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bunchofgrapes2009 was a horrible year for me so I'm holding the door open and tapping my foot. Bye already. Get the hell out!
Anyway, what better way than to end the year with a bunch of rambling comments and observations.
I always feel like I should do "special things" on NYE: eat my favorite foods, do/watch whatever I want, etc. I realize it's stupid but I guess it's my need to end the year on a positive, especially after such a horrible year. However, last night and this morning it was looking like it might be a proper send off to a horrible year. Yesterday afternoon I had a massive allergy attack (thank you Neti Pot and Sudafed for finally making it go away) and then I woke up this morning with Costochondritis. I've had this since I was a kid and the pain is like a sharp knife to the ribs. Usually, it just lasts a couple of seconds but this morning it went on for a while. On a positive note though, Sophie didn't hate me after I took her to the vet yesterday for her annual checkup. She crashed next to me on the sofa while I was watching the hockey game last night and was cuddled next to me on the bed this morning. I love that.
This morning I made blueberry pancakes. For dinner I'll have spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread and crack open a bottle of red. I definitely want to write but at this point, that's probably how I'll spend New Year's Day. However, I was thinking I might have a New Avengers marathon later. For some reason quotes from that show have been running through my head a lot lately. I hope it's not foreshadowing for bad news. I mean, Patrick Macnee will turn 88 in about a month.
I'm not making any resolutions for 2010. I have things I'd like to accomplish (travel, take more time off) but I already manage personal finances, I set a savings goal each year (these two come from being a business manager), and I've been religious about the treadmill for a few years now. I just need to keep doing what I'm doing.
Personally, I wouldn't mind if 2010 was the year of a location change (VA to OR) but mentally, I don't know that I'm ready. Same for buying a new house. I'm still in my first house (going on 17 years now) and my dad has been bugging me for years about trading up. But I'm risk averse (another thing that comes from the job) and I could afford my current mortgage easily even if I took a big pay cut. Plus, having a cheap mortgage allows me to do things like buy playoff tickets to all the Caps home games. Still, I really would like to have a garage.
Oh, and for the people who can remember what they were doing 10 years ago. I'm impressed. I have trouble remembering what I did two days ago.
I've discovered Bejeweled on Facebook. Actually, thanks to a friend, I downloaded the app for it onto my iPod, got addicted to it there. Now it's carried over to Facebook. It's evil. Very, very evil. And I've played so much that I start to see little colorful jewels lined up in sets of three everywhere I look. So, I'm trying to limit myself. Unfortunately, I'm an "oooh, shiny" person and this was made for people like me.
So after my excitement about being inspired to write, see that part about discovering Bejeweled. Yeah. The good news though is that dialog and scenes are running through my head and that's the first step for me. The bad news is that I've sort of been wanting to write in my old fandom. Like Brass in CSI, there just isn't enough love for Admiral Nelson.
I never really watched the last episode of CSI. I got home late and had it on but never sat down to watch. However, I did see bits and pieces and I read the comments, especially regarding Catherine and Vartann. First of all, I can't stand Vartann, mostly because he's just so....bland. His voice is bland and his personality is bland. I get that some people think he's attractive but I like more than a pretty face. And while I haven't seen all of the episode, I did see one scene and my first thought at Sara's smirk was that Vartann had shunned Sara, the plain girl, capable of climbing down a hill, in favor of Catherine, the pretty girl, who might take a tumble (I say all this with sarcasm, btw). And that's another reason why I don't like Vartann: he's an ass towards women. But then, Catherine does seem to gravitate towards men like that so he probably is perfect for her. However, Catherine didn't confirm that she was in fact dating Vartann but she didn't deny it either. And despite my love of Brass with Annie, Sofia and Heather, I was a Brass/Catherine shipper from the start so I choose to look at it as she is dating a detective and if Sara wants to think it's Vartann, let her. I can only imagine what she'd think about Catherine dating Brass. That's a hint, btw.
And finally,
Anyway, what better way than to end the year with a bunch of rambling comments and observations.
I always feel like I should do "special things" on NYE: eat my favorite foods, do/watch whatever I want, etc. I realize it's stupid but I guess it's my need to end the year on a positive, especially after such a horrible year. However, last night and this morning it was looking like it might be a proper send off to a horrible year. Yesterday afternoon I had a massive allergy attack (thank you Neti Pot and Sudafed for finally making it go away) and then I woke up this morning with Costochondritis. I've had this since I was a kid and the pain is like a sharp knife to the ribs. Usually, it just lasts a couple of seconds but this morning it went on for a while. On a positive note though, Sophie didn't hate me after I took her to the vet yesterday for her annual checkup. She crashed next to me on the sofa while I was watching the hockey game last night and was cuddled next to me on the bed this morning. I love that.
This morning I made blueberry pancakes. For dinner I'll have spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread and crack open a bottle of red. I definitely want to write but at this point, that's probably how I'll spend New Year's Day. However, I was thinking I might have a New Avengers marathon later. For some reason quotes from that show have been running through my head a lot lately. I hope it's not foreshadowing for bad news. I mean, Patrick Macnee will turn 88 in about a month.
I'm not making any resolutions for 2010. I have things I'd like to accomplish (travel, take more time off) but I already manage personal finances, I set a savings goal each year (these two come from being a business manager), and I've been religious about the treadmill for a few years now. I just need to keep doing what I'm doing.
Personally, I wouldn't mind if 2010 was the year of a location change (VA to OR) but mentally, I don't know that I'm ready. Same for buying a new house. I'm still in my first house (going on 17 years now) and my dad has been bugging me for years about trading up. But I'm risk averse (another thing that comes from the job) and I could afford my current mortgage easily even if I took a big pay cut. Plus, having a cheap mortgage allows me to do things like buy playoff tickets to all the Caps home games. Still, I really would like to have a garage.
Oh, and for the people who can remember what they were doing 10 years ago. I'm impressed. I have trouble remembering what I did two days ago.
I've discovered Bejeweled on Facebook. Actually, thanks to a friend, I downloaded the app for it onto my iPod, got addicted to it there. Now it's carried over to Facebook. It's evil. Very, very evil. And I've played so much that I start to see little colorful jewels lined up in sets of three everywhere I look. So, I'm trying to limit myself. Unfortunately, I'm an "oooh, shiny" person and this was made for people like me.
So after my excitement about being inspired to write, see that part about discovering Bejeweled. Yeah. The good news though is that dialog and scenes are running through my head and that's the first step for me. The bad news is that I've sort of been wanting to write in my old fandom. Like Brass in CSI, there just isn't enough love for Admiral Nelson.
I never really watched the last episode of CSI. I got home late and had it on but never sat down to watch. However, I did see bits and pieces and I read the comments, especially regarding Catherine and Vartann. First of all, I can't stand Vartann, mostly because he's just so....bland. His voice is bland and his personality is bland. I get that some people think he's attractive but I like more than a pretty face. And while I haven't seen all of the episode, I did see one scene and my first thought at Sara's smirk was that Vartann had shunned Sara, the plain girl, capable of climbing down a hill, in favor of Catherine, the pretty girl, who might take a tumble (I say all this with sarcasm, btw). And that's another reason why I don't like Vartann: he's an ass towards women. But then, Catherine does seem to gravitate towards men like that so he probably is perfect for her. However, Catherine didn't confirm that she was in fact dating Vartann but she didn't deny it either. And despite my love of Brass with Annie, Sofia and Heather, I was a Brass/Catherine shipper from the start so I choose to look at it as she is dating a detective and if Sara wants to think it's Vartann, let her. I can only imagine what she'd think about Catherine dating Brass. That's a hint, btw.
And finally,
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Date: 2010-01-01 11:18 pm (UTC)I think the housing market in my neighborhood rebounded quickly. The houses here seem to be selling quickly but that's because it's a good starter home area and people were gobbling up the foreclosures to either fix up or flip. My house tripled in price during the boom and now seems to be holding steady at double what I paid so I know I have a whole lot of appreciated value and equity. This fall I did a lot of improvements that needed to be done if I put it on the market. That was always a huge issue. The other is the fact that my company is constantly reorganizing. I can't handle the stress of buying/selling a house while my job is in turmoil.