Today I made stew, picked the remaining flowers, took a bunch of pictures, and decorated gourds. There are still a few random blooms in the garden and of course the herbs are still begging to be thrown into a saucepot.
I found some Nastursiums, lettuce seed, monkey grass berries, mums, and a few red Zinnias. I took a few pics with a Lalique flower "frog" and some other articles.
My stew smells good and it is cold outside so it will be welcome. I spent a few hours outside staining gourds that I wood-burned designs on. They aren't done but look neat in the state they are in so if I never get back to them I can still use them for something. What I am not sure of.
I like taking pictures but my camera has been sucking lately. Perhaps Santa will bring me a new one.
I'm done shopping and I think I covered all the basics but want to make sure I didn't forget something obvious. (I've been known to do that.)
With so much information on the Web, how do you stay organized online?
I use my bookmark bar. It is awesome at keeping track of what I like and use every day.
Barf: What the hell was that?
Lonestar: Spaceball 1.
Barf: They've gone to plaid!
Go to a Vanderbilt Basketball game of course!
So far both our men's and ladies teams are undefeated. That includes exhibition games. If our team scores more than 75 we get a free crunchy beef taco from Taco Bell. We save our tickets though so no tacos for us.
Our Lady Dores are the SEC Champions. That is a very big deal in college basketball. They have won 4 of the last 7 tournaments yet they only draw a few thousand spectators per game. The men didn't even make it into the tournament yet they get 15,000 to 20,000 people per game. We have two great teams this year and hope for a great season. Ladies season tickets are $32.00 for the entire season and the same seats for the men's team would cost me over $1,500.00 per season. I have nosebleed seats for the men and they still cost $75.00 per season. If you add in the free tacos for the ladies the seats are about a dollar per game when they win. There is no cheaper form of live entertainment so I strongly recommend supporting your local ladies NCAA team. Take the kids and cheer on the ladies. Our girls are third in attendance nationwide and that is just sad. These kids work their hearts out, miss holidays with their families and probably won't go on to become pros. All their stats are better than the men.
So Go Lady Dores!!!!! You are the best! We want a National Championship this year!
I just posted it on facebook. The chocolate did him in! I had noticed his fondness for chocolate and so left a chocolate wrapper with a little bit of the stuff left inside on the glue trap. He must have croaked while we were in Jersey. We had not heard him since we returned, so I knew he had either left or got caught. Heh... just when you thought the mouse had bested me...
I feel like a curmudgeon. These past two months have been kind of hectic, like the Universe decided to kick me in the pants and I'm trying to figure out what it is I need to get a clue about.
Lessons I Should Probably Remember:
1. It's ok to ask for help - during my whole experience with my recently paid off car, I had to ask my mom for help. I hate asking for help from anyone. Usually, I just suffer and feel like crap about my self. But this time, I asked, it felt awful but overall, I'm not beating myself up about it. Because really, that just makes me sick mentally and physically.
2. Save money, stay in town - so due to the car stuff, I'm staying home for Turkey Day. The brighter side, I'm going to hang out with Ambookgeek. Also, my friends are awesome and have invited me to Turkey Day festivities so I had those options but I'm really looking forward to a movie and Chinese food. Also, Headphonerecord and Felicious will be in town for the weekend so I will get to spend some time with them too because I miss them so much!
3. Potlucks are the bomb, but plan it for the weekend - This wednesday we had our potluck and hello, can I just tell you my friends know how to cook!!! Amazing! Amazing mac & cheese, delicious stuffed dates wrapped in bacon, yummy cornbread muffins, mashed potatoes, spicy spicy greens, the best sweet potatoes (hold the marshmallows but throw on the crumb topping), turkey, ham, cheese plate goodness! Such a fun time. We missed some people but hopefully next year, if we do it over a Friday night we can actually not feel guilty about enjoying the cocktails and staying up late.
4. Open the door and let people in - I started a hula class and am starting to hang out with my other coworkers. I tend to like to keep things together but separate. Does that make sense? I try not to have the lines of my life cross over too much but this year, I have approached things differently. So, now I'm in the hula class that is actually testing the lines I have drawn. It makes me uncomfortable but I'm also feeling a little better about things. I just have a hard time trusting people and this class, for some reason, is really pushing that wall. I don't know if it will ever come down completely but I think there's a little crack.
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From the guys at work...see it for yourself here. LOLZ!
What’s the first thing you do when you log on to your computer every day?
I go to facebook and check out who said what to me, then get into my apps, then I get down to work. I love social networking but hate it at the same time.
