The Secret Believer

I wanna come over

2011-07-01T00:08:00.000-07:00

Hanging out with the man at HIS Place!

2011-01-18T21:20:00.001-08:00

Your Soul Urge of 9 ...

What You Desire To Be, To Have, and To Do In Your Life

The highest expression of your soul's urge is to connect in a mystical way with others. Although your aspirations are lofty, you are also a humanitarian who is often gifted with a sharp intuition and keen analytical skills. Often you give up opportunities that should be yours, simply to help another. This is because your faith in yourself, god and the future is so strong that you live by your conviction that the universe is always unfolding as it should.

Others simply do not possess your spiritual sophistication and may be amused or repelled by what they see as your irrational talk or beliefs. You may be accused of being stupid or foolish simply because you won't take the bait (of a job or money) at the expense of your ethics. Compared to the other numbers, you excel at letting go of lovers or opportunities simply because you know you can't take emotions and material goods with you when you die.

As you are driven more by compassion than common sense, you are the first to fall on your sword for a worthy cause. You may often be broke because you see money only as a tool of change. You would much rather spend money on art, charity or a trip. In fact, ostentatious displays of wealth anger and disgust you because your ideal is a world where all humans are equal.

You might appear very eccentric to others who don't quite understand your fascination with the spiritual world or your insistence on being a seeker of truth. Furthermore nines tend to get carried away when it comes to trying to heal or connect to others. The biggest mistake you could make is to try and be an "agent of karma" by meddling or interfering in other people's affairs.

As you are so talented psychically, you often become a liability in business simply because people in authority resent your ability to perceive their secrets. You rarely rise very high on the corporate ladder simply because others see you as a threat to their cloak of political intrigue.

One of the sins you are most vulnerable to is spiritual pride. This can bring you situations that cause your faith to be seriously tested or where your pride can take a big fall. Many nines often find themselves subject to a lesson in becoming humble by the cosmos simply because they were too boastful of their talents. Making money off of your psychic talents may also cause you some problems, as part of your path is to heal without the expectation of reward. If you are working professionally as a psychic and are a nine, then remember to tithe at least one tenth of your earnings towards a worthy cause. However the highest calling of your soul urge is to share your intuitive talents for free.

Happy and Grateful

2011-01-14T14:25:00.000-08:00

Great Day! 54 degrees with wind gusts only getting up to 40? mph! Yeah!!! Got all my running around done and got home in time to watch happy chirpy Ellen!

The Power Believer: The Beginning

2011-01-12T00:49:00.000-08:00

The Power Believer: The Beginning: "Tonight I started something that I cannot finish by myself. I am putting my wish out into the Universe, it is my hope that this Wonderful W..."

Awesome Blog for Cat Lovers

2010-08-16T14:33:00.000-07:00

Do you love your cat enough to read this?

Whoops

2010-07-07T12:49:00.000-07:00

I've been away for awhile. I'm getting a hand me down computer for home so I'll be able to check my email without going downtown to the Library. Maybe I'll get better at posting updates then. Don't count on it though... both hands are in braces now due to carple tunnel gone crazy. I've lost use of 3 fingers on both hands and type with my pinkies! FUN FUN FUN!!!

Fun

2010-05-26T13:36:00.000-07:00

Found this on Facebook but it was not appropriate for my page
but it was so true I had to put it up somewhere!

B - loves people and fun

A - crazy

B - loves people and fun

B - loves people and fun

L - is a very good kisser- What happens in Vegas, almost stays in Vegas!

E - has gorgeous eyes

S - makes people laugh

Cheyenne Tourist Greeter :0)

2010-05-24T13:01:00.000-07:00

cheyenne tornado - iWitness Weather Photos and Video Video

Finding New Toys to Play with!

2010-04-26T15:56:00.000-07:00

My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com

How's this Flower!

2010-03-24T12:44:00.000-07:00

Owner's Suite
1,264 SQ. FT. / 117 M² VERANDA 280 SQ. FT. / 26 M²

200 square-foot teak veranda with patio furniture and floor-to-ceiling glass doors
Two bedrooms with twin beds or queen-sized bed(s)
Multiple remote controlled TV/DVD and VCR with complimentary in-suite movie channels and DVDs
Bang & Olufsen or Nakamichi 3-CD stereo
Plasma TVs
Direct-dial telephone
Beverage cabinet stocked daily on request with your selection of wines, spirits and beverages
Writing desk with personalised stationery
Complimentary daily newspaper of choice
Dressing table with hair dryer
Spacious wardrobes with personal safe
Champagne upon arrival and replenished as you desire
Fresh fruit and flower arrangements
Complimentary Butler service
Complimentary laundry service throughout voyage
Special chocolate welcome
Afternoon canaps upon request
Lavazza Espresso Maker
Dinner at Officers Table
Two marbled bathrooms with double vanity, separate shower (one with full-sized Jacuzzi and water closet with bidet) plus a powder room
European bath amenities
Fine bed linens, plush robes and slippers
Choice of pillow
Twice-daily suite service with turndown every evening

The BIG 50

2010-03-24T08:57:00.001-07:00

Makes you feel all warm...

2010-03-01T05:39:00.000-08:00

Last Wednesday I got off the bus and walked up the street a few hundred yards and crossed the street mid-block. I do this everyday, no biggie... this time I was standing in the middle of the center island when I felt a car come up on me the wrong direction. I looked up ( by the way all you warm climate people.... we walk with our heads down tucked inside a winter coat out here at least 6 months of the year) Anyway I looked up and was startled to see a Highway Patrol Car facing me in the center divider. Traffic was far from busy and I was more than happy to wait, but because this Wyoming Highway Patrol Officer was there it provoked traffic to come to a dead stop until I skittered across the street and was safely on the sidewalk. I was left on a cold afternoon with a very warm feeling! Thank You WHP! You are truly an Officer and a Gentleman!

The Weather Channel Lied to Me!

2010-02-22T11:51:00.000-08:00

Weather Channel said 10 degrees Monday Morning.....

SURPRISE!!! -27 Windchill!

I must be getting tougher because I opted to get off the bus 6 blocks early so I could skip through the snow on the way to the coffee shop.

ummm the skipping part was a lie.

A little nippy outside

2010-02-09T06:12:00.000-08:00

-16 windchill on my 6 block walk from the bus stop this morning! I am fully awake on 3 hours sleep!

Have a good day all!

On a lighter note...

2010-02-02T06:27:00.000-08:00

The other night Beaver discovered she really likes the back massager. I really had no idea where I would be when I reached the age of 47. Who knew it would be in bed alone, well actually with a 20lb cat named Beaver giving her a heated back massage.

I want to be a cat of mine in my next life.

See Ya!

Ungrateful

2010-01-12T08:09:00.000-08:00

I rarely write about where I work because I like to keep things positive. But this was beyond ridiculous and worth the writing. My boss just told me if I sell 8,697.00 worth of a certain offer we have going on this week he will give me a bonus of $100.00. Wooooo Hooooo!

Now I know you are thinking "just be grateful you have a job" Well that job that I'm so grateful to have, has not paid me the commission he owes me in 1.5 years!

Commission on above said amount is actually $1300.00 now that is something to

Wooooo Hooo about.

Give me the money you owe me please! Grrrrr

Sorry Sorry Sorry

2009-12-18T09:44:00.001-08:00

One Day I will get back to regular posts

Have a Wonderful Holiday Everybody!

I'm afraid my fingers will fall off

2009-12-07T09:02:00.000-08:00

I should do better at blogging... but it's cold outside -20 windchill. I'm afraid my fingers will fall off.

Grrrr all the funny things I have to post happen when I'm away from work and the computer. Maybe one day I'll remember something funny and post it.

Cold makes me old

when I'm old I forget everything... except for the fact that I feel old.

Cheyoming Car Jacking

2009-11-16T08:34:00.000-08:00

Stop It! Your Jacking with the Geese!

2009-11-09T08:52:00.000-08:00

O.K. So it's barely November and we have already had 28 inches of snow. (Average is 7) A week ago we were in a snowstorm and for the last several days it's been 70 degrees. Very Odd to be walking around in the snow and it's 70 degrees out.

So Geese. Come see me next week when we have a white out and I'll buy you a group ticket on Amtrak to Sunny California.

Should I Stay Or Should I Go - The Clash

Hmmmmmmm

2009-11-03T08:40:00.000-08:00

Last Thursday it was 2 degrees this Thursday it will be 68 Hmmmmmm

A Boogie For You!

2009-10-30T12:34:00.000-07:00

More Pics

2009-10-28T08:54:00.000-07:00

Sure sign Christmas is coming when the leaves start forming snowmen. (The Wind Did It)

View from the bus stop 6am

later that day the evening sky had some beautiful blues happening that just don't show up in this pic. Oh well still pretty.

The next morning this awesome sunrise started my day.

View from the bus stop

By the time the bus made it around to an area where we could actually see the sun rise
(about 7 min.) the sky had completly changed and we were given this.
Yep. I think I'll stay!

Did My Precious Flower Move to Oregon?

2009-10-27T12:22:00.000-07:00

Ummm Hello....

2009-10-26T15:06:00.000-07:00

I was specifically told that it does not snow a lot in Cheyenne.

Who is your supervisor Mother Nature!!!!

I don't believe I ordered this!

THIS WILL PLACE SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE IN A VERY FAVORABLE AREA FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS PERIOD. UPSLOPE WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO ENHANCE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR GENERALLY EAST-FACING FOOTHILLS... INCLUDING AREAS IN THE VICINITY OF CHEYENNE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONDITIONS.

EARLY INDICATIONS FOR THIS STORM SHOW WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE... WITH LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AROUND TWO FEET POSSIBLE

Off to WALMART

2009-10-21T11:00:00.001-07:00

I went to Wally World this weekend and asked an employee where I could find a well known vitamin product. For the love of all that's holy what was I thinking????? I have never come across a grouping of people that just show up for work and collect a check. By the time I was trying to leave (I literally had to go to 3 checkout stands because each checker had an issue that stopped up their line) I ended up in line in front of a gentleman that had bathed in Womens? Perfume. I was lucky it was cold out and I had a turtleneck on that I casually pulled over my nose. I was coughing so hard from the perfume people just thought I was trying to cover my mouth... until the wave of cheap perfume hit the register and the clerk said OH I GET IT! LOL

As a tribute to the subculture that can be found working and shopping at Wally World I share with you a few of my favorite pics of WW customers.

PRECIOUS!

This is my favorite! If you look closely I think she has her other hand tucked in the top of her shorts. Seeeeeeeeexy! Hey Lewwwwwwie look at all the Mountain Dew!

If only people could be more like cats

2009-10-14T08:55:00.000-07:00

Now that's a happy cat.

Ice Takes Out Power in Cheyenne

2009-10-14T08:44:00.001-07:00

Just a Little Ice

Waiting to see dead bodies underneath as soon as this starts to thaw.

Freezing Fog & Rain encased these leaves in solid ice front and back

Coming from Cali. this was a pretty amazing sight

My view from the bus stop yesterday

What happened to Fall?

2009-10-14T08:06:00.001-07:00

O.K. I remember Spring we had blizzards, Summer was the 6 weeks that got hot and there was fresh fruit and veggies that did not come from California or Mexico. Fall lasted about 6 hours, as a matter of fact we still had a lot of green leaves on the trees when we were hit with 17 inches of snow last weekend (Per the weather channel) Here's some pics to prove that I don't live in Cali. anymore!

There was a walkway around here somewhere

Bye Bye Garden

Snow Cone Anyone?

Guess Kitty wont be using that litter box anytime soon

One day that thing is gonna fall off

Well at least it gave me time to clean up my desk...

2009-10-13T14:33:00.000-07:00

Power outage shuts down much of Cheyenne

By the Star-Tribune staff | Posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 1:40 pm | No Comments Posted

CHEYENNE -- Power began to flicker back on throughout Cheyenne at 2:13 p.m. after an extended citywide power outage this afternoon.

The Western Area Power Administration transmission line serving Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power went down at approximately 12:50 p.m. today, according to Mark Stege, vice president of operations for Cheyenne Light.

At the request of WAPA, Cheyenne Light dispatched crews to the Archer substation, about 10 miles east of the city, to investigate the outage.

Stege said that the system-wide outage affected 36,000 of their 39,000 customers.

WAPA is currently investigating the Archer substation to determine the cause of the outage, said administration spokesman Randy Wilkerson.

Wilkerson said he didn't know if other parts of WAPA's coverage area were affected. WAPA, operated by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, delivers hydroelectric power to parts of Wyoming and 14 other Western states.

The power outage shut down much the city during Tuesday's lunch hour. Cheyenne police directed traffic through busy downtown intersections, and many businesses closed temporarily.

A Horse Tale

2009-10-13T11:38:00.000-07:00

Associated Press | Posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:45 am | (18) Comments

WORLAND, Wyo. - A northwestern Wyoming man received a citation for letting his horse wander in Worland, but not before he complained to town law enforcement officials about the absence of a hitching post in front of the local saloon.

William Schellinger was cited by Washakie County law enforcement officers for allowing his horse to run at large in this city along the Big Horn River.

Schellinger was apparently in a bar early Sunday when his horse wandered away, prompting police to follow it to make sure it didn't cause an accident with a car.

After being confronted by officers, Schellinger contended the city didn't have any hitching posts and told them they should spend their time arresting real criminals, not bothering cowboys with wayward horses.

Posted in Wyoming on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:45 am | Tags: Big Horn River, Horse

Brrrrrrrr

2009-10-05T07:51:00.000-07:00

I remember cursing the heat but shouldn't we get a little between temps before the white stuff arrives?
No measurable snow yet but I have a feeling that will change on Saturday. The High will be 30 with a low of 13 with snow showers. Gotta get to work TTFN

Bronchitis Barbara

2009-09-29T12:25:00.000-07:00

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coughcoughcoughcoughcoughcoughcoughcoughcoughcough
coughcoughcoughcoughcoughcoughcoughcough!
Oh look... there's a lung

So, what have you been up to lately?

As if by some Force of Nature- It Fell

2009-09-22T11:10:00.000-07:00

Well I have not put a lot of effort in my blogging recently and I promise, I won't today either. But I thought I should check in.

I've had Bronchitis for the last 10 days and Sunday was soooo beautiful I ventured outside.

It was 75 degrees with 30-40 mph winds so I went outside and sat on a hill and watch Summer leave Cheyenne Wyoming. 16 hours later it was 24 degrees wind chill with light snow. A bit early being the last day of summer. This weekend we will be back up to 70 degrees.

Time to get back to work and sell some advertising. I sound like a tranny on the phone... that's lovely.

2009-09-02T08:47:00.000-07:00

Good Morning ! I got off the bus early this morning so I can walk 3 blocks up for some coffee and 3 blocks over and 1 block up from there to go to work. I mention this just to prove to myself I'm not as lazy as I generally feel. (The blocks out here are alot bigger than most) All in all is still only a mile that I'm walking. Dammit! Now I've just convinced myself I'm lazy again. And that folks is what my brain sounds like on coffee. =:0)

This morning at the Bread Basket Bakery the Baker was belting out this song. It tickled me to see him enjoying himself so much. Here's the song...

Good Morning Starshine - Oliver

Why You Should Eat Organic

2009-08-24T12:04:00.000-07:00

This will amuse you.... please watch

I'M BACK.... SORT OF

2009-08-24T10:55:00.000-07:00

I thought Boo Boo deserved a bit more face time so I decided to let him have top position a wee bit longer on the blog. Now a week later, i find I have no time to blog, so this is what you get! Hope everyone is happy and healthy. I'm sending powerful healing thoughts out to my flower who literally f-cked up her back with a sausage??? Things that make you go hmmmmmmmm and some more powerful healing thoughts are going out to my buddy Shawn who is having a knee replaced as I write this. I hope she is blessed with a great surgeon and some really cute male nurses :0)

Here's some more kitty pics just for the heck of it!

see more Lolcats and funny pictures

see more Lolcats and funny pictures

see more Lolcats and funny pictures

SAVE BOO BOO

2009-08-12T08:34:00.000-07:00

Boo Boo is believed to be 7 years old and is missing an eye. His former caretakers chose to leave him in the "Night Drop Off Box" at the Cheyenne Animal Shelter. Boo Boo is very lovable and needs a loving home. (Someone who will not abandon him)
Please give the Cheyenne Animal Shelter a call to learn more about this lovable soul. 307-632-6655307.632.6655

Click right side of this bar for a map to Cheyenne Animal Shelter

By Request... More Pics for my precious Canadian Claudia

2009-08-12T07:18:00.000-07:00

I am soooo lucky to live in a place that is sooooo purdy that this is my view from the Coleman after a nap.If the next 2 pics look the same... they are.

Missing Jake

2009-08-10T06:46:00.000-07:00

Did you ever have a great love that is no longer in the picture that you wish could be re-visted?
(Just for the good parts of course) I heard this song and it made me want to get on the phone and say GET ON A PLANE NOW! I miss how he would write some incredible songs and sing to me.
Damn... I do need to make that call.

Friday Night Skies

2009-08-10T06:14:00.001-07:00

Spooky Moon

Another Purdy Sunset

The show's about to start!

Love me some Wyoming Clouds :0)

Ta Dah!

Fun out on the balcony!

To close the show....

I wish I could of cleaned this one up a bit so you could see all the branches. Apparently it was just to much for my little point & pray.

P.S. Lewwwwwwwwwwwie... I took the buildings out JUST FOR YOU!

Stating the Obvious

2009-08-04T10:56:00.000-07:00

Although I was only in Calif. for a short 36 hours and couldn't see everybody I did get to see my FLOWER & the flower in-laws. It was great catching up with everybody but it was just too short!
If I could change anything...

Hindsight is 20/20 next time I wont drink ALOT in front of someone who is having difficulty with a loved one that has issues with alcohol.
I would of been there alot longer. I think I was awake and present for 5 hours the rest of the time was spent in the Doctors office or sleeping.
Being there longer would afford me the time to see family and more friends.
Next time I'll come for a week and see an Melissa Etheridge Concert. How much trouble can I get into doing that....

Just for the Record

2009-08-03T14:24:00.001-07:00

I called the restaurant and asked to speak with Cesar. I was informed he "had to" take a mental health day and would return Wednesday...with any luck. Cesar please just forward your Psychiatric care bills to me. I hope your fruit is feeling better soon.

Thanks Anonymous!

2009-08-03T06:23:00.000-07:00

Anonymous said...

that sounds like a black fly bite - with an allergic reaction.

They've been known to carry off small infants in Down East Maine...

July 29, 2009 11:48 AM

Not even great Scotch could save me from my beastly bites. I acquired 2 new bites the morning I left for California. Later that night I woke up in a deep Scotch fog not realizing I had tenaciously scratched a hole in my thigh and back.
I truely am part of the food chain now! Bon Appetite!

Found this image when I Googled Black Fly Bites. Since I believe laughter is the best medicine I thought this was a much better pic to post then the crusty - pusty bite pics I found.

46 hours till The O.C.

2009-07-27T08:49:00.000-07:00

Time to have some fun in the O.C. It's been 2 years let's see if I can shake off some of the moss that's been growin on me in Cheyoming!

She Hates Me - Puddle of Mudd

Mom Said!

2009-07-20T12:42:00.000-07:00

Mom said the people in Wyoming just aren't right... hmmmmm could it be because this is what we do to our children?

Hold on Honey! This Builds Character!

Missin my Beaver

2009-07-14T11:51:00.000-07:00

Moms with young kids often travel or even go to work and find themselves missing their children. I on the other hand find myself "Missing my Beaver" I woke up way too early this morning to find RTC trying to sit on my forehead and my precious Beaver spooning up against me.

I am such a lucky girl (and so easily amused)!
Evil Beaver Video

Great Cupcake - Sucky Service

2009-07-14T08:06:00.000-07:00

Everyone is feeling this worldwide economic crunch. I'm less effected now that I've moved from California and now actually get a paycheck that is not Taxed to Death. Only working Part Time for over a year now, I really have to choose carefully what I should be spending my money on. I like to support the Great Ma and Pa Businesses here in our Podunk town but it's gotten to the point if I go in every morning for a cup of coffee which nowadays cost me anywhere from 1.25 - 5.00 with tip I want the person handing me the coffee to be at minimum, coherent and smile.
Life is so much easier and fun when you choose to be happy. Just today I jumped off the bus early to grab coffee at a local bread shop. This was our conversation:

Me: "Do you get a lot more traffic in here during our tourist season?" (our state population doubles here in July/August)

Her: "Nope, Not at all"

Me: (Being in the advertising business and concerned, I ask) "Are you o.k. with that?"

Her: Yep! Totally! The few less jerks I have to deal with, the better!"

Me: (Thinking to myself) "Damn! I'm glad this coffee only cost 1.25 and you don't have a tip jar! :0)

That conversation and another from yesterday prompted me to Google "Do Happy People make more money?" I already knew the answer but I came across this great website
Millionaire Mommy

Thinking of my friend "Flower"

2009-07-14T07:56:00.000-07:00

With BBQ season here and everywhere I couldn't help but think of my BFFF (Flower) and her lovely neighbors over the fence. Go Get em' Flower!

Sunday's Lightning

2009-07-13T10:11:00.000-07:00

And with Rain... There is always a rainbow

2009-07-13T10:04:00.000-07:00

I was napping on Sunday and happened to look towards the window when I woke up.
Soooooo Purdy!

View from the Spare Bedroom

What is it?

2009-07-13T09:58:00.000-07:00

The problem with growing things in Wyoming is.... You think you've planted one thing.... and something else blows it's way into the pot and grows... Anyone know what this is? I'll update you when it gives me more clues

A few of my favorite clouds this week

2009-07-13T09:28:00.000-07:00

Beaver + Balcony +Beautiful Twilight

2009-07-13T09:22:00.000-07:00

Kitty in the window on a stormy night

2009-07-13T09:09:00.000-07:00

More Lightning

2009-07-13T09:03:00.000-07:00

Some Folks say there's nuttin to do in the Big Wyo. I guess they just forget to look out there window!

Mom was right

2009-07-10T09:00:00.000-07:00

So I'm covered in bug bites itchy welts keeping me awake at night. I swear they must be mosquitoes I must be right? There are a thousand tiny black flying things around my plants on the balcony. They don't look like the "standard" mosquito found in California but hey nothing looks like California out here. anyway....
Mom says NO not a mosquito you were bit by some freaky Wyoming biting gnat. Hmmmmmm
all I know is it's been about three weeks since the initial attack and I'm still hurting. Some of the welts measured 6 inches across with big bruises around them, others developed a scab ( I looked like some skanky meth addict) Soooo I did some investigating to see if a biting gnat could do this much damage. So I googled "images, biting gnat" This is what it came up with.
Yes, Mom now I believe you were right. I was bitten by a biting gnat.

Once in a Lifetime

2009-07-08T00:34:00.000-07:00

For one second today we will all be in perfect alignment.

12:34:56 on 7/8/9

ENJOY!

JUST A THOUGHT

2009-07-06T13:57:00.000-07:00

As I sit here at work watching some pea size hail attack our building and bouncing around as if were made of rubber It reminded me of this Headline:

19 Church-goers hit by lightning on the 4th...1 killed.

Picture courtesy of the "Rev" at www.wunderground.com

Seriously, anyone that has ever used religion for anything other than it's intended purpose should stay inside cuz that rumble of thunder may just be calling your name.

Puts a new meaning to God-fearing eh?
JUST A THOUGHT

COUGAR SIGHTING

2009-06-29T06:42:00.000-07:00

It was an absolute beautiful Saturday and a friend needed to go into Loveland Colorado and wanted some company. Having cabin fever and no clue where Loveland was I was totally game! We got her business done and headed off to lunch at Cracker Barrel before heading back. That poor poor waiter I feel so sorry for him....

Waiter: Hi

Me: You are in soooo much trouble, I'm so sorry you had to pick our table

Waiter: Your my first table today... this sounds good... bring it on!

Me: Well, O.K. BEND OVER!

Waiter: Uncontrollably sucks in a large amount of air and turns a little red

Me: Your Head, Bend over, You shave your head I have to feel your head!

Waiter: Complies and explains he thought I wanted him to bend over "the other way"

This wonderful YOUNG waiter was extremely personable, fun and professional even when he brought me my chicken fried steak and I commented "What a lovely piece of meat, he had" and it just continued from there.

OMG! I know I am easily capable of saying everything I said but OMG one day someone is going to be as bold as I am and put me in my place.

Lunch was great especially the Strawberries, Awesome waiter, he truely did know how to play to his audience.

I know you are suppose to tip 20% for good service but this guy deserved every bit of the 150% tip he received. I think he missed his calling he should be at Chippendale's and not Cracker Barrel.

Looks Like Snow!

2009-06-22T14:34:00.000-07:00

The Cottonwoods are falling! Driving everybody crazy with allergies except for me!
I Love Them!
This video is out of Salem Oregon I have not had much luck adding my own videos to this blog.

Ronald the Cat after eating foods on his "No List"

2009-06-20T13:35:00.000-07:00

Some things are sooo beautiful and perfect...

2009-06-20T13:19:00.001-07:00

they have to be documented for the world to see. Behold the Green Bean Fry wrapped in Bacon.

Green Bean Fry Wrapped in Bacon... My life is complete (and a little bit shorter)

You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker

View from the Balcony

2009-06-20T12:27:00.000-07:00

This is a storm 14 miles North of Cheyoming. I didn't even have to sit on the balcony it lit up the livingroom and kitchen with it's dueling lightning flashes.
I LOVE WYOMING!

Goshen Tornado

2009-06-16T00:02:00.001-07:00

I Love Tornado's especially if they don't hurt anybody, anyway or any Cow!

I was so excited to see that the Weather Channel's Vortex 2 was on a Tornado hunt for 5 weeks and would consider a small sliver of SE Wyoming part of their hunting grounds.
After 4 weeks of absolutely nuttin! SE Wyoming& Mother Nature graced them with this performance....

Ketchup Time!~

2009-06-16T00:02:00.000-07:00

Kind of makes me want a Corn Dawg... anyway, back to business. It's been awhile since I posted so it's time to Catch-Up.

Things to Discuss, I hope to get to all of them:

1. Goshen County Tornado - Wyoming makes the History!
2. My Buddy Lewwwwwwwwwie
3. Snow in Wyoming in June!!!
4. Kitty Psychics
5. Old Pics
6. Rainbows
7. Evil has left the building - Saying goodbye to a Crack whore!

Wyoming Snow in June?!?!

2009-06-16T00:01:00.003-07:00

Nahhhhhh it's not snow it's SNAIL!

My Buddy Lewwwwwie

2009-06-16T00:01:00.002-07:00

Yeaaaaahhhhhhh!!!! My Buddy Lewwwwwie is escaping California!!!!

I got an email last week saying that Lewwwwwie and his beautiful family will be leaving the "O.C." for Olympia, Washington. Little does he know that he's actually moving to the coastal version of Cheyoming.

Low Population
Clean Air
No Income Tax
Random Cows
and a few strange peeps

I went to Underground.com to grab a pick of Olympia Washington and the only pic there was this....

Lewwwwie is actually quite creative and takes great pics, this reminds me of a cow pic he took years ago. As for the strange peeps which he thinks populate Cheyoming...(he's right) here's a local band from your new home

Wishing you and yours only the absolute best! Please keep in touch! I now have an excuse to visit Olympia, Washington cuz i know there's NO WAY I'll get you to"The Beaches of Cheyenne"

Hey If I start walking now I could get there in a month or so! (I'm choosing to take more time than suggested to band-aid blisters and medicate chubby thigh rashes (sorry TMI) with large amounts of Scotch

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Hmmmmm

2009-05-27T08:06:00.000-07:00

So my boss comes in my office and is digging around in a file drawer and I had asked him if he has ever bought anything for Schwans Frozen Food Delivery Service and I told him about these fantastic Green Bean Fries they have. (The are insanely good) I went through a whole bag Friday-Sunday this weekend.

I told him they were so good that they can't be considered vegetables anymore.

His Response (straight faced)

"I'm afraid if I ate those I'd have the same problem Your Beaver Has!"

Things that make you go Hmmmmmm

2009-05-20T07:58:00.000-07:00

Post Secret
is one of my favorite sites.
I thoroughly enjoyed these
to entries this morning.

I would have to say to this one... "Just don't lose your virginity to a hick and you should be fine with the result"

Funny Beaver

2009-05-19T08:59:00.000-07:00

Now I have to admit I have many moments where I enjoy being sneaky and pulling off a prank or two. My first memory is when we (the kids) I think mostly my brother and I would stick a lifelike plastic spider in the coffee cups up in the cupboard that Mom would use for the coffee in the morning. Mom has a blood curdling scream and somehow freaking Mommy out when your young is funny. (Sorry Mom)

Well I grew up? and eventually went to work at Experian where I met Lewwwwwwwwie, fun guy that Lewwwwwwie such a strong man having to put up with me and my stories that never seemed to have a point. I would pull the usual pranks on Lewwwwwwwwwie and one in particular I'm fairly sure he never knew about, but I loved to do it. (I'll eventually get to the point)

I would go grocery shopping alot on my lunch break to a local Organic food store close buy and buy a bunch of healthy goodies which he teased me about frequently. I would often stack some of those goodies on the short wall that separated our cubicles (we had the only ones built wrong that forced us to sit in a way that we were always looking at each other. Anyway... some days I would build a wall of tangerines or just plop a big ole ginger root up there. One day I went shopping and brought back a bunch of Peruvian Purple fingerling potatoes (The look like cat poop)
and put them up on our shared wall. I wonder to this day if Lewie knew that I would wait for him to leave everyday and I would put one of those poop potatoes on his chair or on the floor next to his chair. Why? because we had cleaners come in every night to vacuum and clean. I'm fairly sure they still to this day believe someone or some thing likes to poop around Lewwwwwwwwwies desk.

Would you pick it up with your bare hands hoping in was a Purple Peruvian Fingerling Potato and not Poop... I don't think so...

So Barbara, was that the point? ummmm Noooooo, Hang in there

When Karma Attacks:

What I'm about to tell you may be the Karmic reaction to the jokes I've played on others or maybe I just have a cat with a really really funny sense of humor.

The backstory babble (I'll try to keep it short)

Beaver the 20lb Himalayan (Shelter Save) poops in her litter box and sometimes feels compelled to use the carpet as toilet paper (bad kitty) sooooooo for the last year she has been with me I have gotten in the habit of turning on the faucet (warm water) grabbing some toilet paper and wiping her bum after each visit to the sand box. (She thoroughly enjoys the fresh feeling this gives her) and runs to me whenever she hears a faucet turn on. Because of this "Special Need" she has a roll of toilet paper that sits on the bathroom floor near one of her 2 litter boxes.

I woke up last Thursday morning and walked into the bathroom and saw that she had left a "deposit" in 1 of her litter boxes (about 5 feet away from the toilet paper roll) I turned on the bathtub faucet to warm (she came running) and I went to grab for the toilet paper roll.

To my disgust and surprise and AMAZEMENT I found out that some time during the night she had physically SAT on the toilet paper roll and cleanly deposited an offering on the inside of the toilet paper tube. You have to understand how perfectly she completed this act. There was no poop on the outside or on top or even on the floor when I picked up the roll it had all stuck to the inside of the tube and that's exactly where my fingers landed when I grabbed the roll.

Folks let me tell ya.... even at 5:30 in the morning I could tell, that was not purple peruvian potato that was covering my fingers eeeeeeeewwwwww.

I have spent the last 4 days looking at the Beaver and asking her "How the hell did you do that!"

I think I saw her smirk at me.

She has my undying comedic respect.

Don't Mess with the Beaver!

Hmmm Maybe I should show her this video...

Another Amazing Sunset

2009-05-19T00:24:00.000-07:00

Where can I get a gift certificate for Mountain Dew?

2009-05-06T08:06:00.000-07:00

No doubt with the sun comes growth. Pretty deep eh? Well, that's all ya get.

This morning was beautiful, following last nights bright orange sunset (It lit up the livingroom so much I came out of the bedroom to see what was on fire lol.

This was the song playing on the bus as I got on this morning. Hopefully "all ya all" having tough times will take some time and see the sun in your life. (die hard optimist)

For example. If I was having a bad day I would think of my buddy in Cali Lewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwie he hates Wyoming, never has nothing to say nice about this beautiful baron state. But as we speak, the good people of Worland, Wyoming are stirring up a big ole batch of beet sugar to go into his favorite beverage "Mountain Dew" So, Lewie my pal who I miss so much. Go pop a top and suck on a bit of Wyoming!

That brings a smile to MY face!

Here Comes The Sun - Paul Simon and George Harrison

Keyword Searches

2009-04-29T07:51:00.000-07:00

I'm easily amused. Here are a few searches for Martina McBride's Song "Independence Day" It seems to be very popular, so I'm including a link at the bottom

let freedom ring let the white dog sing
let freedom ring, let the white girl sing?
let freedom ring let the wind up sing
let freedom ring and white horse sing

lady gets eaten alive by worm - I would include pictures for the searcher, but my precious Canadian Claudia is not feeling well and I'm refusing on that point.

secret of beaver - Guys, Girls, whatever... the secret of beaver is to be a good person and to take a shower... then you'll get some DUH!

videos de ronald kitty- Apparently the searcher had heard of the possibility of RTC wanting to cross the border to further his film career. Well, the Swine Flu is keeping kitty at home for now.

Independence Day - Martina McBride

Funny Mommy

2009-04-27T07:41:00.000-07:00

No doubt Cheyoming has it's wacky weather. Thursday was suppose to be up in the 70's and I could of sworn when I flipped on the weather channel when I woke up it showed 50 degrees with some light wind. That was at 6am. At 9am I flip back over to the weather channel and it reads 18 degree wind chill and 100% humidity. Weather channel never gets the actual temp that wrong so I waited another 10 min. for the update and it read the same thing! So I decide to go investigate. I only have a long T-Shirt on so I just went on to the balcony. It was beautiful outside! A little cool but certainly not raining like the humidity would imply.
When all else fails CALL THE MOMMY! I needed an explaination!
Had this normally low humidity high wind state turned my epidermis into a gator and I just was not feeling the cold? NOPE

So Mom, what's up why does my ever so faithful weather channel say 100% humidity...

Mom: " One of your Hicks spit on the Radar"

Thanks Mom!

HOT HOT HOT!!!

2009-04-22T07:08:00.000-07:00

Medicine Bow, Wyoming (Shirley Basin)

It's an intense 43 degrees here, with plans of 73 today and pushing 80 by the end of the week. Way to hot for me, luckily it's Cheyoming, which means lot of wind and reports of a SNOWY Saturday Yeahhhhhhhhh!
Having lived in the OC all my life. I always thought that 43 was cold. NOPE! I wish it would stay this way all day :0)

Have a Wonderful Week all. I'll try to stop by again on Monday.

Love this weather!

2009-04-21T07:47:00.000-07:00

Last Tuesday it was beautiful here somewhere in the mid 60's . Wednesday night we had one big bolt of lighting that lit up the living room (it was still daylight) and a tiny bit of rain with the sky rumbling most of the night like a belly that hadn't eaten anything all day.
Thursday night it snowed and by Friday we had 12 inches of snow (in APRIL!)Today 4 days later all the snow is gone and it'll reach 70 today and close to 80 before the week is up. Wyoming has freaky ass weather and I love it MOST of the time!
P.S I did not take the pictures above but that is a bonafide Wyoming Lightning Bolt. You can take a look at the storm on video here crank up the speakers!

Population 1

2009-04-20T11:26:00.000-07:00

If you asked my Mom she would say this is a fine interpretation of Cheyoming.

Whoops, I just found out why no one else lives in Lost Springs...

According to our research of the Wyoming and other state lists there was one registered sex offender living in Lost Springs in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Lost Springs to the number of sex offenders is 1 to 1.

Zip code: 82224
Crime: Attempted Rape and Gross sexual Imposition
Sex: Male
Date of birth: 1948-03-03
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Brown
Height: 5'10
Weight: 135 lbs.
Race: White
Conviction date: 1986-08-15

Leroy does not make a good neighbor.

Other towns with tiny populations

Damn I miss my Flower!

2009-04-15T14:37:00.000-07:00

I've been here in Cheyoming for almost 2 years now. It feels like last month! Hard to believe that I have not seen my BFFF in almost 2 years, but that's not exactly true.

I see her every time I read her blog
Everytime there is a Redwings Hockey game on- Just because I remember what a freak she was when she watched the games (not really safe to be in the same room with her)
And of course when this Movie came on this weekend it was like she was in the same room with me!

I MISS YOU FLOWER!

Perfect Timing

2009-04-15T11:36:00.000-07:00

This morning I was getting ready to go work, the cat's were fed I was dressed and the litter box usually by this time has an offering in it that needs to be removed.
As luck would have it Beaver hopped in there just as I was in the bathroom. (Her box is in the Laundry Room across from the bathroom)

Why is this perfect timing? Because Beaver is a Butt Dragger, my carpet is her toilet paper grrrrrrrrr.

This morning all I had to do is let her concentrate, finish her business and then turn the water on in the tub. Beaver knows if there is water running anywhere in the house after she poos she just follows the sound to get her but wiped.

20 years ago if you had told me I would be living in Wyoming and wiping a 20lb cats ass and then blogging it, I probably would of said... "Damn I really should of stayed in College! LMAO

Happy and Hygienic in Cheyoming!

Waiting For Crazy

2009-04-14T07:38:00.000-07:00

The other day I was in the Property Mgr's Office after turning in some requested paperwork I sat down in a nice comfy chair in the sun, happy as a fat cat nappin. I sat there with my eyes closed baking in the sun listening to all that was happening in the office. (It's a small office and I'm buddies with everyone on the property)
As I was relaxing I overheard a call that the PM's daughter took it seems that a lady in the building next to mine was afraid she was going to explode. She had woken up in the middle of the night and smelled gas, she was so afraid that she sat there and did nothing until she called the office 12 hours later and kept the porr PM's daughter on the phone for 30 min. She also demanded a pink sticker for her daughters car so her daughter could park in her parking space. (We don't use parking stickers).

Moments later the PM came in complaining under her breath about having to move a tennant to another building. It seems that this tennants downstairs neighbor has been spying on her and watching her take a shower everyday, and now she is forced to take a shower in the dark.
I asked how that is possible since we have no windows in the bathroom and it was explained to me that her downstairs neighbor can see through the ceiling... the cement ceiling.

I asked one of the people present how old these two tennants are and both were in there Mid to late 40's. Hmmmmm so I guess my question is...
Does crazy come to us or do we go to crazy?

Stolen from my favorite Bartender

2009-04-13T13:00:00.000-07:00

Hmmmm I wonder if RTC has been hangin out with some rough characters lately. That would explain
how he is able to stand up to the Beaver!
Stop off at the bar for some more fun

Not the Pussy

2009-04-08T14:09:00.000-07:00

I gotta tell ya I was pretty proud of my RTC (Ronald the Cat) last night. He was sleeping on the pillows above my head when he decided he wanted to sleep on the couch were the Beaver was fast asleep.

At first I thought RTC did not see the Beaver in the dark and he stuck out his paw as if to touch her. Those of you not in the know.... Beaver is a BITCH very loving but a B.I.T.C.H!
Ronald did not make contact with her the first time he reached out his paw, he may have just been judging the distance so he could wind up and smack the Sh*t out of the precious 20lb Beaver and he did.
Poor Beaver woke up totally startled, hissed and crouched down by the side of the couch.

It's been a year since Beaver came to live with us and RTC has had to put up with her nagging and hissing and cussing all that time. Something inside me says RTC has been planning that attack for quite awhile. There's a Sheriff in Town. RTC has found a spine and learned to stick up for himself. I can't wait to see what he does next.

To answer your question...

2009-04-06T12:18:00.000-07:00

Lewwwwwwwwwie-

No new computer, I just try to update when I can at work when I take a break. Today the Boss walked in my office just as I was Googling "Squirrel Humping" Images.
This would explain why I have not been posting much or regularly. I'm currently working an intense schedule of 8-4pm Mon- Wednesday with only 4 days off per week.

My time off is spent in Therapy.... Physical Therapy for my leg and ankle (wind pushed me down a hill)

I also like getting in strangers cars during blizzards only later to get sideswiped in an intersection during the Blizzard we had 2 weeks ago. (Everyone came out shaken not stirred with no actual bloodletting but both cars were totaled) I spent the following days feeling really really lucky!

This weekend was spent hunkered down with kitties watching yet another Blizzard. This latest one lasted a full 24 hours and left a foot of snow and 6-8 ft drifts. Last April we had NO snow at all.

Today is beyond beautiful with the temp up to 37 degrees! YEAH!!! No winter coats!!!

So maybe you wondered why I chose to post this picture. Well... squirrels don't mate unless there is an adequate food source and since they (the squirrels in our backyard at work) are fed Organically (Apples, Mango's Bananas) and at least 5 lbs of nuts each week, it's safe to say there will be plenty of babies around this spring.

P.S I was outside at work today and was thoroughly amused at a Storm drain that had frozen over (I truely am easily amused) It was not until I looked up at the roof line and saw 2 squirrels
humping madly and looking at me.

I think that just might be "squirrel sign language" for Thanks for the Power Food!

Is that "Barberrra" enough for you Lewwwwwwwwwie?

Mississippi Squirrel Revival - Ray Stevens

Wyoming- Home of Great.... Cat

2009-03-30T08:50:00.001-07:00

Thought this was cute.. had to do it!

http://www.makesweet.com/mixer/my-flag

And somehow we survived!

2009-03-24T12:14:00.001-07:00

Yesterday called for an all out blizzard following a beautiful day of 69 as a high. The news reports were so strong that by mid-morning schools sent the kids home early and a 300 mile stretch of highway was closed.

Ummm relative to the wacky Wyoming weather that we can get at times, yesterday was not much. Later in the night the skies gave us some 60mph winds with some in your face up your nose snow but besides that everyone survived and the squirrels are out humping on the windy tree branches as I type. (must be all the bananas I've been feeding them :0)

Wyoming Weather

2009-03-23T09:08:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was 68 degrees and Beeeeeeeautiful!

Today....

A Blizzard!
No flippin Joke! I freaked out when I lived in California and went on the web cams and saw it snowing sideways out here. Now that I live here, it's just expected.

Cowboy Breakfast

2009-03-20T00:15:00.000-07:00

A Counsel On Oats...

A tough, old cowboy once counseled his grandson that if he wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a pinch of gunpowder on his oatmeal every morning.

The grandson did this religiously and lived to the age of 110.

He left four children, 20 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren, 10
great great grandchildren and a 50 foot hole where the crematorium used to be.

After hearing this I chose to replace the gunpowder with brown sugar and blueberries :0)

More Proof I Belong in Wyoming

2009-03-18T07:53:00.000-07:00

There is no doubt that things are a bit different here than they are beach side in The "O.C."
but I never thought hiccups could be different.

Let's think about this, it's actually very obvious.

hic⋅cup

[hik-uhp, -uhp] noun, verb, -cuped or -cupped, -cup⋅ing or -cup⋅ping. –noun

1.	a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.

2.	Usually, hiccups. the condition of having such spasms: She got the hiccups just as she began to speak.

The first part of Hiccup is HIC The only Hics in the "O.C." are ummm TOURISTS!
Hiccups in the "O.C" can sometimes sound funny or cute. Not so lucky here in Podunk USA

I have now discovered that a Hiccup here is Hic Town is completely different. Just for the sake of this story let's say that the tooth I had pulled last week was a front tooth and not a back side tooth (Are you getting the visual?) Now think of a cute hiccup, one of yours or one as defined above. Now ad a burp to it. Yes I said a burp! It seems that now, I no longer can just hiccup its more of a Hiccurp.
Just for vanity sake let's try and solve the problem. I can try and keep my mouth closed for the burping part of the hiccup but now imagine the last time someone "blew a burp at you"

So 20 years from now when I'm much older and have lost more teeth (let's say every other one in front) and I'm not "partial to keeping my partials in" I will be sitting around and all of a sudden I'll get the Hiccurps but I'll try and hide it from those I'm sitting close to so... They'll hear me chirp with maybe a little hop in my seat (as standard hiccups cause you to do) BUT THEN....
no longer being able to hold the Urp part of the process in, the air slowly leaks out of my mouth through my remaining teeth to greet those closest to me. What a lovely thought!

THE END!

Perfect Words Perfect Timing

2009-03-16T07:23:00.000-07:00

When checking in on my Favorite Bartender I found this:

Just for My Flower that I miss so much.

*Heavy Sigh*
Another St. Patty's day is coming up and I have no flower here to help me drink my whiskey soup.
And just because you asked my flower, my week hasn't gotten much better.
I'm chalking it up to PMS.
I feel irritable and restless.
I have the attention span of a flea.
Maybe I'll go clean something.

(I'm the Flower) anyway this blogged hug came at the perfect time. A few hours after I read this I was due at the dental clinic. Now, not having insurance and having to rely on a dental clinic made me a bit apprehensive. This was to be my second visit and I was having to go because I lost a big crown and filling that cost me 2 Grand 4 years ago at the "Dental Spa" in Laguna Hills.
well since all they really do at the clinic is clean teeth do amalgam fillings and pull teeth My options were very limited. So I increased my "Hic Potential" by one and decided to have it pulled. Grrrrrrr....

The Clinic is at the local college and is actually really nice. The instructor that came over before the procedure was extremely funny and that made everything better. I asked what I should expect and she said "It's really not a big deal" "It's a big deal to you because you don't know the procedure, but trust me it's not a big deal"
THE PROCEDURE EXPLAINED

"First the Dr. will check and make sure your are numbed up really good and he'll probably give you a few more shots just in case (Which he did) Then he has a tool that looks like a FLATHEAD SCREWDRIVER and he will get up under the tooth and yank it out. You'll feel a lot of pressure but no pain"

Ummmm maybe you shouldn't of told me that!

THE PROCEDURE
So all during the process the Dr. was grabbing and twisting and turning. I had my eyes closed, for a moment I could swear he kicked off his shoes and crawled up in the chair had his foot on my chin for leverage, but I'm sure that didn't happen.

So I'm feeling
A lot of pressure A LOT of pressure so I go to my "happy place" WHISKEY SOUP!

While I'm feeling all this pressure and he keeps calling out for different tools
My brain keeps repeating the same Mantra
Whiskey Soup
Whiskey Soup
Whiskey Soup
and I remember back to the time when I first went over to my favorite flowers house for St. Patricks Dinner (Before I had to work a graveyard shift) and well, the whiskey didn't exactly burn off in the cooking process so I was a bit tipsy and had to sober up before going to work.
More Pressure More Pressure MORE PRESSURE!!!

DAMN Maybe the tooth just wants to stay where it is!

My Brain takes over and comes back to the Mantra
Whiskey Soup
Whiskey Soup
Whiskey Soup
MORE PRESSURE
Whiskey Shots! Whiskey Shots! Whiskey Shots!

Okay tooth, you can let go now, you've been hanging around for 46 years and chewed on a heck of a lot, maybe it's time to retire.
"Let go tooth"
Relax
Just let go tooth...
and with a pop it was out.
Doc. Shoved some padding in my mouth and had me sit up
I waved him closer to me
and he says "what"
I finally get him close and I say with a very numb mouth.
"jew shaf jer head"...

He seems confused and I rub his head he turns bright red and says nobody has ever done that to my shaf hed before.

Just an average day at the dentist office.

Thanks for the memories Flower... I miss you so much.

I think I skip the soup and go straight for the Jameson tonight!

Sometimes I miss my sanity

2009-03-10T08:38:00.000-07:00

So yesterday, "talent" decides she's hungry and needs to go get something to eat from the local burger chain. Very nicely she inquires if I'm hungry. I actually am but I'm not to fond of the food chain out here. I loved in in California but it just does not translate out here. I give in.... I'M HUNGRY! So I go grab some money and "talent" says "nope it's on me" WOW! What a nice surprise! I write down my order and she says "Have you ever seen the woman that works there that has a beard?" I said no, "I've only been there once and the woman had overalls and was having a really bad hair day."

Talent says "Hmm I wonder if this is the same woman. The woman I'm talking about has a really really smelly crotch"

Moral of the story... It may be free, but wow, it's gonna cost you one way or another.

Strange Days

2009-03-04T11:15:00.000-08:00

It's March 4th in Wyoming and it will be 65 Degrees Today. March is usually our Snowiest Month and it's beyond beautiful and warm outside. Very Strange!

Today I was in the morning meeting and my Boss was going over ads that need to be built for the paper. With our current "talent" it's best that we just borrow advertisers from other papers with ads already built so we don't have to go through the drama that our current "talent" creates... or so I thought. This other paper emailed the ad copy and pdf to our "talent" over a week ago and she forwarded it to me. The boss asked her today if that ad was completed and she said "waiting for the ad copy" I reminded her that we received it last week and that she had forwarded me a copy... she said "No" I went back to my computer and confirmed "YES"! and she then said "Well you need to forward it back to me so I can do it.

I clarified- "So you have the PDF and the paperwork and you need me to send back the the PDF email you sent me, which is the one you already have.

The Talent Speaks "Yes of course"

Isn't it amazing how the people who are willing to work don't have jobs now and this one that has a job finds a way not to work. Now that's TALENT!

The picture shown is "Waitress demonstrating how waitress should not act in front of customers" (If you ask me she'll get better tips if she does act like that!)
Location: Wichita, KS, US
Date taken: April 1947
Photographer: George Skadding

Forgotten Beavers

2009-02-23T08:05:00.000-08:00

Actually I did not forget them... just ran out of time for posting... Here's your Beaver Claudia and I'm afraid what the other Beaver is for...

Maybe this is Barry Beavers Girlfriend?

Secret Beavers

2009-02-18T12:11:00.000-08:00

I got a tickle today, someone found my site by googling "Secret Beavers" now my first thought was he was actually Googling himself while looking for pics of "Secret Beavers" but why assume it was a male eh? Anyway just thinking about "Secret Beavers" Gave me a bit of the "Beaver Fever" SO...
This Beaver is For You!
I'm fairly sure the life photographer has issues with woman. This woman was found with the title "Beaver Island Horses" Maybe she is so happy because she met "Barry"

Missing My Daddy...

2009-02-15T03:45:00.000-08:00

It's hard to believe it's been 2 years already.

Since my Dad loved Hound Dawgs so much, I thought this was an appropriate picture to post.

Now that I'm sitting at my desk with big ole basset tears dropping on my keyboard I think I should just get back to work.

Love Without End, Amen - George Strait

The ankle that wanted to be a thigh

2009-02-09T08:36:00.001-08:00

Yep, It's not pleasant to look at but it's been over 3 weeks now and dagnabit (country talk) if I have to walk on it, you have to look at it. (Just this once)

What I don't get is where did the wrinkles come from? My ankle is now pretending to be a thigh and has somehow acquired wrinkles, Grrrrr

The Scary Lady

2009-02-04T12:10:00.000-08:00

About 10 days after I injured my foot. I decided it was safer that I do not use my crutches. My neighbor took me to the grocery store and I was getting some pictures printed for a craft project I figured would keep me busy and off my feet for my long weekend.
As I'm at the computer at King Soopers picking out my pictures an older woman walks up to me and says. "I'm not criticizing, but..." I smile and think "Oh lovely someone else that is trying to save me and tell me "You're so pretty, why don't you lose weight" Oh Yes that happens, more then it needs to. (And it's always overweight people that tell me that WTF?)
anyway... I'm leaning up against the counter because of my leg and she grabs my arm and pulls me in close to her. My hand is literally on her bulbous right breast and I try to pull back and she just pulls me back in.... Apparently what she had to say was very very important.

It seems that she has a daughter that weighs 400 lbs (ummm, I'm skinny compared to that) anyway her daughter who is 50 years old went to the Dr. to get tested for "10 different diseases"
bla bla bla and the Doctors could never find out what was wrong with her, well after listening to this woman for a good 10 min. She said "you know it turns out my daughter wasn't fat at all, she just could'nt PEE" so now she goes in every month and they drain a gallon of fluid out of her...

I look at her and say...

"Did you come here to tell me to PEE?"

Thank You... I really have to go now...

I hobbled out without my groceries or going pee.

It took a year and half to find where crazy lives in Wyoming. But I'm fairly sure I found her.

I've peed alot since this woman approached me and I'm none the skinnier.

I guess I just need to try harder!

I've Lost it.

2009-01-28T13:36:00.000-08:00

Granted life here in Podunk USA is very different than the rat race in Southern California.
Short of the crappy work ethic alot of people have out here it's pretty great place to live.

Some days at work it's like pulling teeth to get people to commit to running a $12.00 ad. I'm paid a base salary w/no commission (as of yet) and in today's meeting the boss offered $125.00
"lunch money" if either one of us sold 3 pkgs of advertising at the cost of $649.00 each.

Well I managed to sell the $1947.00 and my first thought was.

"Cool" I can buy 2- 50 lb sacks of peanuts for my squirrels out back.

So, I guess it's true. I am paid peanuts for doing this all day long :0)

P.S. The squirrels deserve it. They work harder than most anybody here in Podunk USA

The Trip to the E.R.

2009-01-27T11:55:00.000-08:00

After I fell down the hill, I sat there and realized, I'm screwed! I gathered my ducks and put them in a row and crawled up this small but steep hill. Once I got back up on the walkway I rested and tried to get up, I could of crawled a bit further to a neighbors patio and knocked on the slider door but her slider was covered for the winter and pounding on the bottom of a slider that she couldn't see out of, and finding me laying on her patio would of freaked her out more than her 70 years could stand.

So I made my way back to my apt and crawled up the stairs. Not a single soul in sight, but I'm sure it was quite a visual all fours going up the stairs. I got inside and put my leg up hoping it was minor damage and I'd be able to get over it without additional help. After 1/2 hour I came to the conclusion that I was in fact SCREWED. My ankle and leg started swelling up like um, errrr A Sailor on leave in a titty bar.

Anyway...

A call to the neighbor and we were off to the E.R.

Living in Podunk USA has it rewards, the E.R. was not filled up with gunshot victims and criminals as is the case sometimes in Cali. and they wheeled me in pretty quickly.
Of course we had to stop and chat with the woman that checked me in because she remembers my neighbor from when they both lived in a tiny town 45 min from here... Oh then we had to stop and chat with Trevor his daddy is the Police Chief of tiny town and check in girl had to see if Trevor in Radiology remembered neighbor lady, which he didn't but he swore he knew me from somewhere and if I was related to a person that was in the E.R. last week.
(Is it time for Vicodin Yet?)

They put me up on a bed in the E.R. and someone came in to take my vitals and see if I had an Advanced Directive. I told her no, but if they decide to make any mistakes that would turn me into a vegetable, I'm a strong believer in D.N.R. Her response.. "Honey if you ain't got it tattooed on your Uvula you're plum out of luck"

The nurse leaves and the Dr. comes in and listens to my breathing and puts his Stethoscope on my heart and then on my belly. I whispered aloud with a giggle to my neighbor and said "Oh No! he doesn't know where my heart is" I was quickly corrected.

He goes on to look at my foot and leg and does all the standard "can you feel this test? and close your eyes and tell me which toe I'm touching. He was disappointed that my big toe was not responding as it should and I explained to him that, that was my LEFT toe and I happened to be RIGHT Toed. He disagreed with me and asked to see my other leg and I grunted a grunt that implied I did not want him to see that leg/foot.
He very charmingly said that he would get the other shoe off for me . I said Nooooooooo if you look at the other leg you'll find out I only shaved One Leg!

He Busted out Laughing and asked me "what time did you hurt your leg"

Me: 12:00

Him: "It's 2:00 o'clock! You stopped to shave One leg before coming to the E.R."

Me: "Ummm, it took a long time to shave"

Him: "Next time just come in" (still laughing)

Me: You gotta understand I come from California where everything is shaved.

Him: "Everything"

Me: Yeh it's a culture thing... most everyone on the beach is Brazilian

More laughter while his face turns red

He continues to play with my foot and it made a large POP

Him: "That's an interesting sound" as if he was proud of himself

He kept telling me to relax my foot and I explained to him that I was afraid of what he was going to do next.

Him: Did that hurt?

Me: Do you realize where my other foot is? (at his crotch level) "I'll tell you in my own special way if it hurts too much "

Him "Don't threaten the kids" (It was not until I left that I realized my Dr. was referring to his balls as "kids") very funny I wish I caught on a little sooner. ( I would of threaten his "Future Kids also)

He told me he was going to send in someone with some pain meds

Me: Do you really want to see my personality on drugs?

Him: Get's really close in my face and says "I would pay alot of money to see that"

He hooked me up with some drugs and an air cast and sent me about my way.

It hurt but I gotta tell ya it was alot more amusing then sitting thru a newspaper conference all day long. :0)

When Wind Attacks

2009-01-26T10:20:00.000-08:00

THE UNIVERSE HAS SPOKEN AGAIN...

Remember I had a great idea about shooting some espresso shots Saturday before last?
Well, apparently the Universe decided I really didn't need that coffee. That saturday was a beautiful day here close to 60 degrees and really windy. AWESOME!!!
I go to catch the short bus downtown and as I'm walking through the complex a big gust of wind came up and goosed me in the rear-end. Now when this happens it usually tickles and makes me laugh out loud. This time I just happened to be walking down a short but steep hill I got goosed and it tossed me down the hill landing on my leg.

No coffee - but a trip to the E.R. and some torn ligaments in leg and foot started and finished my day.

For the most part when people see me gimping along on crutches I tell them what really happened. I have now decided this is my new response.

Complete Stranger - "Oh No what happened to your leg"?

Me- "Bullriding..."

Complete Stranger - "OMG" No Way!!

Me- "Yep, I thought it was a cow"

That seems to get more laughs than being attacked by Wyoming Wind.