Random rants and raves of my life and the people I deal with day in and day out. Some are very sweet and some aren't. Therefore consider yourself forewarned. And thanks for stopping by!

Sleepy Sunday Should Have's

It has just been one of those days….a sleepy Sunday. I haven’t done much and I should have been. I should have been doing Christmas shopping, I should have been cleaning house and grocery shopping for all of the family that is coming in this weekend. I should have been finishing all the crap I have to do for work, I should have been going over Jake’s Christmas play lines with him that he has to know for tomorrow. I should have been going over things for tomorrow’s long Transaction Desk Training class. I should have been working on our Christmas cards that have yet to go out.

I should quit worrying so much about the “undone” things and I should be grateful that I got to take a 4 hour nap this afternoon! Woo-hoo!

It’s funny what you find amusing.  Yes, I fought the crowds at the mall to do some quick Christmas shopping on Saturday and the sight of this dancing Santa made me smile.  Therefore I lost all frustration with the crowds.  So if all of the Christmas spirit is getting to you, watch this video, you’ll relax a little.

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Is "Hell" A Bad Word?

This morning I took my 1st grade son into his class to apologize to his teacher for saying the word “hell” with a bunch of his friends during lunch yesterday.  Jake’s excuse in all of this to me & Ty was “I didn’t know it was a bad word”.  Is it a bad word?  Preachers say it.  It’s on TV all of the time.  It’s a pretty common word of sorts.  OK, so maybe it is not appropriate to be thrown around at the first grade lunch table, nor am I condoning my son’s behavior.  But in my mind I think, hey, at least he didn’t say “WTF”! LOL.

This video was taken during the break taken at the Transaction Desk training this morning.  Paul and I have been doing these TD Training modules twice a week at The Board of REALTORS.  Sometimes it can seem a little overwhelming, but overall I am enjoying it.  I’m certainly learning a lot.

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Dodged the Ice Storm Bullet...But Now Snow?

So we missed the ice storm but the people north of Springfield weren’t so lucky.  Now snow?  4-8” by Saturday night?  Tell me again why I haven’t moved further south….I detest winter.

Makin' The Bacon, But Not Bringing Home The Bacon

As I am frying up the rest of the bacon that was in the refrigerator (seriously…the pre-cooked-throw-it-in-the-microwave bacon is so much easier than frying it, but I had no choice) I couldn’t help but think about the bacon.  Maybe it’s just the season, and maybe it’s me.  But why is it that I just can’t seem to be bringing it home even though I am paid well at my job?  Ty and I both make decent money and work really hard in our jobs…so why is it that we’re makin’ bacon, just not bringing it home? 

My crazy child (Collin) who can roll his tongue into a Taco Tongue!

My crazy child (Collin) who can roll his tongue into a Taco Tongue!