Posts Tagged ‘quotes’
The sickies
Well, we got a little worried for Madison this morning. She got up and told Bill she had to puke. She went into the bathroom and started dry hacking. She then wanted some water (which we gave her) and that stayed down. She looked really pale, but said she felt fine. We even checked her temperature, and she was fine. She ended up in the bathroom one more and nothing. She just got up now from a nap, and she’s starting to act like herself again. She’s eating a piece of bread, and she was just acting goofy. Even so, I told Bill he couldn’t bring her to the South Side Parade today. (For those of you who don’t know what this is, let me explain. The weekend before St. Patrick’s Day on the South Side Of Chicago there is a St. Patrick’s Day parade. Now, I have never been to this before. However, from what I have heard, it really is just an excuse for people to drink and get drunk. Now, I may be wrong about that, but I just don’t think it is a good environment for little ones. When we were coming home from the party last night, Bill made a comment about bringing the kids. I think he also knew he should start looking at getting some life insurance quotes if he did, since he know my feelings on this.) Madison seems fine now, but I am still keeping my fingers crossed. Sick kids make for a miserable house!
Additions and basements
While on vacation, we made some big decisions about the house. Bill is pretty sure we can’t afford to go up (that and we don’t want to go into a ton of debt trying to just get the shell and then there isn’t enough cash left over to actually finish the thing). We do need the extra space (Will’s bedroom is only 9×11 without a closet). However, we have an unfinished basement that would really give us the extra space we need. We really just want a toy room and a living room down there. Bill would eventually like a bar and maybe a pool table with some billiards supplies. I wouldn’t mind being able to put our dartboard back up too. I am pretty sure Bill wouldn’t mind if I tell him to put up a game room like that. (My grandma had a pool table in her basement, and as kids, we always played with it. Not that it actually made be a better pool player – lol. She actually still has it too. She also still has a foosball (sp?) table that we enjoy playing with too.) We have almost 600 square feet that we are working with, so we really can do almost anything we want. We have gotten several quotes in the last three years about fixing our leaky basement floor, and I think this year we are going to make this a reality. We are setting up talking to my hubby’s friend Tony about putting a bathroom in the basement first and then calling US Waterproofing to come out and give us an estimate next. My goal is to have a finished basement by Will’s birthday. Now, whether that is really going to happen is another story.
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Contest
A magazine recently ran a “Dilbert Quotes” contest. They were looking for people to submit quotes from their real-life Dilbert-type managers. These were voted the top ten quotes in corporate America:
“As of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building using individual security cards. Pictures will be taken next Wednesday, and employees will receive their cards in two weeks.”
(This was the winning quote from Fred Dales, Microsoft Corp. in Redmond WA)
“What I need is an exact list of specific unknown problems we might encounter.” (Lykes Lines Shipping)
“E-mail is not to be used to pass on information or data. It should be used only for company business.” (Accounting manager, Electric Boat Company)
“This project is so important we can’t let things that are more important interfere with it.” (Advertising/Marketing manager, United Parcel Service)
“Doing it right is no excuse for not meeting the schedule.” (Plant Manager, Delco Corporation)
“No one will believe you solved this problem in one day! We’ve been working on it for months. Now go act busy for a few weeks and I’ll let you know when it’s time to tell them.” (R&D supervisor, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing/3M Corp.)
Quote from the Boss: “Teamwork is a lot of people doing what I say.” (Marketing executive, Citrix Corporation)
My sister passed away and her funeral was scheduled for Monday. When I told my Boss, he said she died on purpose so that I would have to miss work on the busiest day of the year. He then asked if we could change her burial to Friday. He said, “That would be better for me.” (Shipping executive, FTD Florists)
“We know that communication is a problem, but the company is not going to discuss it with the employees.” (Switching supervisor, AT&T Long Lines Division)
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