— my little corner of randomness —
My friend sent me a very funny and (kind of depressing) website. You can see how much a few pro sports players make and then insert your salary to see what they player has to do to make your salary. And how many years you would need to work to make theirs. It made me laugh. The pure ridiculousness of it is amusing. 
Happy crunching!
My brother has the sweetest dog. His name is Kipp. Kipp likes to play with balls…and then kill said balls. This is what he was doing with them the other night when we were over there.
He doesn't do this all the time, but sometimes I guess he just can't help himself and needs to destroy it. Thankfully, my brother found a place to buy huge quantities of these balls for quite cheap, so he can just let Kipp have his fun!
This is Daddle. Chuck's sister has two cats and this is the older of the two. She's a silly cat…and HUGE. She isn't really that big, but compared to our tiny Sadie, she's huge. Apparently Daddle likes sitting on their bookshelves all the time. It just made me laugh. What strange places do your pets like to hang out?
Not too long ago, I decided I needed a new haircut. So I cut it off. It's nothing fancy, but I am so happy to have it shorter! I found a place in the skyway and went on my lunch break. Man, is that the way to go! I am so excited that I learned about how easy that is. Just call and go. It's so nice. So if you have the opportunity to do that, I highly recommend it. Oh…and here's a picture of my new do. I took this picture while I was sitting at my desk when I got back so it's done with my phone and probably not the best picture ever!
I have found Sadie in some very funny places lately. And she lets me take pictures of her. In this first one, she is sleeping on the vent on the floor in our office. She's getting old, so she likes the vents a lot! it still makes me laugh when she sleeps on them. There's one in the living room she likes, too. She covers the whole thing.
In the next ones, she was sleeping in the corner in the hallway. I think I was getting ready for work at the time and she was hanging out near me. As soon as I went to take the picture, she started stretching…it was cute.
My kitty makes me smile. I wanted to share these in the hope that she would make you smile, too.
Chuck called to me to come look at Sadie. She was on the window ledge in the entry way of the house. And no, she did not get up there herself…she had help from Chuck.
Sadie did get herself down from there VERY soon after I took these pictures. They are so dark because the only thing I could grab fast enough to take a picture was my phone. Turns out, I kind of like the way the shadow effect turned out!
This post is so ridiculously overdue. I keep meaning to write about it, but I never do. Back before Christmas, I went to my lovely friend Katie's house to work on my Christmas cards. (Yes, I am posting about something that happened before Christmas!) The reason I remembered to post this is because Chuck and I are going over to her house to have dinner with her and her wonderful family.
Chuck was out in Washington when I went to work on my cards. Now, most people wouldn't think this was all that exciting, but all of my card-making stuff is packed away and I needed to get my fix. My Christmas cards took way longer than I thought they would and I didn't get a chance to make any other cards. So people have been getting store-bought (*cringe*) cards from me recently. If you didn't get one of my cards and want to see what they look like, go HERE to see them.
I failed to bring my camera to take pictures at Katie's, but she took some. Now, keep in mind that I was there ALL day and spent the night and there is only ONE picture of me actually making said cards.
Her hubby and son were making cookies that day, too, so there are mostly pictures of them. But I wanted to share the pictures anyway. You can see them HERE.
That was all. I am sure we won't be taking pictures from tonight, but I am pretty much guaranteed a great time when we go to Katie's! Tonight she's making us fajitas! I can hardly wait!
Last night we had a broomball practice. I was not really giving my all (or my anything) at the beginning of the game because I was upset I made a hole in my snow pants (skiing pants which I need next week). So I was pouting. Well, at the end I was messing around and being a good little defender and going after all my friends whom are notably larger than I. Mostly because they are guys. I was chasing one friend and he slipped and I was right behind him and went down, too. Thankfully, my butt broke part of my fall, but I still managed to hit my head pretty hard on the ice. I was fine. It just shook me up and surprised me.
Now, some of you know I got a helmet for broomball. Was I wearing it? No. I was thinking…it's just practice….no big deal. No one else wears it or falls on their heads in practice. Who needs it? I was wrong. So now I will be wearing it for practice, too. I am fine, but my pride is bruised and I have learned my lesson.
Yesterday our 44th president was sworn into office. I did not vote for him and I was also not a huge supporter of our 43rd president. But regardless, I had respect for the position. I find it so sad that people were booing 43 out of office and had such a lack of consideration and respect for the man who ran our country (which is a wonderful country to live in) for 8 years. These men have a very hard job and we should act more like adults instead of whiny children. So I ask that you keep yourself in check no matter what side of the road you walk on. Because we all live here and have to live here together. That is all.
I haven't gotten around to posting pictures from Christmas. I haven't been posting as much as I would like in general. But mostly because I don't feel like playing on a computer when I get home from work. I just want to do something that doesn't involve thinking or typing. But I am going to work on catching up on some of the things I have been meaning to post.
I have been doing a horrible job of taking pictures, so there aren't a ton of pictures. I am including a link to the Christmas gallery that has all the pictures I took.
When we were in Iowa, I went to the zoo with one of Chuck's cousins. We had a great time and both took a ton of pictures. There are a couple pictures of her in that gallery, too.
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and I hope 2009 is off to a wonderful start for you!