14 posts from April 2008 (page 2)

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What's not to love?

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I absolutely love my job.  There is not the slightest bit of hesitation for me to say that.  I've learned so much too and am becoming more comfortable with my skills and knowledge.

Unfortunately.

Gas prices are through the roof.  And even with being blessed to work from home 3 days a week, I'm still spending about $100+ in gas on a weekly basis.  Extremely NOT cool!

So.

I think I will have to polish up the resume and portfolio.  Gosh I hate the thought of this.  I have it so good right now.

But.

I'm praying that I'll be able to increase my work at home days instead.

Hopeful.

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photo credit: TimDD

When I started working at my current job, we speculated that a perk would be the possibility of attending a Laker game (He love the Lakers - and I mean die hard).  The tickets are CRAZY expensive.  And unfortunately, even though my company owns the Staples Center, coming by Laker tix are darn near impossible.

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Last week, out of the blue, I thought of how good my husband is to me.  How responsible he is with our family.  And just what a great person he is.  He does a LOT.  Doesn't complain.  Is very complimentary and extremely supportive.  Before getting back to whatever I was doing before those those thoughts intervened, I finished with thinking how nice it would be I could get him Laker tix before the season ended.

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My homegirl at the Staples Center called to see if me and my hubby wanted tix to see the Lakers (tonight). Uhm - heck yes (Napoleon Dynomite).  Not only did we score, but we are in Premier seats and get to go to the Premier Seating reception at half time.  God is so good and I am so happy that He hears all my whacky desires even when I didn't literally pray for it.

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Now... I'll have to remember to not drool staring at Derek Fisher. LOL!!!

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Many, many moons ago, I, along with my sister, decided to play a practical joke on my mother.  I positioned myself all twisted and skewed, on the stairs in front of our house.  My sister then, ran to the door and called out to my mother 'mom, Lisa fell'.  My mom, as you might imagine, was horrified when she saw me.    I continued to lie there listening to her yell for help.  I was then embarrassed AND scared to move and let her know that I was fine.  But I also knew this was only going to get worse if I stayed there.  So I got up and let her know it was 'only an april fools joke'.  I looked at the panic AND relief on her face and felt absolutely horrible!  All she could do was go back into the house.

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I was working at a small company where everyone basically new each other.  I had been there a few years so was extremely comfortable with everyone and would often move away from my desk without locking my computer.  Upon returning on this day, one of my co-workers, a manager in operations came into my office behind me.  He said 'I didn't realize you felt that way'.  I'm wondering what he's talking about, but since his demeanor was pleasant I didn't think to much about it.  Then he asked if I was interested in going out.  Uhm... huh?   Mind you, I'm married, and even if I weren't, I wasn't interested and had never acted in any way that would make him think so.  That was when the Director of Operations walked by, with a stupid smile on his face.  He asked the manager to excuse us and then proceeded to tell me that he had sent an email from my computer, from me, to home dude telling him that I liked him.  Wow.

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I looked up 'April Fool's Day' on  Wikipedia then decided I didn't care?  Practical jokes can hurt people.  And that is the last thing I want to purposefully do.