So my day started off like this: Because at 6:30am as Love is leaving for work, he calls me and says his car won’t start. He’s got to get to work (obviously) so he’s taking mine. Boo. I worry a little but go back to sleep. When I get up, I walk downstairs to the…
Category: General Blather
Dreaming of a New Vacuum
I spent Monday afternoon partially disassembling my vacuum cleaner and trying to unclog the completely stuffed hose. It was messy, disgusting and absurd. The vacuum cleaner is like 2 years old. And it pretty much rarely, if ever, works anymore. It just gets completely and irrevocably clogged up. I get that we have two cats…
Pineapple Paradise
Years and years ago Yankee Candle had a scent called “Pineapple Paradise.” It was the best scent ever. Just this juicy, pure pineapple scent with nothing else. So rarely do you find pure, sweet pineapple anything without it being tainted by coconut or other “tropical” scents/flavors. (You can find a million “piña colada” items but…
Selfish Grief
I’ve discovered with Rand’s passing that grief has many faces, shows up in many different ways and comes and goes with varying impact – even long after you think it should still bother you. It was two years this March and many days it’s easier to deal with; the grief is well-worn in and doesn’t…
Boring Weekend
Nothing really to talk about, hence the lack of posts in a few days again. Just more of bullet-point comments than anything, so here goes: Love’s CT scan The neurologist wanted to get it done to see if they could track down the source of the throbbing/whooshing/pulsing problem he has in his right ear. Doc…
Gifts with Wedding Registry
I’ve always loved freebies. I’m not as obsessive about it as some people but I take time each day to check out a couple freebie/deal boards to keep an eye out for free products or samples or other neat ways of getting items free or extremely cheap. And getting engaged at Christmas opened me up…
Downtown St. Petersburg
After a late start and braving rain, we made our way to downtown St. Pete this afternoon. We did wind up getting rained on, but only briefly. This is Florida after all, and in 10 minutes or so, the rain had given way to sunshine. There was an art festival going on but we got…
Rainy Saturday
The forecast says, “1.47 inches of rain coming your way” which I find amusing. It’s so specific a number. It’s still sunny outside currently, but if you look at the expanded radar, it’s clearly on it’s way. Which is good because we’re in an “extreme drought” situation here in the Tampa Bay Area. (And indeed,…
Inverness, Florida
Got up this morning, got ready and drove up to my Mom’s house. (About 25 minutes away.) Hopped in Mom’s car then drove up to Inverness, Florida. It’s is where my Nanny lives (my Mom’s Mom or my Grandma though she’s always gone by “Nanny.”) One of my cousins was in from Las Vegas and…
Love’s Neurologist – Appointment #2
Love had his second appointment with the neurologist yesterday; a follow-up to his first one to see how his new migraine medication was working. He told the doctor about all the crappy side effects of the Topamax and how miserable it was making him, but that he hadn’t experienced any of the dizzy spells since…
Spaz
I swear, I’m such a spaz lately. I’m so scatterbrained. My day has gone something like this… Get up, check email and related, get dressed. Remember I need to look up some supplies, get distracted by a couple other sites, get back to the supplies, compare and price supplies for like an hour, finally checkout…
Afternoon at the Beach
Yesterday the weather was beautiful. The kind of gorgeous day people think Florida always is like but in truth, rarely if ever actually has. It’s normally sweltering by April. But, the temperature was hovering around 80F (26C) and with low humidity plus a breeze, it was just lovely. We wanted to get outside and enjoy…
Chicken Parm
Tonight for dinner it’s easy chicken parm. Really tasty, not a lot of work but great results. Want to make it yourself? You’ll need… Boneless, skinless chicken breast(s) or cutlets* 1 egg Italian breadcrumbs Olive Oil Spaghetti Sauce Parmesan cheese Shredded Mozzarella cheese *number depends on how many people are eating. Trim chicken if needed,…
Wedding Joy?
So, my Wedding Woes entry prompted a TON of comments, suggestions and ideas. Today, my sister had a really great one and I think it might totally be a winner: renting a house for a weekend. You may be all like, wha…? but hear me out. I live in Florida. Florida is a tourist state…
Mmm…burgers
Living on a third floor apartment we aren’t allowed to have any form of grill or open fire on our balcony. (Because of fire marshal codes here in Florida.) We tried for years to perfect various cooking techniques for making a burger indoors on an electric stove – to universally disastrous results. We thought burgers…