Nothing says Ho Ho Ho like Hello Kitty - Happy Holidays

I think I am turning into one of NBC's HEROES

For most of you who know me, know my pledge name is SAY WUH? because I don't really hear that well - I think that is changing, therefore I am evolving into a Hero - look out Cheerleader... SAVE THE KATIE, SAVE THE WORLD - well definitely.

I think my sense of hearing is heightening to new bounds. For example, yesterday, sitting at my desk I was typing away AND listening to my ipod and I could hear the girl two desks away CHOMPING on her gum literally like it was her job. I shot her some wayward glances but she was clueless (PER USUAL). Finally, I turned my ipod up louder- TO NO AVAIL... Interesting.

Then, later on yesterday I went to the Macy's in Bedford to pick up a gift card for my manager for a group Christmas gift from our team and I got in the first line I could see. Behind me walked up this woman who answered her cell phone and started speaking in half Spanish/half obnoxious and she was so loud. I had to turn around a few times because I literally thought she was all up in my kool-aid. So, the line was moving so slowly and finally it was my turn and the woman, still fluent in obnoxious, was on the phone and she had two people with her. I moved up to the counter and this roley poley boy (probably 12 years old and hadn't had a growth spurt in a while) flanked my right side and wouldn't go away. I wanted to turn to him and say, "I need my personal space and you are invading it right now!" But I refrained. It was hard to refrain but I did. Then it was time for me to put my pin in and that kid was STILL flanking me to the right. I looked over at him with a menacing look and covered the pin pad like he was going to cheat off my math exam... Finally my turn was over and I went to leave and the cell phone lady was STILL on the phone (ANOTHER PET PEEVE- get off the phone when you are checking out at a register) and in a huff I said, "GET OFF THE PHONE" and walked out...

So either my new super power is intense hearing or that I am a magnet for rude people. Not quite sure. Still, I should be on the show giving Ali Larter a run for her money.

You are not going to believe what I just read in the paper

'Gothic Kittens' sold on the web

Humane officers say a Pennsylvania woman marketed "Gothic kittens" with ear, neck and tail piercings over the Internet.

Officers with the Society for the Preservation of Cruelty to Animals removed three kittens and a cat Wednesday from a home outside Wilkes-Barre, P.a., about 20 southwest of Scranton.

Officer Carol Morrison says the society got a tip that the Ross Township woman was selling the pierced kittens on the Internet.

"She says, "It's unbelievable anybody would do this to kittens."

The Associated Press

Shoulder Update

I went to Concord Orthopaedics for the first time since 1995 and had my shoulder looked at by a very handsome Dr. Casey. I was relieved to hear it wasn't my rotator cuff, so no surgery would be needed.

Dr. Casey advised that it is probably an inflammation of the bicep tendon sheath. Dr. Casey assists with the Fisher Cats and said this is definitely a baseball/softball injury because there wasn't an actual incident; just sore after a week where we played three games in a row.

Dr. Casey gave me two options: An injection or physical therapy. He said an injection would be quick and easy and should take away the inflammation but it is painful and I may have a topical reaction to it. He said therapy would be ultrasound and something else that would help me work to decrease the inflammation.

Sure I would like to have immediate gratification, but I would also like to know ways to keep this from happening again... So, I opted for physical therapy. I have to call Coppola PT on Monday and do three weeks of pt and then go back and see Dr. Casey after pt.

I know I am not a doctor, I just play one on TV, however I am worried about adhesive capsulitis(frozen shoulder)... So, I will keep you all posted after I start pt!

White Trash Thursday

I went to Wal-mart to return the incorrect cable that I had purchased for a DVD player and there was a woman there (see photo, white jacket) and she was shaking, leaning half over and looked like she was passing out... It was so bad that my friend went to one of the Wal-mart employees to say this woman is passing out... Wal-mart lady said there was nothing she could do *another reason why I was returning my purchase and buying something at target*

Finally I got up to the customer service person and this lady was trying to return some stuff, she didn't have a receipt and was trying to produce her license. NO LIE she like passed out in her purse three times. I made eye contact w/ her and was like, "is she okay? and I hope she isn't driving" (you know how you can convey stuff like that with your eyes, mouthing the words and hand motions)

I was really concerned that since she was in the store returning in this state that she was actually driving in this state, so my friend and I went out to the parking lot to follow her... We had found out that she was going out to her car to find her driver's license. So, we look for her and she was all over the parking lot, obviously unable to find her car... In the parking lot we saw another group of people, who appeared to be intoxicated or on something, and they were yelling and screaming and had a kid in tow. We commented to ourselves, "let's hope she isn't with that group and that they might think she is in the best form to return stuff"

We completely lost her in the parking lot and headed back into the store and she was back at the register WITH one of the people from the parking lot... She was barely able to stand up and her friend muckled onto her for dear life as she was going to fall over...

I called 911. Yup, I did. I didn't think it was safe for her to not be looked out by a professional. Called 911 and the person was nice, but they asked me if she had a history of heart disease. Then she wanted me to ask the person questions... I stated, "I am sorry but I am not talking to her, I don't know what she is on and what she might due to me in her state, so I will NOT speak w/ her or stand closer than 15 feet...

Finally the paramedics show up as she is leaving, still unable to return her purchase (hehehehe) and they take her out front. They pat her down and NO LIE - her friends disappear, like go out the different exit or whatever. I guess they checked her out enough because after approximately 10 minutes the paramedics leave but she is standing in the vestibule with the man with the baby speaking w/ a police officer. She may have gotten sited for public intoxication or whatever. I will have to look in the police log and let you know, but I was beside myself thinking that some one from her group of friends will find out and attack me... Freaked out a little.

I do think, however, I may have done a good deed because I may have saved her life or someone else's if she had been driving...

On another note, I think I may go back to target today and ask someone there what their policy is if something like that happens... I will keep you posted.

Tips for Ladies in 2009!!!!

'Good friends are like stars.........You don't always see them, but you know they are always there' 'Remember yesterday, dream about tomorrow, but live today' How quickly the years pass Tips for the ladies in year 2009

1. Aspire to be Barbie - the bitch has everything.

2. If the shoe fits - buy one in every colour.

3. Take life with a pinch of salt... A wedge of lime, and a shot of tequila.

4. In need of a support group? - Cocktail hour with the girls!

5. Go on the 30 day diet. (I'm on it and so far I've lost 15 days).

6. When life gets you down - just put on your big girl panties and deal with it.

7. Let your greatest fear be that there is no PMS and this is just your personality.

8. I know I'm in my own little world, but it's OK. They know me here..

9. Lead me not into temptation, I can find it myself.

10. Don't get your knickers in a knot, it solves nothing; and makes you walk funny.

11. When life gives you lemons in 2009 - turn it into lemonade then mix it with vodka.

12. Remember every good-looking, sweet, single male is someone else's ex-boyfriend!

Most amazing news in all the land

Katie Mills has turned into a mermaid...


just seeing if anyone is paying attention.

Light at the end of the tunnel

Tomorrow, when I wake up in the morning- I FINALLY get to take some Wellbutrin. I have been titrating my other meds and I get to finally add some meds to the titration. Finally, I won't be so off kilter.

Four Christmases

I went to the movies yesterday and got to see FOUR CHRISTMASES. This movie was hilarious - unfortunately it made me cry TWICE... Definitely had it's moments that if you are down in the dumps about your place in life or if you lack a relationship with a boyfriend or a girlfriend - then it has twinges of sadness in that... I love going to the movies to get away from my day to day crap - this one didn't aid in that.

The funny parts were out and out HILARIOUS (not as funny as role models but pretty close) but the sentimental parts got to me...

So, don't go and see it if you are down in the dumps. I think Reese is really good at comedic roles. This is different from Elle Woods, she is a real person in this movie and is actually quite funny. Vince Vaughn is just hilarious. There were A LOT OF CAMEOS too, which is always fun.

I wanna Telecommute

I was out sick yesterday but I had the luxury of having a work lap top w/ me, so even though I was out sick, I was able to do a lot of work at home. I wish I had the ability to work from home everyday.

'pons vs wings

I have always been a wings girl. 'Pons make me sick to my stomach. Enough about me, I have to just say that the new Infinity wings are the most amazing wings EVER MADE. I have no idea how I have survived the last 21 years without them...

If you are a wings girl - you have GOT TO TRY THEM.

Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. (Don't let your kids read this)

One Christmas when I was very young. I had a nightmare and came down stairs to sleep in between my parents... In doing so, I passed out for a little bit and sat up because I heard bells. I actually heard Jingle bells. When I woke up and rubbed the sleep from my eyes, I looked out the window and a crap you not I saw a slay with eight reindeer going by, FLYING THRU THE AIR. I swore I had seen Santa. This happened probably around the age of 6 or 7...

Since I had believed I had witnessed Santa flying thru the Tilton sky, it never donned on me otherwise... Not until I was 12/13 years old. That was the Christmas that we were going to Florida so we celebrated Christmas early. I had no idea that we were going to have our presents early. I have ALWAYS been a snoop. Up until recently when I was still speaking w/ my mom, I would go to her house and I would still have to look through her top drawer... That is where her jewelry is and I still have to look at it when I go there - but I digress...

When we lived on School Street, I knew my mom would have presents for us (other than from Santa) and I knew she would hide them. In the kitchen on school street, there was a storage space above the 2nd half of the kitchen area. So, I pulled the dishwasher over (it was the kind you had to wheel over and plug a hose into the sink), crawled up on top and opened the storage area - it had a barn looking door on it, very rustic looking. In that room, I had hit the mother load. There were tons of unwrapped dolls (I collected special dolls for display from all over the world) and books and toys... Now, I didn't think that this had anything to do with Santa because they weren't wrapped and I didn't know better. However, when we opened our presents, some with tags addressed from Santa, they were gifts I saw in the storage space. I THEN realized there wasn't a Santa.

I still, to this day, try to figure out what I saw flying in the sky... Maybe i heard wind chimes, not Jingle bells, but I don't ever remember us having wind chimes on School street... Maybe it was a dream, but I felt lucid. Maybe my dad had something hanging in the window? Who knows. I really thought I saw Santa. I would like to think I really did, but still... To this day my mom still tells me the TOOTH FAIRY has all my baby teeth.

REST IN PEACE, my friend

Jennifer Place

GONIC ; Jennifer Ann Place, 30, died Monday, Dec. 1, 2008.

She was born in Exeter the daughter of Jerry Place, Sr. and Debbie Wing, graduated from Noble High School Class of 1997 and received her bachelor's degree in business from the University of Southern New Hampshire.

Education was important to Jenn. She was currently working on her master's degree.

She was a claims disability specialist at Liberty Mutual, where she has worked for more than eight years. She was a hard worker and loved her job.

Jenn was a hard worker who loved to shop and spend time with her family. She especially loved her 10-year-old son, Joshua Pelletier.

Survivors include her son, Joshua Pelletier of Gonic; mother and stepfather, Debbie and John Mattis of Lebanon, Maine; father and stepmother, Jerre and Donna Place of Lebanon; her fiance and best friend, Dylan Schaaf of Gonic; one brother, Jerry Place, Jr. and his fiance, Jennifer Kimball of Lebanon; four stepbrothers, Kyle Huppe of Brighton, Mass., Nathan Huppe of Dover, John Mattis of Georgia and William Mattis of Portsmouth; paternal grandmother, Margaret Place of Eliot, Maine; maternal grandmother, Martha Wing of South Berwick, Maine; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

"She loved you all."

Visiting hours will be Thursday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Tasker Funeral Home, 621 Central Ave., Dover.

The funeral service will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Eliot.

In lieu of flowers, those who wish, are invited to make memorials to the Joshua Pelletier Trust Fund, c/o Lissa Brown, Northeast Credit Union, 9 Members Way, Dover, NH 03820.

Aghast

Yesterday was a busy day with a two hour training session at work and then tons of deadlines to meet and miles to go before I sleep... Then I get an email that makes me push away from my desk and practically yell, "OH MY GOD!"

I got an email that I friend of mine, with whom I used to work at the Dover Liberty Office, decided to put a gun to her head and shoot on Monday, December 1st. I had just emailed her at her work address my new cell phone number too.

She had emailed me previously about how she had switched jobs at Dover and was doing FMLA and was so happy. I realized that was 2-3 months ago. I feel horrible and just down right sad about this. She has a 10 or 11 year old son. A very handsome boyfriend, who I heard was going to propose to her on Christmas.

She had recently been through a lot since before I left the office in April. Something happened to her left leg and it was like it had been asleep for 18 hours and she lost the use of it and had to do rehab and was walking with a cane. Then I found out from her that she had had two seizures at work and was diagnosed with a seizure disorder. We had been friends on myspace and I would get updates that way, but I hadn't heard anything in a while and now this.

I feel like a bad friend, but more so I just feel so sad. I know life is tough and people get handed lemons a lot, but I can never forget that there is always a silver lining or tomorrow is a brand new day.

Tomorrow is the wake. I will be there but tomorrow will be a sad, sad day.

Circus

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRITNEY SPEARS!

Today is Brit's 27th birthday and her brand new album, CIRCUS, came out today. I have had the song WOMANIZER stuck in my head since I first heard it like a week ago, and I just added it as a ring tone to my phone.

I just watched the Britney special (that I DVR'd on Sunday) Britney Spears: For the Record. Holy crap. I am so glad that she did it and if you can still find it on MTV you have got to see it. She really let's you in to what her life is really like and how she is dealing with her day to day life. It is certainly easy to see why she named her new album CIRCUS.

I went out and bought the CD today and I just wanted to say, "YOU SAY I'M CRAZY, I GOT YOUR CRAZY!"