Archive for November, 2008

work joke

Posted November 26, 2008 * Comments(1)

A young executive was leaving the office late one evening when he found the CEO standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand.

“Listen,” said the CEO, “this is a very sensitive and important document here, and my secretary has gone for the night. Can you make this thing work for me?”

“Certainly,” said the young executive. He turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start button.

“Excellent, excellent!” said the CEO, as his paper disappeared inside the machine. “I just need one copy…”

Holiday Gift Cards - Beware..

Posted November 20, 2008 * Comments(3)
Good info whether you are giving or receiving…I got this in my email this morning.

This is a heads up if you tend to give gift cards around the holidays, you need to be careful that the cards will be honored after the holidays.  Stores that are planning to close after Christmas are still selling the cards through the holidays even though the cards will be worthless  January 1.  There is no law preventing them from doing this. On the contrary, it is referred to as ‘Bankruptcy Planning”. Below is a partial list of stores that you need to be cautious about.

Circuit City (filed Chapter 11)
Ann Taylor- 117 stores nationwide closing
Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug ,and Catherine’s to close 150 stores nationwide
Eddie Bauer to close stores 27 stores and more after January
Cache will close all stores
Talbots closing down specialty stores
J. Jill closing all stores (owned by Talbots)
Pacific Sunwear (also owned by Talbots)
GAP closing 85 stores
Footlocker closing 140 stores mo re to close after January
Wickes Furniture closing down
Levitz closing down remaining stores
Bombay closing remaining stores
Zales closing down 82 stores and 105 after January
Whitehall closing all stores
Piercing Pagoda closing all stores
Disney closing 98 stores and will close more after January.
Home Depot closing 15 stores 1 in NJ ( New Brunswick )
Macys to close 9 stores after January
Linens and Things closing all stores
Movie Galley Closing all stores
Pep Boys Closing 33 stores
Sprint/Nextel closing 133 stores
JC Penney closing a number of stores after January
Ethan Allen closing down 12 stores.
Wilson Leather closing down all stores
Sharper Image closing down all stor~s
K B Toys closing 356 stores
Lowes to close down some stores
Dillard’s to close some stores

 

I make bowling every other Saturday a mini one-sided work out

Posted November 14, 2008 * Comments(3)

I found a way to concentrate at bowling without actually thinking about bowling cuz I really suck at, although my average has gone up a little from a 70 something to 94 WOO HOO!!  So this is how I make my mini-one sided work out and try to forget I’m bowling:

1.  Step up onto lane and pick up 12 lb ball and find spot on lane where I stand

2.  Deep breathe, contract abs and align body while holding 12 lb ball towards my right side

3. Step foward while pushing 12 lb ball out in front; take 4 steps while slowly and in a controlled motion bring 12 lb ball back;

4. Curtzy squat while swining arm forward in controlled motion and have ball roll off of hand;

5.  PRAY IT DOESN’T GO IN THE GUTTER!!

6.  Repeat for 10 frames for 3 games.

So since I very rarely make a strike I’m doing a curtzy squat twice a frame for a total of 60 curtzy squats and contracting abs 60 times.

I did this last time I bowled and I could feel my hamstrings, tightening. 

Can’t wait to bowl tomorrow nite to do my curtzy squats and abs.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Marriage Certificate

Posted November 6, 2008 * Comments(5)

A man sat down and was seriously staring at the marriage certificate, after a long time his wife asked,

What are you looking for? He replied,

The expiration date.

Okay, maybe not too funny but when you’re sitting at work bored out of your mind the littlest things seem funny.

No gym = not so good sleep?

Posted November 5, 2008 * Comments(3)

Last week I managed to get the gym 5 days in row (first in a long time) and every night  Monday through Friday I slept all night without waking until I had to get up.  I slept well Saturday night probably being wore out from the week and Sunday night I awoke at 3:12 a.m., went pee, got a drink of water and back to sleep and didn’t want to get up Monday. So far this weekk we haven’t gotten there yet due to other more important stuff and Monday night I again woke up around 3 did same as Sunday, peed, water but instead of going back to bed I went and slept on the couch thinking I would get up better if I wasn’t so comfy, WRONG!!  Last night I was very tired so I was in bed before 11:00 and again awake at 1:00 a.m. but instead of peeing and water I felt hungry so I had some almonds with a glass of water and figured I sleep with my tummy not growling…WRONG…wake up again after 2, look at clock and go back to sleep, wake up again around 5:00 a.m., so I got myself out of bed and tonite is our late night, honey bowls, and I won’t be able to get to bed till around 12:30 BUT I am going to the gym today so I am hopeful that it seems I sleep better after going there that I will sleep all nite until the alarm goes off…next week will be an all week gym week (I hope) so we’ll see if it holds true for me that a good nights sleep rests on my getting to the gym everyday.