Snow Day!

Due to no visibility and shitty road conditions, I am forced to work from home today. Poor me?

I've got no deadlines coming up, so I'm just dicking around and cleaning up those tasks that fall by the wayside when I'm under the pressure of a deadline. If there were a perfect day to have a snow day, this would be it. 

Wait! Who is that old lady on my couch watching NCIS all day?

Oh, right. It's me. 

Ever since I was sick a month or so ago, I cannot get enough of NCIS. I don't know why. It fulfills the 80 year-old buried deep within my soul. Apparently. 

NCIS is the new JAG. What? All the 80-year-olds are doing it! 

I don't have time for this. A naval officer has either committed a crime, gone missing or been murdered, I have to go. I'm missing it. 

Mittens, on Strings

Sometimes, I am not with it. I do not have my act together today. At all.

This morning, in the shower I washed my hair twice. I only realized half-way through rinsing it out for the second time that I was pretty sure I had already done it once already.

I'm kind of bored and unfocused at work. I have stuff to work on, just none of it appeals at the moment. I almost forgot to bring the book I need to study with me to work. Then, on top of that I forgot my iPod, which is a necessary study tool in a sea of noisy-ish cubicles.

If you find me wandering around Madison aimlessly, could you please just pin my mittens to my jacket and point me south. Hopefully, I'll wander on home.

Disappointment

I got a couple of iTunes gift certificates for Christmas, so I was trolling around tonight looking for some new songs to beef up my workout mix. I'm always looking for new songs for my workout mix. Anything that can get my butt moving and keep it moving is gold. 

I like to check out some of the iTunes essentials because, honestly, it saves me work. There are usually songs of the same type grouped there together, all nice and neat. I was pleased to see that the iTunes Essentials page even has an entire section devoted to workout music. 

I was not that pleased to see what was on some of these lists. It makes me wonder if the people making these lists even work out on a regular basis. 

I'm sorry, but neither Because of You (Kelly Clarkson) nor You're Still the One (Shania Twain) qualifies as a workout song. No matter how you spin it, they just don't. 

Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. 

Tanks for Nothing, Danny!

To the douche bag who stole my salad dressing at work:

You are a jerk.

XOXO,
Me

P.S. Also, please return my Tupperware container, as I use it quite often.

Infomercial

As a part of the television generation, you would think that I would be more immune to infomercials. I see a lot of infomercials at the gym, so maybe watching them without sound makes them more potent. 

Or maybe I'm just a schmuck. 

Anyway, they've been going crazy with the commercials for the Strap Perfect. (www.strapperfect.com) 

There's a little part of me that keeps going, 'That looks cool. I should totally get one!"

The rest of me keeps telling that part to shut up. 

I don't know... it does look kind of cool though. 

Let's not talk about Bendaroos.

Sigh. Thanks Dad?

What did we do for mr. blume that was once in a lifetime? For Christmas, my dad bought shirts for all the kids. They all had funny sayings on them.

These were ours. 

Yes. My shirt is pink and says "Cougar" on it. It also has a silhouette of a sexy woman holding a martini. 

I don't wear pink. I am NOT a cougar, thus, once in a lifetime. 

Oh, well. At least they are a matched set. 

Thanks D. 

New Years Fun

We made our annual trek to the blume household for New Years. We played a few games... if memory serves, the girls came out ahead on the game tally (as usual!). mrs. blume cooked up some excellent soup and tasty burritos (different meals). DaisyD brought over some yummy peppermint bark. The girls watched some crap-tacular chick flicks. The guys had a sports extravaganza between Pointer games, Badger games, and playing basketball. 

The New Years moment was a bit of a let down. 

10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 

Ugh! The central time zone always gets screwed out of our New Years.

Still, it was a great time and fun was had by all. 

Here are some pictures of the auspicious event. 

The guys. This is as normal as it gets for our group of friends. Notice they are all smtiling relatively normal smiles. I think it only took two or three shots to get this picture.

Back: The husband, mr. blume, snoop

Front: No-Pants boy (a.k.a. mr blume's son)

The ladies, looking as lovely as ever.

mrs. blume, daisyD and me

Look at those cheeks! Cutest. baby. ever.

This is the beginning of a beautiful relationship. I think somebody found a new best friend. 

Baby blume and Snoop

Proof that mr. blume and son do occasionally like each other. Can I get an "awww"? Ironically, the only way N-P B would smile nicely for a picture was if I took it of him and his dad. 

mr. blume and no-pants boy

I took a picture of her, taking a picture of me. Notice the star bopper headband. AWESOME!

DaisyD

Some of you may remember my last post on a surprise for mr. blume. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pics of it on my camera. I'll post one as soon as I can steal one from mr. blume or DaisyD. I hope he enjoyed it, because it's unlikely to happen again.