Month: February 2003

I just don’t like it. Does that make me a bad person? I don’t mind vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce on it. But try as I might, I just don’t like chocolate ice cream. Tonight I had a small bowl (no, really) of Breyers’ Light Vanilla-choc-strawberry combo. I bought that flavor because a)it was “light” and b) this was the only light flavor that came in a container with “15% Extra” [free]. But I’m not digging the chocolate. If I eat all the strawberry and vanilla, and leave the chocolate (or rent a kid who will eat it) then what was the point of the 15% extra? I left 33% behind.

Next time I’ll just get a flavor I like. And it won’t be the butter pecan, because that was just vanilla with gigantic nuts in it. I mean, if you LIKE that, Breyers in the way to go. Whole pecans.

Ed, Edd and Eddie is on right now. (Well, it’s on the TiVo). For one of the first times, I actually laughed out loud at something that happened in this show. If you’ve never seen this show, it’s not going to be as good. You have to know Ed.

Edd: [As Eddie loses control of a tractor, accidently going in reverse] That’s really something I’d expect you to do, Ed.

*pause*

Ed: That’s really something I wanted to do.

Holy cow, the wind last night was HORRIBLE! And it came from the west instead of the south, like it usually does, so it was hitting the front of the house full-on. I swear, the way all the windows were rattling, I was positive we’d have some damage by morning. Kept me up most of the night, actually, simply because it was so violent.

Its nice this morning, though, in a cold sort of way.

Okay, I swear I’ll stop posting pictures of the birds in my yard unless I get a really interesting one. After these posts, that is.

Junior got to see a woodpecker life and in person today, but it was too far away for my meager little digital camera to handle. If anyone wants to send me an expensive, high-end camera with a good optical zoom, I’d be happy to sit by the window waiting for him come back to my neighbor’s yard.

We didn’t make it out to the booksigning, but as I told someone in private email, I already have a signed copy of the book. I was only going to go to inflate the crowd. Oh, and before I forget, at one point today we had booming thunder around here and a downpour. Freaky weather this winter.

Head over to the Leominster Barnes and Noble (289 North Main St) at 2pm to meet Adrian Nicole Leblanc and have your copy of Random Families signed! And yes, I verified the time in the local paper. If I can get the boy out of the house, I might go just for support, you know, to make the crowd even bigger. I’m sure Junior could have his arm twisted, he loves the book store.

I bought myself some purple tulips this afternoon because Shaws has them on sale. I cannot resist sale tulips. Ever. What with all those spring robins hopping all over my lawn, I was filled with the spirit of spring.

Purple, red or pink, for those of you taking notes.

This guy and a couple dozen of his friends were hanging out today. I have to tell you, I was delighted to see them.

I just wish they weren’t so skittish. I wanted to get a better photo, but this will have to do.