Empress Sassy

posted by EmpressSassy on Jul 31

Raining Frogs

I gotta tell you after you read this article, if this would ever happen in my world I would DIE.  I can’t imagine. This would have to be one of my worst nightmares.  The little, slimy, bumpy things all plopping down on me in a torrential rain fall!  Again, I would DIE.  It’s not like an umbrella would be the solution.  It could shield you from the intial touching of the frogs of course, but then they would all be on the ground, jumping and touching you………….again did you get the point of me just wanting to DIE?

I don’t know if this has ever happened in the US and if it has I don’t want to hear about it.  I would have to take cover, board up my windows and doors and pray for sun.

Batrachophobia- Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc.
Ranidaphobia- Fear of frogs.
Bufonophobia- Fear of toads.

posted by EmpressSassy on Jul 31

This is a loser and yes I keep writing articles but I loathe this man and his attempts to come back to the NFL this year.  Now they are stating that Green Bay is possibly offering him money to NOT come back to play for them.  How pathetic is that?  What should this tell this poor loser?  Brett, go home, retire, ride your tractor, hang out with Tim McGraw and let it go.  Get a life. 

If you must, sign with another team and play out your fantasy of the savior that saves a team from despair give it a shot but for the love of Pete stay away from Green Bay, they apparently are done with you.  They have chosen a new Quarterback and it’s time to pass the torch.

How big is this guys ego that he thinks he just needs to still be the top dog?  He retired, by all accounts he retired and everyone got the same message.  It is what it is and now the season is approaching and he just got caught up in the emotional charge of it all and feels the need to be “back in the game”.  OK, its natural dude but seek counseling and work through it.  Don’t ruin the lives of the entire Green Bay staff, waste the money of the NFL and ruin your reputation (not that I thought you had a good one), but some did.

LET IT GO GNOME BOY……….retire and move on.  Take the money and run!   Must I have to blog on this again?  Hopefully not, I’m over the articles but they just keep getting better and better.  He slays me, totally slays me.  Dan did it gracefully, Joe did it, why can’t you?

posted by EmpressSassy on Jul 31

It’s my Friday because I’m on vacation tomorrow!  Yea for me!  We are headed to Holiday World because Noah keeps seeing the Water Park on TV and says “Take me there right now” so Jerry says we have to go right now.

It’s supposed to be like 94 degrees and no rain so it’s going to be a hot day for us.  I love this park though because it’s clean, the people are friendly, the food is good and the park won’t be crowded on a Friday.  Nice day to just ride a few rides and then hit the water park.  Noah pretty much knows what to do when we hit the gates.  He just acts like he owns the park!

If you haven’t been to this park yet I encourage you to go.  Its so much better than Kings Island just in the fact that its smaller, less expensive, closer, cleaner, and you get what you pay for in the cost for the day.  It’s an hour up the road and if you like to camp the facilities are great.

Well I’m sure we’ll have a good time and maybe I’ll even check in with Santa to see how I’m doing on the whole “nice” thing so far this year.  I’m about mid way through.  It never hurts to check does it?

posted by EmpressSassy on Jul 30

It’s almost time, can you feel it?  Fall will be here soon, the air will have that crisp feel, the smell of the leaves, we can start cooking chili and turning on the TV to watch our teams!  Yea for me.  Preseason starts in August and while to some it means nothing, to me at least it means the season is on it’s way and we get to see football on TV!  It beats all the other crap they use to fill in when football is not on TV.

I can tell we’re getting closer too; there are more articles on the web, I’m starting to see a few commercials and the fantasy football league talk is happening around the office.  I also read the humorous spoof on a reinstatement letter from Brett Favre and it cracked me up.  I attached it for anyone that can’t stand him as much as me.  The guy did a good job of making him look like an idiot!

Brett Favre Reinstatement Letter to the NFL

All I know is that I have enjoyed my summer and I don’t want it to end, but when it does and I’m sad; at least I’ll have my Sunday afternoons to look forward to and even a few Monday night football games too.   As always you have to get through the camps and the preseason to see how things are going to get shook up and see where everybody is going to land.  Poor Brett, I’d love to see him end up at Tampa Bay myself.  That would be an interesting place for him to play for a year.  Nice QB/Coach combo!  Who’s Ego is bigger there?

Well I’m excited to know preseason is upon us and I wish every one’s team well, not as well as the Colts of course but let’s have some good games!

posted by EmpressSassy on Jul 30

Well Wendy and I did lunch at Ernesto’s and it’s really nice and BIG!  It’s the old Buck Head’s restaurant so it’s roomy and has a nice bar attached to it also! 

The menu is the same and they have a much bigger staff but of course our waiter did not speak English and Wendy apparently ticked him off by trying to #1 enjoy a little humor with him and #2 order her food before her drink.  We recovered from that disaster and managed to get our order taken care of by Mr. Personality.

All in all I’m just excited that my restaurant is back, but I didn’t see any of the old waiters or waitresses. What’s up with that?  Think they just canned them all?  Regardless I’m sure I’ll be going back for lunch and dinners in the near future!

If anyone needs a fix just let me know, I’d be happy to accompany you!

posted by EmpressSassy on Jul 30

I get asked this question a lot.  For those of you that know me you’ve probably even asked me the question about a particular person.  Now for those of you that are a lot like me you will understand this response. 

As you get older in life and become the person you really are, you truly know what you like and what you don’t like.  You also learn that you don’t have to put up with people, things, events, etc. that you don’t want to put up with any longer.  If you’re invited to something you can say no.  If you don’t want to go out of your house on a Sunday afternoon you don’t have to do this, it’s your life.

It’s the same with people.  I’m not the merry sunshine personality that feels the need to cater to people that I don’t care for on a daily basis.  What does this gain for either party involved?  What does fake, cheery, conversation gain for either party except wasted time and energy?  Why not just stay away from the people you don’t enjoy being around and save the energy. 

Too often however, when you avoid people you hear the question, why don’t you like that person?  Why is this important to others?  Isn’t it obvious?  We are different.  I’m not being mean to this person am I?  No.  I’m not hurting this person by not speaking to them am I?  No.  Most of the time that person isn’t going to like me either because we are quite different.

In your close environment of work, personal life and family friends you are going to encounter people that you just don’t mesh with and my theory is that’s OK but you don’t have to fake it, but you don’t have to be mean to them either.  Indifference is the key.   Just let them exist and it shouldn’t effect your world.  I’m not in to the fakey, “need to be nice to them” concept”.  I wish more people would be less fakey to me.

One great example, my cousin married a fake, tan in a can, uppity, has to have the best, mentions her money, doesn’t eat meat, doesn’t want kids, talks way to much about herself, acts like she’s better than everyone girl.  OK, so she comes to a family event and I just stay across the room and try my best not to interact.  Why?  Because if I do #1 - we will clash and #2 if I do speak I will have to smart off because come on it will just be too easy NOT to.  Now, everyone ask me, “Why don’t you like her?”  It’s not that I don’t like her, it’s just that she is just completely opposite of me, I don’t have anything to talk about with her and she has made my cousin all the things listed above, when he used to be a normal person.  Why would I want to do the “fakey, blah, blah, blah, I love your outfit, oh my gosh, no kidding you do run 12 miles a day, no really, your neighborhood is THE most gorgeous at Christmas, blah, blah, blah” conversation when I can just hang out with my other family in the kitchen and have a better time. 

I’m just saying, why do people worry about liking someone or not liking someone?  Trust me there are people I do not like.  They know who they are and I have valid reasons.  There are a couple that I loathe, but most I just avoid because I don’t want to waste my energy on them because life is too short to waste on people that don’t care about me or my life.  Think about that, don’t let people get to you that don’t matter.  Be happy for who you are and what you are, the hell with the people that don’t matter.  Your close circle of family and friends are what truly matters.

posted by EmpressSassy on Jul 29

This was a pleasant, surprise of a movie.  I honestly rented it because James McAvoy was in it and I just needed to see him in another movie. 

Might I say that he did not let me down in the slightest.  This man is just dreamy.  Anyway, Penelope is a girl, born with a family curse of having a pig nose and to lose the curse she must meet a blue-blood and he must fall in love with her for who she is; not for what she looks like in appearance.  It’s a modern day love story.

In the end you learn that the curse is lifted because she learns to love herself.  James McAvoy also falls in love with her just as she is and isn’t scared of her looks.  I love this man!

Catherine O’Hara plays the mother and she is fabulous and funny.  Christina Ricci plays Penelope and normally I don’t love her, but she does a great job in this movie.

Anyway, it’s a modern day love story and it was really good.  I would give it an easy B+ and just for a Bonus here are some extra pictures of my cutie!

I haven’t seen Wanted yet (thanks a lot Jacob) but I’m going soon.  I refuse to wait on Netflix to see this man look that good.  I need to see him sweat on the big screen.  I’m hoping to see it this weekend before it drops off.  He looked too good in the previews.

posted by EmpressSassy on Jul 29

In a business environment, OK lets get real, even in the real world, you need to empower yourself to make decisions.  I loathe these mealy-mouthed women that walk around and can’t take care of themselves and can’t make a decision to save their souls. 

Just have the guts to make decisions for yourself, truly how hard is this?  I would understand if you are a Nuclear Physicist, but not an insurance processor or a customer service representative.  If you have a decision to make, think about it, remain calm and rational and have the guts to empower yourself to make the decision. 

Life is too short to sit around and not take care of yourself also.  Do you really have to have a man around to take care of you?  Make your decisions, even lift things for you?  For pity sake, get on with it and take care of yourself.  Yes, every once in a while we all need help, but stop feeling sorry for yourself and seriously stop carrying the chip on your pathetic shoulder and just put on your big girl panties.

I don’t understand why women have to be so needy when they have the power to be so strong.  Use the tools and the assets God has given you and kick some butt.  They are right there in front of you. 

Just do it and stop whining about it.  If I have to sit around and here one more pathetic story or sit around and deal with another day of decisions that just “can’t be made” without major discussions I’m going to scream! 
Just Do It!  Put on some NIKE shoes and just DO IT!

posted by EmpressSassy on Jul 29

How cool are these sand sculptures?

I barely do good enough to build a basic sand castle and it still doesn’t look that great.  We went to Myrtle Beach one year and they were finishing up a Sand Castle contest at our hotel.  I was amazed at some of the talent these families had.  There was a huge Flintstone car, a shark, turtle and I remember a big phone that one guy sculpted out.  These two pictures were just awesome though.  How cool to have this much talent!

posted by EmpressSassy on Jul 29

I just walked in from lunch and I passed two guys from the business upstairs.  They were probably both in their late 30’s if I had to guess.  The thing is, before I got about a foot in front of them one of them had on some kind of cologne that over powered me on the side walk.  Why?  What is the need to wear this much cologne?

It was a flashback to a bad blind date in high school when you slid in to the back seat only to be horrified that the loser had on some cheap ass cologne and he had taken a bath in it.  Now your forced to sit next to this freak for the rest of the night dying because your head hurts due to the cologne overload!

Good smelling men are a complete turn on and the right cologne can just make them incredibly hot, but too much can just kill the deal.  These guys are mortgage guys or something to that effect so I’m thinking they deal with clients.  They are going to come in contact with people and I feel sorry for their co-workers too.  Someone should have the nerve to say, “Hey dude, tone it down, you’re killing us.”

Don’t get me wrong the same goes for perfume too.  Women need to smell good, but too much is too much.  You can’t just take a bath in it and then run around smelling like a flower or whatever it is Bath and Body Works sells now.  Moderation is key to smelling good and seductive.

Just my thoughts because this guy almost knocked me down before he even passed me.  It just made me think, I would die if I had to get in a car with him or sit across a table with this guy for dinner.  I don’t think I could do it.