Wine & Cheese ~ 63rd Serving

An assortment of breads, cheeses and two glasses on wineWelcome to Wine & Cheese, my weekly, Wednesday whine session.

Every week on Wednesday I devote a blog to whining. Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times.

I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.

I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.

I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile just a bit more than normal.

If you’d like to read the past editions of Wine & Cheese just click HERE for all of the past postings.

Sit back and join me now for the 63rd serving of some wine and cheese!

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WINE

:(  I wish the weather would make up its mind and pick a side…Team Winter or Team Spring.  I think things are off by about 3 weeks here, and so when it would normally be WARM every day, we’re still getting a few chilly ones with frost warnings at night.  While I love the smell of a fire burning (in the fire place) I am over the cold.  My sinuses would probably throw a party.

:(  I love the smell of fresh cut grass, but my allergies are not at all impressed.  Yep I am a hot mess and keeping Kleenex in business.  Very sexy, I know, but then no one sneezes with quite the delicate charm as me.  Time to double up on the Zyrtek.

:(  I have nothing else to complain about.

CHEESE

:)  A lack of things to complain about is a good thing!

:)  The weather today is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G, warm and breezy, blue skies….heaven help me to come back to the office when I run out at lunch, as it is going to be a real temptation to keep on going!

:)  I’m out in front on the Diva Den Biggest Loser contest, down 7 pounds as of yesterday and yes, I am gloating.  *princess waves*

:)  I have stumbled upon the Court Jester, he is attractive and very amusing.  More to follow on that. *wink*

:)  Yummy lunch today!  Subway 6 inch chicken teriyaki with cucumbers, spinach, black olives and onions.  No cheese, no sauce.  Baby angels dancing in my mouth!!

DESSERT

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Wine & Cheese ~ 52nd Serving

Welcome to Wine & Cheese, my weekly, Wednesday whine session.

Many weeks on Wednesday I devote a blog to whining. Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times.

I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.

I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.

I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile just a bit more than normal.

If you’d like to read the past editions of Wine & Cheese just click HERE for all of the past postings.

Sit back and join me now for the 52nd serving of some wine and cheese!

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WINE

:(  Okay, so it is my own fault that last night I chose to have a few glasses of wine.  Cannot say really that I had too many, but in having a few I was up later than I wanted to be. Again. (hush, Angeo, I hear  you thinking “I told ya so”). Being up meant I was online, on IM, chatting with a friend.  I am dragging today. Again.

:(   My car is still sitting, dead in the garage.  Unless I am mistaken and have missed something, I’m not holding the winning ticket to the Mega Millions lottery drawing from last night so it won’t be fixed anytime soon.

:(   My mojo has been nogo all week so far. Spring fever?  Could be.  I need a swift kick in the motivation.

CHEESE

:)   It is SPRING TIME!!  Temps in the high 70′s and low 80′s the past week mean open windows, birds singing as the sun comes up, flowers on the trees.

:)   We’ve been outside sitting on the deck again.  It rocks. I love warm weather.

:)   Warm weather means my friends that ride will be looking for fender fluff for day trips, *waves hand in air* over here, pick me!

DESSERT

As seen on the bathroom wall where my daughter used to be employed.

Wine & Cheese ~ 41st Serving

Welcome to Wine & Cheese, my weekly, Wednesday whine session.

Every week on Wednesday I devote a blog to whining. Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times.

I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.

I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.

I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile just a bit more than normal.

If you’d like to read the past editions of Wine & Cheese just click HERE for all of the past postings.

Sit back and join me now for the 41st serving of some wine and cheese!

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WINE

:( This morning I get up and what do I discover?  Facebook has made changes, AGAIN.  You know, if it isn’t broken, don’t try to fix it.  Really, it is JUST fine and we do n0t need anymore  bells and whistles to complicate things.  PLEASE LEAVE MY FACEBOOK ALONE!!!!

:(   I am SO sick and tired of rain already.  It makes for a dreary day outside which only makes for crabby kids inside this little home daycare I run.  It makes it harder to be motivated to go out and walk in the evening.  I mean seriously, I might actually MELT out there, I am  THAT sweet!

:(   I think I may actually NOT have allergies and MIGHT have a cold.  Though I’m in heavy denial.  Also, I do not feel bad, just tired.  The nose is running (thankfully there is Musinex D), my voice is quickly becoming raspier as it fades (my daughter finds this to be amusing) so I am really not sure it IS a cold.  All this rain could  mean the mold count is up.  Either way, it makes me irritable.  Which isn’t pretty. Guess it is better than it hitting me next month when I’ll be camping with the Count and his family.  Communing with nature in a tent is NOT my idea of camping, mine is more like Holiday Inn Express, so this will be interesting.  Oh I grew up camping, not a stranger to it so don’t tell me how cool it is, I know better.

:(   While I’m on the whine bottle, might as well toss in the arthritis that is acting up because of the weather.  It is in my neck, feet and hands, though this round the hands are by far the worst.  Very difficult to un-hook child car seats with it sometimes.  Grrrrrr……

CHEESE

:)   Our television/cable system is so darn smart!  I set it up to record/DVR The Backyardigans every day at 4:30pm for the kids.  I told it to just record the series.  I had no idea that when I said ‘series’ it would record it anytime it is on that channel, so it grabs 2 episodes a day, one at 8am and one at 4:30pm!  This rocks, even I love this show!  Without a doubt one of the best kid’s shows ever!

:)   AVON – I  know you are all likely tired of hearing about it and the great deals, but I LOVE this business! I am having so darn much fun and actually starting to grow my business.  I cannot wait to see how far I can go with it, after finding so many women that are working for themselves through Avon and making fantastic money doing so!  Oh and yes, a few good men.

:)   PREMIERE WEEK!!!  Finally my favorite TV shows are back for the new season!  I am loving having a reason to curl up with some popcorn and watch TV again.  There are even a few new  ones that look promising.

:)   Kindle and library books? You betcha!  Seems you can now borrow books from the library via your Kindle and Amazon.com!  I am SO excited,  though my own library doesn’t appear to have this feature yet. I am hopeful they will soon. Click Here for more information!

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Nostalgia: Device that removes the potholes from Memory Lane. ~ From Selah @athumper’s Twitter feed.

Wine & Cheese ~ 38th Serving

Welcome to Wine & Cheese, my weekly, Wednesday whine session.

Every week on Wednesday I devote a blog to whining. Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times.

I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.

I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.

I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile just a bit more than normal.

If you’d like to read the past editions of Wine & Cheese just click HERE for all of the past postings.

Sit back and join me now for the 38th serving of some wine and cheese!

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WINE

:(   Summer is quickly winding down.  I know it is only August 17th, but school is getting back in swing in this area, school buses are becoming a normal site again, and that is depressing to me.  I prefer the extensive heat to what  I know is coming soon, leaves changing and colder days and nights, and then winter. UGH.

:(   Cicadas..noisy little pests!  Not the 17 year variety that is  so famous around here, those  are years out yet from poking their heads  out of the ground.  But the current batch is loud,  obnoxious and makes sitting on the deck in the evening less than peaceful as they carry on  looking for a mate!  Get with the times,  online dating damn it!  Other than the noise they do not bother me one bit.  I was known, during the 17 year anniversary, to stick them in the offices of others that  feared them. Okay really rotten I  know but I enjoyed the screaming and running.

:(   Not fitting into my jeans very well of late.  Been too long since my feet hit the pavement and I got some exercise (other  than climbing over baby gates all day).  My son is getting married in 7 months, guess it is time to dump some weight and get in shape.

CHEESE

:)   Temperatures at night have been in the 60′s, perfect sleeping weather!  I have had my fan on in the window too, making it necessary to snuggle  in deep in my  bed. AHHHHH!  My cat won’t come in but that just keeps my allergies from going nuts due  to her sleeping on my pillow.

:)   Been getting my baby fever fix.  I have a 7 week old  in my care now. She is SO adorable, little princess chipmunk cheeks.  I get my fix if another of the Divas isn’t baby blocking me that is, but sooner or later they give  her back (like when she loads her diaper) then I hang onto her.

:)   I got my blue, sequenced gym shoes yesterday to go with my Colts customized jersey!!!  I am so ready for FOOTBALL!!!  Okay that alone IS a great reason for the autumn to return, football season! (but the only good thing!)

DESSERT

The reason women ask so many questions is because they have an extra why chromosome.  – FunnyOneLiners Twitter Feed

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Wine & Cheese ~ 37th Serving

Welcome to Wine & Cheese, my weekly, Wednesday whine session.

Every week on Wednesday I devote a blog to whining. Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times.

I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.

I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.

I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile just a bit more than normal.

If you’d like to read the past editions of Wine & Cheese just click HERE for all of the past postings.

Sit back and join me now for the 37th serving of some wine and cheese!

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WINE

:(   I stayed up WAY too late last night and now  I am SO T-I-R-E-D.  But this ‘whine’ has some cheese with it (see below).

:(   I really like summer far more than winter, and prefer the temperatures are HIGH, but really the current heat wave has been over kill!  SO humid and that forces the heat index up to feeling like it is over 100 degrees.  DISLIKE intensely when just standing outside makes  me sweat so bad I feel it trickle down the small of my back and down the crack of my butt!  Yes, nice visual, I know!

:(   Being down to one full bathroom in the house.  The wall buckling behind the controls for the shower led to calling in someone to check it out.  We figured there was water due to the grout not being good any longer.  We did not anticipate having to rip out the shower and put  in a new fangled one.  So, 5 women and one shower (as opposed to 2) is getting old fast.

CHEESE

:)   I did stay up too late last night but that is because I was out with my kids for ladies night at my favorite little neighborhood pub!  My dart game is improving (though it is still advised no one be in front of me) and many friends showed up too.  GREAT night!  Only thing that would have made it better would have been my honey.

:)   While it has been ungodly hot, even for a girl who loves hot weather, we get a break  now for a  few days!  Windows open, humidity is gone and temperatures are in the low 80s this week!!

:)   While we are minus a full bathroom at the moment, the new one is going to be outstanding!  New walls inserted, new paint color, and new curtain and towel ensemble that we cannot wait to have up and displayed!  Enough shelves to hold most all of the 20+ bath and body stuff we girls have in our bathroom too.

DESSERT

Glock announced it’s newest gun called “The Congressman”. It’s overpriced, won’t work and you can’t fire it. ~ Funnyoneliners Twitter Feed

Wine & Cheese – 36th Serving

Welcome to Wine & Cheese, my weekly, Wednesday whine session.

Every week on Wednesday I devote a blog to whining. Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times.

I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.

I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.

I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile just a bit more than normal.

If you’d like to read the past editions of Wine & Cheese just click HERE for all of the past postings.

Sit back and join me now for the 36th serving of some wine and cheese!

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WINE

:(   INSOMNIA!!!  I am exhausted.  I keep waking up at during the night, unable to go back to sleep for hours.  Needless to say when the alarm clock goes off, I’m dead to the world.  This has to stop.  I need my rest.

:(   RAIN – enough already!  The yard is a swamp, there is no place that isn’t muddy, and the kids want to go out to play.  Cannot even play on the deck if it’s raining!

:(   There is no more chocolate syrup in the Diva Den!  Seriously this is on the level of a crisis.  5 women, hormone surges of PMS and no chocolate syrup.  See the issue? Critical!

CHEESE

:)   Urban Dictionary liked my Zombie Texting definition and published it in their  dictionary!!!

:)   An ice cold Coke!  Coffee is great but just needed a change so grabbed a Coke from the fridge….AH!

:)   Chick-O-Sticks!  Haven’t had one of those in FOREVER!!! Found them at a soft serve ice cream shop yesterday.  Not something I like a lot, but just brought back some nice childhood memories.

DESSERT

Plastic surgeon: the only person who really likes it when you pick your nose. ~ Daffynitions (from their twitter feed)

Wine & Cheese – 35th Serving

Welcome to Wine & Cheese, my weekly, Wednesday whine session.

Every week on Wednesday I devote a blog to whining. Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times.

I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.

I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.

I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile just a bit more than normal.

If you’d like to read the past editions of Wine & Cheese just click HERE for all of the past postings.

Sit back and join me now for the 35th serving of some wine and cheese!

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WINE

:(    Beer and toothpaste are a a really bad combo!!  I washed my face and brushed my teeth last night, forgetting I still had half a glass of beer to finish.  Without thinking I picked it up and took a drink, BLECK!!!! The rest went down the drain…alcohol abuse.

:(   Akitas and cats do not mix and no the cat does NOT wish to meet the Akita even with a screen between them.  I have the punctures and scratches from the claws of Miss Ditzy kitty to prove it. More on that in a post later today.

:(   Seasonal allergies suck!  I have a feeling it is mold from all the rain (4+ inches in one afternoon) that resulted in a “river running through it” in our backyard and standing water.  My meds are doing wonders for the cats but not this.  ACHOOOO!

CHEESE

:)   The weather has been SO beautiful!  Breezy, warm but not humid, sunny and just spectacular!!

:)   My sister bought me the PINK Greatest Hits So Far CD….I LOVE THIS and have been playing it almost non-stop!

:)   I LOVE where I live!!  Our deck feels like you are sitting in a tree house, it is surrounded by trees and the woods come up to the back yard.  And many mornings we are treated to deer in the back yard, a beautiful site I never get tired of seeing!

DESSERT

Responsible. Who wants to be responsible? Whenever anything bad happens, it’s always “Who’s responsible for this?” ~ from FUNNYONELINERS Twitter Feed

Wine & Cheese – 34th Serving

Welcome to Wine & Cheese, my weekly, Wednesday whine session.

Every week on Wednesday I devote a blog to whining. Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times.

I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.

I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.

I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile just a bit more than normal.

If you’d like to read the past editions of Wine & Cheese just click HERE for all of the past postings.

Sit back and join me now for the 34th serving of some wine and cheese!

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WINE

:(   Mt. Washmore has become quite the…mountain…of laundry.  Guessing I need to make like I am going to start breaking it down and getting it in the washer.

:(   I STILL have spots that are red and tender from sunburn from a week ago Monday.  I should have known when I was up getting sick to my stomach that night, that was one somewhat serious sunburn.  Sunscreen sister, use it!

:(   I seriously need to get to bed at a decent hour, still haven’t managed to park my head on the pillows at a decent hour.  But it is grill out night at my favorite bar….oh to have the energy I did way back at 21 years old!

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CHEESE

:)   I treated myself to Chipotle yesterday…YUM! Was SO good.

:)   I had the pleasure of watching the Reds game at the bar, sharing a few beers and some pizza with my best friend last night.  He told me I looked extra pretty last night….as I sat there in my jeans with baby food spots on them and an old, favorite black t-shirt.  He is so sweet.  Hopefully I was able to bring him some smiles, he has been having a really rough week and needed to vent to someone that cared.  Oh, and if you are reading this, Mr. Wonderful, YES YOU DO!!!

:)   Mom is okay, just gave us  a bit of a scare.  No more of that, my dear mother, we have enough excitement around here, thank you very much!

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DESSERT

Be careful when it comes to reincarnation…. one time I asked to be a singer and I spent 30 years as a sewing machine.  ~ From Funny One Liners Twitter feed.

Wine & Cheese – 33rd Serving

Welcome to Wine & Cheese, my weekly, Wednesday whine session.

Every week on Wednesday I devote a blog to whining. Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times.

I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.

I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.

I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile just a bit more than normal.

If you’d like to read the past editions of Wine & Cheese just click HERE for all of the past postings.

Sit back and join me now for the 33rd serving of some wine and cheese!

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WINE

:(   I love our new washer and dryer, really I do!  Mega capacity, minimal soap and water needed for the washer, both sing to you when they finish washing or drying rather than some annoying buzz.  But really,  the technology exists, is it too much to ask that they send a text message to my cell phone to alert me that they have  now completed their duties so I could get things done in a more timely fashion and without the contents of the dryer wrinkling to the point of looking like we slept in the clothes?

:(   My sunburn is NOT any better today, and is quite painful when I have my purse or diaper bag over my shoulder, or the baby gripping onto me.  Really ought to be more careful to remember to apply sunscreen in the future!

:(   My car is once again legal.  Last night I put the new plates on it.  NOT at all happy that I had to give up my vanity plates but just could not justify the expense to renew them ($132 vs $58) so I will have to get them again down the road.

CHEESE

:)   Yesterday when we turned on the central air, it didn’t work.  Thankfully our HVAC guy was able to come right over and get us up and running!  I wouldn’t mind if it were just me but with babysitting little ones, the more comfy they are the happier we all are!

:)   My blog page is featured for the month of June on Blogging Women, a site specifically for women bloggers, a nice honor and surprise to find out this morning!

:)   A great night of sleep!  I put myself to bed earlier than usual and thankfully so, the sunburn is draining me and I needed the sleep!  Totally refreshed and on my game today!

DESSERT

Labor: a sign that parenting isn’t going to be easy.  ~ From Daffynitions Twitter feed

Wine & Cheese – 31st Serving

Welcome to Wine & Cheese, my weekly, Wednesday whine session.

Every week on Wednesday I devote a blog to whining. Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times.

I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.

I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.

I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile just a bit more than normal.

If you’d like to read the past editions of Wine & Cheese just click HERE for all of the past postings.

Sit back and join me now for the 31st serving of some wine and cheese!

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WHINE = :(

CHEESE = :)

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:(   Okay, I am SO over the rain.  I realize that everyone in my general area is likely whining  about this, but too bad, so sad, it is my post and I’m in a mood today.  I AM SICK OF RAIN!!!  SICK of being stuck inside with these adorable kids that just want to be outside.  I am sick to death of wading through a huge puddle to get anywhere once I leave the car.  I am sick of wondering if the puddle ahead of me on the road is going to be more high water than my car can safely maneuver through.  I am beyond tired of being woken up by thunderstorms all night.  The weather radio doesn’t even phase me anymore I hit it and roll back over.  I am fed up with it all.  Okay, I feel much better now.

:)   I am having SO much fun doing this daycare thing.  I have the  cutest kids to watch and they are entertaining.  Not to mention I’ve lost 5 pounds already just chasing and lugging around the 2 year old.  It isn’t the ideal job for my line of skills, but for now it is paying my bills and keeping me amused.

DESSERT

Deadline: an arbitrary moment responsible for creating the fine line between a paycheck and a pink slip. (From Daffynitions Twitter Feed)

Wine & Cheese – 28th Serving

Welcome to Wine & Cheese, my weekly, Wednesday whine session.

Every week on Wednesday I devote a blog to whining. Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times.

I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.

I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.

I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile just a bit more than normal.

If you’d like to read the past editions of Wine & Cheese just click HERE for all of the past postings.

Sit back and join me now for the 28th serving of some wine and cheese!

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WHINE

:( Still on the job  hunt.  I’ve been debating if maybe a career change might be in order?  I’m applying places for jobs other than office/clerical just in case.  I’m also considering going back to school and really going for something totally different.  Time will tell….

:(   REALLY ready for spring time, this weather is depressing to say the least.  I’m getting to the point where I may just walk with an umbrella just to be able to go outside!  I miss sitting on the deck for dinner, and breakfast on Saturdays.

:(   I have the encore performance of the cold/sinus/flu bug from hell.  Seriously, this thing is NASTY and mean and just doesn’t want to let go!  I cannot believe I have it again and that it is still hanging around.

CHEESE

:)   I am finally getting caught up on my sleep.  Not having to be up for work has meant sleeping in which has really been nice.  I must need the rest because I’m sleeping solidly.

:)   Things with Mr. Wonderful are …. well wonderful!  What more can be said than he is just a super person.

:)   Hooker time is in abundance!  I have plenty of time on my hands to work on blankets now and I’m enjoying that, though until the shop is set up we aren’t making any money.  But it is one of my favorite forms of therapy so I’m enjoying time with a hook and some yarn!

DESSERT

Gracefully: how you can age only if your health insurance covers plastic surgery. ~ Daffynitions Twitter

Wine & Cheese – 27th Serving

Welcome to Wine & Cheese, my weekly, Wednesday whine session.

Every week on Wednesday I devote a blog to whining. Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times.

I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.

I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.

I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile just a bit more than normal.

If you’d like to read the past editions of Wine & Cheese just click HERE for all of the past postings.

Sit back and join me now for the 27th serving of some wine and cheese!

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WHINE

:(   I really hate it, but I am job hunting again.  I simply want to find a decent paying job, hopefully with benefits, that I can put down roots and STAY for a while.  I am not one that likes to job hop, I like to get in there, put down roots and make it mine.

:(   The weather…really I am ready for spring to arrive.  Last week we had a few very nice, warm days and I was able to walk. Now it is cold again, and that 4-letter word (SNOW) is in the forecast.  I will go out and walk anyway but just SO tired of winter, it is so depressing.

:(   Angry Birds…the creator is a sadistic person, no doubt.  This game is SO addicting, I keep running down the battery in my phone playing it.  Snickering, helmeted pigs and furious fowl…do yourself a favor, if you have not played…DON’T DO IT!!!!!

CHEESE

:)   Changes…like cutting my hair reallllllly short just because I could.  Might have to stick a pink streak in it again soon too, until I find myself employed again.

:)   TV in my room!  Even though I rarely watch it, it is very nice to have a television in my room.  My son gave me a 19 inch, HD flat screen that he no longer was using, I love that kid.

:)   Online radio!  I am a big fan of K-LOVE radio, and I can listen online when I’m indoors.  I love that station, the DJs and the “positive, encouraging” music.

DESSERT

I posted this once before but it still  makes me crack up!  Meet Marcell The Shell  With Shoes On.

Wine & Cheese – 26th Serving

Welcome to Wine & Cheese, my weekly, Wednesday whine session.

Every week on Wednesday I devote a blog to whining. Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times.

I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.

I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.

I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile just a bit more than normal.

If you’d like to read the past editions of Wine & Cheese just click HERE for all of the past postings.

Sit back and join me now for the 26th serving of some wine and cheese!

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WHINE

:( I have to get this out of my system this morning…I AM SO SICK OF WINTER!!!!!  Sick of cold, sick of ice, sick of the @#$%^&*! SNOW!!!  Enough said, everyone is likely in agreement and what more can be said about Snowpocolypes or Snowmageden, whatever you want to call this winter storm nonsense!

:(   I am also tired of whatever this cold bug, sinus infection is, it is time for it to go bye-bye!  Finally was able to sleep last night without the aid of my Nyquil induced coma.   Now if I could just quit blowing my nose and feeling so tired I’d be happy.

:(   Brace yourselves, we’re going to talk about poop.  Cat poop to be exact.  One of these 3 felines has something very wrong in their digestive track and the smell is worse than anything I’ve experienced in a baby diaper.   Best diet program I’ve encountered, cleaning up a litter box used by a cat with a questionable issue in their bowels.  (See, one doesn’t have to be a mommy blogger to talk about poop!)

CHEESE

:)   ANTIBIOTICS!!!  The  single greatest discovery in medical history, at least in my opinion this week as it seems to be the only reason I finally started feeling better.  Can I get an AMEN?

:)   COFFEE!!!  I gotta say that right now nothing beats a fresh, hot cup of coffee in the morning.  All the better if served up in one of my favorite coffee cups!  Yep, makes your breath smell like butt, however what would the morning be without it?  It would be a sad morning without the hot cup of  java!

:)   SPARKPEOPLE!!!  I’ve neglected to use my SparkPeople account as being sick the last thing I even remotely cared about was what was being fed to my tummy.  But today we are back on the Spark, watching every little morsel that will enter through my mouth.  BRAVO ME!!!!  It is AWESOME and FREE and you will love it if you want to get fit, healthy, lose weight etc.  There is a link on the side bar over  yonder on the right –>

DESSERT

:)   :)   :)   Never do anything that you wouldn’t want to explain to the paramedics.  ~Author Unknown :)   :)   :)

Wine & Cheese – 18th Serving

Welcome to Wine & Cheese, my weekly, Wednesday whine session.

Every week on Wednesday I devote a blog to whining. Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times. I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.

I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.

I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile just a bit more than normal.

Sit back and join me now for the 18th serving of some wine and cheese!

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WINE

Phantom Poopers

What is with these gutless wonders that take Fido out for a stroll after dark so they can crap the mutt in other people’s yards and not have to clean it up??  This just frosts my nerves.  If you are going to leave dog bombs at least grow a pair and do it when folks can watch and glare at you, follow you home and know where to redistribute the gifts.  In fact, I think it is high time to pull an undercover operation and watch from the dark bushes, then follow the guilty home and re-gift it in front of their door so they step in it when they walk out!  Yeah, if you see a white van slowly creeping on you as you are out after dark ‘exercising’ your dog and leaving his calling card on the neighbor’s lawns, don’t let it worry you.

Pesky Peckers

WHY is the wood pecker a protected bird??  The little shit is making a huge mess of the molding boards on one corner of the house and nothing so far has convinced this  nuisance to move on.  Frankly, I think a pellet gun would do the trick but I’m told we could be fined up to $500 for removing this wing destruction expert from existence.  It may be cheaper to pay the fine than fix the damage he has done in a week’s time.  I want this feathered tormentor gone, so I am open to any and all suggestions, especially tried and true ones!

Brainless At The Ballot Box

Tuesday will be election day here in Ohio.  I swear that half the folks sitting home that do not vote, but bitch up a storm about how things are/are not, claiming their vote doesn’t mean anything, really piss me  off. If you didn’t get off your ass and go vote, shut up you have no right to complain,if it was important to you who is in charge, what issues get passed, you’d go vote.  As to those that DO go out and vote….if you are not going to the polls educated and informed, please stay home.  I worked the polls on the inside as a precinct judge for several years and I swear what I have seen is flat out pathetic.  I watched more than one person flip a coin to decide a candidate, others do eenie meenie miney moe (oh yes I did see it!), one that asked what the name of the candidate was that was such a sharp dresser (we couldn’t tell her, that is not permitted)….SERIOUSLY?????  If you do not know the candidates do not vote.  If you do not know and understand the issues you are voting on, DON’T.  The rest of us that take the time have to live with the results of your idiotic choices.  STAY HOME if you aren’t going to take time to learn!

CHEESE

Hugs…seriously nothing beats a nice, warm hug.  I love them and got a bunch of nice ones Saturday evening.  Hugs are very good things.

Smarties candy – brings back memories of grandma B’s house with many cousins in the summer, popcorn made on the stove top, mint iced tea in tin glasses, Marty and Joe calling the Reds game on the radio and Smarties in the ceramic tea pot in the kitchen closet.

Jack’s Pumpkin Spice Ale – because one cold one, sipped slowly, is the best before bed drink so far this Fall.

DESSERT

Women are like roads.. the more curves they have, the more dangerous they are.

- from Funny One Liners Twitter feed 10/26/10

Wine & Cheese – 17th Serving

Welcome to Wine & Cheese, my weekly, Wednesday whine session.

Every week on Wednesday I devote a blog to whining. Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times. I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.

I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.

I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile just a bit more than normal.

Sit back and join me now for the 17th serving of some wine and cheese!

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WINE

TRAFFIC TRAUMA!!!!!!

This entire wine section today is about TRAFFIC…as in the mess road construction causes for traffic headaches.  What the hell is up with this shit on I75??? I have never driven it that there wasn’t construction on it, ever.   I am SO SICK of seeing orange barrels.  Everyone join me now in a collective scream… AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! Thank you, I feel better.  Well bullshit, I do NOT feel better, but it let off a little steam.

Let’s start out with the road crew themselves, that are tying up the early morning, mid morning, late morning, lunch hour, early afternoon, mid afternoon, late afternoon, early evening rush hour, in the thick of it rush hour, late rush hour, late evening, late night, over night, wee hours of the morning commute.  I thought that there was some prerequisite that to work a road crew you had to be at least decent looking and nicely built.  Where are they finding these ugly ass, teeth missing, scraggly bearded, beer bellied guys???  Hell even the women look fresh into a morning hang over from the trailer park.  If I have to sit there can you at least provide something decent  to look at?????

And about those reduced speed limits in the construction zones.  You know, the ones that carry a double fine?  I’m cool with that, I get that we want these ugly pigs and skank ho’s nice work crews to get to happy hour at the bar in one piece go home safe to their family, but could someone please inform those driving the semis of this?  Those 18 wheel shit for brain drivers that are so far up my ass I think I’m a ice lolly on a big rig stick!  Honey that ain’t the kind of big stick I’m into, and I have that area nicely covered at the moment (T.M.I. I know).  BACK THE HELL OFF you idiots, I have much better things to do with $250 that fork it over to the county because you are trying to force me to move along.  I cannot do that when there is no where to move over because of other drivers that for whatever reason aren’t up for paying twice the normal fine either!

Now, who the hell picks the voice for GPS?  And could someone tell me exactly what crawled up her ass and knotted her panties?  I’ve not had the pleasure of her assistance prior to my trip to our Dayton office yesterday.  Not that her voice is unpleasant but insistent little twit, isn’t she?  “Prepare to turn left at ….”, then “turn left at …..”.  No “please”or “thank  you” for that matter, just orders and you are expected to comply.  Ever try NOT listening to her?  All was well until I was heading back.  The office complex up there is one way to traffic.  When I began my journey (backing out of the parking place) she informs me to make a U-turn at the first legal location available.  Well there IS no place, legal or otherwise, you have to drive around the building and exit, on the street behind the office complex.  She repeated the command to make the legal U-turn then got all snippy and told me she was “recalculating route”.  Bitch sounded kind of annoyed.  Seriously who came up with this?  And why is there no option for some very nice, studly sounding MALE voice that says things like “Hey there sexy, would you please prepare to turn left at Reed Hartman Highway?”  or “Aw princess, don’t worry, it is perfectly okay that you did not make a legal U-turn, we’ll just figure out another route for you, hang on there, beautiful, and I’ll recalculate that for you.”   Now THAT is a GPS option I’d like to have!

CHEESE

Despite the lack of rain, the trees are bursting forth in some pretty amazing colors!  Lots of golds and reds, not nearly as deep as they would have been had we not had such a dry, late summer, but still very beautiful.  I love driving through areas with lots of trees this time of year.  Thinking it would be a good time to start walking in the park to enjoy the change of color while it lasts.

Living in a household that is all women has some serious, major pluses.  Like when you are out of shampoo, just glance around the shower there is bound to be some other brand in there that will do the trick.  In fact, in the shower used by 4 of us Divas, there are no less than 21 beauty care items.  Several shampoos, conditioners, face washes, body washes, shave gels, and in shower lotions. It totally rocks!

Mid afternoon visits from someone special, who shows up with kisses, hugs and chocolate without even knowing that it is PMS time.  And all just because he is a nice guy.  Gotta love that! (And the outstanding, sexy view I’m treated too in seeing his totally hot self)

DESSERT

Okay this is a PG-13 dessert, those under 13 or without parental consent stop reading now, I’ll wait……

Gone? Goodie, now on to this.  Paging through the coupon sections of the paper Sunday my sister happened upon a $1 off coupon for any durex item.  They are the folks that make condoms and lubes. Pictured next to said coupon is an ad for their newest product, the Love-Box condoms in designer tins.  Yes, condoms that come in “discreet and stylish” tins.  Seriously, these things are just big enough and square to hold a few condoms and they are in all kinds of cute, designer, colorful tins.  I went to their site and could NOT find them. So, for  your amusement, I took a pic of the ad.  We’re still laughing about this 3 days later, Love-Box…really? Just what we all need, blinged carry boxes condoms.  I’ll run right out and get one!

Wine & Cheese – 10th Serving

Every week on Wednesday I  devote a blog to whining.  Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times.  I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.

I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.

I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile  just a bit more than normal.

WINE

Mobile Nasal Minners

I follow a blogger, Kristina, over at The Ten Minute Missive and she blogged about observing things people do in their car seemingly unaware they are being watched. Much to my surprise, one she left out that drives me bonkers is nose pickers!  Or nasal miners as she put it and I’m borrowing it because that is funny stuff right there.  And don’t you know, after commenting on the blog Monday, I am then headed to work on Tuesday morning and stop for a red light.  Glancing back in the review mirror I was treated to the vision of a man in his mid to late 20′s with fully half of his index finger buried in his nose!  I tried to look away but when I again glanced up at this train wreck he was holding his nostril open with both hands, trying to peer up his nose in his review mirror, then went mining for more!  SERIOUSLY???? Do you not realize that everyone around you is watching you while you dig in your facial cavern?  OMG and then? YES dear readers, you guessed it, apparently this is where he hides his breakfast because he proceeded to consume whatever morsel he found encased in his sinus cavity! AHHHHHHH!!! For crying out loud, if you must pick your nose, do not do this in the car and please, deposit the goods in a tissue, wipe it on your pants leg, whatever but please do  not eat it!!!!  I was tempted to walk back and offer him some wheat bread and a napkin from my lunch bag as I was pretty sure after that display I was not going to be hungry again anytime soon.

Tanning Bed Tell Alls

When I have the luxury of paying to fake-bake my ample rear in the tanning bed at the local vitamin D salon, I go there to relax.  I turn OFF my cell phone ringer, put on some bronzer, turn on the radio, the fan and lay back for a relaxing, 20 minute warm, naked nap.  NEVER fails as I’m in my virtual paradise watching Juan, the hot ass pool boy clean my cement pond, that a drama queen lands in the room next to mine and,  while worshiping the imitation sunshine on her side of the wall, she gets on her cell phone and launches into a minute by minute update on her soap opera romance to her totally bestest girlfriend….at the top of her lungs!! Just when I am about to seduce Juan out of his swim trunks the vision is gone as the Lindsay Lohan wannabe screeches out details to the entire establishment of her misguided love.  First if you must talk on the phone while tanning, lower the volume on your highly irritating voice.   Cats fighting is more soothing than the sounds coming forth from your vocal cords.  UV rays are bad for the phone display, and though mommy will likely buy you a new one right away if you ruin that one, you could miss an important text from lover boy if the screen ceases functioning, so maybe put that thing away?  Besides, some of us are trying to sleep and enjoy our well mannered, sexy fantasy guys over here, so STFU!!!!

Daddy Daycare???

I have a bone to pick with the dads out there.  I am SO sick of hearing dads refer to spending time with the kids, while mommy is away, as babysitting.  News Flash: YOU are dad, YOU are the other half of the parental unit, half of their biological gene pool.  Your time is called PARENTING. You are  not a babysitter.  You are their father, you are just as responsible as the mother for changing the kids diapers, feeding them, getting their meals, changing their clothes, kissing boo boos and applying a band-aid, anything that mom can do you can do too! You can load the dishwasher, do laundry, and care for the kiddos too, dad, your job did not stop at ejaculation.  Start acting like a parent and get involved with them, daddy!

CHEESE

SPIRIT WEAR In The Mail!

YIPPIE!!! My personalized Bengals jersey is  definite  cheese for me!   Made my whole day to come home and find it had  arrived,  as ordered.  I cannot wait to wear it! :)

Money In The  Mail!

Who cares if  it is only $2?  It is cash and with no strings attached.  Okay a small guilt string, a poll about beer (oh darn the luck) and they hope that the cash will be an incentive to respond to the poll.  And I will!  But yeah for money in the mail!

Banana Split!

We broke down and tried this new Mayfield ice cream we kept hearing about, and we in the Diva Den are SOLD!  This is good stuff, especially the Banana Split!!!  AND we get a free carton as the company is so sure you will love  their  product that they buy the first one!  Sure you have to send in the receipt and UPC but so what?  It was that good we want more!

DESSERT

While shopping for vacation clothes, my husband and I passed a display
Of bathing suits. It had been at least ten years and twenty pounds since
I had even considered buying a bathing suit, so I sought my husband’s
Advice.

‘What do you think?’ I asked. ‘Should I get a bikini or an all-in-one?’

‘Better get a bikini,’ he replied. ‘You’d never get it all in one.’

He’s still in intensive care.

Wine & Cheese – 7th Serving

It is Wine & Cheese Wednesday, the day I devote a blog to whining.  Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times.  I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.  I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.  I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile  just a bit more than normal.

Enjoy some wine and cheese with me!


Wine – 7th Glass

This Is The Way We Wash Our Hands!

I am by no means a germ-a-phobe but I do believe in common sense when it comes to things like using the bathroom and washing your hands.  I cannot tell you how many women I see use the facilities then run water over their finger tips before drying their  hands and exiting the bathroom.  These same ones then use the serving utensils at the salad bar in my favorite restaurants or handle  the coffee pot  in the office.  GROSS!!!  And men,  really, per studies in public restrooms across the country 50% of men did not wash their  hands (compared to 25% of women).  HELLO???? Come on guys, you actually touch that baloney pony of yours and then don’t wash your hands?  How many of you  fire  fighters do that and then go cook dinner  for the rest of the fire  house I wonder?  Or cops write a ticket and hand it off with all the germs you picked up from your dickie-do?  Ladies don’t get too  proud,  25% of our sisters are not any better and might be selling us cosmetics  at the department store counters, or pushing a grocery cart before someone else touches it after they have wiped their kitty and not washed their hands.  REALLY IS IT THAT TOUGH?? Wash your hands!!! Here are some hand washing instructions, including a video for those that are clueless about this topic.

Landscape Losers

Okay you mowing warriors, I’m really pissed off.  Anytime I have to give credit to the ex husband, he who shall not be named, Lord Voldemort, King of the Swine, it just sours my otherwise sweet disposition. (Just kidding Petey boy don’t get your teeny weeny man-kini undies  in a knot)  On my way out of the hood, I pass some pretty expensive, upscale mansion size palaces homes.  In fact several house local TV news and radio celebs.  These folks pay for a lawn service to come and care for their grass and shrubs.  I have no issue  with that, we pay for our grass to be tended as well by landscapers.  I’m fairly certain our boys are not charging near what these others are getting, and yet our lawn boys  are doing a grand job.  For starters the lines are straight, and it looks like professionals maintain our property.   I wish I could say the same for the more expensive in our area.  Today while driving out of happy land to work, I noticed shredded trash on  these palatial yards!  The bozos manning the mowers just rolled right on over disposable cups and other litter tossed by manure minded morons.  Not like it was a lot,  a cup  here,  a bag there, but SERIOUSLY?????  Does the homeowner have to pay extra for you to get off that standing blade buggy and grab the garbage  rather than you just mulching it into their grass??  I’d fire your sorry asses!  The royal ex-oinker would never dream of doing that, his customers lawns are a reflection on HIS service that they are paying for! Pick up the trash you bums!

Antlered Assassins

They’re out there, lurking on the sides of the road, well hidden in the trees and tall grasses,  waiting perfectly still until some unsuspecting motorist  comes by and then they spring into the road right in front of the vehicle.  Brakes lock up, tires squeal, rubber marks the pavement where the motor  vehicle comes to a sudden stop into the side of a deer.  While Bambi might  indeed have died, the car doesn’t usually escape unscathed.  In fact many  times it  has to be totaled from the damage caused by these creatures.  Do NOT be fooled, their beauty is masking black hearts of evil.  They are after us, out to destroy our cars.  They seek revenge for  their  4  legged  soldiers that have attacked and lost the battle to the 4 wheeled enemies we drive.  I know, my sister is on their hit  list.   The place was Stet, Missouri.  Don’t try to find it, we’re certain the United States government uses it for their witness protection program.  A 4-way stop sign with a pole barn for a fire house, gravel roads that  are numbered rather than named, it is  the boonies.  Driving to work one morning, from out of the  field next to her, a deer attacked my sister’s Honda Civic, running right into the side causing $3,000 in damage on it’s mission to take  her out, the 12-point, 220 pound buck sacrificed its life for the assault.  Some farmer  ate well for months, but she became a target of the Deer Assassination Squad.  Ever since that day she is  tracked by the hoofed animals.  Her  vehicles like magnets, drawing them to her.  Her latest encounter again she  won, but not without peeling fur off her front bumper.  Thankfully it was all the damage done, but this one was a professional, it skirted serious injury and ran off.  They are growing in number daily, spying on us (yes we had a ‘cute’ little one looking in the front window  last week), they simply must be stopped!  Hunters, load your weapons, bring me the steaks, chops and ground venison, I  have the grill and chili pot ready!

A Serving Of Cheese

Girlfriends

They come in all shapes and sizes, some younger some older, some are related to you, others are not, but they always have your back, your best girlfriends.  I don’t know if guys have  this kind of bond  with friends, but there is nothing like  a girl’s sisters  in gender.  They wrap around ya when the going gets tough, show up with chocolate and wine, send emails and  IMs  of  encouragement, and understand ‘chicks before dicks’ – never let a guy come between you and your best girls!  I LOVE all you ladies I call mom, sisters, sister-in-laws and friends, you enrich my life, and have made one of the toughest times in my life bearable.  XOXOXO you are ALL amazing!

Medical Science

My hat is off  to all  those  that have paved the way and those today researching, working with determination to beat those diseases that  rob us of our loved ones too early in life.  As my cousin’s 23yo daughter is about to enter a fight for her life, I am awed that in a week’s time they know what she has and are preparing her to fight  it, all thanks to countless hours and dollars that daily research and discover new  ways to combat cancer, among other things.  The medical field  rocks!

Prayer Warriors

To all those that daily answer the call to hit their knees or faces, praying for those they know, and many they do not,  lifting them up and begging God to intervene on the behalf of another.  I believe in the power of prayer, and thank you all for keeping so many in your daily supplications simply because you were asked.  Thank you all SO much!

Dessert

As seen on Twitter  today in a Tweet  from  @margaret_crymes: Martha Stewart: Making you feel bad about your inability to decorate with pine cones & tacky glue since August 3, 1941.


Wine & Cheese – 5th Serving

Every week for Wine & Cheese Wednesday I have decided to devote a blog to whining.  Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times.  I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.  I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.  I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile  just a bit more than normal.

5th Glass of Wine

Between The Lines Lame Brains

Parking lots  are one of those places I can find a lot to whine about it would seem.  Take the simple task of parking ones car.  Nice lines are painted throughout the lot designating parking spaces.  The objective is to pull your car in between the lines of a parking space.  Let me go slower for those that have difficulty grasping this concept.  Pull into the parking space, so that your car sits IN BETWEEN THE LINES.  One space per car, so two lines is the goal.  No parking over the top of a line so that now you have 3  lines to yourself, that is a no no!  If that  confuses you ask any 2 year old child, they grasp the no no thing.  Like many who park over the lines in the lot, they pay attention about as well but then they are 2 and if you are driving you are at least 16 years old so this shouldn’t be too complex.  Should you come across someone who has failed to get their car between the lines, simply flatten 2 of their tires as no one carries more than one spare park in the first completely available spot closest to the offender and leave a really nasty note on their windshield resist the temptation to park as they did, over the lines.  This throws the entire system off balance and upsets those  of us who DO  park in one space.

Phantom Poopers

These offenders of our parks, as mentioned in a previous edition of Wine & Cheese Wednesday, are lurking about our neighborhoods!  Disguised as friendly neighbors they commit a  terrible offense against their unsuspecting nearby residents!  Under the cover of darkness, either very early before sunrise, or just after the sun has set, they walk their doggies allowing their  little canine companions to poop in YOUR yard!  These rude,  doo-doo brained pooch owners don’t want to clean up their own lawns,  so they slip around like thieves in the night, crapping their mutts on others prized grasses.  Some are very bold, strolling along in broad daylight while Fifi squats and drops by your perennials then eases  on down the road like it never happened.  Then along comes your snotty nosed kid precious little angel and he or she steps square  in the deposit and tracks it through your house!   OH if only we could catch these phantoms and then we could relocate their puppy’s  calling cards to their own front porch square in front of their door!  Be a good neighbor and pick up after  your four-legged  furry kids,  please!

Express Brain Deficiencies

Grocery stores have done many things to make our shopping experience more enjoyable and efficient.  One of the best things since sliced bread is the express lane. The whole idea behind this lane is to get folks with SMALL (key word there) orders through the check out faster.  The express lane is clearly marked and most allow for 10 to 15 items OR LESS (note that does not say MORE).  Inevitably there is someone who failed kindergarten mathematics that will ease on into the express  lane with their cart that clearly has far more in it than 10 or 15 items.  Perhaps they are confused and think that if you have 4 loaves of bread and 6 packages of buns, that this is  ONE bread unit (all  of them are in the bread family) as opposed to 10 individual items.  This same person thinks 3 packages of chicken and 4  individually wrapped pounds of ground beef are ONE meat unit rather than 7 items.  One unit of breakfast food  consists of 5 boxes of cereal, 2 – 1 dozen cartons of eggs and 3 packages of goetta.   I cannot fathom such ignorance can see how they arrived at the register thinking they had 3 items (bread, meat and breakfast) and not 27 individual items.  They are  rude jackasses misunderstanding how this all adds up.  Perhaps they could ask any preschool  scholar in the store to count up their cart load for them next time they are not certain if they qualify for the express lane?

A Serving Of Cheese

Sanitation Workers

Trash man, garbage men, or the more politically correct  term of sanitation worker, doesn’t matter what you call them, without them we’d be tail deep in nasty, smelling trash.  Theirs is a most unpleasant occupation and we often take them for granted.  But tomorrow morning they will come and take away all that we have sitting out at the curb.  You men and women are awesome and I very much thank you!

My Hair Stylist

Debbie just rocks my world!  She  knows me  like  no one else.  She should be a shrink…no wait  she is better than a shrink.  In a short period of time every few weeks she  is a friendly ear that knows  more about me than my next door neighbor.  Not only is she a caring person that is one of my greatest cheer leaders she also is a hair artist!  She makes my hair look fantastic and patiently tolerates my ‘growing out’ periods that she knows are not going to last before she is hitting my locks and taking me back to a short hair style again.  I just love that woman!

Beautiful Sunrises

Nothing is quite as beautiful as the colors of nature.  Flowers, really blue skies and sunrises with bright orange and pink clouds.  Go it one better and see the sun seemingly rise out of the ocean.  God or chance, whatever your view, nothing compares to the colors of the world that are not man made, but created by the natural world around us.

Dessert

Airplane: a vehicle the Wright brothers invented immediately after driving cross-country with family. ~ Tweeted by Daffynitions and retweeted by FunnyOneLiners

Wine & Cheese – 2nd Serving

Every Wednesday I devote a blog to whining.  Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times.  I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.  I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.  I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile  just a bit more than normal.  Welcome to Wine & Cheese Wednesday:

2nd glass of wine

Marathon Weather Coverage

I have no idea if this is unique to the Cincinnati area, but I have about had it with the marathon weather coverage every time the wind changes direction.  In winter, starting with the first news cast of the morning and then for 4 or 5 hours and in some cases until the ‘winter storm’ has passed, the stations rotate around the city to various reporters to tell us that it is snowing.  REALLY??? I never would have guessed that with several inches of snow burying my lawn, driveway and sidewalk  it was not an isolated incident to my street alone.  If we lived in Ft. Lauderdale and 6 inches of snow began to fall, then it would indeed be breaking news.  But this is Cincinnati, in winter it snows, sometimes several inches, but this is NOT something to interrupt regular programming to share.

Lately it is the severe thunderstorms.  Breaking in every 2 minutes to tell the viewers who were tuned in to their favorite programs, that OMG THE STORM IS MOVING IN!!!!  SERIOUSLY? Did you think I’d miss all the wind, lightening and thunder outside. WHO CARES????  Run it on the bottom of the screen if it is a big deal but I really don’t want to see the second by second Mega Turbo Doppler Radar images as the fierce storm is approaching, I could not care less.  I own a weather radio, which often sounds before the sirens if there is a tornado warning issued.  I don’t need the weather men telling me every few minutes  that this storm MIGHT  produce a tornado and  that I need to take shelter.  Don’t get me wrong, a tornado is indeed a big hairy deal, but I do not need you showing me the progress of every damn storm moving across the viewing area. Stop interrupting my favorite shows for this ALL evening long. If  you must give us gust by gust account could  you run it on the bottom of the screen and stop  showing us the radar image???

Unhappy Meals

I caught sight of this one on a local news  channel.  It seems the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is threatening to sue McDonald’s over the toys they put in Happy Meals.   They feel McDonalds is using the toys to get kids to nag mommy and daddy to go there so they can get the toy.  The concern is  not the toy, but that the kids will chose the unhealthy version of the meals once there and not eat what is best for them.  REALLY????  Of course the toy is a lure, big deal!  Last I checked you could purchase the toy on its own apart from the meal.  In fact I’ve been known to go buy just the toys myself, and have a bunch of  them on my desk  and more in a box in the closet. I LIKE some of the toys, and frankly the Happy Meal isn’t bad either!  But that is not my whine here.  Who the  heck is CSPI to try to tell  McDonald’s  how they can market to me as a parent?  I am the one in charge of what my child eats, not them!  If I chose to take my kids to fast food establishments every day for 3 meals a day that is MY concern, not theirs.  I’m so sick of personal responsibility being shucked  and  blame being placed on the wrong parties.  If I am over  weight that is MY fault.  If my children are over weight, again that is MY fault, assuming that they are  under my care.  Anyone who has ever walked through the grocery store is aware of the produce section full of fruits and vegetables, among other healthy food choices throughout the aisles.  You can put the selections within reach but you cannot  force people to chose those  items.  McDonald’s Happy Meals have apple slices and milk as options, but you know what? If I am going there for lunch I want the french fries and a soda.  Stop trying to force your standards  down my throat.  I’ve had it with this whole “takes a village to raise a child’ concept, because frankly I am not at all impressed with what the village has been putting out the past 2 decades.  Back off and let parents raise their  kids and leave my toys in the Happy Meals  alone! Of COURSE  that is why I go there, the toy!!!   For  more information see the story for yourself.

Preschool  Politics

Instead of taking things up with the person(s)  that they have a gripe with, people tend to discuss it with someone else that may have little or no control over the situation.  Why is this???  For example: I’m a 47 year old woman.  I’ve been married twice now.  I wear big girl panties and shoes.  I am a grown up and while I may not always conduct myself in the most mature fashion, I am an adult.  What I write in my blogs is my business and concern.  My blogs are MY thoughts, MY perspectives, what I want to write about.  They are not the concern of my ex-husband-to-be, he no longer has any say in my life.  And yet someone who reads my writings and has issues with them,  feels the need to address my ex over things I, MARTI, write about.  If you have a problem with anything I post here, I have published my email address in the About Marvi Marti portion of my blog (just click it at the top of any page), feel free to contact me.  No more tattle tales to Pete about my blog content, please you need to stop.  Grow a pair, man/woman up and contact ME in the future,  we aren’t in preschool any longer.

A Serving Of Cheese

To those sitting in bumper to bumper traffic, that allow others to merge into the flow, I thank you!! You kind souls deserve a clean windshield free of  birdie  droppings for your thoughtfulness to other drivers.

Thanks to the lady who turned and handed off a coupon you had, that you did not use, for something you spied among the items I was  purchasing.  You are a gem, may you never again chose the grocery cart that has a wobbly wheel!

Hats off  to those that  not only put their own trash cans away after the garbage man comes, but take the time to put your neighbor’s away as well, you are the best!  Those little things make the street a great place to live.

DESSERT

As tweeted Tuesday, June 22, by FUNNYONELINERS:

Judging by the sorry state of my underwear, today’s the day I have my big car crash.