Domestic Geek

I totally forgot to mark this joyous occasion. Forty years ago yesterday, a mere three days before I was born, the crew of the Star Ship Enterprise began their trek into television and human history. Thank you, Gene Roddenberry.

This week Denise of Mental Excrement has presented a challenge to TT’ers for this weeks Edition:

“I would like to challenge all Thirteeners to come up with 13 things they like about themselves.

I feel like we, as women, spend so much time scrutinizing ourselves that we sometimes forget the good stuff.???

This one was really tough. A lot of my former "good" characteristics have gone to hell lately. It took a lot of thinking to get beyond my faults and acknowledge the good:

Thirteen Things I Like About Myself

1. I'm extremely curious.I have to know how and why things work. When something doesn't work, I want to know what was broken. If I see something cool on the Internet, I want to know how it was done.
2. I have pretty eyes. They've been a little puffy and have dark circles under them from the stress, but I still think they're pretty.
3. I have a keen sense of observation. If Marcus is searching for key or his hat, I can usually point him to where they are.
4. I love to learn. I love new information, new skills, new ways of thinking about things.
5. I have a strong work ethic. When I do have a job, even if I hate it, I show up and do that job to the best of my ability. I am being paid to work, not goof around.
6. I'm creative. Whether it's crafts, graphic design, finding a solution to a problem, I like making useful things.
7. I love animals. Especially dogs...they're the best.
8. I write well. Since I loved reading at an early age, I have always been exposed to proper grammar and sentence structure. I write well despite my public school education.
9. I'm intelligent. I've always been above average.
10. I like teaching what I know. It is a thrill to give someone a means of doing something easier or faster. I used to love the expression on my music students' faces when something would "click."
11. I have big breasts. I'm not shy about it.
12. I look younger than my age. Both of my parents looked younger than they were. Luckily, I inherited this trait. Most people would never guess I'm going to be 40 next monday.
13. I have the ability to love. I love Marcus. I love my dad. My heart breaks for the people in the world who can't/won't allow themselves to love and be loved.

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Sorry I really haven't been in a posting mood this week. Here's a recap of the events of this week:

I was truly saddened by the death on Monday of The Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin. I really broke up listening to Kelly Rippa on Regis & Kelly on Tuesday morning.

Steve Irwin, the khaki-clad wildlife stalker who won global fame with his televised death-defying crocodile stunts and whose booming voice made “Crikey!??? in a ripe Australian accent an international catchword, was killed by a stingray yesterday while filming a documentary at the Great Barrier Reef off Australia’s northeast coast. He was 44.

Witnesses said he apparently died of cardiac arrest after the stingray attack.

Mr. Irwin was on location in the area to film television segments, including material for “The Ocean’s Deadliest.??? Witnesses on his boat, Croc One, and on a nearby diving vessel said that when he came close to a stingray, its barb pierced his chest and lodged in his heart.

We had a nice little BBQ here on Monday. Mike and Nina brought lots of food. Nina makes THE BEST potato salad in the entire world. I first had it at their wedding. Good stuff! I'll have to find the recipe she gave me and put in on my recipe blog. One day I'm actually going to make it for myself. I keep forgetting.

Happy belated birthday to my friend Mike. His birthday was on Tuesday.

I tried to pick up dog poo this weekend, but was deterred by all the wasps buzzing around. I baited my wasp traps and have caught tons of the suckers this week. I hate wasps. I also trimmed branches off the the darned crabapple tree in the yard. It was way out of control. Makes me angry that they keep increasing the lot rent, our lease says not to prune the trees, yet they have never once taken care of it. Idiots.

I realized that my wardrobe is abysmal. I haven't bought new clothes in ages. Except for a bra, I haven't gotten anything new in over a year (t-shirts from my screen printing job). Marcus got my some polos when I started the screen printing job in April 2005. The last time I bought jeans was well before that. It doesn't help that I don't own a lot of clothes, anyway. While I've lost most of the weight I've gained since losing my job, I've lost it in different places than I gained it. I can't wear my jeans. My one pair of jeans that fit has so many holes in them that it's embarrassing. All of my nicer shirts have holes or stains or don't fit. I don't even have a week's worth of "nice" clothes to wear to a job anymore. My last pair of shorts fell apart. My sweat pants have holes. Even a huge weight loss wouldn't help much because I really don't own much in smaller sizes, either. I'm screwed.

I guess the money I get from paid blogging and the ebay sale of stuff from storage will have to go towards building a wardrobe.

The placement woman sent my resume off to a place that sounds perfect for me (except that it's in the DTC). I hope I get a call.

I'm working on my Thursday Thirteen, but can't seem to come up with 13 things I like about myself. How sad is that?

Can't believe it's Thursday already. Well, I'm going to go take a shower.

I have been tagged by Yoshi to play a game where the last person gives you 5 words and you say the first thing you think of...then you tag others who then continue the tagging game...so here we go:

1. Chute : Ladder
2. Picnic : Basket
3. Concert : Ticket
4. World : Wrestling
5. Beach : Sand

The next five random words are:

1. horse
2. sew
3. paint
4. broken
5. scream

The tagged bloggers are:

MacDude
R A D H O L E
LaLaGirl
Wondering Why
I'm a loser and don't have a 5th person to tag (that hasn't already been tagged)! Let me know if you want to play along in the comments.

The meeting I was supposed to have with the new placement person yesterday was cancelled. I was a little bummed by it, but there really wasn't anything I could do to change it. I keep telling myself that these things happen for a reason. This time I saw the reason immediately. We rescheduled for today and I happened to be meeting with the placement person when one of my old instructors (and a former placement person herself) stopped in to say hi. She's looking for some temporary help with one of her endeavors, so I'm stopping by to meet her business partner tomorrow. Hopefully this will get cash coming in now and lead to more contract type work in the future.