Blog O’ Obscurity

Is this the first time I’ve mentioned Halloween this year?  That’s only because by making my husband go to the store, I’ve managed to keep the kids away from the aisles and aisles of $40 costumes and had almost forgotten about that little problem.

Today, we went to a store.  They saw costumes and I decided now was as good a time as any.  My oldest has clearly grown out of last years Halloween costume and he and my second oldest already have ideas of what they want to be.  They’ve already been told by the school that they can’t wear it to school and they’ve already decided how they will great people giving them candy (a pause for a Darth Vader breath and then ‘Trick or Treat’ in unison).

As a side note, I had the great joy of informing them that R.I.P. does not mean someone tore their shirt off.

Good times.

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No matter the outfit or the other accessories that complete the outfit, the perfect shoes are absolutely necessary for any woman to feel beautiful. Hence the online catalog of Beautifeel shoes. These high class shoes from absolutely every conceivable women’s shoe style are also available in many locations in California. From the tiniest sandle to many different types of boots. They make them all in many popular sizes and widths.

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Nothing says style like a tuxedo, and no form of time measurement is more stylish than a pocket watch. Especially the cool ones on this site for new pocket watches. I prefer the one where the interior is exposed to watch all of the intricate movements that keep the time. Next time you dress up, don’t be late, and don’t forget your pocket watch.

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Incontinence. We’ve all heard about it, read about it. And we all say that it can’t happen to us. I’m sorry to have to be the one to bring this up, but it can happen to you, and it will eventually happen to you. Stay on this blue and green globe long enough and eventually the plumbing starts to leak. Don’t think that the need for an adult diaper will pass you by. It may just be you in seventy years that has to surf the internet (or whatever the net evolves into) for some sort of futuristic incontinence product.

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I’ve been watching the Olympic trials this week and I’m once again disappointed that only the major competitions get any air time.  Am I wrong or aren’t there some equestrian competitions?  I know for sure that there are archery competitions and I’ve seen nothing of that.  If they don’t televise these things, how am I going to become current on the important aspects of the competitions — like the equestrian clothing or the newest wrist bands for archers?

I really think the Olympics is more about making money than about bragging rights like it used to be.  You can tell by the fact that we’re still sending “pros” to play in the basketball competition even though they only won a bronze last time around.  Apparently someone thinks that the dregs of the NBA (the only NBA players willing to go) are better than the best college players.

Oh well, I’ve always thought that getting gold time after time leaves no room for improvement.  At least now we have room for improvement. I just hope we don’t end up with MORE room for improvement.

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Stage One of The Great Move of ‘08 is complete.  We’ve gotten everything out of the house and into the storage shed….and my father in law’s place….and my parent’s place. 

Who would have thought that we are such good packrats that our one house of stuff would necesitate the use of not one, but two additional houses to store it?

This was AFTER the world’s biggest trip to the local trash cans.  We managed to downsixe by 30 or 40 bags of garbage and still couldn’t fit everything into one place.  I’ve got to say that this is mostly my husband’s fault.  I had to ridicule him viciously for more than a week before he finally devided we didn’t need to bring half empty cans of paint with us.  At the same time, I was forced to give up an extra medicine cabinet that we’ll never use.

Wish us luck for the next three weeks while we live with my parents. 

Maybe you should pray….

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My jeans are too big.  I bought carpenter pants because I like my pants baggy but I’m swimming in these things.  Not around the waist, mind you.  Just EVERYWHERE else.

I own three other pairs of jeans - two pairs of maternity jeans that fit better when I was pregnant and one pair with a hole in the knee and paint all over them.  Does thinking your pants make you look weird even though they technically fit justify buying another pair?

For some strange reason my husband gets very upset when I borrow a pair of his.  Shouldn’t I be the one who’s upset since we wear the same size?  I look great in his jeans.  He must just be jealous because I look better in his jeans than he does.  There’s a slim chance that he, too, is appalled that we wear the same size and gets angry because he doesn’t like being reminded of it.

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