Wednesday, April 14, 2010
BLUE RIBBON
Whenever I accomplish a task that seems all adult and grown up I feel like congratulating myself. I do congratulate myself actually. High five for remembering to pay your bills online with no reminder. Finished your taxes? Waaaay to gooooo! I guess it is okay to celebrate the completion of these routine occurrences but I might be a wee bit overenthusiastic about it all. Not that paying my bills fun, it is feeling like a functional adult that makes me joyful. Maybe it is mostly because I am not where I want to be in a lot of things but I pay my cell phone bill. There is hope.
On the subject of growing up: I owed on my state taxes this year. Crazy! This has never happened. Georgia, you had better spend the eighteen dollars I mailed you wisely.
SKILLS
Last weekend I got to put one of my seldom used life skills to use- sheep shearing. My sister met a family who needed some sheep sheared so she passed along my name. Shearing sheep is perhaps one of my favorite things to do. The muscle soreness this week has been unreal but I had a lovely time especially since I don't get to spend much time with this hobby anymore.
Just peel it right off
That is a look of approval on my face. Good work, Tara!
All finished and no blood in sight- whew.
I was nervous to shear sheep that did not belong to me but all went well and all parties involved were happy. I cut the sheep a few more times than I did myself but considering the bruises I have from their horns I would call it even.
BULLS EYE
This week we are going to have a team building event for our region at work. Last year we did a ropes course and there was rumor of playing paintball this year but that plan did not last long. I was pretty excited about the paintball plan but alas we will be getting manicures and playing shuffleboard. I am still pretty excited about this team building event even though I had to youtube shuffleboard and I have never had a manicure. There has been a lot of pre-shuffleboard game trash talk at the office this week which is maybe not the point of the whole activity but since March Madness is over we have to have something to talk about.
11 comments:
I just love you and your way of writing! can you please still be here when I get back from being an SM so we can hang out more? pretty please?
so good so good.
Here's a nice quote for you:
Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.
~C.S. Lewis
I think you are much more of an adult than me. Thanks for keeping my cell phone working.
You like to shear sheep? I'm continually amazed by you, Elisa Fisher.
P.S. Do any males work in your region? Will they be joining you for the manicure? I can see how that would be bonding..
Amanda- There are two males that work in our region. I don't know what sort of bonding time we will have.
YES! I TOTALLY want to congratulate myself every time I do something responsible. I usually try to tell my other friends, and then I feel embarrassed cuz they look at me like, "Duh. That's about as exciting as telling me you brushed your teeth this morning." But now I will just tell YOU every time I do something responsible!
Hilarious! It's amazing, the details on stories and your life that I miss till I turn on my PC. It's better than "getting mail."
PS-Please tell me you get where my quote is from.
Brittany, I get it.... :)
I like your subtitles. And shuffleboard is pretty fun, actually. I imagine that if you got into it, you might run with the same crowd as clogging. I can see Hilda being a champion shuffleboarder.
I would say that look is more "oh my goodness Tara please don't cut open that sheep's jugular." It's ok...cause that's what I was thinking.
I'm sure you will rock the Shuffleboard game.
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