This upcoming weekend is going to be the end of one year & the beginning of another...and Vic & I are going to try to finish up one last house project before 2006 is up! Our plan is to finally install the screen door on the back door and finish the "finishing" part of the door frame. Both of these little tasks are cosmetic, which accounts for them taking almost a year to complete. I guess since there was really no rush to finish, we didn't rush. I'm also hoping for some pleasant non-rainy weather so I can chop some more firewood. And of course there's the trip to Windsor on Sunday, so I think our weekend dance card is going to be pretty full. For some reason this week really dragged, so I'm looking forward to this weekend. And I took off on Monday, so it'll be a three day weekend. Yea!
Feast One Hundred & Twenty Four
Appetizer
How do you usually celebrate on New Year's Eve?
Either sitting at home with the girlfriend or working. I'll be with the girlfriend this year.
Soup
Name one thing unexpected that happened to you in 2006.
I tripped over a patio chair and fell face first on the pavement. It was my first black eye!
Salad
Where was your favorite place that you visited in 2006?
We went to a really cool Scottish festival this Summer. They had some good music and lots of Scottish games (the caber toss & haggis hurl were my faves).
Main Course
What resolution is your top priority for 2007?
To take a trip to the Upper Peninsula.
Dessert
Using just three words, describe 2006.
Happy in Michigan.
Friday, December 29, 2006
Thursday, December 28, 2006
3 Dozen Things
For today's blog, I'd like to share with you some of the reflections that randomly drift thru the waters of my mind. My internal canoe tips over from time to time due to the raging thought rapids of my inner psyche, but like a well-balanced kayak, my canoe eventually rights itself again. So, a little insight into me...
Stuff I wouldn't buy even if I had all the money in the world:
- That dumb Sleep Number bed that the Bionic Woman tries to sell me every day on late night TV
- Anything by John Basedow, fitness celebrity
- Any of the Girls Gone Wild videos
- Rogaine
- Cialis
- That goofy looking Bowflex Treadclimber thing
- A Volvo
- Jessica Simpson cds
- Cans of deer pee ~ the guys at work actually had an in-depth conversation on which particular brands were the best & how to properly spray them to attract deers
- Tongue piercings
- Stilletto heels
Traveling
- Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam, Iraq, Iran or any of the -stan countries of the Middle East are just a few of the countries I have no desire to ever visit
- Of all the states I've lived in, I think Michigan is the prettiest overall
- Of all the states I've lived in, I think Mississippi sucks ass
- The very first foreign city I ever went to was Frankfurt, Germany
- The last foreign city I've been to was Windsor, Canada
- Now having to pay for the crappy airplane meals just plain sucks
- I thought British flight attendants would be friendlier than US flight attendants ~ geez, was I ever wrong
- The first time I ever flew, I was 12 and I sat in first class ~ I didn't know enough to appreciate it
Entertainment
- I miss the blonde DA on Law & Order ~ I wish she'd come back
- I really like Judi Dench & Helen Mirren in everything they've ever acted in
- Kathy Griffin is hysterical
- Rosie O'Donnell is annoying
- Cate Blanchett could do a 2-hour movie of nothing but her reading the phone book and get nominated for an Academy Award ~ and she'd still be better than any of her competition!
- Billy Bob Thornton is under-appreciated
- Inside The Actors Studio is a sell-out ~ the Actor's Studio teaches the Method form of acting, but yet about 85% of the "actors" on their show are either not Method actors or aren't actors at all (this pisses me off)
- Drew Barrymore seems like a very nice person & a lot of fun to work with
- Justin Timberlake leaves me with a dumbfounded look on my face
- Although I don't really care for Anne Hache, I really like her new TV show, Men In Trees ~ it's kind of a quirky Northern Exposure ripoff
- I hate reality shows about dancers, models, chefs, people wanting to lose weight, people wanting to find a date, people who eat bugs or people opening luggage
- What the hell happened to Howie Mandell?
- I really like Grey's Anatomy not so much for the typical soap opera storyline, but more for the actors ~ I especially like Sandra Oh & the woman who plays Addison. And, coincidentally, Sandra Oh & Addison played lezzbian lovers in Under the Tuscan Sun
- There aren't a whole lot of male actors I like ~ the exception to this is Kevin Kline, Philip Seymour Hoffman and William H. Macy
- I really like the happy California cow commercial where they're playing Marco Polo
- Cameron Diaz & Gwyneth Paltrow need to gain weight
- I like Megan Mullally when she was Karen on Will & Grace, but not so much now
Stuff I wouldn't buy even if I had all the money in the world:
- That dumb Sleep Number bed that the Bionic Woman tries to sell me every day on late night TV
- Anything by John Basedow, fitness celebrity
- Any of the Girls Gone Wild videos
- Rogaine
- Cialis
- That goofy looking Bowflex Treadclimber thing
- A Volvo
- Jessica Simpson cds
- Cans of deer pee ~ the guys at work actually had an in-depth conversation on which particular brands were the best & how to properly spray them to attract deers
- Tongue piercings
- Stilletto heels
Traveling
- Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam, Iraq, Iran or any of the -stan countries of the Middle East are just a few of the countries I have no desire to ever visit
- Of all the states I've lived in, I think Michigan is the prettiest overall
- Of all the states I've lived in, I think Mississippi sucks ass
- The very first foreign city I ever went to was Frankfurt, Germany
- The last foreign city I've been to was Windsor, Canada
- Now having to pay for the crappy airplane meals just plain sucks
- I thought British flight attendants would be friendlier than US flight attendants ~ geez, was I ever wrong
- The first time I ever flew, I was 12 and I sat in first class ~ I didn't know enough to appreciate it
Entertainment
- I miss the blonde DA on Law & Order ~ I wish she'd come back
- I really like Judi Dench & Helen Mirren in everything they've ever acted in
- Kathy Griffin is hysterical
- Rosie O'Donnell is annoying
- Cate Blanchett could do a 2-hour movie of nothing but her reading the phone book and get nominated for an Academy Award ~ and she'd still be better than any of her competition!
- Billy Bob Thornton is under-appreciated
- Inside The Actors Studio is a sell-out ~ the Actor's Studio teaches the Method form of acting, but yet about 85% of the "actors" on their show are either not Method actors or aren't actors at all (this pisses me off)
- Drew Barrymore seems like a very nice person & a lot of fun to work with
- Justin Timberlake leaves me with a dumbfounded look on my face
- Although I don't really care for Anne Hache, I really like her new TV show, Men In Trees ~ it's kind of a quirky Northern Exposure ripoff
- I hate reality shows about dancers, models, chefs, people wanting to lose weight, people wanting to find a date, people who eat bugs or people opening luggage
- What the hell happened to Howie Mandell?
- I really like Grey's Anatomy not so much for the typical soap opera storyline, but more for the actors ~ I especially like Sandra Oh & the woman who plays Addison. And, coincidentally, Sandra Oh & Addison played lezzbian lovers in Under the Tuscan Sun
- There aren't a whole lot of male actors I like ~ the exception to this is Kevin Kline, Philip Seymour Hoffman and William H. Macy
- I really like the happy California cow commercial where they're playing Marco Polo
- Cameron Diaz & Gwyneth Paltrow need to gain weight
- I like Megan Mullally when she was Karen on Will & Grace, but not so much now
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Happy Boxing Day! (Unless you're a Welsh servant girl)
I hate to sound bah-humbugish, but I'm kinda glad Christmas is over. I always get nice stuff and I love the lights and the songs, but Vic & I always spend way tooo much money and then I stress about it for months afterward. We finally got in a position where all our credit cards were paid off and then stupid-head Christmas rolls around again! My goal is to have them all paid off again by the start of Spring. Other than the whole money thing, Christmas seems to have gone pretty well. We spent the weekend with Vic's mom opening presents and having two dinners (Sunday & Monday), the puppy & kitty we were babysitting went home Sunday (much to Shannon's relief!) and now our house is starting to get back to normal again. We have one more holiday trip planned ~ this weekend we are going to Canada celebrate with Vic's aunt. We had a great time the last time we were there ~ she's got lots of cows & chickens!
So I noticed today is Boxing Day and I realized that although I've heard of it all my life, I really didn't know much about it. So I looked it up! Just as I suspected, there are several different views on how Boxing Day got its name, most of them centering around boxes. The one I ran across most often was the belief that servants long ago had to work on Christmas day and the day after were allowed to "box" up the leftovers and take them home to their families. How very decent of the rich people. I also came across the very odd Welsh custom..."As in most of the rest of the UK and Ireland, the day after Christmas Day was always most significant in the day-to-day events of Wales. Some activities that took place on this day seem peculiarly Welsh, including that of "holly-beating" or "holming." In this, it was customary for young men and boys to slash the unprotected arms of female domestic servants with holly branches until they bled." We've come a long way, baby.
I had to put off my scrapbooking for the last couple of days in order to concentrate on gift wrapping and puppy babysitting, but I'm hoping to dive back into it again today or tomorrow. Also, I've been working on the same cross-stitch project since about September. I'm hoping to complete that before starting back to school next week. And I just finished "The 5th Horseman" by James Patterson this morning. I think it's the best book yet in his Women's Murder Club series. I'm hoping I can squeeze in another short book in the next week. I've really been enjoying this little break from school. I miss reading for pleasure. I used to start a new book about every 3 weeks or so and the one I just finished is the first book I've picked up since the start of September! Sometimes being scholastic sucks. Oh well. I think I'm going to go hit the treadmill for a few miles. I've watched a ton of movies while getting buff; usually in 30-45 minute blocks. I'm currently watching "Pride & Prejudice" with Colin Firth. He's just rebuffed Lizzie and pissed off her mom by not dancing with any of the Bennett girls at the big shindig. What will happen next?? (I've seen the movie several times and recently re-read the book, so I know what's going to happen ~ I was just trying to be cryptic. Did it work?)
Friday, December 22, 2006
Mildly Interesting Me
Have you ever watched "Charmed?" It's on TNT every day for two hours ~ the first two hours that I'm awake. My day usually starts around 4ish, just before Vic leaves for work. After she's gone, I spend the first few hours of my day catching up on bills or other house-related stuff that needs to get done and while I'm doing this "Charmed" is on the TV. I've seen about 15 or 20 mins. of just about every episode, but never actually sat down and watched a full complete show. I mention this because I find it interesting that I can follow an entire series of a show by only watching snippets of each lame episode. And not even really watching, it's more like absorbing background noise. It's also somewhat interesting that there are heaps of shows I've only ever seen (or mostly seen) in syndication; Friends, Raymond, Law & Order. Just something mildly interesting about me I wanted to share. Oh, and I really like that Holly Marie Combs on "Charmed." She's the smart one ~ kinda like Kate Jackson used to be on "Charlies Angels."
Feast One Hundred & Twenty Three
Appetizer
What is one of your Christmas traditions?
Listening to Vic ask if we can "just open one" for the entire month of December.
Soup
Who is the easiest person on your list to buy presents for?
That would be Vic. She always gives me a list with dozens of ideas on it. Usually in October.
Salad
What is your favorite Christmas scent?
Christmas tree scented candles.
Main Course
If you could give a fellow blogger a Christmas gift, who would it be and what would you give them?
I'd give Shawn a new job.
Dessert
What's something on your Christmas wish list this year that you need (not just want)?
I'm with Shawn, I really need a new job. One that I not only like, but that pays well, has great benefits and, most importantly, one where my coworkers and I get along famously.
Feast One Hundred & Twenty Three
Appetizer
What is one of your Christmas traditions?
Listening to Vic ask if we can "just open one" for the entire month of December.
Soup
Who is the easiest person on your list to buy presents for?
That would be Vic. She always gives me a list with dozens of ideas on it. Usually in October.
Salad
What is your favorite Christmas scent?
Christmas tree scented candles.
Main Course
If you could give a fellow blogger a Christmas gift, who would it be and what would you give them?
I'd give Shawn a new job.
Dessert
What's something on your Christmas wish list this year that you need (not just want)?
I'm with Shawn, I really need a new job. One that I not only like, but that pays well, has great benefits and, most importantly, one where my coworkers and I get along famously.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Good News
I went to the hospital today for what I assumed would be my biopsy, but turned out to be more xrays. The radiologist determined that what was showing up on the films was some scar tissue and that a biopsy wouldn't be necessary after all. Yea! What a relief for both me & Vic.
Some friends went to Chicago for the Christmas weekend and we are babysitting while they are away. They left us their kitty, a perfect little ball of white fluff that loves to be held and snuggle with you during naptime...and they also left us their puppy. Abbie is a chocolate Lab, about 5 months old and loves to bark loudly at every fucking thing. She also inhales food, has to drag out every toy in the house, circle your feet when you walk and bounces off the walls. She won't give poor Shannon a peaceful moment. Our house isn't used to having a puppy in it. We operate more along the speed of "lay in front of the TV and don't move for hours." It's only for the weekend and we really don't mind having her, but I've gotten no sleep and I'm very cranky and right now I'd like to lock her in the basement. Lucky for Abbie, we don't have a basement. I miss my quiet solitude.
Some friends went to Chicago for the Christmas weekend and we are babysitting while they are away. They left us their kitty, a perfect little ball of white fluff that loves to be held and snuggle with you during naptime...and they also left us their puppy. Abbie is a chocolate Lab, about 5 months old and loves to bark loudly at every fucking thing. She also inhales food, has to drag out every toy in the house, circle your feet when you walk and bounces off the walls. She won't give poor Shannon a peaceful moment. Our house isn't used to having a puppy in it. We operate more along the speed of "lay in front of the TV and don't move for hours." It's only for the weekend and we really don't mind having her, but I've gotten no sleep and I'm very cranky and right now I'd like to lock her in the basement. Lucky for Abbie, we don't have a basement. I miss my quiet solitude.
Monday, December 18, 2006
The Long Weekend
Let's start with Friday...I had a great Friday even though my day included a trip to the doctor where she told me what I was dreading ~ I'll have to have a biopsy on my right breast to make sure what's showing up on the xray isn't cancerous. The radiologist is supposed to call with an appointment sometime this week, so hopefully I can get all this completed before the new year. The rest of my day was great, tho! Vic & I had Mexicans for lunch, did a little light shopping and then came home where she took a nap and I ran a couple of treadmill miles and worked on the scrapbook for a while. What made this day so grand was that nowhere in there did I have to do anything work-related. No getting the uniform ready for work or preparing my lunch for work or taking a nap so I won't fall asleep at work ~ no work anything! I love knowing that my day is all mine to do with what I want and that I don't have to rush or curtail something because I have to go to work. I soooo absolutely hate going to work. If I could find a nice stay-at-home job I would be extremely, blissfully happy. I just hate dealing with rude people, both on the phone and at work. I would much rather work with kitties and some nice Celtic music playing softly in the background.
Vic & I spent all day Saturday shopping & lunching with her mom. We really don't spend enough time doing stuff like this with her because she's always so busy with church or library stuff. The rest of the weekend we mostly just hung out around the house. I got about 4 pages done in the London scrapbook, chopped a slew of firewood & cleaned some crap out of the garage while Vic tidied up the inside of the house. The cold months are great for getting stuff done around the house. We're going to try to paint the living room and our bedroom before Spring and we need to do a few minor repairs to some stuff around the outside of the house, too. We've been fortunate that we haven't really had any snow yet, but I'm sure this won't last forever, so I'd like to get as much done outside as we can.
Feast One Hundred and Twenty Two
Appetizer
What was your very first job with a paycheck?
McDonald's back before there were drive-thrus or computerized cash registers.
Soup
Did you ever lose something really important to you?
Nothing comes to mind.
Salad
What is the best Christmas present you ever received?
Anything I get from Vic.
Main Course
Tell about a favorite "hang out" place for you and your friends when you were in high school.
The pizza place across the street from the school.
Dessert
Name something that always brings a smile to your face.
Shannon smiling at me!
Vic & I spent all day Saturday shopping & lunching with her mom. We really don't spend enough time doing stuff like this with her because she's always so busy with church or library stuff. The rest of the weekend we mostly just hung out around the house. I got about 4 pages done in the London scrapbook, chopped a slew of firewood & cleaned some crap out of the garage while Vic tidied up the inside of the house. The cold months are great for getting stuff done around the house. We're going to try to paint the living room and our bedroom before Spring and we need to do a few minor repairs to some stuff around the outside of the house, too. We've been fortunate that we haven't really had any snow yet, but I'm sure this won't last forever, so I'd like to get as much done outside as we can.
Feast One Hundred and Twenty Two
Appetizer
What was your very first job with a paycheck?
McDonald's back before there were drive-thrus or computerized cash registers.
Soup
Did you ever lose something really important to you?
Nothing comes to mind.
Salad
What is the best Christmas present you ever received?
Anything I get from Vic.
Main Course
Tell about a favorite "hang out" place for you and your friends when you were in high school.
The pizza place across the street from the school.
Dessert
Name something that always brings a smile to your face.
Shannon smiling at me!
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
My Lofty Goal
On this date, 41 years ago, a star twinkled brightly over the little town of Cleveland and then "ta-da" there I was! I'm still here, only I moved a little to the left of Cleveland and am now in sunny Michigan. I'm spending my birthday at work, but I took Friday off in celebration of the blessed event so that I could have a 3-day weekend. Friday is also the day I go to the doctor about my abnormal mammogram, so I figured I would probably need to take the night off. She's supposed to let me know whether or not a biopsy is going to be necessary. I'm hoping not.
My grades were posted online today and I got an "A" in both of my classes (yea!). I haven't started on my scrapbooking mission yet, but that's only because I've been busy reorganizing the new craft/workout room. I had to move my scrapbook table to make room for the new treadmill. The room is now divided into 2 halves ~ the creative side and the buff side. Soon Vic & I will be buff bathing beauties. I can't wait! I am determined to get scrappy this evening. I mean it! My short term life goal is to get that London scrapbook completed before I start school on January 9th. I really mean it!
BTW...did you know that Bob Barker, Donny Osmond and the chick who played Blossom all share my birthday? I wonder if they had twinkling stars, too.
My grades were posted online today and I got an "A" in both of my classes (yea!). I haven't started on my scrapbooking mission yet, but that's only because I've been busy reorganizing the new craft/workout room. I had to move my scrapbook table to make room for the new treadmill. The room is now divided into 2 halves ~ the creative side and the buff side. Soon Vic & I will be buff bathing beauties. I can't wait! I am determined to get scrappy this evening. I mean it! My short term life goal is to get that London scrapbook completed before I start school on January 9th. I really mean it!
BTW...did you know that Bob Barker, Donny Osmond and the chick who played Blossom all share my birthday? I wonder if they had twinkling stars, too.
Saturday, December 09, 2006
My First Choice Was Olive Garden...
I finally got all my Christmas presents wrapped & put under the tree. Well, actually around the tree, because we have a little Christmas tree in a pot sitting on a table. It's killing Vic not to be able to open them NOW. Ha ha. I think we're probably going to celebrate the birth of the sweet baby Casey this weekend (the actual day is Tuesday). I'm sure we'll just go out to eat somewhere and then relax at home ~ which sounds great to me. Vic will probably ask me where I want to go to eat & then do that wrinkly face thing at my first two choices and this will lead to us going where she wants to go. It's just so much easier to just give in.
Appetizer
Which language would you like to learn and why?
Gaelic. I'd like to go back to Ireland & be able to read the signs & sing in the pubs.
Soup
What's the funniest thing you've heard or read so far this week?
I never watched any of Dave Chappelle's show when it was on and the other night one of the guys at work was telling me about it, so I pulled up a video of one of the skits. We were rolling!
Salad
Which movie was so bad you couldn't watch the whole thing?
That Anne Rice movie with Tom Cruise & Brad Pitt where they're vampires. I tried THREE times to watch & fell asleep all three times. The third time my ears actually started to bleed from the sheer anality (is that a word??) of it.
Main Course
If there were a holiday in your honor that didn't use your actual name, what would the day be called?
How 'bout Festivus. It's the holiday for the rest of us!
Dessert
Name one movie which is coming out soon that you would like to see.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Appetizer
Which language would you like to learn and why?
Gaelic. I'd like to go back to Ireland & be able to read the signs & sing in the pubs.
Soup
What's the funniest thing you've heard or read so far this week?
I never watched any of Dave Chappelle's show when it was on and the other night one of the guys at work was telling me about it, so I pulled up a video of one of the skits. We were rolling!
Salad
Which movie was so bad you couldn't watch the whole thing?
That Anne Rice movie with Tom Cruise & Brad Pitt where they're vampires. I tried THREE times to watch & fell asleep all three times. The third time my ears actually started to bleed from the sheer anality (is that a word??) of it.
Main Course
If there were a holiday in your honor that didn't use your actual name, what would the day be called?
How 'bout Festivus. It's the holiday for the rest of us!
Dessert
Name one movie which is coming out soon that you would like to see.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Thursday, December 07, 2006
I Wonder If Julie Knows??
Today was my last day of school ~ yea! On my way to class I wanted to stop by the grocery store to pick up a few items and I figured that if I'm going to go food shopping I'd better eat something first or else I'd buy an entire chicken or something. So I decided to give Burger King a try and here are a few observations on my dinner with the King...
* Where has customer interaction gone? The only thing Laquita had to say to me was "You want cheese on that?" She was far too busy to greet me or say thank you. She was in a deeply intellectual conversation with her coworkers about how they all dislike Julie. Apparently Julie is just bad news no matter how you look at it.
* The Christmas music gave me the opportunity to hear not only "Dominick the Christmas Donkey" but also the Muppets version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas." I forgot just how much I love Beeker's rendition of nine ladies dancing.
* I got plenty of quiet time to study before my final. Nobody was in the place, so there were no annoying conversations to have to contend with. The Julie debate was taking place behind the counter and far away from my little table.
* I like the onion rings better than the fries. I like anything you can dink into some kind've sauce.
I think I did pretty well on my Speech final, but either way, I'm just glad school is over for a while. I'm going to use this time to catch up on scrapbooking and reading. I haven't read a non-school book in three months and I could use a little fluff. So I plan on being fluffy until at least January 9th (when school starts back up).
* Where has customer interaction gone? The only thing Laquita had to say to me was "You want cheese on that?" She was far too busy to greet me or say thank you. She was in a deeply intellectual conversation with her coworkers about how they all dislike Julie. Apparently Julie is just bad news no matter how you look at it.
* The Christmas music gave me the opportunity to hear not only "Dominick the Christmas Donkey" but also the Muppets version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas." I forgot just how much I love Beeker's rendition of nine ladies dancing.
* I got plenty of quiet time to study before my final. Nobody was in the place, so there were no annoying conversations to have to contend with. The Julie debate was taking place behind the counter and far away from my little table.
* I like the onion rings better than the fries. I like anything you can dink into some kind've sauce.
I think I did pretty well on my Speech final, but either way, I'm just glad school is over for a while. I'm going to use this time to catch up on scrapbooking and reading. I haven't read a non-school book in three months and I could use a little fluff. So I plan on being fluffy until at least January 9th (when school starts back up).
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
One Down...
...and one to go. Last night I had my Medical Term. final and Thursday night will be my final in Speech and then I'll be all done for 4 glorious, class-free weeks. I plan on using those weeks to work on my scrapbooking. The goal is to finally get the London book completed. This March will be 2 years since we went, so I'm just a tooch behind. I think once I get started, it should roll along pretty smoothly. I hope. The plan is to get all the Christmas gifts out of the craft room and wrapped, so that I can start scrapping. Hopefully I can get this accomplished on Friday. Until then, I'll be studying for my last test. Wish me luck!
Monday, December 04, 2006
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
It looks like it's that time of year again. Time to break out the wooly scarves, the gloves with sheep on them, the hat with the little doodle-foofy thing on top and the nose mitten! Vic has been very, very excited about us getting snow and when we finally do get some, she's at work. Bummer for her, but Shannon & I got to enjoy some of it before retiring to the warmth of the fireplace. Still not enough for a snowperson, but the weather guy says it's supposed to continue snowing all week, so maybe we'll have enough "sticky" snow to make one by the weekend. Speaking of the weekend...we finally got the gutters cleaned out (just in time, too!) and the rest of the outside stuff put away this past weekend. We were going to put up some more Christmas/Casey's Birthday decorations, but we were just too tired to mess with all those boxes. We'll tackle it next weekend. We have a few colored lights on the Christmas tree in our front yard and a kind've swirly light tree on the front lawn, so I think we'll be okay for another week.
Friday, December 01, 2006
Birthday Month
This is the month of mine and the Sweet Baby Jesus' birthdays. Somehow mine always seems to be overshadowed, though ~ I've gotten used to it.
Jury duty was an overwhelming letdown. There were 161 of us and not a one was called for anything. Eight hours stuck in a room full of strangers. Well, at least I got all my studying done for my upcoming finals and I didn't have to go to work. Any day not working is a good day!
This weekend Vic & I are going to put up our Christmas/Casey's Birthday decorations. It's supposed to snow all week, so the house will look nice with colored blinky lights reflecting off of fluffy white snowbanks. Hopefully we'll get enough to make a snowperson!
Feast One Hundred & Twenty
Appetizer
Have you ever flown in a helicopter?
No, sounds cool though.
Soup
What color is your warmest coat or jacket?
Navy blue. It's sooo toasty.
Salad
What is your favorite rainy day activity?
Watching stuff I recorded on the DVR and napping in front of a fire.
Main Course
Describe your hands.
Small and I've always had short, chubby fingers.
Dessert
If you could eat only one nut for the rest of your life, what nutwould you pick?
Walnuts. As a matter of fact, I have some chopped walnuts in a convenient container right by my chair in the living room.
Jury duty was an overwhelming letdown. There were 161 of us and not a one was called for anything. Eight hours stuck in a room full of strangers. Well, at least I got all my studying done for my upcoming finals and I didn't have to go to work. Any day not working is a good day!
This weekend Vic & I are going to put up our Christmas/Casey's Birthday decorations. It's supposed to snow all week, so the house will look nice with colored blinky lights reflecting off of fluffy white snowbanks. Hopefully we'll get enough to make a snowperson!
Feast One Hundred & Twenty
Appetizer
Have you ever flown in a helicopter?
No, sounds cool though.
Soup
What color is your warmest coat or jacket?
Navy blue. It's sooo toasty.
Salad
What is your favorite rainy day activity?
Watching stuff I recorded on the DVR and napping in front of a fire.
Main Course
Describe your hands.
Small and I've always had short, chubby fingers.
Dessert
If you could eat only one nut for the rest of your life, what nutwould you pick?
Walnuts. As a matter of fact, I have some chopped walnuts in a convenient container right by my chair in the living room.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Recent Purchases
I really wanted to go shopping on Black Friday, but since I didn't get off of work until 7am, I just didn't see the point. Most of the stores around here opened at 5 or 5:30, so I shopped online instead. The only items I really wanted were a new monitor for the computer and a treadmill ~ both of which were gloriously on sale! The monitor could only be bought in-store, so I missed out on that one, but I did buy the treadmill online. And it was the very same one I had tried out in the store a few weeks ago, so I knew all about the performance and other specs on it without having to fight the crowds. And it was free shipping! We did eventually get a new monitor on sale, but it wasn't as much fun as it would've been buying it on that Friday. I also got a new pair of cheapy plastic clogs. They are perfect for running outside to stand and watch Shannon rolling on the grass when she should be peeing.
Other mildly interesting world events:
* I have my final speech tomorrow night (yea!) and then next week are both of my finals. I'm really glad this speech class is coming to a close. It's just been very taxing.
* I have jury duty tomorrow. This will be my first time. I don't actually mind "jurying", but I do think it should be voluntary, not mandatory. It's gonna be kind've a bitch having to adjust my sleep schedule, but then any time not at work is time well spent as far as I'm concerned.
* During my last routine mammogram, the doctor found "suspicious calcifications" in my right breast. So now I need to go to a specialist who will re-read my films and probably take a biopsy. I'm hoping I can get an appointment with her before the holidays so that she can determine it's nothing and Vic can stop worrying non-stop. I'm trying to think positive about the whole thing. There's nothing to worry about until there's something to worry about.
That's it. Wish me luck at jury duty!
Other mildly interesting world events:
* I have my final speech tomorrow night (yea!) and then next week are both of my finals. I'm really glad this speech class is coming to a close. It's just been very taxing.
* I have jury duty tomorrow. This will be my first time. I don't actually mind "jurying", but I do think it should be voluntary, not mandatory. It's gonna be kind've a bitch having to adjust my sleep schedule, but then any time not at work is time well spent as far as I'm concerned.
* During my last routine mammogram, the doctor found "suspicious calcifications" in my right breast. So now I need to go to a specialist who will re-read my films and probably take a biopsy. I'm hoping I can get an appointment with her before the holidays so that she can determine it's nothing and Vic can stop worrying non-stop. I'm trying to think positive about the whole thing. There's nothing to worry about until there's something to worry about.
That's it. Wish me luck at jury duty!
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Too Sensitive
Looks like O.J. got a reprieve from the limelight courtesy of Rosie O'Donnell, Clay Aiken and Kelly Ripa. Now there's a threesome that normally don't hang out together. Personally, I think Rosie O'Donnell is a loudmouthed obnoxious twit who just likes to flaunt the fact that she's an "in" lesbian and a somewhat minor celebrity. I didn't taken any offense to what Kelly said to Clay about not knowing where his hands had been and I'll betcha most of America felt the same way until twit Rosie had to jump on the persecution bandwagon. If Clay didn't like that Kelly was hogging all the airtime and not giving him time to speak than he should've just kept his mouth shut (and his hands in his pockets) and made a mental note not to host with big-mouth Kelly again. I think if I was Kelly I probably would've reacted the same way she did. I certainly don't want someone I barely know putting their hand over my mouth. Shame on Clay. And shame on Rosie for making a big deal out of nothing. And if I'm wrong and Kelly did mean it as a slight on his supposed homosexuality, then he needs to put on his big boy panties and get used to it. He's in Hollywood now. If he's that sensitive, he needs to go back to Mayberry or wherever the heck he's from. Poor Regis. He can't even take a few days off without Kelly and her cavernous mouth stirring up the KoolAid. Ah, the troubles of the rich and incredibly dumb.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
I Was a Teenage Vampire
Okay, not really, but at least it makes for an interesting title. And since absolutely nothing interesting has happened to me in a while, I thought I could use a blog with a catchy title. Vic & I haven't done a truly interesting thing since before her surgery in August. The first 6 weeks she was feeling pretty puny and it seems like the last 6 weeks, although we've both kept pretty busy, we haven't really done anything blog-worthy. We've gotten a lot of little things done around the house (which is a good thing), I've been bogged down with school and she's been busy with training crap at work. It just seems like one day about 4 weeks ago I looked out the window and stared in awe (it was more of an actual "ooo") at the beautiful autumnal colors on the trees and then the next day it snowed. Autumn lasted maybe two days and then that was it. Maybe Mother Nature knew I'd be too busy doing inside the house crap to be able to enjoy my favorite time of year, so she just skipped over it this time. I'm hoping that when school ends (in 2 weeks) Vic & I can make some time to do interesting stuff. Stuff that doesn't involve cleaning out a closet or chopping wood.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Nothing
Once again I see I've missed the Friday blog. I had to work overtime on Friday, which means I went in 4 hours early, which means that I, of course, overslept and woke up with very little time to do much more than brush my teeth and run out the door. So, no blog on Friday. Vic & I are spending the rest of the weekend laying around the house, catching up on stuff we DVR'ed (just like Tivoing). Right now I'm waiting for her to get dressed so we can go by her mom's for a quickie visit and then it's back to the crib for an evening of absolutely nothing while dressed in really big, comfy sweatpants. I wanted to kinda clean up the back yard a bit, but it's snowing and I'd rather do nothing instead. There's no school for the rest of the week and I'm off work tomorrow night, so maybe I'll try to tidy up tomorrow. Or I'll just do nothing again. In big, comfy sweats. The grey ones.
Friday's Feast
Appetizer
Do you believe there is intelligent life on other planets?
I definitely think there is life on other planets, although I'm not sure if it's intelligent or not.
Soup
What is one thing you said you'd never do, but you eventually did?
Eat Chinese food. I just never thought I'd like it. I love it!
Salad
Who is the teacher that influenced you the most in school?
None. I hated high school. I've had some college English/Lit teachers that have impressed me, but not to the point that I remember any of their names. I don't even know the name of my Med. Term. teacher and I'm taking that class now!
Main Course
If you could trade places with anyone for one day, who would it be and why?
Samantha Brown. She's the host of "Travels to Europe with Samantha Brown." I'd like to be her on a day when she's traveling to Ireland or Wales.
Dessert
What is your favorite dish to prepare?
Drive thrus.
Friday's Feast
Appetizer
Do you believe there is intelligent life on other planets?
I definitely think there is life on other planets, although I'm not sure if it's intelligent or not.
Soup
What is one thing you said you'd never do, but you eventually did?
Eat Chinese food. I just never thought I'd like it. I love it!
Salad
Who is the teacher that influenced you the most in school?
None. I hated high school. I've had some college English/Lit teachers that have impressed me, but not to the point that I remember any of their names. I don't even know the name of my Med. Term. teacher and I'm taking that class now!
Main Course
If you could trade places with anyone for one day, who would it be and why?
Samantha Brown. She's the host of "Travels to Europe with Samantha Brown." I'd like to be her on a day when she's traveling to Ireland or Wales.
Dessert
What is your favorite dish to prepare?
Drive thrus.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
New Books?
So did you hear about O.J.'s new "hypothetical" book entitled If I Did It? In it he supposedly tells us how he would have committed the murders if he had in fact committed the murders. Not that he did, mind you. What a moron! I wonder what my school would think if I wrote an essay entitled How I Would've Cheated On My Final Exams Had I Actually Cheated. Or how about How I Called Out Sick When What I Really Did Was Stay Home & Watch the Tigers Game? Or the ever popular How To Say "Yes Honey, I Really Did Clean Out the Litterboxes" With a Straight Face. Okay, maybe I won't try out that last one.
Monday, November 13, 2006
Monday, Monday
Everybody already knows that Mondays suck butt because they're the beginning of the dreaded workweek, but my Mondays seem to suck a little more because they don't actually start until 11:00pm. And because they don't start until it's almost Tuesday, they just end up prolonging the workweek. So all day Monday I'm lulled into a false sense of day-offedness. Monday is a luller.
Vic & I had a nice afternoon out on Sunday. We strolled up & down Main St. in Royal Oak's shopping district and bought a few things we really didn't need, but had to have. Actually, we both bought stocking stuffers for each other's Christmas. Vic has an impossible time waiting, though, so I got mine when we got home. I hid hers.
Vic & I had a nice afternoon out on Sunday. We strolled up & down Main St. in Royal Oak's shopping district and bought a few things we really didn't need, but had to have. Actually, we both bought stocking stuffers for each other's Christmas. Vic has an impossible time waiting, though, so I got mine when we got home. I hid hers.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Belated Friday Blog
It's just a bit after 3am Saturday night/Sunday morning and Vic & I are watching a Murphy Brown marathon (that Candice Bergen is really a hoot!). Actually, I just finished editing the powerpoint part of my presentation for the speech I was supposed to give last Thursday, but blew off because I'm a bad student and Vic is napping on the couch with several kitties. I'm sure when she reads this and sees her picture she'll be a little miffed, but then I'll remind her of the time she recorded my snoring and played it for our friends. Repeatedly. Ad nauseam. You know what they say about paybacks.
So anyway, it's 3am and I just realized that I never got around to blogging on Friday and I always try to include an entry on that day because Friday is the end of the work week, something I'm always very excited about. But on this particular Friday, it was very cold out so I made a wonderful fire and decided to study a bit. Well, the fire was a mixture of beautiful oranges and it was making that wonderful crackling sound, I was curled up under a kitty blankie and I had some wonderful classical music on...so, naturally, I fell asleep. I woke up with just enough time to get ready for work and no time to blog.
Our Saturday night was spent pretty much the same way ~ relaxing in front of the TV with a great fire crackling in the background. I'm relieved that I finally got that dumb presentation out of the way ~ now I don't have to worry about it any more this weekend. We're going to meet a friend later on Sunday and she's going to show us around Royal Oak. There are supposed to be a lot of great shops and little restaurants along Main St. that I've been wanting to check out for quite some time. I'm looking forward to a nice afternoon out.
So anyway, it's 3am and I just realized that I never got around to blogging on Friday and I always try to include an entry on that day because Friday is the end of the work week, something I'm always very excited about. But on this particular Friday, it was very cold out so I made a wonderful fire and decided to study a bit. Well, the fire was a mixture of beautiful oranges and it was making that wonderful crackling sound, I was curled up under a kitty blankie and I had some wonderful classical music on...so, naturally, I fell asleep. I woke up with just enough time to get ready for work and no time to blog.
Our Saturday night was spent pretty much the same way ~ relaxing in front of the TV with a great fire crackling in the background. I'm relieved that I finally got that dumb presentation out of the way ~ now I don't have to worry about it any more this weekend. We're going to meet a friend later on Sunday and she's going to show us around Royal Oak. There are supposed to be a lot of great shops and little restaurants along Main St. that I've been wanting to check out for quite some time. I'm looking forward to a nice afternoon out.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Unconsciencable
I'm not really sure how I mismanaged my time for the past week, but I did. I'm usually pretty good about making a plan & sticking with it, but it just seemed like I kept running out of time every day last week and because of that I don't have my speech completed for tonight's class. It's about 75% done, but it needs a little tweeking and I need to go over it so that I don't go in there unprepared. I've been doing so well in this class that I don't want to screw it up with a bad speech. So instead of going in there unprepared I'm just not going at all. I wrote my instructor an email to tell her that I would be out of town and, unfortunately, would not be able to attend class tonight. I lied. And because I've been there every night so far and have had great speeches, she believed me. I should feel bad about this, but for some reason I don't. I've been kinda burned out lately school-wise and I think I just need a little break. Or maybe I'm a ruthless bitch with no conscience. Either way, I'm spending tonight catching up on some laundry & taking a whack (literally) at splitting some more firewood. I'll work on my speech this weekend. I promise.
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Why I Don't Watch Morning TV
I usually don't watch TV when I come home in the morning, but for some reason today I switched on Good Morning America while I was changing out of my uniform. Their #1 story was concerning the election results and how the democrats have taken hold of the House for the first time in a bajillion years. Their #2 story was Brittany Spears' filing for divorce from Kevin Federline. I nearly choked on my french toast stick. Robin Roberts actually said, "When we return, we'll explore what went wrong and where Brittany will go from here." After I dislodged my french toast bits, I yelled out, "Who the fuck cares!" sending kitties scattering about the house. I can't believe that Good Morning America is going to address the personal lives of Brittany Slut & K-Fed! My respect for Diane & Robin has dropped a few notches since this morning. I hope he takes her for everything she's got. She's probably worth about $25 million and that dirtbag white trash rapper-wannabe dicksquirt soon to be ex-husband of hers probably hasn't made $25.00 the entire time he's been married to slutgirl. Well now K-Fed is gonna be a rich dude and have all the ladies wantin' sum a dat! I didn't stick around for GMA's third top story. It was probably about Bush's dog having diarrhea or something.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
lackadaisical
I see I've been a bit lax in blogging lately, but it's been kind've a hectic week. Looking back, it seems like I spent almost all my free time working on something for one of my classes. And I still feel unprepared! This is week 6 of the 10 week quarter and I could really use a break. The sad thing is that I'm taking only 2 classes! I guess I just got used to having all my evenings free and I got into a "sit around & cross-stitch" routine that I'm having difficulty in breaking. Next quarter I'll be taking Anatomy & Physiology, Intro to Windows and Intro to Word Processing. I'm not too worried about either of the computer classes, but I'm not so sure about the A&P class. I just need a vacation.
Vic finished her 2 week training class and along with her certificate she also got a terrible cold from one of the twits in class. She was sick all weekend and it carried into Monday, too. Because Vic was so sick, we stayed home all weekend. I went grocery shopping and we got a few smallish things done around the house, but it was mainly a weekend filled with lots of naps. Now that it's getting colder, I wake up to find myself sharing the bed with at least 5 kitties a night. Sometimes there are so many kitties in bed with me, that I can't move. I feel like Gulliver being held down by the Lilliputians! They make great feet warmers, though.
Vic finished her 2 week training class and along with her certificate she also got a terrible cold from one of the twits in class. She was sick all weekend and it carried into Monday, too. Because Vic was so sick, we stayed home all weekend. I went grocery shopping and we got a few smallish things done around the house, but it was mainly a weekend filled with lots of naps. Now that it's getting colder, I wake up to find myself sharing the bed with at least 5 kitties a night. Sometimes there are so many kitties in bed with me, that I can't move. I feel like Gulliver being held down by the Lilliputians! They make great feet warmers, though.
Monday, October 30, 2006
Still Winterizing
Vic & I had another productive weekend ~ this is starting to become a refreshing trend. We seem to have a lot of nit-picky little things to do around the house before the snow starts falling and I've been trying to assign at least 3 or 4 tasks each weekend so we won't get all bogged down on any one particular Saturday or Sunday. So far it's been working out pretty well. This past weekend we completed a few minor repairs inside the house (including fixing the towl rack that I yanked out of the wall), stored away a few things for winter and got a buttload of wood stacked outside. And since Vic is still in her training class, we both got some studying done, too! My speech midterm is Thursday and I'm just a tooch worried about it. I've been doing pretty well in the class as far as speech giving is concerned, but we haven't had any quizzes or tests yet, so I'm not really sure how I'm going to fair on the one this week. Fortunately, I have plenty of time to study at work, so I think I should be okay.
Saturday, October 28, 2006
A Very Long Season
What a bummer. I really wanted the Tigers to win the World Series, especially since I watched almost every one of the 160+ games this past season. I'm really proud of how well they did, though. They haven't had a winning season in years, so to be able to make it this far is really a huge accomplishment. But, win or lose, I'm kinda glad the baseball season is over. For now, anyway. It was all very taxing ~ the watching and yelling at the TV and stressing out about errors made and upcoming teams we were going to play. Geez, it really takes a lot out of you! I'm actually looking forward to watching regular TV and catching up on some movies I've been wanting to see. And scrapbooking. I've really got to get back to working on our London book. I've got some cool ideas I want to try out, but never seem to have the time to actually sit down long enough to attempt them. I did put together a scrapbook page for my demonstrational speech the other night (the Sweet Baboo playing in the snow at the park) and that went over really well, but I've got to get into that craft room and just lock myself in there!
Friday, October 27, 2006
Busy, Busy, Busy
This week marks the half-way point in the academic quarter and I'm really looking forward to having a few weeks off before the next one starts. I've really been quite lax in my cross-stitching, scrapbooking and reading. School and work are really interfering with my Casey time. I just don't have enough hours in the day. It seems like I'm always so busy. I'd really like to be a full-time student, but I don't see that happening any time soon.
The upcoming weekend is going to be "small projects" weekend. We've got a lot of little things we need to do around the house and I'm hoping we can get most of them done. Most involve winterizing of some sort. I've already loaded up the Jeep with my ice scraper and emergency blanket. (It's a Daffy Duck blankie.) Now we need to work on the house, both inside and out. Should be a busy weekend. We'll see.
Feast One Hundred & Seventeen
Appetizer
Create a new candle scent.
Kiwi-Strawberry Snapple
Soup
Name one way you show affection to others.
Shannon & I often rub noses
Salad
What is your favorite writing instrument?
The black pen I keep on the computer desk that I can't find, Vickie.
Main Course
If you were given $25 to spend anywhere online, from which site would you buy?
Probably Amazon ~ they always have pretty good stuff
Dessert
Are you dressing up for Halloween? If so, what are you going to be?
This year I will be dressed as "college student who left class early to come home & hand out candy with her girlfriend"
The upcoming weekend is going to be "small projects" weekend. We've got a lot of little things we need to do around the house and I'm hoping we can get most of them done. Most involve winterizing of some sort. I've already loaded up the Jeep with my ice scraper and emergency blanket. (It's a Daffy Duck blankie.) Now we need to work on the house, both inside and out. Should be a busy weekend. We'll see.
Feast One Hundred & Seventeen
Appetizer
Create a new candle scent.
Kiwi-Strawberry Snapple
Soup
Name one way you show affection to others.
Shannon & I often rub noses
Salad
What is your favorite writing instrument?
The black pen I keep on the computer desk that I can't find, Vickie.
Main Course
If you were given $25 to spend anywhere online, from which site would you buy?
Probably Amazon ~ they always have pretty good stuff
Dessert
Are you dressing up for Halloween? If so, what are you going to be?
This year I will be dressed as "college student who left class early to come home & hand out candy with her girlfriend"
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
A-Twitter
I'm all a-twitter at the news of Tomkat's upcoming nuptials! And, joy oh joy, the blessed event will be on a Saturday which won't conflict with either of my classes! November 18th is the date ~ I've already marked it on my calendar (with a big pink heart!) and will ask to be off the Friday night before in case Katie wants to partake in a pre-wedding splash about Beverly Hills with some gal-pals. It's all just so exciting, don't you think? I just cleaned out my closet yesterday and I didn't see anything really appropriate for a Tomkat wedding, so I'll probably head out to JCPenney or the Dress Barn this weekend to pick something up (before the Tigers game, of course). I'll have to make sure I don't get anything too flashy, though. I don't want to show up Katie on her big day! And Vic & I just bought some really nice new shoes at KMart this past weekend. They were regularly $16.99 and we got them on sale for $8.99! Now if that isn't an omen, I don't know what is! I think I'll be quite the fashionista! Now about a gift... I saw a really nice toaster at WalMart last week ~ four slots for the thick pieces of bread! It comes in either white or black - I'll have to find out the color scheme of their kitchen. Okay, I think I've got all the bases covered, now I just need to get that invitation. We've got a really grumpy mailman, so it may be delayed a day or two. I wonder if I can bring a guest? This may be an intimate affair, so maybe I shouldn't mention anything to Vic just yet. Although, we did buy two pairs of shoes (blue & black), so I think we'll be all set in case she does get the nod. How gloriously exciting it all is! I'm going to check the mail!
Monday, October 23, 2006
Great & Relaxing
Friday ~ Vic & I left 3 hours early Friday night to give ourselves plenty of time to get to Ann Arbor for the indigo girls concert and leave us some time to explore the area before the girls took the stage. Well...our one hour trip took two hours due to all the traffic and construction the entire way to Ann Arbor! We got there with about 45 mins to spare, so we just explored the block instead of the city. I did happen into a perfume store that carries my perfume (we can't seem to find it anywhere-not even on the internet!), so I scooped up a couple bottle of Nicole Miller. The concert was great and the venue was just the right size to accomodate their voices. We had a quick sandwich afterwards, to let the traffic thin out some, and watched all the college kids act like, well, college kids. It was a great night!
Saturday ~ We slept in late and then rearranged the whole upstairs. What a huge pain moving heavy furniture upstairs and across rooms, but the new look is great. We also watched the Tigers lose the first game of the World Series, but it's the best out of seven, so I'm not worried. Yet.
Sunday ~ Another great day. After grocery shopping, Vic took a nap on the couch and Shannon laid down in front of the fireplace (she looked so peaceful) and I turned on some quiet music and studied a bit before the game. It was a very peaceful afternoon. Outside I could hear the rain and wind, but inside it was nice & toasty. Every once in a while the fire would crackle and I'd toss another log into the stove, the house was quiet and I finally got some studying done. It was a really wonderful way to spend the day. And then the Tigers won game 2 of the series, so that was just icing on the cake! We had another great weekend!
Saturday ~ We slept in late and then rearranged the whole upstairs. What a huge pain moving heavy furniture upstairs and across rooms, but the new look is great. We also watched the Tigers lose the first game of the World Series, but it's the best out of seven, so I'm not worried. Yet.
Sunday ~ Another great day. After grocery shopping, Vic took a nap on the couch and Shannon laid down in front of the fireplace (she looked so peaceful) and I turned on some quiet music and studied a bit before the game. It was a very peaceful afternoon. Outside I could hear the rain and wind, but inside it was nice & toasty. Every once in a while the fire would crackle and I'd toss another log into the stove, the house was quiet and I finally got some studying done. It was a really wonderful way to spend the day. And then the Tigers won game 2 of the series, so that was just icing on the cake! We had another great weekend!
Friday, October 20, 2006
Feasting At My House
This morning, on my way home from work, I spotted a sign announcing "pumpkins for sale." For some reason this just struck me wrong. It's the 21st century for goblins sake! Are we still oppressing the Orange Americans by selling them on the streets to the highes bidder like their forefathers before them? Poor little defenseless Halloween slaves. My god, they don't even have arms to defend themselves. Even the snowmen have twigs! The lucky pumpkins are the ones without faces - at least they can't see it coming! When will this madness end?! Free the pumpkins, I say! Halloween pumpkin indentured servitude no more! (Gourd slavery is ok. We have a little basket by our fireplace filled with a couple of the cute little mishapen fellas.)
The Friday Feast for this week was a repeat, so I thought I would create my own feast. Hope you enjoy and feel free to take home a to-go box to your own blog!
Appetizer
When was the last time you were required to wear a uniform and what was it?
I wear a uniform daily for work...light blue shirt & dark blue pants. I think I look like a goob.
Soup
What was the last frivolous thing you purchased?
I recently bought fuzzy socks to wear around the house on chilly nights.
Salad
What is one accessory you'd like to add to your vehicle?
I'd like either a sunroof or a remote starter to warm it up on cold mornings.
Dinner
What do you keep your loose change in?
I have a half gallon bottle from the Great Baraboo Brewing Co., a little pink pig with my name on it (Casey) and a little red London telephone booth.
Dessert
What color shirt are you wearing on your driver's license?
Red. This was a really poor choice considering most of the license is blue and the red shirt really clashes. The DMV should really give people the heads up before coming in so we can avoid little fashion faux pas like this.
The Friday Feast for this week was a repeat, so I thought I would create my own feast. Hope you enjoy and feel free to take home a to-go box to your own blog!
Appetizer
When was the last time you were required to wear a uniform and what was it?
I wear a uniform daily for work...light blue shirt & dark blue pants. I think I look like a goob.
Soup
What was the last frivolous thing you purchased?
I recently bought fuzzy socks to wear around the house on chilly nights.
Salad
What is one accessory you'd like to add to your vehicle?
I'd like either a sunroof or a remote starter to warm it up on cold mornings.
Dinner
What do you keep your loose change in?
I have a half gallon bottle from the Great Baraboo Brewing Co., a little pink pig with my name on it (Casey) and a little red London telephone booth.
Dessert
What color shirt are you wearing on your driver's license?
Red. This was a really poor choice considering most of the license is blue and the red shirt really clashes. The DMV should really give people the heads up before coming in so we can avoid little fashion faux pas like this.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
wednesdays
Wednesdays have become my new favorite day of the week. Tuesday and Thursday nights I have class, Monday sucks because it's the beginning of the work week and by Friday I'm tired and have to struggle to get thru that last day of work. But lately I've been really looking forward to Wednesdays. No class and it's only the middle of the work week, so I'm not quite fully disgusted yet.
School - I'm almost at the half-way point in this quarter and I think so far I'm doing pretty good in both of my classes. The Medical Terminology class is such a colossal waste of time, though. Since it's all memorization, I do all of the work at home. This is really a great way to waste a Tuesday night.
Vic - She seems to be feeling a little bit better every day, but we both think she probably should've waited at least another week before returning to work. She gets tired easily and her neck still aches from time to time. We usually make up for it, though, by laying around the house all day on the weekends.
Trip - This Friday we are going to Ann Arbor to see the indigo girls in concert. This will be our first real outing since Vic had her surgery, so we're both really looking forward to it! Neither of us has been to Ann Arbor (about an hour SW of us), so we're going to leave as early as we can so we can spend some time exploring a little before the concert. I'm hoping it doesn't rain this weekend!
School - I'm almost at the half-way point in this quarter and I think so far I'm doing pretty good in both of my classes. The Medical Terminology class is such a colossal waste of time, though. Since it's all memorization, I do all of the work at home. This is really a great way to waste a Tuesday night.
Vic - She seems to be feeling a little bit better every day, but we both think she probably should've waited at least another week before returning to work. She gets tired easily and her neck still aches from time to time. We usually make up for it, though, by laying around the house all day on the weekends.
Trip - This Friday we are going to Ann Arbor to see the indigo girls in concert. This will be our first real outing since Vic had her surgery, so we're both really looking forward to it! Neither of us has been to Ann Arbor (about an hour SW of us), so we're going to leave as early as we can so we can spend some time exploring a little before the concert. I'm hoping it doesn't rain this weekend!
Monday, October 16, 2006
Hot & Real
This may have been the first weekend in the history of Case & Vic that we actually accomplished the weekend tasks we had planned. Usually what happens is that sometime around the middle of the week Vic and I will discuss some project or other that needs to be done for the upcoming week, I make a list, we plan out exactly how and what we'll do and then we sleep in on Saturday and go do some park-y festival kinda thing on Sunday. But not this past weekend! We got the living room rearranged so that we could make fires (and we did all weekend!), located our nose mittens, bought new bathroom towels and started working on organizing our many books. Not really a huge task, but certainly a huge accomplishment!
Of course we also made time to watch the Tigers become the AL Champs and advance to the World Series. I'm really glad the series doesn't start until Saturday because I need to concentrate a little more on schoolwork and a little less on baseball.
One last thing Detroit-related...Flavor Flav made his final decision on picking his woman and she is from Detroit. Needless to say, all of us here in the "313" are just tickled pink with pride. Deelishis (not her real name) says that she and Flav are just trying to keep it "hot and real." That's my new credo. I'm just going to try to keep everything hot & real from now on!
Friday, October 13, 2006
really freaking cold
Winterize is going to be the word for the weekend. It's gotten really cold really soon, so Vic & I are going to have to get out our gloves and nose mittens this weekend. We've already brought in the outside plants and started putting away our patio furniture. We also need to re-arrange the living room so that we can start a fire in our wood-burning stove. Right now the computer desk is a bit too close to the stove, so we've got a lot of heavy moving to do. We had a chimney sweep come out a few weeks ago to clean our chimney, we replaced the cracked glass on the stove door and we've got a lot of nice wood stacked up outside, so we're both anxious to start a few nice room-warming fires. All in all, it should be a busy, but relaxing weekend.
Feast One Hundred & Fifteen
Appetizer
Approximately how many hours per week do you spend reading other blogs?
Nobody but Shawn ever blogs anymore, so I'd probably have to say less than 1 hour per week. Shame on all of you (except you, Shawn).
Soup
Your community wants everyone to give one thing to put into a time capsule. What item would you choose to include?
My new Tigers "terrible towel" that Vic got for me today. It's a very terrorizing color of orange with a big "D" on the front.
Salad
What is the most interesting tourist attraction you've ever visited?
Everything in DC. It was great getting to actually live there for a couple of years because I got the chance to see a lot and never felt rushed. Lots of history there.
Main Course
If you could give an award to anyone for anything, who would it be and what would the award be titled?
"Biggest Dork When Seeing the First Snowflakes of the Season" and I'd give it to Vickie.
Dessert
What do you think your favorite color reveals about your personality?
My favorite colors are blue and green and I guess they reveal that I like being outside exploring new places. (Blue for the sky, green for the grass.)
Feast One Hundred & Fifteen
Appetizer
Approximately how many hours per week do you spend reading other blogs?
Nobody but Shawn ever blogs anymore, so I'd probably have to say less than 1 hour per week. Shame on all of you (except you, Shawn).
Soup
Your community wants everyone to give one thing to put into a time capsule. What item would you choose to include?
My new Tigers "terrible towel" that Vic got for me today. It's a very terrorizing color of orange with a big "D" on the front.
Salad
What is the most interesting tourist attraction you've ever visited?
Everything in DC. It was great getting to actually live there for a couple of years because I got the chance to see a lot and never felt rushed. Lots of history there.
Main Course
If you could give an award to anyone for anything, who would it be and what would the award be titled?
"Biggest Dork When Seeing the First Snowflakes of the Season" and I'd give it to Vickie.
Dessert
What do you think your favorite color reveals about your personality?
My favorite colors are blue and green and I guess they reveal that I like being outside exploring new places. (Blue for the sky, green for the grass.)
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Autumn? What Autumn??
As you can see in this lovely picture of the sweet Baboo, we had our first snowflakes of the season today. Not really "snowman making" flakes, more like "pain in the ass to drive in" flakes. So what the heck happened to my Autumn and all its beautiful colors?! I've been robbed by Mother Nature! She came up behind me wearing a grey hoody and blue jeans (all our robbers wear grey hoodies and blue jeans around here), whacked me over the head with a dead tree limb and stole my Autumn! Hopefully this snowy weather will pass and we'll have a few more weeks of red and orange leaves. Vic and I haven't even made it out to the cider mills yet! This is most distressing to me. Of course Shannon and Vic are both loving it, but they can write about it in their own blogs. This is my blog and I'm a little bit pissed. And wet. I was flaked by a large woman in a grey hoody who was last seen running toward Detroit (they always run toward Detroit around here). I was a victim of a drive-by flaking. I think I'll go call 911 now.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Random Tuesday Thoughts
On this early Tuesday morning at work, I though I'd share some thoughts that are swimming around in my head right now:
- On my desk at work I have 7 computer screens, 4 TV screens, 3 keyboards, 4 mice, 4 bottles of white out, 2 yellow highlighters and a box of kleenex. I have a large desk.
- I'm wearing a new blue sweater.
- Ecchymosis is the escape of blood into the tissues, causing superficial discoloration; a black and blue mark. So then why not just call it a black & blue mark??
- I'd rather be watching BBC programs at home with Vic.
- I'm really worried the Tigers won't make it to the World Series. I would be very disappointed.
- We really need a new monitor for our home computer.
- How can we get rid of those darn pigeons without driving away the little birds?
- When Vickie wears her socks with the toe part flapping, it drives me insane! (She does it quite often.)
- I drink a lot of Diet Pepsi. I used to drink a lot of Dr. Pepper, but I haven't touched the stuff in over a year! A couple of weeks ago, the waitress gave me a refill of Dr. Pepper by accident and I nearly wet my panties.
- I don't normally carry an extra pair of panties with me when I go out to eat.
- On my desk at work I have 7 computer screens, 4 TV screens, 3 keyboards, 4 mice, 4 bottles of white out, 2 yellow highlighters and a box of kleenex. I have a large desk.
- I'm wearing a new blue sweater.
- Ecchymosis is the escape of blood into the tissues, causing superficial discoloration; a black and blue mark. So then why not just call it a black & blue mark??
- I'd rather be watching BBC programs at home with Vic.
- I'm really worried the Tigers won't make it to the World Series. I would be very disappointed.
- We really need a new monitor for our home computer.
- How can we get rid of those darn pigeons without driving away the little birds?
- When Vickie wears her socks with the toe part flapping, it drives me insane! (She does it quite often.)
- I drink a lot of Diet Pepsi. I used to drink a lot of Dr. Pepper, but I haven't touched the stuff in over a year! A couple of weeks ago, the waitress gave me a refill of Dr. Pepper by accident and I nearly wet my panties.
- I don't normally carry an extra pair of panties with me when I go out to eat.
Monday, October 09, 2006
Busy Weekend
This weekend Vic & I kept pretty busy. We finally finished the bathroom ~ yea!! I couldn't figure out how to load before & after pics on Blogger and got really frustrated with the whole thing, so if you'd like to see a before picture, just click on the after one and it'll take you to Flickr where you can see the ugly yellow walls we used to have. What the hell were they thinking when they picked out that paint?! The bathroom is now a lovely shade of Bali Sand and before we painted we texturized the walls with sheetrock mud to give it that Mexican restaurant faux adobe feeling. We both really like it and hope that if you come over to pee that you'll like it, too!
We also (finally) put up the moulding around the back door. We installed that door only about a year ago, so I think we procrastinated long enough before actually completing the job. And since we are planning on painting the living room (sometime before the new millenium), we are going to wait to paint the moulding, too.
Of course Saturday afternoon was Tigers, Tigers, Tigers. We moved on to the next round of the playoffs and will meet the Oakland A's on Tuesday night. There was a lot of whooping and jumping up & down in our living room (as I'm sure there was in yours). Go Tigers!
We also (finally) put up the moulding around the back door. We installed that door only about a year ago, so I think we procrastinated long enough before actually completing the job. And since we are planning on painting the living room (sometime before the new millenium), we are going to wait to paint the moulding, too.
Of course Saturday afternoon was Tigers, Tigers, Tigers. We moved on to the next round of the playoffs and will meet the Oakland A's on Tuesday night. There was a lot of whooping and jumping up & down in our living room (as I'm sure there was in yours). Go Tigers!
Friday, October 06, 2006
Hey! That's my name, too!
Sucks to be a Yankee! The Tigers managed to pull out a win in the the very intimidating Yankee Stadium on Thursday afternoon and now both teams will play Friday night in the even more intimidating city of Detroit. Yea for the good guys!
I gave my first speach in my Public Speaking class Thursday night and I think I did really well. I'm still not real wild about the class, but it's nice to do well.
I'm looking forward to this weekend. Hopefully the rain will hold off long enough for me to get the grass cut and maybe change the oil in my Jeep. I think Vic & I are going to attempt to rearrange the bedroom or living room...or both. I'm just looking forward to mid-afternoon naps on chilly days. And chili. Chili always tastes better when it's cold out!
Feast One Hundred & Fourteen
Appetizer
Name a song you know by heart.
"Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen
Soup
What will you absolutely not do in front of another person?
Pick my nose.
Salad
How often do you use mouthwash and what kind do you like?
I like the blue Listerine. I go in spurts where I'll use it every day and then not use for a while.
Main Course
Finish this sentence: I am embarrassed when...
Someone sees me pick my nose.
Dessert
What was the last food you craved?
Chips & chip dip. And Mexicans.
I gave my first speach in my Public Speaking class Thursday night and I think I did really well. I'm still not real wild about the class, but it's nice to do well.
I'm looking forward to this weekend. Hopefully the rain will hold off long enough for me to get the grass cut and maybe change the oil in my Jeep. I think Vic & I are going to attempt to rearrange the bedroom or living room...or both. I'm just looking forward to mid-afternoon naps on chilly days. And chili. Chili always tastes better when it's cold out!
Feast One Hundred & Fourteen
Appetizer
Name a song you know by heart.
"Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen
Soup
What will you absolutely not do in front of another person?
Pick my nose.
Salad
How often do you use mouthwash and what kind do you like?
I like the blue Listerine. I go in spurts where I'll use it every day and then not use for a while.
Main Course
Finish this sentence: I am embarrassed when...
Someone sees me pick my nose.
Dessert
What was the last food you craved?
Chips & chip dip. And Mexicans.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Tuesday & Wednesday
I woke up Tuesday afternoon to discover that someone had finally painted our bathroom. Yea! I've just been dreading painting anything, so you can imagine my delight in finding our bathroom painted. And it looks great! Vic did a really great job of it! I'll include pics soon. She's been home about 7 weeks now and is scheduled to return to work on Thursday. I'll miss having her around all the time, but I know she's going stir crazy and really looking forward to getting back. I just can't imagine rather going to work than staying home. I can think of at least a dozen things I'd rather be doing at the house whenever I'm at work. But then Vic really enjoys her job and I think of my work as, well, work. Who wants to go to work when they can go to fun instead? I'm all for fun any day!
Well, the good news is that the Tigers didn't lose Wednesday night. Yea!! Of course, they also didn't play Wednesday night, but that's really besides the point, don't you think? I'm trying to think positive thoughts for the Tigers cuz I really don't think they have a chance. They're just playing like crap lately! Go Tigers!!
Well, the good news is that the Tigers didn't lose Wednesday night. Yea!! Of course, they also didn't play Wednesday night, but that's really besides the point, don't you think? I'm trying to think positive thoughts for the Tigers cuz I really don't think they have a chance. They're just playing like crap lately! Go Tigers!!
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Non-Current Events
Things that did not happen this weekend:
- the bathroom getting painted
- the grass being cut
- the living room furniture being rearranged
- the Tigers clinching the AL Central Division due in part to the fact that they lost the last five games of the regular season thus relinquishing first place for the first time since the middle of May to the Minnesota Twins who were in first place for exactly one day and were then granted the AL Central Division crown
Things that did happen this weekend:
- lots of swearing at the TV
I've been watching the Tigers every night for 6 months and I'm just a little disappointed in their performance over the last week or so. We start a best of 5 game series tonight against the Yankees and I predict my beloved Tigers will be swept in 3. I've just lost all faith in my boys. I think if the season had ended in August, I'd be wearing World Series Champs t-shirts, but unfortunately, it's not to be. I think the Tigers just ran out of steam. I'm actually looking forward to not watching TV (once the playoffs are thru). I need to concentrate more on school work and scrapbooking. And maybe I can actually get the bathroom painted!
- the bathroom getting painted
- the grass being cut
- the living room furniture being rearranged
- the Tigers clinching the AL Central Division due in part to the fact that they lost the last five games of the regular season thus relinquishing first place for the first time since the middle of May to the Minnesota Twins who were in first place for exactly one day and were then granted the AL Central Division crown
Things that did happen this weekend:
- lots of swearing at the TV
I've been watching the Tigers every night for 6 months and I'm just a little disappointed in their performance over the last week or so. We start a best of 5 game series tonight against the Yankees and I predict my beloved Tigers will be swept in 3. I've just lost all faith in my boys. I think if the season had ended in August, I'd be wearing World Series Champs t-shirts, but unfortunately, it's not to be. I think the Tigers just ran out of steam. I'm actually looking forward to not watching TV (once the playoffs are thru). I need to concentrate more on school work and scrapbooking. And maybe I can actually get the bathroom painted!
Friday, September 29, 2006
Speaking & Feasting
Thursday night was the first night of my Public Speaking class. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Of course I thought it would be mind-numbingly awful, so pretty much anything that didn't cause my ears to bleed uncontrollably would make for a great night, I guess. I don't think I've ever had a problem with speaking in front of people, but I should still be able to pick up some good tips anyway. It looks like the teacher is going to be pretty cool and the other students all seem pretty nice, so it looks like this shouldn't be too painful after all.
Feast One Hundred & Thirteen
Appetizer
What is your favorite herb or spice?
I like peppercorns, is that a spice?
Soup
Name a song you like but haven't heard in a long time.
"You Spin Me Right Round"
Salad
If you were to take just one minute to write down as many things as you can think of that you need (not want) to do, approximately how many things would there be?
Need? I have a nice house, a wonderful partner and a job that usually pays all the bills. I guess the only thing I think I really "need" is a better relationship with my mom.
Main Course
Tell something interesting about one of your family members (nothing scandalous, please, just something unique).
Vic has had surgery on her spine TWICE.
Dessert
What's the latest you've ever stayed awake?
That's kind've a dumb question for me since I work midnights. There have been a few times when I've stayed up for over 36 hours, though.
Feast One Hundred & Thirteen
Appetizer
What is your favorite herb or spice?
I like peppercorns, is that a spice?
Soup
Name a song you like but haven't heard in a long time.
"You Spin Me Right Round"
Salad
If you were to take just one minute to write down as many things as you can think of that you need (not want) to do, approximately how many things would there be?
Need? I have a nice house, a wonderful partner and a job that usually pays all the bills. I guess the only thing I think I really "need" is a better relationship with my mom.
Main Course
Tell something interesting about one of your family members (nothing scandalous, please, just something unique).
Vic has had surgery on her spine TWICE.
Dessert
What's the latest you've ever stayed awake?
That's kind've a dumb question for me since I work midnights. There have been a few times when I've stayed up for over 36 hours, though.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
rhabdomyosarcoma
The first night of school didn't go too badly...I guess. There's really not a whole lot you can teach in a medical terminology class, at least that's the view my instructor has taken. It's about 99% memorization, so this means I have heaps of root words and prefixes and suffixes to combine and remember. That part isn't so bad, but it just seems like going to class is a waste of time if all the instructor is going to do is read from the book. I'd much rather just sit my happy ass at the house and memorize long words during commercial breaks of the Tigers' game. But I do get to meet new & interesting people at school - the kind that just wouldn't normally sit 6 inches from me in my living room and talk about who's dating who. And if I'm ever stricken with a malignant tumor of striated muscle I'll know exactly what to tell the doctor (see blog title).
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Monday Night/Tuesday Morning
Monday night (Tuesday morning, actually) and here I sit at work blogging because we are still computerless at the house. Sigh! We should get it back in the next day or two and I can't wait! I'm pretty sure that we lost most of the stuff on our harddrive, which isn't a huge problem because we didn't have like 2,000 veteran's social security numbers stored on it, but I did have quite a few word processing documents and fonts and other "important to me" type stuff there and now it's going to be a real pain to upload all that stuff again. Then again, maybe Phil the nice computer guy will have some good news for me regarding the hard drive and I will have worried for naught.
Once again our weekend turned out to be pretty unproductive, while the Monday was crammed full of stuff. It seems like Vic & I have slipped into a kind of pattern the last couple of weeks where we stay up really late on the weekends and sleep in till like 11 or 12. In our defense, though, this was kind of a crappy weekend. I was sick most of Saturday & it rained off and on both Saturday & Sunday. Sunday was Vic's birthday, so we met her mom for an early dinner at a really nice restaurant located on the water (Lake St. Clair). There were about 50 or so swans on the lake and it made for a really nice afternoon. By the time we got home, we were stuffed and tired and just didn't feel like doing anything more strenuous then reading the paper and watching TV. Monday, however, I got up early (7:30!!) and ran all sorts of little errands all over town before I came home to cut both the front & back grass. So, once again, we are planning to finish the bathroom next weekend. We'll see.
Tonight is my first night at school. I have my books and other school supplies all loaded up and ready for learning in my backpack! The first night of class is always a dodgy one, because you don't want to get there too early and look like a geek, but then you don't want to get there too late and risk getting stuck with a terrible seat assignment. And then if you do happen to get the seat you want, you still run the risk of being stuck next to someone who either talks too much, never has their own pen or is just a total dolt. There is a very tiny seat-picking window and you have to navigate thru it just right. Wish me luck.
Once again our weekend turned out to be pretty unproductive, while the Monday was crammed full of stuff. It seems like Vic & I have slipped into a kind of pattern the last couple of weeks where we stay up really late on the weekends and sleep in till like 11 or 12. In our defense, though, this was kind of a crappy weekend. I was sick most of Saturday & it rained off and on both Saturday & Sunday. Sunday was Vic's birthday, so we met her mom for an early dinner at a really nice restaurant located on the water (Lake St. Clair). There were about 50 or so swans on the lake and it made for a really nice afternoon. By the time we got home, we were stuffed and tired and just didn't feel like doing anything more strenuous then reading the paper and watching TV. Monday, however, I got up early (7:30!!) and ran all sorts of little errands all over town before I came home to cut both the front & back grass. So, once again, we are planning to finish the bathroom next weekend. We'll see.
Tonight is my first night at school. I have my books and other school supplies all loaded up and ready for learning in my backpack! The first night of class is always a dodgy one, because you don't want to get there too early and look like a geek, but then you don't want to get there too late and risk getting stuck with a terrible seat assignment. And then if you do happen to get the seat you want, you still run the risk of being stuck next to someone who either talks too much, never has their own pen or is just a total dolt. There is a very tiny seat-picking window and you have to navigate thru it just right. Wish me luck.
Friday, September 22, 2006
Fall
Fall (or Drop, as I like to refer to it) is finally upon us. Yea!! This is my favorite time of year. The leaves haven't started changing color around our neighborhood yet, but it's certainly been chilly. Vic & I have been wearing sweats all week and I've been getting all my cold weather clothes out and organized. I love layering.
It looks like our computer's hard drive has died and it's going to be at least 3 or 4 days until we get her back. I think we're going to have the computer guy just build us a new CPU instead of continually pouring money into our 6 year old model. It's just killing Vic not to have access to the internet. I guess you just don't realize how dependent you are on something until it's taken away.
Vic's birthday is this weekend. Her mom is going to take us out for dinner on Sunday and the rest of the weekend we don't really have much planned. Maybe I can get a little scrapbooking done. We're definitely going to have to start organizing a few things in the garage before the flakes start falling. And I start school this coming week. Looks like it's going to be a busy upcoming week.
Feast One Hundred & Twelve
Appetizer
Measured in minutes or hours, how much exercise have you had in the last week?
I guess about 2 hours or so when I was hauling wood earlier this week.
Soup
If you had to change your blog title to something else, what would it be?
Caseydilla's Casa de Blog
Salad
Name one television show you watched when you were 9-12 years old.
I remember watching The Brady Bunch in primetime.
Main Course
If someone gave you $50 to spend with the one condition that it had to be educational, what would you purchase?
I'd convert it into quarters & use it for the pop machines in the breakroom.
Dessert
Do you tend to prefer dark colors, neutral shades, or lighter/pastel hues?
I guess pastels.
It looks like our computer's hard drive has died and it's going to be at least 3 or 4 days until we get her back. I think we're going to have the computer guy just build us a new CPU instead of continually pouring money into our 6 year old model. It's just killing Vic not to have access to the internet. I guess you just don't realize how dependent you are on something until it's taken away.
Vic's birthday is this weekend. Her mom is going to take us out for dinner on Sunday and the rest of the weekend we don't really have much planned. Maybe I can get a little scrapbooking done. We're definitely going to have to start organizing a few things in the garage before the flakes start falling. And I start school this coming week. Looks like it's going to be a busy upcoming week.
Feast One Hundred & Twelve
Appetizer
Measured in minutes or hours, how much exercise have you had in the last week?
I guess about 2 hours or so when I was hauling wood earlier this week.
Soup
If you had to change your blog title to something else, what would it be?
Caseydilla's Casa de Blog
Salad
Name one television show you watched when you were 9-12 years old.
I remember watching The Brady Bunch in primetime.
Main Course
If someone gave you $50 to spend with the one condition that it had to be educational, what would you purchase?
I'd convert it into quarters & use it for the pop machines in the breakroom.
Dessert
Do you tend to prefer dark colors, neutral shades, or lighter/pastel hues?
I guess pastels.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Hump Day
Although today is technically hump day, it's still only my Tuesday night. And at work, no less! I woke up early this afternoon to take Vic to her doctor's appointment (she's doing fine, by the way) and decided to check my email before leaving the house. Oh but NO, it seems that sometime while I was sleeping my computer decided to poop out on me! Windows will not load due to some fatal plague-induced error only carried by the SouthEast Michigan Tsetse fly. After returning from the doctor, I called our computer guy who told me that it sounded like we had some sort of hardware problem. He's a really nice guy & has helped us with computer issues in the past, but let's face it, this is his job so I know this is going to cost a few bucks and we're going to be computerless for at least a couple of days. So, needless to say, I'm really looking forward to getting over the Wednesday hump and struggling thru the remaining few days until the weekend finally gets here. Hopefully I'll be over my cold, our computer will be happy again and we'll finally tackle painting the bathroom. Or Vic & I will just nap all weekend and talk about all the stuff we really need to do NEXT weekend.
Monday, September 18, 2006
Perfect Day
Our weekend was spent, once again, not finishing the bathroom. BUT, I have a pretty good excuse this time. I was sick the whole weekend. I caught some kind of late Summer cold and have had a leaky nose all weekend. So we didn't get around to completing the bathroom, but we did gather wood for our stove for the upcoming Winter. The neighbor behind us abandoned his house and all the firewood in the backyard, so I hopped the fence (it was more like flung myself haphazardly over the fence) and we procured a big portion of their wood. The next day some inmates from the county jail were there cutting the grass and throwing stuff out, so Vic got them to fling the remaining wood over our fence. We spent Saturday afternoon hauling and stacking wood and the rest of the day napping because we're both a little under the weather.
Sunday we didn't do much and now it's Monday and has been rainy all day. AND, I just burned two of my fingers while cooking in the kitchen! (Cooking for me is removing the frozen pizza from the oven.) So, because it's still raining, my nose is still leaking, my fingers hurt and I have to go back to work tonight, I'm going to take a nice nap. This is the perfect day for it, wouldn't you agree?
Sunday we didn't do much and now it's Monday and has been rainy all day. AND, I just burned two of my fingers while cooking in the kitchen! (Cooking for me is removing the frozen pizza from the oven.) So, because it's still raining, my nose is still leaking, my fingers hurt and I have to go back to work tonight, I'm going to take a nice nap. This is the perfect day for it, wouldn't you agree?
Friday, September 15, 2006
"You're Never Too Old To Learn To Something New"
For the last month or so I've been wrestling with the idea of whether or not I should go back to school. With Vic's help I finally decided to make a go of it...again. I enrolled in classes for the Fall quarter and am going to pursue a degree as a Surgical Technician, which will hopefully lead to a degree (down the road) as an RN. I just don't think I want to spend the rest of my working-life as a dispatcher and my job at the PD, although secure now, isn't 100% secure for the next 10 years or so of my future. I think a career in the medical field is pretty much a sure bet ~ I like the idea of being able to get an RN position just about anywhere in the country and I also like the fact that eventually I'll be able to make my own hours. So, next week I'll start the year & a half trek down the Surg Tech path to a brighter future. And homework. Wish me luck!
Feast One Hundred & Eleven
Appetizer
What was the very last song you listened to?
"Dancing Days" a remake of a Led Zeppelin song by Stone Temple Pilots (on AOL XM radio).
Soup
What is one company/store/corporation you would recommend that people stay away from?
HezbollahMart
Salad
On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy having your picture made?
Before the palsy, 10 After the palsy, 1
Main Course
Besides a bookmark, what is something you've used to keep your place in a book?
Postcards from Ireland and toilet paper (from Michigan).
Dessert
Name a food that you like that most people don't.
Pretzels dinked in chocolate pudding.
Feast One Hundred & Eleven
Appetizer
What was the very last song you listened to?
"Dancing Days" a remake of a Led Zeppelin song by Stone Temple Pilots (on AOL XM radio).
Soup
What is one company/store/corporation you would recommend that people stay away from?
HezbollahMart
Salad
On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy having your picture made?
Before the palsy, 10 After the palsy, 1
Main Course
Besides a bookmark, what is something you've used to keep your place in a book?
Postcards from Ireland and toilet paper (from Michigan).
Dessert
Name a food that you like that most people don't.
Pretzels dinked in chocolate pudding.
Monday, September 11, 2006
I'm Turning Vampire (I Really Think So)
One of the suckiest things about working midnights is that I can't fall asleep at night. It's like I've become a vampire! On the weekends, when I'm off, I'll stay up until 4 or 5 in the morning and then toss & turn in bed until at least 7am before I can finally fall asleep. In the last 3 hours I've cross-stitched, worked on the scrapbook and read about 100 pages in my book. I guess I've gotten so used to going to bed when it's light out that my body just can't adjust to the outside dark any more. The sucky part is that I go to sleep so late (or early, depending on how you look at it) that I end up sleeping until mid afternoon and waste perfectly good play-outside weather. During the Winter I don't mind sleeping more ~ as a matter of fact, there was about a 4 week period last Winter that I slept 12 or 13 hours a day! I think this need for more sleep had something to do with Seasonal Dyfunction Disorder. But it's not Winter now and I'm a little peeved. So, would you like to read about what I did this weekend?
We finally got the bathroom walls textured. We'll wait a week until they dry completely and then paint them Bali Sand. The effect is going to be like something you'd see in a Mexican restaurant. I also cut the grass (it's supposed to rain later this week), worked on the London scrapbook (we're actually out of Savannah & in London now!) and almost completed my most recent cross-stitch project. I also took Vic for a ride. She spent all week stuck in the house, so I thought she might like to get out for a while. We just went to Chili's for dinner ~ no big deal, but I'm sure she enjoyed just being out of the house for a few hours.
I see it's now just past 8am, so I think I should be able to fall asleep with little effort. I've got my alarm set for 10:30 which means that at 10:37 I'll just say "screw it!", turn off the snooze and roll over. I've really got to win the lottery and quit all the work stuff!
We finally got the bathroom walls textured. We'll wait a week until they dry completely and then paint them Bali Sand. The effect is going to be like something you'd see in a Mexican restaurant. I also cut the grass (it's supposed to rain later this week), worked on the London scrapbook (we're actually out of Savannah & in London now!) and almost completed my most recent cross-stitch project. I also took Vic for a ride. She spent all week stuck in the house, so I thought she might like to get out for a while. We just went to Chili's for dinner ~ no big deal, but I'm sure she enjoyed just being out of the house for a few hours.
I see it's now just past 8am, so I think I should be able to fall asleep with little effort. I've got my alarm set for 10:30 which means that at 10:37 I'll just say "screw it!", turn off the snooze and roll over. I've really got to win the lottery and quit all the work stuff!
Friday, September 08, 2006
A Different Circle of People
This morning we arrested some loser for alledgedly breaking into cars. When they brought this guy back to the station for booking I experienced a new level of body odor that I'm sure I will never be exposed to again. This guy's feet (I'm assuming the green funk was coming from his feet and not somewhere else nasty) smelled so bad that my sargeant had to keep taking breaks during the booking process so he could leave the room to get some fresh air. We douched the whole station with air freshener, which of course then made it smell like really nasty feet flowers had yakked all over the place. How can anybody let their body odor get that far out of control? Just think about all the people you interact with on a regular basis. Unless you have a job where you deal with the dregs of society, all of your friends and people you associate with are probably somewhat clean and non-disgusting, or else you wouldn't have anything to do with them! But in my job I get to experience an entire new circle of losers ~ and on an almost daily basis! Just think about all the whackos who are floating just outside of your circle. You just don't know how close you are to different degrees of disgustingness. Law enforcement is a real eye-opener.
Feast One Hundred & Ten
Appetizer
Name 3 things that you are wearing today.
Tigers tshirt, blue jeans shorts, mousse.
Soup
Who was the last person you hugged?
Vickie
Salad
What do you like to order from your favorite fast food place?
#1 with no onions
Main Course
What time of day do you usually feel most energized?
Between 5pm-7pm.
Dessert
Using the letters in your first name, write a sentence. (Example: Sweet unusual spaniels are nice.)
Cute And Sassy Elves Yodeling.
Feast One Hundred & Ten
Appetizer
Name 3 things that you are wearing today.
Tigers tshirt, blue jeans shorts, mousse.
Soup
Who was the last person you hugged?
Vickie
Salad
What do you like to order from your favorite fast food place?
#1 with no onions
Main Course
What time of day do you usually feel most energized?
Between 5pm-7pm.
Dessert
Using the letters in your first name, write a sentence. (Example: Sweet unusual spaniels are nice.)
Cute And Sassy Elves Yodeling.
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Movies vs Books
I am currently reading "Tea & Green Ribbons," by Evelyn Doyle. It's the true story of how her father fought the Irish Supreme Court for sole custody of his 6 children. It's a really good book, but an even better movie (the movie version is called "Evelyn" and stars Pierce Brosnan). Most books are better than the movies they're made into, but sometimes a movie turns out to be better than the original book and "Tea & Green Ribbons" got me to thinking about some of the movies I felt were better than the book. The following is my list:
Slightly Better Than The Book
* Evelyn (Tea & Green Ribbons)
* Pride & Prejudice (Colin Firth version)
* Agnes Browne (The Mammy)
* all of the Lord of the Rings movies
* The Joy Luck Club
* Mystic River
* The Graduate
Heaps Better Than The Book
* Under the Tuscan Sun
* Shawshank Redemption
* Forrest Gump
* Schindler's List
* The Hours
* The Talented Mr. Ripley
Then of course there are all the movies made from Shakespearean plays. Although I enjoy reading the plays, the movie versions are a heck of a lot easier to understand!
Monday, September 04, 2006
Labor Day
I will be spending this Labor Day much the same way as I've spent every Labor Day since the dawn of man ~ laboring. Since I don't start work until 11pm, I guess technically I've still got the actually day part of Labor Day off, but I still have to go in later, so that shouldn't count. With the exception of a few months last year, I've worked midnights for about 8 straight years now. There are pros and cons to working mids (I guess that's the way it is with everything), but for me the pros far outweigh the cons. One big disadvantage is that my sleeping schedule is at odds with the entire rest of the planet. For instance, insist on cutting the grass and weed whacking in the middle of my night! Why can't that wait until about 3am to do this? I was up working on scrapbook stuff this morning around 6am. I wasn't up because I woke up early, I was up because I hadn't been to bed yet! I hate sleeping during the day when the weather is nice outside because I feel like I'm missing out on something. I have no problem, however, sleeping all day during the Winter. But still, working during the day means you have to put up with a lot more people, a lot more work and a lot more noise. I like having a nice quiet area to work in, with just a couple of people around to keep me awake. So this Labor Day during the day I'll probably work on the scrapbook a little or read and at night I'll put up with all the drunks who were off of work and spent all day at the bar. They couldn't have picked a better day than Monday to put Labor Day on.
Saturday, September 02, 2006
Tis The Season
College football started today and it was the perfect weather for it, at least at our house anyway. There was an annoying rainy drizzle all afternoon, but with it came a cool Autumn-like breeze. The temperature is in the 60s and I'm watching football in my sweatpants and wooly socks. This is the time of year I love! Soon the leaves will change color and we'll be awash in brilliant reds, oranges & yellows everywhere we go! Vic should be well enough to travel next month when all the cider mills start operating. There's nothing better than sitting on a huge pumpkin sipping hot cider on a crisp Fall day! These couple of months between Summer and Winter are a wonderful time to be living in the Midwest. Go Spartans & Wolverines! And Buckeyes!
Friday, September 01, 2006
London & My Bathroom
Well, I finally got around to starting the London scrapbook and so far I'm pretty pleased with it. Our trip actually started in Savannah, so that's where the scrapbook starts, too. I just finished documenting our brief stay in the SAV last night, so with a little luck I might actually make it into Europe this weekend! Of course, we've also got plans to paint the bathroom this weekend, so England may have to wait a bit longer. We bought the paint and other painting crap earlier this week and I made sure to leave it all right by the bathroom so I couldn't conveniently forget about our little project. Looks like it may be a busy weekend either way!
Feast One Hundred & Nine
Appetizer
What are some lyrics you have misheard (such as, instead of "Gettin' Jiggy With It" you heard "Kick a chicken with it")?
From "Up On the Housetop" "Oh, oh, oh, who wouldn't go" still sounds like "Oh, oh, oh, whoo winds blow" Whoo winds are winds that make that "whoooo" sounds when they blow!
Soup
What is the worst movie you have ever seen?
"Shining Through" This also happens to be maybe my very favorite book ever, so isn't it quite the coincidence that it's also the absolute worst movie ever made?
Salad
Using the letters from your favorite number, write a sentence. Example: Tomorrow has really easy experiences.
Only Nemo Escaped.
Main Course
What was the most interesting news story you have heard this week?
The de-planetizing of Pluto. Poor little guy.
Dessert
Which word(s) would you choose to describe your wardrobe?
Tigers T-Shirts.
Feast One Hundred & Nine
Appetizer
What are some lyrics you have misheard (such as, instead of "Gettin' Jiggy With It" you heard "Kick a chicken with it")?
From "Up On the Housetop" "Oh, oh, oh, who wouldn't go" still sounds like "Oh, oh, oh, whoo winds blow" Whoo winds are winds that make that "whoooo" sounds when they blow!
Soup
What is the worst movie you have ever seen?
"Shining Through" This also happens to be maybe my very favorite book ever, so isn't it quite the coincidence that it's also the absolute worst movie ever made?
Salad
Using the letters from your favorite number, write a sentence. Example: Tomorrow has really easy experiences.
Only Nemo Escaped.
Main Course
What was the most interesting news story you have heard this week?
The de-planetizing of Pluto. Poor little guy.
Dessert
Which word(s) would you choose to describe your wardrobe?
Tigers T-Shirts.
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