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Nothing in particular, National Blog Writing Month, Love the Weather

I signed up for National Blog Writing Month 2009. 

Participants are to post every single day for the month of Nov '09.

Every. Single. Day.

I think the appropriate expression we're looking for here is:

What was I thinking???

No, really, I know it's the 6th of Nov and I only posted once. 

With Fall finally here and Geoff feeling a lot a better I have hardly had my laptop on and I don't even know where my phone is. 

Have a wonderful weekend everyone and enjoy the weather.

Until next time.

Agnes

"The whole universe was in a hot dense state..."

I am officially hooked on the masterpiece called The Big Bang Theory. I picked up the first two seasons at Target last Saturday and was addicted before I knew it.

I make my dad, who is a nuclear physicist, proud. At long last, his daughter is watching a science show. A science junkie!

I wish Mrs Garday, my high school science teacher, the woman who let me graduate with the absolute condition that I pledge never to go near anything electrical in my life, the woman who used to glare at my expressionless cast as she was cracking these supposedly hilarious science jokes, I wish Mrs Garday could see me now, as with everything going on in our lives, at the end of a long day I opt for quantum physics as my choice of entertainment.  

I am this close to jazzing up my resume with "subjective mastery in theoretical rocket science". Maybe a Nobel Prize one day, who knows?

Thanks for stopping by everyone, now

where did I put the remote? 

"And I was feelin' nearly as faded as my jeans..."

-- Janis Joplin

 

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This unseasonable meteorological spell we've been having down here lately positively makes me wish I hadn't sold my Mustang convertable. Believe it or not, that's what I used to drive just two cars ago, before I sold my soul to the dark side that is SUVs. Don't laugh, you young souls, minivans and SUVs ARE actually way cool, and not in a soccermom kind of way.  

They are cool in a way using your pen in place of a hairpin is cool, or carrying your own tea bags and little Starbucks instant coffee capsules in your purse is cool. OK, I get it, I am not cool, but before you judge me, just consider for a minute that my daily caffein intake largely depends on waiting room vending machine capacity and that I am at the constant mercy of dispensers that make acidy, droopy, limp and luke-warm coffee all day...  

If I could, I would carry my 16 oz New Orleans Cold Brew, an ice machine and the blender in my purse. Nothing can beat that coffee, I am telling you. Not even those incredibly good Starbucks instant coffee capsules you can find in my every pocket and often times in my washing machine. 

And for the record, I never leave my house with my hair up and yet, by the end of the day my hair is up in some sort of random disarray vaguely resembling the offspring of a bun and a ponytail, and some barista at Starbucks is missing a pen. 

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Thanks for dropping by.

Until next time.

Agnes

"Monday Monday, so good to me, Monday Monday, it was all I hoped it would be..."

-- The Mamas And The Papas

I know there is only one first impression and I am well aware that my dining table isn't the tidiest you've ever seen, but isn't Smokey just so precious? 

By the way, I like things just untidy enough. On a scale ranging from a long neglected mess at the bottom to a pretentious museum-like perfection at the top, I'll take a happy medium.

Have a great week ahead everyone. 

Until next time.

Agnes

I've Got You Babe

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There's just something so distinctly satisfying about little things like stopping at a seaside cafe with Geoff on our way back from the hospital, get some hot soup then soak in the view, complete with ocean scented southern Fall air. 

Ever heard of those fragments of deep rooted universal wisdom women's magazines like to print, like "Blue is the new black" "Size 0 is the new size 2" "Thirty is the new twenty" and so on?

Although I have no idea what is meant by "30 is the new 20", one thing I can tell you I really like about my 30s is my newfound capacity to appreciate little details like Fall air, the ocean or the crackling sounds in the fireplace.

Lately, I've been treasuring these delicate features all the more. 

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Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend everyone. 

Until next time.

Agnes

P.S.: I think Thursday is the new Friday.