*Big DumpTruck*

I am Very Very Angry

Excuse me, but what was wrong with the British version of Robbie the Reindeer? Why do we Americans feel the need to remake things? Are the networks afraid that the folks in middle America won't be able to enjoy the show simply because the characters have English accents?

I accidently found this tidbit out on the web, which linked by to the official Britney Spears website, where they say the following:
"Ben Stiller plays the title personality in two 30-minute 3D animated specials, while Jim Belushi, Hugh Grant, and Ben’s dad Jerry Stiller play other supporting roles. Britney plays Donner, who is trying to steal Robbie’s attention from fellow reindeer Vixen." (December 13 on CBS)

WTF? Don't they know that in the REAL version of Robbie, Donner is played by Jane Horrocks of AbFab and Chicken Run fame. The voices MAKE that movie, and to this day I use Robbie's "Oh Dear" ALL THE TIME.

I'm angry. I love Ben Stiller, but I'm angry.

I'll probably watch it so I can complain about it. Plus I want to see what they do with the 2nd episode. But I'm still angry.

Thanks Everyone!

Thanks everyone! It's such a relief to be done! So now I can sort of say I wrote two novels. I just need to edit them to make them readable. I had hoped to make this one available after I was done, but man, it's going to need a LOT of editing. Plus, it isn't done. And there isn't a plot. You know, all the things one would want to have in a novel someone else would be reading.

I DID IT!

Shopping? Are You Crazy?

Well, actually, under the right circumstances, I probably would have. But with Junior hovering around, it's not all that easy to do that Santa shopping. I think I'll be waiting another week or so to get the rest of mine done. In the meantime, we just hung out, watched Cinderella II (yawn), Dumbo, painted, made flowers, and played with the Little People Nativity Set.

One fun activity related to that: having Joseph park the donkey behind the stable after letting Mary off. Yes, this a child of the 21st century...

Turkey Coma!!!!

Home from my parents. Hate that long five minute drive. I love a meal that includes 4 different kinds of pie.

Happy Thanksgiving!

A special thank you to everyone who visits my little home on the internet...knowing that people out there like me enough to visit me on a regular basis makes my whole day, every day.

Thank you!

French Canadian Tourtiere

Okay, for those of you in the back who are reading but not joining the conversation, here is a link to the French Canadian Meat Pie upon which (I believe) the meat stuffing I mention is based. I can only assume that those of you who live south of a certain point don't know what the hell I'm talking about. That's okay. We're here to help. French Canadian Tourtiere.

Today's Question

Dressing/Stuffing: Meat or Bread?

Use the comments function to vote.

So Much To Do, So Little Time

Man, taking yesterday off to go to the Science Museum was heavenly, but I really shouldn't have. Now I've got too much to do today because tomorrow is another holiday. I'm taking my computer to my mom's house, and everyone can yell at me but I don't care.

For all those of you leaving today to travel for T-day, drive/fly/ride safely.

No, it's NOT too Early to Listen to Holiday Music!

I cannot get the Maybe This Christmas cd out of my head. The songs get stuck in there and then I have to listen to the CD again and that resticks some of the songs. I gave this a 5 star rating...I think it's worth every penny I paid for it.

Katie Couric is On My List...

I recorded the Wiggles on the Today show to show Junior later on, and watched it to see how it went. Katie Couric, showing a complete lack of good manners, insults the guys by asking if they are ever embarrassed jumping around, instead of waiting for an answer says the she decided they "must be embarrassed all the way to the bank."

Okay, not cool. This isn't a 60 minutes interview. It's a morning live concert with a ton of kids in the audience. They don't need to hear crap like that. They don't think the Wiggles do this for the money, they think the Wiggles do this because they love kids. And that is why they do it. But the guys weren't allowed to respond to that, the show ends there. So this is the last impression we get - the guys trying to look amused after being insulted on national TV. I don't understand what would make someone be so rude on live television.

Guys, Try Good Morning America next year.

The Crackling of the Fireplace...the Hum of the Laptop

Junior passed out on the couch watching Atlantis. I actually feel the same way about that movie. So I carried him up to bed an hour an a half or so earlier than he usually heads up. That means Mama has the house to herself and a fire in the fireplace. It's a better scene for romance, but I don't have any of that nearby, so my trusty laptop will have to do. You all understand, I hope.

A 2pm trip to Bolton Orchards to buy apples turned into an all afternoon affair with mom and dad. Mom went downstairs with Junior to play on the computer with him, and dad and I watched football. I think he thinks I watch way more football than I actually do, simply because after 20+ years of HIM watching it all weekend, then the 9+ years Mr. Dump did, added to my fantasy football team knowlege, and suddenly I'm someone's dream date - a gal who can follow a football game and actually get into it. I do feel obligated to make comments about their uniforms, though. I mean, it's my job, right?

The People You Meet

I keep running into people I know over on the offical NaNoWriMo website. They are people I know either in person or from other online groups I belong to. The cool thing is when I find them because we are on the same page of the list of participants by word count. Meaning, generally we are within a few hundred words of each other. I'm glad so many people I know are keeping up with it!

Tonight I spotted Tim from BredCrumbs (Link is over on the left). Hi Tim! I'm ahead of you now!

Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

We're now watching Charlie Brown Thanksgiving for the third time today. Good thing I don't hate it. On the other hand, I'm going to get tired of it pretty soon. Still, it's got that awesome Vince Guaraldi background music going for it.

Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits contains the Thanksgiving theme, but I don't think it has the song with vocals in it. That's "Little Birdie," isn't it? I will say that the reviews for this CD say that some of the songs are just samples and they're in mono. So I don't know that it's worth it. I guess I'll stick with the classic Charlie Brown Christmas.

Charlie Brown Christmas Will be On

December 8th. Don't blame me if you miss it.

And hey, only 9 days until the 25 days of Christmas start on ABC Family (or whatever the hell it is these days. It's ABC now, right? It was Fox Family last year. I can only keep track of so many things before the lines start to blur.

Funny Kid

Junior was playing with this teeny stuffed dog (an Animal Alley dog they had in happy meals a year or so ago) and he's telling me it's Super Dog. I asked what kind of super powers it has. In addition to heat vision (thanks Fairly Oddparents!):

"He has powers to make breakfast and other important stuff."

We See the Wiggles Live in New Haven

Here is a link to the page I made about our Wiggly adventure south to see the Wiggles.

We Made It There and Back!

This morning when I woke up and thought about the long drive from Leominster to New Haven I started to wonder what the hell I had gotten myself into...but off we went, loaded down with a Leap Pad, a Game Boy Advanced and some books. The Leap Pad lasted almost all the way down...two hours. I thought MapQuest was kidding but I guess not. You get to by-pass Hartford if you are going south on 91, so other than the backup caused by the car fire "Oooh, that's not good" we didn't hit any traffic.

The show...unbelievable. I'm in awe of what these guys do THREE times a day for all these little kids. Even as I type this, they're in the middle of another show. And they were doing one while I was in the middle of my drive home. That's a LOT of work, folks, given that they do not stop moving through the whole show. Unfortunately, most of my pictures stink because of that, but I will share some anyway. Look here for a link, maybe by noon, that will have the recap and the pictures. Here's a teaser for you, with one of the better pictures:

Woooooo Hooooooo!

Me and The Boy are driving 2.5 hours tomorrow to see my Anthony Wiggle in concert in New Haven! I got the tickets tonight and they are FANTASTIC! I'm so excited, I'm beside myself.

Anthony, if you're reading this, we'll be in the mezzanine box seats directly in front of the stage. First two seats. That's us, the cute little boy and the woman who loves you.

Photos here tomorrow after I get home.

Put Some Gravy On That / Thanksgiving Ruminations of a New Thyroid Patient

It's my Thanksgiving article again! It's that time of year...Mary Shomon, my health hero, is republishing my Turkey Day thyroid article. I know this because a) I get her newsletter and b)I am getting a lot of fan mail suddenly.

I have to say these thyroid folk are very sweet. Not like you regulars, who let me toil away at the keyboard without so much as a peep (well, except for you, Anji, but you're the only one! Wanna read for yourselves? See Put Some Gravy On That / Thanksgiving Ruminations of a New Thyroid Patient. And anyone reading who would like something written for YOUR newsletter, website or what-have-you, you know I'm available for freelance work, right?

I Used to Go to Bed at 9

For a while, Junior and I were going to bed at the same time. It just seemed easier that way. We'd both hike up together, and while he had to be in a dark room, supposedly sleeping, I would sit in my bed surrounded by fun things to read. It was actually working out well for both of us.

Then I signed up to write a novel in 30 days and suddenly I get to watch it change from one day to the next. I don't like staying up this late, for the record.

Wow, only two days later!

This season of the Sopranos has interested me. But for whatever reason, I haven't been watching them promptly. Last week I had to watch three episodes in a row to get caught up. That plays with your head in a big way. After the last episode (you know, the "good" one) I had to run and errand and I wanted to blow out some tires and swear a lot. A LOT.

I was a good girl this week and just watched the episode from two days ago. I think that's a record for me. It wasn't as good as last week, but there's a part of it that will stay with me forever. I'll talk about it in the comments section to spoiler it, so if you don't want to know, don't click the comments button!

Away in a Ranger

Okay, it was actually my dad's GMC Jimmy, but Ford Ranger parses better. Took most of the day off AWAY from the computer. I really need to give my body a break from staying hunched over the keyboard 18 hours a day. Okay, well, that's an exaggeration, but I was gone for the meat of the day.

Hit the Christmas Tree Shop up in Nashua, the LL Bean Outlet and Target. Three stores where I have to leave my credit cards home. Oh wait, I don't have any credit cards anymore. Damn, this would have been a great day to load up.

I did get a bunch of stuff at the Christmas Tree Shop in the "present packaging" area. A gorgeous gift box that I refuse to give away now that I have it, some wrapping paper and gift bags. I love gift bags. I forgot to buy tissue paper while I was there but that's not a big deal. It's usually pretty cheap at Brooks. Now I just need to get some things to put IN the gift bags. I know it ticks some people off that I'm starting 'early' but when you're stretching dollars, it's easier to stretch them if you start early.

But now I'm home and trying to catch up on my mail, etc. I still have 1200 words to write to make today's quota. Catch ya later.

Where I Am

2nd night with a fire in the fireplace. The driveway is shoveled, I've eaten dinner, and I hit the 25,000 mark in the novel. I have no plot, but I have 25,000 words! Woo hoo!

That was some damned heavy snow...

I just got in from shoveling the rest of my drive. I had hoped all the snow would melt today because it was supposed to be rainy and in the low forties, but when it's 3pm and everything is the same, you start to get worried that it's going to freeze up into major ruts that you need dynomite to remove. Plus I heard a rumor we're going to get a few more inches tonight. So I bundled myself back up and went out to get rid of what was there. Back-breaking work, my friends. It was all slush. For those of you who are smart and live in a non-snow area, this means each shovel full weighed about 40 pounds. I used a push shovel, which is supposed to help but really, I don't know that it did. I think it just uses different muscles, in the middle of your back (right at the bra strap line for those of you in the know). That doesn't mean it feels any better. There wasn't enough to use the snow blower, or so I thought. Next time, I may use it anyway.

Off to write. I'm boiling up some hot water for a winter beverage. I'm not sure what I'm going to go for yet. I'll have to browse the cabinets.

The 2002 Holiday Season

I won two prizes in the Hallmark Keepsake Sweepstakes, according to the little pull-tab entry things I've been receiving in my People Magazine. So I went down to pick them up...I got a little box of chocolates, and a copy of the 2-tape set of Gulliver's Travels (the Ted Danson Version). Well, I'm not looking a gift tape in the mouth.

Oh MAN the store has such awesome Christmas stuff in it! I could have spent all day and hundreds of dollars in there, I swear. And the smell...there's nothing like the smell of Christmas, even if it's just Christmas candles and potpourri. Mmmmm. I'm really in a kind of a holidy mood now. Helping on that score is the fact that it's flurrying outside, and that there's a Tony Bennett Christmas special on TV tonight. That's right, a Christmas Special. We'll ignore the fact that the Peanuts Thanksgiving special isn't until next week.

Hot Cocoa, anyone?

Well, That Takes Care of That

Somehow, my hiding under a rock for the past few months caused McDonald's french fry recipe to slip by me undetected. What the hell were they thinking? I don't go there for health food. I go there to eat fries. The best fries on the planet. The fries you can no longer get at McDonalds. Gah, the flavor is all gone. And to make matters worse, I tried a bite of Junior's chicken nuggets tonight and THEY don't taste the same anymore either. For goodness sake, what the hell are they thinking? It's enough to make me never go back again. We'll ignore them screwing up my burger ("Okay, do I need to say it in a foreign language? JUST KETCHUP!"). But if the fries don't taste the same, what's the point? I certainly won't have cravings for them anymore, which in the grand scheme of things, is probably good.

But I'm still angry about it. Maybe they should have called CocaCola first to ask about that whole New Coke thing.

The Yuckies are Coming

As a nine-year-old who watches a little too much of the Weather Channel told me this morning, tomorrow is going to be a "mixed bag". Woo hoo! I hope it includes a lot of heat and wind! What? No? You mean ice and snow and rain? Well that's not the kid of "mixed bag" I like.

Oh, and I'm going to give you ONE warning...if you get an email from paypal-ebay.com telling you you need to give over some financial info? It's a scam. I don't think the site is up anymore, but I'm warning you just the same. If my research last night is correct, it's some college wanker who set up the domain about 3 weeks ago. "Somebody's going to Ja-il." I can't wait to read about this in the news. I sent everything off to ebay as soon as I got it. The funny thing was looking up the email address the guy used to register the domain. He posted to a CGI programming group that he needed someone to write him some financial software and that "money is no object" or something like that. Didn't it occur to him that he could be traced?

Anomalies Unlimited

Here, while I'm getting some stuff done and can't spend a lot of time coming up with the long-winded useful crap I normally share with you, I instead point you to this site: Anomalies Unlimited - the funny "peculiar" and the funny "haha". Don't blame me if you lose an hour or two just browsing.

Cool New Search Engine

I somehow ended up on the Alexa search site this morning, and I think it's pretty cool. So cool, in fact, that I downloaded their search toolbar to my browser. Additionally so cool that they are owned by Amazon, and if you access them via my site or download the tool bar from the link I added on the right, you can automate the way you help the Big DumpTruck. The toolbar has an Amazon icon in the far right corner. Now if you use THAT to access Amazon, you'll automatically be telling them I referred you. No need to come to this site first before you go there. Cool, huh? I think so. Here's
a sample review page for THIS site. You have entered a review, haven't you?

I don't want to do a hard sell, but this is a great way to keep the Dump alive. All proceeds from the referral fees I own go right back to paying for hosting, and domain renewal (due in exactly three weeks. Uh oh.) Okay, that's it for the commercial. I'll just keep the link to the toolbar over on the right somewhere. IE users can grab it now, later or never. I'll still love you.

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Okay, there, you happy? Good.

p.s. This page is the number one result if you search for "David Blaine Streaming" on Google. I don't ask, I just report. (I'm endlessly fascinated by being the number one result for anything on Google, especially if I assume I won't even be on the first page.

4 or 5?

Now is it fair to refer to Junior as a 4 year old when he's so much closer to being 5 (January 6th) and thus acts "older" than a 4yo? Should I be saying "My almost four year old" so that I'm not deceiving people into thinking I have a genius on my hands. I mean, I do, but I don't want to have people turn around and say I tricked them.

Him: Where are my new pajamas?
Me: On the stairs, I didn' t bring them up yet.
Him: Thanks, Mama!
Me: Oh, no problem, it's my job.
Him: Oh, is that so?

Is that so? Is that so? Who is this person? (p.s. They are the LL Bean Lizard PJs. Very very nice.)

Turkey Day

I'm not cooking Thanksgiving dinner this year, for which I am thankful. I'll probably be in charge of bringing a few items, including a pumpkin pie. But that's it for me. This book, Thanksgiving 101

looks like something I'm going to need to buy, though. I don't want to be afraid to screw up a turkey. And it would happen, let me just tell you that.)

We're Number 6!

My fantasy football team is in 6th place. That's good. Luckily, the league goes by win-loss before total points, because if it were total points I'd be close to the basement. There are some teams I will never catch up with...I'm over 200 total points behind them. This makes me sad. But not that sad.

In other news, Mom's Chili 1, Me 0. Nuff said.

Another Monday Holiday WIth Trash Pickup

I've talked about this before here. Please forgive me if this is a re-hash of the Columbus day entry. My trash is picked up on Mondays. Whenever it's a holiday, we have to check to see if it's a trash pickup day or not. Often people just assume every holiday is a trash holiday too. So what happens is the trash guys fly around their routes, with nothing to pick up. Therefore, both my recycling AND my trash were picked up before 7am. This never happens. One, sure, but both?

Open Letter to American Veterins

Thank you.

Ecotarium A+

PERFECT day to hit the Ecotarium. Most of the kids there today were in Junior's age range too. Funny thing, we discovered a small building that actually had some animals in it. I don't ever remember going in there before, so maybe it's new. They have done a LOT of work on the habitat displays. It was interesting to see all the improvements since our last visit.

The rain held off until after we left, which was helpful. Thank you weather!

Another Great Day

Until the weather turns this afternoon, it's going to be in the 60's. Another great "what can we do outside" day, I think we might hit the Ecotarium for a while. I just wish we were still members, it would be free. We used the membership, but I don't know if we used it enough to make me say "We need to renew".

It was Junior's idea to go there, so we'll have to see if he starts requesting it more often. The bummer was that the membership didn't allow us free access to the Children's museum in Boston, even though the brochure said it would. But I think it would cover the Boston Science Museum. We'll have to see.

Looking up my past

Hey, if anyone I've ever dated is reading this, could you just drop me a line? Not that there are a lot of you, but you should all know who you are. Thanks.

Food

Man, with all that talk about grocery shopping on the main list and here, you'd think I'd have been able to find something to make for dinner tonight. I'm SO tired of pasta. Pasta pasta pasta. It's all the boy eats. That and chicken nuggets. Oh wait, we added grilled cheese. But anyway, we had pasta for lunch. Se we were supposed to get takeout something or other for dinner because it's Saturday and I'm stuck at home with him and it makes the day a bit more, well, Saturday-ish. Except he decided he didn't want to go out. So I had to scour the house for food other than what we normally eat. Except all I bought is the stuff we normally eat. Man, I'm sick of pasta.

I'm a Tired Girl

Yes, this is a steaming mug of tea in front of me. Yes, that is my back yard with NO LEAVES in it. What a day! What a wonderfully warm day! It was about 65 around here, and I soaked in it. We ran errands in the morning...my overdue library book bill resembed what I normally have at Blockbuster. Oh, and we went to Blockbuster too. Then back home, where I raked and he played. I made lunch, then went back out to suck up the raked piles of leaves with the lawn mower. Spotless. Well, I'm sure just for this afternoon.

I also put away the deck furniture and moved stuff around in the shed so that if there's a blizzard tomorrow, I'm ready for it. I even started up the snowblower, just to test it. Gawd what a racket. I hope I don't have to use it this year, but I guess I feel ready now.

Updated Xmas Music Page

Added a couple more items to the "I really need to get these" list. I think I'll throw some of them on my Amazon wishlist, too. You never know. Most importantly, there's yet another new Bob Rivers' Christmas parody CD. Gotta get it. It's like crack to me. If I know it's out there, I have to have it. Or at least borrow someone's copy to see if the songs are funny.

If you own it, drop some feedback here, okay?

Jiminy Christmas, Look at All You People!

Wow, busy day here at the old driver's log. I'm not sure where the crowd is coming from...did a tour bus let you all off out front? I'm not complaining, I have always longed to be trendy and popular. If you're here because I was written up in some ultra-cool magazine, feel free to drop a comment. If you're here because I was talking about Tom Brady and Tara Reid a few weeks ago, well, we're still happy to have you.

I'm not going to comment on this Ben Affleck/Jennifer (J.Lo) Lopez nonsense. I find it incredibly tacky to hear them planning a wedding while she's still married to poor Cris Judd. That boy never had a chance, for the record. Now it's not jealousy fueling my little tiny rant, because while I think Ben is cute, anyone who has seen Matt Damon's naked arms (say, in Ocean's 11 when he's in the elevator shaft) you know which of the dynamic duo rings my bell. Anyway, my odds of this lasting for more than 2 years? I'm going to have to give that 15:1 odds.

Welcome Javier!

My friend Sarah had a homebirth today of a 9 pound 4 oz boy! Awww, and is he ever cute! So everyone, welcome Javier Sabastian to the world!

Today's Word Count

I've got [looking] 7377 words right now. According to my spreadsheet I have to write 4285 more words today to be caught up to the 1666/day pace. Anything over that would be gravy, and you know how I love gravy.

Oh Brother

In the land of "I don't think that's physically possible" local news station WCVB's website has the headline "Police Not Sure If Corpse Was Murdered" Gosford Park, anyone?

Google Search: ride the clutch

I have to laugh...if you do a Google Search for "ride the clutch" my little snippet from my novel appears on PAGE 1 of the results.

My unfinished novel is already making its way out into the world!

Thursday

You know what's interesting? Trying to make sure you enunciate so a child knows that you're saying TH instead of F when he's sitting behind you in the car. They sound very similar, quite frankly. This morning's word was "North." He was trying to tell me that one of the little girls he goes to daycare with lives in North Dakota. Now normally, that would be strange enough, but he's at the age where he's sounding out words to figure out what the key letters are. In this case, to him, the TH is the dominant sound (as opposed to the N).

I think we got that straightened out just in time to talk about how someone in North Dakota wouldn't drive all the way to Massachusetts on a daily basis.

Frankenjody

I have this huge thing growing on the side of my neck. It's a cross between a pimple and a frankenstein bolt. When I have the webcam on today, it will NOT be aimed at that side of my head.

I thought when I got to be an adult I wouldn't have these problems any more. I clean my face. I eat healthier than I did as a teen (still not perfectly, but for breakfast I had a bowl of Special K Red Berries with a banana sliced in, and 1% milk, because I just can't drop below 1% to skim. I've gone as low as I'm going to go.) Should I go back to the poptart diet? I think not. H, I've lost another 3-4 pounds in the past few weeks. At this rate I'll hit my target weight in a few more years!

Water Water Everywhere

It's raining like a sonofagun out there. Funny thing, though. As we drove across town to the daycare lady's house, there was snow on the ground. None at my house. Holy cow, isn't weather FUN!?

p.s.

Yes, I voted. I got to color in circles with a Sharpie pen. Very high tech.

I'm Not Ignoring You

I did too much typing for the past week and now whenever I rest my elbow my fingers tingle so I'm just trying to rest, which is really screwing up the Nanowrimo word count, let me tell you.

Turning Into My Mom

At the grocery store this morning I asked for a rain check for maple syrup. Now prior to today, if there was a sale on something and the shelves were bare, I would just come back later in the week, if at all. I mean, Barq's rootbeer will be on sale again in the future, right? But this was 80 cents off, and that's too much to ignore. So now I have a rain check. I hope I don't lose it.

In other grocery karma, I made lunch Saturday for the three kids, and we blew through the rest of my tuna, my american cheese, a loaf of bread, and a big bottle of "Elmo Punch". I was amazed. Well at the store today, everything on but the bread was on sale(!) The tuna, regular-sized chunk white, was only 77 cents a can! I bought 5 cans. I mean, I normally pay about $1.29 for the same brand. Same deal for the cheese and the Elmo Punch. It was very weird to have a list in my hand and have most of the items on it be on sale.

Why I Like My Kid

Him: Mama, can we have a fire in our fireplace to make the house cozy?
Me: You bet!

I love having a fire. It's one of the things I love most about this house...having a fireplace. My whole life I wanted one. And now my little roommate likes them too. Woo hoo!

Figures

You know, I had nothing going on for weeks. The minute I commit myself to writing a 50,000 word novel in 30 days, BAM, I've got three projects going at the same time. Well, today I had to work on two of those projects instead of my novel, and in one way, I'm feeling bad about my word counts, and in another, I'm proud of myself for doing my WORK instead of my "fun" novel. Which, oh, by the way, isn't so much fun when you have a gun to your head and no idea what you're writing about.

Simple Green

I got tired of hearing my sister say that she uses Simple Green to clean everything in her house. She likes the "safety" factor, that it isn't full of harsh chemicals. So I bought some, in my endless search for the perfect cleaning fluid.

Oh GAWD I hate the way this stuff smells. I really do. And not only that, but my chemical bathroom cleaner has LESS of a gross smell than this stuff. I think I got some in my lungs cause I couldn't stop coughing. And now I'm feeling completely naseated. Just ready to throw up. And I didn't feel that way before I Simple Greened myself. So that was a complete waste of money, and I'll be giving this bottle to her the next time I see her, because I don't want to ever use it again. Blech.

p.s. Heard excellent things about 409 Glass and Surface cleaner. Someone my mom knows said your windows will NOT streak with this stuff. But I can't verify that. Yet.

What Is THAT?

Okay, can someone please explain to me why it is currently snowing out?

This is what I was expecting:

Busy Day

Wow, I've been quite busy this week. I actually feel relieved that it's Friday, even though I know I'll be busy all weekend, too. Busy hands are happy hands. Or something. If that's not the saying, pretend it is. I do need to look into the spell checker in this blogging software. It seems to have taken a dislike to apostrophes. It said the word "can't" was spelled wrong. I'm just not mentally prepared to have to defend my use of contractions to the spell checker.

Oh, funny thing, I almost forgot to mention it here. We brought our copy of Disney's House of Villians to my sister's house for the kids to watch after Trick or Treating. I actually overheard a conversation between Junior (4) and one of the girls (5).

"Goofy's a dog!"
"No he isn't!"

Wow. It starts early. I guess that explains why so many professional comedians tell the same jokes. It starts early.

NaNoWriMo Begins!

It's officially November, so the 10,000 (!) people who signed up for NaNoWriMo can now write! (Click the link over on the write to read my nanowrimo journal, complete with random excerpts.)

Also, regarding Halloween: Cold but not rainy, Junior, who doesn't eat candy, enjoyed ringing doorbells and saying Trick or Treat but didn't always stick around to get the candy. Silly boy.