every once in a while

I'm so tired I dread getting out of bed and moving.  The thought of having things to do on those days only amplifies my unwillingness to become motivated.  This is one of those days.  I am exhausted.  I would love to stay in bed and chill while watching tv... at least until noon.  I can't do that today.  Instead of having my usual peanut butter toast for breakfast, I've decided to go all out.  I'm having a breakfast taco and a Coke.  I've even put egg on it with the hopes of egg having something to do with energy.  Oh, and the extra bacon was a necessity since I ... FORGOT TO PUT SALT IN MY TORTILLA DOUGH.  Oh well.  That added crunch was nice and the salt was needed.

I think today is already off to a better start.

Sorry for the tiny picture, it was taken with my phone.

it's that time of year

again.  It's tamale time!  What happens when it's tamale season?  All of the ingredients go on sale.  Remember this post?  I'm here to report that two years later, not only are hog heads still only 59 cents a pound, but the images are still enough to make me prefer chicken.

Again, I love bacon and ham but I don't really want to eat a pig head.  I especially don't want to eat a pig head after it smiles at me.

it's as if yahoo

read my last post.

Did I mention how much I like calendars too?  They've given us a whole calendar to help plan for Thanksgiving here.  I might try it but I'll probably fall back on my Thanksgiving day list.  (Now THAT'S a list... a breakdown of which items need to go in the oven and when, times, temperatures, which dishes for what...)

I will end it here.  I'm sure my carrying on about my organized lists have everyone thinking A) "I wish my to-do lists could be as well planned out and organized as Melanie's" or B) "I sure am glad I'm not as crazy about what needs to be done as Melanie and have all that extra time to do other stuff".  Because I'm sometimes a positive person, I'll assume you picked A.  Now I've got business to tend to and the lists to prove it.

sometimes I get

a little obsessed with things, or getting things done.  There are many times I think something needs to get done and it simply cannot wait and the idea of having to wait will put me in a totally foul mood.  Right now I have a lot of things that need to be done.  I know that over the the next few days these things will get done.  When it gets like this, part of my obsession involves making lists.  I like lists.  I like detailed lists.  I like seeing and following the lists.  I like marking things off the lists.  I like to be ready and on top of things.  I like a plan.  Sometimes I have a list within a list.  Right now I have two lists going and I couldn't be in a better mood.  Productiveness is about to happen and I can't wait.  For now, I'll work on my lists.

Unfortunately, before this post could be posted, one of those lists just got a little longer.

today is veteran's day

so I'm seeing my share of war documentaries on the History Channel.  The one Cosme watched last night was about World War II.  I asked him if I'd ever shown him a folder I have of my great-grandfathers.  I pulled it out and was flipping through the pages.  It's medical stuff, formal letters and telegrams.  The cool thing is as they talked about August 14, 1945 on tv, I flipped to a telegram from the same day.  "CEASE OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS AGAINST JAPANESE FORCES. CONTINUE SEARCHES AND PATROL.  MAINTAIN DEFENSIVE AND INTERNAL SECURITY MEASURES AT HIGHEST LEVEL AND BEWARE OF TREACHERY OR LAST MOMENT ATTACKS BY ENEMY FORCES OR INDIVIDUALS."

Then there is one from August 15.  "...HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF YOUR COMMAND ON YOUR DRAMATIC SUCCESSES CULMINATING ON THIS MEMORABLE DAY IN COMPLETE VITORY.  YOUR OPERATIONS IN THE PACIFIC AGAINST OUR BITTER ENEMY WILL BE RECORDED AS THE MOST BRILLIANT HISTORY.  WE OF THE ATLANTIC SALUTE YOU."

I just thought it was pretty neat to read all these documents as they talked on tv and I do find history pretty interesting.  (Okay, fine, I think that stuff is pretty cool.)  Anyway, I figured I would share that since it is Veterans Day... which happens to be said great-grandfather's birthday.

i've been working on

a Christmas wish list.  I added two things today.

Does this make me a nerd?  Or does it only reinforce my last post of needing to get out of the house?  Either way, I'm not taking them off my list.

i need to get out

of the house, with camera in hand.  End of story.

nhs

induction tonight.

the day has come

for one party to display their bitterness.

Get over it.  It's part of the election process.  If you're unhappy with the results, just remember there are only four more years until the next election.  If you're happy with the results, just remember there are only two more years until the next election!