Jump Start

Thought I'd get a jump start on Thanksgiving since it's 3 weeks away.  A change of pace in pics for me.  I like the old Victorian stuff, too.  My tastes seem to keep changing starting from contemporary to country and now I would have to call it quirky/eclectic.

When I bought this house 6 years ago, I got into antiques.  Couldn't afford them but came across some really nice things.  It fits the style of my house anyway since it's 90 years old with all the old woodwork and hardwood floors.  I still like some retro 50's stuff, though, so I just go with the flow.  But, I've dumped most of my roosters and chickens and countryish stuff...oh, except for this goofy wooden cow that stands in the corner of my kitchen.  Now, he is cute.....LOL

My oldest daughter just sent me some pics of her newest retro pieces...gotta love them....actually, I want them.  She's got a bunch of old Coca Cola tin signs, this really neat clock, an actual radio flyer old red wagon....and the coolest old Coca Cola wooden wagon.  Actually, those really aren't retro but her 50's radio and car hop clock and an actual pay phone are just way too cool.......  And, I forgot, she has an actual old Coca Cola soda machine.

Anyway, I got to come home early today.  Our system totally crashed before noon....too many applications running on Windows 2000.  The "patch" they installed over the weekend still couldn't support everything......so, I got some much needed rest.  I bit the bullet and downed some Alke Seltzer Plus <GAG> I mean literally gagging.  How can anybody drink that stuff?  No matter what flavor I get, it gags the hell out of me.  But it works.

I slept for a few hours and feel so much better.  Ya know the weekend is coming and I love to kick up my heels....

So, I'm going to get my butt to bed. 

 

                       

                Later...have a good night all........chris

Election 2008

Presidential Candidate 2008





I'll vote for her
 





MY CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN 2008


Here we are already discussing the future President of the United
States in the Year 2008.  Well, I have my own candidate and I'm sure
that once you know who I'm for, you will also agree.

For those of you who would like another choice for President, I have the best solution:
It is probably time we have a woman as President. My choice, and I hope
yours as well, is a very special Lady that has all the answers to our problems.

PLEASE give it a thought when you have a moment....




MAXINE FOR PRESIDENT!!!

   

Very eloquently put............don't you think?

Maxine on "Driver Safety"  "I can't use the cell phone in the car. I have to keep my hands free for making gestures.".......

Maxine on "Life"  "Life is like an oven. It burns my a**!"

Maxine on "Housework"  "I do my housework in the nude. It gives me an incentive to clean the mirrors as quickly as possible."

Maxine on "Lawn Care"  "The key to a nice-looking lawn is a good mower. I recommend one who is muscular and shirtless."

Maxine on "The Perfect Man"  "All I'm looking for is a guy who'll do what I want, when I want, for as long as I want, and then go away. Or wait nearby, like a Dust Buster, charged up and ready when needed."

Maxine on "Technology Revolution"  "My idea of rebooting is kicking somebody in the butt twice."

Maxine on "Aging"  "Take every birthday with a grain of salt. This works much better if the salt accompanies a Margarita."

                                  

  

"I'm telling you ... she's the perfect candidate."

"My thoughts exactly"



~~~~~

Never read the fine print. There ain't no way you're going to like it.

If you let a smile be your umbrella, then most likely your butt will get soaking wet.

The only two things we do with greater frequency in middle age are urinate and attend funerals.

The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket.

To err is human, to forgive - highly unlikely.

Do you realize that in about 40 years, we'll have millions of old ladies running around with tattoos?

Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than a Kia.

Drinking makes some husbands see double and feel single.

After a certain age, if you don't wake up aching somewhere, you may be dead.

~~~~~


Don't ya just gotta love Maxine....roflmao.....when I "grow" up, I wanna be just like Maxine....LOL....I think I'm almost there.......chris

Another Day

I've been up most of the night hacking away.  Just love it!  Actually, I would love to call off sick today but have some silly 4 hr training program on a system that I've been using since June....LOL...is this the horse following the cart?  But then again, I work for the government.  We've only recently starting using Windows 2000.

Our building is one of those "sick" buildings.  No fresh air; ventilation non-existent; asbestos has finally all been removed (so they tell us), we are all crammed in on top of each other and share and share alike.....including every illness that is going through every family.

So, once again, I have some viral/cold thing.  It's been floating through the stale air for two weeks now and decided to visit me.  Great!  This year there is plenty of flu vaccine.  I never used to get a flu shot but started a few years ago.  It seems to alleviate my viral thingies from turning into strep.  The only problem is I'm supposed to get my flu shot Friday.  Never gonna happen.  If I sound like I have the slightest cough or sniffles; no shot.

It's 4 a.m. now.  I'm trying to stay awake because I leave the house at 5:30.  Won't get home until 7 tonite.  That's the price I pay for having those Wednesdays off.  Now, if I could somehow coordinate my illnesses to fall on my day off, I'd be one step ahead.........I think this would fall under one of those Murphy's Laws.  And, of course, I forgot to buy coffee yesterday.  There was half a scoop in the can so I added it to the "stale" grounds from yesterday.  Yum, yum...nothing like watered down coffee to start the engines.  I swear one of these days I'll get it all together........

Aren't those Precious Moments just so...uh...precious?  LOL  My daughters have a collection of them.  Well, we started it but had to cut back once I became a "single" one.

Later....Have a good one...chris

Gotta Luv AOL

Do ya ever get the feeling that some day we might end up looking like this while waiting for the AOL systems to respond....LOL???

As 2005 is Ending

 

I borrowed this from Missy who borrowed it from Boo...floating thru J-Land

What do you hope to accomplish with the little bit of time left in the year? I'm really hoping to lose the last 10 lbs of the 20 I packed on at the beginning of this year.  I'm yo-yoing constantly.  I do real well and then treat myself really well. 

What was your biggest disappointment this year?  My son was supposed to start college in Ft. Myers, Fla. for fixing irrigation systems in golf courses.  We have friends who live in Naples, and my son was going to live there.  When we arrived, she had a man living there who her husband knew nothing about. (The husband was staying staying in Md. until the youngest child graduates his coming June)  My son wanted to stay.  I made him come home.  The home is now for sale and the wife is in N.C. so my instincts were right because he would have been home by now anyway.  This was something he had his heart set on doing.  He loves Fla. and loved the field he was going into.  Not a big market for it in Pa.

Your happiest moment in 2005? Getting this new computer.  I had a six year old HP that crashed constantly.  Also getting a handle on graphics and the file manager.  And....clicking on the blog community and starting this journal.

What do you hope to change in 2006? I hope to be able to have a better paying job so that I'm not constantly feeling like I have to rob Peter to pay Paul; although overtime the past month or two has helped tremendously.

All in all, how was 2005 for you? I thank the Lord for every New Year that I wake up to and every year that I've made it through....life istoo fleeting and unpredictable not to try to learn to savor every moment; good and bad.

(my initials, also a nickname)

Sound Familiar?

lol...hate to admit it but all 20 have applied to me at one time or another...

 WHEN GIRLS DRINK TOO MUCH........... 
 
1. WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHERE OUR PURSE IS. 
2. WE BELIEVE THAT DANCING WITH OUR ARMS OVERHEAD AND WIGGLING OUR BUTT  WHILE YELLING "WOO-HOO!" IS TRULY THE SEXIEST DANCE MOVE AROUND.
3. WE'VE SUDDENLY DECIDED THAT WE WANT TO KICK SOMEONE'S BUTT AND HONESTLY BELIEVE WE COULD DO IT TOO.
4. IN OUR LAST TRIP TO PEE, WE REALIZE THAT WE NOW LOOK MORE LIKE A HOMELESS HOOKER THAN THE GODDESS WE WERE JUST FOUR HOURS AGO.
5. WE DROP OUR 3:00 A.M. SUBMARINE SANDWICH ON THE FLOOR WHICH WE'RE EATING EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NOT THE LEAST BIT HUNGRY), PICK IT UP AND  CARRY ON EATING IT 
6. WE START CRYING AND TELLING EVERYONE WE SEE THAT WE LOVE THEM SOOOOO MUCH.
7. WE GET EXTREMELY EXCITED AND JUMP UP AND DOWN EVERY TIME A NEW SONG PLAYS BECAUSE "OH MY GOD! I LOVE THIS SONG!" 
8. WE'VE FOUND A DEEPER/SPIRITUAL SIDE TO THE GEEK SITTING NEXT TO US
9. THE MAN WE'RE FLIRTING WITH USED TO BE OUR 5TH GRADE TEACHER.
10. THE URGE TO TAKE OFF ARTICLES OF CLOTHING, STAND ON A TABLE AND SING OR DANCE BECOMES STRANGELY OVERWHELMING TO US. 
11. OUR EYES JUST DON'T SEEM TO WANT TO STAY OPEN ON THEIR OWN SO WE KEEP THEM HALF CLOSED AND THINK IT LOOKS EXOTICALLY SEXY. 
12. WE'VE SUDDENLY TAKEN UP SMOKING AND BECOME REALLY GOOD AT IT.
13. WE YELL AT THE BARTENDER, WHO WE BELIEVE CHEATED US BY GIVING US JUST LEMONADE, BUT THAT'S JUST BECAUSE WE CAN NO LONGER TASTE THE GIN.
14. WE THINK WE ARE IN BED, BUT OUR PILLOW FEELS STRANGELY LIKE THE KITCHEN FLOOR (er, or, the mop?)
15. WE START EVERY CONVERSATION WITH A BOOMING, "DON'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY BUT..." 
16. WE FAIL TO NOTICE THAT THE TOILET LID'S DOWN WHEN WE SIT ON IT. 
17. OUR HUGS BEGIN TO RESEMBLE WRESTLING TAKE-DOWN MOVES. 
18. WE ARE TIRED SO WE JUST SIT ON THE FLOOR (WHEREVER WE HAPPEN TO BE STANDING) AND TAKE A QUICK NAP. 
19. WE BEGIN LEAVING THE BUTTONS OPEN ON OUR BUTTON FLY PANTS TO CUT DOWN ON THE TIME WE''RE IN THE BATHROOM AWAY FROM OUR DRINK. 
20. WE TAKE OUR SHOES OFF BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IT'S THEIR FAULT THAT WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS WALKING STRAIGHT.
> >
> > 
LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT...KIND OF LIKE PLAYDOUGH.....

Yawning

Good morning...today is my day off..yay.  I really don't feel like doing much of anything.  I barely got through reading the journals last night and crashed.  And, once again, I forgot to sign off.  I thought I did......

I think I've hit every free graphic site on the web.  So much for AOL and pop-up controls.  And just where did my counter go?  LOL...not that I even paid attention to it.  I thought something was missing and couldn't figure out what it was.  This has been for a few days at least.  Then it dawned on me that my counter was gone.  Sort of like noticing that your kid hasn't shown up at the dinner table for three days and then saying, "Hey, has anyone seen little Henry lately?"  Just kidding...I would notice my kids MIA; just not my counter.  So...I'll just add my own:    

I'm having an icon problem again.  I finally got a Halloween icon to show up on the message boards...it took a computer check to fix the problem.  Now, I've changed to a Thanksgiving one...it's on my buddy list but the pumpkin is still on the message boards.  Any thoughts on this coz I'm scratching my head....these little things will drive me crazy....

Later....chris