The Big DumpTruck

I know a lot of you who follow me on Twitter or FB know that last Saturday's to-do list was a bust. Very hard to accomplish anything at all. The Gods were against me, I tell you.

So do I need to decide: do I work from a to-do list this weekend or not? And if so, is it okay to fill it with things like

• drink a margarita
• put a new color on my toes
• Buy a little something for myself
• play some Sims 3

Or do I have to add a line item about cleaning all the crap off the ironing board and fold it up for the first time in 2 years?

Labels: lists, weekend

Here is today's list. You can't have the first one, that one is mine.

The Adventures of Keychain and Neil
40 Ways to Prepare Cold Cereal
The Rat in the Hat
Helmet Hair: Spending Too Much Time Playing Halo
Even More Ways to Prepare Cold Cereal

p.s. I think I successfully removed the snippet of code that was automatically adding links to key words in the blog to Amazon products. Some of the links were too odd. So from now on, if there's a link to an Amazon Product in an entry, I added it there myself.

Labels: humor, lists, writing

I think there are a few things that I am not going to get from Santa that I see people getting all time time in television commercials. I like television commercials because they really do tell me how much my life stinks, and how very much improved my life could be if I would just get off the couch, roll over to the mall and spend my hard earned cash. It's so easy, even a child can do it. (For the record, Junior is not allowed to watch infomercials because he gets sucked in and he wants everything they sell. Right now the thing is that hydroponics herb garden. Because, you know, he needs fresh herbs.

1. A Car. An expensive car specifically. With a giant red bow. You know, I've been around for quite a few years, and I can tell you that I've never seen a car with a giant bow on it in anyone's driveway. And I notice things like that. Also, if Mr. Dump ever buys me a car without asking my input on make, model, color and options, he will be known from that point on as "Stumpy".
2. Gigantic Diamonds. Okay, this would be a very cool gift, I'll admit. But really, I do not want our checking account drained so that I can get a rock that would look more appropriate on Wilma Flintstone. Or whoever is currently married to Donald Trump.
3. A BBQ for tailgating. I don't tailgate. Maybe I would if I had a portable grill that can make a 14 course dinner before the game. But I don't have one so I will be grilled-meatless this Christmas.
4. A hydroponics tabletop growing kit. Even if the thought of endless cherry tomatoes is appealing, I'd be all over this if I thought I could get even one good beefsteak tomato mid-winter. I don't cook with a lot of mint, though, so I don't know if it's worth the investment.
5. Vinyl siding and replacement windows. Gosh, what a thoughtful gift! Could those replacement windows come in, say, a mansion of some kind instead of my little Cape? That would be great!

That's all I have for now. If I think of more, I'll add them today, because you know what? You are totally worth it.

And if you're looking for something uplifting to read (and like me, it's okay if you tear up at work) I suggest reading The Gift over at Suldog's blog.

Labels: christmas, lists