July 2009
95 posts
Thanks for the advice
I opted to be present and I’m glad I was. She licked my hand until her heart stopped. Priceless moments.
Advice please
So….the vet doesn’t think he’s going to be able to bring Cricket back to any quality of life and so we’re going to have to ruin a perfectly good Friday by putting her down this afternoon. You can see my post from yesterday for more background.
I can be present or not present when it happens.
I’ve never had experience with this before. I know one option isn’t...
"Smiling faces I can see. But not for me."
“As Tears Go By” was playing on my radio when I got back in my car after dropping my 15 year old lab mix off at the vet this evening.
I came home after work this afternoon to find her yelping and lying down in the back yard. The deep indention in the grass and the volume of flies surrounding her suggested she had been there a while. Her arthritis has been particularly bad for the...
“Officer Barrett did not call professor Gates a jungle monkey or malign him...”
– http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/30/gates.police.apology/
For me, this is Eden.
redcloud:
It’s not easy being an introvert who loves people.
…..
That’s me EXACTLY!
Weighing in...
Today’s weight: 154
Change from 1 week ago: -1.5 lbs
Change from July 2: 0
I was more in control this week. I don’t think the next week will be very good re: food. Husband out of town this weekend, which usually means that I eat to pass the time and entertain myself. Dog’s arthritis is getting worse so I’m not sure what that means but I’m prepping for the...
Congrats to @rachelarogers and @nicky36 for coming up with the intended correct answer for my pop quiz.
Also special mention to @binskykitten. I’m pretty sure there was a separate field for suffixes like Jr., etc. But I like the way you think.
Oh my goodness! What did I miss?
weselec:
indefensible:
How far do I have to go back to see who did what to whom, and can someone let me know if I am involved?
Jan saw Greg with his friends out behind the school, and THEY WERE SMOKING!
LAUGHED OUT LOUD!! @weselec
(also - originally typed LAUGHED OUT LOAD - which is something different entirely)
Damn....West Wing Wednesday
jaydensmommie:
entropyas:
I was gonna post my usual West Wing Wednesday quote but all hell seems to have broken loose on here.
Will you post it anyway? I miss the West Wing.
Thanks for prodding me, dear imaginary friend.
Mark: C.J., it’s Friday night, I’m supposed to have dinner with my girlfriend. She’s gonna kill me. C.J.: Yeah, but you know what, Mark? This is just the...
Damn....
I was gonna post my usual West Wing Wednesday quote but all hell seems to have broken loose on here.
Pop Quiz, Hot Shot
You’re designing a database and doing data validation on a last name field.
What is wrong with this: “Your last name should only contain letters and spaces?”
Acquaintance from church in car accident with young daughter on way to daycare…Both fine, but I’m not. Fear returns.
If you know of a song sweeter than:
“This Guy’s in Love With You” written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David and performed by Herb Alpert, I’d like to know about it. Then I’ll argue with you.
I couldn't decide whether breastfeeding my 17...
So I just gave her one side tonight.
Does anybody else have a problem with people taking their posts (anywhere - tumblr, twitter, or facebook statuses) literally?
Stuff like answering rhetorical questions, telling me that my husband shouldn’t call me worthless, recommending sexist magazines, questioning my babies-are-like-dogs analogy.
I know it’s my problem and not theirs, but it bothers me that people like that exist...
Living in Fear
frageelaytwit:
….
Because catastrophe could strike at any moment
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That’s pretty much my story too. It seems like the more love, money, friends, intelligence, etc I have in my life, the more scared I am that it will ALL GO AWAY.
Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts, Mutilated monkey meat Dirty little birdie feet. Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts, And me without my spoon. NEVER FORGET
Steve McCroskey: Jacobs, I want to know absolutely everything that's happened up till now.
Jacobs: Well, let's see. First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they bought Mercedes Benzes.
Observation in office changing room
My workout clothes + Athletic shoes = I look like I’m wearing workout clothes My workout clothes + my usual work shoes = I look like I’m wearing a naughty school girl costume (poorly)
Things I have wanted to ask/tell my dad and then...
1. We got an awesome storage case for your old records 2. Jayson (my brother) and I had a chocolate dip cone at the Dairy Queen in Shamrock, TX 3. What did you put into that Squash Casserole that you invented? 4. I SAW WRIGLEY FIELD! 5. The jokes you wrote for your stand-up act in 1984 were hilarious. 6. Emerson tries to tickle the dog’s toes. 7. I saw the movie Martian Child, and you...
Belonging
I’m very much an introvert. I need a lot of alone time to feel relaxed.
But I like to have people around me. I like overhearing conversations at work and occasionally participating. I like going to discussions at church.
It’s usually difficult for me to make friends. People hardly ever “get” me. I hardly ever speak, because it takes a long long time for me to accept...
“Research shows that motorists talking on a phone are four times as likely to...”
– From funsizebytes
Just go read the whole thing.
The thought of my daughter, my stepsons, and all of your kids being at increased risk of injury or death because of something totally preventable is so completely appalling.
"It's pronounced THERMOMETER."
jaydensmommie:
—Cosmo Kramer
That’s one of my favorite lines in the whole series.
What should I have said?
Me, to attendant at Goodwill as I drop off a bunch of clothes: It’s mostly maternity clothes and sweaters.
Attendant, grinning: Oh, you know what happens when you get rid of your maternity clothes, right?
What I actually said: Well, I hope that doesn’t happen.
What I should have said #1: I had to have an emergency hysterectomy after childbirth.
What I should have said #2: My...
Me fail English? That's unpossible. →
My friend Karen sent this to me after a grammar/spelling rant on Facebook.
I miss this show.....
Jane - Your turn Trent. We’re up to D.
Trent - I’m going to the picnic and I’m bringing, asbestos insulation, bryne shrimp, the cryogenically frozen head of Walt Disney, and a Dromadery.
Daria - I’m going to the picnic and I’m bringing, asbestos insulation, bryne shrimp, the cryogenically frozen head of Walt Disney, a Dromadery, and a eurocentric view of...
funsizebytes:
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This image used to come up when you hit a 404 link on my website, with a note explaining that he was “in time out for having reorganized the website without the proper redirects” which I thought was funny, but I got a very angry email from someone who was apparently doing a presentation and happened upon it and next thing you know: naked baby butt on the screen.
The...
No uncertain terms
One year ago today was possibly the worst day of my life. On July 22nd last year, Dad had heart bypass surgery two hours away in Oklahoma City. The surgery was over late in the afternoon and he spent all evening and night gradually waking up from the anasthesia. The morning of the 23rd, he was supposed to begin recovering. Everything was going absolutely perfectly with the surgery and recovery...
OH PLEASE MAKE LUNCH PLANS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME...
It’s not like I have feelings or anything.
I wish my weight were dropping as fast as my...
Weighing in...
July 23 - 155.5
Change since July 16: +1 pound
Change since July 2: +1.5 pounds
Going in the wrong direction but I temporarily gave up. Sick self, sick car, sick dog, sick husband, teething toddler, dealing with estate paperwork….
Eating - and knowing that I could eat - was the only thing that kept me from crying every second this week.
I’ll get with it once I feel safe again -...
West Wing Wednesday
Claudia Jean ‘C.J.’ Cregg: Every time we come up on a holiday you guys check out like seniors who are done with finals.
Toby Ziegler: We are writing a very important Thanksgiving proclamation.
Sam Seaborn: And possibly a new action-adventure series.
Toby Ziegler: Nobody here has checked out.
Josh Lyman: Hey, I was just flipping a nickel in my office. Sixteen times in a row it came...
I eat when there is special food around. I eat because it’s a holiday. I eat because it’s a vacation. I eat because it’s the only thing I do for myself some days. I eat some things because my dad liked to eat them. I eat because I need to keep something a secret from other people. I eat because it calms me down. I eat because there’s nothing better to do sometimes. I plan...
Engine Mount
<Giggles like Beavis>
What’s the matter, haven’t you ever seen a woman crying at the Tag Agency because she has to get the car title notarized in order to transfer it to her brother but the car isn’t in her name it is in her dead father’s name and nobody seems to understand the point or significance of bringing a death certificate and letter appointing her personal representative to the estate...
The Great Space Coaster →
Never Forget.
Sort of the beginning of the end
A year ago today, Dad called to tell me he had been having severe chest pains and had spent the morning at the ER. He said he had an angiogram scheduled the next day.
He said he didn’t want to worry me, but that he was scared.
“There’s literally no one in the world that I don’t hate right now.”
– Toby Ziegler
I am no one’s tumblr crush. This feels just like prom.
I never show up in these things either. It had not...
weselec:
I wonder why.
You’re #6 on mine! So stop whining.
Against Rooming In →
Wow - I agreed with this article 100% but there’s a lot of hateful and condescending comments.
At the end of 3 nights with no sleep, I was a worthless human being when they sent us home at 8pm on evening 4 of being at the hospital. I wasn’t comprehending simple instructions and was in a state of panic that I wasn’t going to be able to be alert enough to take care of the baby. ...
Weighing In
July 16 weight: 154.5
Change from July 9: +3 (ouch)
Change from July 2: +.5 (sort of ouch)
Good news is there probably won’t be any more out of town jaunts for the rest of the summer, and therefore fewer scenes like this.
Seriously, my only two bad days this week were Saturday and Sunday. But they were REALLY bad days.
I remember watching some show like Sally Jesse Raphael when I was...
Why I hate real life
95% of my real life friends: I haven't seen you in a long time. We should get lunch soon!
Me: That sounds great. Just let me now when you're free. I'm pretty flexible.
95% of my real life friends: I haven't seen you in a long time. We should get lunch soon!
West Wing Wednesday
C.J. Cregg: I'm experiencing some pain.
Sam Seaborn: For how long?
C.J. Cregg: About a month now, but it'll go away by itself.
Sam Seaborn: When?
C.J. Cregg: When I die, Sam.
"The West Wing: Celestial Navigation (#1.15)"
http: //www.imdb.com/character/ch0018943/quotes
