Facebook? My Space? Agh

I must be getting old because technologically speaking, I thought I was pretty savvy.

I got invited to join Facebook and My Space this year.

I have no idea what I'm doing and it's all pretty frustrating.

Dink wrote on my "wall" yesterday. I'm pretty sure I shouldn't be offended.

I probably would give up on the entire thing except I found this:

And anyone who knows me knows I LOVE FLAIR!

Can someone explain Facebook to me?

Someone over 12, perhaps?

I'm a tad late in jumping on the Facebook bandwagon.

Jebus, I'm a nerd.

My "Office"

Shannon, who hosts WFMW at http://www.rocksinmydryer.com/ is taking the rest of the summer off. This means I won't be sharing with you any of my wonderful ideas today.

I am, however, going to show you my office.

Why? You ask.

Well, because I like pictures. I like to imagine where people are in the day and what their surroundings look like.

I'm assuming you like the same.
Generally, I'm surprised when I see that the pictures are nothing like I imagined.

If you don't want to see my office. Stop reading now and come back tomorrow.

This is my office. I docorated it myself (my friend Amanda helped). It's on base about 2 blocks from my house. I could ride my bike to work, you know, if I did that sort of thing.

I drive.

I am the Project Director for VAFB Development. I get this entire office to myself.

It's actually a house. It looks a lot like the one I live in. Only this one is smaller...and has office furniture in it.

I can sing loud if I want. No one knows I'm here and my boss works in Rhode Island.

This is my snack area. No office is complete without a plethora of snacks. I expense them. Yum.
The conference area looked like this when I moved in. Now just imagine floor plans all over the table and floor. Oh, and most of the chairs are broken now. Someone bought cheap chairs.

It wasn't me. I don't do cheap. Especially with someone else's money.
This is the outside of my castle/office. Gorgeous - huh?
My office. Again, before the work started. Now it's an absolute disaster of paper and stuff.
My GIRLS ONLY powder room. If you have a tail - use the one down the hall.
And that concludes today's tour.

GratiTuesday

It's time for a little shout out to the Lord, so you know it must be GratiTuesday, where I can be vocally thankful for something in my life.

In light of my recent post, I think today I'm going to be grateful for Modern Medicine.

Not only did I go to the ER for my migraine. The same day I suffered from third degree sunburns. Morphine helped ease the pain of both.

(By the way - when I told my husband that my sunburn still hurt, he told me the Morphine was busy working on my migraine.  When I asked him if he was serious, he had a blank look on his face.  Hilarious!  He thought the Morphine had instruction to work on my head only.  Duh!)

Thanks to modern medicine, many of us can expect to live long and relatively healthy lives. But imagine living before the age of modern medicine and clean drinking water.

Did you know that there was a reason women used to wear black wedding dresses? They also doubled as funeral attire! Only a century ago, the average life expectancy was 50 years old. People died in great numbers of disease that today, we rarely hear of like smallpox, diptheria, typhoid. We now have vaccines for all three. I'm thankful for that.

After my weekend ER visit, I'd have to say I'm most thankful for Morphine. It makes those of us with migraines (or lack of common sense to use sunscreen in the California sun) more comfortable.

Another ER Visit

I'm guest posting for my mommy today.  She's still pretty hopped up on morphine from her hospital visit.  She keeps getting migraines and having to go to the hospital.  They are really bad. She said she's going to see a neurologist in a few weeks.  The doctors are pretty sure it's not a tumor or anything serious, but they want to find out why mommy is so sick.

Pray for my mommy to feel better (she is the only one that can reach the treat jar) and for my daddy not to worry (he can reach the jar too, but he doesn't hand treats out like mommy does).

I'm going to go back outside now.

Love, Divita

My Garden Kicks Ass

Yesterday was HOT!  

I went to Home Depot.

I got some flowers and put them in pots out front.  

I think I'm going to need something for between those two trees.

Yard Art perhaps?

I got that pretty fountain grass too.  It looks better up close/in real life.  Trust me.

I also planted a Plum tree in my back yard and jalapenos in my garden.  

I expect fruit!
I also have this to show for it.  Oops.  Forgot the sunscreen.
Guess what?  My garden can kick your garden's ass.

We Have an Escape Artist on our Hands

I hear from our neighbor that a little black nose has made its way under the fence.

That cute little black nose is attached to a Golden Retriever with kangaroo breath and floppy ears.

I put up bricks to distract him but he's too smart. He'll find a way over to see her and her treats eventually.

Carl has started calling Bruiser "Andy DuFresne" (remember the escapee in The Shawshank Redemption?)

Yah. Like that.

Funny Friday

Potato Pancakes

I bet you thought I was going to post a recipe.

I'm not.

I lost my potato pancake recipe and it was my favorite.

I have a 5# bag of potatoes in my cabinet.

No recipe.

No dinner.

Wah.

Works For Me Wednesday

Here's another sneaky WFMW tip regarding cleaning.

Rain - X.

Hear me out on this one.

After I clean my shower (okay, after someone comes to clean my shower) I spray the glass door with Rain - X. The same Rain - X I use on my car windshield. It keeps the water spots off.

Genius, huh?

So you pay to have it cleaned and then you "keep it clean" until your housekeeper comes back.

GratiTuesday

It's time for a little shout out to the Lord, so you know it must be GratiTuesday, where I can be vocally thankful for something in my life.

Today my gratefulness is the joy of having employment that I actually enjoy (most of the time). I can’t be a stay at home Mom to our dogs; my anxiety is such that I must work if we’re going to do fun things… like eat. I know. We’re wild here.

I am constantly amazed that God has given me a wonderful place to work, with two coworkers that I really like, and for a boss who is kind, fun and understanding, especially when it comes to the my personal life. Where else could I have lots of time to read books, blog and still feel as if I’ve accomplished something good in a day, like presenting information to the base command without flubbing it up? Having a job as such takes the sting out of not being at home. Thank you God for this wonderful way to make a living.

Now what about you? Do you have something for which you can be grateful? If you feel like sharing, leave me a comment.

It’s so much easier to be happy when you remember that you have reasons to be!