Sunday, March 15, 2009

Good Things

Charlie has safely returned from his 2 week trip to Russia, SUPER YAY! He brought chocolate, so really it was a magical reunion. Hopefully I will eat some...um...now. Yes, chocolate now. Like "Equal Rights NOW", only for chocolate. Delicious, melty (but not TOO melty), delectable chocolate.

I had the best Sunday ever. I slept in, with my husband and the baby dog, it rained all day, I ate eggs and sun-dried tomato chicken sausage (mouthful) for breakfast, took a 2 hour nap with my husband, had a large mug o' Marshik Chai, watched the shuttle Discovery launch safely into orbit, ate tomato-basil soup and more sausages for dinner, and am now watching the Sunday usual shows.

Not bad, not bad at all. In fact, GOOD. Great even!

I do feel a bit ooky - under the weather, ALMOST, but really just sorta "not right".
Easy, people, I can hear what you think. We'll see how I am feeling tomorrie.

Anyhoo, glad to get this shuttle mission underway, and elated to have Fat Mar home with me. Fatness!

Monday, March 9, 2009

I Love Dancing With The Stars!

This show is UNSTOPPABLE!
I wish I could personally be on Dancing With the Stars, but for now I will settle for watching all of the hapless dancing virgins put their best foot forward.

I am sitting on my couch at home, clapping my brains out with a huge grin on my face. I love the cowboy, Jewel's husband (what's-his-name, Ty?) and he's my favorite so far because he was so out of his element and he tried SO HARD! Good on ya Rodeo King!

Next, Shawn Johnson did really well. Yes, she's a gymnast but that's not why I like her. In fact, despite my past life as a trampolinist, I am generally not inclined to like gymnasts at all in things outside of gymnastics, but she was wonderful. Well done!

L'il Kim's face and body (holy booty!) look messed up, enough said. What ever happened to the "China Doll" days (anyone? hello?). Maybe it was because it was during the pre-prison years...but I digress. Her dance was fine. Enh.

Steve Wozniak had the greatest attitude about his dancing, which I commend him for. He did, however, bore his partner to tears with his nerdiness during their training. He wanted to "represent" the nerds, but I think they (the nerds) would appreciate it if he never did that again. Ever. Sorry Steve.

Maksim Chmerkovskiy is HOT, holy crap. Denise Richards is a crybaby. C'mon girl, grow some chops.

I also think it's funny that my other favorite dancing show, So You Think You Can Dance, is the farm team for the next generation of professionals on DWtS. Hey, when you've got it, you've got it!

That's all I can remember. More than you wanted to know, but there it is.

First to go in my opinion? The chick from the Go-Gos (We've Got the Beat, running around our bunk beds, Faith!), Belinda Carlisle - snoozefest and ZERO confidence!

If you're ever interested:
http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancingwiththestars/index?pn=index

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Two Blog Entries, Two Days

This must be some kind of record!
Today I even made a complete sentence here, so consider yourselves in awe of my mastery of the written word. I have had a good and productive weekend. PLUS, no homework for class (just studying for the midterm on Thursday) so I'm pumped. PUMPED I tell you!

Let's see...Saturday I watched 3 hrs of class, then finished two baby blankets that I have been working on for eons and truth be told I am pleased with the outcome (pix to come later). I went with Beth to "The LJ" (Lake Jackson, her hometown) yesterday afternoon to have lunch at Appleways and visit her mom at the local Quilt Show/Fair...which put my own blanket "handiwork" to shame. I'm a sham! Anyway, there were some awesome quilts there - those ladies go absolutely nuts with that stuff - and I also got to see Beth's mom Linda (she's ADORABLE!) show off some of her craftsmanship with stained glass. I am so impressed, that I am seriously thinking of commissioning a piece from her. Stay tuned for all that!

Once I got home from LJ, I played with the doggz and then watched The Red Violin, a movie gift from a friend. If you haven't seen it, you should really watch it (or "Netflix it" as my Mom says). It was a great movie!! Then it was nite nite time and I slept like a rock.

This morning I woke up at 7:30am and was raring to go for a busy day. Then I realized I lost an hour (when I hopped in my car) and was pissed. Oh well, by 9:00am (true time) I was on my way to grocery shopping. I took my sweet ol' time shopping and 1:30 hr later I was done. I saved $17 in coupons, which made me really happy since I don't usually buy items that they give coupons out for (read: organic, produce, "healthier" fare). Yay me! After shopping I went to the garden center, picked out some flowers & potting soil & then planted them. This is a big feat for me, so let's hope they don't die within the week - I. Must. Water. Them. ...ugh!

"I can do it. I can do it. I can do it."

I made a Panzanella salad (from Ina Garten's Parties book) with my fresh veggies and even made a chocolate cake (from the box, ew, but necessary). I am going to attempt to make cake balls this evening, I'll let you know how that goes. THEN, I let the dogs run thru the sprinklers, which they loved, pushed a baby snake (probably poisonous) off of my patio after Sammie barked at it for like minutes straight, composted all of my kitchen goods, vacuumed the first floor and picked up some crud around the house.

Next up, finishing cake balls (if I can), debating on whether I should shower or not (likely not) and watching Mama's shows tonight. I plan on throwing in some Midterm studying along the way here somehow and even eating dinner.

Wow, long entry. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaanyhoodle-doodle (thanks Mom for the fancy words), that's all I've got.

Maybe not: One last thing, I finished the Twilight Series of books this weekend (thanks Jen!) and am all vampired up! I need something else to read now, what could it be??

Saturday, March 7, 2009

What. Is. Up.

Quick update:
Charlie Russia.
Jaime Home, Jaime Lonely.
Dogs Alive.
Kirby Grouchy, Sammie Bitey.
Weather Warmy, Jaime Sweaty.
Work Busy, Shuttle Launchy.
Jaime Hungry, Jaime End-y.