Complete Rambles

I have a lot of random little things that I've been meaning to blog about, so I'll just do it all in one blog. Prepare yourselves people. I'm going to be bouncing all over the place in the post!

Let me start with the Bachelor. I thought (this being the key word here) that he was such a great guy, and when he picked Melissa I was so happy for her. She seems like such a genuinely nice girl. Then comes the after the final rose show where the show didn't have a live audience of maybe 100 people to keep it as "intimate as possible out of respect for all parties involved", but yet they'll air that sorry ass break up on national television where millions of people are wacthing. GIVE ME A BREAK! Jason, if you found that you and Melissa weren't compatible then break it off in privacy and let us at least find out about it in the latest edition of People magazine or on TMZ. And shame on the producers of the Bachelor playing with peoples emotions like that for the extra publicity! Enough said about that.

Onto my next TV show.......American Idol. I don't really care much about the first few weeks of the show. I used to love watching all of the horrible singers and hilarious guys and girls who HAVE to know how bad they are but go on the show just to be put in front of a camera and get their 5 seconds of fame. I'm completely over those shows. I wait for the part of the season where the singers are actually good and they are dwindling down to their final 12. I have to tell you that when Scott Macintyre made it through I was literally in tears. He's blind and and amazing singer. Not only is he an amazing singer, but he has such a wonderful outlook on life! He doesn't let his disablity get him down. He strives for the best no matter what! I have high hopes in this contest. Right now I'm pulling for him and Anoop! Go NC!

I don't know if you can see it in this picture or not, but there is Lady sitting on the wing of Dumbo. Pappaw Drum gave Ashlyn $20 for Disney World and Lady is what she bought with her money. On our last day Ashlyn was waiting with Mom and Dad in the lobby of the hotel while Britt and I did a little shopping in the gift shop. It was time for the bus to arrive so we all grabbed our belongings and hurried outside. As we were boarding the bus Ashlyn noticed that she didn't have Lady! Dad ran like a banchy (sp) back in the lobby to see if he could find her before the bus took off, but it was too late. Some other little boy or girl must have already found Lady and given her a new home. Ashlyn handled it better than expected. I honestly thought that she was going to have a HUGE meltdown on this bus that was nearly filled to capacity. I knew that the airport had to have a Disney store, so I told her that we'd try to find her another Lady there. NO LUCK! They had all kinds of characters, but no Lady's. We bought her a baby pluto for the time being, but she still wanted her Lady back. Once we got back home Mom and Dad searched the internet over and over again looking on every Disney sight and every toy store there was, but guess what.............no Lady to be found. They finally turned to Ebay and bought a gently used one off of there for $10. I was not so happy about the idea of my child sleeping with a used stuffed animal, but whatever makes her happy. The day that it arrived in the mail you would have thought that it was Christmas all over again. Her exact words were - "My Lady. I missed her so much. I'm so glad that you are back home with me!" Then she looked up at Mom and Dad and said, "Whoever had her has been feeding her well. She's got a full belly." Is that not just precious? Now Lady never leaves her sight. She sleeps with her every night. She takes her in the car everywhere that we go. That dog is glued to her!

The ups and downs of working with guys............I don't know what I did before Robin joined the group! She is my sanity. I am her sanity. LOL! I don't know what I'm going to do for the next week without her because tomorrow she leaves for Hawaii for 10 days! I'm completely jealous! Anyways back to my original topic, working with guys. I absolutely LOVE my job! If something happened and I had to work somewhere else I would be DEVASTATED! There is NEVER a DULL moment around here! I hear burping and farting throughout the day. It's such a professional work environment! LOL! My office on the other side of the wall from the shop shitters so I occasionally hear some really loud noises from in there. Some days Robin and I are have tears streaming down our face with laughter. One downside with working with all these guys is that we have to have our septic tank pumped every couple of months! And guess where the septic tank just happens to be................right outside of MY window! I'm talking the most horid smell that you've ever smelled in your life. I swear that the air turns green with odor when they come to pump those babies! That is one job that I would not do wish on my worst enemy! EWWWWWW!!!! One of the monthly highlights of our job (not really, but it's really funny) is when we get the cable bill for one of our salesreps who has a company apartment in Myrtle Beach. Boy do we get a kick out of his movie choices. Here are just a few off of the list - Hot/Sexy Daughters, Asian Babe Invasion, Gushing Wives, Alabama Slam, and our all time favorite..........Clean Shaven Beavers! We about died when we saw that one! There are pranks being pulled 24/7. It's just all around a wonderful place to work. It's not your average job. Work is FUN not boring, and I LOVE the fact that I look forward to work everyday! How many people can actually say that about their job?

On a sadder note. Please pray for Kyle Sigmon. He is the brother of a co-worker of mine. He was out this weekend when some guys jumped him and beat him unconscious. Once he was already down one of the guys began to kick him over and over again in the head. He was airlifted to Carolina's Medical Center where he is in a coma. Here is a link to the article out of the Lincoln Times. http://www.lincolntimesnews.com/current.asp?Story=18586&Sect=20&Y=2009&M=3&D=9