good evening monday {october 9}
(have tried to post this several times. sorry to those of you who have bloglines etc. blogger and i are, shall we say, fighting.)
updated morning of 10/10 - second link in reading below now directs you to the great crafty blog two straight lines
singing
tina turner (all the best – the hits). how can you not feel better when you hear her sing? how can you not sing? how can you not get up and shake your groove thing?
watching
a very interesting movie called In My Country. so sad, but so good.
(and now this is the part where i admit to how much tv I have been watching lately)
Boston Legal (oh how I love the music)
john stamos on ER. i haven’t really been into this show for years (they lost me when dr. romano's (sp?) arm was sliced off by the helicopter. remember? it was so disturbing i jumped up from the couch and yelled scarying jon and traveler like I had been bit by something), but here i am watching it again. i kind of heart john stamos.
the opening scene of last thursday’s grey’s anatomy had me doing this kind of moan, giggle, oh my god sound. jon was watching from the kitchen like, “what is your problem. oh that damn patrick dempsey must be on the screen.” (when i was watching chris o’donnell in those batman movies, i would have never thought he would have me blushing in prime time.)
the “hot topics” on the view. yes. at 10 am a few times a week i tune in to see what rosie and the girls are talking about. i then turn it off. i loved watching rosie's show when i was in college and i am glad she joined this show. today though i had to mute elizabeth talking about her support of the war and george bush. it does take it’s own form of bravery to speak up when no one agrees with you, but man, i sure don’t agree with her. (well, maybe it really isn't courage when you are getting paid well and get to wear amazing clothes and are married to an NFL football player and and and all that stuff. maybe it is just...okay...this is not a political blog.)
battlestar galatica. such a good season premiere. but i said to jon that if there isn’t some glimmer of hope by the third episode, even if it is super tiny, i might not make it through this season. this show is so timely. as entertainment weekly mentioned, it is very post-9/11 and YOU should be watching it.
all the episodes of weeds so far this season. in one sitting.*
reading
this blog. jerri has me laughing and being introspective, at the same time.
this blog. love all the crafty ideas and the way she writes.
and this blog. very inspired by the letter to the self on 10/6.
creating/making/cooking
(had to expand this category a bit)
a three-bean chili with some chicken and buffalo (if you come visit i will be happy to make it sans meat).
sketching some new ideas for things i want to make. (yes, me…sketching. how much fun can one girl have?)
finishing up my package for the tea towel swap.
enjoying
watching those boys play notre dame football on saturdays.
my new sweater from j.jill.
eating
homemade hummus. i love my own the best (i must admit).
trader joes veggie corn dogs (yep, alexandra said they were good and she wasn’t kidding).
drinking
do you need to ask? of course…pumpkin spice soy lattes.
cranberry juice and ginger ale (i always drink this when i am sick).
mug after mug of tea.
anticipating
diving into the poems of sharon olds.
our first delivery from yesterday morning’s scary experience.
thinking
about how important it is to be gentle with other’s feelings. yet i sometimes wonder why people seem to forget this when they talk to me but expect me to remember it all the time. (i know this isn’t really true, but i am just thinking about it.)
about the sirens and commotion millie and i heard at 1 a.m. when i was just getting ready to close my laptop and head to bed. it was happening down the street and kind of scary. I woke jon up when the motion detector light went off in the back. we didn’t investigate outside, but made sure everything was locked up. hopefully tonight’s night of sleep will be stress-free.
loving
this autumn weather. candles burning, warm sweaters, knee socks, still warm enough to have the windows open a bit, pumpkins. just love it!
warm, fuzzy socks.
finding the gratitude in my life every day.
*a phone call interrupted me from a nap on Friday. now usually i hate phone calls that wake me up. not usually, always. i feel confused and vulnerable and thick-tongue-tied. but the caller id said our power/cable company, so i answered thinking, “did i forget to pay the bill?” it was a recording saying, “this weekend you have a free preview of showtime…includes on demand…” i woke right up and turned on the tv and started watching this season of weeds. oh how I love that show. this just made my weekend! (and yes, i did watch all eight in a row. that is what you get to do when you are sick and your husband has to work late and you don’t really know anyone in your town so you wouldn't have had any plans on a friday night anyway.)
liz lamoreux
Reader Comments (16)
Great list! I'm going to have to try those Pumpkin Soy Lattes! I'm a tea drinker also and there aren't many coffee drinks I like but this one sounds kind of yummy! :)
Just read about your scary incident over the weekend. So glad you are both OK!
This is such a great list Liz, I am so enjoying your posts lately.
Ok, I used to love battlestar galatica, I didn't know that they had a new one.
Ok, I need to try a little of your hummos. I LOVE hummos, so if yours is the best well I must have some :)
I need to see your sketches, I can't wait to see what you are coming up with.
XOX
How much fun can one girl have? I can only assume you HAVE READ lynn's post today...
Did the firemen have to come to your house? Or what? I'm glad everything's okay. Is everything Okay?
thanks for the lovely comment Liz. I enjoy reading your blog and I'll have to check out Weeds - it sounds great.
kim - yes, yes, you MUST try one!
letha - you have to check out the new one (you have to first get netflix and watch the first 2 seasons). and we will so eat some hummus together soon! sketches are a secret for now. ;)
pepek - oh yes, i read lynn's post. and yes, a girl can have a lot more fun! no firemen (phew!). everything is okay.
kate - you are welcome! and weeds is some kind of funny...but you have to be okay with a show about a suburban mom who sells pot to take care of her family after her husband dies. it is sooo much more than that though.
Liz,
I dig the J.Jill sweater! Hey did you get the notice that they are opening a store STORE in Olympia? If you didn't get the 20% discount coupon for that store - I'll give you mine ok? (Gosh now I have to look for it!)
Julia
I kind of heart John Stamos, too.
And I totally heart Patrick Dempsey. Tasty.
Boston Legal is so funny.
I'm kind of off tv at the mo tho.
Loved your list.
Hope you feel better soon.
I'm just wondering when Chris O'Donnell got so unbelieveably hot? He was neck and neck with Mr. Patrick Dempsey on the hot man factor last week, sheesh!
And Weeds? It's my most favorite of the cable series. This season hasn't disappointed and our ridiculously expensive cable bill is worth every penny when I sit down on Monday night at 10pm.
I wish I liked pumpkin better, I'd be all over the pumpkin soy lattes.
I wish you lived down the street too ~ big, big sigh.
My fingers usually move faster than my head, Liz. They sort of know what I want to say before I do. But right now, none of us know what to day or how to thank you for the link in your blog.
My enormous respect for you and your work make this a HUGE deal to me. OMG!!
Also, just have to tell you that both of the first two links take readers to my blog. Don't know what you intended for the second, but it doesn't go there and I, for one, would like to see the work you mention.
Thanks, too, for introducing me to Jen's blog. What a lovely letter to her self. And what a lovely self.
humbly,
j
I have been watching Boston Legal recently, too, but because a friend of mine is doing an 'extended run' on the show. He plays the Judge who may or may not have killed his wife. It is fun to watch him being so ferocious because he is the kindest, gentlest human being you could ever meet and I have never seen him angry.
Also, am loving the boys of Grey's Anatomy...yum, yum.
julia - thanks! and i never turn down a coupon for a store with clothes!
lynn - do you see me replying in the comments? yes. i. am. so you see what i see in john stamos. yep. hot.
chiefbiscuit - so good you are off tv. i am jealous (and yes, i know i could do it too...but i won't...at least now)
acumamkiki - you could try the maple lattes they have now. but...do you like pumpkin bread? cookies? it tastes like that.
jerri - my pleasure. :)
violet - you are friends with the guy from star trek (whose name i know but i know i can't spell it). my husband will be quite jealous. very cool. and those boys on grey's are yummy indeed!
Dang, now that you mention it I think we had a free preview thing for Showtime this past weekend too but I totally forgot about it. Oops. I'm currently watching Season 1 of Weeds because I found the DVD set at a bargain price.
I heart pumpkin lattes and hummus (not together, but still...)
The men of Grey's Anatomy are just so yummy. Besides Dr. McDreamy and Finn, I think Burke and Mark (? is that right? the guy Addison is fooling around with) are both hot.
i have that tina turner cd and yes, you are so right about it...you can't help but dance...
i want the recipe for your hummus...trey recently purchased a food processor and i've been wanting to make my own...
...and i can't wait to have some of you chili (sans meat)...someday...
damn that patrick dempsey...he seems to have that same effect on me too...
This is a great list. Oh, where to start? McDreamy, yes, McVet, better, McSteamy, oh my. Loving the autumn weather too, the evenings cool enough to snuggle into warm socks and sweaters while curling up to catch up on something fun to watch, the days warm enough to leave windows open and enjoy the last of summer weather. I've often thought about produce delivery, what a great way to eat seasonaly, and the delivery guys aren't bad either. ;)
i love sharon olds...i've always wanted to try to make homemade hummus...and i also wish everyone would make more of a conscious effort to be gentle with all of our feelings. :-)