Happy Hour Chatter

I needed to read this today.   Namaste`  J   Sherry   One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport . We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his breaks, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly. So I asked, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!" This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, "The Law of the Garbage Truck." He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally. J...

Seems like I barely had time to catch my breath let alone sit down and send/return emails or update blogs.  But that is alright; once the frost/snow hits (perish the thought!) things will slow down a little and I’ll have more time. The weekend in review: 1)       Staff Debriefing at The Buff.  Always a good time, for sure.  My good friend Becky and I were there but unfortunately we were the only ones that showed up.  No worries. As I was following her to her house to pick up some garden fresh zucchini, our good friend (and co-worker) Jerome was headed towards The Buff.    I returned to The Buff to have one more with him and catch up on what is going on in his life. It’s why we have these debriefings.  We work at the same facility but rarely get the time to chat and catch up with each other.  He’s sooo devoted to his granddaughter Taylor that his smile is beaming whenever he talks about her....

Yesiree…..I got my blue jeans on and I’m ready for the weekend…..bring it on!!  What’s on deck? Well, I’m off work today at noon (woooo hoooo!) and I’ve got an entire afternoon mapped out.  No appointments, just running errands like crazy.  A very good friend and co-worker is having an open house at her new apartment tonight at 7pm.  It’s kind of a “girls gone wine” theme, so I need to make sure that I pick out just the right bottle of wine to take to her house.  Should be a good time and I’m looking forward to it.   I won’t be staying super late though. I told hubster I’d be home by 8 or 8:30pm.  As we’ve been like two ships passing in the night lately, I need to be home to spend time with him. Thank goodness he’s an understanding and tolerant husband.  He keeps the reins loose, but one of these days he’s gonna reel me in!  (That’s not ...

  I’m feeling a little sleep deprived right now.  Yesterday was an extremely LONG day – even by my standards. I was up yesterday at 5:00 for work and didn’t hit my bed for sleep until 1:00 am this morning – and up again at 5:00am for work. Add to that waking up around 2:30 this morning due to the storm that blew through our area.  Four hours of sleep is not enough for me.   What was going on you ask?  Besides the normal day of work, I had yoga classes last night (rescheduled from my normal evening of Thursday – tonight- due to availability of The Bunker). I then made a quick trip to the grocery store for the “emergency list of items” my hubster said we couldn’t “live without”, you know….pop, ketchup, toilet paper, bread, and the most important…… chocolate! ~L~ Then up to the hospital to see my sister Peggy who had surgery yesterday. Nothing serious, though she will be...

Yes, I FINALLY have a weekend home and nothing, absolutely NOTHING planned.  Yeah!!    Now, I’d like to say that I’m being productive on the home front – you know, cleaning, cooking, baking, being Suzy-homemaker and all that jazz.  Yeah….not so much! ~L~ Nope, I’m enjoying the afternoon and roaming around the house looking at all the projects that I should be tackling, then promptly sitting down at the computer to play on FB, download music, update blogs, or even search for new and interesting books to read for the winter days ahead.   Productive –schmuctive! ~L~  (That’s a new word!  You heard it here first!) I’ve been living life with both guns blazing recently.  Do not get me wrong, I’m enjoying the hell out of it.  But every once in a while, a person needs a little downtime to rejuvenate the body and the spirit and prepare oneself for the days ahead.  I have been cooking hubster some meals this weekend.  Trust me...

Ok….  Maybe not here, but in my sunshiny world, I’m thinking I’m sitting on a beach somewhere looking at nothing but blue skies and palm trees!    Oh, how I wish! ~L~ This week has been an absolutely great week!  It kind of makes up from the week from hell last week.  It’s actually quite funny how things work out.  We need to have those rough weeks to make us appreciate the good ones that come along.   So what is going on in my world this morning?   Not a darn thing…. ~L~ I absolutely LOVE Thursdays!!  Why? you ask….   Well, it’s like this.   It’s the prelude to the weekend.   Peeps are gearing up for the R & R of the weekend.  They’re finishing up classes, work obligations, clearing their calendars of everything except all of the fun that they are going to have over the weekend.  Myself, I FINALLY have a weekend where I...

This summer has been a wild ride! Goodness gracious! It seems like everything is always falling on the same weekend. There are many Saturdays where I have 3 or 4 things going on at the same time. Unfortunately I cannot attend everything, but I give it the good ole try! Every weekend of July was pretty much packed with events. I enjoyed each and every one of them too. Never let it be said that this girl didn’t have her heart in anything. Nope. I jumped in with both feet and partied like I was a rockstar wannabee! See, my thoughts are this…. Life is too freakin short to be staying home during the summer when the weather has been superb! I mean, REALLY !!! We’ve actually HAD summertime weather around these parts and it’s been fantabulous. Beautiful sunrises, gorgeous sunsets and the days have been warm, sunny and divine. We really couldn’t ask for more….except MORE….know what I mean? What has been going on to get me in this good mood today….a MONDAY at that? 1) Adrian 125th Celeb...