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Feb. 9th, 2010 @ 05:21 pm (no subject)
Do you remember being in grade school and having to make a  Valentines' box out of an old shoe box, or cereal box or whatever your folks had laying around? 

I remember making mine as pretty as I could, with pictures and sparkles and hearts all over.  Then, the night before I had to take it to school, I'd always have a stomach ache, because I was positive that no-one would put a valentine in it, and when I opened it up, that everyone would know that no-one liked me and would laugh.  (Yes, this was before the mandated 'you've got to bring enough for everyone' thing).

That is how Valentinr is for me, but I'm biting the bullet and putting one up.

My Valentinr - bkwrrm_tx
Get your own valentinr


If you've put one on your LJ, just drop me a note and I'll go fill it out. I've been ignoring them, because even 40 years later, some things hurt.
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Feb. 9th, 2010 @ 10:03 am (no subject)
( TMI ahead )
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Feb. 9th, 2010 @ 08:41 am (no subject)
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Feb. 8th, 2010 @ 12:21 pm (no subject)
 Lunch was another of my 'throw together what sounds good' meals.

A bit of chicken stock in a small pan.   Throw in some ginger, black pepper, red pepper flakes and shredded cabbage.  Cover, and let the cabbage wilt down.  Taste.  Decide I went a little heavy on the pepper flakes and look around for something to rescue it.

Throw in a spoonful of peanut butter and stir until the juices mix, reduce and become a sauce-like object.

Pour into bowl and nom.

Seriously y'all, shredded cabbage is becoming an obsession with me.  :-)

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Feb. 8th, 2010 @ 10:38 am (no subject)
 Holy carp.  My to-do list from earlier?  Is to-done.  o_O

I'm boggled, but damned glad that it's done and out of the way.  I've got to wait for the water to heat up so I can go stand under a hot shower for a while, and loosen this hip up some but it's done.  Hopefully, I don't pay for it too much later, but at least I can look around and see things that I've been putting off.

And Piggy comes into play today.  That's always a good sign.  :-)
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Feb. 8th, 2010 @ 08:33 am (no subject)

 Today is going to be a low to no spoons day, so I'm going to put down the things I need to get done, in order, and mark off the ones that I can get to.  
  • Do dishes
  • Take trash out from my room and bathroom
  • Get chair and end table cleaned off
  • Take chair to kitchen
  •  Vacuum floor in my room - D said he'd do this, because of my hip hurting.

I know all of those won't get done, but at least my brain will be sitting here waiting for me when I need it.  I've got a sinus headache from the front moving in, plus yesterday as we got out of of the car, my hip *popped* and still hurts, so I need to keep moving a bit or it's going to lock up on me and I'll be good for *nothing*.

If, by some chance, I have enough oomph later, I'd love to get out of the house and go *somewhere*, even if it's just out to people watch, but I'm pretty sure that would involve Myrtle, and I'm not sure how D feels about that, yet.

Anyway, I'm off to do the first thing on the list - dishes.  Hmmm, should take the chair with me and kill two birds/one stone.

Hope y'all have a great morning and I'll see you later, I'm sure.  :-)
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Feb. 7th, 2010 @ 03:02 pm (no subject)
 Never let it be said that I'm not an imaginative problem solver.  :-)

I can get my sneakers on, but between short arms, big belly and pain thresholds, most of the time I couldn't get them tied, and would have to ask D to do it.  Today, I was sitting on the bed when the light bulb went off - I put them on, snugged up the laces, overlaid them so that they were in a neat bundle of sorts and used one of my tiny hair clips, shaped like an alligator clip to hold them shut.

It works, they're easy to get on and off and I'm independent again!  Go, me!  *G*
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Feb. 6th, 2010 @ 07:25 pm (no subject)
 Y'all - to keep my head from going all 'splodey due to fundy-foibles, I'm cruising [info]fatshionista  (I love that LJ - wish I could wear more of their stuff though).  

ANYway, I found this - Hips & Curves.

Hooooooooooly carp, do they have some cool stuff.  So, the agenda will be get job, get money, get gone and get some stuff that makes me feel pretty and sexy again.  Their prices aren't even all that bad, so I can dream without blowing the imaginary budget.  :-)
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Feb. 6th, 2010 @ 07:13 pm (no subject)
 I'm being extremely nice on FB.  I must remember that I have to allow others their beliefs.  

I do *not* have to be preached at on my own post, though.

I will be nice, I will be nice, I will be nice.  /lather, rinse, repeat/
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Feb. 6th, 2010 @ 02:50 pm (no subject)
 I just thought of something - 

I don't own any work appropriate clothes!  (Well, unless I go back to where I used to work, but that would be difficult, considering they closed down 2 years ago).

o_O

This ... could be interesting.  I guess it's time to start haunting the clearance sections online.
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Feb. 6th, 2010 @ 01:00 pm (no subject)
::points to icon::

I'm trying to keep myself busy.  I've got Pandora playing Kid Rock/Skynyrd/Nickelback/Aerosmith - anything upbeat and rocking.  I'm folding and putting away clothes that have been just sitting, as well as finishing up the last of the laundry.  I've moved the container with all my polishes and accoutrement's back into the bathroom, so it frees up some space in my room.  On the agenda is ... hell, I don't know.  Just busy work, I guess, although the floor does need vacuumed.

I can't remember my aunt's name.  I can remember her face, and her voice, but not her name.  Isn't that sad?
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Feb. 6th, 2010 @ 12:32 pm (no subject)
 I just got a call from Cassie - my dad's last remaining sibling probably won't make it through the night.  Dad's the baby of the family at 81 (?), so this isn't a surprise, but it's still rough.  What's freaking me out is that I haven't seen the woman since I was probably 10 or so, so at least 35 years ago.  Why am I crying so hard over this?

I've seen my daddy cry exactly twice in my life - once when my mom died and once when Shay did.  
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Feb. 5th, 2010 @ 08:21 pm (no subject)
Nothing on your body should be numb, tingly, burning and feeling like someone is jabbing white hot knitting needles into it - all at the SAME DAMNED TIME.

It's just not right and I want it to go away now, kthxbye. 

Grrrr.


I cleaned my computer desk off today, and found a small container of Lush's gold frankincense and beer shower jelly.  I decided to go take a nice hot shower and see if that would calm down the meat suit, so grabbed it on the way into the bathroom.  It smells like root beer with cloves?  That's the closest thing I can figure out, but I like the smell.  Not much lather at all, but I put it on my shower scrubby brush and worked over my feet and legs.  I might be imagining it, but there was a bit of a tingle while I was using it, and the smell lasts, which is nice.  I don't think it did any moisturizing but what the heck.

One of these days, when I'm solvent again, I really want to try some of their other products, especially their shampoo.  I've only heard good things about it and am very curious.
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Feb. 5th, 2010 @ 01:28 pm (no subject)


Yes folks, this is D and me, circa 1995 (I think). 

And, the scanner is now working, so you may be subjected to weird and off the wall things from time to time.  Be afraid.

Be very afraid.  :-)
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Feb. 5th, 2010 @ 11:45 am (no subject)
I need to try to get the scanner working - D is cleaning his room, and found pictures we had taken about 15 years ago.  My god, do we look young.
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Feb. 5th, 2010 @ 07:12 am Music video with Jim Parsons, from Big Bang Theory. FUNNY
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Feb. 4th, 2010 @ 07:59 pm (no subject)
Y'all know about Etsy, and how amazingly cool and wonderful it is. 

Did you know there's something like that for food?  Welcome to Foodzie.  Go.  Explore.  Drool.

~~~~~~~~~

The door is shut, and no-one has whined about it yet.  I'm fixing to take my shots and go curl up in bed with the werewolf novel I'm reading right now.  Night, all.

*hugs* to all my friendseses.
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Feb. 4th, 2010 @ 06:39 pm Gwen's story - Nanoblomo '07.
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( For those times when I think I don't have any talents... ) 
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Feb. 4th, 2010 @ 12:56 pm (no subject)
The strangest, and best, music mashup I've ever seen.  Joan Jett, Weezer and Queen.  I really think this one works.  :-)
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Feb. 4th, 2010 @ 11:00 am (no subject)
Night one of no-cats-in-the-bedroom worked pretty well.  Poppy pawed at the door for a few minutes, but there was no yowling and eventually she gave up and went away.  It was strange to sleep with out  them, though.

I've gotten a nice, long list of possible jobs from the workforce commission so I'm sorting and filling out online applications.  Everything from police dispatcher to staffing support at the local community college.  Cross fingers, y'all.

It's cold, wet and dreary here.  Yuck-o.  I want some sunshine, dang it.  :-)

Since it is cold, wet and dreary, I think I'm going to go make some sort of concoction in the kitchen to warm myself up.  I have chicken stock, cabbage, ginger, onions...  wonder what I can make out of that.   Ended up with a can of corned beef hash, just because it was there.

Also, did y'all know that Supernatural is now on TNT every weekday?  It's on at 9 here, so you'll have to adjust if you're not in Central time.  I'm watching the first one with Ashe today - I don't think I've ever seen it before.  Gosh, Ellen and Jo look so young.
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