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That was my friends recommendation to me for a sore throat. I'm always up for a challenge, so I put the apple cider vinegar in my throat and gargled away. I'm a tough cookie mind you, but that about made me lose my dinner. I'm supposed to start feeling the effects tomorrow, so I'll let you know how it all goes. The next 10 days are jam packed with sessions so I'm gearing up for that, and david and I are also moving this month. Lots of exciting things happening. I hope everyone had a very spooky Halloween. We were supposed to go trick or treating with my nephews but I was too sick to go. =( I thought these orchard photos were fitting for the season.
In bed in the dark last night, david and I laid there in heated debate. It went something like this:
david: He-man was always He-man. He wasn't like a superhero who changed into He-man when the need arose. He always walked around as He-man.
me: Honey. HUN-EEE. Are you serious right now? Come on- don't you remember how he would hold up his sword in front of the big scary castle and change into He-man??? And the lighting would flash. He was totally a normal guy who had dual identities. Like Clark Kent.
david: Your wrong. It was fantasy. Thats like saying Gandalf the wizard was a super hero and changed into Gandalf. He-man was always He-man.
me: No! Don't you remember how he even had that scared cat that would change into a ferocious tiger??? He-man even had a normal name for when he was wearing normal clothes. (racking my brain to try to remember what it was...)
david: Yeah right. And what was Skeletor, an accountant?
me: (laughing, but getting more adamant)- Babe, it was the whole point of the show, how he changed into He-man.
david: You are so wrong. And I am going to openly mock you when we look this up tomorrow and I prove you wrong.
me: Well, I am not going to mock you. Because I know the truth.
david: (a scoffing snort)
I laid there for T minus 5 seconds before I flew out of bed across the hall to the office to look it up on the computer. David yells, "Check Wikipedia!"
Let's just say the story ended sadly for David and gloriously for me. I did not openly mock him, however I did force him to say, "You were right."
The best part of it all was getting on YouTube and finding the intro to the show, which I hadn't seen since I was 6 years old. The show aired from 1983-1985 which means I was about 4 when I started watching. It was my FAVORITE show. Thats the crazy thing about your memory during those developmental years- the way things just burn into your brain and you never forget them. When this video started playing I about had a heart attack- it took me back in time more than any other experience in my adult life. It was almost- well, spiritual. It was like being 5 years old again. I remembered every word of it and every image, but I didn't know that I remembered it! It was just locked away in my brain somewhere.
Oh, I had such a crush on He-man which further adds to my theory that I've always had a thing for blondes. For those of you who haven't seen this in 25 years, be prepared. It's even more awesome than you remember!
When I was 4 years old my mother proposed an art project for me and my 2 year old brother. We were instructed to go outside on the chilly fall day and collect the prettiest colored leaves we could find. Then the three of us made glue by mixing flour and water together for a paste and we glued the red and orange leaves to construction paper. I've always remembered how cool I thought that was. (especially the fact that it was that easy to make glue!) And I'm still fascinated by the fall leaves. The sound of them rustling, the way they scatter and blow through the air as though they have a life of their own. And who can resist the smell of the leaves burning. Sounds sadistic after talking about them having a life of their own, but it really smells so good! When david and I take walks around the neighborhood together I can't help stopping to pick up every cool leaf I see or the tops of the acorns that the squirrels have popped off. By the time we get home I unconsciously have my hands full of colored leaves and whatever else I collected along the way.
In the Fall I always incorporate the leaves whenever I can. It's such a fleeting time of beauty- like the sun's last kiss before it goes to bed for the winter. Was that cheezy? Okay, yeah, it was a little bit cheezy.
Thats right, folks. We are entertaining the idea of getting Pegasus a pet. I held some pretty adorable kittens today at the pound that meowed hideously at me when I put them back in their cage. Gosh, it about breaks your heart. We are going to think on it over the weekend. David is off to a Morissey concert tonight and I am going to see a movie with my brother. I'm not big on concerts. Maybe its the crowds, the beer, the fear of getting trampled.
These are more pictures from August. When you could still fry an egg on the sidewalk.
I'm running out the door to a shoot this evening, but wanted to throw some pictures online before I go. These are from August actually. Ah well, who's keeping track.
Well, I'm proud to say that I am successfully off of caffeine now. Every once in a while I'll have a decaf, I don't know- maybe thats cheating since it still has a little caffeine in it, but sometimes you just need to take care of the coffee craving. I definitely have found that my stress levels decreased since quiting. And its nice to not get a headache if I'm late with the caffeine.
So we are gearing up for Halloween around here, deciding who's dressing up as what and what the plans are. My nephew is 3 and VERY bonkers excited about Halloween this year. He told him mom that he cannot be anything CUTE for Halloween. It has to be SCARY and it has to have a MASK. Well, I guess you can give him credit for knowing what he wants out of life! It will take him far. I'm hoping to have all the kids out to our place this year for trick or treating and everything so that I can play the super cool Aunt who doesn't have kids of her own yet.
I feel a special duty to share this YouTube video with my readers. Not only has the song been stuck in my head for several days now, I have also felt compelled to memorize the choreography. So sit back, relax and enjoy, and have a happy monday!
Last night when I went to curl up on the couch with David to watch The Office, suddenly our TV wouldn't work. You could hear the sound but the picture wouldn't show up. There was nothing but fuzz. I was about to have a meltdown because I had been looking forward to it all day. Then I remembered an old trick from childhood. I BANGED on the top of the TV with my fist several times, and VOILA! It worked again. So here's a happy reminder for all of you- if something isn't working, just bang on it real hard.
Whenever I clean the cat's litter box he has to supervise. His feathers get ruffled that I'm touching his stuff and when I'm finished cleaning it he has to climb in it and dig around for awhile just to make sure I didn't do anything funky to it and to make me remember that its HIS property. In this way he reminds me of myself. Last week I took a visit to my Mom and Dad's. They still live in my childhood home, so whenever I go back there I snoop around in the closets and back bedrooms to make sure everything is still there and in one piece....my favorite childhood books, my old prom dresses, the sparse remains of loved toys, my yearbooks, photo albums, trinkets and the like. Once I've looked everything over and taken a general survey that its all still safe and intact I feel much better. My mom did a queer thing this last time though. She made me pack a bunch of my stuff up and take it back with me. I don't get it. Aren't parents supposed to be your free storage unit forever???
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