I had yesterday off. I had a late lunch with my mom, LS and YB. Then we hung out a bit around Dallas and then went bowling for 2 hours. They dropped me off at home and I got a nice, warm shower. I did a little bit of random junk online for about 15 minutes then I decided to hop in the car around 11:45 pm and go buy some toys for the Toys for Tots fundraiser I'm doing.
If you want to see larger sizes of both images, click here and here.
I didn't use any of the money that has been donated yet. Everything you see up there is stuff I got with my own money. I got 16 toys and spent $65. Not one thing there cost more than $5. Each thing cost between $2 to $5. I'm not saying it just to say it when I say every little bit helps. It's the truth. Even if you can only give a few dollars to something, it helps. In this case, that $3 will buy a toy for one little kid. Like I said last year, I know Christmas isn't about the toys but imagine being 6 and knowing other little kids are getting something while you're getting nothing? That sucks.
Even if you don't donate to my fundraiser, I encourage y'all to find a way to do some good. Even if it's giving some pocket change to the Salvation Army, giving some canned food to a food pantry, donating time somewhere, dropping a few dollars to a cause you'd rather donate to; I don't care what you do, just do something. I think the world would be a better place is people were more willing to help people in small ways.
There is still plenty of time to donate to my fundraiser. Just a few dollars helps and then I do all the work for you so you don't have to shop or deliver the toys to the drop location. And like I did last year, I'll be posting pictures of what I'm buying as I shop so y'all can see what your donations are buying. :)
Thank you to anyone that's posted on their blog, Tumblr, Twitter, etc about this. I appreciate it. If you've posted about it but I haven't seen it yet, let me know so I can add the link to your post about it to an upcoming post. Or if you plan to post about it, make sure you let me know as well. :) Thank you to the 9 people who have donated already. Y'all are wonderful. :) Aaand, thank you to anyone who donates time, money, resources, etc to help others in need.
Happy Monday!
Employee: Hey Boss, Ash, are we out of ranch dressing?
Me: Did you look in the cooler in the kitchen that has 4 huge jars of ranch dressing in waiting?
Employee: Waiting for what?
Me: There's more ranch in the cooler in the kitchen.
Employee: In which part of the cooler?
Me: Left.
Employee: Who?
Me: What?
Employee: Who left?
Me: No, left side of the cooler.
Employee: Oh, got ya.
* * * * *
Employee: Hey, we're out of 6 pans.
Me: We're out or there aren't any clean?
Employee: None are clean I guess. There's plenty in the sink in the dish tank.
Me: You should probably go get some dishes washed then.
Employee: I can do that, no problem.
(For the record, this instance has happened 3 times now.)
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Customer: Ma'am? Do you charge for tap water?
Me: No ma'am, we do not.
Customer: Ok, how much is a glass of water?
Me: Free.
Customer: So, you don't charge for it then?
Me: No ma'am, we don't charge for cups of water.
Customer: What about bottled water that I put into a cup?
Me: We charge for bottled water and you can have the cup to put it in for free.
Customer: Well then I might as well just go with the tap water.
* * * * *
Phone call: Will y'all be carding people when they order alcohol?
Me: Most definitely.
Phone call: Seriously? Every time?
Me: Yes, every time.
Phone call: Well fuck, that's a bummer.
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Employee: Do we have any more of the Ginger Brew?
Me: No, we got rid of the last of it a little over a month ago.
Employee: Oh. I don't pay attention I guess.
Me: Apparently not. Work on that.
Employee: I'm gonna get fired one of these days, huh?
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Employee (to a customer doing a take out order): What kind of sauces do your kids want with their mini-calzones?
Customer: I don't know. I'm not even sure they like Italian food. I guess I'll find out. I knew I should have asked our nanny to handle picking up dinner. Surprise me, or them I guess, on the sauce choices because frankly I have no idea what my kids like to eat.-----------------------------------------------------That last one makes me more sad than any of the dumb ass shit other people have said. Sad and agitated, too. I can't imagine not knowing what my own kids (you know, if I had any) liked to eat.
Anyway, I won't go off on a rant here about that topic. Maybe I'll take that rant and make a post out of it. :D
If you haven't checked out the Toys for Tots Fundraiser I'm doing, DO SO! Please? Even if it's only $3 or $5, every dollar counts. :) Thanks so much to the people who have donated, tweeting the link on Twitter and to the people helping by pimping my post out on their blogs. I appreciate it. :D
Happy Saturday!
I was sitting in a coffee shop recently, sipping on a drink and half assed flipping through a magazine I didn't have much interest in. I had an hour break and had most of that time to kill since I had taken all of 10 minutes to eat the sandwich I had brought to work for my lunch. There was a couple sitting off to my right side that kept having little heated discussions. Mostly, they didn't really interest me so I didn't pay them much attention. Then....
The Girl: "Well, you know you should have some fucking consideration for me. I have to kiss you and feel your stubble all over my face, which I dislike. I agree that your stubble is soft and not course so it's not scratching me up but it does tickle because it's so soft. So still, it annoys me. Why don't you just shave your damn facial hair so I don't have to deal with it? Your hairy fucking face is unpleasant to me."
The Guy: "You know, your hairy vagina is unpleasant for me when I go downtown on you but do you hear me bitch at you to shave so it's more pleasant for me? I don't like your course pubic hairs in my mouth, scratching my face, or anything else but I don't request or demand or even suggest you shave or even trim that jungle up on my behalf. Show me that same courtesy please and stop nagging me about my facial hair."
After that, she sat there mouth hanging open for a few seconds before she picked up her paperback and smacked him in the arm with it. Then called him an asshole and ended up yelling at him loudly enough that the manager came over and asked them to leave.
I managed to suppress my chuckles over his response. The guy at the table next to me and his female companion? Not so much. They both burst out into laughter and then continued to have a conversation about what had happened after the couple had been asked to leave.
I agree with the guy, though. I don't really think that was the right place for the conversation and definitely not as loudly as they were speaking but I digress. My point here isn't about the conversation being had in public, causing a scene, him being an asshole, conversations better had in private, etc. My point is focused on the point the guy was trying to make to his companion. If a guy suggests they shave or otherwise remove the hair (legs, arms, pubic region, etc) from their bodies, a lot of women end up insulted, angry or annoyed. Which is fine to get annoyed at because no one has to shave if they don't want to and no one should make someone feel bad about their decision to be hairless or not. Yet so many of those same women will nag the pants off a guy to get rid of his facial hair because they don't like it.
How is it any different? The way I see it, it's not. Aside from location that is. ;) They may not be thrilled with your mass of pubic hair, hairy legs, etc. but if they're not saying anything, why bother them about their hair? Especially if you wouldn't shave for them yet expect them to shave for you?
Of course, if your guy nags you about your shaving habits or tries to make you feel bad about the decision you make; you should probably let him know he's being a prick and hopefully he'll be more respectful about it.
We all have things we're less than thrilled with when it comes to our significant others. You're not going to like everything they do and some things I just don't think are worth picking at. I guess I just don't get what is to be gained over nagging them over things that are silly when you could spend the time more positively. Or possibly addressing more important issues that need attention.
Feel free to share your thoughts. :)
Happy Wednesday!
My weekend? Sit back, this is going to get exciting.
Just kidding. :p
Friday: Worked. Got home around 2:45 AM.
Saturday: Worked. Got home around 1:30 AM.
Boring, right? Lol. That's how I usually spend Friday and Saturday so nothing new there. Ah, service industry. Funny thing happened Saturday. A wine distributor came in, drunk, and tried to pitch to me on why we should be clients of him. He was, aside from coming in drunk, totally unprofessional and disorganized. I declined without even talking to my boss about it first.
Sunday was good, though. That's my day off. I did some laundry in the morning time. Once I got that done, around 1:30 pm, I headed out to my Aunt's house. My mom, LS and YB are staying 90 minutes East of where I live with my Aunt. She has a nice little spot out in the country. The weather was great. 70's, clear skies and just beautiful. I put gas in the car, rolled down the windows, turned up the music and enjoyed the 90 minute drive out there.
Mom cooked a nice dinner. I haven't had anything home cooked from my mom in over a year so that was definitely nice. I went on a long walk with YB & LS. We played some War. We watched Toy Story . Then the four of us played a few games of Clue. Then it was midnight and I headed out to drive back to Dallas.
While on the walk with LS & YB earlier in the afternoon, I used my camera phone to snap a few pictures out there. :)
This one I got while standing in the driveway waiting for my brother & sister to get their shoes on so we could walk....:
This one is the view from the driveway with me facing toward the house....:
This one I got a little bit further down the road:
You can check out my Tumblr and Twitter for a couple more, if you want.
Also, thanks to the couple people that have posted about my Toys for Tots fundraiser on their blogs. :) Rayne (she is also doing her own fundraiser, too :D), Veronica, Osbasso and the wonderful Nic all made mention of it on their blogs. Nitebyrd not only posted about it but also put up a donation button for me on top of her blog. Thanks y'all, I appreciate the help! (If you posted about it on your blog and I didn't link you, let me know and I'll add you in there! Or if you plan on doing that, just let me know so I can mention your help in a future post.) Also thanks to anyone who has retweeted one of my many tweets on Twitter about it. :D And even more so, thank you to everyone who has donated something so far. I've had people donate as little as $2 and on up. Of course, I'm still taking donations and will be until mid December. That gives you plenty of time to donate a few dollars if you feel so inclined. I'm excited about getting to go shopping for toys again this year. :D
That does it. Hope you all had a nice weekend!
Happy Monday!
I tweeted this a couple weeks ago, "Geez, I'm allowed to be weirded out by something. It doesn't make me intolerant. Not everyone is going to like the same stuff. Get over it."
I was talking to someone and they mentioned something they were into. They asked what my opinion on it was. I said it creeped me out, because it does. I said I felt it was weird, because I do. I said it made me uncomfortable, because it does. I explained more specifically why I had those feelings because the person I was talking wanted to know. So, I explained simply why it didn't float my boat.
Then I got called intolerant.
Uh, no.
"Intolerance: Not tolerant of others' views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from one's own.
Intolerant: Unwillingness or refusal to accept people who are different from you, or views, beliefs, or lifestyles that differ from your own."
I'm allowed to have a negative opinion on something without it being intolerance. I don't care that the person I was talking to is into it. I'm not hating on them doing it. I didn't bash it. I didn't bash them for liking it. The only "negative" thing I even said was that I'm not comfortable with it and it's creepy to me.
Sorry, that doesn't make me intolerant. A lot of people tend to get defensive when they talk about something they like and then someone doesn't share their appreciation of it. There's no need to be defensive about it when you're not being attacked, judged or ridiculed for it, though.
Someone having a differing opinion from you doesn't make them intolerant.
On Halloween, I usually have to work. No biggie, I tend to work jobs where I work that night and can still dress up thus making it still fun in a lot of ways.
This year, I had Halloween off.
Saturday, the 30th, I didn't go to any Halloween parties or festivities. My mom's birthday was Wednesday and since we were all going to the Stars/Sabres game Saturday with the free tickets I talked about already, we agreed we would celebrate her birthday on Saturday to save them an additional trip up to Dallas. (They're staying about 90 minutes away from where I love for now.)
We went to lunch at one of my mom's favorite restaurants mid-afternoon Saturday. Then we went to the Galleria mall in Dallas to do some shopping and looking around. Then it was time for the Stars game. The game was fucking great. Not just because the Stars won 4-0, shutting out the Sabres. They also just played a good game and we had a fun time. There was also birthday cake and presents, too. My boyfriend made my mom red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting. I decorated it with red and purple stuff. I even set up a little table with confetti and decorations that I made. My mom said it was one of the best birthday celebrations she's had in a while so that made me happy.
Back to Halloween now. :D I had Halloween off which surprised me. I assumed since I requested Saturday off, I'd have to work Sunday but my boss (in one of his few cool moments) let me have that Sunday off, too. Sunday tends to be my day off anyway so woohoo.
I didn't buy a costume because I didn't have the money to spend on it. So, I opted to do like I have the last few years and just throw together something with stuff I already have. Clever, I know. Lol.
That is my eye makeup. :)
I forgot to get a picture of my lips but I did them lined in black then did half red half blue lipstick and topped it with a clear gloss so it was shiny. In this pic, I hadn't yet done my lips yet because I was waiting on my friend to bring me the colored lipsticks.
I wore:
The black and red feather boa you see in the picture.
A red Ian Kinsler (Texas Rangers) jersey t-shirt.
A long sleeved purple plaid shirt that has teal and green in it as well.
Dark blue jeans.
Grey cotton gym shorts.
An orange and brown striped cotton scarf.
A black bandanna with neon colored stars.
Devil horns on my head.
One totally black DC skate shoe.
One neon colored flip flop.
The plaid shirt, I wore one sleeve as it should be with it buttoned properly at the wrist. The other sleeve I had rolled up to my elbow. The bandanna was wrapped around the wrist and forearm of the arm that had the rolled up sleeve.
I wore the grey cotton gym shorts on the outsides of my jeans.
I had the cotton scarf wrapped around one of my knees and tied in a pretty bow.
The foot that had the neon colored flip flop, I also wore a purple and black plaid sock on that foot.
Devil horns were on my head.
I wore the feather boa all night.
My costume? A fashion disaster, lol. I had people asking me all night what I was supposed to be. Most laughed and said I'd done good when I told them what I was. I don't have a camera but The Lawyer was taking pictures all night so he got some good ones.
After going out, we (myself, The Lawyer & Girl) went back to my place. We had tacos and watched a movie while hanging out. It was a pretty laid back Halloween (and the first Halloween I didn't drink on in years) but I had fun hanging out with some friends.
Anyway...
This reminds me.... I need to update the cast list on the blog because I've made tweets mentioning The Lawyer, Girl and some other people and then I have people inquiring about who and what I'm talking about because I haven't updated the list since I made it, lol.
If you haven't already, make sure you check out the Toys for Tots post. I'm taking donations until December so there's still plenty of time to donate a few dollars for a great cause. :)
Happy Tuesday!
