Larry Bud/Mowing/Prechopped garlic

If you’re a fan of the old David Letterman show on NBC, you’ll be sad to hear that Larry “Bud” Melman aka Calvert DeForest died a few days ago. He was very funny and I read that he really enjoyed his 15 minutes of fame on the Letterman show.

I cleaned and rearranged the living room and my computer desk yesterday. Today it’s on to my bill paying desk. It’s a mess.

It’s getting ready to pour here today. Today and tomorrow in fact. My neighbors on either side, and the ones across the street have already mowed their lawns! I refuse to mow in MARCH. In fact, I was out on the porch yesterday when I saw the nice neighbor, Bill, mowing. I waved my arms and he stopped. “IT’S TOO EARLY TO MOW!!! IT’S MARCH!!”
He laughed, “But it’s supposed to rain all weekend! I want to get it done.”
Me: “Phewtttttt!”

I didn’t make any coffee this morning, and I could really use some caffeine.

My daffodils and hyacinths look spectacular, I must say.

When I was cleaning my computer area I found a five bucks Starbucks card. I put it in my wallet but I don’t really care for their coffee, it’s too strong and bitter.

Schell, have you ever seen Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller? She looks like you. I don’t like her show, because she uses PRECHOPPED, JARRED GARLIC! No matter how pressed for time someone is, there is always time to chop a freaking clove of garlic! That prechopped stuff is crap and tastes like chemicals.

Same thing with that know-nothing, big-breasted Barbie doll Sandra Lee. I hate her. She uses lemon juice from a bottle! Good God . . is nothing scared? If you have a cooking show . . . . squeeze a real fucking lemon!
Anyway, while I deplore her methods, Robin Miller reminds me of Schell.

Dirty House/Insurance/Lost

When I got back from Orlando, BP, LP and my brother had replaced the ugly green carpet in the living room and front room with Cherry Sienna laminate wood flooring and I love it! They had a helluva time getting the carpet’s backing up—it had pretty much turned to cement. That carpet must have been there since the 70’s. Yuck.

Anyway, they did a wonderful job on the flooring but the rest of the house was a mess! The bathroom. The kitchen. So I took today off and I’m going to rearrange furniture and throw shitloads of trash away, clean my computer area, clean my bill-paying desk and do laundry and clean the bathroom. How’s that for a fun Friday.

We also got some refinancing on our house and the house I owned prior marriage to BP, so I have to visit my friendly insurance agent (he’s really a nice guy—for an insurance agent) and get insurance since the home insurance isn’t going to escrow/mortgage company route anymore.

What else? Oh, if I have time I’m going to watch my Grissom sometime since I taped CSI last night.

A shout out to Spidey since she emailed me info on Elliot Yamin’s new CD. I loved him last year on American Idol and he’s the only Idol whose CD I’d ever consider buying. I’ll get it soon.

LP has Spring Break next week and I guess he’s going to be hanging around the house.

WTF was that with Nikki and Paulo on Lost on Wednesday? (I love the way Sawyer always asked “Who are you??”---my sentiments exactly) How are they advancing the storyline? Are they going to crawl out of their graves? Note to people who find my “dead” body: Wait at least 8 hours before embalming and/or burying me.

Back from Flo

Here are some Headlines:

--Weather was beautiful.

--Rosen Shingle Creek is a beautiful facility. They have a cool 1.25 mile Nature Trail and we saw heron and egrets and snakes, oh my. I felt just like Toohot hiking the Applachian (sp) Trail!

--My room had a whirlpool spa tub. It would have helped Schell's back.

--I heard/met/saw Frank McCourt!! He's bright, witty and funny. He spoke about his 26 years teaching in the NYC school system. We all received copies of his Teacher Man book. He has a children's book coming out in October. "My publisher suggested that I write a children's book. I said why not. It can't be that hard. (he rolls his eyes) Even Madonna's written a children's book, by God."

--During my five day stay I consumed 2 glasses of red wine, one glass of white wine, one cosmopolitan and one bloody Mary, which is more alcohol than I've had in all of 2006 combined. While I got the wine for free, the cost of the last two drinks cost more than the GNP of several small countries.

--I do NOT want to go to work today and do travel reimbursement papers. It's a bunch of tedious shit.

--I was not on or near a computer for five days, and I enjoyed it.

--Clanky is a two faced British Ho. On my blog she said she'd miss me more that Meme, and on Meme's blog she said the opposite. Mean, mean, mean!!