the happy homewrecker

I saw this on SNL a few weeks ago. Funny stuff.

Just finished: Wideacre by Philippa Gregory. (spoilers ahead if you haven't read it) . . . I don't know how I feel about this one. I loved her other historical romances (The Other Boleyn Girl, the Virgin's Lover, the Queen's Fool) but this one wasn't based on actual historical figures and was a bit trashier. Not that I don't like a bit of trash, but I agree with a lot of the Amazon reviewers in that the main character was just awful. I kept waiting for her to redeem herself, but she never did, I hated her more and more as the book progressed. It's the first in a trilogy, so I'll probably read the other two, but I hope the lead characters are a bit more likeable.

You know you're watching too much House when you dream that you've landed yourself in the hospital due to some wonky lip balm and that House is not only your doctor, but you're also having a little thing on the side.

The holidays were good, but I'm still recuperating, body-wise and house-wise. And Ginger has her third or fourth cold of the season, so I'm kind of wiped out. More later.

I don't know how I neglected to mention our Thanksgiving in my last long-ish post.

I'm still here. Just crazy busy, like I'm sure the rest of you are. I keep telling myself, "It's Christmas! You should be happy, not stressed!"

Forgot to mention that I posted one of Gary's favorite holiday cookie recipes over in the recipes blog. I think I got it from a magazine article that said they were submitted by an editor who made them for Hanukkah, something about them being dairy-based. I'm not up on Hanukkah customs, but they're delicious!

I swear, my mind is not usually in the gutter (although I did have a very interesting dream last night involving Gary, Selma Hayek, and myself, but that's another story), but it was really hard not to snicker when I heard Spencer, who had just rediscovered some toy tools, yell from the living room, "I"m going to screw everything!"

I think I need a new pair of shoes for winter. My Born clogs have just about had it, and regardless, as Ali once wisely pointed out to me, it's probably not a good idea to wear backless shoes while walking in several inches of snow. Ideally, I'd like a shoe that performs something like a boot but doesn't look boot-y. I don't want snowboots or even brown hiking boots or anything that rugged, but I do need something that I can throw on fairly quickly and wear in the snow without worrying about getting my socks wet. I never liked wearing 'real' boots because whenever I got to wear I was going (like the grocery or wherever), I wasn't comfortable wearing the boots as just walking-around shoes. I always felt like I needed to bring my regular casual shoes with me to change into once I was indoors. I have no idea what kind of shoe I'm looking for, only that I haven't seen it yet.

Finally finished The Historian. It took me for-freaking-ever to read it. I got a copy from each library system and kept one downstairs and one up in the bedroom so I could read a page or two if I had time before going to sleep. I liked it, although some parts were a bit heavy on the history (Ottoman Empire, sultan, monks . . .) and I skimmed those, but overall it was an interesting Dracula-related read.