weird tip

This may not strike anyone else into thinking this tip is weird, but I sure did! It is the only tip I've never been able to explain mathematically. I put it in the computer and wrote it down right away so I could somehow figure it out at home. I actually put it on my bulletin board in my room just because I thought... it might be nice to figure it out, or to look at it, or maybe just to blog about it sometime.

Her credit card bill was $42.12, She gave me a tip of $7.70, and her total was $49.82.

Adding $7.70 did not make it a whole number, nor did adding $7.70 make it an exact percentage of the bill.

If you have any ideas, let me know.

And I wanted to give a shout out to "Modern Gal" who posted a comment on reusable bags. I didn't know people other than my friends and family read my blog :) thanks for stopping by and reading.

I need water, not A1 in my water

When I'm at work, I get extremely thirsty. I guess you can't leave drinks out because it's a health hazard I guess. Although, why does everyone else in the restaurant get to leave their drinks sitting next to them but I can't leave my water out? So we are supposed to put water in a cup, take a sip out of the cup then put it right in the bus tub. It works okay but sometimes you just want a sip and it seems like a waste of time to do all of that. So I go thirsty most of the time.

I have tried to leave my cups out, even though it is against code but they dissappear into the bus tub after one minute anyway. I have thought about bringing in my glass water bottle I drink out of at home, but it is way to large to put on any shelf. And I tried bringing my roommate's plastic bottle to work, but I don't like the taste of water in plastic and it tipped over once and soaked my entire purse. I don't want to go back to buying plastic water bottles either.

This past Saturday I thought I had come up with a great solution. We have to go cups with lids, so i decided to put my water in one of those cups with a straw and put it behind the iced tea containers. I loved it! I would take a little sip from my cup every time I would pass it. No one was throwing it away and I was staying hydrated.

Well, my great idea ended when some of the guy servers found my cup. I had a little break where none of my tables needed me and I walk to my cup and take a big sip from it. I spit it everywhere. My water was now full of A1 sauce and completely disgusting. There goes my great idea of leaving my cup out.

Now I'm back to grabbing a cup, putting a sip worths of water in it, drinking it, putting it in the bus tub and moving on.

is anyboday too young for split ends?

I was sitting somewhere and waiting, don't remember where actually. I was looking at the ends of my hair examining for split ends. Some guy next to me said, "You're a little too young for split ends, aren't ya?" Huh? I didn't respond, I probably just gave him one of my weird looks.

He obviously knows nothing about hair. A 5 year old swimming a lot in the summer can get split ends.

Correct me if I'm wrong on this one!

reusable bags

two reusable shopping bag stories...

Marshalls has these huge reusable bags that are really cute. They are not a big green color that says PUBLIX on it or whatever the business is. The bag looked like pretty wallpaper. I was buying a coat so I decided to buy the big cute reusable bag also. The cashier scans the coat puts it in a plastic bag. She scans my bag and puts that in the big plastic bag. I interrupted her and told her I would like my coat in the bag I just bought so I don't have to use the plastic bag. She said, "Oh! Ok!" I didn't think I thought of that great of an idea. That is the point of buying the reusable bags.

This bag was a pretty big one, so I thought I probably needed another reusable bag that was a little smaller in size. So when I was at Office Max the other day using my gift card, they had a few that were really cool too! Once again the cashier scans my small items and puts them in a plastic bag. Scans my reusable bag and puts that in the plastic bag as well. I again interrupted the cashier and told her she could just put the small items in the bag I just bought. She took out my reusable shopping bag, opened it, and then put the small items still in the plastic bag right in the bag I just bought.

I don't know why I thought these instances were so peculiar. Why use the reusable shopping bags if the cashiers don't like to use them. Especially when she put them in the plastic bags and THEN put them in my shopping bag.

Now I just have to remember to actually use these shopping bags when I go in stores!

does Kriss Kross make you want to jump?

Saturday, usually a pretty non eventful time for me, but I was bound and determined to find someone to do something with me! I found a friend to eat dinner with me and she said, "Is Sushi Popo okay with you?" I said, "YES! I love sushi." Good moment #1.

Then she had a blind date to go to, so I meet up with some old high school friends. We have fun hanging out, and they said, "Do you want to go dancing?" (Do I want to go dancing?, duh!) I said, "YES! I love dancing." Good moment #2.

We go across the street and the music was loud, and it was crowded with Peoria folks. I liked it! I like loud music for some reason. Some people may not like it because you can't talk in a loud place, but I think that's the reason I like it. Dinner is for talking, coffee is for talking, going out is for dancing. Anyways, we go dancing and then good moment #3 happens, The next song came on, "Put your hands up in the aaaair!" (So I did) The music paused, then it came back with, "Kriss Kross will make you JUMP, JUMP!" There's good moment #3! You better believe that I was a jumping fool haha.

Here's the chorus to everyone's (i mean everyone's) old fave:
Jump Jump
The Mac Dad will make you Jump Jump
The Daddy Mac will make you Jump Jump
Kris Kross will make you Jump Jump
uh huh uh huh
Jump Jump

So, not the best night in the world of course, but I just wanted to take the time to note and appreciate those 3 good moments.

Aliens!

In Social Studies yesterday, there was a page in our workbook that we filled out right before we read the section. After looking at the titles in the section and the photographs, we wrote down what we saw. We saw a flag, an eagle, a coin, and a painting of a lady holding a flag, etc. Then they had to answer this question, "What do you think you will read about on these two pages?" One of my kids asked, "What if we get this wrong, will you mark it off?" I just explained as long as it made sense like they didn't say: "We are going to learn about aliens!" or "We're going to learn about basketball players!"

So, right now I am in the midst of grading their papers, and everybody got that answer right except one person. After the question, "What do you think you will read about on these two pages?" She wrote, "ALIENS!" Oh dear. And you'd think I would be surprised she would put that, but it's actually very typical of her to write something without even caring if it's right or not.

Maybe in a few centuries, a history book will have a section on when Aliens invaded America. THEN, someone can write "Aliens!" for their answer.

new obsession

I just started watching American Idol last week. Oh my word, my new obsession is Adam Lambert. When he came down those long stairs singing "You make me feel good," I was in all agreeance with Paula Abdul. He made her and me feel BETTER than good. He was awesome!! So recently I've been listening to all of his songs on youtube and I just am more obsessed.

I predict: he wins.

Matt and Andrew, if you see this, put me down for a bet in your Cougar Club spreadsheet that Adam Lambert will win American Idol.