Saturday I'll be checking off a box on my '100 Things to Do Before I Die' list. So I don't actually have a list filled out, it's all in my head but I'm keeping tabs on it. The 'See Madonna' box has already been checked. 'Visit Paris' is filled too. 'See Paul McCartney in Concert' is next.I can hardly wait. The fact that my seats don't suck also makes me want to do a little jig each time I think about it. I almost wish I could start camping out in the parking lot of Fed Ex field right now.I fully admit my taste in music runs the gamut of typical to "Seriously? You like that?" I love Disco more than most. Funk and Rap factor in high as well. My iPod is actually engraved with the words, "Don't Fake the Funk". McCartney though has always been a tried and true favorite. He was my favorite … [Read more...]
It’s a Freakin’ Bonanza Today. OK I Lie.
Without getting all Debbie Downer on you all I'm keeping this brief. I'm going on a return visit to the collision center with my car. I have a bone to pick with them and they better let me bend their ear. Seems that my shiny new high gloss bumper (that got rear-ended a month ago) is now permanently ATTACHED to my gate latch. That would be the trunk on my SUV. Yup. Can't open it. At. all. Is Stuck.Am. Livid. Was really pissy on Friday night when I was out in the rain trying to crawl around feeling for the emergency latch to open the gate and put the stroller back in while T.D. cried and then poured milk on herself. Awesome times indeed. Add to that the fact that now the car thinks a door is open continuously and I am hating my car right now and can frequently be heard mumbling about … [Read more...]
Things I Will Never Understand- Part 67
I'm saving you from having to read all about my wacky hormones, my bad mothering skills and need for sleep today by giving you this- Part 67 or maybe 5 of Things I Will Never Understand. 1. Keds. Those white, no support offering, Keds. Ladies, if you are wearing these take them off right NOW! They are only showing your age. 2. Better yet those white canvas shoes with the elastics on the side (you know the ones that look like they could be cool Vans if only they had the black and white check patter, but they don't) that you can buy at Wal-mart and are the only shoe worse than Keds. They make you look like a grandma.3. Angel Cats. In the front yard. Why? Does it mean there is a cat buried there? I think that is against HOA rules.4. Why Ryan Seacrest has a job.5. The 'Old-Fashioned' part of … [Read more...]
Scattered and Hopped Up on Sugary Treats
Today is one of those days where I question my sanity. Where I wish I had a nanny and a personal assistant to run such mundane errands such as packing my bags, picking up things at the grocery store and doing my daily workout for me. Do they charge by the hour for things like that? It might be worth looking into.I'm scattered, my shoulders are tight and I feel like my head might explode and the sun isn't even up yet. I have no idea how I'm going to structure my day but it better have some running or high paced walking involved or any moment of zen will be impossible to find. I'm off to pack two suitcases. One for me as I'm going to Memphis baby! and one for T.D. she's going to Nana's baby! It would figure that this weekend, the first weekend I'm called away for work, H is as well. I'm … [Read more...]
Beside Myself
T.D. has gone on a whirlwind adventure to her Nana's house for a... wait for it... drum roll please... a solid week! I hardly know what to do with myself. I know the time will fly by as I've already got the following planned.Hours of reviews to conduct and write up (that includes pureeing many a vegetable and fruit and freezing it)Hours working here. I must reach Bongo the Clown. Though really? Asking for Bongo never stops being funny.One baseball game (the last at RFK..sniff, sniff if I were actually a Nats fan. Go SOX!)Some light yard work (I know the excitement doesn't end)Getting myself to a bridal shop where I will cringe as I'm measured publicly for yet another bridesmaid dress. (Don't get me wrong I love the honor I just don't love the markup or the dyed shoes.)Possibly relaxing and … [Read more...]
That’s H*t and other randomness that is so not
Crap! Am I going to get sued now? Ms. Hilton is apparently suing Hallmark for using her copyrighted, that's right you read that correctly, phrase "That's hot" on one of their greeting cards. Hm.... Can I copyright the term ShippyMcflippyShadippy then? It has no meaning but it seems like fun.In other disturbing news, H and I really have our homework cut out for us. In a recent article in Newsweek, Ken Burns (you know the documentary maker extraordinaire)stated that many high schoolers don't know who fought in WWII or about the American-Japanese internment camps that were here in this very country. Seriously? I know I'm a history geek and all but it is so disturbing to me that we are losing this information to say things like...No Child Left Behind standardized tests. We're losing what keeps … [Read more...]
Nankeen Style!
Mummy's Product Reviews has new stuff up! Check it out on Friday for Fun Finds Friday too! Beautiful bags and pillows here! Or click on the beautiful link in green to the right.As an aside thanks to all those of you who pointed out that what my Mom was saying was a compliment. I know. I just thought the whole delivery was funny. Almost a Whew! from my mother as in, "Thank God you are actually talented and not just sitting there at home fooling yourself. I'm relieved." Because until recently I never let anyone read anything I had done unless is was academic. … [Read more...]
Can We Just Not?
Fred Thompson is no Ronald Reagan. Enough. It's all I'm sayin'. I understand that it would be just so sweet for the Republican party to have someone who could galvanize them like Reagan did back in the day. But, Fred Thompson? Huh.Yes, he's an actor. Just like Ronnie. They are affiliated with the same party. Great. Yippie freakin' skippie. George F. Will wrote a piece in Newsweek a bit ago about the "phenomenon" that is Thompson. He likened him to the tulip craze that hit Holland in the 1630s. When it was over no one ever knew what it was about (thank you Ashley Wilkes) and thus good ol' Fred for the Republican party. Here's an excerpt-Republicans have scrutinized the current crop of presidential candidates and succumbed to the psychosomatic disease Reagan Deprivation. It is, however, odd … [Read more...]