Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Monday, September 8, 2008
Conversation with Dave
I tried tricking him into eating pirogis, I know he will love them he just refuses to try them.
Me "Dinner is in the fridge. I made potato pockets with a dipping sauce"
Dave "Ooooohhhh, I like....."
about 5 minutes of silence followed by the closing of the refrigerator and a long sighhhhhhhhhh
Dave" I KNOW WHAT THESE ARE THESE ARE THOSE THINGS!!!! i HATE THOSE THINGS"
Me : You hate potatoes hmm news to me"
Dave: " NO, you know what these are. They're those things you know.."
Me "I have no idea what your talking about EAT THEM YOU WILL LIKE THEM"
Dave" OOHhhhhhh I CANT I just cant...I'm sorry, please do not make me eat them"
Me" Oh you think that they are perogis....nooo I just formed them in that half circle shape"
Dave "ohhh uhh nooo uhhh ohhh god no please i have had these before they made me puke I will puke right here if you make me eat them....uhhh I can't help me Jesus don't let her feed me these"
Me "You are quite possibly the worst polack out there."
Dave" I KNEW IT."
Me "Dinner is in the fridge. I made potato pockets with a dipping sauce"
Dave "Ooooohhhh, I like....."
about 5 minutes of silence followed by the closing of the refrigerator and a long sighhhhhhhhhh
Dave" I KNOW WHAT THESE ARE THESE ARE THOSE THINGS!!!! i HATE THOSE THINGS"
Me : You hate potatoes hmm news to me"
Dave: " NO, you know what these are. They're those things you know.."
Me "I have no idea what your talking about EAT THEM YOU WILL LIKE THEM"
Dave" OOHhhhhhh I CANT I just cant...I'm sorry, please do not make me eat them"
Me" Oh you think that they are perogis....nooo I just formed them in that half circle shape"
Dave "ohhh uhh nooo uhhh ohhh god no please i have had these before they made me puke I will puke right here if you make me eat them....uhhh I can't help me Jesus don't let her feed me these"
Me "You are quite possibly the worst polack out there."
Dave" I KNEW IT."
Friday, August 22, 2008
21 life lessons Learned by the age of 21
In no particular order....
1. Time heals all wounds, in the moment it may not feel like it will but it does.
2. The juice is worth the squeeze
3. Dorthy said it best "There is no place like home".
4. Take as many pictures as you can when you are old and senile you'll be happy you did.
5. Half the fun of a trip is getting there, so do stop and smell the roses along the way.
6. Pick your battles.
7. What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. So very very true.
8. Don't wait till your old and gray to be quirky and eccentric. Start now so you'll be a pro by
then.
9. A kiss does make it feel better.
10. Everything tastes better if you share it.
11. Those weird guys in school actually do grow up to be millionaires, so be nice to them.
12. Bad things happen to good people.
13. Everyone make mistakes.
14. Always give people a second chance, not a third or fourth.
15. Growing old beats the alternative — dying young.
16. Think before you speak . (still have a hard time with this one.)
17. never give up, never surrender
18. When there is an elephant in the room introduce it.
19. Don't wish your life away
20. Everyone needs a skip day now and then.
21. Flow with the Flow.
1. Time heals all wounds, in the moment it may not feel like it will but it does.
2. The juice is worth the squeeze
3. Dorthy said it best "There is no place like home".
4. Take as many pictures as you can when you are old and senile you'll be happy you did.
5. Half the fun of a trip is getting there, so do stop and smell the roses along the way.
6. Pick your battles.
7. What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. So very very true.
8. Don't wait till your old and gray to be quirky and eccentric. Start now so you'll be a pro by
then.
9. A kiss does make it feel better.
10. Everything tastes better if you share it.
11. Those weird guys in school actually do grow up to be millionaires, so be nice to them.
12. Bad things happen to good people.
13. Everyone make mistakes.
14. Always give people a second chance, not a third or fourth.
15. Growing old beats the alternative — dying young.
16. Think before you speak . (still have a hard time with this one.)
17. never give up, never surrender
18. When there is an elephant in the room introduce it.
19. Don't wish your life away
20. Everyone needs a skip day now and then.
21. Flow with the Flow.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Meet the Bakers
Dave Baker is finally making an honest women outta me. We have been happily engaged for 2 weeks now. Im rocking some pretty fancy "bling" on my finger if I may say so....
I am sitting here on the couch blogging when I am suppose to be packing. Me and the fiance (that sounds so Cheese we need to come up with a better word here.) are going on vacation!...with his Dad's family. I'm not quit sure what to expect on this trip. What I can expect is to be called Amber, Lisa, Amy, & Sweetheart, because after 6 1/2 years of being around this family THEY STILL do not know my name....They even give me the cold shoulder out in public. I will say hello and they look at me like I am a complete stranger. Drr people, it's me Ashley there is a picture of me in your family calendar hanging up in your kitchen. When we get married They are all going to be there like aw she is a nice girl what ever happend to that other one amber?........AMBERS DEAD!
I am sitting here on the couch blogging when I am suppose to be packing. Me and the fiance (that sounds so Cheese we need to come up with a better word here.) are going on vacation!...with his Dad's family. I'm not quit sure what to expect on this trip. What I can expect is to be called Amber, Lisa, Amy, & Sweetheart, because after 6 1/2 years of being around this family THEY STILL do not know my name....They even give me the cold shoulder out in public. I will say hello and they look at me like I am a complete stranger. Drr people, it's me Ashley there is a picture of me in your family calendar hanging up in your kitchen. When we get married They are all going to be there like aw she is a nice girl what ever happend to that other one amber?........AMBERS DEAD!
Monday, June 30, 2008
You got a PURTY MOUTH...
This past weekend I attended a Family reunion. More like a circus then a reunion. I have been abscent from the festivities for last 3 years. Because I am the oh holy protacal child who can do no wrong, I decided to grace the family with my prescence. let me give you a BREIF backround so you can paint a pretty little picture in your head.
My Grandpa is like 1 out of 15 kids. Living out in the middle of the Adirondacks with no Moving Picture Box, or People Magazine Subscription things get pretty boring I guess, and as a result of this he got 15 brothers and sisters. Ohhh my god my family is like the DUGGARDS!....oh god off topic... Anyway they are hillbillys and everytime I look at one I hear the music from delivernce playing on a continuous loop in my head. There was this one that use to follow me around with his camera my uncle and he would just take 100's of picture of me for his "Picture Book". He has not been since I stopped attending 3 years ago and thankfully he was not there Saturday. THen we have this women with 2 lazy eyes who IS OBSESSED with my mom. First off when I look at her I don't know where to look. One eye is looking North East and the other is looking somewhere West so I kind of aim north in between her eyebrow...Yes eyebrow singular. There is one. She named her daughter after my mom...Apparently the story goes..She was suppose to have a boy but when that sucker popped out it was a girl and the only name that came to her mind was AMY the name of her most favorite cousin. Just the thought of this women giving birth and the only thing getting her to pull throught was her favorite cousin AMY killed me...It's funny because they did not grow up together they don't hang out or talk on the phone...I dont even think my mom knows what this lady's name is to be honest. But every year she tells that story to anyone who will listen, and then she follows my mom around snapping pictures for "little amys picture book"....My moms "Namessake." hahahahhahahahaha........
My Grandpa is like 1 out of 15 kids. Living out in the middle of the Adirondacks with no Moving Picture Box, or People Magazine Subscription things get pretty boring I guess, and as a result of this he got 15 brothers and sisters. Ohhh my god my family is like the DUGGARDS!....oh god off topic... Anyway they are hillbillys and everytime I look at one I hear the music from delivernce playing on a continuous loop in my head. There was this one that use to follow me around with his camera my uncle and he would just take 100's of picture of me for his "Picture Book". He has not been since I stopped attending 3 years ago and thankfully he was not there Saturday. THen we have this women with 2 lazy eyes who IS OBSESSED with my mom. First off when I look at her I don't know where to look. One eye is looking North East and the other is looking somewhere West so I kind of aim north in between her eyebrow...Yes eyebrow singular. There is one. She named her daughter after my mom...Apparently the story goes..She was suppose to have a boy but when that sucker popped out it was a girl and the only name that came to her mind was AMY the name of her most favorite cousin. Just the thought of this women giving birth and the only thing getting her to pull throught was her favorite cousin AMY killed me...It's funny because they did not grow up together they don't hang out or talk on the phone...I dont even think my mom knows what this lady's name is to be honest. But every year she tells that story to anyone who will listen, and then she follows my mom around snapping pictures for "little amys picture book"....My moms "Namessake." hahahahhahahahaha........
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Happy Hump Day
Today has felt a little like Christmas around here..... The elderly man with dementia was humming jingle bells while he waited patiently for his wife during treatment....During this time he wished me a merry christmas 4 times, Let out 2 Ho ho ho *hack hack cough*, and a felize navidad. I had to humor this man...No one else does they all tell him he is crazy...So after every "Merry Christmas" I kindly replied with " SAme to you , or happy kwanza" just to mix it up a little. Adding to the Christmas spirit I recieved a few gifts today.....
2 VIP tickets to the special olympics
1 banana cream pie
1 mini rose bush
1 pair gardening gloves
3 green peace bumper stickers
1 choclate cupcake
1 pen with my name on it
and a partridge in a pair tree.
Don't hate.....at least the old lady stopped bringing in tubes of lube for me......ughhhhhhh funky.
2 VIP tickets to the special olympics
1 banana cream pie
1 mini rose bush
1 pair gardening gloves
3 green peace bumper stickers
1 choclate cupcake
1 pen with my name on it
and a partridge in a pair tree.
Don't hate.....at least the old lady stopped bringing in tubes of lube for me......ughhhhhhh funky.
Monday, April 21, 2008
NO FISH FOR YOU!!!!!!
Over the weekend my roomie and I went out to find a companion for our goldfish.....fish aka willy aka Pedro aka why don't you like me you goddamn fish stop swimming away from me.
We went to Petsmart..I usually enjoy this fine pet establishment...its clean the people are nice and the animals seem pretty happy and healthy. While we were in the fish section trying to scope out the perfect little buddy for our lonely fish at home...We finally came upon a very cute baby goldfish that was all orange with fins that looked like they were dipped in black paint on the tips. We found a girl that worked there to help us snag the little bugger. But before she even asked us which one we were bombarded with a million questions....
" Do you know a gold fish is related to a carp fish"
-why yes in fact i did....did you know they were domesticated in china and they evolved from a carp like a million years ago....take that fish lady
"Do you have an aerator" (why yes, yes i do)
"Well do you know what it does"
- Well I believe it makes bubbles in the water so our fine finned friend can breathe
This is when I start to loose patients.
"Well do you know they need 20 gallons per fish to survive"
bitch give me my god damn fish..... Is what I should have said but instead I replied with I had 2 gold fish a bowl WITHOUT an aerator and they lasted forever it was when I put them in a larger tank with an AERATOR that they died.
"Well congratulations".
It then turned into a 30 second stair down with her and I....Dave remained at my side laughing hysterical at the unbelievable display before his eyes.....I then pointed at the fish I wanted and said " I want THIS fish". So she read in and grabbed it put it in a bag handed it to me and said "Good luck".....after I paid for my little fishy and was walking out Dave said " You should have asked them how they can have 25 goldfish in a 10 gallon tank WITH AN AERATOR. I was so pissed he didn't bring that up earlier. Anyways we got him into his new home and renamed the old fish Simon and the new fish Garfunkel. We have recently come to the conclusion that they may in fact need a bigger tank...but I will be dammed if I go back to the fish department at Petsmart.
We went to Petsmart..I usually enjoy this fine pet establishment...its clean the people are nice and the animals seem pretty happy and healthy. While we were in the fish section trying to scope out the perfect little buddy for our lonely fish at home...We finally came upon a very cute baby goldfish that was all orange with fins that looked like they were dipped in black paint on the tips. We found a girl that worked there to help us snag the little bugger. But before she even asked us which one we were bombarded with a million questions....
" Do you know a gold fish is related to a carp fish"
-why yes in fact i did....did you know they were domesticated in china and they evolved from a carp like a million years ago....take that fish lady
"Do you have an aerator" (why yes, yes i do)
"Well do you know what it does"
- Well I believe it makes bubbles in the water so our fine finned friend can breathe
This is when I start to loose patients.
"Well do you know they need 20 gallons per fish to survive"
bitch give me my god damn fish..... Is what I should have said but instead I replied with I had 2 gold fish a bowl WITHOUT an aerator and they lasted forever it was when I put them in a larger tank with an AERATOR that they died.
"Well congratulations".
It then turned into a 30 second stair down with her and I....Dave remained at my side laughing hysterical at the unbelievable display before his eyes.....I then pointed at the fish I wanted and said " I want THIS fish". So she read in and grabbed it put it in a bag handed it to me and said "Good luck".....after I paid for my little fishy and was walking out Dave said " You should have asked them how they can have 25 goldfish in a 10 gallon tank WITH AN AERATOR. I was so pissed he didn't bring that up earlier. Anyways we got him into his new home and renamed the old fish Simon and the new fish Garfunkel. We have recently come to the conclusion that they may in fact need a bigger tank...but I will be dammed if I go back to the fish department at Petsmart.
Friday, April 18, 2008
me me meeeeee
A little diddy I wrote my honey bun....
If I were a cookie then, you’d be my chip,
If you were a chip then I’d be your dip,
If you were the spring ,
then I know I’d be the rain
If you were a glove
I’d be your big ball of love
All I want is you, will you be my guy
I promise this is not another lie
All I want is you, will you be my guy
Take my hand in yours and lets learn how to fly
If you were the early bird, Id always be your worm,
Our love has no boundaries it doesn’t have terms
If I was a tub of popcorn you’d be my butter
The love I have for you make my stomach flutter
If you were a ice cream, then I’d be your sprinkles
If you were a star I’d be the twinkle
All I want is you, will be my guy
I promise this is not another lie
All I want is you, will you be my guy
Take my hand in yours and lets learn how to fly
If you were firefly then I’ll be your jar
Keeping you close so you don’t get to far
If you were a tree then I’ll be your leaves
Keeping you cool like a warm summers breeze
If you were the sea, then I’d be the waves
I’ll just be your Ashley, and you be my Dave
If I were a cookie then, you’d be my chip,
If you were a chip then I’d be your dip,
If you were the spring ,
then I know I’d be the rain
If you were a glove
I’d be your big ball of love
All I want is you, will you be my guy
I promise this is not another lie
All I want is you, will you be my guy
Take my hand in yours and lets learn how to fly
If you were the early bird, Id always be your worm,
Our love has no boundaries it doesn’t have terms
If I was a tub of popcorn you’d be my butter
The love I have for you make my stomach flutter
If you were a ice cream, then I’d be your sprinkles
If you were a star I’d be the twinkle
All I want is you, will be my guy
I promise this is not another lie
All I want is you, will you be my guy
Take my hand in yours and lets learn how to fly
If you were firefly then I’ll be your jar
Keeping you close so you don’t get to far
If you were a tree then I’ll be your leaves
Keeping you cool like a warm summers breeze
If you were the sea, then I’d be the waves
I’ll just be your Ashley, and you be my Dave
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
The Golden Years??--- My Ass
If you have read my blog before you understand the fact that I get my fair share of craziness on a daily basis...Today's craziness comes from the old fogey community. Here are a few snippets of my conversations with them today......
9 am with Helen.
H- "I can't Make my appointment today, I'm sick"
Me- " Sorry to hear that I hope that I hope your okay"
H- "Well sweetheart I got 2 pairs of underwear on, because the diarrhea is so bad. On top of that I keep UPCHUCKING all over the house."
Me- "........" " Uhhh.... ..... Feel better BYE"
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( To get the real essence of my conversation with bob you have got to picture the tiniest little white haired man with a booming southern twang...)
B - "SO I done can't go out walkin no more. Due to this here leg of mine."
Me- (Let me start by saying Bob had'nt said a word to me since he had gotten here..40 mins ago and comes out of left field with this interesting convo)
" Well bob, that sucks you should get one of those rascal things. "
B- " I think its a corn that is hurting me.."
Me- " .........hmmm...ouch"
B - " Actually the foot man said that it is my bone sticking out through the bottom wanna take a gander"
Me ( trying not to "upchuck") "Bob you need to keep your foot in your shoe away from me on the other side of the counter ."
Bob's wife went out shopping after her treatment and left him here....he fell asleep with his mouth wide open...snoring.
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Helen called back later in the day to update me? WTF man.
H- " The diarrhea has stopped a little, the Upchucking is still pretty nasty"
Me- ".................(ughhh) Well maybe you should get off the phone and rest"
H-" Well call me back in a few hours to check on me ok? will you do that? Will you call me back?"
Me- ( is she kidding?....It's the flu lady you made it through the depression a war the 70's I'm sure you will survive a stomach bug)....I will have the doc give ya a call in a bit...."
Joe can handle this one for a while.
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Lastly john
J-" You watch 60 mins"
ME-"ehh sometimes why..." (why...always my first mistake)
J-" Andy Rooney can go and shove something up his you know what"
Me- whheeww oh no you didn't......
9 am with Helen.
H- "I can't Make my appointment today, I'm sick"
Me- " Sorry to hear that I hope that I hope your okay"
H- "Well sweetheart I got 2 pairs of underwear on, because the diarrhea is so bad. On top of that I keep UPCHUCKING all over the house."
Me- "........" " Uhhh.... ..... Feel better BYE"
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( To get the real essence of my conversation with bob you have got to picture the tiniest little white haired man with a booming southern twang...)
B - "SO I done can't go out walkin no more. Due to this here leg of mine."
Me- (Let me start by saying Bob had'nt said a word to me since he had gotten here..40 mins ago and comes out of left field with this interesting convo)
" Well bob, that sucks you should get one of those rascal things. "
B- " I think its a corn that is hurting me.."
Me- " .........hmmm...ouch"
B - " Actually the foot man said that it is my bone sticking out through the bottom wanna take a gander"
Me ( trying not to "upchuck") "Bob you need to keep your foot in your shoe away from me on the other side of the counter ."
Bob's wife went out shopping after her treatment and left him here....he fell asleep with his mouth wide open...snoring.
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Helen called back later in the day to update me? WTF man.
H- " The diarrhea has stopped a little, the Upchucking is still pretty nasty"
Me- ".................(ughhh) Well maybe you should get off the phone and rest"
H-" Well call me back in a few hours to check on me ok? will you do that? Will you call me back?"
Me- ( is she kidding?....It's the flu lady you made it through the depression a war the 70's I'm sure you will survive a stomach bug)....I will have the doc give ya a call in a bit...."
Joe can handle this one for a while.
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Lastly john
J-" You watch 60 mins"
ME-"ehh sometimes why..." (why...always my first mistake)
J-" Andy Rooney can go and shove something up his you know what"
Me- whheeww oh no you didn't......
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
No Assembly required
I will never ever buy another piece of furniture that has to be put together AGAIN. 3 hours later my high top table and 4 high top charis are assembled.......Why did it take so long you may ask, Well you silly internet I put it together in the living room so I could watch The Real World and when I went to carry it into the kitchen it didnt fit through the doorway so I had to take it apart again and get it in there. A little advice from me......do not mix wine and furniture assembly at 12:00am.....the 2 just don't mix well
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