Smorgasbord

Woke up this morning and my neck was feeling a little sore and stiff - not sure if I slept on it wrong or if stress had gotten to me - by the time I was driving home tonight I could barely turn my head to change lanes - not good!  Luckily my chiropractor's office is by my house.  I was able to walk right in and get It adjusted.  It took a couple snaps of my neck to get it to pop back in to place!  The first one made a loud cracking noise - like crushing walnuts - the other two were just hard cuz my neck couldn't turn very far.  But OMG!  When he snapped the last one - it hurt for a split second and then it was like a release of pressure!  It felt so good.  Now I am at home with ice - actually a Ziploc bag of frozen blueberries - on my neck and listening to the Seahawks game.  The game is kinda boring - preseason and not any starters playing.  College Football starts this weekend!!  WSU -vs- Oklahoma State at 4:00!! Yay!!  Celebrate My Color Is Crimson Day tomorrow and wear your Cougar Colors!!!!

OK - just had to put the "ice" back in the freezer because Chrissy kept licking the bag!!  Is that a Maltese trait - the need to lick everything and all the time!  When she rides in the car she loves to lick the windows - makes everything so smudgy!  New name for her . . . . . . Nit Wit!

Time to go charge the computer and the iPhone - I'm going to read a book.  Currently reading Girl With The Dragon Tattoo!  Really Good!  Once I got past some of the Swedish words and stopped hearing The Swedish Chef from the Muppets!  Will share more later.

De

Ring . . . Ring . . . Ring

Conversation that happened this morning -

Work phone rings at 9 - I pick it up

• Me: Accounts Payable this is De

• L: I tried your cell 2 times and I've been calling your work number.

• Me: I'm at work and I'm busy

• L: Did you get the mail yesterday and was my check in there?  If you didn't get it then I'll check the mail today so I can go cash my check.
• Me: I did get the mail and No you're check wasn't in there.
• L: Why didn't you tell me!!!  It would've been nice to know!
• Me: Well, you were in your room on the computer most of the night
• L:  I came out several times you could have told me then!  I'm just saying it would have been nice to know.
• Me:  You know what L - it wasn't a top priority for me
• L:  If you were waiting for a check I would tell you if I got the mail and it wasn't in there.
• Me: OK - you know what - I'm at work and I have stuff to do so this conversation is over.  Bye
• L:  It just would've been nice to know - you should have told me.  Fine Bye!!

I'm just shaking my head and saying - unbelievable!  J was out of his office and he said I should call her back and say - "When I got the mail yesterday not only was your check not in there but you also didn't receive an acceptance letter from UW, WSU, Central, SPU, or Western!  There was also no acceptance letter from the Army and no check from The Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes!

I then received the following text:  You didn't have to argue it, you could have easily said sorry and it would have been done.  I went in the living room a lot and how many times have you knocked on my door

I so wanted to respond with - Your 3 months are up get out of my house!!

I took deep breaths though and went back to work.

De

Not My Night

Not my night!!  Didn't leave work until 730 - it was dark and rainy - other drivers seemed to be a little irritated with me!  As I was driving on I90 - just after Mercer Island - I was going 65 in a 60 and slowed down a bit where the road curves and traffic from the express lanes comes back together with the regular traffic - sometimes some of the express lane cars need to pull across the other lanes so they can make the exit to Bellevue Way - so anyways, I slowed down a bit and this silver Prius pulls up behind me and starts flashing his brights at me - Really . . . really . . . Really!  I moved over so he could zip on past me driving at least 70 in a 60 - where are the traffic cops when you need one.  After that I was driving along without incident when I got to the first Issaquah exit - I pulled over to the far right lane and started to slow down as I could see the light was red at the end of the ramp - suddenly a car comes up next to me and honks it's horn as it sips passed - then when I pulled up to the stop light I looked over and the guy flipped me off!!  WTH!!  1 - I wasn't slowing down too soon.  2 - he didn't even need to be in the lane I was in. 3 - the frickin' light was Red!!!!!!  I am at this red light - where there is construction going on so it makes it hard to see any oncoming traffic so you can take your free right.  I guess I wasn't taking enough initiative because the car behind me suddenly pulls out to the right - around me - and through the light!  Good heavens - people were in such a rush tonight!!  It was ridiculous!

I finally get to my destination - Taco Bell for dinner as it is late and I don't want to make anything when I get home.  I place my order - pay for the food - head home . . . . . . . yup . . . . . . you guessed it . . . . . they screwed up my order!  I ordered a chicken soft taco for L and they gave us beef - I ordered 2 crunchy tacos for myself and they only gave me 1!!  See - not my night!

 One good thing about tonight - Chrissy is rather entertaining!  She keeps barking at something that's not there - or at least I can't see anything.  She barks and barks - then runs towards the area and grabs her toy and runs away.  Then she comes back and creeps around slowly looking around like she is trying to sneak up on someone/something.  Either she's turned into a real nut case or the ghost of Muppet is teasing her.  Funny Funny Girl!

De

Back To Baking

It's a baking night!  There are 2 birthdays in my department - one was today and one is tomorrow - we are going to celebrate tomorrow.  One of the requests was for me to bake my Turtle Fudge Cake!  I haven't made that one in quite awhile - If you like chocolate this cake is for you!  I will definitely be picking up vanilla ice cream to go with this. 

De

Draft Day!

Fall is here - the weather is cooler - the leaves are changing - Fantasy Football Draft!!  I travelled up to La Conner today so that Team Scooby Gang (my team) could join up with this years rookie team Boydsnest (Mom and Dad) and video conference with the other owners in the Crimson Ridge League for Draft Day!  Draft was to start 2:00 central/12:00 pacific - conferenced in with Team Moose only to be told that teams Shorkie Attack and T-man's My Roy had just arrived and needed to get set up.  The other teams - Yuck Monkeys - CowboyHater - Average Joes - Pretty in Pink - The Champ were already there and ready to go.  First order of business was to draw numbers for draft order. 

The draft went fairly well - there was some groaning and trash talking when I made my first pick because the other owners said I shouldn't have taken that person so early - I don't care - I'm putting together the team that I want - if I made bad choices then isn't that good for them!  All the teams but one have single owners - Team Boydsnest is co-owned by Mom and Dad - not too much bickering occurred while they decided who to draft. 

The draft only lasted 2 hours - which I think was pretty quick for 10 teams and 15 rounds.  After the draft Mom and I took a trip to the Berry Barn!  I got a half flat of mixed - 3 pints blueberries, 2 pints blackberries, and 1 pint strawberries.  The Blackberries are incredibly big and sweet - they look like they were grown by Hanford - I have never seen blackberries that big.  Then it was back to the house for a draft day dinner of barbecues burgers, baked beans, and corn on the cob.  Dessert was a marionberry pie that I got to pick out for my birthday!  Then I drove home!

My Fantasy Football Team - Team Scooby Gang (reference to Buffy The Vampire Slayer not the cartoon)

• QB Tony Romo
• QB Matt Hasselbeck
• RB Ronnie Brown
• RB STeven Jackson
• RB Ricky Williams
• RB LaDainian Tomlinson
• WR Miles Austin
• WR Chad Ochocinco
• WR Hines Ward
• WR Derrick Mason
• WR Golden Tate
• TE Tony Gonzalez
• TE Zach Miller
• K Ryan Longwell
• DEF/ST New Orleans Saints

Let Football Season begin!

De

Happy Birthday Hoyt!

Today my nephew Hoyt turned 1!!  I can't believe it's been a year since he was born.  He is such a cutie - he enjoyed his birthday cake that his mom made him!  Here are a few pics.

Dad, You're silly!

My Birthday Hat!

Oooh . . . . All For Me!

Mmmmmm!

I need another bite!

Love My Cake!

What do you mean I won't float away!

Sorry

Very happy for this week to be over - it's been a roller-coaster ride and it's time to get off and catch my breath. 

This blog has been a godsend for me - it's been a forum where I can write about what's been going on in my life - my different experiences - vent my frustrations - work the creative part of my brain.  In doing so I have been honest about how I felt about things - what my perceptions were in regards to different interactions - I tried to do all this while keeping anonymity for the people in my life - I never wanted to call people out - embarrass anyone - hurt any one's feelings.  I did this as a way for me to deal with all the different parts of my life and to try and make sense out of it all.

It was brought to my attention that even with all my safeguards of not using names I have hurt some people - I just want to say to them (if they are reading this) that I never meant to hurt anyone. This was never meant to be a malicious forum - it was just my way of dealing with everything that has been going on in my life for the past couple of years.

I have given this some thought - and I don't want to hang up my "pen" - I enjoy writing and being creative.  I will however, censor what I discuss on here so as not to hurt anyone.  That doesn't mean that you - my readers - are only going to get stories about Chrissy!! I will keep writing about this journey that I am on - just with a little more sensitivity to the people around me.

Thank you for reading - please feel free to leave any comments - even anonymous ones if that makes you feel more comfortable.

De