m & m's...again, already with the m & m's???

Just a snack pack, not a one-pound bag.

I promised myself I wasn't going to stay up all hours tonight on this thing but I do believe I just settled myself in for a long, early spring, early morning blog. I just stretched my legs out on the twin bed in the "guest room," covered them up in Dad's mulberry throw and am wrapped up in a truly horrific Alfred Dunner polyester fleece zip-up Mike and Jen got me several years ago. Why on earth would they think I was Alfred Dunner material when I was 43 or 44? I'm getting cooler as I get older, not the other way around! It is, however, one of my favorite things to bundle up in at home...it's warm!

I had a great day today. Well, I had to help Mom with the thank-you's for the service and things and that was painful. It never ceases to amaze me the things I'll come up with to avoid doing something unpleasant, uncomfortable or painful but that's for another post I think.

I practically hijacked Tam for the evening. Damn, but when she and David are on the outs, my social life sure picks up! We went to see V for Vendetta, which we both enjoyed. I'm no movie critic and there was some gratuitous gore, but the plot was timely...just the same kind of personal nightmare I've been living since December of 2000. But, I digress...

Tam and I then went to Delaware, to the Tri-State Mall, the home of tax-free shopping. Well, the whole of Delaware is tax-free shopping but... Had a blast there, looking at wigs (not nearly as expensive as I'd imagined. I might have to keep that store in mind for future reference.), chatting it up with the girl in the trendy African-American bookstore/boutique. Tam bought two scratch-off lottery tickets and won on both of them! Then again, I think I'd rather be lucky in love. Ended up the night on South Street in Philly. A tasty pesto, tomato, mozzarella and garlic pizza with a Stella followed by half a slice of cheesecake with chocolate accoutrements. As if that wasn't sinful enough, we sidled on over to Tower Records before getting out of Dodge...for my indulgence purchase:

Kate Bush's Hounds of Love
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers' 'Round About Midnight, Vol.2 for $7.99
Happy Christmas by John and Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band for $3.99
Peter Gabriel's Ovo

Pizza and drinks at La Fourno: $26.00
Indulging myself at Tower Records: $42.00
An evening with Tam: Priceless!


We drove through snow on our way home! Snow flurries on March 26th. It's unusual, if not rare, but still interesting.


I recently added Google AdSense to my site. These ads are supposed to be geared to the topics and tenor of my blog. Imagine my surprise when I saw an ad for Pro-GWB paraphanelia on my very own site! Maybe I need to post a blog about the GOOD bush and the BAD Bush. I clicked on the ad at the time and was appalled, but didnt save it for a future post, but it looked something like this. Ugh! I guess I'll just have to hope it shows back up on MM&M to really complain, or hope that it doesn't!


And isn't this in interesting referral URL? I bet the individual beat it out of my site pretty darned quick! Icky! Princeton, in my wonderful home state of New Jersey, is a breeding ground for right-wing republicans! I know, I know. It probably always was...but I wasn't formerly aware of it!

Enough, already, with the blog! So much for not the wee hours! And so much for my morning. But my evening was sure great!

Sadie has finally settled down. She's not used to having her mom come in at 1:30 in the morning unless she's got a real scowl on her face from a lousy day at work! She didn't quite seem to grasp the concept, "It's the middle of the night and Nan might be trying to sleep. Clattery clack...down the stairs. Click, click, slip, click..across the kitchen floor to the door. Out for a walk, pee and short run around in the rain then upstairs for one of her favorite things...getting dried off after walking in the rain! She was jumping and chewing on her hedgehog toy, running from one end of the room to the other, laying her head right next to my laptop and generally did everything she could to get me to lavish my attention where it rightfully belongs...on Sadie! SADIE! SADIE!

Sadie, at her most precious! Also in the pic is the left sleeve of my toasty Alfred Dunner zip-up! : )