"What's my name bitch?!?!"

How hard is it to get someone's name right? Apparently really hard for a select few.

My birth name is Heather Lourie, so with a name like that, you would think that's pretty easy to remember. Heather...Lourie, period. Is it that difficult?? I don't think so, and neither do most of my friends.

Well it seems for some people, it's a hard item to get them to understand. It boggles my mind to no end, but what can I do? The way my last name is pronounced can sound just like I have 2 first names, which I can understand, but there's no excuse for being lazy and not giving someone that common courtesy that everyone deserves. Being that my last name is "Lourie", people think that it's my first name, and think it's Lori, or Laurie, etc...but that's my last name!!!! UGH!!!

But with work, dipshits are calling me by my last name... One in particular is this ass-munch vendor who emailed me today, calling me LOUIE! WHAT THE FUCK MAN?!?!?!

A) I am not a freakin male.
B) My first name is Heather.

How many fucking times do I have to tell these people what my fucking name is?!?! With my Outlook email at work, it's set up so when we send something out or receive something in, our last name comes up first followed by a comma, then our first name. (Basically it looks like "Lourie, Heather")

So what's a girl to do? Kindly and gently e-mail that tard and explain to him that I am not a guy? That's a start.

A Good Ending to Thanksgiving Day!

I just wanted to say I had a great Thanksgiving Day, and I ate enough, but not to the point where I went overboard. Dave came with me, and we went to my cousin's house in Cape Cod. There was about 19 people there all together, so it was a big family event, but it was really nice to see all of my family again. I don't see all of them very much, even though most of them live in either in the state or one state over.

We were asked to bring a block of cheese (we actually got 2 just incase), and some chips w/ dip. Barely anyone touched it so we had to bring it all home, so now we have a ranch dip that will probably last us a while, along with cheddar cheese blocks. Oy!

The only bad part of today was waking up this morning, opening up the window, and seeing a winter wonderland outside! We knew that we were expecting a slight amount of snow, but not 2-3 inches, which is really not that bad at all. This was our first snowfall of the year, even though it is still fall. Oh well! At least it wasn't a blizzard. LOL

New IKEA store in Massachusetts

Last Saturday night Dave and I ventured out to the town of Stoughton, MA to check out the opening of the 1st IKEA store in MA. It was a 61 mile ride there, but we wanted to see what this place was all about. For those of you who have never heard of this place, they sell home furnishings that are swedish-made.

Well before going in, we had to deal with some major traffic, and on a Saturday night I may add. It was pretty ridiculous! We tried to get off the exit from the highway we were on, and it's blocked by cops, and we were thinking, "Is this for all the traffic to the new IKEA?" We made to the next exit and the sign says detour to IKEA, well that is interesting. Once we finally got off the right exit, we saw a lot of cars lined up on the main road thinking there is a traffic light coming up and there are probably just a lot of cars at that moment. Well we were wrong, they were all trying to go the same way as us, to the IKEA which there is a sign pointing to the new IKEA. Oy vey!

I have never seen so much traffic before, and practically no one was moving. After a few minutes of slow-movement, we decided to forget parking in their lot and find a spot in a different store parking lot, and just walk the rest of the way, which worked out better and we found many other people doing the same.
Now that we finally got there, we looked around to see what this store is all about. On the 2nd floor there is a showroom and if you want something, you grab one of their checklists and you write down the item # of the product you want, and then you pick the item/s up in what I would call their warehouse. On the first floor there is general merchandide and those items you can grab and add to your carriage/tote bag. What was neat about the place, is they have a small sit-down restaurant there too.

After 2 hours of walking around, we never bought anything. It was nice to check it the place, but we thought the stuff was just "eh". I took a liking to some of the picture frames they had, and maybe some of the couches, but that was about it. Going to a place like Crate and Barrel, etc... seems like a better options for us. They have great stuff there, even though it is much more expensive.

If anyone is interested in what this place sells, check out their site.

Speed Limit 65 MPH

I know I have not posted in what seems like a long time, but now after a while, I've got something to say.

Here in the state of Massachusetts, we have a speed limit on most major highways that reads 65 mph, which I can understand. Some people like to take it up a notch a little and travel at say, 70 (which would be me) or slightly more, or maybe even more than that for the speedy types.

For me, I consider the right lane as the slowest lane, the middle lane as the faster lane, and the left lane as the fastest lane (which I use most) on a non-traffic day. I drive the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) every day to work and home, and it usually takes me about 30 minutes each way, which is not too bad considering it can be a virtual traffic jam.

Well today I was driving home from work, and there was some rain showers (more like light drizzle) but not moderate rain at all, so it was pretty easy to drive in. From what I've obsevred, every time there's a bit of precipitation, everyone starts driving like there is a god damn blizzard out there! I mean come on, it's only light drizzle! There is no need to start breaking every 2 seconds and slowing down for no reason. I would understand if there was heavy traffic, but it was nothing like that.

I was about 4 miles away from my exit, and I was driving in the left lane as usual, and I noticed 4 cars in front of me driving close to each other, because the person in the front of them was taking their sweet time. Well they must've got tired of being behind this jerk, so they all moved out of the lane and kept on truckin. So then I started picking up speed, and the next thing you know I was behind this dodo. I look at my speedomoter and he is only driving 60 mph or slightly under in the left lane. I am thinking, "Come on buddy, pick it up!" But he doesn't budge! I then proceed to pretty much tailgate him, when he starts to put on his brakes, and does not want to move out of that lane. I was getting impatient, so I moved over just as the other people did, sped right by and jumped in front of him. After about 10 seconds, I look in the rearview, and he is about 12-15 cars behind me just trotting along. What I should have done was flashed my high beams at him, and maybe he would have moved. It just pisses me off because we have a speed limit, this dude can't even go that speed, and while in the left lane too! Get the hell out of the way!

I think I am done ranting now! LOL. I just had to tell you all how that bothered me on the way home tonight.