The Big Lug

So sometime last year, these day-in-the-life-of blog posts popped up on a few of the blogs I read. I always wanted to do one. You’re supposed to take one picture an hour for a day (wake to sleep). So today I tried it.
I took 3 pictures.
Not so successful, but I’ll walk you through my day anyhow since it was slightly amusing.
6:40 – Wake up and put put around the house
6:50 – Put in yoga DVD and do yoga DVD for a little while
7:15 – Mr. Lug’s alarm goes off and I realize I have to get ready for work
7:30 – Mr. Lug’s alarm goes off again
7:45 – Mr. Lug gets in shower
7:46 – I fast forward to relaxation pose
7:50 – Eat bowl of Kashi Go Lean Crunch to keep me regular **
8:00 – Get in shower and get ready for work
8:30 – Get in car with Mr. Lug to go to work

at work.

8:30 – 9:30 – boring work stuff…I’m all cracked out on yoga energy and very productive
Around 9:30 – go to ladies room to pee. Notice 3 coworkers are also in the bathroom. Flush toilet. Toilet is clogged. This is not my fault. Toilet water comes within a hair of over flowing. Wait until co-workers leave bathroom. Grab plunger from under sink. Think that this must happen often for the janitor to leave the plunger right in the bathroom. Plunge toilet. Wonder if lady who just walked in is wondering if I am playing in the toilet water. Crisis averted. Reflushing results in aversion of near disaster.**
9:30 – 5:30 – Eat snacks, eat lunch, work, go to meetings, work some more
5:30 – go to Lowes to buy my dad a powerwasher for his birthday tomorrow
6:30 – try to convince Mr. Lug that a peanutbutter sandwich or ice cream would be good for dinner. Lose arguement and end up cooking kielbasa, peppers, tomatoes, and egg noodles.
7:30 – Clean muddy footprints left by window installer off bathroom floor
8:15 – Sit down to eat snack, (yes I ate dinner an hour and a half ago, but it is time for a snack) blog, knit lady eleanor and read This Old House Magazine.

I. Make. Progress.


Tiny cheese balls…so yummy.

Wow. This is a good representation of an average day for me. I don’t really mind that it’s kind of boring. I mean I did almost have a toilet overflow on me. And I am enjoying a lovely snack of tiny cheese balls.
Tomorrow is my dad’s birthday so I’ll be going to my mom’s house after work to eat dinner and give him the powerwasher. Fun times. I swear I am not boring. Okay, maybe I am boring, but what can you do? I don’t feel bored, even if my blog entry reads like tax instructions. This is an action packed life i lead folks!
**These two events are NOT related.

I feel that the quality of my blog entries has fallen into the basement lately, and I feel bad about that. I think everyone goes through this with blogging. I just don’t feel like my life is interesting in a way that I can blog about right now. There are plenty of interesting things going on, but none that I feel comfortable getting into – they are too personal, or have to do with work. Quite frankly I haven’t been knitting that much so I don’t have as much to post on that front. So here I am, writing about the thing that I have been doing a lot of lately – watching TV…I spend a lot of time doing it. Well as much time as you can spend watching TV when you work as much as I seem to lately. So here are some people I’ve seen on TV that interest me right now.
First there is this couple who are in a commercial I saw for the first time tonight advertising their motorcycle shop. I wish that all of you lived in my area so you could see this train wreck of a commercial. Thanks to Tivo Mr. Lug and I were able to play this a number of times. The lady pictured in that photo ends the commercial wearing a pink leather chaps, biker jacket, and cowboy hat combo. Go to Sam’s. Tell them Debbie sent ya.
For some reason this reminds me of the time Chris and i went to the Bahamas and this guy who looked just like a fatter, trashier Kid Rock was on the resort with us. One night during karaoke he got up and sang Little Red Corvette and the host of Karaoke kept saying “give it up for Kid Rock, Man! Kid Rock!”
But I digress.
I also would like to hang out wtih Kayne and Robert from Project Runway. They are my imaginary friends.

Then there is Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs. I think this is one of the best shows on TV right now.

Okay I am also catching up on Grey’s Anatomy on DVD. I finished watching season one and am now eagerly awaiting the release of season 2 on DVD.

You’d think with all this tv watching I’d get more knitting done, but you’d be wrong. Update on Lady Eleanor to come.

Okay – so I shouldn’t have just disappeared like that for a whole week or so, but look at all that happened while I was gone!
Most importantly I cast on for Lady Eleanor. Can I tell you I love this pattern? It’s the bees knees and will be perfect for wearing in the office where I usually freeze my arse off.

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