I picked a good day to take off work. However, I had things I wanted to do today that involved leaving my home. That's not going to happen. Too bad I didn't get to the grocery store when I was out yesterday afternoon.
I'm sitting here watching the worst winter storm I've experience in a very long time... maybe ever! I don't recall being in a Blizzard Warning before. The wind is absolutely howling, 47mph gusting to 62. First it rained, then there was sleet, and now it's a blowing snow storm. It's 26 degrees and dropping fast. Wind chill 7.
If I still have electricity at the end of the day, this Christmas Eve, it will be a "Christmas miracle." Good thing there's Nog!
Spent my birthday at my daughter's house. Ate some good food and had a lot of fun. Again, I have to say that my grandson is so stinkin' cute that I can't stand it.
Even when he is purposely drooling cookies out of his mouth for laughs.
If I had never watched "The Sixth Sense", then I wouldn't be so freaked out every time I walk into my kitchen and see the cabinet doors ajar.
The truth of the matter is that this is not an other world visit, it's just that the kitchen is fairly old and the latches don't work so well any more. Still, it unsettles me every time.
We've been in the process of updating the kitchen. Carpet and two different linoleum floors have been replaced with brand new flooring... that I love.
(I can't take a photo in this house without getting a dog in it. Hi Cricket. No, I'm not stealing your soul)
Ugly blue and white checkered wallpaper has painstakingly been pried off the walls. I disliked that wallpaper since we bought the house over ten years ago. I can't believe it's taken me this long to remove it; except for the fact that it's a total pain to take down. Please people... do not glue paper on your walls.
(Old wallpaper that made my eyes go haywire)
I'm so looking forward to picking out a new paint color. And light fixtures.
Right now there is a hideous dusty ceiling fan hanging on one side of my kitchen, a brass looking lantern light on the other, and a bare bulb above my sink. This mishmash of lighting freaks my Monk self out. Light fixtures are one of the cheapish ways to update a room, but I don't think most people ever think about doing this. Or maybe they procrastinate for over ten years, like yours truly.
Another unsettling sight this morning was checking the temperature before dressing for work. Nineteen degrees with a wind chill that made it feel like two degrees. Crap! I have a tendency to hibernate in such weather.
I've been found a lot lately under a blanket watching Turner Classic Movies. The mere fact that I have time to watch a movie lets you know that television is in a sorry state of late. Normally, I have too much recorded programming to watch movies. But I've viewed "The Mortal Storm", "Casablanca", "Our Vines Have Tender Grapes", "To Catch A Thief", "A Face In The Crowd," "Until They Sail," "So Long At The Fair," and several others. I also watched a movie that was made this decade which starred John Travolta. It stank! Afterward I said, "That's why I watch old movies."
I guess there's just not much on regular TV these days that I enjoy. I watched How I Met Your Mother last night; the first time this season. When it was over I said to hubby, "Huh, remember when this show used to be funny?" What the hell happened to HIMYM? That episode sucked.
This morning I watched Jennifer Hudson's Christmas special that aired last night. That I enjoyed. When Jennifer soulfully and spiritually sang "O Holy Night", I was moved. It was everything the Carrie Underwood special was not. Sorry, but I thought Carrie's show was way too cheesy. Except I enjoyed seeing Sons of Sylvia (the band formerly known as The Clark Brothers). Can't wait till these guy put out an album.
Other than this, I've still been obsessively busy working on my genealogy. Hubby tells everyone, "She sees dead people."
