Fan Girl Wannabe

1) If I'm going to live with a stiff neck and shoulder, I at least want the satisfaction of having gotten them while doing something fun/kinky/naked. ::pout::

2) It's funny how the news that someone I have a teeny-tiny crush on will be at WisCon made my day inordinately better.

3) Sitting at my desk today still sucks.  I'd prefer a nap in the sun.

4) I don't think I'm going to get the fourth WisCon book read before Friday, much less in time for Wed's bookclub discussion.  I'd have a better chance at finishing if I'd actually start it.

will it work?

Yes!  thanks to

sasha_feather

If you put M&Ms into a half-empty tin of Altoids Dark Chocolate Dipped Mints, teh M&Ms will take on a minty flavor!

I'm finding that I like Mavis as a person very much.  Of course, I already love her very much as a daughter, but it's heartening to know that she's a person I'd want to know anyway. (I think Rupert is finding his way to this place too, but it seems slower because he's a boy *and* she's had a 3 year head start).

Almost, but-not-quite catching a cold is good in two ways - the not catching the cold way, and the giving yourself permission to take the day (afternoon/evening) off way.  Also, DH's cold tea kicks ass! And colds!

Finding Fat Tire Amber in the supermarket in Joliet almost makes up for having to sit here alone in my undies (or should I say 'small pants'?) drinking it. It also goes well with salad bar salad and minty M&Ms.  Dinner of champions. What?

Although I would love to have read HP7 all in one go, we're only at chapter 21 now.  First the boy read it, then the girl, then I finally started reading it aloud to DH.  I won't be the last to read it either - our copy is already promised to the neighbors.  My voice doesn't last more than 2 chapters at a time, so the most we'll do in a day is 1-2.  With me being out of town 3 days/week, it's really slowing us down.  OTOH, he says he prefers the way I read it to the idea of getting the audio book.  I try to do some voices, but nothing major, and I do try to get some of an English lilt into the phrasing - years of watching BBC and now listening to podfic made by foreign fans helps me get the emphasis on the right syl-la-ble. heh.

I've been having a lot of kissing dreams lately - at least once a week.  Just dreams of sweet sweet kisses.  I wake up all smiley from them.

• Mavis's wonderful adventures in MLW.
• Wicked - the audiobook (unabridged) - what a weird-ass book.
• Found!  Luzon Jumilla back on the shelves at Woodmans!
• It's not Pneumonia, but it still required 2 trips to the Dr. this week.
• The care and feeding of a 14-yr old vegetarian.
• Hot showers, Yay!
• The new PM, the new project, and loads of work to do.
• Kitschy salt & pepper set (photo)
• Crocuses!

I guess LJ is feeling guilty after eating my last post.  Since then, every time I've started a new post, it's asked if I want to retrieve my "last saved draft."  I always hit yes just to see what it's got, and it's my rant about the autosave not working! LOL

Last weekend we had an out of town guest, K from SC.  It was a lovely long weekend, with way too much food and drink, and some nice snuggling and also too much heat and humidity.  It was very relaxing, and barley52 is working on tempting K up here permanently ::g::  Of course I chimed in with at least $.05 about potential places of employment.

On Saturday, Rupert accompanied us to the Farmers Market and brunch, because afterwards, we were heading to State Street, and he's been dying for a new pair of Chuck Taylors.  He wanted purple plaid, but we couldn't find them anywhere on the internet.  There's a great shoe place on State Street that always has Chucks in the window.  Well, they had a problem with sizes - lots of cool models in really large sizes, but not in Rupert's fairly standard size.  So he ended up with Vans instead.  They're a kelly-green and white houndstooth.  I think they're way cool, and he looks so teen-aged in them :)  What a shock it was to realize in the past couple of weeks that Rupert is now taller than Mavis.  Not by much, but there is a 3-yr age gap.  So I'm back to being the shortest person in the house.

Sunday, we stopped by the Monona Farmers Market to see Farmer John, and K picked up some lovely things to take home.  Then we went for breakfast at the Bourbon Street Grille, which is the two-story restaurant overlooking the Yahara.  Great food, great dining porch.  We're definitely going back some evening for the rooftop music & bar.  Heaven!

Well, we're off for the weekly poking.  See ya later.

I was going to post this last week, but knowing my flist, I was pretty sure a couple people (you know who you are) would take this post as an invitation, and really, I wasn't quite in that mood.  So....

I have always preferred sleeping with company.  When I was a kid, I slept with all my stuffed animals.  This became problematic when I had more stuffed pets than bed.  At that point, I singled out a stuffed Snoopy that always kept me company, and I rotated through the rest.  Except that on xmas eve, I'd pile everyone in the bed with me - special occasion, ya know?  Man, did I love that Snoopy.  His poor skinny neck gave out pretty early, so his head always drooped.  But he was soft and fairly squishy all over, so I didn't really care much.  He went to college with me (along with a couple of bears).  When I graduated, I finally gave him up.  Left him at the local Goodwill donation site, with a bunch of other stuff I didn't want to move.  I almost didn't leave him.  There he was, in all his gray glory, carefully arranged on top of my other stuff, and I was back in my car with my real, live puppy.  I opened the door of the car, and almost got out to retrieve him, but talked myself out of it.  I had this idea that a cum laude college grad shouldn't be sleeping with a woobie any more.  Silly me.

Right before I got together with DH, I bought a new queen-sized bed.  It was bigger than any bed I'd owned and it was exactly the right firmness.  I loved that bed.  I slept with extra pillows though.  When DH moved in, we kept my bed and got rid of his king-sized waterbed.  I can't sleep in those, so he had to get used to less real estate.  We kept my bed until about 4 or 5 years ago.  DH had been bugging me for a couple of years to upgrade to king size, and we finally had the house that would allow for it.  I kept saying no, because really, who needs all that bed?  I can see it if you're 6 ft tall or fairly wide, or regularly sleep more than 2, but come on!  We're both far less than 6 ft and we like to spoon.  What would we do with the extra space?  Also, at the time he brought it up, I was spending a lot of time on the road for work, and for some reason, hotels think they're giving you better service if they put a single person in a king-sized bed.  If I already hate sleeping alone, why would I want to do it in a football field?!  Anyway, back to the upgrade.  DH was able to convince me that it was time, because we were suddenly hosting an extra sleeper on a pretty regular basis.  So the 3 of us trooped off to the mattress stores on a fine weekend day, and raised a lot of eyebrows by climbing on all the beds together.  We used to tease about the bed having its own zip code, LOL.  The bed has lasted longer than the relationship that inspired it though.

So now, we spoon in the middle of a king-sized bed, and I have a king-sized pillow that I put between me and the edge (I've always liked being in the middle too).  But last week was pretty darn tough.  I am very very happy that I have my "bedwarmer" back home with me.  I was sleeping in the middle of the bed with both king-sized pillows on each side of me, wearing long jammies, thick socks and smothered by a down comforter.  And here's the kicker - I was still cold!  I can't sleep when I'm cold! I hate sleeping alone!

Well, I feel like I've been writing meeting reports continuously this week, so even though in my head I've got at least 3 LJ entries written, I'm not gonna write them tonite.  In summary:

No weight change. It's December, and even though I should be glad the number isn't going up, I'm bummed it isn't going down.

Subaruby!! Brought the new baby home on Wed, and have to get the borrowed transportation back to cfxjosh  and leathermines. Thanks you guys! You rock! We are once again a 2-car family, with a '01 Subaru Legacy as the newest member of the family. Say sayonara to the year of the car.

The Gay and Lesbian Business Alliance has named 'My Caterer' their official caterer! Tuesday was a big success and moreso because of the skills and talents of cfxjosh and leathermines. See above. How cool is it that a professional cake decorator decided to stay till the mini creme puffs were served, and then pronounced them delightfully light and airy?! There were actual groans of appreciation as barley52 carried them to their pedastal. It's been such a long week that I fear my spelling sucks....

There's been some amazing writing and reccing on my flist this week, and I've tried to keep up, but I've had limited time.

Got my first 2 weeks of pay from the new job too. Bank account is very happy.

Installed shelves and a bulletin board, a cordless phone and a shiny new laptop in my job trailer. Too bad said laptop came with nothing but Lotus Notes installed. Took all week to straighten it out, and am still missing Project. But, things are definitely coming into focus on the job.

Tonight, I recycled the leftover scallop ceviche as scallops in cream. Heavy cream in a light roux flavored with tarragon. Drain the scallops, add to the cream, heat through and serve over angel hair. The tanginess of the lime in the scallops played nicely against the richness of the cream. Had a glass of german riesling on the side. Served myself seconds, then couldn't even take a bite. There's one dish waiting in the fridge for DH. It was all his fault to begin with ::g::

So that's the week in review.