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Mosquitos and Movies and Tea

I have about a zillion mosquito bites all over me. Seriously. There are 3 on my face … and needless to say all over my arms and legs … even my shoulders. Grrrrr. I know it wasn't this bad last year! Why did we have to have all this rain.

It's particularly bad around our apartment. I dunno who made up the landscaping scheme around here, but it is not good. It doesn't drain properly and then you've got standing water all over the place … which mosquitos love (or so I'm told).

Matt has burnt out his bug zappin' racket and I need to find him a new one so he can continue to wage war on our insect foes. Makes me think of Starship Troopers.

Speaking of which, they made a sequel to it!! Can ya even believe it?? I almost want to see it. I really enjoyed the first one … from a wow isn't this crappy point of view. I even have it on video (Blockbuster previewed … $3.99). Continue reading “Mosquitos and Movies and Tea”

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It's a Jungle Out There

Matt and I have had a very nice day. We've done the errand stuff … including finding me a $20 copy of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time at the used media store … and then we had a very long bike ride (rode all the way down town and back!). And then to cap it off, we had a nice little relaxation at the pool … with some swimming, snacking and sunning.

As we were on our way back to our apartment, we were swarmed (and I mean SWARMED) by mosquitos!!! Arrgh! We made a run for it. And Matt got mad. Continue reading “It's a Jungle Out There”

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Poor Puppy!

We took the puppy for a car ride last night. She loves car rides. So we got back home and pulled into the garage and went to the back to let May out. These days, we usually give her a hand down because she's not exakly a spry puppy anymore. Anyhow, before we got a chance to give her a hand down, she hopped on out …. and smashed into the ground. She let out this pathetic little yelp (she rarely yelps) and wheezed for a minute or two (we think she got the wind knocked outa her). When she got up, she was limping and Matt carried her upstairs. We gave her lots of snuggles and a doggie treat.

This morning she seems OK but she's got a bit of a limp. If it doesn't clear up soon, we'll take her to the vet.

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Fun With Signage

Last night Matt and I took a walk around our neighborhood … our town, Middleton, Wisconsin is (maybe) five square miles large. And many of the roads in that five square miles have painfully slow speed limits (25 MPH). We were walking along one such road and noticed that they'd put up one of those … make you aware of your speed signs. The kind that clocks you and reports your speed. So I said to Matt, “Wonder if we ran past that if it would clock our speed.”

So the nub and thrust of it all (pardon my strange language, I've been reading a new Georgia book) is that we tested out running speeds by running past it. It does clock you, BTW. I hit 16, and Matt hit 17. Pathetic, prolly, but very very very fun. We quit after just one try but Matt (as he claimed any good guy would do) wanted to keep trying to beat it and each other. I, however, thought that running in the middle of the road at midnight for a couple minutes was about enough. Continue reading “Fun With Signage”

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Fun in the Sun

As I was on my mad-dash-to-the-land-of-all-that-is-unholy (Blockbuster) to return the very disappointing Alias game I popped in a random CD (the right music gives me special fast-driving powers).

My ears were quite glad that I'd popped my Beach Boys CD in, especially since sister and I were discussing our mutual love for them the other day. I've loved the Beach Boys since I was a little kid. In fact, I think they were my first musical love. I remember trying to go as a surfer for Halloween (I don't remember if I actually pulled that off … CO is always cold on Halloween and usually snowy). I remember listening to their tapes in my parents' cars. I'm sure my parents were relieved that I wasn't draggging them off to Ticket Master (land-of-all-that-is-unholy prime) to buy $100 New Kids on the Block tickets.

Now The Beach Boys bring to mind not only fun-in-the-sun, but also a very happy childhood. I still like to listen to them every now and again, cool or not. How can you be unhappy by listening to The Beach Boys??? You can't. We actually, I don't know that. But now that I think about it, I'm going to apply for a grant from the NSF to study Beach Boy music's effects on peoples levels of seratonin (what? the NSF gives grants to much stupider studies on a daily basis).

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Math Counts!

I was flipping channels and I saw the Math Counts logo! I did Math Counts when I was in 7th and 8th grade. It's sort of the spelling-bee's math equivalent (they were covering the nat'l competition on ESPN). Not nearly as well-known though. It actually brings back a few good memories of Jr. High. Our team won second place (I think) when I was in 7th grade. I'm sure the trophy is still floating around somewhere at my parent's house and I actually still have the playing cards they gave us too. Hehe. Interesting. I could do math in Jr. High. What the hell happened when I hit calculus in college??

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Happy Birthday Mumsy!

(sung to the tune of Copa Cabana)

the one on the left is she!

Her name is Paula. She is our Mumsy.
With pretty scarlet hair and plenty of flare to spare.
She likes to play games and shop for clothing.
And while she's having lots of fun, she's so good to everyone.
We're always in her thoughts, she loves us lots and lots.
She's our mommy and our friend.
Who could ask for more?

She is our Mumsy. Our little Mumsy.
The bestest mom north of Montgomery.
Our silly mumsy. Our silly mumsy.
Funny and feisty and just a bit spicy.
Our mumsy!

She is the best.
Our little mumsy! She is so funny!

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Mish Mash

OMG. Dakota Fanning is the cutest thing in the world. I'm watching her on Ellen right now. I'd seen her on Live on Air With Ryan Seacrest (oh the shame admiting I watch that) and I noticed she was going to be on Ellen, and I had to watch, and make Matt watch cuz I'd told him how adorable she was before. She giggles constantly and you will not believe the things that come out of her mouth. they seem incredibly advanced for a 10-year-old.

Anyhow, enough about Dakota Fanning. Continue reading “Mish Mash”

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Fun Stuff

Our lease is up at the end of August. Big decisions have to be made. It's a little scary. But it's all better for a while with a Mike's Hard Lime. We picked 'em up from the grocery store and they're very very tasty.

Now if you could just pick up a book or something from the store telling you the right move to make. Wouldn't that be nice? Of course half the stuff you read in books is utter drivel, so maybe not. Continue reading “Fun Stuff”