Morning all.
Happy - Good to hear dh is safely home. Now you two can keep each other from getting too stressed out! Sorry you can't work it out with the stylist's schedule. What a nice problem for her to have!! Good luck finding a new person to handle your hair. Okay, that statement sounded sort of funny. Sort of like the radio ad I heard this morning for a dentist doing a new type of gum surgery - the patient extolling his virtues said she no longer had "deep pockets", LOL. Guess her dental insurance didn't cover all of the cost...
Enjoy your class today - or at least make sure you stay awake!!
Mel - Glad it was a quiet weekend for you. Don't the responders to these alarms charge a fee if it was a false alarm?? I guess that would really tick off the residents..er, voters... Have a good day!
Ceejay - Glad the tire wasn't damaged by the nail. So nice running into family members when you were out and about over the weekend. Fog huh?
Annie - Sounds like you had a nice weekend. Very sad about the state fair tragedy.
The book club members are telling me the Harry Potter books are really good, even if wizardry and spells, etc aren't my thing. Maybe I'll read them someday. Followed by watching the movies, of course.
Hellos to the rest of the Worldlies!
My weekend was fine. I took a zyrtec pill Friday afternoon and right after I walked the dog (several hours later) it finally seemed like it kicked in and I was sooo sleepy.
So I postponed the brownies and fell asleep early in front of the tv.
Saturday morning I made the brownies and then I was off to book club. Four of us ended up making the drive together. We got stuck in heavy rain both ways, wouldn't you know it. Still better to go in warm weather than cold/snow/ice.
Since the author is a friend of the member/host, we couldn't just come out and say we absolutely loathed the book, but we definitely provided our "constructive criticism".
We did get the background on the author and it's scary to think that writing a murder mystery novel was actually a cathartic process for her. What if she didn't have that outlet??!!
I might be proposing a new rule for our book club - well, I guess this would be our first rule, hahaha - no one can personally know the author of the book they recommend. Or there has to be a "no holding back" understanding when it comes to discussing the book.
The rest of the weekend was ho-hum. Sunday morning & early afternoon was rather lazy, and then bf and I went to Ikea. He wanted to eat some Swedish meatballs.
Of course with the new catalog just coming out and kids going back to college, it was a zoo. But after we ate, we ended up in the area where they have the TV stands. We're still trying to find a replacement that will work with our TV and our chosen spot for the tv. That particular spot includes a heat/AC register that would be blocked by 99.99% of the tv stands/cabinets on the market, so we have to configure one to have an opening to allow the heat/ac to pass through. And while Ikea might not be known for its fine furniture, their stuff can be configured almost any way you want. We didn't buy anything yet, but I'd like to get back there soon and get this taken care of because the other alternative was having the tv mounted over the fireplace, and I HATE that idea.
I watched the dvd "Country Strong" w/ Gwineth Paltrow and Tim McGraw last night. It was just so-so. Predictable. My hamstring is still very sore, so my only exercise was dog walks Fri, Sat & Sun. Not sure about exercise tonight.
The new guy started today and our group will do lunch. I still miss the previous manager, but oh well, I'll get over it. I'm sure he'll bring a lot to the table. New dynamic, etc.
Other than that, it's nice that the weather has been cooler.
Oh, meant to say that I opened the electric bill the other day and was pleasantly surprised that the bill was only $108. With all that heat and running AC 24/7, I thought it would be twice as much. It was fun faking out bf pretending it was so bad, haha. But I'm somewhat pessimistic and think this is short-lived. ComEd doesn't know what it's doing most of the time and even though the readings on the bill both state "actual" - who knows? But bf said they've been coming and physically doing the readings...we'll see what next month's bill shows.
That's it for me! TTFN.