How Far Would You Go?

If you needed something that was not only important but cosmetically important, how far would you go to get it? I heard of this person who is traveling across the country to Orange NJ dental implants. Now, I don't know where in their mouth they need them but that must be one heck of a dentist/surgeon! I'm not sure how far I would go for implants...maybe if it was hindering my eating I would but otherwise...I don't really go out and I don't HAVE to smile in public...LOL!

DH's New Business Idea

Since he's having a heck of a time finding a job, DH has decided that he may want to start his own garden maintence business. I think it's great but I'm not sure that he'll be able to handle it especially alone. His body is so out of whack that it makes it hard for him to do normally things everyday so how's he going to do this alone? I am happy for him and all his excitement but that does worry me.

Now all I hear is stuff about equiptment, trucks, and truck accessories. "Joy". LOL He's trying to figure out all of the things he needs and their cost but I know that his "investor" (dad) will have some way of screwing this all up and it will probably end up being a no go. I hate to see him get his hopes up for nothing and hopefully this time it will be different.

Car Geek

My cousin some how became a spitting image of his dad as he's grown up. He's wanting to go into engineering of some kind, is a total nerd, and is WAY into cars. They've made it a tradition to go to the annual car show here every Thanksgiving instead of having a dinner (which is fine by us since we don't care for them much). The only things that I've heard from him in recent years is car stuff...make and models, "exciting" new design, Ferrari parts or how to fix/upgrade such and such. I swear the kid doesn't talk about anything and when he does finally mutter something it's that.

I think it's great to have a hobby or something but really, don't you want some form of diversity so that you can be a part of everyday society? He's going to go to college next year, will he have friends? Will he ever get married? I know this sounds like I'm being over critical but man, you don't know this kid. LOL

Facebook Venting

I have over 300 "friends" on Facebook but really only read some of the things people say (I'm in it for the games). It amazes me how many of them openly talk crap about each other as if no one will figure it out. Then there's the people that say things that's WAY TMI (I won't go into detail over that one). Now really, shouldn't there be some form of etiquette when you type into that box? I really don't want to know certain things and I'm sure there's lots of people that feel the same way or is everything just limitless now?

Generation F

I was watching this segment on Nightline the other day and it was pretty interesting. There's a new generation of slimming pill research going on and three pills are showing good signs that the weight issue in this country may start to be tackled. I know each person needs to want it and be ready themselves before anything changes but for those that are seriously overweight and can't get it off, having an alternative to death or surgery could be fantastic news. I know, there's way more to this than I want to discuss at the moment and it's all the same stuff everybody's been saying over and over but it could be a really good thing.

Motivation

Since I can't stand my job so much I've decided that I really need some motivation to keep this one up. I had already decided that I'm shooting for a Disney vacation next summer and by golly we're going! However, I do (OFTEN) lose sight of this goal so I'm sticking up all the clip outs of Disney related things I can find on my board so all I have to do is look up to see what I'm sitting on my behind for. I got so jealous of all my friends leaving me last summer and even till now going on cruises, Florida, and Outer Banks vacations. I felt so left out having to stay home. LOL Next year WILL be different if it kills me...which it very well might.

Twitter This!

I've never understood what the big deal with Twitter is. I tried it a while back and it's like the dumbest thing I've ever seen. Thousands of people trying to talk all at once with a limited character use is just pretty stupid if you ask me. Then everyone and their mother wants to have as many followers as they can possibly get and there's no way to find them in your list again. Now if you're really savvy you'll install the giant sized file for Tweetdeck so that you can weed out the weirdos that you decided to follow but can't stand. What a joke. Here's a fun fact for you, one of the CEOs or whatever he is (the orignial creator/owner is a woman from Silicon Valley so I know this guy is just a buyer) didn't even know what a tweet really is in the real world! He had to look it up or ask another moron to find out that it's the sound a bird makes and their icon is a BIRD! That just makes me mad as hell that this dummy is running around with gobs of money and doesn't even know what the stupid thing is all about. UGH

Plan of Attack

I'm really not looking forward to gaining weight this holiday season. I do every year because I'm a glutton (yeah I admit it) and love to eat junk. This year I need to go into it with a plan because I can't imagine carrying any more weight on this body. There's always the back up plan of running out for the best weight loss supplement that I can find right before I know that I can't handle it anymore but I should probably nip it from the beginning. So, maybe this year I will eat one less piece of dessert or throw back that extra helping of starch. Maybe I should eat nothing but lettuce and carrots until the whole thing is over.

Stow It

I'm sure that when we were all in school the dread of opening up our lockers to see what kind of surprise was inside was the highlight of starting a new year. The schools that I went to always had the lockers outside unprotected and then we would all get the third because they were being vandalized. My son's school is great and has all the lockers inside so they know that it would be their own kids that were screwing them up. So, this year it was kind of a shock to me when they implemented a voluntary locker use policy complete with a FEE. How can they possibly give the kids that kid of decision? Of course my kid, the genius that he is, decided against getting one because he apparently didn't use it the last two years anyway. Way to go kid. So now I'm expecting that by June he'll be completely hunched over from lugging his textbooks around all day. Not to mention that he never wants to wear a jacket because now he has no where to put one. Yep, total genius.

I Hate My Job

Yep, I do. I cannot stand sitting here acting like I'm doing something that's so incredibly important knowing that it isn't. Well yeah, putting food on the table is incredibly important but you know what I mean. I'm not an executive nor do I do anything life changing, I sit here and work at doing squat. it doesn't make any kind of difference and I hate sitting. Add to that the extreme nausea that I eventually wind up with and there you go. I can't believe that I can actually say that zI miss going out to work everyday. I do miss being around people and knowing that I made someone's day a little happier because of what I did. I miss not being around the family 24/7 and I miss leaving the freakin house! Most of all I miss the steady paycheck that I had instead of sitting here all night trying to make a measly few more dollars. It just sucks!

A Hint of Color

Have you seen those copper sinks that a lot of designers are using? They're really pretty cool looking. I just kind of wonder how you care for one. Doesn't it tarnish? Can you clean it with lemon and salt like you can with a copper pot? LOL! Yes, these are the questions that run through my head. They are really neat though and add a lot of character to something so basic. As cool as those bowl sinks are, I think I'd rather have a normal shaped sink made from something more interesting. I would think that would be more functional.

Halt!

It seems like every winter we end up needing new brakes on the car. I have no idea how long these things are supposed to last but it's hard to see that we need them totally replaced every year. I guess this is normal? I don't even know how much these things cost! One of dh's friends buys stuff from Mopar parts. I don't know what they are but it should be good since he's cheap. LOL Ugh, why does so much stuff have to come up at holiday time?

Sad

I've been rather down lately. Things aren't going as planned. I'm really not all THAT surprised since it usually turns out this way but I try so hard to be optimistic anyway. too much weight is being placed on my shoulders and it's getting to me. I have people expecting more out of me than is humanly possible. I feel like I'm just not allowed any room for error and error is all I end up with in the end. My dad once said to me that he wanted me to be the best at whatever I wanted to be. On the other hand my mom was telling me to be this and be that. I ended up losing myself and rebelled because I couldn't handle the pressure. I still strive to be the best at what I do but now I don't know what it is really that I want to do anymore...besides just being me.

Fine Lines

So many of my friends are turning 30 this year that it's kind of weird to think we're really that old. It's really funny because many of them are slathering themselves up with anti-wrinkle cream. I would totally do that too but I think my skin will end up being decently "preserved" considering how oily it is. LOL! Yeah, that may be more then you wanted to know. I think that's why so many Asians stay young looking for so long. At any rate, it had better work out well for me because I can't stand breaking out all the time!