A Likely Story!

Cozy

Thinking about THIS as a cozy addition to my office.

I think it's cool. And would compliment the purple on the walls.

Yo Ho Ho

Part of my job is to initiate contract changes when we confirm clients for assignments. For many clients, one of the perks we offer is Free Private Housing.

For some reason, I always type Free Pirate Housing. Thankfully I always catch it in time.

God forbid I don't catch it and a client is miffed that their apt is not decked out in Jolly Roger decor.

Arggggg.

Here A Blogger...

...there a blogger. Bloggers are everywhere. And I met another one last night.

Met Cuyler thru Gabe (check out Repetitive Motion Injury on my blogroll). Yes, Cuyler DOES have a blog but he has so many of them I am not sure which one to link to or if I should link to any of them. So Cuyler, if you want, post your preferred link in comments so my other blogger buddies can check ya out.

It was pizza night at DNote pizza in Arvada...home of heavenly pizza. That's not their tag line...just what I call it. But it was heavenly.

I totally shoulda had my camera on me but I was remiss in leaving it home. Reason why I shoulda had it is cause Cuyler's blog pix does nothing for him. Told him right off the bat he needs to take a better picture cause boy is he cute! Very cute! And now I am goading him into taking some newer pix for his blog. And maybe embarrassing him in the process? Oh well...sorry buddy!

Have decided am all for bloggers meeting in person. Have heard stories of how it's not always been the best thing to do, but every single blogger I've met here in CO has been wonderful. So am hoping the trend continues!

In a sorta related thought, wouldn't it be fun to have Denver/Boulder Blogger Week? You know, where people send their bloggers flowers, wine them and dine them, and make that special day be all about that special blogger. Hallmark might even get into the act. Restaurants and bars would give us discounts for our blog-gatherings and celebrations.

I like that idea. A lot.

Ok, off to DL for the night.

So, do you guys have any special 'Meet the Blogger' stories you want to share? Let 'em rip!

Forsaken

Now that you have all read about my wonderful booze-filled Sunday, I can break the sad news to you.

As of tomorrow, Tueday 27 March at about 3 pm I will be off alcohol until further notice. NO, not going into Rehab. (You know you were thinking that!)

Thanks to my buddy Anthony, have been accepted into a Clinical Trial sponsored by Merck for migraine relief.

For those of you that even remotely know me, you know that I have had more than my share of mega-bad excruciating migraines over the years. And while they are no where near as bad as they used to be, they are bad enough to keep me from working and from having fun. And you know how I like to have fun.

Part of the agreement to be accepted into the trial is to totally give up all forms of alcohol. Call me altruistic, but if I can be a part of something that will result in helping someone (even tho it might not be me) live a better pain-free life, I'm all for it. Jager bombs and margs will still be there when the trial finishes...anywhere from 30 days to a year. Yeah...I said a year. Gulp!

On a semi-related note, am taking up a quest started by Her Hottness and going Coke-and-Pepsi free. Yeah, giving up all soda. Will try it for a month and see how it goes from there. I LOVE Coke..and now Pepsi (thanks HDW for that!!). The longest I have gone without Coke or Pepsi...to date...has been 2 months.

Two lovely challenges ahead. Wish me luck. I've stocked up on water, Izze and milk. I'll let you know how I fare.

Weekend Update - FOR REALS!

My buddy Kathy and her fiance Bob were here for the weekend. They skied at Winter Park on Friday and Saturday. Sunday we toured Boulder.

Margs at the Rio

Followed by Chocolate covered strawberries from Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory

Then off to Golden to hang at our favorite biker bar. And drink some more.

Last stop Denver and The Pour House

Looking up at the moon from the rooftop bar

Great weekend, killer weather, wonderful friends, cool CO sites and yummy drinks. Can life get any better?

Purged

Purged my cell today. #'s of people..former friends, friends turned into acquaintances and friends that barely qualify for the label of friend. Purged them all. Felt so much better afterwards.

It's one thing if you have a good relationship with someone and you are in touch sporadically. They are too. It's all good. You are both at one with your sporadic-ness.

But then you have those friends/people/whatever where you text. You call. You drunk text. You drunk call. You send random email forwards to them so as to make them laugh. And nothing. They never write. They never call. They never text. Sober or drunk, you never hear from them.

So ya purge 'em.

Figure if all of a sudden they start calling you post-purge it means they either were meant to call you and gain entrance back into your life...or they read your blog! Haha. Would die if that happened tomorrow. What are the chances? For the record, I would bet $100 that no one that I purged reads my blog. And if they do, they sure as hell know I'm talking about them.

Purging can be good for the soul.

If something or someone is dragging you down, get rid of it/them.

Then let me know how you feel.

Weekend Update

On the way.

How do you like my placeholder?

Bleek*

* new word - Blogger + Geek = Bleek

Yep, I'm a bleek!

How else can you explain getting totally pysched to find that Firefox is on VIRB and I break all speed records to add them to my account?

Bleek. That says it all.

Funny

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Crashing

Our company's system was acting up big time this am. Hardly anyone had phone, im, Outlook or access to our proprietary system.

Cept for ME! Yep, me alone in the division was humming right along. Making calls. Sending emails. Was LOVING it.

My smugness has caught up with me. Nothing's working now. Nada.

So...I sit here and try and do the Lazarus thing and while I wait, I blog.

HDW has a post about a good attempt to cook healthy gone bad.

And then I found THIS and was afraid to post in on her blog under the comment section. So I'm posting it here.

Bacon, yum. At this magnitude tho, not so sure.