So Mr. M and I were sitting at Fuddruckers today having lunch and as we're sitting there enjoying our burgers this "pregnant" lady stops by our table and hands Mr. M a piece of paper. He reads the paper and says, "sorry, no" and hands it back to her. She turns to me and starts to hand it to me. I just tell her no.
As she's walking away I asked Mr. M what it said, I didn't even read it when I said no but I figured if he didn't want anything to do with it neither did I. So he tells me it says something to the effect of "please help, I have 2 kids and need help to get them diapers and things. Can you help?"
I'm like what? This is a restaurant you can't come in here and solicit like that. Now I don't know if she really has 2 kids or if she really needs help, and if she does I feel bad but you never know.
THEN we see another lady in there at the same time doing the same thing!!! And wouldn't you know it she too was pregnant! And by the looks of their "bumps" they looked like they got pregnant at the same time.
So Mr. M gets up and goes to the counter to find an employee and tell them about the ladies out there soliciting for money. Mr. M wasn't the only one I noticed someone else bringing out an employee as well. These two ladies did get some money from about 2-3 people before they left though.
We saw them walking down the street as we left. We looked to make sure they were still "pregnant" and they were.
~ Wolf Lover Girl
Friday, August 31, 2007
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Fried Potatoes and Onions
When I was growing up our family always made fried potatoes and onions. This might be a Southern thing only, I'm not sure.
But for those of you who don't know what this is: basically you take a potatoe and cut it into slices. You also take an onion, remove the outer skin of course, and then cut it into quarters. Heat up some oil, fry the potatoes (I like them crispy, you do them how you want) and then add the onions for a bit.
I haven't had any in soooo long because Mr. M "doesn't like them". So I'm reading the Little House on the Prarie series of books and they mentioned fried potatoes and onions and I've had a craving since then.
So we went to the grocery store today and determined we were grilling steaks tonight so I decided I was making myself some! It was heavenly! And all of them for myself!!! Although I didn't get the potatoes as crispy as I really wanted them. Oh well I guess I'll have to try it again later (still have one potatoe and onion left to use) :-)
~ Wolf Lover Girl
But for those of you who don't know what this is: basically you take a potatoe and cut it into slices. You also take an onion, remove the outer skin of course, and then cut it into quarters. Heat up some oil, fry the potatoes (I like them crispy, you do them how you want) and then add the onions for a bit.
I haven't had any in soooo long because Mr. M "doesn't like them". So I'm reading the Little House on the Prarie series of books and they mentioned fried potatoes and onions and I've had a craving since then.
So we went to the grocery store today and determined we were grilling steaks tonight so I decided I was making myself some! It was heavenly! And all of them for myself!!! Although I didn't get the potatoes as crispy as I really wanted them. Oh well I guess I'll have to try it again later (still have one potatoe and onion left to use) :-)
~ Wolf Lover Girl
Monday, August 20, 2007
8 Things About Me
I'm so behind in fulfilling my meme that I was tagged to do almost a month ago by Lara.
Rules:
A. Each player lists 8 facts/habits about themselves.
B. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 8 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
1. I love to sleep! If I could, I'd sleep all the time. But if I'm required to get up and do something I'm one of those that gets up and goes. No pushing the snooze button for me.
2. I'm always cold! For this reason I'm always wearing jeans (that and because I'm also very white and I don't want to scare anyone). Besides I'm a jeans and t-shirt kind of a gal.
3. Although I don't shave often, because I'm always cold and it becomes useless, when I do shave I shave the tops of my toes! Yep, I guess I have a bit of Hobbit in me.
4. I LOVE the smell of rain and listening to a thunderstorm. If I could I would open the windows everytime it rains, but Mr. M has really bad asthma and it's not good for him. Now I don't like to drive in the stuff because I've been dramatized by being in a very bad storm where the hail was as big as baseballs. One hit my windshield so hard, I just knew that another one was going to hit in that same spot and come right at me. I was so glad to get out of that storm.
5. I love reality tv. I'd have to say the two that I will never miss is Survivor and Big Brother. Mr. M hates it badly.
6. The only reason I can't wait for the summer is to make sun tea. I'll put out a pitcher with tea bags out on the front porch before I leave for work. When I get home from work I'll bring it in and add tons of sugar and drink this till it's gone and repeat the process. My sister calls this my "brown sugar water". It's such a Southern thing. But it does make the 100 + temperatures worth it.
7. I love the mountains of Colorado. Our family used to go every summer for vacation. Just the feeling of that nice clean air on you is very erotic... ;-)
8. I grew up with a very bad sweet tooth (see #6). When I was in High School I worked at a local amusement park in the cotton candy concession stand. I would just make the stuff and eat it right out of the pan. I'm sure my dentist loved me. Mr. M says I eat the weirdest candy. Right now I have a bag of candy that I bought yesterday. Mr. M was upset because it had nothing in there that he would eat. I think it has to do with my mom when she was pregnant. She said she used to eat sweets with me but didn't with my brother. He hardly eats anything that is sweet - not even cake!
Okay, now I have to tag 8 people? Man it was hard coming up with the above 8 list, but coming up with 8 people just isn't gonna happen. I don't know that many people who even have blogs. So here we go, those that I tag:
1. Queen Paula
2. Texas Grind
3. Computer Diva
4. Knatolee
~ Wolf Lover Girl
Rules:
A. Each player lists 8 facts/habits about themselves.
B. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 8 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
1. I love to sleep! If I could, I'd sleep all the time. But if I'm required to get up and do something I'm one of those that gets up and goes. No pushing the snooze button for me.
2. I'm always cold! For this reason I'm always wearing jeans (that and because I'm also very white and I don't want to scare anyone). Besides I'm a jeans and t-shirt kind of a gal.
3. Although I don't shave often, because I'm always cold and it becomes useless, when I do shave I shave the tops of my toes! Yep, I guess I have a bit of Hobbit in me.
4. I LOVE the smell of rain and listening to a thunderstorm. If I could I would open the windows everytime it rains, but Mr. M has really bad asthma and it's not good for him. Now I don't like to drive in the stuff because I've been dramatized by being in a very bad storm where the hail was as big as baseballs. One hit my windshield so hard, I just knew that another one was going to hit in that same spot and come right at me. I was so glad to get out of that storm.
5. I love reality tv. I'd have to say the two that I will never miss is Survivor and Big Brother. Mr. M hates it badly.
6. The only reason I can't wait for the summer is to make sun tea. I'll put out a pitcher with tea bags out on the front porch before I leave for work. When I get home from work I'll bring it in and add tons of sugar and drink this till it's gone and repeat the process. My sister calls this my "brown sugar water". It's such a Southern thing. But it does make the 100 + temperatures worth it.
7. I love the mountains of Colorado. Our family used to go every summer for vacation. Just the feeling of that nice clean air on you is very erotic... ;-)
8. I grew up with a very bad sweet tooth (see #6). When I was in High School I worked at a local amusement park in the cotton candy concession stand. I would just make the stuff and eat it right out of the pan. I'm sure my dentist loved me. Mr. M says I eat the weirdest candy. Right now I have a bag of candy that I bought yesterday. Mr. M was upset because it had nothing in there that he would eat. I think it has to do with my mom when she was pregnant. She said she used to eat sweets with me but didn't with my brother. He hardly eats anything that is sweet - not even cake!
Okay, now I have to tag 8 people? Man it was hard coming up with the above 8 list, but coming up with 8 people just isn't gonna happen. I don't know that many people who even have blogs. So here we go, those that I tag:
1. Queen Paula
2. Texas Grind
3. Computer Diva
4. Knatolee
~ Wolf Lover Girl
Battle at Kruger
You have to check out this video.
Mr. M saw this video on one of the World News reports and recorded it for me. It's absolutely amazing so I had to go out and find it on YouTube.
Basically there is a tour group out on one of those Safari tours and one of the guys on tour shot this video. I just checked it out again and it's had over 14 million hits. I'm sure having it on the evening news had nothing to do with that. ;-)
~ Wolf Lover Girl
Mr. M saw this video on one of the World News reports and recorded it for me. It's absolutely amazing so I had to go out and find it on YouTube.
Basically there is a tour group out on one of those Safari tours and one of the guys on tour shot this video. I just checked it out again and it's had over 14 million hits. I'm sure having it on the evening news had nothing to do with that. ;-)
~ Wolf Lover Girl
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Why give them the pleasure?
So our company is over budget. Again. What does this mean to me?
Well back in April they made all of us in Admin go out and help stuff envelopes a set amount of days a week. We don't have to do it this go round. Yet. However we do have to go out at a moments notice if there is an influx in mail coming in.
Monday is usually the busiest day so I took this past Monday off. Granted I had something that needed to be taken care of. I could have done it on a Friday and had a 3 day weekend that way but I figured I would choose Monday. I chose correctly as there was an influx in mail.
So I got to thinking, I really have a lot of vacation time so I decided to take the next two Mondays off. I figure if I can't get any of my real work done then I'm not going to be there to help you stuff envelopes.
Hire decent people then you wouldn't need us. Plus if you're so d*mn busy and need help then you need to get everyone out there helping. I have two people in my dept alone who are ALWAYS excluded from assisting. Why? That's a great question. We don't know! Plus there are a few Supervisors that are excluded. Why? Evidently because they have a few work at home agents on their team. What does that mean? Who the hell knows. I guess if the agent has an issue and calls their Supervisor they're there to help. Well that's a load of crap because they're always out and about chatting with each other.
Anywho. So this Monday I have no real plans. Although my mom is not working on Monday so I might see if she wants to get together. Or I could just sleep all day! :-)
Side Note: That lovely tropical storm, or whatever it is, that was to hit the Southern part of Texas has moved it's way into the DFW metroplex and we're getting some rain. Nice!
~ Wolf Lover Girl
Well back in April they made all of us in Admin go out and help stuff envelopes a set amount of days a week. We don't have to do it this go round. Yet. However we do have to go out at a moments notice if there is an influx in mail coming in.
Monday is usually the busiest day so I took this past Monday off. Granted I had something that needed to be taken care of. I could have done it on a Friday and had a 3 day weekend that way but I figured I would choose Monday. I chose correctly as there was an influx in mail.
So I got to thinking, I really have a lot of vacation time so I decided to take the next two Mondays off. I figure if I can't get any of my real work done then I'm not going to be there to help you stuff envelopes.
Hire decent people then you wouldn't need us. Plus if you're so d*mn busy and need help then you need to get everyone out there helping. I have two people in my dept alone who are ALWAYS excluded from assisting. Why? That's a great question. We don't know! Plus there are a few Supervisors that are excluded. Why? Evidently because they have a few work at home agents on their team. What does that mean? Who the hell knows. I guess if the agent has an issue and calls their Supervisor they're there to help. Well that's a load of crap because they're always out and about chatting with each other.
Anywho. So this Monday I have no real plans. Although my mom is not working on Monday so I might see if she wants to get together. Or I could just sleep all day! :-)
Side Note: That lovely tropical storm, or whatever it is, that was to hit the Southern part of Texas has moved it's way into the DFW metroplex and we're getting some rain. Nice!
~ Wolf Lover Girl
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
My Stupidest Moment
Hey guys! Long time no post! :-)
I don't know why I thought of this... but I was thinking of this on my drive in to work this morning.
Many years ago when I had a roommate she had met a guy. Not sure where just know she met him. She evidently didn't like him anymore and instead of telling him she just called the phone company and had them block his phone number so he couldn't call our apartment anymore.
One afternoon I was at home (I had weekdays off) and she was at work. The phone rang and I got it. It was him! I had never met him but I knew she blocked his number so I was a little surprised that he was on the phone.
He asked if we were having phone problems and I said no. I don't remember how it happened but it was finally determined that he had called the phone operator and asked to be put through to our number so I told him what my roommate had done. I didn't know why she did it nor why she didn't just tell him.
Here's my stupid moment... So then he asks me if I wanted to go out for lunch. I said yes. Okay... my roommate no longer wants to talk to you. I've never met you before. This is the first time I've ever even talked to you. And I said yes?
Nothing happened. He picked me up and we went to eat. He was a tad bit older than I and noone knew that I was going out with him for lunch... how stupid was I? Seriously I think to myself about how badly that could have turned out.
So for that, I label this under the "Idiots" section... see we're all an idiot one time or another.
~ Wolf Lover Girl
I don't know why I thought of this... but I was thinking of this on my drive in to work this morning.
Many years ago when I had a roommate she had met a guy. Not sure where just know she met him. She evidently didn't like him anymore and instead of telling him she just called the phone company and had them block his phone number so he couldn't call our apartment anymore.
One afternoon I was at home (I had weekdays off) and she was at work. The phone rang and I got it. It was him! I had never met him but I knew she blocked his number so I was a little surprised that he was on the phone.
He asked if we were having phone problems and I said no. I don't remember how it happened but it was finally determined that he had called the phone operator and asked to be put through to our number so I told him what my roommate had done. I didn't know why she did it nor why she didn't just tell him.
Here's my stupid moment... So then he asks me if I wanted to go out for lunch. I said yes. Okay... my roommate no longer wants to talk to you. I've never met you before. This is the first time I've ever even talked to you. And I said yes?
Nothing happened. He picked me up and we went to eat. He was a tad bit older than I and noone knew that I was going out with him for lunch... how stupid was I? Seriously I think to myself about how badly that could have turned out.
So for that, I label this under the "Idiots" section... see we're all an idiot one time or another.
~ Wolf Lover Girl
Thursday, August 2, 2007
TEACHERS BEWARE!!!
Okay I'm driving in to work this morning listening to the radio and they mentioned something I had not heard of that affects teachers so I thought I would pass it along as much as I can so those of you who are teachers will be aware of this change. (I know that was a horrible run on - teacher's don't shoot me!)
The IRS has implemented a new law on those who have annualized salaries. I had no clue what that was but it was explained that in the example of a teacher they work 9 months and can either opt to receive payments for those 9 months or have it paid out over 12 months.
Well for those of you who opt to have it paid out over 12 months will receive a new 20% tax. That's right 20%!!!!!!
The DJ's on Mix 102.9 (Dallas station) said they were watching the news last night (I believe they mentioned Fox 4) and saw this. In the news segment they went to the Dallas IRS to get more information on it and they had no clue of this new tax!
And supposedly you can waive this new tax but you have to fill out a form BEFORE the school year starts. If you fill it out after the school year starts there are penalties involved. When the news called the IRS to ask what type of form should be used they didn't know if there was an "official" one that had been approved yet. Boy they have it together huh?
Sorry I've not done any research on any of the above details. I just sat down at my desk and thought I would share what they mentioned. I know that Mix 102.9 was getting calls from some teachers who potentially knew about this so maybe they might put something on their website later. Otherwise, if you're a teacher - you might want to do some research before the new season begins!
~ Wolf Lover Girl
The IRS has implemented a new law on those who have annualized salaries. I had no clue what that was but it was explained that in the example of a teacher they work 9 months and can either opt to receive payments for those 9 months or have it paid out over 12 months.
Well for those of you who opt to have it paid out over 12 months will receive a new 20% tax. That's right 20%!!!!!!
The DJ's on Mix 102.9 (Dallas station) said they were watching the news last night (I believe they mentioned Fox 4) and saw this. In the news segment they went to the Dallas IRS to get more information on it and they had no clue of this new tax!
And supposedly you can waive this new tax but you have to fill out a form BEFORE the school year starts. If you fill it out after the school year starts there are penalties involved. When the news called the IRS to ask what type of form should be used they didn't know if there was an "official" one that had been approved yet. Boy they have it together huh?
Sorry I've not done any research on any of the above details. I just sat down at my desk and thought I would share what they mentioned. I know that Mix 102.9 was getting calls from some teachers who potentially knew about this so maybe they might put something on their website later. Otherwise, if you're a teacher - you might want to do some research before the new season begins!
~ Wolf Lover Girl
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