Domestic Geek

Dang, I didn't realize it had been over a month since my last post. So much for posting every day in November. *sigh*

Well, between work kicking my ass and getting a cough that was lingering and just making me feel generally icky, I wasn't in much of a blogging mood. Top it off with my laptop screen dying (I usually made posts from the laptop while watching television), posts just weren't going to happen. Oh, well...not like I had anything interesting to say, anyway. (It would have just been sickness and crappy work rants.) Marcus scrounged up an old screen from a broken laptop and I'm back in business. Hopefully some interesting things to blog about will occur.

We went on our annual Christmas tree hunt a little over a week ago. Marcus and I went down to Colorado Springs the night before and stayed in a hotel so he wouldn't have to rush to get ready and go down there. It was definitely a good plan on his part. Getting him up early is a freakin' nightmare. Pictures are in the Christmas Tree Hunt 2008 gallery. I need to get my butt in gear and decorate it. I also need to get my Christmas shopping started. I have no purchased one. single. gift. Lame, even for me.

Marcus got me my Christmas gift early. I'll post about that in the morning after I snap some pics. I just have to say that he is the most awesomest man in the entire world.

We have had record-breaking cold the last couple of days (and maybe even possibly tomorrow if the overnight temp is lower than -8°F). The temp dipped to -19°F last night. I shudder to think what the wind chill was. I know it was still in the single digits all day today while I was out running errands. The planning forecast on 9News says we might reach 40 by Thursday. Wow, a heat wave. There go any plans of putting up outside lights this year. Probably ain't gonna happen.

So, the cough is gone and my laptop is functioning again. Let's see if more frequent posting occurs.

Ugh, my throat hurts, I was up most of the night and I'm coughing. I think I've got my first official illness of this cold season. Blah! It's going to be a long day at work.

Well, I did it. I put henna in my hair tonight. I'll wait and see what it looks like in a couple of days, but so far not really impressed. It may be because I can still see the dye on my scalp. It did cover my gray, though, which is what I was originally going for. It was a lot of trouble since I had to do it alone and was really hard to get it on my hair. The stuff is really thick, heavy and SMELLY. I ended up getting it all down my neck and on my ears and forehead. They're tinged a little orange right now. Hope that fades soon. LOL

For future reference (if I do end up liking how this looks), I bought the stuff from a web site called Henna for Hair.

I just watched this week's episode of Ghost Whisperer. Not going to post any spoilers, but if they're going where I think they're going, I'm done with this show. I'm already upset that Jay Mohr is no longer on there. It hasn't been the same since they killed off Andrea (Delia just hasn't clicked for me and making Ned grow up overnight was lame like daytime soap operas).

I just realized I never changed to Daylight Savings in my Expression Engine settings. It's such a pain to do so. I wish it just changed. *sigh* Oh, well. Guess I should figure out how to do that again. That said, I am still digging my bedside clock. I love how it just changed all by itself. The only thing that would make it cooler would be if I could program my alarm more specifically. Right now I can either have my alarm go off on weekends different from the weekdays. Since I work Thursday through Saturday, I have to remember to set different alarms. It's a pain.

Have you seen all the different flavors that Hershey's Kisses come in? I'm particularly fond of the cherry cordial ones. A couple of weeks ago, I had one that tasted like Neapolitan ice cream. I haven't seen that one in the stores though (not that I've been looking particularly hard).

Well, I almost didn't get a post in today. Just going to make it.

I'm so looking forward to my days off this week. The UV coater has been running for two days straight at work and my throat is irritated and my head hurts from the fumes. I swear that thing is toxic. It's going to take four days to get that crud out of my system.

I'm going to try to henna my hair. My gray is getting worse and I've always loved how I look with red in my hair. I hope I don't screw it up. The stuff I ordered came over a week ago, but you have to mix the stuff with lemon juice and let it sit for 12 hours before you put it on and I kept forgetting last weekend. I want to do it on Monday so that it has a few days to tame down before I go back to work.

Marcus and I are sitting here watching movie trailers on our AppleTV. I've added several movies to my Netflix queue. Marley & Me totally cracked me up. I'll definitely watch that one on DVD.

So, that's what's on my mind right now. Wish I didn't have to go to bed. Unfortunately, I'm only going to get about 5½ hours of sleep tonight.