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Survivor China

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So it begins!

First- I’m really happy that there’s been some new shows on TV this week. There were a few great shows last year that my husband and I got addicted to and we’re both looking forward to seeing their premieres and watching them regularly again.

Ok Survivor … I guess I’m not as much of a fan as I used to be. This one didn’t do all that much for me. I’m pretty sure I’ll watch this seasons episodes if for nothing else than to see the beautiful landscape and wildlife of China.

Clothing … no bras? High heels? Fishnet stockings? What were these survivors thinking? Smart survivors wear a few layers of clothing on Day one just in case they can’t bring anything from their suitcases with them. In fact I think the last five or so episodes have all started out with the survivors only having the clothes they were wearing on day one.

So what do the Survivor China contestants do? They wear flimsy outfits and are upset when they are told that that’s all they can have to start out.

As my husband watched the first five or so minutes of Survivor he kept making remarks about how large some of the women’s breasts were. “Did you see the boobs on that one?” LOL Now, I’m sure he notices what other women look like, but he’s not normally that vocal about it so it was amusing.

I don’t know about you, but normally by the end of the first episode there’s at least one or two survivors that I like and that I hope do well. This time? I didn’t really get a feel for anyones’ personality so I don’t have any favorites yet.

Ok well … I do like the way James looks and how he wields an axe!

What did you think of the show?





New software in the office

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Chris had a bit of a messed up day at work yesterday. They’re apparently upgrading all of the healthcare management software in the hospital and they were testing it out in Chris’ department yesterday.

I don’t know if they’ve ever changed the software over to a new program in your workplace, but it’s a pain in the butt. There’s always people that can’t figure it out, or worse, it’s a new complicated program unlike anything that was used in that workplace before so no one knows how to use it once it’s installed.

In the healthcare field this is bad news! There’s already enough delays in patient care due to most medical offices and hospitals being short staffed. A major software change causes even more delays as people struggle to learn new programs while they try to work.

That’s what happened in Chris’ department. No one had been trained on the new software so it was chaos!

They really should train people first before them implement a system wide change don’t you think?

It’s Freezing!

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Chris called from his parents house a little after midnight. I’m surprised he was back at their home. Usually our friends parties go on and on well into the early morning hours.

He was standing outside using the cellphone when he called because he didn’t want to wake his parents while he talked. He was freezing. I happened to look at the weather widget on my computer and it was only 8 Celsius (46.4 F)! Now, as I write this at 1:30 am it’s dropped almost three degrees and it’s 5 Celsius (41 F)! That’s darn cold! If it keeps getting this cold at night I’m going to have to bring in my tropical plants!

I think Chris was shivering while he talked to me, either that or he was slurring from the drinks that he’d had … but I think it was shivers. Well … hopefully it was more shivers than slur.

Wow, if it’s getting cold this fast this year maybe we should plan a trip to a warm area this winter? Maybe get an Orlando rental home for a week? Oh yeah I could get into that!

My neighbors are infuriating!

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Ohhhh my neighbors make me so mad sometimes!

Chris is out of town today and I’m convinced that whenever they don’t see our car in the driveway they must decide that no one is home at all. So up goes the music, the awful karaoke and any other really loud noises they can make.

It happens every time I’m home and Chris is away for the night.

Since I had an awful night and barely got any sleep I lay down on the couch at 2:30. Unfortunately I was woken up by loud guitar at 4 pm. Loud Guitar. Like it was in my living room.

I had a little freak out moment … I started to yell “Shut up, Shut up, Shut up”. Naturally that didn’t work because their music was so loud I could barely hear myself yelling. I tried phoning them, but I guess they didn’t hear the phone!

So … I went to the basement and got a hammer. I then proceeded to bang on the cement wall of the basement.

I think that worked because the loud guitar stopped.

I can not wait for these people to move! They told Chris in mid-August that they’d be putting their house up for sale in September, but so far no for sale signs gone up in front of their house.

There’s been lots of banging around as they repair things. Today I’ve heard hammering and sawing. Oh and the loud guitar … It’s not like we’re super quiet or anything, but they are so much louder it’s unbearable!

Just last week the lady of the house told my husband that they’d be having an open house this week. I’m pretty sure that didn’t happen.

I saw their house when they first moved in and it didn’t seem that bad. I mean, I would have done some work, but it didn’t look like it had to have work done. I guess 6 years of not maintaining their home must have taken it’s toll though, because they still aren’t ready to put that for sale sign up.

I know we might get even worse neighbors, but I wish they’d hurry up and move!

BTW I wrote this earlier in the day. Now it sounds like they are having a party! Geeezzz. I don’t mind if they have a party, but do they have to ALL jump up and down and sing to every song? Not to mention the karaoke that’s going on too? My house if vibrating!

Canceled due to illness

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Well I didn’t end up going out of town to the surprise Anniversary party.

I had a massively horrible headache all last night that didn’t give up the ghost until about five in the morning. I probably just about killed my liver taking Tylenol yesterday. Hey maybe I did hurt my stomach, ’cause it started to act up worse than normal by about 11 pm so I was contending with my headache/ migraine and abdominal pain at the same time and into the night.

Needless to say I really didn’t get any sleep so I could see going out of town to a surprise party that might not even happening!

At about 11 am Chris called his sister to see what the plan was for later in the day. Since I wasn’t going to Brantford he’d decided to go a bit earlier and clean out the eaves troves for his parents since they’d asked him to do it a couple weeks before. Chris’ sister couldn’t talk long when he called because she was cooking a turkey and a roast for the small party!

Hey … this was supposed to be an afternoon party with finger foods.

I mean, our friends didn’t even know about the party and I’m pretty sure the reason it was supposed to just be a small late afternoon party was because Jan had to work in the evening or do a night shift at the Casino. So now she’s going to go to work with a big meal of turkey in her belly and probably fall asleep at work? LOL Maybe.

I just hope that Jan really isn’t greeting them at the door dressed in lingerie or something right about now …

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