Mike bought me a present yesterday - Burnout: Revenge for the 360. We have it for the Xbox, but it's not backwards compatible with the 360, so if I wanted to play it, I had to fire up the Xbox. That's not a big deal, but it is an inconvenience, so I haven't played it much since we got the 360. Until yesterday. I spent a good couple of hours playing it, at first just trying to get familiar with the controls again (there was an embarassing stretch where I couldn't figure out how to accelerate. Luckily Mike was in the bathroom at the time and wasn't there to witness my ineptitude), and then trying to rank up. I unlocked a couple of cars, a handful of events, and ranked up a couple of times before going to bed, and I can't wait to play some more this weekend.
February 2008 Archives
The best food for breakfast after a night of broken sleep and an upset stomach? Coke and a moon pie, OF COURSE. My stomach isn't upset anymore, but my teeth are disintegrating with every bite.
We watched this after The Break-Up, and it was just what I needed to see - a warm, funny, cute movie that left me feeling much better than when I started watching it. The way Jack Nicholson played Melvin was fantastic.
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Mike and I watched The Break-Up Saturday night. It was a good movie, but I didn't like it much, mostly because it was very uncomfortable to watch.
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Putting a mattress cover on is a tremendous pain in the ass. Make sure you're putting it on the right way so you don't have to wrestle with it twice in one day.
Mike and I decided to keep Valentine's Day pretty low-key this year - no big presents for each other, just cards or something along those lines (although he did give me a early in the morning). The rest of the day was spent napping, sitting in waiting rooms, crocheting, talking to doctors, picking up kidlets, and taking a quiz. As a result I have three new prescriptions, the go-ahead on the mostly-vegetarian eating plan I'm thinking about, a slightly skewed sleep schedule, the warm feeling I've been getting lately when all of our family is together under one roof, and an 85 on that damn quiz. Oh, and a handful of these:
I found the pattern yesterday morning, and I immediately grabbed a crochet hook and some yarn so I could try it out. The trial heart turned out so well I went ahead and made one for each of the kids for Valentine's Day, and now I'm trying to figure out which project I want to use them in first: on cards or as embellishments for a cardigan for H.
I think the title says it all. Happy Valentine's Day, sweetie!!
I'm not sure what the deal is, but recently my stomach has been very decisive about its likes and dislikes. Fresh bananas? Ok. Reading about anything with bananas as a main ingredient (other than banana bread)? NOT OKAY. Peanut butter on apples? Yum! Any kind of baked good involving peanut butter? VOMIT. I'm not a fan of sausage under any circumstances (unless it's kielbasa, that's good stuff), but now I can't even stand to smell the stuff, much less cook it. And even though I've never had a problem with ground beef before, the smell of it cooking does me in now, too. I'm seriously considering asking Mike to take over the meat-browning duties for the foreseeable future.
I've been thinking a lot about finances lately, and being environmentally conscious seems to be an issue that often goes hand in hand with living frugally. One of the green sites I've been reading recently is Tiny Choices. The idea of making changes little by little is much easier for me to get behind than the idea of changing how I do everything, so I've been mulling over how I do things and ways I could make tiny choices to change. The first tiny choice I'm consciously making is my decision to hang-dry all of my clothes except for my jeans. Right now this means I'm putting all my clothes on hangers to dry, but as the weather gets nicer, I'm thinking about talking to Mike about putting up a removable clothesline on our deck. Our HOA won't let us keep one up there all the time, which I understand - they can be kind of tacky sometimes, so I'm thinking about a set-up that would let me put the line up when I need to hang clothes on it and take it down when I'm done. Until then, however, laundry days at our house will see my clothes hanging in doorways to dry.
(This list is a result of the conversation Mike and I had after watching The Texas Chainsaw Massacres: The Beginning.)
1. If someone's in the house with you, NEVER run back upstairs unless you feel up to diving out a window.
2. Never go into a dark basement. It doesn't matter if the light switch just isn't working, a fuse is blown, or the power in the whole house is out - it's a BAD IDEA.
3. If you hear a noise, don't go check it out. Assume it is not the cat, dog, or a squirrel and prepare for the worst-case scenario (ax murder/serial killer/supernatural creature, etc.) instead.
4. Don't fool yourself into thinking a piece of wood is adequate protection. Sure, if it's pointy at one end it'll help you take out the vampires coming after you, but you'll need more than that to stop the serial killer that's been terrorizing the surrounding neighborhoods recently. If you have a gun, check to make sure it's loaded. Then check again, just in case.
5. If your friends get taken somewhere, you can follow them to see where they end up (so you know where to bring help), but DON'T GO IN AFTER THEM. Even if you're in some deserted area, one way on the highway and start walking. You've got to find something eventually.
6. If you've been captured and you're being held in a deserted area, don't scream for no reason. If the skin is being flayed off your arm, okay, go ahead and scream, but if you're just tied to a table leg or something, shut up and conserve your energy for when it'll do you some good.
Mike and I watched The Texas Chainsaw Massacres: The Beginning Saturday night. It was another one of those movies I'm glad we didn't buy. It was okay to watch once, but I don't see myself ever feeling like taking the time to watch it again.
(interesting tidbit courtsey of IMDB: the guy that played Eric also plays Bryce Larkin on "Chuck.")
I wasn't feeling good this morning, so I slept in and didn't get to work till 9:45. The upside? MOAR SLEEP. The downside? Working till 6:15. Although I have to confess, the day has gone by much quicker than I thought it would.
random things I'm loving today:
- imified
- 1password
- sleeeeeep
- water
- web design stuff
- puppies!
- tetris
