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Last night after work, I went to the Dollar store in search of cheap kidney beans and those awesome rubbermaid bowls with the twist-tops.  I found them, and also a great spray that my coworker friend Sara had bought from this same store.. Renuzit pet something or other.. in a Citrus scent. It’s wonderful stuff, [...]

So, it’s getting harder to deal with this no fast-food, no restaurant deal.  My brain is constantly trying to come up with ideas that it thinks I might actually fall for, rationalizations, etc.  Here’s just a few:
Subway is healthy. And you have to stand there and watch them make your food.. you’re consciously aware of [...]

Ok, so.. I came to my own personal realization and acceptance of the fact that I use fast food and eating out as a crutch.  It keeps me from doing two things I dislike doing by (and more importantly -for-) myself: shopping and cooking.
Cooking for people is awesome. Shopping for that is also ok.  I [...]

My body: HOLY CRAP. You have to go pee. RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Get up, run across the building! This is an emergency! Yes, leave Vicki to handle the phones by herself, she will understand!!
Me: Holy shit, ok! OK! Fine! *run run run, 1/2 way there pause to think of dry things… [...]

I’ve got a great ex-coworker and friend who posted something on his LJ that I think is worthy reading for all of my friends. 
http://fragbert.livejournal.com/442522.html?view=4547226#t4547226
There’s nothing non-work-safe in the entry, but he does have his journal set for adult content.

Thanks to Laura Potts for bringing this to my attention:
They will be collecting school supplies for Knox County Teacher Supply Depot in lieu of fines May 3-10, 2009 at all library locations.
One approved school item will wipe out $10.00 worth of fines with a maximum of $50.00 worth of fines removed. Fees for lost or [...]

My coworker Tony has a brother who’s at Fort Knox — he just started Basic Training last Friday.  Tony is sending him words of encouragement, praise for serving, that sort of thing — and he is sending it on a card in a blue envelope.
Apparently, the more blue envelopes one receives, the more phone privileges [...]

Having just finished watching ‘Marley and Me’, I feel compelled now to wax reminiscent about my own dog experiences.  There haven’t been many, and there has so far only been one dog that crept into my heart in any manner that might be comparable to Marley and the Grogans.  He was the last dog I [...]

…one of the cutest things I’ve seen this week.

“Goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight.

This week has been populated with both ups and downs, but today, as I write this I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.  There were problems with my car insurance (dealt with marvelously), and a potentially horrid problem with my student loans (dealt with not only marvelously, but wonderfully marvelously).
 So, as [...]