The Blonde Diaries

Hello and happy Monday! This day is just flying by. I made it into work on time (6 days in a row) and before I knew it, it was noon already and I hadn’t gotten much of anything done. EEK! This day needs to slow down. Though the faster it goes, the quicker I can get home, and possibly read a little more.

Books completed last week:

1. Seven Up ~ Janet Evanovich
2. Hard Eight ~ Janet Evanovich
3. Dead until Dark ~ Charlaine Harris

Books I am currently reading:

1. Dead in Dallas ~ Charlaine Harris
2. Prada and Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard

Up Next:

1. Club Dead ~ Charlaine Harris
2. Visions of Sugar Plums ~ Janet Evanovich
3. Full Bloom ~ Janet Evanovich

I am hoping to have a productive reading week.  The books I am currently reading and have up next are all library books and they are due on the 12th.  I think I can get another one finished off before then and then I can return 4 and renew 4.

I hate filing taxes.  I hate it so much that I made sure to be a financial statements auditor and stay as far away from taxes as possible.  In fact, my client is a partnership and, therefore does not even have corporate taxes that I have to worry about.  Talk about some luck.

Luckily for Mike and I, our taxes are fairly straightforward this year.  We have the standard W-2s and then 1099-INT schedules to report and nothing else.  Very easy.  I understand though that not everyone has plain vanilla taxes and often are sent forms and schedules they don’t know what to do about.  I highly recommend visiting the IRS website and trying some search terms until you find the helpful tax information you need.  I realize that saying IRS and helpful in the same sentence can be a little bit of an oxymoron but you can really find some good information on their website.  The last thing you want is to end up owing an exorbitant amount to the IRS and go into debt.  Interest and penalties assessed by the IRS on a late payment or a balance can be awful.  In fact some people consider taking out emergency loans to try and avoid or minimize the interest and penalties they have to pay on the amounts they owe.

I hope your tax season goes as easily as possible. I know there will be a huge sign of relief on April 16th.

In just a few hours, Superbowl parties all over will start. Lots of friends and family members gathering together to eat, drink, and cheer for whichever team they pick. Many people do pick ‘em for the score at the end of each quarter and at the end of the game. I need to go pick up a $20 so I can participate tonight.

We also play another game – $1 bets. Basically you bet $1 on silly things. A few examples: $1 there will be a Budweiser/Bud Light commercial at the next break, $1 they run, $1 the punt doesn’t go past the X yard line, etc. You get the picture. It is pretty fun and can get outrageous depending on how the game is going.

If betting and picking scores is not your cup of tea, I was sent a drinking game for this year’s Superbowl. I have a feeling it might offend some but I got a kick out of it since I grew up in the area. I would recommend picking up a bottle of pucker because you will be drinking a lot. LOL

The New Orleans Saints Superbowl Drinking Game

1. Every time they mention hurricane Katrina, drink 1
2. If they show pictures of the City of New Orleans right after Katrina, drink 1
3. Every time they say how much the Saints mean to the City of New Orleans, drink 1
4. Every time the words “tragedy”, “flood”, or “devastation” are used, drink 1
5. Every time they talk about how good Reggie Bush was in college, drink 3
6. If they show Kim Kardashian in the stands, drink 5
7. Every time they show a picture of Reggie Bush with a bat or say “bringing the wood” drink for 5 seconds.
8. Every time Reggie Bush gets negative yardage trying to run around in the backfield a bunch and outrun the defense, drink 1 and turn to the person next to you and say “I told you Vince Young should have won the Heisman”
9. Every time Reggie Bush gets up and flexes his arms in that pose he likes to do, drink 1
10. If they mention Tim Tebow for any reason, funnel a beer
11. Every time they say that “it’s destiny for the Saints to win” drink 1
12. If they show footage of Katrina survivors at the Superdome, take a shot of cheap liquor
13. If they call Saints fans the most passionate fans in football, drink 1
14. If they say that the Saints, Saints fans, or the City of New Orleans “deserve” a Superbowl victory, drink 1
15. Every time they say how good of a story the Saints are, drink 1
16. If Jeremy Shockey pretends to be hurt after dropping a pass, drink 2
17. If they mention the Saints beating the Falcons in 2006 in the first game after Katrina in the Superdome, drink 5 and remember that we are still a better football team with better fans.
18. Every time they compare hurricane Katrina to the Haiti earthquake, funnel a beer and yell “bullshit!”
19. Every time they mention Drew Brees as the Mardi Gras king, drink 1
20. Every time they show Archie Manning, drink 1, and mention how bad he sucked. If they show old footage of him on the Saints, drink 5. If they mention how tough of a decision it was for him as for whom to cheer for, drink 10.
21. Every time they show a saints fan yelling “Who dat!” Or a sign/shirt saying the same, drink 1.
22. If they show Chris Paul at the game, drink 1 and mention to someone how much better he is than Marvin Williams.
23. If they show former Mayor Ray Nagin, drink 5 and then punch someone in the face

Yes you read that right. After much talking on here about how much I was in need of a vacation, I talked to Mike and went ahead and booked one. We are heading out in April and will be going to Mexico and Honduras. I am very much looking forward to this cruise but am not sure what to expect with it. I burn so easily I don’t know if I should go for beach trips or try and go on tours and stay out of the sun. Either way I’ll be slattered with sunscreen from head to toe.

Mike is really really wanting to go on a zip line tour. I am super scared of heights but it does sound a little fun. I am wondering if we should look into the best term life insurance quotes and take out a few policies before we start zipping all over the jungles of Mexico. LOL Has anyone done the zip line before? How scary is it really? Will I get over my fears after I zip from the first platform to the second? It sounds like there will be multiple platforms and they will be anywhere from 100 to 800 yards apart.

So the other morning I went with my coworker to talk to one of our client contacts. This has been a rough busy season so far as we started much earlier than usual working late and weekends. To combat this, I have been taking my sleeping pills and getting a full nights rest each night, reading before going to sleep, and dressing up a little more – ie more tights and dresses. I thought I was doing well.

That was until I walked into this particular client’s office and she told me that we looked very tired. ACK! I know it is because I had some visible