it out!
And 2 posts in one day...God I love days off!
And 2 posts in one day...God I love days off!
I guess you'll hammer later
So as I was laying in bed trying to figure out what to write about in conjunction with this weeks spin from Jen over at Sprites Keeper when I heard a knocking sound and my dog growling. So my heart started to race a little bit. And the sound just kept happening. Then I heard the wind rustling the trees. And then my mind started to wander.
It went to the place where I rolled over in bed and saw an intruder standing in my living room. I scrambled to get out of bed and push my dresser and bed against the door happy that I had my cell phone so I could call 911. The intruder goes into the kitchen and grabs a knife and is trying to open the door with the knife. Why? Who knows! But then reality sets in and I realize my imagination is a funny thing. I go let my dog out and what a shock...there are people hammering on my neighbors shed. Maybe I should be a fiction writer! Except the only material I would get would be about 5 pages. Not much more.
It's funny how your mind can turn a mole hill into a mountain. Working at a bank, we are supposed to "practice" what we would do in case of a robbery. I don't think the bank would appreciate me wetting my pants once a month just to practice what I would do. We all have scenarios in our mind what we would do in case of a fire, or in case our kids or family members are in serious trouble but my mind always takes me to a place where they are always rescued but the scenarios are outrageous. Nothing like, oh Leo fell off his bike and broke his arm. They were when he was a baby and the house was on fire and I had to run through the burning hallway and then jump out of the window with him hoping he would safely make it from a 7ish foot drop. I guess maybe our minds are helping us because if we can survive that we can survive the little things.
Oh yeah...and I will give an over the internet high five to someone who can identify where my title came from. Awesomeness
It went to the place where I rolled over in bed and saw an intruder standing in my living room. I scrambled to get out of bed and push my dresser and bed against the door happy that I had my cell phone so I could call 911. The intruder goes into the kitchen and grabs a knife and is trying to open the door with the knife. Why? Who knows! But then reality sets in and I realize my imagination is a funny thing. I go let my dog out and what a shock...there are people hammering on my neighbors shed. Maybe I should be a fiction writer! Except the only material I would get would be about 5 pages. Not much more.
It's funny how your mind can turn a mole hill into a mountain. Working at a bank, we are supposed to "practice" what we would do in case of a robbery. I don't think the bank would appreciate me wetting my pants once a month just to practice what I would do. We all have scenarios in our mind what we would do in case of a fire, or in case our kids or family members are in serious trouble but my mind always takes me to a place where they are always rescued but the scenarios are outrageous. Nothing like, oh Leo fell off his bike and broke his arm. They were when he was a baby and the house was on fire and I had to run through the burning hallway and then jump out of the window with him hoping he would safely make it from a 7ish foot drop. I guess maybe our minds are helping us because if we can survive that we can survive the little things.
Oh yeah...and I will give an over the internet high five to someone who can identify where my title came from. Awesomeness
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