So, guess what opened today? If you guessed the Cheesecake City IKEA, you are SO RIGHT. (Or else you stumbled upon me in FaceBook for the 10 seconds that my status was updated as “Elaine is…freaking glad that IKEA’s open. Hooray, meatballs!”).* Seriously, this was the top story on the morning news today. I’m not…
Category: Really Deep Thoughts
And in other news…
1) Gene got me flowers for Valentine’s Day. They’re tulips and are so pretty. Yea! 2) So I ordered a new purse to replace my almost 10 year old brown Coach handbag. I like it so far but it is HUGE. I can fit an entire library book in it. Maybe this will encourage me…
Travelin’…
So, I’m going to Indianapolis for my birthday. Yea!!! 🙂 Now “all” I have to do is book a flight. Somehow, doing this is harder than I imagined. My travel dates are air tight and can’t budge, plus Gene may be out of town when I go so I have to figure out how to…
Feeling good…
So, I usually use my little square of the internet to bitch about work or something, but today I feel really good. Gene’s safe and home from his recent trip and he’ll be home for Valentine’s Day. The dogs are doing well. The living room is practically empty but that’s okay (seriously, if it’s just…
and a final note…
Someone got to my little plot of Internet by googling “employer did not send out w2 by 1/31”. We were under no legal obligation to send out your W2 until yesterday, February 2. (Happy Groundhog Day, by the way). Most employers want them the hell out of their way long before the deadline (including me…
In funnier news…
the dogs, especially Betty, hate it when I sing. I was watching YouTube videos last night and singing along to U2’s song “Stay” when I noticed that Betty wouldn’t stop groaning (“MOM, STOP IT!”…freaking dog). Okay okay, I can’t hit the notes Bono can but seriously who does Betty think she is?
In the News
Ten Year Old Divorcee What a terrible thing, marrying off your 10 year old daughter. What a terrible thing, marrying a 10 year old little girl. What a wonderful thing the judge did by granting the little girl a divorce, a way out of the horror that was her “marriage.” Seriously, read the story at…
Beagles in the News…
Puppy Bowl MVP Holy cow… between this and the beagle being named Best in Show at Westminster last year, I expect that Betty and Scooby are going to pop up with some J-Lo style demands. Scooby will demand I debone his beef ribs and Betty will make me kill mice for her.
Now that’s what I call a tip!
My Worst Freaking Nightmare! So, I guess if it could happen to Nobu, the famous sushi restaurant partly owned by Robert DeNiro, it could happen to anyone. I would LOVE to talk to the payroll clerk there – were they paying server OT at 1.5 times server minimum ($2.13 times 1.5 = $3.20) instead of…
The Plan…
So, Gene is still in NJ (through Wednesday, so he can have face time with the Boss’s Boss), which I am bummed about but I also feel that timing is impeccable: The W-2s are at the office and I have to have them…oh, let’s say the hell out of my office… by Monday night. No…