Long Time, No Blog

It's been a very long time since my last post. Thank you to sister Betsy for providing me with the email address that I used this up!

We haven't been up to much.Mike is finally back on days, so we sort of have a regular life. Laney is getting so tall! It seems like she out grew her favorite dress right before our eyes (those are her toes, in case you were wondering).

The Biggest Loser competition is over. My team didn't win. The competition kind of lost momentum due to the layoffs. But I lost 13 lbs! I probably have gained it all back by now though.

I went to the NKOTB concert on Tuesday night in Green Bay. It was so much fun. I touched Jon Knight and Joey Mac. AWESOME.

Just When You Thought She Couldn't Get Any Cuter.....

Laney got her haircut on Saturday! It's a little bob and she looks so adorable. No more crying in the morning when we brush her hair.

She doesn't like having her picture taken now, though,so her Dad had to bribe her for this one. Hence, the gangsta pose.

"Thanks for the Concern"

One of my coworkers really irritated me today. Luckily, he works in Florida and I blocked him on sametime so he can only contact me by email. Another bonus is he doesn't see my reaction to his relentless obnoxious-ness. An email was misdirected to me and it required a response. I forwarded to him and asked him to see the below email. I copied the person who sent it and the person the sender had copied on the original email. Idiot co-worker responds to me, as if I asked the question and ends the email with "Thanks for the Concern".

I use "thanks for your concern" when I am being sassy so I know he was trying to be a jerk. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. Um, dum-dum, don't mistake my courtesy for concern.

Unfortunately, my rage over this gesture took about 1 hour to get over.

This co-worker has done other things in the past-I am not over reacting that much.

But, yesterday, before any of this happened, I did find an account that he really screwed up. That helps.

Did you know....

that newborn baby calves don't have teeth? And that you can buy one for about $400? If only my backyard were a little bigger.

Biggest Loser-Office Edition

Thirty or so of my co-workers are doing a "Biggest Loser" of our own. We have 6 teams of 5. We all weighed ourselves (privately, which was bad enough). We wrote our weights on piece of paper and sealed them in an envelope and gave them to the event organizer. Everyone is on the honor system and has to weigh themselves weekly. What we wrote down would only be used if someone suspected a cheat. There are 6 men participating and each is on a seperate team. The names of everyone else were thrown in a hat and teams were chosen at random. I am on team 4 with: Dana, Ryan, Marcella, and KT. We took team "before" pictures. Then we went to the manufacturing floor and used the scale in receiving to get a team weight.Everyone was very careful to jump on the scale at the same time so that no one could see any one person's weight. It was funny to see all the office employees wearing safety goggles and jumping around the scale.

Our first Blog

So here goes...the blog about the Olive family.

Laney is finally, finally, finally potty-trained!!!! Mike and I couldn't be prouder or more relieved. We were worried she would never get the hang of it. All she can talk about is using the potty and making sure no one poops in their pants. Well, whatever it takes!

That's a picture of Laney at my company's kids Christmas party.