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7 99 for each shoe this offer is covered by a 30 day money back guarantee less s h and then just pay separate 7 99 s h for each easy feet shoe ummmm so you get 2 pair for 14 99 but you have to pay in excess of 32 for s h wow not reading the fine print will really screw you on this one i m not entirely sure why this ad really stuck in my craw but it s been bugging me for a fill 24 hours so now it can bug you too it s the season of sharing right leave a comment what s up with that tagged postaday2011 postaweek2011 products random rant permalink posted by bitten by reality peeve purge december 31 2010 my comment about negative posts and rants has really stuck with me so i thought in honor of the impending shiny new year why not publicly purge my peeves that sounds like something that should be done in private doesn t it so here it goes in no particular order when people speak over me when i m speaking especially when they have just asked for an answer or my opinion people who bathe in fragrance knowing they will be in close quarters such as seated close together at a hockey game no no matter how expensive the fragrance it does not mean a it smells good nor b it will cover up your funk people who have that gnarly b o that we call funk yuck bad breath and mouth breathers especially in confined places if you drink a lot of coffee or have a cold chew gum or keep your mouth shut when you re in close proximity to others drivers that jump in front of you to slam on the brakes especially when there s no one behind you what my friend refers to as smacking when eating you know the people who swish liquid like mouthwash and chew with their mouths open when people let doors slam shut on you when it s obvious you have your hands full drivers that don t let pedestrians have their rightful right of way in the pouring rain pedestrians that cross against the signal in front of cars people in the locker room at the gym that run around with nothing and i mean literally nothing on and then feel it necessary to inspect their toes without taking a seat gah i do not need to see your business know it all s particularly when they know nothing about the topic intolerance granted i don t agree with many things people do but i don t shove my beliefs and opinions down their throats remember you re reading this of your own free will i m not forcing you lol taggers especially when it s on private property the homeowner is fined if they don t take care of cleaning it up yet the cities let it stay for weeks if not months political ad campaigns drug advertisements if the drug companies weren t allowed to advertise think of the restrictions on tobacco alcohol and they took even a small portion of that budget and put it towards research for things like cancer and alzheimer s just think what kind of progress could be made socks that end up around your toes in boots boots that don t stay up people that fart in public is it really necessary to inflict that kind of nasal pain on unsuspecting passers by dog owners that do not clean up their dog s shit on my lawn adult acne isn t it enough we had to deal with that shit as awkward teenagers store workers that ignore you i was shopping for roller blades today more on this later and in two different stores i was completely ignored just because i m an over weight chick doesn t mean i can t learn to rollerblade and when i do finally get some help don t ma am me by all means this list is not conclusive what are your peeves 2 comments what s up with that tagged postaday2011 postaweek2011 random rant reality permalink posted by bitten by reality one a day that s all they ask december 30 2010 i noticed a little headline while i was becoming re acquainted with my wordpress surroundings it said something along the lines of want to write more why yes i think i do i often find myself feeling that i don t have much of interest to write about more often than not posts turn into rants and i don t want to be negative like that i think this will be a good way to keep a more positive tone i am generally a positive person after all but i digress the link brought me to a sort of challenge to either write every day or once a week i think i will shoot for once a week because who wants to listen to my babble daily not even me or my cat and i think my husband would be happy if i never babbled again hey look a squirrel anyway i think once a week is more my speed wordpress is giving us little inspirations so maybe that will help me feel more um relevant maybe so for those of you that have stumbled your way here and even those of you i promised to pay to visit let me know what you think about any of the stuff i blather on about oh and who s with me see ya next year leave a comment just stuff tagged postaday2011 postaweek2011 permalink posted by bitten by reality it s safe to say december 30 2010 that my efforts to simplify my life have been undermined by that pesky job it s been since june since i last revisited this topic sewing machine is still gathering dust in the back bedroom i had grand notions ha notions get it of making cute gift bags for christmas presents this year let s just say i m still shopping so that didn t happen i have not been cooking much i do however have a shiny new oven it s not the pretty blue interiored number i drool over but it works great there s a cafeteria in my building so i often have a sandwich or tacos for lunch although i will be making a much greater effort to cut back in coming months even if that simply means bringing sandwich stuff to work and doing it there less daytime tv major success thanks to being gainfully employed keeping the house tidy i m getting there my kitchen is normally presentable the bed is usually made and the living room is much less of a disaster remembering my reuseable grocery bags i m normally pretty good with this since i usually remember to put them back in my car clearing clutter doing well and it seems to be rubbing off on hubby maybe flylady was right gardening it has been raining no scratch that pouring more days than it hasn t lately this does not bode well for vegetation in my life purchasing less i can honestly say i really evaluate the value of a purchase unless it s chocolate or alcohol before spontaneously tossing it in my cart doing stuff that s fun working cuts down on time for this although hockey has been my life recently and i expect it to stay that way until spring other than that i m throwing sleep in the fun column because i just don t get enough in this time of re evaluation and introspection what are your goals for the next year what s your focus or do you have add like me where have you seen success what s been your most important adjustment 4 comments just stuff tagged accountability clutter los angeles kings simplify permalink posted by bitten by reality screw you superior court december 29 2010 image found at http euroross blogspot com 2005 04 fuck did anyone else get lucky looks html that s right i said what everyone s thinking especially when you pull you mail in and discover a jury summons for valentine s day excellent i guess it could have been worse and landed on my birthday it was just about a year ago that i was summoned for service i called in the night before and was told to report of course i was unemployed so it wasn t that big of a deal but those were the days of attempting to please all the relatives by travelling to them at christmas so i had plans after being late i got lost in the parking structure and couldn t find the courthouse only me i found myself parked for the day nearing the end of the day i ended up in a courtroom with a bunch of other potentials they selected the jury two people before i was going to be called now with my fancy schmancy new job i actually get paid for jury duty which pretty much seals my fate it s not that i mind doing my civic duty and all that it s just that so many cases should never get to this point in the first place plus who is going to do my mountains of work while i m being a juror sigh screw you superior court i know that s not helping my case but somehow i doubt any of the judges are reading 1 comment uncategorized what s up with that tagged community random rant permalink posted by bitten by reality holiday thoughts december 27 2010 this year my husband and i decided before my grandfather s death that we would not be travelling for the holidays every year in the 13 years we have been together we have driven all over to please relatives sometimes this meant traversing both california and nevada battling holiday traffic and navigating winter weather okay i know our weather is nothing compared to other areas of the world and putting up with family drama is just not the kind of relaxation i want to do during my limited time off so the foot was put down and the families dealt with it and we did everything mostly nothing we wanted we spent time with neighbors and at hockey and of course each other just the perfect time off because it was just us the pressure to participate in excess was much lower i think we ve started a new tradition and for the new year i ve already begun to purge i ve pulled two trash bags of clothing from my closet to either garage sale or donate we spent several hours going though paperwork and magazines and tossing away it feels so good to dump all this stuff i want to continue working on this at least one day each week not the whole day just a little bit at the minimum also for the new year i want to be healthier this includes eating at home more and exercising more it also includes keeping the house tidier and cleaner not that we live in a hovel but we definitely have room to improve and this will keep us in a better place mentally plus it will be nice to open our home to friends i think the focus of simplification remains we did well with not bringing more clutter into the home in the form of christmas gifts so i call that a win leave a comment just stuff tagged accountability blessings clutter excercise food weight loss permalink posted by bitten by reality i found myself missing you december 27 2010 first thank you all for checking in periodically over the last few months it means a lot to know you care it s been a bittersweet second half of the year i am finally employed yay while i m making considerably less than i was at my last job i am making a bit more than i was on unemployment also hockey season has begun and my boys are doing well things have been rough on the health front my one relative recently diagnosed with leukemia is still fighting the fight he s had some rough spots but overall is doing ok i have another relative with a different form of leukemia and he too is still trudging though treatments the really sad news is that i lost my grandfather on the 17th of december he was in his 90 s and in so much pain the doctor think s he had a blood clot probably in his lung my grandmother is still hanging on even though she battles with advanced alzheimer s i feel that it s cruel to make her relive the loss of her husband so many times but on the other hand i don t feel it s right to lie to her such are the dilemmas for the family of those with this terrible disease so about my job i am essentially an account manager supporting client needs and my outside sales people the environment is excellent everyone is caring and supportive this is the most difficult job i ve ever had but i really like it it s like working on a puzzle all day which i find challenging and rewarding our product is one of education in a sort or personal professional development nature i know i won t be back posting as often as i had before i mean hey i had no job i do plan on posting when the mood strikes such as now i m excited to jump back in and catch up with the wonderful bloggers on my blogroll 6 comments just stuff tagged blessings cancer challenges family permalink posted by bitten by reality cancer strikes again july 19 2010 i found out a couple days ago that a close relative has been diagnosed with non hodgkin s lymphoma t cell and i m really really worried i m being vague to respect my relative s privacy even though i m not aware of anyone that knows me personally visiting this blog so far we don t know much i m told this week will mark a series of doctor s visits that will include a full body scan pet scan and chemo visit 1 it turns out that there are two types of non hodgkin s lymphoma b cell and t cell t cell seems to be the one they have a rougher time treating in most cases what i m most worried about is their attitude this person has a tendency to pessimism all their life so now i ve got a relative child with leukemia and now one with lymphoma while i couldn t participate in the lls activities this year several of my friends are i will be supporting them any way i can in the meantime i ll be researching and trying to find things that will help while they endure the coming treatments if anyone has any suggestions please let me know i realize i ve been posting intermittently before this i can t say how this diagnosis might affect my presence here if you re one that prays i m asking and while you re at it hubby has an appointment to get some suspicious looking moles checked on friday 12 comments uncategorized tagged cancer permalink posted by bitten by reality if it s not one thing july 15 2010 then it s another we got our wall knocked down still need to do some more work on it mudding sanding painting etc it looks great i love the open feel i also got my kitchen counter tiles cut glued back on well when i say i got them done i did it with some help from mil next step is grout turns out we got the wrong grout color thankfully i realized this before i started applying it then we realize our oven isn t working wtf it s one of the little in wall jobs only like 24 inches not easy to find oh and a while back the door on our ice chute quit opening so if you don t stick your finger up the hole to hold the door open the ice doesn t come down key problem here is that it will eventually come down when there s enough backed up pushing it out hubby seemed to think that worked just fine until the ice melted refroze into a solid block in the chute not fun so i called out an appliance repair guy the part for the oven let s call it the brain has been discontinued seriously the freakin thing is only 10 years old the part for the fridge is only 15 labor is 69 but i m stuck so i tell him to get the part come back he also says he can find basically an aftermarket part for the oven it will run between 300 375 to fix including labor well this is at least halfway to a new oven thing is i don t want a separate oven cooktop i have three sections of counter top that are about 1 foot max if i could get rid of the cooktop i would gain another 36 of counter plus the area on either side my quandary now is what kind of range to get i really really really want a smooth top that means electric 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