Peace and Quiet: HA!!!

Hello world, how goes it? Everyone happy about the weekend?

It was pouring buckets here when I got up, and man it was hard to get out of bed (at the crack of 10:00) but the got junk guys were coming at 1:00. Soooooooooo The Most Spoiled Cat In The Universe worked her magic and got me up. Not easy.

The junk guys came early, and cleared out my garage. It cost $265, but all the junk is gone. It was worth it to get rid of that stuff (stones, soil, old pots, you name it, it was in that garage). Also got rid of household stuff too–a humidifier (huge) that hasn’t bee used in 10 years, a vacuum that hasn’t WORKED in the same amount of time, and about 15 three ring binder. The garage looks wonderful now, and the house looks better too without the junk. The junk guys  couldn’t take the pesticides (which I’ve never used), so I’ll have to wait until the city has a household dangerous chemicals day (they have one every week, apparently). We do have bugs here, but I like the birds better, so no ‘better living through chemicals’ for me.

Took Mom to get her hair done, and to lunch. We ran into our dear g.p. doc in Subway! He is the best–had a great big smile on his face and he said hi first (neither of us had noticed him when he came in). Cool.

Work went very well–we had a group lunch for a few birthdays in the group on Friday. The person with whom I walked to the restaurant is a psychic. Told me I have four angels (boy I must be bad to rate that many, huh?) and a grandfather with me all the time. She described him pretty closely–he’s my dad’s father.

Ran into a few old friends going to and from the restaurant too.

Am definitely in heaven.

So Mom’s hair is fine, I know that she had a filling lunch, the garage is looking great and the junk in the house that’s been bugging me for months is gone. Yahoo.

Onto bigger and better stuff (like the lawn/back yard) next.

AND the sun’s out now!

Life is good. Hope yours is at least as good, world.

MWAH!

BJ

Hi World, sorry I’ve been outatouch. Am having the dickens of a time with allergies/
hives/rashes and all kinds of wonderful experiences (she drawled sarcastically). No
biggie, it just cuts down on my time here.

Got an invite to the wedding of the oldest nephew, and it’s a honey! The kids sent
it out themselves, which I’m very glad to see. It’s the neatest invitation I’ve ever
seen–lots of imagination and style–and the replies to go the bride-to-be. VERY
happy to see all this stuff. The wedding will be in Kingston, which is close and great
 (they’re moving out west tho). Good for those kids!

Work going very well still, which is an amazing experience when you’ve been
working in a human sewer for the past few years. Yahoo!!! Friendly, warm,
professional and genuinely nice people–lots of them. Am in heaven still.

The recyclers took away my two bins packed with old books (no am sure
no one would have wanted them. They’re pop-self-help things that I never
 read). Glad to see that stuff gone; and the ‘take away junk’ people are coming
 on the weekend. So is pal AP, who wants to take two rusty grills away. Want
her to make sure she’s got gloves and an up to date tetanus status.

Re-reading that last part made me shake my head. The cute office-mate guy
 told me of problems he was having with insurance (at work) due to losing his
 birth certificate and social insurance number. I was bored doing what I was
doing (temporarily), so I found the forms, contacts and phone numbers for
him in less than five minutes (love a challenge). He was amazed but laughs
“who are you, my mother?”. Well, yes, I’m everyone’s mother. Don’t know
where that instinct comes from but it leaks out of my pores.  Even AP’s mother,
and she’s about seven years older than I am!!

Actually I’d been worried about that lost birth certificate thing myself. To get
a Canadian passport, you have to let them take/keep (temporarily) your birth
certificate, and that makes me nuts–particularly having been born in another
country, 56 years ago! What if they lose it? Government isn’t known for being
ummm orderly. Well not all the time. Anyway I”m a fraidy-cat about that and
so far haven’t dealt with the passport thing.

OK it’s almost 10:00, the witching hour for not being on the computer. I think
that the lit-up screen gets my brain all fired up so that it’s hard to sleep. My doc
 advised that bipolars are thought to be particularly sensitive to light. Makes
sense to me–when fall and spring come (change of seasons/light intensity) they
 wreak havoc with sleep.

Later, world! Will post a good joke or two soon.

Luv, BJ

Thanks Peter T!!

Q: Name the four seasons.
A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.

Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink.
A: Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists.

Q: How is dew formed?
A: The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.

Q: How can you delay milk turning sour? (brilliant, love this!)
A: Keep it in the cow.

Q: What causes the tides in the oceans?
A: The tides are a fight between the Earth and the Moon. All water tends to flow towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon, and nature hates a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in this fight.

Q: What are steroids?
A: Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs.

Q: What happens to your body as you age?
A: When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental.

Q: What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty?
A: He says good-bye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery.

Q: How are the main parts of the body categorized? ( e.g., abdomen)
A: The body is consisted into three parts — the brainium, the borax and the abdominal cavity. The brainium contains the brain; the borax contains the heart and lungs, and the abdominal cavity contains the five bowels A, E, I, O, and U.
 

Q: What is the fibula?
A: A small lie.

Q: What does ‘varicose’ mean? (I do love this one…)
A: Nearby.

Q: Give the meaning of the term ‘Caesarian Section.’
A: The Caesarian Section is a district in Rome

Q: What does the word ‘benign’ mean?’
A: Benign is what you will be after you be eight. 
  
 
TEACHER:   Maria, go to the map and find North America
MARIA:       Here it is.
TEACHER:  Correct. Now class, who discovered   America ?
CLASS:        Maria.
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TEACHE R:  John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN:         You told me to do it without using tables.
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 TEACHER:  Glenn, how do you spell ‘crocodile?’
GLENN:      K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L’
TEACHER: No, that’s wrong
GLENN:     Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
 
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 TEACHER:  Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD:    H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER:  What are you talking about?
DONALD:    Yesterday you said it’s H to O.
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 TEACHER:  Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn’t have ten years ago.
WINNIE:       Me!
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 TEACHER:  Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN:     Well, I’m a lot closer to the ground than you are.
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 TEACHER:    Millie, give me a sentence starting with ‘I.’
MILLIE:          I is..
TEACHER:   No, Millie….. Always say, ‘I am’
MILLIE:         All right…  ‘I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.  
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 TEACHER:   George Washington not only chopped down his father’s  cherry tree, but also admitted it. &nsp; Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn’t punish him?
LOUIS:        Because George still had the axe in his hand.  
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  TEACHER:  Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON:      No sir, I don’t have to, my Mom is a good cook. 

TEACHER:   Clyde , your composition on ‘My Dog’ is exactly the same as your brother’s.   Did you copy his?
CLYDE :       No, sir.  It’s the same dog.
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 TEACHER:     Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD:       A teacher.
 

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080523/business/tim_hortons_trouble

Do they ever learn???

Title has nothing to do with anything world. Happy Friday!!!! Well, OK the ‘red’ bit has to do with blood tests…
finally got my March blood tests done. Six of those charming vials, but at least this vampire got the vein right the first time, and no bruising. Yahoo that’s a change. The people who work there are really nice/funny, which is tough in a place that gets that much human traffic.

Speaking of that, last night it occurred to me that he who shall not be named or get capital letters might wind up in there also at the same time. Rejected that thought, as the odds are against it.

Well…not quite.

It came in, sat down one seat away from me, and sat there for at least half an hour. Didn’t even say hi/smile.  For those of you who are new to this, hwsnbn (ogcl) is one of my two brothers, a particularly grumpy/nasty/weirdo. 1.5 years younger than I and mighty resentful of this is he. His kids are good human beings, the wife is just like he is. Anyway it was weird, but am not even angry/insulted about it. Fish swim, birds fly, he acts like a jerk. Just thought you may be interested.

Also received two estimates today (of about seven) for the landscaping. One was roughly $5K (oh oh) the other was half that. Can’t wait to see how the others go!

Had lunch with a dear bud I met at the hellhole (former place of employment where all who can are bailing). It was terrific!! This lady’s in her 60s, just got her PhD in philosophy or political science, I forget which, and she can chat the door off a barn but it’s always very interesting. Teaches at university and breeds Irish setters (has four of them) and trains seeing eye dogs. It was a wonderful visit.

Not much else going on here, world. For once, the laundry’s done, house is relatively clean, chores getting done. Am avoiding the gardening because am hoping to dump that one on the landscapers.

Have a stupendous weekend, all!

BJ

I think this one is Vic’s fault too. Thanks Vic!!

Thanks Vic….

I didn’t realize this but these coupons are good for one gallon of gas at most retailers. I have seen them around lots but never knew what they were for?
You probably have one lying around somewhere now? Make sure to use it before it expires!!

Thanks Vic for this Friday funny…

For the annual company picnic, management had decided that because of liability issues, we could have alcohol, but only one   drink per person…

I was fired for ordering the cups.

 

courtesy of:  http://icanhascheezburger.com/

World,  this is the second time I’ve written this post. The first draft was lost because of some DEP protective thing in my system. It’s new, hasn’t happened before AND I didn’t load this thing either!!!

Anyway, as I was saying/typing, today’s fun was arriving at the office of a doctor to whom my gp had referred me. At the time, I hadn’t asked why, just wanted to get out of the gp’s office.

WELL!!!

First of all, he’s a gastroenterologist. Since Mom had a polyp (a big one), there’s cancer in the family, I’m 56, blah blah and a billion other reasons/symptoms, I have to get a buttscan (colonoscopy). That’s bad enough, but the person who’ll do it is this doc.

A gorgeous, 40 something, blond hunky guy!  

Very funny, universe!!

The LAST person I want poking around that part of me is any guy who looks like HIM!!!

Can you imagine, world??? Groan!!!

Ladies, I have a proposal, tell me what you think:

1–All gorgeous/cute/good looking guys should be flunked out of med school automatically (sorry GI) or
2–No gorgeous/etc male docs should be allowed to do pap smears, buttscans or any other potentially embarrasing stuff.

What do you guys think??

Other updates:

Pal P is out of the country on holidays. Before she left, she said that The Rodent was saying things about the group of smart folks who left his employ (that would include but not be limited to me). She said that “I should know”. No matter how many times I said that I do not care, she insisted and then left town. Didn’t get to tell me on the phone because the walls, floors, ladies’ room cubicles, photocopiers and ceilings there have ears. Not friendly ones either!

On the same evening that P called, I ran into the nosy next door neighbor. She’s a bad gossip, and had to tell me that other neighbors are following my lead in getting landscapers in, and that she’ll be so happy once the street looks nice.

Like it’s a hellhole now. Thanks! :(  This is par for this lady’s course–has managed to get in a dig or something every time I’ve had the misfortune of running into her. I know, I know, she’s lonely/bored/bitter, but s**t, why does she have to live next door to me???

Something else bad happened that night, and mercifully I forget what, but I didn’t sleep one wink that night. Not fun, being awake all night.

But did wind up making a mental ‘to do’ list and got a lot of it done today, which feels great. So the house is cleaner, film out being developed, etc. and even sent in a request for refund to my health care company. Would you believe, for $1400?? Yeppir I am a procrastenator sans pareil.

Well, that’s it for me today, world. The week off is winding down, but it’s been a great one.

Hope yours is going as well or better!

BJ

Funny Subtitle Iraq interview–this is oldish but a hoot. Ran across it the other day and thought you’d get a giggle out of this. Actually could apply to any language/culture–this one just happend to be what it is. Enjoy

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7373128225578708570&pr=goog-sl