I just got home from work where I was transferred to a new store, starting Monday, because there were lay-offs in my district and so now they need to move us around to make sure they have the help they need. It's a store I worked at about 8 years ago, right when I was first pregnant with Matty and it's closer to home...
Then Rich picked me up from work and told me that while I was away, somehow, Matty managed to knock my laptop onto the floor and then a soda spilled on top of it... Apparent
... a break, an answer, a nap, a hug, and in return, I'd like to offer some perspective.
My friend, Alysia, called me on Saturday while I was hanging out with Steve, and she doesn't normally call me unless something is up, what with how busy she is being the mom of four kids, and the PTA president, etc., so I answer and she tells me that her son, Donavon, had a stroke. He's six, so just a little over a year younger than Matty, and that he's in the hospital. She says he can't move his limbs o
I just got home from work, which was... work. And then we grocery shopped, as if I don't spend enough time in that place already, and now I have to give them back my paycheck, too! Greedy bastards!
Anyway, I helped Rich and the kids carry all the bags in, and then I went to change out of my work clothes, and Rich followed me in to change out of jeans and into some shorts, and had asked Matty to close the door on his way out. Then a minute later he walks back in, without knocking, and so I s
So you have no idea what I've been putting up with lately... Things like:
What kinda noise annoys an oyster? A noisy noise annoys an oyster.
Is a lonely buffalo a buffalone?
What's the difference between roast beef and pea soup? Anyone can roast beef, but no one can pee soup.
So we went out to dinner tonight. We're waiting at the hostess stand to be seated and they ask how many and Rich says four. They ask one kids menu? Two? And my daughter says, "I'm taller than my mother." The
I suppose that makes sense since, typically, I'm not a big fan of Plan B on. Does that make me picky? Always wanting to have my way? Yes? Oh well
So I sent her to school Tuesday with instructions, that if her teacher tries to give her detention for not bringing candy for the whole class, that she should say that I want her to call me. I asked her when I picked her up after school what happened, and she said nothing... the teacher didn't even mention it. So one of three things happened... 1)
Sorry, guys, I'm on sappy love movie number two of the day, and that's not counting Fanboys we saw earlier, too, which, by the way, was pretty good, if anyone was curious.
So, I have a question for you...
My daughter came home from school today all upset because... Well, at her school, the kids can buy these candy gram things to send to their friends. She got two from her friends and didn't really like the candy it came with, so she gave the candies to two of her classmates. Now, as I u
So it's been an eventful week.
We got approved for our loan modification, I'm two weeks away from getting my substantial raise, one of my very best friends from work got transferred, someone gossiped to me and I acted like a total girl about it, but then I came to my senses (thank you Chris) and we're fine. There was more drama at work, and it wasn't about me, I got volunteered to do the monthly newsletter for in-store communication, and we did 'Go RED' Friday.
It's been raining for tw
I was reading a blog the other day that I follow cause I'm a dedicated... groupie? Fan? Supporter? Ahh, yes, admirer. That will do. Anyhow, this quote caught my eye, my mind, my heart, even.
Matty keeps pulling my bookmark out of my book cause it has this ribbon hanging off the edge and then my page gets lost...
MORE work drama...
Sometimes I feel like I may be one of the few remaining people with a soul and morals and such left in this often f**ked up world.
Rich told me some shit about PETA petitioning to change the name of 'fish' to 'sea-cat' so people would be less inclined to eat them, and in turn petitioning to have the name of 'cats' changed to 'land-fish' so peo
So I'm sitting here watching the food network cause I'm too lazy to actually look for something else I'd be more interested in watching and I like to cook so only half paying attention to it seems acceptable to me. Anyway, I'm watching this woman, in this awful outfit and wondering why she would ever agree to wear it and who on her staff is responsible for this decision when she says she's doing this outdoor cooking segment at an Oktoberfest/Germanfest thing and I went ahh, I see. So then, I'm
So Matty went to an all boys sleepover for his cousin's 7th birthday party and Rich thought it would be nice if we took Annemarie to do something since it was just the three of us without her "annoying little brother", so we took her to see Marley and Me since she'd been asking to see it for a while. We had breakfast (at lunch time) before hand and she tells me how I'm gonna cry cause Marley dies and of course I ask why we're going to see this movie then? Is it like a contest? Who can make Viv c
So we're back on the P90X... my body is sore and I want to smack the dude already, but... it works so I'll do it. Rich just said I smell like a fruit roll-up (after exercising for over an hour)... Fruit roll-ups are yummy. We love Rich!
So I found myself in this weird, slightly frustrating conversation at work today with the weird, clingy, slightly creepy girl I work with. Her position was this: She doesn't believe in addiction. Period. She thinks that we are all in control of our lives, c
Alright so I got nominated to write this blog because 1) It's been for-f**king-ever since I've blogged and 2) Of the four of us, I was the one who actually has a blog and internet that is easily accessible, so here goes...
So Mike is here visiting! After many first time activities on his part, snowboarding and Christmas in Vegas, and then some awful sounding tour given in Korean and his mom trying to set him up with a 'nice Korean girl' (who happened to be 15 years old) he finally made it t
... because I am a resident of California, this is for you.
For the record, I voted NO on Prop 8... as if that needed to be cleared up. Furthermore, I'm REALLY f**kING DISAPPOINTED that a little over half of the people that live in this state still find it acceptable to take, that's right, I said TAKE away the rights of another human being.
Discrimination... bigotry... selfishness... arrogance... ignorance... naivety... hate...
You know, I am so against these things that my brain
My life has been pretty weird these past few weeks... almost nothing is as it should be, it seems.
Davey is away for work again and it was like and eternity till I got to talk to him (a week and a half maybe) but when I did, it was perfect! There's just something about talking to him that makes me feel better, like everything will be okay, and he understands everything i'm feeling without me even having to say it... it's like he knows me or something Anyway, he should be home in less than
Well, I haven't heard back from Danielle's mom yet, and I'm really not sure I want to because I'm pretty certain that she's so far gone that nothing even my great words *insert proper amount of humility here* can repair. That said... Tony did get a reply.
Dear Tony,
I realize that it has been several days since I received your letter and it is only now that I am taking the time to respond. I have read your words carefully and realize that you are very passionate about your beliefs. I ha
Sometimes I wonder, okay that's a lie... I wonder a LOT, how some people got to be parents... and I don't mean HOW, I get that part... I mean why, I guess. If you don't want to be a parent, don't have kids... seems simple enough to me, right? And, (I can't believe I just started a sentence with 'and') if you do have kids, for goodness sake, f**king take care of them and be responsible! That said... you know, I think anyway, that Tony's girlfriend Danielle came to stay with us for the summer beca
So, you always read those stories... the ones that end in 'and that's how I knew I was gay'.
Forgive me for what I'm about to do... but it's 2 am and Rich is STILL at work, for the second time tonight, and I'm hanging out with Steve and his boys and feeling... giggly.
I remember being 12 and seeing this and just losing my mind. I'm pretty sure I would have had no idea what to do with one of these... but I knew I wanted it and so... this is my 'and that's how I knew I was straight' stor
It's not often that the people in Hollywood use their accelerated public status for good and not evil, nor do we frequently hear about their campaigns to help people instead of who they had an affair with this month, but I saw this today, and thank God, I'm not the only one thinking these things.
I'm not often super political and I'm very 'live and let live' but when it comes to the country we live in and the future we're creating for ourselves and our kids and their kids... but holy
I don't even know where to start... hence the dizziness. It's like when they say... I have good news and bad news, which would you like first? I always say bad... is that weird?
Anyway, so there is this amazing lady I used to work with, Sydney. She was always so nice and friendly, and had worked in my store for, God, thirty years maybe? Anyway, a few years back, she found out she had Stage 4 breast cancer, the same thing her mom died from. She immediately started chemo and the mass amounts o
So I saw this the other day, and several of these are actally quite accutate, anyway it was amusing in some ways and horrifying in others... check it out, dude!
I am a "CALIFORNIAN." That means that.........
-Texting while driving is becoming a Major issue... YES!
-We can Surf, Skate, Dirt Bike Ride, and Snow Board, then hit up mexico, LA, and OC all in the same day, and then go to Disneyland... We can, but since we're so close to everything, there's no rush. No actual Californian wo
So, I'm sitting here this morning and my Sweetie messages me from his snazzy new cell phone. He's away on a business trip and when he travels we resort to any means necessary to communicate, even if it means getting himself invited over to an employees house for a beer and stealing their internet
So he messgaes to say hello and to tell me his tinyplane landed safely, but not before plunging 500 feet and giving him a severe headache Anyway, we're talking and then all of a sudden my cell pho
UGH! I had a HELLUVA week at work... I may have mostly recovered now. Although, I'm still trying to figure out if dealing with crappy people is part of what I get paid for, and if those crappy people should include my coworkers. Luckily, most of the people I work with don't suck too bad, and I have some great friends there.
Let's see if I can sum up my week... Someone dumped several live catfish in our parking lot and all the stray cats in the area came to feast on their flopping around bod
Vivian says:
omg did i tell you about the HUGE moth in the house?
Friend:
are you scared of moths?
Vivian says:
well, not scared in the sense of real fear, just ewwwwwwwwwwww
Vivian says:
but i'm not even exagerrating when i tell you it is the size of a bird
Friend:
jesus tapdancing christ
Vivian says:
HAHA! wait, it gets sooo much better
Vivian says:
so years ago one was in the house one night and rich wasn't here
Vivian says:
and i had to catch it in a cup and put it outside and
