Busy Me.

It has been and will continue to be busy for me. I have barely had time to think. I love it!!!!
Yesterday after work I spent about four hours with my Mom. She recently started Weight Watchers and was having some problems from the get go. So I went to her house and had a mini boot camp and grocery shopping session with her. After four hours, I think we have her on track. This makes me happy.
Today, we are working the local Art & Wine festival with my parents. My Dad is big in the Rotary Club and he and all of his best friends are the big cookers at events like this. So Michelle and I will go and schlep weenies and soda for him all day. We start at 10:00am and committed ourselves to a full day, up to 7:00pm tonight.
Tomorrow we will be helping Michelle's brother and his wife move. We spent last weekend getting their new home into shape so they can move in and this weekend is move in weekend.
Monday we go to the paint store because we are painting our living room. We are having the house recarpeted and since we quit smoking, we want to paint at least the living room. We want to do that ASAP because we really have no clue when the installer will be installing the new carpet. (He is doing it for free so whenever he has the time in between his paid side jobs he will let us know. We just need to be prepared)
Next weekend is the Kenny Chesney concert and then that Wednesday we leave for Vegas for four days. I think we have one free weekend in June and that's it.
We are also going to see Billy Idol in June. The Pride parade is that same weekend and so is another concert that we are going to. (Cyndi Lauper and The B-52's)
I love being busy. *happy sigh*

OH HELL NO!!!!!

Safeway is out of their mind. For those who don't have a Safeway, they are a supermarket chain here in California.
So they tell us that if we cash our Stimulus payment with them, we will get 10% off our next purchase. So let's say that I spend $100 next time. I end up saving $10. Meh, not spectacular but yes, better than nothing.
But let's think about this. I cash my check there and I save $10 next time. But considering that my social security number is on the check, am I willing to take all the risks involved? The cashier now has access to my SSN. The person who verifies the money at the end of shifts now has access to my SSN. The store manager now has access to my SSN. And everyone between Safeway and until my check reaches a bank deposit now has access to my SSN. Being the skeptic that I am, I will assume that they steal my SSN and commit identity theft against me. How much is it going to cost me in time, money and frustration to restore everything back to normal? Is it worth the $10 I would save on my next purchase? I believe not. My check will be cashed at my bank and only at my bank.

PS---I would like everybody to send me one recipe. A simple recipe. I don't care what it is but I want you each to send me some sort of recipe. Thank you.

Aint it the truth!!!

I was reading an article tonight in my paper about the new law in California regarding same sex marriage and one of the comments had a point that I had never even thought about.
The comment was "They admonish us for being promiscuous yet they don't want to let us get married." Heh, well aint that the truth.
Hey right wingy nut jobs? Let us get married to each other and we are less likely to be promiscuous. You could probably implement that with priests as well. *smirk*

Wii Fit

I? am on a quest after work today. I am going to buy the Wii fit. I can NOT wait. *hops* I hope I find it and then I hope I will be able to move tomorrow. *wiggles*
I love my Wii.

Vindicated

Guess who just got an apology from their boss. Go ahead, guess!!!! *grin*
My hours have been severely cut back though. But that's okay because I got a sincere apology. Less hours, still have benefits and an apology. Sounds like a country song.

From High to Low.

I swear if I am happy for more than two days in a row, the powers that be are ordered to come and take it away from me. It's certainly frustrating.
My boss calls me into the office and wanted to know when I started with my new hours. Huh? New hours? I've been working these hours for over 5 years. She told me that wasn't true and that in fact, I came to her asking to cut my hours and therefore would only work from 7-2pm everyday. Um, why on earth would I do that? Are you fucking kidding me? I would never ask to cut my hours. She told me that I specifically asked for less hours and that based on that, I am to cut my hours back. she flat out called me a liar. She wasn't even here for two of the past five years. she swears that I never started at 6am and that I just recently started to do this on my own and that it's to stop. I swear that sometimes I must live in a different universe.
In the middle of all of this, Michelle calls to tell me that on her way back to work from the dentist, her car died. Not her main her. Her other car. The one that she just made a verbal agreement with to sell for $4000. Dead. No sale. Oh, and why was she at the dentist? Because she was finding out that 1. She has to have gum surgery and 2. she has to have all of her front teeth (caps and bridges) replaced. At a cost of about $8000 out of her pocket because her insurance doesn't cover it.
At least I have my good friends to stand by me and support me when I'm down.
It sucks to live in my house today. *sigh*

BEST.WIFE.EVAH!!!!!!

I am not normally superficial and don't normally base my feelings on gifts but this one has special meaning to me.
Michelle came home tonight and asked me to help her unload the bags from her trip to the store. I did, no problem. She asked me to take EVERYTHING out of the last bag. "It's just your jacket, here".
She says "No, there is a folder". I open the folder and it is tickets to see Kenny Chesney!!!!! Kenny Freaking Chesney!!!!!
She is the best wife ever. For sooooo many reasons. One being, this is a 6 hour show and she HATES country music. She bought them as a gift for me because she saw that I was sad about not going and because she wanted to say thank you to me for some extra efforts I have been making. She just wanted to let me know that I deserve to have nice things done for me. *sniff* I totally started bawling when she handed me the tickets. This means so much to me. And it really isn't about the tickets. *happy sigh*

Friday Night

Boo, MM and me for our brief time together on Friday. We talked about you. It may have been good, it may have been bad but at least we were talking about you. :)

Say it with Pride

L-R---Jen, Me, Glow, Ginger. From the 2006 SF Gay Pride Parade.














This is my most favoritist picture of me and Glow.

Oh Canada!!!

And "Say aylo to my little fraind" /Al Pacino