The Space Between

National Holiday – should be week long

freebloggingwoman — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:57:41 +0000

This work thing is VERY over rated. I can’t get motivated this week and somehow expect that one of the 4 days this week I will??? I am a big fan of closing the office for the July 4th week and MIGHT even consider lowering my salary by a week to make this doable… almost.

This will be the first time EVER that I have worked on my birthday. It’s really strange. I have never in all my years worked on July 3rd. But tomorrow, I will be getting up and putting on work clothes and making my appearance at the office. However, it’s really hard to get motivated this week without it being MY day. Perhaps I am sick?? Cough, cough.

My red Japanese Maple…

freebloggingwoman — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:03:06 +0000

I consider myself a fairly good gardener. I have no garden per se, but I have a tons of clippings I took from my parents house scattered around the house in pots and I’ve grown them from clippings to fairly accomplished plants. They flower when appropriate and I kill about one in ten a year – seems about right. I’ve also gone as far as growing the tops or seeds of practically every vegetable I’ve either eaten or found growing itself when I forget to eat it… I have a pineapple plant, a couple of avocado trees and even a straggly little onion plant. Each spring I plant tomatoes and various other vegetables from seed or what-have-you in containers outside and I eat fairly well come harvest. There is nothing like tomatoes and basil you grew yourself with a little olive oil – can’t wait to use the stuff I picked up in Spain for this… however, I also have a little red Japanese maple tree.

I acquired the maple one spring day when walking through my parents’ garden. The idea was that some day I’d have a place to plant the tree and wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a red maple – they cost upwards of $100 for a decent sized one in the garden shop and at my parents’ there are actually too many to count. I would have a lasting reminder of the home they had for many years. But the little sucker is darned near killing me as I wait to grow up and have that place to plant it!

Each winter, I bring the little fella inside to avoid freezing the roots and killing it off. He loses all of his leaves and plays dead. He tries to torture me into thinking I’ve killed him. I debate chucking him and giving up. It’s very much like my relationships (I think I remember having one…) I spend many months looking at the splendor and revelling in the glory of if all only to think half way through the winter that I should just give up and start with another fella. I generally do when we’re not talking about leaves and bark…

But today I looked outside and saw my little guy in all his magnificance. He truly is a beautiful tree who one day will perhaps shadow my children from the sun and grace my lawn with all of his splendor… but until then, I just wanna strangle the little fella for making me work at it!

And I wonder why I’m single?

Weekends are way too short…

freebloggingwoman — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:47:08 +0000

I am hoping that at some point I won’t feel dread and disappointment this time each and every Sunday night. I don’t hate my job, I actually pretty much like it, but man oh man when do I get to retire? I mean, isn’t there some way of having someone to pay me to wake up late, sit around all day and watch TV? I’d be good at it. I think I just might be the best damned loafer there is.

But, every Sunday I have to suck it up and think – so I didn’t do that work this weekend I had thought I might and I didn’t do that running I planned either… but I can be proud to know that there is no better slacker than me.

We all need to take pride in our accomplishments. Oh and Paris gets out tomorrow, I think. Perhaps it’s ok that tomorrow is coming… at least we have Paris to look forward to!

Blogging for love or money?

freebloggingwoman — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:31:09 +0000

So I’m thinking about turning this blog in a couple of varied directions – I am seeking both love and money. The dating sites aren’t cutting it and I’ve heard about a few people getting their dream jobs by posting about themselves on web sites, blogs etc… So I am curious if it might be better to take this in one of those directions? Now, I need to figure out what either I want to do with my life or who I want to do it with… perhaps I need to think about this and get back to you. I’ll take suggestions…

the courtesy wave…

freebloggingwoman — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:53:56 +0000

I have to complain. I was going to try to keep one day of blogging to light hearted things, but I forgot. I have to complain. I KNOW I live in one of the top 3 worst places to drive or the rudest drivers or whatever, but how much does it take for a courtesy wave once in a while? I don’t think I’m asking for much. Just a little acknowledgment saying “thanks for not sideswiping my brand new luxury model SUV when I recklessly pulled out in front of you and nearly killed us both…” Or “thanks, I know it’s 9:12 and we both should have been to work quite some time ago, but I deem my existence much more important than yours so if you don’t mind, I’ll be pulling out so abruptly that you’ll likely have to slam on the breaks causing your work issued laptop to careen into the glove box and the entire contents of your purse to end up on the floor… thanks!”

It seems that only women have the courtesy wave gene as well. I don’t doubt some of you men out there who fancy themselves metrosexuals (or whatever) and who feel comfortable sporting a full-on pink shirt and not protesting that it’s “salmon” when asked think they have the courtesy wave under control, but until I see 5 fingers waving and not just the one, I’m not buying it.

Tomorrow, try a little wave. Thank someone for their recognition of you as a fellow driver, an individual, a real live person…And I guarantee then you will feel much better at the next yellow light when you are forced to lay on the horn as the idiot in front of you slows down like it’s a caution or something???

One last thing…

freebloggingwoman — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:45:55 +0000

Every few days I look at the blog stats to see how few people are actually reading this thing and how they found my blog. A few people come from friends sites, but the most interesting is to see how someone landed upon your page of all the millions on the internet through a search term. “Fear of clogging the toilet” was one I saw today. That’s just great. That’s how people are finding my site. Type in “fear of clogging the toilet” and up I come.
Awesome. I think I truly have found my calling.

Oh one more thing…

freebloggingwoman — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:38:15 +0000

If you need a distration from work and you have your head phones on (very important as it’s verbal – not rude, just you need to hear it) head over to www.youdontknowjack.com. It’s a little trivial game my friend IMed me tonight… I stink at it, but you might be good. Who knows!

Wow. This blogging thing is cool!

freebloggingwoman — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:14:16 +0000

My brother wrote a couple of books in the past few years on Information Architecture and Search so I shouldn’t be ga-ga over the comment to my David Meerman Scott post, but seriously, it’s pretty cool. I mean yes, I paid for the book and told someone else to do so as well, so he sort of owes me one, but it’s pretty awesome that he commented on the post… I know, the more people who post about the book, the more his rank is increased, the more talks he’ll be asked to do, and la la la, but being a total PR geek, I find it somewhat of an honor… now I just have to finish reading the book before anyone askes me about the ending or my boss does order it!

Off to read.

Sopranos

freebloggingwoman — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:28:32 +0000

For 8 years I have been hearing people ask did you see the Sopranos? Do you watch the Sopranos? I missed the Sopranos, but don’t tell me what happened I recorded it… and for 8 years I’ve been thinking it’s a good show but I couldn’t watch it everyweek. Once in a while and I’m fine… whenever I’m at someone’s house and they have cable (no I don’t have cable) I enjoy a brief show, I won’t say it isn’t good… but… come on people.

So finally, here, now after 8 years of not really understanding the addiction and not having anything to contribute the next day in the breakroom, I finally have the upper hand – everyone is complaining that the ending sucked. They are all in utter shock and some even tinkering on the verge of depression, but me? I could care less.

For this one brief shining moment, I am on top of the world!

jenny craig b*(&^T&s

freebloggingwoman — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:03:47 +0000

I’m so angry at the Jenny Craig gals… they take their scrawny little asses to the back of the center each week to get my food… pretty much the only food I can eat beyond vegs and healthy crap… and each freaking week they miss something out. Last week it was the cheese curls – one of my favorite snacks – but they didn’t charge me for them, so no big deal, right? But this week it was the fish and chips… who pays $6 for a toddler’s size portion of fish and chips only to return home from a hard day to realize they weren’t in the bag??? All day long I avoid going out to lunch, eat my food on time and in correct portions thinking mmmm, french fries – albeit 3-4 french fries, but potato nonetheless… now I’m just depressed. I think I need a pint of ice cream to help me get over the loss! (kidding, sort of)