13 Random Thoughts

Thirteen Random Thoughts

1. i think my daughter may be a bully based on her saying that what she likes about her best friend at daycare is, "she doesn't tell on me when i be mean to her"...the mind of a four year old...

2. my doctor says that walking on my treadmill isn't exercise...wtf?! (now i have a really good reason NOT to get on my treadmill)

3. the fact that my four year old decided that our water man (sierra spring water service), whom i don't know the name of and comes when we're at work, has decided that he shall be called, "Mikey, because that's a boy name...seriously, where do they come up with this?

4. if the wind does not stop whipping shit around in my neighborhood (specifically shingles on my roof) i may need a higher dosage of my meds....

5. how long can i go without feeding the beta fish before it dies...i cannot currently remember the last time i fed it...

6. why when there is food at work do people not throw away a container or put it into the sink if they take the last bit of it?

7. i'm a teacher, so why does my four year old not believe me when i tell her that the b-i-n-g-o song is NOT V-I-N-G-O?! and then have to pull up a freaking bingo card on the internet to prove myself? btw...if you want to make custom bingo cards, click here.

8. my car is a thousand miles over it's oil change...i wonder if my darling husband made an appointment yet....(he had actually made one for veterans' day, but i went to astoria)

9. when am i going to find the time and motivation to finish the work for my distance writing class that is all due Nov. 30th?

10. why is facebook so addictive?

11. how is it that christmas is so stinking close? (see my counter in the side bar for exact number of days, hours and minutes!)

12. what should i read next? Love in the Time of Cholera or Barack Obama's Memoir or Thirteenth Tale

13. why if we're in an economic crisis are we bailing everybody out?

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Thursday Thirteen #4

Thirteen Jobs I've had...in chronological order from first to number thirteen. 1. Baby sitter for two young neighbors. Brandi and Bryan. I think I made like a quarter an hour, but it was a great way to spend time. I even cleaned the house while there. Cute kids, I wonder what they're doing these days. 2. Paper stuffer for Tri-State Livestock News in Sturgis, South Dakota. What a messy job...grab a stack of newspapers hot off the press and then grab a stack of inserts and put the inserts in the paper and then "jog 'em down". (make 'em all pretty and neat) I remember having newspaper ink all the way up my arms to my elbows. Great first official job. 3. Baby sitter for a hot shot doctor at Fort Meade VA Hostpital. Yeah...Chevy Chase look-alike. Had a real bear rug with a big head. Had a jackalope too....crazy shit. Great house. Good times. 4.. Waitress at Molly B's in Sturgis, South Dakota. First job waiting tables. Real dive. Grease joint. Great learning opportunity. Bad tips. Shitty shift. Big money during one week of the year...if you know Sturgis, you know what I'm talking about. 5. Motel room cleaner in Sturgis. WORST JOB EVAH! Seriously people. If I was a single mom of ten kids and it was take this job again or let them and me all starve, I'd starve along with my kids. OMG, I can't even begin to explain how bad it was. Let me just mention a couple things...pubic hairs, puke and oh yeah, I HATE cleaning. 6. Slave in the periodicals section of the Black Hills State University Library. Seriously...this was work study, thank you federal government. But honestly, my boss, Becky was horrible. Librarians have a way of taking their jobs too seriously. She'd give me this stack of magazines like 10 feet tall and be upset that I wasn't thrilled to go shelve them. Duh! 7. Waitress at the Valley Cafe (now has a casino too i guess) in Spearfish, South Dakota. Meanest man-boss evah! His wife was ok, but man....Alan was a piece of work. Seriously. There are ways to get employees to do shit, and his just didn't work. I remember countless times he had me in tears. Ass. (but it helped pay for college and all the alcohol I drank then) 8. Long term sub teacher in Hot Springs, South Dakota. I lived with my mom for 6 months. Thanks mom, I'm sure I made you crazy. It was an ok gig, I learned a lot about teaching special education too. Thanks....I can't think of your name, but your hubs was a police officer for the highway patrol and you were really sweet :) 9. Special education teacher grades 6-12 at Bennett County Jr./Sr. High School in Martin, South Dakota. Wow, did those kids school me. Just off the reservation most of the kids lived in a government housing project. I drank a lot that year. Seriously. Thanks to the people who made it endurable. Mr. McEldowney (not sure if I spelled that correctly) and I can't remember your name but you were going to get divorced but then didn't but you were a lot of fun and also to my teaching partner Stacy who got me through that year. Sorry I ditched you after you got me on you bowling league and everything. 10. Waitress at some shitty steakhouse in Martin. How sad that a full time single teacher needed a second job to pay the bills. 'Nuff said. 11. Salad cook and prep cook extraordinaire at Pacific Way Cafe in Gearhart, Oregon. Yup...I wanted to be a waitress but I'd just cracked my humerus (night of drinking, fell and cracked it) so I couldn't carry trays. I made salads and dressings and croutons. Yummy place to work. OMG if you've not eaten there....go NOW! (summer job before my teaching job in Seaside started) 12. Special education teacher at Seaside Heights Elementary in Seaside, Oregon. I also taught second grade. I loved this school and miss it very much. I also miss the beach...a lot. I only moved to get married..... 13. Bagels by the Sea (it was in a different location when I worked there) in Seaside, Oregon. I made bagel sammies. It was an ok job. The perks were I got to take day old bagels home with me. It was also probably a bad thing that I took all those bagels home....great summer job. 13.1 Mo's at Cannon Beach....another summer job. 13.2 Teacher for Centennial School District...my current job...love it! Best school evah! So there you have it. All of my jobs...oh shit!! I forgot to mention the summer job when I was like 16 and I worked at Glencoe Campground during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. OMG! Did I ever "learn" alot that week!!! And the summer I worked at Pig N Pancake in Seaside.

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Thursday Thirteen #3

Thirteen Quirky Things about Me 1. I hate the sound the seeds in berries make when I eat them (I generally try to not chew them much) 2. I can't stand most condiments...ick on the: ketchup, mustard, ranch, pickles, onions, mayo, salad dressing, and the list just goes on, but I love hummus.... 3. I can't help but buy things on really good sales...if I don't buy it I feel as if I'm just losing money.... 4. I kiss the dashboard of my car when driving through a yellow light...gotta give the car some lovin' for getting me through safely! 5. I complain that I can't get shit done, but I talk on the phone to friends constantly and am reading ten billion different blogs. 6. I like to be warm in bed, but I want the bedroom cool for sleeping. 7. I hate that I'm late at work all the time but I love to talk to my friends... 8. I can't fall asleep if my feet are cold (thank god Mr. Tall is a radiating heat machine!) 9. I'm usually reading 2 or 3 books at the same time. 10. I make piles...everywhere, but can't stand it when there are dishes in the sink or the toilets are nasty. 11. I have more patience with other people's children than my own at times. 12. I do things I don't really want to do sometimes because if I don't I feel guilty about it. 13. I love my blog even though not many people read it.

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Thirteen Amazing People I Work With

Thirteen Amazing People I Work With....A Photo Story (pictures in no particular order!) 2nd Edition 1 & 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. & 13. And all the other awesome people I work with that I didn't photograph!!!

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Thursday Thirteen #1 & Giveaway Reminder

Ok, this is my very FIRST "Thursday Thirteen"....I need a better icon setup, huh? Just one more thing I need to learn how to do....or ask Mr. Tall to do for me.

So for my first 13 list, I shall recount 13 stupid things people asked/said/did at my garage sale. With my internal monologue in italics after it.

1. Does this TIVO come with a lifetime subscription ($20 price tag)...uh duh...it's twenty freaking dollars...are you kidding me?!

2. (holding about $15 in toddler clothing, person asks) Will you take $7.00 for these? Fack no I won't take seven freaking dollars...are you serious?!

3. (looking at a bin with atari game and game cartridges) Ummm...do you have ? Uh, why don't you freaking bend over and look your damn self?! The games aren't even mine!!!

4. Do you have any tools? Does it look like I have any tools in this sea of baby clothes, toys and books?!

5. Can you break a fifty? (after spending 25 cents) Do I look like Wells Fargo to you?!

6. Are there any other sales around here? Do I look like I've been out shopping? NO! I've been sitting here answering stupid questions!!!

7. Do you think this (pack and play for an infant) will keep my dog in? OMG, what?!

8. Will my dog (see item from #7) be able to chew a hole in this? Are you serious? It's your dog!

9. Switched price tag stickers to get a better deal. Come on people...it's a GARAGE SALE!

10. Unfolded a table full of clothes and bought nothing. Do you do this at home when you're dressing in the morning?! COME ON PEOPLE!

11. Parents who let their children run around knocking shit on the floor. Get a baby sitter or just be a parent...heck, leave 'em in the car if you have to.

12. Parents who let their children pick shit up and put it down wherever...I get sick of moving shit back...really!

13. Parents who send their kid up to bargain the price because they're like 5 years old and who can seriously say no to a short cute person? are. you. serious?!

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