Monthly Archives: October 2008

It’d be cheaper if he’d just watch football like the other guys….

Instead, the hubs watches James Bond movies late at night, and unlike the rest of us, he watches the commercials. Including the one from the ASPCA.

Which apparently offers an annual subscription to support a dog or cat every month. And did the hubs come right out and tell me about his sudden burst of generosity? Neeeewww. I found out when the THANK YOU package arrived.

Amusingly, when it arrived and the hubs was out of town, I told my friend it came but I hadn’t opened it. She said, “OH, has he been watching late night tv??”

And when I asked the hubs that question, he said, “Errrr, yes.” Busted.

(In his defense, I’m told the photographs of pets were quite compelling.)

So this explains why we’re now proud owners of a We are their voice! t-shirt. Annual subscription?!

As if supporting our couch-potato, everything-eating, shoe-stealing, bed-hogging pooch isn’t enough for him.

dsc_0132-1.JPGPlease come away from your computer and get me another bone. I’m withering away here. Thx.

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Project Runway finale, finally!

[spoilers here!]

So, Kenley, Korto and Leanne made it to the finals of Project Runway. What did you all think of their shows? The whole final episode felt anti-climatic to me, and I’m not sure why. First off, Tim stepped in to judge when JLo couldn’t make at the last minute (is that the real story, a hurt foot? what’d she do, trip over a twin getting tummy time?), so right away you knew Kenley was screwed. Maybe the next contestant will think twice before sassing Tim, sweet, smart, helpful Tim.

kenley.jpgKenley‘s outfits were….colorful, with a nautical rope theme (naturally!), so let’s call it S.S. Seuss. Some I liked, some looked silly to me, and some were probably nicer than appeared on tv. I think we just don’t get the real feel of these garments a lot of the time. And apparently some of Kenley’s were identical to other designers’ work. Oops. I must give her credit though, because during the season I felt she repeated herself in her designs, but her collection pieces were not all the same.

korto.jpgKorto‘s line, let’s call it Puffy Sleeves, looked similar enough to be cohesive but different enough to be interesting. I think her stuff was too flowy to win. Flowy IS a word. As of now. Remember that German woman with the flowy Miami clothes from a couple of season’s ago? Also cool, flattering, but flowy. Flowy will not win in NYC. They don’t do flowy. Not sure why, maybe it’s a safety issue. Muggers could grab you when you tried to get away?

leanne1.jpgLeanne‘s collection also had movement, but not flowy. No, hers was more rippley, than flowy, so let’s call it Accordion. I thought her theme was overdone and pieces looked too similar, in an accordion kind of way. I liked it the first couple of times…. Also, I had a suit skirt with regular pleats once, and I would be more able to change my oil filter than properly iron that thing. Never again. Hey, maybe we need to call Leanne’s collection Oil Filter? And even though it was based on the Willamette River, that great muse, her outfits looked very New Yorky. Yes, also another word. Once again, the TV does not capture the real quality, I believe. Did you notice the judges calling her clothes “blue”?? I don’t know about your tv, but on mine (circa 1999, lo def) they looked green, not even close to blue.

So, to sum up, if I would be more likely to wear it, not a winner. I’m just not sophisticated, in a clothes kinda way. Judging from all the tears (it was the first ALL WOMEN finale! YAY!), you know those contestants really slaved to show their work. Kudos to them all, especially to Leanne, a PNW girl! She does have a distinctive eye and definite talent. I’ll be interested to see what she does with her winnings. Who did you all like? What’d you think?

And, more importantly, is it time for a new Top Chef season yet??

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this is how I’d like to go…

Woman accused of killing boyfriend with Xanax

By Associated Press
MONTESANO, Wash. — A Grayland woman accused of killing her boyfriend by putting an overdose of an anti-anxiety drug in his drink has been charged with murder.

In charging papers, Grays Harbor deputy prosecutor Gerald Fuller says 59-year-old Sherry Hamm mixed seven or eight Xanax pills in the drink she gave to 62-year-old Kenneth Hutchison.

Sheriff’s deputies found his dismembered body in August, wrapped in plastic, under the motor home he shared with Hamm.

The Aberdeen Daily World reports she is currently serving a 17-month sentence in Pacific County for stabbing and beating Hutchison’s brother during an argument.

If someone were going to off me, this would be my preference of method, Death by Xanax. The dismembering should be done after my heart has stopped beating.

But, stashed in pieces under a mobile home? I would hope for a nicer resting place. Somewhere in the woods, perhaps? Or tossed from a rowboat in the ocean as fish food. Not next to a cement block or old, rusty outdoor furniture.

Morbid thoughts today? It is almost Halloween and Dia de los Muertos.

How would you like your untimely death to go?
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By the way, in the news of the weird category here, someone bought a 19 year old house for $1 (2 story, 3400 sq. ft.) that was going to be demolished. I don’t know why they were trashing it…the porch was on the left and not the right? They were going green and downsizing?! Such a deal, eh?! Up until the buyer moved it by barge to another spot on the island for $250,000. Ouch. Does that go on the debit card? Where are my photos? I only heard about it from our librarian after the fact. Yes, if local news were planet Earth, I’m on the moon, I’m so far out of the loop….

However, islandblogger Brooke at Dormant Ocean saw it all and has pictures! And here is the news story, too.

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Learn-A-Word Wednesday: Hobson’s choice \HOB-suhnz-CHOIS\

noun:

A choice without an alternative; the thing offered or nothing.

Fagan’s defense revolves around his insistence that he faced a Hobson’s choice and had to act.
– Laura Parker, “Discovery of daughters never followed by reunion”, USA Today, May 11, 1999

The origin of the term Hobson’s choice is said to be in the name of one Thomas Hobson (ca. 1544-1631), at Cambridge, England, who kept a livery stable and required every customer to take either the horse nearest the stable door or none at all.

[I realize technically this is two words, but you can handle it, I think. And hey, this is your choice: take it or leave it!]

Have you heard of a Hobson’s choice? I love the origin of it (and how they show you the pronunciation of “choice”), too. It’s like Mommy’s choice: eat this hot cereal for breakfast or get nothing at all. Wear this last pair of clean pants or nothing (dangerous choice here, as Kid loves the naked option….).

For a more sober example, take this demotion or be out of work. I believe a few bank employees around here have this Hobson’s choice.

Have you had any Hobson’s choice lately?

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pumpkin time, people

dsc_0202.JPGTime to bore you all with pumpkin patch pictures. It’s so picturesque, who can resist taking your cute kid and heading out with a camera? Practically no one, that’s who.
dsc_0211.JPGSee the eagles?dsc_0210.JPGThis visit I was distracted from the pretty pumpkins by these two bald eagles that were chirping up there. I was sorry I didn’t have my telephoto lens. Who knew eagles liked pumpkins, too?
dsc_0223.JPGAs if the eagles weren’t treat enough (for me, they were but I’m a dork that way), we timed it right for tractor rides this year. Woo hooooooo.

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Baby pumpkins, ripped from the earth too soon?? Or just pygmy pumpkins?
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And what are these red things down here?
dsc_0195.JPGThe perfect pumpkin? Which we left there. Why? Because Kid demanded that we get our pumpkins this year at the grocery store.

Yes, we live in this lovely, green island with its pockets of rural beauty, and Kid wants grocery store pumpkins, plucked from a pile in the parking lot.

Sorry I have no photos of that but there was too much traffic. Geesh.

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