This Could Only Happen To Me

I just had my 8 year blogiversary.  8 years!  What the hell has there been to write about in all that time.  I’ve only moved my blog once, from blogger to typepad, but some things have been lost along the way.  I do have most of my old posts (in the archives up there) but not everything survived. 

I remember when I started, I was watching the Tech TV with Leo Laporte and he had a guest on that was talking about blogger.com, who had just came to life about 4 months prior.  I was going through a mess of a divorce and I thought it sounded like a good outlet to get my thoughts out.  I was used to keeping paper diaries (since 1972) so the writing came naturally and I turned out to really love it.  I was interviewed by the Rocky Mountain News about my blog at one time and I still have the article.  I got a few readers here and there and that became the best part. 

So happy 8th anniversary, blog.

Anypoodle…

I had a carton of eggs, ya see.

They were about to expire.

So I thought I would make some egg salad, maybe even go crazy and make a few deviled (that doesn’t look right but spellchecker says it is) eggs.

I put the water on to boil, added the eggs and walked away.

And fell asleep for TWO HOURS.

Do you have any idea what happens to boiling eggs after two hours?

They explode, oh yes they do.  We found eggs all over the counters, in the living room, dining room..and..

on the ceiling.

Mark was in his office upstairs with the door closed and came out cause he smelled "something".  He said the house was full of smoke and there were eggs everywhere.  He came and got me up (not in a "wake up, darling" sorta way, mind you) and we set about airing out the house and cleaning up eggs.  I seriously could have burnt the house down.  Idiot.

My mom has been looking for a salad spinner.  I saw one at the thrift store today and called her to see if she wanted me to get it.  Keep in mind she claims she cannot hear me on the phone because my voice is so low.  I guess the tv volume at her house is on as high as it will go because they talk too low too.

"Are you still looking for a salad spinner?"
"A what?"
"A salad spinner"
"A salsa bender?"
"No a salad spinner!"
"spell it."
"S-A-L-A-D"
"That doesn’t spell anything"
"Like when we go to Applebees and get a salad!!"
"salad?"
"Yes, a salad spinner! God!"

So anyway, she eventually said yes, and I bought and it turned out to be the wrong kind, of course.  It was the kind with the handle that you turn and not the button that you push.

I shoulda got a salsa bender instead.

It’s hard for me to post because my keyboard is messed up.  It takes me 5 minutes to post and 15 minutes to correct the mess.

I  had a good week at work.  The baby was happy and funny, but it’s getting a bit harder to keep him away from mom’s office.  She works with the door closed but it’s a glass door, so sometimes he just wants to go over there and bang on it to get her attention for some reason or another.  He’s so easy to watch tho, he’s developed a fun sense of humor and he makes me laugh all the time. 

Most of the time we just play or read (he LOVES books), but once a day we turn to my newest tv crush.  No it’s not a soap opera star, it’s Joe, the host of Blues Clues. 

Actually his name is Donovan Patton and he’s a hottie.  Not so much in his Blues Clues garb, but ruffle up his hair and put him in a sexy black t-shirt, and..yumm.

I know, he looks 17 but he’s actually 29, well above legal age.  I might just write him a letter and see if he pulls it out of the purple mailbox and reads it on the show. "We just got a letter, we just got a letter, we just got a letter, I wonder who it’s from?"

__________

("F" word ahead Mandy…)

Tonight Katie and I went downtown to help Cindi and some of her coworkers serve dinner at a homeless mission.  I wasn’t altogether looking forward to it but it turned out to be really fun and something we want to do again very soon.  The work was effortless and kinda fun but what really made it great were the people.  The people that came to eat were very grateful and nice, and a lot of them were really funny.  Some were a bit grouchy, but who could blame them really?  It’s 23 degrees outside, we’ve had snow on the ground for close to 70 days and all they’re getting from us is some mac and cheese, gray vegetables, cheese and crackers and some salad.  One guy said "No I don’t want any salad, if I wanted salad I would have salad you fuckin’ people."  See, a bit grouchy.

The other volunteers were pretty fun too.  My sister’s friend Rose is a lot of fun and their friend mike seemed silly enough.  There were a a couple of volunteers there we didn’t know, and they weren’t near as cool as us.  Katie hit it off with one of the other workers, a guy who is living in a sober resident facility.  They didn’t exchange numbers or anything, but I know she’ll be looking to see if he’s there if we go again.  I’m going to call the place tomorrow and see how often they will let us come.

I’m off tomorrow but have a few errands to run.  I’m looking forward to having at least part of the day to myself.

Hope you all are faring ok with all the weird weather going on out east and down south. 

Later gators.

I’m hot.  Like it’s so hot in here I’m sweating..what the hell is that about?  It should be snowing here next week.

I am reading reading reading blogs but I just have had no desire to write.  I feel like I have nothing to say.

We didn’t do anything on our anniversary, but are going to "celebrate" tomorrow.  Neither one of us were too keen on going out to a fancy dinner or spending money on gifts.  We decided to take the whole day tomorrow taking a drive to Guanella Pass (about an hour away) and packing a lunch.  We talked about taking the bike instead of driving but Mark isn’t quite comfortable with me on the back, cause he’s never riden with a rider, except Emma and she weighs like, nothing.  I’m sure by next spring we’ll be going here there and everywhere on it but for now, we’re just going to drive.  We’re just going to take pictures, hang out – and enjoy each other’s company.  Mark offered to go to the movies in the evening – which is huge for him cause he hates the theater, but knows I love it…but I said the drive was enough.  Should be fun.  I hope there’s not as much snow there as this picture shows or we’ll be eating our picnic in the car!

Other than that it’s just work, eat, sleep and all the great fall shows.  Are you loving Ugly Betty?

There’s a few Fly Lady events coming up that sound fun.   A corn maze, and then in November, a barn dance.  In December we are going to try and go away for the weekend again.  Sounds good to me.

I will try to be back with  more frequency, but for now that’s all I got.