Two Weeks (and a Day)

Caroline's birthday is in a week and a half but her party will be in two weeks and a day which means it is time for me to produce the December miracle and knock the house into shape and that means all of the house. I got a good jump on it last week but now I need to get some other stuff straightened out in preparation of getting the house super clean. I mean right now the house is clean but we tend to stack stuff to be dealt with later and later has arrived. It is also not a bad thing because then the house is nice for the New Year. Some day I am going to just stack the amount of paper that comes into or is generated by this house for a week and take a picture of that so people can mentally multiply by 52 to see what I am dealing with. Of course none of that has anything to do with fabric or toys or other things that seems to wander in.

Winter is upon us now. The leaves are all taking a dive off the trees. The temperature went from where we were wearing short sleeve shirts on the way to Thanksgiving dinner to where we were wearing our warmest winter coats/hats/gloves/scarves on the way home. I figure it was about a forty-degree drop. So the leaves that had been all pretty on the trees on our street are now all over the lawns with whatever is left dropping in the wind. True meaning of the word Fall I guess.

We had a pleasant time with my in-laws. Good conversation and good food. It is nice to talk to other people who think Pushing Daisies is the most incredible thing to come on TV in a long time. (Last years conversation was about Heroes). Also my brother-in-law is very in the know about collectibles and I always get such interesting information about stuff I like. It was also nice to see my nieces and nephews. Just a bit strange being called Aunt Kathleen.

So today is either going to be lights or another one of the things that needs to be done before the BIG CLEAN can be started. I also need to unpack from the trip and sort out the laundry. I am housefrau, hear me roar. *grin*

I am grateful for all the help I get to get the house into company shape.

LJ Idol week 3:Thanks...... Thanks an F*ing lot

When this topic was announced I had to say that my stomach dropped because it was the topic that I always cover the week of Thanksgiving. I have been doing this a couple of years in my journal that for the Saturday before through Black Friday, I pause, reflect, and give thanks for all kinds of things that are important to me.

I considered using the bye this week but then something happened and the following came into my head which I have put out here for your amusement.

To the guy in the Hummer (with the STUPID wire rim tires and a very memorable vanity tag) who (without signaling) cut across 3 lanes to get to the on-ramp (which was a highly illegal move anyway because the line painting says that you are breaking the law by doing so and the next on-ramp is less than 400 feet down the road so you can safely maneuver onto the highway without hitting a traffic light) and nearly hit my little truck with my 4 year old in it (Thank the powers that be that I have very good breaks on that truck as did the SUV that was behind me). Thanks.....Thanks a Fracking Lot.

To the lady in the unfortunate faux leopard print coat at the toy store (who I saw get out of a car with a bumper sticker informing everyone that she loooved E*Bay) who grabbed four of the same toy right in front of me (which happened to be the last that that store had and is a "hot" Christmas toy this year and just happened to be one of two toys that was on my daughter's birthday list and had been since she found out about its existence) and dumped it into your cart along with a couple of other duplicates of toys that were on the Hot list in the paper the other day. And don't tell me that you didn't know that that was what I was reaching for when you made your grab.Thanks....Thanks a Freaking Lot.

[But bonus karma points and a BIG THANK YOU to the store employee who I asked if they had anymore and she told me that they didn't and asked me if I was willing to drive a little further for it. I had explained to her what had happened and why I wanted the toy. She called over to the closest related store and had them put one aside for me which was the last one there according to the manager who sold it to me and he hoped my little girl would enjoy it]

To the Little Old Lady in the very large caddy that I am betting your husband bought you before he passed on who can barely see over the steering wheel and has no idea what the turn radius or lack there of it so you nearly hit me and my car while I was putting groceries in the back to take home to feed my family. This caused me to have to jump out of the way and drop the bag I had in my hand that had eggs (note the word had) in it. You then proceeded to almost run over a mother and baby by running a stop sign in the parking lot. Thanks...Thanks a Fribbling Lot

To the anonymous idiot who has been posting on my husband's web site and making a royal pain in the tushie for the regulars but thinks they are being so clever because they are being such a pain and are so attention starved it must be hard to be them in the Real World even though (according to them) they live a wealthy and fabulous life with lots of friends. (But I hate to inform you that Second Life is not reality.....yet). For making me fume because of the policy we have not censoring people without warning (and I would love to make you see what you are doing is wrong and sad on so many levels.) Thanks...Thanks a Frelling Lot.

To the drama queen who has made it impossible for me to enjoy a couple (yeah it was bad enough you showed up on one of my groups are you following me now?) of groups I use to be long to. And if called on your shenanigans, you inform the group how much your life sucks and how you ALMOST DIEEEED 11111!!!!1111111 So I am the biggest meanie in the world for asking you to get your facts straight especially when it is about people I know who know me and (with a majority) I am friends with so some of the information I have that you are wrong I can't say because it was told to me by the friend but when I google and prove your pet theory totally bull*s**t you are right back to me being a big bully. Also cluttering up the list with your latest health crisis (real or imagined) or another relative dead or dying (I lost count, how many mothers and foster mothers and step mothers DO you have?) is not endearing you to me especially since I have close friends lose those important people in their lives this year and I WENT TO THE FUNERALS (I have been to entirely too many funerals and wakes and memorial services this year). Thanks....Thanks a Flipping Lot

To all the idiots and asshats that have made my life a living heck, Thanks....Thanks a f**cking lot.

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And a real thank you to spydielives for helping format this monster