Wednesday, 8 April 2009

Even though it is still cool, tomorrow I'm going to wear a khaki skirt, LL Bean pink polo, and a Lands' End kelly green with pink monogram cardigan. And, not to forget my Morgan & Co. pink with white polka dot grosgrain belt. I have never been as ready for spring as I am now. I just wish it would be warm enough for my sandals.

Last night I started watching a creepy movie on Lifetime called Poison Ivy. I decided to go to bed early so I set my VCR to record the last 30 minutes. I watched it when I got home. That had to be the lamest movie I've seen in a long time. What's so bad is when I was watching it, I couldn't stop. Have you ever watched a movie like that? Right now, I have You've Got Mail playing on the DVD player. It is one of my favorite movies. Tonight I just have it on for noise. My mother wants me to get my hair cut like Meg Ryan's in the movie. I remind her that this movie came out in 1994. But, I do dress like her character, sometimes. If I met a man over the internet, it wouldn't be Joe Fox, it would be the roof top killer.

Tuesday, 7 April 2009

I'm watching some creepy movie on Lifetime. It's called Poison Ivy: The Secret Society. I rarely ever watch Lifetime, but there wasn't anything else on. It's like a train wreck. It's awful, but you can't stop watching.

We found out yesterday that there has been some restructuring of the area offices. Some jobs have been eliminated. Nobody in our area has lost their job. Queenie told me that she was getting "survivor's remorse". I guess that's like "survivor's guilt". I heard of people with that. Isn't that what surviving soldiers get when they are near other soldiers that are killed in action? Or maybe the lone survivor of a bad accident? I guess I don't feel it because I have lost my job due to a acquisition years ago. I worked for a failed Savings and Loan.`As a matter of fact, I've been working a lot harder this week and I haven't been complaining as much. I don't want to lose my job.

I can't wait until next week so that I can wear my fun spring clothes. I can't wait until I can wear my sandals. Maybe the week after next. Every time I think spring is here, it turns cold.

I hope everyone has a good Wednesday (HUMP DAY, YAY!!)

Monday, 6 April 2009

I hate to keep talking about this crazy Alabama weather, but it is crazy. Saturday, it was 77 degrees and today it did not get out of the 40's. Tonight, it is supposed to get down to 29. Don't worry, it will be back up in the 70's again.

I was really lazy this weekend. Yesterday, I had sinus problems, so I laid around and watched Mad Men season 1, Rear Window and Murder, She Wrote. I found out today that I was not the only lazy one. Others admitted to not doing anything yesterday.

I think after we sell the store that I will have more energy. I don't think I'll be as tired. I'm going to take advantage of the free time and take on some projects. I think I'm going to start back fooling with genealogy. I used to love it, but one day I just gave it up.

I hope everyone has a good Tuesday.

Saturday, 4 April 2009

As I said in my earlier post, I was going shopping. The highlight was when I was in Aveda. There is construction at the Summit. The girls at Aveda told me that there was and LL Bean store going to open in the new area. That made my day. At Ulta, I bought Essie nail oil, a small magnifying mirror and some Burt's Bees pomegranate lip balm. I was able to use a $5 coupon. I went into Home Goods to check it out. I bought a shower curtain liner. I saw many pretty things in there. I went to TJ Maxx to see if they had any Eliza B belts. They had some, but the only one that I liked was in a size larger than what I wear. Oh well, I didn't need it anyway.

On the way shopping, I put an old stereo cabinet by the garbage dumpster. I inherited it from my sister when she was tired of it. When I came back home, it was gone. I was glad that someone could use it.

I hope everyone has a good Sunday. We're expecting more bad weather. I guess it's that time of year.
I decided that this weekend was going to be a lazy weekend. I had a few chores that I was going to do and then watch TV and DVD's the remainder of the weekend. I have one chore left and I'm going to do it tomorrow morning.

This afternoon, I need to go to Aveda to get shampoo and conditioner, and then I'm going to go and browse through Ulta. I tear coupons out of magazines, but I never go. I think I may be able to get better deals on stuff like lotion, nail polish, etc. at Ulta. On the way home, I'm going to hit TJ Maxx. Everyone always finds good stuff there, but I never have any luck. I'll let you know what I find.

My sister and brother-in-law gave me a combo VCR/DVR for Christmas. It did not work on my TV (yes, it was older than I thought), so I bought a new TV Monday. I hooked everything up last night, and it all works just fine.

As I type this, I'm watching Making the Grade. I know, it's such a lame movie, but I've always liked it. Judd Nelson in his younger days and all those preppy clothes. What's not to like about it? Andrew Dice Clay is really lame in this one. From what I understand, he's gets lamer as the years go by. I would like to have a pair of gold shell earrings like Jonna Lee wears in this movie. I don't even care whether or not they are real gold. I think I may have had a pair like them many years ago. I think they were by Dottie Smith. If it wasn't me, it was my sister that had them. If anyone sees any, let me know.

Thursday, 2 April 2009

The weather did not get as bad as they predicted...thank goodness. We've had a few rounds of heavy rain, but they only last for a few minutes. There's a storm about 50 miles west of here. It will probably be here in about an hour and a half. I may go to bed soon, but I'm going to leave the radio on so that I can wake up if there is a weather warning.

This afternoon, we were told that we could leave work early because of the bad weather. Queenie called her husband to come get her. He told her that he couldn't right then, because he had to take the cats out. (to do what, I don't know). Forty-five minutes later, she was still there.

The bank is installing a new security system. We got an email today saying that they would be testing the system tomorrow and Monday. We are to disregard any message to evacuate the building. On another note, new fire wardens were appointed. I received orange vests that each of the fire wardens and their backup are suppose to wear in case of a fire or fire drill. I went from floor to floor passing them out today. Late this afternoon, the building management called me to tell me that a woman on the 8th floor complained to them that she did not get a vest to wear when we had to evacuate tomorrow. Bless her heart! We couldn't figure out how she got that all mixed up. I don't know how I got to be chief fire warden, but I do get to wear an orange vest. Lucky me.

I hope everybody has a nice Friday. If the weather gets bad in your area, try to stay safe.

Wednesday, 1 April 2009

I finished Social Climbers by Beth Dunn this afternoon. I really enjoyed it. I think I know these people. In the small town where I'm from, there are a lot of Kitty Kimmel's. They are not quite as mean as Kitty. We don't call these women "Social Climbers", we call then "Wannabes". The AT's are actually real nice and down to earth. I'm sure everyone has experienced these people.

Tonight, as I was leaving work, I saw Queenie's husband walking toward the dumpster outside our building. I think he was going to go dumpster diving, until he saw her walk out. I almost got tickled at his attire. He had on a pair of khaki shorts with an elastic waistband, all the way around. And he had his shirt tucked in. He had the shorts hiked up real high, like a geek. I wish coworker could have seen it. She would have died laughing.

We are supposed to have bad storms tomorrow...again. They are predicting up to 10 inches of rain for some parts of the state. They are also predicting tornadoes. As best as I can remember Friday or Saturday is the 35th anniversary of the bad tornadoes that came through Huntsville. I think we had about 7 in one night. It was bad. I just saw on the Weather Channel where there were 148 tornadoes that day, nationwide. Luckily our neighborhood did not receive any damage, but the power was out for several days. That is a night that I will never forget.

I hope everyone has a good Thursday. If you are in the area of the storms, stay safe.