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10 Technologies that will change your life.

thotlady — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:01:52 +0000

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Gene Therapy and/or Stem Cells

A lot of maladies actually involve inherited conditions-they’re in your genes, in other words. But scientists are working to change those genes and trick defective cells into growing correctly. Perhaps, someday, birth defects will be as treatable as pneumonia.

-thotlady

What do you do after work?

thotlady — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:01:39 +0000

Seriously. I want to know. The 5 o’clock whistle blows.

So, what happens at the end of your day? Now I realize each day may be a little different, but generally speaking…do you go home and veg out in front of the television. Do you have to pick up your kids from soccer…ballet…choir…you name it?

Me, I used to come home from work most days and walk my puppies. Charlotte and Bramwell. They greet me at the door with exultation. I can’t begin to tell you how that feels. Well, if you have dogs, you know how that feels.

This is an aside…when I go into the bathroom each time, I go through a little inventory of my life…yes I do. I ask myself…how am I feeling today?…fat, tired, energetic, young, old, excited. I go through the gambit. I do this every time I enter the bathroom stall…I know, crazy right?

I do a smaller version of this on my way home from work each night. Is this what my life is…

Get up
Shower
Get dressed
Eat Breakfast
Watch a little morning news
Walk Bramwell
Give Bramwell a dog biscuit on our return
Dry and style my hair
Brush my teeth
Shut the pocket doors
Turn off the lights
Turn off the T.V.
Turn on the radio
Give Brammy a dog biscuit
Grab my purse and sometimes my workout clothes
Turn and say to Brammy…Guard the house!
Drive to work
Work
Lunch
Drive home from work…and here is where I divert…sometimes, I go to the grocery store, or workout, or stop after work for a glass of wine or two with a co-worker
Arrive home
Walk Bramwell
Eat dinner
Watch some T.V.
If I am ambitious, do some laundry
If I am ambitious, brush my teeth, and then…
Go to bed
Then I wake up…and start all over again

I do fit in some knitting and reading along the way. I Skyped with my sister and her significant other tonight. I love connecting with family.

So what does the end of your day look like?

-thotlady

LOST meets Baywatch

thotlady — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:53:13 +0000

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Tired…and LOST

thotlady — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:35:17 +0000

Well, it’s Tuesday night. LOST just ended. Gosh I love that show. I am going to miss it. 9 more episodes ’til the finale.

And there they are

Llana

Richard Eyeliner

Claire

Sayid

Kate

Sawyer (James)

John Locke (Black thing)

Jack

Jin

Ben Linus

Hurley

Sun

Miles

Lapidus (We’re not going to Guam are we?)

I do believe the two parallel worlds of the castaways will collide in the end. How that plays out is anybody’s guess. It was a nice touch this week when Linus redeemed himself in the eyes of his daughter. I do feel like he has drifted quite far from his original character. Ben and Locke seemed to have changed the most through the seasons.

The writers of LOST are very good. I do hope they manage to pull it all together to their audience’s satisfaction.

I’ll just leave you with this little gem…

Sawyer beautiful Sawyer

-thotlady

Monday morning

thotlady — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:32:51 +0000

Mondays are always difficult for me. A crashing end to the weekend, then going back to the rat-race that is work. My department is in the process of hiring an associate dean. This has been going on for a year. This is the third iteration. Hopefully we will hire one from the four candidates we are interviewing.

I am in charge of creating and setting up the agenda for each candidate’s visit. We bring them in for 2-1/2 days of interviews, campus tours, meeting with faculty/staff/students and giving them a tour of the city. A lot of work and logistics are involved. Needless to say not a lot of other work gets done. On top of that my boss is traveling to the West Indies soon and I am in charge of scheduling her flight, lodging and itinerary to three campuses in Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad/Tobago. Also a lot of work.

Well, we are on the third candidate for the associate dean position, we have the fourth coming in on Wednesday. So by the end of the week, we should be finished.

So, Monday is not my favorite day of the week. But, my mom would say…at least you have a job. Yes mom I know.

-thotady

How crazy is this…

thotlady — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:25:40 +0000

I am applying for a new job at the university where I work. Of course I filled out an application for the position with human resources. At the end of the application there was a note that said you will also have to fill out a supplemental application from the department itself that they will send you.

Okay, so I finally received the supplemental application in my email. I begin to fill it out. They ask for 5 personal references, which cannot be your family or previous employers. Five seems like a lot to me. But I asked five of my friends if they would be so kind as to be my personal reference. Sheesh.

Then at the bottom of the application I have to list every job I had in the past. Name of employer, address of employer, phone number, supervisor, dates of employment, salary, description of work, why I left…HELLO…all of this information is on the main application with Human Resources not to mention it is duplicated on my resume. Three times, they get this information.

Now I ask you. Is that really necessary? How crazy is this…

-thotlady

P.S. And at the very bottom of the application they ask for a copy of my high school diploma and my birth certificate. I don’t even know if I still have my high school diploma, since I received it 35 years ago…you heard me…35 years ago. Can I retire yet?

Charlotte my sweet Charlotte

thotlady — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:01:28 +0000

I can’t stop thinking about you…

…why would I even want to my precious, precious baby…

your sweet little paws…

…you went through so much…

I am just not whole without you.

…you are my inspiration…Charlotte.

-thotlady

Who makes the decisions in your family?

thotlady — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:50:08 +0000

I have been married for almost 13 years. Bogie and I met in 1994 while we were both teaching at a private school in Wisconsin. I was teaching Math and he taught History. But I digress.

I was 38 years old and had been making my own decisions about my life for 20 years. Probably more, if truth be told. When we got married in the summer of 1997 I was 40 years old. Yes, it was my first marriage. So needless to say, I had lived 20 years of my adult life alone. By myself. Making my own decisions. I thought of myself as very independent.

When two people get married, all that changes. Overnight, decisions you make involve two people not one. If you have a good marriage (does anyone even know what a good marriage is?), you make decisions jointly, when possible.

At the beginning of our marriage together it was easier to compromise. You are in love, the whole world seems wonderful, so whats a little give and take. We did agree on most things.

The one area we have always struggled with in our marriage is…money. No surprise there, isn’t money the number one cause of divorce in this country? Bogie is, shall we say, frugal. I am cautious with our money. On a scale from 1 to 10, if frugal is 10, then cautious is 6 or 7.

What does this all mean you ask? Well, if I were to tell you the many conversations we have had about money, it would take until 2025. So, I will just give you one example on how we differ when it comes to money.

Recently, I had a small car accident with our SUV. I backed out of our driveway into a poorly parked car. My left rear bumper and the spare tire cover was damaged. The parked vehicle had its front right bumper damaged. Now our car insurance policy, like many all car insurance policies, has a deductible. Our deductible is $500.00. Since this accident was my fault and if we wanted to get our vehicle repaired, we would have to pay the deductible.

Yesterday I took the SUV to a repair shop to get an estimate on what it would cost to repair the damage. The total isn’t important to this story (ok, it was $1,200). Last night Bogie remembered that I had this appointment. He asked about it. I told him what the cost would be to repair the vehicle.

Bogie: We would have to pay the $500 deductible right?.

Me: That is correct.

Bogie: That seems like a lot of money just to repair a small dent in the rear bumper.

Me: I appreciate your input.

That was the end of our conversation on the matter. For last night anyway.

It has taken me almost 13 years to get to a place where my response to this type of comment is I appreciate your input. I think I have grown a great deal. This is the type of decision I used to make all on my own. Back in the day.

So, I have a question for all 5 of my readers…repair the car, or don’t repair the car?

-thotlady

Happy Valentine’s Day

thotlady — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:01:15 +0000

love

bogie

brammy

charlotte

bronte

tuna

yarn

floor fans

slippers

volkswagen beetles

boots

snow

wisconsin

dad

chocolate

smiles

puppies

books

giraffes

fiscal responsibility

teddy bears

chocolate chip cookies

red heads

i love lucy

dragonflies

mom

knitting

cathy

connie

joe

pillow talk

tiramasu

weekends

family

charmed

-thotlady

thotlady — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:06:10 +0000

FRIDAY NIGHT!

nuff said

-thotlady