Homehttp://www.ladybugsandcows.com/home/en-US2008-07-09T00:56:28ZSquarespace Site Server v4.1.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Friday Fill-Inshttp://www.ladybugsandcows.com/home/2008/4/18/friday-fill-ins.htmlthe literary mouse2008-04-18T01:12:18ZCome on over and check out my new blog....this will be the last post that I post here. Over time I will be migrating my entries from here to my new blog. The URL is HERE.

Please update your blogroll or bloglines. If you have any problems please send me an email via the link on the left. See you on the new blog side!

You can find the Friday Fill-Ins HERE thanks to Janet

1. The last time I lost my temper I had to walk around the block so I did not take it out in an unprofessional manner!
2. People not giving a $hit is what I'm fed up with!
3. The next book I'd like to read is either Predictably Irrational or Water for Elephants.
4. My future is what I'm looking forward to.
5. If you can't get rid of the skeleton[s] in your closet, make peace with them and move on! 6. The best thing I got in the mail recently was two summery tops from JJill
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to prepping the kitchen to be painted, tomorrow my plans include painting the kitchen and Sunday, I want to kick back, relax and enjoy the nice weather!

]]>Don't Piss Me Offhttp://www.ladybugsandcows.com/home/2008/4/17/dont-piss-me-off.htmlthe literary mouse2008-04-17T18:49:44ZMy day is shaping up into a IhateEverybody.com kind of day.....

....hope your day is going better than mine.....

]]>Thursday Thirteen - I Think...http://www.ladybugsandcows.com/home/2008/4/16/thursday-thirteen-i-think.htmlthe literary mouse2008-04-16T18:56:16ZThursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things I Think (watch out)
I think that if you do not get any emails in a 2 hours span at work that should be a sign that you can go home for the day.
I think that an English major should never be left alone with Java code…trust me it is dangerous..for that matter CSS code is a bad idea too.
I think that no matter what everyone should be able to get 8 hours of sleep a night
…and 3 full meals a day
I think that a mandatory day at the spa should be instituted for every woman twice a year once in the spring and once in the fall.
I think that tampons and birth control should be subsidized by the government.
I think that Bush should just stop being President now.
I think that everyone should get July or August off; and that it should switch yearly to be fair.
I think that it should cost A LOT less to adopt a child who is living in an orphanage already. Like it should be FREE except for the cost of travel.
I think everyone should be sent to their room for a nap at least once a day
I think that no one should have to deal with a serious illness or disease more than once in their life
I SERIOUSLY think that we should go to a 4 day work week
I think that if 10 people read this I will be lucky!
I think that if you do not get any emails in a 2 hours span at work that should be a sign that you can go home for the day.

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]]>Scratch, Cough, Hackhttp://www.ladybugsandcows.com/home/2008/4/16/scratch-cough-hack.htmlthe literary mouse2008-04-16T12:54:26Zme, myself, and I health the job blogI hate waking up with a sore throat. I was kind of ignoring the fact that I felt off kilter last night. I went to bed a bit early and was hoping to sleep off whatever was making me feel out of wack but woke up with a full-fledged sore throat. No white spots though so that's good. Adam was sick last week so it isn't entirely surprise to me that I am feeling under the weather. At least I know he felt better within a few days after it cycled from scratchy throat, to stuffy nose, to cough and then wa-la gone.

Things have been a little slow for me at work right now, they will pick up again soon, they always do. Still, I did not want to call in sick so here I am. Two meetings on the calendar for this afternoon. I just hope the day goes by quickly.

I have seen the initial design (the banner) for the new Smoochdog and I LOVE IT. Heather really does such an amazing job! I can't wait to launch the new and improved Smoochdog. I will keep you all posted. What I have not decided yet is if I want to port over the blog entries from here to the new Smoochdog. I would do it manually and I would only transport over the important entries (skipping the memes and silly posts). There are not that many posts here so I just might do it a little at a time over a month or so.

]]>Out on A Limb with Everyday Kindnesshttp://www.ladybugsandcows.com/home/2008/4/16/out-on-a-limb-with-everyday-kindness.htmlthe literary mouse2008-04-16T00:58:02Zme, myself, and I random happinessClaudia from the blog Out on a Limb also has another blog called Everyday Kindness. It is on Everyday Kindness that she has started first thinking about acts of kindness for herself and then got a group of readers who also wanted to join in participating in acts of kindness. After reading her blogs I too decided I wanted to make this commitment. Specifically, the commitment is to try and perform at least one act of kindness toward another every day. I would like to think that I am generally kind to others. I hold doors, I say please and thank you, I let people cross the street, pick things up when other drop them, etc. but I want to do more. I want to challenge myself to do at least one extra act of kindness each day.

I mean really, what will it take? A few moments perhaps. Maybe an hour if I am doing something significant like offering to drive someone to the airport (a common request with my family)

I have asked Claudia what I need to do to make it "official" and sign up to be on her Kindness blogroll. Won't you check out her blog and think of joining too?

]]>Come ON You KNOW You Are Excitedhttp://www.ladybugsandcows.com/home/2008/4/15/come-on-you-know-you-are-excited.htmlthe literary mouse2008-04-15T18:06:56Z

Come on ladies you know you are excited. You KNOW you had a poster on your wall and you KNOW you love them. Maybe we should all find some tickets and go, you know take a trip down memory lane....

]]>A Face with a Namehttp://www.ladybugsandcows.com/home/2008/4/15/a-face-with-a-name.htmlthe literary mouse2008-04-15T12:26:51ZCCF

This morning I received information from CCF on the child that I am sponsoring. She is completely adorable and I only hope that the $24 a month that I am donating can help her and her family in some way. Here is the blurb that they sent me on her.

Tenzin Tsetan is from a very poor Tibetan refugee family now settled in India. The father has been provided with a small piece of land by the Indian Government, where he works for long and tiring hours, but earns only a pittance of about US $113 per annum, to support the family. The mother tries hard to make ends meet with what is at hand, but there is abounding privation. Keen on educating this child, but unable to do so on their own, the parents sought aid from this project. Tenzin Tsetan is too young to attend the school. She is growing sweetly under the loving care of her mother. She enjoys playing with toys. Her health is normal. She has moles on her face. Tenzin Tsetan has one brother and one sister. Your sponsorship is a great blessing to this needy family.

]]>Time to Givehttp://www.ladybugsandcows.com/home/2008/4/14/time-to-give.htmlthe literary mouse2008-04-14T20:29:18Zlife happinessI’ve wanted to do something meaningful for a long time. Contribute, give back to society. Many times I find myself saying, “I wish I had…,” or “I really need…” In reality I have spent all 36 years of my life very fortunate, never really wanting for anything I truly need. In today’s society I think it is very easy for the lines between wanting and needing. To say I am “broke” is a astronomical understatement and not getting something I want is hardly anywhere near a hardship.

Being skeptical of sending money to anyplace, I did my research and ended up “adopting” a child from the Christian Children’s Fund. I decided that no matter what I am trying to save for or what bill I am trying to pay down in my own life, $24 a month really is not a lot to me and can go so far to help one of these children. After looking into it I felt assured that The Christian Children’s Fun really did have one of the best donation to child rations out there, giving 82-cents of every dollar directly to the child and their families (with the other 18-cents going to overall program administration).

I am sponsoring a 1-yeear old little girl in India and I will be getting all of her details and a photo in the next week or two, and it makes me feel better than anything I could have bought with that money.

]]>Pillows, Cleaning, Preparing to Paint...Oh MY!http://www.ladybugsandcows.com/home/2008/4/13/pillows-cleaning-preparing-to-paintoh-my.htmlthe literary mouse2008-04-13T20:39:37Zlife random happinessA new pair of shoes yesterday and a new pillow today! As far as I am concerned it really doesn't get any better than that right?! Had a nice early afternoon with Janet, lunch and some shopping. Then had a productive later afternoon dropping the car off for service tomorrow, walking Marley, cleaning the bathroom and vaccuming. Cleaning may not be fun but it sure feels good when it is done. I think I have the same feeling about our kitchen painting adventure next weekend. I really don't want to do it, I could find 10 other things I would rather do on a Saturday, but I know I will feel so much better when it is done and I am sure we will have some laughs along the way.

The car needing to be serviced is another story. The short version is it seems that every time we bring it in for a simple oil change - we have to bring it back for something else that seems to always be caused because they were doing whatever it is they do under the hood. Not a big deal because they always fix it at no charge, BUT it means I have to take the *gasp* bus to work tomorrow. I so do not like the bus.

Well now that I got most of the chores done I can go relax for a bit before ironing for the week.

]]>Spring Has Sprunghttp://www.ladybugsandcows.com/home/2008/4/12/spring-has-sprung.htmlthe literary mouse2008-04-12T18:17:25ZlifeI think it safe to say that spring has finally officially sprung and I could not be happier. I got a facial this morning and it felt great to get rid of all the winter off my skin. Adam and I had a nice lunch together and ran some errands and I was able to get a few additions to my wardrobe for the upcoming season. My favorite of the day being these shoes that I found for work. They are patent on the sides and leather on the top and open toe for the summer!

All I really need now are shorts, a pair or two of capris for work, and some basic - yet dressier tees and I will be all set. It really is the pants and shorts that I am in the most need of since I am such a different size than last year.

Tomorrow will be great to go and get a new book because I know I will be reading most of my books over the next months in the yard with the sunshine. I tell ya for me, the sunshine is like a mood altering drug. What I want to do the most is sometime, in a few weeks or so is to talk Janet into going to the beach with her dogs. I am certain that won't be too hard! Adam and I just have to bickle down and get the kitchen painted next weekend. Not a task I am looking forward too but it has to be done.

Later!

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