The brain cells aren’t working at full capacity so… how about a list?

1.  Tried to go letterboxing yesterday but the area where the boxes are located is messed up and partially closed for construction. Punt!

2.  The house we are trying to buy… the…ahem… pepto bismal pink….house isn’t progressing.  It’s up for short sale, the bank and the listing agents are not doing anything regarding moving forward.  I think when I get back into town that we will have to punt.  Bye, bye ugly pink house that would be the perfect place for us…once (of course) we get rid of the pink…and the ugliness.

3.  “Going out of town” = going to the Grand Canyon.  Lisa and I have been trying for a few years to plan a trip during 2008 to ignore… grieve….celebrate the fact that we’re forty.  Instead, things just fell together and we’re just gonna go and mark Lisa’s birthday via the adventure.  I, in turn, will be spending my mental efforts trying to trick myself into believing that she is older than me…and not the other way around.  We leave November 4th.

4.  Watched La Vie En Rose last night.  Loved it.  Even though it has subtitles I did manage to convince Dana to watch it as well.  And he said he liked it….although he thought it was depressing.  Considering the life that Edith Piaf lived….I don’t know if there are many options other than “depressing”.

5.  Joined facebook.  Within 5 minutes of signing up I stumbled onto the profile of my best friend from high school.  Haven’t seen or talked to her in 15 – 20 (or more) years.

6.  I applied for an absentee ballot, which the county never sent.  So… I went down to do the “early voting” thing and they wouldn’t let me because I had asked for an absentee ballot.  Called county, with the confirmation number for my absentee ballot and asked where it was… county claims I never applied for one…even though I have a confirmation number.  I’m going to make one more attempt this week to vote.  I double dog dare ’em to give me any trouble.  This is…afterall…. FLORIDA.  It’s not like officials want a moderately intelligent Floridian contacting the local media when she’s in a snarky mood and yelling “they won’t let me exercise my constitutionally protected right to vote!!!!!”

7.  Told Lori about this mess.  Threatened to go down to the Supervisor of Elections office and raise holy heck.  Lori asked if she could come and watch.

8.  Decided that I could no longer stomach one of the Republican incumbants and I’d vote for his opponent.  Then decided that I disliked the little weenie that was running against him even more than I dislike/don’t trust the incumbant.  Final verdict… I’m not voting for either of them (assuming I get to vote).  Both of ’em are going to be a disaster and I will be able to sit back and say that I didn’t vote for that guy….. whichever guy it may be.

9.  Made Anna Grace a WordGirl (her hero…Word Up!) costume for Halloween.  By “made” I mean..dyed fabric, ironed on her little symbol and cut out a cape.  I was having a bit of difficulty but nothing insurmountable.  I put the costume on her and Anna Grace said “I wanna be a ladybug”.  Sigh.

10.  A few years back my mother…out of the blue…decided to become a general contractor and start a construction company.  My mother’s construction company built a house… and that house has just won 2 awards in her local area’s Parade of Homes.  Go mom!