Why Men are Happier People

So I was just reading this e-mail that I got awhile ago, and it pretty much cracked me up. Im sure you've all noticed that I tend to like to compare males and females all the time - mainly because I am trying to figure out the science of the male mind. But made me laugh, so I thought I'd pass it on...

Why Men are Happier People

1. Your Last name stays the same
2. The garage is all yours
3. Wedding plans take care of themselves
4. Chocolate is just another snack
5. You can never be pregnant
6. You can wear a white t-shirt to a water park (or no t-shirt at all)
7. Car mechanics tell you the truth
8. The world is your urinal
9. Same work, more pay
10. Wrinkles add character
11. Wedding dress $5000, Tux rental $100
12. The occasional well-rendered belch is practically expected
13. New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet
14. One mood all the time
15. Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat
16. You know stuff about tanks
17. A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase
18. You can open your own jars
19. If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend
20. Your underwear cost $8.95 for a three-pack
21. You almost never have strap problems in public
22. You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes
23. The same hairstyle lasts for years, even decades
24. You can play with toys your whole life
25. You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look
26. You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache
and finally
27. You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24th in 25 minutes!!!

Sickly, there is a lot of truth behind these 27 points... Its gross what men do, but hey... if it makes them happy! No wonder we like chocolate so much :P

Have a safe day after boxing day!

7 Reasons Why You Should Date a Surfer Instead of a Cowboy

I have recently decided to switch my interest in guys from cowboys to surfers... here are a few reasons why I have done so:

1. Cowboys Cuss and say bad words; The only words that surfers use to describe bad things are "Dude!" and "That was totally uncool"
2. Cowboys like to live in cold places like alberta; Surfers prefer the warmer climates like California and the Bahamas
3. Cowboys are white with a red neck and shirt tan; surfers are just gorgeously tanned
4. Cowboys go to the bar; Surfers go to the beach
5. Cowboys are dirty; surfers bathe all day!

Okay... geeze that was really hard, I cant come up with the other two reasons... See, really you all know I love cowboys... I mean they have big trucks, work hard, make good money, can dance!... haha all great things! But really, is it worth it all? Wouldn't you ladies rather lay on the beach than freeze to death in a house all alone while your husband is away at camp working? Its pure logic right there.... but still a toss up for me! I wonder, is there an even better category? Im sure not going for those emo guys; they're pants are so tight that they'll never reproduce. And Body builders may be hot, but dang they'd sure make me look like im out of shape!

So where is the middle ground? Ive been told it is in Kelowna! Dont ask me why, I mean Kelowna is a dump, but maybe one show live there and see how many weirdly mixed people there are! (Just for the record, Dodge trucks- although nice trucks - dont make a guy sexy!)

Im not going to get into describing to you the past couple weeks. But basically, what I have learned and would like to pass on to you girls is this: DONT GO NEAR BOYS UNLESS THERE IS A RING!!! (and by ring, i mean unless they are willing to commit) Boys can be pretty tricky with that, so be careful.

On a more random and less important note: I may get lucky and wind up in Grand Forks for New Years this year! Yep, I'll be finding that out in a day or two, but it'll be a nice change from this stupid City of Abbotsford that never ceases to rain!! I went out today looking for snow boots, and all these silly stores were sold out of the good ones! I was sad, so I may be packing Gum boots and extra socks with me to play in the snow! HAHA Not like its anything unusual for me. I wear them things in all seasons.

Well Im off to see the wizard... Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Ya'll (if I havent told you that already!)

Communication

"I know you believe that you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure that you know that what you heard is not what I meant!"

Well, that about sums it up. I was just studying for my Marriage and Family final the other day and I came across this quote from our communication unit. Thought it was funny at first, but then it really began to make sense to me. I mean seriously - some people just talk so dang fast that you cant make out what they are saying. Or you get those people who are SO quiet that you think they say words that they didn't. Then you get me, I am a mix of everything - Becase of my femaleness, I tend to think about 500 words a minute, and I try to say about half of them, and well things just come out strange. Like right now, I am typing so dang fast that my fingers are probably going to fall off any second!

Communication is so important between people tho. I have really been learning this lately, cuz people get upset when you dont share things with them that you think, and then you think that they can just read your mind and so when you refer to something that you thought, they dont know what you are talking about and you get all upset and they are all uptight about the fact that you didnt share your thoughts with them in the first place. Its confusing, I know. And most of you guys probably know what I am talking about cuz girls thinks so much we we cant keep track of what we told you guys and what we didnt!

I am also learning to verbalize things a lot more. If I don't say something then it is not going to get done! Some people call this complaining, but I call it constructive assertiveness. For example, if I go to Timmy Ho's and order a large french vanilla, and I get a medium English toffee, someone is going to hear about it! Its not like im mean about it, I just tell them what I think, and expect the correct beverage to come my way. Some people misuse this system for personal gain, and that is down right rude! Like if their pizza is 10 minutes late because the pizza guy got stuck in bad traffic on the way to their house and they demand your pizza free, yea that is very rude! They had the money, and that guy probably has to pay out of his own pocket because of them, or he just has to disappoint his managers, yea that is not cool. Making people feel bad is not right. OR here is a good one, people that sort through clothes in stores to find the one with the missing button, then they demand 25% off because of the button that would really only take them 10 seconds to sew back on! That is stupid, go grab another freakin sweater and stop trying to cheap people out of their business!

As you can tell, I have some strong ideas about things and when I get going, I can come up with a million and one things to say about it. But onto bigger and less exciting things. My life is finally at rest right now. I just finished my last exam this morning and im FREE! Yes, time to sit on my but, eat chocolate and get fat over the holidays (im kidding, im acutally gonna do stuff to fill in my empty days). But I am excited. Its time to work as much as possible, get my car fixed and enjoy the next four months of possibly avoiding work :P By the way, if you know anyone who is hiring in abbotsford for part time reception, or retail or something - i have Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to work every week! Yep, if you understand that, I only have classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays next semester. I think I worked that one out pretty well.

As for Christmas Holidays, I am still working out whether im gonna head out to GF for New Years, or stay in Abbotsford and do nothing - Its quite a toss up (not!). I'll only be working for another couple weeks, and then that will be done and it will be time to vacation before I look for work again.

Well I do believe it is time to go bake cookies! Merry Christmas (ive learned that in December you are supposed to say that whenever you say goodbye to someone).

Wow guys, I am sorry it has been so long since I have written. Even though I haven't appeared to be doing much lately, I have been really busy doing whatever it was that I was doing! Let me sum up the past couple weeks for you: Trying to get things organized and FINISHED!

I finally got around to registering for classes next semester. Looks like I am taking the Bare minimum!!! Ive got a Youth work class, and Old Testament Survey, plus service practicum, UMA and a weekend youth worker conference. That is all dandy to me. Next week I will be heading over to UCFV to pick my two bookkeeping courses as well for next semester. I am a little stoked for next semester - at least I know what I am doing.

Today was insane, I think that I acutally had to drive EVERYWHERE in abbotsford to get thinsg done. ICBC took all my money, so now I'm pretty much broke - that is exciting, considering I havent started christmas shopping yet either! Im praying for a random cheque to come in the mail for me so that I can have money.. haha

So funny things are happening all around. I have been working for Friesen Equipment at the Chilliwack Mall selling John Deere clothing, toys and random merch. Ive got to tell you, I dont think that I have seen so many people that have an obsession with John Deere stuff. I mean its just a tractor! dang. I personally would not decorate my room with Green and Yellow paint and John Deere wall hangings. Did you know that a hot item is a John Deere Rain Guage!?! my word! If you want to know if it rained, look outside, its freakin ABBOTSFORD!

Okay, it is time to go meet up with one of my presentation groups. We are talking about gender issues today!!! haha. Its a fun topic, if you are ever interested in learning the different types of feminism, just ask me... I'll load you with information!!

Adios my friends!