Firsts

I saw this on another blog and decided to add it on mine because the questions were great. Thanks Renee!!


4 jobs you have had:
1. Scobby at Fun Factory Pizza
2. Concession Stand at Movies (hated clean up at end of night)
3. Sales person at Lord & Taylor
4. Secretary at law firm (been here over 25 years)

4 movies you could watch over and over
1. Sixteen Candles
2. Dazed and Confused
3. Godspell
4. Say Anything

4 places you have lived
1. San Diego, California
2. Omaha, Nebraska
3. Orlando, Florida
4. Denver, Colorado

4 TV shows you love to watch
1. Lost
2. Fear Factor
3. Project Runway
4. CSI (CSI Maimi and CSI New York too)

4 favorite books
1. Hollywood Wives - Jackie Collins
2. Lucky - Jackie Collins
3. Hollywood Divorces - Jackie Collins
4. Chances - Jackie Collins

4 places you have been on Vacation
1. San Antonio, TX
2. New Orleans, LA
3. Austin, TX
4. Newkirk, OK

4 websites you visit Daily
1. Pink is the New Blog (Great star website - crazy pictures and stories)
2. My Bank
3. Yahoo
4. CNN

4 Favorite Foods (is this a trick question?)
1. Chicken Fried Steak
2. Fajitas/Enchiladas/Chips/Salsa
3. Anything with Chocolate
4. Seafood (Shrimp and Crab in particular)

4 places you would rather be right now
1. Home
2.Sightseeing in Italy
3. At my Mom and Grandma's house
4. La Mexicana - Yumm

Please feel free to copy and answer these questions on your blog. I would love to see some of my cyber friends responses. Have a great day - Peace!!!

Sorry guys - been a while since I blogged - been super busy. Computer finally out of moody son's room and into a separate room so I will try and check in more often. I hope everyone's new year is going well. I have been checking in with some of you, STB in particular just keeps me motivated and keeps me thinking. He is one insightful person.

On Friday - I celebrated 25 years working at the same law firm. I started when I was 18 (you do the math) - how did they celebrate - with nada, nothing, zip, zero. Sure on the quarter they will put out an announcement on the intranet and my name will be there with everyone else who had a major five year anniversary, oh and we will get a check (amount depends on the number of years). Don't get me wrong, the check is nice (who couldn't use the extra money), but before they started doing things this way, you used to get flowers and the check on your 25th anniversary date. A recognition if you will, which is what I want. I want the flowers and for the firm to say hey we acknowledge that you have given us 25 years of loyal hard working service. I don't want a mention on the firm's intranet, that most don't read anyway. Sure I want the money but it would be nice to be reconized on the day you officially started and not on a quarterly basis not to mention no flowers or hey great job on that day anymore. Kinda made me sad.

Something else happened on Friday as well. For the fourth time my second assignment (I work for two, one major player and one minor player) decided that the fast track to partnership was taking too long and decided to go out on his own. Now I have no problem with that but why is it always the ones that I work for? I have to pack them up, help them move their cases to new players, get their time in, move them out. It is a big pain and a big joke in the firm. Are you looking to leave, go work for me because I know how to help you out. The day he announced he was leaving, I started getting calls, lost another one, what are you doing to these players, and well you get it. Now my new second assignment is worried about working with me, fear that I will make them want to leave. I just do my job. I do it well and I take care of my players. Maybe I am too good to them and they think they can make it out there without the prestige of working at a big firm. Who knows. They all sing my praises - two even asked me to go with them (unfortunately neither could offer what I have here which is why I stay). So I am too good at my job or not good enough at my job. The day the last one left I celebrated 25 years and tomorrow a new one will come to me. I hope they stay longer than the others have.

Well that's it for me for now. Got to go get ready and eat a late lunch with my in-laws (yeah my favorite sister in law is included). I love them all but I really just wanted to stay at home today and do nothing. Seeing fave sis in law is not my idea of how to spend a nice Sunday. We will see if I survive. Last three times one of these Sunday things have been set up (by her) we always end up picking up the check, well not today mister. I told my husband that we will pay for ourselves and no one else. I have had it, she sets these up, she is the one with all the money and takes all the credit, she can pick up the check. Let's see what happens. I told my daughter I am going to get sick and we are going to leave before the bill comes just giving enough to cover ourselves and our portion of tip to Ms. Look At Me and see how that goes over.

Love, smoochies and peace to y'all. Have a great week and I will blog with you soon. Thanks for letting me rant about my life here.

Happy New Year

I hope everyone had a great new year and that 2006 brings you everything you hope for - no real resolutions for me as when you set out to do it as a new year resolution most of the time you set yourself up for failure. We had a wonderful holiday - I hope to put up a couple of pictures soon.

Now I do need to have a little gripe session so WARNING - WARNING BF (bitch fit) about to happen: Doesn't it just test your last nerve to know full well that a gift given to you was at best a poor excuse for the holiday spirit in which it should have been given. I truly love to give gifts - and while I don't expect them in return but should you decide reciprocate please put a little meaning into it and if not at least take the price tag off. This person always gives lavish gifts to all in the family, sometimes purposely leaving price on so we will all know what she paid except for gifts she gives me and my daughter. To my daughter her gifts always appear to be the gift with purchase gift items you get but only the stuff you wouldn't want. No thought. This year she gave my daughter a spiral notebook (yes, a spiral notebook - price tag on it 1.59) . She gave me a cosmetic bag (with tag 4.99 with redline through it meaning it was half off). Now I know you should not look a gift horse in the mouth but after years of this - this horse just needs to gallop her bootie out of here!! It wouldn't be so bad and I would not think so badly of her, except all her other gifts are so obviously well thought out, well I guess mine is too as she must be trying to make some sort of point. Now I cannot bring myself to be as mean as her - so of course my gifts are always nice, or at least I think they are, but hey maybe they suck and that is why she is this way. But you tell me - I got her a hand cream gift set (she is always putting on lotion so I got some really good stuff in a portable and large size so she would have some at her home and could carry one with her) and I gave her and her hubby a certificate to a restaurant they always talk about going to that they love. She gave me a stained cosmetic bag. There I am done. I feel so much better having said all that - it has been bothering me for days now - now I can enjoy my new year and no longer carry the bad gift giver on my back. Whew..... Now for my life in 2006...

This year is already looking to be busy - work is crazy. Home life well, I miss being an empty nest mom. When I was an empty nest mom it meant my children were all grown up and living their lives. It meant was home was neat and clean all the time (only two people living there who are tidy folks), it meant nice meals for two - being in bed all day when we didn't feel like doing anything. Well both are back home not working and driving me nuts. Nothing like coming home after a long day at office to find two 20-somethings sitting in the house which was clean when I left but now looks like a party took place asking me what's for dinner. I have given them until the end of the month to find jobs, get back to school and generally get right before this Mom stomps some ass. Husband is still working out of town so I have no back up when it comes to them cause let's face it - yelling through the phone at them does no good - in one ear and out the other.

The best gift I got in 2005 which I know will carry on in 2006 is finding my way a little bit in this blog and hearing from so many great people. Who needs therapy when I have got y'all!!! Thanks for all the great wisdom!!! Gotta get back to work now!!! Peace!!!