STUD MUFFIN...TWO F'S

OK. SO I HAVE TO SHARE THIS STORY. TODAY AT WORK, I TOOK A CALL. EVERYTHING WAS GOING LIKE NORMAL UNTIL THE PART WHERE I ASKED WHO I WAS SPEAKING TO. THE MAN'S REPLY? "STUD MUFFIN." TO WHICH I RESPONDED WITH, "ARE YOU SERIOUS?" AND WE BOTH LAUGHED. THEN I ASKED HIM HOW TO SPELL IT AND HE STARTED, "S-T-U-D..." THEN KILLED HIMSELF LAUGHING. I AGAIN ASKED WHO I WAS SPEAKING WITH AND HE AGAIN SAID, "STUD MUFFIN." I TOLD HIM, "SIR, THIS WILL SHOW ON YOUR INVOICE...DO YOU REALLY WANT ME TO CREATE THE NAME STUD MUFFIN?" HE LAUGHED AND SAID, "SURE, WHY NOT? I'VE BEEN CALLED WORSE." I THEN ASKED IF THAT WAS ONE F OR TWO. HE SAID TWO. WELL, THE NEXT PART IS WE ARE SUPPOSE TO SAY, "OK (INSERT THE NAME OF CUSTOMER HERE), WHAT CAN I GET FOR YOU TODAY?" SO YOU CAN IMAGINE MY HORROR WHEN I MEAKLY SAID, "OK, STUD MUFFIN, WHAT CAN I GET FOR YOU TODAY?" I TRIED HARD TO COMPOSE MYSELF, BUT I COULDN'T HELP IT...I LAUGHED MY ASS OFF! WE BOTH LAUGHED FOR A GOOD MINUTE. THE CALL WENT ON AS NORMAL, BUT I JUST COULDN'T BRING MYSELF TO SAY, "THANK YOU FOR CALLING, STUD MUFFIN!!"

Girls' Nite out with The Boulevard

Yeah for girls' nite out! Or something like that. My fave band, The Boulevard, played at Shakers again Saturday nite. A bunch of coworkers and I went and had fun. It was suppose to be a girls' nite, but we had a few guys show up. It was the greatest nite! I have found that I now LOVE Southern Comfort! I drank that and coke all nite long! Then Gaflin bought me a shot of Goldslaugger. Now, one nite waaaaaaay back when I was younger, I had TEN shots of that stuff in one nite. Yes, it found it's way out of me and into the toilet. From then on I had not touched the stuff until Saturday nite. But don't worry...it stayed down this time! LOL Here are a few random shots from throughout the nite and some of the people that came. In this photo, we have Paolina, Gaflin, Kim and me.


Brooke showed up later that nite...










The nite's not complete unless I get a shot of me and my girl, Tab!!





Josh and me












I really don't care for this pic, but I just wanted to show how much fun we had! Me and Gaflin jamming to The Boulevard!



Funny story about Josh...the band was playing "Left Alone" which is one of my favorites. I pointed at Josh and yelled at Kim and Gaflin to watch him. Well, Kim thought I said, "Take lots of pictures of him" and that's exactly what she did! It was too funny. She took a good 12 or something pictures of just Josh. I about died from laughter when I saw all the pics of him and she said that I told her to take them!

This is Josh's stick drawing of the band. From left to right: Josh (with the sunglasses), Tab, Matt, and Sean. And yes, Josh even autographed it for me! He told me he would sell it to me for a dollar...but being the sweetheart he is...ended up just giving it to me. I think it's cute!

So there was this poor sap who was getting initiated or something and had to run around in a banana suit...it was hilarious!

Quick shot of the band...and Josh in his sunglasses...

The next day, one of my best friends, Jennie, baptized her little boy. We have adopted Holden as our nephew, so he calls us Aunt Nicki and Uncle Josh. He is just simply the cutest thing!!

So I'm messing with this smile box thing...

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Halloween Done the Stuller Way

Ok. So this has got to be the greatest compliment I could ever receive! Two of the consultants from my training class decided to be me and Kim, my assistant, for Halloween! Sheri, aka me, is dressed in Braves gear (including the back, which said Doucet). She has the baseball on her head, because she was killed when she missed and it hit her head! Poalina, who I call Probie, is Kim. Kim is famous for always walking around with a cup of ice. So, Probie died from choking on the ice! They even had Brenda print out the pics from our badges and they put our pictures on their badges! I was floored! I could not stop laughing all day! It felt good that someone would go through all that trouble to imitate me! Kim and I felt so proud!

So, my second official training class is now on the phones. This class sure was a challenge! But everyone has passed and is doing so well on the phones! I'm once again rather proud of myself for teaching these guys!!

My goofy assistant, Kim! She was too funny! She was a perfect scarecrow from the wizard of oz! Kim is one of the people who come in to help me with the training class when Brenda goes on vacation. I love this girl!

Poalina (who I call Probie) and Kim.

Sheri and me

This weekend was a great one for me and Josh. Friday nite we went trick or treating at Aunt Nella's house. I had a blast walking around with Cindy and Brian and their adorable two little ones, Caitlin and Connor. We had delicious gumbo and then went around the blocks with the little ones. Saturday Josh and I went to the air show. We parked in a parking lot and watched from the highway. Ok...not the legal way since we didn't have to pay...but it sure was a blast! We were out there for FIVE hours! Didn't even realize it! It sure was great quality time though. That nite we went eat at Olive Garden. It's my favorite place. Not necessarily Josh's, but it was the restaurant of our first date and the place he took me right before he proposed, so he says it has a special meaning to him. The nite was capped off with some CC's coffee and snuggling up to watch Iron Man. I of course, fell asleep on it since I didn't quite get the movie, but he enjoyed it. Today was spent at my mother in law's. We went visit my gorgeous neice, Keira. Then we went get lunch and sat around with the family. Then Jamie (my sister in law), Josh, Keira, and I went shopping for Jeremy's wedding (their brother.) We had such a blast! Keira can now say my full name. She had to go to the bathroom, so when they were coming back, I could hear Keira yelling, "Nicki!" trying to find us. Too freaken cute! Over all, it was a great weekend!!