Life Dump: Mid Oct. 06

Been caught up in life's rich pageant as of late, leaving me little time/spunk to keep up much here. 

• Was delighted to welcome Michael Golrick as a guest a couple weeks ago and am even more delighted to welcome him to Wisconsin. 
• Have become an accidental project manager for the library's website. I was pretty happy to know that I'd have a big say in its re-build, but never expected to be coordinating its extreme makeover. (Lesson: Be careful what you wish for.)
• Have attended two school conferences, a parent group meeting and am now the co-secretary for Juniorina's school's parent group.  It occured to me that it would be just like blogging a conference.
• Have cut back alcohol consumption by about 90%. (The fact that I consider this notable is a good indication of why I needed to curtail my tippling in the first place.)
• Got fully immersed as a good neighbor last weekend when I became closely involved with an elderly neighbor's health crisis.  Our neighborhood matriarch has had shingles and fell three times within 12 hours. The third time, I got an ambulance to the house, accomapnied her to the hospital and stayed with her until she was admitted. I also located an adult daughter in Phoenix to let her know what was going on and to ask how I could help.  I've been visiting Mildred every couple days, getting her stuff from her house, and got my girls to help rake her yard.  It's been a really nice way to learn more about my neighbors and new community.  I'm hoping to see her back in the house this week.
• Reading reading reading:
  • Tab Hunter Confidential 
  • Martha Washington: An American Life
  • The Tender Bar: A Memoir
  • Elizabeth (biograph of Elizabeth Taylor)
  • Life Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel without a Cause (Director Nicholas Ray was a La Crosse native)
• Watching watching watching
  • Juniorette has turned me into a Full Metal Alchemist fan (in Japanese, no less).
  • Catching up on first two seasons of House via Netflix, since I didn't start watching until well into the second season.  Also threw Blackadder III into the Netflix queue. Honest! I had no idea who Hugh Laurie was until last year.

Comments

[Michael Golrick]

Thanks for the plug. And it will just go to show that you can still have fun without drinking.

However....I'll be the first to admit that during our recent jaunt to the Big Easy, and in spite of my personal cut back (which is a huge part of my weight loss), I drank as much there as I ever did in New Orleans. However, because I ate less, and even exercised (yes, with my packed schedule), I left at the same weight I arrived. [That was my personal goal.]

So, we'll have a beer from time to time, and maybe a glass or two. But just not as much!

[Rick Roche]

Be sure and move Blackadder back up at some point. Though it does not have Laurie, watch Blackadder I. It is the funniest.

[rochelle]

I think Blackadder got moved to the bottom of the queue. The Raccoons, Jr. are the Netflix queens at my house. They assure me that more season one House is on the way, so I can stop hyperventilating.

[Kerry]

He's also in a couple of episodes of MI-5's first or second season, also available on Netflix.

[skully]

truly, there is no finer hugh laurie in the UNIVERSE than Jeeves & Wooster. SERIOUSLY! a must watch for any hugh laurie (or stephen fry) fan. MUST WATCH!

[tangognat]

Full Metal Alchemist is good! Glad to hear you are enjoying it.