So I got my hair trimmed last night. I gotta say I have a love/hate thing with getting my hair cut. I hate having to get it done. Mainly because I never know what I want to do with it so I keep the same style forEVER. It's fine and fairly thin and has the very slightest of body to it so there's not a whole lot I can do with it without having to use a curling iron and I don't really like using them.
But, when I actually make myself get it done I'm happy I do. It's usually got split ends for days and is looking fairly raggedy. So the end result is always so much better. But, that's not the main reason. The main reason is the pampering. I love having someone else wash and rinse it. Then when they're fixing it and the blow dryer is going and the brush is going through it and I'm not the one doing it, yeah that's nice. The guy (and by the way that's the very first time I've ever had a guy do my hair in my 42 almost 43 years of life) last night would stick his fingers and swish it around while blow drying then run them through every so often. He then actually did use a curling iron on it, which I can't remember the last time a hair stylist did that, maybe for my wedding in '05. And it came out all curly and fluffy and I looked nothing like my self. Which is also nice.
I told HDT not to expect to ever see it that way again since I'd never be able to it myself. Heh
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So I was looking forward to having several days to relax this holiday weekend. I'm finally working for a company that takes Friday off. Haven't had that for seven years or so. So I figured we'd have three days to take it easy and recover from Thursday. But since my FIL and StepMIL will be going to her families for Thursday they've decided to do Thanksgiving with us and HDT's sister and her family on Saturday.
Friday we booked a movie marathon that starts 11:30ish and doesn't end until after 6:30ish. Although it's still sitting on our asses it's still getting out of the house and not sitting on our asses there.
So Sunday right now is looking like the only day that will truly be relaxing. At least for now. It is football day and the Saints are playing the 9ers. So if they play like they did last night we're in for a fight which isn't relaxing.
Ah, but we'll still have to leave the house on Sunday anyway. HDT's grandma is in a nursing home recovering from a fall in September. And we need to go there in the evening to have her drink her protein shake and vitamin c drink that we're using to supplement her meals with to ensure she's getting all the vitamin's and protein she needs since she doesn't eat her meals very well. Since HDT's mom is out of town through Sunday (at least) we're doing the evening drinks. But that only takes about an hour or so since she drinks them so slowly and we do like to get some visiting time in while doing it.
Media quote of the day: From Bones (2008) The Passenger in the Oven
[Seeing Bones wearing glasses] Right. What I want you to do is take off your glasses, shake out your hair and say "Mr. Booth, do you know what the penalty is for an overdue book?" - Booth
Why?- Brennan
Never mind. - Booth
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Playing catch up on goings on since the last post
So, yeah, it's been awhile again, just about 2 months. A few things have happened since my last post. We went to the Saints/Packers game at the end of September. Then went on vacation for our anniversary in October. HDiTty's grandma fell and fractured her pelvis bone in September. She's been in the nursing home recovering ever since. But we're hoping she'll be home by Thanksgiving. If so that'll be the best thing to be thankful for.
Hmmm, what else? Oh yeah.
The Saints kicked the Falcons asses on Sunday!!! Damn dirty birds couldn't hang on to an undefeated season, not against the Saints and the Saints Nation. Woohoo!!
So, let's see, I'll back up to the Packers game. I forgot to take pictures while there so none to share. Unless of course you'd like to see one of Clay Matthews. My niece and Jim's daughter loves him so I took several of him for them. But other than that no pictures. The fly over was awesome as always. I did get video of the fly over though. Hmm, I wonder if I can get it in here, I've never tried to do a video before.
Hey, looks like I did it. Heee By the way that deep voiced singer is NOT HDiTty, it was one of the guys right behind us. The high pitched wooooo was me though. As you can see we were in the end zone. We were only 6 rows off the field, pretty nice actually since most of the scores were done on this side of the field. Unfortunately the Saints lost but we still had a great time. The first time that we've gone without having any assholes to deal with. Normally we have drunk hecklers. I don't mind some good hearted ribbing but it's usually pretty nasty. I have to say, everyone we were sitting around were really cool.
A week later we were on vacation. We went to Niagara Falls for the 5th - 7th. The 6th was our anniversary. It was both our first times there. We did the Maid of the Mist and the Sky Wheel (a large Ferris wheel). I got a couple pictures from there.
The second one was when we were sitting at the top for a little bit looking pretty much straight down. And as you can see the trees were turning quite nicely. Unfortunately the glass wasn't a true glass and was all scratchy and dingy.
We also went to the botanical gardens which were nice. Gotta say I was glad we only paid $5.00 for parking because although it was nice it wasn't worth more than that. When I was researching all the places to go it was always on the list of top places to see. Maybe during the height of summer but in the beginning of October it wasn't all that great. I was expecting these terrific fall colors but none of their trees had even begun to turn. We're assuming they must water them which kept them greener for much longer than normal. There were still a lot of flowers in bloom but it just wasn't what I was expecting after all the hype.
Saturday night we went to a comedy club for dinner and a show since that's what we did for first date. They said there would be door prizes so we filled out our names and put them in the bucket. Mine ended up being called but it wasn't just for a door prize, oh no, I actually had to get up on stage and be a contestant in the guy's "game show." He had 3 questions about Thanksgiving. I got the first two correct so I won. I got his 20th anniversary DVD. We watched the first 30 minutes or so of it but it wasn't that great and a lot of it we already saw that night. He was pretty funny in person though and the food was good so we had a great time anyway. The video is way too long otherwise I'd put it here as well.
Sunday the 7th we hit the road to head to Ottawa to visit our friends there for the rest of the week. Sunday night we went to one of the couples houses to watch the Saints game and have dinner. After it was over we headed over to the other couples house that we were staying with for the rest of the week. We didn't do much other than hang out having good food, good conversations and good rest.
We did go bowling one night though. But not your normal bowling, oh no, it was Canadian bowling. Instead of 10 pins there were only 5 pins. And instead of a regular bowling ball you got much smaller balls that fit in your palm with no holes. And instead of two turns you get three. There are still strikes and spares but you only get a spare if you knock the remaining pins down on your second turn. If you knock them all down in your third turn you just get the equivalent of whatever they add up to. The five pins all total 15 points. It. Was. Crazy. Again the video of HDT is too long but suffice it to say it was a trip. We went with both couples, so we asked them if any had gone "real" bowling and only one on them had and he didn't like it much. Crazy.
So, what else. Ah yes. The kittens are growing up nicely. They're causing issues just like they're namesakes. Merry decided he wanted to go behind the tv and in doing so he knocked down a shadowbox that then hit a huge fleur-de-lis that then hit a little Saints gnome. The fleur-de-lis and gnome both broke beyond repair. Pippin has knocked things down as well but hasn't broken anything luckily and gotten into food items he shouldn't. But we love 'em.
This is Pip in his best camouflage outfit.
And although you can't really see him, that black mass is Merry going after Pip.
What, I'm innocent, innocent I say.....
Yep, I'm innocent too. See, so innocent I can relax completely.
The two hooligans with Bander keeping watch
And this shows how much they've grown. Pippin is just as big at 7 months as Pogo who's 12 years, actually he's bigger in the fact that he's a very solid cat. Pogo is tiny really.
So that's it really. Other than a UFC fight that the boys came over for and some other family get togethers here and there we really haven't done much.
Media quotes of the day:
Fool of a Took. Throw yourself in next time, and rid us of your stupidity. - Gandalf to Pippin in Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
And in Lord of the Rings: Return of the King:
Why did you look? Why do you always have to look? - Merry
I don't know. I can't help it. - Pippin
You never can. - Merry
I'm sorry, all right? I won't do it again. - Pippin
Hmmm, what else? Oh yeah.
The Saints kicked the Falcons asses on Sunday!!! Damn dirty birds couldn't hang on to an undefeated season, not against the Saints and the Saints Nation. Woohoo!!
So, let's see, I'll back up to the Packers game. I forgot to take pictures while there so none to share. Unless of course you'd like to see one of Clay Matthews. My niece and Jim's daughter loves him so I took several of him for them. But other than that no pictures. The fly over was awesome as always. I did get video of the fly over though. Hmm, I wonder if I can get it in here, I've never tried to do a video before.
Hey, looks like I did it. Heee By the way that deep voiced singer is NOT HDiTty, it was one of the guys right behind us. The high pitched wooooo was me though. As you can see we were in the end zone. We were only 6 rows off the field, pretty nice actually since most of the scores were done on this side of the field. Unfortunately the Saints lost but we still had a great time. The first time that we've gone without having any assholes to deal with. Normally we have drunk hecklers. I don't mind some good hearted ribbing but it's usually pretty nasty. I have to say, everyone we were sitting around were really cool.
A week later we were on vacation. We went to Niagara Falls for the 5th - 7th. The 6th was our anniversary. It was both our first times there. We did the Maid of the Mist and the Sky Wheel (a large Ferris wheel). I got a couple pictures from there.
The second one was when we were sitting at the top for a little bit looking pretty much straight down. And as you can see the trees were turning quite nicely. Unfortunately the glass wasn't a true glass and was all scratchy and dingy.
We also went to the botanical gardens which were nice. Gotta say I was glad we only paid $5.00 for parking because although it was nice it wasn't worth more than that. When I was researching all the places to go it was always on the list of top places to see. Maybe during the height of summer but in the beginning of October it wasn't all that great. I was expecting these terrific fall colors but none of their trees had even begun to turn. We're assuming they must water them which kept them greener for much longer than normal. There were still a lot of flowers in bloom but it just wasn't what I was expecting after all the hype.
Saturday night we went to a comedy club for dinner and a show since that's what we did for first date. They said there would be door prizes so we filled out our names and put them in the bucket. Mine ended up being called but it wasn't just for a door prize, oh no, I actually had to get up on stage and be a contestant in the guy's "game show." He had 3 questions about Thanksgiving. I got the first two correct so I won. I got his 20th anniversary DVD. We watched the first 30 minutes or so of it but it wasn't that great and a lot of it we already saw that night. He was pretty funny in person though and the food was good so we had a great time anyway. The video is way too long otherwise I'd put it here as well.
Sunday the 7th we hit the road to head to Ottawa to visit our friends there for the rest of the week. Sunday night we went to one of the couples houses to watch the Saints game and have dinner. After it was over we headed over to the other couples house that we were staying with for the rest of the week. We didn't do much other than hang out having good food, good conversations and good rest.
We did go bowling one night though. But not your normal bowling, oh no, it was Canadian bowling. Instead of 10 pins there were only 5 pins. And instead of a regular bowling ball you got much smaller balls that fit in your palm with no holes. And instead of two turns you get three. There are still strikes and spares but you only get a spare if you knock the remaining pins down on your second turn. If you knock them all down in your third turn you just get the equivalent of whatever they add up to. The five pins all total 15 points. It. Was. Crazy. Again the video of HDT is too long but suffice it to say it was a trip. We went with both couples, so we asked them if any had gone "real" bowling and only one on them had and he didn't like it much. Crazy.
So, what else. Ah yes. The kittens are growing up nicely. They're causing issues just like they're namesakes. Merry decided he wanted to go behind the tv and in doing so he knocked down a shadowbox that then hit a huge fleur-de-lis that then hit a little Saints gnome. The fleur-de-lis and gnome both broke beyond repair. Pippin has knocked things down as well but hasn't broken anything luckily and gotten into food items he shouldn't. But we love 'em.
So that's it really. Other than a UFC fight that the boys came over for and some other family get togethers here and there we really haven't done much.
Media quotes of the day:
Fool of a Took. Throw yourself in next time, and rid us of your stupidity. - Gandalf to Pippin in Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
And in Lord of the Rings: Return of the King:
Why did you look? Why do you always have to look? - Merry
I don't know. I can't help it. - Pippin
You never can. - Merry
I'm sorry, all right? I won't do it again. - Pippin
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