This Will Make you HATE Black Friday!

I have ventured out on Black Friday to shop with the other crazies only once. That was the worse shopping experience ever. But every year I think, so I buck up and just do it again this year? Sometimes the commercials motivate me...

This year the following commercials are KILLING me and keeping the heck away from the stores...

Oh yeah, these two commercials make me RUN. Good thing I have decided to take a second job for the holidays where there are no sales, all items cost the same 365 days a year and there is still a line out the door. WOO HOO.

If yall are going shopping and would like my "wish list" just let me know....



Sunday Night Addiction

I thought I had searched the Internet and back. I have discovered how wrong I am and now am addicted!

Pinterest.com is sooo awesome! I can search for all things that run this whacked mind of mine and find that someone else has already thought of it and posted online, taking all the work out of it and letting my mind to continue to wonder.

I am embarrassed to say that the last two hours I have been engrossed in this site. Maybe I will find a "real" blog topic on here somewhere. Sorry about this non-planned, not well thought out post, but I am preoccupied.

Check it out and enjoy! Don't forget to "follow me" so I can "follow you".

Fill in the Blank Friday

1. A nervous habit I have is picking the cuticles on my thumbs. I do this even in my sleep. My thumbs then get red and sore, not to mention gross to look at.

2. Something that makes me sad is the state of the country. Doesn’t matter which side of the political isle you sit on. I feel that we have lost the “United” in our country’s name. We need to begin to cross the isle, shake hands and play in the sandbox nicely and become a UNITED front again.

3. Today I am thankful for the beautiful weather and preparing for upcoming Thanksgiving.

4. My favorite room in my house is my bedroom. It is quiet, peaceful, no distractions, no frills, a true retreat from the crazy in the rest of the house.

5. I can't stand parents that let their children run wild. For example a parent on the block lets her 5 year old and 2 ½ year old run naked and unsupervised all over the street at all hours. Just watch your kids and reprimand when needed.

6. If I had an extra $100 to spend on whatever I wanted today I would go buy a couple bottles of wine for Troy. His stock has been dwindling and we haven’t restocked much due to our tightened budget.

7. The last person I hung out with was the very best husband in the world. We went to wine club last night, it was a quiet night and we were just us and not into the group much. Very nice! I have the most dreamy husband!!!

So many wines, so little time!

I wanted to make sure that you are checking out Troy's wine page...
http://c-hampe.blogspot.com/p/wines-we-have-enjoyed.html

This is our post from tonight.
Note the wines were soooo bad we didnt even taste a thing :-(

Troy cleaned out the wine fridge that his parents gave us. Oh so depressing! There were over 16 bottles of wine from Fredericksburg TX (mostly whites). They have been laying down and undisturbed for over 18 years and have simply gone bad :-(. Our recycle guys are going to think we are really drunks or be upset they missed the party.

So now Troy is hoping that all Santa gets him for Christmas is Spec's and Wine Styles gift certificates so he can restock!

In the News Again...

(I originally wrote this blog last week, but didn't post for fear it would offend. Well, I am posting now. This Penn State story really eats me up as does the Conrad Murray case. Would love to hear your comments!)

I have my nose in the news again, so forgive me while I rant for a moment.

Such tragedy that an awesome institution would allow such a cover up and and such a hard, long and fast fall from grace... You should ALL be ashamed of yourselves. Those boys, any boy, any child, deserves sooo much better. SHAME!



When do we begin to hold accountable drug addicts for their own actions? When do we stop blaming others for our failures or the loss of our loved ones? When does a family member become responsible for intervening in their brothers destructive behaviors instead of blaming the doctor?

GUILTY

NOT Guilty!

Since when can a person not have drinks or dinner with someone of the opposite sex and not be accused of sexual harassment? I have worked in a male dominated world for over 11 years. I would have NEVER thought for one moment that having drinks or dinner with a married man would entitle me to accuse him of something he isn't.
WOMEN you are just wrong, wrong wrong.

WRONG

On the fence of right and wrong in this crazy world of
"always someone else at fault and I am going pay"

We all saw this train wreck happening, but I gave over 4 hours of my life to watch the "fairy tail wedding". WTH is wrong with me? (See blaming myself not others!)

Who really cares? Aren't they all just saying what we want to hear? I think they all need a turn or two in the HOT seat... lets vet them and really get to know who will be elected to the White House. We didn't know who we were getting in 2008 did we??

Really? We have to pick one?

Just say NO

Ok, I think have ranted enough. Hope to not have offended anyone, that wasn't my goal. BUT, my goal is to open your eyes AND my eyes to all sides of the news stories, not just what the media wants us to hear!

'Nuff said