11.26.06

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between Gametap and knitting i fear this blog will self destruct.

i was swearing like a sailor on fire and jimmy came in to see what kind of difficult game i must be playing. he keeled over laughing when he saw it was Astrosmash.

leetle brahther called today to ask what we would want for Christmas.
“well, jimmy is really in to hot tea right now, so if you run across any kind of fancy tea up there that we can’t get down here, that would be cool.”

“um, okay. and what about you?”

“yarn. i’m all about the yarn.”

“we’ve got a Knaughty Knitter up here.”

“really? cool! get some awesome yarn that i can’t buy at wal-mart.”

“okay. tea and yarn. it’s like buying christmas for my grandparents.”

“what was that honey? i can’t hear you? could you pick up some batteries for my new hearing contraption?”

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11.24.06

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well, i won’t say that i had the worst Thanksgiving ever, because that would be melodramatic. but i will say that i had a pretty rotten day yesterday. i’ve some kind of stomach virus. it’s more pain than anything else, thank you Jesus. there was some diarrhea of course, but it’s nothing compared to the stomach pain of woe. i still feel miserable, but i’m sure i’ll live. here’s how bad it was, i was laying around all moany and gross and i didn’t even feel good enough to knit. i know! how physical is knitting, right? but man, just to move was horrible. if i didn’t have to breathe i wouldn’t have been breathing.

anyway, i hope you had awesome turkey and punkin pie.

i must be getting better cos right now punkin pie sounds pretty good. and i don’t like punkin pie.

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11.22.06

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today seemed to be errand day with a touch of Crazy Margaret added for sport. i baked cookies this afternoon (after the running of the errands and the dealing with CM) and now the house smells cozy. also, the fire i’ve got going makes it double cozy. fire! good!

i had to take roxy rockstar to the vet this morning for her yearly check-up/shots/shenanigans. she was a bad girl. she would not BUDGE after we entered the waiting room. when it was our turn to go back to see the vet? she turned into a dog statue. a heavy dog statue. she has never acted that way before at the vet’s office, but seeing as how the last time she went to the vet was when she ate rat poison and she had to spend the night there wretching her guts out…i can see how she would actually remember that and act accordingly.

it took two people to drag her down the hall and the whole time she’s looking at me with these glistening, gigantic anime eyes and her claws are digging into the concrete floor all, krrrrrrrrrrk. it was all around pathetic. and then, they put a muzzle on her because you never know what a huge terrified dog is gonna do and it was sad because she kept squeezing her tongue out to lick the vet tech. and now she’s on her pillow enjoying the fire and feeling slightly miserable. you can tell she’s not feeling wekk because she’s not being very active at all. poor wittle fweegan. aw.

junebug is in the hospital again (basically, she’s 4,000 years old). i went and hung out with her for a couple of hours today. i brought her some of the cookies i made and you’d have thought i’d brought her actual spanish treasure. doubloon cookies! i’ll probably go back tomorrow for a visit since it’s gotta suck to be in the hospital on Thanksgiving.

we’re doing the thanksgiving thing with mr. fleegan’s fam this year. leetle brahther and seester-een-law are doing it with her fam. so my parents are working at some kind of charity turkey dinner thing downtown. i think they’re both looking forward to it.

well, i’d blog more, but i’ve got this fire going and i desperately need to poke it for no reason other than apparently i’m a closet pyro.

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11.20.06

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it only cost $100 this time. i say “this time” because the plumber seems to think we’re gonna have to dig up the yard sometime to really fix it.
awesome.
anyway, the “root system” and other gunk that he pulled out of the pipe looked like a really long, evil weasel. even the plumber was amazed, and do you know how hard it is to amaze a plumber? they’ve seen everything come out of a pipe, right? anyway, the grossness he pulled out was so amazing that HE TOOK IT WITH HIM SO HE COULD SHOW HIS COWORKERS. THAT IS HOW AMAZING THE ROOT CLOG WAS.

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to celebrate our AMAZING ROOT CLOG mr. fleegan and i flushed the toilet and did the dishes. then we built a celebratory fire in the fire place. it’s the first fire we’ve made since i got the place last summer.
good news: the fireplace works!
bad news: the flue has been open since i bought the house last summer.
you effin’ genius.

when i went outside to get some more sticks for the fire (the logs aren’t burning because they’re wet on the inside, i guess. or maybe they’re just lazy.) i could smell the fire and i thought, “aw, that’s my fire smelling like a fire.” and i wanted to call someone to come over to smell the fire outside my house and then have them come in to get warm by the fire and drink tea or hot chocolate or coffee with irish cream in it or whatever toddy they want.

come, smell my fire! drink something!
but not tomorrow. tomorrow’s bowling night.

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11.20.06

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i’m having more plumbers come out today. the basement is flooded again. that’s twice in a week.

everyone will be getting a scarf for christmas this year.

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11.19.06

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you know those cars that have those stickers across the top of the windshield? it’s usually personalized? yeah, well there’s two of those that i’ve seen around town recently, one says Almond Joy across the top. the other one? the other one says To Good For You.
yeah, well you’re not too good for the spell check, ass.

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we saw Stranger Than Fiction this evening. it was absolutely great. it’s pro’ly the best movie i’ve seen in years.

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i’d write more, but i’m working on a scarf for the m-i-l. it’s her birthday this week.

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11.15.06

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the wedding was really nice. cindy’s dress was very very pretty. i’ve never seen one like it before. very cool. it had red in it.
AWESOME. justin looked very handsome in his tux as did dad (only they gave him the wrong size pants and they were a bit too short and he kinda looked like frankenstein from the waist down. oh well. it’s just pants.), and mom looked really nice in her fancy suit dress. dress suit.

it was going to be an outdoor wedding, but the weather turned cold really fast up there in TN which was a bummer because it would’ve been really nice to have it outside, but none of us thought to bring any realy coats with us so we’d all have colds now if it had been outdoors.

i told myself that i wasn’t going to cry at the wedding, but when katy got up and sang led zep’s “thank you” at the beginning of the ceremony i’ll admit, i teared up a bit. a great deal actually.

anyway, it was one of the best weddings i’ve ever seen. and yes, i’m biased as hell.
the kids went to gatlinburg for the honeymoon.

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last night at bowling, mr. fleegan rolled a 189! hoo! i don’t think i broke a hundred on either game. he said to me, “so jaimie, what’s it like knowing you’re going home with the guy who rolled a 189?”

he’s a doof.

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11.08.06

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the Patty Hearst Voice continues. today i left Cookie a voicemail in PHV and this evening i received a voicemail from Liz in PHV. it cracked me up cos at first she was asking for some cheddar cheese and then she said, “oh, i wanted to tell you to stop wearing the black dress. it isn’t helping.”
and boom! instant chucklehead was i.

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at lunch popsicle, tinley and i went to a homemade candy store in glencoe. it was WAY pricey so we didn’t buy anything. we went there knowing it would probably be expensive but we thought we’d get a piece anyway. splurge you know. well, i’m sorry, but no, that was beyond expensive. but they had these candies there called chumbles. it was like melted chocolate over peanuts and raisins or whatnot. dad immediately says in axle-shriek, “you know where you are?! YOU’RE IN THE CHUMBLE, BABY! YOU’RE GONNA DIE!”

that is a perfect example of what it’s like to hang out with dad.

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11.07.06

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i forgot to mention that after watching the Patty Hearst documentary that i cannot stop talking like her, and when i think or read something? the voice in my head? is her voice. it’s pretty horrible, thanks.

it’s also making me really annoying to be around (more so than usual.) because i CAN’T STOP talking like her. and every once in a while the urge to say, “death to the fascist insect that preys upon the the life of the people.” which is just a phrase that makes everyone around you kinda uncomfortable, really.

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it was election day. i forgot to vote.

yeah right, liz. you know i totally went and voted and got my sticker, bitches.

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jimmy leaves tomorrow afternoon to go to east TN with his family. he’s supposed to meet me in mid TN on saturday for my leetle brahther’s wedding. kelly is going up on Friday cos her parents are getting there that evening. it’s going to be zawesome. Zawesome. saucesome. you know what else is cool? john diener is taking time off from his crazy forest ranger job in CA to be there. this. will be. so. badass.

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roxy rockstar hat

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we finally got to bowl again. the bowling alley is having some major problems with its lanes breaking down. my scores were
suck and suckier. but fun was had.

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11.06.06

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last night we watched Beowulf & Grendel and Guerrilla: The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst. the Beowulf movie was very good. it added a few things but was really enjoyable especially if you like movies about warriors. and we all know i like movies about warriors. even the bad ones. especially the bad ones. how many times have i seen kull the conqueror? even i’ve lost count.
“she told me she was 19!”

the Patty Hearst movie was a documentary. it too was enjoyable as well as educational. i learned that Patty Hearst has one of THE MOST annoying voices on the planet. very slow and vacant. even now.

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