Like Trudging Through 4 Feet of (Yellow) Snow

Ugh, I just cannot get through this book
and yet, I feel I must finish it.

Please give me permission to delete this
babbling mess from my Kindle never to
be looked at again.

Please?

Of the Gods

So, as we get older, our sleep patterns change.
We tend to wake up earlier.
Hello?!!
That is me!!
That's where I am folks!

I have always been a morning person.
I get up at 5am and I'm happy to do so.
I like to have some alone time.

Well, lately I've been waking up at
3:30.
AM.
FOR THE DAY!

Oh sure, again, I like to have some alone time,
but come 2pm, I am DONE.

Well, my darling husband suggested I try

(fanfare please)



This stuff is of the Gods.
Apparently it regulates your sleep cycles.
So now I can get up at 3:30,
go to the bathroom (sorry, but that's what I'm doing, get over it)
and GO BACK TO SLEEP!!

SOOO happy!!!! (and rested!)

Two Idiots

(Sorry about the spots on the pictures. My lens
must be filthy)

Here are my boys:
My husband Paul and our son Dylan:\
They like to horse around...A LOT.

They rough house ALL THE TIME.
It's like I have two kids instead of a teenager
and a GROWN MAN.
They make me crazy and I usually end up yelling
"KNOCK IT OFF YOU TWO IDIOTS!!"

Well, the other night, they were at it again.
Dylan was jumping on the bed "fighting" with his father
and then apparently went flipping off the bed.

CRASH!!
I run into the room to find this:

Yeah, his elbow went right into the wall.
He's fine.
Paul didn't yell at him, made sure he was fine.
This is what it looks like:

You know what - soon they were right back to horsing around.
Two idiots.

I Should Really Mind My Own Business

So, I'm at the grocery store this morning.
I'm in the produce aisle.
I hear these two guys talking....

"Do we need more broccoli?"
"Why, I think we have 1/2 a crown, isn't' that enough?"
"I think we need a whole crown."

So I'm thinking....gay.
Love gay guys.
Love the gays.

So I sneak a look and they are two very good
looking guys, with earrings, talking about produce.
Gay.

So then I hear....

"We need Bailey's for the soup."

Now I am totally thinking they are cool.
They are going to put Bailey's Irish Cream in
some broccoli soup they are making.
I want to party with them!!

So for some reason, as I pass them the next time
-are you ready for it -
I grab one of them by the arm and ask.....

"What kind of soup are you making that you have
to put Bailey's in it?" (thinking I'm hip and cool talking to the
two gay guys I'm spying on)

blink*blink

They just look at me.

I said,"Oh, sorry, I overheard you saying you were going
to put Bailey's in your soup."

They both look at me like, you poor, sad housewife.
They then say....

"BAY LEAVES". (you ass)

They didn't say "you ass".
They didn't have to.
The looks they gave me said it all.

I should really mind my own business.

I Like To Cook

I like to cook.
I really like to cook when I have a whole day
to prep and mix and braise and whatever.
I like to cook big, time consuming meals.

Two weeks ago I made Braised Short Ribs.
I saw the recipe on a cooking show called
Mad Hungry and decided to try it.
It
Was
Great.
Here is a pic:

If you click here you can
watch a video on how to make it.
Reaaaalllllly good.
Try it.

Readin'!!!

Thanks to this thing,
I've read 7 books in 5 weeks.
I'm not sure where I'm finding the time.
I think it's computer and TV time.

I'm going to see if I can read 50 books this year.

We'll see........

Furniture Shopping

So, I need a new dresser.
I've been looking around for a long time.
I know what I want.
I want the dresser my mother has in her
second bedroom.
It's a fantastic old dresser.
She has the ability to find GREAT things
at antique shops, garage sales, etc.
She sees things for what they COULD be.
I see them for what they are
or
what I think they are.
I'm very small minded that way.

Anyway...
I decided to take a look on Craigslist.
Why not, right?

Did you know you could have
ALL THIS for $1!!!




What a bargain.

This, however was my favorite.
It was listed as
ELEGANT DRESSER, MINT CONDITION
Now, who wouldn't click on that.
Well, I did and this picture popped up:

AAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!
I honestly shuddered when I saw it.

I'm finished with Craigslist.
I'm just going to wait for my
parents to go away for the weekend
then I'll sneak in and steal the dresser.
She'll never know.

Terrific Customer Service!

So each Christmas, I try to find
goofy things to put in Dylan's stocking.
This year I discovered Perpetual Kid.
After poking around on their site I picked up a
few goodies for Dylan, such as.....



Well, one of the items I purchased had a little problem
-it didn't work.
So I emailed them and they got back to me IMMEDIATELY.
They gave me some suggestions to try to make the
item work.
It just didn't want to.
I emailed them again.
They emailed me IMMEDIATELY AGAIN
and told me a replacement item was on the way.
Just like that.
They were so friendly, helpful and just plain nice.
So, check them out - Perpetual Kid
They have a lot of fun things.

Done!

So I finished it.
Was it any good? - Yes.
Did I love it? - No.
There was too much nonsense about
mining coal. It just went on for pages and pages
and you know what...I skipped some.
And you know WHAT??
It didn't matter at all - didn't mean anything,
just the author going on and on and on.
That being said, I think I would read another
book by Jonathan Franzen (sorry Karen), but
I will skip over any mention of coal mining.

Snow Day

We got about one foot of snow
on Long Island last night.

SNOW DAY!!

No school for Dylan.
No school for me!!!

My awesome husband Paul shoveled the
walkway and the driveway for us.

My plan for today.....
-sweats
-no make-up
-work on the yearbook (I'm the editor)
-read a little on my KINDLE
-watch the scariest move of all time
with my son.

(the Exorcist scares the sh*t out of me
and I can only watch it during the day because
for some reason I think the devil can't
get me when it's light out.)

I know, I know.

*A little side note: Paul went to a
school dance with Linda Blair.
It was right before she made the movie.
CREEPY!!

Slow Go

This is what I am currently reading:


I like it.
I like it a lot, but guess I don't love it because
I'm able to put it down and I've even fallen
asleep reading it.

OK, here is THE ONE NEGATIVE THING
about the Kindle....

ready.....

It doesn't let you know what page you're on.
It only lets you know how far along you are in
a book by PERCENTAGE.

I've been at 44% in this book FOREVER.

I guess it's my fault.
I have the font at size HUMONGOUS.
Dylan can read it from across the room.
So, even though I've been reading for
hours I've only plowed through 8 pages.

It's exhausting!

One Day

Read it yesterday.
When I got home from work.
While I was cooking dinner.
Stayed up until 12:15.
Had to finish it.

It's about a Harvard professor who is diagnosed
with Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease. The story
is told month by month.
Great book!

I
LOVE
MY
KINDLE.

At the rate I'm going, I figure I'll spend about
$3646.65 on books this year.

Hmmmmm.
The Kindle makes it too easy.

I better start watching TV again.