Hide It!!!

Risk-Taking Mouse

Worth a try.

Vote for Betty!!!

VOTE FOR BETTY!

Dating Rule #1

If he doesn't know how to breakdance, you can't date him.

- Eileen

Beautiful Betty

THIS JUST IN: BETTY WAS SELECTED TO BE IN THE FINALS FOR THE REDEYE'S MOST BEAUTIFUL DOG CONTEST.

If this isn't the face of Chicago's most beautiful dog, I don't know what is.

Fantastic Photobooth Bloggers

One of these bloggers is just like the other....

Best in Show, cont.

You are a pageant Mom, it’s official.

- Erica U.

Best In Show

I am happy to report this fine day, that Betty is now a show dog. She has been entered into the Chicago Red Eye's 2008 Most Beautiful Dog competition. The competition is fierce, but we (Betty & I) are crossing our fingers and paws that she will get nominated.

Dance as hard as you can.

Feathered Stamos

TGIF!

Surprise!

The proud owner of a bonnet.

I went to CVS to purchase a shower cap, and I accidentally purchased a bonnet. It's a purple "lace trim satin bonnet".

- Me

Church Thief

Maybe he was hungry?

Holiday Shopping

Zoe's just about done with her shopping for Betty and Lola.

- My mom in reference to Christmas shopping

* Betty, Lola, and Zoe are our dogs.

Daytime cocktails

Where's the booze around here?

- overheard a client say this while visiting our office for a meeting

Get a room.

Presidential PDA.

My grillz

I had a dentist appointment today for yet another incident with my tooth (hearing your dentist say "you are not allowed to have any emergencies within the next 5 days...I will be gone at a conference" is never a good thing). Yikes. Anyways...as I was sitting there in the dentist chair bright and early before work, I thought to myself this is one place I will never feel self-actualized. I was getting impressions taken for my second fake grill (which translates to "crown" for the more conservative reader), and my dentist handed me a wad of paper towel for the inevitable drool which was bound to come trickling down my chin. As if that was not enough, the dental hygentist then came at me with the vacuum to suck the saliva out, which my tongue just happens to get stuck in every time. Self-actualized....not even close. As I was leaving my appointment, the dentist says, "if your temporary tooth comes out, just get some denture glue and stick 'er back in". Fantastic. See you in two weeks.

Diamond grillz

Definitely go for the diamond grill this time.

- Eileen's advice for my upcoming dentist appointment

Whoops

You left your jean jacket, and quite possibly your dignity, at Berlin.

- anonymous to anonymous

Happy Halloween Week!

Happy Halloween week blog readers! As you can tell from previous posts, we here at "Livin' Life...one day at a time" are celebrating Halloween this week. And finally....drum roll please...I will be unveiling my costume for Halloween 2008....

A bridesmaid!!!

I will be celebrating the marriage of my wonderful friends, Cliff & Robyn, on Halloween this year, so I decided to kill two birds with one stone and dress as a bridesmaid this year. A Happy Halloween to all & a very hearty congratulations to C & R!

Happy Halloween Week

Baby Owl

Happy Halloween week!

Young Love

I would give up my ice cream for her if she would give up her future husband for me.

- Mazen The Romantic

Sheer Enthusiasm

Celebrating 25 years of success at ZS!

Spanx

Spanx are a sophisticated girdle.

- Yours truly

And the Oscar goes to....Erica!!!

The girl in this video is my good friend, Erica P/U. She is famous. The end.

One day....

Roshan - I'm going to punch you one day. You won't mind will you? Just one day, I'm going to punch you.

Mazen - No. Go ahead.

Roshan - So you won't sue me or anything?

Mazen - No.

Roshan - Ok. Well one day it's going to happen.

Happy Monday!

30 is the new 20

It's been 5 full days of being 30, and through this time, I have been able to reflect on some of the positive aspects of reaching this point. Let me share....

1. I can now refer to myself as a cougar.

2. It's okay if I spend my Friday evenings at home...I'm 30 and need my rest.

3. The number of younger guys for me to date has increased.

4. I have gained more respect from my co-workers. *

5. I can now look back at the idiotic things I did in my 20s and say "I'm so glad I'm now 30 and much more self-actualized!" *

* statements may or may not have been slightly fabricated from the truth.

Blacklisted at Walmart

"Did I tell you my mom got blacklisted at Walmart?"

- Eileen

Some Old Pics

Was looking through old yearbooks and came across some great pics of myself....

My wild days:

What's next?

Hair is turning White. What's next?

- Roshan

My first hog ride

The first week with my hog

Some things I've learned since purchasing my hog...

1. Taxi drivers are scary. Stay away from them.

2. You tend to get a lot of stares when riding in a dress. Particularly from guys, and usually on windy days.

3. Turns can be tricky. My first turn ended up on the sidewalk.

See you out on the streets. Although you may want to stand back about 20 feet. I'm still getting used to this thing.

My new pride and joy

My hog.

Deported Flooring Guy

"I’d give you our guy but I’ve tried calling him a dozen times and he doesn’t answer. We think he got deported. "

- Kato's non-recommendation for a flooring guy

Smart Little Guy

A whole new meaning to bored at work

I actually had my head hanging down from boredom....my forehead was almost touching my keyboard...and I think I had a piece of bread in my hair.

- Eileen, who is apparently having a slow day in Corporate USA

Panda Jet-setter

Many thanks to Eileen for sending this to me.

Clarification

Just an fyi to all of you readers, I am not the one with the injury below. My right hand is happy and healthy. Here's a hint to who the injured right finger belongs to.

He's Got Legs

"Booyah! UPS guy is here...I have to check his legs out."

- Eileen

Wallyball injury

Guess who?

TGIF!

I love Fridays.

Whitie Tighties

This morning Eileen told me she found the perfect gift for me at Wisconsin Dells. I couldn't wait....could it be a cute bracelet, Wisconsin Dells shirt?? Nope....

Even better than I could ever have imagined. This is why Eileen is one of my best friends...she knew I would like this way better than a cute bracelet.

TGIF!

TGIF indeed.

Bachelor Talk

"Dude, you really need to think about lowering your standards."

- bachelor talking to a fellow bachelor about dating on the bus

Gnomes in the Outfield

Just when I think Funster couldn't get any more exciting, I hear a story like this.

"Instead of angels in the outfield, we had gnomes in the outfield," Munster police Lt. Ed Strbjak said. "There were 34 of them, so I'd guess there were some gnomes in the dugout and in the stands."

Google Me

You've been bamboozled

You know what I love? The superpoke application on facebook. With the click of the mouse, you can high-five, throw a sheep at, give a restraining order, or even hula hoop with someone.

Just this morning, I received an email which said: Eileen has rained threes on you (and only you).

I'm the only one she's rained threes on? Wow. Talk about an awesome start to the day.

My [new] bf

In reference to the blog below, I present to you...Roshan, my bf [best friend, not boyfriend...just to be clear]. He's #1.

Another day in the office....

Another busy day in the office. Email chain between some co-workers today:

Roshan: I no longer want to be friends with you.
Heather: Ok, thanks.
Roshan: That was Mazen. I can't believe that you would say OK to that though.
Heather: Whoops. I mean, it totally was not okay. I was devastated.
Mazen: Roshan, at least have the decency to tell Heather in person that you no longer want to be friends with her. Email is such a cowardly outlet for such sentiments.
Roshan: Mazen, at least have the decency to tell me in person that you don't want me to be Heather's friend. Using my computer is such a cowardly outlet for such sentiments.
However, you have opened my eyes to the frailty of my friendship with her.
Heather: Roshan - you are my best friend. I just didn't want to show you how truly hurt I was by your email. Although I came across like I didn't care, I was broken on the inside.
Mazen: Eileen, you are my best friend. Nuts to Heather and Roshan.
Eileen: Thank you, Mazen. I was starting to wonder if the sole reason I was included on this email was so Heather and Roshan could flaunt their friendship. And don't worry, our friendship will never fall victim to faulty communication.
Heather: Roshan - this gives us reason to flaunt our friendship even more....billboards, websites, radio station ads, etc.
Roshan: I'm all for flaunting. They don't pose a great threat any way.

Mover's and shaker's here at our company. Takin' care of business....one day at a time.

My Kinda Town

Sweet Home Chicago.

End of the day banter...

Roshan: What does a complicated beast even mean?

Mazen: It means there are a bunch of layers to you.

Roshan: Oh. That's true.

Happy 4th!

Happy Independence Day indeed.

Complicated Beast

"Roshan's a complicated beast."

- Mazerino

Pass

PASS.

After many long, grueling months of studying, Al graduated from GSB. And he's not 'tarded*, he is the most intelligent camel I know. Many congrats to Al.

* Mazen came up with that name, btw. We are in a blogging war.

Fail

FAIL.

* part or all of this blog was taken from C&E

* when stealing this pic from C&E, it came to my attention that this picture was saved as "altarded". Perfect.

TGIF!

TGIF indeed.

Disaster at the home-front

Complete disaster when walking in my front door yesterday...

Apparently Betty doesn't think my mortgage papers are worth keeping.

Shoeless

During my leisurely stroll through the city this afternoon, I happened to walk past Nine West which had every cute shoe under the sun in the window. Of course I walked in and saw countless new styles lining the racks. I would like to try on this one, and this one, and probably this one too...in the smallest size you have - a 5 or 5 1/2, I said to the sales lady. While excitedly waiting to try on these new, fancy shoes, the lady came out of the back room...completely empty-handed. I'm sorry...we don't have that small of a size in any of those pairs. Really?!, I replied. How about these and those...can you check those? Again, she emerged from the back room shoeless.

So there you have it. I'm going to be walking around this city barefoot because certain stores don't believe in carrying size 5. If I ever open a shoe store, I will only carry size 5. And I will be the only person shopping there.

Business Talk

Recent conversation I had with my dad:

Me: Dad, $30,000 is not that bad. Some people spend way more then that on their weddings, and since I don't plan on walking down the aisle anytime soon, just take it out of my wedding fund.
Dad: no response

Halloween '05

Because this picture makes me laugh every time I look at it.

Stalker Friend

"So glad I have you as a stalker friend."

- friend of mine

Tuesday's Things I like about training for the marathon vs. Things I don't like about training for the marathon

I like being able to get outside on a nice day in the city and go for a refreshing run. I do not like catching bugs in my mouth while I briskly run down the lake-front trail.

Go Cubs!!!

I'm with Holly on this one...GO CUBS!!

Betty's Favorite Yoga Pose

Savasana (Corpse Pose)

Quotes by Fadman - 7th ed.

Email Fadilicious sent to the admin. staff in regards to his recent promotion:

Ladies,
Given my recent promotion, I will get the privilege, nay the honor, of working closely with one of you. I must confess that I am lucky for not having to make the choice myself about which one it will be. Choosing among four fine, graceful, beautiful ladies is no easy task indeed.
In order to prevent any further calamities in our already troubled office, I beg you not to fight over me. I realize that I am young, hot, smart, beefy and have a perfectly shaped a__, however fighting will be beneficial to no one I assure you. Whatever process you choose to decide on who will be 'Licious' lady, I promise to make amends to the unlucky, unchosen rest of you somehow, some time. Till then, I remain
Your most obliging AC,
Fadi

Quotes by Fadman - 6th ed.

"Hail to you my gracious lady. I am celebrating the event that you and I got the promotion on the same day. That, is the real celebration."

- Fadi, in an email to Eileen regarding her recent promotion

Betty's The Gangsta

Yesterday I came home from my run, and Betty was watching Snoop's Father Hood.

It was the "Dogg Training" episode.

Betty's a gangsta.

Bad Hair Day Alert!

I wonder if she loses things in her hair?

C & E Revealed

Just so there are no hard feelings, and mostly so I don't lose respect from my fellow bloggers, here are 2 more of the office's finest.

Mazerino...

and Al...

The authors of C & E (http://camelsandelephants.blogspot.com/)

* Please take note of the doll/figurine sitting in Al's cube, as well as the mysterious female to the right of him. Click on the picture for a larger view.

My 9 to 5 view

Well I got my hands on our corporate camera, which means booyah!...fantastic blogging material. Here are a few pics to show you all my 9 to 5 view. Welcome to my corporate life.

View from where I sit...not too bad...

View #2...

My fantastic cube, aka, home away from home. Yep, I have protein powder on my desk. It was for work.

My name tag. I made it big in Corporate America!

Fadman. One of the office's finest.