Do ya dig it?

Over drinks on the weekend, a friend and I discussed what it is we find sexy in the opposite sex. Read on:

- Guys with broad shoulders and forearms that are all "muscley".
- Guys that are not afraid to make eye contact in intimate moments.
- Guys with dark hair.
- Guys that are tall.
- Guys that wear those sexy striped dress shirts that are so in style lately.
- Guys that like to kiss and do it WELL.
- Guys that are just as happy cuddling with me as they are rolling around naked between the sheets.
- Guys that will play with my hair and not grumble about it.
- Guys that call when they say they will.
- Guys that are the right amount man's man, right amount sweetheart.
- Guys that go out with the boys and get all drunk and stupid, but come home and tell you that they missed you.
- Guys that know what the perfect gift is without having to be told.
- Guys that listen.....and remember what they heard.
- Guys with hair that looks like it's messy even after they've done it.
- Guys that read books.
- Guys that bear hug you and squish the breath out right out of you.
- Guys that are comfortable holding babies...and actually like it.
- Guys that like my family.
- Guys that my family likes.
- Guys that make me feel safe.
- Guys that sneak kisses when no one else is watching.
- Guys that take charge.
- Guys that pick me up and throw me on the bed.
- Guys with confidence.
- Guys that watch sports (even though I grumble about it sometimes....face it, it's sexy to hear a guy yelling at the TV)
- Guys that will do girly things without complaining TOO much.
- Guys that are good at telling you how they feel without being too sucky.
- Guys that make me feel like a woman both in and out of the bedroom.
- Guys that make me feel sexy no matter how bad I look.
- Guys that love animals.
- Guys that drive trucks.
- Guys that love my friends.
- Guys that give back rubs.
- Guys that take me to movies.
- Guys that make me laugh often and out loud.

Dang..........how lucky can one girl get?

How to charm me....

Tell me I smell good.
Play with my hair.
Look at me when you think I'm not watching.
Walk me to my car.
Open doors for me.
Bring me Gerber daisies.
Be really honest with me after a few glasses of wine.
Tickle the small of my back.
Send me stupid text messages.
Have seconds of my cooking.
Order a drink for me without asking what I want....because you already know.
Watch Sex & the City with me over and over.
Laugh at stupid commercials with me.
Come out and get stupidly drunk with me.
Be there for my birthday.
Understand when I'm too busy/tired to answer or return your calls.
Love movies as much as I do.
Think it's cute how excited I get over all things Christmas.
Help me decorate my Christmas tree.
Tell me everything will be OK when I am stressed at work.
Tell me you miss me.
Tell me that you're starting to try to have babies. : )
Come to Vegas with me.
Nudge my hand when you want to be petted (this one's for the cat, pervs!)
Kiss me.
Make me laugh.


~To all of the people in my life that charm me....

Flippity floppity

I was in my closet today, trying to decide what to wear, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw my favorite pair of black flip-flops sitting on a lower shelf.....all alone, looking forlorn, waiting for summer to arrive again.

I miss my flip flops, and my tank tops, and my shorts. Maybe I'll wear my flip-flops while I clean the house this weekend.

Sigh.....it's not even December yet and I am already wishing summer to be here. It's going to be a longggggg winter.

A pinch of this, a dash of that

I had a REALLY good blog all lined up in my head as I was drifting off to sleep last night, and when I woke up....it was gone! Piss me off! I should have wrote it down, but I was confident I would remember. Dammit!

So, in it's place, you get to read a whole lot of random thoughts, etc. Fun for you!

- I dyed my hair really dark on Tuesday night. So far I've had lots of compliments on it, but I go back and forth between loving it and hating it.

- Does gum REALLY stay in your stomach for 7 years if you swallow it?

- I am going to a stagette tomorrow night with 4 of my dearest old work friends. I am looking forward to it A LOT, as this past month has been a crazy, busy, whirlwind and I need them to ground me again (and getting hammered will be fun as well!)

- My cat has been waking me up at 2 am every morning for the past week since she recovered from getting spayed. Once more, and she'll be going under the knife for something a bit more permanent.

- I didn't really mean, that, but doesn't she know that after I work 13 or 14 hours in a day I NEED MY REST!?!?!

- I am so far behind on my bill payments I am starting to freak out a little (not really, but I AM freaking out). I need to STOP spending money on reckless behavior (ie. drinking) and stupid shit (like my 5th set of martini glasses). It's ONE MONTH til Christmas and I NEED TO SPEND IT ON OTHERS INSTEAD OF MYSELF!

- Today marks 3 weeks left of work for me, then I get 17 GLORIOUS days off! Woo-hoo!!

- I still don't know what I want for Christmas, and my family is bugging me for a list (which baffles me as THEY have not yet handed over lists to me)

- I have not really been out with friends of talked on the phone or returned e-mails in a very long time. I just don't have the time or the energy with my crazy work load right now. I apologize. I really, really do.

- My new roommate moves in this weekend. I think he's going to be a lot of fun.

- My old "quasi" roommate moves out this weekend. I am going to miss her, even though we didn't get to hang out as much as we originally thought we would. Boooooooooooo! She should have been the one moving in permanently. Stupid timing we had!

- I have been on this "Perricone Promise" healthy eating menu for 4 whole days now! I feel great, and I think I have even lost a few pounds (although not the reason for doing it)....but last night I cheated and ate a handful of wine gums. *GASP!!* I can't help it.....sweet, sweet gummy candies are my weakness! If I had just NOT bought them at Costco to tempt myself, I wouldn't be in this predicament, but they looked so cute on the shelf, all colorful and gummy and oh so delicious!

- I did squats & lunges at the gym yesterday, and as a result, my ass and quads are so sore I am walking around like a frigging geriatric with hemorrhoids. hehe.

- I am going to eat lunch now.....more salmon, more salad......and lots of green tea and water. Damn healthy eating. I miss you, greasy fast food!

WTF?

Have you ever noticed that when you are feeling like you are not on good terms with someone, you can take what they are saying in a totally different context.

Even a simple "That's good" can seem like they are pissed at you, when really it's only your own insecurities making you feel that way.

Fuck, I hate that.

Eeeeeeeeee!

My house is starting to look pretty good all Christmassy-decorated! And now I get to go and put up hundreds of sparkly lights outside, too!!

Eeeeeeeee!

I'm so excited I could pee.

Wind of change

A change in template, as I feel the only thing I have complete control over right now is my blog.....just had to prove it!

How busy am I?

Busier than a one-armed paper hanger.

Busier than a one-legged man in an ass kicking contest.

I'm sure that will suffice as an explanantion as to why I have been neglecting my blog,
my e-mail, and my voice mail lately.

Sorry, friends! I hope to be back soon!

Do you know what time it is?

That's right, kids.....it's gin o'clock!!

I've had a fuck of a day...boy is this gonna taste sweet!!

(And my apologies for the potty mouth today....well, not really....it's kinda showing my true colors!) ;-)

Stick that in your pipe - Part II

My dear, dear Conniving Co-Worker,

As the day progresses, I find myself learning more info about just how underhanded you are. It never ceases to amaze me the lengths you will go to to give yourself the upper hand, the things that you will say to make yourself look like the better person.

Me, being the naive person that I am...I didn't actually think that there were people like you on the face of the earth...people that could be so saccharine sweet to your face, but then turn around and bash you with words so acidic that people are reluctant to repeat them to your face.

What purpose does this serve you? Does it make you feel good to talk behind my back to someone that you think doesn't know me? Does it make you feel superior to try and tarnish my image to others? Does it give you great joy to make snappy little comments about me and my life? I hope that you've had fun at my expense....you can try and fade back into your little happy facade of a life, thinking in your petty little mind that you are free and clear and that your comments have gone unnoticed.

Yes, that's right....go on thinking that your ascerbic outbursts are unbeknownst to me. I'll even let you go on thinking that, if you so desire. But know, in the pit of your black, black heart, that they are known, not just by me, but by many. Your oh-so-sweet front is being torn apart, brick by brick, and you don't have a sniff.

Just remember, I am smarter than you, and can be more conniving than you if needed. Hell, I learned from the great master. Tread carefully.

Unlike you, I have people in my life that actually DO respect me, and don't pull this shit behind my back. Thank your lucky stars that I always have been, and always will be, a bigger person than you. Because if I weren't, you'd be extremely sorry that you ever crossed me. It's a good thing that I am capable of ridding myself of my frustrations through writing.

A very good thing. Or else I'd have stormed down this hallway hours ago and shoved my boot so far up your ass you wouldn't know what hit you.

Until next time, and I'm sure there'll be a next time...you know what to do.

Put this in your pipe and smoke it

Dear Know-It-All-CoWorker,

I wonder how it is that you think you know oh-so-much about my life? As far as I can recall, I haven't told you much about my personal life at all in the recent past. In fact, I'm not sure that you know too much about me at all in the past year or so. Only what you've heard from others, and we all know how much untruth lies in the gossip that mills around this place.

So, I tell you this right now....keep your pointy little nose out of it. Don't go telling stories to people that don't even know me. It will eventually come back and bite you in the ass. Trust me on this one. I won't let this one go unnoticed, you can count on that. I have an unusually large threshold for this type of behavior, and unfortunately for you, you've just pulled the pin.

Keep it up. Karma's a bitch.

Until next time...go and fuck yourself. : )

Decompression chamber

I just had the most wonderful 4 days off from work. I spent the majority of my time with myself. And no one else. I didn't answer the phone, I stayed away from the computer. I watched daytime TV, a mountain of movies, and took naps throughout the day without regret. I even started reading a new book.

I spent some much needed quality time with my family; had a nice, yet brief, visit with my ex; looked after my newly spayed kitten; went to a close friend's 10th anniversary dinner with a good friend; spoke with a friend who lives far away.

I did a lot of thinking....about a lot of nothing really, but I had a chance to get some of my muddled thoughts cleared up. Not to the point of 100% clarification, but at least a few things are starting to make sense to me. My life is starting to make sense to me again......took long enough!

I woke up this morning feeling slightly less grumpy than I normally would on a Monday. I came into work with a lesser feeling of stress and did not immediately feel like I wanted to turn and hightail it into the hills.

Things are looking up!

Holy shit, batman!

I had some dental work done a few months back (OK, I had a cavity filled...I like candy wayyyy too much) and ever since I've been getting food stuck in between these 2 teeth at the back of my mouth, bottom, left hand side. It drives me frigging NUTS!

So today, I had cabbage rolls for lunch, and was diligently flossing after eating cuz it frigging hurt so bad. And what happens?? I get the floss in there, working away, and after a sharp jab of OH-MY-GOD-SHOOT-ME-NOW-OR-RIP-MY-GUMS-OUT pain, I found a hard piece of something in my mouth!!

WTF?!?! It's either a piece of my tooth (man, I hope not) or a piece of the filling. I tell ya......for this dentist being so posh and fancy and supposedly oh-so-great, I've had a lot of problems with my mouth since I've been going to him! I've had to go back once already to get something fixed after tehy already supposedly fixed it. Now, it looks like I'll be doing that again! Dammit!! I HATE DENTISTS!!

(And why does Blogger want to replace my mis-spelling of fancy "facny" with vagina?)

Are ya comfy?!?!

Of ALL the places in the house, my kitten decides THIS is where she wants to be whenever I need to use the computer. Gawdd........

The best things in life...

...are the ones that have been right under your nose for years and you just noticed them now.
Well, maybe not JUST noticed them, but are now seeing them in a different light.

It's freaking me out a little.

5 day weekend

I seriously think that all employers should think about enforcing the 5 day weekend. I'd work 2 days of 12 hours (more if needed) just to have 5 days off in a row. How much fun would THAT be! Everyone could just take turns, shift work, so that businesses could still be open the core hours that they needed to be.

How great of an idea is that??

Look at me........moving in on 10:00 pm. How can you tell that I DO NOT want to go to work tomorrow? I had to come home to an empty house AGAIN ( I am really not liking this all that much....sometimes it's good, but geez....) after a weekend spent with the girls. And now, one girl has flown "home" and the others have left as well, and I sit here all mopey feeling sorry for myself cuz I want more precious "girl time". We can do the dumbest things and just have so much fun. And we did that again this weekend.

I hate having to say goodbye.....to the weekend, to the girls.......sigh.........

Ok, enough babbling.....time for TV and bed.

Can't catch me!

Run, run as fast as you can.....can't catch me cuz I'm the gingerbread man.....

If I ran away and started new.....would all of this crap eventually find me again? Or would it just be the same old crap with a new cast of characters??

Passing the buck

Why is that when people are hurting or upset or angry or sad or whatever......they always try to put the blame on their feelings on someone else?

I know that in the past, i have done the same. I try not to....if I've screwed up, I normally try to admit it. Not always, but the majority of the time.

But why is that it that a lot of people cannot admit their own mistakes, and have to make it into someone else's fault. Some of the people that I know that show this type of behavior are mature, intelligent individuals. But put them in a situation where their pride has been hurt, or they don't like what's going on, and it becomes an immediate case of point the finger in the other direction.

I don't like it one bit. Now, I know that not all of us are perfect, but come on now. We're all adult enough to fess up and take ownership of our own downfalls, aren't we?

Your gal broke up with you? Ever think that maybe it was because of something YOU did?

You hurt someone's feelings? Ever think that maybe it WAS because of something YOU did or said?

Next time you are blamed for something, stop and take a moment to really THINK about it. Maybe it really was because of something that YOU did, and the blame lies nowhere else but with you. Just admit it. It's simple enough to do. Swallow your pride and suck it up.

If someone else really is at fault, then fine...you're allowed to say it. But only say it if it's really true. Don't go around bad-mouthing an innocent person just to make yourself look or feel better.
It will come back and bite you in the ass one day.

Excuses, excuses

I heard somewhere (a movie, perhaps?) that Halloween is just an excuse for chicks to dress up in slutty versions of normal costumes because they can get way with it for that one day (or something along those lines)......

Hell, yeah, it is! Why the hell else do you think we do it? Geez..........