Monday, June 28th

I am pleased to report that Lester is still alive.

For those of you not paying attention, Lester is a beta fish.  The first fish I have ever been charged with caring for to be precise and when I got him, I was a little uncertain if I was going to be able to care for him.  

Here is what I have learned about caring for a cheap fish in the last few months:
-Even though they tell you that you can't give the fish all clean water at once, it hasn't killed him yet
- Also, I was surprised to discover that he was trainable.  When I get up in the morning, I turn on the dining room light, and I feed him.  Well, now every time the light comes on, he comes up to the feeding spot.  Either he's looking for food, or hoping that time, it's not me waking up, but the actual bright light that will take him to the big fish pond in the sky.


I can't tell if he's grown at all, I mean, I suppose I should have measured him when I got him so that I could answer these kind of questions in the future, but let's be perfectly honest, I never expected him to live this long.  I guess stranger things have happened.


Anyone want a fish?




 

Sunday, June 27

Did you know that the human body doesn't know hot and cold?  It merely recognizes the difference from the current state.  I mean think about it, a 68 degree room when compared to 85 degrees outside is cool, but a 68 degree room when compared to 4 below outside is warm.

I bring this up, because dating is the same way.  It's not like any of them get to stand alone on their merits.  You are always comparing them to the ones that have come before them.  This one is smarter than that one, this one is more entertaining than the last one, this one is shorter, this one is taller, this one is a worse kisser and the list goes on and on.  But I think that's the whole point of dating, finding the one who ends up of the perfect side of the differences from the others and is someone who doesn't annoy you, much.  LOL

So I had this date the other night and it was over early and my friend asked about it.
And here is what I told him:
"like he's not a tard, but he's no genuis either, like i could totally kick his ass at scrabble if i wanted i bet" 
Since when did Scrabble playing become a dating criteria??????

 

Thursday, June 24

So like 7 years ago, literally, I let this neighbor guy scrape my windshield for me one snowy morning when I didn't want to do it.  Apparently, he took this as an invitation of sort and kept wanting to "hang out" and would like randomly show up at my house when his baby mama was gone.  Yeah.  So finally, the three of them move, him, his girlfriend and the baby.  I was like whew, crisis averted.  So yesterday, like 7 years later, I get home from doing errands and I am going to the bathroom and someone is knocking on my door.  I ignored it and then there is a second knock.  ARGH.  So I answer the door and dude is there.  He was in the neighborhood to visit his pal down the way and saw me coming home and wanted to say hi and then followed that up with  "are you married?"  I am sometimes amazed at how gutsy people are.

By the way - this time I said yes.  LOL, hopefully he won't be back.

Tuesday, June 22

So this past weekend I was home and my mom got me hooked on this show called "Sarah's House".  It's about this designer who buys these houses and then remodels/redecorates them and then sells them.  One of the rooms she did this weekend was a home office.  She made the most magnificent bulletin board for the office with fabric.


The other day I was talking to my friend Daisy and we were talking about bulletin boards ( this was before the watching of Sarah's House) and I was telling her that on occasion, I have resorted to taping papers on the wall next to my desk at home so that I don't lose them.  It was decided that I needed to go get a bulletin board.


So both of these events were rolling around in my head and they collided and I realized, that I, too could have a fancy fabric bulletin board instead of a plain cork one.  So today, for $2.00, I got a new bulletin board.  I used a piece of foam board ( from the dollar store, obviously), cut it in half and hot glued the two halves together to make it thicker.  I then found the perfect fabric in my closet to cover the board ( I used a fat quarter, so even if you would have to buy it, you can get them on sale for $1 or $2).  I stretched the fabric and adhered it to the foam board with a shit ton of staples applied with the staple gun.  Also, since the fabric was one that tends to fray, I then secured all the raw edges with a thin coat of hot glue.  I know you are wondering, how did it cost me $2, so far, I've only spent $1.  The second $1 was on a spool of ribbon, again from the dollar store, that I used a piece of to create a hanger.


Overall, I'm quite pleased.

Back of the bulletin board - both stapled and hot glued

Finished Product
 

Monday, June 21

"One man's trash is another man's pot pourri"

Saturday, June 12

Just in case you missed the news flash, here's a fun tidbit.  Just because you had mono once, it doesn't mean you can't have it again.  I know this because I have it again.  The last time I got it was about 6 weeks after my dad got Lymphoma, go figure.....  The good news is,  the way I figure it, I've had it since the last week of April, so I've got to be almost better, right??

So last night I was watching Dirty Dancing for the 842nd time and I started to think.  You know at the end when Johnie comes back and says "Nobody puts Baby in the corner" and then they have their fancy dance and are all smiles, what happens after that??  I mean, we all cheer because Johnie comes back, but in reality, won't he just have to leave again?  Will the laborer/"private dancer, dancer for money" actually go home with Baby and be her "man"? and What about Mount Holy Oak in the fall, I mean, she can't drag her 20 something boyfriend along with her to the dorms to study the economics of undeveloped third world countries?  I mean, I know it makes for a great story, but it wouldn't it have been a little for Baby if Johnie wouldn't have come back? Now what??

 

Monday, June 7

Sometimes I wish I had a dashboard camera.  Yesterday as I was driving the car, I saw a woman on a scooter.  Now normally, this would not be a big deal, especially here in Madison where people try to ecologically sensitive.  But here is the part where its weird .... she was wearing one of those things the people wear to carry their baby  - you know - it's like a back pack but worn in the front, well anyways, she had her dog strapped on to her -- Seriously, I am not making this shit up.

I spent the day today with a toddler and we watched several hours of children's programming  on PBS.  One of the shows we watched had all dinosaur characters ( no, thank God, it was not Barney).  Now, I don't mean to be insensitive to diversity, but seriously, was the dinosaur in the wheelchair necessary????  It just seemed overly contrived.  I mean, seriously.

Sunday, June 6

In summer time, I tend to be an early riser.  Here's a fun fact the late sleepers don't realize - it is sunny most mornings when the sun first rises and then the clouds roll in.  So the lesson here - get up at the crack of dawn and you can see sunshine most days.

So I get the Sunday paper and I try to read the whole thing because you never know what kind of trivia you will find hidden 5 pages in.  One part I always look at is the obituaries.  I want to make sure that no one I know died, or be able to send a card if a relative of someone I know died.  Every once in a while I come across one that makes me say, please, don't ever write that in mine.  One I read this morning talked  about a woman being survived by her 2 cats and they were mentioned by name.  I mean, I know that pets are important to people, but that just seemed a little sad to me.  

On a lighter note, I love the story on the news this weekend about the 2 drunk kids stealing a 20 foot maple tree.  It goes on to tell about how the police followed a trail of dirt to their living and that the 2 tried to replant the tree with a snow shovel and that they had a cooler of beer.  Go figure.

Tuesday, June 2

Holy Crap - how time flies.
I realize it's been like 2 weeks since I've written anything.  I wish I had some grand, exciting excuse but mostly I've just been busy with "stuff".

I went to my parent's house this past weekend and spent 4 days in the pool.  This is the earliest I can ever remember being in the pool.  My dad has heated the pool in the past for Memorial Day weekend, but the water usually cools off pretty fast when the heating stops, but this year, it held it's own.  I have a nice tan and some sweat peeling to show for it.

My friend Crystal was in town this weekend and we met up to catch up.  We met, at all places, the Target store in Delafield.  We shopped some, stopped in patio furniture for like 30 minutes to chat and then kept going.  It was a good trip.  I caught up with my friend and get cat food at the same time.  LOL

I am super excited because they have opened a new dollar store just blocks from my house.
This week is the grand opening.  I will most certainly hit that up this afternoon now that I know it's the grand opening.  I can only imagine what kind of awesome things I will find for only $1.00 .  Check back often, I will let you know what I find there.....