Ok...haven't had a lot of blog time lately, so I just got caught up.

Logi - OMG!!! I want that dog. He looks wonderful. My friend Grips had a husky/shepard mix Jack who was absolutely wonderful. Go for it!!!

Disney - I'm so glad that the job search is at an end, but I know that you will be missed. Skye posed the question wondering if anyone knew how much it would cost to move to Texas. Check out Monster Moving. Shameless pandering to my employer, but Hell, maybe it will work for you. Probably the most valuable resource would be the USMail notifications. Best of luck to you both.

Tempest - I'm waiting for your review of LOTR. Ghost didn't like it, but I'm not sure that Ghost and I share the same likes/dislikes when it comes to movies so I'm looking for a second opinion.

Ally - thank you for the beautiful holiday message. You are right - Christmas is all about Love. Sending some your way.


I've got just a few short hours until I'm released for vacation. Yesterday was a totally miserable day, but today is looking to be promising - perhaps thats the mimosas talking. Yes, they brought in a HUGE lunch for everyone, including Mimosas. I volunteered to bartend and had myself a merry little time. I've got quite the buzz right now and that's a very very good thing. There's a case of Korbel left over & I've got it tucked out of the way right now...perhaps a bottle or two will find their way home with me tonight. Damn, but I do love champagne.

Christmas Plans: Tonight we're going to dinner then to see LOTR. Tomorrow is the big game for 2st place in the division between Miami & the Pats, so we'll be somewhere drinking & screaming loudly at the tv. Sunday I go back to CT to see Mom & her Dick to celebrate Christmas. I'm hoping that Tempest & Purge will have returned from Jersey so I can see them, but whatever. If we get out of there early enough, maybe I'll give Boogie Shoes & RedSox a call...not sure of the time line right now. We'll play that by ear. Monday we drive to East Boston to see Blixx's sister Rocks & her 4 kids. Yep...that's 4 kids. We spoiled them rotten this year with gifts, but we don't get to see them a lot & they dont' get many holidays. Blixx just wants to play matchbox cars & the kids offer the perfect excuse. Actual Christmas will be spent with Grips and his family eating pork roast & getting drunk & playing Play Do...perhaps I should do that BEFORE I get drunk. We'll see - no promises.

Then I've got vacation, baby! I won't be blogging regularly, because I have no patience for the slower than dirt dial up connection at my house. Perhaps you'll hear from me, perhaps you won't.

Hold up your glass of champagne because I'd like to propose a toast: Here's to a New Year filled with joy, happiness, true love & peace. Not that shmaltzy peace on earth crap that you hear about. I'm talking about inner peace...whatever it is that gets you to that place where you're all warm & fuzzy inside & that feeling that all is right in the world.

I just did a shot of tequilla with my boss - he told me to do it, I swear. Probablyy shoudl go now.

Merry & Happy & all that stuff.
Peace out all!

I was on the dumb laws web site today and came across this one for Guilford, CT. Only white Christmas lights are allowed for display. I found it interesting, since for years Tempest & I, along with other friends along the years, would drive around on Christmas Eve to go check out the light displays. I remember one down by Sachems Head that was unreal...and I seem to remember multi-colored lights. Hmmmm.

No time for more. Work sucks. That's all you need to know. One more day then I'm out of here. Unless I kill someone, then I'll be going to jail.

Think possitive...maybe I won't get caught.

Peace.

Some news that got my attention:

Apparently, champagne gets you drunker faster. I knew there was something about those bubbles!

In San Diego, a woman stole a bag containing a sweater before she boarded her flight. But it turned out that the bag also contained an FAA-approved dummy grenade used to test security screeners. There's a lesson in why shoplifting is bad for your health.

Curing the Common Cold?
New medicines (one due out in just a couple of months) could actually contain a cure for the common cold. Perhaps I wouldn't have snot spackle any more. Wouldn't that be exciting?!?!

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Ally - you are not a horrible wife at all. Blixx & I actually had the same conversation about wrapping & Christmas responsibilities vs fun. I imagine that we'll see LOTR some time while I've got the days off between Christmas & New Years.

WryGuy - I read. I didn't know that it was obligatory to respond. Good stuff!

Tempest - What happened with the review? Are we definate for Jan 5th & the tattoo?

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Work is still a hassle. I don't even want to write about it. I'm here...for the rest of the week on my own. It sucks, but I have a job so I'll just shut up. It is my dream to have money & not have to work for it. Screw the satisfaction of a job well done...I just want satisfaction!!!

Grip's little sister Jillybean is in from Utah or Montana or wherever she's been. She is living the life that I sometimes wish I'd had. There was a time where I was determined to travel the US & abroad. Jillybean always has some great stories about her adventures as a councelor for juvie kids or her jobs at the ski resorts. We'll probably end up hanging out with them later. Somthing to look forward to.

Gotta go to the company Yankee Swap. I better get something good this year, damn it!

Grumpy.

I can't believe that I forgot to blog about the toilets at Mohegan. They have seat covers on the pot, and you just press a button and it'll rotate to a new sheet for you. No hovering required.

Simple pleasures.

Peace.

If you have the luxury of long distance phone capabilities from your current employer (or don't mind wasting money on stupid things), please call 858-522-5597. It's not porn...it's hysterical.

Payroll due today...no one can give me straight answers on end of the year questions. The finance portiion of my job has exploded into a hellishly bright beem of brilliant idiocy that can't be stopped. Yeah, I'm liking the new job duties. Oh yeah...why did I l say that I had collection experience on my resume? Oh yeah, I do. That doesn't mean I like it though.

Blixx is cooking me dinner after I do some shopping so that's the thick gravy goodness on the festering dog food of my day. Visuals baby.

If you have the luxury of long distance phone capabilities from your current employer (or don't mind wasting money on stupid things), please call 858-522-5597. It's not porn...it's hysterical.

Payroll due today...no one can give me straight answers on end of the year questions. The finance portiion of my job has exploded into a hellishly bright beem of brilliant idiocy that can't be stopped. Yeah, I'm liking the new job duties. Oh yeah...why did I l say that I had collection experience on my resume? Oh yeah, I do. That doesn't mean I like it though.

Blixx is cooking me dinner after I do some shopping so that's the thick gravy goodness on the festering dog food of my day. Visuals baby.

We spent the day on Saturday combing the greater Worcester area shopping for the holidays. We've got the nieces & nephews all set (and then dome, the spoiled little brats! and almost everyone else done. Our house is a disaster with gifts everywhere. Rather than have Blixx dig through our storage space, affectionately referred to as the Back Hall of Doom) we bought a $5 fiberoptic 10" tree from Target. It's tacky and hysterical and we love it.

Sunday Blixx went over to Toad's house to watch the Pats just barely scrape up a victory over the Bills. It was apparently an ugly game. I journeyed to CT to buy Jacknife a tattoo. I should have known that things wouldn't go smoothly...it is after all, US we're dealing with here. She'd seen the wolf tattoo in one of their magazines, but the shop is remodelling and moved the mags elsewhere. We searched around for a while and she settled on one pic, but wanted changes made to it that the artists couldn't do. So, she was SOL. While I understand that they are remodelling the shop, I have to express my disappointment that there wasn't more examples of custom art on the walls to show. One artist had a portfolio out, but that's it. A woman came in asking for some work to be done and they turned her away, saying that none of them that were there specialized in detail work. Um...I'm thinking that any tattoo is detail work, but maybe that's just me. While I certainly have the tattoo bug again, I don't think I'll get mine done there. With them being legal in Mass now, I've got shops all over the place up here. I've just got to do some research first.

Rather than get the tattoo, we ended up at Mohegan Sun for the buffet lunch. We walked around and I made a $1 investment into the slot machines, but lost the whole fortune so I decided to call it a day. Blixx was shocked that I didn't do more damage, as I'd been carrying $200 in cash because of the tattoo. Nope, I', holding on to my dough, thanks. Crap...I've got to redeposit that before I end up doing something crazy.

URGENT REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
What are each of you getting your mother's for Christmas? I'm looking for ideas here. My family makes up for what it lacks in honest emotions by buying expensive and excessive amounts of gifts. Every year I get my mother & her dick a few items, but I'm totally eclipsed by the sheer volume of gifts that they purchase for us. I'd like to have a better gift ratio this year, but I'm stumped. So far, I've gotten her a cool but inexpensive pair of earlings and a sweater jacket. Yes Tempest, just like the ones we saw in the mall that I admired until you asked if I was turning into my mother. I'm doing the olive oil in nice bottles too. So, that's 3 gifts. She's already bought us a new silverwear set (regular price $630/sale price$187 after I had coupons & used my AAA discount). It's a nice set, but we really didn't need it. I only let her buy it because it was such a good price in that moment of time I just figured F It. She wants to buy dishes for our house, but we never have anyone over because we've got a small ass apartment that's filled to the max with crap that we don't need. Our idea of entertaining involves the pizza man delivering. Yeah, we're a class act. I'm off on another rant...OK...I need cute gift ideas in any price range for anything. HELP! E-mail me HERE.

Peace.

If you get an e-mail from some girl named Carrie at Monster.com, don't worry about it.
She's cool.

Peace.

Transcript from an actual conversation:
some dramatic license has been taken, but not much. really.

Chynakatt: Hey Honey, what did you do today?
Blixx: Some errands, blah blah. I watched Survivor (taped) from last week.
Chynakatt: Oh, I wanted to watch that you know. (the glare that lets him know he's wrong, but I'll get over it) Whatever. Who was kicked off?
Blixx: Um....

(long pause for brain identification)

Blixx: Oh yeah, the annoying girl...um...um... Lindsay.
Chynakatt: Were there any good challenges? What were they?
Blixx: Um...

(pause with a really lost look on his face...scratch the beard...tap forhead...back to beard scratching...time passes)

Blixx: Um...OH YEAH!!! (he yells) It was a memorization game!!!!!

Chynakatt: (falls to the floor laughing hystericly) I've just been hit by Irony.

Maybe you had to be there.

Peace.

Quote of the Day:

The only thing I?m high on is love. Love for my son and daughters. Yes, a little LSD is all I need." Marge Simpson

Did I mention that I'm particularly happy today?

Last night was the best night Blixx & I have had in months! I'm still giggling.

I got out of that class at around 3 & met him back at the house. He was going over our checkbook on the computer, so I went upstairs to lay on the bed & chat with him. I'm all sprawled out, petting the cat & thinking that I could really use a nap. Next thing I know, the man is squished in beside me, wrapping his arms around me and I was out like a light. It was a wonderful power nap & exactly what I needed, since we'd had a nasty night's sleep.

We went out for dinner at a little Thai place that we like and had a wonderful meal, which didn't aggrivate my tummy (a whole other story) then caught Ocean's Eleven. What a really good flick. The cast is outstanding and even with all the big names, no one is overshadowing anyone else. There are plot twists on plot twists...and it doesn't even end like you thought it would. All & all I rate this flick very good and recommend it to you all.

Back at the house and I won't get into details as to why the night was STELLAR, but know that it was and know that I've still got a shit eaten grin on my face and can't seem to stop giggling.

Hey there piggies. I'm out of the office today at another one of those Excel classes, where I'm learning to link spreadsheets and all sorts of handy tools. Just making myself more marketable if I can ever find another job. There's just now alot out there, as I'm sure you are all aware of. I usually meet some folks at these classes...the room is full, yet no one is talking to each other. A very unfriendly group. I'm hoping that we get the option to skip lunch so that I can get out of here even earlier, but we'll see. I'm not too far from my house, so I might go home to kiss my hubby for lunch, just cuz I can. Of course, he's probably still sleeping (bastid!) so he won't welcome the interuption.
We're planning on going to see Ocean's Eleven later tonight - look for my review tomorrow. Back to class!
Peace!

Can't forget the quote of the day:

“I’ve figured out an alternative to giving up my beer. Basically, we become a family of travelling acrobats.” Homer J Simpson

My crazy husband Blixx was camping on Imp Face in NH on Saturday night in the snow. Does that seem normal to you?

Bring on the Cabana Boy!

Ug...actually, I think I'm off the booze for a while. I really did some damage while having girl's night down in CT. We dyed jacknife's hair and despite Purge's inability to tell time, it came out very nice. She's not what I would call a blonde, but it's a light red auburn color that looks really nice with her skin color. Damn proud that she isn't bald, considering that I'd had a couple of glasses of wine before we even started, then got into the shots right after I talked to my grandmother, assuring her that I'd arrived safe and sound back in MA. Yeah, it was a lie, but it's easier to lie to her than have her think I'm galavanting with the girls.

Nanny is in a nursing home and is miserable. Her health is for shit, she's loosing her sight and hearing...she's sad that she's wasting away. Oh, and did I mention that she's a vicious sadistic bitch on her good days. So, my mother & I got to visit her just as the nurse is leaving. As we enter the room, we pass a man in a wheelchair and get a whiff of SHIT FECES POOP CRAP KAA KAA. We enter Nanny's room...and the smell worsens to the point that my mother vaults over the bed and opens both windows wide and gasps for air. I'm holding my nose trying real hard not to breath as I kiss my smelly grandmother hello. I want to go out in a blaze of glory, not slowly wasting away in a home. Nanny is a wealthy woman who has always lived on her own (with help of "the girls" for cleaning and "the boys" for yard work) and now she sits in a 12x12 little smelly room watching the alteimers patients wander aimlessly in the halls. It breaks my heart. Of course, for 80K per year, you think the staff could have sprayed some lysol around or something!!!

On the topic of money, I'm steamed. As you read, keep in mind that I'm a born and bread CT girl rich bitch who's used to getting everything I want. So, with Nanny in the home my aunt Troll is the executive of the will. She controls the afore mentioned wealth that Nanny has accumulated by marrying for money...twice. To avoid probate taxes when Nanny finally kicks, every year for the past three years I have received a check for a considerable amount on the first week of January.So does my mother, my fat cousin and Troll herself. I found out that Troll's husband Garcia is also getting his very own check. So, their family is getting twice as much!!!! I call unfair, but apparently since Nanny has referred to him as being "like a son to me" then he deserves his own cut. They have two new nice cars and an addition on their house. I'm sitting on my pile, waiting for the taxes to be done so we can go back to the mortgage company & prove that Blixx is working and qualify for a house. My fat cousin already has her new house. And a new car. I'm wondering if they get a bigger cut of the cash than I do...And now there's talk that because of these tough economic times that Troll is worried about cutting all that cash loose from the accounts and may not send us our checks. (GRRRRRRR....I'm typing loudly now, with anger).

Ok, while we've got a stash of cash that would in fact be fine for what we want, I am SO counting on getting another check so that we can get the Jeep that Blixx wants and have money left over to purchase nice furniture for our house. I mean, it's BECAUSE of these tight times that I'm counting on the money. And I'm in the will now (yes Tempest, I'm still in the will) so it's either wait until she's dead or tell Nanny about all the wonderful things that her generosity has bought for us. Oh, I'm steamed that they've gotten twice as much as anyone else these past three years, and now they aren't sure if the rest of us will get our share. Oh, there will be a family meeting and it won't go well at all if Troll tries to pull any shit. Seriously, I want my damn guilt money. My family has been lacking in truth and true love, so I'll take what I can get. And I WILL get it, damn it!

Deep breath. Deep breath.

I had a very nice weekend, despite some set backs. There's something about eating chocolate all drunk & fast forwarding through parts of a movie that have too much plot to get to the beefcake. Good times.

Peace.

There's a lot of talk going on about what a hard time each of us is having in our own ways during the holiday season. Jo Jo sent this to me & I think it offers an excellent perspective:

If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, and a place to sleep; you are richer than 75 percent of this world.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and a little spare change in a dish someplace, you are among the top eight percent of the world's
wealthy.

If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.

If you have never experienced the danger of a battle, the loneliness of imprisonment or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.

If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, or death, you are more blessed than three billion people in the world.

If you can hold someone's hand, hug them, or even touch them on the shoulder, you are blessed because you are able to offer a healing touch.

If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful, your are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.

And lastly, if you can read this, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.

Logi - I was so sorry to hear about Shep! I know what it's like to lose a beloved pet and my heart goes out to you and your family. Go easy blaming yourself - some things are just out of our control. Once you've had some time to heal, look into getting the town to install speed bumps or be more aggressive with catching speeders in your neighborhood. It won't bring Shep back, but his death won't be in vain.

It's December 5th & I'm wearing a skirt and sandals with a short sleeve shirt and I'm HOT running around Monster. What's up with that?!

Devil is leaving for Scotland next week so I thought it would be nice to have pictures of everyone in the Inbound Dept put into a collage that we could give him as a going away present. I pitched this to Dino like 2 weeks ago. Yesterday I asked what was up, and he said "Great idea! Go for it!" Ug!!! So I've spent my day running around trying to get pictures of people. The hard part is that Devil has worked here for years and years and there's plenty of folks that have moved to different departments that still want in on the deal. Unfortunately, nobody's schedules are the same & I'm sick of waiting. Me and my good ideas get me into trouble every time!

I'm almost done with the Laurell Hamilton book...& it's awesome! I haven't been able to put it down, which is why the house is still a mess with clothes everywhere from my closet switch. Blixx comes home tonight & I've got to make it look like I did something other than just crash on the couch with a book every night. :) Who, me?!

Peace.

"If you really want something in this life you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers." Homer J Simpson

Greetings all. This fine summer weekend I went to the Christmas Tree Shops and bought $50 of Christmas decorations for my apartment. I still haven't found just the right tree yet, but I continue to look. I also found some beautiful glass bottles so my master plan of making up flavored olive oils for gifts can come true this year. Ocean State Job Lot smells worse than Building 19! I gagged on the smell of white trash & BO...but they had the deal I wanted so I'll just shut up now.

I'm no longer a red head..it's back to dirty blonde for me. Well, the box says it's medium ash blonde. It's as close to my natural color as I've been in years. I'm not sure why I did it, other than I wanted a change. Every time I do the red I spend the first week with Clown College Red hair that mellows and I just didn't want to wait this time. It looks nice - I've figured out how to color my own hair & give it texture and streeks without paying to have it done. Not too bad! Apparently, jacknife will be a blonde as well after Tempest gets through with her. Oh boy!

Fri we went out to dinner at Brew City and had a few pops. We were going to hang with Grips later, but he ended up bagging out on us. Saturday Blixx had to work. I woke up with him around 7:30 am - not by choice, believe me - and made the wreath for my mother. I'm not as thrilled with it as I am the other one, but then again I did it to her tastes, not mine. I spent the day shopping in a t-shirt wondering why it was so damn hot out. I mean - it was beautiful...but certainly not December weather. I was shopping for X-mas stuff...shouldn't it be cold out? Hell, I'm not complaining. I hate snow. I went to Grips for a while to play with V, but it was pretty tense over there because of Nana & the remodelling etc, so I took off and brought a pizza home to my tired man. Grips came over for a bit and we made fun of the tv & Blixx like usual. It was nice.

Yesterday we went to Toads where we watched the amazing Pats win over the Jets, thus breaking the curse of the Tuna. It was such a good game!!! It all came down to the last 2 minutes of play when Antoine Smith caught an interception. Yeah baby. We drank and ate like kings - venision sausage is yummy. Yeah, I feel bad for Bambi and all, but food good ug! I love hangin at Toads because the boys are always grilling and it's apparently some sort of rule that girls can't grill. Ok...as long as they are aware that girls can't do dishes either. :)

Blixx is staying overnight in RI for the next few days so I'm all alone at home. Yeah, I'll be able to clean out my closet and throw things out without him under foot, but I'll be super lonely without him around. He'll be back LATE Wednesday night, then I'm going out after work on Thursday then Friday night he's going camping with Toad. I'm never going to see my hubby again! Whaaa.

I'm going to be like this all week. You've been warned...

Peace.