Is it over yet?

I am so ready for winter to be over. The cold weather is doing bad things to my mood and otherwise very sunny disposition.
CALGON, TAKE ME AWAY!!!!! I'd rather be:
I'm looking for some good rumors on RQ. There are a few folks that I'm hoping and praying get in this time! Come on good news! We need you!

"I wuv it"

My birthday was last Saturday (boo) and somebody (I won't name names coughHopecough) REALLY enjoyed the cake - well at least the icing!  :-)

They were right!!

So the weathermen here have been crying snow for the past couple of weeks. We have gotten nothing more than a dusting. Until yesterday. They finally had it right. We got a couple inches of snow, then 2 inches of ice, then a couple more inches of snow. Good times. :-)

And I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Chinese New Year! We didn't go to our local FCC celebration this year because we were in Florida visiting hubby's parents. I thought it would be a nice getaway from the painfully cold weather we've been having but they've had a cold spell as well so it wasn't quite as warm as I had hoped but it was at least above freezing! And there was wine. :-)

Thoughts

First of all, the biggest congratulations to my brainiac niece Lin for making the Dean's List her 1st quarter of college. She is seriously so dedicated and so smart that it impresses me every day. She's a fabulous chick and I couldn't be prouder.

Second, thanks to Dave, my favorite St*rbucks guy for consistently making the best misto around! Some days getting a really good coffee drink makes up for the rest of the cr*p I've dealt with during the day. Dave you rock!

Third - poo poo poo on the 2 day referral rumors. I'm not new here. I've been in the process for a while and I should know better than to get excited about rumors from the Queen - especially early rumors. But in all honesty the news has been so depressing every month since we got into this process that when a good rumor came along it was really hard not to grab onto it and feel some excitement. I'm very disappointed for a couple of bloggers that I have followed since the beginning. I was really hoping this would be their month but it doesn't look good right now.

Ladies, I'm sorry for you now and will still have all of my appendages crossed that it happens for you next month! Hang in there!

Scandalous! And Some Encouraging Rumors

Oh my - the scandal!! He was caught in the act. I had hoped his other love wouldn't find out.

Sadly enough, I think the Snowman found out. Oh the carnage!!!!

In the more exciting news, RQ has reported some very positive rumors and there are waiting families whose blogs I have followed for some time who have the possibility of getting a referral this time around. I'm crossing all fingers and toes on their behalf. I am so excited for them!!! I'm also hoping that the rumor of the that things may be turning around is at least somewhat true. This wait is so grueling and I had hoped that after the Olympics things would speed up but it didn't as quickly as I had hoped. Seeing families that I've followed since we were logged in at least gives us hope that it will actually happen for us someday. Some days it's hard to believe that.

Love it!!!!

Yesterday when I got home there was a package stuck inside the front door - that always gets me excited. :-) But since I wasn't expecting any packages it was even more exciting. I opened the box to find this beauty:

It's from my sis MK in TX. How sweet was that? She is so very thoughtful and I love the little fairy godmother!!! She's meant to watch over us until we get a referral and then watch over our daughter. Of course I cried like a big baby!! Thanks MK!!! You're the best.

Poor Baby

I stopped at the grocery store on my way home from work today and, as always because I have no control in the dog toy aisle, I brought the dogs a special treat.   Well Riley finished his first and then proceeded to look as pathetic as possible in the hopes that Ella would "share" hers.   Needless to say she didn't but he sure gave her the most pitiful looks in hopes that it will do the trick and she will take pity on him.  She didn't. 

"Maybe if I get real close to her I can break her with my pitiful staredown"

"Or maybe if I don't look directly at her she will forget I'm here and run off to get a drink and I'll swoop in and take it."

"Please Ella - I'm dying over here. Can't you see how bad I need it??!!" 

She had NO sympathy and continued chewing.  That's my Princess!! 

What did I do to them?

Why, oh why does the company I work (slave) for dislike me so much? Why are they so determined to set me up for failure? What did I ever do to them to make them do such terrible things to me? I can't believe they've done this:

Why don't they support my admittedly unspoken but completely official New Year's resolution to cut out sweets in the mid afternoon?   Don't they know they are so not helping me by putting these little morsels of heaven by the thousands in our breakroom - and charging pennies for them.  I innocently walk into the break room with a couple of shiny quarters in my pocket and spend the rest of the afternoon unwrapping and chewing my way to Tootsie bliss.   It's wrong.  

Wait - maybe it's me - maybe I'm supposed to have that little thing called will power.  Maybe I'm supposed to leave those shiny quarters in my pocket and just pass these gems by.......... No - it's not me, it's them.   :-)  It's always them.  

GO BUCKS!!!

Say What???

My niece Karly has suddenly become the Word Police. If someone says something, anything, that this cute little 3 year old deems to be "inappropriate" she is quick to tell them that they have said a bad word (this includes words that are not bad as well - like gosh and darn). It's kind of cute but also kind of annoying - it got to the point that every time I said "Oh my ...." followed by any other word she blew her police whistle and busted me.

So I decided to give myself a break and teach her that some words were okay to say - and maybe even fun. We learned that golly is okay and so is gosh. Then I decided, being the fun aunt that I am, to teach her a fun word - dagnabbit - now really, isn't it a fun word to say?? The only problem is that the way she hears it said and the way she repeats it are not exactly the same. :-) But she is convinced that this is how you say dagnabbit.