November 23, 2006

Thirteen Things I’m NOT
Thankful for on this
Thanksgiving Day

1. Gravity
(But only when a full package of eggs slips out of the grocery bag as I’m carrying it into the house. Otherwise, gravity’s good.)

2. The person who took my parking place
at the grocery store yesterday
The only other empty spot was at the other end of the lot, way out in the boonies.
And I had lots to buy.

3. Lima beans
Truly. Do they have any taste? No. So why bother?

4. The person who cut me off in traffic and nearly caused an accident
However, I would forgive them if they had a medical emergency and was, perhaps, rushing a laboring woman to the hospital.
Then I’d wish them luck.

5. The man who killed those Amish girls at their school.
I’m still devastated about that.

6. The new Rocky Balboa movie

Give me a break. He’s actually going to fight?

7. Paris Hilton
(I need say no more, do I?)

8. Pouring, blasting, windy thunderstorms
but only when I’m stuck without an umbrella and I’m cold…
otherwise, bring’em on!

9. The way the long strap on my purse accidentally gets caught on the edges of things all too often, causing me to jerk back suddenly, or, worse, bump into something when I’m jerked back suddenly

10. Radical fundamentalists
(is that redundant?)

11. Japanese Beetles
on my raspberries, on my roses, on everything all summer! Ugh!
12. People who don’t have families, or who aren’t close to them

13. Popcorn without real butter on it
(I mean, why bother?)

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving to all of you celebrating it!

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November 22, 2006

I know it’s going to be for me.

Not only are we hosting the Big Dinner tomorrow (which of course means, not only cleaning, but washing napkins/tablecloths/plates/silver), but I’m way behind on other things. Such as actually buying the food to prepare for the dinner.

Oh, and figuring out the menu items.

Fortunately, we usually do a traditional meal, so I only have to decide on dessert (other than the requisite pumpkin pie which my MIL will bring) and what stuffing to make. So I’m not too stressed out about that.

But then I realized yesterday that I don’t have a big enough roasting pan for my 20-pound turkey, and so I have to drive up to borrow one from my MIL, and we were just there on Sunday. Doh!

And then there’s the fact that I’m in the middle of a scene in Gardella 3 that I really just want to finish, but may not have the time to do before all heck breaks loose here.

So, anyway, that’s my day. How about yours?

(and tomorrow, even though it’s Turkey Day, I’ll be blogging for Thursday Thirteen: Thirteen Things I’m NOT Thankful For!)

November 21, 2006

The new Harry Potter trailer is out! Yay!!

And I just watched Pride & Prejudice the other night with Keira Knightley (as I mentioned).

So, without further ado:

(Thanks to Zeek for sharing this first!)

November 21, 2006

Check out this cool list of reasons why Heather Harper would like to be a Venator*….

Thanks, Heather!

*A Venator is what the vampire slayers are called in my Gardella books.

Edited to add: Heather’s posted her review of the book, and is giving away a free copy…What a cool gal, huh? So hop on over and give her some hits.

November 21, 2006

How about a quiz about female recording artists from the ’80s, I thought to myself when I woke up at 4:00 this morning.

Since I couldn’t go back to sleep, I thought I’d give it a shot. So here goes….

1. What famous indie artist was once the lead singer for ‘Til Tuesday?
(earworm of the day: “hush, hush…keep it down now, voices carry….”)

2. Which famous ’80s recording artist began her career as an opera singer?

3. Which female artist sang the theme song for PeeWee’s Playhouse?

4. Who was the lead singer for Missing Persons?

5. Who played an unknown dancer on the TV spin-off of Fame before she made it big as a musician?

6. Joan Jett was signed to her first recording contract under the name Joan Jett and _____? Bonus question: How old was she?

7. In Toni Basil’s video for “Mickey,” what school was represented by her cheerleading uniform?

8. In 1984, Van Halen released an album called…1984. (Clever, huh?) What other band fronted by a female released an album of the same name?

9. Prince wrote a song that was made famous by an all-female band. Name the song and the band. (Bonus: what other female singer had a smash hit in 1990 which was also written by Prince?)

10. What was the name of Madonna’s first band?

Answers posted later today!