Monday blues

It's the start of a new work week, a week in which I will be working 3 hours a day... seems like a pretty easy schedule until you realize I'm the sort of person who needs an entire pot of coffee before she can function, and has a hard time pulling herself away from her computer to shower and ready herself for the day... so, in short, I need about 3 hours to ready myself to work for 3 hours.

I guess I should be happy I'm back to some sort of a schedule because since my surgery (4 weeks ago tomorrow) I've been a bit of a couch potato. I've had no "get-up-and-go" and seem to waste the day away. Maybe some discipline will do me good. Make me feel like a contributer to society once again. Wish me luck as I head back out to that mad, mad world. I have a feeling I'll need it.

Top 6 "Top 5" Lists

Here are some of my "Top 5"s. Feel free to leave some of your own "top 5 Lists" in the comments!
People who are just too happy for their own good:

1. Progressive commercial lady
2. Rachel Ray
3. Kelly from "Regis and Kelly" (whatever her name is, who cares?)
4. Al Roeker
5. Martha Stewart

Favorite "mad" TV personalities:

1. Chef Ramsey from "Hell's Kitchen" and "Kitchen Nightmares"
2. Judge Millian from "The People's Court"
3. Jay Leno
4. Simon Cowel from "American Idol"
5. Michael Moore (ok, so he's not a TV personality, but he's a great producer)

TV Personalities I can't get enough of:

1. Ellen
2. Cash Cab guy
3. Mike Rowe of "Dirty Jobs"
4. Craig Fergusen
5. "Mythbusters" guys

TV Personalities that annoy the hell out of me:

1. Drew Carey
2. David Letterman
3. Oprah
4. Dr. Phil
5. All of the people from zoos that bring animals on talk shows

Favorite TV Characters of all time:

1. Dharma from "Dharma & Greg"
2. Jack from "Will & Grace"
3. Karen from "Will & Grace"
4. Niles Crane from "Frasier"
5. Barney from "How I Met Your Mother"

TV Theme songs I love:

1. Saved By the Bell
2. Big Bang Theory
3. CSI (all of them)
4. Fresh Prince of Bel Aire
5. Cheers

A light at the end of the tunnel!

It's 39 degrees here in North Dakota today, if you can believe it! I see spring off in the distance! Woo, hoo! Shadow or no shadow, nicer weather is on it's way. Get out those Rollerbaldes and bikes, or just your walking shoes to get out there enjoying the sun in your face and the smell of flowers beginning to bloom! Only bad part of this all, is that we've had alot of snow here in the last 4 months and as it all melts, we have rivers gushing through the streets. My yard has a drainage route through it and I tell you what, I had to pull my car ahead, out into the street before I could leave for work this evening. Then proceed to balance on the small strip of pavement not in the "lake" and go back to the house to change shoes and socks. Back to the balance beam once again, and leave for work 5 minutes late. What a fun start to my work day!

My Top 30 Mp3's

So, Jen Lancaster, a writer/blogger at http://www.jennsylvania.com/jennsylvania/whom I adore, dared some of her blog followers to list their top 30 songs on their mp3 playlist, so here goes:
1)Killing Me Softly-Lauren Hill and the Fugees
2)I Love Rock n Roll-Joan Jett
3)Workin' for a Livin'-Huey Lewis and the News
4)Lady-Little River Band
5)Harden My Heart-Quarterflash
6)Stand In the Rain-Superchick
7)In the Light-DC Talk
8)I'm Not Ready to Make Nice-Dixie Chicks
9)3 AM-O.A.R.
10)Evil Angel-Breaking Benjamin
11)Live Your Life-T.I. featuring Rihanna
12)Addicted-Saving Abel
13)All Mixed Up-311
14)Angel-Shaggy
15)Freedom-Akon
16)Stranger-Hillary Duff
17)Whatever you Like-T.I.
18)Hurt-Christina Aguilara
19)Dear Diary-Pink
20)Lithium-Evanescence
21)Buttons-Pussycat Dolls
22)Gravel-Ani Difranco
23)Volcano Girls-Veruca Salt
24)Tatoo-Jordin Sparks
25)Givin' Him Something He Can Feel-En Vogue
26)Rehab-Amy Winehouse
27) Fade Into You-Mazzy Starr
28)Fire and Ice-Enya
29)Ram Jam-Black Betty
30)My oh My- The Wreckers
So, there ya have it... I have no excuses. I like what I like. I'm all over the place and not a bit ashamed.

The Bachelor, The Final Rose

Good morning, all! Just got my coffee, so no one will get hurt. However, heartbreak was eminent last night on The Bachelor as Molly was sent packing and Melissa got the proposal she'd been dreaming about. I actually enjoyed watching this Final Rose as the shocker, DeAnna (The Bachelorette, who in her season did not pick him) came back to offer herself to him for a second chance at love. It was a fantastic twist!
What I didn't see coming(though my boyfriend totally did), is how he would dump the poor girl and change his mind. WOW! Well, i wish them all the best...
So, as I start my day today, I leave you with this... maybe pain and heartbreak are endured to make us stronger. I have to believe this, or else the world is just a cruel and unjust place.

Back to reality... yuck!

I've been home recovering from surgery for almost 4 weeks now, and though I've gone a bit stir crazy, going back to work wasn't great, either. Less than 2 hours and my back and feet are killing me! Everyone was great, though.. asking how things are going and wishing me well. It was nice to see them all. I guess I should give a few details... I work in a retail photo store owned by my parents. I work with them, as well as my brother, so as you can see, It's a family business.
Anyway, the moral of the story I guess is, being cooped up at home vs. going back to life as it was... I'll take a little more of each, please. Let me explain... Although it is good to be out, making money(much needed by the way after losing almost 9 weeks without pay due to recoveries), I really do wish I could have a little more at home time. It's this time that has introduced me to bloggers around the world, as well as Twitter(I'm a bit obsessed). So, I guess what I'm looking for is about 6 more hours in every day. That's my wish... to have 30 hours in a day. I'll get working on that and leave you with this: I just found out god is on twitter... It's about time he get with the program! hehe

More about me

OK folks, here's the deal. I have (or had) a bad disk in my lower back (between L4-L5) which buldged twice and each time I had an MRI followed by a visit with my neurosurgeon to have a discectomy (surgery to clip the piece of disc that was buldged). After 2 of these which were both successful for 2 months before they returned, the choice I made when the disc buldged for a third time, was to fuse the vertebre and just get rid of the damaged disc all together. That was 3 weeks ago. Recovery has been tough, to say the least. It almost meant the end of my relationsip with my live-in boyfriend, T. Turns out, I'm kind of a bitch when I'm in pain (who knew). I guess it all worked itself out (for now) and I'll keep on keepin on until I'm back to 100%. Doc says that should be in about 6-8 weeks after surgery, so we're talkin 3-5 more weeks of this sh_t. I'll keep you updated and get to a place where my posts will be a little more fun soon. For now, I'll leave you with this... Amazing race Season 14, episode 3, Sunday, 3-1-09http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race/ What the hell, Victor, you gotta listen to lil sis, Tammy, or you're days are numbered! And for God's sake, quit crying like a little baby on camera!