Getting ready for Friday

was what I did yesterday, first I went to Kingston to give them $200 for the fine privilege of speeding through their city. That done I decided to do some shopping to see if I could find a new top for Friday, I didn't, so I bought a new pair of earrings. Shhh! Don't tell anyone. Then I went to get my hair done, can't go to a rock concert with gray roots. I also went to Allsport, that wasn't for the concert, that was for my own personal health. Now I just have to decide what to wear tomorrow.

Also, I decided that I am not going to get anymore piercings, since I have 9, like the players on the baseball diamond.

EPA Waternews

"Water Is Worth It" Facebook Page Launched by EPA's Office of Water

On December 9, the Agency launched a new Facebook page, titled: "Water Is Worth It" to provide a public forum to share information, encourage discussion, and raise awareness about the value of our water and water-related resources.

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cute overload

Gwen dragged me out of bed this morning

The text messages started at 8:06 am:
Gwen: u up? no1 els is :( im lonely, n i cant slep nemor :(

Me: I'm awake

Gwen: u doin nething rite now? im just curious cuz i cant do my chores til othr ppl r up so im bored n lonely

Me: Just lying in bed cause its cold

Gwen: im sry ur cld

Me: K

Gwen: u kno watl warm us up? cleaning the basement. n no1 can cumplan cuz they cant hear us dwn there. u think is good idea?

For the record, I didn't say I was cold I said it was cold, I didn't need to warm up because I was in my nice warm bed and had no intention of getting out from under my blankets! I was also having cramps. However, I hate saying no to any of them so she came downstairs, I got up and threw my navy sweatpants on so now I have dark blue lint on my gray tights. Yes I wore my tights to bed, they kept my legs warm!

It was nasty out today. Icing conditions so our meeting was cancelled. Next Friday is supposed to be nice, which will work out good for Em and I going to see Rob Thomas. December is turning out to be a good month!

Things I love about NYC

No not a new feature. Just my observations.

It is Christmas. For the record, I don't celebrate Christmas. But I love to shop and this time of year is great for shopping, especially in New York. For one thing the holiday fairs. One is in Grand Central Terminal and another is in Bryant Park. At the one in Bryant Park is the booth pictured at right. I don't know what the name means, but in this booth they are selling bags made from candy wrappers and pages from magazines. I am sure if you went on the website for them (which I haven't done since I don't really care) they would explain the whole process.

I bought this little bag, it is the perfect size for my camera and since I just bought a larger pocket book (so I could carry my Sony reader), it fits in there. The only thing I didn't like, was I was here with Em and there was one in purple. I didn't have enough money so I didn't get one, when I came back there were no more purple ones.

There was also this place called Om Aroma & Co., Transform your skin the organic way. Em bought this hand cream that was oh, exquisite.

Another thing I like about shopping in New York at Christmas time is that for me, no parking issues! I also like the lights. They are pretty.

Had kind of a busy Saturday

Ever have a busy day that you didn't seem to have anything to show for it?

Saturday seems like that, like I was going all day and now I can't remember what I did. I know I did some shopping and got my hair cut, but what else? Let's see, trying not delve into minutia of my day. I went to get coffee and apple fritter, then I went to Target, I stopped to get my hair cut after Target I went to Allsport to work out. Before I started to work out I discovered I needed a feminine care product, which I then realized I did not have. I realized this after frantically searching through my gym bag. They have dispensers in the bathroom to buy this product, I put a quarter in and didn't get anything. So I put everything back into my gym bag and went home to get some. The creepy guy was at the front desk so I didn't tell anyone about losing a quarter.

Traffic was slow on 52 after I got home and got my 'personal things' and was getting ready to leave D said, "You want to go out with 84 the way it is?" I left for two reasons, (1) I was not going on 84, (2) I had to go to Allsport, it wasn't a choice. But the problem on 84 explains why the traffic was slow on 52, but it wasn't bad going up to Allsport. Then I remembered I had forgotten to go to Office Depot, I wanted to get something to put my autographed picture in.

Now I know why I was busy all day and feel like I got nothing done, I get having to backtrack and repeat trips! However I did get everything done that I wanted to get done.

Check out this blog change

I started a 'feature' called Check out this blog a while back, to see the original post click here.

Now I have to decided to put them in a list in my sidebar. Check it out, since I am so creative I titled it, Check out this blog. The list of blogs at the bottom is old favorites, blogs that I have been reading for a while. I don't know how long a blog will be on the Check out this blog list before I move it down. I am thinking I will limit the list to 10, and when I get more then 10, I will move some down. The blog The Foxx Loves the Yankees is mine and is (as you probably can guess) about the Yankees and other baseball stuff.

I have some other things to tell you, but it will have to wait until after breakfast.

Sometimes,

I am a real dork.

Example No. 1.

I thought I had a scratch on my eyelid. For about a week, give or take a few days, I was putting Vaseline and Neosporin on it, then one morning I was looking at it and said to myself, "That's not a scratch, that's eczema!" My doctor told me it would come back with the cold weather. So now I am putting that medicine on it and it is clearing up.

Example No. 2.

I got an e-mail from the Yankee Fan Club that Joe Girardi was going to be signing autographs at the AT&T store in Time Square. So I went there and planned to get an autograph and tell him something, and all I said was "Thank you." For the full story, complete with pictues you will have to go to my MLB blog The Foxx Loves the Yankees.

Postcard Friday #48

In memoriam, 29 long years ago last Tuesday.


Bought this card on a trip to NYC at a bookstore in Grand Central Terminal, Posman Books. I went Tuesday to Strawberry Fields and left flowers.

For more postcard fun, visit postmistress Marie Reed

Strawberry Fields Forever

I was having commuting problems this morning, actually starting last night. When I was going home my card wouldn't swipe. I kept getting this message to 'swipe card again at this terminal' when I went to the other terminal to try it I got the message, 'card was just used'. ARG! so frustrating. Since I didn't want to wait 15-20 minutes I used my other metro card, the one where I have to pay for each trip.

Then this morning coming into work I was happily plugged into my iPod and after we stopped at Cortlandt they made an announcement. I couldn't hear what the announcement was but all of a sudden people who had just sat down jumped up. The woman beside me, who had just sat down and gotten out her book, closed it and put it back in her bag. I knew what that meant. Equipment change, we had to change trains at Croton. What a pain. All this time my right eye was bothering me and I had forgotten to put more money in my change purse for the day. So I stopped at the bank on the way into work, after I got to work I took my contact lens solution into the bathroom and took out my contact, rinsed it, looked at it, put it back in. Still hurting, so I took it out again, this time I saw a tiny tear in the contact. So I only had one contact in and was having a hell of a time doing my work.

None of this deterred me from going to Strawberry Fields after work. Em and Tigger were already up there. I stopped and got flowers, Em said they were too pretty to leave, I said, 'they were cheap.' She said that was fine, next year for the 30th anniversary I will get roses. There were a lot of people there I won't hazard a guess how many, but they were all circled around the mosaic singing and playing music so I couldn't get to the mosaic (I took this picture, just not today). Em said some people were leaving flowers at the plaque so we walked down there, past the pot smokers, someone had a lit a candle and I put my pretty purple flowers there. I forgot my camera so no pictures, besides it was dark by then and I still haven't found out if the night feature works on my camera. Next trip I promise.

Turned out to be a pretty good day after all, except for the blisters on my toes because I was wearing my boots. I wasn't expecting to walk all the way to Central Park but when I got to Time Square I couldn't find the subway because there were too many people (don't try to figure it out, just smile and wave).