The End

I forgot to post on Monday. I remembered it the next morning, and went "oh well."

Yesterday I thought about the fact that I hadn't posted before I shut the computer off for the night, but thought, "well, I already missed yesterday, so what difference does it make?"

Today I'm posting to explain the last couple of days, but really - NaBloPoMo is over for me. Not only that, I think this whole blog is over for me. I just don't really want to write about my life here anymore. I'm not sure why. Maybe now that I have J in my life and am overall pretty happy, there's no reason to? I don't know.

But I feel safe in saying this is the end of my updates here at WatchOutForThisOne. Thanks for reading, to those of you who have - it always meant a lot to me when I'd get a comment or an e-mail from you.

I am still going to be writing on my diet blog from time to time, but that's mostly just for me, to help me work out the food related demons in my head, so I don't mind if you aren't reading it. Feel free to stop in if you want to, though.

Good-bye!

Christmas in November!

Something so exciting happened today! Santa Claus came!

Okay, no he didn't. But there was still a great gift purchased! J handed me the Target ad for this week, and on the second page was the thing I've wanted for so long! A Kitchen Aid stand mixer! And J said to get ready, and he'd take me to get it, and he did! It's sitting in our dining room right now. I don't get it until Christmas, but I got to open it up today and make sure it works, which it does, and woo!

I'm so excited! Is it Christmas yet? :D


Eeeeee! So excited!

Just a Quiet, Boring Saturday

I had a quiet Saturday. J was at work this morning, so I basically hung around the house. I did some laundry, watched some TV, played some Sims 3.

Oh yeah, and then I tried to open the blinds in the bathroom, but they fell down. So I took that opportunity to vacuum out the inside of the window (spiders tend to get in there, because it's an old window with plenty of spaces for them to squeeze through). I cleaned up a bunch of webs, one small spider and something that looked eerily like a nest meant for hatching babies, and then I carefully took the curtain down that hangs over the blinds, expecting the whole time for a huge spider to jump out and attack me, but it was clear. I gingerly put it in the wash, then I put it in the dryer, and then about 15 minutes before J got home, I took it out of the dryer and went to hang it up. I got it on the curtain rod, holding it carefully and looking at the openings the whole time, because I've had spiders hide in the back of the metal rods on me before. All seemed clear, though.

Can you tell where this is going?

So, I get the curtain on the rod, and I get the rod back on its hook, and then I'm straightening the curtain out, to spread it out evenly over the rod and center it. I'm standing on the toilet, so I'm at curtain rod height, just about. I'm straightening it up...and a huge effing spider falls down right in front of my face.

HUGE!

I basically flew out into the living room, then proceeded to say fuck a lot, while patting my hair and clothes down to make sure there weren't any on me. (I get paranoid about spiders - I see one, and then suddenly I feel like they must be everywhere.)

I couldn't face it. It was too scary. So I stood in the living room window, cussing every car that went by that wasn't J, and then cheering when he finally pulled into the driveway.

He smooshed it for me. He felt it go pop. I was very happy. Then we went to Burger King for dinner, then we went to Walmart for groceries, then I read my book for a while, then I watched some Laverne & Shirley season one while playing the Sims 3.

So yeah, it was just your basic quiet, boring Saturday. :P

Three Car Garage

Our house has a two car attached garage. It's a two car garage, but it's very roomy inside, and for a long time now J has been convinced that he could fit all three of our vehicles into the garage, if only we could get enough of the crap cleaned out.

Well, this spring I had a whole truckload of junk taken to the dump, and J has done a lot of work to clean out a lot more stuff. And tonight his dream came true. Behold, our three car garage:



The picture is dark, even with the garage lights on, but here you go - J's truck, my car, J's car. :) You did it, J!

Mmm, Milk

I have always loved drinking milk. I grew up having a glass of white milk with dinner every single night - and I wasn't forced to drink it. I wanted to drink it. It's so good!

So when I started having digestive problems (ahem) when I was about 30, and finally found out from my doctor that the problem was lactose intolerance, I was seriously sad. What, no more drinking milk? No more ice cream? No more cheese? Say it ain't so!

Well, I eventually figured out that I can still eat ice cream, and cheese. I can't drink regular milk, but there are lactose free milk products on the market. There's just one problem - lactose free milk is so bad! It's very sweet (a result of the process they use to remove the lactose, and of what they replace it with). It tastes okay with chocolate in it, and recipes prepared with it taste fine, but to just drink a glass of it, without chocolate? Ick. No thanks.

But then a few weeks ago I was shopping for groceries, and I picked up a different brand of lactose free milk - Real Goodness milk.

(And yes, this is kind of an advertisement for their milk, but they aren't paying me, obviously, since I reach an audience of about five, and probably none of those are lactose intolerant.)

I went home and was opening the milk to use in something (probably a bowl of cereal), when I read on the container that it was supposed to be different than regular lactose free milk, and that it was supposed to taste more like regular milk.

Well, surprise surprise, it actually does! My bones are probably getting stronger as we speak, because I have been drinking so much more milk! Cereal for breakfast or dinner? Yes, I'll have a glass of milk with that. A real dinner that either J or I make? Yes, I'll have a glass of milk with that. Uh, chocolate that I'm not supposed to have but do anyway? Oh yeah, I definitely need a glass of white milk with that.

Thanks, Real Goodness. :) Oh, and thanks for the $1 off coupons that I printed from your website.

Mmm, milk.

Veteran's Day 2009

Today I am remembering, honoring and thanking the men and women who are and who have served in the U.S. military. I appreciate the freedoms you all have served to protect for me. Thank you.

I've been close to a few veterans in my life. My grandfather served with the Marines in WWII. My oldest brother was in the Air Force. My middle brother was in the Navy. My boss was in the Army (I think I have the right branch for him, although I'm not 100% sure). And most important, my J was a Navy man. We met when we were supposed to meet, when we would be able to get together and stay together for the rest of our lives, but sometimes I wish I could have seen him in his uniform. :) So handsome!

(Although, I would have died when he was out on the ship for months at a time. I go crazy when he's gone less than two days!)

Happy Veteran's Day. Thank you again.

Nightly Report

Kate is on the floor next to me, meowing to tell me she wants some attention. The dogs are all sleeping, as is J. I think Sable is the cat that just swatted a cat toy around the living room floor. The rest of the cats are probably napping.

As for me, I just finished playing the Sims 3 and watching last night's episode of Trauma online. It's a good show. And my hands are cold, because you know what? Winter is coming. Also, I have a bit of a bellyache, and I'm tired.

Entries like this are why it's probably not a good idea for me to write in here every day. :)

I hope you all have had a great Tuesday. I'll talk to you tomorrow.

Why Wasn't I Watching This Show?

J bought the first two seasons of My Name is Earl recently, and we've been watching various episodes to make sure the discs all work. I never watched this show before I met J, but once I started, I really liked it. I was sad when they canceled it.

Then we watched one tonight - if you know this show at all, you might know it as the episode where they were on Cops? And Earl falls down on the ground because he's trying to run with his pants around his ankles (the story for this has to be seen). When he rolls over, he says, "I skinned my pecker!" When I heard this I went immediately into the breathless laugh - the one where I'm laughing so hard I can't breathe, there is no air whatsoever, and I have tears running down my face (bringing eyeliner and mascara with them, since I actually put make-up on today). My laughing fit must have gone on for close to five minutes, and when I was done my stomach hurt, I laughed so hard.

Why in the hell wasn't I watching this show all along? And why in the world did it get canceled? Seriously, sitcoms never make me laugh like that! If you haven't seen that episode, watch it. Just be prepared to laugh your ass off!

Lonely and Bored!

J played a dirty trick on me. He made me fall in love with him, and then he got me used to having him around. Now when he goes away for a weekend, I go crazy missing him.

All right, I was okay yesterday - I had seen him in the morning, after all. And I was fine today, until sometime around sunset. Now? I'm lonely, damn it! :) I'm so glad he's coming home tonight.

If you're not J, then this entry is probably making you sick, because it's all lovey-dovey. It's true, though. I like having him around. Which is a good thing, since I'm going to marry him someday, and all. :P

Quiet

J went with his friend to the Dolphins/Patriots game in Massachusetts this weekend, so I'm here alone with the animals until Monday. I just got done watching some online TV (I had a lot to catch up on, although I'm miffed at ABC for pulling not just Eastwick from the web, but the forgotten as well - bastards). Once the show I was just watching ended, I took my headphones out of my ears (my laptop speakers don't go very loud), and was just enjoying the quiet. The animals all seemed to be sleeping. The TV isn't on. It was nice.

And then Willow started growling and barking (at nothing, at a dog, at a cat, who knows). Oh, Willow.

Now I think I'll sit here in the quiet and play the Sims 3 for a while. Have a great Saturday night, people.

Welcome Back, My Old Foe

It started to snow last night, and this morning while I was half asleep, half awake (much to Rosebud's dismay - she was ready to get up and have some breakfast), the plow actually went by! Although I'm not really sure what the plow accomplished, since there was less than an inch of snow on the ground (the grass wasn't even all the way covered), and our driveway hardly had any on it at all. But still, that's the first time the plow has gone by this winter.

And here's another first - I actually got my winter coat back out. Winter coat! This is a big thing, because I tend to just wear my light jacket as long as possible. Of course, I still haven't gone looking for my gloves or a hat, but at least my upper body will be warm, and I can stick my hands in my pockets.

So, winter is back, at least unofficially. Fall is still trying to give us some nice days - I heard 60 batted around for this weekend - but for the most part, winter is taking control, regardless of what the calendar might say. I am looking forward to Thanksgiving, Christmas and of course my week off between Christmas and New Year's, but somehow I kind of wish we could skip right from New Year's to spring. But, if we didn't suffer through winter, then would we really appreciate spring?

Winter coat. Hmph.

TV!

Wow, thank goodness my friend Sarah just updated and reminded me, because I almost blew it by forgetting to do this today! Oops. Thanks Sarah!

J and I just got done eating dinner, and now he's watching TV and resting after a long day of work, and I'm sitting at my desk, doing this, playing the Sims 3 and petting Zelda and Gracie. Being me is a tough job, but someone has to do it. ;)

Ooh, and tonight is Thursday! Which means The Office will be on, plus Community, which I'm enjoying a lot. And there are other good shows to watch online later! Bones, Grey's Anatomy. It's a good TV day.

Have I said I'm watching way too many shows this season? I blame online TV. But I love it. :) The only thing is, Eastwick wasn't online tonight when I tried to watch it. What's up, ABC? Some of us can't watch live all the time. :(

Making Plans - Costume Plans

This year I actually dressed up for Halloween - something I don't normally do. I borrowed a black hooded robe and a plastic axe from J and went as an executioner. Which was kind of boring, maybe, but it's the best Halloween costume I've ever worn as an adult.

Then a couple of days later, J says to me that he is missing a great opportunity! He can't dress up for Halloween in his job, but he can dress ME up. Hee. So he already has a plan for next year's costume in mind, and we're going to do it up right.

I would tell you what it is, but where's the fun in that? You need to be surprised. :)

Y? Because We Like You!

If you've been reading me for any length of time, you know that I am a fan of watches. I collect them. More specifically, I collect fun character watches, and have somewhere around 50 of them.

So you can imagine my joy when J came downstairs this morning and plopped this down on the counter while I was in the kitchen filling the animals' water dish:



(Pardon the crappy picture - I couldn't get my camera to focus in on it really well without washing it out with light, even though the flash was supposedly off.)

This, ladies and gentlemen, is a WIND-UP Mickey Mouse watch that J had when he was younger. And it still works! I'm wearing it right now.

How much do I love this watch? Oh, so freaking much. Thank you J! This is the most awesome thing ever!

Introduction, of Sorts

So here I am again, for the second day in a row, dipping my toes into the pool of blog writing after some time away. Since this is the second day of NaBloPoMo, and I may get people here who have never read my blog before, I thought this might be a nice time to do a bit of an introduction.

Hi new readers (and regular readers)! My name is Denise. I'm 40 years old, but I don't really feel any older than I ever have. I lead a quiet life, but I like it.

I'm engaged to a great guy, who I call J here (hi J!). We don't have a solid wedding date planned, but I think we might be saying I do in September of 2010. We've been dating for three years now, and we got engaged on Christmas Day, 2007. He is the love of my life, and I'm so glad to have him in my life.

We have a house full of animals between the two of us. We each came into the relationship with two dogs, but I had him all kinds of beat, number wise, because I also have five cats. Now, we're down one dog (we still miss you like crazy, McDuff), but the rest are there. Willow (my female dog) hates Rosebud (his female dog), but then Willow hates every other dog and cat in the world, so that's not too odd. She REALLY hates Rosebud, though. (And actually, she kind of liked McDuff, not that she seems to be mourning his loss any now that he's gone.) And then there's Bernie, who is my gentle, affectionate, sweet as can be Bernese Mountain Dog Mix.

I work at a local state college, staring at a computer screen all day. It's hard on the eyes sometimes, but I like my job. I have three brothers and one sister, plus a crapload of nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. My parents are all gone (one father, one step-father, one mother, all died before they should have, in my opinion).

I like to read, knit, crochet, watch movies (especially romantic dramas) and this season I seem to be watching a lot of TV (I love being able to watch TV online - I'm watching way more TV than I ever used to, because I can log on and watch it whenever I want).

Oh, and I am addicted to the Sims 2. I also play Sims 3, but it hasn't captured my heart the way 2 has, yet. I still enjoy it a lot, though, and go back and forth between the two games.

And that's enough about me, I guess. And look at that, two days down, only 28 to go!

NaBloPoMo

Well, I waited until the day it started to decide, but I signed up to do NaBloPoMo again. So check here every day this month - I'm going to be writing daily again! This should be fun, since I've been so low on motivation for Internet writing lately.

Will I make it all 30 days without forgetting to post? We'll see! :)