Archives for February 2010

A Spinning Brain Is A Working Brain

Even though I still haven’t watched last week’s episode of “The Office,” I’m going to do a MAJOR step-out and watch this week’s. It remains to be seen if the earth will continue to spin on its axis. ONLY TIME WILL TELL.

1. “Hello, Vancouver. This is Michael Scott calling from the United States of America.”

2. “I’m not seeing anything under ‘confirmation.'” Could it be under ‘affirmation’? Because you have THOUSANDS of those.”

3. “I’m treating you the same as a man, for whom I would also not stand. Unless it was the president. Or Judge Judy.”

4. “I don’t know how things work in Florida – which, from your descriptions, sounds like a colorful, lawless swamp – but here it takes two men to do one job.”

5. “Well, Jim, where I’m from there are two types of people: those who ain’t, and those who are knee-high on a grasshopper. Which type ain’t you ain’t? Y’all come back now.”

6. “Just choosin’ seats. Not gettin’ married. Chop-chop, little onion.”

7. “What are you reading?” // “The Atlantic.” // “Oh, that is my favorite ocean.”

8. “You can take the ‘man’ out of ‘salesman,’ but you can’t take the ‘sales’ out of ‘salesman.'”

9. “I wish I had a brain.”

10. “Why don’t you let me handle the Tolkien references? Okay, dumb jock?”

11. “It’s no wonder that Andy gave Kelly such a romantic card. I can’t compete with her. That girl can sing and dance and gets all her clothes at the mall.”

12. “Is it the dogs?” // “Michael. It’s Phyllis.”

13. “I didn’t see you. And you were there all along.”

14. “Yours in professionalism, Nard Dog.”

15. “MICHAEL!”

I thought tonight’s episode was just as cute as it could be. Even with the whole Sabre plotline, it felt a little bit like old times.

And Jim’s back at the sales desk. All’s right with the world.

So Many Thoughts. So Little Narrative Structure.

Because sometimes a girl just needs a numbered list.

1. Did you enter the Eggland’s Best giveaway? Well, here’s our winner.

2. This mascara is my new favorite. And yes, I know I switch make-up favorites every few months, but that’s one reason why being a girl is so much fun, now isn’t it?

Well, that and shoes.

And haircuts and highlights.

3. SPEAKING OF – if any of you B’ham people have a hair person you adore and might even consider an official HAIR WIZARD, would you let me know? Please? I would love to go to a super-talented person, sit down in his or her chair and say, “Work your magic.” Because my hair is in desperate need of some magic right about now.

4. Are any of you who live in the eastern U.S. snowed in? I’ve seen lots of pictures from the crazy snowstorm, and as someone who has never seen more than three inches of snow at one time, I honestly can’t wrap my mind around what it would be like to have two feet of snow ON MY PORCH.

5. I’ve gotten a couple of emails about whether or not I’m going to do American Idol posts with a Mr. Linky this year. And I’m thinking yes? Maybe? Probably? Yes. Definitely. I think. But not until it’s time for Top 24.

6. There were a few people who really stood out to me last night in the first round of Hollywood auditions. Loved Casey James, especially, and I thought several of the girls were super-talented. And I’m already much more interested / invested than I was this time last year, so I think that bodes well for what’s down the Idol road. Really enjoyed the addition of Ellen DeGeneres, too. It’s nice to have a little funny in the mix.

Who do y’all like so far? Any favorites?

Eggland’s Best Giveaway Winner

All righty – we have a winner for the Eggland’s Best giveaway.

Commenter #263

Congratulations, Lari! You’ll have an email from me very shortly about how to claim your prize.

Thanks, everybody, for your great participation!

The Best Ever

Listen.

I know I stopped writing recaps of “The Bachelor,” but I need to say something, and I’ll say it quickly, and then we’ll all brush our hair and put on some fresh lip gloss and move on.

Tenley’s dance = great wellsprings of joy

Now granted, it was a little bit of an uncomfortable joy there at the beginning, but it was joy nonetheless. Plus, I don’t know about y’all, but when David and I were dating, I often relied on choreography and interpretive dance to express my deepest feelings.

Oh, I kid.

And also: if doing ballet as an adult will give me calves like Tenley’s, then mama here needs to run by the store and pick up a fresh pair of pink slippers this afternoon.

There. That was enough.

I feel better now.

A Walk On The Wild Side

This past Friday night we were at Walmart (why? BECAUSE WE WERE BREATHING, THAT’S WHY), and Alex asked if he could have a little puzzle book of mazes. The child loves a good maze – always has – so I threw it in the cart and bought it, and he spent the entire ride home trying to catch little rays of traffic lights and street lights so that he could look at all the pages.

Once we got home he sat down at the kitchen table and made his way through every single maze – about 40 of them – and then he told me that as much as he loved the maze book, he was a little sad that he’d worked them all because it made him feel like he’d wasted them.

Oh, bless him.

Anyway, later that night I was relaying the whole maze adventure to Melanie on the phone, and she mentioned that she’d found a bunch of free connect-the-dots printables for Caroline on the internet, so maybe I could check the Google and see if there were some free maze printables as well.

And I was all, “FREE STUFF? ON THE INTERNET? WELL, I’VE NEVER!”

So the next morning I did a quick Google search, and sure enough: FREE MAZES GALORE. I downloaded and printed about 60, I think, and do you know that Saturday afternoon A and our neighbor B sat (relatively) still for over an hour while they plowed their way through one maze after another after another?

THEY DID.

And in the midst of all the maze-ing, I cleaned out my laundry room – which was a hot spot all its own – and even organized my storage shelves. It looks so much better now that I find myself walking in there just to look around and admire my neatly displayed paper products (the surplus is thanks to D’s last trip to Costco) and Pellegrino bottles and smile.

And yes, that last sentence is absolutely the lamest thing I’ve ever written.

MIDDLE AGE IS AWESOME.

Linky Interwebby Awesomeness 02.07.10

– I don’t know if any of you are country music fans or not, but right now, on the People Country magazine site, you can download eleven country songs for free. And do you know what I enjoy? FREE.

– My Eggland’s Best $100 Visa gift card giveaway (along with a six-month supply of eggs) ends tomorrow, so if you haven’t entered yet, time’s a wastin’!

– We have laughed and laughed at Garth & Kat’s Valentine’s duets today. Classic.

– Loved Tater Mama’s post about what she would tell her 18 year-old self.

– I am uncharacteristically excited about Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains. And I’m not exactly sure how I’m going to fit it into what is already a jam-packed Thursday night TV-watching schedule (I mean, I haven’t even watched last week’s Project Runway yet, THAT’S HOW BEHIND I AM), but I’ll make a way somehow. I am determined.

Happy Super Bowl, everybody!