Green weienes and whities

Celebrating the life of Pittsburgh's Myron Cope: The greatest Pittsburgh's sports reporter to ever live.

I'm sorry sir how old are you again?

While browsing the Mt. Lebanon police blotter today I found the following report.

Cedar Blvd. – M/80 arrested for DUI. 01/23/09




THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US SAFE MLPD

Not Me Monday

I did not lose my cell phone at least once every day this week, because I am not getting old and losing my memory.

I did not enviously gaze at children playing during recess at an elementary school while drive back to work from lunch and certinaly did not longing wish for my youthful days back.

I did not sit in my office alone three mornings this week, because my coworkers were in the office where they were supposed to be.

I did not have fun playing Frisbee with my husband with a left over, over-sized pancake in our family room, because that's not funny at all.

I did not curse the scale on Sunday when I weighed myself, because I definitely did not gain the “newly married 15.”

I did not revert back to my high school days and definitely did not dance on the bowling alley with a friend to the Cupid Shuffle.

wait. wait a minute, yes I did, I did do every single one of those things.

LOVE DAY

This past weekend was probably one of the best weekends Vinnie and I have had since our wedding and it probably helped that it was Valentine's Day. We spent our Saturday bowling, shopping and eating. Vinnie cooked a wonderful dinner, his famous steak, steamed crab legs, garlic and hot pepper sauteed mushrooms, and a salad. YUMMY!

Half Empty

I haven't been feeling to creative or interesting this week....My life is pretty boring, really. ummmmmmmmmmmmm My job is, well, not going so well and I'm probably going to be laid off or moved to our sister company really soon (not really, maybe a year) and everyone in our office is in panic mode except our boss, because that is his job, to stay calm in exceptionally terrifying times, like an economic recession. Imagine a disrupted ant hill(my company), all the ants(employees) running back and forth and on top of and underneath each other, but they all stay within a few inches of their dismantled hill, because they don't have anywhere to go. Then there is the biggeest, fattest ant wwwhhhooo jjjuuusssttt wwwaaalllkkksss around reeeeaaalllyyy sssllloooowwww in attempt to get his worker ants to mimic his behavior. That is my boss, not that he walks real slow, but he is really good at being positive and he smiles all the time. all the time. Like Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland. Unfortunately, I've never been one to mimic either of those traits, I think I have an aversion to them.

So on a better note, I did participate in two grown up activities this week. I returned a game to Blockbuster BEFORE the return date. And I got my car inspected BEFORE my stickers expired. And it is times like these that I wish I was still living in Bonaventure Hall at SVC.

Currently on my nerves

Unnecessary work meetings, particularly when they occur more than once a week, and especially when they occur twice a day, multiple times a week. For instance I have been in 6 meetings at the moment this week, and will make it 8 by tomorrow afternoon.

The fact that Nancy Grace is on the same time as Ugly Betty tonight.

87 = the number of times I almost fell flat on my fanny yesterday while walking Miss May, granted a quarter of those are because she he yet to learn "going for a walk" does not mean run. OK I almost just pooped my pants....sorry but i ate high fiber Quaker oatmeal, a fiber bar, triscuits, and black bean soup for lunch... i know, i know, I asked for it....sorry mom. Anyways, the other 65 times I almost fell were caused by the number of houses I pass during our walk that didn't clear the sidewalk in front of their house, let the snow thaw last weekend then freeze into 3 inches of ice. Obviously these people have forgotten what it means to be a citizen of Mt. Lebanon. Almost every house in Mt. Lebanon has a sidewalk and EVERY citizen has to, without excuse clear their sidewalk within 24 hours of a snow fall. Bottom line!
And now that I have used the restroom, all of the other subjects that were ruining my day, simply aren't bothering me any longer. Lucky you.

Wifey Tip of the Week: Just say no to Electric Blankets

I sat down with the intention of giving you the top 10 reasons why you should purchase an electric blanket as soon as your little frozen appendages can roll out of your cold little bed to buy one, however I am going to leave the decision making up to you on this one.

After coming across this article, that claims electric blankets could cause cancer(What DOESN'T cause cancer these days), while searching for a photo for the entry I decided to do a bit more research on my own.

Here are a few of the exhilaration facts I learn during my research efforts:

Sleeping at night without one could cause frost bite, but when sleeping with one could cause Leukemia and miscarriages.

Sleeping with one could cause bloody noses (which may explain why I get them quite frequently), sever dehydration due to over sweating or heat stroke.

You should not use your electric blanket in the bath tub or shower.

Electric blankets could cause you to be electrocuted.

If you are a violent sleeper or toss and turn constantly while you sleep, you may be come tangled in the cords, possibly causing strangulation or the loss of a limb.

Electric blankets may cause your electric bill to sky rocket without warning.

If you wear a medical patch for birth control or pain relief, blankets could cause you to overdose and die by causing your body to absorb more medication than intended.

Urinating on your electric blanket may cause a fire.

Walking around your house while wrapped in an electric blanket may make you invisible to those around you.

May I reflect.....
I'm not quite sure I buy in to the heat stroke warning. HEAT STROKE?? Really? Because I can think of 10 i mean zero people I have ever heard of even getting heat stroke running a marathon on a 100 degree day, let alone while sleeping in bed with an electric blanket. Frost bite while sleeping in your house without an electric blanket, ahhh, no, not really buying that one either, sorry. Using an electric blanket in the bath tub or shower....that is as bad as the warning label on vehicle sun visors "WARNING: Do not operate vehicle with sun visor positioned on dashboard." OK, are there really people out there who need to be warned? Urinating on your electric blanket, Um, I'm not sure I even want to go there. And lastly, If wearing your electric blanket around does in fact make you invisible, you'll never see me again... where's my electric blanket???

Photo of the Week

Super Bowl XLIII

STEELERS WIN, STEELERS WIN!