Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Holi Happydays

So. . . four Christmas trees (all different sizes) and three nativity scenes = slight decorating overkill, you think?

Not too much left to do this month. Only putting up the rest of my decorations (and there are a LOT more that I just found in my parents' attic), shopping (which will be Saturday), sending out cards, attempting to wrap gifts, making the traditional fudge and frosted cut-out cookies with Mom, and going to at least five parties that I'm aware of so far. I thought about throwing ice-skating into the mix, too, but that can (and most likely will) wait until January.

This blog post has been brought to you by enough candy cane Hershey kisses to give me heartburn.

Naptime

One reason I haven't been blogging is, my beloved five-year-old monitor died a sudden death around the beginning of this month. Therefore, I went almost two weeks without using a desktop computer while procrastinating on buying a new monitor. Those two weeks were a memorable experience. Yes, I found myself accessing the Internet via my cell phone and watching TV quite a bit more often to compensate. However, since I wasn't physically sitting at a computer, I also got a heck of a lot more housework done (decorating all seven rooms and two semi-rooms for Christmas) and lost a couple of pounds without cutting calories. (Watching TV is seldom a sedentary activity for me because I prefer doing things in the background, such as folding laundry, while it's on.) Also started going to bed at a more reasonable hour, usually. This makes me think I should implement at least a couple of "Turn-Off-the-Computer" days throughout the week.

Speaking of going to bed at a reasonable hour, I collapsed onto the couch for a nap at 6:30 this evening. Probably should have slept on the futon in the guest room, since there's an alarm clock in there and I hate napping on actual beds, but I've been pretty good about automatically keeping the naps down to half an hour lately. Well, after the last couple of nights of insufficient sleep and a severe headache that wouldn't respond to anything, tonight was a bit of a different story. I FINALLY woke up at 2:30 a.m., feeling disoriented, half-wondering (before looking out the window) if it was 2:30 p.m. and I'd missed almost an entire day of work.

So. . . here I am now, thinking about getting stuff accomplished -- laundry, paperwork, showering, maybe dishes -- in the middle of the night. I'm planning on heading out for work in about five hours or so. Until then, the possibilities are endless, and I must say that being awake right now is rather peaceful. I don't know that I'd want to make a regular habit of it, though.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Nerdiness

I just received a thick history of the ownership of this house (or the lot on which it is built) since March 1815. Very cool.

Two families owned this property from 1903 to the present year. The first family bought it on March 2, 1903. The lady who last lived here bought it on November 2, 1951 and died on March 2, 2009. (I love those kinds of coincidences with dates. Sometime I'll have to read through this whole document and jot them down, because even briefly skimming through it has already shown me a few.)

Also, of almost half a dozen women who have been listed as owners or co-owners of this house in 106 years, I am the first one not to have "M" as a first initial.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Balloon, Meet Pin

I finished washing a whooooooole bunch of dishes tonight. Poured the dirty dishwater down the drain. Wrestled with my wet gloves that always cling annoyingly to my hands. Finally yanked them off, splashing a few water droplets onto the floor in the process, and flung the gloves vindictively onto the counter beside the sink. Beamed with proud satisfaction at how completely clean and shiny my kitchen looked. Success! Now, I could sleep semi-peacefully and wouldn't have to worry about this again for at least a day!

Then I turned around and saw a forgotten, sticky, syrupy plate and fork I'd left on the kitchen table after snacking on French toast sticks a few hours earlier.

I whimpered in pain.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Hi

I'm playing online Scrabble again. . . against TOTAL SLOWPOKES. Oh, great. I'll never learn.

Seen on an ad today (for a dating site, of course): "We give you the tools to pick whose right for you."

Uh. . . if you can't master even the basics of English grammar, then I'm not gonna trust your stinkin' tools.

By the way, I really don't think it is possible to put too much garlic into anything.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Without Words...

:'-(

Yes. . . a frigging emoticon.

THAT is my total blog contribution for today.

That is all.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Excess

I had some co-workers over tonight to see the house. Invited pretty much everyone in the entire office building. Altogether, 10 people showed up. However, I didn't know in the first place how many people were going to be here, so I was terrified of running out of food and therefore bought WAAAAAAY too much.

Now, everyone is gone and I have the following in my kitchen:
  • Most of a sheet pizza with pepperoni
  • Most of a sheet pizza with mushrooms
  • Some of a sheet pizza with just cheese
  • 2 boxes of mild and medium chicken wings
  • 2 boxes of breadsticks with dipping sauce
  • A plate absolutely stacked with brownies
  • 4 unopened bottles of pop/soda/whatever (and these are the kinds I don't even like)
  • 1 untouched pitcher of cherry limeade
  • 2 unopened bags of tortilla chips and 4 full bowls of other types of chips
  • Half a bowl of popcorn
  • 2.5 massive fruit platters
  • 7 dips total for chips and fruit
  • Graham crackers, marshmallows, and miniature Hershey bars for making S'mores
  • Holiday bread that a guest brought
  • Other, random stuff I set out that I'm not sure anybody really noticed, such as Andes mints and cocktail peanuts
Somebody, please, help me get rid of all this. Please. Please. Please. I could easily feed a football team just with my LEFTOVERS. Isn't this sad?