My Journal- February 1996
Thur. Feb 29th
OK, I know I just wrote a story yesterday, but I just had to write one today, too! After all, how many times do you get to make a Journal entry on a Feb. 29th... LEAP YEAR DAY?! Maybe only a few times in ones life! I can't let this opportunity pass me by!You know, actually, it would figure that this would be a leap year because I want the first half of the year to go fast. So just to make it longer, God (a calendar person... whoever) throws in an extra day. Huh. By the way, have you ever wondered why they call it a leap year when there's a Feb. 29th? I haven't. I mean, doesn't LEAP mean to jump or skip? So, every year besides the year with a Feb. 29th should be a Leap Year, because they're skipping over February's extra day, and years WITH a Feb. 29th should be known as Stumble Years (meaning stumble as in trip or falter). Don't you agree? So get those petitions signed and let's make history!!! (...so why do they call it HIStory anyway... I think...) I think I'm leaving now before you shoot me. Adios Amigo/Amiga!
Wed. Feb. 28th
Hi... just to fill you in on the flowers deal since so many of you have been writing and asking... the flowers WEREN'T from Brad Pitt. Oh well... yeah, it's ok, though, because they were from a very silly and energetic penpal named Dave. So, the mystery is solved.I'm writing to tell you I have to go grocery shopping tonight. I need some groceries. GROCERIES... what a strange word. I need some chow, grub, food, whatever. I guess you call food groceries before you buy them, because then they are still property of the grocery store and are therefore groceries. Anyway, I'm getting off the topic again.
So what's your favorite grocery store? Mine's Pick N Save. They always have the best deals AND they have the most varieties of food (groceries). I think that's where I'll go tonight. Do you have those little membership cards to the grocery stores you shop at? I have a Pick N Save Advantage Club card and a SuperSaver Club Card. I feel like I'm so much a member of my grocery store since I was able to apply for this card and get special discounts other people without the card don't... (NOT!)
Wanna know what kind of food I'm going to buy? Well, too bad, I'm gonna tell you anyway. Yogurt. Have I mentioned my addiction to yogurt? I need one everyday pretty much. I've been going through withdrawl as I haven't had one in 7 days now!!!!!!!!!!! (Send your sympathy's and cash donations to me). My favorite yogurt is Yoplait yogurt. Raspberry and Strawberry rule pretty much, although I like to have different kinds every once and a while, too.
I'm also going to buy stuff to make spaghetti. Someone had it for lunch today and I got this huge craving for spaghetti. Prego-- onion and garlic, there's nothing like it in the whole world. YUMMMMMMMMM!
Butter, I don't eat much butter, but I finally need to buy some more. I buy the light stuff... like Promise or I Can't Believe It's Butter or Moove Over Butter.
Milk. Skim milk... no other way to go and I'm sorry if you disagree. Skim milk in a cardboard carton rather than a plastic jug.
Cookies. Definately need some kind of sweet thing. What kind shall I buy tonight? Fig Newtons, Oreos, Grasshoppers, Lorna Doones, Matt's Chocolate Chip Cookies (best in the world, btw), Teddy Grahams... what? Oh there's too many choices.
Hey, speaking of cookies... do you know what one of the best cookies I've ever tasted is? Orange Archway cookies. YUM! Maybe it sounds strange, but I found them one time in Stevens Point, WI and I bought them ready to take a chance (I'm such a risk-taker, don't forget). They were heavenly. I ran back to the store a week later when I was out and they were gone. I went to every grocery store in Stevens Point to no avail! Where were my orange Archway cookies?! I even went as far as to talk to the manager and have him special order me some orange cookies, but a week later he called and said Archway wasn't making them right now. Right now? Meaning they'll make them at a later point in time? What?! It's been 2 years since I've had those glorious cookies and I've searched the world 'round (OK, I've searched 'round Milwaukee), and I can't find them anywhere. I think they've stopped making them for good. Could you do me a favor? Next time you're walking down the cookie isle and see the section with all the Archway cookies, could you check for the orange ones for me? If you have them, you'll make my day... month.. hell... year... whatever. Just uh... email me and I'll figure a way to send you the cash so that you can buy them and mail them to me!
Well, I did it again... went right off on a tangent and now this entry is too long. You'll never read this far. You've given up on me and will probably never come back again. You think I'm a huge obsessive orange cookie freak. Bummer. Well, whatever, I never promised my life was interesting or that I was altogether normal.
So, I guess I'll stop talking about groceries now and go cut some coupons. Do you like cutting coupons... if you ever see a coupon for orange cook.... *hehehe*
Tue. Feb. 20th
Oh no! Could this be the end? I feel faint... lightheaded, my arm hurts! My vision is blurring, my brow is perspiring, my throat is clenching, and my heart is pounding! This could be the end!
I did, I did, I did. And I am going to share the reading with YOU, my beloved friend, as this may be the last thing I ever write.
Level: 250
Ooooch! According to this chart, I am beyond high and in the danger level! I could drop any second. (THUMP!)
Oh, sorry, I just fell off my chair, but I'm back now. Anyway, so what's the deal with Cholesterol readings anyway. Granted, I am not a vegitarian, but I am NOT a compete sow either. I've always tried to eat somewhat healthy, I exersize quite regularly, am at my "ideal" weight for my height, have low blood pressure, a low resting heart rate coupled with good physical fitness... so what's the deal? Am I just naturally a high cholesterol kind of gal? I asked my parents if it was hereditary, and they said no. So anyway, my doctor tells me I'm at risk for a heart attack now. A HEART ATTACK! Yeesh! Let's hope she's wrong! The funny thing is, I could try and improve my diet, but it wouldn't change a thing. Hmmmmm...
I'm getting my cholesterol check again in 2-3 weeks, I'll let you know the outcome. So anyway, have you thought about getting your cholesterol checked? You really should. It doesn't hurt, they just stick a thumb-tac into the most sensitive part of your body-- (which is the finger tip for you pervs out there who might be thinking otherwise.) :-D
Wed. Feb. 14th
Valentines Day.... ahhh...Guess what? I got flowers from Brad Pitt today! I kid you not! Seriously. Wanna know what he said?:
Happy Valentines Day!
Love, Brad
Wasn't that nice of him???!!! Just think, Brad Pitt sending ME flowers. To take the time out of his busy schedule making movies and all... what a guy.
OK, I can tell, you don't believe me, do you? Well, I DID get flowers from someone named Brad. Maybe it wasn't Mr. Pitt... but who else could it be? It's the only Brad I know! Don't suppose YOU know of any Brad's who would send me beautiful flowers, would you??? Please...
I need your help here... I already called the florist who brought the flowers to me to ask if there was some mistake, but no... she said everything seemed correct. I begged for any information she could give me.
"Well, all it says here is that they were sent from a shop in Sacramento, CA." Which really doesn't help me much because it theoretically could be anyone in the world ordering them from a Sacramento FTD, especially if they were ordered on-line. Right? Right.
I just want to find out who this person is so I can thank them. Please fess up if it is you. I will enjoy them much more when I know they're REALLY mine and not some bizzare mistake.
On the other hand, if it really WAS you, Brad Pitt, and you're reading this... I'm available for dinner (or whatever) anytime, just give me a call! :-)
Wed. Feb. 7th
Do you ever think about stuff from when you were younger? I do. For me, younger is the 70's, for you, I don't know. Some stuff I remember are sticker books, 4 square, leg warmers, inside-out sweatshirts, flowered jeans, chinese jumprope, kangaroo tennis shoes, and Izod shirts.I remember TV shows such as Fury, The Muppet Show, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Fat Albert, School House Rock, The Partridge Family, The Love Boat, Night Rider, Fragle Rock, Square Pegs, and Land Of The Lost.
I remember lots of little rhymes, jingles and songs too: songs that went with all the little hand games little girls like to play, jumprope songs (Dave and Suzy sittin' in a tree...), the peanut butter song (peanut, peanut butter (whispered:) jelly.) Remember the Apple Jack song? (do they still play it?)
A is for Apple
J is for Jacks
Cinnamon toasty apple jacks
Got a good flavor
that's a fact
It all begins with apple jacks.
Apple Jacks... Apple Jacks...
Well, I'm not even perfectly sure that's right, but it's close enough. How bout "Welcome to Miller Time- it's yours and mine" and the classic "Tastes great - less filling" debate?
Did you have a favorite cereal when you were young that was taken off the market? Mine was C3PO's, do you remember that cereal? YUMMY!
Well, I have lots more I like to reminise (spelling!) over, but not the time. Hey, let me know some things YOU remember from the late 70's/early 80's and I'll make a new page in my website for memorablia! It could be fun!
By the way... what is "9 J. on the S.C." -- this is a toughy, think hard!
Fri. Feb. 2nd
Hello there! It's GROUNDHOG'S DAY! And guess what? He saw his shadow. No surprise there though. Guess that means we've got 6 more weeks of Winter... puh! I wish it were only that much. Winter lasts here until mid-May, so it's more like 14 weeks of Winter left...And since I'm speaking about Winter... I have a funny story to tell you. Today is REALLY cold, and I mean really cold, -20 degrees and -50 including the windchill. Schools were cancelled and everything. So, anyway, I noticed this morning, when I got to work that when I tried to open my car door to get out, it was sort of stuck. Oh oh... I did get out though with some effort. So at lunch today I decided to run out and try opening my doors again to make sure they didn't freeze shut. Well, I went out and the doors wouldn't budge. My friend Nicole tried helping me too, but she couldn't get them open either, so we went back inside and recruited 3 others from Marketing. We all went out there and tried again to no avail, the doors were unlocked. As a last resort, I hit my alarm to lock the doors again (they locked) and then I hit it a second time (and they unlocked). I said..."Look, they just won't budge..." and I pulled up really hard on the door and it came flying open. Everyone burst into laughter. It was pretty funny. Maybe you had to be there, but imagine having 4 people bundled up to go into sub-zero temps only to find that the doors aren't frozen, and just as someone says they won't budge, both doors come open easily...
Oh well, it was very funny at the time.
But guess what else what? I remembered to look up what 'Tornados' mean in my dream analysis book...
If you dream that you are in a tornado, you will be filled with dissappointment and perplexity over the miscarriage of studied plans for swift attainment of fortune.
Ahh... yeah... whatever. How LAME! Well, look what the same books says it means if you dream about drinking a coke:
For a woman to dream she is drinking a coca-cola signifies that she will lose health and a chance for marrying a wealthy man by her abondonment to material delights.
Uhhh... to dream of people drinking cider means....
You will be under the influence of unfaithful friends.
Can you believe this? ALL this book says is negative stuff, I just skimmed through it... couldn't find one thing that was positive. Geez, they can't even say anything good about dreaming of a church:
Denotes dissappointment in pleasures long anticipated.
How 'bout Chickens!...
Enemies are planning to work you evil.
Youch! Chess:
To dream of playing chess denotes stagnation of business, dull companions, and poor health.
Chair:
To see a chair in your dream denotes failure to meet some obligation. If you are not careful you will also vacate your most profitable places.
Do you believe me now? This book is evil! I'm going to make up my own definitions from now on. Maybe I'll just write my own book! Here's an example:
To dream of a tornado indicates fun-filled excitment headed your way. To watch one head your way means you're about to win an exciting prize, to have one actually hit you means you won the Megabucks lottery!
Now how's that? That's my kind of fortune. Let me know if you want me to give you an analysis of your dream. I can assure you, it will be one you'd like....