08:31 Nothing like having the kittens circle you as you try to eat your cereal….damn scavengers…lol
10:56 Got a decent workout in, I have my nonfat chai w/ginger…..just waiting on the mail before I hit the shower.
13:14 Alexis discovered how to get behind & under the bed, what she couldn’t figure out was how to get out.
15:15 Just been working & taking breaks with some reading….not a bad mix. =)
22:50 New blog post: Saying Hi!
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Icks…been over a week since a real blog entry….not good. I’ve just been working and lost track. Actually, it seems more and more my life is work. I don’t know if it because I work from home, while when I use to work outside of the house I would get a break by coming home.
I break up my day with the gym, errands and playing with our cats…especially the kittens, they are still playful and they let me get away with it…..lol…the older2 look at me like I’m nuts. =)
I have been trying to make sure I get some personal reading in. I finished Obama’s “Dreams from My Father” which I’ve been wanting to read since I saw at the bookstore so many years ago. It was a very interesting read and gave very good insights into himself on trying to figure out where he belongs in the world, especially racially.
I’m currently reading Joe Biden‘s “Promises to Keep“. I’ve always like Biden, always came across as an honorable and honest guy, with an issue with chattness…lol He is the fun uncle in the family. =) I’m really enjoying some of the insights and stories that he has from behind the scenes of the US Senate. Which also reenforces my impression that the Senators are a more civil and willing to discuss things then the House….which reminds me of bunch of grade school kids at recess with their conduct. I only have about 50-70pgs left to that one. Wondering with payroll Sunday if I’m going to get to finish it this weekend.
They finally signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law!!! Yes!! Some of the stuff we women go through in the work place is totally bullshit. I’m so thankful for the women who came before me to make the progress that we have. Here is an editorial on it : Lilly’s Big Day What I really like about this article is that it goes though the some of the case histories and legislative acts it took to get us where we are today, even though we still have a long way to go.
I’m going to do some more reading while I can. =)
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08:46 No snow storm this morning….in fact it is pretty much all gone. =)
11:42 Good workout, eating lunch, waiting for the mail and trying to figure out what I’ll be working on today.
16:12 Nothing like having kittens that have a paper fetish…everytime I turn around they are biting and eating something…….lol
22:50 Can’t wait for next week’s LOST!
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This is a local story from my old hometown in Indiana that I just came across that made my day, not because it’s the story tell me she was dead, but because it appears she treated everyone the same regardless who they was and it wasn’t “just me†she hated. I had to deal with this mean old lady a few times and she was just mean to kids, she was mean to me in the 1980’s and she was mean to my dad in the 1950’s and she took no guff from anyone as proved by this story.
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A Lafayette legend, Elinor May Everett Stingley, 101, died late Tuesday night in the local home of her great-granddaughter, Lisa Yates. Stingley had been ill for a few weeks.
For nearly 50 years, Stingley was called the “Cone Lady” at the Original Frozen Custard next to Columbian Park.
Stingley, who was born and raised in Lafayette, was known for telling customers, “We do not mix flavors.”
She also would tell people it was “a cone line only.” She made no exceptions to customers.
Her granddaughter, Aleeah Livengood of Mulberry, said “granny” would not change the rules even for the rich and famous.
Singer Axl Rose, who grew up as William Bailey in Lafayette, gained fame with the rock band Guns N’ Roses. He once visited Arni’s and the Frozen Custard in the early-’90s at the height of his fame.
“We never called him Axl. He was always Bill Bailey to us,” said Livengood. “He went to the cone line because the other line was long.
“Finally, it was his turn, and he asked granny for a strawberry sundae. She told him to go to the other line. He said, ‘Do you know who I am?’ Granny said, ‘Yes, William. I know who you are. Now get to the other line.”
Axl Rose just laughed after getting a rise out of Stingley. He had lived with his grandmother behind the Frozen Custard and became good friends with the Cone Lady.
http://www.jconline.com/article/20090128/N
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May you spend all of eternity dishing melted ice cream to screaming kids you old witch.
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Just wanted to wish my best friend Happy 35th Birthday!!
You are now half to 70!
Love ya!
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