The Mortgage Club

Just wanted to say Congratulations! and Woo-hoo! to the newest members of The Mortgage Club. It’s so awesome to finally be able to say, “I own a home!” Technically you won’t actually own it for another 30 years, but hey, at least you’re not paying rent. You now get to look forward to stupid Home Owner’s Associations and many solicitors trying to sell you water softeners, security systems, etc. Good luck with that!

It’s great to hear about friends finally “falling into” a situation where they are able to move on and up in life; getting something they deserve…like a home. We know what it’s like to be stuck somewhere you don’t really want to be. So, please, “prattle on!” I don’t think you’re being “high and mighty” when you discuss your new and exciting life rewards. I think you’re just trying to share your excitement with other people.

[I can only assume you hired movers to move you and that, I’m just not sure I can live with. Maybe if we can say that my used car is better than your used car…that would make it acceptable. Deal? I mean, I just can’t continue on with my life if my friends have better things than me. That just wouldn’t work for me.]

May you not forget to pay those pesky taxes every year. May you always cut your grass a day before the HOA inspects the neighborhood lawns. May you not have a neighbor who says, “can I have a beer so we can bond.” May you not have an annoying freaking parrot next door that won’t shut the hell up! May you always have friends who want to share in your excitement! And, may you always have a “fantastic job” and get bonuses that rock so you can buy a boat and invite your friends to the lake. Just kidding! No, seriously!!

Jingle Bells!

For whatever reason, I'm so excited about Christmas! I want to watch all my favorite Christmas movies and I want to sing all my favorite Christmas songs. It's July, people! What's wrong with me?

Halloween is usually my favorite holiday but I'm not really excited about Halloween this year, or at least not yet. I guess I am so anxious for Christmas to be here so I can decorate my house. I can't wait to hang lights outside. I want to buy a crap load of new Christmas decorations since I have tons more space to decorate. I may have to take out a loan. Ha! We could barely fit a Christmas tree in our tiny apartment and I would have it maxed out with decorations. This year, we're getting a big ass Christmas tree. It's gonna be awesome. I've already been online shopping and saved a whole basket worth of new stuff. Ooooooh and I must find a Grinch set...with a Who Village. Do they make those? They just have to somewhere. GOOGLE!!!

I'm gonna start counting down the days. Sorry! Call me nuts if you must! I'm starting to wonder about myself anyway. Merry Christmas!!

Rain, Rain, Go Away!!

I love Grumpy Bear and this is how I feel today!!


For the love of Pete, please, rain, go away and don't come back! The rain keeps ruining plans. I hate it. This summer has really blown thanks to all the down pours. Lakes are closed. Rivers are scary. Pools are off limits. Parks are muddy. Why is it one year we go without any rain at all and the next we have so much rain people are actually starting to float away? Do we really need to build an ark?

We had big plans to go camping this weekend. I was looking forward to it. Was gonna relax, drink some beer and have a good time. But, now, it will be so humid, the only thing we would be able to do is MELT. And quite honestly, I'm not all about melting. I'm okay with sweating, but melting, not so much. It's not fun to sit in a hot, smelly tent, with no breeze. I would be wishing the whole time I was in my nice, cold, comfortable house. Or, in my car with the AC on! Either one is far better than melting my ass off in a tent. Although, melting my ass off may help me lose that 20 pounds a little faster!

So, I hope that whatever you're doing this weekend...you're not getting wet and you're nice and cool sitting in the air conditioning. I also hope that if needed, you will all volunteer to assist in the building of the ark!

If It Isn't One Thing...

...it's another. It seems like trying to get ahead isn't really worth it. For example, our refrigerator died. Mike gets a bonus twice a year, for now. I always have that money spent long before he actually receives it. I just want to get some bills paid off. I just want to get caught up. Seems though, that every time I get the chance, something else comes up and pushes the getting caught up part further back. So, here we are spending the already spent bonus on a new refrigerator. And why in the heck does the color "bisque" cost more? It's the ugliest color, I think. Unfortunately, all of our kitchen appliances are "bisque". Really, it's just a nicer way of saying "off-white".

I guess I might as well just accept that I will always have debt. There's really no way around it, unless of course, we win the lottery. The only problem is, we don't play the lottery. I need those few extra bucks (that lottery tickets cost) for the food to go in the new bisque refrigerator. Figures!

What Goes Around Comes Around!

A hypocrite can be described as one who puts on a mask and feigns himself to be what he is not. It’s falseness. It’s saying that you’re one thing when in fact you’re not. It’s disgusting.

I go behind your back and say nasty things about you to people you know. You then go behind my back and say nasty things about me. I get mad and decide never to talk to you again. Isn’t this being hypocritical? Both of us “name-called.” Why is one right and the other one wrong?

I have always been told “what goes around comes around!” and I truly believe it. I’ve had it come back around to me before. Everyone has. At least I can admit it. I believe in karma. How can someone bash a person for doing something and turn around and do the same thing? How can someone be mad at a person for doing something they themselves have done? That’s not really fair, is it? At what point does the hypocrite stop to realize they are a hypocrite? Do they ever? No one can be right all the time. It’s just not possible. Everyone makes mistakes. And when one does admit to being a hypocrite, it’s not a free ticket to continue doing shitty things!

So, just remember, when you do something horrible to someone and karma comes back to bite you in the ass…there’s no room for pity parties…what you gave out has come back around!

Harry Potter

I'm so excited about the new Harry Potter movie AND book that I can hardly contain myself. Unfortunately, I'm not one of those people who buys the movie ticket early and goes to the midnight showing on the release date. Maybe if I didn't have a job. But, I desparately want to see The Order of the Phoenix at the IMAX so I can be IN the movie. How awesome would that be? Sadly, I won't be around for the next couple of weekends to see it. That sucks. Maybe by the time I get there the crowds will have died down and Harry Potter fans will have already seen it.

The book is set to release on July 21...and I'll be camping. What kinda crap is that? I've been waiting for months for this damn book and now I'll have to wait a day longer. Is sad, really. However, I've been re-reading all the books and will not allow myself to read the 7th and final book until I have finished re-reading the previous 6. I'm on book 4 right now...but it's ginormous, as are 5 and 6. So it may be weeks longer before I get to read Deathly Hallows. And if Harry dies, I will need therapy. I probably need therapy anyway seeing as how I'm obsessed with all things Harry! I want to BE Harry Potter, well, maybe Hermoine.

Judging and Jealousy

At some point in our lives we have all judged a person, whether we judged based on looks or clothes or how a person talks. Alot of times we may have judged someone because we were jealous of what they had or where they worked. It would seem though that as we get older, we would stop judging. How is it that people feel they can judge someone without really knowing a person? Who gave us the right to judge in the first place?

It's funny, to me, how people go along in their daily lives saying they are happy but are so quick to turn around and judge someone. Do people judge simply to make themselves feel better about their own lives? To me, judging is a sign of insecurity. If someone is truly happy with their life and with themself, then what is the point of judging?

As a teenager I always thought I would grow up and school, work, etc. would be a place free of judgment and jealousy. Boy, was I stupid! I couldn't have been more wrong. It seems that in the "adult" world people thrive on judging. God forbid someone drive a better car or have a bigger house or make more money at their job than you. Sure, I'm a little jealous of people who have a boat or a swimming pool. I want those things too! But I would never even consider trying to make those people feel bad about themselves. I would never try to make them look bad in front of other people. Quite honestly, I think that would be a reflection of my own stupidity and insecurities.

We are all different and unique. We all have different ways of doing things. We can't judge someone because they are different than us. We shouldn't be jealous because someone has something we don't. We should all strive to be happy with what we do have (and befriend those boat owners)!