I am not an “asker”. I am not quite sure why I have such a hard time with simple requests, but I do. My momma is probably to blame, but that is for another time and another couch! This time I have a favor for all our Sunny listeners. I am asking you to help me get the chance to join Regis for a day on “The Regis and Kelly Show”. It’s a contest for Female Radio Hosts, and as fate would have it, that’s what my job description reads! Please go to www.regisandkelly.go.com and nominate me if you would like to see if we can pull this off. Thanks for the help! XO
Oh, Michael Bolton. Thee of Big voice and Bigger hair, you do know how to poke fun at yourself! In this clip from Jimmy Kimmel live…he cracks me up with his self-imposed takedown. Very Funny! Enjoy!Michael Bolton School!!! Like no other institution!
Clicking through the The Wallstreet Journal, and I stumbled upon something good and bad. It is a new rapid-fire approach to online auction sites called “Quibids” The concept is you buy “bids” at $.60 on the $1.00 and then use them to outlast other bidders for gifts. I won’t lie. It’s a slippery slope. The auctions are fast and the items come to your door in 3 days from the company and not a third party collector. So, I jumped in. I bought the beginner package: 75 bids for $45. Seventy-five opportunities to use your Blackjack skills and compete for items to ultimately be the final bidder. I missed out on many items before I won 20 free bids. Just enough to keep me hooked. But then, the aisles parted and there, glowing like the most beautiful treasure on earth, stood a stainless steel Black and Decker toaster oven. Did I need one? Of course not! Did I want one? You bet! I fought back the flanking bids from “minenow” and won’tquit26″, and then the bidding ran out. I won! I won! I get my new toaster in 3 days! Sure, my co-workers mock me mercilessly, but in 3 days I will fire up a 9″ pizza and relish in my conquest-even if I paid twice what it was worth! Oh well, in “Quibids” as in life: It’s the small victories that count!!! Fess up now, I know I’m not alone! Oh, and “won’tquit26″, back off!
My son, Graham, is a few weeks away from graduating and I am feeling it all beginning to stir up inside me, already. His senior picture photographer selected a few kids to interview…and here is what she posted. I thought I would share since many of you were along with me the day I gave birth and shared the first announcement of the event on the radio. Where does the time go?video.php?v=1228081234895&ref=mf
I am currently in a third-party battle with a big box retailer I recently purchased a washer and dryer from, and the third party I had to involve is the Better Business Bureau. I have never had to call in the BBB’s re-enforcements like this, but that is how mad and frustrated I have gotten over this mess!
Short Story–made Long: Like most people waiting for a new purchase I was given a window of time. The time the first go around was not the issue, this time my appliances were delivered without the essential parts or manual, so the hook-up for the steam feature could not be performed. I was told I would need to call the store and get the parts and then reschedule.
I did what they said, and mentioned I should not have to pay for the incomplete delivery and installation. I waited for parts to be delivered, (over a week and a half), then I called to schedule delivery, and give the manager sales check numbers so I could be reimbursed , he claimed to not know what I was talking about. Eventually he relented and told me the delivery department would call the next night to give me my window of time for the next day. They never called. I called the manager the next day. He said he messed up it was the following day from 8-10 AM. Then late the same day I got a call that it was 3:30-5:50 that day instead ( are you following any of this???It gets worse!) So Saturday a little after 2 pm, I am told it will be between 5:30-7:30! 7:25 PM comes and still no delivery. I call the central number and I am told they are still coming! 9:14 PM comes and still no delivery! I again am told they are still coming???? What???? It now is Saturday night…and I am not letting some strange men into my house!!! I ask to talk to a supervisor and am sent into on-hold oblivion and then eventually kicked back to the company’s “dot.com” website!
I lost an entire day, was jerked around all day, and still don’t have a working dryer!!!
The men/women in the white hats—the BBB—have it now. I will update you as I know more! Have you had this experience? It feels awful!
My partner in crime, Dino, is absolutely giddy over the beginning of March Madness. I love the basketball showdown too, but I wonder if the craziness surrounding it would be as bonkers if it were in another month. For instance, if it were November Madness and closer to they holidays, would it get lost? Is this lull between Christmas and the beginning of summer just prime for the picking and that is why we are all so desperate for a little mid-spring action? I’m just asking because I need to reason away my psychosis when I start rooting loudly and embarrassingly for the Buckeyes! Surely it’s not me; it’s the calendar!!
This week I had to make a difficult decision: whether I wanted to put my kids on a plane to fly alone for the first time to vist their Nana and Papa in Florida for Spring Break. This would mean traveling without Mom!! I struggled with this one. I am always with them when they fly. They need me with them..right? What if they had a problem? Who will make decisions and protect them? Surely, that’s my job and a necessary one at that!
So, I posed the question to you, our listeners, and you convinced me that they would be fine and I should quit clipping their wings and let them fly, both literally and figuratively. My logical mind says you are right and that they should go. My mommy heart says they grow up too fast and I want them to always need me. I know I NEED to let them go, it’s just that I don’t WANT to let them go.
Ultimately, they will be on a beach in no time without giving me, nor the flight, a second thought. As for me, I will pace until they return and then pretend that it never bothered me at all. Grin and bare it! That’s what I do. I’m a mom afterall!!
Three Cheers for one of our recent 20 Outstanding Women award recipients! Catherine Harper Lee, founder of The Justice League of Ohio, is one of five women throughout the United States nominated for a presitigious national award and the opportunity to bring her non-profit group and the state of Ohio a much needed $50,000 boost. This means she needs us to help her by voting for Catherine and her efforts, and help her win The Diane VonFurstenberg “People’s Voice” Award. Go to http://inside.dvf.com/awards
Outstanding Women doing Outstanding Things! Go Cathy!!!!
We have had our bounty of snow in Central Ohio to say the least! Frankly, I am becoming very weery! Navigating the roadways is never fun after a blast of winter, and doing so before the plows get the job done in the wee hours of the morning is a bit nerve wracking too. But, the bigger annoyance for me is the fact that I eat away my snow stress. It’s a criminal act, and comfort food consumption should be a crime! I worked hard a month ago to lose a few pounds, cleanse and workout. Now, all of that work has been stolen from me by a heinous criminal that can be found on Paula Dean’s website! It’s taunts me, it pokes and prods me, and ultimately drags me into a world of high fat, grossly unhealthy consumption. It whirls me around into a vicious shame spiral: “It tastes so good!”…”I have to eat it!”…”It makes me happy!”…”Why did I eat that?”…”I need to stop!”… “I need to get in shape!” But, the snow doesn’t end and neither does my need for a little edible TLC. Hurry Spring! Until then, Paula Dean, what should I make for dinner?
The statistic to mull over today claims that 15% of women buy flowers for themselves on Valentine’s Day. Really? Aside from decorating the house before company visits, I never buy myself flowers. It doesn’t matter how single I am on Valentine’s Day either, I can’t see myself calling up a floral shop and sending myself flowers. Plus, my voice is fairly recognizable, so I don’t dare chance it! But, I ask you, have you ever sent yourself flowers? Even more odd, did you surprise yourself when they came to the door? HA! Whichever way you celebrate the holiday, have a great one!
