Tipsy Tuesday

It really wasn't Tipsy Tuesday because I had a coke, but I did enjoy a nice night out with my friend who was in town for a quick visit.  We went to Chili's for dinner...I LOVE their southwestern eggrolls!

We were talking about past careers and she was telling me how her most favorite job ever (& least paying) was being a Flight Attendant. She said it was lowest paying job though as well.

All I could think of was:

So I applied to be a flight attendant!

Im crazy, I know! 

But hey, you only live once right!? :)

Virus & Racist

Weird post title I know. So let's start first with the virus. This has been the second time in a year that one of the hubby's friend's have used our computer & next thing you know there's a virus. To say I was irate is an understatement. I spent 4 hours last night removing it.

I announced to all the guys (because of course they were all there for Monday Night football) that all internet privileges have been suspended indefinitely! HA!

If you see "Win 7 Antivirus 2012"...it's a virus!!

 

Now on to the racist topic. 

My friend was out shopping & came across a car with the most unbelievable bumper sticker ever! I am just SO shocked that someone could drive around town with this.

If you're from the south, then you know the Confederate flag is a hot topic of discussion.

Some people say its racist & some it's heritage.

IDK. I haven't taken the time out to research the history. But I do know a lot of racist hate groups use this as one of their flags of choice, so it is offensive to a lot of people.

I digress...so my friend saw this bumper sticker on a car:

 

So is this saying, if you had picked your own cotton, instead of bringing slaves over from Africa, we'd have no black people here? I'm not sure if that's the right interpretation but that's how I take it.

The blatant racism in the south is VERY much alive. I'm sure it's everywhere...but it's blatant here and I can't stand it. It's my #1 pet peeve.

Our neighbors that live directly behind us, once hung up a confederate flag on the back of their shed. So that every time we opened our back door, that was the first thing we saw. I wanted to hop the fence and set the flag on fire! Hubby told me leave it alone. I just don't get how he can be so calm. He literally has seen so much racism but doesn't do anything about it which pisses me off to the 10th power!! Once while at work his Asian female coworker told him he was a "dumb ninja" (<-- she didn't say ninja though!) He of course said something to her, but it took a LOT for me to not drive up to that job & kick her @ss. Do you know what the owner did? Sent her to customer service training class. THAT'S IT! How can you not suspend or fire someone for that? I could go on & on with the many situations that my husband has been through. 

He is obviously the calm one in this relationship. IDK what made our neighbors remove the flag, but about a week later they did. This topic infuriates me! 

It's easy for people to SAY racism is dead or people should get over slavery. But unless you truly understand the history and things that black Americans have to go through, then you don't get it. It most certainly has a major effect on why you may see more black people on welfare, not as educated, higher crime rates, etc. And that statement is not meant to offend, it's just a fact.

I could could go on & on but maybe I'll save that for another post.

Enjoy your Tuesday!

December Birch Box Review

Here are the items I got in my December Birchbox.

The POREfessional by Benefit Cosmetics (the jury is still out on this)

Ageless perfume by Harvey Prince (smells great!)

Jouer lip gloss in pink (nice color)

I haven't had a chance to try the following items yet:

Orofluido Beauty Elixir

ShowStoppers fashion tape

Eboost Energy Booster 

I did decide to go ahead and cancel my membership. The items were nice, but a lot of the items I had no interest in trying. I've decided to switch over to MyGlam!!

The idea is just like Birchbox except it's all make-up products.

I'll let yall know how it works once they get it together!

In other news...I forgot to mention something sweet the hubby did a few weeks ago. He used my car to go out of town so I drove his truck. So he came up to my job to trade cars before he left & when I got off work, there were flowers, a sweet card, & some chai tea waiting for me! 

And when I got home, there was the sweetest handwritten letter! :)

So thoughtful!

 I hope everyone has a great week!

One week til Christmas! YAY!!

PS....

If you are one of my existing 36 followers, don't forget to sign up for the giveaway I'm hosting!!

Scroll down to Saturday's post for details!

Weekend Recap

I was lazy ALL weekend for the most part.

Friday night, hubby & I stayed in, ordered pizza, & watched Christmas movies.

I am still distraught that I haven't seen a Christmas Story & I've only watched A Christmas Vacation once.  Usually I've watched both several times by now! lol!

We watched Elf &Fred Clause!

Love me some Will Ferrell & Vince Vaughn!

Saturday I took my mom out Christmas shopping. I am SO glad I finished all of mine in October. The crowds were ridiculous! But I still had a great time.  Then when I got home, hubby & I went out to do more shopping & had dinner at Red Robin Yummmm! I love their chicken wraps & parmesan fries!

Their banzai burgers are my absolute favorite but I wasn't in the mood for a burger, but as I'm typing this I wish I would have gotten one, HA!

Today was the ultimate lazy day. Cleaned the house, gave Bebe a bath, gave myself a bath, and watched movies all day. One of our friends is having an ugly sweater party tonight and I just couldn't get myself in the mood to go party on a Sunday night.

I  am so excited for the Christmas weekend but I hate that that means the holiday season is almost over. It seems like time is just flying by!

Giveaway!

I want to have a giveaway for those who follow my blog as of TODAY!

I don't want to gain followers just because of this though.

IMO,  that's wack as hell. 

No offense intended to those who do that!

I just want to do something for my blog friends who are following me just because! :)

So there will be no "follow me" for one entry, tweet this for 2 entries, 

or blog this for 3 entries...

Just leave a comment if you want to win. 

SIMPLE AS THAT. 

At the time I am typing this, I have 36 followers.

 And only 1 of you 36 people can win this! :)

The winner will receive:

A set of make-up brushes  

A Starbucks giftcard

A scarf & gloves set!

You have until midnight on Christmas Eve to enter!

I'll use one of the random # things to pick the winner.

Winner will be announced Christmas Day!

I want to be a pilot!

We had some friends over last night and of our friends is now dating a pilot! 

She doesn't do it professionally, just for her own enjoyment.

After we all drilled her for like an hour about everything from going to school, the plane, the places she gets to go when she wants...

I am SO looking into flight school!

She was telling us she just plans her routes, calls the airports ahead of time, and can land (usually at no charge) at any airport.  She doesn't have to go through security check points. She just picks up & goes to Tampa for the weekend, or Chicago, or wherever she wants!

I was just so amazed that this young girl owns her own plane & can literally fly wherever & whenever. Her plane can hold 6 people so she's able to have a girls weekend in Vegas, or take the family to the beach, etc.

So I checked out classes, and it would cost me close to $10k. Yes that's a LOT of money, but I figure that's way less than it cost me to go to college and I'd probably get more use out of having a license than my degrees lol!

Second issue is that planes are pretty much the same price as a house. But, she did tell us that we could share a lease with another person or rent planes.  So that's still cheaper than having to buy for individual flights.

This plane is $400k! EEEEK!

So since I'm not ballin like that, I guess I'll have to stick to commercial flights for now...

Or just hope that my friend marries this girl! lol!

Have a great weekend all!

Christmas Card Carousel

Linking up with the Christmas Card Carousel today to show you our Christmas Card.

Excuse the quality of the image please!
I scanned it in & this is out it came out.

The back won't scan properly because it's white, but the message says:

'Tis the Season to Believe!

Merriest Wishes to

You & Yours!

Go link up or check out the carousel, there are some very pretty cards out there!