So here we are, it's Friday. It has recently occured to me that there are three full wees until Christmas. Guess I better get some planning done. In the meantime I think I'll just work on my plan for this work day.
Friday on.
I'm working forty hours Six long days And I'm highly embarrassed Every time I get my pay
And they working everybody Lord, they working poor folks to death And when you pay your rent and your car notes You ain?t got a damn thing left
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Stop trying to be what you see. Be what you ought to be.
When I first got up, the computer said 9°. Now, we're all the way up to 14°. Yay us.
So yes, it is Friday . . . but even better (for me), it's massage day. I DO like massage day. I bet she'll have the table heater on. Teresa is awesome. I think I love her.
I got my Kinect last night! It's fun, but my back and shoulders are sore from chopping fruit. (In Fruit Ninja, that's what you do. The game throws fruit in the air on the screen, and you make chopping motions to cut it all in half, while avoiding the bombs. It sounds boring, but it's pretty addicting.) I expected my knees to be sore from jumping over logs and white water rafting (Kinect Adventures), but so far they're okay.
I thought I was on schedule with my homemade gifts, until Maranda saw the birdseed wreaths and wanted me to make her three (or four); she also wanted a couple jars of vanilla sugar, but I only made four and they were spoken for, so I told her she could have one. I was going to make bundt cakes this weekend, but I need my pans for the birdseed wreaths and I need to get those out of the way since they take two days to set up and dry. I guess I will make the sugar scrubs this weekend and the cakes next weekend. Three weeks -- Yikes!
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You should fear anything that can bleed for seven days without dying... (as told to Mr. DS on 3-12-10)
Actually, Brian is pushing me to get a manicure. You should've seen my jaw hit the floor when he suggested it. My hands have been so dry lately that my cuticles have been cracking and bleeding. So I got a pair of those gloves that are supposed to be worn after putting on lotion and have been moisturizing my hands like crazy. So last night he said I should go get a manicure with a paraffin dip to help. Totally unprovoked.
DS, that's why I'm trying to scale down my homemade gifts this year. I'm still making cards that go with gift cards, since I feel like gift cards are so impersonal. And cookies and candy for one couple plus some to take to the family dinners. And that's it. No little handmade ornaments for every family we've ever known this year, or hand decorated cookies for the whole neighborhood. I can get kind of bad with that sort of thing.
Mz, get a can of bag balm, which is 100% lanolin, and put on your hands at night and glove up before bed. In the morning you will see a big difference in your hands. Of course, don't pass up on the manicure
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You should fear anything that can bleed for seven days without dying... (as told to Mr. DS on 3-12-10)
Mz, get a can of bag balm, which is 100% lanolin, and put on your hands at night and glove up before bed. In the morning you will see a big difference in your hands. Of course, don't pass up on the manicure
It looks like they have it at CVS. Where do you normally find it? With the lotions?
Mz, get a can of bag balm, which is 100% lanolin, and put on your hands at night and glove up before bed. In the morning you will see a big difference in your hands. Of course, don't pass up on the manicure
It looks like they have it at CVS. Where do you normally find it? With the lotions?
I get mine at the feed store, but I've seen it at Walgreens around the lotions. Don't get the stuff called Udder Balm, though; It's mostly lotion and doesn't work as well or as quickly as the bag balm.
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You should fear anything that can bleed for seven days without dying... (as told to Mr. DS on 3-12-10)
I'm sitting here thinking about all the things one could do with vanilla sugar.
I know, right!? Mr. DS asked if one was for us I'm a sugar binger, so I won't keep it around the house, but I'm going to put some in a small jar just for his stocking
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You should fear anything that can bleed for seven days without dying... (as told to Mr. DS on 3-12-10)
For those who don't know, it was first invented to be used by farmers on milk cow udders (bag is farmer slang for udder) that can get dry and sore during the winter months. Turns out it works on people parts too!
Good day, all! So very happy it is Friday! The weather is supposed to get cruddy here tonight, and it is supposed to rain all day tomorrow too, then get really cold for the foreseeable future. YAY! I guess it could be worse. I don't really object to staying in all weekend.
So I spent my yesterday (again) with my family as we are still awaiting the outcome of the nephew's legal problems. Yet another 2 hours in the courtroom watching cases being continued... including Jason's. This time he is only continued for a week. The speculation is that they will go ahead and convict him on at least a couple of the charges next week. Hard to say though. So far I've only seen this judge issue continuances, refuse to lower bond amounts, send one person to a state mental facility, and fuss about a few people still in the County's custody who were supposed to be extradited to various other jurisdictions. It is kind of interesting to sit there and watch what happens sometimes, but mostly because it comes along with commentary from my brother who was a county cop for almost 20 years. I get to hear all about who he has arrested before, who is a problemed inmate, what is likely to happen to some of them... stuff like that. One of the jailbirds Bob had previously arrested was giving him some severe stinkeye while entering and leaving the courtroom. Something about the last time Bob arrested him, dude was buck nekkid, in bed, asleep when they came to get him. According to Bob, nekkidness is not an exeption from being cuffed and stuffed in a police car. He didn't even consider it a reason to be delayed.
Might have to try some of that bag balm. My hands aren't cracking yet, but they are starting to get pretty dry.
Hope everyone is having a great day.
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That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
I'm a sugar binger, so I won't keep it around the house, but I'm going to put some in a small jar just for his stocking 
