An overdue update-

Hello BLOG world- I realized today that I had not posted a while.

First big news- I passed test # 7 out of 8 towards my CLU designation-- Hurray!
The bad news is I turned right around and registered for #8- Income Taxation- yeah sounds like a load of fun huh?? Wanna help me study???

I guess there is really nothing else exciting going on in my world right now.
It was a weekend of relaxing- hanging out with some friends. Finally saw Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire at the dollar theater.

For February the weather has been AWESOME - so Trevor and I have been taking advantage of this and getting in some extra long walks and park time. There seem to be a surplus in ducks at the pond in the park- but Trevor loves to chase them and frolik with them.

The parents are in Florida- so they are keeping themselves entertained for a little bit.

It seems that everyone near and around me is pregnant- so any women reading this blog- be careful and take extra precautions if you don't want a baby soon!

Gotta run- take care and keep in touch.

And the award goes to.....

ME!! This morning at our President's Day team meeting and breakfast I was presented with the Salesperson of the year award for 2005. It is complete with a big shiny trophy with my name engraved on it! I was very flattered and honor to receive such an honor.

It was cold cold cold cold cold - well you get the idea- this weekend.
My weekend was pretty boring and dull- I watched the Olympics quite a little bit.
I studied more that I care to admit for my insurance exam or Friday- right now I am in my "flip out" mode- when I feel totally unprepared and scared to take the test. I have until Thursday to reschedule if I don't feel comfortable. I do want to take the test and get it over with as soon as possible.

Other than that - nothing real big- I did a new blind hung for my living (many thanks go out to my Dad for that). I bought a new glass door bookcase for the living (I love how it looks).
All in all a very quiet and uneventful weekend.

Why I am so tired-

I usually don't pass these things along- but this one caught my attention- since I have been exhausted this week.


WHY AM I SO TIRED???

For a couple years I've been blaming it on lack of sleep, not enough
sunshine, too much pressure from my job, etc.

But now I found out the real reason:

I'm tired because I'm overworked.

Here's why:...The population of this country is 273 million.
140 million are retired.
That leaves 133 million to do the work.
There are 85 million in school.
Which leaves 48 million to do the work.
Of this there are 29 million employed by the federal government.
Leaving 19 million to do the work.
2.8 million are in the armed forces preoccupied with killing Osama Bin
Laden.
Which leaves 16.2 million to do the work.

Take from that total the 14.8 million people who work for state and city
governments.

And that leaves 1.4 million to do the work.

At any given time there are 1! 88,000 people in hospitals.

Leaving 1,212,000 to do the work.

Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons.

That leaves just two people to do the work.

You and me.

And there you are sitting on your butt,, at your computer, reading jokes.

I am just so glad that it is Thursday. My friend Ray & I are going to to one of our favorite watering holes to play trivia and have a few drinks- I just hope that we do better than last week.

Have a great night all.

Happy Valentines Day-

A big Valentines hello to all my BLOG readers-
I have attached a picture a co-worker snapped of me at the office yesterday (cheese!) and then a picture of mom, dad, and nephew Devan at Saturday's dinner to celebrate the folks' 40th wedding anniversary. A nice time was had by all.

It has been a very very busy couple of days with work - lots of extra meetings downtown and here in Dublin.

Steelers / Transamerica

First of all- Go Steelers!!! What a great game- of course the fact that I was with good friends at a bar with dollar beers made it a little better! I found out that I have yet a 2nd Steelers connection- a good family friend (an older gentleman) grew up in Pittsburgh and knows the family that owns the team. Who knew? Sorry about your Seahawks Paul- I truly could care less about NFL football- but I like to root for the hometown kid, so to speak.

I also went to see Transamerica on Sunday after church. I may get some slack from this comment, but I enjoyed this movie so much more that Brokeback Mtn. I thought Felicity Huffman was AWESOME. It really made me think more about loving and appreciating who we are. There are so many of us in the world that try to change who we are, hide who we are, and otherwise dodge the truth. I walked away from the movie with a smile- I do reccomend.

Otherwise it was a quiet weekend. Winter returned with much colder temperatures and snow- so I returned to my hibernation mode.

Here's to another week.

Happy Weekend-

It's the weekend!!!! Hurray!
I am really excited to see the movie Transamerica this weekend- it looks really good. It is also Super Bowl weekend- I am really excited for Big Ben the quarterback from Pittsburgh.
I actually know his Mom and Dad from my days in Findlay. So I'm cheering for Pittsburgh- go Steelers.

Gotta run for now- Have a great weekend.

Your Life Is Boring When.......

You get exctited when you junk mail in your email in box....

Going to the gym is an exciting Friday night....

Balancing your checkbook is something you do on a daily basis....

You'd rather go to bed than go out to a bar....

When you're in a chat room and the only people instant messaging you are the advertising robots trying to sell herbal enhancements or internet porn....

OK- maybe my life isnt' that boring- but it has been very mellow right now-- which I guess is a good thing. Winter is supposed to be for hibernation right?