The 80's RULED!!

cjehawks @ 2009-11-11T10:08:00

2009-11-11T16:12:25Z

I am proud to be an American. Complain all you want to about our country, we have it pretty darn easy.

I grew up in a military family. My dad's side of the family were all Marines, and my step-dad's side of the family have served in the Army. Every generation has served in the military.

Scott served in the Army for 8 years. As is my usual joking self, this morning I thanked him for his service and added that thanks to men and women like him, I will never run out of toilet paper.

Which is my silly self, but realistically, it's true.

I'm mad because I don't know where my flag picture icon is. :| And I'm mad that my asshat boss made me miss our company's veteran's day celebration because of a meeting.

Because I am extremely proud to be an American.

cjehawks @ 2009-09-16T20:51:00

2009-09-17T01:52:19Z

True Blood. Worst season finale ever.

cjehawks @ 2009-09-04T07:25:00

2009-09-04T12:26:25Z

Happy Birthday to my fellow Virgoan, malaka. May all you birthday wishes and dreams come true!!

cjehawks @ 2009-09-03T08:03:00

2009-09-03T13:04:39Z

Totally gacked from somebody on my friends list, and I had to post this article. Well it DOES have to do with toilets. Sortof.

cjehawks @ 2009-08-11T16:11:00

2009-08-11T21:12:03Z

I also never had a clue what good exercise volleyball is. :)

cjehawks @ 2009-07-30T14:56:00

2009-07-30T19:56:44Z

Today it has been six months since we put down Miss Bailey Sue.

I still miss her so very much.

cjehawks @ 2009-06-25T13:00:00

2009-06-25T18:05:10Z

RIP Farrah. Your head was one of my favorite Christmas Gifts that Santa ever brought me.

cjehawks @ 2009-06-05T10:16:00

2009-06-05T15:18:42Z

Because I worked in IT for so many years, I still get an average of about 15-20 junk emails every day. Sometimes the subject line isn't always clear that it's not IT related, so I try to read as many of them as possible.

Today, this email came to me.

Hey Chris,

Are ya’ll sending anyone to Cisco Live this year? If so, we’d like to invite them to our Cisco Live Lancope dinner on Tuesday, June 30, 2009.

Please RSVP ASAP so I can get you on the A-List!

Seriously?

I was so tempted to respond and berate him for using the term "ya'll"

cjehawks @ 2009-06-02T12:42:00

2009-06-02T17:45:16Z

Is there a reason why a plane that goes missing isn't getting more coverage? Our local news barely covered it...it was like the fourth story. I don't get it. Heidi and Spencer from "I'm a Celebrity..." are getting more coverage than a plane that has disappeared.

What the fuck.

However, in searching the local news, I found a very interesting article that is again making me think about going vegetarian.

cjehawks @ 2009-05-26T08:07:00

2009-05-26T13:29:19Z

Weekend in a glance.

Hawks suck.
Cubs suck.
'nuf said.

Okay, here's my REAL weekend:

Friday:
We snuck out of work early and went golfing. B-E-A-utiful day!! Wow!!
Golf game would have been SO MUCH better if I didn't lose 5 balls in the SAME FUCKING LAKE!! That's 5 penalty strokes.

Went out Friday night to reverse happy hour at Kona Grill. Can't beat $3 sushi rolls and $4 cosmos!! My entire bill that night was $24, and I had 5 cosmos!!

Saturday:

I lost 30 IQ points in the matter of three hours.
Woke up and went to the laundramat. I do have a stackable washer and dryer at the apartment, but it takes for-ev-ah. And since I was getting all my summer clothes ready, I didn't want to spend all day at the 'mat. Wow, interesting group of people that hang at the 'mat.

Then I made the decision to go to Walmart. I have NO ISSUES with shopping at Walmart. But running to Wally World on your lunch hour is much different than going on Saturday morning with the rest of the "common folk."

Um, yeah, I miss those IQ points!!

Saturday night through Monday Morning:
All the girls went to Sharon's house in Indiana. We ate a lot, we drank a lot. Things got super crazy. Many pictures we had to delete.

We'll just leave it at that.

Usually I attend my village's (well former village, I guess) memorial day parade. I didn't make it home on time. I felt like I was missing out on something patriotic this year or something.

As it turns out "Taking Chance" was on last night. I'm not a huge Kevin Bacon fan, but I thought I would give the movie a chance. Wow. What a very touching movie. Of course I bawled.

Carin's getting married in 4 days. She is in complete freak out mode. I never thought I would say this in a million years. I feel sorry for my Mom.

cjehawks @ 2009-02-02T11:44:00

2009-02-02T17:59:10Z

I can finally think of Miss Bailey Sue without crying my eyes out every 10 minutes. When I went to church yesterday, everybody greeted me with hugs and tears, and ever since then I feel much better. I guess I just needed to get it out in person, rather than on the phone or in cyberspace.

I'm doing pretty good at work today, too. I'm actually working!! I haven't done that in a while. Every so often I look at the picture of Misty and Bailey that I have on my desk and smile at the thought of what good buddies they were.

I still haven't heard from my mom. That one stings quite a bit. I know, I know... I should know better than to depend on her to show any type of sympathy, empathy, or comfort. But I am still somebody's child after all.

I am amazed at the support system I have, both online and in person. People have just been absolutely awesome to me, including those that have said, "I don't know what to say..." The smallest gestures can go quite a long way. That's why I'm sure I'm even more upset about my Mom. Even if she doesn't know what to say, then how about sending me an email saying, "I'm thinking about you."

But I digress...
How about that game yesterday? Wow, I'm sure Steelers and Cardinals fans alike were going crazy. Is anybody really a Cardinals fan? Or were people just pulling for the Cardinals because they're sick of the Steelers? Even people I know that live in Arizona are transplants from somewhere else, so they aren't even really Cardinals fans either. I wasn't really pulling for one team over the other. I have more Steelers fans on my f/l (because nobody is a Card's fan), but I usually pull for the underdog. And the QB on the Cards is better looking. But I didn't care one way or the other.

I stayed home but watched bits and pieces, especially as quarters came to an end because I had to see if my honey won anything. And he did. :) Of course gambling is illegal, so he just won the satisfaction of winning. *cough* bullshit *cough*

Otherwise I watched my guilty pleasure, "Americas Next Top Model" on Oxygen, where every Sunday they are rerunning the seasons. Even though I have seen them each 10,000 times, I like laughing at Tyra when she talks about how she was all that, and when she smiles with her eyes it looks EXACTLY THE SAME!! lmao... See, I laughed!!

cjehawks @ 2009-01-31T11:19:00

2009-01-31T17:17:43Z

So we're putting away some of Bailey's stuff. Not throwing it away, just washing her dishes and putting them in a box with her toys and storing it in the basement for the time being.

As we're doing this, we hear a horrendous noise coming from the basement. Our washing machine decided to take a crapper at that very moment.

She's a brat from Doggy Heaven. lmao. God love her.

cjehawks @ 2009-01-31T09:03:00

2009-01-31T15:09:39Z

Because I feel the need to post about something else.

Drew Peterson. Ugh. Go away already.

And can I just say how happy I am to have a governor whose name I can spell? Blago's picture is next to my mom's picture under narcissistic in the dictionary. Really...go look it up.

My heart still hurts, and I'm sure it will for a while. We threw out B's 10,000 medications. The rest of the stuff is staying where it is until I'm ready to clean it up.

And can I just say I have some amazing friends? I have those that are comforting, you know the ones that offer you hugs and are just comforting people. Then I have those friends who have the same sense of humor as I do and will tell a toilet joke or two. I've needed both this week, and there was no shortage of both.

I am truly blessed and thankful. xoxo

cjehawks @ 2009-01-30T20:16:00

2009-01-31T02:28:27Z

That was, by far, the worst thing I have ever had to go through in my life. Surprisingly Nick was more upset than I was while we were there, but I've been crying all week, but you know, he's a man.

Everybody came in to talk to us, and all the vets and techs came in to say goodbye. Dr. Sonya started crying. They all said it was losing a member of their own family.

Since I have never euthanized an animal, I didn't know what to expect, but I stayed with her until the very end, and even after her heartbeat stopped, I still stayed in the room with her for a while. It was actually quite difficult to leave the room afterwards.

Regardless, Miss Bailey Sue, you were the best dog that any parents could ask for, and we are going to miss you like crazy. We came home, cracked open some beers, and talked about all the crazy stuff she would do. Nick's out having a smoke, so I thought I would hop on here really quick.

RIP Miss Bailey Sue. You're going to have lots of doggies to greet you at the Rainbow Bridge. And all the squirrels and rabbits better watch their backs.

cjehawks @ 2009-01-29T07:27:00

2009-01-29T13:29:46Z

This website tore me to pieces, but it's very comforting at the same time.

Kleenex warning...

cjehawks @ 2009-01-28T20:18:00

2009-01-29T02:23:53Z

I guess I wasn't crying wolf. I got home today to find Bailey sleeping in a puddle of her own urine. Nick and I came to the mutual decision that it was time. We made the appointment for Friday night, the last appointment of the day. I'm sure I'm going to take the afternoon off, though, to spend some ime with her. Tomorrow I'm going to make her a huge ass bowl of pasta for dinner, and I told Nick that on the way to the vet's office that we should stop at McDonalds and give her burgers and ice cream.

Kim, the receptionist at the Vet's office, started crying right away. She's been with us for a long time through this journey, and she said that she's working Friday night and is glad she gets to say goodbye to Bailey Sue.

I was hysterical when I made the appointment, but once I hung up I felt a sense of relief.

The next two days are going to suck royally, but I am going to spend every possible minute with my Bailey Sue. But in all reality...how am I going to get through this??? I've never had to put down a pet, and all I feel is this huge pain.

Well, I'm going to go hug my husband and hug my doggy. And I'm sure I'm going to cry for days on end.

Thanks for being there everybody and will be reaching out, I'm sure.

cjehawks @ 2009-01-16T06:59:00

2009-01-16T13:03:06Z

This was the temperature as I was driving to work this morning. That's the base temp, not taking into consideration the wind chill.

Yeah, this shit can go away now.

My poor doggy. Last night she was "doing her business" and trying to lift her paws. I thought she was having a seizure the way she was moving around. I finally ran out there and picked her up and carried her inside. Guess what? She didn't make one single mess outside overnight. I think her insides froze up.

cjehawks @ 2008-12-20T11:20:00

2008-12-20T17:21:04Z

I really wish that cable appointments between 8:00 and 12:00 really meant that. Especially the Saturday before Christmas. *shakes head*

cjehawks @ 2008-12-09T11:59:00

2008-12-09T17:59:54Z

Oh, and our governor?? What a butt-fuck.

cjehawks @ 2008-12-06T20:51:00

2008-12-07T02:57:17Z

How cute is she??? You know you want to hug her, don't you??

And just so they don't feel unloved...

We can hug them too. Even Chewy because he looks cute there hugging his little toy.

cjehawks @ 2008-12-03T07:19:00

2008-12-03T13:19:41Z

I had to laugh at the afraid part.

Your rainbow is intensely shaded black, white, and violet.

What is says about you: You are a creative person. You appreciate quiet moments. People depend on you to make them feel secure. You may meet people who are afraid of you.

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.

cjehawks @ 2008-11-25T12:58:00

2008-11-25T18:59:09Z

Interesting Article

cjehawks @ 2008-11-12T13:55:00

2008-11-12T19:56:47Z

I totally snagged this from amenquohi, but I simply had to share!!

Swedish Dance Bands

The hardest I have laughed in a very long time.

cjehawks @ 2008-11-05T12:30:00

2008-11-05T18:31:19Z

To all my hockey-loving friends.
I thought everybody in Canada was drunk (Sorry Lynn...xoxo)

cjehawks @ 2008-11-05T07:15:00

2008-11-05T13:16:30Z

Look at this wonderful icon that semibold allowed me to snag!!