BBB!

So based on Kim's fantastic recap on the last episode of Big Brother, I watched Jen's tears over her picture. I'd just like to point out that while she's crying over her picture, the veins in her forehead are MAJORLY sticking out, she should be crying about that!

Amber is such the victim and she cries too much...she annoys me. She's had a tough life, but still...

And of course Kail said "That was Easy!" I should report her to the Staples Easy Button/trademark police!

Darn it, 20 minutes until the next episode starts...

It's a Small World...

So, in my home office when I hear my husband call to me from his office "Who's Teri?"

I start laughing and head in there to explain my "friends" Kim1Champ, Queen B, and Teri...whom I've never met. I tell him how we're all recently added each other as friends on MySpace (even added to the Top Friends section!) - except for Teri as I don't believe she has a MySpace page. Of course this involves me explaining how it was that I came to "know" them and how they know each other (How did you guys meet Teri by the way?).

He's amused by my story and curious, so he asks what company they work for.
I say "Perot Systems".
He says "I hate them!"
This seems like a pretty strong reaction for a company that he should care less about, so I ask "why?"
His response - "They fired me when I was a temp there!"

Champ, Queen, have at him...he reads my blog regularly. :)

Shout out to Sunburst!

In our new house we have this fancy-schmancy fiber-optic internet service that all of the homes are being pre-wired with. Our internet service is included in our monthly HOA dues and it is supposed to be the newest and coolest technology. Well, I've been less than impressed with it for the month that we've lived here.

We had DSL Extreme in Moreno Valley and I absolutely LOVED their service. Not only were they very inexpensive (less than $20/month) but we never had any drops in our connection. I was a very happy camper and referred everyone I knew to them.

Since moving in to our new house, our connection has dropped at least once a day and the connection stalls numerous times on top of that. By stalling, I mean taking FOREVER to load a page. Will has threatened to call and complain but hadn't got around to that yet (searching for the number for the landscaper that gave us the estimate we wanted to go with has been his most recent priority).

Out of nowhere yesterday we get a letter in the mail from Sunburst apologizing for the service challenges for the last month AND a check in the amount of the fee that is included in our HOA dues for internet service. I probably would have been satisfied with the apology letter that was unsolicited, but the check drove me to write this blog. YAY for Sunburst for going above and beyond to correct a less than satisfactory situation and YAY to them for getting me to give them some good PR.

Now if only our gardeners could figure out that the sprinklers in front of our house do NOT need to be on continuously for the entire weekend we'd be in good shape...

Google ROCKS!

Today's blog is dedicated to Kim1Champ and Queen B - the two women responsible for getting me hooked on blogging!

Required reading: click here

Totally cool job and it connects the Queen's love for Google (and mine!) with the Champ's July 4th/French Revolution conflict.

I first read about this in the June 18th BusinessWeek (which I just received YESTERDAY thanks to the crappy Post Office in Moreno Valley) and decided to share it with you.

I love VACATION!!!

I especially love vacation when I am home doing nothing. I'm doing stuff, but not working. Just relaxing. It's absolutely wonderful. Although I have spent a good amount of time in doctor's offices and sitting on my rear in varying degrees of pain. More on that stuff tomorrow after I visit the neurosurgeon. Nothing serious. Just rare and complicated to explain and I am minutes away from sleep. If anyone reads this and wants to go to Lake Elsinore on Saturday, let me know. Will and I are only going to go if someone wants to go with us.

Neighbors!!!

While walking Oskar tonight I met a neighbor couple and their two dogs. Carlos and Jennifer are getting married in about 3 weeks and she's only a couple years older than me (hence the very creative name of Jennifer). Their dogs are Dori and Callie and both are Oskar-sized. Do you think Oskar made friends with either of them? No, of course not. He barked his head off until I picked him up. Dori did the same. Callie seems to be a puppy so she just followed suit.

Jennifer and I committed to convincing our dogs to be friends (which of course would make us friends). YAY!!! Neighbor friends that I didn't go to high school with.

Oh yeah, that reminds me...Reva and Josh's house looks like it's done, so they should be moving in soon. More newlywed neighbors! I love my neighborhood more and more each day!!! Seriously, this is cool. I'll be able to socialize while being at home...this is new to me.

Now if I can just find the owner of the big dog that keeps pooping in front of my house, I'll give them a complimentary holder with poop bag picker-uppers that they can tie on their leash. Oskar has one, but I've never had to use it...he's very particular about relieveing himself in public places. Yes, I'm serious.

Happy Birthday to Margot! (yesterday)

Happy birthday to Margot!!! I am posting this not only because I love Margot, but because I want to guilt her into blogging again. She was writing about her trainer and her torture, but has not recently blogged despite the begging of Chelsie and me. She works for Staples. She's not in management. That gives her TONS of great blog material, but alas, no blogs since June 12th. SAD.