So I am going to upload some more pictures to MySpace...

...and I have noticed that I don't have very many of ME. I went through 2 discs worth and there are like 4 pictures of me. Why? I take them all.

It was like that with my Dad. We really don't have many pictures of him. Most of the ones I do have were taken by me as a teen and when Courtney was a baby.

So I have a new mission. To be in more pictures, even though I HATE having my picture taken.

We will see if that mission goes better than the blog thing. hehe

Lenscrafters has my number.

So, Tom and I went for eye exams last week sometime. He needs glasses and I would fall over an SUV without my lenses. We go, we get examined. I have the worst eyesight of anyone I know, so I had to get the whole retinal photo/dilation thing. I also wear contacts on occasion, so I had to get fitted for new ones. At the end of the day, I ended up spending $314 and I didn't leave with anything but an exam. Tom has glasses ordered.

Before we left, though, they tell me about ordering contacts, which I am have to do. My contacts are $40 a box (you need 2 boxes minimum, one for each eye). This is considered 3 months worth. So then they tell me I can get a year's worth for $279, with a $60 mail-in rebate. So $219 for 8 boxes total (4 for each eye). That is $27 a box! How in the hell can I pass that up? Of course, I wear contacts when we are in Florida and then approximately 3 days a year otherwise. So for me, 8 boxes will last me until Gainey graduates from high school.

So now I am thinking, screw them. I will order from our insurance at $29 a box and just get 1/2 of those. But they reeled me in with the deal, dammit. I think they smelled the fact that there was no way in hell I would spend $80 for 2 measly boxes when they dangled that "for only $140 more, you get 6 more boxes!"

Ugh. But since my insurance will sell them to me for only $29, I am going with that.

This is a horrible post. I will try to get something better up here later. This is why I don't post during the day usually. It never goes well.

Miss Spider: Kind adoptive mom or raising future food?

I am so sick of Noggin I could gouge out my own eyes. I won't get all into it, but I have a few comments:
1. I find it deeply disturbing that Miss Spider is raising bugs as her children that spiders normally eat. They show her saving seeds for the winter. Yeah, right. She is going to fatten up those kids and eat them. I know it.
2. Little Bill is annoying. That's it.
3. Yo Gabba Gabba scares the hell out of me. And that big reddish brown thing with the nubs on it. That is a dildo, isn't it? If not, it sure looks like one. And if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, well.....
4. I want to punch Dora. I don't know why, but I do. I guess that tells you a lot about my personality.
5. Wonder Pets. Why do they have a duck that talks with a speech impediment?? I am trying to teach my kids to NOT say things like "Twadgedy." It is TRadgedy. Damnit. Someone get that Ming Ming to a speech therapist. That is probably who sponsors the show. The Speech Therapists' Association. They were running short of clients.
6. Oobi. Someone decided to make a show. They could not afford puppets, so they just glued eyes to their hands. It is freaky. My son loves it. Me....Oobi.....lame.
7. Max and Ruby. This one is cute and funny. BUT. Where the hell are their parents? Are they dead? Are they drug addicts who leave the kids to go on crack runs? Ruby should be nicer to Max. And Louise is kind of a bitch.
8. Oswald. Octopus. Lives upstairs from a Penguin, who is voiced by Squiggy from Laverne and Shirley. Oswald has a dog named Weenie, who is a hot dog. Best line EVER: "Henry, I am going to take Weenie to the park to play." I hope Big City does not have a vice squad or Oswald is going to need bail.
Anyway, that is my Noggin rant. I am sure people disagree with me, but seriously, I can only take so much of it.

So, I managed to get back to the blog. Hooray! I am sure the 1 person who reads this is giddy with excitement.

I have a cough. Not a normal cough. A "Oh crap, I am going to turn blue and die before I can breathe in again" kind of cough. I had a cold last week. It went away. Today, I started hacking up a kidney. If I don't break a rib coughing tonight, I think I may venture to the doctor tomorrow.

Speaking of doctors, since I work about 28 of 40 hours on the weekend, Sunday night is the perfect time to bitch a little about work. A couple notes for the doctors: It is not necessary, Dr. whoever, to say "otherwise" at the beginning of every sentence. If you keep doing it, I will start typing every "otherwise" you utter and your medical reports will make you look like the idiot you are. It takes time out of my day listening to 145 "otherwises" and frankly, it is an annoying habit. STOP IT. Also, Dr. suchandsuch, don't spell things unless you KNOW how to spell them. You spell medications wrong all the time and it makes me thankful that you do not practice in my city. And lastly for tonight, Dr. anywho, you do know how to spell. However, I find it somewhat insulting when you dictate 26 letter words and do not spell them out, but then proceed to spell things like "heart block" for me. I am not an idiot. If I know how to spell esophagogastroduodenoscopy, I also know how to spell BLOCK. ---eye roll--- Oh, and I know I said that was the last, but for both doctors, and anyone else who spends a lot of time on the phone with people: Chewing is a nasty, nasty sound over the phone. So is snorting snot up into your nose. Hit pause or mute when you do those things. Cuz all I am thinking is "ewww what a skank."

So that is my complaint post for the night. I was going to make this a marathon post, but I have a hankering to play pogo and watch law and order reruns. I love that show. Criminal Intent is my favorite, but I also like the original. Jesse L. Martin is on there and I am a huge fan of his. He and I were in a musical together when I was about 13. Great guy. When he first joined the cast, I kept saying he looked so familiar to me, but I just could not place him. Then, he finally grinned on an episode and BAM. That smile. I am so happy to see that he is successful. He truly deserves it. He was a great guy back then. My father even liked him and he hated almost every teenage male I spoke to.

CI is on tonight and I have some Vincent D'Onofrio worshipping to do. TTFN!

Worst.....blogger.....ever!

Yup, that's me!! Okay, so I pawned everyone off on Robin(Delswife) and slacked off for 2...3 weeks. It's a free internet!

I have been pretty busy. I am in the process of searching for another job. Right now the prospects include Southwest Airlines (I really want this job) and doing the unit secretary thing per diem for one of the hospitals. I didn't think I would be too jazzed about the hospital, but I met the bosses today and they are great. I think I would really like it there.

I also applied for a position with the feds, but it could be years before I hear from them.

So, I decided I was sick of being a hermit and have ventured out into the world. I am keeping my current job, since I do love it, even though I bitch and moan about it all the time.

I also had a mini-sob fest. The school sent the paperwork for Gainey to start kindergarten. I am just not ready.

Anyway, just a short, ramble post tonight. I have work to do. I will try to get back on this weekend and tell you why I need a lawyer, a rug cleaner, and an ankle monitoring bracelet.

Toodles!

Use the link over yonder, you will be a happier person for it.

I am not the type to advertise as a rule. But there is some funny shit going on and if you have sat through my crap on this blog, I think you deserve some actual entertainment. Over on the right side there I have a link to a blog. The blog is posted by Delswife. She and her husband, Del, are moving to Florida. They need gas money. She is selling stuff on Ebay. The auctions will make you laugh your ass off.

Go visit her blog. There are links to her auctions. Click, read, die laughing and maybe even buy something.

PS- I seriously considered purchasing the Tony Stewart bobblehead. But frankly, the thing gives me the willies.

Enjoy!!!