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Back from Chicago, and angry because I spent one day of my time there in bed...Hurting! But I found a great pair of Cole-Haan loafers that were half what I paid for the same pair in a different colour last August.
I put the flower there because I have to have a picture on my blog.
Pondering my hermit status (high-tech hermit). The weather is getting warmer, so my mood is getting better and I like going out in the car. The problem is that this is a dreary little town of 18,000 people (when I moved here, there were 24,000) and there is really no where to go. So if you are reading this, and thinking about cute little small towns: the town is not cute, there are no small quaint shops, and the only restaurants are fast-food chains. There is one restaurant at the Holiday Inn and a Mexican restaurant at the Best Western, and that's it. No Starbucks. No donut shop. NOT ONE BAKERY. There is only one dress shop to buy clothes and they are not that nice and overpriced for what they are. I have to drive to Memphis if I want to buy a blouse (other than online) or just about anything else but groceries. But I go to a Middle Eastern grocery store in Memphis so I even get groceries there. I am the only vegetarian I know in this town.
Waaa, waaaa, waaaa. Enough whining.
I think I'm getting a little weird though about the way that I can do one thing almost all day long. I wonder if I could have some Asperger's?
I've gotten so that I hate to put makeup on, but I don't want anyone to see me without it. I put my hair in electric rollers today; I had forgotten how good it can look, especially now that it's very long (almost middle of my back). Black linen slack and a black tee, and I was off to the post office and the local Sonic to mail packages and then get the best Diet Coke in the world. Is there anything that tastes better than that first Diet Coke from Sonic? I suppose I used to think that about coffee when I drank it all day long, even during the summer. Isn't there something pitiful about looking forward to a Sonic Diet Coke?
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Dar Does Yoga

Doesn't Darwin look like he's doing yoga?
I'm getting ready to go to Chicago, and unhappily just found out that it's going to be cool (cold at night) and a bit drizzly. Yuk!
However, it's worth walking through the rain to get to the Art Institute, and I'm looking forward to seeing some favorites once again. I'm also looking forward to some decent vegetarian food, so if anyone out there know a good veg restaurant downtown or a good Indian restaurant, leave me a note, please.
We're driving this time, not flying, and I'm looking forward to having the alone time with DH to talk with him some about money and spending. He is so afraid to spend money that it's getting ridiculous! Things get old (like carpet after 22 years) and need to be replaced. I still think he's angry at me deep down for quitting the college (even though he says that he isn't), but it was killing me to stay there, and I've been so happy since I've been running my online business from home. I've learned so much and enjoy my days completely. The only thing is that for the first time in my life, I have insomnia, not because I'm anxious, or afraid, (as was the case all my life), but because I'm so excited, and because I just want to stay up and continue working. I can always improve my site, add pages, compress photos. I love this! And I'm learning so much which is really great since at the college, I couldn't find anyone to have an intelligent conversation with (yes, faculty included), anyone who had read anything lately that wasn't a bestseller, or anyone who even talked about anything entertaining (no, I don't really find local gossip entertaining).
The strained rotator cuff is getting better, but it still hurts, and especially hurts at night - or is more noticeable at night. Of course it doesn't help that Darwin thinks that my left arm is his special pillow to rest his head on when he's ready to sleep, and according to him -I'd better not move it.
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Why the Products of the Derriere?

Ugh, the weather here has turned cold again - I hate it. Above is the Springometer: open the powder room window and if a cat stays in it for more than 5 minutes, warm weather is here to stay! I guess it didn't work this way.
I've been surfing the blogosphere, and I have a question: What is it about the nether regions of the body that many bloggers find fascinating?
Now I understand expletives - have been known to use the "f" word (um, okay, lots on occasion) as well as a few others, but I just don't understand crudity for its own sake. For example,

• Why do people dwell on farting and think that it's so funny? It just doesn't strike me as humorous, but I can't tell you how many blogs have flatulence the subject of multiple posts, not to mention part of their names (i.e. "Blogfart" by the cutest girl).
• The writer of one entry said that he knew he could marry a girl when he farted loudly and she laughed uncontrollably (not my idea of intimacy).
• I read a blog by a mom and enjoyed it. I looked over at the sidebar and in the comment she said that the only thing she had done for herself lately is "wipe my own butt."
• Shit seems to be a very attractive blog subject, too. One blogger went to great lengths to tell us that she was writing the post on a laptop while she was "taking a poop." In fact this was the main point of her entry.

Now let me tell you that I'm a child of the '60's, had my share of fun in the '70's and still like to dance on the coffee table to the latest music after I've had a few.
But I just don't get this obssession with flatulence and bowel movements and I do find it crude and unnecessary. (Ugh, I hate how that sounds, but it's true).
If you came over to my house and farted audibly and talked about your bowel movements incessantly, I probably would never invite you back, and c'mon all of you out there - how many of you would invite the person back?
Is the idea that anything from the nether end of the gastrointestinal tract going to attract people to your blog - that you'll gain readers?
Do you need readers that badly?
Do you need those readers?
By the way, I would have written this post when I was 25, too. Life's Enigmas life blog Weblog
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That'll Be the Day..uh..Night!

Found this post in Stef's blog about fibromyalgia (which I do have), but I have had insomnia since the age of 6 - or at least that is the earliest I can really remember wanting to be asleep when I was awake long after everyone else was snoozing.
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
Some insomniacs who get rid of electromagnetic fields in their bedrooms are able to sleep like babies! You might try shutting off the circuit breaker to your bedroom and see if that helps your sleep improve, or try a magnetic mattress pad from a reputable company.
Yeah, like that's going to happen! But I thought about it for awhile...as I listened to the white noise of the air purifier, and then I happened to look around (I'm on the laptop sitting crosslegged on my bed)....

So either cats are not affected by electromagnetic fields - or they are affected inversely to humans.
Maybe if I start eating their brand of cat food...
But then cats aren't vegetarians, and I am. Oh well. By the way, DH left his khakis on the bed, so of course, despite the many pillows, including the ones with little cat depressions in them, the khakis are THE absolute best place to curl up for a nap - even on the zipper side.
By the way, Stef's blog is called Look What the Cat Dragged In
I love it when people use the correct form of verbs!

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