8:15

and it's still 101!

I HAVE SO HAD ENOUGH OF THIS!

MARGARITA MIX HAS YELLOW DYE IN IT!!!!!

First Maple Nut scones, then Skittles and now MARGARITAs. My own body is turning on me. Do you know of an all-natural, no artificial dye margarita mix? Lark had better start practicing up on that perfect margarita, cuz I am NOT giving them up. One glass with Kathy over guacamole after a swim in the 110 degree heat and my eye puffs up like Rocky socked me.

The good news - I did not get mis-quoted by the Modesto Bee. the article was mostly about the loss of dental for Medi-Cal clients, behavioral health was an "oh, yeah by the way". But, my little 2 line blurb was exactly what I said to him. Check it out here:

http://www.modbee.com/local/story/762149.html

Mis-Quote

Just had my second interview with the local paper in my career regarding program closures. At least it was a subject I knew. We'll see how I'm mis-quoted went it goes to print.
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PUHLEASE!!!!!!

I actually heard a newscaster last night say that Michael Jackson's death was a "defining moment in history"!!!!! Give me a break. Yes the guy was talented and yes he sold a lot of records. But come on an androgenous, pedophile, fallen pop icon's death is a defining moment. Maybe for his plastic surgeon. I was more interested in Farrah dying.
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THERE ARE A LOT OF...

really stupid people out there that California, in it's infinite wisdom, has trusted with a driver's license. Or maybe not.....

Dental polisher has dye in it. Luckily, my hygenist checked the box before using it on me. She did however use pumice. Isn't that what people use on their toilets?

There's naked man standing behind me whining about how bad he golfed today. While telling me at the same time how much fun he had. Go figure.

Arnold is rejecting the Democrats proposed budget because it increases taxes on oil and tobacco companies. Can you say special interests?

California is looking at opening up the ocean area around Santa Barbara for oil drilling. It isn't going to solve their/our problems.

I spent the day watch demos for a new IT system. At 4:15 when they started talking "platforms" and "architecture" I left. I have two more days of demos to go.

Loved last night's NCIS with the Christmas theme.

Last week's temperature averaged mid-80's. It was 101 today, Summer has arrived. I'm spending the weekend with an air conditioner.

Peace, what a concept.
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Things to Ponder

Like,...

*why, at 5:00 pm yesterday, was there a line out the door at the County Jail?

*why does a suped up VW Bug with handicapped plates need a rollbar?

*why do people camp out to be the first to buy an iPhone?

*why does a 50 year old woman suddenly become allergic to nuts and food dyes?

*how did the cat get behind the dryer?

And to quote the comedian Gallagher, if our knees bent the other way, what would chairs look like?

Just wondering

No Peppermint Candy!!!!

You know those innocent little peppermint candies you get at restaurants to kill the food taste? Well put those on my list of things to avoid. Big time reaction after just one. Red dye. I'm just going to have to stay away from anything red that is not ketchup. I'm in Roseville at a gathering (meeting). Had to leave at the last break to take a benadryl since the Zertec wasn't working. Ended up having to take 2 benadryls and a Prednisone to get thru the night. Still a little swollen, but nothing like last night.

Our meeting is scheduled to be over by 3:00, hopefully will be home by 5:00 depending on Friday afternoon traffic. Hubby and I have tickets for a Motown Revue at the Gallo tonight. speaking of hubby, he has contracted iPhone envy. The new ones have more features, not that he'd know what to do with them. Supposedly Apple is coming with a lower end iPhone, which is what he really wants.

PLAYING WITH PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS

My Compadres

Look who got to be front and center. That's what happens when you let your Facilities Manager take the picture.

WAKE UP, WAKE UP

So said my 4-footed alarm clocks both this morning and this evening. They know when it is 6:00.

Lark is in the hills playing golf, staying at a half million dollar "cabin" on a lake, for 2 days so I'm on my own, and loving it. I got up this morning at 6:00 when summoned, fed the cats, made chili for my lunch, did several loads of "dry-cleaning", played on the computer, did some digital scrapping, watched several episodes of NCIS, ate 3 bowls of my chili, then took a nap.

I was summoned again at 6:00 pm. Now I'm ready for part 2 of my day. I'll probably be up all night, but I can live with that.

Got a call from Kathy this morning that there was an accident outside my office. She couldn't see the building for the emergency vehicles, but it looked like it was intact. I didn't even bother to check it out. I'm on call so if it was anything worth worrying about, I'd get paged.

Just went out to get the mail. We have new neighbors that have taken over the street, literally. They have 3 cars, a boat and a jeep with flat tires. He's turning the garage into a "man cave" so they won't park anything in the garage. He's also tearing out his old fence and throwing the old planks in the street for city pick up, which they only will do once a month and just did it, for him, last week. Today there is a block long 5th wheel, still attached to the monster truck, parked across the front of the house, so they've taken over every bare space on the street for their vehicles. The boat ended up on the corner next to my driveway. Did I mention that there are only 2 of them living in the house? Between them and the house down the street with the junk piled in the driveway, we look like a scrap yard.

Love the weather. Been low 80's for weeks. It's mid June for Heaven's sake. It should be 90-110. I'm enjoying it while I can. We have one weather-guy who keeps talking about our monsoonal moisture. Great term. It can monsoon all it wants if I get to keep this with the slight breeze.

No State budget. What else is new? Everyday is a worse proposal. Now the State wants to borrow from the Counties. Who are they kidding? It is ugly in California. One of my co-workers was talking about legislators yesterday. I swore I heard her say Legislative Whores. She says that's not what she said, but it fits anyway. We have one program that defers jail time for certain drug offenders if they get treatment. Arnold has been trying to defund it since he got into office. The local law enforcement agencies hate the program, saying it doesn't work and decriminalizes drug use. Now it looks like it will finally get eliminated, but law enforcement has now decided it will impact their staffing too much, so they want it kept. I started calling them Grant Sluts. So we have Legislative Whores and Grant Sluts. No wonder California is a mess. To really show what a mess it is, I'm working on 2 board of supervisors agendas to go on the same day. One to eliminate the program I just mentioned and one to add $7million in prevention dollars. Weird.

But for now, I'm appreciating my quiet at home. Thinking about a bubble bath.

ps - speaking of weird, my latest allergic reaction - red and yellow coated generic Tylenol.
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PS

I just got my first Shutterfly album. It was a freebie. It turned out great. I even impressed Lark.
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Never Elect An Action Hero Governor!

Of course, he'll blame California's woes on Gray Davis who was in office about 5 minutes before he was recalled. He's spent millions on 2 special elections that both failed. I think he should have to reimburse every County for the costs. Now he's taking every General Fund penny from Counties. California is going to hell in a handbasket (whatever that means) and soon. There will be no public services. I want to move to Georgia. If I was even close to retiring I might consider it. Hell I may be one of the only County employees left pretty soon. I have more seniority than most.

I have now joined the ranks of Chiropractor devotees. My neck has been bothering me for some time, so I finally broke down and went to Lark's guy. He's a cutie. Probably the same height as Gary. His professional opinion is that my neck is "all boogered up" and has been for several years. I'm on the 15 session, re-eval plan. My neck hurt all day yesterday. Of course it is in spots it hasn't been in for years. I have another session Monday morning. Luckily he is 5 minutes from my office...if that.

New obsessions - Burn Notice (that guy has big teeth) and In Plain Sight (Mary says all the things I want to but can't without getting fired). I also watched the firtst episode of Royal Pains..pretty good.

Did you know that the current leader in golf's "prestigious" Memorial tournament is from Spring Creek? Yep, Matt Bettencourt. Lark plays with his dad quite often. He is currently the talk of the club. I'm just hoping he doesn't implode in today's final.

Kathy's back from Tennessee and survived. However, I don't believe she'll be going again anytime soon. Got left with StepMummy while everyone else went to Dollywood. Kathy says she huffed and puffed and slammed things until she finally took a nap and calmed down. She's a piece of work.

Till the next time Arnold does something stupid.
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