Word of the Day

presumptuous

DEFINITION: (adjective) going beyond the limits of courtesy or appropriateness.

EXAMPLE: The senator winced when the presumptuous young staffer addressed him as "Chuck."

SYNONYMS: arrogant, audacious, conceited

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Finally

I think I've finally kicked this nasty cold. I have my voice back, it's still a little froggy in the morning but by the second cup of coffee all is well. We have our big ass 6 month audit coming up on Wednesday and everyone has their undies in a bundle at work. I worked two hours of overtime tonight getting ready for it and will probably work a couple hours OT again tomorrow. I like the extra money and the work is not bad, just checking the inventory to make sure everything is where it's supposed to be.

I went out and shoveled snow tonight, I have not shoveled the last couple times it snowed so I had quite a bit to clear. It was not bad, pretty light snow, it was just really windy. It seemed like every time I threw a shovel of snow it blew back into my face.

I started my winter work-out routine on Saturday; Sunday as always, was my relaxation day and because of the overtime and shoveling I did not workout tonight. Tomorrow I plan to get back at it, I can really tell how lazy I've been. After about an hour on the bike trainer I was getting tired. I found out last winter that if I pop a movie in I can ride for the length of the movie, the more exciting the movie the better the ride. So needless to say they are mostly FX movies. I'm also adding some weight training into my workout. Lord knows I need to work on getting back some of my strength this desk job is killing me.

That's about it, I am so happy to finally be rid of this cold, it REALLY sucked not having a voice.

Only the good News

So far so good, I haven't read any bad News today. I tried to stay off the Internet as much as possible but as luck would have it our system was down at work so I did not have a lot that I could do. When that happens I we still have access to the Internet just not the programs I need to do my job. So, what else is a girl to do? Because I work for the government we have limited access on the Internet, but I did find some fun good News. For example: a rare Tree Kangaroo gave birth to twins at the Lincoln Children's Zoo in Omaha Nebraska.

I read my horoscope for today:

January 11, 2009

1. Capricorn (12/22-1/19)

   You usually have good judgment when it comes to getting to know people, but it might be a little bit clouded right now. This new person that you are dying to get to know better, for example -- are they really deserving of this level of your admiration? Think about this long and hard today, because who you bring into your life is not a choice to make lightly. Make sure you're choosing these people based on the right reasons. Disposable friendships are more trouble than they're worth.

That has me wondering as I can't think of any one I've been dying to get to know better. I do believe this is a good piece of advice for me because I have been known to bring some crazy people into my world. I've always learned something from them but it can be a tumultuous ride.

I read a bunch of Mountain biking blogs and websites this afternoon, makes me want to go out for a ride. Maybe if the weather warms up on Friday or Saturday I can get my bike out.

I put Dianetics on the back shelf as Dave, my co-worker brought in Brisingr by Christopher Paolini for me to read. I've been waiting for this book to get to the library but it hasn't arrived yet. I noticed last week that Dave was reading Eragon which is the first book of this series so we started chatting about it. I just finished reading Eragon and Eldest about a month ago, Dave read them both in the past and recently picked up Brisingr but wanted to re-read the first two. He offered to let me read Brisingr, now who in their right mind can pass up that kind of offer? I still plan to finish Dianetics but I need to make sure I am done with Brisingr before Dave is ready to read it. I love me some fantasy and/or science fiction books, give me wizards and dragons and lots of magic! Fortunately today is Sunday which is my relaxation evening, I can hear the cozy chair calling my name. I think I might even crack a bottle of that 3 buck Chuck.

This is harder than I thought

Keeping my New Year's resolution is going to be difficult especially on days like today when I really have nothing to post. I tried to stay off the Internet as much as possible today; I've been spending way too much time reading the News. I am not happy about what is happening in our world, it seems every day somebody is bombing somebody else. This is something I just don't understand. And for the most part it's all about religion. OK, I can understand dying for your beliefs but killing for them? That just goes against everything I believe.

Jihad, even writing it will probably throw up flags every where but it's what us Americans have come to know as "holy war." One of the sites I recently visited about scared the hell out of me, What Every American Needs To Know About Jihad, take a look. If you "google" jihad you will come up with so much information it would take you weeks to get through it. I just cannot get my mind around the idea of killing people because they do not have the same beliefs, ideas, thoughts, religion, whatever as I do. How can anyone truly believe that it is Ok, let alone a good thing to take the life of another human being?

I seriously need to stop reading the News and focus on more positive things. Tomorrow is Sunday the beginning of the week, I think I'll take a week off from the News, no paper, no internet surfing, just focus on some good healthy things. Like porn or something, Kidding! I think I'll work on this years bike rides and get all of my maps printed and organized. Hell I have a riding group I need to get together and set up. Sunny warm days are just around the corner.