Tory Richards's Blog, page 208

I just found out my assistant at work is talking crap abo...

I just found out my assistant at work is talking crap about me on her face book page. A good friend of mine discovered her page and sent me the comments. Not only backstabbing but lies! Hummm...what to do? Nothing!

A little humor to start your day

It takes 7 seconds for food to pass from mouth to stomach. A human hair can hold 3 kg.
The length of a penis is 3x the length of the thumb.
The femur is as hard as concrete.
A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.
Women blink 2x as much as men.
We use 300 muscles just to keep our balance when we stand.
A woman has just read this entire post.
The man is still looking at his thumb.

Monday Man Candy

Gotta love a man in a towel!

A Carat is a Carat...isn't it?

Any person who's bought jewelry and knows what a carat is probably knows how big it is. I've never heard there was a difference between a carat diamond and a carat gem stone, have you? I recently bid on eBay for a pair of garnet earrings that were advertised as 2 carats. Expecting the stones to be a carat each, I was so disappointed when they arrived in the mail. They were beautiful, but the gems were not 2 carats. They were a total weight of 1 carat, which made the stones about a half carat each.





When I complained to the seller they said they were sorry I was disappointed with the size and asked if I was I going by a carat diamond or a carat gem stone. Am I crazy here? They quickly refunded my paypal account, which I didn't ask for by the way.





I wonder how big they think an inch is...

Sixteen Years in a Bag

When I retired from Disney I brought home two good sized boxes of stuff. Junk that I'd collected over the years. Plaques, awards, the yearly cast member gifts, pictures and poop. Yes you heard me, I brought home poop. How many people can say they have a ball of Kudu poop, and didn't have to go to Africa to get it? I don't know how it was treated but it's glossed over with a shellac kind of substance. There's no odor and it's hard. I use it as a paperweight. What I really wanted was elephant poop. That would have made a neat lamp base!



Here's a picture of Jezzie checking it out. I guess you have to be a lover of animals in a big way to really understand the coolness of having something this unique. Maybe not.



Anyway, I finally got around to going through those boxes this morning. Sixteen years in two boxes dwindled down to a bag in record time. Things that were important to me at some time, were just taking up space I no longer have. My ten year plaque, still in the box, and the castle I couldn't wait to get. My partner's in excellence statue. I wore the pin proudly. You'd have to be a cast member to understand the significance of that award, which they no longer give out.



Sixteen years of service stuffed into a bag. Pictures, small keepsakes, and poop.

I'm exhausted! Had the day off from real work but watched...

I'm exhausted! Had the day off from real work but watched my grandchildren. I don't feel old until I've spent a day with them. Mason is all over the place now and we have nothing to contain him. Unlike a week ago when a circle of well placed pillows kept him within reach. Now he can climb over them and it won't be long before the little devil will be walking. Alivia was a big help, chasing him for me. After a while though she got tired of that. Don't blame her. What five year old wants to spend her time chasing her 8 month old brother?



You can bet our next investment will be one of those fence things. The kids are planning a cruise in a couple weeks and there's no way I'm going to chase after him the whole time. Too old for that!

Well, I've reached another milestone in my life. Not only...

Well, I've reached another milestone in my life. Not only has another age spot appeared on my hand, but I invested in one of those eye glass chains so I can keep my reading glasses on me at all times. Even though I have several pairs, one in my purse, one by my chair, and one at work, I've lately found that when I need to see something I'm nowhere near them. Do you know how frustrating that is? And my arms aren't long enough either!





The new age spot is really kind of pretty. It looks like a big freckle...but let's call it a beauty mark! LOL

I bought my first caffe latte this morning and it sucks! ...

I bought my first caffe latte this morning and it sucks! I know it must be me because Starbucks has the best coffee. I guess I just don't have the sophistication to enjoy it. Give me back my mocha iced coffee with extra cream!

You know my auto insurance dropped me? I put in one claim...

You know my auto insurance dropped me? I put in one claim in twenty something years and they drop me like a hot potato! Is that fair? About as fair as turning the one claim I reported into three separate claims. That way I had to pay the deductible multiple times. They said since the damage to my car happened on three different occasions that it was counted as three separate claims. It didn't matter that I wasn't at fault. Only that I turned in three claims within six months of each other. Now I'm stuck looking for new insurance. Something should be done about insurance companies who sit back and take your money for years on end and when you finally turn in a claim they abandon you. Doesn't your safe driving record count for anything anymore?

Can you believe these gowns?

They're made out of balloons! Would you wear one? Very creative but I'd have reservations about actually donning one. I wonder how much hot air goes for? I bet they squeak when they walk. To each his own I guess. They're balloontastic!