08.29.08
Posted in Love, Music, Web and Tech Stuff at 1:01 pm by Jules
You know, I’ve been hearing my husband’s voice on the phone for almost three years now. It still makes my tummy jump and my face smile when I hear a voice mail or message from him. I talk to him several times a day, every day, but those messages are still special. Isn’t that nice? I love him. 
Another thing which moves me - and about which I had totally forgotten until just a few minutes ago - is the original theme song and intro to the Star Trek (fairly short-lived) series, “Enterprise.” I just … mmm. Love it. Check it out.
Here’s my thank you. Foxmarks - you rule!! If y’all use Firefox and don’t have Foxmarks, I would suggest you check it out - even if you don’t use multiple computers. It’s nice to have a back-up. Were it not for Foxmarks, I’d be up that creek without that paddle right about now!
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08.28.08
Posted in Medical Shit at 8:54 am by Jules
My tennis elbow surgery is scheduled for next Tuesday at 3:15 p.m. I have to be there at 2:15 p.m. I’m not allowed to have anything to eat or drink after midnight Monday. Except clear liquids up until 7:00 a.m. Tuesday morning.
That means no food. I’m accustomed to eating a little something every two hours. If I miss, peoples’ lives become endangered.
That also means no coffee.
My poor husband.
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08.27.08
Posted in PostSecret at 2:25 pm by Jules
I’m a little late with my posting this week, but I’m not sure anyone ever really pays attention, anyway, so — there.
HAHAHA! Classic!!!
In my opinion, that is definitely a promise to break. Good for you.
It’s not, honey. It’s really not.
Niiiice. And then you kicked his ass, divorced him, and took everything he had, right? I hope so. At least the “kicked his ass” part, anyway.
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08.23.08
Posted in Financial at 12:53 pm by Jules
We finished up our grocery shopping today. By shopping store specials (at 3 different stores, mind you) and using coupons, we ended up saving $64.92 on our total grocery bill this week. Plus, that gave us tons of meat. I think the most impressive amount saved was on the boneless skinless chicken breasts. They were on sale for $1.67 per pound, and I believe they’re usually around $3.89 or more per pound. We snatched up four packs and spent $17 instead of $40!! WOO HOO!!!
My freezer is full and happy. And tonight, we will celebrate by having chicken fried rice. 
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08.21.08
Posted in Web and Tech Stuff at 8:22 am by Jules
One of my LJ friends posted this the other day:
It turns out that GMail has a security hole you could sail an oil tanker through. It also turns out there’s a fix that any non-techie who can follow step-by-step instructions should be able to follow. If you use GMail, please read this post, and apply the fix.
It would be my suggestion that everyone read this article and follow the instructions!
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Posted in Funnies, General at 8:12 am by Jules
(Thanks to rightkindofme for posting this.)
Granted, I can see the humor in this - but as a public ad in a fast food restaurant? Wow. I really am stunned!
http://idea-sandbox.com/blog/2008/07/what-is-burger-king-thinking/
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08.20.08
Posted in Financial at 9:36 am by Jules
Given our changing financial situation, I’ve really cracked down on trying to save on groceries by shopping specials, loss leaders, using a price book, and using coupons. SO FAR this week (just on a short meat run to one store), I’ve saved$16.50. Check it out:
PIC LINK
Yes, I am happy with that! Woo hoo for vigilance!!
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08.19.08
Posted in General at 3:03 pm by Jules
So, I was reading Dooce yesterday, and she mentioned her Five Fame Fuckers, so I went and checked it out. This, of course, got my brain going, and I desperately tried to come up with five names for my list. You’d think it would be easy, but it’s seriously not! Not for me, anyway. It was much easier for Jake. LOL.
See, there are lots of people I consider good looking. Gorgeous, even. That doesn’t mean I’d want to fuck them. There has to be something … hel, I don’t know … special about them. That thing that makes me go, “RAWR!!!!!”
So, here are mine and Jake’s lists.
MINE
- Jason Momoa
- Matthew McConaughey
- Djimon Hounsou
- Salma Hayek
- Gerard Butler (still not sure about him, but I couldn’t think of anyone else)
JAKE’s
- Queen Latifah
- Monica Bellucci
- Jessica Biehl
- Salma Hayek
- Mary McCormack
So, there you have it. Our Five Fame Fuckers lists.
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08.18.08
Posted in General at 1:18 pm by Jules
I LOVE some of the clothes from The Pyramid Collection. However, they’re all just too damn expensive for me! URGH!
I should buy a sewing machine and teach myself how to sew.
If only I weren’t so darned lazy, right? 
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Posted in PostSecret at 10:57 am by Jules
http://postsecret.blogspot.com/
Dude. That’s fucked up.
YAY!
HAHAHA! SCORE!!!
Awesome! Good for you.
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08.13.08
Posted in General at 10:07 am by Jules
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google
I agree.
Also, the fact that I didn’t finish reading this … yeah, what does that say?
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Posted in Funnies at 8:09 am by Jules
I was helping a co-worker by Googling images for Georgia Bulldogs. How THIS turned up in there, I don’t know, but man - I LOLed!!!!
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08.12.08
Posted in Life, Newsletter at 2:25 pm by Jules
“Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”
— Mark Twain
Humans tend to think that forgiveness somehow involves being weak or giving in or helping the person we’re forgiving somehow - by giving them the benefit of the doubt, making them seem innocent, or otherwise letting them get away with something. This is not absolutely true. Forgiveness is, more often than not, about our own self-preservation. Hanging onto resentment and bitterness rarely affects the person toward whom you direct them (barring some sort of pointed action, of course). The hanging-on merely serves to keep YOU in torment, personal strife, and unhappiness.
Forgiveness is letting go.
Not for them.
For YOU.
I am not advocating forgiveness as always being the right answer. Some things, in my opinion, are unforgivable! At least by me. Having said that, however, those things are pretty rare, and I’ve yet to come across them in my personal life. Hopefully, I never will.
The next time you find yourself feeling hatred or bitterness for someone, take a little step back and examine the situation. What will actually bring YOU the most comfort and peace? Hanging onto those feelings — or letting them go? That’s all forgiveness is, really … letting go.
Give it a shot sometime and see what happens. Just like the violet, something wonderful may come of it.
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Posted in General at 11:41 am by Jules
At home
on a rainy day
watching Little House on the Prairie
eating a pot pie
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Posted in General at 10:07 am by Jules
Well, I gave my notice last Thursday. August 22nd will be my last day working here.
I am going to:
- Do my substitute teacher training at the end of August
- Have tennis elbow surgery on September 2nd and recover from that
- Study to pass my GACE tests
- Substitute teach when I can
- Pass GACE tests
- Try to procure employment as a teacher, preferably at a close-by school system
- Try NOT to go crazy with worry
So, there it is. The deed is done. I’m scared but excited.
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08.11.08
Posted in PostSecret at 9:54 am by Jules
I wonder if I’ll send in a secret some day.
I hope the toilet paper rots off your cooch — and I hope his wife catches him and hurts him.
Be careful what you wish for!
Better safe than sorry, I say. LOL.
Stitched with love!! ROFLMAO!! This is priceless.
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08.06.08
Posted in Life, Newsletter at 4:28 am by Jules
Our emotions are another dimension of the ego; they are the body’s response to your mind. While not all emotions are of the ego, as soon as we identify them, they become just that. They then give negative energy to the ego which creates more thoughts which feed the pain-body. It’s quite the vicious cycle!
In A New Earth, Tolle says, “Because of the human tendency to perpetuate old emotion, almost everyone carries in his or her energy field an accumulation of old emotional pain, which I call ‘the pain-body.’” (page 140) Our pain-bodies carry a heavy burden of past emotion. Wrongs done to us by others. Feelings of inadequacy we have about ourselves. Anger at injustices we think have occurred. We do not, however, have to continue adding to the pain-body. The cycle can be broken. “Nothing ever happened in the past that can prevent you from being present now, and if the past cannot prevent you from being present now, what power does it have?” (page 141, A New Earth)
Emotions must be faced, accepted for what they are, and released. If they’re not, they will build and add to the pain-body. If they’re not, we will continue to carry the heavy burden of past emotions, and this load will cause unnecessary pain and suffering. Facing our emotions can seem scary, especially when they’re strong negative emotions. How do we face them? By being present and aware. Treat your emotions the same way you treat your thoughts. Don’t deny them. Don’t sweep them under the rug. See them and face them and feel them. In the present. As an observer. Recognize that you are experiencing an emotion and know that it is simply your body’s reaction to a thought. This is the dance between your ego and pain-body, and you can be an observer. Let them dance together. You watch.
Remember to breathe. Be present. Come back to the now and let your emotions be what they are. You don’t have to let them be who you are.
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08.05.08
Posted in Medical Shit at 8:00 pm by Jules
Considering the lack of evidence supporting prolotherapy, the lack of availability of acupuncturists, and my lack of funds to pay for those services not covered by insurance … the verdict is: surgery.
I went to see the Orthopedic doctor today, and he didn’t want to inject my elbow again. So, he said, “Yeah, you need surgery to fix it.” Being in pain and wanting it fixed, I said, “Okay … Surgery it shall be.”
I will go under the knife.
I believe he said it’s only about a 30-minute surgical procedure, and it’s done as an outpatient, so that’s cool. I will have to wear some sort of sling/splint for about three weeks. I guess I won’t be doing much typing during that time, huh? So, that’s *not* so cool. I’m willing to do this, though, as I know it’s helped many others with their tennis elbow problems.
Surgery is scheduled. More details to follow at a later time.
That is all.
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08.04.08
Posted in General, Movies at 12:53 pm by Jules
Jake and I drove to Savannah on Saturday to go see The Dark Knight. Before I go further with my own little story about our experience, let me take a moment to express just how goddamned brilliant Heath Ledger was in the role of The Joker. And I promise - I say that not because he died tragically. I say that because he was just that fucking good.
Now, we get there, get our goodies, find a seat in the smallish theater (teeming with lots more people than we anticipated), and sit through the thirty minutes of combined commercials and previews only to be faced with images of an ancient Chinese battlefield and a narrator talking about some power-hungry Chinese dude. You could hear murmurs from others in the theater, and Jake leaned over to me and said, “Is this the right movie?” I said, “Yeah. That’s what it said outside the theater.” Another few words of narration, then Jet Li’s face pops up on the screen. “Oh, hell no,” Jake said and promptly got up, announcing in his loud and commanding voice, “I don’t know about y’all, but I came to see The Dark Knight.” There were many words of agreement as he exited the dark theater to go … um … do whatever he did to whatever poor kid he got hold of out there.
After a meager two or three more minutes of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, the screen went black and our film began to play. I was like, “Oh crap. He’s going to miss the beginning now!” and anxiously kept watch for him to round the corner back into the theater.
He did.
To applause.
From the whole theater, thank-you-very-much!
HA!!! It was freakin’ awesome.
Just one of the many reasons I love that man so much.
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08.03.08
Posted in PostSecret at 9:06 pm by Jules
Another week - more postcards!
OH MY NASTY!!! eeeeeek.
How comforting for our future.
I hope to be this for at least one person one day.
Good for you! (Even if you did spell “parole” wrong.)
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