I looooove Wii Sports (especially bowling)

I just wanted to spread the word how much I love the new Nintento Wii - mostly for the sports games right now.
When Dave got the Nintendo Wii, and told me about how awesome this system is going to be, I thought...ok, I could try this out...it looks and seems like fun.

For some reason when we first got it, I liked it..but not enough for me to want to use it, now...I am addicted. I don't know why I was like that, it just happened that way. What really jump-started me was when Dave and I went to our friend Ralph's house in Staten Island, NY for Thanksgiving weekend. I knew there was going to be a bunch of our friends together, and suddenly I wanted to play because I knew we going to play some sports as a group.

Well during one of the games, it was our friend Pete, Dave's friend Sarah, Dave, and I playing bowling, and I was having so much fun, and I was kicking some ass too! I have always loved bowling since I was a kid, and I used to have many bowling birthday parties.



Now that we are home, I start playing again, and I can't stop. The other night, I was trying to beat my old score in bowling, and I ended up playing for an hour, and I did beat my old score. I never play that long in general, but it was a freakin blast, and I think I got a good workout too!!! :o)
I like playing the tennis along with baseball. I haven't tried out the boxing, but I am sure that is just as awesome!

Dave is so shocked that I am actually playing! He thought I was too wrapped up in my soap operas to care about gaming. Well I guess you were wrong baby. I am back and ready to kick some ass!!!

Some outside/inside photos of our Christmas decorations

Well Christmas is only 22 days away, so I am sure a lot of people have their Xmas trees set up already along with any outside decorations they want to display.
Our tree is not set up yet, but will be sometime this week, however we decided to decorate outside in addition to having a tree inside. Last year we did not do anything outside, but this year I wanted to splurge a little more, so we did, and this is the end result, so check it out....





I also forgot to mention that we decorated oour bannister going up the stairs inside as well (my idea by the way, lol). I wrapped around some red and green mixed garland, and added some red christmas lighs. I think it looks pretty cool.

I have something to talk about, YAY!

So, it's been since July 11th since my last post. Too much time has passed.
I just wanted to tell you all that Dave and I joined Weight Watchers
(which I believe he mentioned already in a post of his own), but I wanted to let everyone know how we are doing up to this point.

This is our 10th week on it (2 -1/2 months) and we are dong really well.
Dave has lost 15.6 lbs so far.
I have lost 14.4 lbs.

We are on 1 of the 2 plans where we can eat most foods (as long as they are on the core list) and just eat to the point where we are comfortably full, and not feel like we stuffed ourselves.
We are not on an exercise program but I do some little things that Weight Watchers recommended for when you are sitting at your desk and they do work. Eventually we will get to the point where we will start exercising and lose weight quicker. For now we are happy with the way things are turning out, and we are not stopping until we hit our goal.

So that's my story. I hope you enjoyed reading. I think one day when we hit our goal we wil take our after photos and match it up with our old before photos we took way back.

Ta-ta for now....

My 1st Madonna concert!!!

This past Sunday night I got the opportunity to see Madonna live in concert for the Confessions tour, it was "the bomb"!



Two of my friends from work, and another girl and I went to the TD BankNorth Garden in Boston to see her. I am a HUGE Madonna fan, so it was a must see event. The ticket prices were outrageous but it was so worth it to go. The best seats cost $350.00! Going down in price the next price was $165.00, then $95.00 then $55.00. I tried to get the $55.00 but ticketmaster.com would not allow me to choose that price, so the cheapest I could get was $95.00. The seats were in east bum-fuck but who cares. I am proud to say I went to the Madonna concert!



I am telling ya...that woman doesn't care what she does on stage, which is fine with me. Well she rides a trojan horse, looks as if she is being crucified on a HUGE ass crucifix that she is laying up against, she gives the finger to the crowd likes 3 times, etc...



All-in-all she looked fabulous! For a 47-year old that woman dance and looks great in this skin-type outfits she wears during her performances!

Here are a few pictures that I found from her Confessions tour. I could not take any because I was way too far away, but I got some close-ups with binoculars that I brought.

Some Ebay buyers just suck

Hi there! Well I have one issue wih ebay that I just wanted to discuss. Actually it's not necessarily an issue just yet, but it could be.

So I was selling something on ebay for roughly 3 days, and I got a bid by 1 person, and they ended up winning. Yay! Sold!!!! It was just a bottle of perfume that I owned, but never used it, and it was still brand new in the box. The auction total for this buyer is $18.50. Hey, I'll take it.

Well once the auction ended, I got the email from ebay that the auction was over, along with the buyer. I decided for the heck of it to send the buyer an invoice telling them how much they owe, just because.
I have not recieved a payment yet, and it is has been 4 days. I decided to send the winning bidder an email today, just reminding her of the payment due. I have not heard baack yet, but I am wondering if she is going to blow me off.
The reason why I say this is because I had a winning bidder one time who never paid for the item he/she won, and never responded to the 2 or 3 emails I sent. Apparently I was not the only one who had issues with that person, and because of that, that person's feedback rating was -3 I believe. Yeah, not good!

I just hope this is not the same situation as last time. I need this money, even though it is not even $20.00. Got to fill up the gas tank, ya know?!?! Why can't people just pay?!?! If you can't afford it, you shouldn't be bidding on it.
I think the next time I put up an auction, I am going to add...serious bidders only, payment must be received no later than 72 hours after the auction, etc...
I will wait a few more days, but if I don't see a payment, I am sending another email and if I don't see anything after that, I am going to re-list my auction, and I am leaving her negative feedback. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, this person only has a feedback rating of 2, so that could be trouble. A newbie!!! We will see...

Want a new iPod for free???

Found a story on one of the local news websites I check on a daily basis in the consumer section, and the story reads: Trade Your Old CD's for a Free iPod. Now when I first saw the story, I am thinking....yeah right, that sounds too good to be true, but I continued to read on.

Right now I own the 30G video iPod, which I absolutely love, but for those who don't have one and want one, you need to read on.

So, this website called MilleniumMusic.com, who is a used CD retailer based in Charleston, South Carolina, is involved in this offer. What do you do is send in your old CD's and you get a free iPod depending on how many you send back to them. They offer 3 types of iPod's. In order to get an iPod Shuffle, you need to send back 35 CD's. In order to get a 2G iPod Nano, you need to send back 65 CD's. In order to get a $400 video iPod, you need to send back 175 of your old CD's.

Are you still interested at this point?!?! :o) I hope so. The only catch about this great offer is this company (Millenium Music) sometimes get CD's that may not be acceptable either because they are not really popular artists, or the CD's have some wear and tear. What they did for one couple who was have them send in a check for the difference of the iPod value, and they still received a new iPod. You also have the choice of sending more CD's.

I would do this if I didn't have an iPod, but I am all set. Course I don't know how well I would do with returning my old CD's because I didn't keep mine in the greatest shape, but who knows.

These are the links

CBS4 Story
Millennium Music

Laters....

Top 10 Unusual Excuses for Being Late to Work

This was passed around today at work today, and I just wanted to share this with all of you. I thought it was kind've funny, so check it out. I never tried any of these, have you???

1) "I dreamed that I was fired, so I didn't bother to get out of bed."
2) "I had to take my cat to the dentist."
3) "I went all the way to the office and realized I was still in my pajamas and had to go home to change."
4) "I saw that you weren't in the office, so I went out looking for you."
5) "I couldn't find the right tie, so I had to wait for the stores to open so I could buy one."
6) "My son tried to flush our ferret down the toilet and I needed to tend to the ferret."
7) "I ran over a goat."
8) "I stopped for a bagel sandwich, the store was robbed and the police required everyone to stay for questioning."
9) "A bee flew in my car and attacked me and I had to pull over."
10) "I wet my pants and went home to change."