sorry, it’s mostly about snot
It’s been that kind of week.
- Josh is on his second day home sick from school. Mostly cause of the pinkeye, but the coughing up a lung doesn’t help either. Neither does the massive amounts of snot.
- He’s missing picture day at school. He still get his picture taken later, but he won’t be in his class picture. Bummer.
- The eyedrops, oh, the @*$&% eyedrops. Every 2 hours.
- I’ve been to Target twice in three days and last night I realized we need more kid cold medicine.
- I can’t go back there again with a sick kid, I just can’t. Yesterday’s trip cost me a $35 Lego set while we waited for his eyedrop prescription to be ready. I just can’t say no to him when he’s this miserable.
- He’s not sick enough to just lie in bed and read a book though. He wants to do crafts! He must paint or die! And puzzles! All. Over. The. Place!
- I’m out of my coffee. The horror! I need my coffee. Especially today.
- How bad would it be to take my pestilential kid to the coffee shop?
- I have a headache.
- I’m desperately trying not to get sick too. I think I need a haz-mat suit. Clean up on aisle eye 7 2.
- I can’t tell if the headache is from lack of coffee or imminent illness.
- I have company coming tomorrow. I should probably warn them about the pinkeye, huh?
- Why isn’t it Friday yet? I need it to be Friday.
It’s been that kind of week. And it’s snot over yet.
busy stuff and blood
I’m thinking, I’m thinking. Nope. All I’ve got is bullets.
- It’s only been a couple of days of school and already Josh has a cold. It’s going to be a long year.
- I might need to buy stock in Airborne. I swear by that stuff.
- The amount of work I have seems to grow exponentially with my free time. That’s good and bad.
- The only time I have to relax each day is while I wait for the bus to arrive in the afternoon. I bring a book and sit by the side of the road. No, really.
- I ran 3 times last week, and on Friday I beat my time by almost 2 minutes. I also kinda made my abdominal muscles freak out, twinging and spasming all weekend but it’s fine now.
- I walked my route today and plan to again tomorrow. I’d rather get a walk in every morning instead of worrying that I’m hurting myself by running too soon.
- I have company coming tomorrow night, squee! But, oh dear, my house. Good thing she’s known me a very long time and is practiced in overlooking my lack of housekeeping abilities.
- Soccer starts this week with practices on Thursday evenings and games on Saturdays. Damon and I are splitting this up again with me handling practices while he takes all the games. He’s a good man!
- I’m donating blood and volunteering at the Red Cross this Saturday, helping with a charity yard sale next Saturday, and running another event the Saturday after that. I’m tired just thinking about it.
- Did I mention I got talked into being president of a local women’s organization? I think all my Saturdays are booked for the whole year already. It’s a good thing I love these people.
I’m just curious, do any of you give blood? Apparently only about 5% of the US population regularly donates blood. Did you know that if only 1% more gave blood there wouldn’t be any blood shortages? The volunteer coordinator at my local Red Cross told me that last time our group worked there. It’s stuck with me ever since.
I know not everyone can donate, health-wise, but if you can and you don’t, think about trying it. It’s not as hard as it sounds, I promise. And now I’ll get off my soapbox.
- The cat wants me to snuggle with him. He’s insistent on trying to lay across my arms while I type.
- I have to stop typing now - it’s an offer I can’t refuse! Even if I wanted to.
lotsa bullets
The only way I can do this crazy jumble of a post is to resort to my faithful bullets:
- Since the last time I reported my weight loss, at the end of April, I’ve lost only 2 more pounds. All I can say is, it’s a loss, not a gain. Fffffffftttt. I’m at 27 total. But I’m okay with that!
- No, I didn’t win my local Biggest Loser competition. I came in 3rd. But I’m not bitter. No not me.
- 3rd is better than 2nd really. I don’t know why. I hate coming in 2nd.
- 3rd out of 13 is actually quite good. Yes, I am justifying.
- I really am very very happy for the winner, she is a good friend and she totally deserved it.
- So we started over. The last weigh-in was also the first weigh-in for the summer months. Apparently I am a glutton for punishment.
- I’m also a glutton for reward - I finally, finally got a new phone with a keyboard. It was a must before BlogHer, and I got this one free (refurbished) with our new cell plan. So to anyone who’s ever sent me a text - I can text you back now! Yay!
- I’m still running. But only every other day, because I don’t want to hurt myself.
- I need new running sneakers. Any suggestions?
- Work is kicking my butt right now, hence light posting.
- I absolutely hate one of the projects I’m working on, but I can’t turn down the work. Not only can I use the money but there is some small fear that if I turn down my client I won’t get any more offers. Plus I hate to let anyone down when I know they need the help. See? Glutton for punishment.
- Yes, I am a freelancer with only one client. Not too smart, I know.
- I cannot wait for school to be done. Seriously. This half day thing is way old. I’d rather have Josh with me all day than have to break up the day to go pick him up.
- He does not want school to end. Ever. Crazy.
- Hubby is going away for another whole week next week. That will either mean I will post every day in order to whine, or I won’t post at all because I will have gone insane.
- While he’s gone though, I get to go to the Boston-area BlogHers meetup on June 13. Thanks to Susan for having it at her house so kids are welcome too and I can bring Josh with me, woohoo!
- Anyone else going? You don’t need an invite, just join the group and rsvp! If anyone from Southern NH needs a ride I can comfortably fit 2 more (or 3 if you’re tiny!) in my car.
- Now I just have to figure out what to wear to it, cause most of my clothes are too big. Shopping anyone?
friday is always a good day for bullets
Apparently I’m a slacker, a blog slacker that is. The rest of my life is going at break neck pace. This calls for bullets!
- I had my last nutrition class last night, this one on the glycemic index. There’s so much to learn! This was like no other class I’ve ever had, and it’s definitely changed my perspective on food.
- The good news is I’ve lost 9 pounds, 9! since January 1st. Woot! Even with my back problems this month I was very focused, and exercised as much as my PT allowed.
- I also wrote down every single bite of food that went into my mouth. I keep a little notebook nearby and the item and calories of everything.
- My back is considerably better, and I’ve been released from PT. I can do almost everything I want to now, except, heh, shovel snow. Sorry honey!
- No, I am not completely consumed with food intake and exercising - it just seems that way. I’m am talking about it because I’m still on a learning curve!
- Mostly my time has been spent working, and meeting some tight deadlines.
- And another deadline is looming like a little black cloud shooting lightning bolts into my brain.
- Next week is my kid’s school vacation. But I don’t have vacation!!! Woe is me.
- He and I are going to spend the weekend at my parent’s house. We haven’t been there since Thanksgiving. I’ll probably be spending my evenings, um, working.
- But then, on Sunday my MIL is coming to my parent’s house, and picking up my kid and taking him away for THREE. WHOLE. DAYS. No more woe is me!
- THREE. WHOLE. DAYS!!!
- I pick him back up on Wednesday afternoon. Don’t hate me because you’re jealous. ;)
- I would be jealous if I read this on someone else’s blog.
- DH and I might even be able to have a date! Like a movie! I’ve almost forgotten what it’s like to see a movie!
- No dinner out though. We’re both far happier when I cook. Especially when he cleans up. Well, that may just be me that gets happy over someone else cleaning my kitchen.
- 3 days! Squee!
- I’ll shut up now.
- xoxo
February 20, 2009 | 8 Comments
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ponderings
Things I’m wondering lately.
- Glasses or contacts? Or continue to have both even though my insurance doesn’t cover either so I have to buy them myself?
- How do I manage to forget either my list, my coupons, or my reusable bags - every time I go to the grocery store? And how sometimes I forget all of the above.
- Why do posts with cat pictures get the most hits and comments, and should I just give in to that and start a cat blog?
- Why can’t dinner cook itself?
- For that matter, why can’t the toilets clean themselves?
- Why do I always go off topic?
So the real the question is…
glasses?
or contacts?
Huh. To heck with glasses or not, perhaps a better choice would have been make-up! Or better lighting. Or a good background. Or focusing. Or, ya know, make-up.
ps. Forgive the squinting, I just chopped up onions.
pps. I really want to know if I should start a cat blog too!
it’s been awhile bullets
I don’t know where to even start with the jumbled mess in my head so you’re getting bullets…
- Christmas was wonderful and I got not one, but TWO new soup pots! A 6-qt and an 8qt! Hurray, I can make soup again!
- Christmas isn’t really over for us though, we have some traveling to do this weekend if the weather holds. That means I still can’t tell you about my handmade gifts. By the time I can, I won’t want to anymore. And none of you will care anymore either.
- My very favorite present was from a real life friend who understands the blogging - she gave me a “piggy bank” for saving for BlogHer Chicago - and it was full of all her spare cash from the last few weeks. Could you think of a more thoughtful gift for a poor blogger? I kinda cried. Seriously.
- I’ve been in a blogging funk (could ya tell?!) but the worst kind of posts are the ones where people tell you they have blogger block and they’re taking a break. I resolve never to do that.
- I hate resolutions. I always break them in the first week. No New Years Resolutions for me. Yeah. Right.
- The boy thinks he’s going to be able to stay up until midnight tomorrow. Ha! We’ve made him promise to take a nap the next day if he actually does. Mostly for my sanity.
- Did you know school vacation week is no fun when you work at home and never actually get a vacation? It’s really just nerve-wracking trying to keep him busy all day and still get something done.
- We spend a lot of time laying on the floor coloring in coloring books. At least we’ve moved on from Scooby-Doo to Spiderman. It was depressing only getting to use brown crayons.
- That’s really pathetic.
- This post is pathetic.
- I give up.
on a roll with the bullets
I might as well just keep this bullet theme going today too, but let’s be random shall we?
- I just wasted half my morning on Facebook joining a bunch of blog networks. Do you have a blog network too? Are we even friends yet?? I’m embarrassed to admit I don’t have very many Facebook friends. I haven’t exactly tried very hard, and I mostly friend other bloggers. So are you gonna friend me or what? ;)
- It freaks me out a little to have a lot of people from my real life and my past checking out my blog! I guess I need to get over that cause people are starting to find it, especially through Facebook. No it’s not a secret, but I haven’t shouted it from the rooftops either.
- I made a really awesome meal last night. Ribs. OMG. They were so good! Unfortunately, DH didn’t like them. ~Sigh~ Anyway, if you like sweet style ribs, dump a half a bottle of Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sauce and a cup of orange juice on them, bake at 300 for 2 hours and you’ll fantastic, (so says I!) juicy, easy ribs. You’re welcome!
- Speaking of cooking. My kitchen is now a disaster from actually making a real meal. Where are the cleaning fairies when you need them??
- Oh, crap. I just remembered. I’m supposed to make something for a charity bake sale tomorrow morning. I have stuff for cookies, but that’s so boring. Oy. And I have to clean the kitchen before I can bake. Double crap.
- We also have company coming for lunch on Sunday - that’s a good thing - but it also means - well you know - the cleaning thing. Blech.
- I’ve discovered something about standing at the bus stop on freezing cold mornings, (like every day lately) it’s awful to do it when your hair is wet. I’ve always been a “shower in the am” person, but it looks like I’m gonna have to switch to the evenings or I’m going to die of pneumonia!
- The boy is feeling much better, and we all slept through the night last night. Yay!
- Did you notice the segues are only in my head? You just have to figure out the transitions for yourselves. heh. good luck.
- I’m always looking for great blog posts to feature on Blog Nosh Magazine. Any subject will do if the writing is really good! I can always pass it to another editor if it fits better in a different category than what I work on. (House and Home, Entertainment, and Fiction and Poetry are mine, but there are sooo many categories!) Don’t be shy! Email me - catnip35 at gmail dot com with links to your favorite archived posts.
Okay, I’ve now wasted even more time. Gotta get something accomplished. See ya tomorrow. :)
just bullets again
Monday is always a good day for bullets. There are too many random thoughts in my head today for one coherent post!
- I had a great weekend, and I did what I wanted, when I wanted. If that isn’t great, I don’t know what is anymore!
- On Saturday I mostly puttered about and watched whatever movies were on tv. Castaway still makes me cry every time I see it!
- I left the house as little as possible - it was wonderful not to have to run any errands. Well, not that I didn’t have to, I just didn’t do any!
- I baked bread! It’s the first time I did it where I was even vaguely successful. I’m trying to perfect a half white-half wheat bread. I didn’t realize the wheat flour would cause it to rise less than with white so it was a little dense. It was also a little overcooked - I forgot my oven tends to run hot! But it’s still yummy, toasted with a little peanut butter. I’ll do better next time.
- On Sunday I cleaned our hazardous waste dump of a family room and rearranged the furniture. Again. It’s a very looong room and the layout made it seem more so. The new way is cozier, but will take some getting used to.
- I finished two Christmas presents, and started another. My homemade holidays are kicking off to a great start. I just need to keep at it! I have a whole post about what I’m doing in the works for those of you interested in crafting. And for the rest of you? Well tough! I’m lacking in things to write about, so crafting it will be!
- The boy has a bit of a cold. I thought I was getting one too, but I killed it off with lots of Airborne. I’m telling you, that stuff really works! I haven’t had a full blown cold in at least 6 months. Knock on wood.
- BlogHer 09 conference date and location was announced today. I need to start saving my pennies. And my nickels, and dimes, and quarters if I have any hope of going! Anyone else thinking about it? If you’ve been before, I need to know - how do you handle finding a compatible roommate?
resorting to bullets, again
Huh. I’m supposed to post something, anything, aren’t I?
Well then random bullets it is!
- I’m on the hunt for an impossibly perfect picture today. Problem is, I’ve said things are impossible before than managed to pull it off, so my editor no longer believes me when I say something is impossible. Crud.
- I think I’ve decided that most everyone I’m giving gifts to this year is getting something handmade. I won’t be able to post pictures though - because they’re all reading this!
- Now I have to actually make some stuff. Hmmm. Goodbye evenings.
- I have freakishly strong fingernails. They hardly ever break. Currently they are freakishly long and I’m having trouble typing.
- A friend picked up my kid from school on the spur of the moment today. She called me half an hour before I had to leave so I didn’t have to go out. It’s made my day feel very weird.
- Hence, I’ve gotten more done today than I did all last week.
- Okay, that’s not really true but it sounded good!
- It was just more than I got done all weekend.
- I spent all day Saturday with stomach pains and chills.
- I spent all day Sunday with dizzy spells and vomit.
- Don’t even say it. It was clearly a bug of some sort. NOT what you’re thinking. Don’t ever ever think that.
- It wasn’t the Halloween candy either - I didn’t get to enjoy any of it.
- DH and the boy finished their first real 5k together yesterday. In 55 minutes. How cute!
- I was supposed to go, but, you know, the vomit.
- No, I wasn’t faking to get out of it!
- My TIVO currently only has the boy’s shows on it, so I’m all alone and I’m forced to watch live TV. Oh, how I hate commercials.
- And there’s nothing on but election talk. Oh, how I hate politics.
- There’s nothing on my TIVO cause I watched it all yesterday while I laid on the couch all day. I’m currently obsessed with West Wing reruns. Ironic isn’t it? Considering that I loathe politics and all.
- Sam Seaborn. That is all.
- I seriously cannot wait for tomorrow to be over.
- I know who I’m voting for but I’m not telling you. Ha!
- I grew up with the understanding that voting is a private, personal thing. And I still feel that way. At least for me. I harbor no ill will toward those who want to talk about it.
- There’s no school tomorrow so I’ll be taking the boy with me when I go vote. I hope the lines aren’t too long!
- Don’t get me wrong, he’s not naughty, he’s just excited to go. Wicked freaking excited.
- SO AM I.
- Also ironic, considering that I loathe politics and all.
- It’s not really politics I hate, it’s the politics of politics.
- Hey, don’t forget to vote!
- No matter who you vote for. :)
I have a very strange stream of consciousness. I do know that about myself. I think you all already knew that too. See ya tomorrow!
headache bullets
Top causes of today’s headache:
- The never ending pile of work.
- The dirty dishes that spontaneously reproduce baby dirty dishes in the sink.
- The clean dishes in the dishwasher that need to be put away. Again.
- The boy’s constant craft projects, the cutting! the painting! the taping! all scattered about the room!
- The laundry.
- The packing for BlogHer Boston (!)
- The pictures on this my blog that are still not working. And I don’t have the first clue how to fix them.
- The meals I need to plan and make between now and when I leave on Saturday at 7am.
- The sinuses.
- The cat puke in the upstairs hall.
- The fact that I forgot to make coffee this morning. And now it’s too late if I want to sleep tonight.
- The lack of sleep. Went to bed early last night, but was wide awake at 3am.
- The eyestrain from my crappy glasses.
- The boy who never stops talking and/or singing.
Can someone stop over and take a look at my ears? I think there’s brain matter leaking out of them.