She is right about the boat rocker thing. Management doesn't like a boat rocker. Well you have to look at things from their viewpoint. It's sickening - but from the management viewpoint they do appreciate the employees that consistently have the 'glass is half full' attitude.

I was a supervisor for a short time in a previous life. It's not easy - and actually when I accepted the job I didn't even know that there were supervisory responsibilities that went with it. I think that the attitude that I appreciated most when I had people that worked for me was - the one that always found the quickest easiest method of getting something accomplished. In one of my previous entries Becky - was the one that always did that. She's one of my favorite people. Obviously there are flaws to her methods sometimes - hence the bathing suit on backwards. At least it made for a good storytelling later.

MPH and I made the rounds of returning things yesterday. My dad has been buying winter coats last year and this year - and he has a hard time believing that his daughters are larger than "L" or "XL". I did exchange an "L" for an "XL" and I love the new jacket. Its a lavender down jacket and it cinches a little around the waist.

MPH returned his external DVD R/RW for a DVD player and we bought a new scanner/printer also. I don't know what we're going to do with the scanner and printer we have.

We have a small house and it's filling up with junk. It's about due for a good purging. We have piles of stuff accumulating everywhere. I guess NYE would be a good day to start the purging process because we have garbage pickup on NYD.

Todays my dads birthday. I believe he's 73 today. He's an amazing man and I'm so thankful that I have him for my dad. He's a good man. He worked hard all of his life even though things never started out good for him. He did a wonderful job being there for his wife and family. Even though his wife was an alcoholic and his daughters were rotten at times. He did his job for over 30 years and retired about 17 years ago. He stays active and reasonably fit. He doesn't have to take any prescription medication, he does well feeding himself and taking care of things. After spending some time with MPH's parents - my dad is perfect. I worry about him because he did smoke for years and years and his cholesterol is always high. He did quit smoking back before he retired.

He can't drive very well at night because it hurts his eyes. I have been trying to encourage him to get a complete physical, but I don't know if he will or not.

We're going to go out and pick him up this afternoon and take him out for chinese food tonight.

My dad has always been mellow and easy going, funny little sense of humor. He wasn't raised the same way he raised his own kids. When he was growing up his parents moved around a lot and changed jobs a lot. That was something he vowed that he would never do to his own kids and he didn't. My older sisters moved once or twice, after I was born - we lived in the same house that my dad is living in now - it's almost 40 years old. We all graduated from the same high school. Since my oldest sister is about 10 years older than me - she may have went to a few different schools but we did finish at the same school.

It was a rural area when we first moved there - but now it's more sub-urban. They have cable TV, paved roads, etc. All of the homeowners are on 1+ acre lots, but there are a lot more homes there now then there used to be.

Now I live in the 'city'. I always hated that commute into town from my dads house. It's a real white-knuckle drive in bad weather, and it's nothing but a snake of headlights and tailights as far as the eyes can see during the morning and evening rush hours. It's true that we don't have the space or get as much for our money as they do out of town - but geeze I sure like being 5-10 minutes from the office. I really like my little house - I just don't like it being as cluttered as it is now.

Well I guess it's time for my day to start - I want to get things accomplished and nothing will really happen as long as I'm sitting on my butt in front of the computer.