morning things

we have a busy day today at Rice Headquarters so i am blogging before the scheduled outage at 4pm and the party of screaming, squabbling, koolaid-spilling children arrive and render me lifeless for the rest of the week

you know it's a busy week when Desperate Housewives (new, 2009) is still sitting on the DVR at the end of the week....

i have noticed that icecream is slowly shrinking and it's just not right. first it was the "good" brands like Dreyers which i only ever buy on sale anyway. it shrunk overnight from 2 liters to 1.75 liters and very quietly to a barely there size of 1.5 liters when no-one was paying attention. now the tub looks like a Haagen Dazs tub, it is like a thimble compared to it's former size. anyway, i just figured i'd never buy Dreyers again and teach them a lesson ;) now the store brands are doing the same - the 2 liter tubs were the ONLY REASON i shopped at Albertsons and bought their own brand! don't they realize that getting 0.5 less icecream is very hard for little piggies to overlook??! it's official - i am boycotting icecream. :| i can do it, just watch ;)

one week to vacation. gulp. time to get serious and try to remember which company i booked our flights/car rental with. and get that google maps thingie to work with the dumbass iphone (yup, i am sure there's an app for that - eye roll), compile color coordinating cold weather beachwear, pack my favorite instant coffee and extra creamy creamer, renew library books that are going and return library books that didn't make the cut, write down the address of Build-a-Dino, find the nearest White Castle to JFK, so much to do!!!!! i haven't been on vacation for years ;)

i have had a Kitchenaid flat beater blade in my amazon.com shopping cart since Christmas to replace the one that i lost in 2005, waiting patiently for me to take the time to read the small print to see if it will fit on the Artisan model (because clearly i am an artisan baker). And i needed to spend $0.05 more to get free shipping. anyway yesterday while looking in a little-used cupboard (cookware) i found the original beater blade!!!!!! yippee!! and the big Captain Hook hand thingie! and the shields that stop eggs flying everywhere. now i can rest assured that i don't have to buy a new camera just to get free shipping on my mixer attachment!

back after lunch... and Desperate Housewives :)