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Mighty Goods is a shopping weblog that I ran across a few months ago. I love checking in to see what cool stuff I absolutely do not need but once lay my eyes upon really want to have.
Filed under Random thoughts | Comment (0)When I’m and old lady I shall wear purple
I was lucky enough to get a bike ride in on this glorious day. I was coming to the end of my 15 mile loop when I pedaled up behind this woman who had to be in her seventies and was moving at a pretty serious clip. Since the path was narrowing and we were coming to a very busy intersection I decided to stay behind her.
At this particular intersection there is a stop sign on the bike path for the bikers and a sign under the stop sign that clearly states that this is not a cross walk and that the cars on the street have the right of way.
Well, the sweet little old lady with maroon dyed hair that was up in a bun and her cute old lady skin wrinkling out from the bottom of her black spandex bike shorts and maroon sports bra must not have read the sign because she just starts screaming out at all the cars passing by at 45 miles an hour “YOU FUCKING CAR PIGS…DAMN IDIOTS!!!”
All I knew at that moment was that this bike ride was not helping her release her inner rage.
Filed under Random thoughts | Comment (0)Dream sequence
Have you ever had a dream that sticks with you even after you have woken up?
On Thursday morning my alarm went off and when I woke up I thought I was still living it. It felt so real and so vivid that it took me a couple minutes to realize it wasn’t reality and then it clung to me for the rest of the day.
In my dream…
My mother and I were standing in a doctor’s office examining room. The doctor and an assistant where standing on one side of the examining table and my mother and I (dressed in an examining gown) where on the other side.
Almost everything in the room, but the print on my examining gown, was white.
The doctor had my file and two petri dishes in front of her. She set down my file, looked at us and said. “I have done your blood and urine work, you have pancreatic caner and you have very little time to live.”
The next thing I am doing is calling my friends and telling them I’m going to die.
That is when the alarm went off.
Filed under Random thoughts | Comment (0)2 ½ months of suck
The following was written on June 1st but not published.
Our TiVo died.
Did you hear me? Our TiVo fucking died.
I’m not much of a TV watcher. In fact I don’t even like TV that much. But the few shows I do like, I want them when I WANT THEM, not when they are actually scheduled to come on. My life doesn’t seem to work that way. Not to mention the life of my kids.
You see, they see 1 hour of TV a day and it is at night while I am making dinner. There is nothing on at night for children on the BASIC CABLE PLAN at 6:00 pm at night. They could watch nightly news or landscape painting or the Golden Valley City Hall meeting. None of which seem to hold their attention too long.
So, what does that mean? Well, we have several options. However, all of the options seem to cost a lot of money, month after month after month which is not desirable at this time. The last, cheapest and most ugly option is that of having no TiVo at all.
This is truly a conundrum. My first thought is no TV for the summer. My second thought is, where can I buy the drugs to keep me sane for that hour that my children where slack jawed and sucked into the tube for 1 hour? My third thought is, maybe I’m giving too much credence to the television and not enough confidence in my children.
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2 ½ months later….I still miss TiVo.
No TiVo has increased the kids TV viewing slightly. Now they get to watch TV in the morning when we are assured there are kid’s shows and then they get to watch a movie at night if things get too out of hand or my drug supply hasn’t made it in yet.
I have also lost several good hours of my life by watching meaningless shows and commercials that I don’t care about. And after seeing a few ads for the new Thursday night fall line-up we sucked it up and ordered ourselves a new TiVo.
THANK GOD! Thank you Adam. I can’t wait for this season of Grey’s Anatomy and I won’t EVER miss it due to a scheduling conflict.
I LOVE YOU TiVo and I know your going to love your new home.
Filed under Random thoughts | Comment (0)My top sporty summer favorites
1. The perfect running skirt. This little ditty is so comfortable. It has coverage were you need it, technical fabric to keep you cool and dry and it’s a trip to wear.
2. BODYGLIDE. If you decide you still want to wear running shorts instead of a skirt or you have a chafing problem like my friend Erik you will want to wipe on some BODYGLIDE and your skin will be set free.
3. Yankz. You will never have to tie your shoes again. I can’t say enough about these. Once you try them, you will NEVER go back to laces.
4. Headsweats hat. This hat will not only keep your head cool in the summer months, but it keeps the sweat from dripping into your eyes and you can even throw it into the washing machine.
Filed under Random thoughts | Comment (0)You just do…
My friend Ellen sent me this link last night.
Jody’s words are an amazing reminder to me, after my last post, that you never know what is around the corner. And that you just have to savor life, live it, take it all in with all its craziness and enjoy those you love.
Because you really never know…
Filed under Random thoughts | Comment (0)Thirty-six
Yes, today is Flag Day and my birthday, my special day.
The day in which my mother at 8:05am pushed me out into the cruel hard world, put a pink ribbon in her hair and waited four hours for my brother and dad to show-up.
You see, they went to breakfast. My dad figured it took so long to get my cone headed brother out of the birth canal that it would take equally as long for me.
Nope. I shot straight out, fast as lightning ready to raise my flag and haven’t looked back since.
Cheers, to 36!
Filed under Random thoughts | Comment (0)Welcome JUNE
June 1st. Thursday, June 1st. Do you know what June 1st represents?
June 1st is the first day in which I am open to receiving birthday love, greetings, adoration, gifts big and small, or any other token of affection.
So let the flood gates open. Don’t worry…even if you miss Flag Day you have until the end of June.
Filed under Random thoughts | Comment (0)Luscious lips
I have found a new favorite beatification product for summer 06. This lip gloss not only makes your lips moist and luxurious but it has SPF 20 to protect them, slight color to enhance them and a cooling agent that makes them tingle.
Who wouldn’t want that?
Filed under Random thoughts | Comment (0)Wondering…
How many crusts of unfinished sandwich does it take to make a whole sandwich?
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