Spacekitty

If I don't count the little treats I bought for myself, the baking/decorating/wrapping "incidentals", or the fact that I used my birthday gift cards, I totally stayed under budget this year!

Presets still left to buy? 5. Cookies baked? Zero. Dishes for Xmas day planned and prepared? None. Presents wrapped? 0 of 486. Hair colored? Check. Nails? Done. Current games on WWF? 12. Yeah, I got my priorities straight.

Okay. I need some serious Christmas dinner dessert ideas. Stat.

Fuck it. It's time to eat ice cream.

Watching Kick-Ass. Again. So fricking brutal. So fricking funny. SO FRICKING GOOD.

I love how, because of FB, people suddenly know and care about people they didn't know or care about before they died. I'm not judging. I'm just judging.

Remember: today is FREE SHIPPING DAY! http://www.freeshippingday.com/

Watching Auntie Mame again for the millionth time... "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!"

Wait a minute... When did Netflix stock its instant roster with all this good shit? And more importantly, how long will it be available? Surely this can't be permanent. I mean, it's Netflix - they don't do anything right these days.

Did everyone else's 2 year olds know how to lie this early or is mine just destined to become a con artist?

All I want for Christmas is the will and determination to get myself into a healthy routine so that I can live long enough to see my daughter have a screaming snarling demon child of her own. Amen.

My friend Nick thinks nothing of any value came out of the 1980s. I think he is not just wrong, but completely off his rocker. Please help me prove to him that we were not brought up in a decade devoid of brilliance; and that any fondness we feel for it is not just romanticism or nostalgia.

We managed to keep Tillie virus-free for over two years. Last month the floodgates were opened with her first cold. Two and a half weeks of snotsplosion. Then two weeks of good health. Now, sick again. I'm hoping her immune system is rested and ready for more action; and, will take this cold out in less time so that she can enjoy Chrismas.

Pat & Mike. Such a brilliant, but underrated film. All at once funny, feminist, sweet, smart, dramatic and romantic. Over the years with many repeated viewings, it's snuck its way into my top 25.

Had no idea they still made Love's Baby Soft, much less that they make gift sets with three different "versions". *shudder*

Pulling. My God. Damn. Hair. Out.

When it comes to polar bears, I like to stick my fingers in my ears and hum really loud. I just do not want to hear *anything* about them. Because, honestly, it's never good. That's not to say I don't want to hear any bad news - just don't mention the damn things by name unless you want me to get really quiet and excuse myself for "having something in my eye". Got it? Good.

Never realized how much the days leading up to Xmas are torture for little ones. Tillie received her first gift in the mail today. It's sitting, wrapped under the tree and she can't think about anything else. Should I have waited? Do you put out gifts as you wrap/receive them or put them all out at once?

I just got offered to join a study of coffee shop baked goods. I will be paid $65 to eat pastries and tell them what I think. Happy St Nick's Day to me!

Just be nice. It's not that hard.

Sunday night plans cancelled. Bummer. Had alternate plans but it's too late.

FACES Mears Park tonight. Can I get away with jeans and a sweater (and boots, because - duh) or knit top and pretty scarf? Or do I need to class it up? I never know what to wear.

Turkey-makin' was a total pain in the ass, but worth it (she says with a mouthful of leftovers).

The bird is finally in the oven. I have nothing but the worst expectations for the turnout. I have the coupon for Rainbow's delish rotisserie chicken prepped for rescue.

As someone who washes her hands 500 times a day, I have to say I hate everything about cooking a turkey. Especially when I have to disinfect my fridge first thing in the morning - before my coffee no less - because the thing leaked everywhere (and it was in three plastic bags).