Overtly Trite

down to 9 days..

2009-12-15T21:40:00.003-05:00

tree up. check
cards mailed....um not so much
cards addressed?...good question
cookies baked?..errrr uhh
gifts purchased..hmmmm
the ones you have to put in the mail?...uhhhh
the ones you have are they wrapped yet....well okay not so much
crap can we push back Christmas by about a week????

don't get me wrong I am grateful

2009-12-13T17:53:00.003-05:00

to have health insurance really I am however it just changed and it isn't quite as good as it once was and I already have found myself not going to the doctor because I did not want to spend the money...which once again I know I am lucky to have insurance but I honestly don't know how those without manage....I don't even know where to start a tirade because it is pathetic that this nation can't get their head out of their butt's long enough to actually try and rectify this problem

almost like clockwork

2009-12-13T07:02:00.003-05:00

I am a buyer for a stored have been for many many years now. Each holiday season one of the owners takes note of what other similar stores in other markets are selling in their gift guides & online specials etc and inevitably I get a cavalcade of emails asking hey what about this? should we carry this too? why don't we have this stuff? and the ever popular look at this....
And inevitably every single solitary flippin' year if he would take the time and look at the merchandise in his own store there would be no need to send me goofy emails a point which I make to him every holiday season but sadly it's a point he never actually gets!

the little germ factory I birthed

2009-12-11T08:31:00.002-05:00

seriously I never use to get sick quite as often as I do now...I blame the kid

welcome to 42

2009-12-07T07:58:00.003-05:00

had a birthday yesterday and this morning I go in for an ultrasound to take a looksie at my gallbladder....and I thought 40 was the new 30 not the new 60
and health issues aside I had a lovely birthday weekend, busy but lovely and I am so looking forward to the weekend in Atlanta with David!

Christmas is how many days away??

2009-12-04T19:29:00.003-05:00

crap now I am doing pretty okay in the gift buying department but hell the tree is not decorated, the yard isn't either, cards have arrived but I have not even begun to start envelopes, there are cookies to be baked, rum cakes to be made, cheer to be spread...damn I do not have enough time in my day 'cause I have a ton or stuff backed up at work not good product needs to be on the sales floor so it can sell, have a ton of school work due in less than 2 weeks including 2 exams, several social events are planned and then the big belated birthday weekend in Atlanta the very weekend before Christmas. I am tired just thinking about it all..maybe I'll go to bed now and gather strength for the coming weeks
I should really add Christmas is my absolute favorite time of the year always has been even working in retail I love this season..I would really like to be able to enjoy it once in awhile because at this rate next time I blink it'll be Valentines Day

this forecast brought to you by...

2009-12-04T21:14:00.001-05:00

your local grocery store.
let the snow panicking begin

the snoring conundrum continues

2009-12-02T13:30:00.002-05:00

after a rough night of sleep or rather lack of sleep one of the comments I always get from David is "why didn't you wake me or tell me to roll over"
So last night I did several times not even all the times..suffice to say he did not get up early for work as originally planned..I guess someone kept on disturbing his sleep...

redecorated the bathroom this weekend

2009-11-30T17:58:00.003-05:00

okay so maybe I just bought a new bath mat & shower curtain
you say 'to-may-to', I say 'to-mah-to'

is santa coming to visit?

2009-11-30T13:24:00.004-05:00

C has conceded there is "Mommy & Daddy" Santa but there is still Santa coming too..pretty funny I have even flat out told him it's okay Santa will still bring gifts but what the hell I still get presents from Santa well technically Klaus Von Bulow but that is another story unto itself

yay for the interweb

2009-11-30T06:44:00.003-05:00

for someone who did a whole lot of scoffing at those black Friday and/or earlier Christmas shoppers I have an amazing..well amazing for me..amount of my shopping completed thanks to a few clicks here and there this weekend. Dare I say maybe I'll even start wrapping once they arrive?

going to have to be honest here

2009-11-28T17:02:00.005-05:00

while I miss my parents terribly and hate living 800+ miles away from them and hate not being able to spend most holidays with them quite frankly I am grateful not to be shoved into a car for 12+ hours today on the return trip from CT. I hate that trip with a passion I am not a fan of the road trip or rather any road trip that lasts longer than well to be honest more than 4 hours...any much more than that and I would rather poke sticks in my eye
that being said I would happily have packed the car & headed to spend the holiday with them..it sucks living this far from my folks

dear black friday shoppers

2009-11-27T09:44:00.000-05:00

I think you are nuts

Happy Turkey Day to you & yours!

2009-11-26T06:52:00.000-05:00

the power of suggestion..or the start of the great eggo wars

2009-11-22T12:07:00.005-05:00

big news story of the week would be the looming eggo waffle shortages and voila empty eggo shelves at the grocery store...I am gonna clue you freaks in you can buy pancake mix & a waffle iron and make your own waffles in minutes..and guess what they taste better!!!! I know hard to believe but it's true! You could also do something really crazy and make a double batch, freeze them and then toast them whenever you like..amazing homemade waffle what will they think of next????!!!

heading towards the finale..

2009-11-21T21:05:00.003-05:00

the latest Top Chef season is drawing to a close and what with Project Runway having finished this past week I am about to enter a reality/competition conundrum!
Eli my favorite chef to start out with was eliminated just this week and his former boss and former Top Chef-er Richard Blais wrote a really great blog about him. I still really want to try out ENO and will hopefully get the chance in the not too distant future. As the season has progressed my loyalties did change and I have been a devoted fan of Kevin Gillespie whose restaurant I will be dining at as part of my birthday weekend in Atlanta and hopefully again when the girls road trip again in the new year!

do we even have crime in West Knoxville?

2009-11-21T16:03:00.005-05:00

okay so bad enough you are going to shoplift at a grocery store...then get caught...but what switch in your head says hey I know I will run over the cop trying to arrest me?!
and quite frankly I don't endorse shoplifting but times are tough maybe you need to steal to feed for your family but no no not these guys detergent, starter fluid and hot sauce? what the hell is there some new kind of meth made from hot sauce or something???
Glad we went shopping on Monday and missed all the excitement

it's Monday..again?!

2009-11-16T06:25:00.003-05:00

so soon?!?!
really?????
did you know that next week is Thanksgiving? and gulp a mere 39 days till Christmas?
good grief we do even have Thanksgiving dinner planned or Christmas cards ordered....
ack let the holiday panic commence

so tired I could cry

2009-11-12T21:16:00.002-05:00

what on earth was I thinking going back to school?!
I am in my 40's
FRICKIN middle aged
shouldn't I be hanging out in a rocking chair knitting or something?

can it rain everyday please?

2009-11-11T12:38:00.004-05:00

now I like Coach just as much as the next ~~guy~~ um girl but I saw a Coach umbrella yesterday pricing them at upwards of $88..for an umbrella...sorry can't jump on that band wagon

do you know where you're located?

2009-11-07T07:18:00.003-05:00

asking someone yesterday where their establishment was located in the behemoth that is Turkey Creek these day
well if you are coming from 40 get off At Campbell Station exit
I'm not..
It'll be on the Farragut end
I guessed that based on the exit you suggested but what are you close to?
blah blah bank

okay let me tell you there are 50 million banks in this area if it isn't my bank I have no idea what it's name is..
I finally an with exasperation in my voice asked what store are you close to? and that finally got me to an answer that let me know exactly where this place was located

and I fall for it every time

2009-11-07T08:16:00.001-05:00

from FB and twitter: hey look here I wrote a blog about something interesting
looks at blog: um yeah I wrote something really really great but it's not on this blog you have to read about it over here

love is great and all

2009-11-03T08:52:00.001-05:00

but next time I marry for money...

but what about the children????

2009-11-02T12:08:00.002-05:00

I am not typically a mall shopper but have found myself in at least 4 different malls in 4 different states over the past 6 months or so and am intrigued by the Abercrombie phenomena..You know the one where you walk within a 100 yards or so and are overwhelmed with the smell of some perfume and I am not even going to mention the blaring music because the olfactory overload usually leaves me stunned and confused and I am not even walking into the store! The smell was burned into my nose to the extent that I could smell it in my car on the way home. It can't be good for the employees or customers..they are going to wind up with some weird lung disease years down the road they could call it what pink lung?

hope you all had a ghoulish evening!

2009-11-01T06:07:00.003-05:00

we had a fantastic evening in spite of the torrential rains and not a bad haul of candy either