Week in Review

Wow! So this week just dragged on and on!

My co-worker, Maiko (said like Mike with an Oh), has decided to get prepared for an emergency since the quake and tsunami in Japan.  Her family was in Tokyo and Osaka during the disaster, but I can see why she would be concerned!  We really should ALL have things prepared for such emergencies.

Emergency Supplies

Packages started arriving from Amazon on Tuesday and continued throughout the week.  The coolest was probably the self-inflating air matresses and the long range Walkie Talkies.  They said 36 miles and her girlfriend works in Beverly Hills which should be in range, but apparently that is only if there are not a lot of other signals, buildings etc. around.  So, they are going back. She also got a solar powered flashlight, a compass (or as I like to call it, a non-satellite reliant GPS) among many other items.  Quite fun to watch them come in and think about what I might need at home.  I think I'm going to get water purifying pills. I think we have pretty much everything else already.  Including a Geiger counter from the 1950s (don't ask).

Pattie's Monkeys with Christian's in the middle

My boss, Tami's son, Christian has been sending a stuffed animal with her most days "so Mommy wont be sad when she's at work" and now they get their picture taken with "Pattie's Monkeys". 

As I've mentioned before, the Evil Monkey who loves to steal things, especially Sean's watch, has a bad reputation, but the one on the left is a happy monkey that sings and dances.  He's quite cute.  They are both becoming CPRx legends. Well, I left my camera on my desk on Wednesday night and cam back to these pix:

Disconcerting to say the least.  I suspect Sean as the culprit.  He has also been taking my brackets that I printed out for the March Madness Basketball Pool and been placing them way up high over the cubbys where I couldn't reach them.  Because I was in first place and he was jealous.  Of course, I am now in 5th place (Stupid Ohio State) but he is still below me.  The other trainers got some revenge for me though.  They took his brackets and stuck them to the ceiling.  I've got to admit, I was feeling pretty smug when I say that.  It's good to have tall friends!

I spent about 3 hours with my mom yesterday.  I helped her with her Bingo cards (she won once) and then we just sat and talked.  She was having a good memory day and I showed her video of Andrew (her great-grandchild) from his visit with my sister, Virginia on Thursday.  She really liked watching him.  He has a sponsor called War Co. Skateboards Apparently they have given him skateboards and some clothing.  He wore out his shoes in the parking lot demoing for me so I got him some more that he seems to like.  Gotta love Ross! BTW, apparently, I lied cuz I just watched the video and told Andrew it wouldn't be on my blog.  Sorry, Pookie!

It was Corina's daughter Alex's Birthday so we got to spend some time with them catching up.  Of course, talking about wedding stuff.  They are doing their own flowers and we are going to help.  Should be lots of fun!  We were looking over the things at Sam's Club and think maybe we will order the bouquets through there, but will probably just go to the flower district to pick up everything for the centerpieces.  She is using the same dressmaker we are. Frances Boutique  We've been using her for YEARS.  She's done my wedding, Joan's wedding, Olivia and Lucy's weddings, and many formals over the years.

I was going to do taxes today, but I can't find my w-2s DOH.  I'll have to get a copy from work tomorrow.

I was also supposed to meet my friend Toni from jr. hi and high school for lunch today, but her dad got into a minor car accident and she, understandably, wants to be there for him.  Maybe in a few weeks we'll be able to hook up.