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Alllll by myselllllf

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Typical. All the men in my life have left me. My boss and my husband. Well, to be honest, they will both be back on Wednesday, but right now I am feeling particularly abandoned. Do you hear me, guys? ABANDONED!! Poor, poor pittiful me.

While most women would relish the fact that they are “single” for a little while, its quite sad for me. I really enjoy the company of my husband. And he is quite handy when it comes right down to it. So this means that for the next two days I will have to do all the heavy lifting, drag the nasty garbage cans to the curb (not to mention taking them back inside), get up at the ass-crack of dawn to feed my dogs, rely on my own strength to open stuck jars, be the sole puppy-feet-wiper-offer, and have to practice self-control when it comes to diet. Urgh. Oh and God forbid a light bulb go out again while he is gone and I have to scale a ladder to reach the top of our 10-foot vaulted ceiling. (I am so afraid of heights and my dogs were terrified as I squeaked and squealed the entire time) And that is just the stuff I will have to do.

There are many things, mostly those involving technology, that I can’t even think about while Sim is gone. So don’t expect to see any new photos this week. Sorry. I know how to get them off my computer, sort them, import them, etc. but there is some “magic” that Sim does between what I do and when they show up in my gallery admin that even I have never seen him do. I think he keeps it secret so he knows I have to rely his help. Damn him for having such power over me!! All I know is I need my husband. *Sigh*

In the 58 hours (yes I counted, so what?) until Sim gets home, when I am not at work I will most likely be found curled under 10 blankets, dressed head to toe in flannel (hey, I get cold when he is gone…not to mention the weather here has turned very winteresque lately) eating ice cream directly from the carton (don’t even get me started on being cold and eating ice cream, it helps, ok?). Well, I will at least make a few trips to the gym to keep the guilt for my diet breaking at bay.

But I do find comfort in the technology that allows me to track Sim’s flights, and even though the fact that he is 35,000 feet above the ground and traveling at 592 mph should scare the living crap outta me, I know he will have a fabulous trip.

Have a great time in Boston, pie. You geek it up! I love you.

Highlights and lowlights

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Here are some of the highlights (and lowlights) of the weekend thus far:

  • Sunburning my cleavage
  • Being the first people in the theater when we went to see Star Wars 3
  • Simeon buying me Snood for my Game Boy SP
  • Getting to play Snood while waiting for the movie to start
  • Finally finishing all the Harry Potter books on CD
  • Putting flowers on my Mother-In-Law’s grave
  • Running into my family in downtown Seaside
  • Having Hayden announce over lunch that he “saw grammpa naked”
  • Getting to walk barefoot on the warm sand
  • Watching Jeni AND Emily AND Hayden all want to throw up after riding the Tilt-A-Whirl
  • Seeing my Brother-In-Law, Jesse, singing and playing the guitar for songs HE WROTE HIMSELF in front of an audience
  • Arriving home from Seaside in the middle of the night
  • Getting to sleep in past 7am
  • Jumping out of the way as our TV fell out of the armoire and nearly crushed me
  • Simeon saving Frodo from tumbling to the ground along with the screen of our second-story bedroom window as Frodo pushed against it, trying to get away as I cleaned his ears
  • Cuddling with my pups

And now I am off to go clean my entire house, weed the garden, paint the porch and do the laundry. Whew. I am tired just thinking about it. Oh yeah and picture from the weekend to follow. I promise.

Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans

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During lunch a few of us ladies were chatting in the lunchroom and the topic turned to Harry Potter’s Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans. As it turns out one of the girls had just picked up a box with some of the new flavors (spaghetti, earthworm, etc.) and we were discussing how something can be both gross and good at the same time. Then one of the girls said she had never even heard of Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans (I know! What rock has she been under??). So we said she totally needed to try one. We randomly dumped one bean out of the box for her to try. It was so fun to watch her trying to guess the flavor as we giggled with glee. Needless to say she got sardine! Once she finally managed to swallow all of it the room was instantly filled excitement:

“Do it again!”

“Ooooh! Try another one!”

“One more! Come on! One more!”

Ahhh its the little things that really help me make it through the day. That and knowing I am not the only one with a Harry Potter obsession. Heh.

Queen of Procrastination

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Ok, I am just gonna lay it all out on the table.

I am a total slacker today.

I just cannot get myself to do, well, anything. It may be the fact that I just read about Carole’s daily routine, or that there is a project sitting in my inbox that I really do not want to do, but I just keep getting distracted. I just keep telling myself, “Ok I’ll read one more blog and then I will do it” or, “Let me just check my email first” and now I just looked over at the clock, realized it was after 11am and I thought, “Hmmmmm. I haven’t blogged in awhile. I should go do that.” So here I am. Procrastinating.

It’s weird, because it’s usually not at all like me. Nothing sits in my inbox any longer than necessary. I just like to get things done. I am normally the Queen of Efficiency. If something takes too long, or isn’t working quite right, I redesign it, tweak it, if you will, until its just right. But not today. Today I am the Queen of Procrastination.

And you know what? I think I kinda like it!!

Something is in the water

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On Sunday Heather threw a lovely baby shower for Chloe and Patrick. It was great to get to see their merged families together, as well as many old friends, to celebrate the little one Chloe and Patrick are expecting in July.

In true baby shower form, there were silly games, great food, and entertaining interjections by the older generations. In between, “Well I say! We didn’t have any of these fancy things when we had kids!” and “Oh my! What will they think of next.” I actually learned a thing or two. Did you know that when using cloth diapers if you run the diaper pin through your hair it will glide through the diaper better? Yeah. I didn’t know that either!

It was great to get to see everyone, but I must admit it feels a little weird knowing you are one of the few married women in the room that is not pregnant or the mother of an adorable toddler.

All I can say is I tried to avoid drinking the water! After all, I do have my schedule to maintain. 😉

If you want to see the rest of the shower pictures, you can go to Chloe’s Baby Shower in the photo gallery.

The Mother of To Do Lists

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I was reading over at Joelle’s today and she mentioned the AFI’s 100 Greatest Movies. I thought I would take a peak and see how “cultured” I am when it comes to movies. I have crossed out those I have already seen and will make it my personal goal to watch the rest (Honey, I hope you are ready for this!):

1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)

2. CASABLANCA (1942)

3. THE GODFATHER (1972)

4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)

5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)

6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)

7. THE GRADUATE (1967)

8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)

9. SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993)

10. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)

Highlights

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These have been the highlights of my day thus far:

1. Getting to chat with Heather first thing in the morning. I love it when she doesn’t ignore me when she is online. 😉

2. Enjoying a lovely morning snack of Babybel.

3. Getting my grocery shopping done on my lunch break and re-discovering the sugar-free candies that are allowed during the Induction phase of the South Beach Diet.

4. Meeting Erin in the hallway to “swap” candies. (I bought peanut butter cups and she got mint patties, so she gave me one of hers and I gave her one of mine.) It was SO 3rd grade.

5. Enjoying a lovely afternoon snack of Laughing Cow and celery.

6. Emailing back and forth with the adorable, and oh so loveable, Carole.

7. Looking back at how all most of my highlights relate to food. *sigh* Such is life on the South Beach.

Better late than never.

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I know it has been a couple weeks since Heather and Lindsay came to visit, but I totally forgot that all these pictures were on my camera. So better late than never, eh? Enjoy the perfection that is Lindsay:

Lindsay in a lovely “necklace” that Heather made for her.

*Sigh*

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How is it only 2:42pm? I ask you that!

This day has been draggin’ ass and I can’t seem to get it to pick up the pace. All I know is there is something in the air that has made everyone, um, different and I don’t know why. Is there a full moon? Are the tides high (or low)? Am I emitting negative pheromones? *sigh* I may never know….