randy=funny

So, I'm not going to lie. Randy gives me most of my material for my blog. I mean I write it, but he lives it. He seriously is one of the funniest people I know. All of my blogging followers keep telling me, "Man your blog is hilarious. It cracks me up." I promise it's not me. It's Randy. He's funny money. Someone once told me that together we could have our own sitcom. Hey does this mean I can quit doing schedule changes? Just a thought.

Well life is crazy busy...what else is new, right? Are you feeling the buzz of back to school? Even if you don't teach, drive a school bus, or scoop up mashed potatoes, it's easy to get caught up in the hoop-lah. Brace yourself for the school zones and traffic if none of it excites you. But really? How could you not be excited about 20 cent erasers and 30 cent boxes of crayons? Seriously? Sales are happening on the school supply aisles.

Randy is on book two in his riveting work book club. This month's read is "How to Deal with People You Can't Stand." Now I know what you're thinking. "How can I get a copy of that?" Well get in line avid readers because this one is going to be on my shelfari next. This book is going to be a very useful little read. I'm more excited about it than he is.

His progress....hasn't opened it yet. Discussion tomorrow....should be good. Stay tuned.

Thank you Lord for blessing me with a husband as cool as Randy. He's amazing and always has me laughing....even though he's laughing at me sometimes. He's lucky I can take a joke....see below.

Conversation on the way home last night:

P: I think I have the perfect pictures picked out for my office.
R: no response---this is completely normal folks.
P: You know, I really love that picture of me you have framed at work. (toot, toot, Can a girl get a compliment?, sheesh:)
R: Yah---still completely typical. I'm not even sure if he knows what we're talking about at this point.
P: Do you ever look at it and think of me when you are at work? (I'm fishing for that compliment...)
R: I put my phone behind it to hide it from being seen.

See how cool I am? I didn't even get mad. I was laughing my head off.

I can't even look at it!

* Go see "The Other Guys!" It's hilarious! Will Ferrell, I love you!

* I'm a professional student schedule changer. It's like working at HEB. You check one person out, and 30 more in line behind them.

* Randy is teaching Mopac a new trick. He's teaching her how to pray. When we say "pray, pray" we want her to bow down. Yah, we love Jesus over here. Is your dog going to heaven? Not sure? Well I'll have Mopac pray for them when she masters this new trick.

* I have not cooked dinner all week. This has been amazing!

* The work exhaustion is kicking my butt (hence the no cooking and blogging)!

Peace out yo! (Gotta get back into my middle school slang!)

still employed?

Randy hates to read. He just does. I don't get it. I mean there are "Sports Illustrated" magazines in his bathroom that he "reads" (or looks at all the pictures,) but that is about as far as we get with reading.


He is also one of the most head strong people I know. If he says he's going to do something, it'll be done. Well it works both ways as well because when he doesn't want to do something, man look out....complain city!!!!


Exhibit A





Doesn't this book look like a page turner?

Okay, okay I'll give him some credit. This book looks horrible! It has been sitting on our kitchen counter for about 2 weeks now. The president of the company Randy works for has started this initiative to better employee relations. I know what you're thinking, so I'll just say it. "Engineers talk to each other enough to have relations?"

Apparently so because the president has required all employees to read the book.

Well, when you tell Randy he has to do something he doesn't want to do, he ummm...throws a fit. He has done more complaining about the book than anything else. He'd be on Chapter 3 by now if he would just read it. He even offered me his lovely book, so I could read it and give him a synopsis. I don't think so! This book is anti-drama, and I only enjoy reading drama.

Instead he and other resistant co-workers googled a summary because "reading books aren't in their job descriptions" and "they can't charge their reading time to any projects."

So they had their little book discussion earlier this week. He came home and reported that it wasn't a discussion but more of a book club. I have no idea what this means? I didn't even know Randy knew the words "book" and "club" could be combined. Randy even got called on to answer a question. hahahahahahahahahahahaha

Boss: "Randy can you tell the group what you got out of Chapter 1?"

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oh how I wish I could have been there for this....

Are you ready for his brilliant, "I'll try hard to convince you that I did read this book" response?

He said "Umm something about smiling at people."


crickets, crickets, crickets


bahahahahahahahahaha

Way to do your homework Stubborn!

I miss you Blog!!

....And I'm back! I took a two week break. I was just overwhelmed and mentally drained. But now, I'm back to running my mouth....nonstop. Aren't you in for a treat?


Did you miss me?


Well, I missed my blog. I have no idea how many people read this thing. Heck I'm shocked I have over ten followers. And it's exciting to see a new follower or have someone say, "Hey I could totally relate to what you said in that post." But this blog is more than that to me. I really love how I can look back and see where I was in my life at this point or during that event. I love that Randy reads it, and we have conversations that maybe wouldn't happen because we're both so busy we forgot to mention something in passing. In fact, Randy has been really encouraging me to get back on here. He thinks it makes me happy. Maybe it does!

More importantly, I use this blog as a journal. In a weird way it forces me to stay positive. Who would want to read my blog if I just moaned and complained all the time? I'd rather talk about how my dog would win the "Most precious animal ever" award, or the crazy thing Randy did the other day. So I'm back on the positive reflection circuit. Oh, now don't get me wrong, you can feel free to leave me blog comments. Those make me smile:)


2 more things....

We have been busy....I mean my new job starting, keeping Mopac modest about her good looks, trips to visit family, more prepping for my job, and working on the Giddings house has been time consuming. Lots of posts regarding all of the above in the near future.


Funny Randy comment (because I know you missed these)....

(We were passing a garage/yard sale in Giddings this weekend.)

R: I hate garage sales.
P: Really? They're so fun. You can find real treasures sometimes.
R: It's a bunch of junk. If I went to that garage sale, I'd swipe everything off those tables and ask "How much for these tables? I don't want your crap. These tables are the only thing worth my time and money here."

And last but not least I love this youtube clip mocking the Twilight movies. I totally ripped this off my friend Anne. It had me laughing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHkPJ1ACLrg&feature=youtube_gdata

Blog Hiatus

So.... I'm running out of things to say to my blog. We are pretty boring people around here lately, and I've lost some gusto for the blog. I can't believe I've posted over 80 posts. More incredible is the fact that I have friends who read them. Thanks for keeping up with the crazy Lueders'. The blog has been adding to my stress levels lately, so I'm taking a blogging break. But you can bet on it, more crazy stories to come.

I start my new job on Monday. Please keep me in your prayers. I'm extremely nervous. Sometimes I wonder why they still picked me.

good bye summer, hello career!!!!

Tech-Savy

My slide show is finished!

Check out my Philly and Hershey photos!


Okay, okay so I'm not tech-savy because I'm fixing to scream. I have no idea how to move the slide show under this post. So you must look up. I think these pictures are a permanent fixture to the blog. I keep getting some "tag is not closed: EMBED" message, and since I don't speak computer, I'll be deleting the slide show in a couple of days.

Espana Wins!

The World Cup is over. Hooray for a country winning that I've actually visited. See this is how I cheer for teams that I'm not invested in. Spain played the Netherlands. Well, since I've never been to the land of wooden shoes, my apologies to the Dutch. I studied abroad in Espana, so naturally I cheered for them.


Random thought #2
My hubby just sent me a things to do list by email. Can you believe it? I'm his personal secretary in the summer. At least after reading the email, I don't feel so bad about robbing the top BLUE sweet tart off of his candy roll. Man, we both love the blue ones. And guess what color was next to smile at him and all his things-to-do ideas, green. I don't know what's wrong with kids in America these days, but how could people like nasty green apple? When I was a kid, it was lime.


Random thought #3
This time next week, I'll be starting my new career. EEk!

Random funny story

So my mom and I were driving to my brother's house in Houston on Friday. We were just chatting away and she said...

M: "See that store right there in that strip mall?"
P: "Yah, why?"
M: "Well the owner of that store is the rudest man in the whole world. And I told him so when I went in there."
P: "You did? What did you say?"
M: "I told him that when his customers come into his store you need to be nice and smile."
P: laughing hysterically "What did he say?"
M: He just nodded, but I kept going..."There are lots of convenient stores around here, but I chose this one. If you're not nice to people, they won't come back. That's why you need to be nice and smile."

The best part is there was a man behind her in line. She turns around and asks him, "Am I right?"

lol..the man nods and says "you're right" (Like he would disagree with a crazy lady.)

M: "I'm tired of holding back what I think. I'm just going to tell people how it is these days."

(Ummm just for clarification reasons, I have never known my mother to "hold back" what she was thinking. She's been telling people "how it is" since before I was born.)

Which is all the reason why we love her. You like it after the fact she's telling people how it is. Not when you're standing next to her. Ahhh bad flashbacks to those painful adolescent years.

The rest of the day was this big joke. I would go into a store, and when I came out I'd report back to my mom...

Me: "The sales clerk was nice AND they smiled."
Mom: "Good, they should!"

I wanted to test her and say, "Mom they weren't nice AND they didn't smile at me." I bet she would fire in their like a storm to tell them the two rules of keeping customers away from similar stores, but in fear she'd grab me by the arm to witness her "not holding back," I just said they abided by the two commandments of friendly customer service.