Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
movies

american wedding

Not being in the mood for intellectual stimulation this evening, I suggested that we watch American Wedding, which was playing on HBO (It’s not TV, it’s HBO.) this evening. I have to say, we were both pleasantly surprised. I laughed, I laughed till I cried (twice). It was all good. And, the perfect way to end a long week. Besides, that guy who plays Stiffler is darned cute. He must be quite the actor, because I can’t imagine how hard it would be to play that big of an ass.

The Flick Filosopher didn’t have anything to say about the movie.

food & drink

it’s that time of the month

You know, time to go to the liquor store! I made my monthly trip there today and picked up a little extra for the holidays. One more thing to check off my Christmas “to do” list. While there, I picked up the holy trinity of alcohol (according to the book of Angela, chapter 6, verse 13)–tequila, rum, and vodka. Mmm. Methinks this is going to be a Margarita night. I ran out of liquor last weekend and could use a good stiff drink this evening. If you don’t think a Margarita is a stiff drink, then you’re not making them right.

miscellany

time

Time is something I don’t have too much of. I am constantly busy. When I’m not busy, it only means that I’m procrastinating. There are always things to do around the house. And if I ever run out of actual work, I can always fall back on my hobbies. It probably wouldn’t kill me to practice my guitar or bass once in a while.

With the holidays upon us, things are even worse. There’s all of the holiday crap to deal with: decorating, shopping, wrapping gifts, baking, parties, visiting, sending cards, etc. As if I don’t have enough to do already.

There are some people, however, who apparently have too much time on their hands. Take this site, for instance. Whoever compiled this list of fictitious books certainly had a lot of reading to do. The Stephen King ones alone would’ve kept me busy for quite a while. And, it just goes to show how busy I am–I never even would have thought to compile such a list.

household stuff

you might be a redneck if…

I work at the office on Wednesdays. I rarely make it in on time (I’m 5-10 minutes late, usually), but I’ve been making a concerted effort the past few weeks to get to work on time because they changed breakfast time at the daycare. So, if Jake is to eat, I need to get his butt there early. OK, so I don’t really care about getting to work on time–Jake just needs to get to daycare in time for breakfast. But, if he’s on time, I’m on time, and we’re all happy.

This morning, time was on my side for a change. I went into the kitchen to pack my lunch and looked out the window to see one of our garbage cans blown halfway across the yard. The other garbage can was nowhere in sight. So, half-dressed and with wet hair, I braved the elements and went on a garbage can/lid scavenger hunt and reclaimed our property. (At least I think the cans I reclaimed were ours. Either way, we win.)

Now for my pet peeve. Normally Tuesday is our garbage day. But, Monday was a special holiday here in western PA otherwise known as “First Day of Buck Season”, so the garbage men had the day off and it pushed back pickup by a day for the rest of the week. Otherwise, we could’ve avoided the situation entirely.

I guess it could’ve been worse. Our neighbors lost about a half dozen shingles on their newly shingled roof. I can always buy a new garbage can, but I’d prefer to not have any roofing projects on my plate in December.

Oh yeah, I was 5-10 minutes late this morning.

tv

rudolph the red-nosed reindeer

The 40th Anniversary showing of Rudolph was on this evening. We thought Jake might enjoy it, so we all watched it. Boy, did that bring back the memories. Remember when the month of December used to drag on for an infinity? Now, time seems to go by so fast. All December means to me anymore is that I have a crapload of work to do in order to get ready for Christmas.

I used to watch all of those Christmas specials every year when I was a kid. Jake enjoyed it for the most part, though he yelled “BORING!” during the singing parts. And the stop-motion animation looks so dated–nothing like the CGI used for movies like Shrek, that’s for sure.