Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

I have been thinking about Christmas songs....It's hard to be in the Christmas mood when it's going to be 73 outside tomorrow. This will take some getting used to.

Preppy Granola

I spent Thanksgiving with my family in Austin Texas. It was good to see everyone and we did a lot of sleeping and relaxing!!

My older sister and brother in law are very healthy people and will most likely outlive me . We had a free range Turkey. (He only had one bad day in his life), went to a vegetarian restaurant for dinner, went to 'Whole Foods', and had Humus. I like to describe them as Preppy Granola. They are very aware of what they are putting in their bodies and where it came from and how it was grown - that is the Granola part.
But they take showers.....they don't have dreadlocks, and they wash their clothes after they wear them. :) My sister is also a big fan of M&Ms so Bob teases her that she is getting her vitamin M for the week.

This visit I learned two things. Grapes are one of the big bad 10. (or something like that....They are a really bad fruit to eat because they are pretty dirty). I'll have to look into that because I love grapes. Two - I like Humus. I was always afraid of it....Just never really wanted to try it. Well, I did try it and found out it was just Chick Peas ground up with sunflower seeds. Two things I eat anyway. I even got a recipe and plan on making it this weekend.

Yeah for new adventures

I need to go back to work

In the past 24 hours I have acquired the following:

DVR with High Def capabilities and 8 new High Def channels to watch (You're Welcome Bob)
Wireless Internet in my house (Yeah!! supper cool!)
A new compressor for our Air Conditioning Unit/Heat pump (Bummer)
A Nintendo Wii with Mario cart and extra controller (Merry Christmas to us!)

Luckily the compressor was under warranty so we only have to pay the $300 for the labor :)


I need to go back to work so I don't buy anything else.

Computer Genius!!

I am sitting on my couch at home on the internet! How cool!! We actually upgraded and bought a wireless router today. I wanted to tell everyone that our friend Mike is a computer genius. Bob hooked the router thingy up and there were some weird things happening. He calls Mike, and over the phone mike is able to trouble shoot, tell Bob what to type in to set everything up. Genius I tell you!

Thanks Mike!

Now we just need our Wii hooked up so Mike and Bob can share a Saturday morning Tee time.

Advertising Genius!

So..I have been traveling a lot, but through the same airports. Today, we went to Jacksonville FL and saw a very smart advertising choice. I stood at security getting ready to disrobe and go through security and I look in the bottom of the tub. It says "Phew, You wore your good socks today!" and it was an advertisement for ZAPPO's (a shoe store). Very smart! All the tubs had advertisements for ZAPPO on the bottom telling you to buy shoes from them. Genius! Captive audience, very large audience, catchy humorous message, very relevant because everyone it taking their shoes off and thinking about shoes....Marketing Perfection!

I think there is another place that is under utilized with a large audience. Trucks. Big huge semi trucks with big flat area's to advertise. Some trucks advertise their companies. You have seen the McDonalds and other trucks advertising what they are carrying or their company name, but I think someone should capitalize on this advertising space and start selling it. It's like a billboard, but better. The amount of 'traffic' that this advertisement would receive is huge! Both on the road and sitting at a rest area, or parking lot. Someone needs to get on top of that and start making some money.

10-key

I love 10-key. You don't realize how much you enjoy it until it is gone. I have been using my lap top at work for the past two months and cringe everytime I have to type in production orders to look things up. I will actually take what i am doing, go out to the plant floor and stand at a computer so I can use 10 key on the keyboard. It is so much nicer to type without looking down at the keyboard and hunting for the correct number.

Now if I could only find the guy who created the keyboard and introduce him to the guy who created the number pad on a telephone....they should have met much earlier and come to agreement.....

Dear Abby

Dear Abby,
I know most people write you around the holidays to ask the correct seating arrangement for certain dinner guests, or where to put the water glass on a formal place setting, but I ran into a situation today and did not know the correct etiquette. I was wondering if you could help? When you are in a public bathroom and the person two stalls over is talking on the phone, is it okay to flush or should I wait for the conversation to be over before I push the lever?

Thanks for your help and Happy Holidays!
Miss Manners