tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116816152024-03-13T11:01:09.354-07:00Kathy's BlogKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-15724881152184750032007-07-22T15:03:00.000-07:002008-12-09T04:45:30.889-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b3NwUFRUx6Y/RqPWgwkZqyI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lq0P1kx-AMY/s1600-h/floating+dragon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090147862140529442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b3NwUFRUx6Y/RqPWgwkZqyI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lq0P1kx-AMY/s320/floating+dragon.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>5 more days! Only 5 more days till vacation. Halleluha!!! It's about freakin time!! Gettin outa the flat cornfields of Illinoiz and on to the mountains and water of Lake Tahoe!! Talk about total opposites. I'm really hoping I'll be able to find where I can rent tis floating dragon thingy. Wouldn't that be the coolest?! A 40 something fat white woman floating on that in the middle of Lake Tahoe. Everyone out of the water!!! Clear the beaches! At the very least i'll go parasailing. That's about the extent of me getting in the water. It's suppose to be really cold cause it's so deep. THO!! CWI's!!! Alright I'm outa here. Tootles</div>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-52168305405762542007-04-25T19:14:00.000-07:002008-12-09T04:45:31.067-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b3NwUFRUx6Y/RjAMx77BLmI/AAAAAAAAABI/w_yY2OUvpiA/s1600-h/Happy-Bunny-Notes.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057556433575423586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b3NwUFRUx6Y/RjAMx77BLmI/AAAAAAAAABI/w_yY2OUvpiA/s320/Happy-Bunny-Notes.jpg" border="0" /></a> I love Happy Bunny!<br />Had a little conversation yesterday with one of the teachers at the school I work at. She was actually kinda venting to me I guess. She has 3 kids, 2 of which are in high school. The nut bag at Virginia Tech last week is making her think about her kids going off on their own soon and how she will have no control over them then. All that stuff we all thought about last week. Anyway, the conversation got around to that Cho guy being bullied back when he was a kid. Made me think of stuff I did to people when I was a kid. Yea, I'll admit it. I was a bully. I'm not proud of it an I apologize to anyone that happened to be one of my victims. 3 people come to mind. And 2 of them were during my senior year of high school. So, to Magaly Que. I'm sorry I locked you in the lockers during PE then left you there till Peg Hill noticed you were gone. Numerous times. I'm sorry to Gloria Price. For some reason I thought it would be funny to pull your shorts down right in the middle of main street during PE class. Again, numerous times. Ok, so there is 1 more person i need to apologize to. I have no idea who this person is. I do know she was from in or around Pesotum, Illinois that summer of 1977. I have apologized on the radio to this person before also. But, the internet being a little more vast than 94.5 in Champaign, Illinois. This makes me feel a little better. So this person from "Piss-on-um" was a complete stanger at a softball game in Gibson City, Illinois that summer. Nature called one night so she went into the bathroom that was connected to the consession stand at the ball field. Little did she know that little 'ol me had put super glue on the toilet seat. I can still here her yelling that she was stuck. And I can still see her squirming around thru the tiny crack in the door. That's when i just left her there and rode off on my bike. This truly haunts me. So. Lady from Pesotum 30 years ago this summer that i glued to the toilet seat. I'm really really sorry.<br />Now am i suppose to feel better?Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-2517794961073158042007-02-16T19:27:00.000-08:002008-12-09T04:45:31.154-08:00Long live The Chief!!!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_b3NwUFRUx6Y/RdZ4Mc_agxI/AAAAAAAAAAw/n9VryLk0mII/s1600-h/Kanfer+Chief.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5032341788969042706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_b3NwUFRUx6Y/RdZ4Mc_agxI/AAAAAAAAAAw/n9VryLk0mII/s320/Kanfer+Chief.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>It's a sad day here in Illini Nation today. A part of most Central Illinoians has been "retired". Freakin sucks. I can go on and on and on and on about the bull shit over this the past few years. But I won't. Doesn't do any good. I just hope Steven Kaufmann and all his people are freakin happy tonight. What the hell are we gonna do at halftime of football and basketball games from now on? The 3 in 1 just won't ever be the same. More fly dogs during basketball season I guess. I feel like a part of me has died.</div>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-40145294700508979532007-02-14T18:58:00.000-08:002008-12-09T04:45:31.434-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b3NwUFRUx6Y/RdUVn8_agwI/AAAAAAAAAAk/bvJTayPEKDY/s1600-h/front+of+my+house2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5031951934787584770" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b3NwUFRUx6Y/RdUVn8_agwI/AAAAAAAAAAk/bvJTayPEKDY/s320/front+of+my+house2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b3NwUFRUx6Y/RdPOJc_agvI/AAAAAAAAAAY/BicLlZ-WfkI/s1600-h/front+of+my+house.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div>I dug thru a glacier this morning. I swear it was anyway. Felt like it when I was done. After 4 hours of digging I still wasn't at the road yet. This sucker engulfed my car and went all the way to the road. 2 1/2 feet to 4 feet deep. The whole stinkin way to the street. Hard packed snow. Not the easy fluffy powdery snow. Of course not. So I dug for 4 hours and still had 2 tons of snow left before i was able to break free to the street. This was the hard snow plow remnant snow. All big ass chunks of ice. Thought I was gonna die. A backhoe came by, I smiled at they guy, pointed at what i had left to scoop, and the guy backed up, and in 10 seconds he took out the rest of the glacier. It would have taken me at least an hour more to finish that. Thanks buddy! </div><br /><br /><div>C/U got 13.5 inches of snow and at times we had 58 mph winds. It sucked last night. It's day's like yesterday that i wonder what the hell i was thinking when i moved back from Florida!</div></div>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-60176663501012677632007-02-13T17:52:00.000-08:002007-02-13T18:19:49.729-08:00Snow dayDamn it's been freakin cold outside the past couple weeks. We've all been spoiled around here cause it really hasn't been that bad. Global warming I guess. But Mother Nature has a way of slapping us in the face and saying "PSYCH"! 6am this morning I'm trying to dig myself out of the driveway to go over to a friends and dig myself into her driveway to let the dog out for her and take her to doc. Takes me an hour to get out of mine. By the time I get to the end of the driveway it had almost blown shut again. This with only 7 inches of snow. I go over to friends, spend an hour over there digging and find out the doctor's appt cancelled. Lovely. So what else do ya do during a blizzard? Go drive around town of course! Streets in Urbana weren't too bad but once ya passed Wright street and get into Champaign my car was freakin bottoming out in the snow. Almost lost it once. Fun shit tho. Drive by my house a couple times to scope out the drifts. 1st time by was bad. 45 minutes later i drive by. Freakin nasty! I drop friend back home, take the dog out 1 more time and head home. Can't get in driveway so i park across the street. the drifts were 3 feet tall. Shit. Took me over an hour this time and that with help from the neighbor that disappeared before I got to thank him. So neighbor of mine to the east...THANKS! Got in the house and called 2nd job to tell them i wasn't coming in and i've been here since. I love to hibernate in the house over the weekends but i have an option to leave if i want to. Today drove me crazy! Bored! So i looked outside around 6 tonight. My drive is covered by 1 solid 4 foot deep drift starting at the street and ending at the windshield wipers of my car. The hood of my car is not visible. This is not a good thing when i need to get to work by 6am tomorrow. Today was the first snow day i've had since the Valentine's Day ice storm of 1990. 'course i'll have to take a vacation day inorder to get paid for it. Only got 1/2 day vacation left now. Might have to work on Saturday. that sucksKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-13748746898766622272007-01-08T19:07:00.000-08:002007-01-08T19:14:51.899-08:00Ok, new comercial been on the boob tube the past week or so. The first couple times I saw it I thought it was some kind of spoof or something. Then, I REALLY started watching it. Looking for any sign that it was mocking something. NOPE. The real thing. A customer service commercial by the "Ad Council". I can't believe someone would pay money for this! Ok, commercial synopsis....With all the anti smoking/second hand smoke talk on how bad it is for everyone. Well this commercial wants to make everyone aware that FARTING in anyplace but outside is just as bad to smell as second hand smoke is. OH FOR GOD'S SAKE! If that's the case then I should have been dead 20 years ago! These people are serious too! Picture this...Girl n guy, sitting in their apartment. Girl excuses herself. Guy askes where she's going. Girl says, "I have to go outside to pass gass". WHO THE FREAK IS GONNA DO THAT? Even the most snooty people I know will let it rip. GEESH! If these advertisers wanna give their money away like that then give it to a good charity. Like the "I need a new deck on my house" charity. I can send them the address....<br />I'm done now. I gotta go outside and fart.<br />TootlesKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-39375699862828175882006-12-24T20:18:00.000-08:002008-12-09T04:45:31.619-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_b3NwUFRUx6Y/RY9RhzDHX1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/U5Ho9PF7BMo/s1600-h/grinch.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5012314551367458642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_b3NwUFRUx6Y/RY9RhzDHX1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/U5Ho9PF7BMo/s320/grinch.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0">It's almost over. Christmas is almost here. Only a few more minutes. I'm such the Grinch. The only part about Xmas that I enjoy is spending time with family. Did that yesterday. Doin it a little tomorrow too. Then it'll be all over. </span></div><div><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0">Got all next week off from hell job #1. I can't remember the last time I worked the week between Xmas and New Year. Been a long time ago. Have to work at job 2 tho. That sucks as usual. What am I gonna do with all my spare time next week? hmmmmm.....I probably should scan a bunch of pictures. Been going to do that for the past 2 years. Shoulda had it done by now. </span></div><div><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0">K, well gotta go watch A Christmas Story for the 15th time.</span></div><div><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0">Tootles</span></div>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-1166323808260624472006-12-16T17:51:00.000-08:002006-12-16T18:50:08.313-08:009 more days till Christmas. Geesh. This has been a very long month and it's only half over. I heavily dislike December. It's freakin cold out. Sun rarely shines. When it does you rarely see it cause its it's like Alaska here and only daylight 30 minutes a day. Christmas sucks anymore. It's too commercialized. Too much pressure to buy the perfect gift. The competition to get a better gift than last year. What is it that the biggest gifts this year are $600 video game units and $3000 tv's. Reality is that a $20 gift card from WalMart is a pretty good deal to most people. I'm not a real good gift picker outer. Not alot of thought is put into it. Spur of the moment is me. Came real close to losing the hairball cat. He's been pretty sick the past few weeks. The weekend of Thanksgiving sucked pretty much. He's just now starting to feel better. Feeding him baby food can get expensive. He's been to the vet more the past 3 weeks than he has the first 15 years of his life. Poor little fella.<br />Well, that's pretty much it for now.<br />TootlesKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-1164398570421110092006-11-24T12:00:00.000-08:002006-11-24T12:02:50.436-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/8046/957/1600/990510/IMG_0930.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/8046/957/320/578268/IMG_0930.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Ok, here's a pic of my new windows. I didn't have a "before" picture so deal with just having the "after" pic.<br /><p>My front door is currently red. I want to paint it but not dark brown. That would match the neighbors door. I don't want to copy. I'm unique...</p><p>Tootles</p>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-1163210146813411602006-11-10T17:46:00.000-08:002006-11-10T17:55:46.823-08:00I officially have new windows in my house now. The 3 bedroom windows got put in today. It sure was nice to be able to open the windows this afternoon without using the little steel rod thingy to push open the window from the inside. It was 70 degrees out today. Had to air out the place. It was even better not having to go outside and push the damn windows shut too!!! The outside trim for those will be done on Monday. Also on Monday, I'll be getting new glass for my doors in the living room. IF they didn't mess up again and measure wrong! My house should be snug as a bug this winter. Hopefully the power bills won't be bad so I can pay the windows off sooner. <br />I went to the grocery store a couple hours ago. The store is less than a mile away and it takes no more than 5 minutes to get to from my house. When I left the house I had a coat on and was hot as hell in it. I drove the mile to the store and by the time I got there the temp had fallen 20 degrees, the wind was blowing like hell and it was pouring rain. DAMN. good thing i wasn't on the bike!Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-1160930596333808072006-10-15T09:19:00.000-07:002006-10-15T18:56:06.266-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8046/957/1600/Steve%20birthday.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8046/957/320/Steve%20birthday.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />My 3 weeks are up. Time to update the 'ol blog. What's been goin on in my world?<br />Well, Froze my ass off last night at the Illinois game. In 2 months we will be walking around in shorts and sweatshirts when it's 50 degrees out. But in mid October, 50 degrees is freakin cold! Oh yea, 3rd week in a row the game is decided by a last second field goal. 2nd week in a row we lost. But to be optimistic, last years team wouldn't have even made any game of it. Simply would have been blown out.<br />Tonight I get to eat steak. YUM! Steak..... A perfectly grilled ribeye, ain't nuttin better....Friday was my big bro's birthday so it's Ma/Pa take him out night tonight. The only thing better than a good steak, is a good steak paid for by someone else.<br />Next up, the windows in my house. They ARE getting replaced. Hopefully within the next couple weeks. Got the $ for 'em. Sent in a deposit for the living room glass. Things are gonna happen.<br />Nuttin different at work #1. Sucks. At job #2 I lost my co-worker. He got a little lippy with the boss and quit/got fired. Not sure the "official" determination was. Anyway, I don't have to listen to him yap all the time. I can work at my own pace now and not be rushed. His replacement comes in 3 hours later and he can't speak english. Those are very good things. I'm totally by myself now. Yea.<br />Ok, time to clean the cat shitter. It's stinky.<br />Tootles<br /><br />UPDATE....Had to put a picture of Steve on here from tonight's dinner. Ride 'em cowboy!!Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-1158891768837594902006-09-21T19:02:00.000-07:002006-09-21T19:22:49.023-07:00what the heck?! I'm kinda watching CSI (original Las Vegas version) and there is some weird stuff goin on. I really hope it's taping in the bedroom for later viewing. I can honestly say I've never seen on tv, a depiction of removing and inserting a tampon before. Many times people peeing but never the tampon thing. And it's on free regular tv. Good for CBS! Now it's ER time. Last year ended pretty dramatically. When did Carrie lose the cane anyway? Guess I should watch more. And she doesn't even have a limp anymore.<br /><br />Window quotes are coming in. BIG ranges! Holy cow! Boo Boo is guarding them right now. Not gonna touch 'em till she gets down.<br /><br />Better go. ER's gettin good.<br /><br />tootlesKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-1158630871876103022006-09-18T18:42:00.000-07:002006-09-18T18:54:31.890-07:00This week I'm getting quotes on how much new windows will be for my humble abode. I'm afraid to find out some of them. I'm also getting quotes on how much to replace the glass in the windows/door in the living room. Those 3 will probably be double what the cost of my 3 regular windows will be. UGH. I'm really geting tired of having to use a steel rod to open my bedroom windows and in reverse, having to go outside and pushing them shut to close them. The gears are shot in the crank out's. Lovely. My boss is suppose to be gone tomorrow and Wednesday so I hope some of these people come over those 2 days. That way I can sneak away and no one has to know. I hate being a peon.<br /><br />I got to spend a little time with my neice and great neices on Saturday. That was fun! Victoria and Julia are cheerleaders for a youth football team. Libby is the cheerleader sponsor person. They are all sooo freakin cute! Emma and Zoe crawled all over me during the game. I must be some kind of jungle gym or something. I drove all the way to bumb fuck egypt (Metamora) to watch them cheer. That's a long ass haul at 7 am on a Saturday monring. These games start at 9. Whatever happened to kids watching cartoons on Saturdays?<br /><br />I remember calling Shauna Metz up on Friday nights to discuss what cartoons we were going to watch the next day. Bugs Bunny and Roadrunner were my personal fravs. I love the one where Bugs does some Barber of Seville thing on Elmer Fudd's head while shaving him....I guess that was the music. Heck, I still don't know.<br /><br />Ok, gonna go. Time for Weeds.<br /><br />TootlesKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-1158287884211030572006-09-14T19:29:00.000-07:002006-09-14T19:38:04.220-07:00Finally got this blasted iPod working. Lord have mercy! I need a 10 year old around here to show me how to download this stuff! When I ordered this thing I thought to myself, "self, 500 songs is alot of music. You probably don't even HAVE 500 songs. That should be plenty big enough." Honey, if I could rethink that all over again I would kick myself in the azz. 500 songs aint shit! Word of advice if your lookin to buy a Nano. Decide which one you want, then double the size of it. That should be plenty big. Oh, and of course a month after I finally get mine, Apple comes out with bigger, better and with more colors Nano. For Pete's sake, can I not catch a break here! Now I want a 8 gig pink one!!! Oh, wait. 8 gig's only come in black. SHIT. <br /><br />And another thing. Work still sucks and my mom thinks our family is disfunctional.......We are an American family, NOT the Cleavers......We are not disfunctional....<br /><br />I have to go to bed now. Shadow is crawling all over me and making it difficult to type. Shoulda had her back claws ripped out!!! OUCHIE!<br /><br />tootlesKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-1155781887196576272006-08-16T19:14:00.000-07:002006-08-16T19:31:27.250-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8046/957/1600/nano%20pic.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8046/957/320/nano%20pic.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Ok, here goes. Another confession.....<br /><br />I just purchased my very first Ipod. Yes, not only am I a semi-routine blogger, but I'm now an MP3 player user....I got an amazing deal on the Apple website for a refurbished Nano. So, in a week or so I'm gonna be a Nano mama....Woo Hoo!<br />But that isn't my confession......My confession is this......<br />wait....<br /><br />wait....<br /><br />deep breath....<br /><br />exhale.....<br /><br />ok..........sorry Mom and Dad but I used the credit card you don't know I have to purchase this product.<br /><br />Oh god....NO I DON'T FEEL BETTER. I feel soooo guilty. I'm sure that guilt will go away in 5 business days from purchase date tho.....<br /><br />On to more pressing news.<br />Yea, like you believe that! Like I have pressing news to tell.<br /><br />My good friend Julie is having man decision issues. Not about just one guy, but, gasp, 5 of them! She is kinda dating 5 guys at the same time. Good lord. Decisions, decisions, decisions.<br /><br />Only 1 more day till a 3 day weekend. I can't wait. I just have to get thru that 1 day. I get to play Executive Assistant to the President of FNG tomorrow. I really hope the big guy isn't there all day. He makes me nervous. And he makes me eat sushi. Not that I mind a free lunch, i'd just like to be able to eat that free lunch. I normally stop at McDonalds for a Happy Meal on the way to pick up sushi. UGH...<br /><br />Well better go. It's way past the bed time.<br /><br />TootlesKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-1155517474301524862006-08-13T17:47:00.000-07:002006-08-13T18:04:34.310-07:00I took the windshield off my bike this morning. Don't know why. Never thought of it actually till yesterday. Other than alot more wind getting up behind the shades, I like it better without the hunk of plastic in front of me. It only weighs less than a pound but I swear, that bike is lighter and handles better now. Went for a little ride tonight and I had forgot how much fun it was to pick dead bugs off the front of your tshirt, off your shins, and off your face when ya got home. Yea baby! I felt like Jim Carrey in the movie "Me, Myself & Irene" when he picked all the bugs out of his teeth...Great fun!<br />I've been a total slug this weekend. I mowed the yard Friday night, did a load of laundry yesterday morning and cleaned up cat puke last night. Other than that i've either been on the bike or on the couch. LAZY was the thing this weekend. <br />I'm so excited that the new season of Weeds starts tomorrow night! If ya'll don't have Showtime to watch this show, get it. So quirky and funny. Not weird like Twin Peaks but weird in it's own way. I laugh my azz off. Only 25 more hours!!!!<br />Ok, gotta go cover the bike cause it might rain tomorrow. Have a little desert and go to bed.<br />Tootles...Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-1154815967348482532006-08-05T14:52:00.000-07:002006-08-05T15:12:47.356-07:00Damn. I'm almost over due on the one every 3 weeks posting thingy.<br />Not much goin on since vacation. Same ol same ol, work work work. My life is sooooo exciting isn't it! Like everybody else I've been sweating my ass off lately. As I get older I just can't take the heat. UGH..I have no idea how I ever stayed in those corn fields detassling when i was young. It had to be over 100 degrees some of those days. Youth. In the past couple weeks I think I've only put 30 miles on my car. I knew there was a reason for purchasing that motorpickle last year! Tonight I'm going to a cookout. WOO HOO! No sitting at home on THIS Saturday night! Maybe i'll have more to talk about tomorrow...<br />tootlesKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-1152672322349913892006-07-11T19:34:00.000-07:002006-07-11T19:45:22.363-07:00I did a really really expensive load of laundry on Sunday night. I'd like to say it was crack head move #1 for this week. My last load of laundry Sunday night I decided to throw in the clothes I wore on Sunday. No big deal. I do it most every Sunday night. Except with this load I forgot to check the pockets a second time and in doing that, I washed my cell phone. 5 minutes into the washer filling with water I even thought were my phone was. It was late so I just assumed that since it wasn't on my body, it was plugged in the charger. I was WRONG. Not only did I wash the phone, I even threw it in the dryer for about 10 minutes before I decided to check out what the thudding noise was in the dryer. That's when I found it. Yea, great. It didn't work at all. I layed it out on the table for about 24 hours and last night I turned it on. YEA!!! It worked!! I couldn't believe it! The picutre stuff wasn't pretty but I could read stuff in the display window. It got late and I decided to write down all my phone numbers this morning. That was a mistake. I turned it on this morning and got nothing in the display window. I could make calls out and receive calls but that was all. So, I had to buy a new phone. Couldn't get a free one cause I had just updated my plan in October. Since I hadn't got the insurance on that phone, I had to pay full retail price for it. SHIT! So that load of carwash towels, a pair of jean shorts and a tshirt cost me $237. I did buy the insurance on the new phone. <br />So, If I haven't already asked ya, email me your phone numbers!Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-1151984692013232702006-07-03T20:43:00.000-07:002006-07-03T20:45:22.996-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8046/957/1600/windy%20day%20in%20San%20Fran%206-23-06.2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8046/957/320/windy%20day%20in%20San%20Fran%206-23-06.2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Here's a picture of little 'ol me in San Francisco. It was cold and windy as hell that day but I still got a sunburn on my face...Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-1151892754541865132006-07-02T18:48:00.000-07:002006-07-03T20:37:40.456-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8046/957/1600/Group25th.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8046/957/320/Group25th.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8046/957/1600/Class%20of%2081%20in%202006%20w%20Larry%20Littlefield.jpg"></a><br />Interesting how 25 years can mature people. I attended my 25 year class reunion last night. It was a blast! At first I wasn't really sure i wanted to go at all. Then Julie and Lynn said they were thinking about going. GOOD! I'll have somebody to talk to! Interesting because some of the people I talked to last night I can't EVER remember carrying on a conversation with in the whole 12 years we were in school together. That's a good thing. It was a fair turnout. About a quarter of our class came. Some came from as far away as Colorado, Florida and Tennessee. BUT, most of those still living in town, didn't come. Why is that? There was alot of covered up gray hair (well, from those of us who HAD hair). A fair amount of wrinkes and added/lost weight. I only didn't recognise 1 person. Damn this woman had gotten tall! When did that happen? We have our share of professionals, engineers, police officers, day care providers, general office people and even a liquor drinkin, cigarette smokin, Methodist minister. YEA, she's a freakin hoot!!!! The night started out iffy but the last hour we were there we just sat around in a circle and reminised about our youth. I was such an angel growing up! Our evening ended at 1am but I think we could have EASILY stayed there in that circle another hour or two. I have a list of everybody's whereabouts (for those we could find anyway) and that important thing that wasn't even thought about 25 years ago, the email address. I might have to drop some people a line one of these days. Heck, somebody might even Google me and read this blog. Who knows!<br /><br />Thanks GCHS Class of 1981, I had a great time last night!!Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-1151678559748073112006-06-30T07:12:00.000-07:002006-07-03T20:41:01.196-07:00Been 3 weeks again. Time to update the 'ol blog. And AGAIN, I'm playin receptionist. I hate this having to play nice to people shit. It's just not me! Couldn't ride the bike in today. It's a know fact that motorcycle riding is a leading contributor to bad hair days. And, since I have to be presentable today, no bike. I can live with it I guess. Might rain anyway. My car gas tank is empty tho. Payday isn't till next Friday. Not a good situation. I spent all my $ on vacation. But that's a good thing.<br /><br />Vacation was great! Very hard to come back to work. We did all the touristy things. Fishermans Warf, Cable Cars, Alcatraz, homeless people. I can't believe how many homeless people begging. And they all seem to have their own little spot where they "live"too. Things are pretty expensive out there. A 1 bedroom house is like $600,000. The federal minimum wage is something like what, $5.50? Out there it's like $11.50. Not that San Francisco isn't in our country or anything. No wonder there are so many homeless people. Food was pricey but souviners were dirt cheap. I'm glad we didn't rent a car because those people don't know how to drive! We got in there about 5:00ish in the evening so going from the airport to our hotel we got in some sticky traffic. The stinkin motorcycles were flying by between the cars at like 60 miles per hour! I guess it's legal for them to do that too! What a STUPID law!!! Yea, there is a helmet law but go ahead, weave in and out of stalled traffic. The helmet will save your life....HA! It would only take that 1 person that opens their car door to pour out warm pop, at just the right time, to send that motorcyclist flying over 2 or 3 cars.<br /><br />Already been thinkin bout next years vacation. I've decided to not take one every 6 years. It would probably be best if i take one every year now. So, next year I'm thinking Yosemite or the Denver area. Some place totally opposite of flat, hot, sticky central Illinois. Done Florida, Arizona and the north woods of Wisconsin. Texas is hot and sticky too. Out east, not so sure. If gas is cheap maybe that Hall of Fame tour I would love to take. That probably ain't gonna happen. Cheap gas! We'll never see gas under $1.99 ever again.<br /><br />Well I should probably hit the road. Internet Nazis are looming.<br /><br />TootlesKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-1149777467178447902006-06-08T07:08:00.000-07:002006-06-08T08:06:56.023-07:00I guess I've got a pattern goin now. Only update every 3 weeks. Well, this being the 3rd week I guess I need to do something. So here goes...<br />I'm being corporate receptionist again today. Yea, me, the people person answering the switchboard...great. Piss me off and I'll disconnect you. Hell no, I can't transfer you to Canada! I have no idea how to use the Nextel phone. Oh well, those people can call back tomorrow. The internet Nazis are at this company so i'm really not even suppose to be on here but phuck it. I can't do anything else up here except play games and seach stuff on the internet.<br />So what's been goin on with me? Like I just mentioned, Flex sucks. School got out a week ago so we have begun the summer clean the school crap. My boss there says it's gonna be organized and easy this summer. I laugh out loud. One good thing is there is no summer school this year. We won't have to work around anything or anybody for the first 5 weeks. Still a crappy job but it helps pay some bills. Hopefully only 3 more years of that. My boss came by my house the other night to take my picture "using" my new carpet shampooer. They want 2 put it in the company newsletter. Yea, that's gonna be a great picture. I still haven't actually used the carpet shampooer yet. Maybe this weekend. I'm waiting for a rainy weekend so i won't feel guilty not going outside. Might rain on Sunday.<br />The cats are fine and dandy. Boo is a little ass hole. Shadow is a lover, not a fighter and Rocky just wants to eat, sleep and have the top of his head rubbed. I had to take Shadow and Boo 2 the vet a couple weeks ago so I could get their prescription food prescription renewed. Shadow was wiggly like she always is. She had little ear infection too. Boo, well Boo has warnings printed all across her little card at the vet. They have to wear big azz leather gloves and some kind of leather apron when they hold her down. She is mighty pissed off at the vet. Infact this visit, they could only throw a towel over her and try to listen to her heart beat thru the towel. That was hard cause she growled the whole time and they couldn't hear anything but pissed off growls. She has "issues".<br />I'm going on vacation 2 weeks from today!!! Good God I can't wait! Goin to California. Ma is all worried that a earthquake will happen when I'm out there. If it does then it will be even more memorable then. I'm not worried bout it. <br />Gotta go. I'm sure i'm being watched on how long i've been connected here.<br />TootlesKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-1148263413503181642006-05-21T18:28:00.000-07:002006-05-21T19:03:33.516-07:00I know I know. It's been a bit since I posted anything. So what. I've been burned out lately. Haven't wanted to work, clean up the house, clean up the car or bike or anything. I've had a nasty, kick my butt cold the past couple days. Started hittin me around noon on Friday and by 5 Friday night, i was dead to the world. I came home from work early and layed on the couch. I had to take a couple cats to the vet yesterday and I don't remember driving to St Joe or driving home. Came home and layed on the couch till I went to bed last night. I feel a little better today. Good enough to get my fat ass off the couch anyway. <br /><br />I need a vacation. Good thing I have one planned in a month. Too bad I don't have any money to spend on that vacation. That freakin sucks. Got in my car today and the damn check engine light came on. That's really all I need. Tuesday I got a $800 bill for the drainage crap that is gonna happen in my front yard this summer. That's just peachy. Yea, I don't have to pork out the whole $800 right now, only $80 this year, but the balance gets 6.5% added to it each year till it's paid off. Lovely. If I go the whole 15 years, I'll end up paying an additional $400 in the long run in interest...<br /><br />Can ya tell I'm in a fantastic mood. Oh, 1 good thing. I FINALLY found a pair of tennis shoes that actually don't kill my feet. YOO HOO!! OK, time to take a shot of NyQuil and hit the sack.<br />tootlesKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-1146241013629047962006-04-28T08:37:00.000-07:002006-04-28T09:16:53.643-07:00Yea, well I'm playing Flex-N-Gate Corporate Receptionist today. Yea. Great. Love it. <br />I would rather work as a piss collector at Pit Run Park again, then be up here. I am NOT a people person! I can't stand answering the phone or dealing with people wondering in the front door looking for a freakin job. <strong>I</strong> need to be the person looking for a better job! <br />So it's been a bit since I last posted somethin. Not much has changed. Haven't had a tornado in a week or two. Last weekend was sooo nice. I didn't even clean the stinkin house. I felt guilty being inside. This weekend looks like the complete opposite. I'll get alot of cleanin done. A couple weeks ago I celebrated my 5 year anniversary at my part time job. Yea, whatever. Anyway, as a thank you they gave me some catalog to shop thru. I could pick any 1 item in there I wanted for free. Stuff is SUPPOSE TO be worth $350. It had stuff like a telescope, Trek mountain bike, JVC home theatre, jewelry, TV's, gas grill. Lotsa stuff that is discontinued it looked like. Anyway, of all the stuff in there I chose to geta free carpet shampooer. I didn't need another tv or home theatre. The jewelry was too small. I already havea telescope and would never use a mountain bike. I figured with white carpet and 3 cats that puke alot, I needed a carpet shampooer. I get laughed at alot but I don't care. I ordered it last weekend. Wonder when it's gonna get here. I could sure use it this weekend! So I celebrated 5 hard years with the cleanin company and this coming Monday I will be at this FNG hell hole for 17 years. Ya know what I get as a thank you for puttin time in here? Nuttin. Nada. Not a damn thing. I was suppose to get a 15 year plaque last year (yea, we're a year behind) but it didn't happen. Now they have done away with all that shit altogether. I love being appreciated here. Makes ya want to get up everyday and come to work. Moving on....<br />I get to go to a Cub game in a couple weeks. I'm looking forward to that. Get out of town for a day or 2. YIPEE! I'm not even a Cub fan. I'm goin with my buddy Lynn and a few of her friends. I asked her if I had to wear a Cub hat to be able to go. Luckily I don't. WHEW! I'll drink some beer and maybe put one on. Who knows. <br />Ok, well I gotta go for now. Maybe next time it won't be so long between posts.<br />TootlesKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11681615.post-1145325265796303762006-04-17T18:37:00.000-07:002006-04-17T18:54:25.810-07:00I know I live in Illinois and I should be "used" to tornado's, but, geesh, enough is enough. For the past 6 weeks we have been hit every other Sunday by tornado's. Yesterday being the 3rd, every other Sunday, tornado day. I got do drive thru this one. Yea, that was fun. My dad was trying to tell me how to drive. My mom all worried and all in the back seat. My hands had to be pried off the steering wheel. Yea, a most interesting drive from Kankakee it was. <br /><br />Since it rained on Easter Sunday we get to expect rain for the next 7 Sundays now. It's early but next Sunday looks pretty damn good. WOO HOO! I'll put some more weed killer on my grass. I think i pretty much have the thistle killed, now I'm on dandelion patrol. I also should look into fixing the gate on my fence. It's hanging on by 1 hinge. So redneck...<br /><br />I'm goin to bed now. <br /><br />TootlesKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332198266971703646noreply@blogger.com0