I have nothing really to blog about, other than to say, "I'm here!" Today I've been catching up with laundry mostly. It's nice mindless therapy. Plus it's a familiar old adversary, always there when I need it.
I'm so not used to blogging like this... without an idea of what I'm blogging about. It's like, real-time, moment-to-moment blogging. Right now, as-I-think-it-blogging. Right now I'm craving chili-cheese fries and a strawberry milkshake; right now I'm listening to my kids play Wii; right now I'm ignoring the enormous pile of clean clothes that needs folding; right now I'm texting my little sister-in-law about my craving for chili cheese fries and a strawberry shake; right now I'm happy that she's back from the East Coast because she brings my "friends who read books" count up to two people; right now I'm contemplating going to visit my little sister-in-law with a condolence offering of chili cheese fries and a strawberry shake.
What's everyone else doing right now (besides being bloggerific)? In case you don't tell me, I shall guess...
- You are thinking about your wip
- You are procrastinating something... like a school assignment, your wip, or housework
- You are watching Temptation Island, The Littlest Groom, or some other form of Reality TV/Junkfood for the Mind. If you want, check out this LINK to the fifteen worst reality shows ever made... Can you hold your head up high and say you've never seen a single episode of any of them? Sadly, (*sigh*), I cannot.
- You are being a Super Mom. I am proud to say I am not! Check out Shelli's hysterical blog on this at Market My Words and you'll see why :)
- You are eating chili cheese fries and having a strawberry shake (I'm so jealous)
Thanks again you awesome people you :)
Actually, I'm just reading blogs. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking about and procrastinating working on my WiP. :) Two of 'em right there. But I'm not watching junkfood of the mind--no, I'm watching The Three Musketeers. And eating ice cream. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy weekend!
So glad you're posting again. Hope you and your family are doing well. I just got home from having a blue berry shake with my family after raking leaves. I love chili cheese fries, but I can't have both so I went with the ice cream. Now I'm contemplating doing laundry, but I hate laundry, but I most because we are down to almost nothing and there's a mountain of it that I need to conquer.
ReplyDeleteAlso I'm working on a short story for a contest I want to enter. May want to have you critique it - if you wouldn't mind and you have the time. It's not quite ready yet, but hopefully this week.
You're awesome Diana.
You're right! Being super-mom... Today I: Cleaned the house, took the kids to the park, made a healthy dinner, gave my son a hair-cut, bathed my 1 and 3 year old, and now am about to get bedtime snacks out and put everyone to bed.
ReplyDeleteAnd after that? Work on my WIP! And spend time with the husband (after the basketball game is over).
Whew. Love your blog, Diana!
I'm procrastinating laundry and my husband is currently taking on a possibly rabid raccoon who is taking my dog's food.
ReplyDeleteI like cheese only fries. I've discovered that most of the time they overdo it on the chili to cheese ratio or the chili isn't quite right a match for the cheese.
Yay! I'm so glad you're back.
Hi Angie, thanks for coming over :) Lucky you, I'm procrastinating a whole bunch of stuff!
ReplyDeleteHi Jenna, good job on your wip... and I LOVE The Three Musketeers! I can always watch that one, it has comedy, action, adventure and romance, such a perfect movie :) And the costumes... I could just sink my teeth into some of those dresses.
Hi Mary! I LOVED your post today :) Thanks for coming over. I have never had a blueberry milkshake but if it's anything like a blueberry muffin... I'm in. I didn't end up having my craving today, because I couldn't do both the fries and shake without a friend and my little sister in law couldn't join me after all. We have a food date, though, and we shall feast soon. Good luck on your short story :)
ReplyDeleteHi Bethany, you sweetheart you! I love your blog too, and I'm proud to have another non-super mom on my blog :) I used to give my five year old a haircut but my husband forbids it now.
ReplyDeleteI cut all my boys hair including my husbands. I'm getting pretty good at it and it saves lots of money.
ReplyDeleteHahaha I have to laugh at myself, every time I post a comment I see I've missed another one being posted. Thanks everyone, I feel all the love :)
ReplyDeleteWendy! Agreed on the yay :) I'm impressed by your husband's rabid raccooning. My husband is a city boy and I think we'd be calling in "people" for that issue. I also love cheese only on my fries, and TOTALLY agree on the cheese to chili ratio. When I do feel like chili and cheese, I prefer chili-flavored-non-spicy (at all) cheese, so I only trust Pepe's down the street. I ask for a layer of cheese, a tiny bit of chili, and another layer of cheese. So far they're the only ones that obey me, everywhere else doesn't follow directions. But I like strawberry milkshakes from In-n-Out, so that will have to be a two-stop junk food journey.
Hi Mary, I admire you for that. I tried, I really truly tried. I gave my husband some horrible haircuts back when we were first married. Maybe it has to do with the fact that I have impaired depth-perception but I leave a bunch of wholes in his hair.
ReplyDeleteHomophones can be total buggers, Diana. (Wendy snickers to herself rather than point out grammar mistake--because she's too polite.)
ReplyDeleteYou found a place that will follow that exact of directions? Wow. That's like golden... and the perfect formula for cheese fries in my opinion. I could go for a milkshake. I've recently given up chocolate and it's been a bitter pill to swallow. I think a nice caramel or vanilla shake might ease the pain of days.
LOL Okay I see it. Wholes does it to me. Every. Time. This is why you are my Wendy. Agreed on Pepe's. They also have great nachos if you're ever in the area. Onto chocolate. I give up chocolate, caramel and dessert foods at lent and the people who know about it tweak my nose and say that it's not REALLY a sacrifice but OMG it is!! To smell the chocolatey chocolate, to walk through a mall and pass by a Mrs. Field's, to politely say no thank you to cake or ice cream while everyone feasts and not explain why (because then it seems all braggy, sounding a trumpet before me etc)... those are hard times for me. Anyway, whether your loss of chocolate is temporary or permanent (forever Wendy? For ever and ever??) I commend you. It is not easy.
ReplyDeleteEvery time I mess with my hormones, I get a casualty. After I had T, I suddenly couldn't eat spicy foods without them burning a hole in my stomach. After a recent endeavor around a year ago, I started breaking out whenever I eat even a small amount of chocolate. My body reacts to every little nudge with violent antagonism. So, I've finally made the cut--and it's a vile process because people seem to be taunting me. One of my friends seems to cook brownies every day I'm there. She is KILLING me.
ReplyDeleteGiving up chocolate is hard! I keep slipping and having the tiniest amounts, but EVERYTHING has chocolate in it and anything can be eaten if dipped in chocolate.
Oh no, it's your own body that won't let you have chocolate?! That is harsh. The smell alone gets me weak in the knees, but caramel is an excellent substitute. Not exactly as readily available out in the world, but grab a jar of caramel sundae topping for the house and you have a great dip. Good luck with that, I hope your skin gets over it after a little break.
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ReplyDeleteThis expresses my current feelings on chocolate right now.
If you haven't already, go get the chili-cheese fries and the strawberry shake. You earned them!
ReplyDeleteDiana - you and Wendy are hilarious. So fun to have the silliness again.
ReplyDeleteChili-cheese fries....that sounds wonderful. I can't remember when I had one of those.
ReplyDeleteRight now, I'm procrastinating by catching up on reading blogs. Should be working on my MS, but I need a little break from it:)
I'm definitely a chili cheese fries fan! And yes, I am procrasting. I gotta go walk the dogs and then cook...unfortunately not chili chees fries, but maybe cheeseburgers as a consolation. LOL Thanks for a fun posting!
ReplyDeleteOh, Diana. I am so sorry! I only just read your last post now. What a beautiful tribute to your father in law.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean.
ReplyDeleteNow, I have all these blogger friends who mean SO much to me!!!!
And to me, there's nothing different between blogger friends and flesh-and-blood friends, as what matters is what's in the heart! :)
I'm glad you're back Diana.
ReplyDeleteRight now I'm thinking about how remiss I've been with posting on my own blog, I'm thinking about my WIP and hoping I have time to write on it tonight, I'm procrastinating on work, I'm listening to Flogging Molly, and I'm wishing I was still on vacation (I just got back last night from a trip to Atlantic City, NJ, and Fleetwood, PA).
Oh, and I'm proud to say I've never seen any of those reality shows. Of course I don't have cable or satellite or TV reception so I only see what I decide to order through Netflix.
I think the worst reality show ever made is The Bachelor! For some reason, I think it's ruining society and the way women respect themselves!
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