Spin Cycle--Tempt Me

Temptation is the topic of the Spin Cycle this week.  What tempts you?  What tempts me?  Wanna know?  Oh so many things.

Reading all the time to the exclusion of anything else--family, cleaning, TV, anything.  Given the opportunity to read without interruption is my idea of the perfect day.  I can (and have) dive into a book and not pay any attention to what's going on around me. I get completely engrossed and, truly, a natural disaster could happen right next to me and I would never know. I love reading and getting that involved tempts me every time I open a book--be it a real book or a Kindle book.

                                           
Salty snacks.  Chips, crackers, croutons, sunflower seeds, cheese and sausage, anything salty, crunchy or nibbly is a weakness for me.  I could really pack the pounds on if I wasn't careful. I love to nibble. Which goes hand in hand with reading.  Nibbling while I read is so easy and I don't even notice how much I'm eating. Sugary snacks don't hold quite the appeal for me--I have to have a salty snack to balance the flavors out.  And on certain days, give me all the carbs--garlic bread, crackers, bagels with garlicy cream cheese, french fries, tater tots, any carb will do as long as it's savory not sweet.
 

                                                      
Playing hookey from responsibility. I would love to run away for a while.  time on a nice warm beach with Nick and a cute cabana boy or two (for the scenery of course).  Being able to spend time reconnecting with Nick--without pressure to return before we are ready to. Not to have to clean any thing or any one.  Running away tempts me every day.

So what tempts you?                                         
Spin it up and link up.
Gretchen and Ginny Marie would love to have you!

WWTK--Happy Happy

Time once again to answer some pressing questions or not so pressing questions.  Any way here goes:

1. What were you doing the last time you had a really good laugh? Watching the puppy be a spazz. Also Bruiser says stuff that makes us laugh daily.  The most recent was when he was being a superhero.
2. What song always makes you happy when you hear it? There are so many, but Pontoon makes me think of summer and having fun.
3. What is your favorite room in your house and why? I love the living room.  It's cozy, comfortable and a great place for us all to hang out.
4. Share something you are currently looking forward to: Cross country skiing this winter.  I can't wait for there to be enough snow for us to take the boys skiing.
5. What never fails to put you in a good mood? Getting a chance to read and hugs from my boys--both big and little.

Grab the questions and play along!

Link up with Kensie and Scriptor.  They would love to have you join in.

Tuesday Randomness--Thanks!

Time once more for Random Tuesday stuff.  And a bit of thanks cause it's November and everything. So here we go:
I'm thankful for:

• A wood stove and the ability to warm the house when electricity fails us.
• Turbo hugs.  He gives the best squeezes.
• A puppy that can twist up like this:

• Carmex. It makes my lips nice and soft and holds the chapping at bay.
• Melatonin for making going back to sleep more possible.

And now for the random part of the show:

• Lucky me. I get to go back for another visit to the Mammogram people.  Dense tissue or some such thing (I hope.) 
• Facebook has done another annoying thing with the news feed. Re posting a post from someone that the original poster commented on again.  I could see it I had commented on it, but no.  I really don't care for the news feed anymore.  But it's an evil I can resist checking.
• Turbo still likes playing his Baritone.

 

• Turbo and Bruiser really like pomegranates.  And since it's not a fast thing to eat it's a great snack for in front of the TV.
• We are almost back to a routine.  Nick is better, I'm cooking dinners again, I have a system where the dishes are done before I go to bed--kind of nice when that only takes maybe 10 minutes to do.
• Thullee is a leaner.  He leans against you and slowly takes over space. I like to think he just likes to be close, but it might just be a bid to take over the prime spot on the couch or bed.
• Thullee also stops dead for sunbeams and, as we found out this weekend, the warmth from the wood stove. The dog loves to be warm. He will be interesting in snow.
• And we have more of the white stuff supposed to come down tomorrow. 'Tis the season and all.

Stacy is being the Random Rebel, so link up your random!

Busy, Busy and MMMM

Well that was an interesting weekend.  It was fun and passed by far too quickly.  Things have a way of doing that when you are having fun.
So, about Saturday.  It started off with a trip to Cheyenne with my mom and the boys.  We hit the stores we needed and wanted to and had some fun.  There was teasing for Turbo when he complained that I was looking at shoes.  He doesn't get what's so cool and interesting about shoes.  And purses.  I told him it is a girl thing and he should just accept it. Mom and I teased him some by spending extra time in those departments.  It was made up to both boys when we cruised the mall to check out the pet store and hit the candy store. They were really well behaved this trip.
Once we got home, I helped Nick bottle his Cascade IPA.  It definitely needed to be bottled, but it tastes pretty good even flat. 50 bottles of beer later it's aging and carbonating in the bottles.  By Thursday Nick will be checking it out.  Now to order more supplies.
Saturday afternoon, a friend invited us over to hang out, I took the boys as Nick was still not ready to send time out of the house.  We had dinner there and headed home around 7ish.  Saturday was a very full day.
Sunday started before the sun was up when I woke up and discovered that the electricity was out.  The house was getting cold, so I got Nick up and we started a fire in the wood stove and snuggled in with the boys in the basement. Turns out the electricity had gone out about 2:30am and didn't come back on until 7:30am.  After it was back on I took Turbo tot eh store and did the grocery shopping for the week (and managed to forget celery for Nick).
Once we were home we settled into the basement and had a movie marathon.  Things started with Man of Steel, which I liked but Nick is not sure of yet.  Then we watched the Hobbit and started Fellowship of the Ring. I fit most of a puzzle and it was nice and cozy and fun with my guys.
All in all it was a fine way to spend a weekend.  And today, Nick is feeling well enough to come to work.  So things are looking up.
 adn now on to Monday's Mucis Moves Me:  Theme this week is songs with pink. 

Here is one from Aerosmith Pink:

ANd while it doesn't ahve words, the Pink Panther theme is a classic:

So there you have it, Our weekend in a nut shell and a couple of "pink" songs.  May the week go quickly.

Thankful Confessions

Since it is that time of the year--thanksgiving and all that--I'm trying to remind myself that I have so much to be thankful for.  Today the thanks is for the more guilty pleasures.
I'm thankful for:

• Satellite TV and the DVR.  Having the ability to record, rewind and such makes evenings a bit smoother.
• No more missed shows or moments in shows.  
• Cause our boys? Super talented at timing a question, outburst or interrution for that critical moment in a show.
• Would drive Nick and I nuts.
• Now not so much.  Just rewind and catch what was missed.
• My Kindle--both the Touch and the Fire.
• I like the Fire for HO games and checking the Book of Face and IMDB and email and such.
• The Touch for reading.  It lasts longer (battery wise) and is better for travel and camping and such.
• Blogging.  Not that it's so guilty, but it is a pleasure.  
• My connection to other women--friends--and I so need that sometimes.
• Crunchy wonton strips. Or croutons.  Totally not good for me but a hard to resist snack.
• Dry roasted sunflower seeds.  Again with the nibble snacks.  Slightly better for me than salted sunflower seeds in shell.
• Shopping.  Not that I get to do much of it but I do enjoy it.
• Even Thrift Store shopping--I have mad skills with this one.

That about covers my Thankful confessions for this week!
So what are your weekend plans? Link up with Aubrey and confess it all.