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Friday, February 22, 2008

Anger Management

What do you do to release any bottled up anger? I received this story through email...this is the 'sanitized' version :)

When I have the occasional bad day and need to take it out on someone, I don't take it out on my loved ones anymore...I got the idea one day when I was sitting at my desk and remembered a phone call I had forgotten to make. I found the number and dialed it.
A man answered, saying, "Hello." I politely said, "This is Chris. May I please speak with Robin Carter?"
Suddenly, the phone was slammed down on me. I couldn't believe that anyone could be so rude. I tracked down Robin's correct number and called her. I had transposed the last two digits of her phone number.
After hanging up with her, I decided to call the 'wrong' number again. When the same guy answered the phone, I yelled, "You're a jerk!" and hung up.
I wrote his number down with the word 'jerk' next to it and put it in my desk drawer. Every couple of weeks, when I was paying bills or had a really bad day, I'd call him up and yell, "You're a jerk!" It always cheered me up.
When Caller ID came to our area, I thought my therapeutic 'jerk' calling would have to stop. So, I called his number and said, "Hi, this is John Smith from the Telephone Company. I'm just calling to see if you're interested in the Caller ID program?" He yelled, "NO!" and slammed the phone down. I quickly called him back and said, "That's because you're a jerk!"
One day I was at the store getting ready to pull into a parking spot. Some guy in a black BMW cut me off and pulled into the spot I had patiently waited for. I hit the horn and yelled that I had been waiting for the spot. The idiot ignored me.
I noticed a "For Sale" sign in his car window, so I wrote down his number. A couple of days later, right after calling the first jerk, (I had his number on speed dial), I thought I had better call the BMW jerk too.

I said, "Is this the man with the black BMW for sale?"
"Yes, it is."
"Can you tell me where I can see it?"
"Yes, I live at 1802 West 34th Street. It's a yellow house and the car is parked right out front."
"What's your name?" I asked.
"My name is Don Hansen," he said.
"When's a good time to catch you, Don?"
"I'm home every evening after five."
"Listen, Don, can I tell you something?"
"Yes?"
"Don, you're a jerk." Then I hung up and added his number to my speed dial, too.

Now, when I had a problem, I had two jerks to call. But after several months of calling them, it wasn't as enjoyable as it used to be. So, I came up with an idea. I called Jerk #1.

"Hello."
"You're a jerk!" (But I didn't hang up)
"Are you still there?" he asked.
"Yeah," I said.
"Stop calling me," he screamed.
"Make me," I said
"Who are you?" he asked.
"My name is Don Hansen."
"Yeah? Where do you live?"
"I live at 1802 West 34th Street, a yellow house, with my black Beamer parked in front."
He said, "I'm coming over right now, Don & you had better start saying your prayers."
I said, "Yeah, like I'm really scared."

Then I called Jerk #2.

"Hello?" he said.
"Hello, jerk," I said.
He yelled, "If I ever find out who you are!"
"You'll what?" I asked.
"I'll kick your butt," he exclaimed.
I answered, "Well, here's your chance. I'm coming over right now."

Then I hung up and immediately called the police saying that I lived at 1802 West 34th street, and there was a huge fight in my front yard.
Then I called Channel 2 News about the gang war going down on West 34th Street.
I quickly got into my car & headed over to 34th Street.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

What I've been up to...


I am training to be a Shift Coordinator at Burger King (almost a manager, but not as many hours) so I have to finish this online course and be ready to take a test in a few weeks (March 1st). Hopefully I will do better on the post test than I did on the pre-test. I think I got a 55% on the pre-test. I didn't know how to correctly heat up beef stew and some other non-Burger King related stuff :)



On a much happier note, at my "real" job I am helping to plan/coordinate our Representative Owners Meeting in May. This meeting will be held at The Boulders Resort in Carefree, AZ, and I get to go! YAY!! My boss and I went out this past August to begin "finalizing" the details...it is awesome! We also may go again before the actual meeting...can't hardly wait!! Here are some pictures of the invitation that we put together...along with a girl from the Marketing Dept. of course!



The entire invitation packet.



The actual invitation is inside the brown envelope with the rope around it.


It is all inside a big gold envelope. We've been calling it the golden ticket :)



Besides work I've been to doggie obedience class, baked cookies, had crafts for Kid's Church, and of course shopped with Jenny! I had a ton of fun on Saturday shopping the outlet mall and a few other stores. We found lots of great deals. Seems like most of them were on baby clothes :) I bought an outfit for Hannah...sorry no picture...for $17, saving $65! Thanks for the fun Jenny! It was nice to catch up and we shouldn't wait so long next time!

Monday, February 4, 2008

Biggest Loser...Center Edition



Most everyone in our family is involved in a little competition until we go on vacation in April. We have divided into three teams and are trying to lose the largest percent of weight. Well, Sara and I are one of the teams and after five weeks of competition we are winning and have been the whole time. (Hope I didn't just jinx us!)


BTW...if we have lost weight at our Sunday weigh in, we take Monday as a "free day"
(explaining the sundae in the previous post).

I bought a set of OSU bowls last week. I think they are so cool!



They are perfect for a yummy sundae!!