When In Doubt...

• Make that last minute trip to the bathroom...

                 it may be just what you need to keep your self respect ... I refuse to go further with this story ...you do the math.

• Make sure that familiar face is someone you actually know before speaking to them as though you do!

                                          otherwise you just look crazy to a total stranger!

• Leave your personal items out of your bra,

                                        it's scary sometimes what you realize you stashed in there after you are finished with a job interview ... (let's just pray nothing looked out of the ordinary during the interview)

• make sure you are definitely alone ...

                     before burping like a sailor while sitting in your car with the window rolled down
              ( or at least role up the window) 

• look at the signs on the public restroom before you enter

                                   the men's room is a very embarrassing place to be caught with your
                       pants down (literally and figuratively)when you are a women ...

             (disclaimer: I was in a stall...the door was shut ... when realizing I went into the wrong restroom, I merely waited until the man whom used the urinal, which by the way, I missed... left. I saw nothing, nor did he, therefore no one was violated and I was the only embarrassed party)

Variety is the spice of life...

My last post was March 6th ... let me fill you in on the happenings of life since then.

First: Egg Explosion!

No, this was not a scene from the new film HOP. I put some eggs on to boil and then promptly began a phone conversation. After a bit I heard a terrible pop...as though someone was firing shots in my kitchen! My house was either under attack or my cat was shooting targets! I hung up my phone conversation with no explanation except an inaudible screech and ran toward the smoke filled room. Just as I entered the kitchen, my very cheap pan burst into flames! Thankfully my kitchen is very small and throwing the pan into the sink and dowsing it with water only slightly burned the hot pad I grabbed the pan with! However, now my house was filled with smoke and a stench that only eggs can emit! ewww! Don't worry, it's either that or cat smell...in any case it offered variety ...

Second: Wet cat

I blogged previously about my sweet cat and her desire to drown her own kitty toys ...resorting to drowning them in the toilet...well, the last time she tried to drown her toy in the toilet she fell in after it!  Poor wet kitty... at least now she operates with caution in the bathroom ... and I err on the side of caution myself by shutting the bathroom door :o)

So there... my life in two paragraphs, not to exciting by the way!

A Little Obsessive Is An Understatement ...

OK... I have confessed about my sticker obsession and I thought I had aired my obsessive laundry sufficiently! I was wrong ... In my attempt to kill the dust bunnies on steroids in my home and prevent permanent infestations I have discovered even more paper fetishes ... JOURNALS AND NOTEBOOKS.
No, these journals of which are getting higher by count than I care to admit are unused and completely blank. So, I cant even justify my obsession with the argument that I am recording history. Really, all I can say is that I have spent money in the attempt to satisfy my addiction if you will, I don't know what else to say. There is no logic here, absolutely no good excuse, just excessive purchasing of plain writing material.  or something ....
    I have counted, thus far, at least 27 unused journals (YES, I SAID 27!!!)  ... some of them in their original purchased form ... (still in the shopping bag that the clerk placed them in) with receipts dating back to the early to mid 1980's. And if that is not enough ... there are at least 5 of them that I am currently writing in. Why so many? I have no stinkin idea! OK, and I have found 15 unused spiral notebooks ... why ? I am not sure. I have an unhealthy, almost bizarre need to buy the notebooks when they are on sale at Walmart for 10 cents apiece. I don't need them, and since I have become "budget challenged" I have not purchased any of these books ... I have purchased stickers though, so there is no self control being practiced here.

My name is Jana ... I am addicted to paper!