Musical Monday (or day 23 of my failed NaBloPoMo)

I do love Musical Mondays - I get to see all kinds of videos I've never thought of viewing before and share some I love.



As usual - today I've chosen a DMB song. The theme is happiness. How can you not be happy after watching this video?

May I now present the Dave Matthews Band - Everyday:

You have to click here to view - embedding was disabled by request. Sorry.

OK - now it's your turn. Post your happy song and go here to link to it (hosted by Diane of Good Mourning Glory - she's got an awesome Peace & Coexistence theme going on right now. Good stuff!). Oh...and leave me a comment so I can see what's moving you this week!!

Stay tuned for some cool stuff. First off, I have an iTunes winner to announce. And another big announcement. A life changing kind of announcement. Complete with pictures!

Day Thirteen

Well, going to bed really helped last night - by the time I woke up my headache was gone! I used to have a bad time with headaches, but lately they've been better - I don't know if it's been the exercise or chiropractic visits. Either way, I sure don't miss them!

So for today's blog post I decided to make a list. Of 20 things that irritate me. Here ya go!

1. people that drive too slow right in front of me
2. other people's kids
3. mechanical pencils that break constantly
4. shoes whose tongues slide to the side of my foot rather than staying on top where it belongs
5. garbage bags that rip when I remove them from the trash can
6. plugged drains
7. sitting at home writing a blog post on a Friday night
8. wire bound notebooks when the wire gets bent and the pages don't turn easily
9. egg residue that won't wash off the tines of a fork after several attempts
   
10. Digital conversion TV
11. the fact my mother doesn't get her OWN Facebook account, but uses my Dads instead
12. the end of a bottle of lotion when you know there is at least one more use in there, yet you can't get it out without slicing the bottle open (thereby risking injury)
13. eyeliner that is too firm and doesn't go on smoothly
14. chapped lips
15. small chunks of messed up paint on freshly painted walls
16. new CDs that don't have the information on them so when I put them on my mp3 they are "unknown" unless I type all the info in myself (case in point: the new Weezer CD, the new Green Day CD)
17. the guilt I have because I don't comment nearly enough on other people's blogs - I LOVE their comments, but I seem to be too selfish to share the joy and comment myself
18. when my son plays his bass guitar in the morning
19. having to budget for crap like new mascara, or lotion - I have a good job, why don't I seem to have enough money for this sort of stuff not to be a hardship?
20. hard water stains

So there ya go...I'm thinking tomorrow should be a 20 things I'm thankful for post...this blogging every day is more difficult than I thought - I just don't have enough deep thoughts or exciting events to write about on a daily basis!!

Day Twelve

I'm not posting a long post today. I have a headache...have all day. I've taken Tylenol, it's not really helping. I even had a coke to try to get rid of it (the doc says sometimes that helps). So I'm just going to bed with an ice pack.

I haven't forgotten about the iTunes giveaway - I've just been too lazy to write names down on a piece of paper, toss them in a hat and draw a winner. That's my goal for tomorrow.

OK - that's it for today.

Day Eleven - Veterans Day

For any out there that may be veterans, I'd like to take a moment to thank you for your sacrifice and service to our country. I do not come from a military family, but many of my friends have served. I personally never even considered the option of going into the military because of my inability to swim. For some odd reason I thought that would automatically eliminate me from being in the military. Probably not...actually it may have helped me to learn to swim. But there were lots of things I didn't do because of that. Odd. Anyhow - thank you.

I went to pick up some prescriptions today from the pharmacy. Due to some old lady being in the wrong lane when I went to pull in, I didn't want to go into the store because I had kind of cut off another driver. I didn't want to get into some sort of throw down in the middle of WalMart. Not that it would be the first time something like that has happened there, but still.

So I went to the drive through. The above story was to emphasize the fact I normally would NEVER go through the drive through for such a reason - I'm not sick, I can be around people, I just didn't walk in this time. It's an odd drive through. The tube that transmits all the stuff is on the other side of the store than the pharmacy. The tubes run all the way across the store above shoppers heads. Odd.

Our prescriptions wouldn't fit in the tube. So the lady in the pharmacy actually brought it out to my car - how's that for customer service!? Of course that made me feel even worse that I went through the drive through. Ah, well.

In other news, due to stupid daylight savings time (oh...just wait until the spring when I go on my annual rant about THAT issue!) I can't seem to get outside when it's light out. The trails I normally go on are WAY too seculed to be on in the dark (actually they're supposed to be closed at that time). I can't afford my gym membership (with the indoor track!) anymore. So I'm stuck on the treadmill. Which I hate. But I hate gaining the weight back even more. So I'm suffering. It's a crappy treadmill, too - the display doesn't work, the incline gets stuck, and it's incredibly noisy. But it's better than doing nothing.

So there you go. I'm kind of depressed today so I think I'll just end this here. See ya.

Day Ten

Yet once again my son has made me feel old.

Today after school he came in my classroom all excited, waving a piece of paper around.

It was his class ring order form.




He's just a freshman, for crying out loud! The most rewarding thing to come out of the whole thing was when I mentioned that "the next important ring you'll be getting is your wedding band."

And he replied, "first I have to get my college ring."

YES! He's been listening!!

The next most rewarding thing was when he made sure to pay attention to the prices and chose very wisely, knowing funds are limited. It really makes me proud when I see he has common sense and is frugal with money.

Musical Monday - Best and Worst of the 80s

As a girl of the 80s I just had to join this week's Musical Monday hosted by Diane from Good Mourning Glory. It was truly difficult to narrow down both categories, but I went with my first reaction. Enjoy!!

Worst song of the 80s...I know you can't help but sing along, but that doesn't make it right!

"I Wanna Be A Cowboy" by Boy's Don't Cry



Best song of the 80s...well I wouldn't say it's the only best, but I do have to say that every time I hear this I go right back to wearing my legwarmers and ratting up the hair!

"One Night in Bankok"



Go on...join us in celebrating the 80s today!!

Day Eight

Wow...today was beautiful! And pretty productive, as well.

First up, Boyd and I made an indoor rabbit hutch for the outdoor bunny. Now we have two rabbits in the house. I'm thinking that Koko (the bunny that has always been in the house) will be much less bored now that he can watch Pringle. And Pringle will be much more comfortable - not only with the cold weather coming, but also no wild animals prowling around his outdoor hutch. The room they are in has been rabbit proofed (read: no wires) so they can get out to roam around...one at a time...don't want any baby bunnies.

Pringle:

Koko:

Next, I made laundry detergent. I've been reading about it on some other blogs, and after doing some price comparisons decided it was a no-brainer. I did a load of laundry using it and I think it will work out well. Next time I will make the liquid detergent, but for now I've made powdered. I do have to dissolve the detergent before adding the clothes, but I think that will be good - should keep me from overloading the washing machine. Which I'm known for.


Tomorrow is another busy day. I am taking the day off (it's supposed to get up to 67 degrees tomorrow..what!?) so Boyd and I are going for a bike ride on a trail we've been wanting to get out on. I'll be doing some yard work as well, but I really want to get out and enjoy the day. I'm also going to make some pumpkin butter. I want to can it for Christmas gifts, but after reading up on non-acidic canning I'm not sure. I've never canned before, so the fear of screwing up kind of scares me. My mom has all the stuff I need, though, so we'll see. I did buy jars today, so worst case scenario I guess I could freeze them. Kind of defeats the whole canning jars thing, though.

No new news on the squirrels. But I'm glad y'all don't think I'm cruel. I mean if they stay out of my house they are more than welcome to live on my property. It's when they invade MY space - knowhwatImean?