From "The Simple Woman's Daybook"...because I am nothing if not simple.

Snerk.

This may be a little cheesy. I don't know yet. Just giving it a shot, for now...


Outside my window...

Everything feels gray. The trees with their peeling bark, the brick courtyard, the cement steps, and above all else, the sky. Now--I normally LOVE a gray day. But not when it means snow in April, when it should be pretty and lilac-smelling and capri pants and, of course, flip-flops.

There's also a chick on her cell phone. She's wearing gray.

I am thinking...

That it smells like icky lemony Goo-Gone in here. Never thought lemon could smell so sickening.

I'm also excited about my new Goals Implementation system!

Also, I'm wondering if the Fill Pill works...and if so, where does that tennis-ball sized mass GO, exactly...??

From the learning rooms...

Um...I took myself through a Serials training course today. Is that what this means?
If it's not work-related, I haven't really been 'learning' much of anything lately.

I am thankful for...

Neil's smiles. Getting things done, however slowly, around the house.

From the kitchen...

Oh GADS. I made three batches of instant pudding over the weekend...and I'm doing Chicken Fried Rice tomorrow night. But...it's Chicken Helper. I haven't done anything fancy in awhile. (Although I will do the pulled-beef-in-BBQ with the slow cooker sometime soon.)

I am wearing...

An emerald green pin-wale v-neck sweater, that's a tad TOO v-neck so I have a black shell underneath. Brown bootcut pants. Low heeled brown shoes with buttons on the sides. Brown striped socks. Wedding ring, underwear. And my hair's in a low bun.

I am reading...

I'm in between books, at the moment...just finished "Take Me," and am listening to "HP and the Half-Blood Prince" in the car (Stephen Fry FTW!). Next up is either "How the Rich Get Thin" or "Mindless Eating." Can you tell what I'd like to change...??

I am hoping...

There won't be any more tie-my-tummy-in-knots messages from the Ohio Dazets.

I am creating...

Thank-you cards. I've folded and stamped and embellished and sorted...now comes the meat of it, actually putting words to paper.

I am hearing...

Nothing, dammit. I can't get the speakers to work. I was totally set for "Theatrically Challenged" (a musical theatre online streaming radio station), but nothin's gettin' through.

Around the house...

We're changing things. The second bedroom looks GREAT, our bedroom is totally shaping up, and the main living room is next.

One of my favorite things...

Is waking up in the middle of the night, thinking it's almost alarm-time, then seeing on the clock that it's only like 1:15.

A few plans for the rest of the week...

I'm not counting work, because it makes me stressed just thinking about that. Let's see...Sunday's Easter, so we may do something at Dad's. Not sure if he'll do an Egg Hunt without Joe & Steve around, but maybe I can get him to serve lamb...or ham, I guess, but I don't really like ham. Other than that, nothing special. I have a lot I *want* to do, but nothing specific planned, except our regular days of Idol (Tues. & Wed.), The Office (TWO episodes on Thursday!), and a cute little inside-date night on Friday night.



Hm. That was...it was okay. I may try it again. I like the little 'moment-in-time' it gives me.



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