30 Days of Lists [first week follow-up]

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Hi fellow Lister's!  How is it going so far?  I am a few days late in getting these posted, but I wanted to share how my first week looks. 

Just in case you missed the first 2 posts, you can catch up here.  

Introduction to 30 Days of Lists

Days 1 and 2

Here we go!!!

Property of Amber Albright

Property of Amber Albright

Property of Amber Albright

Property of Amber Albright

Property of Amber Albright

Property of Amber Albright

I hope you enjoyed my lists!  Let me know if you're on this journey also and where I can find your lists!  

Caller ID "spoofing"....it is very real!

So this might be how my face looked when the Facebook messages, emails etc started coming.  People were contacting me to ask why I keep calling them.  (insert face above)  Yep, caller ID spoofing.  Never even realized such a thing existed.  But it does, it's very real and very scary.

My local newspaper (www.lancasteronline.com) tracked me down the other day wanting to talk to me about this.  Strangely enough someone in Maryland took the time to trace the phone number extensively and somehow ended up at the Newspaper main office.  It just keeps getting stranger by the minute. It was front page news and the link to the article is below.

The reason I am putting this out there is because if I didn't know this could happen to me, then I'm sure a lot of you out there don't know about it either.  I feel this was an invasion of my privacy and very disruptive to my life.  This should not be happening, yet it does.

Telephone nightmare: Lititz woman was victim of telemarketing 'spoofers'

Pages we like...

Ahhh Facebook.......we can't live with out it!  Well I speak for myself I guess.  I love facebook.  It keeps me in touch with my dear friends & family who live far away.  I also "like" pages that interest me.  I click on that like button because the company, or subject speaks to me in some way.  Perhaps I like the product(s) or like to see the positive motivation come across my newsfeed.  But the general idea is you LIKE it, hence the reason you clicked on the like button.  Follow?  LOL

So as time allows I sometimes read the original post and the comments that follow below it.  I don't know why it amuses me, but I like to read what people write.  For the most part they are agreeing with the original post.  But then the ones that really amuse me are the people who bash it.  They disagree, or hate the company or product, blah blah blah.  But why?  I mean, if you "like" the page you obviously liked it by choice.  But yet people are rude and mean in the comments.  Did someone force them to like the page?

I guess people are strange.  The older I get the more I realize this. 

What would they say?

I have a good friend that posted this on his Facebook status and I thought it was very interesting and thought provoking:

If the team from 60 minutes asked your family and friends to name the things most important to you, what would they say? What's the funniest thing? What would you hope they would say?

So interesting in fact, I thought I would write about it!  (Don't worry I asked him if he minded and he said of course not!) 

I think this would depend on "who" they asked.  If they asked my family what is important to me, they probably would say my dogs and foster dogs, my job, my love for music, my fitness and weight goals. 

Some of the things they might wonder about:  why I am so quiet sometimes, why I don't call more often, why I fell off the religion boat.  The funniest thing they would probably say about me is the stories I tell them about my dogs and my facial expressions. 

The things I hope they would say about me is that I am a caring, spiritual, have a big heart, good listener and like to help others.  And even though I did not follow my family on that religious boat, I am still a spiritual person, just in a different way!

NOW!  If you ask my friends (LOL) you might hear different things.  The number one thing my friends would say is important to me is ZUMBA!  I fell in love with ZUMBA and became an instructor.  I'm constantly talking about it.  They also know my love for music - all kinds of music.  From classical, top 40, Spanish, hip hop, classic rock, 80's and 90's, head bangin' - you name it.  My work friends would probably say I am "by the book" and try to give the best customer service even though we are limited to what we can do.

The funniest things they might say is how I always have a new bruise to show on my legs (especially in the summer), I like wine, how I have two left feet sometimes and stumble (yes, even in ZUMBA class, I just keep moving and pretend it was part of the choreography!), how sarcastic I can be and add alcohol to any of these things and it just becomes a production!  :)

The things I hope they would say about me is that I am a loyal friend, one who cares about all of them in different ways.  I am a Capricorn - it's just embedded in me, I can't help it! 

So how about YOU?!?  This really made me think long and hard about myself.  What would people say about YOU?