Stupidity At Its Best

Anybody else out there watch America’s Next Top Model?

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Well if you're not, you missed the funniest episode ever. They had a swimsuit shoot and they dressed the models in skimpy little swimsuits and then they blurred out their butts! Seriously!

I mean really, what was the point? Was it a test to see if these models would actually wear these postage stamp suits? And the sad part is, I've been watching this since the beginning of the season and I really don't care who wins. Normally by this time I not only have a favorite, I have a back-up favorite too. This time? Nada.

Dancing With The Stars, however, is a different story. I've actually liked most of the couples and hated to see any of them eliminated. I think it'll all boil down to Lil Kim and Gilles Marini though.

And last night's LOST? Totally awesome! This show is a Gordian knot of twists and turns, and yet every single thing has a purpose. I was wondering how the group was going to get back to the present, then I thought I knew, now I'm wondering again.

Yes, I agree. I watch way too much TV.

Just don't get me started on some of the stupid commercials that are shown ad nauseum.

Short Post Wednesday

When I was working and was idyling around, I’d hum The Girl From Ipanema. Why yes, it did drive my coworkers crazy. How did you guess?

Anyway, do to lack of anything interesting to post about, I give you a musical interlude.

RANT ALERT!

Bite Me Shockwave!

I was wandering around the internet, checking out some new games with which to entertain myself, and I came across a game called Mosaic, which can be found on the Shockwave site. If you’d like to give it a shot yourself, go HERE , just don’t get attached to it.

It tells you that you can download it for free, and since the extended version has a lot more levels and is way more challenging and it’s FREE, why not? I don’t normally download games onto my hard drive, but I know Shockwave is a site I can trust, so I decided to take the chance.

So I patiently downloaded and installed the game, and of course I couldn’t resist playing it just once. It was even better than the on-line version and I was up to level 15 when all of a sudden it told me my trial was up! WTF??? The free downloadable version is only good for one hour of playing time. Angry doesn’t even to begin to describe how I feel about this.

Stupid lying game site!

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The rest of my weekend wasn’t much better. The sun we were promised? Oh, it showed up late in the day yesterday, just in time to pierce through the dining room window and right into the daughter’s eyes while we had supper.

It was mostly grey and miserable on the weekend and I was tired and headachey. My sinuses starting filling up again which of course means they dripped down the back of my throat causing me to cough a lung up. I swear it’s the weather that’s doing it - grey, damp, weather equals filled sinuses.

Stupid weather!

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I have a huge, old dresser in the bedroom and it’s my habit after getting dressed in the morning to leave my p.j.s neatly folded up on top of it so they’re ready for bedtime. Saturday night I went to put them on and I couldn’t find the top. The plum coloured top.

*sigh* You guessed it, my little underpants gnome jumped up on the dresser and stole it. Then, during the night, she dug a pink sweater and a pink, satin night shirt out of my closet and left them in the middle of the floor. And this morning I found two unmatched socks in the living room.

Stupid cat!

Book Meme

I couldn’t decide which of my blogs I should post this on, so it’s going on both. I was tagged by Benjamin Solah and you can check out his blog HERE . I, in turn, tag anyone who cares to have some fun!

Hardback, trade paperback or mass market paperback?
Perhaps a better question would be print books or e-books. I prefer a book I can hold in my hands. Size doesn’t matter. ;-)
Barnes & Noble or Borders?
Barnes & Who? This is Canada baby. It’s Chapters/Indigo all the way.
Bookmarks or dog-ear?
Bookmarks. You dog-ear one of my books and I’ll beat you to death with it!
Amazon or brick-and-mortar?
I loves me a good bookstore. I’ve only ever bought books once online, and that was because these particular books were only available through the publisher that way.
Alphabetize by author, by title or randomize?
Um, how about piled up by size because I need another bookcase (again!). Some day I would like to have my books alphabetized. You know, when I can afford to have someone do it for me.
Keep, throw away or sell?
What kind of question is this? Of course I keep my books! This is why we have lived in the same house for 30 years - no one can face having to pack up my library.
Keep dust jacket or remove it?
Keep it.
Read with dust jacket or remove it?With the dust jacket - in a pinch the flap can unfold and be used as a bookmark.
Short story or novel?
Yes. :-) It depends on my mood. I like anthologies ‘cause the stories don’t require a large investment of time, but I like novels because sometimes I like a story that lasts a long time.
Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
I’ve only read a couple of Harry Potter books and none of Lemony Snicket, so to be honest I don’t really have an opinion either way.
Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
You’re supposed to stop?
“It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”?
How about “Once upon a time it was a dark and stormy night”?
Buy or borrow?
Oh, please! Have you not seen my posts on my everyday blog about my pilgrimages to Chapters? Trust me, I don’t go there for the Starbucks!
Buying choice: book reviews, recommendations or browse?
I’m mostly a browser.
Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
Tidy ending. Unless I know ahead of time that this book is Book “x” of a series, then I think cliffhanger endings are a cheat.
Morning, afternoon or nighttime reading?
All three.
Stand alone or series?
Both. I prefer books that are part of a series but can stand alone as well.
Favorite series?
Um . . .uh . . . there’s a lot of them. The Swords & Sorceress anthologies, edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley; the Valdemar series, by Mercedes Lackey; the Newford books, by Charles de Lint; Lynsay Sands’ Argeneau Vampires; J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood books . . . I’d keep going but this is a pretty long post as it is.
Favorite children’s book?
One Kitten Is Not Too Many; It Came From Outer Space; Whose Mouse Are You? (I forget who they’re by, all different authors though). Anything by Robert Munsch.
Favorite YA book?
Honestly, I’m not a big reader of YA, but the last one I read was If I Have A Wicked Stepmother, Then Where’s My Prince.
Favorite book of which no one else has heard of?
Probably the Woodwife, by Terri Windling.
Favorite books read last year?
Okay, I’m a voracious reader. I carry a book with me wherever I go. I have books in every room of the house, even the bathrooms. Last year was four months ago, do you know how many books I’ve read since then?
Favorite books of all time?Pretty much anything by Charles de Lint; the Woodwife, by Terri Windling; the Lord of the Rings trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkein; The Stand, by Stephen King - I’d better stop here before I get carried away.
What are you reading right now?
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke; The Mammoth Book of Women’s Erotic Fantasies edited by Sonia Florens; The Lost Garden by Helen Humphreys.
What are you reading next?
The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint; Secret Life of A Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks; Mona Lisa Craving by Sunny.
Favorite book to recommend to an 11-year-old?
Probably the Enchanted Forest series by Patricia Wrede.
Favorite book to re-read?
The Woodwife, by Terri Windling.
Do you ever smell books?
Only if one of the cats has been bad. ;-)
Do you ever read primary source documents, like letters or diaries?No, not really.

Fabulous Friday

ATTENTION! ATTENTION PLEASE! !

I have a special announcement to make.

Drum roll please!

I am pleased to announce that starting May 4, the government of Canada is paying for me to go back to school. ‘Cause let’s face it, while I’ve enjoyed my time off, the bills are kind of piling up and my skills are too outdated to find a job in my field. Yesterday I drove to the city to sign all the papers and a cheque is winging its way to the college of my choice so they’ll hold my spot.

The good news is, I’ll finally have something else to post about here besides my cats. The bad news is, holy crap I’m going back to school! At my age!

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As I said, I had to drive into the city to seal the deal and I had to drive by Chapters twice. Actually, I only drove by it once. The second time I pulled in because I promised BFF I check for a book I’d told her about. One hour and two Chapters helpers later, they still couldn’t find the single copy they had left. However, I was able to find the newest Charles de Lint book and a new one by Kerrelyn Sparks.

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You know, after looking at that picture of how nice my office once looked (you can just click on the picture to see a larger version), I’ve decided that Saturday morning my first job is going to be to give it a good shovelling out.

That nice, wide bookcase the cats are sitting on needs to be shaved of its cat hair and the books put in some semblance of order. My fantasy and science fiction collection (all hard backs in another huge bookcase in our upstairs hallway) are alphabetized (well, mostly) so I think that’s what I’m going to do with the romance novels on the bookcase in my office. I was trying to keep them separated by category, but that’s just not working out.

And then my next big project will be to catalogue them. I’ve half-heartedly attempted this a couple of times, but this time I mean business. I’m seriously thinking of looking into a barcode scanner - I have a lot of books.

Shoot Me Now, Avoid the Rush

New rule. I am not allowed to have more than one cup of coffee between meals.

It occurred to me that I didn’t have a nifty little profile picture on my writing blog, so I decided to remedy that. Only the picture I wanted to use was on my handy, dandy, little thumb drive and I just about gave myself a heart attack when I couldn’t find my thumb drive. It’s usually on the little table beside my recliner, but it appeared to have vanished.

I checked under the table, I checked around the table, I checked in and around my recliner, I checked the knitting bag beside the recliner, I cleaned off and checked the table on the other side of the recliner. Starting to hyperventilate now.

I checked the desk in my office. I checked the drawers of the desk and under the desk. I check the bag I bought to keep my lap top stuff in. Starting to freak out a little. Eyed the vacuum cleaner. Thumb drives are small, could I have unwittingly sucked it up the last time I vacuumed?

Deep breath. Where was I the last time I used it? Hmmm. I spent a few days set up on the dining table . . . could it be amongst the notebooks and placemats? Eureka! I found it!

Then it took me another half an hour to remember where I go to upload the picture into my profile. *slaps head* D’oh! I totally blame the caffeine.

And just because I can, I’m posting a picture of my freaky cat herd. The book cases they’re sitting on are in my office, and that’s pretty much the view I get from my desk. Only picture twice as many books now. Also, Panda (on the far right) is much thinner, and the two on the left side of the long bookcase are much bigger. Taz (the fluffy one) and Dante (the one next to Panda) are pretty much the same.




edited to add: I just read a short piece in First magazine that states that caffeine raises your risk of experiencing illusions. Maybe I just imagined I couldn’t find my thumb drive.

edited again to add: Remember how I posted about how the cover on the pool had come off during the winter? Well the weekend we did all the yard work, the husband and I managed to get the cover back on. I just glanced out the back window and we have a pair of mallard ducks swimming around in the water on top of the cover. And there’s a squirrel that’s getting ticked off at them because every time he tries to sneak up to the edge of the tarp to get a drink they come over to shoo him away.

And no, I haven’t been drinking any more coffee! :-)

Wonderful Wednesday

Okay, maybe it’s not so wonderful, but at least it means the week’s half over.

I think I’ve pointed this out before, but I live in a small town, and I’m unemployed, which is why sometimes I really have to stretch for something to post about. ;-)

Yesterday I took the daughter for her dress fitting and then ran a bunch of errands, returning home around lunch time. Being the couch potato I am, I had my lunch in front of the television, where I caught the tail end of one of the cheesiest movies I’ve ever seen: The Robot Vs. the Mummy.

Oh. my. We had the Mummy, who looked more like a cave man. We had the Mummy’s reincarnated mate who tended to go sleep walking at the drop of a hat. And we had a mad scientist (complete with evil cackle and black cape) who built a “human robot”, which was basically a man in a tin suit. The climax of the movie was the fight between the Mummy and the Robot. The Robot looked to be winning, until the mad scientist dropped the remote control and the Mummy ripped the arms off the Robot and beat him to death with them. Then the reincarnated mate gave the Mummy a jeweled breastplate and the Mummy toddled off to parts unknown.

They just don’t make movies like that any more.

And in the continuing saga of my freaky cats . . . Panda has expanded her thievery. Last night she picked up my glasses (damn lightweight frames) and ran off with them. I am still looking for them.

If you’re in need of a chuckle, check out my Writing Blog where there’s a cute post about 13 reasons why Werecats are better than Weredogs, and the Weredogs rebuttal.

Tuesday Tidbits

I broke down and bought a new router on the weekend. I even took it out of its box yesterday. And that’s as far as I’ve got with it so far. Yes, I know, Chippy. I’m pathetic. I promise I’ll get to it later . . .

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I fell behind in my poetry challenge, and only managed to write one of the poems on Sunday before I got distracted by a very interesting program about the prophecies of Nostradamus. Rather than going on for pages about it, I’ll give you this LINK Which more or less sums up the whole program.

Yesterday was a grey, miserable day, but I eschewed my beloved games and got caught up on the poetry. When I needed a break from writing I pulled out a book and read for a few minutes instead. All in all, I felt like it was a very productive day.

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The male cats of the house are all a little, shall we say, portly, so we recently switched them to a low calorie cat food. Everything was fine at first, but lately Panda has decided since she really doesn’t need to lose weight, she should get extra kitty treats to make up the lost calories. She’s laid siege to the kitchen and anyone who dares to enter had better be prepared to feed her.

Now, two of the boys have kidney problems, so we have to buy special cat food from the vet for them and because it’s impossible to separate them at feeding time, everyone gets the same food. I do keep a small bag of regular cat food on hand for emergencies (like when it’s Sunday and I’m out of cat food and the vet’s office is closed), so I started giving Panda a handful of this every time she bugged me for a treat.

It fooled her for a while, but then she caught on and now she’s back to holding out for treats.

I think I may need a warning sign for the kitchen.

Another Good Idea Shot to . . .

I’ll let you fill in the blank.

Yesterday I had a great idea for a bonus post. The Underpants Gnomes.

The Underpants Gnomes were featured on an episode of South Park where they plagued one of the kids by constantly stealing his underpants. If you haven’t seen the episode, you’ll just have to trust me on how funny it was.

Now, what gave me the idea for the post was the token female cat in our house, Panda. Her actual name is Pandora, because of her intense curiosity, but the husband likes to call her Pantaloons.

Panda is my own, personal, underpants gnome. She likes to steal my underpants. Specifically, pink ones. She’ll also steal my pink t-shirts, and in a pinch purple ones will do. Last night I heard her howling away upstairs, which usually means she’s dragging off an article of clothing, and the next thing I know she’s flying down the stairs with a pair of my underpants!

*sigh* I have got to get a laundry hamper with a lid on it. Although her preferred object of theft is my underwear, she’s also been known to drag off red or pink towels and blankets. She once dragged a red throw from the basement all the way up the stairs. And she’s not a big cat!

Anyway, I thought I’d look up the Underpants Gnomes on YouTube, but for once YouTube let me down. All I could find is the song, not a clip from the actual episode. However, whilst doing a Google search for a better clip, I came across the Comedy Network website. If you’re in Canada, you can watch the entire episode HERE

And if you’re not in Canada you can at least listen to the song below.

There’s That Road Again

You know what road I’m talking about. The one that’s paved with good intentions.

After getting up early yesterday to take the daughter to Peterborough and suffering no ill effects, I thought now would be the perfect time to start getting to bed a little earlier so I could start getting up earlier (or should I say getting up at a normal time?) and maybe even start going for a walk in the morning.

However, despite the fact that I’ve been taking the pharmacist recommended medication on a more or less regular basis, just before I shut down the lap top to go to bed my sinuses started to fill up and I started coughing. And coughing, and coughing, and coughing. I took another cold pill and started sucking back the Halls. And still I coughed.

I coughed for almost two hours before I broke down and took an Actifed (along with another cough candy). Eventually the coughing eased up enough that I could go to bed.

Needless to say, I did not get up early, nor did I go for a walk this morning. Instead I’m tired and dragged out and don’t have the energy for much of anything. Maybe I’ll go have a nap and try this day all over again.


So while I'm napping, check out THIS LINK It's a YouTube video of a segment from Britain's Got Talent where Susan Boyle sings I Dreamed A Dream. Even if you've already seen it, it's worth seeing again.

Wednesdays

Yes, I know this is Thursday, but I already did a post for Wednesday and now this is the next day. Does that make any sense at all?

*shrugs* Oh, well. This is my blog. It doesn’t need to make sense.

Now, where was I? Oh, right. Wednesdays.

I like Wednesdays. This week it crept up on me pretty quickly, which made it even better. The week is half over. Only a couple more days to the weekend. And as a bonus, in the evening I get to watch America’s Next Top Model and LOST.

ANTM isn’t as good as previous incarnations. The girls are a little on the nasty side - very mean spirited. And none of them really stand out. Usually by this time I have a couple of favorites picked out but this time I really couldn’t care less who wins.

LOST, however, has certainly made up for it. Just when I think I’m getting a handle on things, it comes up with a new twist. It’s fascinating the way the characters who went back in time have been integrated into the past, and the way things play out that we know will have an impact on the future.

Just thought I’d get that out of the way.

Had to get up early, and we’re talking EARLY, this morning to take the daughter to Peterborough for a doctor’s appointment. The earliness of the hour had nothing to do with the fact that I took her to the wrong clinic first, it had more to do with the fact that there’s two clinics with the same name.

Fortunately, the right clinic wasn’t too far away, but it did cost us six dollars before they’d let us out of the parking lot again. Neither of us were very impressed with that. Nor was I impressed with the stupid change machine that paid me twenty loonies for my twenty dollar bill.

By the time we were done we were in serious need of caffeine, so we stopped at Starbucks on the way out of town. And you know what that means. That’s right, my friends, a trip to Starbucks means a trip to Chapters. I restrained myself and only spent $60.00, and that included a book for the daughter.

Muwahahahaha! The daughter is slipping over to the dark side. She actually bought a romance book! One of these days I’ll sneak her a paranormal romance and she’ll be hooked before she knows it.

Hey, fair’s fair! She did, after all, hook me on NCIS!

Hump Day Rant

This cough of mine is getting ridiculous. I just can’t seem to shake it and my doctor doesn’t seem to want to do anything about it. Nor does the doctor seem to care that the cough is brought on by my sinuses dripping down the back of my throat.

Last week I bought some Actifed and they work great, but they make me so tired I can hardly think, let alone do anything else. If I take them, all I want to do is sleep. If I don’t take them, all I do is cough. It’s a vicious cycle.

Yesterday I went to the pharmacy and had them recommend something else for me. So far, all I can say is that this stuff doesn’t make me sleepy. Let’s hope it’ll start drying up my sinuses in time for bed.

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Sunday night the in-laws took the entire family (the 18 of us that live in town) out for an Easter dinner. This included my three year old nephew who’s the poster child for birth control. My ears are still ringing from his screaming fit every time someone spoke to him in a tone he didn’t like or tried to get him to sit down.

It’s easy to blame genetics (his two older sisters were a handful as well) but the truth of the matter is that genetics only plays one part. The rest is upbringing. The parents of this child have never presented a united front. I tried to point this out to the sister in law when she used to come to me for advice over the other two, but she’d never listen. You can’t have one parent say no while the other just lets a child get away with anything they want. It won’t work.

Oh well. As my sister would say, “It’s not my pile.” I only have to deal with the child for family get-togethers. In the interest of family harmony, however, I may offer to pay for a baby-sitter for them the day of the daughter’s wedding. ;-)

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Last night the daughter and I went to a make-over party, where the idea is to sell the participants lots of expensive beauty products. I haven’t worn make-up in a long, long, time - not since I stopped working in an office.

However, now that I’m contemplating getting back into the business world, I’ve been thinking I should start looking a little more professional. And that means going back to wearing make-up. Until the party, I’d forgotten how much make-up can enhance your appearance - or, with a few extra strokes of the brush, make you look like a graduate from clown college. Eye shadow is definitely not going to be included in my daily routine!

First Long Weekend of the Season

April has Easter, May has the 24th of May weekend, July has either Canada Day or Independence Day (depending on which side of the border you’re on), but what is the holiday weekend in June? Hmmm.

So how was your long weekend? Mine was busy. Friday, when most normal people are contemplating the fact that it’s Good Friday, the husband and I were out raking the back yard. The thing you’ve got to understand about the back yard is that it’s about three or four times the size of the front yard. At one point we decided we’d hit on a new form of suicide: death by raking.

We did all but the very back on Friday. Just a narrow strip left, but it also had the most leaves since they tend to collect in the pond garden, along the back fence, and the long, narrow, rose garden is buried in leaves for the winter. So Saturday we did the very back of the yard.

Something you must understand about the rose garden, you cannot just rake the leaves out of it. The idea of putting down the black gardening cloth and covering it with bark chips was a good one, until it came time to uncover the roses in the spring. In order to preserve the bark chips one must remove the heaps of leaves by hand. Trust me, it’s not as much fun as it sounds.

Now we have a retaining wall of 18 brown bags of leaves guarding the front of the house, waiting for the town to come by for the leaf pick up.

I also, over the long weekend, cleaned the house, did the grocery shopping, made a huge pot of chili, and did a pile of mending I’ve been putting off. The husband also napped. :-)

edited to add: Let's face it. Since I really have no reason to get up early in the morning, I haven't been. So these nice, early posts of mine are actually written the night before and scheduled using the Post Options feature on the blog. However, one must remember that when one is using this feature before midnight, one must also change the time from PM to AM. Which I forgot to do. Which is why this post didn't show up at 8:30 AM like it was supposed to. *sigh*

Finally Friday

I have to make a statement here. Some people should not be allowed within 100 feet of the dollar store. I am one of them. I bought not one, not two, but FIVE six inch high stone gargoyles. Granted each one is different, but still, did I really need all five? I refuse to put them outside in the pond garden (their intended destination) until the danger of snow is gone, so I have one sitting on my plant shelf, two on a bookcase in the living room, and two on top of the television.

I also bought some fancy printer paper, that promptly went into the drawer with the 20 or 30 other packages of fancy printer paper I have, and a couple of pretty ceramic pots for my miniature orchids (orchids prefer clay/ceramic pots to plastic).

And I’d like to add that only a crazy person goes shopping the day before Good Friday. Okay, make that two crazy persons, the daughter and I. The Dollarama was bad enough, but Wal Mart was down right scarey! Forget grocery shopping. I may be crazy but I’m not totally insane.

That was pretty much the highlight of my day yesterday. That and getting my poem done for the PAD challenge. Although I’m not producing as many words, I feel that I’m working just as hard during the PAD challenge as I did for the NaNoWriMo. It’s a different head set, that’s all.

Okay, because it’s a long weekend I’ve brought you not one, but two quizzes for your entertainment. Enjoy. I’m off to watch the Star Wars marathon. ;-)

Your Supervillain Name is Malice Hunter

Muhahahaha!

What's Your Supervillain Name?

You Are a Black Panther

You see through people. You understand others' motives and plans. You have a knack for predicting the future. You just know what people are going to do. People are attracted to you. You are naturally able to influence other people's thoughts. You have the charisma to be a beloved guru or dictator. It's all about how you handle it.

What Big Cat Are You?

Done!

I am so done with Winter it’s not even funny. And it certainly wasn’t funny when, after hanging up my winter coat in the closet and putting my spring one on the hook in the hallway, I had to clean off my car. Nor was it funny to watch the snow falling all day, to the point where I’ll have to clean off the car again if I want to go anywhere again.

I’ve checked with the weather channel and it’s supposed to clear up on Thursday and stay nice for Easter weekend. I guess that’s something, anyway.

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My application to go back to school with all it’s accompanying forms, letters, and extra “stuff” has been signed and sealed, soon to be delivered. It’s out of my hands and sometime this week it will be out of my counselor’s hands. Then it will be up to the government whether or not I go back to school for upgrading so I can get a real job, or if I’ll be stuck at minimum wage for the rest of my life. I’ve heard they’re usually pretty quick on the decision making, so I’ll probably hear by the end of next week.

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Check out the time stamp on this post. Yup, I’m up pretty late typing this, but there’s a reason for it. Monday night I went to bed early because I had the appointment with my counselor the following morning. Only the minute my head hit the pillow I started coughing. And coughing and coughing and . . . coughing.

So tonight I’ve taken an Actifed and now I’m sucking on a Halls, and between the two I’m hoping that when I lay my head down in a little while I’ll actually be able to sleep.

I’ll let you know if it works.

Picture This

A camera, a camera, my kingdom for a camera!

I have three pictures I’d like to post, the problem being I still don’t have a camera to take them with. If the husband remembers to bring the digital camera home from the office tonight, I will take said pictures and edit this post to include them. So check back tomorrow, just in case.







The first picture is the ugly blanket. I had a friend over for lunch last week who didn’t think the blanket was so very ugly at all. Although she did describe it as “vomited up candy”. I included a close-up so you could better see the ugliness.







The second picture is the new orchid, which I’d like to have a picture of before it loses it’s blossoms so you can see how well it blends into the wall.





The third picture is the light fixture in the dining room. This was the husband’s project yesterday. BFF had gave me this light fixture . . . um . . . before Christmas and we’re only now getting it up. It would be better if I had a before and after picture - the old light was pretty uninspired - but we can’t have everything.

Sorry the pictures are so small, but that's the way they uploaded from the camera. Apparently my HP printer doesn't like the Sony camera, so they wouldn't play nice. I couldn't transfer more than one picture at a time, as in I had to take a picture, then upload it, then take another. I can sure tell you what kind of camera I won't be buying when I can afford a new one!

My big accomplishment yesterday was writing five poems to catch up on the Poem A Day Challenge. You can read all about it on my Writing Blog .

Insert Witty Title Here

Wow. I have nothing to say.

Want to hear about my aches and pains from raking the yard yesterday? No? How about how I finally got the pot I burnt tomato soup in clean? How about the number of boxes of tissue I’ve gone through this week?

*sigh*

You’re a tough crowd.

I have big plans for today. I’m going to give trying to fix the header over on my writing blog one more try and then I’m going to concentrate on my writing. I had an idea of how I could change my female main character that’s going to not only make her more interesting, but makes her decisions make more sense.

Exciting stuff. Don’t forget to check out my offering for Creative Friday on my writing blog (the link is on the right under Works In Progress).

Okay, if a picture’s worth a thousand words, then how much is a video worth? Check it out, this is my kind of cat!

My Bad!

I had to drive to the city yesterday for a doctor's appointment and on the way home my car turned of its own volition into the Wal Mart parking lot. Obviously the car had a reason for being there, so I went into the store to check it out.

After wandering around for a short time, I was still puzzled as to why my car brought me there. Shrugging my shoulders, I turned to leave and to my surprise there was a four foot high orchid in my hands!

Not knowing what else to do, I paid for it and brought it home. After pondering, I found the perfect spot for it in the dining room, up against the wall where it blends into the wall paper. A coincidence, I assure you.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

;-)

Quiz Day

This quiz pretty much says it all about me this week!

Your Attention Span is Short

What attention span? It's difficult for anything to keep your interest. You are so easily distracted, it's a wonder you could finish this quiz! You find focusing a challenge. Your mind tends to wander to the strangest places. While it may be hard for you to complete tasks, you're very creative. You are easily inspired, and you are often thinking of something interesting. The world would be a boring place without people like you.

How's Your Attention Span?