Getting to Know Me...

... Again!

I know these lists find their way into our inboxes a little too often, but this one had some new/different questions on it, so I thought I'd post it.

I TAG ALL OF YOU!!!  (Insert evil laugh here)

1 - Is it easier to forgive or forget?  Probably forgive... I think most people have a harder time forgetting.

2 - Would you date a co-worker?  3 years ago, I would have responded with, "No way!  Don't dip your pen in the company ink!"  But Steve and I do work for the same company (different departments), so I can't really say that anymore.

3 - All expenses paid... Where would you go on vacation?  I'd love to go to Italy.

4 - On the way to the electric chair, what would your last meal be?  SHRIMP!... and LOTS of it!!

5 - Water parks... love 'em or hate 'em?  HATE THEM!!

6 - Would you rather have one great friend or 10 pals?  One great friend.

7 - Is toilet paper hung over the roll or under?  Over!

8 - Friends with benefits?  Um... No.  At 16, maybe, but at nearly 30 I just don't think it's possible.

9 - Would you rather take pictures or be in them?  I'd rather take them.

10 - What color looks best on you?  Whatever color is clean!

11 - If you could play any sport professionally, what would it be?  Beach volleyball!  But only if it came with the guarantee of having legs like Carrie Walsh.  (Hey... If I'm a pro, I can have a few demands.)

12 - Ever kissed a random person and then walked away?  Nope.

13 - Ever break-up with someone and then regret it?  Not really.  

14 - Are you a jealous person?  Not usually... But I might be if you hit on my man!

15 - Would you ever have plastic surgery?  I don't think so.

16 - When do you want to get married?  What?... You want a specific date??

17 - Next concert/show you're attending?  We just saw Jeff Dunham on Thursday night, and Ilene and I are going to see the Radio City Christmas Spectacular in December.  I can't wait!

18 - What is your occupation?  I am an Aircraft Dispatcher.

19 - What's your sign?  Aries.  I'm a rebel like that!

20 - Are you a beach, country, or city person?  Definitely a country person.  Give me some dirt to play in and I'm a happy girl!

21 - If you could own a non-traditional pet, what would it be?  A baby elephant.  (Yes... I know it would eventually grow into a non-baby elephant)

22 - Favorite summer drink?  A frozen margarita!

23 - Can you change a car tire?  I have a AAA membership... does that count?

24 - Favorite cologne/perfume?  Just about anything Chanel.

25 - Would you sing karaoke in front of a group of co-workers?  Um... probably if there were a few margaritas involved.

26 - Can you drive a stick?  Yes.  (Thanks, Dad!)

27 - Have you ever sat and hoped for a phone call?  Who hasn't??

28 - Have you ever skipped school and spent the day at the beach?  Skipped school?  Yes.  Spent the day at the beach?  Yes.  Not simultaneously.

29 - In what store would you choose to max out your credit card?  Probably either Macy's or Vicky's Secret.

30 - What's on your Christmas list this year?  I really want one of those remote car starter thingies.  It sure would make the early winter mornings here in Ohio a little less painful!

31 - Would you sky dive?  Not only no... but hell no!

32 - What's your favorite rainy day activity?  Probably snuggling up on the couch with my furry kid and a good book.  

33 - How many kids do you want to have?  At this point... Not really sure I want any.  That may change in the future.

34 - How do you feel about tanning booths?  I allow myself to get too much sun as it is.  My dad would kick my perfectly tanned butt if I got into a tanning booth.

35 - Do you squeeze toothpaste from the middle or end of the tube?  Seriously??  It's toothpaste... Who cares!!

See.... Don't you feel like you know me just a little bit better???

Guess Who...

... Is a closet Celine Dion Fan???

I'll tell you in a minute, but first you have to read a little back story...

The company that Steve and I work for flies the rich and the famous all over the world.  Most days we don't have time to research who is on each plane, therefor, we don't really care.  We just do our jobs and go home.

Part of the perk of flying the rich and the famous around is that they often take tours of our building and or/ donate things to the employees (i.e. autographed items, game tickets, concert tickets, etc.).  There is usually something every week or two that you can enter your name into a drawing to win.   

I usually forget to even look at what is available to win, but my Steve... That boy enters every single drawing that is posted!  He keeps hoping to snag some Ohio State football tickets, but so far, no luck!  

This past week, there were 10 pairs of tickets in the company suite to see Celine Dion in concert.  Now, if I had been paying attention... I might have entered my name for the drawing.  I'm not a huge Celine Dion fan or anything, but I do like some of her songs and wouldn't mind going to see her show for free.  Steve on the other hand is not a fan of hers in any way, shape, or form... Or so I thought!

As it turns out, Steve won a pair of tickets!  When I saw his name posted, I called to tease him about it... He couldn't believe he'd actually won.  We had a good laugh about it and then hung up.

Shortly after that announcement was posted, we got the following picture in an e-mail from our good friend/co-worker Chas with the caption "Guess who's a closet Celine Dion fan??"

"Steve Jones rushes stage at Ceasar's Palace, Las Vegas"

That's right... That tall skinny, bald dude in the middle of the stage, staring lovingly at Celine, is my Stevie!!

As it turns out, Chas is not just our friend and co-worker... He is also a master of Photo Shop.  He took a picture of Steve from our Washington D.C. trip and somehow added him into the Celine Dion picture.  I about died laughing!  Steve, although he did laugh, didn't think it was quite as funny.

What Chas seems to forget from time to time is that Steve is the King of Photo Shop!  He has made some of the most hilarious pictures.  Steve responded to the picture by reminding Chas that he should never ever start a war that he WILL NOT win!  The next few days at work should be a lot of fun... I can only imagine what these two are going to come up with!

And No... Steve and I won't be going to the concert.  He is simply not interested, and I am already attending a "Girl's Night" at my friend's house.  Steve gave the tickets to his mom and she is thrilled!

Better luck next time, babe!

Step 1: Admitting There's a Problem...

Alright... I admit it!

I have a problem.

I swore it would never happen...

I promised myself I would know when to quit...

I didn't think I'd lose control so quickly...

I never ever saw it coming...

Until today.

This afternoon, I realized........

I AM ADDICTED TO MAC!!!!! 

I am having an absolute BLAST with my new friend Mac...  He is AMAZING!!

I discovered a little program called "Photo Booth" today after work, and I don't think I've stopped laughing since!  Seriously.  I'm talking full out "I think I might pee my pants" belly laughing!!  The tears are rolling...

Cookie keeps looking at me as though I've sprouted an extra head... and I simply DO. NOT. CARE.  I am having a ball!!

It's SO ADDICTING!!

Do you think there's a 12-step program for girls like me???

Technical Foul....

Sorry guys... No real blog update this week.

My good friend Dell bit the dust this week (for the third time... stupid, stupid viruses... grrrrrr), and after Steve's many unsuccessful attempts to revive her... I had to just let her go. It was a sad, sad day at my house. We've been SO close the past few years.... chatting, e-mailing, surfing, blogging... I'm not sure what I'm going to do without her.

The good news is that my new friend Mac is on his way to my house as I type this... WOO HOO!!! I can't wait! I look forward to spending many late nights with him. I hear he's AMAZING!

I hope to be up and running sometime next week... I'll post an update as soon as I can!

I hope everyone is having a great September!

We are Women...

Hear us ROAR!!

... And... Watch us VOTE!!

I received the following e-mail and felt that it would be a good one to share. Please pass it along!

The Right to Vote...

This is the story of our Grandmothers and Great-grandmothers, as they lived only 90 years ago. Remember, it was not until 1920 that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.

The women were innocent and defenseless, but they were jailed nonetheless for picketing the White House, carrying signs asking for the vote. And by the end of the night, they were barely
alive. Forty prison guards wielding clubs and their warden's blessing went on a rampage against the 33 women wrongly convicted of 'obstructing sidewalk traffic.'

They beat Lucy Burn, chained her hands to the cell bars above her head and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping for air. They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her head against an iron bed and knocked her out cold. Her cellmate, Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was dead and suffered a heart attack. Additional affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging, beating, choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the women.

Thus unfolded the 'Night of Terror' on Nov. 15, 1917, when the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his guards to teach a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because they dared to picket Woodrow Wilson 's White House for the right to vote.

For weeks, the women's only water came from an open pail. Their food--all of it colorless slop--was infested with worms. When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her to a chair, forced a tube Down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press.

So, refresh my memory. Some women won't vote this year because--why, exactly? We have carpool duties? We have to get to work? Our vote doesn't matter? It's raining?

Last week, I went to a sparsely attended screening of HBO's new movie 'Iron Jawed Angels.' It is a graphic depiction of the battle these women waged so that I could pull the curtain at the polling booth and have my say. I am ashamed to say I needed the reminder.

All these years later, voter registration is still my passion. But the actual act of voting had become less personal for me, more rote. Frankly, voting often felt more like an obligation than a privilege. Sometimes it was inconvenient.

My friend Wendy, who is my age and studied women's history, saw the HBO movie, too. When she stopped by my desk to talk about it, she looked angry. She was--with herself. 'One thought kept coming back to me as I watched that movie,' she said. 'What would those women think of the way I use--or don't use--my right to vote? All of us take it for granted now, not just younger women, but those of us who did seek to learn.' The right to vote, she said, had become valuable to her 'all over again.'

HBO released the movie on video and DVD. I wish all history, social studies and government teachers would include the movie in their curriculum I want it shown on Bunco night, too, and anywhere else women gather. I realize this isn't our usual idea of socializing, but we are not voting in the numbers that we should be, and I think a little shock therapy is in order.

It is jarring to watch Woodrow Wilson and his cronies try to persuade a psychiatrist to declare Alice Paul insane so that she could be permanently institutionalized. And it is inspiring to watch the doctor refuse. Alice Paul was strong, he said, and brave. That didn't make her crazy.

The doctor admonished the men: 'Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity.'

Please, if you are so inclined, pass this on to all the women you know.

We need to get out and vote and use this right that was fought so hard for by these very courageous women. Whether you vote Democratic, Republican or Independant - remember to vote.

History is being made.