We came home from our Starbucks run and I kicked off my boots, only to kick off one sock at the same time.
I sighed and said…
My sock came off
My foot is cold
I have a bird
I like to hold
TW giggled and so did I.
Dr Suess runs through my head at the weirdest times. That happens to you, too, right?
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I did not get any sleep last night. Well, I got some but not enough. Let’s not talk about that anymore, though. It makes me grouchy and I’m trying to overcome grouchy because it’s been a pretty darn good day.
TW and I went to the grand opening of Mariano’s today. Crazy. A grocery store grand opening? Me? Really? Yes, really. And it was fun. We spent too much money on interesting (and also yummy) things. We’ll try harder the next time, to stick to my normally thrifty only what’s on the list AND on sale sort of ways. DOUBLE freaking COUPONS on Wednesdays? How awesome IS THAT? Totally awesome. Can’t wait.
In other good news, Michelle belle sorted out an insurance problem AND she finally managed to find a dentist and get an appointment. That’s been a pain for her so I’m glad things are moving along the right path, finally. Also, thank God for insurance.
More good news — TW’s check came, right about the time I’d decided it was going to be a month late and we would be back to scrounging pennies (OK not really, just pulling money from savings) while we waited for it to arrive.
Also good, a present I ordered for her finally arrived or I think that’s what is waiting for us at the post office. We’ll find out for sure tomorrow. I hope it’s cool. I hope she likes it.
There are books I’ve been waiting ages for at the library waiting for us to pick them up and I’m excited about that. Flavia freaking de Luce, y’all!
And, JMP was busy talking to Grandmaaaaaa today. If I wasn’t already in a fairly good (though tired) mood, that would sure to cheer me right up.
I would, however, like to just call it a day right now and go to sleep for a very long darn time. So. Tired.
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It’s Girl Scout Cookie Time and I made sure to have some cash in my pocket today when we ran errands — sure enough, the girls were outside of the Starbucks, which is right next to the Robeks we usually stop at after a trip to the Navy base.
While we waited for our Robeks, I asked TW what kind of cookies she wanted. She said, “I dunno, who is the baker?”
Duh, either Little Brownie Baker or ABC, how the hell did I know? I could have walked out there and looked at the boxes and then come back and asked her again which kinds she wanted but whatever. I’ve never tasted a difference between the two, I think TW is just weird.
She’s also annoying and did not want Samoas (Little Brownie Baker FTW!) so I only bought one box of those to send to Sassymonkey and the Fake Husband. She’s also annoying because she likes Thin Mints — I do not. Thankfully she does like Trefoils and Tagalongs — so I bought those and was happy enough.
This led Elly to be completely 100% annoyed. We bought Trefoils for godsakes and NO SAMOAS? What is WRONG WITH US?
I blamed her mother, rightfully so — there are some things I’ll take the blame for but not buying Samoas, nope. That’s all on TW. (But next year I’ll remember and buy a box of them for Elly and we will make sure TW doesn’t touch them.)
Now I’m off to eat a Trefoil. Or 12.
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Our Dominicks’ grocery stores closed at the end of the year and since then grocery shopping has been a little… off.. around here. To make it better, we’ve gone to Tony’s Finer Foods a couple of times — which is nice, but we’re spending a lot more money than we used to spend.
I’ve been anxiously awaiting the opening of the Mariano’s in Northfield and the Heinen’s in Glenview because surely those stores will help me get back into a good grocery shopping routine. Hopefully.
The Mariano’s is opening on February 25th. We got a nice flyer with a coupon for free coffee and my first thought was… “Maybe I should take the day off and we can go to the grand opening!”
Which is weird, isn’t it. Much weirder than the people who stood in line for hours to get into a Trader Joe’s in Boulder last week (or was that just a couple of days ago.)
I’ve stood in line for weirder things — a four hour line for Burger King is the weirdest thing but this would definitely be weirder than that. Much weirder. Still, I’m tempted…
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How come there are some days when I just can’t get anything done and then there are other days when I get EVERYTHING done? What is the secret to having more days like today and fewer days like, all the other days when I don’t manage to get anything (except work) done at all.
Oh. It’s that whole work thing, isn’t it? Darn. I need more weekends and fewer weekdays or something.
I’m kind of psyched for the holiday tomorrow and hoping for another day when I get EVERYTHING on my to do list — DONE. Even if most of what’s on my to do list is to clean the damn house. Lofty goal, I know — with three dogs and three prairie dogs and TW’s quilt-in-progress, it won’t be easy but dammit — I’m gonna do it.
And, I’m going to finish two books tomorrow and I’m going to work on JMP’s stocking for at least an hour. I’m also not going to WORK at all. Not one bit. None. Nada. Zip.
See — lofty goals for President’s Day. Pray for me.
That’s how my day went.
From violating Facebook’s terms of service (which I didn’t do) to an early Valentine’s Day dinner at Circa ’57 with TW. It was one of those days of bumping up and down, highs and lows. And, it was exhausting. Freaking exhausting.
I’m going to end my day by sending Sassymonkey a long “while you were out” email. She loves me (but not as much as I’m going to love having her back home and hard at work where she belongs.)
Maybe I’ll even have time to write some real blog posts about the ups and downs that happened today. Maybe.
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I fell asleep last night before I posted my photo challenge photo. Which is extra dumb because I already knew what I was going to take a photo of — I just needed to take 30 seconds and do it.
But. I wasn’t feeling well. And, my back hurt. And I was really tired. And also trying to figure out whether I’d be able to wake up extra early and drive into the city to meet Elisa and Melisa for breakfast (which I ended up not doing because see above…)
I hate it when I screw up a daily challenge because I just didn’t take the 30 seconds it would take to DO IT. That’s just silly lazy bullshit. Even if I’m tired or behind on work because of a 3 hour conference call or my back hurts or… really, there’s not much of a reason to miss doing something that takes 30 seconds.
Must. Stop. Procrastinating. All. The. Things. Especially. The. Little. Things.
TW said the dogs wanted out, so I took them. Turns out they didn’t really want out. I stood at the back door, in the sunshine, playing WWF, scrolling through Instagram, catching up on Facebook thinking “Man, it’s really warm out. Maybe we should go for a walk” while the dogs stood at the cold room door waiting to go in.
I looked at the weather on my iPHone — 19F, feels like 9F. In what world is that warm? NOT MINE so why was I thinking we should go for a damn walk?
I came inside to find an apple pie and a box of croissants sitting on the washing machine and wondered what RJ was baking (the pie and croissants had been in the oven) — turns out it’s not RJ, the baker, at all. It’s Elly. Preparing to make biscuits AND a chocolate cake.
In what world is Elly the baker? And, in what world do we need biscuits and a chocolate cake when we have an apple pie and croissants?
The world is stupid today.
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Well… mixed bag. That pretty much sums up what happened in January with my efforts to use my Filofaxes to get (stay) organized, to journal every day, and to get back to art journaling. That sounds worse than it is. It really just means the month didn’t go quite as I’d hoped, but months rarely do. I did a great job with some things and a horrid job with others.
I made it through the 365 List journaling thingy for January. I blogged every day on this blog. I blogged several times on BlogHer. And, at Blicks several months ago, I bought a little five year journal called “Every Day” and I did journal in it every day in January. I’m super proud of that.
I did use both of my Filofaxes every day in January and rather than 10 big things to do in a month, I ended up with 20 and I crossed out 16 of them. That’s pretty darn good for me. I’m not in love with some of the pages in my Filofaxes, but I expected that. It’s hard to know which layouts are going to work for you until you start using them — so some of these aren’t working but I’m not rushing out to order/print something new. I am going to make a few changes in February, using some of the papers that I have and see how that goes. Then in March, I might try printing another type of layout that I think might work better for me and give that a try. WIP, that’s what this is and I’m ok with that.
For the first time, ever (I THINK?), I completed a photo a day challenge. I’m pretty damn pleased with myself for doing it and not skipping the days that were rough (due to work or tough prompts) and I’m looking forward to trying another one this month.
I’m not doing much art journaling (in or out of my Filofax) at all. Yes I’m adding stickers or washi to my filofax but that’s about it. I am, however, doing a good job of working on JMP’s Christmas stocking so I’m calling that a good trade off — for now. I am hoping to give myself more creative time in February though as I type that I laughed out loud. Sassymonkey’s going on vacation so that means I’ll work more, not less, lol. See — this is why months rarely go as I plan them in my head. That’s ok — it’s all good. Really.
All in all — mixed bag, but I’m happy with the month. Onward to February!
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I kind of hate my mail carrier. But then I feel badly about that because it’s colder than cold out there and it’s got to be a horrible experience to drive around and deliver the mail.
Then again, our mail carrier(s) (because I’m sure we’ve had several since moving) suck a whole lot even when the weather isn’t bad, so I stop feeling badly for hating them.
They leave “We missed you so you have to pick up your package at the post office” notices all of the time, though they didn’t actually get out of their little mail truck to see if we were home. Because we absolutely were home and the dogs would have told us if someone knocked at the damn door.
They bring us more mail for other people than mail actually addressed to us. Which makes me wonder how much of our mail is ending up at other people’s houses… no, I’m not going to wonder about that. I’m going to pretend that’s not happening.
When I’ve caught the mail carrier to say “THIS IS NOT OURS” he’s said, well it must be miss-addressed and then I point out, no it’s not. It’s for the people on Melise Dr (across the street from us), he grumbles under his breath like it is MY FAULT that I’m not the person who the mail was addressed to.
They’ve folded up large photo envelopes and stuff them into the mail box.
They’ve wadded up mail to try and get MORE mail to fit into the mailbox.
Today, TW went to the street and found Michelle’s college diploma not IN the mailbox but stuck between the box and the mail flag. Just out there. In the open. In the GOD BLESSED WIND and freezing yukkiness. What would have led the mail carrier to think this was an appropriate delivery of mail? In this particular case, if he didn’t want to get out of the car in -20F, then fine — LEAVE ME A NOTICE and let me go pick it up, for godsakes. You’ve done it a million other times, for no good weather reason…
This kind of thing is why the USPS is in trouble. Why would I want to send ANYTHING via US mail and risk it being treated that way? I think my goal for 2014 should be to see if I can NEVER mail anything via US MAIL again. Ever.
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