My Little Gymnast
She's getting really good at headstands. her next goal is to be able to walk on her hands.
Looking at the recently employed
So last night I got a call that I wouldn't have to work for the rest of the week because the team I was on finished enough work for almost 2 weeks. What can I say? We rock :) I got a call today ... they want me to come in tomorrow to get trained on Vignette! And the kicker ... to come in as a temp-to-hire!!! WOOT!!!! OK, so I don't get an extra long weekend as hoped (what can I say, I like sleeping in) but I now have a job for at least 3-6 months and possibly longer. I am one happy camper, who has to go to bed early.
Now I should be able to afford to go see Wicked, even without a date ;)
Missing Oregon
I miss Oregon, and my friends there so much that I watched Little People, big World just to see some familiar faces and things. How sad is that?
Did you hear the pin drop?
When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked
by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an
example of empire building' by George Bush. He answered by saying,
"Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men
and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders.
The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to
bury those that did not return."
It became very quiet in the room.
Then there was a conference in France where a number of international
engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a
break one of the French engineers came back into the room saying "Have
you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft
carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he
intended to do, bomb them?"
A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: "Our carriers have
three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they
are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore
facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000
people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of
fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen
helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from
their flight deck.. We have eleven such ships; how many does France
have?"
Once again, dead silence.
A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included
Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French
Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a
large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those
countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their
drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, 'whereas
Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.' He then
asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these
conferences rather than speaking French?' Without hesitating, the
American Admiral replied 'Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians,
Aussies and Americans arranged it so you would not have to speak
German.'
You could have heard a pin drop!
When Traffic Gets “Wicked,” Go Metro … and Save On Tickets to the Smash Hit Broadway Musical
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I am SO doing this, especially since my temp job is in downtown. I'll be taking the Gold Line and then one of the express busses to where I need to get.
Photos from Roadtrip
I am so screwed
All this week I have been trying to get up early in preparation for work on Monday. It ain' happening. My body refuses to get up before 8, though today it was 9. It's like my brain can't function with less than 8 hours, so I guess the first thing is to make sure that I get 8 hours.
I am sooo screwed.
Getting up in the morning
Wiping away her tears, he asked her to make love with him. Of course she agreed and they made passionate love.
Six hours later, Paul went to her again, and said: "Honey, now I only have 18 hours left to live. Maybe we could make love again?" Alma agrees and again they make love.
Later, Paul is getting into bed when he realized he now had only eight hours of life left. He touched Alma 's shoulder and said: "Honey? Please? Just one more time before I die." She agreed, than afterward she rolled over and fell asleep.
Paul, however, heard the clock ticking in his head, and he tossed and turned until he was down to only four more hours. He tapped his wife on the shoulder to wake her up. "Honey, I only have four hours left! Could we....?"
His wife sat up abruptly, turned to him and said: "Listen Paul, I have to get up in the morning! You don't."
back home
fall in Grand Junction, CO
Zzyyxx
desert rain
Diagnosis
Josh either has strep or tonsillitis. He's on antibiotics and actually started acting more like himself while we were at the doctor's. Ah well. Let's hope he doesn't relapse.
On the Road, Again
The roadtrip is on, catch me on my cell. You should know how. But I'll only be able to respond half the time.
Willie Nelson - Forrest Gump [Original Soundtrack] Disc 2 - On the Road Again
Rain?!?!?!
It's raining!!! It was clear today, not a cloud in the sky and not humid and now it's pouring. I must have brought it with me from OR.
Persistently ...
Josh has been persistently sick since Tuesday morning. I had to pick him up from school. Headache that borders on migraine (but goes away a lot faster than mine, then again it comes back a little later), sore throat, and fatigue. For those of you who know my son, imagine him wrapped up in a blanket just sitting and vegging for most of the day. And not talking. Barely talking. Barely eating (remember, he's also a teenage boy).
So I'm taking him to the doctor today. He hasn't had a fever or anything, otherwise he would have been there on Wednesday, and only one day where his nodes seemed a tiny bit swollen ... but .. days of rest and he's not getting better. This is Josh, he doesn't stay sick for days, ok, actually, when he gets really sick he does, but he's REALLY sick, like a fever that doesn't break for 4 days and etc.
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Another Roadtrip?
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So my brother has asked to use my van to move from Vegas to Grand Junction, CO, which may just have a population smaller than that of Salem, OR (I've had my fill of small towns in the middle of nowhere, thank-you-very-much), but according to his MySpace blog, he needs this move. Problem, ... well, let's just say that big sis is a sap and a Good Samaritan at heart ... usually. He asked to use my van carte blanche, but I don't think I want to do that. Hence, the road trip. Ah well, the last one did me good. At least it wasn't as bad as I thought it might be.
Time to get another load of laundry started and then I am walking Zoe to Joy's school and back.
Please help Joy's fundraiser
It's that time of year again, fundraising. There are some VERY cute and useful items in this catalog, along with the usual gift wrap and food items. Please help Joy's class and school out by ordering something.
Thank you so much. Please forward this email if you think someone else might be interested. Get your Christmas shopping out of the way early!
Annette
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IMPERIAL PTA is having a fundraiser. You can shop online at
http://www.westcoastfundraising.com/store/brochures.php?sID=MPE6746
The group receives profit from the sale and the seller will receive prize credits. Enter the seller ID below to begin.
Seller: Joy Sargent
Seller ID: MPE6746
Thank you for your support.
If the link above does not work, please use the following link and enter the seller ID: http://www.westcoastfundraising.com/store/index.php
and we need an idiot's guide why?
Cell phone numbers going public. - Register them on the government Do Not Call list.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
I thought I would pass this info on.
Cell phone numbers going public tomorrow
REMINDER....all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies tomorrow and you will start to receive sale calls.
.....YOU WOULD BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS
To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone - You must call from the cell phone number you want to have blocked. You cannot call from a different phone number.
You can also register on-line at www.donotcall.gov
888-382-1222.
It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of your time. After 30 days if you get calls, you can file a complaint.
It blocks your number for five (5) years.
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Annette Sargent
"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." -Robert A. Heinlein
Josh wants to cremate me and Tim
"The LifeGem ® is a certified, high-quality diamond
created from the carbon of your loved one as a memorial to their unique life."
Out of nowhere Josh says "When you guys are dead, I'm going to creamate you and have you turned into diamonds that I'll wear as a necklace."
Tim's response: "That's oddly comforting"
My response: "That's kinda creepy"
But then I said he could wear us as eaarings "This is my mom (touch an ear) this is my dad (other ear)"
We went downhill from there. But then I started looking it up online to see if it were a true process. Sigh, at least he thinks I'm valuable ... right?
CheesecakeGASM!!!! OMG
 | Peppermint Joe Joe Cheesecake |
CONCERTGASM!!!!
OK, bedtime for me. *sigh* If I didn't have kids I would sooooo be a groupie.
(side note, due to 'puter problems this short notice took almost AN HOUR to write. Tim is my witness)
one fine day
I will be glad in that day when my body is no longer in pain. I will wonder and rejoice at a pain free existence ... because I am beginning to forget what it is like to live without pain. There is an existence without pain, isn't there? I am so very tired of being in pain
I Miss My Backyard
Heroes - S2E2
Dusty underwear (Hilarious!)
His wife was not amused, and decided that she simply couldn't let such a comment go unrewarded.
The next morning the husband took a pair of underwear out of his drawer. "What the heck is this??" he said to himself as a little "dust" cloud appeared when he shook them out. "April," he hollered into the bathroom, "Why did you put talcum powder in my underwear?"
She replied with a snicker...
"It's not talcum powder.......
It's 'Miracle Grow'."
Annette Sargent
"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." -Robert A. Heinlein
