Mundane participation for the tragically bored.

wearing baby pink velour sweat pants, pink bicycle top with blue/white trim, awesome grey hoodie cardigan (I love this sooo much) white poooofy ankle socks, ancient brown Ralph Lauren clogs with shearling lining
hearingSet coughing upstairs, boydog snoring on the little sofa, the upstairs and downstairs radios set to different stations, a coupla birds arguing outside
eating nothing
drinking nothing, need another cuppa
feeling relaxed-ish
Seeing carpeting I need to put down upstairs in the hall
wanting a rich old man (he'd have to be ancient)
looking forward to the Tsar to tell us about his trip to Washington. Great City. Small, but great.

wearing brown v neck t, cute new jeans - little silver buttons all over the place, black fleece shirt - warm and snuggly.
hearing:G-baby singing
eating :nothing
drinking: nothing
feeling: Sleepy - but what's new?
Seeing: not looking
wanting Goodness, I don't know.
looking forward to: Laying down and watching The Mentalist - I am pretty sure if I watch it laying down I won't be watching it very long. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

wearing: Black pants, black shirt, taupe long sweater, giraffe patterned flats with a big oval silver buckle on the toe. Silver hoop earrings.
hearing:The Sandlot
eating :nothing
drinking: nothing
feeling: Happy - a bit peeved my financial finagling didn't get us as far as I thought it would...but I can't complain. Deep breath - next thing.
Seeing: beautiful fall evening out my window
wanting: I know - it just does no good to say anything it seems.
looking forward to: My weekend. Accomplishing a little, playing a little, Enjoying my family.

wearing: jeans, multi colored knot shirt.
hearing:the wind blowing leaves down the street
eating :nothing
drinking: nothing
feeling: cough cough
Seeing: beautiful fall day out my window
wanting: that baby already!
looking forward to: that baby smell

wearing: black cords, happy-making new Merrells (so comfy), and an OSU t-shirt. I wanted to wear just a plain red shirt with no logos to signify my support for both UW-Madison AND the Buckeyes (they play tonight), but the only one I have is too big now. Plus Buckeyes trump Badgers these days. But I still like the Badgers. (And how stupid/ confusing is it that the Badger mascot is named "Bucky"? I call our mascot -- a buckeye -- "Bucky" all the time because that actually makes sense. More sense than "Brutus." "Brutus Buckeye"? What?)
hearing: --
eating :--
drinking: --
feeling: OK-ish. My ginormous to-do list is shrinking, which is nice, but a shrunken to-do list is not a completed to-do list and I want it done.
Seeing: beautiful fall day out my window (copied from Swimpy, me too, amazing out there.)
wanting: the big shindig to be a success.
looking forward to: looking at the big shindig in my rearview mirror.

When's the baby due, Swimpy?

Due date was changed from last Friday, 10/8 to next Wednesday, 10/20. It would be nice if he/she was born on the 20th. That was my late sister's birthday.

That would be nice!

What caused the change in the due date?

Dil had a history of irregular periods, in fact she went three years without one, so pinpointing the due date was a guess at best. Measurements of her abdomen appear to be the most predictive.

I see... it's always a certain amount of guesswork but that makes it even harder for sure.

The 20th sounds good.

I want to hold a baby. (Not HAVE a baby, with all that entails, just hold one for a while.) I know some cute toddlers but there are no babies in my vicinity just now.

I assumed the baby just wanted to get as close to a Halloween birth as possible.

I dont even recall where Ive participated in this thread before but here goes:
wearing: jeans, nice soft maroon cotton sweater.
hearing:the quiet of the country and some neighing in the distance
eating :pistachios
drinking: nothing
feeling: nice and warm on a cool blustery sunny day
Seeing: skidding clouds moving the sunlight in patches
looking forward to: finishing my little boat

There's farmer, good to see here..

wearing: jeans, long sleeved tan and grey striped tea, leather sandals
hearing: the beagle named Bibi barking
eating: about to eat some thawed leftover spaghetti with sauce.
About to start a bolognese sauce, the slow kind, for polenta another day.
drinking: pellegrino water and lemon squeeze
feeling: on the overwhelmed side re bills and things to do about that, but ignoring that for a few days
seeing: fall light. One thing I wish about my new city is that October here would be at least twice as long.
wanting: big list, but it depends on me to activate..
looking forward to: getting together with my cousins, same cousins I mentioned having such a wonderful time with last year. They're in town for a trade show (they have an exhibit for his business).

Welcome aboard Farmerman!

wearing: jeans and t-shirt;
eating: after posting to this thread, I will throw on a quick pot of ramen noodles.


Why do you tease us with such delicious sound news Ossobuco? I have never heard of the combination. Bolognese sauce and polenta. Sounds yummy.

drinking: Water.
hearing: The podcast of All Songs Considered featuring an odd acoustic song from the 80's pop band Tom Tom Club. Kind of grating on my nerves given my current mood. Fast forwarded now.... Now I basically erased the entire podcast as I'm not in the mood to listen to it.
feeling: Empathy for Ossobuco on the money side (or lack of money) and the overwhelming bills that never get smaller.
wanting: Many things from Ossobuco's big list to come to her more easily. Plus I'm a little nervous about my jobs' inevitable moving from one location (off site) to another where we are in the same building as the head lawyers of the firm that's employing us.
looking forward to: Going to a haunted house this Thursday evening. Got to do something that's seasonally appropriate.

Probably you haven't heard of it because people from Bologna don't do it (I don't know, but I suspect not). I think they are strict re what goes with what, as in ragu goes with tagliatelle. I, on the other hand... don't mind mixing an expensive ingredient (meat, slow cooked) with a cornmeal base.

Looking quickly, I see Marcella Hazan has a recipe for polenta with sausages..

Anyway, when I make a bolognese sauce, I make a lot, so I toss it with a lot of things, including homemade pasta.

I think it was the ocarina or recorder. Annoyed the hell out of me too. You should listen to the Dylan bootleg stuff, though. Very interesting.

Hello you all!

wearing: blue jeans. Orange Orioles shirt. bare feet, hair down, silver loops in.
hearing: tv in the other room
eating :--
drinking: uje
feeling: fine n dandy. A bit sleepy. A little hungry. What's new?
wanting:so much - as it seems we all do!
looking forward to: dinner and bedtime

When's the shindig Soz?

G'day to you, Missy.

wearing: old khaki pants, long sleeved dark khaki t shirt, leather sandals, messy head of (as yet uncombed) hair.
hearing: a much too noisy radio blasting from a house being renovated a few doors down my street.
eating: nothing yet (10:55 am.) Toast soon.
drinking: freshly made coffee.
feeling: a bit jaded. Just finished interim reports for the classes I've been teaching. Got up at the crack of dawn to do them. Now the rest of my day is free! (This is my day off.) Yee har! : )
seeing: far too much of my computer screen this morning.
wanting: (No, needing more than wanting.) A big blast of Vitamin D. I'll ring my friend C soon. We can do an afternoon walk, afterall. Exquisite sunny day outside. (26 C degrees predicted!)
Looking forward to: This current stint of casual teaching to be over. I'm hoping the teacher I've been replacing can return to work this coming Monday, so I can be a Free Woman again. : )

(Hey Swimp, is there a baby yet?)

Wow this has been around since 2005....I guess I really don't keep up with forum. But I'm taking my cue from farmerman.

wearing: jeans and a tee shirt that says "Dancing with woofs" and it has dancing dogs on it.
hearing: my husband is laughing at something Keith Olberman said
eating: nada
drinking: water (filtered, we are not uncivilized)
doing: my best to remember the sequence I'm supposed to follow
looking forward to: The birth of my first grandchild
feeling: happy but cautious, worried for my daughter-in-law
wanting: everything to turn out well for my son, his wife and the expected baby

good to see you join us, glitter. Let us know on the grandchild's showing up..