House for Kim

Face Down in the Dirt, This Doesn’t Hurt

Posted by kim 06.17.2007 10:05 pm in Digressions, Comprehensions, Supplications, Incantations

After I got divorced, three of my girlfriends also got divorced, and we hung out and created our own “eligible bachelor list”. Well, either my demeanor really is that high-maintenance or my list is too demanding, because all three of them are now re-married AND they are all pregnant (one pregnant with twins)! Now we all know that I’m not re-married, and with all the cramps and PMS’ing I’m experiencing right now, I can accurately predict that I’m not pregnant.

I was surfing my friend Lizabeth’s website, and see that one of her clients was Caprice Crane (I read Caprice’s book, Stupid and Contagious a couple of months ago, good book). Anyhoo, I learned Caprice is the daughter of Tina Louise (Ginger on Gilligans Island). Interesting.

Before I read that book, I started to read Do I Need to Slap You?, but realized I wasn’t in the mood for a beating, so moved on. Then I realized that the author of that book, Michele Hickford, was the same Michele from Muleos.com that sent me some free shoe straps to review on my Shoeaholics Anonymous website. Small world.

I stocked up on some books from the Barnes & Noble bargain bin. I’ll see if I can find anymore correlations. Oooh, that word ends in “ions”, maybe I should add that to my category definitions.

What I’m Listening to on iTunes: “Face Down” by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus I first heard this song when a classmate of my daughters sang this song at the 6th grade talent show. I was impressed with his singing and have loved the song ever since. His dad is also a musician and sang “Closing Time” by Semisonic the night I met my boyfriend, Patrick. And no, he didn’t take me home. That night anyway.

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Meat Me on the Flip Side

Posted by kim 05.20.2007 1:42 pm in Specifications, Supplications, Concessions, Excursions

I just finished reading Stephanie Klein’s book. She even created a list of “the perfect man for me” similar to my specifications. I liked her list so much, I decided to steal this point of hers and add it to my list.. Hearty sexual appetite, but not so much so that he is willing to stray. Obviously her and I both have experienced similar calamity.

Next up on the book agenda: Funny - He Doesn’t Look Like a Murderer But Margie is Dead by Shirley Pierce Bostrom I heard about the true-story book from my friend, Gayle, as the the story happened near her. Should be a twist of turns from the chick flicks I’ve been reading.

I’m headed to Colorado for Memorial Weekend to see my boyfriend (and he fits all my requirements), so I’ll have a chance to read at the airport. May go watch a pro-soccer game: Colorado Rapids vs Los Angeles Galaxy, but rumor has it pretty boy, David Beckham isn’t gonna show. I’m sure we’ll find other things to occupy our time. One being, eating at Old Chicago; I’ve become infatuated with thier Meat Me pizza.

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Mundane Musings from Kim

Posted by kim 05.16.2007 7:07 pm in Digressions, Habitations, Supplications

My lawn is near complete. Retaining walls are done. Sprinklers are in. Bushes are planted. Rock Garden is set. The price of sod has more than doubled since last year, so cheapstake me opted for seed. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and obviously the consensus is that I should have sprang for sod. Hopefully this grows fine, so they can’t all say “told ya so.” Next up, I’ll need a new lawn mower. I’m gonna leave my POS-mower at my dad’s for the kids to use to mow his lawn.

Everything was done just in time for my sister’s graduation last weekend, and the graduation party was held here. I think I need a maid. Cleaning four bathrooms is not the funnest (yes, I know funnest is not a real word, but it’s my blog). And once school is out tomorrow for the summer, I think I’m gonna need a nanny. Why can’t I live somewhere with year-round school?

Is it true that if you put an American Flag in your front yard that Jehovah’s Witnesses won’t knock at your door? I ask cuz one woke me up from a nice nap yesterday morning by ringing the doorbell. And I thought they only went out “calling” on Saturdays? I’m all for freedom of press/speech/religion/yadda yadda, just don’t try to convert me.

Why was I napping? Cuz I can. I work from home. And my youngest daughter was up most of the night puking her guts out. Thirteen times. She kept count. Poor thing had to miss her third grade field trip to the Henry Doorly Zoo. Oh, and she donated her hair to Locks of Love, too.

What I’m Reading Now: Straight Up And Dirty: A Memoir by Stephanie Klein. It’s a true story about a gal dating after divorce. Although I don’t like that she skips around the time line throughout, I find a lot of similarities between her and I so far. She has her own blog and is a little more vocal than I am about her private life. She even has preemies twins. And now my cousin is expecting twins!

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