I can no longer deal in todays, tomorrows, this mornings or tonights. I was never very good at that anyway. But when it comes to events, my husband has to give me a day, date, and time now, or I don't know when anything happens.

Apparently kids pick Tootsie Pops over full sized candy bars. The theories behind it involve being drawn to color, or perhaps the level of involvement eating the candy takes versus the relative lack for eating chocolate ( Read more... )

Lots of spiders are moving in around our back porch. Another large-ish one was seen today... but I can't figure out what kind it is yet, because it's nervous and runs away if I look at it too much, or get too close.

I've mentioned before how much I dislike shopping. I can think of a thousand better ways to spend my time and money than fiddling with clothing ( Read more... )

( Cut for the arachnophobic )

Once in a great while I will seek out Applebee's riblets. They aren't top of the line, and not really barbecue, but perhaps that is why I occasionally crave them. Alas, no more. We went to Applebee's tonight and I was disappointed to receive an impostor! I am better than 75% sure that the meat had been processed and then pressed around the ( Read more... )

I remember fiction about time travel being much better when I was little. The books I'm reading now? Kind of thin. But I just found a chapter I have to have my husband read, because this one chapter in the book is written for him. It mentions punk, Prince, and being born in 1977, all in the space of about three pages ( Read more... )

1. Argh, I had 7 minutes left! Do I go back to sleep for 6.5 of those 7 ( Read more... )

This is a product of my husband being out of state. *sigh* I'm actually doing better than I normally do, but I attribute that to the utter exhaustion I vegged (mostly) away today. But I have a list of household chores I can do and my in-laws are up for a visit if I find myself too lonely. Ü Poor husband is without free wi-fi too. :o ( Read more... )

While reading movie reviews, I was kind of surprised that people really do seem to forget what it was like to be a kid. How much of it do all of you remember? I don't mean just specific events, but also your development in general- ability to process emotions, meeting milestones, and the sort of thoughts you had about the things you did and saw ( Read more... )