Yup…those are my kids.

Tali 1: Mom, do you like everything about your job?

1969: Not always, why?

Tali 1: I have a new job in school and it’s really hard.

1969: What is it?

Tali 1: I have to erase all of the boards and they are much taller than I am so it’s hard to do.

1969: Well, you get to change jobs every two weeks right?

Tali 1: Yes.

1969: So you really only have to do a tough job for a short time. I think if you try your best, you’ll be okay.

Tali 1: Yeah. I think so. It’s only for a few days and I already missed a day because of the snow.

TALI 2: Mom…I have a hard job at my school.

1969: You do? What is your job Tali 2?

TALI2: I have to eat all of the snacks for two weeks.

1969: Wow! I bet you do a really good job at that.

TALI 2: Yup. I do. I always eat all the snacks. I’m the best one.

*sigh*

Pre-Snow Musings

So the big storm is coming. Last night, Mr. 1969 and I took the boys out for dinner. We figured since we may get trapped in the house for most of the weekend that we would enjoy a little outing.

After dinner we stopped by the panic zone the supermarket for a few superbowl items. Some of you people need to bring it down a notch. Doesn’t it snow every year in the Northeast? What exactly are you going to do with five loaves of bread, six gallons of milk and 8 dozen eggs for the next two days? Get a grip!

Today, I woke up at 6am and headed out to the gym. I usually workout on Saturday and Sunday mornings as part of my weekend ritual. I figured I would at least fit in one day in case I can’t get out tomorrow. At the gym, I saw my boyfriend. I tried so hard to get a picture but failed. Hey, I was on the treadmill and didn’t want to break an ankle just for your amusement. He was wearing a terry cloth headband, A gray hoodie sweatshirt, track shorts and socks pulled up to his knees. *sigh* I swear he looked like an 85 year old Napoleon Dynamite and as soon as he saw me? He waved and smiled and came over to say “Good Morning”. I am a magnet I tell you!

Anyway, I am back in the crib, pot of coffee brewing, logged in and working….about to take a nice hot shower. I swear….life is good.

Who’s ready for some snow and the superbowl?

Take Two

I was in the car last night and the radio was on. I just want to let you guys know how I feel about people remaking songs. If you can’t do the song justice, or make it better…then DON’T DO IT.

The king of making remakes was indeed the late Luther Vandross. He took “Superstar” by The Carpenters and turned it out. He took “If This World Were Mine” by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell and made the song cry. He took “Anyone Who Had a Heart” by Dionne Warwick and made it heartbreaking. Luther was no joke.

I started thinking about my favorite remakes. My alltime favorite is “All I do is Think of You” Say what you want about those jeri curl wearing boys but Troop did that remake justice and you know it’s near impossible to sing an MJ song.

My other favorite is Tevin Campbell’s version of Knocks Me Off My Feet. If you can do Stevie justice…you are all right by me.

And hell, it wouldn’t be me without Maxwell’s version of Al Green live on BET…even Al Green was thrilled.

What are some of your favorite remakes?

Dumbazz of the Day

So cheating on your wife of 30 years as she was battling cancer wasn’t bad enough. You got the mistress pregnant. Then you denied the baby so your wife wouldn’t leave you.  After months of lying ,you’ve finally admitted the baby is yours (uh, Dude….we already knew).

If all this wasn’t humiliating enough for your family…now there seems to be a video of you engaging in relations with the mistress. *sigh*

You do realize you were doing all of this while RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT right?

John Edwards….you sir, are the dumbazz of the day.

Back from the Burgh!

My trip to the Burgh was successful. We left Philadelphia and (after a monsoon that morning)  it was extremely warm for January, about 60 degrees. We touched down in Pittsburgh and it was snowing *sigh*. At least I got to see my man Franco in the airport.

My future Pittsburgh jaunts will probably take place once a month as I have several accounts and hotels in the area. This trip was taken with two other co-workers and for the record, some co-workers are easier to travel with than others.

As a new unit, we are awaiting our corporate cards. One of my co-workers already had hers from her previous position and was able to transfer it due it being the same business unit. Before we left Philly, she offered to pick up all the charges for this trip so neither of us would have to expense anything on our personal cards. Cool, right?

Well, the flight was due to leave around 5pm….at 4pm, sitting in the airport, she *allegedly* got an email from corporate finance letting her know that she never paid off her $2,000 bill from her old corporate account before she transferred to this job. Therefore, they are shutting her card down until the situation is rectified. Homie doesn’t mention anything to us until we land in Pittsburgh and head to pick up our rental car.

Now between my other co-worker and I, we ended up picking up everything. The rental car, meals for three people for two days, parking, etc. Needless to say, we were not pleased. Did I also mention she’s a sister girl? *sigh*

When we returned from our trip, each one of us had a “rap” scheduled with our boss. She asked about the trip and I never dimed out the co-worker. I spoke about my appointments, the city, what I did…etc.

Best believe that my other co-worker dimed her out. She told the boss everything and that she was ticked off about the expense situation.

In my mind, it was inconvenient and yes, what if we didn’t have that amount available on our cards? We would have been azzed out. However, we did. We also are able to expense everything. My expense report is already out and approved. Money due back shortly.

We are three weeks in as a new team. I will give the girl another chance. I wouldn’t want to taint her in front of the bosses already. Now, if it happened again? Hell yeah…then it would be a habit. I didn’t think it was that big of a deal. Yes, she inconvenienced us but hell, the trip is still free.

What are your thoughts?

Monday strikes again…

I am supposed to be in Pittsburgh for the next two days visiting hotels and customers. I woke up to a monsoon in Philadelphia. Sure enough, I get a call from my airline to let me know my early afternoon flight has been cancelled and rescheduled for later this evening. UGH.

At least that gave me a little time to breathe. I was up late watching football. Woke up, logged in and went downstairs to make breakfast. I made an asparagus and swiss omelette. Delish! A pot of coffee is brewing. Ahh….life is good.

Great games yesterday. All four teams were fighting for it. Congrats to the Colts and the Saints. Should be a great matchup as they were the two best teams this year. I am already planning the superbowl menu in my head cause you know….there will be men aplenty at my house.

The Saints are the Underdogs so I have to root for them (and Darren Sharper) and the city of New Orleans. However…..two words….PEYTON.MANNING.  Can’t wait.

How was everyone’s weekend? I will be sure to take pictures in Pittsburgh and be on the lookout for some interesting stories.  Happy Monday.

Under Renovation/The Hotel Chronicles

Winter gives me the blahs and despite being in absolute LOVE with my Brooklyn header…I grew weary of the icy blue facade. I need some green in my life!!!!

Let’s see how we like this header for a while, shall we?

If you are anything like me, you are in withdrawal for a good Hotel story. Turns out, I have one!

I stopped by my old hotel downtown today for a meeting (gotta love popping in for a meeting and then heading right back home to a warm pair of sweats).

Last night a woman called security to say she was locked out of her room. They go up and find her and a small child both in pajamas standing outside the door. Security opened the door and let her in and they told her she would need to show them some ID for the room. She walked in and quickly slammed the door on them. They called for backup and then opened the door again. She refused to exit the room for a good ten minutes and could not produce any ID.

When they finally got her out in the hallway, she took off running (without her child) and ran up the staircase to the roof. On her way, she pulled the fire alarm. *sigh*

They caught her, called the police and turned her nuttyasafruitcake azz over to the authorities. Five minutes later, they had two fire engines at the entrance and had to reassure all guests that it was a false alarm.

The moral of this story? God Bless the Night Shift at a Hotel. They have seen it ALL!

Things I just don’t understand…

1) The return of old school Pepsi made with (wait for it) REAL SUGAR!

What? The High fructose corn syrup wasn’t doing it’s job? How is this better?

2) The overwhelming popularity of Snooki….

*sigh* why won’t MTV/VH1/BET let my tv be great?

3) How a team can have both Reggie Bush AND Darren Sharper.

That makes no damn sense. No wonder the Saints games are selling out.

4) How the JETS keep winning?

Now I am not a Jet fan but hey, I gotta root for the home team. Besides….Mark Sanchez is nothing to sneeze at either.

5) Why Suri is still not wearing a coat?!?

Rule of thumb….if you’re cold enough to put on a jacket….your child might need a damn jacket too.

6) How the “muslim” Wu-Tangs can still have Christmas decorations on their lawn including a miniature whyte baby Jesus that lights up??????????? WHAT THE FUDGE?

Open Letter to Suri Cruise

Miss Suri..if I may be so familiar, you young lady are the shyt. Honestly, I have never seen a toddler running things like you do. You are the real life Stewie Griffin.

I first noticed you when it seemed to me that you walked around the frigid streets of New York without a coat. Both of your confused, overwhelmed parents were often seen bundled up in wool, leather, scarves and hats….but not you little minx! Oh no, you were too Diva for a coat that would cover up your $500 party dresses.

When you finally allowed those fools to cover your greatness, even the local newspapers sat up and took notice!

Recently, I have seen you fashion trailblazing in something new….HEELS.

Who would ever think a three year old would troll the city sidewalks in heels? You are so edgy and current. I bet you are the posterchild for Podiatrists and Pediatricians everywhere. Who cares about your foot development when the heels are so adorable?

You are the Samantha of the toddler set. Please let me know the next time you are on the East Coast. You can ditch those fools you call parents, throw on your best sundress in January, leave your coat and grab your best heels as we do lunch. Cocktails are on me!

The Randomness

I am praying for my fellow Caribbean nation of Haiti, it’s sister island, the Dominican Republic and everyone affected by the earthquake. This poor island nation has gone so long without any aid or assistance. Unfortunately, this may have been the wake up call the world needed to take a look and see how it can help these people. Saying prayers for everyone waiting to hear from friends and family.

I log on to Facebook this morning and some dude I friended (who I now can’t even remember how I know) has all of this “Negro hating the Whyte Man” crap on his statuses. He’s had that type of rhetoric for the last three updates. Uh yeah….I’m gonna have to delete and block you dude. He must have missed the memo that it’s 2010 and most folks have moved on. He must have also missed the notice that employers can check your Facebook pages. DUMBAZZ

Last night we were at the dinner table and the boys were telling jokes. At one point Tali 1 asked…”What has no hair and is red all over?” I said “Daddy!” The boys busted out laughing and all of a sudden Tali 2 says “Daddy…you got served!” I swear I almost choked on my food. Where do they get this stuff?

I have one other black person on my team. Very nice lady. However, I feel a dire need to pull her aside and let her know how rude it is to be on her Blackberry when someone is giving  a presentation or speaking to the group. Do I say something? Hell, I’m not her boss but I want to look out for her.

I saw Avatar and thought the movie was visually stunning. Did you know that L.az Alon.zo was in it? Good come up for him after getting his behind beat with baby oil in the Christmas movie.

Oh yeah….My eyebrows are back to normal.