Parking drama

So I'm laying out on my patio, reading my new book and enjoying the sun, when my phone rings. It was Diamond Realty. I assumed they were calling about the maintenance request I made, but no, apparently my neighbor called to complain about me because I parked in front of his apartment. 99% of the time I park across the street, but the gutter across the street is totally full of trash, so I didnt want to park there this time. Seeing as how my neighbor has a driveway and a garage, I figured it'd be perfectly fine for me to park there. Public street and all. But no. Not only does he call to complain less than thirty minutes after I parked there, but he tells me them that I leave my car there for days on end without moving it. Um, no. For one thing, this is the first time I've parked there in months. For another, I work, so my car never stays in the same spot for days on end. For yet another, it's a public street. The dumbass from Diamond kept trying to tell me that it's his spot, and my spot is in my garage. So... Let me get this straight, this guy gets three spots- one in his garage, one in his driveway, and one on the street, and got so pissed that he had to park in front of my car that he called to complain and make up lies about me? WTF??????

I need to move. I need to move. I need to move. OMG

beer? please?

Ugh, so I go to Vons to buy some beer and groceries and stuff (ok, so yeah, the main point was the beer), get in line, and realize I forgot my id. Damn. Oh well. I buy the nonalcoholic stuff, and come back for the beer. I got in the same line as before, which happened to have the store manager at the register. Not only did he not immediately recognize me from ten minutes ago, he gave me a completely blank look when I said "I'm back for my beer, this time with my id!" So he finally figures out that the beer I was pointing to was, indeed, mine, and goes to get it. And then drops it. And then for some reason, rings in a couple other things I was getting, making everyone else behind me wait for him to call someone up front to take away the broken box, then wait as he called another person up to get me a new box. Why he couldn't have just rang in the broken box and then gave me the new later, or just skipped me and helped the people behind me (which I offered), I don't know. Then the Vons discount wouldn't work and he overcharged me by like $15. All in all, it took me about an hour and a half to get some beer. Which I shall now enjoy.

(Firestone Double Barrel, in case you were wondering)

Purging

Well Leah informed me today that you can make yourself throw up by putting your finger in the back of your mouth and some girls will do it 5 or 6 times a day to be skinny. A little disturbed by her knowledge I asked her where she had heard it. My teacher told me about it and said that if any one in the class is doing it they should stop and there are other ways to get skinny.

She is nine, she is in third grade, and she is not conscious of her body yet let alone weight gain. I am disturbed that her teacher is planting these seeds of self image and purging into her classroom of 8/9 year old girls. I understand that they are learning body parts yet find it troubling that her teacher would focus on, of all the million and one details of how our bodies function, on the negative affects of purging. Come on teacher of all the wonderful and insightful things Leah has come home and shared with me this one really sent me into an outrage.

Why is no one Outraged?

We must all be very happy at the moment. :) Yay for us! :)

Dare I say BEYOND Outraged!!!

So, I totally have a problem with peeling eggs.. Yes, I said peeling hard boiled eggs... As a kid growing up I never had a problem, but now I can't seem to get it right. The are peeling off everything but the shell.. It's very frustrating! I am a perfectionist and don't want them all messy and gouged out looking.. You certainly can't make deviled eggs with them looking all crazy! Martha would be appalled and so would I.

My mom says right when they are done she puts them in cold water and they peel fine. Alton Brown says to peel them in warm water.. I'll tell you the the warm is not working..

Please help? I truly need answers.

Survivor

We just found our that our dvr has not been recording survivor. Grrr Apparently it was set to record on channel 380 which we do not get. I have fixed it and we will be recording from now on but we missed the first couple shows. Come on dvr there are a few things we really long for you to come through for us and recording 16 episodes of Dora is not one of them.

Geeky Oops!

Somehow when Chris was trying to help me to fix something on my computer, he accidently deleted ALL my passwords that were in the cookies. So, right now, when I went to log in, I had to try and remember what my password to blogger was.. UGH. I'm not mad at him, but it is very annoying!