Yes, I am an Oddball.

I'd love to say the  past couple days have been whirl-winds of fun and excitement but really they haven't.  Not that I'm upset about that.  They've been useful days and I'm glad to have had the time. Tuesday sort of went by in a blur, I had an eye doctor appointment in the morning then errands.  P left work early (after going in at 3:30am)  so I spent the afternoon with him.  I made a pound cake from scratch (yum!) and creamy-lemon chicken with potatoes and cheesey broccoli for dinner.  It was a delicious meal and a relaxing evening. I managed to clean out a ton of stuff from my bedroom and gathered a whole large trash bag full of still good but not useable for us clothes to donate (and I donated it today-amazing because most of the time the bags sit for weeks.)  After cleaning, Orion and I went Shopkicking (please check out the Shopkick app if you have a smartphone, free $$ peeps) so I could gather enough kicks to get a $25.00 Target card, sc...

Today was a great day.  I forgot to turn off my morning alarm Sunday so it went off at 7am.  In a way I'm kinda glad it did, it gave me the opportunity to turn it off and go back to sleep.  I only slept until 9, but it still felt great to do it.  After getting up and showered Ri and I headed to Mystic, CT to enjoy a day at the Mystic Aquarium and The Village Shoppes right next door from the aquarium.      It was nice to spend the day with just my Ri-guy.  I can't believe he'll be 18 in just 10 short days. Where does time go?  It's crazy, I swear just yesterday he was a toddler driving me nuts in a place like Mystic Aquarium.   Those really were the best days though.  I knew it at the time too but I was too young and stressed out to fully enjoy them.  Having a son as old as mine is doesn't feel strange until I see women about my age (some older!) with sweet little babies or toddlers while I'm out with my almost 18 year old,...

It is 5 minutes past midnight so officially the first day of my week off.  I'm looking forward to sleeping really well tonight.  Last night after typing the blog I gave up and took a couple Benedryl.  Yes, I know they are for allergies but they are also the best sleep aid ever.  I slept for 8 hours straight, no tossing or turning or waking and trying to get back to sleep.  Just out.  I woke up actually ready to tackle the day.  It was a good day too.  We didn't do anything wildly fantastic, just shopping and shopkicking and cooking (enchiladas & cream cheese brownies plus P made his fantastic apple pie. So. Yummy.)  Yesterday, while grabbing groceries we found french vanilla cappuccino k-cups and bought them on a whim.  This was probably one of the best decisions we've ever made.  So good and even better with a slice of pie. I tried to sew a bit but was quickly visited by a furry friend called Felix.  His hobbies includ...

I'm counting this as a second post in as many days because I haven't gone to bed yet so it's technically still Friday night :)  So what good stuff happened today? It was Friday. I only worked half the day. Oh and now I'm on vacation for a week!!!! **Insert happy dance**  Work had sorta been getting me down lately so this break is more than welcome.  I plan on cleaning out my bedroom. I really do have way too much crap that I'll never need or use again.  Clothes that I just don't need or don't fit and the cobwebs are getting a little out of control, LOL.  It'll feel  good to clean up, plus it will be easier to move (if and when the time comes) if I'm slightly less buried in "stuff". Orion and I would also like to take day-trips to Mystic, CT and Salem, MA and we both have eye doctor appointments.  I would like to spend sometime sewing and I'd like to spend time with my significant others too.  They aren't on vacation though, so eve...

I won't even try to say that I'll get better.  But I will put a reminder on my phone.  Since it's pretty well glued to my hand I'll be sure to see it. To be honest I forgot this space even existed, I blame my laptop crapping out on me (twice) forcing me to use an ancient macbook (which I love because it's still kicking, so not a complaint.)  So the good computer crapped out and I lost all my bookmarks including this one.  Then tonight I decided I wanted to write, I sorta have a half-way done short story in my head and need a place to put it.  Wait, don't I have a blog? OMG I HAVEN'T POSTED SINCE JANUARY?  So much for a 30 day writing challenge. sigh So I could try again, right? Because that is an important thing to do, try.  Maybe between I could post bits of the story I've been dreaming up.  I think that could be an ok idea. :-) Today is not a picture day, but i'll use this one from a couple weekends ago.  I was texting funny faces ...

So I don't watch award shows. So its perfectly normal for me to be a few days (or weeks or months) behind on these things if left to my own devices.  Luckily for me I am Face.book friends with someone that loves award shows so I find out about the good stuff the next day.  Tonight when I finally got around to reading my newsfeed I saw that he posted this: Grammy Wedding This, my dear friends, brought me to tears.  Honestly, there I was listening to a song I love (the only reason I clicked the video) and next thing I know I'm at a wedding.  A beautiful, inclusive, loving, honest to goodness Queen La-FUCKING-tifah marrying people wedding. This was honestly my thought processes from the start of the video: Damn Queen Latifah just keeps getting more beautiful.  How does she do that? I love this song, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are stand up guys, have to love them. Hey cool Queen Latifah is going to sing wit....wait a second.... OMG SOMEONES GETTING MARR...

Hi, sorry...I mentioned early on that I get distracted easily and I did.  Actually things were crazy at work when I got back, then my son went to visit my sister so I wasn't home much, my diet went all to heck and I've gained a solid 4 pounds and I've been generally unfocused. OH and there was a snow storm, gotta love those, right?  Well... someone has but trust me that someone is not me.    :-)  life happens, right? On to today's prompt:   Describe Your Dream Home...House, Location and Grounds Dream home, huh?  For which dream? And really what makes a home is what you do in it, not what it looks like or how big it is. Lets go with the dream where I'm on my own because Orion is off doing his dream job most of the year. I'm only one person and honestly I don't have much stuff, I like it that way so my home wouldn't have to be very big, I'd love to say a 1 bedroom apartment would be perfect but I do like visitors, especially my son, so lets go ...