Can't Twitter or FB sooo I'll blog.

Yep, for no reason I thought I would remove myself from the social networks for 24 hours. It's not easy. My friend Mick finally told me he'd take me to Hannah Montana IF I tweeted. DAMN him, so I showed my hatred for him via text message. Other than that I'm doing OK.
Soooooooo on to much more important things, why must people always complain? What's with the negativity ALL THE TIME. I mean-Yes, I do complain at times, get stressed, want to quit my job, etc...but for moments and then I'm back to my good old chippery self. I find myself more and more surrounded by unhappy people. They are never happy or at least they never act like it, always find something to complain or dislike. It's getting really hard to deal with and makes me want to distant myself from these "Debbie Downers" (DD's), and fast. :(
For example- this most recent update on Facebook. "The like" button-groovy! What better way to show someone or something your gratitude and appreciation for something in one quick click, I'm ALLLLLL for it. BUT NOOOOOO not the DD's of the world...instead some pathetically depressed and annoying person decided to make an "ADD DISLIKE BUTTON" fan page. OK seriously!?!?!? IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING JUST DON'T CLICK "like".-geeeeeze. How hard is that?? Booo, you loser you.
Sometimes I wish people would enjoy the simple things in life. When is the last time you gave a compliment, or said something or even did something nice? Or have you too just been complaining and adding to this ever growing popularity of negativity. Dude-guess what? It's not cool and not one bit attractive.
Here's an idea, try focusing on stuff you do like and ignore the stuff you don't.

And here-SMILE and Awwww for a sec :)
More here-Puppies.

Flickr

Yes I live under a rock, I don't have a Flickr account, in fact my friends and I are on Snapfish like OH MY GOD how do we manage?! Ohh relax-it works so whatever. Anyways I saw this on digg.com and thought it was pretty darn cool and now you can think the same. Later lovers.

Norby

Even though I am a Cubs Fan

I laughed....

“A student of proctology is in the morgue one day after classes, getting a little practice in before the final exams. He goes over to a table where a body is lying face down. He uncovers the sheet over the body, and to his surprise he finds a cork in the corpse’s rectum. Figuring that this is fairly unusual, he pulls the cork out, and to his surprise, the rectum starts singing, “Hey Chicago what do you say... the Cubs are gonna” The student is amazed, and places the cork back in the backside.

The music stops. Totally freaked out, the student calls the Medical Examiner over to the corpse. “Look at this, this is really something,” the student tells the examiner as he pulls the cork back out again. “Hey Chicago what do you say... the Cubs are gonna” So what? “ the Medical Examiner replies, obviously unimpressed with the students discovery. “But isn’t that the most amazing thing you’ve ever seen?” asked the student. Are you kidding?” replied the Examiner, “I’ve heard hundreds of assholes sing that stupid song.”

Etsy

I'm sure you've heard of it, if not try it, its great. Etsy
I browse almost daily just for the heck of it, found tons of things that I don't need but buy anyways and the sellers are all so nice!!! My first buy was an adorable pair of earrings from a super sweet gal and I can't wait to buy more!

I will soon be selling out the stores below:

EDOR

LAVALLEY GIRL

LOVEAMARIE

I could go on but now it's your turn...what are you favs....

Part Boy.

I am...I hate drama and gossip, have more guy friends then girl because of it. Hate talking on the phone, can go from shower to out the door in 8 mins flat, practically pay rent for my mind being in the "gutter" so much, and I love sports. ALL OF THEM, and all teams Chicago. So poop on you if you say I can't like them all, too late- I do. Now is the best time to be a Chicago Sports fan, Bulls and the Hawks both in the playoffs, Cubs and Sox just getting to the grind of things, and oh boy come September the Bears are gonna get their act together and show us their stuff. So might I suggest finding some HD-ness and a couch and enjoy the boys-oh wait thats the girl in me but come on!! There are sooooo many fines one to look at, and those muscles, woah cowboy :D

Now if someone could just work on the weather it would be much appreciated.

Go Chicago.

Repeative I am.

Because my life is so eventful, fast paced and exciting, I paused a moment and took the week to reflect on my behaviors. Just like my life I am so very cool, take a look!

Things I say too much.

• Wow

• Yikes

• Ummmm

• Yea ok

• Peace out
  

• Ohhhh (usually then a booo or waaa comes after and now "oh man" thanks to Mark)

• Jerkface

• So's your face

• Ugh
  

• TWSS (but who doesn't say that too much, and at totally inappropriate times?!)

• Repeat everything you say but throw in the opposition of it, like-
  

You- "oh god, stop it"
Me- "oh god, start it"

• Blah

• Shut it
  

• Later kid

Things I do too much.

• Talk in my sleep (and probably in general)
  

• Chew gum

• Twirl my hair (or used to-boo.)

• Ebay

• Tweet

• Apologize when I have nothing to be sorry about or should even be saying sorry at all

• 98.9% of the time when on the phone I end the convo with "Ok thanks bye" regardless of what I'm saying or doing (damn nice bones I have)

That's just a few I've written down, and yes I did make a list! As you might think I'm pretty close to perfect but, I beg to differ....so here are a few things I want to do more of-


Jennifer's lists of improvements.

• Don't judge

• Realize good things do happen to me and it's ok to not feel guilty if something does indeed go my way

• Make sure Mark knows what he means to me

• Forget the past

• Call more then text

• Remember people might not always have sarcasm on the brain like I do 24/7.

• Have an opinion and be ok when someone has a different one.

Wow ok now I'm getting depressed because I could totally keep more....and yeah well not the point of this post, whatever.

But anyways what do you guys say/do too much??


"Peace out kids" (ahhh see how I did that)

Beyond random.

Yep-this post is.
I had a crazy day full of braiding my 12 inch ponytail that is at my desk STILL drying (yes gross times 4) But then I got bored...so I added our now deformed Chocolate bunny who has the face and butt left (yep we are sickos here) to look something like this-
Finished the afternoon off with some awesome tunes...and now got the best email from a good friend who I haven't seen since I visited him in Ohio last summer...and he simply ended it with-
Oh I love that boy....and yep you don't care but you've read this far so ha..sucker...TOLD YOU RANDOM....and OK video time.....I pee my pants every time I see this (OK that's a lie but still)


So enjoy your crazy filled day....Happy Tax day....I actually get money back for the first time ever so WOW what a treat, 2009 rocks my world. AND OH MY GOD, I almost forgot...Ray stole the famous Chocolate clearanced Easter bunny's bow tie and wore it-so fitting.
OK peeps off to shop and get some booze in me tonight...watch for the drunk tweets!!!

FYI

Just thought you should know after my amazingly awesome hair cut yesterday, I found out you should not use Pantene-Pro-V shampoo or conditioner. Not now, not ever-NOT GOOD. It contains a chemical that is used on relaxing/cleaning ethnic hair, OK if you're ethnic I guess-but I am not. The first thing I was asked was if I swam a lot because of all the "gross build up on my hair" (um yea nice to meet you too jerkface stylist-there goes your tip)-answer not at all, the last time I went swimming was for maybe 18 secs at Amanda and Mike's pool labor day weekend. So then we figured out the culprit, Miss Pantene. So word to the wise switch up your shampoos and conditioners...maybe this is all old news to people who go regularly for haircuts but for those like myself who go once every two years-FYI.

Oh and if you are looking for a new stylist go see Nicole on State, she is my newest BFF (yea I forgave her for the whole "build up" comment shortly after she told me/reminded me of how funny and cool I was)....yeaaaah I'm an easy target, but for real she is super cute and almost as funny as I am...and if she hangs with me she can become just as cool. OK carry on....

One Month.

30 days. That is all that's left. We planned the trip back in early December and now it's sooo close!!! CALIFORNIA!!!! Oh my god!!!! One month from this exact time and day I will be making my way to the ever crowded, famous O'hare airport....hours away from being re-united with Mark for whom I will have been away from for 5 WHOLE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW, brutal. I am so very excited...I can not wait for all that LA has to offer....most importantly this is what I'm looking forward to the most.

Chicago's weekend weather-

LA's weekend weather-

Ummmmmm HELLS yes. I wouldn't care if I did absolutely nothing the entire time I'm there as long as there is sunshine, Mark, and no heater under my desk going constantly I'm ok with that. And if I'm not mistaken it'll only get warmer come May.....oh my god!, sometimes I close my eyes and think I'm there already. hmmmmm.....lucky me (us)!

Just so you know.

Lent is over.....so a shout out a favorite of mine who's back!

Go check her out over at Good Things Catered. Her food is to die for and not to mention she is adorable and yep she is one of those gals that you would see out and be like "oh man I wish we were friends"...aka I have a major girl crush on her....er her blog I mean. Enjoy!

Awesome Friday!

Finally got my menu planned out for Easter. I'm bringing an appetizer and two (hopefully) desserts.

Appetizer-
My famous Texas Caviar (nope won't tell you the recipe it's a secret) but it's yummy!

Desserts-
By Cracky Bars (or as Ray calls them "Dream Bars") -probably doubling the recipe..made this for the girls on Monday night and they loved them-then sent the rest to work and they disappeared, so now the family gets to enjoy them and Mark too-I whisked them away too quickly before he had a chance :)

And trying this-Chocolate Caramel Crack(ers) wow..these look good but scare me with the spreading of chocolate mixture but hey I'll never know until I try!! :)

So Happy Easter to all, hope your Friday is extra GOOD today...mine is!! I'm leaving work right after I finish this and going to kidnap Taylor for a lunch date. Woot woot

Speaking of Easter-yikes! BUNNIES?!?!?! eeeek.

Oh and PS-So I've been finding really good music lately so here is my newest "play over and over again until Ray yells at me song"....

She is Love

PPS-I could easily change the She is to He is and then you'd have Mark and I. awwwwww I'm so cheesy.

I'm gonna get killed.

In one month. May 8th. I am going to get my butt kicked. In push ups. You may remember my post "Me Strong like Bull" where I was training to be able to do 100 pushups...I was doing pretty good or so I thought. Well the stupid naive person I am decided to call out a few people on it when I posted "Dos"...so it's been way more than 6 weeks and I have yet to reach 100 pushups. But it's not entirely my fault..work got in the way...I used to do my sets after I taught spin but now I have to rush right to work so bam there goes 3 days of training..FAIL. And another reason why it's not my fault is because I have a big mouth, I talk a big talk, but I don't walk the slightest big walk. So yep, Fail numero dos. So heres to James and Mark who are both gonna blow me out of the water come May 8th when we "compete"-Congrats in advance you are the stronger people. :( As long as I beat my starting point of 12 I'll be ok with myself for a moment or two...ugh.

Men Are Just Happier....

What do you expect from such simple creatures?

Your last name stays put.
The garage is all yours.
Wedding plans take care of themselves.
Chocolate is just another snack.
You can be President.
You can never be pregnant.
You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park.
You can wear NO shirt to a water park.
Car mechanics tell you the truth.
The world is your urinal.
You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky.
You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt.
Same work, more pay.
Wrinkles add character.
Wedding dress $5000. Tux rental-$100.
People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them.
New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet.
Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.
You know stuff about tanks.
A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
You can open all your own jars.
You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend.
Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack.
Three pairs of shoes are more than enough.
You almost never have strap problems in public.
You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes.
Everything on your face stays its original color.
The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades.
You only have to shave your face and neck.
You can play with toys all your life.
One wallet and one pair of shoes -- one color for all seasons.
You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look.
You can 'do' your nails with a pocket knife.
You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache.
You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25 minutes


Ohhh boys...wish I had their frame of mind sometimes....

Black is in!

This is funny.....

The most powerful politician in the world is Black.
The head of the Republican National Committee is Black.
The best known media mogul on earth is Black.
The greatest golfer in the world is Black.
The top female tennis players in the world are Black.
The highest grossing actor worldwide is Black.
The fastest racing driver in the world is Black.
The brightest Astrophysicist under the sun is Black.
The Superbowl-winning Head Coach is Black.
The most successful brain surgeon in the world is Black.
The fastest human on the planet is Black.


Michael Jackson must be kicking himself in the ass.



Oh Snap!
Yay-for the sun being out and it above freezing today!
-MARK WHEN ARE WE MOVING?!?!?!!?

consider it.

If there isn't one out there already I think a book "Consideration for Dummies" should be written. This week has been brutal on me work wise. Long story short-recalled food ingredients makes a food broker's life a living hell. Needless to say I've been on the phone with lots of people, some old some new, email after email, faxes after faxes. All the while being called a number of things, all NOT my name....hence the stupid reason for the post.
Now roughly 25 and 3/4 years ago, two (very lucky) humans had the pleasure to narrow their choices down to the eye catching, rolls off the tongue type name of Jennifer Anne Lantro. Yet somehow I rarely get called it, EVVVER. Why is that? I introduce myself as Jennifer, not Jen, and DEFINITELY not Jenny (what am I 8 with pigtails?!). So why do people think it's ok to call me it? I mean people that know me yea ok I'll allow it , but people I've never met or complete strangers? My biggest pet peeve is when (in person) I introduce myself as Jennifer, shake their hand and go on, not 14 seconds later they refer to me as Jen/Jenny...AHHH, it drives me crazy, what gives?? If I wanted to be known as Jen I would say "Hi, I'm Jen", where do all the manners, consideration and respect go!?
Guess I should be happy really, I mean I'm glad I wasn't named Richard, I never did like the shorten version of that. Not sure how I'd like being called Dick, and where does that even come from?? Oh well...so yea it's Jennifer (unless I say otherwise), oh and if you're looking for Jenny she's not here but call her-867-5309. Later kids.

Movie Quotes

One JEN FAIL please.. I tried my best to remember some-

....Mark sure has his job cut out for him-I've got lots to see!!

(sorry so small...) (can you do any better?)