You Can't Always Get What You Want

Today is day two of just me and the dogs. The daughter has gone back to NYC. The older son is back at Georgia Tech and the youngest son is back at Alabama. The husband is in Georgia all week on business. He tells me it is business but I talk to him on his cell. He could be in LA with a porn star for all I know. When the house was full of everyone I wanted my peace and quiet back. The phone rang.The doorbell rang. People came in and out at all hours. I went to bed when my children were preparing to go out. They woke up after I had completed my day. I would awake in the middle of the night to the smell of food cooking and 2 a.m. on my alarm clock. My favorite chair was never available. "Call of Duty" blared throughout the house and blood drops rolled down the television screen with each kill. The kitchen was in constant use with dishes all over the house. Now everyone is gone and I miss them all. I don't miss "Call of Duty" and the blood but I miss the life my children bring back to the house. Remember Mick Jagger and the Stones sang "You Can't Always Get What You Want". But does anyone believe Mick hasn't gotten what he wants? He is still bedding 20 year old women. Last week driving the husband's car I listened to the Playboy channel on satellite radio. (That is why I think my husband may be with a porn star instead of a business trip to Georgia.)Someone asked Hugh Hefner who caused the most damage staying at the Playboy Mansion. He replied the Stones in the late 60's on their American Tour. The mansion was still in Chicago then. But even with the damage Hugh invited them back anytime. So I can't always get what I want but Mick Jagger sure can.

Three Dog Night

We are having our share of the Arctic Blast. The night time lows have been in the teens. That is what you call a three dog night. Meaning it is so cold that it will take sleeping with three dogs to get you warm. I have three dogs so I am ready if there is a power outage. Finally a logical reason to own three dogs!. This tidbit about the meaning of a three dog night I read somewhere who knows when. I think it was an article about the band Three Dog Night. What I can't understand is how I can remember stuff like that but can't find my glasses, car keys, car, or remember anybody's name including mine own? We will discuss that another post.

January 10th

Today is January 10th. I weighed myself and I have gained 8 pounds since Christmas. Most of that is eggnog and brandy. I haven't done any exercises, joined a gym or paid for healthy, tasty diet food. Mainly I have been watching all the commercials and reading all the articles telling me what I should do. Funny after going through so many January's the commercials and articles have nothing new to say. That is what I am waiting for. An incentive to get off the couch. If there was a commercial for a million dollars for every pound lost there would be me and lots of skinny people running around. I did have a baby January 7th. She is 24 years old but the weight gain was unbelievable. Thank God I finished off the eggnog last night. It wont be in the stores for another year.

Post New Years Day

I made it to 11:29 on New Years Eve. I ate collard greens, black eye peas and ham on New Years Day. I have a new pair of red underwear. For those of you new to my blog an explanation on red underwear is in an older post. I have a matching red bra too. I wore both on New Years Eve to see if 2010 is the best. I didn't make any resolutions. I never keep them. I will continue to live each day as it comes. Thinking beyond that is too much most days. This year gets another child off the payroll and the last child working closer to that goal. I hope those two things are the major events for me in 2010. I had my surgery for the decade. Lets all put on our big girl panties and meet 2010 head on with a positive and strong spirit!

Resolutions

Now is the time of year to make resolutions that won't be kept. The last six years mine has been to lose weight and exercise. That usually lasts a day at the most. This year I decided to eat healthy. I felt that was an original and unique resolution. But nooo what do I see on the Today show? An anorexic woman talking about eating healthy for the new year. First of all she stole my resolution. Second of all she needs to eat something! Anything! She looks like the animation in a Tim Burton movie. Her head is a skull with the skin still intact. Kinda of like one of those bodies found in a mummy tomb. She had all this stringy neck skin that dangled when she talked. I didn't hear any of her spill on healthy eating. I was too fascinated watching her neck dangle. Now I am straddling the fence about my resolution. Do I want to eat healthy and have people watch my neck dangle? Or do I want to keep my wrinkles plumped with fat? Remember there are lots of songs singing tribute to the junk in the trunk. I am going to see Sherlock Holmes tonight. A tub of buttered popcorn and a candy bar is sounding mighty good. Think how much that will keep my neck dangle in check.

MMooooooooooo!

Yesterday we drove to Greenville, S.C. to go to church and lunch with my family. On the way back we passed a car with a license plate that said "MMooooooooo". I thought that was interesting.Having lived in Wisconsin, I thought the car was from the dairy state. However the license plate was a North Carolina one. That eliminated California as a possibility too. As we drove behind this car I imagined other reasons for the license plate. A dairy farmer but this was not a truck but an Accord. Maybe someone with lots of kids who drink milk. But again the Accord could not hold many kids. By now we are side by side with the Accord. I look over. Just a lone woman driver eating some large sandwich. The woman is beyond huge. I now wonder how she gets in and out of the car. I am still wondering about the "MMoooooo" license plate. Surely she didn't pay money to identify to the world she is a cow. I guess I will never solve this mystery.

Tiger Woods

I am pretty sick of the media carrying on about Tiger's car accident. I mean it happened at 2:35 am on Black Friday. The man was leaving to hit Wal-Mart, Best Buy , and the mall just like everybody else.