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So I had a bad day… 2007-08-30 10:03:37 and thank goodness no one started singing that song to me. Not that it’s a bad song, just that it’s one that I might have liked a lot if it wasn’t so overplayed. There are a lot of songs on that list.
Anyway, things are getting better. We are house hunting again, something I actually kind of enjoy doing, although I spend a lot of time thinking “Well, I’d like the living room from this house, the kitchen from that house - although it needs to be updated to look like the picture in this magazine - the built-ins from here and the closets from there. And I don’t want it to look like every other house in the neighborhood, because I’m a brat and my house must be special.” Which we could do if we were building our own house, but we aren’t, so we must&hellip
;compromise, or something. There are a few houses we’ll be going to see this weekend.
Also this weekend, my son and I will be having a day out together. We usually go out to ea
The mind-body connection 2007-09-21 10:26:58 If I didn’t believe in it before, I most certainly do now.
Mind is the sensible one. Mind is the one who knows I need to eat better, get some exercise, reminds me that if I want to lose weight I need to get up and do something about it. Mind is the one making plans, deciding which foods to begin avoiding, thinking of the best times to go to the gym.
I’m quite sure Body absolutely knows all of this is going on because it’s gone into full blown rebellion and is not shy about making demands. “COOKIES! Give me COOOOOOKKKKIEESSS! Fried chicken strips! Gimme gimmeeeeee!!! Eclairs, gotta have eclairs, gimme ECLAIRS!!! Oooh, Chick-Fil-A, let’s go to CHICK-FIL-A!!!!!” Body is trying to stockpile for the junk food drought ahead, it seems. Not helping matters is that Taste Buds and Sweet Tooth are staunch supporters of Body.
Mind is currently attempting to form alliances with Willpower and Perseverance, requiring them both to return from their self-imposed Read more:connection
Everyone else is backwards 2007-09-20 09:18:52 I love how drowsy, dull-witted, and spaced-out a daytime allergy medicine makes me feel.
Um, NOT.
That’s all I can manage at this point…allergy medicines are the heartless killers of the brain cells required to write thoughtful blog posts.
El Boyfriend’s hard-earned wisdom 2007-09-19 09:34:00 Spraying air freshener on the back of your shorts will not actually make your farts smell better.
The air freshener will, however, leave a wet spot on said shorts.
This wisdom brought to you by a man recently turned 47 years old, and sponsored by Lysol.
There oughtta be a law… 2007-09-28 13:04:42 against leaving the house if you even have so much as the sniffles. Seriously, people, I don’t want your germs! As a reward for your insistance upon going out in public all diseased, I’ll be dripping snot all over you and your food tonight.
You’re welcome! Read more:hellip
More hard-earned wisdom? 2007-09-25 14:01:10 Last night at work I waited on a family who I’m told comes in quite often. The gentleman in the family said that I have waited on them quite often and that I’m a good server, and while I thanked them for the compliment I felt very bad about not remembering them. It’s really very easy to remember certain guests; there’s the lady who always sits herself at table 74 and always sends back her burger because it’s not cooked well enough for her liking. Her husband always orders a Diet Coke with lime and no ice, kind of distinctive because do you KNOW how difficult it is to keep a straw in a glass of soda without any ice in it? Some people are easy to remember because they give you attitude if you don’t bend over backwards to kiss their ass - after all, this other server did it, so why don’t I? - and therefore feel justified in complaining to my manager and not leaving a tip.
SO. Yes, I feel bad about not being able to recall people who DON’T g
Hello, good-bye 2007-10-03 15:11:30 As mentioned yesterday, we went to see a couple of houses today and have decided to move forward on one of them. I refuse to say “buying” until said home is actually bought. Will not have broken heart like last year.
Must rush to get ready for work now, plz send a day off in lieu of congratulations, kthnx. Read more:Hello
Like Jessie Spano, only without the caffeine pills 2007-10-02 14:46:41 “No time! There’s never! any! time!”
And if you understand the reference you should have stopped watching those “Saved by the Bell” reruns a long time ago. Ahem.
Anyway, bits and pieces, ’cause of that whole time issue:
Y’all gotta come out of lurkdom/leave your feedreaders tomorrow and comment on the blogs you read. Come to think of it, so do I.
If I can get a hold of a realtor, we’re going to go look at two houses tomorrow at lunchtime.
A quick trip home to Maryland is happening soon, I think/hope.
Happy Banned Books Week. Go read something other than a blog, like some of the Top Ten Most Contested Books of 2006.
Which reminds me, I just finished reading Phillip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” Trilogy, and it’s really odd to me that I don’t hear more about Christians trying to get THOSE books banned instead of Harry Potter. “His Dark Materials” seems to be an all-out war on organized re Read more:Jessie
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Stick THAT in your Oktoberfest and suck it, NYEH 2007-10-01 10:11:15 Ok, so somewhere in the annals of recent history, September 2007 is sitting around in a daze thinking “WTF? I was out in the world for all of two seconds and then October 2007 just comes barreling through, taking everyone by surprise and making me look boring and unmemorable with its Oktoberfest and Halloween and the Best. Fall. Colors. Famewhore! You just wait until November 2007 comes along, November’s going to kick! your! ASS! November has Thanksgiving, Christmas shopping, and NaBloPoMo!”
Yeah, we’re kind of going to ignore the fact that I only made 11 posts in the month of the aforementioned unmemorable September 2007, and that it was kind of a struggle to come up with some of those posts, mmmkay? Thanks.
Actually, I’m welcoming the challenge. After I signed up for NaBloPoMo ‘06, I fussed and fretted about whether or not I’d have anything to write about, but surprised myself by doing very well. I was just sailing through, sometimes doing Read more:Stick
Audience participation highly encouraged 2007-10-11 20:50:43 Okay, I think I’ve found a layout that might last a little longer than five minutes. I might tweak it a bit more, like change the font in the posts and shorten the header, I’m not sure yet. I also need to add my Flickr photos to the sidebar.
So, feedback? I think most people read through feedreaders, but I’m sure there exist some oddballs like myself who still actually visit the websites they read. Read more:Audience
Well, knowing is half the battle… 2007-10-10 08:02:34 Yesterday was the first (non-sick) weekday that I’ve had off in what feels like a long time. My kid was at school, El Boyfriend was at work, it was nice and quiet and I felt like a little celebration was in order, so I went up to the store, picked up a magazine and a gossipy paperback novel masquerading as a valuable life lesson, and wandered somewhat aimlessly looking for something that would satisfy my demanding sweet tooth. Even though I’d been disappointed in the bakery before, I wandered past the shelf of brownies where I made the startling discovery that someone has been reading my blog! I mean, can it really be mere coincidence that prior to my blog post detailing the perfect brownie, there were none to be found in said bakery, but yesterday I found brownies almost exactly as described in my post?
This has been a valuable experience for me. I feel somehow validated, valuable, and connected to the world. I feel the power that exists within me to help change Read more:knowing
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Apparently it’s “Welcome All Asshats Week” at work 2007-10-19 00:40:59 I just wish someone had been nice enough to warn me. I had a whole rant written out about my evening, but I deleted it. What’s the point? No matter what I do, someone out there is always going to feel justified - for God knows whatever reason - in making up lies on the comment card and insulting their server.
Maybe it makes me a bad person, but at the moment I don’t care - I really wish I could be around to see people get their comeuppance once in a while. Just so I know that whole karma thing actually works. Read more:ldquo
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Fickle 2007-10-16 12:21:21 So I mentioned that we’ve been house hunting and did put an offer in on one house. El Boyfriend and I have been rather annoyed that the sellers have been very slow in getting back to us when needed, but this lack of interest on their part might have turned out to be a blessing. While we waited to hear whether or not they accepted our counter offer on their counter offer, we continued to browse listings and decided to go see another house or two - one of which I have (very quietly!) fallen in love with. It is, like most houses for sale in our price range in this area, not ideal - 20 years old and not very many updates since it was built, but I don’t mind something that needs fixing up. I’ve been told I might change my tune about that once I actually get in and start working, we’ll see; I tend to stay very focused on the results while letting El Boyfriend fuss over details.
I know this is the right house because of how excited I am at the prospect of going to
Rocking my socks right now 2007-10-22 14:57:20 I don’t always hate my job. A few nights ago, a lady asked me for a glass of water with lots of extra lemons, so I got her a glass of water, put a slice of lemon on the rim, and took out of dish of about six more slices. She HUGGED me - in all my waitressy, sweaty glory - she was so grateful, and all I did was just what she asked.
It appears that I may be live-blogging a move at the end of November, which, coincidentally and unrelatedly, will count towards my NaBloPoMo commitment. All is looking well so far for our acquisition of a new home. Fingers crossed…can you cross your toes for us? Thanks. Mine hurt too much, need new shoes for work YET AGAIN.
Speaking of work, I have a few days off coming up this week and I’m hoping to use one of them to go to Eureka Springs, just to hang out and take some photos. My newest camera lens arrived recently and I’m hoping to learn more about how to use my camera - plus, I’m just looking forward to a “me&r
“Numb toes” didn’t make the list 2007-10-29 01:20:20 Things To Like About Cold Weather
The ability to sleep better
Coming home from work in the evening and smelling the wood-burning fires from fireplaces around the neighborhood as I walk up to my front door
Hot chocolate with LOTS of extra marshmallows
Christmas
Halloween candy
Baking
Fall colors
That leafy, autumnal smell
Crunchy leaves
My first brand-new coat in over fourteen years - I am so daggone stylin’.
This list brought to you by the overwhelming need to try sending a little more positivity out into the world. Read more:ldquo
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Salmonella free 2007-10-26 15:11:06 I very much enjoyed my recent two days off of work. I didn’t get any housework done other than a bit of laundry, but I got to go shopping and exploring, something I may have enjoyed a bit too much because today I’m tired and cranky and really resent having to go back to work.
Enough complaining! I hear ya. Things are moving forward on the house; the listing has been removed from realtor websites and the inspection is scheduled for next week - hopefully everything will go well with that. I’ve uploaded 99 pics of the house to my Flickr in a set you can view here. I’ve been too busy to label them, sorry.
Last night was fun - the three of us cuddling, talking, wrestling, tickling each other on the bed, the dog in the middle of everyone, demanding to be center of attention and biting everyone’s feet. It’s just so NICE when everyone gets along! Read more:Salmonella
Wait, what? Where have I been?! 2007-11-01 15:03:35 Happy Inaugural Day of NaBloPoMo ‘07. You know what that means, right? It’s November 1st. Do you know what THAT means? It means that tomorrow morning we’ll have the inspection on the house we hope to buy, and assuming all goes well with that, we’ll be moving into said house in two weeks.
TWO. WEEKS.
SQUEE!!! OMGNEWHOUSEYAY!! SQUEEEEEEE!!!!
I’m sorry. If you think the Capslock of SQUEE is bad, then you’ll feel much sympathy for El Boyfriend’s ear, since I actually came to this realization while on the phone with him earlier.
El Boyfriend, as I discovered today, isn’t hopeful or excited about this whole thing, like, at all. I mean, he’s started moving things out of our larger freezer into the smaller one above the fridge, “You know, so we can have it put in the garage, defrosted, and ready to go when it’s time to move.” He’s also discouraged me from the “stockpiling” that I’d planned for m
Making us the favorite house in the neighborhood tonight 2007-10-31 15:43:52
If I were going to be home to hand out candy this evening, it wouldn’t surprise me to see some of the same kids over and over again, because hello, who wants that nasty old peanut butter taffy stuff when you can get the highly coveted chocolate mix at my house?
Too bad I’m going to work. My son will be handing out the candy this year, no doubt under the very watchful eye of El Boyfriend, checking that he’s not eating the entire bowl of candy by himself.
NaBloPoMo begins tomorrow. No idea what my Inaugural NaBloPoMo ‘07 post will be. Perhaps something about the entertainment to be had while on a sugar high?
Hi! I’m officially a lunatic! 2007-10-30 13:45:36 Every year at Christmas, I moan about my lack of preparation and joke about starting the next year’s Christmas shopping in January. I never actually do start in January, I’ve always kind of refused to start Christmas shopping until after Halloween.
So today is the day before Halloween and I bought my first Christmas gift. I also confess to buying a wreath holder three weeks ago, which, at the time, I had decided didn’t count because it was hardware. But I did have to browse the Christmas section to find that little piece of hardware in the first place. When I went to Eureka Springs last week, the first shop I walked through was a Christmas shop, where I LOL’d at a stocking for dogs and considered picking it up for Reilly. Today - first Christmas present purchased.
People? I HAVEN’T BOUGHT ANY HALLOWEEN CANDY, YET. Read more:lunatic
Surprisingly specific 2007-11-06 20:12:06 Today was my day off, and El Boyfriend emailed me and made the friendly suggestion to start packing things that aren’t being used. Pack? Oh yeah, we’re moving! Next week! New house! Stop me if I’ve told you all this before.
Anyway, having been a Navy Brat and been through a few moves in my life, maybe you’d think that cardboard boxes, bubble wrap, and packing tape are my BFFs. Not so. I hate packing. Admittedly, rediscovering things you forgot you had can be an interesting perk of the whole packing/moving/unpacking shebang, and it also offers up a great opportunity to get rid of stuff rather than go through the hassle of packing it, moving it, and finding a new place for it. I just don’t like doing it. It’s not that I’m going to miss this house or anything; I can’t wait to be in the new one. It’s just…gads, so much STUFF, where to begin? I’m the type of person who can be easily overwhelmed just by the thought of doing
Daily Cohesive Thought Supply exhausted 2007-11-05 23:45:42 Yes, I’m aware this looks like I’m just getting it in under the NaBloPoMo wire - please to be giving me a break, I’ve been nowhere near a computer for the past thirteen hours. I think this is going to be another life-in-bullet-points post. There’s nothing like waiting tables for twelve hours solid to kick your butt. I keep looking at my ankles, expecting them to be about the size of watermelons, but no, they’re normal. Amazing.
El Boyfriend? Apparently still not very excited about moving. Nope, not at all. Came home from work this evening and discovered he’d started packing today.
Moving day is next week, by the way. NEXT. WEEK. HelLO! We close in ten days. TEN! DAYS! HOUSE! MINE! OURS!
Mother Nature, why so damn mean today? Talk about mood swings - beautiful, 70 degrees when I left the house for work this morning, not-so-beautiful 45 degrees when I finally leave work tonight, and there I was without a jacket. How rude.
The leftover Hallowee Read more:Daily
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Apologize 2007-11-04 12:57:27 So here’s the thing. The song “Apologize” is pretty popular on the radio here. It gets played A LOT, but this isn’t a rant about how overplayed some songs are. The problem is that whenever the DJ announces who the song is by, he always says “Timbaland.” Do you know why this gets on my nerves? Because the song was originally written and is performed by OneRepublic, the only thing Timbaland did was add a drum beat. That’s it, he just remixed it a little and put it on his album, “Shock Value.” Timbaland is getting all the credit and recognition for the song and it’s NOT HIS.
The first time I heard the song credited to Timbaland I was confused because I knew it wasn’t him singing. So after the song had been played a few times, someone called in to one of the stations and asked who was actually singing the song, because hello, like I said, that’s not Timbaland. The DJ replied, “Oh, it’s OneRepublic,&r
It’s entirely typical of my brand of luck… 2007-11-09 15:20:17 that on the very day I once again swear to eschew junk food and start losing weight, folks at work insist upon giving me a free milkshake and burger.
I took three sips of the shake and three bites of the sooo yummy mushroom burger, then hurried to finish up my work and get out of there before I tried to finish it all. Now I’m sitting here with a glass of water and a Healthy Choice meal.
Better for me, but nowhere near as tasty.
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Another one for the “Who do you think you’re fooling?” files 2007-11-08 10:08:59
&ldquo
;Nicole Kidman has denied she has ever had plastic surgery. The Australian actress insists her face is all natural. “To be honest, I am completely natural. I have nothing in my face or anything,” she says.&rdquo
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Is that a trout pout of Melanie Griffith-esque proportions I see before me? How about that ultra bleached hair, and whatever happened to her freckles? I’m not even going to mention the botox, that’s a tired, tired subject already.
Seriously, I hate it when celebrities treat people with seeing eyes like they’re stupid. I don’t care when people get something done, but for crying out loud, don’t lie about it.
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Moving, Day 1: Complete 2007-11-15 22:29:01 It remains to be seen how many days it actually takes us to move. We’ve U-Hauled everything that was in our garage, which may not sound like much to some people, but it’s a two car garage and it was full of stuff to the point that we had just a small path going from one garage door to the other. At New House, there is a place for everything, and there may even be enough room - once unpacking is complete - to put both of our vehicles in the garage. Hallelujah, Amen.
However, in order to complete the unpacking, we must first complete the packing. The movers will be here between 8 and 9 am, and the majority of our kitchen stuff remains unpacked; we still have a load of dirty dishes sitting in the dishwasher, and I have laundry running in the washing machine. All of our electronics - computers, stereo, tv, dvd player, etc - are still wired and ready to power up on a whim. Bugger it - I’m not staying up all night packing the rest of this stuff - whatever is packed Read more:Moving
Closing 2007-11-15 09:30:54 SQUEE!
Today we sign papers, pick up keys, and the house is OURS. Finally. Only the drama of completing the move to get through…please, no rain! Once we’re done at the closing, El Boyfriend and I will come home, pick up the U-Haul, and head up to the house. As EB unloads the truck, I’ll be unpacking the bins and boxes so we can reuse those to finish our packing here. We’ll come back and take another load up to New House, and on Friday the movers will take care of the furniture and everything else that’s left.
And, oh, have I mentioned that EB is working on Friday? So I’m to supervise the movers all by me onesie? Joy. I’ve been soothing myself by browsing potential art purchases - nothing shiny or sparkly this time, mostly just flowery:
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Oh. Ahem. Excuse me, I have no idea how that last one got there.
Getting there 2007-11-14 13:51:54 I was scheduled to work at lunch today, but a coworker called me last night to ask if she could take my shift and I replied “Yes, please!” I’ve packed a couple more boxes this morning, Reilly is scheduled to be bathed and boarded at the vet’s for a couple of days (to keep him safely out of the way and also for a much needed destinkifying), and in a few hours El Boyfriend will bring home a U-Haul van that we’ll pack up this evening and tomorrow morning. The closing on the house is sceduled for 10:00 tomorrow morning, we have movers coming on Friday to get the big heavy things for us, and OMGYAYFINALLY!
The previous paragraph was just a long winded way of saying that I’m going to cheat a little bit for NaBloPoMo. Since I can’t be sure of ‘net access for the next few days, I’ll be writing up a few posts and scheduling their publication so that I don’t miss any days. Hopefully. Who knows? Our ‘net provider might take thei
Moving, Day 4 (aka Part Infinity And Beyond!): Complete 2007-11-21 14:06:45 More moving small things from Old House today. Luckily, I’ve gone back to work, so it’s mostly El Boyfriend and the kid packing things up and moving them to New House, but next time we do this? We are springing for the movers to pack our stuff as well as move it in one trip. I said so.
We will also be splurging for a cleaning service to come and clean both houses for us. I hate cleaning, and having to do more than one house - even for a day or so - is going to shred my last nerve into dust. And guess who’s going to have to clean up that little pile of dust? ME. Suckitude! Read more:Moving
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