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The Simple Woman’s Daybook: October 31, 2011

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Simple Woman's Daybook

FOR TODAY October 31, 2011

Outside my window… sunny.

I am thinking… that I need to head to CVS at some point to get a postcard to send to Russia for Postcrossing.

I am thankful… for my weekend with my parents. Mom and I watched Game 7 of the World Series on Friday night (an unusual bonding activity since neither of my parents are sports fans), we went to a pumpkin patch on Saturday, we got Daniel some cool new shoes, and we went to the local playground on Sunday. Oh yes… there was also the NCIS marathon on USA on Saturday. 🙂 (We don’t have cable or satellite so it was a treat to be able to watch it.)

From the learning rooms… a good session with Daniel’s child development person today.

In the kitchen… tuna that my dad put together for me this weekend. (He makes the best tuna EVER.)

I am wearing… black shirt and Jon’s Left Behind shorts. (My standard “around the house” clothes.)

I am creating… NaNo stuff and the super-secret crocheting project.

I am going… to carve up some pumpkins today.

I am wondering… what to dress as when I take Daniel trick-or-treating tonight.

I am reading… Shirt of Flame by Heather King. It’s amazing — I just have to read each chapter in its entirety.

I am hoping… I can hit 50K words in November for NaNo.

I am looking forward to… trick-or-treating tonight.

I am hearing… Daniel rearranging stuff in the living room and Catholic Weekend on iTunes. (Why yes… I’m Lutheran and I listen to Catholic podcasts.)

Around the house… vacuuming that I need to do.

I am pondering… many things in my heart.

One of my favorite things… Almond Joy candy bars. I’ve got two bags of the mini ones on top of the fridge that I’m trying not to eat. So far I’ve succeeded.

A few plans for the rest of the week… trick-or-treating tonight, therapies this week, and Ladies’ Night Out on Wednesday.

Here is picture for thought I am sharing… My parents’ grey cat Homer somehow sustained a gaping wound to his right front leg that took forever to find. They had to sedate him to stitch him up and the poor grey Pooh Bear has to wear an Elizabethan collar until his stitches come out in a week and a half. He decided that he would take up residence under their bed so every few hours, I would extract him and brush him before escorting him to the garage for his commode. The love paid off — he was Mr. Tummy for me on Saturday night (and he is the best tummy ever) and he was actually out and social on Sunday.

Homer

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7 Quick Takes — The World Series

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7 Quick Takes

I related my major massive news yesterday. As this is the first time I’ve watched the whole World Series, I figured I’d make it the subject of the Quick Takes.

— 1 —

OMG GAME SIX!!!!!!! I was hoping the Cardinals would pull it out of the bag but I never expected them to go into two extra innings, for so many errors to be committed early in the game, and for so many runs to happen in the last innings. It was freaking INSANITY.

— 2 —

Derek Holland is from the town where Jon did his pastoral internship. When we discovered this, we started playing “6 Degrees of Separation”. We think that he probably had some of Jon’s parishioners at the internship site as teachers. I don’t remember hearing about him when I was there but I also didn’t follow high school sports because none of our kids played anything.

— 3 —

We’ve been trying to figure out who the MVP will be. For the Rangers, we’re thinking Derek Holland and possibly Mike Napoli or maybe Neftali Feliz. For St. Louis, it would be Albert Pujols, Lance Berkman, or David Freese. I’ll be interested to see whether I’m right.

— 4 —

I’m rooting for the Cardinals as the Rangers used to be owned by our former president and I am trying not to hold that against them. It would be a nice thing if Texas won because they never have but I’m glad that St. Louis is giving them a run for their money. Both teams seem to be equally matched so it’s been fun to watch.

— 5 —

Game 4 on Sunday was pretty impressive. Derek Holland should really get the MVP honors if the Rangers win. He pitched 8 1/3 innings which is hugely impressive and he shut out the Cardinals. It will be interesting to follow his career because he’s only 25 and has some of the best years to come.

— 6 —

I was a little perturbed at a St. Louis fan. One of the Rangers players was retrieving a ball that had gone into the stands and a St. Louis player called out, “you missed it!” I honestly wouldn’t have blamed the Rangers player for throwing a punch and it showed class on the part of the Rangers player that he didn’t respond back. Seriously dude (referring to the fan), learn some manners.

— 7 —

I’ll be in San Jose with my parents tomorrow and am hoping to be able to watch the game. My parents aren’t big sports fans and I’m hoping we can have the game on so I can listen. If tonight is any indication, it should be an awesome game.

**UPDATE**
I got to watch the game with my mom (a rare bonding thing for us because my parents aren’t into sports and we were happy to see St. Louis win. It was a great series and I do feel some pangs for Texas because it would have been cool to watch them get their first win. David Freese was the MVP (called it!) and it was, I think, even cooler because he’s a hometown boy.

For more Quick Takes, visit Jen at ConversionDiary.Com.

Sanity… So Highly Overrated

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An update on the events of the last few days…

[+] On my way back to the Snuggery yesterday, someone was turning into traffic and hit me. The main damage is my wheel well and the car body surrounding it — I managed to get the car home… and then found out that it was not driveable. Thank God for insurance companies and rental cars. Hopefully insurance will fix the damage.

[+] Jon has two funerals next week — one of which came up right after he found out about the car. It will take care of half of our deductible…

[+] Still job-hunting and hoping something comes of it. It’s seriously wrecking my self-esteem that I can’t find a job.

[+] I saw all the stuff on the news about the “touchdown Jesus” statue getting hit by lightning and burning. An even more irritating thought: THEY’RE REBUILDING IT!!!!!! That money could seriously be better used for something like feeding the hungry, helping disaster victims in third world countries, or well… pretty much ANYTHING else in Acts 2.

[+] For the most part, Lakers’ fans actually managed to behave themselves on Thursday when the Lakers won the NBA title. It’s unfortunate that a few fans decided to light things on fire but they were thankfully the minority. All the LA news stations were showing live pics of the area surrounding Staples Center and the LAPD was out in riot gear in anticipation of looting and arson and such.

[+] Tomorrow, I’ll be in San Diego with Jon where he’ll be supply-preaching. It’s kind of cool because I’ll almost be able to claim that I’ve driven every mile of I-15 between Mexico and the Canadian border.

Can We Say “Sore Loser”?

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NBCOlympics.Com: Plushenko rips Lysacek; Russia won’t challenge outcome

Plushenko has been so b*tchy about this that it’s actually pretty funny. First, he complained about his start time in the short program. Well… he got that late start time in the free skate and still managed to lose. If you compare his program to Lysacek, Lysacek wins in pretty much every way. He had artistry — Plushenko was robotic. Lysacek landed ALL his jumps cleanly. Plushenko — not so much.

I’d also prefer Lysacek as the gold medalist anyway — his graciousness and humility just adds to his medal while Plushenko’s unsportsmanlike conduct just detracts from his. Lysacek went in just wanting to skate his best — he didn’t go in with the attitude that he “deserved” a place on the podium. Plushenko, on the other hand, doesn’t “deserve” anything… other than maybe a swift kick in the pants.

Sports This Saturday

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Not even going to think about the carnage wreaked in the OSU-Michigan game.Â? *shudders* It was thankfully over by the time I woke up to watch TV today.

I was watching the Bobcat-Grizzly game (the Montana equivalent of OSU-Michigan) with my very wonderful tabbykins Cullen.Â? He’s been my couch buddy for the last couple days.Â? He’ll come purr at me while I eat and sleep on top of the couch within petting distance when I’m napping.

Griz were up 14-3 at halftime.Â? I’m not expecting the Bobcats to catch up though anything could theoretically happen.

And OMG… what is up with the retro uniforms on the Griz?Â? I was wondering if I watching the correct game or if it was today’s match-up!!!Â? I guess they’re the 1980’s ones???Â? And the colors are a little weird???Â? Copper and gold and silver???Â? So NOT that nice-looking!!!!

Olympic Addendum

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I also should add that I am seriously cheering for Kirsty Coventry in addition to my American swimmers because her medals and her Olympic performances are actually building unity in her homeland of Zimbabwe.

I’m also cheering for Canada because they are our neighbors (and I’m fairly close to the border — close enough to hop over for lunch) and for the underdogs in many categories.

In terms of the women’s team finals, I don’t think Alica Sacramone was necessarily the reason they got second.Â? Yes… she fell on beam.Â? So did the captain of the Chinese team.Â? Yes, she went out of bounds on floor and fell.Â? Nastia and Shawn also went out of bounds.Â? She did her best and I think she was really too hard on herself.