Candid Candid Camera

Do you remember the T.V. show from the sixties called "Candid Camera"? It was a show that caught people off guard in funny situations with a hidden camera. It was 1978 and my husband and I invited our Church bible study to our house to watch cable T.V. We were the first couple around to have to have cable T.V. access. I looked through the T.V. guide to see what we should all watch. When I saw Candid, Candid Camera I figured it was a "typo". The scene we watched was about a sky-scraper window washer......apparently a NAKED sky-scrapper window washer (early cable T.V. wasn't censored). At the first sight of a nude body on my T.V. in front of my "church friends" I literally leaped, and belly flopped across the coffee table in time to change the channel. So I guess it wasn't a typo after all. It really was "Candid, Candid Camera". Welcome to early cable T.V.


Open Latte~

Can you be over qualified and under qualified for the same job?

On Monday I had an interview with the president of a small company. As he read my resume and chatted with me, he marveled at how over qualified I was for the position. I thought the interview went well, because he told me that he wanted me to talk with the C.F.O.

On Tuesday I had the interview with the C.F.O. of the company. As she read my resume and chatted with me she mentioned that I was under qualified for the position. I thought my opportunity for the position was over. However, at the end of the interview she said she would call me by the end of the week. Well........today is Saturday so, I guess I am officially over qualified and under qualified for the same job. I think they deserve an Open Latte for this one. :)

Can't a condiment be an entree ?

I was eating lunch at Moes yesterday (Moes is a fresh mex fast food restaurant). I noticed a new condiment at the self serve condiment area. It's corn salsa. I initially put some of the corn style salsa into the tiny cup provided. Then, I dumped it on top of my nachos. YUM ! YUM !So, I got up and dumped tons and tons of this corn salsa on top of my nacho's......I completely buried the nachos with corn salsa. By the time I woofed down the thick, thick layer of corn salsa, I realized that I had a HUGE stomach ache.........I was doubled over with stomach cramps ....... what was my first hint that condiments aren't meant to be entrees ..... .maybe the tiny cup condiment cup provided .... ya think ? Open Latte.

......for a million dollars ?

As I sat in my car at a red traffic light.....my mind wandered.....what if someone paid me a million dollars to work again for a certain horrid boss, would I ? I weighed it back and forth in my mind.......thinking about what I could do for my family with a million dollars.....but, I have principles and I would never want to work for that person again.....what to do.....what to do. I was actually experiencing feelings of true agitation.... seriously disturbingly torn and rattled. Then the traffic light turned green.........back to reality......deliverance.....phew.......no one is offering me a million dollars to do any such thing.................. "open latte ".

Where is Jesus?

I was thinking about my early childhood experiences....when, I realized what my first "open latte" was:

I was about 4 years old and I was in a church.......this was my very first time in any church. I walked down the sanctuary's long aisle and settled into a long, wooden, pew with my very glamorous and chic Aunt Josey. For some reason she brought me to her friend's wedding (she babysat me a lot). Well, someone must have told me that "church" is Jesus' house because no sooner had I sat down in the church pew, I stood right up......looked around......and said at the top of my voice, "WHERE IS JESUS !" My Aunt, totally embarrassed, tried to get me to sit down and be quiet. I kept asking this question, loudly, and with determined expectation many times during the ceremony.............kinda cute :) .....but, a perfect example of an "open latte"........

Debbie Pizza

I am on a diet....so, naturally, I think about food all the time. So, there I am, walking through the market thinking, "Look at all this delicious food.....SO MUCH FOOD.......I want to eat...I am hungry...... I am tired of tuna fish and celery!" Just then, it caught my eye ! "Debbie Pizza"........it like a message from above.....saying "this is for you....you can eat this !" Then, I did a double take...... it read "Double Pizza"....... so sad .........OPEN LATTE !

Open the Car Trunk

My husband and I walked out of the market carrying groceries in the pouring rain (ok, I carried the car keys and my husband had all the groceries). Well, I hate getting rained on so I ran ahead to open the car door ..... As I clicked the remote keychain to unlock all the car doors I heard my husband call out......"hey, it would be nice if you'd open the trunk for me"........to which I replied, "I did" (well, I mean, I clicked the key remote to technically unlock the trunk door.....guess he meant to actually, physically move and lift said trunk door upwards.....as in "actually open it".........) he got into the car drenched .......he was a bit cranky............OOPS ................ Open Latte.......