What I Need

It is almost time for the weekly installment of Wednesday Wisdom.

I doubt I'll have time to blog tomorrow.
I don't really have time to blog now.
But...
There is updating to be done.

Instead of posting a Wednesday Wisdom,
I am, instead, going to give you a list of things I could really use right about now.
Things I need.
Desperately.

Okay fine.
Moderately.

No.
I take it back.
Desperately.

In no particular order.

I need the moving truck to arrive with all of our wordly possessions.  Which they aren't going to do until Friday.

I need to stop living out of a hotel. Which I am not going to do until Friday.

I need a kegerator filled with Shiner Bock.

I need my clothes so I have more than two pairs of underwear.
And one pair of pants.
And no shoes.
Except for the ones I've scrounged up in discount bins along the way from MN to TX.

I need a TX Tag so I don't get a ticket for using the tollway without one.

I need sanity.

I need to do something creative.

I need to spend time with my kids.
In my own home.
With their toys and things and books and games.

I need to sleep in my own bed.

I need to use my new jacuzzi tub.
For at least an hour.
Solid.
Maybe two.

I need a pedicure.
And a manicure.
And a hearty dose of Paxil.

I need the unseasonably warm weather to head up to MN and give TX a break.
It's effin HOT here.
Already.

I'll take the MN winters back, please.

I need to upload the photos I took of southern Oklahoma.
It is beautiful there.
I stopped along the way and took some shots at a scenic overlook.
Wildflowers and hills as far as you could see.

Which was almost to Colorado.

I need to set up my office.
So I can work.
At a reasonable hour.
Not at 10:41 pm like tonight.

I need groceries.

I need structure.

I need a routine.

And now,
dear readers,

I need sleep.

I promise to update on all things move related.
And DRL and my trip to Mexico.
And whatever else I'm missing.
Or that you need to know.

Cheers,
A

Shake It

I downloaded a new app for my iPhone.

The iPhone that DRL will be acquiring in the very near future.

He is terribly excited.

Do you know how much fantasy baseballing can be done from an iPhone??

Neither do I.

And that's how I like it.

Moving on.

This app...

...my current favorite, is called Shakeit.

It turns your camera into a Polaroid replica.

(No. An actual Polaroid photo does not slide out from the bottom of your iPhone.) 

(Duh.)

But it does something else.

Even cooler.

The photos are a little bit grainy.

Kind of tilted in an odd way.

And..

well..

Kind of cool.

Case in point: This is the fabric of a dress I recently purchased.

Yes: I am aware that it looks like upholstery.

This is why I love it.

It has charm.

And here is Dayna.

Just before she shoved a giant forkful of DQ cake down her gullet.

The same Dayna that got me reading the Twilight saga.

And here is me:

Self portrait.

Moments after leaving the salon with my sweet new style.

It hasn't looked as good since. 

Stupid professionals-who-do-everything-better-than-a-normal-woman-can-at-home. 

And our maple tree.

Budding.

Princess Smarty Pants:

With a little bit of sun flare.

I think I like sun flare.

I think I might start looking for it.

Take THAT flare-haters.

Shakeit even takes great photos of inanimate objects.

Things that go otherwise unnoticed in our day-to-day lives.

Things like book covers.

Buy it!
Tell them I sent you.
I'm not afraid.

I am also not afraid that in the past week I've used my Shakeit more than my D90.

Cheers,
A

Bloodsucker.

I did it.

I finally did it.

I jumped.

I began reading the Twilight saga on my trip to Austin.
I'm nearly through the third book, Eclipse.
I am hoping to finish Breaking Dawn during my travels to Mexico.
And Dallas.
And back.

I might write a review.
I haven't decided yet.

I said I would never get involved with this Vampires and Werewolves business.
But,
I also vowed never to wear wedges.
Or Espadrilles.
Or a Maxi Dress.

I guess I'm good at breaking my own promises.

Cheers,
A

Him.

On Miz Boo's suggestion I purchased the Shakeit app for my iPhone.
It turns your photos into cool polaroids.

Gives 'em a bit of grain.
Dirt.

Edge.

I am in love with this photo of DRL.
He's smiling.
And it's not contrived.
Or posed.

It's real.
Pure as the driven snow.

I'm in love with the subject, too.
Not just the photo.

In fact,
I happen to think he's pretty amazing.

Cheers,
A

Dirty Laundry

It must be a Texas thing.
None of the rental properties we looked at included a washer and dryer.
In fact, very few of them inlcuded a refrigerator!

Although we have a fancy townhome rental to move into
it does not come equipped with a washer and dryer.

We were instructed to buy, or rent, our own.

DRL and I have been eyeing a new pair for awhile now.
But were going to wait until next year to make the commitment.
This promotion has rushed the deadline.

And I'm not mad about it.

Would you be?

Cheers,

A

Excitement!

The more I think about our new place in Texas, the more I get excited.
It's the small things, really.

I'll have more than one drawer in my kitchen.
You might not think this is a big deal...but oh, it so is.
I dare you to take everything out of all the drawers in your kitchen and only use one.
For an entire week.
And then imagine how I've lived like that for three and a half years.

It's been rough, friends.
There were some dark moments.
I didn't know if I would make it.

But now, I have drawers aplenty to look forward to.
And a big, Texas sized garden jacuzzi tub in the master bath.
Two walk-in closets.

My dresses will actually be able to hang without hitting my shoe rack.
They will be so excited!

I can set up my sewing machine in my office and have a quilting corner.
My very own craft space.
That I don't have to clean up and pack away every day.

Sure, I won't have any family or friends nearby.

But I'll have storage space,
bathtubs,
and sewing.

That oughta carry me through.
At least for a little while.

And what sorrow I do have can be cured by a six-pack of
Shiner Bock.
Or two.

Or a stroll through the blue bonnets.

Cheers,
A

(I realized just now, in my stress-induced craziness, that I posted "Wednesday Wisdom" on Thursday. Oh I am so ashamed.)