Two months and counting.......

HA - I spelled out two. Certain people are always getting onto me that when writing any number under 10 it should be spelled out. See I do retain important information occasionally.

As for the title........Two months left until the end of Hurricane Season. I hope that the last two months are quiet and we so no more destruction. I just can not take watching CNN cover any more Hurricane ravaged towns. It sucks ya'll.

Of course I read the other day that October is the most likely month of Hurricane Season for the Tampa Bay area to be hit by a Hurricane. But I am keeping my fingers crossed and practicing my Voodoo Hurricane dance in hopes that it will keep them away from here.

I am thankful that thus far my area of FL has not seen any Hurricane activity this year. By this time last year I had been glanced by three Hurricanes and been without power for 10 days. And that was just from a glance - I am not sure I could handle a full on Hurricane. I may have to evacuate to someplace else - like Canada.

Fall? I think we have fallen into Hell
Here it is, officially Fall, and hotter than Hell here. Crap, isn't Fall supposed to be brisk autumn air, pumpkins, hay rides, etc? If you tried to go on a hay ride here now, the hay would probably catch on fire. It is way too Hot to be looking at fall decorations and Christmas decorations.

You have got to be kidding
Yes, you heard me. Christmas Decorations. If you just read that and did not cringe and think "In September?" there is something seriously wrong with you. That means that Christmas decorations are out at least Five months of the year! Sept - Dec for Pre-Holiday buying and at least the month of January for Post-Holiday sales.

Five months of the year to buy decorations to essentially celebrate One Day in December! Madness I tell you - it is all Madness!

And by the way
DO NOT CALL ME AFTER 8PM TONIGHT. I can not stress this enough ya'll. I will be watching LOST and I am not to be disturbed at all. It is perfectly acceptable though to call me to discuss LOST first thing tomorrow. If this weeks episode is as great as last weeks episode - there will be lots to discuss!

Desmond! Is that you?

Holy crap ya'll. LOST started off with a bang. And a lava lamp and some Mama Cass!

Before I go any further though. Who in the hell called me during LOST last night? Then they didn't even have the nerve to leave a message when I refused to answer the call. You better hope I never find out who you are.

Back to the hottest topic of the moment....Desmond.

Wow. I don't even know where to start. So many questions. Just Wow. It is not often that something throws me so well that I am not even sure what to say.

Believe you and me though - I will be glued to the TV next Wed!

You shamed me into posting.

You know who you are. Go ahead, make fun of me.

But while you were heckling me - I was at home welcoming Mark home from a 2.5 week trip :) Nuff Said.

I am back at work now. And also not sleeping well again. Somehow I think the two are related. I slept fine up until the night before I had to come back to work. Now I am here, sleep deprived, and very, very grumpy.

But I do have some good news to report. I finally did it. I gave up Coke. No really. It has been over 2 weeks since I have had a Coke. And I have only had two glasses of Sweet Tea in those two weeks. The results............ 6, woohooooo, 6lbs lost!

And I owe it all to my little friend Coke Zero! No, it does not taste like Coke. But it also does not have the nasty after taste of Diet Coke. Sure, I am probably slowly killing myself with all of the chemicals, but maybe by the time it kills me I will be skinny. And that's all that matters!

I'm still here!

I am buried beneath work and volunteer projects - but I am still alive! Sometimes I am not even sure what day it is.

Here is a quick run down. After this I am going to make more of an effort to get back on a regular posting schedule.

Hurricanes: I had to stop watching the news, I was crying way too much. The dogs, the babies, it was just too much for me to take. And now T.S. Ophelia is hanging out off of our coast and the forecasters have no idea where it is going. It has been stationary for a while now just building up strength. The good thing about Ophelia - it has made it slightly cooler here. For now - I am just going to pretend it does not exist.

Home: Umm, not home much. Mark is in Canada and the dogs are not speaking to me, they think I spend entirely too much time away from home. We ran out of dog cookies two days ago and I am afraid if I do not come home with more today the dogs may start eating me. My friend Molly has spent the last few nights with me because I live closer to work and gas is so expensive.

Work: Busy, busy. I think that may all I can say about it on blog without being fired. Ha.

Volunteer: I have so many projects going on right now. Antique Faire this Saturday, fundraiser for November, kumquat Festival in January, Chamber Mixer in December, Motorcycle Festival in February, and there is more but it escapes my mind at the moment. And some of this stuff seems far off, but the planning of these events takes forever. Basically you start planning for next years event the day after this years event takes place. It is a never ending planning session.

Knitting: Sadly my knitting is being neglected at the moment. This saddens me because I was so excited about finally learning the knit stitch. I wonder if it would be rude to knit while sitting in some of these planning sessions?