Halloween means I am another year older, that autumn is here and winter and The Holidays that come with it are right around the proverbial corner.
I love the idea of dressing up and going Boo! I don't care for the reality of handing out candy. I wanted to carve a pumpkin but it's not the same when you don't have anyone to throw the pumpkin guts at.
I like Thanksgiving because all that is really required is that you mind your manners while visting with the family and try to not get any food on your clothes.
Christmas? I'd like to boycott Christmas. The gift part of it anyway. I enjoy spending time with my family (all three or so sides of it) and I look forward to getting a day off work so that I can spend time with them. What I have a problem with is the commercialism of Christmas. I despise trying to think of and buy gifts for people because the calendar and the marketing gurus have said that if I don't, I'm a bad kid. I'm not a bad kid; I'm a kid of an average height with an occasional need for an attitude adjustment (short and grumpy kid has been taken).
I'd rather show up for Christmas with a pie or cake that Fry's made from scratch and play boggle or poker or stand around the wood stove and just be with my family. No expectations of gifts, no worries if they like what they've received or if enough has been spent to show that you love your family. Just spend TIME making memories.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Things to do.
Or: My own little bucket list
Go to Europe
a) Oktoberfest
b) The Winchester
c) Italy
Skate on NHL ice
Visit the east coast in autumn
Take a pottery class
Learn how to play this on the guitar. (It's a favorite memory of mine, my dad and my grandpa playing this song on their guitars.)
Plant and maintain a garden
Complete a triathlon
Get over this damn cold.
Go to Europe
a) Oktoberfest
b) The Winchester
c) Italy
Skate on NHL ice
Visit the east coast in autumn
Take a pottery class
Learn how to play this on the guitar. (It's a favorite memory of mine, my dad and my grandpa playing this song on their guitars.)
Plant and maintain a garden
Complete a triathlon
Get over this damn cold.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Saturday, October 11, 2008
List
OneWordAnswers
1. Where is your cell? 9 miles
2. Where is your significant other? Dunno
3. Your hair? Dark
4. Your mother? Amazing
5. Your father? Strong
6. Your favorite thing? Serenity
7. Your dream last night? Odd
8. Your dream/goal? DIRTFT
9. The room you're in? Breeze
10. Your fear? Incapable
11. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Happy
12. Where were you last night? couch
13. What you're not? Relaxed
14. Muffins? Bagels
15. One of your wish list items? Perseverance
16. Where you grew up? Love
17. The last thing you did? Bar
18. What are you wearing? Hoodie!!
19. Your TV? A gift
20. Your pet? Big
21. Your computer? Working
22. Your life? Good
23. Your mood? Conflicted
24. Missing someone? Yes
25. Your car/truck? Dirty
26. Something you're not wearing? Contacts
27. Your summer? Enlightening
28. Love someone? Yes
29. Your favorite color? Brown
30. Politics? BS
31. Last time you cried? Summer
32. Who will repost? Questionable
1. Where is your cell? 9 miles
2. Where is your significant other? Dunno
3. Your hair? Dark
4. Your mother? Amazing
5. Your father? Strong
6. Your favorite thing? Serenity
7. Your dream last night? Odd
8. Your dream/goal? DIRTFT
9. The room you're in? Breeze
10. Your fear? Incapable
11. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Happy
12. Where were you last night? couch
13. What you're not? Relaxed
14. Muffins? Bagels
15. One of your wish list items? Perseverance
16. Where you grew up? Love
17. The last thing you did? Bar
18. What are you wearing? Hoodie!!
19. Your TV? A gift
20. Your pet? Big
21. Your computer? Working
22. Your life? Good
23. Your mood? Conflicted
24. Missing someone? Yes
25. Your car/truck? Dirty
26. Something you're not wearing? Contacts
27. Your summer? Enlightening
28. Love someone? Yes
29. Your favorite color? Brown
30. Politics? BS
31. Last time you cried? Summer
32. Who will repost? Questionable
You're kidding me.
I am a single female.
Ninety-nine percent of my co-workers and customers are of the male type. I've recently learned that if any customer takes an interest in me and decides to ask my co-workers about me, this is the general reply:
"She's single, you should ask her out."
One of my co-workers loves to see people squirm, he even smiled and remarked on how he thinks it would be awesome to watch that type of uncomfortable conversation unfold.
Thankfully, most of the customers have realized that it would be really awkward if I turned them down and then they still have to shop at our store, so they've been smart and not acted on my lovely co-workers advice.
There are several levels on which this pisses me off. He has a daughter and I am starting to think that daughters are bestowed upon guys who have asshole tendencies when it comes to women. He has a wife, I have no idea if she had to deal with this sort of bullshit or not. But if she did, I'm sure he was compassionate enough to say "Deal with it."
The getting hit-on part I can deal with. Co-workers that encourage it for their amusement, that's just a bit much for me.
Ninety-nine percent of my co-workers and customers are of the male type. I've recently learned that if any customer takes an interest in me and decides to ask my co-workers about me, this is the general reply:
"She's single, you should ask her out."
One of my co-workers loves to see people squirm, he even smiled and remarked on how he thinks it would be awesome to watch that type of uncomfortable conversation unfold.
Thankfully, most of the customers have realized that it would be really awkward if I turned them down and then they still have to shop at our store, so they've been smart and not acted on my lovely co-workers advice.
There are several levels on which this pisses me off. He has a daughter and I am starting to think that daughters are bestowed upon guys who have asshole tendencies when it comes to women. He has a wife, I have no idea if she had to deal with this sort of bullshit or not. But if she did, I'm sure he was compassionate enough to say "Deal with it."
The getting hit-on part I can deal with. Co-workers that encourage it for their amusement, that's just a bit much for me.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
I ditched the gym tonight.
I came home and have been relaxing. Cooking too.
I making a ginger beef concoction. Onion, garlic, and ginger are minced or chopped and tossed into the pan with some olive oil and chili flakes. Add to that some broccoli, beef chunks/cubes, and some soy sauce. Let it cook, let the flavors mingle while the brown rice cooks.
Cross your fingers, it's a 'general-idea-no-real-recipe' type meal.
I came home and have been relaxing. Cooking too.
I making a ginger beef concoction. Onion, garlic, and ginger are minced or chopped and tossed into the pan with some olive oil and chili flakes. Add to that some broccoli, beef chunks/cubes, and some soy sauce. Let it cook, let the flavors mingle while the brown rice cooks.
Cross your fingers, it's a 'general-idea-no-real-recipe' type meal.
Monday, October 6, 2008
W00t!
I'd say I work in a pretty competitive business environment.
We have a budget to work towards as a store, Friday Specials for the customers and counter guys (I say guys well, because, it mostly is.), and the counter/inside sales email is sent out every month by our GM. This email lists the top ten counter/inside sales associates in three categories, two of which deal with monies and the other is by tickets written. It's added up, averaged out and I'm sure there are even 8x10 glossy photos with circles and arrows and photographs on the back but what matters(?) is the number at the bottom of the email, who is that months Inside/Counter Associate.
Yeah, I was numero uno for the month of September for our region (read, the state of Desert).
I normally don't care too much about where I place on the overall list, as long as I'm somewhere on two of the three. I'm not a sales-driven person. I tend to work with the customers who don't necessarily want the best deal, they want the weird stuff and they need it yesterday. They have jobs that require all aluminum items because it's going into an MRI room. They need registers for a house that will have an energy bill higher than most peoples mortgages. They are looking for a fan that can handle 22000 cfm and will have 22" round ducting.
I think the two big reasons that I'm bragging are: I was actually kind of hoping to move away from sales with the promotion and the #2 boss gave me a call to congratulate me on being first on the list. An atta-boy like that makes me feel like I do matter, I'm not just a cog in a big sales machine. Even though tomorrow I'll probably get an email asking about why our branch has such craptastic daily report card.....it's all good.
We have a budget to work towards as a store, Friday Specials for the customers and counter guys (I say guys well, because, it mostly is.), and the counter/inside sales email is sent out every month by our GM. This email lists the top ten counter/inside sales associates in three categories, two of which deal with monies and the other is by tickets written. It's added up, averaged out and I'm sure there are even 8x10 glossy photos with circles and arrows and photographs on the back but what matters(?) is the number at the bottom of the email, who is that months Inside/Counter Associate.
Yeah, I was numero uno for the month of September for our region (read, the state of Desert).
I normally don't care too much about where I place on the overall list, as long as I'm somewhere on two of the three. I'm not a sales-driven person. I tend to work with the customers who don't necessarily want the best deal, they want the weird stuff and they need it yesterday. They have jobs that require all aluminum items because it's going into an MRI room. They need registers for a house that will have an energy bill higher than most peoples mortgages. They are looking for a fan that can handle 22000 cfm and will have 22" round ducting.
I think the two big reasons that I'm bragging are: I was actually kind of hoping to move away from sales with the promotion and the #2 boss gave me a call to congratulate me on being first on the list. An atta-boy like that makes me feel like I do matter, I'm not just a cog in a big sales machine. Even though tomorrow I'll probably get an email asking about why our branch has such craptastic daily report card.....it's all good.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
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