decorative image decorative image
Autumn's Mom decorative image
My Photo
Name:
Location: Northern California, United States

Hey. I see you there. Thanks for the visit, hope I'll be seeing you again soon.

Yahoo! Avatars Tommy's Mommy
Thinking About
Maya's Granny
Ted
Dooce
Homesick Home
Cherry
Ms. Mamma
My Masala
Life on Manitoulin
Donnaz Chaos
The Mommy Diaries
Starshinereport
Beenzzz
La Luna
Gina
Hello, Melissa
Daily Coyote
Sunshine
BiteMyCookie
Dottie's Weight Loss Zone
Celebrity Baby Blog
People Magazine
dlisted
TMZ
May I have your attention?
Happy 3rd of July
Happy Birthday Twins
6 Questions
So Wrong
I've Come Full Circle
Condolences
Please Don't Tell Me It's Going To Be a Shitty Fri...
Not One, But THREE..shoot make that four
I Wanna Be A Cowgirl!
November 2005
December 2005
January 2006
February 2006
March 2006
April 2006
May 2006
June 2006
July 2006
August 2006
September 2006
October 2006
November 2006
December 2006
January 2007
February 2007
March 2007
April 2007
May 2007
June 2007
July 2007
August 2007
September 2007
October 2007
November 2007
December 2007
January 2008
February 2008
March 2008
April 2008
May 2008
June 2008
July 2008

Powered by Blogger

Title Images: Image Cafe
Image Hosting: Flickr
Design: Design in Reflection
Geeky Friend: Tommy's Daddy

 


Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Wordless Wednesday

posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:20 AM - 8 WTF!

 


Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Do You Ever Feel Like You've Never Used a Computer Before?

I came into work this morning and planned to pay some bills. I do the same thing I always do. I get on the internet, surf, read some blogs then if need be, I pay some bills. I go to my bank, log in and we're all set. I click on bill pay and have to log in again. Ok, must be a little glitch. I log in again, yes everything is fine. Click on bill pay and why do I have to log in again?? Third time is a charm. I log in again and now I can't access my account. WTF!?! I call the bank. No, I can't help you, I'll transfer you to web help. Fine, fine, nice hold music. I get the girl on the phone and we go through this again, no I still can't get it. It says to call you. You don't see that I'm locked out? Well I am, so now what? Let's try to reset your passoword. Yea, I've been meaning to do that anyway. Done. Now try to log in. I'm trying. It's kicking me back to enter new password information. Yes, it will ask you twice. If you say so. Try again, and I'm still not getting in. WTF! grrrrr No, I'm not mad at you. She puts me on hold while she scratches her butt in wonderment. While I am on hold, I notice at the top of my window the "not allowing pop ups" message has appeared. Shit. I'm the idiot. I click to allow pop ups and try again. And nothing. Shoot. She comes back on and asks me another question, then puts me back on hold. At this point, I'm about to give up. Then I actually read what the screen is telling me. Enter OLD password. Then NEW password. FUCK. Have you never done this before??? Yes, I actually asked myself this out loud. As I'm entering in the information correctly, she comes back on line. I'm going to have to make out a service request because you've crashed our entire system. No! Wait, I think I have it!!!!! hoooraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! I'm in.

Yes, sorry for the inconvience. That was me saying that.

posted by Autumn's Mom at 9:14 AM - 6 WTF!

 


Monday, January 29, 2007

Manic Monday

Mood of the Day: PMS-esque

Song of the Day: Wreck of the Day by Anna Nalick

Word of the Day: F%%$!!

What's up for the Day: Work, almost called in dead.

Back in the Day: Pink lipstick by Wet n Wild

Tomorrow? More of the same

posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:17 AM - 5 WTF!

 


Saturday, January 27, 2007

Typical Saturday

Well it didn't start that typically. I got up at 8. I usually don't even open my eyes til about 10. But I'd told my neighbor (not the psycho) that I wanted to walk this morning. Well it turned into a frigid bitch outside so I said no way jose. Walked on the treadmill instead. Then at 10 I was off to the hair dresser. It was just me and her in the shop so it was fun.



Today will be filled with laundry, recycling, dog and cat poop scooping and EATING. Tonight, I'm going to a crab feed with my SIL and BIL. M is working long hours and will be coming home to sleep til Monday. Autumn doesn't eat crab (ewww GROSS) and will be going to a spaghetti feed for the silly cheerleaders with her friends. Wanna see her cute outfit???



Hello, 1986? Thanks for the sweater!! I totally would have wore this with black leggings, white and black scrunch socks and my white high tops.

Have a great weekend!

posted by Autumn's Mom at 12:12 PM - 8 WTF!

 


Friday, January 26, 2007

a little book meme

Because it's Friday...

the page 123 meme:

This is how it works:
1. Find the nearest book.
2. Name the book & the author.
3. Turn to page 123.
4. Go to the fifth sentence on the page. Copy out the next three sentences and post to your blog. 5. Tag three more folks.

Ready, set, GO!

The book I'm reading is called I'm not mad, I just hate you! A new understanding of mother-daughter conflict. Written by Roni Cohen-Sandler PhD and Michelle Silver.

Page 123, Fifth sentence:

"At first the challenge of choosing battles wisely can make every day feel like an uphill climb. You may find that even after weighing the facts carefully, you still areen't sure whether confronting your daughter on a specific issue is right or wrong. Unfortunately there are no magic formulas or absolutes to offer."

Now, where was I.....

posted by Autumn's Mom at 7:26 AM - 5 WTF!

 


Thursday, January 25, 2007

Canine Idol



Minnie, you are no Chuck but you moved me. You're going to Hollywood baby!

posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:25 AM - 5 WTF!

 


Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Fine. Don't Brush Them.

Autumn,

I'm writing this to let you know that I'm not going to fight you any more on brushing your teeth. I'm tired of the fighting and yelling. I'm tired of you telling me you did and then how you dry your toothbrush. You don't want to brush your teeth, then don't. They are yours and you have to live with them. If you don't mind walking around with yellow fur covered teeth, then me neither. If your friends don't mind your stank ass breath, that's great. You really have some life long friends there. If you can face the dentist and explain to him why you don't brush your teeth, wow then you are braver than me sister.

I've explained how not brushing your teeth will lead to them rotting and falling out painfully. Bright side? I'm sure that it won't hinder your career in the carnival arts. Know this, every year when you come to town, I will be there supporting you. Because I love you. Even without teeth. That's how you came into this world. I don't think you'll be as cute as then, but if you can live with it, so can I.

I think I'm going to rest easy tonight knowing that you not brushing your teeth means no boy is going to want to kiss you. In the end, that's all I really care about.

Love,

Mama

posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:17 AM - 8 WTF!

 


Tuesday, January 23, 2007

It's Gonna Take More Than Daiquiri's To Fix This

*UPDATED* Thought I'd share some more. So after sitting on hold for an hour and a half. Yea, you read that right. Finally got through to tech support. Stayed on the phone with them for almost an hour. The problem? Well that's a good question, because even they don't know. We still can't get in, they weren't able to help us over the phone. So now they are emailing us this form to complete so they can access our system and passwords and whatever. And this? Costs $75. We're feeling a little held hostage, ransomed, left for dead right about now.





This week has gotten off to a rocky start. Well, lets back up, Last week ended badly, this week is really just a continuation. I really like my job and where I work. The reason why is that it's low pressure, low maintenance, and most of the time a very pleasant place to be if I'm not going to be sitting at home watching TV all day. Well, it was.

Everything here seems to be breaking. I'm beginning to think we have gremlins or something. Or really really bad karma. Our work horse of a printer, which loudly, proudly serves us every day is dying. It's around 7 years old, a good Hewlett Packard. The place where I work, is in a dust field. Very Rural. So everything in this place is full of dust, dirt maybe a little grease. But still, it's been a good little machine. Friday, it just about quit printing. Every month I have to print out our rental invoices. There are about 115. It almost quit at about a hundred. I had to sit at the machine and lift the lid after each print because it said it was jammed. Lift the lid, get one print. Lift the lid, get one print. Yea, I don't have the patience for that kind of crap. Boss took apart and tried to blow it clean, but the sensor is pretty much shot. We don't have a maintenance contract on it, so we either need to pony up for a new one or call a repair guy like yesterday.

Problem #2, we use Peachtree software. Very easy to use. Older version had some quirks. We called about the new upgrade for 2007. Oh yea, it's faster, bigger database. No more multi user conflicts when printing or saving. Yes, YOU. WILL. LOVE. IT. Guys, so not loving it. It's slower than it was before. Still having multi user conflicts and NOW, we can't get into on of our companies. And it's tax time. First deadline is next week. I'm pretty much dead in the water. Oh, and you try to call these people? They don't exist. You call and get 4 different #'s. No, that is not a joke. It was 4. You need to talk to warranty. You know what? I don't think the warranty department exists. We've sat on hold for 45 minutes three different times and there is no one there. No one.


You may experience long wait times. We apologize for any inconvenience. Ok, Fuck you and your apology. Just pick up the phone. I won't yell. Really. I'm calm.

ANSWER THE PHONE!

Seriously though, I think I'm gonna have to move on to the hard stuff.

posted by Autumn's Mom at 9:27 AM - 4 WTF!

 


Monday, January 22, 2007

About Those Movies

The weekend is over already? It's a wicked pisser. We had a pretty good weekend. I purposely didn't make any plans so I could lounge in my PJ's if I wanted. Which I did some. I'm at a loss as to what we did Saturday. Grocery store? Laundry? Anyway, Saturday early evening, we were invited to dinner with M's work buddies. His best buddy and car pooler is actually a chick. I'll call her Curly Top. I usually refer to her as his girlfriend, but one time she overheard me on the phone say this and I don't think she liked it. I think she really wants me to know that it's ok that they are friends. She's happily married and M, well he's married to ME! hahaha It was nice to have dinner with them and see M with his buddies. He doesn't have too many friends outside of work and sometimes I feel badly about that. I'm glad he's made some new friends at his newish job. They have the same interests, fishing, hunting, camping. YUCK! I'm just not that much of an out doorsy kind of girl. I did commit to one time going out on the boat. WHEN IT'S WARM. And maybe I'll go camping with them. Although, I think they are leaning towards going to their cabin in Tahoe. Now THAT's what I'm talking about.


Horrorfest 07' was pretty good. We started with The Ring with Autumn loved. Her friend just thought it was ok. I kept pausing the movie at the parts where their faces were contorted in that scared to death pose, cause I thought it was funny. The next movie was I Know What You Did Last Summer. This put Autumn's friend to sleep. She didn't like the hook very much. hahaha By Sunday night, Autumn had enough. We watched Scream 3, I love the scream movies, and she went onto the computer. She was done! Of course, I wanna keep going. But I can watch them without her. She asked me if she was going to have nightmares last night. I asked if she had nightmares the night before and she said no. There ya go then. She didn't wake up or wake me up rather. I almost miss those nights when little Autumn would wake me up. Almost.

I haven't watch my $6.99 copy of the Da Vinci Code yet. I have seen this at the movies once. As to your question PY, there are movies I will watch a hundred times. Usually, a squishy chick flick where I know all the words. When I'm alone, it's like having an old friend over. A movie like the Da Vinci Code, I may watch once or twice a year. I don't buy DVD's like I used to. Unless I find one for $6.99. It's an expensive habit, ask my sister in law (wink). And since he buys them ALL, I can just "borrow" from them. I think another reason I don't mind watching something over again, is because I don't really retain the plot. I may remember some things here and there but like when I watched Scream 3 again, I couldn't remember who the killer was. So, there you have it.

Hope you weekend was fabulous. Can't wait to read about it!

posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:27 AM - 8 WTF!

 


Saturday, January 20, 2007

Reason To Live In a Small Town #58

Home town video store.

We live in a town so small (how small is it?) sorry, couldn't resist. We don't have Safeway or Blockbuster or Chilis. We have locally owened businesses. Which can be good, but sometimes can be expensive like in the case of our grocery store. No buy one get one free deals here. It's the oppposite though, with the video store. We went tonight to stock up for Horrorfest 07'. Me and the girls will be watching two of the three Scream movies, The Ring and I Know What You Did Last Summer. Yes, I know, my parenting skills at their finest. Whatever.

Anyway, as I go to pay, there is a shelf with movies for sale. All DVD's for $6.99. Usually, it's full of movies no one but maybe a 14 boy would care about. Today it was a goldmine! I bought a brand newish copy of the Da Vinci Code for $6.99. It's a two disc DVD so that means each disc was only $3.49. I checked, and it retails on Amazon for $16.99. I saved $10!! Yay me!

I will never get tired of finding a bargain. If I became a millionaire tomorrow, I'd still be looking for a deal like this. That's how the rich stay rich right?

posted by Autumn's Mom at 7:13 PM - 7 WTF!

 


Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Who Do You Think Did It?





You have nothing to fear. Nothing. But El Chupacabra

posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:54 PM - 5 WTF!

 


Tuesday, January 16, 2007

I Wanna Be An American Idol, NOT!

So, is everyone watching American Idol except J? I tell everyone I'm not going to watch the auditions, cause they are just so very very bad. Yet, here I am crouched up under my desk with my arms reaching up to type this to you.

This little boy right now must have just said he has the vocal range of Mariah Scary and he's got the best talent so far.

M asks me, "Is he singing that song from Titanic??"

Me, "Uh, is that what it is?" My fucking heart will go on. No, I think if I watch the rest of this shit, my heart will just stop beating. Forever.

Coming up, Jewel slits her wrists on national television.

And later, Paula and Simon finally have sex in Randy's lap.

Dot OUT.

posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:17 PM - 9 WTF!

 


Monday, January 15, 2007

I'm Right Here DUH!

I'm still here in Podunk. I threw my back bit last week and just wasn't feeling myself. My back is just another reminder that my big ol butt is just too much to haul around on my 5 foot frame. So this morning, feeling a thousand times better than a week ago, I walked. And then ate about 5 brownies at my sister in laws birthday party. Oh well.

Tomorrow IS another day. I love that phrase. It's like my mantra. And in my head, I always say it in that southern Miss Scarlet voice. If I said it out loud, people would look at me funny. Like they don't already. I kind of feel like I've lost my rythem with this blogging thing. Maybe it's the Aleve and muscle relaxers. Maybe it's the cold. Maybe it's because it hasn't rained in like FOREVER. It's the global warming thing isn't? Or more importantly, it's because I just refuse to watch an Inconvenient Truth. That's what it is. I know it will rain and replenish us if I just stop being a stupid baby and watch that damn thing. I'm sorry folks. It's my fault. I'll add it to Netflix. You trust me, right?

It seems I've also missed DELURKING WEEK. You were all waiting for your chance and I let you down. Well, I'm extending it for one. more. day. If you feel like you wanna, please by all means DELURK. If you don't feel like you wanna that's ok.

Tomorrow IS another day.

posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:34 AM - 5 WTF!

 


Sunday, January 14, 2007

Free SHWAG


Look what came in the mail friday...

posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:30 PM - 6 WTF!

 


Sunday, January 07, 2007

Meet My Future Husband




I could sit for two hours through the crappiest movie just to watch this man. And I love how he sounds when he swears. (growwwll) It must be the british accent. We saw Children of Men and it was a pretty tense couple of hours. I thought it was good, I like the director. But there were so many unanswered questions. Like, why could the humans no longer reproduce, but the animals could?? I guess I'd have to read the book. Of course, I let the unexplainable go just to watch yummy Clive brood his way thought it all. I'm not going to bore you here with a review because it's just not my thing. If you like Clive and knots in your stomache, go see the movie. haha

I saw my friend and her 20 kids afterwards. haha I joke. She only has three but they move so fast sometimes it feels like there are 20. We had fun at the mall and Target. I bought myself a new fancy toaster oven/convection oven, a jar/can/bottle opener and a digital food scale. Could have used that tonight when I went to Indian food. ack. Why do I eat so much. Oh yea, cuz it's goooooo-OOD. I ended up having more energy than I was feeling back on Friday night. I didn't do much laying around. Something I'm sure I'll regret come Monday morning.

Hope you all had a good weekend.

Oh
and

posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:52 PM - 9 WTF!

 


Friday, January 05, 2007

Beat Down

I feel a little beat down this week. Physically. Probably because I went back to weight watchers on Tuesday. Curse those skinny bitches! Anyway, I shall spend the weekend missing cookies, chips and ice scream. Catch a movie (I'm thinking Children of Men) and the rest, my friend, will be spent in the warmth of my KING SIZE BED!

Have a great weekend.

posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:47 AM - 6 WTF!

 


Thursday, January 04, 2007

It Gets Even Easier

Well, the internet is indeed a tiny place. You are never going to guess who sent me an email this morning regarding my post yesterday. No, it wasn't Office Depot telling me to cease and desist. Cuz I woulda told them to shove that hand where the sun doesn't shine. I received an email from Derrick VP, Creative Director of STAPLES.
YEA BABY.

"loved your Blog on the ODP Hand. I would love to send you an easy button, on me! Just let me know where."

take it easy.

dew



Derrick %$#@

VP, Creative Director

agency | Staples * that was easy.

How effin bitchin is that? I replied how EASY that was and I'd love one. So let this be a lesson to ya'll. If you love something and want some free shit, start those posts rolling!!!

It could all be a hoax, but whatever. If I get my button, I will let you know.

posted by Autumn's Mom at 10:56 AM - 5 WTF!

 


Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Hand Job

Have you seen the new Office Depot commercials? They paid some high priced advertising team to put their little heads together and come up with something better than the EASY BUTTON and this is it? A hand in a box. (Maybe they are ripping of SNLas well)

The Easy Button is just unbeatable. You go to Staples, hit the button and your done. If you go to Office Depot, you have to push a cart around with a hand in a box? It's not a very long hand either. How's he gonna reach stuff on a high shelf? Or even the middle shelf for that matter. And what if the hand tries to get fresh? It did look like a man hand. (Maybe it was Paris Hilton's. Have you seen her man hands???) Am I going to be able to wrestle this hand back into the box? Is he good at thumb wars?

Office Depot, if you are reading this, I ask you please, PLEASE put the hand away. The only people lookin for hand jobs are men and they just don't go to office supply stores. Just give it up. You're not going to win. As soon as you try, those Staples dudes hit the button and your OUT. Done. Maybe you could borrow that Rubberband Man stuff from Office Max. Best of luck to ya.

PS Please stop discontinuing the shit I like for work. It pisses me off. Do you want me to go to the other guys?

PSS You're lucky I'm too lazy to fill out paper work to order my easy button.

posted by Autumn's Mom at 8:16 AM - 7 WTF!

 


Tuesday, January 02, 2007

IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY

GO SEE STARSHINE!!!

She's got something to tell you!

posted by Autumn's Mom at 9:09 AM - 3 WTF!

 


Monday, January 01, 2007

Thanks Auntie Lynn



We spent the last of our Christmas money/gift cards today. Autumn got this hick tractor shirt and a skirt and Mom got a pair of cropped pants (which means they fit my short ass legs perfectly) and a sweater.

Happy New Year. Tomorrow we shall start counting down til Spring. Oh YEA, baby.

posted by Autumn's Mom at 5:17 PM - 6 WTF!