Oh to be young again...

Mike's sister is now 16. She has her license and got her first job at a small pharmacy/gift shop. She told me about the job and how excited she was to finally have money to buy clothes and stuff, and I just chuckled. "Well, Tammy, you just had your last free summer for the rest of your life. I hope you enjoyed it...." {Insert picture of deer looking into headlights.} "What do you mean," she asked me. I told her now that she has gotten a job and her license she was going to be working for the rest of her life to pay for all the hobbies and bills she would soon have (well, truck payments...she really doesn't have any other bills). It was almost as if she couldn't comprehend not ever having a free summer again and I wished with all my heart I could take back what I'd said. Poor girl. Not only did she get the realization that she would now be working all the live long day through what was once her sun-filled, pool-sided summer, she opened up her first paycheck to discover that the $200 she was expecting had quickly dwindled down to like 130 after Mr. Sam had taken his portion. Ahh, the joys of growing up. Welcome to adulthood, Tammy. :) It only gets better...

Happy Anniversary to me!

Today is my two year Anniversary with my company! Seems like a lot longer, but I have enjoyed every minute of it...well, nearly every minute!

It is also my mom and dad's 33rd Anniversary, so Happy Anniversary to them too! :)

We should celebrate...where's the cake and ice cream? Pretty sure I'm going to treat myself to Freckles today. :)

Shoes

According to some statistics I heard on the radio this morning, 2/3 of women own more than 25 pairs of shoes, and 86% of woman buy at least one pair of shoes a month. I fall into these two statistics, as I currently own close to 25 pairs of flip flops alone! I'm really bad in the summer time when all the fun flippies and sandals come out. I've always said I am a sucker for movies and shoes. In my opinion, a woman can never have too many shoes. :) The average woman spends $54,000 on shoes in her lifetime! Wow! What a great investment!

Motocop

Maybe if the squirrels on the grounds here at my work took after this guy, they wouldn't get run over so often. :)

No doubt

I've been PUNK'd...by my email server

Okay, so if you have an email account with a server, aren't they supposed to send some kind of notification that they are no longer going to be servicing email after such-n-such date?! For my personal email, I have had an account with www.myownemail.com since my freshman year in college--6 years ago!! I had all sorts of saved emails from long time friends and family, email addresses for friends from way back, all kinds of archives...(yes, I am a pack rat, so if you can only imagine how much I had saved in this account).

I check that account every single day (excluding weekends) and not once did I get any sort of notification that the site would be no longer effective any kind of date. :( I typed in the URL yesterday morning, like always, and BAM! It took me to the "Future Home of a Dotster Registered Domain." What the heck?! I thought I had mistyped the URL, so I retried typing it like 50 times...all with the same result. I have lost, with no way of retrieving, so many files. I feel like the kid who just got beat up in school for no reason. I. Am. Very. Sad.

Pretty sure I'm having a breakdown. *Sigh*

Effective immediately, my sunshine81@smileyface.com email address is no longer. :( Sniff. Sniff.

An addition to the family

Many of you know that Mike and I have been looking for the right dog for about 4-6 months now. Well, we finally found him! Meet Simon. Simon is a 15 month old Yorkie, with one floppy ear, and a lot of personality. He loves to play and chew on his bone. He is the sweetest little dog--just what we have been waiting for...the perfect addition to our family.