monday

ok i usually nod enthusiastically and agree with Abby but today i was incensed to read this 'advice' in her column:

DEAR ABBY: I am 6 feet, 5 inches tall and weigh 240. My wife is 5 feet, 8 inches and weighs 140. We sleep in a queen-sized bed and have always had a playful debate about "my" side of the bed.
She contends that she should have half the bed, but I say I deserve more space because I'm bigger -- therefore, the bed should be divided 60/40. Marriage isn't always 50-50, right? -- GOING BY THE NUMBERS, LAKE CHARLES, LA.

DEAR GOING BY THE NUMBERS: No, sometimes marriage is 90/10. While you may be "entitled" to only 50 percent of the bed, the fact is that the size differential between you and your wife is so great that you need some extra real estate. So ask her to be gracious and grant you an easement. Either that or invest in a larger bed.

Abby, this response proves you are so obviously a man! the bed is 50/50 under ALL circumstances no matter what! -- signed PETITE, ORANGE COUNTY, CA

i drove my minivan for the first time in 10 days today. oh minivan, how i love thee! i love your little change drawer with perfectly sorted coins from quarters to pennies, your seven big gulp capable cupholders, your GPS that doesn't fall off the dashboard everytime i turn a corner, your firm un-american un-boatlike suspension, your safe cozy home in the garage - sob, i missed you minivan xoxo

i realllly reallly should walk. walking 25 miles a day in freezing temperatures has taken it's toll and i have been on walking strike since returning home. however i could persuade myself to walk to Trader Joes for some fresh daffodils and the fixins for chili cheesedogs - hmm-mm! sure the hotdogs cancel out the calories burnt walking there but chili cheesedogs.... goooooood!!!

i still haven't got a chance to look at all my DC/NYC pictures, three times i have uploaded them and each time feverishly graded them 1-5 stars before the card finished, and then it said it couldn't finish and just collapsed and died and lost all my pictures... grr. three times! today i will do it - for sure, no questions asked.

yawn... off for more coffee then Trader Joes