TV 2010 and the Winter Games

Let's see....

Monday:
Heroes, Trauma (I hope!), Hoarders

Tuesday:
White Collar (although I was used to it being on Fridays---at least it's back!)

Wednesday:
Criminal Minds, Eastwick, Leverage

Thursday:
Supernatural -- Oh, boys!

Friday:
What Not to Wear, My Fair Wedding

Saturday/Sunday:
Nothing carved in stone that I can think of....

And somewhere in the middle of it all, the Winter Olympics...I can't watch the Winter Games any more without thinking of Lillehammer and Tonya and Nancy. Mostly because I was in school at the time, taking a Brit Lit class, and we were assigned to make journal entries about the different writers we were studying. I, as usual, hadn't done a stitch of it when our instructor announed on Friday that she'd be collecting our journals on Monday.

I had the bright idea that instead of trying to think of something profound to say about the Romantic poets, I'd write short poems in the style of the subject. So that's what I did all weekend---wrote poetry and watched figure skating. This resulted in some cracktastic parodies, including "She skates in beauty Friday night"---a syrupy take-off on Byron---and a really dreadful Shelley hommage, "A 20th Century Ozymandias".

Luckily for me, my instructor had a terrific sense of humor. She liked it well enough to keep a copy to inflict upon future classes.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to watching the Games without a deadline looming!
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TV 2010 and the Winter Games

Let's see....

Monday:
Heroes, Trauma (I hope!), Hoarders

Tuesday:
White Collar (although I was used to it being on Fridays---at least it's back!)

Wednesday:
Criminal Minds, Eastwick, Leverage

Thursday:
Supernatural -- Oh, boys!

Friday:
What Not to Wear, My Fair Wedding

Saturday/Sunday:
Nothing carved in stone that I can think of....

And somewhere in the middle of it all, the Winter Olympics...I can't watch the Winter Games any more without thinking of Lillehammer and Tonya and Nancy. Mostly because I was in school at the time, taking a Brit Lit class, and we were assigned to make journal entries about the different writers we were studying. I, as usual, hadn't done a stitch of it when our instructor announed on Friday that she'd be collecting our journals on Monday.

I had the bright idea that instead of trying to think of something profound to say about the Romantic poets, I'd write short poems in the style of the subject. So that's what I did all weekend---wrote poetry and watched figure skating. This resulted in some cracktastic parodies, including "She skates in beauty Friday night"---a syrupy take-off on Byron---and a really dreadful Shelley hommage, "A 20th Century Ozymandias".

Luckily for me, my instructor had a terrific sense of humor. She liked it well enough to keep a copy to inflict upon future classes.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to watching the Games without a deadline looming!
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Mission accomplished

I dug through the clothes in the middle room and the laundry room and accumulated a full carton of stuff to take in to swap tomorrow. This doesn't include a few things I set aside for sbjb and J., and I haven't done laundry, either, because it's too freaking cold. Most of it is stuff that's either too big for me or too short or I'm just plain over it.

In the process, I found one nice blouse that I'd quite forgotten about that might actually fit me these days---I'm just not inclined to take off enough layers to try it on right now.

Tomorrow...what to wear...since the odds are, if I find anything to try on, it'll be a top, I think neutral separates are the way to go. My dark gray knit tulip skirt works well with my grey Christmas shoes. Top...long-sleeved neutral? That's not in need of laundering? Bah, I have a pink-striped shirt that I picked up months ago---long-sleeved, it'll go with the rest of the ensemble---close enough! Maybe accessoried with my pink dragonfly scarf, since I hardly ever have something to pair it with.
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Mission accomplished

I dug through the clothes in the middle room and the laundry room and accumulated a full carton of stuff to take in to swap tomorrow. This doesn't include a few things I set aside for sbjb and J., and I haven't done laundry, either, because it's too freaking cold. Most of it is stuff that's either too big for me or too short or I'm just plain over it.

In the process, I found one nice blouse that I'd quite forgotten about that might actually fit me these days---I'm just not inclined to take off enough layers to try it on right now.

Tomorrow...what to wear...since the odds are, if I find anything to try on, it'll be a top, I think neutral separates are the way to go. My dark gray knit tulip skirt works well with my grey Christmas shoes. Top...long-sleeved neutral? That's not in need of laundering? Bah, I have a pink-striped shirt that I picked up months ago---long-sleeved, it'll go with the rest of the ensemble---close enough! Maybe accessoried with my pink dragonfly scarf, since I hardly ever have something to pair it with.
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Adventures in cooking

I got an email reminder that in addition to the clothes swap after church (for which chocolate is required), hospitality after service is potluck. I combed my recipes folder and after some study, contrapted a corn casserole out of two of them. With, I confess, a little freestyling of my own. (One called for cornbread mix, the other used soda crackers, but the proportions of the other ingredients were about the same, and I threw in some chives for color.) I just took it out of the oven, and it looks and smells tasty, but it'll be about noon tomorrow before I find out the verdict.

As for the chocolate, I'm going to make chocolate pudding---but not until morning. The bottle takes up less room in the fridge than a bowl would. I foresee licking the beaters on the mixer for breakfast!

Adventures in cooking

I got an email reminder that in addition to the clothes swap after church (for which chocolate is required), hospitality after service is potluck. I combed my recipes folder and after some study, contrapted a corn casserole out of two of them. With, I confess, a little freestyling of my own. (One called for cornbread mix, the other used soda crackers, but the proportions of the other ingredients were about the same, and I threw in some chives for color.) I just took it out of the oven, and it looks and smells tasty, but it'll be about noon tomorrow before I find out the verdict.

As for the chocolate, I'm going to make chocolate pudding---but not until morning. The bottle takes up less room in the fridge than a bowl would. I foresee licking the beaters on the mixer for breakfast!