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Daily Dose
Cake Boss
We don’t watch very much TV… Survivor and Extreme Couponing and that’s it. The only time we ever watch anything else is when we travel and then we watch TLC. Since I’m sort of traveling, and it’s very quiet here, I figured a little TLC was in order.
I watched a little bit of Say Yes to the Dress, a couple of days ago.
Last night was some weird show about murders that I didn’t really enjoy but didn’t turn off either.
Today – it’s been Cake Boss.
I have a love/hate thing with Cake Boss. I like families that snark at each other. I understand those people but sometimes Buddy’s family can make me tired with all of the yelling.
Right now, I’m watching an episode where Buddy has to make a cake so large that it will have to be assembled AT Penn Station. Fascinating. And very very cool. Look at it: Train Day Cake
Petsitting
Who knew petsitting was full of so many rules? Not me, that’s for sure.
When I arrived at my mother’s house at around 1am, she presented me with two typed pages of rules. OK not rules but information about how to best take care of her dog and her cat and her fish (which she had neglected to mention when she roped me into this.) Oddly enough, no mention of the plants which was what was freaking me out the most. I guess my mother realized the plants were not going to be any better off with me than they would be without me. I don’t do plants very well. I forget them. Just like I keep forgetting the fish. (I have not, however, been responsible for the blinding of any fish – yet. So that should make my stupid brother happy.)
Along with the animal sitting, I was informed that trees would be cut down while I was here. And a nice Hispanic man would come mow the lawn – if I answered the door. Oy. I hope I hear the doorbell ring. I’m not good with doorbells either.
I’ve also been sent to the post office to mail a package for my mother. And I did remember to mail the letter she asked me to mail.
So far… so good.
Nobody has died – not even when I fed Duncan her dinner 90 minutes late. Not even when Miss Priss and Duncan tagged teamed me at 6:30am to GET UP. Not even when I made my coffee before I went through the quite elaborate process of feeding the dog and cat (and forgetting to feed the fish.) Miss Priss even ate all of her food though I’m sure I did not stir it properly. Miss Priss might even be beginning to get used to me. Maybe.
Oh, it’s getting dark. I should get dressed and take Duncan for her walk. It’s in the rules.
Leavin’ on a Jet Plane
All packed up and ready to go.
If you were going to Charlotte for ten days, what would you do (Besides take advantage of double coupon opportunities… what? You would coupon, wouldn’t you?)
I’m pretty sure there’s a Waffle House breakfast on my schedule at least once. I’m thinking about Stinky Cat because I’ve always wanted to go there and never have. What else should I do?
(And why isn’t Melissa there THIS week instead of last week? Why, why, WHY?)
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WTF Wednesday
Three days left of Nablopomo September and I’ve got nothing to say except…. Yea. I’ve got nothing to say.
Weird how that works, isn’t it?
I thought about trying to pull something out of my ass that’s related to the actual theme of Nablo this month but I’m not good with “return” – I’m a look forward kind of person and returning anywhere (except back to the south where I belong) makes me queasy. I guess I could pretend to care about returning to something but I don’t really like to pretend to be something that I’m not or care about things that I don’t care about. I see enough of those people every day and they, too, make me queasy.
I thought about reviving a saved draft of one post or another that I’ve started but never finished over the years but a lot of those are WTF kind of posts and if I couldn’t finish them back then, I certainly can’t finish the damn things now.
I thought about doing Wordless Wednesday because that could be fun but my cameras are mocking me and would just cause me more WTF kind of moments.
I could do a Stupid Question post because that was a lot of fun on Facebook today (on the BlogHer Facebook page) but that would be silly since, you know, I already did that.
I considered writing a post brought to you by the number 5 but in my head it turned into more WTF kind of crud and I scrapped that idea quickly.
I could write a post about Chris, who is moving. Or Michelle who insists she is my favorite because I’ve blogged about her the most (she must have forgotten that I was paid to blog about her… hah.) I considered a post about Jenn but it’s not quite the right time for THAT.
So here I am, three days left and all I can do is spit out WTF and ramble about not having a damn thing to say.
Meep!
Cooperboom!
WTF?
I Am The Good Daughter
I’m about to get up and go pack. You’re surprised, I know. I just got back, after all. Alas… I’m heading to Charlotte. To dog sit. And cat sit. And plant sit. For ten days. My birthday is included in one of those 10 days.
I’ll be at my mother’s house.
In Charlotte.
With a dog. A Cat. Some plants.
And that’s it.
TW is sure this is some story I’ve made up and I’m really heading off to … I don’t even know what she might think I’m going to do. Lord knows I don’t have the energy to get into any trouble. And, getting into trouble only leads to more trouble and I’ve got enough to deal with right now, thanks.
So yea. Me and the dog and the cat. And the plants, can’t forget those. Actually, I can and probably will because I’m bad with plants. Someone had better remind me. And maybe tell me exactly what I’m supposed to do with plants.
My mother sent me an instructional video for taking care of the cat, in the morning.
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Maybe I Should Say Goodbye to Lists?
I didn’t make a list today and look at all of the things I did. Well no, don’t look – I’m not going to write them all out, that would kind of defeat the purpose of not having a list wouldn’t it?
Then again, there were far fewer things to deal and deal and deal and deal with.
So maybe it wasn’t the lack of lists, maybe it was just the lack of … well… you know.
So what about that Facebook? Zuckerberg is brilliant, isn’t he? Evil brilliant but I can’t fault him for that. Makes Google+ seem even more boring than it already is. (Y’all hate me for saying that, don’t you?)
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To Dos Undone
I started the day with a beautiful To Do List and I was sure I was going to be able to knock out 90% . Hah. The list… so totally not done.
1) Facebook x10 -> I did this one… barely.
2) Two morning reports -> Done.
3) Take a deeper dive into the analytics -> Totally NOT done.
4) Figure out what’s going on with the two missing projects -> I did send an email, after business hours – so that’s at least something.
5) Blog x2 -> hahaha. Not even close.
6) Talk to Diane about Hootsuite. -> hahahaha. No.
7) Submit a template request -> Done. YAY.
8) Go through the “tickets” and figure out what’s outstanding -> Not done. Sigh.
9) Buzz Kathy about an old TO DO that I can’t do for awhile. -> Nope.
10) Create some new lists to track some new stuff. -> Oy. No.
11) Program Health. -> Oops. I started, didn’t finish – now I’m screwed for the morning. Oops. Darn.
12) Think about games. -> I opened a link… and promptly closed the link.
13) Go to Meijer for free Pasta -> DONE.
14) Fold a load of laundry -> Nope.
15) Submit my expenses -> Nope.
16) Reserve some more books for my trip to Charlotte -> Sigh. I’m gonna be bookless. Good thing my mother has books – even if they aren’t on my challenge lists.
So… a pretty big fail. What wasn’t on my list…
1) Submitting new tickets.
2) Answering 50 emails that I didn’t expect to need to answer.
3) Spending far more time in Hootsuite than I normally do.
4) Scanning a pages from a physics text book.
5) Dealing… I did a lot of dealing today.
I think tomorrow I’m starting without a list.
All Airlines Should be Virgin
I’ve been grumbling (mostly) to myself for ages about Virgin America not flying out of ORD. All of my peoples (see yesterday’s post) got to fly Virgin while I was stuck with United. Or worse – Delta.
Finally, Virgin comes to ORD and Lisa Freaking Stone calls me to Belmont. Yay and Yay! Even more YAY is the fact that the cheapest flight option was Virgin with arrival/departure times that worked in both directions.
And… it’s been the most pleasant flight experience I’ve had in years and years and years.
I’m going to be very sad to fly United at the end of the month. Sigh.
All airlines should be Virgin.
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BlogHer Belmont – My Peoples!
As much as I like to be at home, in my own office, in my own bed, with my own family… I do love coming to BlogHer Belmont because these are my people. They just are.
A fun dinner with Lisa, Elisa, Julie, Lynn, Stacy & Rita after a productive day – lots of hugs – and some geeky talk with Liz.
It’s good to see my peoples.
I’ll miss them when I head home tomorrow.
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