Archive for January, 2006
What’s in it for me?
I was amused by the comments that suggested we head to Vegas for our next adults-only vacation. We’re actually thinking more along the lines of Africa when CJ is a bit older, and perhaps a quick trip to New Orleans in the meantime.
Those comments made me wonder about the appeal of Las Vegas and gambling […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 30th, 2006 tagged Daring you to disagree, Who me? | 19 Comments »
Make ‘em sorry they asked
I knew one aspect of this job that would really suck rocks would be the micromanagement.
To her credit, my supervisor is quite reasonable. She only micromanages me to the extent that she must do so in order to comply with the directives she receives from her manager. And she explains that frankly, she really doesn’t […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 27th, 2006 tagged Repo woman, Who me? | 13 Comments »
BlogWhat?
Apparently the person who plans for a living is a bit out of practice. Who wants to be my roomie at BlogHer? I don’t snore, I promise.
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 26th, 2006 tagged Bloggy-linky-meme-y | 16 Comments »
Happy birthday, dear Mousie
January 24, 2005
January 24, 2006
My little sweetheart, I love you so much. More than I could have ever imagined.
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 25th, 2006 tagged Look at me, look at me!, Miss Mousie | 40 Comments »
Parental leave
There aren’t many reasons that I would consider renouncing my citizenship and moving out of the US, but our country’s policy on parental leave is one of them.
My former employer threatened to FIRE me when I announced my first pregnancy. Not right away, of course. But after my supervisor advised HR of the situation, I […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 22nd, 2006 tagged Daring you to disagree, Who me? | 17 Comments »
Moldy old Cheetos
Anyone else, besides my friend Cathy - who introduced me to it, ever heard of Veggie Booty?
If you have kids, you’ve probably heard of it. For some reason, this crap is kiddie crack.
(A post containing the words “booty” and “crack”. The search engine hits ought to be monumental.)
If you haven’t seen it, here it is:
Cathy […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 19th, 2006 tagged Miss Goosie, Miss Mousie | 22 Comments »
Soul sucking
I knew that I would not enjoy this job. I didn’t take it because I thought I would enjoy it. But I didn’t think it would suck the life force out of me.
I know that our customers have “impaired credit”. That’s why they have loans with us. Some of them are in situations that were […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 17th, 2006 tagged Repo woman, Who me? | 23 Comments »
In the manner to which we are accustomed
Kyle gave notice at work on Friday.
He had been playing phone tag with the hiring manager since before the holidays. After finally securing an interview, which obviously went well, he received a rather puzzling e-mail. Mostly positive - as in “let’s move forward” - but puzzling in that the hiring manager wanted to meet me […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 15th, 2006 tagged Repo woman, The king of beers, Who me? | 27 Comments »
Snail mail
A while ago, my friend Nancy sent me a card in the mail. Not a holiday card, but a simple, no-special-occasion card in which she wrote an actual letter. In her own handwriting. She may think that this gesture didn’t mean much to me, as I have not yet replied, but I treasure letters, including […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 10th, 2006 tagged Daring you to disagree, Who me? | 15 Comments »
Oxymoronic
Customer’s voice mail greeting: “Jesus is Lord. May the Lord bless you and keep you. With Jesus, all things are possible.”
Manager’s notes on customer’s account: “This customer uses mass amounts of profanity.”
I guess all things are possible except for making your car payment without calling me a motherfucker.