Last Day of November

It all goes by so fast. I get older, I get saggier, I should be getting wiser (but I'm probably not). I spend more and more time these days thinking about all the things I really want to do versus the things I end up doing. I think I could find more excuses for that when I was younger...but not anymore.

Sun & Stuff

House MD was a repeat but I watched it anyway. Actually, I sort of watched it as I put the bulk of my brain power into besting my score on Bejeweled. I play it through my Facebook, and because I'm competitive (noted in a previous entry), I *hate* it when other people in my FB "Network" get better scores than me! In fact, I actually sent a private note to one of the "higher score" people accusing them of running a "crack" to achieve their outrageously impossible score. (A crack is something created by a hacker to circumvent game rules and enable you to win BIG...they can also be riddled with viruses and totally mess up your computer).

Today is Thursday, and it's shaping up to be a lovely day. The sun is shining full bore and it's already 52 degrees at 10 in the morning! The Good Voice in my head is already urging me to get out and take a walk...maybe even an hour (or two) jaunt along Dallas Road. (I lean toward Dallas Road because at the end of the hike I can find myself at the Ogden Point Cafe...home of the most delicious homemade bread pudding in the whole world). The Bad Voice in my head is quick to counterpoint by reminding me that it's really no fun to walk alone (that is true) and a day like this could be better spent refilling the cookie jar (also true), and maybe finishing up my current cross stitch project, "First Snow" by The Drawn Thread. It's a very pretty piece and I am really close to adding the last few stitches and sewing on the totally adorable bird buttons I got to go with it (if you check out the pattern, you'll understand about the buttons...I opted for them rather than stitched birds. I'm crazy about cool buttons!).

I *love* to stitch...cross stitch that is! Over the years I have also dabbled in needlepoint, crewel, embroidery, quilting, candlewicking, and cut work. Invariably, however, I always come home to cross stitching. I have tons of patterns and materials. Some women collect shoes...or purses...or kitchen gadgets (or men). Not me! I'm all about linen, perforated paper, pattern books, floss, silk, buttons...and just about anything else that I think I need to make me a better stitcher. I'm pretty lucky that my husband humors me in this particular passion and is even very supportive of all my ongoing projects. He's actually done a bit of stitching himself and he never complains when I am off on a "cross stitch binge"...leaving behind any thoughts of dinner, the house, or my personal appearance. I suspect it is a true measure of his love for me that he can still come over and kiss me gently on the cheek while I sit hunched over the table...my MagEyes glued to my forehead and my skin tinted green from my DayGlo light. (I just finished the design in the picture...still have the other 3 seasons to go in that series.)

Okay...so that's enough for today! I need more coffee...I need to get dressed...I need to start some laundry...I need to ____...I need to ____....and I need to ____.
Hmmm...I think I'll watch Julie & Julia and do a little stitching instead!

So it goes...

Lots to do today!

1. Need to buy a new shower curtain for the kids' bathroom because the current one has a hole in the middle of it the size of a watermelon. Tell me...how do you put a hole in the middle of a shower curtain? More importantly, how do you not notice the puddle of water outside the tub that comes from having a hole the size of a watermelon in your shower curtain? Huh?

2. Need to mix up some magic plant juice and feed all my indoor plants. That may not sound like a big deal to you, but if have seen the jungle I propagate in my home, then you understand. This is not a minor undertaking! This is like trying to fertilize an acre of the Rain Forest with an eyedropper.

3. Laundry. Mounds and mounds of laundry. Laundry can be so demoralizing.

4. Grocery shopping. "ACK"...enough said.

5. High finance. You know...paying the bills so you can have another month of loud, commercial-infested television, computer access to the ad-infested internet, electricity to run the everything that seeks out commercial and ad infestation, and a roof over your head so you can sit in comfort while you read all the commercials and ads. High finance is *almost* as demoralizing as laundry. Actually...I guess they are both much the same...no matter how hard you try, you never get caught up on either one of them!

And so it goes...

So what?

OK...so what if it took me 34 days (I think that's right) to get back to this blog and post something? Hell...I haven't even filed my 2008 taxes yet.

Blogging isn't easy. It's not just finding/making the time to write...the hardest part for me is deciding *what* to write about. I mean not every day of my life is filled with fantastic adventures. In fact, most days of my life are filled with mundane activities that really aren't worth the time it would take to write about them. Does anyone really care if I scooped the poop in the cat box before I had my coffee this morning? Or that I stopped in M&M Meats and bought Supreme Sirloin Burger Patties while I was out running errands because I knew at 2:30 PM that I would be too uninspired at 6:00 PM to create something from scratch?

No...I think the answer is "no."

And so...I am updating this now mostly because my good buddy, Nancy, has taken up blogging and was talking about it this weekend. As she was regaling us with her future blog plans, I suddenly remembered that I had this little niche carved out in the ether and hadn't touched it in over a month. Nancy was pretty excited about her blog and her enthusiasm made me want to come home and play with mine!

So I'm competitive...so what? Nancy will understand...

Today is Monday...the first day in 17 days that the TV isn't alive with the sound of the Olympics. I am hoping that means there's a new episode of House MD on tonight. They've treated us to repeats for the last two weeks (even House wouldn't compete with the Olympics) and it's time for a new storyline! Gregory House is my hero...he's irrascible, snarky, rude, brilliant, and a closet kind-heart....all the things I want to be when I grow up!!

January 25, 2010

I dunno...