Well, I am sitting here on a Sunday night and reviewing what my weekend has been like. Sometimes it goes by so fast that I can’t even remember what we did. On Saturday it rained so hard in the morning that we stayed in and hibernated with the puppies. We didn’t venture out until almost 1:00. We went to our local grocery store, which also has a cafe. We had lunch…sushi. They make it fresh and it’s very good. I had the spicy shrimp and my husband had the combination platter. I also had a chocolate chip cookie, which is not on my diet. I also went out to dinner on Friday night with a friend and had Chinese food, which is also not on my diet. I think this final week of my Nutrisystem diet will not be very promising. Tomorrow morning I will weigh in and see what damage I have done this week.
Today after church we went to lunch…yes we ate out again. Then we went to a new Whole Foods store that just opened up this week. Amazing store. Hugh. I found my champagne grapes I had been looking for so I can make the scallop recipe that I found over at Noble Pig’s site.
After we got home from Whole Foods, I spent the afternoon raking the debris that had fallen in our front yard from the storm (hurricane Hannah dumped on us). Hopefully the yard work burned off some of the calories I took in this weekend.
I then made brats for dinner with sauerkraut. Delicious. I ate them without a bun…I had to at least attempt to honor my diet in some fashion this weekend. I did drink a lot of water this weekend, so hopefully that will wash away a few more calories. I can dream can’t I?
I just finished watching a great old movie…Imitation of Life…with Lana Turner, Sandra Dee and John Gavin. This is a wonderful movie…I cry sob at the end of the movie every time I watch it. If you haven’t seen it, you must. On a side note, John Gavin attended the military school were I taught math for three years. He is one of their more famous alums. Another alumni is Jim Lovell’s son (the astronaut from Apollo 13 fame.) His son was at the military school when Jim took his momentous trip around the moon. If you’ve seen the movie, they show the school a few times, with his son sitting in a class room. I think Jim Lovell even wears a T-shirt with the academy’s name on it earlier in the movie.
Well, that was my weekend. I am sitting in our library (my husband likes to call it ‘his library’ since his books are the only one’s that sit on the shelves). He won’t let me put any of my books in the library. I have a book shelf in the family room for my books don’t you know.
I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend. I hope it cools off here. I love the fall weather, if we even get fall weather. Sometimes it stays in the 90’s into October here. I hate that.
Don’t you wish that life had an ‘Undo‘ button. I was driving in the car yesterday and I spilled my Diet Coke on the floor…I thought to myself, quickly, hit the undo button and all will be right again. Just wipe out the last 2 seconds.
When you make a wrong turn and can’t get back to where you were before the turn…’undo’
Right after you shut the car door, realizing you left the keys in the car…’undo’
When that hurtful comment spews forth from your mouth…’undo’
Waking up hung over…yeah, back in my partying days…a big ‘undo’
Spilling bleach on your new carpet…’undo’
A really bad haircut…’undo’
I remember when Microsoft Word, Excel and the other programs first came out with the ‘undo’ feature. I thot they were brilliant. Now Microsoft, please try your hand at a life ‘undo’ button. Come on you can do it. It wouldn’ have to be big, just a little button you can carry around in your pocket or purse. Maybe it would fit on your key chain. I’ll start things off for you…here is a design I have come up with. Now get to work!
Why do people feel the need to edit everything that comes across their desk. Some things can be ‘perfect’, but people always have to put their mark on it…whether it needs it or not.
One night my husband and I were watching television…The Office. One of our favorite shows. There are two co-workers that have a thing for each other, but are having a hard time getting together…with one thing and another. The characters are Jim and Pam. If you watch The Office you know who I mean.
The final episode in the spring of 2007 at the very end of the show, Jim walks into the conference room where Pam is sitting and finally asks her for a date. He says to her “are you free tonight?”, and she responds that she is. Then he says “then it’s a date!” The camera pans from Jim to Pam and she turns her head and has the purest expressison of JOY on her face that I have ever seen. Joy…it’s the best word I can use to describe it.
I turned to my husband and said just that. She looked joyful. My husband has tears in his eyes. I ask him what’s wrong, he says “I want to be happy like that…I have been sad for so long”.
At that moment I heard somoe cracking noise…then I realized…it was my heart breaking.
Here is a video of Pam and Jim’s 10 best moments. Look for the 2nd or 3rd one, where he starts to say, “are you free tonight?”. You’ll see the look. Joy…in its purest form.
Did you ever wonder why men wear neckties. They don’t seem to serve any purpose. None that I can see anyway. They are decorative and really add pizzaz to a suit. The evolution of ties over the decades is interesting. Here is what I found out…
The country of Croatia may just have given birth to the necktie. Sometime during the 1630s or 1640s, Croatian mercenaries involved in the Thirty Years’ War visited King Louis XIV of France. The king was very impressed by the soldiers’ traditional uniforms, which featured soft scarves tied around their necks. By 1650, Louis and his court were wearing Croatian neck scarves instead of the full lace ruffs that had previously been fashionable.
Many believe the word “cravat” (meaning a soft necktie) comes from the French interpretation of “Croate,” short for “Croatian.” But a few sources note that the word “cravat” was in use before the Thirty Years’ War and referred to a strip of parchment or cloth.
Several sites suggest the Croatians weren’t the first to wear neckties. One of the oldest examples of a necktie is found on the life-size terracotta soldiers buried with Chinese emperor Shih Huang Ti in 210 B.C. Each solider wears a carefully wrapped silk cloth around its neck. Other early neckties are depicted on a marble column erected by Roman emperor Trajan in 113 A.D. The column shows legionnaires wearing three versions of neckwear. However, these images are unique, and there is no evidence that either Chinese or Roman men commonly wore neckties.
It seems clear that King Louis XIV popularized the necktie. Exiled King Charles II of England brought the French cravat with him when he returned to his throne. Englishmen soon began sporting stylish neck scarves and tied them in as many as 100 different knots. In the early 1800s, English dandy George Bryan “Beau” Brummell epitomized high fashion and reportedly changed his crisp, white linen cravat three times a day.
Styles of cravats changed and evolved over the years. The bow tie developed in the 1840s, and from the 1860s to the 1880s, cravats became narrower like the necktie we know today. In the 1890s, the four-in-hand knot (named for its resemblance to the knot used by a coach driver to control the horses’ reins) was introduced. This continues to be one of the most popular knots.
As for why men wear ties, this can only be explained as a whim of fashion. In King Louis XIV’s day, men wore elaborate outfits of brocade and lace. As the centuries wore on, the necktie has become the only remnant of those times. Today’s ties aren’t quite so fancy, but they can still add a splash of color and style to men’s dress.
Today I read a headline that just floored me. David Duchovny in Rehab For Sex Addiction. WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE? I know everyone has their problems. But I am going to rant here. Sex Addiction? Really, really. What does that even mean?
He wants to have sex all the time.
He wants to have sex with many partners
He wants to have sex with himself
How often does this get in the way of his life?
I have dated many men (Mainly because I didn’t get married until I was 40). Most of them wanted to have sex all the time. Isn’t that normal? By all the time, I mean whenever their girlfriend or wife would provide sex. (One boyfriend I couldn’t even get undressed in front of because he always made us late). Maybe this is Duchovny’s problem, his wife doesn’t want to have sex as often as he does…welcome to the real world pal.
I just don’t get it…he has what appears to be a great wife, two children, probably more money than he knows what to do with.
I repeat - I just don’t get it. Please don’t tell me that this is a serious condition and it’s great he is getting help. He needs to get a grip and look around him. Problems a plenty. Maybe he should volunteer at a hospital in the children’s cancer ward. That might put his problem in perspective.
Well, another day shot at work. My employers don’t really expect me to actually work for my paycheck do thy? I didn’t think so. I am so bored I could scream…I think I will Aaargghhhhhhhhh. It’s not that I don’t have things to do…I do. I am just not motivated to do them. I did design a breezeway poster for the entry way into our museum. Does that count. Not really…wait a minute, I think it does count as work. It didn’t benefit me in any way personally, so yes I did some very little work today.
Yes, I have used this image before…but I love it, so quit picking on me!
This attitude is slowly taking over my life. I don’t feel motivated at home either. I wonder what could be causing it. The attitude, I mean. Hmmmmmmm. Well, enough time spent pondering that problem.
I don’t want to work, cook, clean, do yardwork, exercise, or do laundry. I don’t even want to socialize. Is this what they call depression? I think it might be. Hmmmmmm.
Well, imagine my surprise when Dory honored me with my first blog award. Thank you so much. I have read luckydorito.com since its inception. I read Dory’s blog when her and I were over at MSN spaces. I had wanted to start my own website and have a unique URL for quite awhile. Then when Dory started her own site and moved her blog over, it gave me a shove in that direction. Thanks Dory!
When I first started blogging, I wasn’t sure what to write about. There are SO MANY blogs on the internet, I wasn’t sure what I would do with mine to make it unique. I still haven’t figured that out.
I wanted to be as honest as possible with my blogging, but I found that to be a little difficult at times, since I do not hide the fact that I have a blog from family and friends. I don’t ever want to hurt my family or friends feelings. Therefore, it’s sometimes hard to be candid when I write my posts. I try to be as honest as I can without hurting anyone’s feelings.
Thank you all who take the time to read my blog. It means a lot to me. Especially my youngest sister. It’s nice to be able to have another outlet to keep in touch with her. So, now I have to nominate five blogs to pass on this award. Like Dory said in her post…it’s hard to keep it to five, but here goes.
1. White Hot Magik (Love to read about her and her family)
2. John Deere Mom (She is a finalist in the SITS recipe contest, go on over and vote for her)
3. Susie’s Homemade (This blogger is from Wisconsin, so I have to read her blog, it’s required!)
4. Noble Pig (Wonderful recipes, and I love that she is following her dream of becoming a winemaker)
5. Milwaukee Cupcake Queen (Cupcakes, love them, and she is also from Wisconsin…say no more!)
There is the five. Go and take a look at their blogs. You won’t be disappointed. And thanks again Dory for thinking of me.
