Whatever, I've been super fly busy

It seems like it was just Thanksgiving......It really has been a blur for me.
The first weekend of December I got to jet set up to Raleigh for the Christmas party by the fab hub's new office. I was there for less than 24 hours. The flight up was the worst thing for me in travel history. I had never had a bad travel day before. I aways fly out of and into Atlanta so not much bad can happen. They are the Mussolini of airports: the planes will run on time!
I get on the plane. Sit by the window in the row of three seats. Then it happens: a screaming child is on the lap of the lady next to me. And guess who is beside her? Yeah, her stupid sister with another stupid crying baby. The babies crying activates a little yappy chihuahua that is seated under the seat beside me. It is my own personal Hell. Did I mention that we were stuck for an hour? We were. We took off after we should have already landed. The worst ever.
The second weekend of December we had our 4th annual Holiday Warm Up Christmas Party. I had champagne pomegranate punch that people were licking the bottom of the bowl for and Hypntq Glacier Drop Martinis that were super yummy. The food was so good that when I was cleaning up around midnight I could not find a bite to eat.
Last weekend we hit Lenox and Phipps for some fabulous Christmas shopping. I highly recommend "Would you Rather.....?" as a super good stocking stuffer. Get the small travel size one...no need for the board and hoopla because you will not use it. Would you rather shave your dad's ass or your mother's bikini??
This weekend we tie up the loose ends and Mom comes in on Sunday. It is a blur.
I have been working my ass off. I have a pending of 193. I pray to sweet baby 8 pound Jesus that it does not hit 200....alas, I am the only person there next week in litigation---Joy! The upside to all this work is that firms are very nice in sending offerings to us this time of year. We had a breakfast sent, pounds and pounds of chocolate (the gold Godiva basket has a special place in my heart) and then there is the non sense we will never use but it is a trinket that I hold as a prize. If anyone ever needs a tiny mag light give me a shout, your choice of colors.

Because I had to

Thanksgiving this year was a bit small for my liking. Mom joined the fab hub and I. So why did I make 7 sides? It is no secret I do not like Thanksgiving food. I made roasted asparagus and a broccoli dish that is served cold for this reason, the fab hub demanded my macaroni and cheese, I wanted the best mashed potatoes in the world, mom needed sweet potatoes, mom desired fresh cranberry sauce, who can have thanksgiving without stuffing? So I was a bit busy with that.
I have gotten 3 Christmas tree up so far. We are just about decorated. The cats really like the disco ball garland on the flamingo tree.
I need to go make Chex mix, ya know--because I have not cooked enough.

1st Defense Verdict!!!

I am so freaking happy. I really am.

The Idiot Box.....Truly

I am pissed that Sabrina was voted off or not voted enough to stay on DWTS. It hurts. It really does. I must exhaust all efforts on the race car driver. I hate Mel....she is the Laila Ali of this year to me.
George and Izzy need to break it up. Even the hand holding makes me puke a little bit in my mouth. I broke up with Private Practice...too slow. I still LOVE Kate Walsh and secretly hope Private Practice will be canceled and she will come back to Grey's.
The new evil neighbor in Housewives is killing me. I would throw down with her. Kick the shoes off, earrings out and hair pulled back kind of ass beating. And you know her lemon meringue pie is store bought.
Why is it that Kitty is pregnant? This does not seem like a good story line. Too many messes to clean up already and now this.

But my legs don't have a sore throat

I am pulling an all nighter....college years anyone?
I have had my ass kicked at work. Since I have been at the new place a whopping week it is time for a vacation. We leave in a few hours for a cruise -woot-
Yesterday I had my Mystic tan...no Oompa Loompa effect....tonight I had my toes done. The usual place was closed, as I had worked late. I went to the mall. They used something that had Halls Vapor mints ground into it. My legs felt CRAZY after this. Whatever...the little piggies have I'm not really a waitress red and it looks better than I could do.
On the work front I am bummed I am going to miss one of my trials while I am away. And I have learned mediation is a complete joke. And this mess with binding high low agreements on arbitrations...oh mercy the chain saws I juggle. The juggling monkey will go enjoy the warm waters. Then I will juggle more.....
Oh, I purchased a Nikon point and shoot. I figure since the DSLR is a Canon I would mix it up a bit. I will post some pix sometime upon my return.

A Change of Plan

Sometimes I really do not know where I am headed, but I know where I am going will be better. I have made the decision to change jobs. Whoopie! I will be moving up the ladder kind of....I have accepted a position as a litigation handler of injury claims and bad faith claims. Basically I will be an attorney wrangler. I am so excited. This will be great for many reasons. I have been in the insurance industry for 5 years now and it was time to do more. I thought law school was the "more", then After careful examination of my lifestyle and what it will take (mainly money) I decided it was not a fit. Then I thought CPCU was the route to go. Not to sound lazy....but I am not in this to run an insurance company and the intense studying was not fitting in with my lifestyle. I will get to learn so much in my new role. I am very excited for this! I have been doing the same thing for awhile. New vocabulary words: summary judgement, deposition, mediation, and the one folks will make me pull my hair out with is proper service. Did I mention I will be handling 19 states? Yeah.

Games Galore

I will not tell you how much time I have logged playing this game....too much. I love it. There is skee ball, the coin push game, a dunk booth, toss a coin onto plates and super wonder prizes. I am simply addicted. It is so much fun. The GA State Fair is here next week....I have my practice in....I can't wait.

Guess who moved in next door!?!

Guess who moved in next door!?!
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You remember my wonderful neighbor, right? Yeah, she has been "gardening" more and more. There is now a scare crow that looks across the drive way at us. It is a crow and it is indeed scary she put this nylon piece of crap in the yard with a bamboo piece up it's butt. I also saw what I thought was a 10 Commandments tablet in the yard but after further investigation I found it is a memorial for a dead dog. I hope there is not a dead dog burried there. I am thinking there will be more plastic flowers for Fall "planted" soon. Don't worry, the patrotic bunting is still up over the front door. So fancy. So classy.

Save the Doors!

I have been saving this one for ya. This is an honest 100% true story. Really.
We had some visitors in earlier this summer. They brought their 3 year old child and half of her belongings in a Honda Odyssey mini van. Not just any Honda Odyssey, a fully loaded and apparently one of the owners feels it will actually go up in value. Who am I to know about a $40k mini van?
We went out to dinner one night. There were 7 of us and due to all the stuff still in said mini van we took two cars to dinner. This was while we were going through the total loss and we were still in the rental. The fab hub parked the rental in the first space. There was the curb and yard on one side of the rental and on the other side was a space. We started to walk into the restaurant when the occupants of the Odyssey yelled at the fab hub to move the rental and let them have the space we were in and get the rental on the other side of the mini van. The fab hub then walks back to the rental and moved it. Unbelievable. They advised that the rental does not matter and they need to protect the Odyssey doors. They even advised how their parents will assist in protecting the glorious Odyssey when they go out. I still cannot believe the fab hub moved the car to indulge this unreal behavior.
Yes, really.