I'm Theifin' From ImpossibleJane Again ! ! !

Three Names You Go By
Liz
Lizzard
Elizabeth

Three Screennames You've Had
Sassy Southern Belle
Nikodemus
Mallikai13

Three Things about Yourself
I live for comfort
I'm creative
I've been known to be a bit of a free spirit

Three Things You Don't Like About Yourself
I tend to worry about what people think of me
I chew on the sides of my fingers when I"m stressed
I worry about my weight

Three Parts of Your Heritage
Irish
German
One unknown - assumed Asian.

Three Things That Scare You
Dirty monkeys
Not having control
Not being able to have children

Three Parts of Your Everyday Essentials
Purse
Laptop
Cell phone

Three Things You Are Wearing Right Now
Sleepy pants
Comfy shirt
Funky amethyst ring

Three Favorite Musical Artists
Dickie Chicks
Macy Gray
Elton John

Three Favorite Songs
The Ocean - Led Zeppelin
Sexual Revolution - Macy Gray
Accidentally In Love - Counting Crows

Three Things to try in the Next 12 Months
Get back into the gym & lose weight
Go to more concerts
Buy an SUV

Three Things You Want in a Relationship (love is a given)
Trust
Fierce loyatly
Being able to share a comfortable silence

Two Truths and a Lie
I was once shot with a gun
I have a nail polish obsession
I'm a beekeeper by trade

Three Things about the Opposite Sex that Appeal to You
Loyalty
Being interesting
Not being scared to be yourself

Three Things You Just Can't Do
Sing
Ice Skate (damned toepicks !)
Learn different languages

Three Favourite Hobbies
Baking
Painting pottery
Cross stitching

Three Things You Want to Do Really Badly Right Now
Wave a magic wand and POOF my house will be clean
Eat more candy from my Easter basket
Cuddle the kitties

Three Careers You're Considering
Navy pilot
Psychologist for the criminally insane
Veterinarian

Three Places You Want to Go on Vacation
Turks & Caicos
Japan
Australia

Three Kid Names
Clay Aaron
Aiden James
Anya Elizabeth

Three Things You Want to Do before You Die
Go to Ireland
"Really" swim with dolphins
Own & operate my own bed & breakfast

Three Ways I'm Stereotypically a Boy
I like to swear a LOT
I've been told I tend to think like a guy
I'm all about wearing jeans & t-shirts

Three Ways I'm Stereotypically a Girl
I like the chick flicks
I read the crappy gossip magazines
I LOVE getting facials

Three Celeb Crushes
Orlando Bloom
Julian McMahon
Edward Norton

Accent: A muddled mess of Southern meets NorthEast
Bra size: 36B
Chore I hate: Cleaning up crap that isn't mine
Dad’s name: Jim
Essential make-up: No make-up is essential...it's all optional
Favorite perfume: Hypnotic Poison
Gold or Silver: Silver
Hometown: Cocoa, Florida
Interesting fact: I have some crazy weird obsessions
Job title: Admin. Asst.
Kids: No Thank You !
Living arrangements: A house in the woods with my boyfriend and the two kitties
Mom’s Birthplace: Tampa, Florida
Number of apples eaten in last week: 0
Overnight hospital stays: Dunnoh...I was all of 7 days old when it happened...
Phobia: Nasty Monkeys
Question you ask yourself a lot: “Why not me?”
Religious affiliation: NONE
Siblings: A lovely messy family tree that branches in many directions - 3 1/2 sibs, 3 step sibs
Time I wake up: Normally between 5 and 6 am
Unnatural hair color: Not in many years...last time it was fire engine red....
Vegetable I refuse to eat: Beets & Spinich
Worst habit: ickin at junkfood
X-rays: Teeth & Arms
Yummy food I make: Gooey Butter Cake & Chicken 'N' Dumplings
Zodiac sign: Aquarius

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"borrowed" from Impossible Jane who "borrowed" it from Tracey Marshall Knows Swedish who "borrowed" it fromsomeone else, etc, etc.

Ok now

I've made a decision.
2 actually.
#1 - No, I'm not going to bake muffins to go along with the donuts today.
#2 - No, I'm not going to kill myself to get to work before the man who we're celebrating today. I'll get there early, sure, but I'm not going to do my original idea and decorate his desk. I've never even MET the guy ! And I think I'm going to have enough on my plate with trying to get 4 dozen donuts, some coffee and a huge basket 'o gifts into the office.

It's about a quarter past 6 now.
I usually leave around 7:30 or so.
I'll take off at 7 most likely.
Hit the Dunkin Donuts and mosey on in.

It should be fun today because not only are we doing this little celebration at work, but also I'm meeting Mel for lunch ! YIPPEE ! ! ! !
We ALWAYS have a good time together and I know it'll be nice for us to get together. She took the day off work today and my boss is out of town - so no pressure so far as time goes. Niiiice.
Aside from the rain, it looks like today is going to shape up to be a really good day !

Just Got Home....

A short time ago.
SOOOO tired.
And I have to get up early tomorrow to do the doughnut run for the office on my way in.
Fun.
I know it'll be nice, but I'm just not looking forward to getting up early when I get home this late.
Dinner wasn't until like 7:00.....so by the time dinner and dessert was done, the 1 1/2 hour trek home wasn't looking like too much fun.
I was dozing in and out while J drove us through the rain.
And here we are.
Going to hit the hay shortly - have a couple of things to wrap up first.
Night night.

Just one More Quote from my Movie Today ! ! ! !

"I hear they've got an assertive training class for southern women.
[looks puzzled]
Of course that's a contradiction in terms."

~Missy

Quote of the Day

I'm watching one of my all time favorite movies....
And I realized just how much I love some of the quotes....
This one in particular:

"I'm worried about my little friend Evelyn, she said her husband, Ed, would just be sittin around watching his sports on t.v. and she has the urge to hit him in the head with a baseball bat."

~Ninny Threadgoode "Fried Green Tomatoes"

Pet Peeves

There are a few things in this universe that really annoy the ever lovin shit out of me.
Today I got to experience one of them.
I went to the WallyMart in search of Cadbury Cream Eggs for my brother (I ALWAYS get them for him for the easter basket I make him).
Anyway.
I was in the WallyMart and I was standing in line. There was an OBNOXIOUS woman in line in front of me. Most people stand BEHIND their carts and then load the conveyer belt when there is enough space so that the cashier can tell where the previous order ends and your order begins. NOT this chick. She stood in front of her cart and refused to put any of her items on the belt until the woman in front of her was completely checked out and had paid. Fun, right? After loading her crap on the belt she still refused to move her cart in FRONT of her so that I could advance. AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH ! ! ! ! ! ! So, once there was enough room on the belt I went ahead and plopped down my stuff much to the annoyance of the heifer in front of me.
But I digress.
I haven't even gotten to my pet peeve !
The contents of her cart consisted of 2 bags of dog treats and about 10 bags of candy. It's one of these bags of candy which peeved me.
It was opened and she had to hold it and hand it to the cashier, explaining that the bag was open.
This has been something that drives me INSANE since I was a young child. People who GRAZE while shopping ! ! ! ! ! ! !
People who are apparently SO starved that they have to rip open one of the food items in their cart and begin to chow down because GOD FORBID they WAIT until they get out to their CAR ! I remember being a little girl, sitting in the shopping cart as my mother pushed it, and having her tear open boxes of popcicles or bags of cookies because she "just couldn't wait" and it drove me nutty THEN ! I mean COME ON PEOPLE ! ! ! Are you really that malnourished???? Or is it a issue you have with self control???? The only thing that night be worse in my opinion is those people who graze at the grocery store in the produce section. You've seen them ! The people who just "have" to "try" the grapes that they don't bother to buy. And, should they decide to buy them they're CHEATING the store seeing as how those grapes are charged based on weight - they're SMUGGLING some of that weight out in their STOMACHS ! ! ! ! !
ARG ! ARG ! ARG !
Drives me NUTS ! ! !
So, back to the WallyMart....
It was all I could do to bite my tongue and not yell at that woman and ask her if she was REALLY that HUNGRY that she couldn't wait and had to rip into the bag of candy and stuff her face ! ! ! !

BONE to PICK

O.k.
I'm all about "A Current Affair" being back on the air - I've missed it since it's been gone.
BUT !
I have a LARGE SIZED bone to pick with them after what I've just watched !
It was the "amazing" story of a guy who went on vacation in Africa and "innocently" decided to go shark swimming and was "lucky" to escape with his life.
Uh huh.
Here's my big problem.

#1 - They failed to mention the fact that the shark (a great white) was being BAITED as is typical during this new fad so that the people running this little "adventure" can be assured that the customers won't be disappointed.

#2 - The vacationing tool got into a SHARK CAGE - a round one - and not a very good one at that. Did he REALLY expect a shark that's excited NOT to bite the cage?!?!?!??!

#3 - The people doing the story made like this man was "so lucky" to get away from the "evil shark". The shark did NOTHING WRONG ! ! ! ! ! ! ! These assholes running the "tour" chummed for him ! And what did he do??? What any normal shark would do ! COME TO THE CHOW ! ! ! ! ! And what does he find when he follows the chum???? HUH??? ANY GUESS???? How about BAIT tied to ROPES ! ! ! ! And what does the shark think???? I'm gonna guess "JACKPOT ! ! ! ! ! !" The shark was being a FUCKING SHARK ! ! ! ! ! And it was the stupid guy's DECISION to get into the fucking shark infested water and "go for a swim" ! ! ! ! ! ! What was he thinking???? That the sharks would come swimming up to him and ask to be pet?!?!?!?!??!?!??!?!?!?

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR ! ! ! ! ! !

I almost wish my darling Charchardon carcharias had taken a chunk out of his dumb ass ! ! ! ! Then maybe he'd take into consideration the fact that HE invaded THEIR territority and MADE HIMSELF appear to be LUNCH - hence his experience turning out the way it did ! ! ! ! !

O.k., I'll stop boring y'all with my ranting and raving. I love sharks - particularly the white - and it really pisses me off when shit like this is thrown out on national television and gobbled up by millions of people ! ! !

Ready to talk....a little at least....

So, we had the St. Pat's party on Saturday.
And we busted our butts to get his house ready for the party.
And it started out as a good party.
Then things went down hill....
First one thing, then another, then another.....
I'm not quite ready to talk about the first bad thing to happen....still trying to work that whole mess out in my head....
But the others....
Well,
J's friend Sleezy was here and had decided off the bat to spend the night b/c he intended to get plastered.
J has another friend, PS, and she is known for getting drunk and acting flirty.
Well Sleezy, who's been married now for all of 6 months, was acting like he was going to jump PS's bones and was creeping both J and I out. J had to intervene and ended up putting her to bed in my craft room b/c she was too far gone to get herself home. Sleezy went to bed in the guest room shortly after. Just a bad scene all the way around.
To make things worse, the next day J told me that Sleezy was telling him his theory on sex while married. In his corrupt mind it's perfectly o.k. for him to have sex with whomever he'd like because it's just "getting off" and has nothing to do with love. He loves his wife and because of that he believes she'd be totally fine with him fucking someone else. Now, keep in mind he hasn't actually HAD this conversation with his wife - - - this is just his theory that he thinks he's 100% right about and doesn't have to discuss.
We went to their wedding.
I was trying not to toss my cookies at that event seeing as how I knew about all the cheating he'd done up to that point.
Now I don't know that I'll ever be able to look at him again.
J even said he had trouble looking at him on Sunday morning.
On Sunday PS left before we got up and Sleezy left shortly after J got up (I'd already been up and had to sit in uncomfortable silence with him).
Sleezy called J and "apologized" for his behavior.
We've yet to hear fromPS.
Whatever.
Things are just not good right now.
And I'm a bit of a mess after the event I'm not ready to divulge.
So if I don't post so much in the next little bit, it's just me being quiet and trying to deal...

HURUMPH

At this point....
I don't know what to think of anyone or anything....
Last night I was physically numb thanks to the alcohol.....
And today I'm emotionally numb....

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BIG YAWN !

So....
I'm a little more than exhausted this morning...
WHY? you ask.
Well, last night I stayed up finishing the craft room !
Granted, I need to finish the closet....which will happen tonight....
But for all intensive purposes it's done !
And seeing as how this mighty feat has been accomplished, I thought I'd share some pictures !

About the Other Night....

Um.
Yeah.
The girls and I went out for drinks on Friday night.
And BOY did I get the dirt ! ! ! !
Sounds like I got out of that hell hole in the nick of time, let me tell you !
This past week, apparently, was the week all the shizzy went down ! ! !
And it mostly was going down in my old department !
YIKES !
I'm sure Yenta's probably a borderline basket case by now...
And for that I feel badly.
I know she's protected to an extent, but there's still plenty of shit that could come her way.
Can't wait to hear what goes down this week.
Those poor people....

As for me?
I'm looking FORWARD to getting back to my new job tomorrow !
I LOVE it there and I can't wait to start my day !
Tomorrow is my 2nd Monday and I'm looking totally forward to it.
Imagine that !
Looking FORWARD to a Monday ! ! ! ! !
I never thought I'd see the day !
Yet here it is.
WHEEE ! ! ! ! !

Just One More ! ! ! !

Your Element Is Fire

Your passion and emotion are as obvious as the brightest flame. You make sparks fly, and your passion always has the potential to burst out. You are exciting and creative - and completely unpredictable. You sometimes exercise control, and sometimes you let yourself go. Friends describe you as sensitive, spirited, and compulsive. Bright and blazing with intensity, you seem mysterious and moody to many.

What's Your Element?

And Another ! ! ! ! ! !

You Belong in 1971

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What Year Do You Belong In?

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Tomorrow Night !

Can't wait for tomorrow night !
Not only am I getting together with my two friends for happy hour after work, but I'm also getting filled in on all the gossip of what's been going down at the old job !
It should be fun - even if there wasn't gossip involved - since it's the first time we've gotten together since I've left and I do miss them both SO much !
They're both wanting to hear about the new job and I can't wait to gush to them about how happy I am and encourage them to find the same for themselves.
So tomorrow looks like it's going to be a good day all the way around !
SQUEEE ! ! ! !

Snicker, Snicker, Snicker....

I'm SOOOOO glad I'm not in this situation anymore:



According to my sources, there is some kind of shizzy going down at my old job....
They're having trouble finding a replacement....
Not only that, but the temp they got in on Monday refused to go back on Tuesday.....
I can't help but snicker !
Maybe if they treated their employees well they wouldn't be having such issues !

Day 3

So, today's my 3rd day at my new job.
Yesterday wasn't too bad - I think I'm starting to catch on.
This company is so much on the edge of technology that I'm trying to get back to speed seeing as how my last company was the equivalent of the stone age. It's hard to not feel like a dope condsidering I'm a person who likes to catch onto things immediately and expect a lot of myself. I'm hoping that by Friday of this week I'll be up and running like pro (or at least a semi-pro).
Today my boss is out of the office and the woman training me won't be in until the early afternoon - so I'll be flying solo this morning and I'll have the opportunity to tinker about and get myself adjusted without anyone sitting next to me (nice and low pressure). It'll also give me the chance to get done some of the online classes that I need to do.
It snowed again yesterday - notsonice.
What blew my mind is that my trainer was like "that's it, I'm leaving and I think you should too" at around 4:00. She marched into the boss' office and stated "we're leaving now" and the boss didn't flinch.
WOW.
As I was packing up he told me to drive home safely and left it at that.
I'm convinced that I'm a little shell shocked from my last job.
I know, logically, that this is how it's SUPPOSED to work, but for the past 2 years it's been the complete opposite. I was in a company who would keep you there until 5:oo regardless of how bad the roads would be getting - they simply didn't care - and if you tried to leave early you were told that you couldn't.
I know I've said it before, but I'm going to say it again. My last job was like being in an abusive relationship. And now that I'm out of that "relationship" I'm a little over-excited about simple things that companies SHOULD provide their employees.
I'm also about the most dressed up person there - I'm so used to having to get "dressed up" for work but this place is all about the jeans and comfey clothes deal....I'm not yet comfortable with wearing jeans - maybe next week? I don't know. It's funny because I think they look at me and see someone who's "stiff" and "proper" but I'm really not....I'm just not used to that culture and I'm getting myself adjusted.
Ah well.
Guess it's about time for me to go get ready for day 3.

Book Meme - Compliments of Steve....

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest:

"RADIO BEACONS. Sea Girt and New York's Fire Island and Ambrose Lightships hold distinguished places in lighthouse history.These aids to navigation were the first in the world to operatea successful radiobeacon system."

Atlantic Coast Lighthouses - 4th Edition

How's THAT for exciting reading?!?!?!?
LOL
What can I say? I'm a lighthouse dork !
=0)

1 Down

So...
I got through my 1st day - - - barely.
I didn't sleep much so around 10 or so this morning I started crashing HARD which is BAD BAD BAD seeing as how I was in the throws of being trained.
EEK !
And here I am - still awake.
I'm baking.
The patentend Lizzie 1st day at work m.o. wasn't possible this today...
So it'll have to happen tomorrow.
What is this m.o., you ask?
When starting a new job I usually go in on my first day with a basket full of various muffins I'd baked the night before.
Thanks to my schedule today, that was impossible.
I'm EXHAUSTED but I have only one more batch left to bake (blueberry with the crumblies on top)....
Then they have to cool before I can bag them....
THEN I can go to beddie bye...
But not a moment before...
YAWN ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Hurry up muffins ! ! ! !

This Is It....

Today's the day...
And I've got next to no sleep (relatively speaking) under my belt.
The reason?
My nerves.
I had to force myself to go to bed last night.
And then this morning I had to keep making myself go BACK to sleep until time to get up.
Exciting stuff....
And I have a feeling this is just the beginning.
It's funny that I'm always scared to death right before something like this - but once I'm in there I do o.k. . . . so I guess the key is thinking about the "once I'm in there" rather than the jittery present?
Well, I don't have much more time until I have to jet.
So wish me luck and I'll update tonight !

Just Perfect....

J and I have lovely sinus infections.
Great, huh?
The PERFECT way for me to start my first day at a new job...
"Excuse me while I blow my nose and hack up mucus"
ICK !
We pretty much drifted in and out of sleep all day yesterday - but have been in "go" mode around the house all day today.
Hopefully the stuff I took will help knock this crap out of my system.
I have enough to worry about for tomorrow without worrying about toting a box of Klenex around with me as well.
UGH.

How to explain....

Sureal?
Perhaps?
I dunnoh.
I'm done with my job at THAT company.
I didn't cry once yesterday - I was grinning from ear to ear all day long and was HAPPY.
It was great !
But it doesn't seem quite real that I don't have to go back there on Monday.
Monday I walk into a whole new world.
A wonderful world.
But I think I may have to pinch myself throughout the weekend to realize that's my reality.

Final Day....

This is it.
My last day.
At it feels WEIRD-OLA.
My boss won't be there.
Heifer won't be there.
I'll have NOTHING to do - so I suppose I'll just have to flit from person to person and chat, huh?
I did dinner with the Mel & H last night - it was a lot of fun !
H gave me this HUGE bag 'o gifts - which totally bowled me over.
Tonight after work is the happy hour.
THAT will be fun, I'm sure !
I SOOOO don't want to cry.
Goddamned boss made me cry yesterday.
I want to be HAPPY today - NO TEARS !
I'm HAPPY that I'm leaving this crap-ass company and going to a REAL corporation !

3 Days Left ! ! !

And can I say how HAPPY I am that that's the case?????
After yesterday I was really ready to say screw giving them the full 2 weeks !
But the main boss is there today and only 1/2 of tomorrow.
Which is good.
Today I have to run a "giveaway" from 12 - 2 so I'll be in pretty much constant motion....
Tomorrow he's outta there at noon and I'm being taken to lunch at noon...
So it all works out in a really good way.
Then Friday he's not there at all and I can just do my thing, then do my exit interview at 3 and then make my rounds to say my goodbyes and go get lost for a bit before HAPPY HOUR happens....WHEEEE ! ! ! ! !
Happy Hour for MEEEEE ! ! ! !
=0)
I STILL haven't received my packet from the new job yet - which concerns me slightly....
I'll give it until I get home today then I'll call the HR contact I have to find out the deal.
I need some time to actually go over all the information and I don't want to wait until Friday to not get it and then have no one to contact and then go in on Monday without getting my benefits set up.
UGH.
WHY ME???

I am....

...a suckwad.
Let's just leave it at that.

Delayed Opening - Part 2 !

So.
I called the snow line BACK and this time they specified that the building will be opening at 10am.
O.k.
At least now I know the deal.
I will, indeed, go in...
Should J ever manage to get off his butt (currently lounging on the couch) and shovel out our driveway.
I'm going to have to head out around 8:45 - 9:00 or so.....if it takes me longer than oh well.
It's not like they still owe me 4 1/2 hours of OT or anything !
4 1/2 hours they won't pay me nor will they give me comp time for.
So whatever.
Now...
I must go to try to "motivate" J to get outside and SHOVEL US OUT !

Delayed Opening....

It's STILL snowing and our street has yet to be plowed.....
I called the "snow line" at work and the message says we have a delayed opening....
HOWEVER
It does not say what time they plan on opening the building.
Nice, eh?
Does that mean we're to GUESS what time we should go in?
The message was as of 5 this morning....
It's now 6:20...
So I'm thinking they must still not know....
Huh.
As guilty as I feel about it, I'm 1/2 way considering not going in at all today.
It's DISGUSTING out there and it's supposed to just continue to snow through the day.
The road conditions where I am are HORRIBLE and I'm going to drive 1 1/2 - 2 hours each way in that?
Hmmm...
Maybe not.
I need to wake J and talk to him about this - see if he's going to brave it.
Yes, this is my last week at this job, but I can't control mother nature and I don't thinking risking myself or my car is wise regardless of the guilt.