JONES'N for the Original

Yes, I am fully aware that I just got back from mecca Disney 33 days ago. I am JONES'N for the real thing! I loved mecca and I absolutly will be going back (february of 2009 to be exact with little M if she keeps up the good work). BUTT (hehe) it did not have the only thing that the original has, and that is the very spirit of the magga mecca dreamer himself. I have posted pictures that make me smile. I hope they make you smile, but honestly its not my goal. I just wanna go man!

Main Street USA @ DL in CA

Sleeping Beauty Castle

Retirement home for 999 happy haunts!

This last one also makes me smile. I feel icky right now (not physically just in general) so I wanted to smile and Rajhas glowing green eyes and look of "Ya so I like a blankey on me when its cold so what".

Tomorrow I have to do a motivation thingy for work. Its some new policy that everyday before we begin, we all take a day and do some type of motivational thing. Tomorrow is my day. It can be anything. So far everyone has done quotes or something. I want to do somethingthat makes me smile or feel good. Much easier to start the day when you get to see something that makes you smile. My magic coffee machine (or precious as Momma K calls it) makes me smile. I suppose I could lug that to work and share..................WHAT AM I SAYING!!! SHARE my magic feel good machine!! NO FLIPPIN WAY!!!! I dunno, butI guess I should come up with something.

Discombobulated

All along, I thought I was using a cool made up word. People look at me funny when I say it, but it is a pretty good word for how I feel quite frequently. Just out of curiosity, I googled it, low and behold the word does in fact exist and it has a definition! It means to throw in a state of confusion. That is not how I use it thought. I like my way better! I also googled it to see what kind of images came up. I the first one I found. The title of this piece is, you guessed it, Discombobulated by Mary Quals, koo huh? I have just been feling very, out of sorts and crooked this week for some reason. Nothing feels right, I think Im restless. I need some type of major change I think I just dont know what.

I treated myself to something fun and completely high tech (in my world). Yes it is XM radio! I gotta say, I was one of those people who said, WHAT KIND OF CRACK HEAD would pay for radio! Well aparently, I am one of those crack heads. I LOVE IT! Theres my little guy there! Hello little bundle of fun! There are some FUNNNNNNNY comedy stations! Completely worth it I say. Only cost me $80 for the unit that included everything I needed to install it in my hot rod! AND I did it myself! Thank you, thank you very much!

I will leave you with some more spring time in the great valley pics that I took. These are the smiling yellow flowers that blanket the valley this time of year. I LOVE IT!

These are some trees that have little pink flowers on them. A lot of the smaller trees in the vineyards have them. I think they are the ones that get the dark red leaves. I love them. These pics are my attempt at decent photography. Not too shabby I think. I may take a photography class to learn more.

Random picture day

A fish called "This your brain on drugs"

A marathon

B-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ring

Im sorry I have not posted anything new in the last 8 days. You see nothing new or interesting has happened. If you have not figured it out by now, I live in a very boring town, have a very boring life. The only thing somewhat new is that my little job was bought out by a b igger company. No biggie though because I still have a job and that all that really matters. Its not the greatest job in the universe but the Disney company already has a CEO and the heir to the fortune is happily married and in another state (no chance to work my magic ROFL). SO here I will remain until Disney head hunts me down and begs me to come work for them because Im just so steller!

An interesting day

I am pretty sure you all have seen these, have these, know someone who has these, or at least heard of these. These are Italian Charms. You link them together to make bracelets. I get complimented on mine all the time. They are quite the conversation starter. I also have the traditional dangly charm bracelet, but I dont wear it that often because it gets in the way of things, but I still buy charms to put on it. Today at work a customer complimented my bracelet and asked me where I got it.
Me: I got it, well everywhere. Each charm is from a different place
Her: Ive never seen anything like it! What is it called?
Me: An Italian Charm bracelet
Her: Oh your Italian? Wow! Funny you dont look Italian, you must take after another branch in your family tree huh?
Me: No Im not Italian, that is just the name of the bracelet. Its not from Italy, its just the style of it. (You stupid MORON!)

So then I get home from work today and there is an odd package on my table. I'm straining my brain to thing of anything I accidentally ordered off of some random online auction site. Crap! Did I forget to hit cancel bid for that can of turkey testicals? I give the odd little box a good once over before touching it. Hey ya never know in this day and age right? It looks weird, but harmless. I open up said package and find a pair of pink fuzzy socks wrapped in bright green tissue, no note, no nothing. Even my cat is looking strangly at the socks. I toss them aside and go about fixin dinner, tidying up, ya know the ususal. I keep glancing at them and thinking, WHO THE HELL IS Suzie??? Then while on the potty, it hits me.....DING! Not Suzie, SOOZIE!!! OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH socks, shoes, I GET IT!!! So thank you Badoozier Lady! My first blog package! I feel so special!! In my LIFE I have received only 2 care packages, now I can rack up another one! I LOVE PACKAGES! Especially when I didnt have to buy it!

Here are the above mentioned socks! Hope your not offended if I wash em before I put em on myMickey Mouse.

Just a joke to get you through the weekend :)

My Uncle (an airline mechanic) sent this to me..............enjoy!

Airline Cabin Announcements I


All too rarely, airline attendants make an effort to make the in flight "safety lecture" and announcements a bit more entertaining. Here are some real examples that have been heard or reported:

1. On a Southwest flight 245 (SW has no assigned seating, you just sit where you want) passengers were apparently having a hard time choosing, when a flight attendant announced, "People, people we're not picking out furniture here, find a seat and get in it!"

2. On a Continental Flight with a very "senior" flight attendant crew, the pilot said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we've reached cruising altitude and will be turning down the cabin lights. This is for your comfort and to enhance the appearance of your flight attendants."

3. On landing, the stewardess said, "Please be sure to take all of your belongings. If you're going to leave anything, please make sure it's something we'd like to have.

4. "There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only 4 ways out of this airplane"

5. "Thank you for flying Delta Business Express. We hope you enjoyed giving us the business as much as we enjoyed taking you for a ride."

6. As the plane landed and was coming to a stop at Ronald Reagan, a lone voice came over the loudspeaker: "Whoa, big fella. WHOA!"

7. After a particularly rough landing during thunderstorms in Memphis, a flight attendant on a Northwest flight a announced, "Please take care when opening the overhead compartments because, after a landing like that, sure as hell everything has shifted."

8. From a Southwest Airlines employee: "Welcome aboard Southwest Flight 245 to Tampa . To operate your seat belt, insert the metal tab into the buckle, and pull tight. It works just like every other seat belt; and, if you don't know how to operate one, you probably shouldn't be out in public unsupervised."

9. "In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, masks will descend from the ceiling. Stop screaming, grab the mask, and pull it over your face. If you have a small child traveling with you, secure your mask before assisting with theirs. If you are traveling with more than one small child, pick your favorite."

10. "Weather at our destination is 50 degrees with some broken clouds, but we’ll try to have them fixed before we arrive. Thank you, and remember, nobody loves you, or your money, more than Southwest Airlines."

11. "Your seat cushions can be used for flotation; and, in the event of an emergency water landing, please paddle to shore and take them with our compliments."

First day back blues

I hate the first day back at work after a wonderful vacation. It just bites all around. Princess didnt day two words to me until late in the day. Well, I didnt loose any lunch hour napping time over that :) I wanted to share some pictures with you all.

Here is me on Splash Mountain at Disney World. As you can see, I hated the ride :)

This is my favorite time of year in the valley of the grapes. Its mustard flower season. Mustard flowers blanket the beds of the vineyards. They are just in the begining stages but very soon there will be bright yellow mustard flowers against a lush green bed of grass. This is for you Momma K!

Here is a close up of the lil beauties! The rainbow was spotted on the way home as I was chatting with Momma K on my phone! It was so pretty I had to pull over and snap a picture! Thank goodness I had my digital camera with me! The picture does not do justice to it though! It was by far the BRIGHTEST rainbow that I have ever seen!

The first day back at work after a vacation always sucks. I just wanted to give you a few pictures that make me smile. This first one is me on Splash Mountain at Disney World. As you can see, I hated the ride :)

This is my absolute favorite time of year here in grape-ville. THe mustard flowers blanket the vineyard floors. It takes my breath away! This is for you Momma K!

Here is a close up the lil buggers!

I spotte this beauty on the way home from work. I was chatting with Momma K on my phone and had to pull over to take a picture of it. Luckily, I had my digital camera with me. It was by far the BRIGHTEST rainbow that I have ever seen!

A few pics to share

First day back at work after 2 weeks, ucky :( Here a few pictures I hope you all enjoy. This first one is me on Splash Mountain, I hated it cant you tell :)

This is my absolute favotire time of year here in the valley of grapes. Mustard flowers are begining to blanket the vineyard floors. It takes my breath away! This is for you Momma K!

Here is a close up of the pretty yellow buggers!

I spotted this beauty on the way home from work! I was taking to Momma K and had to pull over to take the picture! Its actually a double rainbow! The second rainbow is to the right but it was too faint to show up on my camera! This is by far the BRIGHTEST rainbow Ive ever seen!

Back from Mecca!

Im finally back! Did you miss me? ..................Oh come on humor me and say yes you missed me GOBS! TONS even. Disney World was everything I dreamed it would be and more! Ive been asked what the high point of the trip was. I cannot pick out just one thing. One of the perks was being forced to sit up in FIRST CLASS on the way to Florida! Yes we got bumped up!!! Oh yeah!!!! The best part of that? Its difficult to choose betweent he warm towels for my face, the fresh fruit and juices and the comfy leather seats. Since I have to pick one, it definately was the PLETHORA of leg and elbow room I had!! Here you should find my Picasa Web album of my Disney World pictures, beware, there are 185 pictures! Some, uh not so good, but it gives you an idea of the FUN we had. My travel partner is Cynthia, I used to work with her. She got pretty sick on the trip. Struck with food poison on day 3 and a nasty chest cold on days 6-9. Sucked to be her. I got a cold the first 3 days. Pretty bad but it lightened up and I could still do stuff. Hers was so bad it knocked her out of commission completely for 2 days. BUMMER! I still had fun though. I actually went to Magic Kingdom by myself, ate dinner at a fancy restaurant by myself! It was weird at first I felt like the biggest looser in the western hemisphere, then it was kind of empowering. I called Momma K for a little pep talk before going into the nice restaurant all alone! All in all, it was a FANTASTIC experience and I cant WAIT until little Zy is 7 years old, so I can take her/him to mecca with Momma K!

ITS FINALLY HERE!!!

Its finally here! My vacation to Disney World! I have been waiting for this since I was a little girl! So my blog friends, I will not be bloggin until about February 10 or 11. This time tomorrow, I will be walking down this here Main Street USA, riding Haunted Mansion and definately Pirates!!! I will have a BLAST and miss you all terribly ;) I will also, or course, be taking GOBS of pictures. I have 2-1 Gig memory cards just begging to be filled to max with pictures! K, I will make you proud!
 

My newest purchase!

Okay for all you haters of the day I like to call the BLACK HOLIDAY, I would like to present you with a tshirt I just got from Torrid. It pretty much sums up how I feel about that STOOOOOOOOOOOOPID day in Feb.

PS.......dont forget to look back one post! It was my 1 year blogiversary yesterday and nobody gave me love :( 

Holy cow a year!

I really did not expect to be doing this for an entire year. I really thought I would get bored with it and just stop. There is definately something......therapudic about writing your thoughts for nobody and everybody to see. I have met some realyl cool people who have enhanced my life and I thank you. In celebration of my 1 year anniversary, I have posted my favorite man in his favorite pose.

In other news, K has added a 3rd tat to her collection. This one is about 10 inches high and on her right side. What I like about this tat, is it is a memorial tat for a dear family friend who passed waaaaaaaaaay before her time. She was 5 and her name was Jennifer. She had a bad kidney and went in for an operation and never came out due to negligence. (yes there was a lawsuit, yes the good guys won) My nieces were friends with Jennifer and her sister from the time they were about 2. It broke my heart that they had to deal with such a sensless tragic event at such a tender age. You may notice that the stem of the rose is in the shape of a J. Jennifer had 2 favorite things in her short life the color purple and butterflies. K plans to go back and have the butterfly colored in purple. She is not sure what she will do with the rest of it.

Ya know, when I was K's age, I desperately wanted a tatoo but I wanted one that really summed up who I was. Well who the hell knows who they are at 20. I knew what I liked, but not a whole lot more. Then I saw my Grandma and thought about what a tatoo would look like on 92 year old skin and just about lost my lunch! That was the end of my tatoo desire.

Krappy Camera phone!

So there I was minding my own beez wax waiting in the lazy man's lunch line (aka: Fast food drive thru) and Im admiring the HUGE black hemi before me when I noticed that it was a special edition hemi. You cant see what it says cause my krappy ass camera phone has no zoom and I was without my good digital camera. This particular dream truck not only has a hemi, but it the extra special Blo-Me Special Edition! If I could have given this guy a high five thru my windshield, I certainly would have! He had to settle for a thumbs up when he noticed me snappin a pic of his blo-Me truck!

I had an adventure at the grocery store today. I was just doing the hum drum dinner shopping. Now keep in mind that my neighborhood grocery store is a major chain, Safeway, and I love it. It has been there about 5 years or so, still very new in the grand scheme if buildings. They are already doing a major remodle. Irritation has set in. I go about getting my produce & meat and head up to the check outs expecting to have to wait for 3 hours as usual. To my surprise, there is a checker, no line, just waiting for lil ol me! SWEET! I grab my small bag of lil golden spuds and sort of toss them onto the conveyer belt and they bust out of the bag and go rolling down the conveyer belt all by themselves! I start bustin up while the checker is frantically scoping up my spuds trying to prevent them from rolling onto the floor! That makes me laugh even harder and he starts to laugh too! I actually held up the line because we were laughing so hard. The courtesy clerk starts to bag my groceries and she says to me "Uh Oh your little potatoes have escaped!" I told her yeah I noticed that when they all started running down your conveyer belt! Good times at the grocery store today.

Arent you glad you stopped by and took time to read about my grocery store adventure! WAKE UP! 

11 Days & who cares how many hours!

Eleven days! Thats right 11 days!!! Eleven days until I go to Disney World! I am sooooooooooo EXCITED!!! I will be in my Happy place for 9 days!! I CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!

In other news LOL.........like I have that much going on. I have found the bitch of my new office. I call her princess, because that is who she acts like. Well I finally started my training this week. Yes one month after I started but hey better late than never right. Anyway, my training officer comes to me and say "Oh your manager called, you have to go to your branch tomorrow @ 330 I guess they need you" What the F?? I have not been trained,people in my office are shot with me and when I FINALLY go to training.........they want me to cut it short??? I was about to call my manager and give them what for. I picked up my cell phone to make the call and noticed I had 2 voice mails from her. The first one tells me about the whole comming back thing beacuse they are "short handed", the 2nd voice mail they tell me that oh Princess has agreed to come in late for the 2nd week so you can stay at training. Like it was some huge F'n sacrafice for Princess to work until 610pm 2 weeks in a row. They were going to cut my necessary training because princess didnt want to work "late". What a blankity blank! Well anyway, princess is loosing her gusto. She has met her match. After vacation, my gloves come off. I will not let a prissy lil 22 yr old know-it-all talk to me like I have let her. I have let her get away with it because I am the new girl in the branch but now I dont give a hoot. She will not know what hit her. 

A gift card shopping spree

So today I got to go see a good friend of mine who I havent seen in a couple months. We got to go shopping...and by we I mean me. She tried on all kinds of stuff, and bought nothing. I had $100 in gift cards to spend and they were burnin' a hole in my pocket. I got 2 shirts, 9 pairs of socks that whisk the moisture away from your feet (aka:SWEAT!) to use in Disney World, and super cute PJ's! The pants are way girly and have nail polish bottles, lip sticks and eye liners all over them.

I was stuck with the stomach flu on friday BIG TIME! In fact everyone in my house was hit with it! We only have one bathroom and as my brother so politely put it we had THE NIGHT OF 1000 FLUSHES! We were all sittin and spittin for a good day and a half! Some of our extended family are even sick! Needless to say the tummy flu is runnin wild here! I was so proud of myself today I did a solid poo poo!!! WOOHOOO! 

Wedding Day Bliss?

Last weekend I was a witness to my little cousin (little C is now in his mid 20's) marry his long time girlfriend J. No its not short for anything its just J. This was probably the most no frills wedding day I have ever been to. The cerimony was in a tiny church, the reception was next door in a tiny church hall with little to no decorations of any kind. Your typical white linens, white plates, and for center pieces, cookie bouquets. No fuss, no muss, and nearly no first dance. They were pressured into it by my other cousin big I. They danced for all of 30 seconds before they quickly parted. I dont recall seeing the bride smile or laugh too much either. That struck me as odd, but whatever. My best friend, when everything that could possible go wrong did go wrong, still managed to have the best day of her life, laughed, danced, partied to the wee hours of 10pm (beacuse after that the fuzz woulda showed up......again) isnt that what a wedding day is about? Joy? I honestly didnt see true joy, but maybe they are the type to sort of burry their joy? I dont know. But I do know that I managed to capture the picture of the day! 

Heaven in a cup!

Santa was VERY good to me this year! I asked him for just one thing, A Braun Tassimo machine! If you dont have on of these..........GET ONE! I have not been to Starbucks or Peets ONCE since I got this! You see the latte it created? Perfect foam! SUPER easy and fast! Stick a pod in, lock it down, hit go! DA BOM!!! I have created a little coffee bar in my bedroom! I make my drinks as I put on my makeup in the morning! Okay my commerical is over. I just love this machine soooo much I had to share it with you guys! TTYL! 

A private concert!

If I have not shared it with you yet, my mother is from Scotland. She was born and raised in Ayr and moved to America when she was 17. Her brother Bill and his wife Iris are here visiting for the holidays and for my cousins wedding on January 6th. A couple days ago they were in our neck of the woods touring wineries etc. Aunt Iris is a professional Bagpipe player. She was in competitive pip bands for years and now she teaches others how to play and march, etc. The 2nd picture is Aunt Iris trying to teach my Dad how to get a set of pipes going (not an easy task!)We were luck enough to get a PRIVATE CONCERT in the middle of our living room (and the neighbors didnt even complain!) I hope the link for yooo toooob worked! Enjoy!

Happy New Year!

Wow! I can't believe its 2007! What is there to remember about 2006? Too many to list here but I have included some pictures that represent the most memorable moments that happened to me in 2006 (well at least the ones that I can remember right now). The first pic is for me taking a trip to a place that I have wanted to go to for as long as I can remember! Disney World! What Im most proud of about going is that I didnt go elcheapo. Ive always said that when I go to Disney World, I was going to stay in a nice hotel and I was going for AT LEAST and entire week. Well, I'm going for 9 days and staying at one of Disneys Deluxe Resorts. My next WDW trip will hopefully be with a certain BESTEST FRIEND in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD, but sssshhhhh! I have not pitched it to her yet!

The next 2 pics are 2 of my favorites out of the 1000+ pictures taken on the best day of 2006! That would be May 21, 2006, the day that my Best Friend became the wife of Mr. B! A man who is so perfect for Karin. And I gotta admit, it took me a while to fully see how great he really is not only to Karin but to people in general. I feel sort of like Karins big sister, the guard dog, Nobody was going to be good enough for her. Until Mr. B came along. Anybody that has the golf balls to ask a girl for her number in the most crowded restaurant at Disneyland in front of all the other workers and patrons, may be worth marrying.

The last picture is in memory of the DENTIST FROM HELL Trancas Dental of Napa, CA. They are the poster people of how NOT to treat a fearfull patient, how to RIP OFF people who just had 5 shots jammed into their already painfull mouth, and how to be complete and total JACKASSES!!! That experience taught me #1) Take better care of my mouth so I dont have to EVER GO BACK TO A DENTIST and #2) If you feel like you have been ripped of by a dentist, complain to your insurance company and get your money back! And make sure you call the DENTIST FROM HELL and tell them they suck donkey balls!


A resolution for 2007? No way! I only make promises that I KNOW I will keep! Id like to get into better shape and maybe I will try to do that. I will try to go visit my best friend and her hubby more this year. I will try to be a better person all around. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and I wish you all nothing but the BEST that 2007 has to offer!