Tales From The Bonny Blue House

When asked what the wise men

brought to Jesus Kevin said;"Gold, Frankenstein and Murray".

I have some work to do.

43 Things

I'm a little jazzed up today. Lots of coffee to combat the fatigue involved in staying up late to WATCH THE YANKEES WIN THE SERIES!!!!

I'm sorry, was I shouting?

It was an exciting game, a great culmination to an exciting series. However, I'm tired.

Today's post will be a little different. In honor of a day that may or may not be a little bit special I thought I would reveal 43 things about me you may not be aware of. The number 43 may or may not be significant. (Hint: it has nothing to do with the Yankees).

1.       I was born in Brooklyn.

2.       I was raised in Nassau County.

3.       I attended a public school through 8^th grade.

4.       I attended an all girls Catholic private school for high school.

5.       I learned all my best swear words in that high school.

6.       I attended St. John’s University.

7.       I was a business major until I discovered that I would have to take four calculus classes.

8.       That day I changed to an English Lit major.

9.       My father thought I was nuts.

10.   I have a double minor in Economics and Finance, mostly to appease my father.

11.   I never took any of those calculus classes.

12.   I worked for a dentist for a year after graduating because the stock market had crashed and I couldn’t get a job.

13.   I took a job as a secretary in a big name investment bank rather than an associate position in a small one to get a foot in the door.

14.   It was a good choice.

15.   I earned more money as a secretary than all of my friends in other “better” jobs.

16.   I couldn’t type to save my life.

17.   I was promoted pretty quickly which was gratifying.

18.   I traveled a lot which was fun.

19.   I had a secretary, she could type.

20.   My firm was paying for graduate school.

21.   I hated graduate school.

22.   I started to hate traveling when I met my husband.

23.   When again, faced with calculus,I quit school.

24.   I took a knitting class at the New School.

25.   My father is still annoyed about it.

26.   I can still knit and I  have still not taken calculus.

27.   Lack of calculus has not affected my success in life at all.

28.   Don’t tell my kids.

29.   I have always written stories.

30.   That I am a non-fiction writer surprises me.

31.   I married the love of my life at age 26.

32.   It was the best decision I ever made.

33.   When we were first married we lived in a great apartment on the beach.

34.   I wanted to live in NYC but he loves the beach so I conceded.

35.   I want to retire to Manhattan.

36.   I love Maine.

37.   My house is decorated in reds, browns, taupe and black.

38.   My house is also decorated in toys and dirty socks.

39.   I have a cleaning lady come once a week and I feel very guilty about it.

40.   I love to cook.

41.   I love to clean, hence the guilt in number 39.

42.   I want to own a mini-cooper someday.

43.   I think being a wife and mom rocks.

Temper, temper

"I mad at you" says Sean crossing his arms firmly across his chest. I had just informed him that there would be no TV. 

"I going to bed", he informs me and he turns on his heel and walks himself down the hall to his room.

Believe it or not I was able to fight the urge to screech, "No, no don't go and lie down and give me five minutes peace, please!!"  I don't know how I found the strength. ;)

Multi-tasking

Friday Funny

This would be funnier if this chucklehead wasn't the vice president.

Friday Funny

Haven't done one of these in a while....

Friday Funny

Friday Funny

Take a few minutes and laugh...

Too funny

I have some very important things to post about, so the fact that I am wasting precious minutes of my very limited computer time (no electricity, dead laptop battery) gives you an idea of how funny I think this is. well worth 2 1/2 minutes.

Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are

An American Election From an Irish Perspective

We, here in  Ireland, can't figure out why people are even bothering to
hold an election in the United States this year.

You have a lawyer who states he is 'black' when it is documented that
he is actually both black and white, who has stated that he wants his countrymen to learn to speak Spanish
rather than English, who usually doesn't put his hand over his heart and say the pledge of allegiance or wear  the flag of the country he wants to run,who can't remember if there are 50 or 57 states in his own country, who is married to yet another lawyer who doesn't even like the country her husband wants to run.

Now...
On the other side, you have a nice old war hero whose name starts with the appropriate 'Mc' terminology , married to a good looking younger woman who owns a beer distributorship.

What in Lord's name are ye lads thinking over there in the colonies??