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Hello Out There

Sorry, didn’t mean to leave you in the lurch for the past few days. I’m sure you were able to find other ways to fill the one minute of the day you usually spend here, so for that, I am thankful. If you did spend a lot of time just sitting at the computer and hitting the refresh button on the browser, well, maybe you can email me offline and I can recommend some hobbies.

Not much exciting in Jodyland. I’m still grumpy about the 3-season room. I know what you’re thinking, you’re thinking “get over your damned self” but I had kind of had it in my head as a done deal, so that is annoying. I need to undo what’s in my head. Do you know how much work that is? The paperwork alone will kill you, never mind the calls to the cerebral cortex and the begging and the tears. Anyway, suffice it to say I drowned my sorrows in the JC Penny shoe department. I only got to pair of clearance shoes, but that feels so decadent to me. Of course, they were summer shoes and today it’s not even supposed to hit 50, so I can’t wear them. That also makes me grumpy. Do you see a pattern?

I am the kind of person who is into instant gratification. There is another project-y thing in the works, that I’m not privvy to talk about, but I have no clue what the time frame is right now, and it’s just making me crazy. I need to follow up with some of the key players to get a better sense of the timeframe or I may have to go out and buy more shoes. Nuff said.

So, what did you guys spend all your sunroom money on this weekend?

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Any Good Movies Playing?

I was just thinking how sad it is that there aren’t any big splashy movies opening this weekend…

Hey, on that topic, have you checked out [Grocery] Store Wars yet? VERY funny, very well done. I can’t imagine what they are going to be charged by their hosting company for all the people who will go to watch this thing.

Personally, I don’t know if I’ll be seeing that Sithy movie any time soon. Does that make me a bad person? By my count, I’ve seen 1, 4 and 5. I wouldn’t mind seeing this one, but because it’s not appropriate for Junior (I hear it earns it’s PG13 and then some) it is a much bigger production to get out of the house to see it. Plus there are still a couple of movies that I wanted to see that I haven’t. I’m not sure if any theaters are actually showing movies other than SWIII. If I owned a theater, I probably wouldn’t.

I’m still not over my overwhelming sadness about the whole sunroom thing. Just in case you thought I’d forgotten.

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Well, THAT is Expensive

The sunroom guy came out today, to measure stuff, show pictures, and give us a quote. And what a quote it was! Holy crap, I really really really want this room, but the quote was about 6000 more than the ballpark price that was 4000 higher than I’d hoped. So for those of you who failed 2nd grade math, it’s about 10,000 more than I want to pay for a room.

I’m very sad.

Very very sad.

Any of you have an extra sunroom you don’t want any more?

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Horribly Unpopular

Getting in on a web meme a few billion years late, I just visited NameVoyager and started poking around to see trends in names. My name? Not even in the top 1000 baby names (for boys or girls) in 2003. Not with any spelling. It peaked in the 70’s, being 174th most popular name for girls, 204th for boys. I’m shocked by that. I know very few people named Jody (as opposed to people using Jody as a nickname.)

My sister’s name was the *7th* most popular girls name of the 50s! It had dropped all the way to 23rd by the 70s, and now her spelling, like mine, isn’t even a blip on the radar. So I don’t need any smart comments from her.

Just for fun, “Junior” ranks higher than “Jody.” Not as high as his real name, but I’m fascinated that there are people out there actually giving a wee bitty baby the legal first name “Junior.” It boggles.

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Ear Worm

I have a ridiculous ear worm stuck in my head right now. And because I love all of you, and to punish you for not working harder to make me the Voice of My Generation, I am going to share it with you.

I Like ‘Em Big and Stupid” by Julie Brown. And no, I have no idea why that is in my head. I think it may be time to pull out the Archos to listen to something else. Maybe try to reclaim my youth by listening to Jesse McCartney. Should I be embarrassed to say that I like his stuff? Well too bad. I do.

It’s only Tuesday. Oy.

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