Subtle Glow

I’m just sayin’…

Does this not seem like it would make your bath oh-so-yum?

I am somewhat crazy, which most of the time translates to ‘normal’ although at times ‘germiphobe’ and other times it’s just called ‘issues’ but anyway - I really don’t take baths too often. I don’t find it appealing to soak in a tub full of water.

But for this, I would almost consider going for it. I love almond-scented things, and I’ve known the miracle that is oatmeal on dry skin.

Still, I’m stuck at “almost.”

I am so happy - I received a belated birthday present from a friend the other day.  I opened the envelope to find a gift certificate to the local yarn store.  WOOT!

At the last gathering with my girlfriends, I put on my newest hat I knitted. It’s a very soft yarn with little pearl beads threaded strategically throughout.  A couple of the girls complimented my fine hat, and then I told them that I made it my very own self - and the crowd went wild!

This led to a whole discussion of several girls saying they have bought some supplies to knit, though they can’t quite figure out how.  Just a quick aside here:  That is SO like us to buy something we like but not have the first clue how to use it.  In the past, it has always been some supplies for a scrapbooking technique, or you know - a new drink recipe.

Hey - speaking of drink recipes!  Joelle (who was nice enough to turn over the subtleglow domain name I’m using - thanks again!) linked to this site and then linked to her drink recipe, which reminded me of MY drink recipe, so I submitted it as well.  Go forth and mix drinks!

Ok, where was I?  Knitting! Right.

After the whole hat/clueless to knitting conversation, we decided that the next time we get together we will all bring our knitting supplies and we will have our very own Stitch ‘n Bitch!! So that’s what I have planned this Friday.

I’m just going a little crazy trying to figure out what I’m going to buy with my gift certificate.  It’s for a little less than what it would cost to get the yarn for any one of a few sweaters I have been wanting to make.  I have yet to make a sweater but I’m almost ready to try.  If I had the yarn of course.

On the other hand I could make a bunch of hats and/or scarves if I used the gift certificate to just go nuts and get whatever yarn looks tempting while I’m there.  I just don’t like to buy the yarn without a specific project in mind - I haven’t figured out the math in order to correctly determine the guage or whatever so I don’t know how to substitute different yarns/needles for different things.  Decisions, decisions - but either way the shopping will be fun!

Sometimes, I find that I’ve left random odds and ends off of my grocery list.  As a result, I sometimes find myself stopping at the store for equally random items.

Like tonight, where my basket contained the following:

• clear mascara
• 2 pints of ice cream (one in his favorite flavor, one in mine)
• a big fat tube of KY jelly
• snack bars to pack in my lunch

It was then that I realized the freedom that self-checkout lines have given all of us.  The ability to get exactly what you need, without filling a cart full of a bunch of stuff you don’t need - just to cover up the fact that you really only stopped at the store for the big, fat tube of KY.

Kiddo is watching a show about the Most! Extreme! life forms or animals or something…

I stopped to watch a few minutes when they started talking about a parasite that lives on ants.  As it turns out, the parasite forces the ant to climb to the top of a blade of grass, chomp down on the end and just hang there.

Then, a rabbit comes along and eats the ant-zombie (and the parasite) where the parasite grows into some kind of liver worm.  At which point it lays eggs, which are then released with the rabbit pellets as he goes hopping down the bunny trail.

A SNAIL comes along and eats the egg, and the egg hatches.  That little critter hangs around until the snail covers it in snail-slime.  At some point the critter is surrounded by slime and the snail “coughs” it out.

I was finally able to quit watching at the point where the narrater stated:

“As it turns out…  snail snot is one of ant’s FAVORITE things to eat!”

Kiddo has off for the next two weeks. For me, this doesn’t mean much, aside from not having to review/correct homework and sign off on the daily stuff for class.

I work, so that pretty much means he still has to get up and get ready the same as every day. Maybe one of these days I can take a week off with him, but until then it’s off to work I go.

The other thing it means is that I have to plan and pack lunches. I did myself a huge favor last night by making both lunches and setting them in the ‘fridge. I never do that because I figure, oh it only takes a few minutes. But I knew that even though we changed the time on Saturday, it wouldn’t hit me until Monday morning when the alarm went off. I was right about that.

Anyway, I packed his lunch for him: chicken and avocado sandwich on whole wheat, cheez-it 100-calorie pack, grapes, shark-bites fruit snacks and a water.

I’m willing to bet the grapes and the water come back home tonight. He’s never been a picky eater and he will eat salad and vegetables without any fuss at all. In fact he’s more likely to eat the vegetables and leave the chicken on his dinner plate.

I think it’s just a school thing. Peer pressure, maybe? That’s why he eats the lunches at the school - sure I could pack a lunch for him but he wants to eat from the cafeteria. blech. I guess it’s just not “cool” to eat fruits and veggies.