And further more...

Just booked my flights to/from Georgia for Christmas. Also booked the cats for boarding at a kennel during the same time. I haven't told them yet, but boy are they gonna be pissed when they find out. Try to keep it on the down low so they don't find out, okay? Living with pissed off cats sucks.

Probably not going to put up a Christmas tree this year, but I will decorate the outside of the house. I think having a tree will be just too sad with Dad gone. Next year I'm sure I'll do the whole house decorating thing, but this year I just need to be a party pooper and be sad about Dad. Besides, going to my brother's house for Christmas kind of gets me out of having to put one up.

Ordered custom blinds for the bedrooms, kitchen and the master bath. It's my first foray into blinds instead of curtains (the cheapo blinds that come in apartments don't count). Can't wait for them to be installed.

I've decided to replace my PC with an iMac. If I hadn't ordered the blinds I'd be at the Apple Store in Towson this weekend, but once I squirrel away the cash I will be going MAC. In addition I will be replacing my iPod with an iTouch *waves to breezy*. YAY!

I am praying the weather holds up this weekend as I have a ton of bulbs to plant. The last three weekends have been rainy and I couldn't get out to plant. I think this will be my last chance so cross your fingers I get at least one good day to dig, plant and mulch.

Still hanging in with FastForward, um, er, FLASHForward. *grin* *waves to swami and kim* I'm not real happy with the introduction of Charlie from Lost (can't remember his name). Didn't care for him on Lost, pretty sure I'll hate him here, too. I hate to admit it but he looks like a troll or elf or something like that and I just can't get past it. Yes, I'm shallow.

New favorite CD -- Leave This Town by Daughtry. LOVE.IT.

The new Sue Grafton comes out in December. Can't wait. It'll be "U is for Undertow". YAY! I'm hoping when she completes the alphabet she won't retire. Maybe she'll start a new series with numbers. Or maybe the greek alphabet. Kinsey Millhone rules!

I cannot believe we are at the end of October. Unreal. Where did the year go?

On the bright side, we are that much closer to the return of Lost in 2010! YAY!

Random thoughts and stuff

I've been neglectful of my little blog. Sorry, little blog!

1. Ben & Jerry's Key Lime Pie ice cream (Limited Batch) is DA BOMB!

2. So happy we have a new season of the Amazing Race. I'm hoping the engaged couple stays a bit longer because they are just so darn stupid and it's entertaining -- however I'm not sure my ears can take too much more of her shrieking. Holy Cow, her voice is awful; especially when she is upset and/or excited. Which seems to be always. Ow!

3. So, I couldn't figure out the correct spelling of "shrieking" (nothing looked right) so I tried to go to dictionary.com for help. How pathetic is it that I mispelled "dictionary" in my google attempt to find out how to spell something? Ironic, yes?

4. I'm not sure if I'm going to continue to watch FastForward. Can't quite put my finger on it, but I don't seem to be warming up to it. I like the premise of the show and I love a good mystery with sci fi thrown in, but I guess I'm just not really connecting to any of the characters. Maybe I'll wait until the whole thing comes out on DVD. I'll give it a few more weeks before I give up completely.

4a. On the opposite side, totally psyched about the newest Stargate series: Stargate Universe. The premiere was this past Friday and can't wait for the next episode.

4b. Thursday night: The Office: Pam and Jim get married! YA HOOOOOO!

4c. Not happy they moved The Big Bang Theory to 9:30. I cannot stay awake that late (waits for all the snickering to die down -- hey, I get up at 4:30am for work). DVD here we come.

5. Things that make me go "Really?":
-- Hollywood types defending Roman Polanski. I think they would have a different opinion of the matter if it was their 13 year old daughter he had plied with booze and drugs, and then raped (and apparently other vile things). He pleaded GUILTY, for GOD'S sake, then he FLED the country. Really, Debra Winger? You want to defend him? Really?
-- Jon Gosselin. He gets axed from the show, then immediatley demands they stop filming because it's "bad for the kids". I'm thinking his behavior this year (23 year old girlfriend, party hopping between Vegas, LA and NY, and current unemployed status) is a lot more damaging to his kids then a film crew following them around. Get a job and support your children, you jerk. What a douchebag.
-- Rubber testicles hanging from the back bumpers of vehicles (in my area it's mostly pickup trucks). I've seen about three vehicles with this in the last few months, the most recent during my drive home this afternoon. I'm hoping it doesn't catch on. Gross!
-- The three Kardashian sisters. Really? I seriously need to stay away from the E! channel.

6. I have to book my flight to Georgia for Christmas. Don't really want to go, but if I don't want to be alone on December 25th I have to. I hate traveling during the holidays. I did it every year I lived in Tampa...*sigh*

7. It's time to replace both my computer and my iPod. Yikes! Not sure which one is going to hold out longer. Any suggestions for the computer? I'm going laptop this time.

8. I am going to spend my holiday weekend (YAY for Columbus DAY!) painting. I hate painting. I got some special tools at Home Depot that are supposed to make it painless (yeah, right) so I'm hoping this time it is less painful. Stay tuned...