The Lovely State I Live In

Well, isn't Illinois the famous state these days. Not only do we have this 'wonderful' President Elect, but we also have a 'deeply respected' governor (that is sarcasm you hear).

If you live in Illinois you have always been well aware of how corrupt the system has been. Those who live south of I-80 have always known our votes were wasted when we went to the voting poll, simply because the 'Chicago machine' would always out weigh our votes.

While the rest of the Country and the world are 'shocked' by the allegations against Blago, I personally am just excited that he is finally going down. I am a bit cracked up by the out right arrogance of him in the fact that he continued to 'pay to play' even after he knew the Feds were investigating him. Even more by the fact that he shows no signs of resigning. What balls!

Quite honestly I think the rest of anyone near him should go down too. That includes his Lieut Governor Quinn and then Lisa Madigan. The scariest senario I have heard yet is that once Blago is impeached and Quinn takes over as Governor then he (Quinn) will nominate himself to the Senate seat and that would automatically make Lisa Madigan governor. All of these people KNEW that Blago was like he is and they KNEW he was pulling these stunts. They may not have directly been involved, but they knew and did NOTHING about it. That makes them as guilty as he is in my book. If Quinn truly had the people's best interest at heart he would push the idea of a special election for the Senate seat.

For those of you who are Obama fans.....if you think he was clueless you are smoking something. Again maybe he wasn't directly involved, but he knew....all politicians in Illinois know/knew what goes on.

Wake up everyone....

Ah The Joys Of Leftovers......

I survived yesterday and I am quite happy today is a scheduled work from the office day.

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Last night while listening to Jack's son who is 10 whine about eating my proposed turkey enchilada's made from leftover turkey from Thursday proclaimed....'Ahhh nooo please I can't eat anymore leftover turkey'. I sigh and think to myself 'He's right, I'm a bit done with it too'. Okay lets order Quiznos and have it delivered. Ethan lets out a hoot of joy.

Then I start taking orders from everyone on what they would like. What does the kid order????

a 'Turkey bacon sub with lettuce'

Seriously.....ooii

I think I have decided that there are days I must struggle with depression or is it just laziness...

Lately it has been hell to pull myself out of bed, get dressed and get out the door. The advantage/disadvantage to working from my home office is that I set my own schedule. Sure I have accountability with my company, but it is all too easy sometimes to just get out of bed and sit down at the computer in my pajamas. In the past week I have re-scheduled three appointments with clients because 'I just didn't want to get out of the house'.

Part of it is the cold weather, part of it is I'm tired of dealing with angry customers who can't get product because my company is back ordered on items and part of it is....well I just don't know.

It isn't that I don't work for a good company or have a good job; I do. I do however, dislike the type of sale I am doing. I am not by nature a 'girly girl emotional, gossip telling, bitch festing' woman. I hate drama and the cattiness that women ensue. Okay I know you might be saying 'Hey stop bashing your own kind', but really I just don't have time for that in my life. I am quite girly...I get my nails done, pedicures, etc...but the rest of it I can do without.

****Stop Reading if you are a hairdresser****

This industry I am in is filled with drama, emotional filled, NEEDY women! It is impossible to walk into a beauty salon and sit down and have a business talk with a hairdresser. I need to hear about their kids, their husband/boyfriend, their friends, their DRAMA. Oh and if I don't sound concerned or interested well then they might not purchase from me that week. These women want to be pampered by me as their sales rep. Oh no not the out to lunch pampering to talk about business like other industries I've worked in. They want to feel 'loved' by me. I need to make sure I gush about their business etc.

Take the above and do it 10 to 12 times a day and I am exhausted. Emotionally exhausted. I am a hard worker and my degree is in Marketing. I am not the same personality type as they are and their emotions wear me out. I was top sales associate at my previous company....and I sold mostly to men. I suppose I'm not like the rest of the women in the world since I really just would rather be all business with my clients.

I also have opened my on VA Virtual Assistant business recently and would love to be able to work more on marketing that and getting jobs so I can afford to quit my current position. However, for now I'm stuck. Job market is horrible at the moment and being as I can't afford to quit and just do my business at the moment I need to figure out a way to pick myself up by the boot straps and go kick some ass.

Okay...I'm off for the day....deep breath in.....deep breath out.....grab a Starbucks and GO!

Snowy Days

Just thought I would share a bit of my beautiful winter view this morning.

Lame Friends

Today is our Thanksgiving meal. My kids were with their father on Thursday and so I had planned to have our feast today. Piece by piece plans have fallen apart. I had invited friends over as well and was looking forward to a house full of people and games of cards after dinner. Well all three friends have called this morning to say they can not make it and then yesterday my daughter's basketball team she cheers for lost the game and now they are playing at 6pm tonight which means she will be missing as well.

Here I am with a 25 pound turkey, tons of potatoes, desserts, etc and only a few family left.

I think honestly I'm more miffed at the friends canceling out, on the day of...I would not have purchased so much food had I known three days prior.

So...open invite for a Thanksgiving dinner, I'll have plenty!

Black Friday...No Thanks

Okay I admit I don't understand the joy some women get with attending this whole 'black Friday' shopping event. I went once, when I was at the early age of 20 or near there and that was enough for me. My daughter went with her girlfriends this morning. She is 17 and she was going with a bunch of her close friends all of whom had never experienced it. That was fine, I actually thought it was pretty cool.

What I don't get is the stampedes....seriously? I mean I shopped online and received every single one of the same deals advertised in the sale ads and guess what...I did it in my pajamas and didn't have to park, talk to anyone, or be pushed by anyone.

Then there is the worst of the worst as in this.

How sad and what does that say about us as a society? Over Christmas sales?