Bad weather

W back on the old blog again. So we had a mixture of rain and sleet today, which isn't so bad when it's Sunday. All you have to do is curl up in front of the TV with some comfy clothes on ( I recommend sweatpants and a long sleeve t-shirt) and think warm thoughts. Then you just sit back and watch all the shows you have (DVR and NetFlix rock) and the football games, while drinking some hot cocoa.

Hope everyone else either had good weather or was able to stay out of the bad stuff like us.

Ouch

My Mom had planned for me to go to her house today and help rake her yard. We made these plans about 3 weeks ago. Well, this morning, I get up and listen to the weather report. They say today will be 50 degrees and it will rain tonight. No problem, right?

Wrong!

As I'm getting closer to my Mom's house it's POURING out. And not to mention that it's only 33 degrees. I know my Mom won't reschedule so I was so I knew it wasn't going to be an easy day.

Thank God she had one of her friends 15 year old son, A, there to help out. So at 10:30 this morning we were raking in the rain. Rain makes leaves heavy. Very heavy. After a good 4 hours of raking there painfully heavy. Not to mention the blisters I have. OH and I got attacked by a picker bush, it was such a bad attack, my leg started to bleed.

My back is probably the most sore thing on my body but I can imagine how I'm going to feel tomorrow.

A couple of good things that came out of this raking in the rain day:
1. I got some of my Mom's stuffing
2. I probably burned all the calories that I consumed yesterday
3. I got to eat my Mom's pudding pie

I'm off to rest now. Let's hope I can get off the couch later on.

Turkey for me - Turkey for you . . .

Let's eat the turkey in my big brown shoe.

Come to find out I'm not the only person pre-burning my calories for the big day tomorrow. My best friend S called while walking on the treadmill. Oh, she's no dummy.

We're not golfing tomorrow which means another 4 miles on the dreadmill, I mean, treadmill. I think I'll wear my tightest outfit to dinner tomorrow, that way I won't over eat.

Oh wait, we're going to W's family this year and I don't know how understanding they'll be when I show up in my black pleather pants and a tube top. Tee-hee, just kidding . . . they're real leather.

I now have to make brownies for the festivities tomorrow. Unfortunately, I have to clean the pan first. I made brownies for W's work yesterday and the pan didn't fit in the dishwasher. He didn't take them all either so now I've been snacking. Not good! All that pre-burning for nothing!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I wish Turkey only cost a nickle

Actually, I really could care less how much turkey cost, I don't eat it. Two days before Thanksgiving and counting. I may not like turkey but I do LOVE what goes with it, the mashed potatoes, the stuffing, every vegetable you can imagine with a pound of butter on top. Not to mention the desserts. Oh, the desserts

In training for such an event, I have been forcing myself to run 4 miles on the treadmill daily. Normally I only do 3, not that couldn't do more but it's more of the boredom factor, it gets me every time. Not this week though, I have pudding pie, apple pie, any other kind of pie just swirling around in my head and that's enough to keep my running for another 10 minutes.

Another thing W and I like to do to burn a couple of extra calories is golf before we head down to the feast. Hopefully it will be warm enough, it's supposed to be 45 out, which is OK but that's at it's highest for the day. I seriously doubt at 9am it will be close to that.

Let's just all keep our fingers crossed, I don't think I can handle that extra 10 minutes anymore!

Sunday in Miami

It's 85 degrees in Miami today. It's 23 here. The Patriots are playing there today. Too bad, they'd probably win if they were here.

Anyhoo, that's my Sunday plans. W is making chowder, oooh yummmy! The man makes a great chowder.

I haven't blogged in a while and it's because I just finished doing our wedding album. We didn't have the photographer do our book. My package only included the negatives and proofs. Which is fine because even though it was the biggest PINA I'm glad I got to do it myself. Going through the negatives and arrange the pics and buying the book with the mats, was VERY time consuming. In the end, I'm pretty happy on how it came out.

I have to get the pics developed in their appropriate sizes next. I probably shouldn't of done this right before Christmas since it's rather costly. But what else are you going to do when it's 23 outside?

The weekend for W

Ok, I didn't realize how much I was neglecting W until I was sitting at the computer reading W's last post and as I was reading that post, I looked over to see that W had penciled his name in our weekly calendar. That made me start thinking perhaps I should stay home this weekend. 

One thing W had found to pass the time when I wasn't home was playing a free trial of World of Warcraft. I'm not too pleased about that. I heard this game is highly addicting and I don't want to lose my husband. At least it's only a free trail. I keep telling myself that but what did W do last night right before bed? Yup, he went on to play for "only a couple of minutes". He was only on for a couple of minutes but that's probably because I was standing over his shoulder. 

Fall Sunday.

Not much going on, this is the 2nd weekend in a row that E has left me home alone. Yesterday she went shopping all day with the 2 moms, and today she's out with W2 (that's the sister). I'm kind of surprised the house is still standing and there have been no hopsital visits. Must be a sign of my maturity.

Well I'm off to watch football games I don't really care about and eat lots of stuff that isn't good for me. Life is good!!!!!

-W

Issues with radio stations

I am not a bah-humbug kind of girl but what's up with radio stations already playing Christmas music? I do like a good Holly Jolly Christmas but before Thanksgiving? 

Maybe we should have more Thanksgiving songs. There's plenty to sing about. Food, the weather, the relatives, food, the spirit of giving thanks. Food. See, plenty to sing about. You can rewrite a couple of Christmas songs into Thanksgiving songs. Give it try, I'd like to hear some.

I'm sure it's just a ploy from the retailers expecting a poor outcome for this years holiday season. They think "I know, let's play Christmas music now, even though it's only early November."

Play the Christmas music and they will come!

Ode to my husband

This weekend I went to NY to visit my Grandparents and help clean their house. Twice a year us Grandkids and kids go over and give the house a real good scrub. We get in the nooks and grannies, I mean, crannies that they can't reach. The place sparkles by the end of the weekend.

W had to work so he stayed home.

Well, after a 3 hour car ride, I'm tired and think how I don't even want to clean my own house. Well, my wonderful husband did just that. Besides cleaning the bathroom and kitchen, he vacuumed AND, are you ready, AND mopped. I'm floored. . .pun intended.

He's the best!

#70843480

That's our MLS number for our condo. Since we aren't having any more open houses in the next few months we thought this would be a good way to get the word out. Plus, there has been an uptick in condos for sale in our development. They all have numbers. We didn't want to be the odd condo out. 

Let's all hope this works. 

On another note, I was checking out the competition and someone is using my pool image. I don't know if this is petty or not but I contacted the realtor and asked him to take it down. He should've ask. 

New Day

With "Super Tuesday" over I was thinking Wednesday really gets no love. You have Superbowl Sunday (sorry The Big Game Sunday don't want the NFL fining me) , Monday gets all the holidays (presidents day, Labor day, Memorial day etc.) Tuesday is Super in November, Thursday gets Thanksgiving every year, Fridays Party night and Saturday is a weekend and gets college football for 4 months. What's poor Wednesday get????

Well here you go Wednesday, as of next year I'm declaring the first Wednesday of August Amazing Wednesday. (this also takes care of August which get no holidays). So this August 5th help me celebrate Amazing Wednesday by doing something you love to do or by trying something you've never done before.


W-

Get out and vote!

I just wanted to encourage you all to get out and vote today. W and I already did. My town is very organized when it comes to voting. You're in and out of there even at one of the most busiest times. We even got decent parking this year.

Things I heard while voting:
"Dammit, you treat me like a kid sometimes. I've been voting for over 50, I think I know how to do this."

"Mom, why did you vote for McCain??!! You said you were going to vote for Obama, you can't vote for McCain, Obama has to win. You need to explain to me in one sentance why you voted for McCain."

I actually wanted to hear what her response was but I was done voting and there was a line beginning to form for open booths.

Welp, get out there and make your voice heard.

Feeling a bit down?

This weekend we turn our clocks back for Daylight Savings Time. Most of us get SAD around this time of year. Well, I have a few cures which will brighten up your day - yodelling and penguins. Not necessarily at the same time.

First, listen to yodelling. It may sound silly, but I'm telling you, a couple of minutes into a song and you'll be trying to sing along. Oh, you know you can't yodel but you'll try. Then you'll break out in laughter because you can hear how stupid you sound. Guaranteed tears of joy.

Second, watch a movie on penguins. Doesn't matter which one, they are just so funny to watch. Oh, I know there's always a sad part of any wildlife documentary, but the scene after the leopard seal eats a baby penguin, BAM! Cute penguins waddling around like life is a piece of pie. Again, puts a smile on my face.

I hope you find my suggestions helpful.