Jingling and Hacking up Loogies I’ve been suffering from a new kind of ill. A cold so vile, I spent 5 days in bed. 5 days of coughing, sneezing, wheezing, expectorating, sweating, and shivering. It all started on Christmas Eve. All cookies were baked, packaged and mailed. All presents were wrapped. All I needed was a nice winter’s nap but alas it was Christmas an
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My mom called me. She's worried my immune system is surpressed due to all the running around for work and what not. Then she noted that she doesn't want to leave the house anymore. She just doesn't have the energy anymore. I gather it's the meds they have her on but it's still disconcerting. I think she's gotten really down and lethargic after the
I've been feeling a bit overwhelmed and in need of hiding of late. Honestly, my schedule has been tight. With family having babies, surgical procedures, get togethers and work taking me out of state and the prospects of a new career path in my scope, I understand why my mind wants to go on sabbatical. Oh let's not forget the creeping blob of a ge
Because I love my husband and I enjoy aggravating my ulcer, I decided to throw a surprise birthday party for my hubby. If party planning isn't bad enough, I'm doing this hush hush and all by myself. I'm a bit stressed as is and yet I get a call from my pop-in-law to tell me: 1) Did you know that you scheduled it in September? Yes, your
It's been awhile. My apologies. Life has been hectic. After months of nagging, my hubby and I finally started hanging pictures on the walls. Now, it's not like it's hard. We have picture rails everywhere. It was unpacking the boxes which seemed the most daunting. We also took a four day vacation together. It was much nee
It's bad enough I'm dealing with stalkers outside my building but this whole training users how to install a frickin' simple software is ridiculous. We have a full staff of trainers. They get paid to train. I'm a technical analyst. I get paid to coordinate, implement and manage the technical enhancements. How cost efficient is it for the univers
My hubby went grocery shopping with me this weekend. He couldn't understand how I can spend $100/week on groceries/household items/drugstore supplies. He spent about as much on fruits. He apparently read in Men's Health that fruit is good for you. So he bought 3 of each apple possible, pears, grapefruits, raspberries, bananas as well as an asso
Ok, so I've been swamped at work and haven't been able to write for a while but I thought I'd pop in and share a funny site. Apparently, a bunch of students at a local high school were a bit peeved by the rhetoric they heard day to day from vegetarians and decided to create their own club: MEAT - Mammals Eating Animals Today Honestly, I'd su
So I'm a few hours away from my first cooking class. I'm nervous yet excited. I always picture myself doing something horribly wrong. In this case, I'm imagining I set a fellow classmate's hair on fire or chopping a digit off. So I'm wondering what if anything I should get for my stepdad for Father's Day. Usually, my brother and I don't purchase anythi
So my pet peeve of being a project manager is that when you do your job well, you get little fanfare. When you screw up a job, it's like your name is plastered everywhere. I was riding into work this morning, when I realized that every project I've given blood, sweat and tears on has been acknowledged but a week later, it's forgotten. It's not until a ye
So I was told I am scheduled to go to Boston for a conference. The conference I wanted to go to in Chicago is being attended by my boss. It's not that I don't like Boston. It's that my new baby second cousin was just born and I was hoping to visit. [Yes, a tad selfish, I know.] Hopefully, I can visit my good friend and her daughter (my first foray into
As a project manager, the hardest part for me is the "passing of the buck". Many a times, I encounter passing of the buck from supervisors, managers and directors. It seems it's human nature to pass off something that you dislike doing and/or have no clue how to do. Although understandable, I feel as an adult who freely accepts the responsibility, you should su
I went to work early so I can leave early. Good grief people, there are too many of you out there at 7am. I saw more cars on my block, more people on the streets and I couldn't get my morning cup of Joe because the lines at the three coffee shops were out the door! [No wonder Starbucks opens catacorner to each other.] It's no wonder everyone is grumpy
It has been a while since I wrote. I placed a self imposed sabbatical last week. No PCs. No hours vegged out on the couch. I even left my cell phone at home, occasionaly. I spent the week focusing on my home life and my personal life. [Ok. My mother in law was supposed to come but she cancelled. Instead of going into to work, I decided I should take th
Since I had to leave the house in a unconventional hour for me (7:30am), I changed hurriedly and without much natural sunlight. (Hubby was asleep and I didn't want to open the blinds and wake him.) Unfortunately, as I was changing out of my work clothes I just noticed (and it's 10pm, currently) that I had a nasty stain on the front of my skirt that was whiti
I've tried to stop in a jot a little something daily but unfortunately the last two days have been quite hectic in the workfront. First, my colleague is on vaca and my other colleague was pulled into an emergency conference on Monday leaving me to man the fort. Then, I realized that my plans to have the software upgrade website up by the first week of Jun
We have an auditor here today. Although an audit is stressful, for the most part, we're all semi-calm. Responses include "Well, she can stuff it." and "She wants what?!" But all in all, everyone is giving her as much info as possible. They've put me in charge of directing her to what she needs. Essentially, it entails me running around makin
To the lady who spoke at the building renovation initative meeting: If you don't know how to use a mic, then get off the stage. A mic is not meant to be placed next to your papers. Nor is the mic head supposed to be facing your shoes. Perhaps you have never been on stage. Perhaps this is your first public speaking forum. These are not
I’m excited to see Shrek 2. I’m more excited about making my dan tots. I made the first batch this morning. The custard is fabulous. The crust, not so much. It’s just not light enough. I would love these egg custards to have a super light, flaky crust. The only way I know how is by using puff pastry. The crust is simply shortening, sugar and flour. Sh
I just read this article about how Sarah Jessica thinks her marriage works because she mommy's Matthew . Now at first I passed it off as insane. I kept thinking, good luck to her, cause her son will be the same. But now that I think about it,
My husband and I agreed to do our own laundry. This has been a standing agreement since we moved to an apartment that does not allow washers and dryers. I do my laundry, the pet's laundry and any household laundry. He does his own. I'm quite happy with this arrangement. Why? My husband changes clothes more often than a supermodel changes clothes for a ru
Well the last load of dishes from Saturday's dinner has been put away. I have a two week rest period before my mother-in-law arrives so, I've decided to lay low on the supper parties. My uncle is coming into the city this week. If you recall, my mother wants us to drive to Queens to have dinner so that my cousin doesn't have to drive too far since he works
Now all I have to say is, thank God for my cousin-in-law. She came first and let me tell you, seeing her was such a calming effect. Ok, the wine and seeing her were equally soothing. She helped me put out the appetizers and we spent a half hour in the kitchen talking about our husbands and how they have this annoying trait called the M trait. The M trait is a trai
So it happened. Dinner for my hubby's aunt, uncle, father, stepmom, stepsis, cousin and cousin-in-law happened last night. Well, yesterday afternoon. 11:45 1st beer: After I wrote last, I went back to my sabayon. Things in the kitchen didn't get any better. First my sabayon looked darker than I imagined. I should have known the merlot would
My hubby told his family to arrive at 3pm. 3pm! The house is a mess. I just finished buying the groceries and my husband has turned all the power off so he can install a new light switch in all places, the kitchen. At the grocery store, my husband, who promised to help me shop for his family's dinner, leaves me for home depot. He convenien