Amazon was bad...

I preordered the new Picoult a couple weeks ago, on CD (Sonia, if you want to borrow it after I listen, let me know.) Anyhow, I got a notice the other day it was shipped and it arrived today.I opened it up and emblazoned across the front in HUGE typeset and bolded, is a sticker that says exactly "The Tenth Circle Strict On Sale Date March 7, 2006"

 

Interesting how on most stuff I buy from them, I get later than everyone else who preordered because they don't ship until the release date. Then on a book with strictly enforced street dates, they send it to me almost two weeks early.

 

Hmmm...

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I think poor Sheba was locked out all night

Yes I think I was a bad mommy tonight. I came home after work and I know she was in here all evening. But I think she may have gotten out when I left to go meet Thrive for coffee for our weekly get together at Starbucks. I don't remember seeing her get out but that doesn't mean she didn't squeeze out. She likes to make a run for the door whenever I open it. LOL I left about 8:15 and got home about 11. I always look down as soon as the door is unlocked since I know if any of them are near the door when I get home they'll run out. Well Sheba and Amun anyhow. Aker's too much of a scaredy-cat to do that. LOL Anyhow, I got home and shut and locked the door then I thought I heard jingling from outside that sounded like one of their collars. So I looked all around the apartment and didn't see her anywhere. I opened the door and there's my baby sitting in the corner patiently waiting for me to open the door. She felt too cold to have only been out there the whole 5 minutes till I realized where she was but not cold enough to have been out there three hours. So I don't know if she was and just found a place out of the wind to wait in or what. But I felt so bad for my girl! Maybe that will teach her not to run out the door though. Nah. I doubt it. LOL

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Valentine's Dinner last night

Last night was the "Are You Being Served" Valentine's Day dinner with Thrive, my singles group at my church. It was a fantastic evening! The whole idea behind the night was for the guys to do all the work, the decorating, cooking, serving, cleaning up with the sole purpose of making all the women feel special. They did an incredible job! The rooms we used were transformed in to a bower of elegance and romance.

For starters, it was cocktail attire (hence the "what is cocktail attire" post in my blog) so we got to dress up and feel glamorous. And my dress fit the mood... and me... perfectly. LOL When we walked up to the door, one of the guys was at the welcome table where we picked up name tags. He gave each one of the ladies a single long stemmed red rose and we were handed off to one of the others guys who took our arms and led us in to the dinner room. The doorway was filled with streamers and decorations of red, pink, and white. The even pulled out our chairs for us and pushed them in once we were seated. Walking in to the room was beautiful! They had strung white lights up around the room and it was just enough to give good mood lighting and enough we could see well but not too bright.

Every table had white linen table cloths, Hershey kisses and confetti type streamers strewn across them, and a tray or red tea lights in the center providing a sea of light as you walked in the door. The white linen napkins were all perfectly folded and tied with red and white strings and had a rosebud made of Hershey kisses tucked in to them. One of the best things was they even had a "traveling musician." One of the guys plays violin and he floated from table to table, serenading the ladies. Even before we started the bulk of the evening it was probably one of the most romantic dinners I've ever had.

There were individual menus at each lady's seat with a choice of main courses. We had the option of grilled chicken, sausage, pork tenderloin, meat lasagna or vegetable lasagna and we were to choose two main course items. I picked the grilled chicken and meat lasagna. With our dinners we also got a garden salad, half a baked potato and fresh bread and our choice of several beverages. On the table were bowls of tomatoes, cheese and croutons for us to add as we wanted to our salads and we had a choice of two dressings. As if that wasn't enough, we also had home made tiramisu for dessert! The guys had made all the food and everything was absolutely wonderful. I had so much food I couldn't finish my dessert though I ate at least half of it. never am I one to pass up tiramisu. And I swear, this was probably the absolute BEST tiramisu I've ever had!

After dinner we all socialized and they put on some music and a few of the guys were even brave enough to ask some of the ladies to dance. So I danced with a couple different guys and we talked to get to know each other as we did.

What an evening! All the guys looked so dashing in their suits or sports coats and they were so attentive to all the ladies all evening long. My table I sat at was about half people I knew and half I didn't. So it was nice to talk with the ones I've met before and to meet a few new people as well. In all there were probably close to 50 people there. All of the ladies looked so beautiful in their dresses and gowns. And I have to say, more than a couple people were surprised to see me all dressed up! Everyone I've met has always seen me at casual events, where I'm in jeans or khakis and my hair in a ball cap or pulled up in a clip on my head. So they were surprised to see me with my hair all styled and a good bit of makeup. LOL And I really didn't even have much time to get ready. I was busy all day long and had about 45 minutes to get ready. It takes me a full 45 minutes just to put my hair in my curlers! So I was rushing and was about 15 minutes late. I actually forgot a few of the things I had wanted to do for the evening.

We ladies get to return the favor in April at a Sadie Hawkins dinner and it's going to be hard to match these guys! Who knew that all these guys were such romantics at heart? After the dinner some of them were heading out to an "after party" but I came home since I was tired from running all day long and a busy week last week. But what an incredible evening we had! I was blown away by the attention to detail by everyone and how fabulous of an evening they created to give all the ladies a memorable evening.

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strange debate today at lunch

And I just had to post about it and get other people's thoughts too. Granted weird discussions at work are not all that unusual with some of the folks I work with but this was weirder than most. Just remember, you've been warned... LOL

Somehow we got on to the discussion of relationships and marriage and how long it takes to get to know someone and how well you get to know them.

A common debate is the should you or shouldn't you live together first and how does that affect the relationship. Now one of my "net friends was just talking about this a couple weeks ago in one of our groups so I'm not getting in to it all, esp. since I don't remember what the studies she had read about said.

The two people I rode to lunch with insist you need to share everything with someone before marrying. And I do mean EVERYthing. Both of them seem to think you have to be comfortable enough with a person to not be afraid or embarrassed to walk in to the bathroom to take a shower or brush your teeth while someone is actually ON the toilet and using it. They said unless you can share everything including that, you can't know them enough. I'm sorry but I don't agree with that at ALL! I can be as close to another person as you can possibly be but I sure as heck doesn't want to be brushing my teeth while they are taking a dump! So they said that if you've never been in a relationship with someone where we were comfortable doing that than you have never known someone well enough to marry them.

I'm sorry but there are some things I don't need to share with someone else. I used to get SO mad at D when he'd go in and use the bathroom and leave the door wide open. I refuse to share that with someone. If I'm on the pot than you can bet my door is closed. Heck I live alone with only my cats for company and I STILL close the door to use the toilet. Their thoughts on teh subject? If I'm never willing to share that with someone then I'll never be ready to be married. WHATever!

Geez can't anything be kept private in today's society? Do we really need to share everything including our body's waste disposal functions with our significant other?

My parents have been married 35 years, quite happily and they don't share that. So.. .what? they shouldn't have married because Dad doesn't go brush his teeth or shave while Mom is going to the bathroom?

Like I said, this was a very strange debate and they insisted you had to share it all to get married. And this is a typical day in the life of conversations with my coworkers. So what are your thoughts on the subject? Y'all know my thoughts on the subject, I want to hear yours. So whose the weirder side, the yes share it and bare it all or the keep it private contingent?

You were warned... LOL

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so what constitutes "cocktail attire?"

Can anyone tell me? Would that include a really pretty black sleeveless dress with an sort of knee length assymmetrical hem and beads and sequins all over it be considered "cocktail?"

I haven't a clue! I've never done anything requiring that kind of dressing before.

My church singles group is doing a valentines dinner on saturday and I was told we were to wear "cocktail attire." I don't have the foggiest notion what that is.

If someone can help I'd appreciate it. I really want to wear this one dress if it isn't too dressy. I bought it several years ago and have never had a chance to wear it. I just hope it still fits! LOL

Kelley

my head hurts! and super bowl!!!

and no it's not because I had too much to drink at the super bowl party! LOL It was a church group party so no alcohol was present. Which BTW I was SOOOOO excited my Steelers finally got our fifth super bowl ring! It's been a LONG time coming. And I was the only person at the party who had a vested interest in the game and probably more engrossed in the game than any of the guys there. LOL

I've actually had a really bad one all day long but there was no way in hell I was missing the super bowl party and a chance to cheer my team on to their victory! I've been popping Excedrin like candy but it's not done any good. If it's still this bad tomorrow I may have to call off work.

Anyhow... the party.

It started at 5 and I got there about 10 after, fully decked out in Steelers gear. I almost stuck one of my terrible towels in my pocket but decided that might be overkill. LOL By the end of the night there were probably 50 people there. Most of which I did not know and did not even get around to introducing myself to since I was lost in football. LOL Not that I know much about the game. I know the difference between offense and defense and field goals and touchdowns but that's about it.

There were several people there I knew though and I did meet some new folks so that was nice. There was SOOO much food that Becky, the hostess, was practically begging people to take food home with them. I barely ate anything. I never even touched the kielbasa and cheese and crackers I took. I had a couple cookies and several diet cokes, but i sorta forgot to eat most of the night. When the game wasn't going on I was watching the commercials. And I could have done without seeing Mick Jagger shake his booty as much as he did! EEEEWWWW gross!

Anyhow, on with the party and game... I had a really nice time and took a lot of good natured ribbing when the Steelers lost their hold there for a little bit. But I KNEW we'd do it! I had a really good feeling about the game and it just felt like it was time for us to win again. I was more excited for Jerome Bettis and Bill Cowher than anything. I REALLY wanted them to win for Bettis' sake. I wanted so badly for him to finally get his ring. They've come close so many times since he's been on the team only to lose in the end. He was supposed to retire last year but since they did so well last year he was hoping for one more good year so stuck around for one more shot. There were rumors he'd be retiring after this season so we'll see if he does. And Cowher's been with the Steelers for 13 years and deserved the ring for as much as he's done for them these years. I didn't realize it's been that long! They said that tonight and it doesn't seem like that long since Chuck Noll retired.

But the game was awesome and I was yelling and cheering more than a lot of the guys. As little as I know about football, I think I still surprised some of them by showing how much women can like football too. LOL

As soon as the game was over I had to text message Amy and Tommy and call Mom and Dad. I also told Mom I want a championship t-shirt and baseball hat. I can't get them down here so I asked her to pick them up for me and I'll pay her back. I also got to talk to Joey for a little bit on the phone though I had to go outside since it was too loud inside to hear him. I could hear Mom OK but Joey is not very loud on the phone. He told me he had fun watching football and seeing us win too. :-)

And I know I had planned to say more in here, but I forget now what it was. LOL My head hurts too much and I need to go get my shower and get ready for work. I sure hope I don' t have to call off work tomorrow if this blasted headache isn't gone yet!

Oh yeah, and one of the guys there who I've met a couple other times at events asked me if I'd like to go out for coffee or something this week. I'm still not in the market for a new SO, but I figure coffee can't hurt and he's nice so we can be friends at least and see how that goes. So I guess we're meeting one night this week depending on how my work schedule turns out. I never know what it will be like till I get there Monday. No matter how much advance planning I do, it always changes. LOL