Random A Thru E
The light outside today is very pastel and diffused-- nice!
I think we're all almost recovered from Thanksgiving week. Sheesh, what a blur. We all staggered around a little bit, and finally narrowed down the malaise to mild jet lag. The dogs are clingy and tired after a week of boarding. If possible, they're even stinkier than usual 8-O Bathing them is such an ordeal, though. It's easiest to just peel off the clothes and get in the tub with them. Think I could sell that video? Aaaahhhahahahaha! Ehhh, no.
The long-term project fell by the wayside a bit, but back to work. Exercise today and tomorrow is going to have to be in the form of generalized running around, though. I just want to feel like I did the year I turned 40! OMG, that was so great. Heh heh heh... no comment (naughty grin).
Yay for the kid's grades being so good! He's got high B's in all three academics, pushing A's!
Have spent far too much time over the last two weeks (the ones spent at home, anyway) monkeying with the kid's computer, trying to get a browser-- ANY browser-- operable. He downloaded Norton, which, according to a lot of comments I've seen on diagnostic message boards, many computer gurus opine to be garbage, and it promptly devoured something (the registry is the prime suspect) and will not connect for love or money. I've thrown in the towel, and am headed to MicroCenter this very day to replace the thing. He's got a bells-and-whistles computer at his dad's, so a garden-variety model will be fine.
Random A: My favorite blog, Paris Breakfast, has some absolutely gorgeous photos of the Russian Tea Room! Look at her 11/24 entry: http://www.parisbreakfast.com/
Random B: Last week at the Fontana bar at the Bellagio, we had a really yummy drink called a limonito, which was their tweaked version of a mojito... it was Bacardi Limon with a splash of fresh-squeezed lemon juice and cranberry juice, served in a martini glass rimmed with ultrafine sugar. Dangerously good. Mojitos are also evilly delicious, mmmmm...
Random C: Indecision over Sandra Lee on Food Network. I can't decide if she gets on my nerves, or if I would walk over hot coals to wake up in the morning looking like that. Dang. I think those are real, and she's annoyingly California thin. Real ones should be somewhat low-slung and European-looking, like Princess Diana's and Sophia Loren's. They should not be up around one's collarbone. Classic cleavage should leave room for jewelry and occasional appreciative ogles.
Random D: This is giving me the serious seafood joneses: http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_pa/episode/0,1976,FOOD_10234_45161,00.html
Random E: On the flight back, I decided what SkyMall catalog is. It is the Sears Christmas toy catalog for grown-ups. I could grow to love those noise-reduction headphones. Also, XM radio is pretty swell, and the folks on AirTran flight crews are cool. Had a great, funny, blabby pilot on the flight out. A bit of learned-it-the-hard-way for any young, hetero, female readers: Type A Men are like Great Danes: a whole lot of trouble to actually live with, but real charming in small doses.
I think we're all almost recovered from Thanksgiving week. Sheesh, what a blur. We all staggered around a little bit, and finally narrowed down the malaise to mild jet lag. The dogs are clingy and tired after a week of boarding. If possible, they're even stinkier than usual 8-O Bathing them is such an ordeal, though. It's easiest to just peel off the clothes and get in the tub with them. Think I could sell that video? Aaaahhhahahahaha! Ehhh, no.
The long-term project fell by the wayside a bit, but back to work. Exercise today and tomorrow is going to have to be in the form of generalized running around, though. I just want to feel like I did the year I turned 40! OMG, that was so great. Heh heh heh... no comment (naughty grin).
Yay for the kid's grades being so good! He's got high B's in all three academics, pushing A's!
Have spent far too much time over the last two weeks (the ones spent at home, anyway) monkeying with the kid's computer, trying to get a browser-- ANY browser-- operable. He downloaded Norton, which, according to a lot of comments I've seen on diagnostic message boards, many computer gurus opine to be garbage, and it promptly devoured something (the registry is the prime suspect) and will not connect for love or money. I've thrown in the towel, and am headed to MicroCenter this very day to replace the thing. He's got a bells-and-whistles computer at his dad's, so a garden-variety model will be fine.
Random A: My favorite blog, Paris Breakfast, has some absolutely gorgeous photos of the Russian Tea Room! Look at her 11/24 entry: http://www.parisbreakfast.com/
Random B: Last week at the Fontana bar at the Bellagio, we had a really yummy drink called a limonito, which was their tweaked version of a mojito... it was Bacardi Limon with a splash of fresh-squeezed lemon juice and cranberry juice, served in a martini glass rimmed with ultrafine sugar. Dangerously good. Mojitos are also evilly delicious, mmmmm...
Random C: Indecision over Sandra Lee on Food Network. I can't decide if she gets on my nerves, or if I would walk over hot coals to wake up in the morning looking like that. Dang. I think those are real, and she's annoyingly California thin. Real ones should be somewhat low-slung and European-looking, like Princess Diana's and Sophia Loren's. They should not be up around one's collarbone. Classic cleavage should leave room for jewelry and occasional appreciative ogles.
Random D: This is giving me the serious seafood joneses: http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_pa/episode/0,1976,FOOD_10234_45161,00.html
Random E: On the flight back, I decided what SkyMall catalog is. It is the Sears Christmas toy catalog for grown-ups. I could grow to love those noise-reduction headphones. Also, XM radio is pretty swell, and the folks on AirTran flight crews are cool. Had a great, funny, blabby pilot on the flight out. A bit of learned-it-the-hard-way for any young, hetero, female readers: Type A Men are like Great Danes: a whole lot of trouble to actually live with, but real charming in small doses.
