Something productive

Have you heard of Table Topics? For an outlandish $30, you can buy these cubes of conversation starters on various topics. Cute, and great idea, but I can't fathom forking over that much - for a big cube - that would be akward to use.

Case in point:

A few friends are over for a pleasant dinner. After serving the meal, the conversation gets quiet. The hostess says, "Golly, this is akward! I have just the thing. Lets talk to these cards......Sally, what is your favorite memory from fork grade? Oops, that says fourth grade."

Because that wouldn't be akward at all, right? So, maybe these big cubes are too much for me.

HOWEVER. These little tins are right up my alley. Unwilling to buy more than 3 at regular price, after discovering the store had a 30% off sale, I eagerly scooped up twice as many. I plan on using these as stocking stuffers for my sibilings. If I really can't contain my curiosity, I might open them and mix and match since several of them would like cards from muliple categories. My brother Tim is the King of ice breakers. His most common is, "So, been to any good restaurants lately?" He used to ask that tirelessly. I haven't heard it as often though.

So, this was my exciting find for today. And I got a lot done on the wedding present I was working on! Yay! And...I watched 2 episodes of Bones and am sufficiently terrified that a serial murderer is going to jump out of the closet or elevator. Which is why I stopped watching murder shows LAST time...I just forgot. So, no more crime shows for me!

Boredom, yet complete inability to focus.

As of right now, I am "trapped" in my hotel room for the next 8+ hours. I turned in my work rental car and am waiting for my BFF Sarah to meet me here so we can enjoy our annual weekend getaway together. I supposed I could take this local shuttle to some nearby shopping, but I already went to one of the places this morning and Sarah and I are shopping tomorrow. So...I am hoping to work out...eat the other half of my sandwhich for dinner...and what else?? I am almost 7 months behind on delivering a wedding present (hey! I have a year!) so HOPEFULLY I will work on that some...I need to make it less complicated...

So that's all. Why post when I have nothing to say? Because I LOVE the wider layout of my blog. And I can't figure out why my internet explorer default language is currently french. Very annoying.

Sorry. I'll try to be better.

Food in a Jar

Thanks to this blog, I am currently obsessed with food gifts "made in a jar." First enticed by Jacquelyn and her "single serving pie in a jar" link, I have been reading this blog on my phone at night, inducing late night hunger pains and, most recently, an obsession with creating no-knead bread.

I'm just saying...this season I might have to be trying a little of this. So...gift recipients, look out!

Prep for now...ages ago...

What are all these verses I have highlighted in Ecclesiastes about working hard and enjoying it? I don't remember doing that (and clearly not enough to apply the words!)

Darned 8 year old bible...I don't WANT to like my job!

Excessive Grocery Supplies

Dear Self,
Please stop buying powdered sugar. You have an excessive amount of powdered sugar in your kitchen cabinet. You do not, however, have any brown sugar and are running low on flour. If you absolutely must brave the baking section of the grocery store and must make a purchase, please select one of the items you actually need. If you ever decide to make more fondant, then you can use your powdered sugar and maybe even buy more.
Sincerely,
Your kitchen cupboard

*gasp* BLACK FRIDAY!!!!!

Hey you Christmas shoppers! Do you get out at 3:30am to stand in a freezing cold line for an hour to get one precious gift item (maybe) or spend the entire day rushing from store to store buying everything in sight?
I don't really do much of either of these, although in the past I have been an early Black Friday shopper - its been a long time.

I might be persuaded to convert back this year, however, due to these deals: (Note, Walmart is open 24 hours on Black Friday so you have to stay up late + get up early)

Not all of the stores have released their ads yet, and I'm not looking for the stuff listed here (or much of it) but they still seem like great deals! Ok...I can take a slow cooker for $3!!!

Best Buy
$200-$530 Off Dell & HP Desktop Computers
$75-$110 off hard drives
$150 Off TomTom GPS Receiver. 40% Off Garmin GPS. $120 off Magellan Rodmate.
$50 off iPod Touch + Free $30 gift card with iPods

Target
$3 appliances including: Chefmate 12-cup coffeemaker; toaster, and slow cooker

Old Navy
Free Lego Rock Band Video Game With Any $20 Purchase
10 Off Any $50 Purchase With Coupon
Graphic Tees For The Family - $5.00
Thermals For The Family - $5.00

WHAT IS MY PROBLEM???!!!

So I take a lot of vitamins/supplements since starting to go to the chiropractor. Glucosamine, Multi-Vitamin, and Fish Oil. Lately I have been very bad about taking these regularly (9 pills each in the AM and PM) not to mention I can't have any dairy when I take the vitamin and I don't like cutting milk and cheese out of my diet. So as a result, I take half the amount of multi vitamin (the pills are just disgusting to choke down) along with 5 of the other ones to make it a little more managable.

However. Days like this - very busy at work - have turned into massive breakdowns in capability. Since when have I not been able to go 100 MPH for 25 hours a day? When I did I become this person who can't handle things - someone I despise for it??

I'm wondering if my body adjusted to the supplements and now, on days like today, when I skip them, if it is just off balance. This of course, being my convenient medical excuse, because I wouldn't want to admit that I am actually just more easily stressed out or publicize that I haven't worked out more than about 5 hours in the last 5 months. I have just lost totally motivation!

The only thing I do seem to enjoy lately is the ability to create - and only that in small amounts. Hence lots of baking projects and gearing up for Christmas. Well its tough to get excited about making wrapping paper and decorating all kinds of things when I can't even pick out a gift to give to begin with.

Ok sorry for the venting. I just feel like I need a huge break and there is no such opportunity in the near future. There is really nothing "wrong" I just don't feel like things are perfectly right. I once planned on writing a book along these lines "My life is great and I'm still not happy" because all the books out there are "your life sucks and how to be happy" which isn't really what a person wants to read when they just can't pinpoint what happened to all the joy.

There. Thats why I only post about food and senseless topics. Because I hate broadcasting things like this.