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How many pair of shoes do you have? Out of those pairs, how many do you wear more than a few times a year?
Submitted by fightinggale.

About a million. I used to be seriously into shoes, especially since I had a corporate job and I had to go into the office everyday and you know, look professional. Now that I don't even have to take a shower in the morning if I don't want to, I only wear about 4-5 different pairs of shoes ALL friggin' year. I can't seem to part with my shoes though, I'm having a hard time. So they just kind of hang out and wait for me to wear them again.

So the economy totally sucks right now, I'm sure your aware and I don't need to explain. BUT...I'm wondering what is going on in my neighborhood. In the last week alone, the house next to us did some major yard remodel, pulled out some ugly plants, shrubs, bushes or whatever and laid down a very nice gravel side driveway and some concrete patio(they never do anything to their yard or house so it was surprising). The house directly across from us, is, as we type, laying a new roof and getting new gutters. And the house right next to them, also had a new roof laid down. And at the end of last year, our other neighbor on the other side of us, had new siding, new windows and a new roof put in. Soooo, whats going on? I work in the housing industry and I know for a fact that this ain't cheap, not right now especially. Are jobs getting bid extremely low so that at least there is a little bit of work to be done? I don't get it. I mean, I'm glad they are doing it, because its always a good thing for them and us when they do things to the outside of the house, but I would think it would be pretty darn expensive right now too? Or maybe not? I don't really know. But I thought it was cool and weird at the same time.

What is your definition of cheating?

I think, cheating is wanting to be with someone else in any capacity more than wanting to be with your significant other. It can be in an emotional, physical or mental capacity. It doesn't matter. At times, and in my opinion, its almost worse to be cheating on your significant other in a mental or emotional capacity rather than a physical one.

So yesterday we picked up a treadmill. I'm pretty sure the treadmill we got off craigslist for $20 is the very 1st treadmill to ever have been made. Anyways, I used it for the first time this morning. It works pretty good even though it sounds like we have an oil well pumping in our living room. Ehhhh, small things. So yeah, I'm telling myself that I must use this treadmill every day for at least 30 minutes. I must lose at least 15lbs. before we leave for Europe which is in 11 weeks (even though I could potentially lose 20lbs. but lets not get ahead of ourselves). The point is, is that I have to lose something before we leave. There is no way that I'm going to be taking pictures of my cottage cheese hiney while in another country and then scrapbooking them for the world to see just how dimply I really am. No thanks. I'll keep you updated of my progress...let's just hope there is actually progress.

What's holding you back from your dream job?
Submitted by Question of the Day.

Making money. My dream job would be running a non-profit animal rescue shelter. So I wouldn't be making anything. So until I can afford to quit making a decent amount of money, I'm stuck doing what I do.

Ode to the UPS man.

Oh thank you UPS man for gracing me with your wonderful presence every so often. I can't tell you how excited I get each time I get online and check the tracking of my packages. Butterflies float around in my tummy each time I see that my package has arrived and is 'Out for Delivery.' For this is because I know that I'll get to see you.

Thank you so much for scaring the heeby jeebies out of me each time you come around. Your mobster-like pounding on my front door scares the crap out of me each and every time, especially when I'm deep in thought about what my -precious package is holding. Although scary, I love the feeling that I get whenever you pound on my door - I feel like the Five Points Gang are standing on the other side ready to break my knee-caps. Not only does your pounding excite me, but your attitude towards life in general makes me await each visit from you in anticipation. Your love for your job is very apparent in the way you speak to me and although I have suspected this, you have finally confirmed for me, that your love of dogs is something that you lack...very much. Yes, my dogs love to protect me. I am after all, the Big Momma - and no one can hurt me when they are around. Your little comments about why on earth we would have 3 dogs always brings a smile to my face. I often wonder why your so interested in my personal life - but then I realize that you too get excited when you look at your daily-run list and see my name & address on there. I know its the hi-lite of your day. Please don't deny it.

Oh yes, your love of life is a wonderful thing. I especially love how angry you get whenever you have to come to my house 2 days in a row. Your mother raised you right, she taught you how to bitch. Wonderful. Oh UPS Man, will you ever learn? Your such a confusing creature, quite intriguing really. Some packages are left in our storage closet right outside of our front door because you decided to have a good day or merely because the dogs didn't bark at you. While other packages you take with you and leave a stinking little note telling me you'll be there tomorrow at the same time you were today. The same exact time tomorrow. I know you like playing these games, my little UPS man. Oh yes, I know. You like to watch me squirm and drool in anticipation of my package. Thats why you leave these little notes telling me you will try everyday for 4 days to drop off my package even though you know I won't be there between 9 - 10:30am. Yes, its true, even though you love your job more than anything - I love mine more. Therefore, I work everyday which means that I don't get to see your wonderful face and charming personality as much as I'd like. But like I said, I know you like to play these little games. I know that your just waiting until the 5th day when you leave the note that says I have to drive to a UPS location in some far away land and pick up my wonderful package. I know you just want me to see you in your territory. Its human nature.

Oh UPS man, you were so nice and caring for about 3 weeks. Was it because you finally pushed that button of mine and I told you that we aren't always home to recieve packages and some are very important so if you could kindly leave them here without a signature that would be great? Or was it because you'd already been at our house earlier that week and you didn't want to come back? Oh UPS man, please, for the love of all things good in this world, please keep your little snide comments to yourself about my life and what each of my packages contains.

I would hate to have to meet a happy UPS man besides seeing you every package delivery day

How are your Saturday nights different now than they were five years ago?

Well gee thats easy. 5 years ago, I was partying it up with my friends until the wee hours of the morning, stumbling home waaaaay past my curfew, trying not to get caught for underage drinking and lying to my parents about what I was really doing every Saturday night until I moved out.

But now, I'm an old lady. At least thats what I feel like these days. I stay at home and do "home stuff" or hang out with the husband or have get-togethers, game nights or dinner parties at our house. Occasionally we still go out with our friends, but our priorities are very different now. I'm not puking every weekend anymore from drinking to much so thats a plus! hehehehe

Has anyone else seen this show? More specifically, did anyone watch the season premier on Apr. 1st? It was about Fetishes & Fantasies and none of the secrets the women had were that bad....until they introduced that 20 year old chick who pretends she is a baby. And her boyfriend goes along with it. gross. She goes the whole nine yards, wears diapers to work, wears diapers to bed (where her boyfriend changes her FYI), sleeps in a crib, sucks on a binky, calls her boyfriend daddy, gets fed to by her boyfriend. I'm a pretty accepting person of others, and I wouldn't have a problem with it, except for the fact that this girl works at a friggin' daycare!! And I don't think that is right. If I had a kid and was watching this show and realized that lady is the lady who looks after my kid all friggin' day, I'd either get her fired or pull my kid out the next morning. And this chick's boyfriend is creepy. Really creepy. He enjoys this (of course he didn't want his face shown on national television) and goes along with it by pretending she is his 2 year old daughter. Its weird. And its messed up and I almost had to fast forward through the parts that she would talk about this stuff because it was so creepy. And weird. And ewwwy.

I found out yesterday morning that my best friend is pregnant. This is her 1st kid and its super exciting. But weird at the same time. We've been friends for 15 years. All through junior high, high school, college and marriages. We've been through it all it seems like. And now she is pregnant. It's weird. I can't help but feel like she is joining this different world by being pregnant. And in a way, I guess it is a different world, she is going to be a mom. Not a mom to a dog or a cat, not a mom to some kind of animal, but a mom to a human being. A human being who will be there for the rest of her & her husbands life. How weird is that? I don't know, when I think of my 2 best friends in the entire universe, I still think of all the times we stayed out way to late, all the times we threw parties at our parents house while they were out of town, all the times we had sleepovers, all the times we were so incredibly bored on a Saturday night that we would drive around aimlessly until our curfew, all the conversations we've had about life, all the times we got in trouble, everything I know about them and everything they know about me....just everything. But now we're all married and one of us is pregnant. How awesome - I mean I'm going to be an auntie - but seriously, I didn't think we were old enough yet to be having kids. I mean I know we are, but I know we aren't also. I don't see us as being 25 or 26, I just see us as being....us, the nerdy little 7th grade girls who thought we were way cooler than we actually were. 

On a side note, since I don't plan on having any kids of my own - I can't wait to meet the little squirt and spoil him/her rotten and then hand them back over to moms & pops!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why do you think it is some people don't get along with you?

Because they can't handle my fierceness. Just kidding. I'm pretty good at getting along with everybody, but if you can't get along with me its probably because you can't handle the truth. And I speak the truth. Word.