Monthly Archives: January 2007

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling…

Imagine sleeping soundly in bed. The pupster is sleeping up tight agains you. The husband is but an arm’s reach away. Now imagine a large, I don’t know, JOLT that wakes you up from your sound and peaceful sleep. That, was my wake up call today.

Turns out, the hubby rolled right off the bed and onto the floor! Of course this freaked him out a bit – not quite the most soothing way to wake up and he seemed all sorts of frazzled as he climbed back into bed. Having a king sized bed, I was left a bit frazzled and confused myself.

A short while later, when we were both more awake, I asked him what happened. He said that he was straddling the side of the bed and just must have rolled a bit. I asked if it was somehow my fault – though I really meant the pupster’s fault since he was beg-hogging a bit – and he said it wasn’t. But I can’t help but wonder, maybe this is just a reflection on the state of our affairs.

*gasp*

Or maybe my husband just managed to roll out of bed. I could happen. Hell, it did happen.

Who’s on Second?

Do you remember your first? You know, the first. I was a sophmore in college and my roommate was gone for the weekend – as was much of the entire campus. For some reason, I remember hanging out in the common room and the next thing I know, there’s some guy up there with me. How we ever ended up back in my room drinking, I’ve no idea. But oh well.

I can’t say that the entire experience was even worth remembering, but then again, that’s why I chose to pop with a stranger (feel free to judge away). I figured it wouldn’t be special, so therefore, my follow up experiences would be much better. Strangely, though it was years later, I really don’t recall who my second was.

In my defense I know it was either Military PrickBoy or BigTime PrickBoy. Now before you cast your stone of judgement yet again, know that I had what my young adult self would consider relationships with both of the aforementioned PrickBoys. Sadly, they just both turned out to be major Pricks and kind of just blend together. Ahh, the joy of young love.

But really, almost everyone remembers their first time, but how many actually remember their second?

Still More of What I’ve Learned Today…

do not try to open a package of string cheese if you’ve just put on hand lotion.  And piggybacking on that thought, don’t try to open anything with a screw top after putting on hand lotion either – though that was a lesson learned that’s sadly been ongoing for me for the past 6 or so months.  What can I say, if I didn’t write these rules down for all to learn from, I just might forget (again).

What I Learned Today…

They say that the key to staying young is to learn something new every day.  Well, today I learned NOT to walk on a treadmill barefoot.  Really, even if it’s only for 30 minutes.  Even if it’s just so you can feel good about yourself for working out while on vacation.  But in particular, don’t walk on a treadmill while it’s inclined, while barefoot.

Don’t ask me why or how I know this to be truth.  Just listen to my sage advice.

Me, I need to go pop some blisters now…

Baby Envy? Not.

I (selfishly – see below) spent the day with a good friend and her darling son and am proud to announce that I was able to earn back my baby street cred. Turns out I really DO know my way around a baby even if I’m not a mom (take that!!) And as to be expected, the little man loved me! I got to hold him and walk to sleep. I got to feed and burp him. And I let him suck on my (clean) finger while his mama tried to suck boogers out of his nose – poor kid!

The best part…no baby envy! I guess we didn’t make an unwise choice after all. I mean, as much as I love kids (and boy howdy do I love kids!) I really, at no point thought to myself “awww…I wish I had one.” Cool, huh? And for what it’s worth, I seem to have a way with poodles as well.

Funny thing…I DO get all “awww…I wish I had one” around puppies! Go figure!

Go Me – Toot Toot!

A couple of weeks ago I showed some weird-o 4 pound gain. In one week! For those of us in WW-land, that’s just not cool. And while I wasn’t over concerned, and knew it wasn’t completely accurate – considering it was right after Christmas – I still skipped my next WI (following NYE).

So today was time to get back on the scale. And I’m proud to say, while I may not have lost any additional weight, from Christmas until now, I *did* manage to NOT GAIN!!! Yes, I maintained! And this is more than welcomed in my happy, little WW world.

So just from Thanksgiving to NYE (also known as “THE Holiday Season”) I was able to lose 5.6 pounds!!!

Not too shabby if I do say so myself!!

Mondays…eh!

I don’t know what it is about Mondays that leaves me never wanting to blog.  Maybe its because I spend the first half of the day just catching up on CC stuff and everyone else’s weekends.  Or maybe it’s because I often times get overwhelmed just looking around the house and seeing the “weekend mess” that my hubby, without fail, leaves behind.

Whatever it is, I just say Mondays, eh!

Blizzard of the Century!

I was poking around pictures of this huge snow storm that happened last week. There are some really beautiful shots out there in Flickr-land from this blizzard, but I have to say, this picture is just too beautiful.

Just look at those colors. Look at the valley all lit up. And that sky…it’s amazing what the winter, black sky pollution can turn into at sunset. Just breath taking. It almost looks like one of those Thomas Kincade paintings.

Just thought I’d share the beauty. Man pictures like this and I sure miss New Mexico.

And totally unrelated…Malibu is on fire again *sigh* Those Santa Ana winds.

Smoking in the Shower

Don’t worry, no one here is smoking in the shower, I promise.  I just needed a catchy title – or at least a title that I thought was catchy.  Last night, after I took the time to shower and get ready for dinner, we ended up at one of those law-breaking bars.  You know, the kind that let you break the law and smoke inside at your own risk.  Well needless to say, I came home reeking of smoke.  It made me actually wonder why I bothered to shower a mere 4 hours prior.  Talk about pet peeves…yeesh.

Today I woke up feeling the twinges of what seemed to be (see how that goes?) an incoming migraine.  Well, we putzed around the farmer’s market (and got some asian pears – YUM!) and then headed out to lunch.  By the time we got home, I seemed to need to pop some pills.  Richard commented that I needed to shake this by the B.B.King show tonight, so I settled down in bed.  The good part, Richard later came back to bed and it was snuggle time with me and the boys (I love that about weekends).  The bad part (or what seems like the bad part) is that it didn’t seem to work.  I can still feel the dull ache.  Eh, I’m sure I’ll survive the show.  Did I mention that I hate blues?

And now, I’m off to do a buttload of dishes.  Man, dishes and laundry, when does it ever stop?!?