Monthly Archives: September 2004

The Weekend

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Saturday was crazy in that we had to get our prescriptions straightened out, do bulletins (which we hadn’t had a chance to do all week), mow the lawn, and get other things done. I mowed both lawns (and have continued to be stuffed up thanks to my lovely grass pollen allergy) and tried to do household things to help out Jon.

Sunday morning, we had Rally Day at the second church and it was fun. I loved seeing the adults doing the hand motions to “This Little Light of Mine” — it was so cool!!!!! (I also felt less self-conscious.) There was a lasagna dinner afterwards and I ate waaaaaay too much, resulting in me having to take a “lasagna nap” (as one of our members put it) that afternoon. After I’d woken up and packed, we headed to Watertown for our free hotel stay (we won this about 6 months ago at a farm fair). We had a nice dinner and chilled all evening. I went for a swim and took advantage of the hot tub before showering and curling up on the bed to watch TV. I watched most of “WifeSwap” and I think I would have killed both contestants within a week of having to live with them. (One was an obsessive-compulsively clean housewife and the other lived in a cluttered house with pets running around, no rules, and noise everywhere.) After that, I watched some Law & Order: SVU and some of the Brady Bunch stuff they were running on Nick@Nite. Jon came in and fell asleep snoring, so I moved out to the couch in our suite and fell asleep.

This morning, we had a leisurely breakfast and I hit the treadmill at the hotel gym to do some walking. It reminded me of why I hate treadmills — I need scenery. Watching CNN and “Dora the Explorer” just wasn’t the same as being out in Creation wandering and rejoicing in the beauty of it. After I got done, we packed up and did errands (banking, grocery shopping, getting household stuff at Evil Behemouth Company Who Exploits Their Workers But Is Cheap, getting the car washed) before grabbing lunch at Arby’s and heading home.

I’ll be going out on a walk tonight and then either making lasagna or some more minestrone soup. (I need to do one or the other to make room in my fridge — probably soup.)

Photo Meme

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See Jen be a sheep. Baaaaaaaaa!

Think of 3 pictures you’d like to see. Things around my house, or whatever… something I can take a picture of easily. Once I have enough requests, I’ll start posting them. If I can’t, or won’t, take a picture of something you’ve requested, I’ll let you know.

BTW, there are a few rules:
1.) No naked shots. Only Jon, God, and various medical professionals get to see me in my birthday suit.
2.) No shots that involve anything illegal.
3.) No shots that compromise my morals. (In other words, no shots of me with any Bush paraphernalia.)

I need all requests to be in by Friday Saturday at noon CST.

(“Borrowed” from Krissy and Aubrey)

Why I Haven’t Been Blogging On The Election

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My choice for president:

(Anyone surprised?)

Why I Haven’t Blogged About This Much
1.) Do I really need to express my feelings on Bush being re-elected?
2.) I’m sickened by the hateful things being said on both sides. It’s gone from concern about the country to “who can smear their opponent the most?” (So far the biggest smearer has been Bush. He has Karl Rove, the only guy who can make a triple amputee who served in Vietnam seem unpatriotic, to thank. The bandaids with purple hearts were just dumb. At least Kerry served his country instead of partying and skipping out on his guard duty.)
3.) I’ve had other things on my mind.
4.) I live in a decent state which is thankfully controlled by a decent party who tempers the idiocy of our governor. Now that I’m not surrounded by Bush lovers, my need to be rabidly anti-Bush has diminished.
5.) I’ve reached a new level of apathy.
6.) My political activities have been severely restricted to attempting not to vandalize Bush signs on lawns. (People know who I am around here. It sucks not to have anonymity when I need it.)