Hi-ho

I have a song stuck in my head that is almost as bad to have stuck there as something like "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall". Anyone else know "The Rattlin' Bog"? Yes, I know some of you do. :P Sheesh. What a thing to be running through my head.

Mmm. Wonderful weekend. Not a single date. Odd that those two should go together. Another congratulations to ravenstorm27 and cairpre26! I am so very happy for the two of you. I love you both. :) May you enjoy this week off muchly, and the rest of your married life even more so.

Of course, things like that make me hope that one day I will find myself feeling as fulfilled and contented as those two. I will change, my life will change, people around me will change. I hope that all the changes that happen coincide to get me to that point eventually, where I am so very certain and solid in my happiness and love.

I went thrift store shopping yesterday, looking mostly for a new set of glasses. I want big solid glasses, but nothing like that was to be found on the shelves. I also looked at candlesticks for tapers. I didn't find much--the cool ones didn't have mates, and the ones that had mates were ugly. Even the single ones weren't cool enough to buy. Bah.

Anyone want to go yard sale-ing sometime soon? Let me know! I really want to go bargain-hunting. :)

I did get some cool stuff at the hardware store: silver polish to polish my great grandma's silver stuff, a knife sharpener (not the kind I like, but it works), Brasso (to polish the pots that ravenstorm27 and cairpre26 gave me!) and some trouser hangers which I badly needed.

Ok, well, I'm about to go into a meeting. Ta for now!

Mmm...books!

Got me some new reading material today. I went to Borders and was standing in the checkout line with some purchases (one for me and three gifts), when yet another book caught my eye. It was called Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner. If anyone has heard the song/story, it's based on that. I'm really looking forward to reading it! Anyone else get there before me? Let me know what you thought of it.

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I lost two and a half pounds since the last time I got on a scale. Not much, true, but it's a start. I think some of it was just because of the time of month it was when I last weighed myself, but still...good to see it go. I scared myself last night. I made popcorn right before bed and ate it in bed while reading. Not a scary thing in and of itself, but it reminded me of my mom's eating habits, and I don't want to get as heavy as she is, because I want to stay in better health than she's in. I'm young(ish), and I want to keep weight off as much as I can before my metabolism slows down more. At least I only ate it because I was legitimately hungry--I had a big brunch, but no dinner. I wasn't just looking to snack.

Damn it, I want to look good in pasties and a g-string again.

Gotta buy more nutrition bars. They save me time, dishes, and calories. I just have to be careful not to get sick of them. Maybe I'll try the ones Morgan said he liked--the Cliff bars. (By the way, Morgan, lots more are coming to you soon. Tomorrow.)

Inspired by a thought I had when pierceheart posted

I never worked with Muses before.

I just looked up the Muse of poetry: Thalia.
She's also the Muse of comedy: classical comedy, where it all works out right in the end.

I wonder, would it behoove me to start getting to know her and some of her sisters?

Things to...oh shit, I'm sorry, I have to say it...muse over.