Detroit Diva

I'm getting back into the groove after the vacation thing.  I went to Northern Michigan for the week where it was pretty much cold and rainy so I was forced to lay on the couch like a sloth and stuff my face.   Forced I tell you!  That's my story and I'm sticking to it.  I think the problem is that I always kick off a trip home with Dunkin Donuts coffee and 2 sour cream glazed donuts and it's all down hill from there - water, fruit, veggies, who needs 'em.  Yeah, 4 additonal lbs later and I'm thinking that water, fruit, and veggies may have been the way to go. Which is what I kept telling myself as I ate junk.  I'm not a good listener.

I got to see my best buddy Jane while I was home. Hi Jane!  We had dirty martinis - ok, basically we had straight up vodka because that olive juice doesn't go far.  I can not do vodka - it doesn't like me. It likes to sneak up and sucker punch me.  The next night, Jane and I did a coffee night. Much better the next day.

Jane and her friend Chris are doing the Door County Century next week.  It's a 100 mile bike ride.  You guys will do great!  You're crazy but you'll do great.  :-)

A great big shoutout to my 13 year old niece, Anna.  She had 10 inches cut off her hair today and donated it to Locks of Love.  I'm so proud of you kid!

I have been so busy at work finishing up the accrediation we are applying for that I don't even know which way is up.  I've literally been working on this thing for 2 years. This was round two and if we pass this, we go to round three which is a site visit. Yippee. I just finished the damn thing and sent it off to the printers so I've decided to spend my last hour of the day not even pretending to work. In 45 minutes I'll officially be on vacation for the next 10 days.  WooHoo. I'm heading up north to Alpena to spend the final days of summer (how'd that happen?) with my family.  It's starting to feel like fall around here and the sky is getting that look but it's fine with me. I love fall especially when the trees start to change color and you can bring out the sweaters. I'm knitting myself a poncho (warning 70's flashback!) in chocolate brown. I'd offer to put up a picture of it soon but we all know how I'm am with that.  Speaking of pictures - I went to see the Candy Band with my friend Gina and her girls last Saturday. Candy Band are 4 moms who call themselves Kit Kat, Almond Joy, Skittles and Starburst and do punked out versions of kids songs and TV themes. They are a lot of fun.  Gina and I decided if we had candy names I'd be snickers and she'd be reeses. Anyyyywayyy, I actually remembered to bring my camera and I took pics of the girls dancing and of the band.  You will see  no pictures here. Not a one turned out because apparently shooting directly into the sun doesn't actually provide light behind your subject, it plunges them into darkness. or that's my theory. 

In other news, I met Frecs (also known as Sarah) at the Karma Teahouse on Tuesday night for a little Stitch N'Bitch.  We drank tea (there is a whole lot of tea in one little pot) and did a tiny amount of knitting and a lot more talking.  It's amazing how much less frenetic a tea place is in comparison with a coffee place.  Very quiet and zen. Nice.

For those of you in the Detroit area - the  nightmare that is the Dream Cruise is upon us this weekend. For all not familiar - it's, according to the offical website, 1.7 million people and 40,000 classic cars.  All cruising Woodward Ave.  The actual cruise isn't until Saturday but the 1.7 come in on Monday and start cruising which means BIG PAIN IN THE ASS for those of us who live near by.  Take your usual commute home and add 40,000 classic cars doing about 5 mph plus the 1 that will invariably blow an engine and block your lane of traffic. Not fun.  It does mean big tourist bucks for the area so it does have a plus side which I cannot be bothered to remember when I'm stuck in traffic and screaming at the cruisers.  If you're going enjoy - feel free to park at my house. Hey Cat - Not a good weekend to go into labor!

Have a great weekend!

Gotta tell you - when I first saw this picture I really had to wonder.  They're baby pandas, you sicko. Sorry, I was talking to myself.

Have you seen the books by Mark Leyner – Why Do Men Have Nipples and Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex ?  They supposedly answer those and other questions you may have always wondered about.  What I want to know is – do they answer questions like Why do men pick their noses in their cars (c’mon you rarely see a woman doing this) as if they are invisible to the rest of the world and why do men adjust themselves in public, particularly major league ball players who should know by now that the second they go to do it the camera will swing back to them and we’ll all be treated to the sight, and finally, why does my only male co-worker think it’s perfectly acceptable to belch, loudly and often, in a room full of women?  Just pondering.

For all you Detroiters with nothing going on tomorrow you might want to check out the Detroit Urban Craft Fair at the Majestic Theatre.  It runs from 11-8 and looks like it'll be fun.  I won't be there cuz I've got this job thing going, so let me know how it was.

I recently realized that I have a thing for vegetable peelers.  Well, those and this Kitchenaid mixer in cobalt blue that I've been coveting.  I bought a Typhoon retro food scale that I just could not live without, also in cobalt blue, and it's been sitting in my car for 2 months so I think we know what the mixers fate would be.  Back to veggie peelers, I have somehow acquired several of them and I want more.  Namely, this one and all of these.  Yeah, your wanting them now aren't you.   I actually use them to - wait for it - peel vegetables.  Oh yeah.

Sweet Mother of God - it's f***king HOT! 94 feels like 103.  No, it feels like 10003 but that could just be me.