It's been awhile

I havent blogged in a few..or maybe I have,...either way..i'm feeling a tad bloggy right now

i just returned from the triple threat of stores...Costco, Target and Harris Teeter ..

i finally procured some contacts so I can have the OPTION of whether i want to rock the teacher/school girl look or not...i did get a FEW samples from the sample ladies..my favorite was the alaskan crab and corn chowder..which i have purchased before and it NEVER lets you down...OMG i should have brought some more instead i opted to try the baked potato chowder which to me is analogous with CHEESE

so while i was waiting for the grilled chicken with stupid garlic and parsley seasoning to be done..this greedy mcgreed hurried and grabbed a SECOND one before i could even acquire a first..there MUST be laws to proper COSTCO-ing....lets just say I almost beat her ass! Seriously! I was hungry!!!...The second food stand...*the one with the chowder* I must have had THE LOOK because this lady stopped herself and was like oh you were first go ahead...DESPITE having her spoon in her hand......

I also tried the new POP CHIPS...they are like a lighter version of Pringles...kinda good...

and after that i was SO turned off by the Costco-ers that I simply proceeded to buy my slice of cheese pizza and non fat yogurt

COSTCO complete

Target was cool, got a few new tops..in the STANDARD color!!! cant go wrong

SIDEBAR....me and the hubs are now hooked on the series SPARTACUS...i suggest you check it out,...its not often i endorse something other than food,...but this has peaked my interest 

also on another note....if you want some pure comedy...check out on TLC POLICE WOMEN OF CINCINATTI

love it...and the people they encounter CLASSIC

anyhow....now back home and chilling out with SPARTACUS and yummy snacks in my kitchen

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april janelle

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April janelle

quick blog

Ok so I come with this blog with a disgusted look on my face

 

I was just in the bathroom at work and I come out to wash my hands and a lady comes in and puts her stuff on the counter of the bathroom …

 

 

Now before I got further..I am funny about germs and stuff..I might even consider myself to be a BIT of a germaphobe

 

I.e. yesterday I dropped my work ID on the bathroom floor and I promptly picked it up with TISSUE and lysol’d it down at my desk for precautionary measures

I just don’t play…better safe than sorry

 

So this broad comes in and puts her stuff down and I look over as I am washing my hands and it’s a toothbrush and toothpaste

 

While I applaud her good oral hygiene…her toothbrush was NOT in  a case…I almost threw up

 

You put your toothbrush that goes in YOUR mouth on the sink of a PUBLIC restroom…#1 germs

#2 chemicals

#3 you are not at home

#4 it is not in a case ….that is absolutely positively DISGUSTING to me

 

 

Women and the bathrooms are gross…just last week I went in and some woman had not flushed..now not that I want to flush someone’s pee. But if it is something more I find that revolting..

So I go in and at first I was just pissed as I went to one of the other 2 stalls but then because I was the only one in there I didn’t want to leave out and someone dare think I was the nasty ass who can’t flush the toilet so I went and flushed it

 

I do not appreciating having to flush some grown person’s shit literally…but I wasn’t sure the etiquette and did not want to walk out the bathroom and bump into someone and they slightly think I am the culprit

 

 

I had to get that out and now I can sit here at my desk …waiting for the 4 o clock hour to come so I can roll

 

 

It's been awhile

Only Staind could say it better…and if you have to ask WHO..Google it!

 

What’s up with me…So for starters I feel I should be off still because we all know after 3 or 4 days off your mind goes to a very happy lazy place….I kinda feel like after MLK day we should get Coretta Scott King Day..just to extend this week a bit….OR maybe today can be like Malcolm X day…I don’t care WHO we honor if I can have a free day off of work…

 

 

This weekend I was bitten by what I thought initially was a spider and then I thought bed bugs-which I got a FLETC..(go figure) BUT after my hands and arms being covered I realized on Saturday morning when this ALL started was when I took my dog to Petsmart to get a bath…Now the worst part is about me getting bit is that #1-my dog does NOT have fleas nor did she get bit BUT me on the other hand from just dropping her off got bit…so #2-someone who was taking their pet is nasty and lives in the woods and hopefully was paying for a flea dip..because now my hands itch and my dog sleeps peacefully

 

 

Another sad state of affairs in my life…My pickles that my brother got me..I have ONE left..ONE folks..ONE….I may have to make an immediate trip to NYC…when is the Super Bowl..that seems like a great time to disappear….

I tried to make my own pickles per the Food Network…I think it was on THE BEST THING I EVER ATE…one of the cook’s said instead of tossing the remaining pickle juice..toss something else in there to pickle…SO I put in a pack of pickling cucumbers and I expect some tasty ass pickles SOON

 

So it seems all my friends are going or have gone back to school to pursue higher degrees and I am no dummy so the pressure is on..and I guess what makes it worst is I took the GRE and I have been accepted into 2 different Master’s programs but life got in the way and I put it on hold…but I am newly focused now ESPECIALLY since my job will pay my way…so my new goal is to tackle the MA in Criminal Justice and honestly I would love to pursue a higher degree after that…I’m Josh’s sister and part of our motivation is the pursuit of our own greatness and having a smug satisfaction in our greatness, so while yes a PhD would be a great accomplishment if I can pull or WHEN I pull it off, more importantly the prospect of having everyone call me Dr. April is So damn pleasurable..now I know I will have one resistant individual who will fight me …but eventually Josh you will get on board..you can call me Dr. Sister of mine!!

 

 

I’m practicing a few ideas and titles and BEST believe I will sign it on EVERYTHING even inappropriate things like Christmas cards, in church, etc!

 

 

Yes….so first things first..applying for the MA program!!!!

 

 

Monday

Ok it is not often that i say all hail my brother..because we all know he typically is the master of working my nerves and making my eyebrows curl and my eye balls twitch....

HOWEVER

I spent an amazing day with Joshykins on Sunday and it was filled with our favorite bonding subject-FOOD!

We went to the famous Katz deli-open since 1898 and shared a tasty-rific Corned Beef on rye and Pastrami with American Cheese -Swiss for him-and pickles

and then we went to THEPICKLEGUYS
to which i had to endure the smell of new pickles the WHOLE way home-omg...and to which i finally was able to partake when i safely made it to DC

but the point of my story is that my brother gave me a container of his Tomato Basil soup he made and all i can say is i am at my desk in HEAVEN

it is SO damn good...i may try to recreate it tonight for lunch for tomorrow and maybe i will make some chilli also...nothing like healthy alternatives

i cant even think straight...Josh you really put your foot in this one

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april janelle

Fabulous Friday

I must start off with the concept of ghetto butter. So I was at hooters last week and I witnessed this man mix hot sauce in his butter...I had no comment maybe a snicker but the worst part was...I knew this individual

But hey if it hit the spot who am I
Now to Mr wonderful .....
I want to thank you for who you are and all you do...every little detail is noted and appreciated ..
Sometimes people know just how to take care of you
I know no one is perfect and I am far far from it but I thank you and I'm grateful for loving me despite and in spite of all my flaws all my issues...for loving me with all the wrong things and ugly things and still seeing the good and beauty in me. I know often I'm wrong and ugly..but you still love me
It takes a special person some might even say an angel or maybe just a real wonderful man to show your patience and attention for detail and knowing just how to take care of me

This morning my heart smiled as I drove up the interstate so thank-you
April janelle

Wednesday

I have wanted to call in sick everyday this week and today was no different..I actually woke up BEFORE my alarm..how does that happen

 

I’m at my desk forcing myself to keep my headphones on.. I am feeling a bit more aggravated today and that I may say something cruel and then I’d be no different from other people I know

 

So someone just said oh I found the ingredient in Chinese food..oyster sauce..I’m like yes..it’s very good its sweet and not at all what you’d think..and someone else said like duck sauce doesn’t taste like duck

 

I hope I don’t get in trouble

And someone else just offered me some “random lunch meat”…I’m like it’s 8:30am NO I do NOT want lunch meat

 

Yesterday I was a lover of corned beef and then I happen to go to subway for lunch and tried their new pastrami hot melt and I must say I am an official convert..I love pastrami, I mean where have you been all my life and it had gooey cheese on it and I added 2 bacon strips to mine for good measure…sigh  meat and cheese make the world go round..things are instantly better with a slice of cheddar and anything to accompany it..oh man some beef…or even chicken

 

I had the most yummy peeled shrimp from Hooters last night…sigh and some crab legs-WOW talk about delightful

 

Ok let me bring it back in, I am at my desk eating OATMEAL so no despite my food whore-ness I am not completely losing my mind..after all it’s the new year and EVERYONE made the resolution to eat better and work out more

 

NOT

 

DC apparently has a new gang in our Chinatown area, it’s a gay gang….need I say more

 

And I also saw a he-she last night, about 6’3 120 lbs BEST walk past me…now here is my thing..I have no problem with someone being GAY but really must you dress like a woman…why does your sexual preference define your fashion

 

Further I do not like gay guys that are thinner than me and have skinnier jeans

Just be a regular gay guy who still looks like a guy and doesn’t have a weave or wear makeup

 

Because that to me sounds more like you want to just be a woman

 

Ok sorry for the rant…damn it’s only 8:50am-maybe I will take a half day …but then again what will I go home and do..oh like it matters

 

 

So that’s about it

 

OMG-the torture

I am at work for the second day in a row after my restful vacay-this has to be illegal...

my body is insistent upon punishing me for my late nights and late mornings!

man-tired...

perusing the net...safely and appropriately....

ok i have NADA to talk about...soooo TTYL

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april janelle

Happy New Year

Hey my Blog readers!

Happy New Year! It’s been awhile I know and trust me I have no excuses!

 

So I’m curious how many of you started the year off with the usual silly resolutions that will be broken in another 96 hours if they are not already

 

I didn’t even bother…I think working on me is always an ongoing project and process and I don’t need to identify the brink of a new year as some kick off or jump starting

 

I will probably still be rigid and cantankerous as always but I would like to give more of myself this year..I would love to be able to touch lives even if it is only one..I have made many and plenty of errors and mistakes in my life..I don’t regret them..I feel they have made me stronger and smarter and have given me a bit of wisdom to share with others so they don’t go down the same road

 

I want to be a person of warmth and love, I want to be a person who others think highly of, they know I will be honest, but they know I will have their back, and they can count on me

 

I want to be someone who has a big heart and loves hard and laughs harder

 

Life can be so many things, and life can often NOT be what we expected or dreamed, but don’t dreams change?

I used to want to be a psychologist for a second before wanting to be an FBI Agent and even though I’m not on the gun toting side of the house, I still landed within the agency.

 

It’s easy to get caught up in wanting things or how we see our self or judging ourselves based upon on success

But at the end of the day…that is not the measure of a woman or man

 

It’s about how you treated everyone along life’s journey, it’s about the impact you left on others, it’s how you treat those who love you unconditionally

 

Do you treat people the way you’d like to be treated…can you look at yourself in the mirror and be proud

 

It’s not about the dollar signs, it’s about the smiles and the TIME….

So maybe in 2011 instead of saying oh I want to be in the gym everyday..just try to be a nicer person every day, love your family and friends harder..say yes more than you say NO (unless it’s NO don’t stop) lol

 

But I hope you will think about it

Be slower to anger and quicker to hug and love

 

 

Life can be so much more pleasant when you turn that frown upside down and change your attitude

 

I will say we are not alone in this world and you get out what you put in and if you treat people wrong …..

 

My one resolution I will make it, to eliminate the stress and the work..any relationship that does not feel natural and worthwhile…I can’t be a part of..any toxic friends (ok so I don’t have any) but that’s why I love my Kelz-our relationship is easy BREEZY..there is no effort..she’s my Kellee, she’s my sister end of discussion…no drama..no bullshit