Good gravy, I have a lot to talk about. The extremely abbreviated version is that it was a very, very nice Christmas. I am extremely spoiled, and I have many reasons to be thankful.

And now we plunge into the detailed version.

Friday, December 19th: Oh, the weather outside was frightful. Thursday night, central Iowa was hit with a combination of ( Read more... )

Jeff and Kathy are supposed to be coming over tomorrow night to watch the results of the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses.  What does that mean?  Why, snow is coming, of course!  Is there a target painted on the back of my head?  *grumbles*

In other news, I'm headed to the doctor's office tomorrow morning.  After slipping in my apartment parking ( Read more... )

• It is so cold outside this morning (-11 F, -34 C), that I reeeeeeaaaaally don't want to go anywhere.  If it wouldn't be so irresponsible, I think I'd call in sick to work today.  Apparently this is the coldest it's been in the Des Moines area since the year 2000 - meaning it's the coldest it's been since I've lived here.  I have food.  I have ( Read more... )

Thursday:
Jeff and I went to see Enchanted on Thursday night.  It was sweet, romantic, funny, tongue-in-cheek, and absolutely worth the price of admission (says the girl that didn’t pay).

It was much more humorous than I expected, and bless the trailer makers who didn’t feel compelled to show all the best parts in the previews.  Amy Adams was ( Read more... )

Oprah said what?

I dreamt last night that Oprah Winfrey does not approve of my hair or my bra.  That’s right, in my dream the queen of television told me that my hair color was drab, my bra wasn't providing proper support, and I really ought to do something about it.    What does this tell me?  My subconscious thinks I need some new bras, should ( Read more... )

Apparently I’m throwing my lot in with a number of very smart people.  I frakking hate August!  I’m tired of this ridiculous humidity and heat.  I’m tired of feeling like I need to towel off the second I set foot outside my door.  I’m tired of hearing my air conditioner pumping out blessedly cool air almost every minute of the day.  I’m tired of my ( Read more... )

My internet provider is driving me bananas again; it was down all freaking night last night.  So, if you send an email to my hotmail or gmail addresses, and I don’t respond right away, that’s why.

We’re entering my least favorite time of year.  In the Midwest, summer often means temperatures in the 90s (Fahrenheit) with 80-90% humidity.  In ( Read more... )

The very rainy spring continues today and apparently tomorrow (with a chance of tornadoes - Meep!).  While I love how green and lush and silvery everything is right now, it makes it difficult to stay awake.  I’d love to be able to curl up and take a nap.

Heidi’s “favorite things” blog tag and the rain have also put me in a Sound of Music frame of ( Read more... )

Remember all that energy I had Monday?  I'd like it back.

I'd also like to stop feeling "off".  I've been feeling a slight dizziness and disconnect from my body for the last four days.  I'm not dizzy enough that I'm running into things or about to fall over any moment.  It's just a very slight whirling in my mind, a sort of out of body experience ( Read more... )