I am alive but not writing a lot anymore
Sorry everyone but things have been hectic and I've been addicted to Facebook lately. Poor ol livejournal.
Just wanted to say I'm living and hopefully I will post again soon with some amazing stories about Taylor and Rob and me. YAY!

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off 2 days, work 3 days, off for 4, work for 5 ... - yippee
So I had enough and decided even though I haven't worked here for a year yet, I need some vacation time so I took it. 2 days....oooh.
You see here at work you only have until the end of August to take your vacation otherwise you won't get to again until January. Everyone has taken vacation or is away on business so I needed to wait until people got back from their vacation and seing as I cover 3 different departments the 26th and 27th were the only days left.
I haven't been feeling too well lately either so I'm probably going to try and take it easy but also do some mommy/Taylor things as well. She's starting to say a lot more words now too so I'm excited as to what she has to say now.
We might go to the park or hang out with family in Hamilton. As you can see Taylor loves the swing...


Maria has been calling trying to set up a time to get together probably for over a year now so maybe I'll drop in and see her too.
It's crazy. I'm sure I'll need a vacation from my vacation and it hasn't even started yet.

Current Mood: optimistic

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Happy birthday to me!
Here are a few pictures of my birthday dinner this weekend.


Kim is happy about her cake.




My shirt is all black but there's something funny going on there. Oh ya Rob is there too.



T in her raincoat


Current Mood: happy

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Same old same old
You know when you have a routine where you do your hair and just automatically assume it looks the same way you have always done it? Sure you have.
Today was one of thise days where I put my hair in a ponytail and got ready for work. Pat picked me up and we drove to work, I got out of the car and got tim hortons on the way la dee dah.
I get to work and after an hour or so I feel this bump on my head. I have this HUGE BUBBLE OF HAIR sticking out of the back of my head! It was about the size of toonie BLOOPing out of my head.
What gives! I feel like such a dolt I wanna hide under my desk.
I guess now that I'm a year older I can not do my own hair anymore. Great.

Current Mood: worried

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FIRST WEEK AS THE "EVERYTHING" LADY
So tommorow will mark the end of the first week of me taking over bits and pieces of everyone job who has left in the past 2 weeks.
On my first day i found out that no one had ordered food for the vending machines for over 2 weeks and there was no pop in the entire plant. then I foudn out that one of our newest printers out back was out of ink cartridges and I needed to order more but guess what? They don't have these listed on the internet, so when I get the brush off for more than 5 hours I'm stressed out.
Then the phones went all wonky but we had a guy come in and show me the ropes and we actually got it set up so that the system will automatically turn on during the holiday and turn off at midnight. Thank god.
So apart from all of this I am still doing all my other duties and helping to launch the holiday catalogue. Oh and I need to update the web cause all of the newest products are going live tomorrow.
Nice.
One good thing is Friday is our company summer BBQ and garage sale. 2 things I like a lot. and we get to wear jeans!

Current Mood: drained

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I guess we all have something in common
"I wasn't afraid of dying as much as I was really afraid of getting my hair cut. It might sound funny, but it's true."

– Marilyn Manson, discussing his childhood fear with Rolling Stone

Makes ya think.....

Current Mood: curious

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I can not believe that just happened!
I swear I just fell asleep for 8 minutes at my desk. It was 8:28 and now it's 8:36. I didn't bob my head, nothin'. Just zoned out completely.

Nice

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Why am I such a messy toothbrusher?
You know what’s funny?
When you start your day getting ready and making yourself presentable for work taking extra care to do your hair and pick out the right clothes because one of the supervisors is giving you a ride to work.
Fine.
So you have your packed lunch, you have your sweater in case it’s chilly in the office, you’ve brushed your teeth, you put on perfume, you got great shoes that go with your outfit and you are still 5 minutes early for your ride.
Sweet.
You get in the car and start your commute to work, chatting about the night before and offering to pick up coffee and breakfast for the driver.
Nice.
You get to work 10 minutes early and take your time starting your computer and getting your pens and paper ready for the day. Heck, why not go to the bathroom and freshen up before your day begins.
No…don’t do that.
Why?
Because once you go into the bathroom you will look in the mirror only to see toothpaste residue on your nose that closely resembles cocaine residue after a night of partying.
Great.
The driver saw it, my co workers saw it, everyone saw it. I’m sure it explains a lot.
Now they all think I’m addicted to cocaine.
Awesome.

Current Mood: amused

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Monday morning
I understand that Monday mornings are probably the roughest when you have to go to work. It just seems extra effort just to drag you lazy butt out of bed and begin a new work week. Yu have to pick out what you are going to wear, you need to shower and make yourself presentable, you need to pack your lunch or scrounge for loose change in the couch if you plan on buying something. If you have children, then you need to wake them up, get them ready, drive them to the sitters, and then drive in traffic to work. Knowing the entire time that the work you left on Friday evening is still there and the office will be freezing because they don’t turn on the thermostat until 6AM.
But you know what can make it all better?
When you finally get to work (7 minutes late) and there is a tray of brownies on the kitchen table for everyone to eat.
Brownies for breakfast you say?
Hell yes, bring it onnnnn.

Have a great day everyone.




Current Mood: cheerful

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Power walk
I went power walking on my lunch hour today and I was huffing and puffing but made it back alive.
Now that I'm a working MOM, I can not play soccer anymore so right now this is my only option during my time at work to get out and get some exercise.
I hope more people join our walking group cause walking in Waterloo has some really nice things to see.
Maybe later on I will take Taylor on walks around the neighbourhood but with the nice weather I am going to enjoy every chance I get to wander around outside in the sun.

Current Mood: numb

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Happy Birthday Rob!
Happy birthday poopie schmoopie doupie! Double digits - the big 33.

No worries man I'll be one year behind ya in less than 3 months. Ewwwww.
We are going to have a reat celebration this weekend complete with checken wings, caeser salad and fried stuff with cheese.....yummmmm.

It's amazing how much happier the situation can become when FOOD is involved.
OOh and don't forget the presents!
I'm taking Rob out to a new restaurant in Kitchener this weekend which I'm hoping he's going to love. It's got a "Cheers restaurant" feel to it and they have amazing chicken and ribs. They also have this deep fried onion thingy that has this dill dip that is to die for. *drool*
See? Food = Happy




Current Mood: happy

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oh my word what happened to my hair
How's your day going? I'm having the worst hair day in a long long time.
It's really bad.
It's flat, like weighed down super flat and because of the static in here it's sticking to my face. I've tried to put it in a large hairclip but it keeps falling out. I've tried to use a hair elastic but I've stretched this one so much it's not holding a damn thing and pulls my hair down even more. So now I look like a witch that has been dunked in a pot of goo. Thank god I don't have a web cam. I'd probably turn you all to stone....
Look away, I'm hideous.

Current Mood: crushed

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Finally some nice weather
Off goes the winter jacket, off goes the boots, on goes the low open t-shirt to show off the hoots.

Ah springtime makes me want to write poetry....the example above is not my best but it was spontaneous.
I loved driving home yesterday with the windows rolled down, so did a lot of people. Today is nice and sunny I might even take a drive while I'm on my lunch. hooray!
It's about time, everyone go outside and enjoy the weather, woo hoo.

Current Mood: cheerful

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Ice is nice
but not glued to the winshield of my car when it's freezing rain outside. poo poo. I was all nice and pretty this morning before I left. I even made my lunch and everything. When I step outside I'm bombarded by freezing rain pellets that have stuck to my car. Rob ended up coming outside to help we wendge my way free from the ice. He must have heard me whimpering outside as my nicely coiffed hair just got matted to my face.
I made it to work 40 mins late but a bunch of people haven't even showed up yet. I'm tired and just want to go home however they are calling for more of this shit tomorrow. I can't for my drive home.
At least the salters and sanders have something to do today. Hooray!
On the bad side my doctor called me today and told me I didn't go for bloodwork so now they need to bump my appointment. I've been testing my blood sugar every day since christmas and I DIDN"T EAT SWEETS cause of this damn appointment. (you need to have all the sugar out of your system cause the blood tests can check everything for 21 days prior to the test) POOOOO POOOOOO. Aw man this sucks. It also says that cancellations need to be made 24 hours prior or else a charge will apply. Technically I was all ready to go but THEY cancelled and they had 26 hours notice so I will flip if they charge me. I don't have any money anyway so who cares. he he ha ha. Now I wanna eat a chocolate sundae for lunch. POO POOOOOO.

Current Mood: tired

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Aww come on!
All I can think of is an angry parent screaming "come on Ref!". Too funny.


Current Mood: cheerful

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Help me eat!!!


Current Mood: hungry

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New Swear word
You know you work in a cool establishment when you hear the HR manager yell "holy Craaaackers" instead of holy crap. I almost spewwed stuff all over my desk. I'm using this one whenever the opportunity presents itself. Hopefully in front of my mom.
heheh.

Current Mood: mischievous

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A word to the wise...
For those that love food:
Do NOT eat chocolate pudding and then take a huge swig of Fresca, your sinuses will explode in a fury of anger.

I just did this at work and it wasn't pretty. I'm covered in goo. Bluckth.

Current Mood: dirty

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IS this thing working?

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Garbage
Raccoons raided our garbage yesterday and left a trail of their conquest all over our back porch. Of course Rob threw a fit at 6 am and after the grumbling and hoh humming I just said "stop your huffing and puffing and leave it alone I'll clean it up later." that seemed to work. hooray. Things have calmed down between us and I think the imaginary fight is now over.
Then I went outside. ew. It was raining a lot and now the garbage was soggy and all over the place.
karma.
Poo poo. Literally.
Dirty diapers, asparagus, turkey bones, pistachio nut shells, paper towels, you name it it was on our back porch soaking wet.
Oh well I said I'd clean it so I went to work with Taylor as my cheerleader having the time of her life in the screened in porch as her mama scraped garbage crap into a new bag.
"baby?!?" No taylor that's garbage.
"mama, baby?!?"
No Taylor that's a soggy paper towel and a dirty diaper. Close though. Dirty diapers come from babies.
Man she's gonna be a genius. Or a sanitation worker hee hee.

Current Mood: cheerful

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