What is it that's supposed to be so good about pizza?

I've never understood the seemingly universal love for pizza. I do.not.get.it!

So you out there in blogland, I want you to explain to me how a piece of flat bread with some red sauce, veggies and cheese all swimming in orange grease from pepperoni is GOOD to eat. Yes, I know the pepperoni is optional but, it's nasty with or without.

How is this something that people want to eat all of the time? I'm flummoxed by this!

1+1=2

So the house situation seems like it's about to be worked out soon. This means everything is moving along on schedule.

I like that.

You're working my nerves

I call them "sick and tired" days as in "I'm sick and tired of working."

You know what I'm talking about, right? Those days you spend just doing whatever you want to. A decompress day. And it needs to be a WORK DAY when most people are at work and therefore not in the museums or at the movies or in the spas or at the mall. Or calling you on the phone. Or in the damn way. Cause they are at work sitting in endless meetings.

Since I was out for 6 weeks, I haven't been taking my "sick and tired" days. I need one. NOW. They make me a more pleasant employee and coworker.

Do you need mental health days?

Good towels, clawfoot tubs and other aimless ramblings

My husband's house was a true bachelor pad when I met him. His living room was filled with instruments, cds, records, sheet music, music stands and bicycles. Don't get me wrong, it was clean, but it was junky as hell in here. My house was comfortable and even today people prefer my house over his house.

But one thing that stood out to me is he had some good damn towels. Nice and thick. Fluffy. Smelling good.

Now that our linens are combined we have more towels than we know what to do with and no room for storing them.

In fact we are bursting out of this house and wish things would move a little faster with my house so that we can move forward on buying a bigger house together.

We've found one we like that fits the budget we have set and it's on a great street. It would need some work and that's cool, too, cause then I can get the kitchen and bathroom I want with all the trimmings. I hate all the granite-covered bathrooms that are en vogue today. I like beadboard and clawfoot tubs. Subway tiles. Something along the lines of this:



I also sort of like this kitchen, though I wonder how do you keep something like that clean??????

Speak no evil

I have a friend who has hit a rough patch in her marriage. I feel certain that they will work their way through it, but I'm watching how they get through so that I can learn ways to navigate us through trouble if/when it comes.

My parents argued a lot. Yelling and screaming and door slamming and all types of dramatics. Nobody bit their tongue and they would say anything to each other. I was glad when they split because it was finally peaceful.

But (and parents, take note of this) what I learned from them, I modeled in my relationships. I would say anything cause my perception was that if you're a man you can and will take it. Man up biyatch!

I don't do that now. Mr. SLS and I talk about a lot of stuff to try to keep things from festering. We've agreed that we will seek counseling if we need to in the future.

It hasn't been hard not to fight dirty. Mr. SLS doesn't do much that makes me 198 degrees hot enough to fly off the handle and talk greasy.

I know that I don't want the kind of marriage my parents had. They were ill-matched and their marriage collapsed. I want to be and stay happily married. That takes work and conscious effort.

My friend has a strong marriage and that's why I have no doubts they will get reconnected. In the interim I'll just watch, take notes and learn.

"The night. The Lights. Went out. In GEORjah!" -- Julia Sugarbaker

This will always, always, always be my most favorite Julia Sugarbaker speech. She was a live wire, but managed to stay classy at the same time -- something to aspire to for sure.

"American Gothic"

Me and Mr. SLS lay in the bed most of the day on Sunday eating Halloween candy, crackers, cheese and watching this show we had never seen before that wasn't so bad. Take a peek at a couple of the episodes, they were entertaining.

Nathan Fillion's "Castle" and "Firefly"

I really love this guy (not more than Idris, don't get it twisted). He's goodlooking and funny. Over on Hulu.com they have some of the episodes and if you have a chance, you should check them out. Dude is funny, seriously.

My room?

Last Christmas we decorated a room that was just for me. It's my sanctuary. I love my little personal space room.

When we were moving me out of my house last month, a lot of stuff got pushed in there and it took me a minute to face clearing it out.

Last weekend Mr. SLS said, baby you aren't going to use your room anymore? And I explained that I just had to get in the right frame of mind so that I could clear it out. He said to tell him where I wanted stuff to go and he would move it. I told him, he moved some stuff, that gave me the push I needed to get the rest sorted out and I was back in my room on Sunday.

On Tuesday I was in there at my desk doing stuff and watching my TV and he came in and hooked up my little stereo for me.

So how is it I come home on Wednesday, he has connected his PS3 to my TV and is all comfy cozy in there playing games and whatnot? HE DIDN'T WANT THE ROOM CLEARED OUT FOR ME! HE WANTED IT CLEARED OUT FOR HIM!

He denies this. But he is in there right now and I am in the bedroom.

::gathering up a weapons arsenal so I can storm the fortress and take back my kingdom::

I forgot to note this earlier in the week...

But I hit my 500th post mark.

Yay to me for wasting a whole lotta time typing to a bunch of people who don't know me! I'm so smrt. (<--yes, I meant to misspell that)

It has been fun though and I've managed to stumble onto some of your blogs which are wayyyyyyyy more informative and entertaining to me than the coffee grounds of my life.

Let's go for 1,000! Who's with me?