My Birthday

Today is my birthday. My husband forgot and left the house this morning as usual. My msn page wished my happy birthday, so at least someone remembered.

I got a pretty funny joke link today -
Storewars

I get so many joke e-mails

I get so many joke e-mails, I think I'll start posting them here...that way I can start to clean out my huge e-mail inbox.


Restroom signs:

Friends don't let friends take home ugly men Women's restroom; Starboard, Dewey Beach, DE

Beauty is only a light switch away. Perkins Library; Duke University, Durham, NC

If life is a waste of time, and time is a waste of life, then let's all get wasted together and have the time of our lives. Armand's Pizza; Washington, DC

Remember, it's not, "How high are you?" it's "Hi, how are you?" Rest stop off Route 81, West Virginia

Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity. The Bayou; Baton Rouge, LO

No matter how good she looks, some other guy is sick and tired of putting up with her shit. Men's Room; Linda's Bar and Grill, Chapel Hill, NC

At the feast of ego everyone leaves hungry. Bentley's House of Coffee and Tea; Tucson, AZ

It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere. Written in the dust, on the back of a bus; Wickenburg, AZ

Make love, not war. Hell, do both, GET MARRIED! Women's restroom; The Filling Station, Bozeman, MT

If voting could really change things, it would be illegal. Books; New York, New York.

If pro is opposite of con, then what is the opposite of progress? Congress! Men's restroom; House of Representatives, Washington, DC

Express Lane: Five beers or less. Sign over one of the urinals; Ed Debevic's, Phoenix, AZ

You're too good for him. over mirror in Women's restroom; Ed Debevic's, Beverly Hills, CA

No wonder you always go home alone. Sign over mirror in Men's restroom; Ed Debevic's, Beverly Hills, CA

and the all time favorite,

A Woman's Rule of Thumb:
If it has tires or testicles, you're going to have trouble with it.
Women's restroom; Dick's Last Resort, Dallas, TX

Doctors & Guns

Doctors:
(A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.
(B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000.
(C) Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health Human Services.

Now think about this:

Guns:
(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S.is 80,000,000. (Yes, that's 80 million..)
(B) Accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500.
(C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .000188.
Statistics courtesy of FBI.

So, statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners. Remember, "Guns don't kill people, doctors do."

FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR.

Please alert your friends to this alarming threat.
We must ban doctors before this gets completely out of hand!!!!!

Out of concern for the public at large, I have withheld the statistics on lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention.
A concerned citizen...

Can't Complain

1 US gallon = 3.785 litres
In the UK 1 litre of petrol/gas costs 0.856 British pounds
3.785 l x 0.856 = 3.24 British pounds per US gallon

At today's exchange rate (1 British Pound = 1.89380 US Dollar)
that equals $6.14 a gallon!!!!!

That's why is cost my brother 100 pounds to fill is car up at the weekend!
Or, more scary is I complained when it cost $42 to fill up last week, using this equation it would have been $112 - so I guess I can't complain!

The Stress-Dream House

I had a stress dream last night.

I don't specifically remember having it before, but when I woke up I had the feeling I had had similar dreams as the place I was in looked familiar from other dreams. What was nice was my cat of 16 years who died over a year ago was there, so it was good to see the cute fur ball. In my dream I was very protective to him, exactly as I was when he was alive. In the dream we were at a hotel, not a chain but more a converted house in a local seaside town. I was carrying him down to breakfast with no harness or cat carrier...something I would never do as I know that would stress him out too much. When we get down to the breakfast room I look down at my chest and I'm naked; I think it's just my upper body. It's not one of those dreams where people are staring at me, in fact I am not aware that anyone has even noticed me. In my dream I wonder if I should got back to my room to finish dressing...I feel as if it might not be worth it.

Obviously an insecure stress dream. Am I insecure about my job, worried people will notice I am not good enough? Or am I taking risks that I shouldn't? Or am I not paying attention to more important things and need to reassess priorities?

Didn't even have time for a shower

I didn't like today at work.
Not sure I can cut it if it's going to be this stressful everyday.
How do you walk out on a job if you work from home?

Jan. 24 worst day of the year

Well, it wasn't a bad day for me. It was busy and pretty frantic at work. I was sucked into the laptop vortex from 7:30am to 6:00pm, I only emerged to get a sandwich at noon and a green tea at 3pm. I missed the almost 70 degree weather outside.

Overall it could have been a lot worse. I picked up the handle of a pan that had been in the oven yesterday. Last night I thought I had burned the skin on my left palm and spent several hours desperately grasping ice packs in an attempt to stop the pain; it was a balance between searing heat pain from the burn and pain numbing frozen pain. I fell asleep high-fiving an icepack on my pillow, either I was going to blister from the burn or lose a finger to frost bite. I woke up this morning and my hand looked a little bit branded in places, no pain, no blisters and no swelling. I've never seen anything like it.

Flood and Tornados

So here I am in Arizona. It hasn't stopped raining since I arrived on the 2nd. The state brags 360 days of sunshine, well I think I'm here for the 5 days of clouds, rain and severe weather. Yesterday we were under flood watch, I went to bed with the rain lashing against my hotel window...I awoke early morning to thunder and lightning. During lunch we were caught in torrential rain and hail. In the late afternoon when I thought the weather was subsiding the tornado warnings started, the funnel cloud sightings increased and the skies darkened. This is really not what I expected from a place people call "a desert".

Is an uneventful year a successful year?
Is a boring year a good year?
It wasn't a bad year I suppose.

• I managed to stay employed for most of the year; I started the year as a contract project manager for Sun Microsystems and will end the year as a professional services project manager for Thomson NETg. I was only unemployed for 6 weeks....compared to 2003, I did better this year!
  
• I didn't lose the 8-10lbs I wanted to...but I didn't gain anything either...not bad, I guess.
  
• I didn't sit the PMP certification test, but I know more and I'm closer to getting the certification.
  
• I didn't make as much stained glass this year, but I did dabble in mosaics and ended the year melting glass and making dichroic glass earrings.
  

I'll be 101010 in binary next year.
That will be exciting :-)

Happy St Andrew's Day

Happy St Andrew's Day - I'll be having a wee Laphroaig this evening.

It's cold and snowy outside, just like home. The house is warm and cozy...not like home :-)
I have a lot of traits from my parents. I learned a lot from them but I prefer to heat the house a little more than they did. I talked with my brother at the weekend and he takes after them, we calculated that I spend 3 to 4 times more per month on heating. I truly am a chili willy (like the Walter Lantz cartoon).

So, in my spare time I continue to melt glass...my latest creations are really cool dichroic glass earrings, the only problem is I want to keep them all. Today, I plan to check out a Coomers store and see if they have any space left so I can sell some stuff. I really need to clean out the basement...and making some money would be nice too!