Friday Fill Ins and TV Boyfriend

I am obsessed. OB SESSED. with Income Property on HGTV. Their eye candy host/handyman/wonderboy is only part of the reason. Wherein "part" = 99.9%.

And on we go to the Friday fill-ins.

1. Sometimes, a little dab will do ya.

2. Let's just forget about the whole thing.

3. Small kids = small problems; big kids = big problems.

4. What a person has in their pantry/fridge is very enlightening.

5. I keep meaning to buy some groceries...

6. ...but we still don't have anything to eat ...yet.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to a complete and total lack of activity aka a veg-a-thon, tomorrow my plans include knitting! socks! for Christmas! and Sunday, I want to hang up some pictures and cool stuff in the condo... show and tell to follow!

Friday Fill Ins

Wow, I have not played along with Friday Fill Ins in a very. long. time. Let's see if I can remember how...

. Fantasizing that we've finished moving and unpacking never fails to make me smile.
2. I'm looking forward to the day I get my iPad, a real one, not my current imaginary one.
3. A snoring toddler is what I'm listening to right now.
4. Potato salad must have capers in it!
5. Coffee and blackberry brioche was the best thing I ate today.
6. Today was going to be a busy one.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to making tacos and packing boxes, tomorrow my plans include the final move, the beds, the kitchen daily-use items and our clothing and toiletries and Sunday, I want to max and relax and unpax, but instead I'll be at Ballroom Dance Camp. Woot?!

Friday Fill Ins

The lesson I learned yesterday was be careful what you wish for.
2. I try to avoid places where friends and family meet.
3. All these years of going it alone, and now I'll be back on a "team." Hmmm.
4. I knew it was a mistake when I arrived.
5. The truth is I'm kind of exciting about my new job.
6. The smell of her "Agree" hair conditioner is what I remember most from that day.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to two-hour salsa dance class, tomorrow my plans include chaperoning a sock hop and Sunday, I want to hunker down with girlfriends for the Golden Globes!

Friday Fill Ins

Oh, what a sad state of affairs. A week between posts! Jeez, you'd think it was the holidays or something.

1. No, we will NOT ever speak of this again.
2. I wish someone were hearing, serving up a delish dinner at the old kitchen table.
3. I watched the steam rising from the hot cup of coffee (or tea) and thought: BRING IT.
4. Eventually, it's going to be okay. Or so they say.
5. I'll take two, please.
6. Trying to sell your house? During the holidays? Sucks! at least from my point of view.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to dance and dance, tomorrow my plans include Christmas tree decorating at our neighborhood park, Carlie's sewing class and a kick ass Christmas/birthday party to attend and Sunday, I want to sleep in and then enjoy dinner with old friends!

Friday Fill Ins

1. Good times: ain't we lucky we got 'em. (too much TV in the Seventies, who?)
2. Please, please, please, for the love of all that is holy and good, somebody BUY my home. (tired of the FSBO lifestyle, who?)
3. Sleigh bells ring, but I mistake it for tinnitus and schedule an MRI. (hypochondriac, who?)
4. I kind of hate the holidays, a little. (okay, out of funny shit to say. you're welcome.)
5. Once more, with feeling.
6. Will this down housing market ever end?
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to Swing Dance, holla!, tomorrow my plans include house cleaning, Christmas crafting and hopefully hanging with some wild women, if the weather permits, and Sunday, I want to celebrate a birthday with an oatmeal toast, followed by copious amounts of chillin'!

Friday Fill Ins

Play along!

1. The crickets sing, and it makes me miss the city.

2. Make the most of wherever you are.

3. I want to get far away from the *drama*.

4. Compared to that nightmare; this was a dream.

5. But as for me and grandpa, we believe. (Name that tune!)

6. I love going back to where I come from.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to a ballroom smack down, or not, tomorrow my plans include a pumpkin carving partay and a date night to see Paranormal Activity at Cinetopia (woot!) and Sunday, I want to discretely try to videotape Carlie Belle in her first run as an altar server at mass. Because I am really good at being discrete!

Friday Fill Ins

1. Sweet dreams generally elude me.

2. Every time Bono sings "With or Without You," I am sure it's especially for me.

3. Silliness was found aplenty at our family bowling date today.

4. We're keeping the decor low-key this Halloween, what with the house being for sale and all.

5. Outstanding or not, my cha cha still kicks ass.

6. A good night's sleep for my weary bones is what I want right now!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to crashing hard after a full day of bowling, wine tasting, coffee shop hopping, garage sale'ing for baby doll heads and ballroom dancing!, tomorrow my plans include creating a scary Halloween display with the aforementioned baby heads, taking Carlie shopping for eyeglasses, hitting up Wordstock and enjoying Carlie's choir appreciation dinner and Sunday, I want to finish the dining chair reupholstery project!

Friday Fill Ins

1. One week ago I never imagined I'd be spending an entire #*&$ week on house arrest with a sick child.

2. My forehead did not have this furrow between the brows when I was young.

3. Mama told me be discrete. And stand up straight.

4. We'll have a good time, you and me.

5. Take your time with that order, miss, we're not in any hurry (sarcastically sneered at the snooty waitress who could not for the life of her GET IT RIGHT, and didn't care!).

6. Oh, wow, peas and carrots? Thanks, but I will pass!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to salsa dancing, tomorrow my plans include hosting our FSBO Open House followed by hostessing the school donor dinner and Sunday, I want to watch my Carlie Belle trip the light fantastic at her first ballroom dance competition in the categories of waltz, tango and cha-cha!

Friday Fill Ins

1. I feel relieved.

2. Rebuilding your electronic work life after a hard drive crash is always fun... NOT.

3. Right now, I can hear these things: chirping bird, whirring laptop fan, snoring husband and the sound of a cat's claws destroying a dining room chair.

4. School has begun and I'm glad I don't homeschool.

5. The last time I went to Happy Hour with my homegirls was way too long ago (hint, hint).

6. I wish it was going to be sunny and warm at the coast this Labor day weekend.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to watching my daughter rhumba, tomorrow my plans include camping (in the rain) and Sunday, I want to come home from camping (in the rain), but probably won't until Monday!

Happy weekend! Oooh, and it's a long weekend too! Yay! I will be spending my weekend on a campout. In the 60% rain with temperatures between 56-67 degrees. Jealous?

Get your Friday Fill Ins here... come on, it's fun.

Friday Fill ins - The Completely Random Edition

1. He was a hot body and a pretty face. I wasn't complaining.

2. Fall weather, rain and all, is what I look forward to most this time of year.

3. My best friend "caught" head lice in the third grade, and my mother forbade further contact. My mother? Could be a bit snobby like that.

4. It actually *wasn't* good for me, to be honest with you.

5. Appearances can be an excellent indicator of what's to come. You can judge some books by their covers.

6. The last person I gave a hug to was my shattered 10-year-old. After sweeping up the pieces and reassembling her with superglue, she's now finally asleep.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to Arthur Murray dance party with two 10-year-old girls (jealous much?), tomorrow my plans include work, actually, and Sunday, I want to sell this f'ing house and be done with it!

Friday Fill ins

1. When will I sell this friggin' house and move on with the rest of my life? Because in case I haven't mentioned it? As soon as we move, we're going to be fabulous.

2. MAD MEN was the last good book I read or movie I saw or tv show I watched. Love this show!

3. Everything has its beauty but sometimes I'm too busy/pissed/focused to see it.

4. Beer is what I had for dinner. Sadly, not even joking here.

5. I'd like your department to please put an end to this identity theft nonsense. Thanks, officer.

6. Right where I am is where I want to be right now, which is on my bed, with a lil' buzz and nothing to do!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to nothing, nothing and some more nothing, tomorrow my plans include working and cleaning and laundry, (oh my) and Sunday, I want to have a "Rescue Me" viewing party with girlfriends, brie and wine... hold on Denis Leary, I'll be there soon!

Friday Fill ins

1. Rum and Diet Coke with lime is my favorite summertime cocktail. I know, kind of white trash, but whatever.

2. My favorite John Hughes movies is Breakfast Club, but there are so many it's hard to say *absolute* favorite. May he RIP.

3. Hand-spun quality yarns is something I love to touch.

4. The full moon generally comes and goes without me noticing it.

5. I should be showering and dressing for work right now.

6. When daylight fades, ummm, it's night? 

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to Carlie's salsa dance party, tomorrow my plans include cleaning and laundry (glamorous life!) and Sunday, I want to not have yet another pointless open house, but probably will since we'll be open anyway!

Friday Fill-ins - the OMFG has this been the longest week EVER edition

1. Losing a toenail* is not the end of the world. *I am totally lying. It really is.

2. Sitting here, listening to the sound of rain falling, I fear I am losing my mind, for it is all a tremendous auditory hallucination.

3. Brie, wine and chocolate tastes so good!

4. Sometimes, putting others first is a true test.

5. Watching professional ballroom dancers is breathtaking, really.

6. Well, maybe there is such a thing as karmic justice after all. 

7. And as for the weekend, tonight (Friday) I'm looking forward to salsa dancing with my girl (yes-huh), tomorrow my plans include a vineyard BBQ with more dancing and Sunday, I want to get in a quick early morning run, listen to Carlie play violin at church, go to a BBQ cook-off and host an open house -- then pass out from exhaustion!

Friday Fill-ins - the early bird edition

1. Soup (in a carton) and salad (in a bag) make a quick and easy dinner.

2. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency* is the book I'm reading right now. *haven't officially started it yet, but it's on my nightstand. Finished the new Janet Evanovich earlier today.

3. July brings back memories of the beach.

4. The truth was obvious.

5. They say if you tell your dreams you must have slept better than I did last night.

6. I often forget to think it over, and live to regret it. 

7. And as for the weekend, tonight (Friday) I'm looking forward to Arthur Murray Fox Trot Party (can't make shit like that up, people!), tomorrow (Saturday) my plans include cleaning and staging and brie-eating and wine-drinking and Sunday, I want to sell my beautiful home to the first person who shows up at my open house and starts throwing money at me!

Friday Fill Ins

1. She had a great attitude, posture and FLAIR, but a little shaky on the footwork (Carlie learning Tango this week).

2. My schizophrenic cat is by my side, always. 

3. I know this: I'm hungry and it's time to make coffee.

4. Be still, damnit.

5. These words apply to me: will work for food.

6. I was happy when the sun was shining. 

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to watching Carlie play the role of Sebastian in the church music camp production of The Little Mermaid, tomorrow my plans include decluttering, decluttering and, oh, decluttering, and Sunday, I want to go on a 10-mile group run and soak in the tub!

Get yours here. Happy Weekend!

Friday Fill Ins

1. All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting something to actually be wrong when you assume nothing is wrong. You know, like when you say "go put some ice on it," and then when you actually look, the bone is kind of sticking out.

2. Show me a good loser and I will show you a still a loser, haha.

3. A good idea is, like, eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs at one time.

4. Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy _____ and _____. I've kind of got nothing here, because I think the people that know how to run the country are finally getting a chance to do it.

5. I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine chocolate, potato chips and merlot to create the perfect PMS meal.

6. It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant, without good bottle of wine or dessert with it.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to another trip to Ikea, tomorrow my plans include house prep, inside and out, and Sunday, I want to go to 6:30 running group (eight miles), then church, then a nap!

Friday Fill Ins - The Sunday Evening Edition

1. I grew up thinking everyone had a permanent keg and beer tap in their house.

2. The iTunes store was the last website I was at before coming here.

3. Why don't you get the frick over yourself?

4. Frankie helps me relax (don't do it).

5. Thanks for the memories (even though they weren't so great, he tastes like you, only sweeter).

6. I find anyone thinner, younger and cuter than me to be very off-putting (so basically, like, everyone I encounter every single day). 

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to The Star Trek movie (Friday), tomorrow my plans include seminar for work and a violin recital (Saturday) and Sunday, I want to run eight miles, go to church and hit every townhouse open house in a 2-mile radius, then somehow finding a free online copy of the True Blood Season 2 premiere (Sunday)!

Friday Fill Ins - The Saturday Morning Edition

Because? Didn't do them on Friday. Not because we have a whacky cartoon theme.

1. It's cold and dank when you live in the basement.

2. My garden is looking lush and will soon be filled with tasty tomatoes.

3. My favorite health and beauty product is Oil of Olay, which I used to call Oil of Old Lady when my mom used it. Who was hilarious? Uh-huh.

4. Next weekend I am running in a half-marathon in Port Angeles. We're taking the scenic (aka frigging long) route there, but with a trip through Forks and La Push! It'll be a nice long ride.

5. Well, first of all, you start with a cup of coffee. From there, you proceed to brushing your teeth. Eventually, you add clothing. This is how you start a day.

6. I'll have to skip No. 6 because I haven't had a deep enough sleep to allow dreams in, um, a while.

7. As for the weekend, (last night) I enjoyed complete exhaustion from a gorgeous day spent out in the sun. Today my plans include shopping for a summer wardrobe for Carlie Belle, going to the Hannah Montana movie and an impromptu cookout on our deck that is just kind of coming together now. And Sunday I want to not die during my 10-mile run, and then veg.

Friday Fillins

1. Moving is in the very forefront of my mind these days.
2. Nothing good is free.
3. My best quality is my ability to totally tune shit out, pretend it literally does not exist, in order to preserve my own sanity.
4.Schmee-tails details.
5. In nearly 10 years, I've gone from an early 30s hip mom to an early 40s cranky mom. Sorry, kids.
6.First cup o'coffee of the day is what I need right now!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to Rescue Me night with my girlfriends; tomorrow my plans include a haircut and weeding the garden; and Sunday, I want to go on a seven mile run, then veg out ALL DAY LONG with all of the shows I have been saving on Tivo for just this occasion!

Friday Fill Ins

1. Anonymous... can suck an egg, preferably one of the lead-tainted ones from China.

2. Chocolate pudding is a miracle food.

3. Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, so as not to have to kill someone up in here.

4. Flip flops is what I look forward to most about Spring.

5. Who needs therapy when you're married to a therapist? Um, that would be me.

6. Reese's Eggs MUST go into the Easter Basket.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to the Blazers v. Lakers game, tomorrow my plans include going to see "The Rat Pack" and Sunday I want to run four miles, hide Easter eggs for the kiddies and feast on feta stuffed leg of lamb. Followed by a poker tournament, because that's what Jesus would want.