Month: November 2005

  • Christmas tree and a cold.

    Back to the old grind of work.
    Blech.

    Also…
    I now own two pair of these boots, one in black and one in brown. Yay for boots!

  • Days go by…

    That song always sticks in my head.

    Funeral went…I won’t say well, but it went. It was cold as
    all-mothering-hell and as usual, Michigan was cheery, gray and sleety.
    It was good to see family members I hadn’t seen for years – but hard
    for it to be under such bad circumstances.

    Thanksgiving was weird, with only 8 people and a small turkey. We
    didn’t even have pie. Thank goodness for cheesecake. (FH makes
    cheesecake that is literally mouth-induced orgasm on a plate)

    Today is Thanksgiving with his family – another cheesecake, another turkey and probably an almost equal amount of bull-shitting.

    Oh yeah, and my sister is preggers. Again.

  • Thursday. The day of grocery shopping.

    But not this week.
    Usually, instead of chores, on Thursdays I go grocery shopping. I do
    the whole coupon-clipping and ad browsing on Sunday, but the Kroger and
    Scott’s (two major grocers in the area) don’t change their ads until
    Wednesday…
    So on Thursday, I shop. I use coupons. I am very good like that. A domestic goddess is me.

    However, today, I have other plans. Plans that don’t involve shopping carts. Or making the bed today. I’m a bad bad seed.

    But not really. I’ll have a nice dinner and enjoy my evening off.
    Because tomorrow, I will still have a whole list of stuff to do.

    I think that’s part of being a grown-up — realizing that the list
    NEVER ends. Even if you finish it, all that stuff is just going to get
    dirty again and you’ll have to start all over. I can see why some
    people just give in to the stagnation and stop cleaning.

    But at the same time, I like to be able to sit on the couch and not
    deal with dirty clothes in my way or last weeks mail being on the
    coffee table all the time. Cleanliness is good.

    So is life.

    EDITED TO ADD:

    Guess who’s not working today?
    Yup. Me. We had too many folks and although I usually stay – the sun
    was shining and I was all kinds of “Hell yes I will go home!”

    So, I went and dropped of free sub coupons (that was worth $20 which
    makes up for my not working at all today…sort of.) and then I went to
    the bank. And now I am home. And you know what I’m going to do?

    Facial.
    Pedicure.
    Manicure.
    Shave.

    And that’s it.

    And it’s MAH-velous.

  • Tuesday. My day of un-motivation.

    Mmmmm…titles. Pointless, pointless titles. They kind of make me feel proud.

    I am not going to the gym today. I have decided not to. Instead I will
    come home fairly early and clean the house and then I’m going to make
    some hot chocolate in my new cute kitty mug and cross-stitch up in my
    office. I will bring up my electric throw and me and the cats will have
    wonderful snuggly lazy time.

    Of course, I need to clean the bathroom and the kitchen and the mudroom.
    I am going to ignore the rest of the stuff that is on my list of things
    to do. Bad me. This rainy, bleary weather is just not motivational.

  • Is it STILL Monday?



    Dammit.

    I have a severe case of the Mondays.

    And I don’t want to do anything. I don’t even want to read or cross-stitch. I just want to POUT.

    So, I’ll do this. I borrowed it from irishgem

    10 Favorites…

    Favorite Color: mossy pale green

    Favorite Food: really dark chocolate
    Favorite Band: Toad the Wet Sprocket, Govinda

    Favorite Movie:  The Incredibles, Secretary

    Favorite Sport: hockey

    Favorite Season: autumn

    Favorite Day Of the Week: Sunday

    Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Moose tracks

    9 Currents…

    Current Mood: cranky

    Current Taste: chipotle lime marinated chicken breast

    Current Clothes: white v-neck t and stripey pj pants

    Current Computer: er…I dunno, my uncle made it about two years ago

    Current Finger/Toenail Color: fingers are paint-free and the toes are half-grown out red

    Current Time: 7.29pm

    Current Surroundings: Office – dresser/craft storage unit to the left, table and lamp to the right

    Current Annoyance(s): Why on earth am I so cranky? and holy fuck, my list of things to do never ever gets any shorter!

    Current Thought: I want to go to bed and snuggle with my cats.

    8 Firsts…
    First Best Friend: Kelly Dawn (seriously, we had the same first and
    middle name…can you imagine anything cooler than that when you are 4
    or 5?)

    First Screen Name: kellybones

    First Pet: Teki Lee – siamese cat

    First Piercing: Ears when I was seven
    First Crush: I don’t remember his name, we were “dating” in second
    grade – he was a cute little red haired boy with lots of freckles

    First Music: classical music cd (it’s currently missing…which makes me VERY sad as it’s still my favorite mix)

    First time you flew in a plane: on my 21st birthday to Denver for a grad school interview

    7 Lasts

    Last Cigarette: Never!
    Last Drink: ummmm…a few weeks ago when we had a girls night out (Me
    and Amy and Colleen and Ben – we should do it again….) and I tried to
    have a Sloe Gin Fizz…but the bartender couldn’t make it…they didn’t
    put any sweet’n'sour mix in it – just sloe gin and soda water ACK!

    Last Car ride: From the gym to home

    Last Text Message: to Amy about my parents
    Last
    Movie Seen: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Last Phone call: Left a voicemail for Colleen about her utilities check

    Last CD Played: a mixture of 60s hits

    6 Have You Ever….

    Have You Ever Dated One Of Your Best Friends: Nope
    Have
    You Ever Broken the Law: Speeding, underage drinking, er, as my state
    is still in the dark ages, anytime I’ve done anything other than
    missionary sex….

    Have You Ever Been Arrested: Never

    Have You Ever Skinny Dipped: Oh, yes indeedy

    Have You Ever Been on TV: huh, real tv? nope

    Have You Ever Kissed Someone You Didn’t Know:  nope

    5 Things….

    You Did Last Night:

    1. sex
    2. watched the Family Guy
    3. ate Velveeta Shells and Cheese
    4. threw a pillow at cat #1 and cat #2 and I think cat #3
    5. cross-stitched

    4 Places You’ve Been Last…

    1. Curves

    2. Subway
    3. Home (my house)

    4. Bank

    3 People You Can Tell Anything (nearly everything)…

    1. FH
    2. Colleen
    3. Amy

    2 current loves…

    1. Kingdom of Loathing
    2. Having a house – NOT an apartment

    1 last song played… SHOUT! by Otis Day and the Knights

  • Monday.

    I hate that day.

    Off to work in about 42.7 seconds.
    I should be leaving now.

    I don’t want to go.
    It’s cold and gray and I have a whole list of things to do. *sigh*

    To do:

    1.) Clean the bathroom
    2.) Trim the hedges
    3.) Go to the gym and drop off the USB cable to my mom while I’m at it
    4.) Call Planned Parenthood and determine if I can get my shot in Fort Wayne this time
    5.) Call Redimed and see just exactly how much it is going to cost me
    to have them sign the magical “yes you can get married” form
    6.) Go to 20 local business and drop off free Subway coupons (I’ll be popular I think)
    7.) Swiffer the damn stairs. Again. Stupid hairy cats.
    8.) Scoop poop. Lots of it. I mean seriously a lot of it. Three cats = LOTS of turds.
    9.) Wash towels.

  • Wednesday. Shag Day. Hump Day.

    (can you tell I like to be able to title my posts?)

    Blergh.
    That’s the weather.
    But I’m going for a walk in it after work even if it is raining.

    Cooking dinner for my parents on Friday. They’re coming up to the house
    to discuss Thanksgiving and other recent events. Won’t that be lovely
    and uncomfortable? I think I’m going to bake a ham and maybe some
    crescent rolls. Sounds tasty, no?

    Do you have work-specific underwear?
    I do.
    I have my sexy pile of underwear (mostly thongs), my sleepin’ panties
    (which are mostly the boy cut short type) and my work underwear (which
    is mostly Victoria’s Secret cotton underdrawers – I like the low-rise
    bikini ones).

    I think I’m going to turn the heat about 60F. It was awfully chilly
    last night, not so much so while snuggling under the covers with the FH
    and the three (or two depending on who was fighting with whom)
    cats…but when I got up to pee, both times…oooo doggy. COOOOLD. I
    also think I might be slapping the electric blanket on there on Friday
    when I change the sheets…

    Goals for today:

    Walk at the park after work

    Drink fewer coke beverages at work, perhaps intersperse them with water or something

    Swiffer the stairs

    Scoop the litterboxes – stinky kitties!

    Vacuum the living room, dining room and the other bit of carpet that exists in a bubble upstairs.

    Also dust and pick up the above mentioned rooms

    Bake some tasty salmon for dinner

    Perhaps move some stuff down into the basement so it isn’t sitting in the dining room when my parents get here on Friday.

    Edited to add:
    Vacuuming will have to wait…
    as will the dusting.


  • Now I’m entitled.

    Nifty.
    Since I couldn’t figure out how to do it myself, the Xanga gods have done it for me.
    Thanks Xanga gods.

  • I had an official kitty weigh in this morning.

    Possum tops the scale at 14.2lbs.
    Zeppo is a fairly close second at 13.6lbs.
    Boots is last at 12lbs.

    I suppose, to be fair, I should measure them to get an accurate
    accounting of how much is FAT and how much is just necessary cat bits…