The Rules of Birthday Parties

These are the rules of birthday parties, as set forth this evening by Emily (age almost 5):

• If you are having a birthday party with your friends, you cannot invite your family...because they are not your friends.  Well, they are your friends, but your friends are your FRIENDS.
• If you are having a birthday party, you have to invite boys, because they are fun.  They are not annoying.
• You don't need to have 2 birthday parties.  One is fine, even if the second one is with family.
• Even a shared birthday party with your aunt who's birthday is 2 days before yours would probably not be okay.
• It's okay to invite your cousins to your birthday party, but only if they come on time.

I have no idea where she gets this stuff.  Silly girl!

Also, a funny, random thing to yell while pretending to sleep on a pretend camping trip in a tent made from chairs and a blanket:

"ORANGE JUICE!!"

Thank you, Rebekah.

Okay, in the interest of equal opportunity niece/nephew story time, George only has 4 teeth...and he grinds them.  Silly boy!!!!

Fun times with the kiddos tonight!!!!

Flashback Friday

Haven't done one of these in a little while.  It's about time!

 

It's a tough job, but someone has to do it!

My #1 Pet Peeve of all Time!

I am not your "dear".  I am not your "sweetie".  I am not your "honey".  Unless, of course, you know me personally...and then I am.

This is something that has bugged me since my days at the bank.  Someone would call me "honey" over the speaker in the drive-up.  I would promptly turn off the speaker and say "I am not your honey!"  It happens at my current job, too.  I answer the majority of the phone calls and talk to hundreds of strangers.  Some of them, whom I have never met and even some who I have but only associate with on a professional level as an employee of their property manager, seem to think it's okay to call me "my dear" or "sweetie" or "honey".  IT DRIVES ME CRAZY!!!!!!!!  I don't know you, therefore a term of endearment is totally inappropriate!  If you don't know what to call me, ask my name.  You may call me Angela.  Heck, you can call me Angie if you want.  (I haven't punched anyone for calling me that in over 25 years.)  Call me Ma'am.  Or Miss.  I don't care.  Just don't call me late for dinner.  I don't know why this bugs me so much, but it does. 

/rant

Just remember, though..."You may only call me 'Mrs. Darcy' when you are completely, and perfectly, and incandescently happy."

I am officially losing my mind!!!

It is my job to order all the office supplies for my office.  This includes the envelopes and letterhead from a local print shop.  Well, at the beginning of this month, I ordered 3 boxes of #10 Window envelopes.  Then, last week, I thought that I had ordered the non-window envelopes (I even looked right at the boxes in the closet and thought they were the non-window kind), so I ordered 3 more boxes of #10 Window envelopes.  Now we have 6 boxes of the window envelopes (that's 3000 envelopes, mind you) and 1 mostly full box of the non window envelopes (less than 500).  It's a really good thing that we use WAY more of the window envelopes.  But still...I can't believe I was that stupid!!!!  I need a vacation.  Or at least some ice cream.

Golden Globe Musings 2010

"It's not rain.  It's just God crying for NBC." ~Tina Fey on the red carpet.

I <3 Ricky Gervais!!!!

Up wins!  Nobody can compete with Pixar, and you know what?  AWESOME STORIES!!!

Nice beanie, Michael C. Hall.

Wow, NBC is getting SLAMMED tonight.  And with good reason.

Yay for Michael Giacchino!!!

MERYL STREEP ROCKS!!!!!!!

I think we're all grateful that Drew Barrymore has a better hairdo than last year.  But what the heck is that thing on her shoulder & hip?!

Is Ricky Gervais drinking beer onstage?!

Q- How did Julia Roberts score a seat next to Paul McCartney.
A- She's Julia Roberts.

Wow...um...I think I've only seen one Martin Scorsese movie.

YAY GLEE!!!!!!  I'm not a huge fan of the show, but I am very happy that it's getting recognition like this. 

Wow, would you like some Lea Michele with that dress?

Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side = AMAZING!  Well deserved award!

Dear Sally Hawkins: Please eat a sandwich.  No, eat three.

Cameraman fired:  Leo DiCaprio is not Jeff Bridges

I still <3 Ricky Gervais!!

"It's not hard to be humble.  It's hard to be confident."  ~Meryl Streep in the Press Room.

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Good show!  Can't wait for the Oscars!!!  Watch for my annual nomination predictions...coming in about 2 weeks!

Yes, you may ask for my autograph.

I was a movie star last night.  Okay, so I was a extra.  I got a fun gig in a video project by a local film company.  The film is called "The Prodigals" and it's about the Prodigal Son from the Bible.

I showed up around 5:30 pm and got dressed up in Biblical attire.  We waited around for a little while and then went in to the set.  I had a couple of lines with my friend Paula.  We set up our little scene and then they brought the extras & principals in.  We filmed that scene a couple of times.  Then we did some other stuff.  At one point I got to walk behind 2 of the principals and wave when they said my character's name.  We did some more waiting and then some more filming and then we were done!  It was a lot of fun!  Especially because I got paid to stand around with my friends for 4 hours. 

All in all, a very fun evening!  I look forward to more fun evenings such as this...if the opportunity arises!   And yes, you may ask for my autograph.

Now Hiring

I am now accepting applications for a personal assistant.

Job duties include:

• Watching my car to make sure snow/ice are scraped off within 10 minutes
• Delivering hot chocolate to me at work whenever I want
• Cleaning my house
• Doing my laundry
• Cooking me dinner
• When roads are snowy/icy, driving me where I need to go in a snow plow
• Doing all shopping for me
• Altering all the cute clothes I want so that they will fit me
• Carrying me to and from my car so I don't get snow on my cute shoes
• Figuring out a way to print money legally so that I can pay my bills without using my own money
• Cutting anything bad/sad from the paper before I read it, so I only read the good stuff.
• Anything else I think of.  Must be available at a moment's notice.
  

This is sounding a little Devil Wears Prada.  And what's this about pay?  You want to get paid?  That's just crazy talk.  You can't put a price on basically worshipping the ground I walk on!!  Seriously, people.

So...any takers?  Anyone?  ANYONE?!

New Year's Resolutions

Do I have to?  I don't wanna.  You can't make me.  If I don't feel like making any New Year's Resolutions, then I don't have to.  Okay, fine:

I resolve to:
Eat more chocolate.
Watch more TV.

What?  Can't I set the bar low?  I believe in setting manageable goals.  I can manage those.  Seriously, WHAT?!  Alright, here's a real one:

I resolve to:
See more theatre!

Hey, don't laugh!  I'm serious here.  I don't get to see a lot of the shows I want to because
a) I'm usually busy with my own shows.
b) I can't afford it.
c) I don't have anyone to go with me sometimes and going alone makes me feel like a loser (although when I do go alone, I usually find someone I know!)

There you have it!  Setting the expectations low for 2010!  Then I'm not disappointed and I might end up pleasantly surprised!!

Happy New Year from your friendly neighborhood cynic!!