Nothing has changed, except everything

A few months ago, I finally made the decision to start making regular trips to the dentist. I hate going to the dentist and the fact that I had had no cavities or tooth problems of any kind up to that point, helped me to convince myself that I only needed to go once in a while.

I had my first filling and it wasn't so bad, and I even went through the hoops of getting the x-rays done so that I could just start coming regularly to this same dentist.

Now my company has told us that they switched dental providers and that our coverage wouldn't change at all, but we would need to sign up again. So I did, and then after hearing from someone else that their dentist wasn't on the new plan I looked for mine. Sure enough, not on the list. So now, in 4 months when I have to go back, I will have to find a brand new dentist and have everything faxed over from my old dentist and go through all this "getting to know your teeth" stuff again with a whole new person.

Obviously this isn't a life and death problem, but it's annoying. It's hard enough to convince myself to go to the dentist without having to jump through all the hoops again.

Oh well, I guess sometimes insurance can chew you up. It bites, but what can you do but keep grinding away?

Only 48 more days!

I absolutely love Christmas season. I have my Mom to thank for that. Growing up, our house always looked and smelled like Santa's workshop as soon as the Thanksgiving dishes could be cleared away.

Crystal and I went Christmas shopping this weekend and it was so much fun. I love doing that, and it's made all the more fun by the fact that we can't afford to do much shopping these days so when we do get out, it's a special treat. Having kids is going to make this season even better. I can't wait to get them all riled up and excited about everything. Hopefully I will be able to do that while still keeping the true meaning in the forefront, but I don't think it will be too hard.

So anyway, I'm ready to get the trees out right now, and start wrapping presents. Why do we always wait until after Thanksgiving? I'm finding it harder to remember every year. I can't wait to see the Christmas season through my kids eyes. I just hope I can make it as fun for them as it was for me growing up.

I know that this wasn't a particularly funny entry, but it was lean pickens on funny topics this weekend, and I'm just in a good mood. :)

Walking the Federline

I don't plan to post much pop-culture stuff because it doesn't really interest me much, but I couldn't pass this one up. A friend told me about this, and it's too funny not to share. Kevin Federline if you don't know, is Britney Spears husband. He is a former dancer that worked for her in the past and now he is using his new found fame to launch a singing career. Check out the following lyrics. The last line is the kicker:

"Back then they called me K-Fed
But you can call me Daddy instead
Go ahead and say whatcha wanna
I'm gonna sell about 2 mil, oh, then I'm a goner
I know you all wish you was in my position
Cause I keep getting' in situations that you wish you was in, cousin
Steppin' in this game and y'all ain't got a clue
Getting anxious? Go take a peep
I'm starrin' in your magazines now every day and week
But maybe baby you can wait and see
Until then all these Pavarottis followin' me."

Clearly he meant to say "paparazzi" in that last line but I can't stop laughing at the visual of Britney and he running from the huge opera singer....



"I told you guys to leave us alone. We don't even like opera yo!, and we don't want your stinking handkerchiefs!!!!"

I still can't believe that those lyrics made it through the screening process. You just can't make this stuff up.

Doin' a Nickle

As of December 4th, I will have been at my current job for five years. This means that I get to choose a 5 year service gift. I got an email the other day that said that the gifts would be on display this morning in the lobby for us to check out so that we could start to make up our minds.

To give you some background, I work for a very old company. You have to work your way up to "Newbie", and anyone thats been here less that 10 years is still wet behind the ears, so naturally I expected the 5 year gifts to range anywhere from a personalized Bic pen to a half chewed stick of gum.

I was actually shocked to find that the first gift was a cd player with a built in TV. Thats not that usefull to me but it's pretty cool. The next thing I saw was a soft shell tackle box. I'm going fishing in Canada next year, so I considered it, but I already have a decent tackle box. Still it was a pretty decent gift compared to what I was expecting.

The next thing I saw is definetly going to be my gift. I was so shocked that I actually asked the lady if it had ended up on the wrong table by accident. To me, clearly, this was at least a 10 year gift. She assured me that it was, in fact, a five year gift and I was all the more shocked. A portable DVD,CD,MP3 player. Frankly I couldn't care less about the CD or MP3 player as I rarely listen to music, but a portable DVD player would be sweet. At least I think it would. I'm not sure if it's just the gadget junkie in me or if this is something that I would actually use, but I think I'll have a hard time passing it up. Maybe I'll go get a bic pen out of the office supply cabinet to celebrate.

Learning from the best

My main hope for this blog is to make you the reader laugh. I hope to take what happens to me on a daily basis and find a funny way to tell the story that will both let you know what's going on with me and give you a chuckle at the same time. I'm still new at this and I'm trying to learn from the master which is why I have a link to the Dilbert Blog in my links section to the right. If you get the time, check out today's entry entitled "Hi Jean". As soon as I read it I felt like a moron. I had almost the exact same experience at the library yesterday and failed to see the humor in it. Cleary Scott Adams has made a career out of turning mundane things into humor and he has done a great job at it. I guess I'm inspired to try and focus more on the little things and see how they could be told as a funny story. So anyway, I'm hoping that next time I won't miss a golden comic nugget like that.

Candy Land

Normally left overs are a very good thing, but when they involve left over Halloween candy, they definetly are not. I feel absolutely gross and it's my own fault, because I can't stop eating all the excess Halloween candy that everyone has brought in to work. The only thing that helps me to feel a little better is that I started working out again this week. If I see another Kit Kat bar I'm probably going to eat it, and then puke. I have no will power with this sort of thing at all and it's only going to get worse with Thanksgiving right around the corner. Why can't binge eating result in better muscle tone and overall fitness instead of just stomach insulation? I guess they do say that God has a sense of humor. :)

Trick or Trade?

We took the girls trick or treating last night which was pretty fun. Everyone ooh'd and ahh'd at how cute they both were in their cow costumes. It was pretty neat to get to show them off a bit.

This was the first year that Kylie really kinda got the idea of trick or treating although it took her a house or two to get the hang of it. Before we left, my Mom had put some little packs of skittles in her bucket to get her started and at the first house, she decided to cash in. She walked right up to the lady and looked at the candy that she was handing out and then reached in her own bucket, took out a packet of skittles and laid them down on the step. Then she reached for the candy that the lady had. I laughed so hard. I was proud of her that she was willing to trade something she had in order to get something else, but once she realized that everyone was handing out free candy she just went nuts. I guess thats how we all must have learned to stop sharing.

If her Kindergarten teacher ever tells us that she isn't good at sharing at a future parent teacher conference, I'll just try to bribe her with some skittles.