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Dressin’ is cookin’… smells sooooo good! Wine is chillin’. Everything’s lookin’ good. I’m hungry. I have some cheese and crackers for pre-dindin munchies. Maybe I’ll have some.
That mankini has got to be the nastiest thing I’ve seen in a good long time. Enough to put me off bananas AND men for a very long time.
I vacuumed the entire downstairs. Note to whomever upthread was talking about housework: you dust THEN you vacuum. Otherwise, you throw the dust around onto your newly clean rugs and such. Took me years to figure that out.
In keeping with the domesticity of the day, I also made chocolate chip muffins, cleaned the kitchen and the interior of the microwave and am now doing laundry.
I also rode my bike (kinda nippy wind out there!) to the video store (and when do we start calling it the DVD store? That sounds retarded) and got 2 selections. Please promise not to laugh:
American Beauty (that’s not laugh worthy–that’s just a damned fine movie)
and
High School Musical. Ok, ok. I’ve never seen it. I just wanted to see it. I watched Hairspray the other day and it got me hankering for a totally fluff musical.
I will dust the family room and sort out things while I watch.
Ha. That’ll learn The Boy for trying to be all sneaky-like and such… turns out that the “something” he was going to buy won’t be available until the fall. Nyah.
Once I told him that there was no way in hell I’d wait until October to find out, he finally relented and spilled the beans. This is what he was going to buy me. I told him that the YouTube video was fun enough… no need to have the real deal (esp since I’m sure it will cost a small fortune).
At least I can’t accuse him of giving predictable gifts.
Rock Band and other fun to be had at a friend’s tonight, followed by taxes and other fun at the in-laws tomorrow. Care to guess which one I’m more excited about?
Safe travels, Moooooooooom. Glad the charger turned up.
Dotty, HRH is the cutest thing ever. Her expression cracks me up.
I am now craving fried chicken. Damn you all.
That is SO CUTE.
Almost as cute as HRH.
This made me laugh out loud. Heh. And yes, that thing is nasty.
I’m wondering what I feel like doing tonight. A local venue is doing a reading of Roald Dahl short stories. I might try popping in for that.
A magnet? 
I’m looking at the weird news on Yahoo in an attempt to cheer myself up. I ran across this article which, while odd, is not what I came here to talk about. I came here to talk about the titles in this article.
I bring you winners of the Odd Book Title Award! Coming first down the runway is the lovely and leggy If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start with Your Legs, this year’s winner. Next up, wearing a lovely feather skirt is I Was Tortured by the Pygmy Love Queen. (I heard the skirt caused quite a fight between it and The Joy of Chickens.) Are Women Human? looks smart in a shimmery UFO-inspired design. Theory of Lengthwise Rolling is looking a bit frazzled due to an accidental tumble down the back stairs. And here comes Lesbian Sadomasochism Safety Manual, sporting a nasty-looking cat 'o nine tails. Living with Crazy Buttocks is, of course, very demure and modest while Bombproof Your Horse teaches us that lead shielding can and will make a darling evening gown.
Now let us retire to the dining room where we will have problem-free cheese and discuss Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice.
Thanks swampy and spaz for the (un)helpful suggestions 
The scratch is bigger than the magnet…that is the problem
Ate lunch - it was a smoked turkey, cheese and mayo sammich. Yum.
Now I am eating cadbury’s mini eggs - the real ones form the UK that my Mam sent me for Easter.
I don’t play Warhammer whatsoever. It’s kind of like, say, the NCAA Sweet 16…I can’t speak it but I can understand most of it. They actually had two games/tables going last night. I can, however, occasionally be persuaded to play Rockband.
Yep…It hit the spot. They have some fritters now that are like little salted doughnuts, really good.
My dad called wanting to go to dinner somewhere tonight since my mom is out of town. He’d probably end up with a pair of double Whoppers if I don’t steer him toward something more interesting. Maybe the really good Middle Eastern fast food place near them. Fish & chips sounds good too.
A couple of the lads are stopping by after dinner tonight. I’m not really excited about staying here or staying in at all but I’ll see if i can’t convince them to go out somewhere. I’d really like to see some live music or a DJ. Or anything.
A bigger magnet? 
(ducks and runs)
Popping in to remind you about Earth Hour – 8 to 9 PM local times. I know for sure that Toronto and Chicago are both Participating Cities. I’m not saying “sit in the dark,” but try to turn out a few unnecessary lights! And (if you have kids) – explain why; that’s the most important part.
I’m at The Nephew’s house on his WiFi – I came to see the pics that **beebs ** and **mousie ** took last night - I didn’t see the links - did I miss them?
I didn’t read much but **beebs ** is not kidding about the quality of service. More when I get home tomorrow night - abd I will have pics! :}
Magnets stick to stainless steel? 
I swear I must have slept through all of my chemistry courses.
I do like the book titles. My fav is the Lesbian Sadomasochist Safety Manual, but the Nude Mice and the Are Women Human are right up there.
The rattlesnakes were a bit much…
Daughter came in all pissy. Humphed around the computer room for a bit saying things like “I really need to finish my essay for French.” and “I don’t know how to access the punctuation marks I need on this computer.” Real pissy. Finally, I said to her, “if you need me to get off my laptop so that you can use, you need to ask me directly.” She denied that and continued to harrumph. I ignored her.
Gah–how did I get surrounded by passive/aggressive people?
#1 son is down working on his documentary for his broadcasting class. I do hope it goes well for him. <crosses fingers> It’s due on Monday. <anxious Mom face; bites lip>
I tend to live in Earth Hour. I am child of the 1970s oil embargo, OPEC and all that. I grew up wearing sweaters, turning the thermostat down and turning off any unnecessary lights. I even turn off the water when I brush my teeth.
But it’d be fun to sit in the dark. Who wants to sit with me?
Why don’t you warn a person when you post something like that??? :eek:
Just got up from a very short-lived nap. I was trying to sleep but I was very hungry. So I had some of last night’s leftovers plus cheese sauce! Yum.
TVMan’s still sleeping and I think I’ll watch some online Netflix stuff until he wakes up.
ETA: I’ll sit with you, rigs.
rigs - I said it was my stainless steel look fridge.
The damn scratch is right at eye level and is pissing me off
I can’t sit in the dark with you, Rigs; I need to work this evening. But I’ll keep the overhead light off and just use the lamp that has compact fluorescents in it as a tribute to Earth Hour. The only other lights on in the house are the overhead, on a dimmer, in the living room that Papa Tigs likes to keep at about 1/4 strength so you can just see to grope around the room by the flickering light of sports on the big TV, and a small fluorescent over the sink in the kitchen. And we’ve got the furnace off and the windows open, even though it’s chilly, because the air is SO lovely and fresh today. So I think we’re doing our part, for sure.
I was a VERY bad girl this afternoon. I’ve been using a desk chair that I bought from the last law firm I worked at in New Orleans back in 2004; while I only paid them $15 for it, it was actually a very expensive chair that they’d bought with all the other furniture from another firm down the hall whose office manager turned out to have been embezzling and not paying payroll taxes for so many years that the firm went belly up overnight, owing Uncle Sam mega-millions. The chair was probably ten years old when I got it, but obviously I got my $15 worth out of it.
But my back has been bothering me more and more lately – probably because I end up sitting at this desk for so many hours, working my behind off lately – so this afternoon we went to the back shop and I got myself a really, REALLY nice new chair. That I got for just over half price because it’s the floor model, not that you’d notice. And the sales lady turns out to be from New Orleans (Harahan, to be exact) and had a thick Jefferson Parish accent, so we had quite a nice time visiting while Papa Tigs sat in the BEST massage chair EVER (if I win the lottery and come up with a spare $750? I am SO buying that chair!) and vegged happily. The sales lady told me at least three people today alone have sounded like they’re having orgasms sitting in that chair. I narrowly restrained myself from being #4.
So I’m now sitting in my WONDERFUL new comfy chair, that’s adjustable every which way from Sunday – if it’s not this chair, it’s pretty darn close – and my back is SO happy. Yay for a happy back!
And now back to work. Even though I really just want to sit here and zone out in my comfy new chair.
Aha! Now I understand. Is there some type of cleaner you can use to rub it out? sometimes you can rub a scratch out.
If not, may I recommend befriending a very young person and getting them to make some art work for you? Or perhaps you can mock up some Academy Award or Pulitzer/Nobel Prize tickets to permanently affix to your fridge?
Tigs–you can work. We’ll just talk badly about you… How is getting a badly needed work accessory a bad thing? I imagine you could probably write it off on your taxes, if you worked hard enough at it.
I need to go do some more stuff. I’m now wasting time. horrors!
MamaTigs – TMI! TMI! Though that massage chair must be awfully good.
rigs, I was unaware that turning the water off while toothbrushing was somehow unusual, or something. As far as I know, I’ve always done it. Perhaps it’s an age thing? Also a “I pay the water bill, kid, so turn it off!” thing? Og knows that helps me cut down on electricity, knowing that I have to pay for it.
Oh, it’s not BAD bad, but it’s a lot of money for something to sit on. But as for writing it off? You betcha. I’ve got that home office deduction to which I am 100% entitled, and in fact even passed an audit on once some years back, so every penny will be coming off next year. But it’s still a lot of money for a chair. Worth every penny, however, I hasten to add!
Depends on who raised you. We know you were raised right!
I just finished watching American Beauty–I need to buy the DVD. Such a good movie.
all the lights were off, except for the TV.
Between 8 and 9, I ran the dishwasher, cranked the AC down to 50, opened up all the windows and turned on all the lights. Plus, I ran the washer and dryer.
OK, I didn’t. Matter of fact I waited until nine to turn the dishwasher on and the AC is not on. Windows are open though cause it’s like 75 degrees Amurrkin outside. I am using the ceiling fan in the bedroom too. Fortunately the dang pine pollen is pretty much gone so I can open up windows.
Dindin was a success. I got rid of everybody by 8:30. Well, they all left voluntarily by then. I didn’t throw anybody out or nuttin’. I’m a polite host. 'Twas good though and there’s leftovers for lunch tomorrow so that’s good.
Hope everybody’s havin’ a good night/day/whatever!
So…where are the pictures? I, too, liked the idea of a chopstick attack.
Good chairs - and office set-up in general - make an incredible difference. Worth every penny, I think.
I fell asleep and unintentionally observed most of Earth Hour in the dark.
I’m watching/listening to a German cooking show on the interwebs. It’s making me hungry.
Can’t remember who asked for LiLi’s blog.
Longish day, but fun. Little brother and kids spent the night (did I say that already back there?); we made pizza for dinner and watched A Series of Unfortunate Events and a bit of basketball. I was going to get up early to go to some garden lectures; instead I slept it a little bit and went a little bit late. Still had lots of fun. The most original presentation was about being fit as a gardener. Here are some videos from the presentation. (The woman in the video did the presentation; she’s also a master gardener.)
Starting to get sleepy.
We need a volunteer for Monday, by the way.
Off soon to beddie-bye.
Hugs…
GT
:: preens :: Of course she was raised right!
Where is everyone tonight? I’m bored; this work is about some obscure three-way sale/buyback/whatever accounting transaction, and while it’s easy, it is not particularly interesting. I need distraction, and there’s not much more distracting than Mumpers!
ETA: I’d asked for LiLi’s blog. Thanks, gt!