Different kind of Blog Tag!

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty fun to see the responses.
If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. EVERYBODY PLAY!

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Movie Review time!!

I saw "Mama Mia" on Saturday . . . LOVED IT!!

I LOVE ♥ ♥ ♥ the music of ABBA - it brings back a LOT of Karaoke memories for me! Dancing Queen, Take a Chance on Me, all of them!

And to see this movie where the lyrics of the songs have been made to fit into a storyline - EXCELLENT!!

Beautiful scenary, lots of fun music (I probably annoyed a lot of people in the theater, with my singing along . . . oh well!!)

And, I will never look at "dot, dot, dot . . . " the same! :) I love this movie!

This one's for Aubrey!

Just before I left the office on July 3rd, one of the other managers and a production supervisor came to my office, armed with caulk! They then proceeded to glue down the tile, from which the ants were crawling out from under. (I can't understand how that DOESN'T fall under the maintenance job description, but, oh well!!)
Anyway, Monday morning, after the long weekend, I came in to a lovely, ant-free office! Now the fun part is re-organizing all the piles that I emergency evacuated from my desk and drawers!
So, Aubrey, NO MORE ANTS!!!! WOO HOO!!

OH HAPPY DAY!

This day has been FABULOUS! Why? you may ask! My husband is home, to stay, and his poor little beat up car brought him here, in one piece!

The last 6 months have been long and lonely and . . . strange, sort of! At first, to get used to NOT consulting with him, face to face, on all the household matters, etc. and now, to readjust to discussing everything, again! What's on the agenda today? What kind of clothes are you washing? Where are we going to put this box or piece of furniture? What are WE doing on Friday night?

Thankfully, though, I think he has Utah out of his system, and he is looking for a great job to help support our family . . . wherever the members thereof may live!

Today is the first day of the rest of our lives . . . TOGETHER! Woo hoo!

Is it just me??

I can't believe this guy! I mean, most men would DIE to have one date with a super-model . . . Christie Brinkley! (http://www.movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx/?news=322008&GT1=28101) This guy marries her, has 2 children with her, has her money basically at his disposal, and STILL needs to find "entertainment" on the internet, and with an 18-year old! REALLY????????

Dude, you need a reality slap . . . back to whatever age you were when you decided that the world DOES revolve around you and your appetites! And your children will be MUCH better off without you!

Sure, supermodels have their bad days, too! But, can't this girl cut a break in love? Even though she has an estate on an island outside of New York, and probably any designer at her disposal, not to mention ALL THAT MONEY, I don't think I would want to be in her shoes right now. Too sad!

A Scene from an Old Horror Movie

That's what I feel like, this week!!

I came into my office, Monday morning, to find ants crawling ALL OVER my desk!!! Ya, their highway starts on the right side, just in front of my desk, up the side to the top of the desk, and then down the other side!

Who's the brainiac behind THAT travel route??? Wouldn't it just be easier to go under the desk and NOT go over my foot, while doing the Kamikaze biting thing??? (Meaning that once one of them starts to bite me, they are dead for sure!!)

Anyway, I quickly became very frustrated, because nobody in the office seems to know anything about our Orkin account, or what number I should call. Then, the maintenance guy (and I use that title VERY loosely!!) tells me that he can't find his bug spray! He claims the receptionist had it last . . . WHATEVER!!*

Anyway, I discovered their point of entry -- there is a tile on the floor, directly in front of my office, that is broken in half . . . apparently because the cement is rising on this side of the building. So, the ants, being the industrious little suckers that they are, basically dug a hole, or trail, or whatever it is they do, that allows them free access to my office, and anywhere else they want to go!*

I finally just looked Orkin up, myself, on Dex On Line, and called them up. That was Monday afternoon. Tuesday comes along, and I still haven't heard from anyone. Called again. Oh, you need to talk to a service tech. Called again in the afternoon, nobody answered my call after being on hold for 20 minutes.

Wednesday morning, call again. Spent plenty of time in the hold/ignore position again!! FINALLY somebody answered my call, and proceeded to tell me that the only form of communication that they have with the service technicians is Text messaging. FABULOUS!! This is a direct quote, "I can send him a text, and if I don't hear from him within 30 minutes, I can text him again." Wow, crazy communication skills in this century!!

Someone from Orkin called my office 2 hours later, and told the receptionist that a tech would be out after 12 pm. What, are we waiting for the cable guy, now, with this timeframe?? And, he DID show up . . . at 3:40 pm! Wow, great timing!

He sprayed outside, putzed around my desk a little bit, and then proceeded to tell me that it would probably be a week before the pesky little varmints were completely gone! MY HELL - a week???? He assured me that I could call him, if there were a serious problem, but if it were just one or two ants, well . . . you can imagine his thoughts here!

So, fast forward to Thursday morning. I walk into my office, and I only see one or two little ants meandering around on my door jam. My first thought? "Okay, maybe they've slowed it down, so I don't have to deal with them crawling all over me!" NOT SO MUCH!! Again, ALL OVER my desk!

This means war, suckers!!! I started wiping down my desk with Clorox wipes, which is apparently just as effective as bug spray, cuz once I wipe the surface, there are 10-12 little dead ants on my wipe! But, that doesn't stop them! So, I went to Home Depot . . . and returned armed and dangerous!! They'll be sorry they messed with me!!

These are the purchases that I made:

I was VERY frightened of how my office might be infested on Monday morning, after a long weekend, if I didn't take the situation into my own hands! So, I have been a little spray crazy, and now I have 4 of the little traps out . . . if they don't work, I may have to call myself a psychiatrist!!!

Now, in reference to the * - I've NEVER worked at a place where the maintenance manager refuses to do certain aspects of the maintenance job! And, I must say, I don't really like it!