What I Got and What Others Got

My Christmas holiday was fabulous. Not only did I get to spend some quality time with my close family and 70 other relatives at Christmas ever but I also got some gifts that I really need. I got some new workout clothes, some boots, a shirt and best of all some money to go towards my new laptop!

For my parents, my sisters and I got them money for a new dishwasher but got the money in $1, $5, $10, and $20 bills spread throughout a box of filling popcorn. It was hilarious to see them go searching through this huge box and pick out the small bills until they had a good size wad of cash.

I thought that Christmas present was creative and a little bit out there until I read about:

Chicken Poop Lip Junk - Simone Chickenbone's famous all natural lip moisturizer. We love how the product description says "Free Range Chicken Poop™ Lip Junk contains no poop. Put it on your lips!"

Bear Hug Body Pillow - About the size of a real bear cub!

Flying Screaming Monkey - Imagine someone sitting in their cubicle and getting startled by a flying, screaming monkey!

Neckline Slimmer - Push this thing against your chin and you'll look younger. Really?

Crochet Coat Hanger - What do you do when it unravels?

Gnome Tissue Butler - If they weren't ugly enough in the yard, now they brought them inside

250 Spanish Words Shower Curtain - Learn a second language while you wash

Wenger Giant 85-tool 141-function Swiss Army Knife - You can only try to be like McGiver

What did you Get??

WANTED: Tech Advice

My outrage for my laptop crashing was described in a previous blog and now after my mourning period I have decided to move on on seek a new 'arm' (laptop). I know computers but am nowhere near geek status, hence I am seeking geek insight.

I need a new laptop and have some preferences but do not know which brand is the best for what I need. I use my laptop mostly to email, BLOG, write papers, complete projects and surf the net. No excess games, videos or huge media (some pictures and music).

I would like:

At LEAST 2GB Memory

At LEAST 320GB Hard Drive

At LEAST a Pentium processor (a Core 2 Duo would be even better)

Built in wireless card

A battery that can last about 2 hours on one charge

Possibly a built in webcam (to Skype with my niece!)

The smaller/lighter the better

The cheaper yet GOOD the better

At LEAST 2 USB plug ins.

Reliable laptop brand!

ANY SUGGESTIONS??? Any References??

Happy BLIZZARD Day Des Moines!!

We got 15 inches of snow last night and have 45mph winds today so not only was Drake closed but almost the entire city of Des Moines!

As luck would have it, the pharmacy that I work for was open and while every other employee could use the excuse that they could not shovel themselves out of their driveway, I could not. So I was called in to work until 5pm (at least we closed early). This is one reason it sucks to live next door to your place of work...there are no traffic issues to blame.

Enjoyed the day anyway! Now just trying to warm up!

A Present in Time for the Holidays!

As I arrived to work Wednesday morning, the manager told me that someone had left a gift for the pharmacy staff back near the pharmacy. I politely smiled and nodded, thinking he was joking as usual. When I got to the pharmacy, at the back of the store, all I could hear was laughing and as soon I heard the story:

A middle aged women had come into the store about an hour prior to my arrival. She had some prescriptions to get filled. She sat down and waited for the scripts. She was getting angry because the scripts were taking long to get ready. She got up and down from her seat a few times to check the status of her medication and to get somewhat aggressive with the staff. Finally she came to the counter as the staff was finishing the medicine. They politely asked her to take a seat for 2 more minutes. The women refused to sit back down. She got her medicines in about 2 minutes, paid and left the pharmacy.

About five minutes later a different customer came to the pharmacy counter and told the pharmacist that someone had left a gift for the pharmacy near the seating area. The pharmacist looked over and what did she see?

POOP

Yes, poop sitting underneath the seat that the previous women had been sitting in. The managers were called over to clean the area (lucky for them). They then reviewed the tap from the security camera and saw that the women had in fact dropped her feces and pushed it underneath the chair.

Was this a present of thanks? Was this a joke? Was this a sign of her anger towards the pharmacy? Was this a mistake?

All I know is.....it is disgusting, intriguing, funny and just plain weird! It just adds to my notebook of stories from work. I could not make this story up!

We appreciate holiday gifts, but not of the smelly nature!