It's only Tuesday...

I was just looking over our booklists today and you are still ahead of me. You know that this booklist thing was great for my reading. For some reason I am feeling very competitive (in a friendly way, of course) and absolutely want to be reading as much if not more than you! :-) And have you noticed it is impossible for me to read just one book at a time? It must be a hazard of working in the library. Everyday that I forget to bring something to read on break, I have to pick out something new to read. As a result, I always have way too much to read. Not to mention what I have on hold...my hold list is huge and then I have another list of books that we don't have in the system yet to read.

Anyway, I'm starting to think Doug is not as excited as I am about moving. I don't know if he's getting nervous or what. Last night after I told him what you said about leases, he still says he wants to wait until June (it will have been 6 months by then). Which I guess it's my own fault for telling Desire that we would move in May, but still. I guess he doesn't feel my anxiety because he is already out on his own. I'm still stuck at home. Maybe once he sees the house and can start to picture things there it will be better. So I started making a list last night of the things that we don't yet have or may need more of once we move. Do you want to see it?? Well, you don't have a choice. ;-) Let me know if there is anything you think we have missed.

Refrigerator (I think we have one from Doug's brother, but I'm not absolutely sure)
Washer
Dryer
Lawn Mower (unless we buy my dad's old riding mower for $200)
Futon Cover (so that the futon will be usable as guest bed or extra couch)
Computer (for when I go back to school)
Queen Size Bed (so that Doug doesn't roll over on me in the middle of the night anymore)
Couch (this is a maybe)
Chair (also a maybe)
Iron
Ironing Board (can't have an iron without it!)
More towels (Doug thinks it is okay to use the same towel for 2 weeks, & he only has about 4)
Pizza Stone (random thing I want)
Blender (another random thing)
Throw Pillows
TV Trays
Rugs (lots of hardwood floors!)

That's it for now. I'm sure it will continue to grow the closer it gets to moving. Can you think of anything else?

Good News!

I just talked to Desire a little bit ago...her mom isn't going to move in, so Doug and I are! :-) I can't wait. I am so excited. All we have to get is a refrigerator and a washer and dryer. And we did discuss rent. Doug and I thought that $300 would be good, but Desire and JT think that is too much...they only want $150. Maybe I'll throw in some free babysitting or something. My mind is going 100 miles a minute right now thinking and dreaming. I absolutely cannot wait!

Yay! It's Friday!

In leiu of the Friday Question (which I've forgotten about for two weeks now!) I'll just tell you a bit about what is going on in my (boring) life!

The cold that Josh had that ruined our weekend last week has stayed with him. I took him to the doctor on Tuesday and he gave him some Vicadin(?!) for his cough and some other medicine for his nausea. He feels better now, but still not 100%. He is actually only at about 60%, which sucks because I had really been hoping for a good fun weekend. Instead, it looks like we will be staying home. Again.

Josh and I are starting to plan our next big vacation, which is going to be next year in late April and early May. We're going to backpack Europe for a couple of weeks! What brought this about? One day last week, we got an email from Mark and Denise who after trying to have children for two years, became foster parents to a 15 month old and a 6 week old. Their advice to us was, forget about the kids and have your own life. (I think this was a sentiment born out of their complete exhaustion!) So anyhow, I got to thinking. If we can't have what we dream about, which is to have a family, then we should do what people who already have kids WISH they could do. Which is, to be young and free and in Europe with no responsibilities. I've been looking into it and I've found that we can get round trip tickets to London or Amsterdam in April or May for about $250 to $300 bucks a person. That's less than what we paid to go to Seattle last year! So I've been having fun planning, which is the best part of any adventure.

I finished the DaVinci Code, which was actually just a really good book and not at all what I had suspected. I had thought that it was going to be much more inflamatory than it was, but none of the information in it was really all that shocking. Maybe because I had already learned it other places? It wasn't preachy either, just a normal suspense story that just happened to involve Knight Templar and the Priory of Sion. I've always been a fan of that particular bit of history so it really appealed to me.

Next on my list of things to read that I've been putting off is "My Life," the Bill Clinton book. Have you read that yet? I think I should just buckle down and read it. I know it is huge but at least it will help me bide my time until the next Harry Potter comes out!

One more day to go...

Friday can't get here fast enough, let me tell you. Today the kids get out early and tomorrow and Monday they are off for Spring Break. Yuck!

So let's see...I went shopping before I came to work this morning. Actually, I went last night too. I bought my spring/summer purse at Payless. It's that woven straw and it is striped. Very cute. Then this morning I went before work and got a pair of jeans and two new tops. Not anything to wear in our pictures, but they were on sale, so why not.

Last night Doug and I watched Finding Neverland. If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend it. We also watched Pieces of April last week. Doug didn't like it very well, but I thought it was okay. Don't watch it if you are hoping for a Joey Potter-esque character from Katie Holmes.

In other news, Doug and I may have the chance to move into Desire's old house. You know she's living next door now, don't you? Anyhow, they need someone to live in their old house to pay the utilities. They aren't charging rent if I'm understanding her correctly. Her mom was going to move in there, but Desire says she just keeps putting it off so she doesn't think it is going to work. So she mentioned it to me last night and I told her that I'd talk to Doug. When I told Doug he was pretty excited. He's worried about breaking his lease though. Anyway, it's all just a glimmer at the moment, so I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much. I don't want to be disappointed.

So what's new with you??

ring I love!

Click on the jewelry button and then on the engagement rings link.

It's the middle ring on the top row...what do you think?

quick post

I've only got a couple of minutes before Karen comes back from lunch, but I thought I'd post anyhow. Have I mentioned lately that I am becoming obsessed with all things wedding? I don't know if it is the spring time weather or that Doug's friends are engaged or that his aunt was trying rings on me a couple of weeks ago when we were at her jewelery store (she can get it at cost, btw). I should also mention that she had me try on a marquis cut ring and I loved it! Granted it was fake, but I loved the shape...or maybe I loved that it was at least a carat. Anyhow, I was thinking that a marquis cut might be nice. It seems like everyone has round or princess cuts right now and it would be nice if my ring didn't look just like everyone else's. Okay, okay I've got to stop before I get way ahead of myself here. I just can't help it! :-)

Blogger.. You're in Trouble Now!

I just lost a huge post that I wrote about my shitty weekend! Grrr....

Instead of rewriting it, I'll sum it up Haiku style.

Josh was a sick boy
I was an impatient wife
What a crap weekend

Monday Test

I got 8/11...

something to look at later...

Pop Quiz!

I got 8/10...not bad considering it's been forever since I opened any kind of school book.

I'm at work and I'm sleepy...

We were out way too late last night. Doug's friend, Ronnie, came into town yesterday and so we all went out last night. It was Doug and I and then Ronnie and Cori (his fiancee). We had dinner at Galvin's, which once you got past the terrible parking and the fact that even though we had a reservation we waited forever (okay 20 minutes) for our table, it was really good. Soup, salad, fried chicken, mashed potatoes & gravy, corn, green beans, bread and your choice of dessert. We were definitely well fed last night. So then we drove all the way to Barry Road to see The Ring 2. Not my choice. It really wasn't as scary as I was expecting it to be, but there were parts that literally made me jump out of my seat. And I spent alot of time with my head buried in Doug's shoulder. Oh well. Anyhow, by the time we got home and I got ready for bed it was 2:00 in the morning. Yuck. But, I did stay with Doug because there was no way I was going to drive home after watching that. So at least that saved me a little time. And Doug made a lunch for me, so that I wouldn't have to worry about it this morning (what a sweetie!). So anyhow I've already had a diet pepsi and now I'm working on a cappucino. And we are babysitting Nathaniel (Doug's nephew) after work tonight. So I hope I can make it. :-) Remember the days when getting 5 hours of sleep wasn't a bad thing??

Finally!

Your word is SHIT. You are laid back and relaxed,
and most people like you. You don't especially
want to stand out from the crowd, you are
pretty happy with your lot.


Which Swear (Curse) Word Are You?
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Things aren't looking too good on blogger right now...

So we'll see if it will actually let me post. Today is my day off...maybe. Amanda's been sick all week so far, so if she doesn't come in today, I might have to go in. Yuck. So I don't want to get my hopes up too much.

IF it turns out that I do have the day off, I don't know what I'll be doing. I acutally have a day with nothing planned. Sometimes on my day off I'll clean at Doug's (I pick and choose...I definitely don't mop!), but we did that Sunday. So this morning I just picked up the living room, made the bed and did some dishes. Not that there were many to do, because Doug wanted to go out to eat last night. So I came home early today. I think I might try to clean out some files and stuff if I don't have to go in today. I know I have a ton of papers to shred. Doesn't that sound like fun?? Maybe I'll even work on knitting some more. I'm at a loss for what to knit though because I don't really have a project in mind, you know?

Anyway, enough details of my boring day. I do have some good news to report...Doug's brother's boss went ahead and gave us a discount on the chair. I think he gave us like 15%, which will be great and it will actually enable us to have it paid off by the time I get paid next week. Also, they definitely go the St. Joe job. Doug starts next week. :-) He says that they will be up there for at least 6 weeks and of course, it is union pay. So Yay! I predict some good moods for the next month and a half or so.

That's all for now, I might post more later, if I'm bored.

Yay! It's Wednesday...

Which used to mean, Yay! Bachelor Night! Remember? Anyway, it's really not a yay day, but I'm going to pretend it is. I had to work late last night, so I get to go into work late today. I'm actually kind of enjoying it. I had hot water in the shower and no one to talk to when I got up this morning. I had my breakfast in peace while I read a magazine. It was lovely. Tonight I'm going to Doug's and we are actually going to cook dinner. We haven't had to do that for a couple of weeks. We've either ate out or at my house. It's probably not a good thing. Tonight I think we're having hamburger helper. Not my favorite, but Doug likes it, so I humor him. It's not terrible, but it's not really good either. Anyway, Happy Wednesday!

My Curse Word!

Your word is BUGGER.

You are generally quite restrained, but sometimes your anger or frustration come to the surface and it all comes out. Yet you somehow can't stop sounding polite, despite it all.

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For some reason, I can't manage to copy and paste that correctly. How did you do it?

Friends

So I finally returned Bryson's movie tonight. I borrowed Shark Tale from him like a month ago and earlier this week, he left a message on my phone asking when I was going to bring it back. I swear that boy's got a memory like an elephant! Anyhow, he wasn't over there, so I got to sit an talk to Desire' in relative peace for a few minutes. I say relative, because Doug was waiting in the car (why he wouldn't come in, I don't know). It was nice talking to her and it made me realize how much I miss hanging out with my friends. I'm talking everyone. You, Desire', Angela, Leah...the whole bunch of them. I tried to talk to Doug about it and he got all defensive and asked if I thought it was his fault. I think he was afraid I had resentment towards him. And that isn't it at all. I know that he would be totally fine with me spending time with my friends (except Leah, maybe, but we'll talk about that some other time). It's my own fault. I said as much to Desire' tonight, but she claimed that we were all at fault. We're all busy. And no of us make any effort. So we made tentative dinner plans. The only sad thing is that you won't be here to join us. But we have our blog and that makes a huge difference. It's not the same as you being here, but it's about as good as it can get. So thanks for setting this up.

Randomness

So you noticed I changed the template. It was too hard to read at work on a dark background. For some reason I have the hardest time with our monitors. I hope you don't mind...

Speaking of work, I want to rant about it a little bit. After I got back from break tonight, our page, came up to the desk and informed us that there was "feces" in the bathroom. Okay. So I thought someone had made a big mess and it was really gross or something. Not that it isn't always gross. Anyway, so I get the gloves and the bathroom cleaner and paper towels and head into the bathroom. When I get there I see this teeny tiny thing next to the toilet. Granted, it does definitely smell, but still. So I looked all over thinking I must be missing something, but I most definitely wasn't. I swear, Boomer's poop is worse than this and I clean his litter box. So I put on my gloves, grabbed some toilet paper and picked the teeny tiny turd up and flushed it down the toilet. Then I sprayed some cleaner on the floor and wiped it up. Washed my hands and was on my way. Yes, it was gross and yes I would have preferred not to have done it, but she made this huge deal out of it. Seriously, it was like cleaning up after your puppy or kitty has an accident. And it was on tile, so it was easy. She was gagging the rest of the night and I was thouroughly annoyed.

Okay, no more yucky story. Sorry if I grossed you out.

Another Short Post

But it's funny!

I stumbled across this a few minutes ago and it really cracked me up.

Must work now... Must resist the internet!

By the Way

I forgot to mention that you should feel free to customize this blog however you want, add links, change the description, I don't care!

Oh, and sorry the booklist is ugly now. I was just trying to find an easier to read template and ran out of time choosing. You can pick a different one if you like. :)

I know.. I know..

My changing blog templates constantly is getting annoying isn't it?

I'm just unhappy with the way it has looked. I should make one myself but I am far too lazy, and get enough of that sort of thing from work. Still though, it's been driving me nuts.

Hopefully I'll be able to live with this one for a bit.

p.s. the booklist is getting changed too.. :)

I shouldn't be irritated by the this but...

So I was at work this evening and I checked my email and the first thing I saw was an email from Mary in my Inbox. Haven't heard from her in awhile. Anyway, I noticed she was replying to Leah's email so I figured what the heck, it's harmless and opened it.


From :
Hellerich, Mary K
Sent :
Tuesday, March 8, 2005 10:14 PM
To :
"Annie Mathes" , , , , , , ,
Subject :
RE: Old Formals
Most of my old bridesmaid dresses are UGLY.. so I don't care who takes
them as long as someone does.. thanks for the heads up Leah.. I have
been trying to find somewhere to take them with all this moving I am
doing.. I have some nice ones too though so if any of you knows anyone
that needs them let me know .. I have about 12 to 15!

I bolded that part. But I know she said it on purpose. Why was it even necessary? Why was it necessary to reply to all like it was some kind of forum? Even Amanda at work thought it was passive aggressive and that was before I even said anything (she was reading over my shoulder).

It really shouldn't bother me and it isn't so much that they are together that gets to me (because that would certainly be a case of the pot calling the kettle black), but that our friendship (if we were ever to even have one again) would never be the same. There will always be that wonder and that doubt. And Lord knows, we'd never trust the other with our boyfriends/husbands.

Anyway, I feel better now that I have posted. It helps to get this stuff out, you know?

Cinderella's Closet

I just got an email from Leah about this thing called Cinderella's Closet at the YWCA. They are asking for donations of formal dresses to give to girls who wouldn't be able to afford to buy a dress of their own. I think it sounds like a great idea and I definitely think I could unload a few dresses from my closet. I think I'll even donate the one I wore to prom with Ryan. Yes, I love that dress, but I'm never ever going to be able to fit into it again and even if I could, where would I wear it??? Besides, it is such a great cause.

Perfume Shopping...

Just one more way to not work...

I like the sound of this.
This one sounds like Magnetism
I like the packaging on this one, but not sure I'd like the scent..

I also found this article, and I really like their 7 tips. (I didn't know I should refrigerate my perfume!)

Busy, Busy!

It's been hectic at work today.

The boss and his lady have a trade show in Maine that they are going to at the end of the month, which means I need to have that site in tip-top shape by then.

I wish I knew how I was going to accomplish that, as my magic wand seems to be broken. There are over 2500 pages in the Maine website, and all of them are terrible. Wrong information, broken links, ugly graphics.. you name it.

The worse thing is that I'm having a hard time keeping myself focused. The internet allows for far too many distractions. For example, so far today I've read all the news items on Yahoo, checked my personal email 5 or 6 times, looked for a macoroni and cheese recipe, bought 2 books on amazon, ordered Josh's birthday present, checked this blog three times (twice to add comments and one to check and see if you had posted) and finally am posting this which is shamefully taking up time complaining about how much I have to do, when I should be working.

Yikes! I guess I don't have anything to complain about after all...

Sleepy

I'm so tired this morning. I just couldn't fall asleep last night, so I stayed up reading. I don't know if I really wanted to finish my book or what. I'm paying for it now though. Let's blame it on the 45 minute walk that Doug wanted to take yesterday. It ended up bringing my cough back and made me feel flushed the whole night. Even after taking a shower. Plus, I have blisters on my toes now.

Okay, okay. Enough whining. Have I mentioned that storytime has started again? Today's our second session. Everying is going quite well. And a girl I went to grade school with has signed her daughter up. I tried to strike up a conversation with her, but she didn't seem interested.

With you gone, I'm pretty lonely for friends back here. I imagine you feel the same way. But at least now you have Josh's undivided attention. Desire called a couple of times this weekend, but for some reason we couldn't seem to catch each other. Everytime I called her back she was busy or didn't answer. Oh well.

Anyhow, I'm going to end this babble. Here's to a good week!

Anniversary Update

So our anniversary came and went. Unfortunately, we didn't do anything terribly exciting. I guess I should also mention that at the beginning of this week, I developed a nasty cold sore, so it kind of put a damper on any kind of romantic mood. It's pretty sad that I couldn't even kiss my boyfriend on our anniversary. Anyhow, we made the best of it. Doug had a whole thing planned and my cold sore messed it up, so oops. So instead we had a very lazy Saturday morning. We finally emerged around 2:00 that afternoon. Had a late lunch at Jerre Anne's then we headed over to my parent's to pick up a movie and went to Target. Then back to my house where we had dinner with my family and we sat over here watching a moving until midnight. By the time we got home we were so tired that we went straight to bed.

Doug's actual plan was that we were going to have pictures taken yesterday. See how my cold sore ruined it? Even Doug wasn't dumb enough to think that I would allow my picture to be taken with that on my lip. And I think he was planning to take me out to dinner or something. Oh well. We had a nice weekend together and that is what is important.

And what did I finally decide to do? Well, Doug has been talking about wanting a recliner pretty much since he's moved, so I told him that I would go in half on one with him. So it is kind of my anniversary present to him. We picked one out yesterday at Sav-On and we are going to put it on layaway sometime this week I think. It's only $380, so that's not too bad. But it is our first big mutual purchase. It's kind of exciting! :-)

So I Didn't Blog Yesterday Because...

I was a little* depressed and didn't know what to say.

Today I'm a bit angry** so I am feeling much more talkative***

Wednesday night we received a phone call from a friend of Josh's I'll refer to here as "Sticky" both because it rhymes with his name, and describes his personality. Sticky is 25 and for the last six months has been dating a 17 year-old high school junior. Lets call her "Del" for delusional. Currently, Sticky and Del are living at my mother-in-law's house, essentially freeloading since Del doesn't work (or go to school, she's a drop out) and Sticky is busy doing god knows what else with his money.

Anyhow, so Josh is on the phone with Sticky and I'm listening to Josh's end of the conversation which goes something like this:

"What?"
"Oh, no!"
Long Pause
"Oh!"
"Well... then congratulations, man!"
Another Long Pause
"Yeah we have a couple of names picked out,
but we're keeping those for ourselves, if ever... you know."
"We'll call you if we think of any other good one's though."

I stopped paying attention after that. Josh hung up, and told me Sticky's "good" news, which I'd already deduced. Apparently, Del wasn't on the pill this month and they thought, what the heck! Lets not use anything this month and see what happens. They are happy about it of course.

I've felt badly before, watching my friends have one, then two children while I'm left with nothing but a small family of furry friends to dress for halloween. But nothing compares to the pain of watching Josh's sad eyes the rest of the evening. It makes me feel so guilty and terrible, because I cannot fulfill his life the way a 17 year old has fulfilled Sticky's.

We haven't talked about it anymore, and I don't think we will. The subject has played itself out for us. It has been over three years now. THREE YEARS. There is nothing more to discuss, and little more to hope for. We just live our lives now and try not to fall apart when things like this happen. That's not to say I'm not bitter. I've certainly had enough "It's not fair" thoughts run through my head in the last 48 hours. But it's nothing I haven't dealt with before.

That's enough wallowing in self pity. I can only take so much of it.

(key)
* The term little applied here is relative.
Example (a needle is a little smaller an elephant)
** Angry=On the Verge of a Tantrum.
*** Talkative=I Want to Scream at the top of Lungs.

If I had a Million Dollars...

Hmmm... What would I do with a found $20?

The boring, realistic answer is that I would put it in my purse and use it to get a drink and a bag of chips for lunch for the next week, so that I wouldn't have to drive my lazy butt to the bank and get cash. (I haven't memorized my pin number yet so I can't get money from the ATM)

The more fun, frivolous answer is that I would sink all $20 of it into powerball where I would win millions of dollars, buy everything I want and never have to worry about spending (or saving) $20 ever again.

*Sigh* Wouldn't that be nice?

Friday's Question

If I found a $20 bill and had to spend it on something I think I would use it toward my Clinique Bonus, more specifically I would probably buy this, but then I'd still have to spend $2 more to get the bonus and we know that there is absolutely nothing at Clinique that only costs $2, so I'd be stucking spending at least $15 more I imagine.

Any Ideas for Friday?

I liked the Top 10 last week (even if I couldn't come up with 10), and I think it would be neat if on Fridays (or another day if that would work better) if we each posed a question or top 10 or some other writing prompt to do. We could post it the day before so that we have the whole next day to write about it. Or at the beginning of a week, if we want more time. I just think it would be neat to have something besides randomness all the time. So I'll start this week, with a prompt I found here

How would you spend a found $20 bill?

Problem with Booklist Page

I tried posting to the Booklist Page tonight and it wouldn't let me. It says I need to sign into my FTP server. I know what an FTP server is, but I don't know how to sign in. Hopefully you can help. :-)

Target!

So we went to Target tonight. All I can say is...wow! I'm sure the shiny newness will wear off soon enough, but everything I looked at in that store was cute, cute, cute! And it looked like their prices were fairly comparable to Wal-Mart. Although, Wal-Mart may not be crazy busy for once. Anyhow, I can't wait until I get paid next week and can actually go shopping.

Clinique Bonus Time

I think this is going to be the first bonus in probably 3 years that I am going to miss. Isn't that sad? It's just not the same without you. Besides, I have better things to spend my money on...like Target opening today! :-) I'm in big trouble. It sucks enough that I'm spending almost every cent I have paying off bills, and now we are going to have all these cool new places to shop! Must resist temptation and stay focused on my goal!!!

For Your Anniversary

Something like this might be cool.
You wouldn't have to order one, you could even make it yourself and send it to him so he gets it on Saturday.

Another idea just came to me... You said that you'll be watching that movie. Why not have an indoor candlelit picnic while you watch? Move the coffee table, get a blanket, tons of pillows (for later. After you eat you and he can lay on the floor together and watch the movie.) and candles. Make nice picnic food and drink wine. Sometimes silly stuff like indoor picnics can be alot more romantic than a dinner out. What do you think?

Snow, Snow and More Snow

We are completely buried here, and it is still coming down. I wish I had a camera so I could take some pictures.

I don't mind it actually. It is really beautful. The only thing I hate is that when I moved here I bought these tall boots, and the snow is now high enough that it gets into them and I have wet feet all day.

Our Booklist Page

For years I've wanted to keep track of the books I read in a year.. Sort of like in elementary school when we had to keep a list for the bookit program and got a free personal pan at Pizza Hut. I like the idea because sometimes I forget what I've already read. Plus, I want to push myself to read as much as I can.

So here is the link. I've put up my list of what I can remember reading so far this year. It looks short, so I'm sure I leaving something out. I'll just have to remember to start earlier next year.

If you want to join in, I think that'd be great! Maybe I'll get some ideas for reading material!

Stupid Boyfriend Rant

Obviously, the invitation worked this time. :-) Yay!

Okay, now my rant. Why after 5 months of my spending the night with Doug a couple of times a week, does he decide to tell me tonight that he doesn't sleep well when I stay over, because the bed isn't big enough? Point in case, I was there last night, had no intention of staying, when I got ready to go home, he asked me in a sad little voice why I wasn't staying? So I stayed. Then tonight he's griping because he didn't sleep well. It just irritates me. I know it's not a big deal, but it pissed me off. Then he says if we ever get to the point that we are sleeping together every night we'll have to get a bigger bed. I thought we already had that plan! Apparently not. I was just saying tonight how I felt secure and that things were in a good place and then he has to go and say this crap.

Okay, no more ranting. Good night.

Last post today, I promise!

So this weekend is our anniversary. Or at least the anniversary of our first date. (Thank you, Carmen & Josh). But I haven't got a clue as to what to do for him. I have like no money and can't even think of an appropriate gift. I know that we are probably going to watch Fifty First Dates, because he gave me that for Christmas and we have been saving it for this occasion, but what else? A romantic dinner would be nice, but we just did that for Valentine's Day, so it seems a little silly now. What do you think? I know I mentioned the scrapbook thing, but it didn't pan out. I couldn't find enough little trinkets and we have hardly any pictures. I need help!

I hated After the Rose by Misty

I cannot believe after all of that that Jen would dump Jerry on national TV. She could have at least had a heart and waited until today to dump him. And Chris Harrison, was terrible! He just wouldn't let it go. They should have let Jerry leave after she refused his proposal and then they could have focused all that negative energy on Jen, the one who actually deserved it. I don't think that poor girl is ever going to make up her mind. I don't know if she was hurt too much the first time around or what, but I don't think that she's going to have any luck at all now finding the spark. What guy is going to want to date her after all of that?? Sorry, I shouldn't be so down on her, I'm sure it would be hard to choose between 25 men, but come on! The worst part of all, is that Doug called it, before it even happened.

I also saw the commercial for the new Bachelor and you are right, Carmen. Those girls did look trashy. I don't plan to watch it either. And I'm sure that will thrill Doug to no end. I think it put him over the edge with 3 hours last night.

What Are You Reading-Misty

Currently I have about 3 books in the works. None of which I've been terribly impressed with. This is the first one I started, and I got bored with it. So I moved onto this, which has alot of potential, but I forgot to bring it with me to work yesterday, so when I needed something to read on my break, I picked this one up. I'm only about 2 chapters into it, so I haven't formed much of an opinion so far. I've gotten alot of recommendations lately. Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult, Sight Hound by Pam Houston, and The Effects of Light by Mirand Beverly-Whittemore. Actually, the last two were from book reviews and I don't know of anyone that has read them, they just caught my eye in the BookPage last month. One last thing, this has been the best book I have read in a long time.

It's What Are You Reading Time!

I just finished this.
(Which was a frothy, feel-good book. I liked it)

Now I'm reading this.
(Which so far is definitely NOT a feel-good book, and is so far just so-so.)

Grrrr....

I'm so pissed off about the way the Bachelorette ended last night. I can accept that she didn't feel the relationship would work out, that is fine. It is her life after all. (though who on earth could pass up a little R&R with someone who looked like Jerry?) I'm not angry at her or her decision. What I'm angry about is the "Jerry Springer" like show ABC seemed to think was befitting the situation. Did they really think the confrontational way they did things would bring about a romantic ending?

What really topped it off was the announcement of the new bachelor, who I had been worried it was after reading this yesterday. And the commercial made the show (and the girls) look even trashier than it normally is. I mean it this time, I'm not watching.