The Big DumpTruck

It’s time for that regular Big DumpTruck feature: How to Be Like Jody. If you buy the following products/do the following things, you can be just like me. Isn’t that the goal of each and every one of my faithful readers? Yes, I thought so.

1. Honey Nut Chex Mix. I love this stuff. I could inhale it by the bagful, and this weekend, I almost did. There is something supremely addicting about the salti-sweetness of this product. Don’t get me wrong, regular Chex Mix is good, but it’s nowhere NEAR as good as the honey nut kind. Don’t be confused by the caramel one (I think that’s what it was…I have never tried it); to be like Jody you must go for honey nut.

2. Viva paper towels. These are the official paper towels of the Big DumpTruck. I got hooked on these when Junior was a baby and they were the recommended brand if you were going to try to make your own baby wipes. They are VERY VERY SOFT. In fact, my step-daughter actually asked me what brand they were last week. She also wanted to know what brand of toilet paper I buy.

3. Angel Soft double rolls

4. Shaws Brand dryer sheets. I guess this only works for people who live within listening distance of a Shaws. I cannot say for certain if Star Market brand is the same (I know they are owned by the same company). Shaws brand is all that and a bag of Honey Nut Chex Mix.

So there you go, a few things to set you on your way to Jodyness. Watch this space for even more helpful hints in the future!

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?

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.

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?

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.