Friday, January 18, 2008

Hibernating

It is bitter and miserable outside, and it's going to get colder over the weekend.  That means that I have NO intention of leaving my house until Monday morning.  I stopped at the store on the way home, so we'd be stocked for the hibernation period.  Chili, soup, tator tot casserole, hot chocolate, hot tea....yup, I'm ready.

When one of the cats gets too close to Hawkeye, he gets up, acts offended, then walks to the corner where he lies down and scowls at us.  It's really quite funny.  I can almost hear him thinking, "Jeez, *I* lived here before *they* did, and they act like they own the place!"

I like banana peppers.  I like them on sandwiches, hot dogs, burgers and in chili.  I bought some today, for the chili that I'll make tomorrow.  I think I like them better than any other pepper, although I love them all.

I wonder how bad I'd smell if I wore these PJs all weekend, without changing or showering.  Pretty bad, I bet.  Oh, I won't do it, but right now, it sounds pretty darn good.  I think I'll take 3 naps this weekend.  I may take the first one right now.

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OK, I'm back.  That was nice.  I drooled a bit, but I can't help it.  When I sleep I drool.  Sometimes I snore, but not loudly.  Sometimes I speak Chinese, according to Kevin.  He says that he wants an interpreter, because it doesn't sound like gibberish, it sounds like honest-to-goodness Chinese.  I don't really toss or turn much.  I don't know why I'm telling you this.  Drooling is gross.  Forget I said it.

I have weird hang ups.  I'm not OCD, I swear, but some things would make you think that I am.  All of the window shades in a room need to be either closed, or opened exactly halfway.  If someone opens just one, or has one halfway up and the others closed, I freak out.  Seriously, I've lectured my family about this several times.  Now, I just think they're doing it to mess with me.

Another hang up is the number of icons that I want on any computer desktop that I use.  I have three on this MacBook, 5 on the work PC, and 4 on the home PC, although right now, the girls have added several to it.  I have to dump them weekly.  I can't stand it.  I work near some folks that have the desktop half full of icons!  It's nutty, and would drive me insane.  Then again, that's a pretty short drive.

The last hang up that I'm willing to tell you about today concerns driving.  I have this little shelf thingie in the dash of my car.  After starting the car I put things in EXACTLY this order up there:  My cell phone (after turning on the bluetooth headset), then my lighter, then the smokes, then my Ice Breaker mints.  If Kevin is with me and puts the lighter in the wrong place, I correct it as soon as possible without him noticing...I hope.

OK, that was a wandering post.  I think I'm weird.  No need to respond to that.  I know what you all think!  LOL

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Don't you DARE mess with my 177 icons.  And that ain't Chinese, I've heard you tongue-talking.  It's Pentecostal tongues.  I swear!

::sniffing:: what's that I smell?  CHANGE YOUR JAMMIES!

Anonymous said...

LOL you are funny! I think we all have those idiosyncrasies, don't we? I'm not OCD either, but there are a few things that I gotta do MY way. The RIGHT way! LOL! Hey...we're women, right? LOL!
Had to laugh at your drool story. When I worked nights, we'd always joke around because everyone was sleeping and drooling (I mean the patients). And when the night wore on we'd get more and more tired (the RN's). DOG tired!  Pretty soon we'd want to tell the patients "The drool on your pillow is NOT your own!" LOL!
I know I know...had to be there...<sigh>
Pam
OH...and....CHANGE YOUR JAMMIES!! <wink>

Anonymous said...

Rachel, stay warm and have a great weekend, Hugs Lisa

Anonymous said...

I would LOVE to be OCD...or one of those germ-fearing freaks for at least a few weeks.  Me and Lumpy live like bears with furniture here.  Sad.

Russ

Anonymous said...

too funny..i just raised all the blinds in the Florida room to the exact same halfwayness...LOL
Lyn