So, I am here in Tifton and it is HUMID...thanks to the south and to Fay. They got 9 inches of rain on Saturday and it is still coming down. I spent the day in a hot plant today and have decided to give up on trying to keep my hair straight. I have figured out that I can get decent curl in my hair if I go to sleep with a wet head and put some gel in it before hand. I usually only try this on the weekend in case it does not work. That way, I am not going anywhere in public so it's okay. I decided to try it tonight, but that means I have to buy 'product'.
I carried my bags on the airport so I only have 3 oz of fluid in my zip lock bag. And when at home I use the gel that my husband has. ( I think it was $1.99 LA looks or something....It was a huge bottle and it was cheap) Well, I went to Walgreen's and went down the Hairspray isle. I realized the last time i bought hairspray was when I was at Bradley. I am not a girly girl who goes to the salon and spends money on my hair. (I spent two years in a job where I wore a hair net and never had to do my hair.) Heck, I pay $12 to have my hair cut and don't have her dry it.
So, anyway, it was a battle for me to not gravitate to the items that were on sale or the generic. I went back and forth reading the labels and trying to ignore the practical side of me saying "Janice, you worked at a company that filled hairspray for a wide number of products and know that the only difference between many of these items are the perfumes, or the fact that a teaspoon of some odd extract is added into a 3,500 gallon tank just so it can say 'contains' on the label." I tried to be a regular consumer and read the description and let the commercials that I have seen pop into my head telling me which product was better. At the last min, I almost resorted to a buy one get one free. (I could have gotten both mouse and flexible hold hairspray from Dove for $4.99) But I stuck with my original Commercial induced impulse buy and went up to the check out counter. They rung up my items and the total came to $13.13.......hm....13 is unlucky....is that a sign I should have gone with the sale items? I guess we'll find out in the morning......
Monday, August 25, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
If you are going to run.....then Run
Okay, I have vented to my husband about this so I thought I would share my thoughts with you. This Bolt guy from the Olympics is cocky. Yeah he may be the fastest guy in the world, but all his 'showmanship' is getting on my nerves. When a guy is down on the track before his race and he looks at the big screen, sees his face and starts pretending to do his 'hair' and then does the double finger point and head bob to teh camera....that is just silly! You are there to run, run....don't go flaunting it around. I agree he is amazing....he is the fastest thing in the world and he accomplishes it with out really trying. But that's the thing.......he could set an even more outstanding record if he would apply himself. He has 4 more years to wait for the next Olympics. A lot can happen to a cocky 21 year old in that amount of time. He should be putting forth his best effort here, not showboating around.
Okay....I said it...there.....thanks for reading.
Okay....I said it...there.....thanks for reading.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
I'd like a drink please
This might surprise some of you...but I don't really know my way around a bar. I mean-how to not sound like a 21 year old ordering my first drink. (I had to call my mom from the liquor store when I tried to make a Bourbon Slush because I didn't know it was a type of Whisky.....)
Anyway....I was at a wedding this weekend for Bob's friend from high school Nick. (Nick was in our wedding - small blond guy standing up with Bob for those of you who were there) They had an open bar and I can't pass up bargain so I was going to get a drink. I am usually safe getting wine or a rum and coke. The only problem is I recently figured out that my migraines were caused by caffeine so I have cut that out of my diet completely. Therefore, no Rum and Coke and me looking like a 21 year old at the bar and not knowing what to drink. Luckily for me, my friend Lisa was there to help me out. (Lisa knows her way around the bar so she had a lot to teach me). I found out that I could order vodka and seven up with a lime and sound all sophisticated. (and Lisa tells me that this drink reminds her of Green Christmas lights because one year she bit one.....can't say I have ever tried that, but I can say that I know what they taste like if they taste like vodka and seven up with a lime twist....I wonder if the yellow lights taste like the lemon twist?)
Thanks Lisa! (sorry to share your story!)
So those of you wondering why Lisa was at Bob's friends wedding with me..here is the scoop.....Nick (Bob's friend) married Erin who happens to be Andy's friend (Lisa's new husband) ! What a small world! Nick almost made the trip to Key West and we would have run into them down there. I wonder if we could link to Kevin Bacon somehow?
Anyway....I was at a wedding this weekend for Bob's friend from high school Nick. (Nick was in our wedding - small blond guy standing up with Bob for those of you who were there) They had an open bar and I can't pass up bargain so I was going to get a drink. I am usually safe getting wine or a rum and coke. The only problem is I recently figured out that my migraines were caused by caffeine so I have cut that out of my diet completely. Therefore, no Rum and Coke and me looking like a 21 year old at the bar and not knowing what to drink. Luckily for me, my friend Lisa was there to help me out. (Lisa knows her way around the bar so she had a lot to teach me). I found out that I could order vodka and seven up with a lime and sound all sophisticated. (and Lisa tells me that this drink reminds her of Green Christmas lights because one year she bit one.....can't say I have ever tried that, but I can say that I know what they taste like if they taste like vodka and seven up with a lime twist....I wonder if the yellow lights taste like the lemon twist?)
Thanks Lisa! (sorry to share your story!)
So those of you wondering why Lisa was at Bob's friends wedding with me..here is the scoop.....Nick (Bob's friend) married Erin who happens to be Andy's friend (Lisa's new husband) ! What a small world! Nick almost made the trip to Key West and we would have run into them down there. I wonder if we could link to Kevin Bacon somehow?
Moving fun
A few random thoughts over the past few days from my packing adventures:
The movers were supposed to pack my stuff Monday and load it onto a truck on Tuesday...
Monday 8:00am - Me thinking ~There is only 3 of them....and they are guys.....they are going to pack my entire house in a day....what about my china....what about my underwear drawer ?~
Monday 9:30am - Packer 'It'll be a late night, but we'll have you packed and loaded today- no problem. By the way ma'am we don't recommend packing candles...I am going to lay all these on the desk here and we'll put all the non packable ones there.'
Monday 10:00am - Me thinking ~This is going okay, so far so good, they seem pretty nice and don't look like they are going to steal things like my co-worker had issues with~
Monday 10:28am - Me thinking ~why are there light bulbs laying on the ground over here?~
Monday 10:29am - Packer 'We take the bulbs out before we pack them, so you'll find bulbs laying around your house'
Monday 12:17pm - Me thinking ~why did they pack my half full bottle of Tide, but not my half full bottle of fabric softener that was right next to it?~
Monday 3:09pm - Me talking to packers in kitchen 'You don't have to worry about packing this food over in this cabinet. I'll be taking all of this over to my rental house' (Besides I thought, why would you put food in a storage warehouse for 3 months)
Monday 5:11pm looking at our driveway full of boxes and our house still full of stuff
- Me asking the packer 'Is this all going to fit? I don't think it's going to fit?'
- Packer 'Yes ma'am...it will be tight, but it will fit. The people before you in the truck went over by 4,000 lbs so it'll be a bit snug'
Monday 6:13pm - Me thinking ~what happened to all the candles?~
Monday 7:24pm - Me thinking ~ I know they are the experts...but it's not going to fit~
Monday 8:30 pm - Me thinking ~It's a good thing our house is by a street light... wait... Why are they putting a tarp around my already boxed up mattress?~
Monday 8:31pm - Packer 'There is a 4 foot section on the back of the truck, we'll tarp anything that does not fit and just strap it on the back of the truck'
Monday 8:57pm - Me walking into the driver packing my kitchen and reminding him that he does not need to worry about the cabinet on the left .
Driver "oh that's okay ma'am, I already got that...most of it should be okay"
Me thinking~ he packed the food? what was he thinking? there was a half open bag of pretzels with a chip clip in there, along with chocolate coated granola bars, and an open bag of flour and sugar. I am going to find rats in my box when I unpack it!!!!~
Monday 9:45pm - "Ma'am.....it's not going to fit. I am going to have to bring an overflow truck in here tomorrow and pack up the rest of the items. We'll load them into your garage for now, I'll be back in the morning"
Monday 10:02pm - Me thinking ~we have three twin mattresses in our garage...we only own one, and it is upstairs still...this is from the other peoples load....Janice....they know what they are doing....all of your stuff will some how make it to Georgia, even though it is on two trucks,and it has to be unloaded into a warehouse in Atlanta and then back onto a truck to go to Tifton, and someone elses stuff is in your garage...just go to bed and worry about it in two months when you are unpacking...by then you'll have your half full bottle of laundry detergent, melted candles, gooey chocolate bars, and rat nibble pretzels to worry about too........
The movers were supposed to pack my stuff Monday and load it onto a truck on Tuesday...
Monday 8:00am - Me thinking ~There is only 3 of them....and they are guys.....they are going to pack my entire house in a day....what about my china....what about my underwear drawer ?~
Monday 9:30am - Packer 'It'll be a late night, but we'll have you packed and loaded today- no problem. By the way ma'am we don't recommend packing candles...I am going to lay all these on the desk here and we'll put all the non packable ones there.'
Monday 10:00am - Me thinking ~This is going okay, so far so good, they seem pretty nice and don't look like they are going to steal things like my co-worker had issues with~
Monday 10:28am - Me thinking ~why are there light bulbs laying on the ground over here?~
Monday 10:29am - Packer 'We take the bulbs out before we pack them, so you'll find bulbs laying around your house'
Monday 12:17pm - Me thinking ~why did they pack my half full bottle of Tide, but not my half full bottle of fabric softener that was right next to it?~
Monday 3:09pm - Me talking to packers in kitchen 'You don't have to worry about packing this food over in this cabinet. I'll be taking all of this over to my rental house' (Besides I thought, why would you put food in a storage warehouse for 3 months)
Monday 5:11pm looking at our driveway full of boxes and our house still full of stuff
- Me asking the packer 'Is this all going to fit? I don't think it's going to fit?'
- Packer 'Yes ma'am...it will be tight, but it will fit. The people before you in the truck went over by 4,000 lbs so it'll be a bit snug'
Monday 6:13pm - Me thinking ~what happened to all the candles?~
Monday 7:24pm - Me thinking ~ I know they are the experts...but it's not going to fit~
Monday 8:30 pm - Me thinking ~It's a good thing our house is by a street light... wait... Why are they putting a tarp around my already boxed up mattress?~
Monday 8:31pm - Packer 'There is a 4 foot section on the back of the truck, we'll tarp anything that does not fit and just strap it on the back of the truck'
Monday 8:57pm - Me walking into the driver packing my kitchen and reminding him that he does not need to worry about the cabinet on the left .
Driver "oh that's okay ma'am, I already got that...most of it should be okay"
Me thinking~ he packed the food? what was he thinking? there was a half open bag of pretzels with a chip clip in there, along with chocolate coated granola bars, and an open bag of flour and sugar. I am going to find rats in my box when I unpack it!!!!~
Monday 9:45pm - "Ma'am.....it's not going to fit. I am going to have to bring an overflow truck in here tomorrow and pack up the rest of the items. We'll load them into your garage for now, I'll be back in the morning"
Monday 10:02pm - Me thinking ~we have three twin mattresses in our garage...we only own one, and it is upstairs still...this is from the other peoples load....Janice....they know what they are doing....all of your stuff will some how make it to Georgia, even though it is on two trucks,and it has to be unloaded into a warehouse in Atlanta and then back onto a truck to go to Tifton, and someone elses stuff is in your garage...just go to bed and worry about it in two months when you are unpacking...by then you'll have your half full bottle of laundry detergent, melted candles, gooey chocolate bars, and rat nibble pretzels to worry about too........
Monday, August 11, 2008
Goodbye 90 Country Club Drive
So, when we moved in, I felt like a snob.....'I live on Country Club drive'. But now, I am going to miss it a bit. I am sitting at a very empty desk, in a room full of boxes, and there are sounds of rustling paper and tape being used to make boxes. It's moving day. They think they will be packed and loaded all today.
SO, I am signing off for a bit. I hope to be able to post from work during the next 6 weeks as we find a place to use the Internet.
I have to tell you about my fun weekend and the taste of Christmas lights ;)
SO, I am signing off for a bit. I hope to be able to post from work during the next 6 weeks as we find a place to use the Internet.
I have to tell you about my fun weekend and the taste of Christmas lights ;)
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Carni
Every wonder why you only see one semi truck of a folded up carnival rides going down the road? I mean, there is more than one ride at a carnival. And you would think that they travel from one local fair to another in a group. Why don't they all caravan together so you see a lot of them going down the highway at once?
I won't even talk about how scary it is that a ride that whips you around in the air can be folded up on a semi truck in the dark by Bud and Jedd. Yet we still pay to get that bracelet that lets us on the ride.
I won't even talk about how scary it is that a ride that whips you around in the air can be folded up on a semi truck in the dark by Bud and Jedd. Yet we still pay to get that bracelet that lets us on the ride.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Tight spaces
Let me show you what we did this weekend.
Follow me as we go into our crawl space. Watch your head.
Hmm...I don't see Bob. Maybe he's around the corner to our left......watch your step.....
There he is! Man that's a tight spot......
At least he is still smiling!! Dad- recognize that light? It was hanging in our attic in West Lafayette for years! It has come in very handy for all of our projects.
Okay....so you are all asking what Bob is doing crawling with the bugs? He was running wire up our wall to flush mount a wall socket that was requested by our buyers. 
The entire project only cost $11.48 but it was brave of Bob to get in this spot.
Here is the finished product.....
The buyers asked that we treat the basement for termites, so that will be done next week and we should still close on the 13th. I think I am actually going to miss this place.
Follow me as we go into our crawl space. Watch your head.
Hmm...I don't see Bob. Maybe he's around the corner to our left......watch your step.....There he is! Man that's a tight spot......
At least he is still smiling!! Dad- recognize that light? It was hanging in our attic in West Lafayette for years! It has come in very handy for all of our projects.
Okay....so you are all asking what Bob is doing crawling with the bugs? He was running wire up our wall to flush mount a wall socket that was requested by our buyers. 
The entire project only cost $11.48 but it was brave of Bob to get in this spot.Here is the finished product.....
The buyers asked that we treat the basement for termites, so that will be done next week and we should still close on the 13th. I think I am actually going to miss this place.
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