Ramblings

My mind is all over the place today, and my blog post is going to be, too. So here we go.

— My phone interview for the Disney Mom’s Panel is today. It’s the final step in the process, and I am quasi-nervous about it but not as much as I expected to be. I have no idea what to expect, and I’m not sure what I should be doing to prepare for it, so I haven’t done anything. I am doing the interview on my lunch hour, and am trying to decide where to park my car to take the call on my cell. I know, big decisions. I wonder what parking lot has good luck? Hmmm… I will have to think this over.

— Because of said phone interview, I have to skip my Weight Watchers meeting today. I am a little nervous about this, because I’m afraid to get off track, but trying to do both things would make it too hectic today. It’s funny, because when I talked to the WW marketing person about getting involved with the Lose for Good campaign, she told me that she finds there are two kinds of WW people – meeting people and online people. For everything else in my life, I certainly consider myself an online person, but in this arena I am definitely a meeting person. And really, that is so odd, because I would so much prefer to just log my points on the internet and not have to go clap for everyone at the meetings. As I’m fond of saying, enthusiasm is not my strong suit. But having to go weigh in every week has really helped me a lot. As of last Tuesday, I had lost 13.2 pounds, and was 2.8 pounds away from my goal. Or maybe 7.8 away, I haven’t decided yet.

— I have six more classes for the course I’m taking this semester, and then it’s over. Thank goodness. Because it’s about been the death of me. It’s a philosophy course, and while what we’re discussing has the potential to be interesting, it is way more work-intensive than any grad course I’ve come across so far. For example, two weeks ago we had to turn in a 20-page play script. Fun stuff. And some of it is just so odd. A few weeks ago, I stealthily texted Jenny and Andy at the beginning of class (because cell phones are banned) and said “Our first class activity today – go outside and observe a tree for eight minutes.” Philosophy is like yoga. I just can’t take it seriously.

— When we got back to my house after trick-or-treating on Saturday, Kate discovered she had a loose tooth. She was so concerned about this that she decided she couldn’t eat any of her candy. I was perplexed by this decision, because even if I didn’t have any teeth at all, I’m pretty sure I would figure out how to eat candy anyway, but I went with it. The tooth is still hanging on by a thread. She called me this morning on my way to work and said “Hi Mommy! I haven’t taken my tooth out yet but I’m going to try right now. Ow, that hurt! Ok I will leave it in now and call you back later when I take it out. Bye!”

— Jenny and I are putting together a rockin’ holiday gift guide, and we have some fun giveaways to go along with it, so stay tuned for that.

— I am currently reading “The Help,” by Kathryn Stockett. I haven’t finished it yet, but I love it and highly recommend it if you’re looking for a good book to read. I’m hosting a book club meeting at my house on Friday to discuss it, so lots of reading must take place between now and then, but it’s the best book I’ve read in quite some time.

— Last night I had my family over for my dad’s birthday, and I made chili and cornbread. The cornbread recipe said to put the empty pan in the oven to heat up, so I put my Pampered Chef deep dish baker in for 8 minutes at 400 degrees. When I went to get it out, I discovered I had a hole in my oven mitt. Unfortunately, the way I discovered this hole was by grabbing the dish with my bare finger. It was lovely.

And finally…

— Sammy thinks bowls are hats.

(Oh, and finally FINALLY – go enter our giveaway to win a $100 Subway gift card on Reviewin’ It Up!)