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Archive for January, 2007
Eeek! Thunder!
Jan 31st
I could bitch and moan about my useless DIL but its the same old shit. Now I’m holding their important information because they keep losing stuff. WIC checks, phone numbers to the DES services people, IDs. How frakking difficult is it to have a designated area IN YOUR OWN HOME to keep all your difficult to replace paperwork?
Hello?
Rumbling thunder heard out the window behind me. Rain pouring on the aluminum roof of my back porch. We’re having weather!
If Buck remembers to bring home the W-2 from his current job, I get to do our taxes tonight. He’s been forgetting for a week now.
Ginnie asked me if I would buy a box of condoms “because you always did for the boys, Mom.” Hey, I got her on the pill already, don’t frakking push me. I’m only so nice.
Loved Veronica Mars last night. She snarked on ComicCon specifically and Cons in general.
Tuesday is meet your lawyer day.
Jan 30th
Seems like a nice enough fellow, though weird that he can’t seem to verbalize a complete thought. Jumpy conversation, skipping around Buck’s story and odd factoids we really didn’t care about.
Court appearance on Thursday @ 8 am.
It twas a relief to actually meet this lawyer before the actual court appearance. The last time we had to hire a real lawyer was for my Social Security Disability claim years and years ago. I/we’d met with the legal aid a few times and talked to the big guy on the phone but hadn’t physically met him. We walked into the courtroom and this guy walks up and introduces himself —- and nobody prepared us for his severely crossed eyes! (The guy on the right) I mean, gee, I got nothing against it and he was a terrific lawyer but a little advanced warning would have helped smooth over the whole social niceties thing.
Beer and pizza for dinner.
Avatars
Jan 29th
These are general TV show markers, in case you just want a reference:
These are just because:
Not too happy about the white and nerdy one. Oh well.
Great yard sale deal!
Jan 29th
I forgot! Buck’s been whining – okay, not really whining per se – just mentioning/nagging/bitching/suggesting we get a rocking chair for when we have the baby here. So we went out this weekend to Terri’s (huge and overpriced used furniture store) Consign & Design Store to look for something second-hand but still decent. On the way we drove through a huge neighborhood near here that was having a community sale and I’d swear it was like, every third house. If I had gone alone I’d prolly still be wandering around to hit them all, but Buck’s NOT a yard sale person. Seriously.
Anyway, no actual old wooden rockers (which was what I thought we were looking for) but there was one house with a La-boy for $75. Pretty damn close picture
hellziggy said it.
Jan 26th
Seriously. Fucking cancer.
I’ve been doing a lot of crying behind his back and trying to be all nonchalant (which seems to be what he prefers) to his face. I stick to practical matters like suggesting he take earplugs to the hospital so he can actually sleep through the noise. But last week’s update about the type of cancer really deflated him. So we’ll keep the emotion down and the humor up and do the best we can to be supportive.
Maybe I’ll record some porn with a donald duck voice. Or break down and learn one of those card games they’re all so fond of so I can go over and keep him company when he’s recuperating at Mike’s.
Just keep swimming – he actually says that a lot.
Thinking about Joe
Jan 26th
His surgery is today. I know a couple of my friends are down there (Tucson) in the waiting room oozing positive energy. The rest of us are waiting for news.
I really shouldn’t have watched that damned Grey’s Anatomy recording last night. Hits too close to home, dammit.
TV last night.
Jan 26th
Crap, Ugly Betty was a rerun. Why?
Grey’s Anatomy. Well . . . to be honest, I watched it piece meal. The first half, then Ginnie came in and wanted to watch but she hadn’t seen last week’s, so we went back and watched that from the DVR. Sort of . . . fast forwarded and stopping at the “good” parts (and we both cried, shit its only a TV show!) and then it was late and Ginnie needed her shower so I picked up where I’d left off on last night’s episode and got confused. T.R. Knight did an excellent job last week, and if he’s eventually nominated for something he’s gonna deserve it, just for that episode. Anyway, I really like this show and I still don’t know why. Favorite character? Bailey, hands down.
Men in Trees. Mindless entertainment. Not deep, not especially funny, not even an interesting story. Just nice.
Darn those Canadians
Jan 25th
They get the best TV trailers.
Go here and watch the first one for next week and from there you can see the other 5. Five scenes from next week rather than the crappy little blips we get.
