QUARANTEEEEEEENED!!

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We all got the nasty flu. I don't know what kind it is, and I'm not running off to the doctor to find out. (The doctor's office is the best place to catch things you know) I do know that it sucks and is making us just as miserable as the same old flu we get every year so meh... So far, Halie is the only healthy one in the house. I'm thinking she was so sick as a little one that she must have an immune system of steel by now. This is good because she has finals coming up at school. The rest of us are hanging out in the living room complaining together....

WHERE THERE'S SMOKE...

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....There's a photo opp!
I've been messing around with my camera, trying to get back into the groove of things. I got an email from the newspaper yesterday, and I have a photo shoot on the 27th for engagement photos. Since I am only working one or two days a week at the liquor store, this makes me pretty happy. I have been attempting to launch my own business (again) and basically I am just waiting for equipment, and searching for a business plan writer. I wrote my own in school for a pretend business, but I am finding that the real deal is way too complicated for my little brain. All that technical stuff aside, finding customers is the hardest part. This town is full of photographers, and finding my own niche is proving to be more difficult than I thought it would be. I do have a few people who want me to do photos, I just need to set the appointments up. With my mood the way it has been, I have been putting things off I guess. That old familiar fear of failure creeping in on me too. Someone please kick me in the arse....

BIG FAT CAT

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My kitty is a very very bad little kitty. Only she's not so little anymore. I wonder - how much can one little kitty eat? Do they make appetite suppressants for bad fat kitties? All night long she runs and runs all over the house, knocking over any drink that was left out, digging in the trashcan, and eating human food out of it. She broke into her bag of cat food, ate out the entire bottom of the paper bag, and chowed down on at least three or four cups of it. I don't know how she can hold all that. Last night I heard a big ol' crash and boom in the kitchen - it was the cat - trying to chow down on the kids' Halloween candy!! BAD KITTY!!
Kitties are not supposed to like bubble gum....

THANK YOU

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Today I laid my Daddy's ashes to rest with his own Momma and Dad.


To all the brave men and women who serve this country so that I might have the freedom to write on these virtual pages, the ones who fought to give me the right to say yes and no or maybe, too all who gave their lives so that all the rest of us are free to live our lives as we see fit....

THANK YOU.

NEW RULES FROM MY BOSS

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New Work Policies

SICK DAYS:
We will no longer accept a doctor statement as proof of sickness. If you are able to go to the doctor, you are able to come to work.

SURGERY:
Operations are now banned. As long as you are an employee here, you need all your organs. You should not consider removing anything. We hired you intact. To have something removed constitutes a breach of your employment contract.

PERSONAL DAYS:
Each employee will receive 104 personal days a year. They are called Saturdays & Sundays.

VACATION DAYS:
All employees will take their vacations at the same time every year. The vacation days are as follows: Jan. 1, July 4 & Dec. 25.

BEREAVEMENT LEAVE:
This is no excuse for missing work. There is nothing you can do for dead friends, relatives or coworkers. Every effort should be made to have non-employees attend to the arrangements. In rare cases where employee involvement is unavoidable, the funeral should be scheduled in the late afternoon. We will be glad to allow you to work through your lunch hour and
subsequently leave one hour early, provided your share of the work is done.

OUT FROM YOUR OWN DEATH:
This will be accepted as an excuse. However, we require at least two weeks notice as it is your duty to train your own replacement.

RESTROOM USE:
Entirely too much time is being spent in the restroom. In the future, we will follow the practice of going in alphabetical order. For instance, all employees whose names begin with 'A' will go from 8:00 to 8:20, employees whose names begin with 'B' will go from 8:20 to 8:40 and so on. If you're unable to go at your allotted time, it will be necessary to wait until the
next day when your turn comes again. In extreme emergencies, employees may swap their time with a coworker. Both employees' supervisors (in writing)
must approve this exchange. In addition, there is now a strict 3-minute time limit in the stalls. At the end of three minutes, an alarm will sound, the toilet paper roll will retract, and the stall door will open.

LUNCH BREAK:
Skinny people get an hour for lunch as they need to eat more so that they can look healthy, normal size people get 30 minutes for lunch to get a balanced meal to maintain the average figure. Overweight people get 5 minutes for lunch because that's all the time needed to drink a Slim Fast & take a few diet pills.

DRESS CODE:
It is advised that you come to work dressed according to your salary, if we see you wearing $350 Prada sneakers & carrying a $600 Gucci bag we assume
you are doing financially well and therefore you do not need a raise.

Thank you for your loyalty to our company. We are here to provide a positive employment experience. Therefore, all questions comments, concerns, complaints, frustrations, irritations, aggravations, insinuations, allegations, accusations, contemplation's, consternation's or input should
be directed elsewhere.

Have a nice week.

Human Resources Department

DEAR SANTA....

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Dear Santa Clause,
After receiving this photograph in an email from my mother, I have decided that I no longer want those nifty car accessories I asked you to bring me for Christmas. Instead I would like to have one of these groovy new scarves. Please let me know if Mrs. Clause can knit one of these up for me in a size "Pamela" ok? Mother's email said that this scarf would make me stand out in a crowd, but I just thought it would be so nice to wear to work....
Thanks again,
Hippy

HERE'S YER SIGN

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Today marks exactly four weeks since Daddy left for the sky. I think I am doing ok, but parts of me are still so angry. Other parts of me are very hurt. Sometimes I find myself crying over the simplest things. I just can't believe he is gone. A few days before he passed, I knelt beside his bed and asked if he would send me a sign that he was ok when he got there. If he could. He said yes he would. Of course I am quite the skeptic, so I sat around expecting some big ol' cardboard displays with lights and bells and whistles that spell it out for me ya know? Something concrete that I could actually wrap my head around. Everyone else seems to think that they have had their signs, whether it be the butterflies for Mar, or the turkeys for my brother. I WANT MY SIGN!!
So yesterday I finally pulled myself together to take a shower and get ready to go pick up my kids from school when the mail came. In the stack were the two life insurance checks. I snatched up Halie and got into the car to head to the bank, and as soon as I turned the key over - on the radio - was playing - "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by the Stones. It was the same song that was playing on the radio when I walked into the room and saw that he was gone. The song is funny to hear on the way to the bank, because I don't get to keep all that money. Daddy had a specific designation for it that I am to carry out, but I will get to keep enough to buy a new camera to start to help me grow my business. (You Get What You Need)
When I came out of the bank - turned the car over - radio on - "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath....

I could be wrong. It could just be coincidence. But I don't think so. It was my Daddy talking to me. I felt it in my soul....

BECAUSE WE ARE WIERD...

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I think I may just use this as our Christmas invitations!! Heehee! I totally can't believe it is already "The Holiday Season!!" There is already Christmas music playing in the grocery store, all the stores are totally decorated, and some of my neighbors already have their lights up!! OHHH MY!
I have decided that this year I am going to live a little and get a REAL tree!! I haven't had one of those since the little kids were born, so they have no clue what that even smells like. I remember Christmas smelling so good when I was a kid because my parents had real trees, and my mom baked almost every day for a month. I want my kids to "smell" Christmas too.

NOW - who wants FUDGE!!