Torture Is Fun, Right?

Seriously, torture is the best. I've gone off potato chips cold turkey. I'm also trying, again, to limit my soda intake. Yes, I know soda and chips are bad for me, but they are both very tasty and soda keeps me alive in the mornings, because coffee just doesn't cut it for me. I need the carbonation as well as the caffeine to keep me going.

But I've got to do something. I'm sick of playing games with the scale. It goes down...it comes up. All while I'm doing better exercise than I have in ages. I'm doing at least a half an hour of cardio and another half hour of strength training when I'm at the gym. On days when I don't go I try to get a half hour or more of cardio in at home.

I want to weigh 125 again. I think I've said this before. It's a struggle, but I think I have something figured out and maybe just maybe it will work. And yes it involves not shoveling food in my gaping piehole of a mouth.

It involves me keeping myself busy, which actually works for the good of my mental health as well as the good of my ever expanding ass. When I have things to do I'm not as likely to sit around fretting about something I have no control over and eating.

Today's my first day of this new plan, and guess what? I have loads of stuff to do too. I have to be at mass tonight and I'd like to walk over to the Byzantine Church for a bit after our mass to take some photos. Tomorrow after work, I'm going to Phipps' to see the Spring Flower Show. Fingers crossed this will work.

Recommendations

Taking a break from my whining, so that my online friends don't come and beat me with the proverbial stick, I offer you two recommendations, one book and one CD.

The book: James Herriot - Every Living Thing



If you love animals and need a feel good book, this and any other book written by James Herriot is worth hunting down. You'll fall in love with all the animals and the human characters will touch your heart. Warm fuzzy feelings will abound.

The CD: Dar Williams - My Better Self



Dar has one of the prettiest voices in folk music. I discovered her when I asked for some songs by good female vocalists. Along with her I found Grey Eye Glances.

But back to the album. It has the rather lovely cover of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb and the witty Teen For God as well as the hauntingly beautiful, Miss You Til I Meet You.

Dar should be in everyone's CD collection. This particular CD is good to wind down to. So what's not to like?

So there you have it, two things you should head over to Amazon and check out. Go ahead, do it, broaden your horizons....

I'm Not Myself

I don't feel like myself right now. In fact, I'm pretty darn miserable. I don't feel good, I'm depressed, and I just want to crawl under the covers and sleep for a few days.

I spent a fairly large sum of money on clothes yesterday for no good reason, except I'm desperate to feel good about myself.

I feel fat, ugly and miserable.

It's a good combination, doncha think?

I'm sure there are people out there that will agree that I'm all 3 of those things. And yes, I agree with you.

I've never been really good with self-esteem and my ego has taken a crushing blow, but it wasn't unexpected, because I can safely tell you that I never expected to get anywhere with that "Fishy" person. It doesn't change the fact that knowing for a fact that I won't get anywhere with that "Fishy" person doesn't rankle. And why? I can't really say why.

I mean this crush was almost like my others, but unlike Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Elvis Costello etc....this one was "real."

Damn. Why don't I just stick to the ones that aren't real? No that would be too easy.

And to be absolutely truthful, I can't really blame the "Fishy" entirely for this. He got dragged into the mess not actually by me but by that 3rd party that's conspicuously absent. Yeah, without the missing 3rd party, I probably would have just emailed him randomly over the months and I certainly never would have that stupid promo picture that I don't know where to hide now. Don't I have enough reminders of my own stupidity? Like an elephant I remember them all. I'm not only a dorkalope, I'm a fucktard dorkalope. PAH!

Anyhow...the events brought about by that third party conspired to make sure that my self esteem was in the crapper and likely it's going to stay there, because I can't think of a damn thing that will make me feel better, or to at least bring back the girl that didn't give a shit about what one guy...or any guy thought of her.

I thought things would get easier, but they aren't. I feel just as bad today as I did 2 weeks ago. I'm in a hole and I can't crawl my way out. I haven't a clue as to how to make myself better.

Take Me Back Tuesday - Week 117

From the ladies @ Music Memoirs

It's time capsule time....

It's 1967.....

What albums would you be spinning on your turntable?













What bands would you be dying to see in concert?
The Monkees
The Hollies
The Moody Blues
Herman's Hermits

What part of the world would the best music be coming from?
The UK no ifs ands or buts about it for me.

Ever Have One Of Those Days?

Well yesterday definitely gets labeled that way. I had to take 2 cats to the vet...then everyone wanted us to stop at Wendy's for Frosty's to bring home.

The vet scared the crap out of Oogie, literally. We had to clean the cat carrier because the poor kid poo'd on the way home. I never knew getting shots and wormed was that trauma inspiring. However when they say the shots will make your pet lethargic, they lie. Oogie's not been lethargic a minute in his life.

I come home to a smell of gas in our house. Not good. Ended up having to evacuate every man woman and beast for several hours. As of now our gas is turned off and we have to have a plumber come and change several fittings.

I had to cart all the beasts down to my grandmother's house til we were given the all clear by Columbia Gas. I'm putting the beasties on a diet. Damn they are fat butts, the lot of them. It had to be good exercise carting them back and forth last night.

Ended up emailing someone I didn't wish to email as a result, because I could think of no one who would listen. It's a good thing I didn't receive a reply. It's probably best that way, and not to worry, my radio isn't on this morning, since I'm making the trip to Pittsburgh with my sister so she can go to the doctor's.

Hopefully today will be better, because I don't think I can handle another day like yesterday.

A World Of Randomness and A Random 10

~ I'm weak as water. Weak as water, I tell you. I lasted no more than 4 minutes at work this morning before I turned on 99.3, The Pickle. Yes, I grumbled everytime "Fish" came on, but oddly it was good to hear his voice and listen to familar tunes. WJPA is good, but I'd never hear my Tommy James songs there, and well if I didn't hear the Hold The Fire songs, I'd be a sad sad girl.

OK, truth be told, I missed the "Fish." Shoot me.

~ Both cats got clean bills of health at the vet today. Yay! The receptionists know me by name. I think they remember me because of my crying when I took Misty in December. Hearing that a pet is terminally ill is as traumatising as if it were a person.

~ I've renewed my love affair with Erasure. I've been listening to them pretty much non-stop for the last few days. If they weren't on my winamp they were on my stereo or my mp3 player. Have I mentioned they have a new album out in May? Yay! This means I may need to rearrange the tracks on my Zen. I really need to buy the Vision. It's becoming necessary.

It's funny one of my favorite Erasure songs will always be Cry So Easy from the first album, Wonderland and the single Boy from the Union St album.

~ The great Spring Clean 07 begins in my household next week. The garbage man should be afraid, very afraid.

~ I've been considering my shot glass collection. I buy shot glasses from just about any place I've been, that has them. I have glasses from The Hard Rock Cafe, Kennywood, Idlewild, Lucy The Elephant, The Absecon Lighthouse, The Rainforest Cafe...I wonder where the next one will come from....

~ Now it's time for the Random 10 from Music Memoirs


10 songs that sum up your weekend...or were on your weekend playlist...and one picture that relates back. (oh, and if you feel like it, tell us why you picked the songs you did)

Erasure - Love To Hate You
Erasure - Turns The Love To Anger

I listened to the Chorus album quite a bit over the weekend, mostly before bed.

The Beatles - You Like Me Too Much
Tommy Roe (The Great) - Sweet Pea

These songs were on The Pickle Saturday afternoon.

Erasure - I Could Fall In Love With You

The brand new Erasure song that I downloaded this weekend and played over and over and over because it kicked booty.

Diana Krall - Love Me Like A Man
Diana Krall - Narrow Daylight

My favorite Krall tunes from The Girl In The Other Room

Elvis Costello - Just About Glad
Because I am just about glad.

Justin Hayward - December Snow (Acoustic)
Justin Hayward - No Regrets (Acoustic)

2 songs sent to me from a friend from a new bootleg circulating. Lovely. Lovely. Lovely.

And now for the picture



The Cucumber Falls at Ohiopyle. And yeah, I was standing precariously close to the edge to take this picture. I'm a nutjob. I know

How Odd

I've never changed the station on my clock radio in my bedroom, for one reason. Pickle doesn't exist on my clock radio. Yes, it's set at 99.3 but no, The Pickle is not the station that comes in. For some odd reason, the station that holds the spot of 99.3 that comes in loud and clear in my room is the Laurel Highlands Rock Station in Altoona, PA.

Crikey!

I'm usually awake and out of bed before my radio comes on. In fact, I usually don't even hear it until it turns into a shrill buzz. Today I came into my room to check on my chicken cat, Bootsie. (She's getting brave in the evenings. Last night she slept on my bed with me)

Well when I walked into the room the music startled me. It was one of the hard rock/hair bands that I liked.

Def Leppard.

And the song?

Bringing On The Heartbreak

Yeah. I think they were trying to tell me something.

I probably should go back to bed now or perhaps I should just start praying for serenity.

~ Edit...6:04 a.m. and I'm not listening to The Pickle. Be proud. Be very proud. (Justin Hayward is singing In The Bleak Midwinter, which is oddly soothing)

This Is Just An Awful Day

I'm an emotional mess today. In between tears and exercise and celebrating my dad's birthday a day early as well as other unpleasant surprises that also showed up early, I've fallen apart.

I'm still baffled at how one person can totally ignore the fact that my feelings were wounded and another can just ignore me completely after she caused havoc in my life.

I need to find some place to go and lick my wounds, because my faith in humanity has been shaken. (Mind you I don't have much faith in humanity to start with)

I'm trying to sort things out financially, so I can start putting money away for other things...like the weekend trips I want to start making in a few months. All of that makes me worry more. Plus I need things. OK, I don't need things, I want things. There's something about spring that makes me want to refurbish my wardrobe. And well there will always be music that I want. That's a given.

It all adds up to me being in a lousy frame of mind right now.

I just want to sleep and sleep and forget, and today I could almost do that. The sleeping part, that is. The forgeting is a totally different story.

Blah Blah Bliddity Blah

I need this CD. I need this CD badly. Why? Because I'm not listening to Pickle at the present moment, there are a few very cheesy songs that have left my life.

I miss them. Ok, I miss Pickle too, but for obvious reasons, listening to that station does me no good, even when the music is enjoyable. I must stick with WJPA, though it would ultimately be better if I could just listen to my mp3 player at work, but I'd rather buy the armband for exercising with the damn thing than a speaker, so I guess I'll suffer.

~ Speaking of the mp3 player. Are all headphones crap? Mind you, the one on my Zen and Muvo have both lasted over a year without dying so I shouldn't complain, but then again until the last month or so, I barely used the Zen and my headphones are ready for the trash. I need to find a good pair of headphones for my workouts.

~ Joy! Adam Ant has lost his weight and is looking hot again, though I have a funny feeling he's shaved his head. Click here to see pics. Adam was always one of my favorite 80's hotties. Its good to see him back on his feet.

~ I woke up late this morning. I was going to go to mass this morning, but didn't want to get out of bed at 5:30. So I turned over, thinking I wouldn't sleep much..Ha! Slept til 7:16. Needless to say. I didn't make it to mass. ARGH!

It's On My Mind....

Firstly before I start rambling...I lied...I'm not done with my ramblings about that one person.

~ I listened to Pickle today for the first time in over a week. Not a good thing. As soon as the commericals came on I felt an uncontrollable desire to growl, snarl and flip off the radio and the person speaking in the commericals. Yeah, I guess I'm still a little hurt and bitter.

~ I have pictures from Ohiopyle and the Mill Run windfarm today. It was so nice to be out and about on the weekend and not be at a mall.

~ I have loads of plans for the Easter week...some religious...some not. A few weeks ago I had two friends I would be able to share them with. Why is it that the absence of these two people from my life leaves me feeling so empty? They both treated me shittily. (is that a word?)

~ It's impossible to keep up your heart rate when listening to Gordon Lightfoot. His music is entirely too laid back when you're on the eliptical. I never seem to get songs like High & Dry to come on when I'm working out. Nope. It has to be stuff like Pussy Willows & Cattails.

~ I have a new favorite Diana Krall song, Love Me Like A Man from The Girl In The Other Room. Have I mentioned that's my favorite Diana Krall disc? Love it, to infinity and beyond.

I never seen such losers darling
Even though I tried
To find a man who can take me home instead of
Taking me for a ride
And I need someone to love me

OK...it's almost my favorite...Narrow Daylight still holds that position.

Is the kindness we count upon
Hidden in everyone?

I stepped out in a sunlit grove
Although deep down I wished it would rain
Washing away all the sadness and tears
That will never fall so heavily again

~ It's dawned on me that this coming week is going to be so full that I may have to remind myself to breathe.

1. Two kitties are going to the vet Monday night.
2. Tuesday is Deb's final doctor's appointment in Pittsburgh, and I have to take her.
3. I have to be at Holy Thursday mass.
4. We're going to the spring flower show Friday night.
5. I have to do the Easter shopping sometime this week.
6. I want to make sure I get to exercise at least 4 times this week too for at least one hour if not longer.

Nope...I don't think I have time for breathing.

The Lambic Beer Of The Week

Yesterday Deb and I went back to Barley and Hops for a cheese board and another lambic beer. We're trying to bankrupt ourselves by eventually trying all the flavors. Last week we had our favorite, raspberry, this week I had peach.

Let me tell you, for $9, this is one of the best drinky poos that I've ever had. The peach was every bit as awesome as the raspberry. I look forward to trying the black cherry and apple. I think there's one other fruit, but I'm not sure if they have it there, which is a shame.

Mind you that's just working our way through the Lindeman's lambics. There was at least one or two other brands there, but they don't have as many flavors. One of the varieties was actually more expensive. Yikes! But that will not stop me. Nope! I'm on the quest to find the best lambic beer.

So far, Lindeman's raspberry is my favorite, but who knows in a few weeks that may change!

I'm The "It" Girl Again

Crse tagged me and now I'm "it" again.

Five things you've never revealed on your blog, and then tag five people!

I've been blogging for a very long time so this isn't going to be the easiest thing to do, especially as I like to share.

1. One of my first nicknames in school was Cleo. Why? I had horribly long hair until about the 6th grade when I got it cut into a blunt bob and I looked like Cleopatra. I wasn't really fond of the nickname. In fact the only nickname that I've had that didn't piss me off is Queen. I'm the Queen of Weird. Bow to my greatness! Now, damn it!

2. I took ballet for several years growing up. I think there's still a video of my two performances in the house. Why that tape wasn't destroyed, I don't know. I was a terrible dancer then, I'm a terrible dancer now.

3. I'm going to be mostly debt free in about one year. I know I've talked about getting things paid off, but I don't think I've ever mentioned that I may be able to live better very soon. If only I didn't love to spend, spend, spend.

4. I don't like The Rolling Stones. I think they are highly overrated. That's not to say that there aren't a few songs that I adore, because there are, but I've never really been a fan, and I probably never will be.

5. I didn't learn how to drive until I was 18. We won't even discuss that I didn't pass my driver's test until the 3rd try. I was always petrified of the state cop sitting next to me.

Now I tag

Bananas,Callie, Karen, Kelly & Julie

Top 5 On Friday - Week 117

From the ladies @

Top 5 albums that you can't live without. (And tell us why you can't live without them)

1. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Blood & Chocolate



Anytime I feel angsty about something I listen to this album. It wasn't my first Elvis Costello album, that was Spike, but this is probably the one I can label my very favorite of all of them. It always makes me feel better to listen to the songs on this one. If you own one Elvis Costello CD, this one should be it. But then again, why would you only own one?

The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager



This is another one of my most played albums. I can't find a bad song on this album. A few of the songs on this album have been inspiring to me, back in the day when I could actually write. Someday I may be that inspired again.

I just wish oldies stations would take up playing tracks from this CD. I would love to here Gemeni Dream or The Voice on the radio, but if I did, I'd probably collapse, so it's best this way.

3. The Beatles - Rubber Soul



Did you think The Beatles wouldn't make the list? And why this one? 2 words: Nowhere Man. Most of my favorite Beatles tunes are on this album. I love this disc. It's still got a bit of the innocence of the first records, while pointing to the direction that they were about to take.

4. Oingo Boingo - Dark At The End Of The Tunnel



When the going is rough, I turn to Boingo and usually it's this disc. Since I discovered the band in the early 90's, this one has been my favorite. Danny Elfman's voice is damn near perfect here. Yes, the album is a bit dark, but not so dark as to be scary and the songs are beautiful.

5. Gordon Lightfoot - Gord's Gold 2



My Gordon Lightfoot collection is hardly complete, but this disc has most of my favorites on it; The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerarld, High & Dry, Alberta Bound, & Hangdog Hotel Room.

I picked Gordon, because most of the artists I listed before were favorites of mine from ages past. Gordon is a new obsession of mine, and I find myself listening to him at least once a day if I can. (That's assuming my car CD player cooperates)

It Sucks To Be Me

Everytime I hear this song from the musical Avenue Q I giggle...No I lie...I laugh hysterically.

It sums up how I feel so often...but then I listen to the song and realize that if someone wrote the song, then I'm not the only the one. One day I'm going to get a chance to see the show.

So maybe it doesn't suck to be me that much. But if you've ever felt that way...you have to listen to the song.

Click here to download

And while I'm having revelations...tomorrow will be one week since a certain person shook up my life in a not so nice way. Guess what? I'm living and not caring very much. I admit to shedding a few tears Friday, mostly for my stupidity.

Why do I suddenly feel the need to listen to the Barenaked Ladies?

ARGH!

Oh and I was reading a cheesy Barbara Cartland novel today. It was horrid, but I found a sentence that struck me as very true.

One can never escape the consequences of an action and therin lies the punishment or the reward.

Deep thoughts for a bad romance novel. But when I read this, I suddenly thought about the "fishy" person, and I knew that that these words were unfortunately true.

I have to live with the consequences of two actions. One the thoughtlessness of a friend that thought she was going to help me out by bugging that "fishy" person. And granted she opened a big enough can of worms that I should have been able to catch a whole lake of "fish," she did more harm than good. The other the "sin of omission" by that "fishy" person.

I have a piece of advice for both of these people.

For Jill: Don't help unless the help is asked for.

For Fishy x 3: Telling someone you are involved is not (I repeat) is not, an invasion of your privacy. Telling someone that likes you, that you are involved is a COMMON COURTESY. File that in your cute little noggin, just in case some other deluded female decides to crush on you. Spare her the agony, sweetie, m'kay?

Thus ends my ramblings for today...oh and not to worry...this wil be the last post containing anything about that "fishy" person.

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen things that amuse me....(currently)

1. Pictures of me that are halfway decent. There have been quite a few of these lately. These are from Michael's confirmation



And in profile



2. People that visit the blog because they want to read my site but continually neglect to leave comments. This not only amuses me but it makes me wonder. I've been getting several hits in the PA area one pretty close to me that comes M-F and another that's getting close to Erie...Hmmm. Who are you people and why are you people reading anyway?

3. Middleage men at the gym. I swear they set the weights unbelievably high and then do two reps and then act like they've had a workout. To the best of my knowledge 2 reps is not exercise....it's you trying to be macho. Lordy.

4. When no one is around the new kitty, Bootsie, goes all lovey dovey. She does the butt up in the air, scratch my butt dance. It makes me giggle.

5. Hearing The Moody Blues on the radio. I would love to hear something from Octave or Long Distance Voyager though. Still when I hear Question on the radio I always grin. If it were Nights In White Satin, I'd probably just switch the radio off.

6. Being able to sing along to my Zen at work at random points in the day. Or for that matter being able to dance along to the good songs on the radio. And no...I don't dance to the Moody Blues except when I hear Your Wildest Dreams.

7. Receiving CDs from La La. Especially when the the disc is one that I've been needing to get for a long time.

This one came yesterday...



Believe it or not, until yesterday I only had this one on vinyl.

8. The weather that's staying warm through the weekend, only to turn disgusting cold mid-week next week. WTF is up with that? Hmmm. But right now the warmness is amusing me greatly! Yay for wearing capris to work!

9. Songs that say exactly what you want to say....One of my favorites has always been The Smiths - Unhappy Birthday....but Elvis Costello's Just About Glad does the job too.

10. Getting another day off to take big sis to the doctor's. (While being paid to do it by big sis) It's a win-win situation. It also means I get to eat someplace yummy in Pittsburgh. Yay! That is truly amusing.

11. The flowers in my yard are starting to bloom. (Oh and there are some mystery plants starting to appear...I wonder what they are...because we put down so many seeds last year from plants we had)



12. The fact that I can be unamused by someone in some ways and amused by them in others...just because of total strangeness. But then again, strangeness has always amused me. I'm easily amused, as you can tell.

13. People that send emails when they are angry and don't run them through spell check. I think we've all been guilty of doing this. I know I have, but it's fun to get one and just go...~sigh~ Someone didn't take some cool down time before they started typing.

I Can Relate To This

A little too much actually, but then again, I've always said that Elvis Costello could write the story of my life just using his own song lyrics.

This song in particular is like a page out of my diary...or a post on my blog...

Just About Glad - Elvis Costello

I'm just about glad that I knew you once
And it was more than just a passing acquaintance
I'm just about glad that it was a memory
That doesn't need constant maintenance
There are a few things that I regret
But nothing that I need to forget
For all of the courage that we never had
I'm just about glad

Just about glad we didn't do that thing
Just about glad we didn't have that fling
Just about glad we didn't give it a try
Just about glad, is that a tear in your eye

And on the few times I rang to propose
There was a man there or so I suppose
The greatest lover that you never had
I'm just about glad

They called time and vodka and lime
In some far flung Canadian club
(Just about glad)
And there I was just waiting to fall
Like a toe just aching to stub
(Just about glad)
Later on I could never accept it
When you finally gave it all to him
(Just about glad)
And you said that my nurse was sweet
But her lamp was just beginning to dim

I'm just about glad
That we never did that thing we were going to do
I'm just about glad I can look you in the eye
But I can't say the same for you
And though the passion still flutters and flickers
It never got into our knickers
For all of the courage that we never had
I'm just about, I'm just about
I'm just about, I'm just about

And it's all just a stupid creation
Of my feverous imagination
If I'm the greatest lover that you never had
I'm just about, I'm just about
I'm just about, I'm just about

Is that a tear in your eye

Give it a listen...you'll understand

Just About Glad.mp...

So Much To Think About

~ Yesterday Michael was confirmed. I'm his godmother and I was also his sponsor. The ceremony was lovely...I only wish the girls in his confirmation class didn't all get together and decide to look like tramps. One girl had a sleeveless dress on and a push up bra that had her boobs nearly exploding out of the dress. These girls are 15! And in church! What kind of parents said yes to this?

~ I love when people prove their fucktardness. It always gives me a small amount of joy. (And I'll take my joy whatever way I can get it) I've determined there are way too many fucktards in my life....however since some of them bring about amusement as well as aggravation...I'll live with it.

~ Must get to the gym. The change of weather and all this damn cake has not been good for me. I will be at the gym for at least an hour for the rest of the week regardless of how lazy my butt feels.

~ Back to the confirmation; spending over an hour with a bunch of teenage girls made me feel matronly. I was doing my best to dress respectably, which no one else was...I had a long blue floral dress on and I felt quite pretty...until I got to the church. ARGH! I think I better hide the credit cards before I max them out trying to buy some new clothes.

~ I have returned to a point where Danny Elfman/Oingo Boingo's music is bringing me some amusement again particularly the song It Only Makes Me Laugh from the So-Lo CD.

~ The new kitty is still hiding. Bootsie will come out if you bring her out and she loves being cuddled but as soon as you're done she finds the first cubby hole and she hides.

~ I've discovered a new radio station. Well not a new radio station but rather one I can listen to. WJPA is tolerable. It might take awhile to get used to because for the most part I could tell what time it was when I was listening to that other station. But on a plus I haven't heard any music that made me want to wretch (ie Yummy Yummy Yummy/Hot Rod Lincoln) and they played Carefree Highway yesterday. Ah....Gordon! Even if that particular song almost brought a tear to my eye.

Take Me Back Tuesday - Week 116

From the ladies @ Music Memoirs

Pick a specific time in your life that you found enjoyable...tell us about it.

I'm picking the years 2003 - 2006. Careerwise these years sucked but my life in general improved. In those years...I met John Lodge, Justin Hayward, Greame Edge, Bernie Barlow, Norda Mullen, Paul Bliss, Elvis Costello (twice), Gary Puckett, Peter Noone and Eddie Izzard...It was a good time...a very good time.

What music do you remember from that time?
It was all about The Moody Blues and Elvis Costello though I developed a love for other artists like Annie Haslam, Nick Lowe and countless others at this time. The two albums that figured into my life the most prevelantly were:

Elvis Costello's When I Was Cruel



and

The Moody Blues' December



Everyone should own these 2 albums. December is the best Christmas/Holiday/Seasonal album ever. 'Nuff said

Why was that music important to you then?
In those 3 years I saw Elvis Costello twice and the Moody Blues 6 times. A bit obsessive? Yes, but that's my nature. If I like something I throw myself into it.(Head first usually and damn the consequences)

And how could the music not be important....when these were the people making it..





Did the music help make that time enjoyable?
2 words...Fuck Yes! If it weren't for the music it wouldn't have been fun at all. 2005 was a huge concert year...3 Moodies shows...I saw Elvis Costello that year...and Stevie Nicks and Don Henley...2006 was Peter Noone, Gary Puckett and Davy Jones...It's all good. It's all wonderful. Without the music those years would have been empty.

Discover Ohio

For the last year or so I've tried to collect all the guidebooks from the surrounding states so that when summer comes I can find things to do. Yesterday I received the Ohio book.

I'm ready to get in the car and go.

Actually, I'm ready to go anywhere, as most of you might be able to notice. In one of the guidebooks I discovered this place.

I want to go there now!

Landoll's Mohican Castle is about an hour and a half north of Columbus. I can only imagine the photo opportunities to be found there. My cameras are all but begging me to take them there. They don't even want to wait until there's money. They want to go now. I'm apt to agree with them, but I know better....and well I don't have the money to rent a car for a weekend right now...closer to summer, yes, right now...no way.

Then there's OH's Amish country. I want to go to The Amish Door and I want to stay in a jacuzzi room! I also want to eat all the yummy Amish cooking. Yeah I like my food, I can't help it. Both resorts have fitness centers though, so I could work out after gorging myself on all the yummy goodies at the restaurants.

The question now is....When can I go, and where am I getting the money to go?

Meet Bootsie

When I called the Washington County Humane Society today, I learned that Roxy had been adopted. I was heartbroken for a moment because I had my heart set on her...but then I looked through the list at petfinder of all the other kitties that needed loving homes and I found Bootsie.

I immediately called and asked if she was still there. She was. Yay! So after work today I drove to Eighty-Four, PA and went to see her.

Isn't she gorgeous?

She's a year old and still very shy. It's going to take some time for her to get used to her new friends, Oogie, Mutchka and Itchy, but I'm sure she'll be fine.

Right now she's taken up residence in Oogie's cage. She's spent her whole life in one and upon finding Oogie's spot, she ran right in. When she's not in a cage she looks for the first cubby hole she can hide in.

Poor baby.

She'll be fine in time, I'm sure. I'm so glad I could give her a forever home.