Catching up with me

A disclaimer

I’m a little burnt out on the internet. I’ve considered shutting down this blog, but I do like keeping record of things that have happened; I can’t tell you how many times I’ve searched my own site to verify something. That being said, I highly suggest you subscribe to this site’s feed instead of checking here everyday, otherwise you’re just wasting your time.

My husband, my hero

Monday morning while I was blow-drying my hair, a fuse blew. I went into the garage to try and reset the fuse, but couldn’t reach the fuse box, so I called Joe, who was already on his way to work. He explained I’d have to squeeze between his motorcycle and the various junk to reach over to the fuse box but I wasn’t seeing how that was possible. He told me to stand by, as he was turning around to come back home. I protested, but he insisted.

Ten minutes later he was home and could see there wasn’t any way to squeeze between the stuff to get to the fuse box, so he moved some stuff around and reset the fuse. The best part? He did all this without any guilt trips and that means the world to me. That’s why he’s my hero – he takes care of me and when he does something that might inconvenience himself, he doesn’t act like it. It’s more than I can say for myself, even.

You win, iTunes

So I gave into iTunes. Make no mistake about it – I’m not happy about it. But it was a necessary evil. I loaded all my music to the library, made sure all the album art was there, then deleted everything from my iPod and reloaded it through iTunes. I got tired of running iTunes to get iPod updates and have it “evaluate” all the music already on my iPod and remove the album art in the process. I don’t get why it insists on doing these things, but I feel like it’s a big bully that is forcing me to use it if I want my cover art to remain intact. So whatever. I will be begrudgingly using it to update my iPod moving forward.

FIL #8

I just got finished reading one of the best books ever. I totally fell in love with Merle and his human-like personality.

Have you ever watched a movie and couldn’t stop thinking about it afterwards? For some reason, I Know Who Killed Me is one of those movies. And not because it was good, because it wasn’t. I think what bothers me is the lost potential. The plot was actually very interesting but the execution was terrible. There were unnecessary scenes and information that was glossed over too quickly. The acting was poor and there was too much gore. Yet it persists in the back of my mind. What a waste of an interesting idea.

Audio Raider is the easiest way to find MP3s without having to pay for them. Not that I advocate that.

FIL #5

If you like Scrubs, you have to check out Rate Your Doc. I particularly enjoyed J.D.’s profile so I voted for him.

I must have this ornament! I caught the last ten minutes of the original Rudolph awhile back and I couldn’t help but wonder why they decided that when his nose would light up it should make an awful screeching noise at the same time.

Sorry, that’s all I got this week. I’m sleepy!

FIL #4

I can never remember the acronym I was using so from now on this is going to be called FIL for Friday I’m In Love.

Lookit! I Spy is described as “must or bust reviews from two chic mamas”. They are brand-spanking new and giving away a $40 Starbucks giftcard if you pass along the good word, which I would do even without the incentive since I love product reviews done by real people.

How freakin’ cute is this bag? Does someone want to get me a little xmas present?

Have you ever heard of Tastefully Simple? I hadn’t until Wednesday when someone brought the most heavenly cracker/chip dip to work for a birthday celebration. Suddenly I could not stop going back for seconds, then thirds. Then after lunch I went back for fourths and it was all gone. I found out it’s one of their seasonings called Onion Onion. I ordered it today. Shipping is as much as the item but damn, that is the best dip I have ever had so it’s worth it. Now if only it would get here so I can eat it!

Cupcakes in Chicago boasts the best cupcakes anywhere but clearly they haven’t tried my yummy lemon cupcakes that everyone gobbled up on Wednesday. In any case, I need to visit this place soon. I also aspire to decorate my cupcakes with the cool swirly style that they do. I even bought a decorating kit.