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TGIF and Happy St. Patrick's Day!

You're 65% Irish

You're very Irish, and most likely from Ireland. (And if you're not, you should be!)

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Crazy Days

I've been crazy-busy this week. I had a pile of work to do for Crazy Ex-Boss Lady (for whom I really should find a more charitable name since she's now helping to pay my bills) and have been hustling to get it all done and the check banked. And I have company coming this weekend so I had "house stuff" to do. Not real thorough, but I covered the basics. As long as nobody looks in my closets, I'm good.

I put new refills in my scented oil warmers yesterday and for some reason the scent is just overpowering me. It doesn't usually smell so strong. Or maybe it does and I'm just immune to it. I got a different scent this time. Maybe that's it.

It was 77 degrees yesterday and is supposed to be in the low 80s the rest of the week. Everything's bursting into bloom -- pear trees, cherry trees, flowers. The little birds that like to nest on my patio are going nuts, chirping their little heads off as if beseeching me, "Where is the hanging basket we're supposed to build our nest in?!" This is mid-March. In Virginia. This is crazy.

Anyway -- Happy Hump Day!

The Friday Thingonmyblog

I don't plan to do squat today; hope your plans are running along the same lines.

TGIF, and have a great weekend!

Your Favorite Color Says You're Tender

Emotional --- Affected --- Sensitive Peaceful --- Tranquil --- Connected Spiritual --- Experimental --- Deep

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Sinning on a Wednesday

I'm not admitting to doing anything sinful today -- but I could. After all, I never say never. Right now I'm going to go walk the dog and then I'm heading out to do some stuff.

Whatever is on your plate today, get it done, enjoy, and go and sin in peace.

Happy Hump Day!

Too Tuesday

I have stuff to do today. Who knows what I'll actually get done. It seems like it ought to be Wednesday but, alas, it's only Tuesday. Really Tuesday. Too much Tuesday. In the hierarchy of days, Tuesdays kind of suck, anyway. They don't get the hate that Mondays do, and they don't have the pizazz of a Wednesday. All in all, Tuesdays are pretty bland. Still, it's a day, and a day on which I should get certain stuff done. I'd better get to it.

Enjoy your too Tuesday day.

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It's been a strange week, weather-wise -- warm temperatures, high winds, thunderstorms, and ... tornado watches. We got wet a lot here -- and probably will again today -- and a lot of tree limbs blew down, but we've been spared tornadoes.

It's been so warm that by the end of February, there were daffodils and spring flowers busting out all over. I can live very well with winters like this.

Work-wise, nada on the job search, but Crazy Ex-Boss Lady has been keeping me busy. And the asshats who laid me off have deposited money to my account twice, both on regular paydays. It's a weird amount, totaling so far about half a month's pay. I have no idea what it's for or why they're doing it, but I'm spending it, never mind that it's going to seriously mess with my Unemployment claim.

Oh, I have to tell you about an ad I saw in the Lost & Found section of the Classifieds -- lost bunny, pure white, blue eyes. $29 reward. Well, of course, I did a double-take. $29? I don't think I've ever seen such an odd amount for a reward. $29. Definitely odd. Hope the bunny turns up.

I meant to post more than once this week but, duh, I forgot. Anyway -- TGIF!

You Are Analytical

You are both clever and practical. You strike the perfect balance between two extremes. You spend time with your head in the clouds, but your feet are still firmly planted on the ground. You tend to be a bit reserved, but those who know you know how much you care. You prefer your own company, but you're always willing to make room in your life for a kindred spirit.

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Twisted Linguistics

I'm doing Words Gone Wild today, the list of "words" culled from the, um, online literary offerings of various, um, authors. Is it just me, or shouldn't people who write stories and articles for public consumption via the Internet know slightly better than this? I know I can be something of a grammar and spelling grinch, and this just exacerbates it. Grrrr! If one is going to presume to write but doesn't know squat about spelling, use the dang spell checker! How hard is that?

hasseled
predicitng
suppossed
non-discrimatory
avaialable
inadequatley
victum
likelyhood
saturaday
ecurity
chosing
attrocities
judjement
convienent

The Friday Thingonmyblog

It's not even noon yet and it's 73 degrees outside. I love it!

Play with the quiz and then have a lovely weekend. TGIF!

You Are Having an Exciting Day

You have a high opinion of others and yourself. You give everyone the benefit of the doubt. You are thoughtful and reflective. It's likely that you're taking stock of your life right now. It's likely you're feeling over scrutinized and watched these days. You could do with a little space. You are friendly and easygoing. You're generally happy with who you are and the life you lead.

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Time Is On My Side

I swear, Mother Nature has gone just plumb schizophrenic. You know we had a snowstorm Sunday, right? Last night, we had a thunderstorm. And today it's about 70 outside. Weird.

Now that I have some time on my hands -- and my brain cells are starting to regenerate -- I've been keeping busy taking care of stuff that should have been done a long time ago. Admittedly, I've been lax in doing stuff that I don't have to do. Now I've got the fire in me and ... stuff is getting done. An abundance of time is a wonderful thing to have. I do, however, have to find a job. Eventually. Right now, I'm just enjoying doing exactly what I want to do, when I want to do it.

Taxes. Ugh!

I finished my taxes yesterday. Then I ran into a printing problem; i.e., some crucial boxes and lines weren't printing. I fiddled and messed around with it, then uninstalled and reinstalled the thing. Only then did I remember that I had the same problem last year and ended up printing the forms from work. Of course, this year, I don't have a work printer. Then a lightbulb went off in what's left of my brain -- since the printing problem only developed when I went to Windows 7, I wondered what would happen if I tried printing from an old computer. I got out an old computer running on Vista, hooked the printer up to it, logged in to my tax account and, voilà, it printed flawlessly. Score one for me -- which, trust me, doesn't happen all that often any more.

It's very warm today and the snow is mostly gone.

Happy Hump Day!

Strange White Stuff

We've had a ridiculously warm winter. Saturday, for example, it was 65 degrees. I guess Mother Nature was bound and determined to get a word in edgewise, though. Here's what happened yesterday, to the tune of five to eight inches, with blue skies and sun shining on it this morning. Pretty!

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You Are Fairly Normal

You scored 65% normal on this quiz Like most people you are normal in some ways... But you aren't a completely normal person. You're a little weird too! Why You Are Normal: When you're in a car, you prefer to be the driver You prefer your friends to your family You would rather be an astronaut than a movie star You would rather be pale than tan You eat the frosting first Why You Aren't Normal: You prefer flat potato chips. You are no longer with your first love You'd rather have cockroaches than rats in your home You don't keep up with your horoscope You know a little about many subjects

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Have a fabulous TGIF!

How Far to Margaritaville?

So far, my job search has yielded zero results. Zilch. Nada. Bupkes. There's not even anything to apply for out there. Crazy ex-boss lady is keeping me fairly busy, and she pays me well for the cases I do, but that's not going to pay the bills down the road. Right now, though, I'm just viewing unemployment as a bit of a vacation and ... enjoying it. It ain't Margaritaville, but it ain't bad.





A job -- perfect or not, because it's not like I have to do it forever -- will come along sooner or later. They, whoever they are, do say that good things are worth waiting for. Or something to that effect.

It's Wednesday...

...and you know what that means.

I'm pretty sure I'm not going to get pirated away to the Caribbean today. I still plan to have myself a nice mid-week day.

Happy Hump Day!

It Was A Good Hair Day

I got my hair cut yesterday and, yes, the stylist knew what she was doing. She not only made me happy, but my head feels about 10 pounds lighter.

Here's how it looks now, but you know what? I'm thinking seriously about going quite a bit shorter. No, no, not one of those old-lady bowl cuts or anything, but a bit sleeker. You think?

Hey, Happy Valentine's Day!

Hair Day

I'm headed out this morning to get a new hairdo. I don't know if hair affects men the same as it does women, but a woman with a new "do" just somehow feels more confident. Prettier. Energized. Now, this won't work if the stylist screws it up. I'll let you know.

Hmph!

I'm at home today. That's because at five minutes before quitting time yesterday, my boss (the younger one, not The Senile One) came up behind me and informed me that I was laid off, effective immediately. He said they "have no money." More likely, it has something to do with the fact that he left his wife to have an affair with a client and he got served with divorce papers yesterday. That's going to cost him a bundle.

This hasn't really hit me yet, I guess, since it doesn't seem real. I don't know what I'm going to do -- other than enjoy some time off for a little while, regroup, and figure out what to do next.

Happy Hump Day.

Great Piles of Junk

This is one week's worth of junk mail. I not only get deluged with spam in my e-mail, but I get piles of it in my snail mail, too. For some arcane reason known only to the retail gods, companies I bought one item from years ago feel compelled to spend the money to send me a new catalogue every week. Oh, and see the blue and yellow items on the sideboard at the right? Those are extra phone books that have been dumped on my doorstep. Why do they think I need more than one? I'm not running an empire.

I don't really mind the e-mailed spam, because it's so easy to get rid of -- one click and it's gone. Somebody, however, has to bag up all that paper spam and haul it to the dumpster. That would be me. This is way more work than I want to be doing.

Spam-o-Grams

The vast majority of my spam lately has been offers from pill-pushers, mostly foreign, hawking just about every drug under the sun. I mean, geez, do I look like I'm on my deathbed? Or a junkie? Admittedly, I could probably benefit from a nice tranquilizer lately, but how do they know that? And why do they think I need Viagra?

Shoot, if you want to spam me, Stupid Spammers, send me something useful -- like shoe coupons. Or great deals on hot (and no, I don't mean that kind of hot) jewelry or dresses or dog supplies.

The Friday Thingonmyblog

I'm tired at the end of this tough week, but I do have enough energy left to say -- TGIF!

Do the quiz -- and trust me, it ain't deep and it won't take long -- share your results, and then go have a great weekend.

TGIF!!

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