Random Thoughts

• Did you hear about the mom that was accused of taking her daughter tanning?  I am not saying she did it, but she has to see how people may jump to the conclusion that it could be true.  Also...can tanning salons agree to carry some sort of color wheel where they stop allowing you to tan?  I think "Catcher's Mitt Brown" should be the cut-off.

•  I really love watching the Jeopardy Teen Tournament.  I can actually answer almost half of the questions.  And yes, when the category is German Cities, I will yell out "What is Berlin?" for every answer. 
  
  
  
  -I watched Terms of Endearment today.  While I folded laundry.  In the rain.  That movie rocks me to my core every time I watch it.  In fact, I get so upset while watching it that I KNOW I shouldn't watch it.  I am a glutton for punishment.  I learned with a little IMDB research that the little boy who plays Teddy (The younger son who cries when Debra Winger has to talk to them, the bowl cut) is named Huckleberry Fox in real life.  How is he not still famous?

-  I have been obsessed with trying to find a way to keep my thick humidity hating hair under control.  I have finally gotten around to trying Moroccan argan oil.  So far so good.  I'm hoping it's the kind of thing that the more I use it the better my hair is, but it already looks so much better, I'm happy.  I'm hoping to avoid having my hair in a ponytail for the entire summer. 

- Who out there is reading 50 Shades of Grey?  Holy freaking moly.

- I think I have dinner amnesia.  There are some weeks I have something new and wonderful every night of the week and then weeks like this where I cannot even think of what to do with a chicken breast.  Thank god for the internet.

- My friend M had a spare hour today and came over for coffee.  It was lovely.  It's amazing how much we can fit into a short amount of time.  It was a nice break in my day.  I love that we were still talking as she walked out to her car because she had an appointment to get to.  I've known her for 8 years and I don't think we'll ever run out of things to say.

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Poor Little Lark

Random Thoughts for the Week....

• I really want those "Alouette" dancing, colorful Target commercial people to run through my house and upgrade everything with a little splash of color.  I want that song playing the entire time.

• I decided to look up the song, since the kids and I have been singing it lately and learned that it means "Lark, nice, lark", very sweet...but then goes on to say " I will pluck out your feathers...eyes, wings, etc..."  Oh my!  A little more research showed that the lark was a game bird, so they were killed and then plucked.  Not the happy little tune I thought it was, The French can make anything sound wonderful.

• I am STILL cleaning out my closet, I have been really distracted by researching the family genealogy and scanning a ton of pictures onto a passport drive so that my dad can have access to all the old pictures his mom has.  I plug away at a little bit each day, but ick..I almost wish I never unearthed this madness. (The closet I mean)

• I found 2 used undeveloped rolls of film in my closet.  I cannot wait to see what's on them.

• Is anyone eating cream of mushroom soup or can we all agree we just use it in recipes?

• Bananas go from "just wait one more day" to be eaten, to , "Everyone eat the bananas!!" in my house.

• I know we lose an hours sleep this weekend, but I cannot wait until it stays lighter later.  It changes my whole outlook on life, I swear.

Random Thoughts Thursday

Luckily, I've been writing some of these down as they come to me.   The kids have a snow day today and let's just say our day started out with a bag of flour spilled in my front closet.  Snow day in my closet! 

Here's this weeks random thoughts.....

• Am I the only one who tries to rewind the radio in the car when I miss something?  (The regular radio, not my ipod, I am clearly spoiled by the wonders of DVR)
• I really wanted Christopher Plummer to win The Oscar, I haven't seen the movie, but I still have a massive crush on Captain Von Trapp.
• I cringed when I watched Sacha Baron Cohen on the red carpet, spilling whatever all over Ryan Seacrest.  I think it was cheap, awkward and not at all funny.
• I have learned I am unable to clean my house without music playing.
• Why oh why didn't I buy those snow discs that were $5.00 on clearance at Target?  I regretted it as I was blowing up 3 snow tubes today.
• I may be late to the game, but I have always been annoyed with how goopy and gross the lid/measuring cup from my laundry detergent gets. (You know the big ones with the press down spouts) I try to rinse it out, but it only helps a little and eventually it just gets gross.  It occurred to me this week that if I put a little bit of water in the measuring cup/lid, I can still measure it ( I pretty much eyeball it anyway) and it won't stick to the cup.  It gets diluted in the machine anyway, so no harm.   This isn't earth shattering , but an example of how something so little can make me happy.

Not too many thoughts this week, I have been too distracted by my closet clean-up project which I made not a bit of progress on today...Oh and also, my fridge is on the fritz...more on that later.