Funny

Ellen segued into dancing on her show today by saying: "The reason I'm not getting sick is because the germs don't stick to you when you're dancing." I love it.

slow blogging month

it's been a slow blogging month because work is literally insane. I am doing my job and covering for a woman on maternity leave. I'm doing 2 jobs but not working tons of OT so most of the work is not getting done in time, or as effectively as it could be. I spend hours and hours on calls, all day in front of the computer, and the last thing I want to do when I get home is blog. So that's why it's been slow. Plus, I went to Toronto for work and then spent some time there over the weekend shopping. When I have time and interest, I'll post pix.

The house is still on the market but thank god, nobody's wanted to come and see it this week. It's a mess, the cats peed in the basement when I was gone, and I have not had a chance to mop it up yet. It's just not at the top of the list. Running, going out with friends, and hitting the beach top the list.

Slimming Tip

Today, I needed trouser socks but didn't have any. I wore pantyhose under pants and man, the pants looks so much better with the nylons than without. The cellulite was virtually invisible. My stomach, on the other hand, is KILLING from the 10 hours of constriction. The after-work jog was not fun, with the extra belly bouncing around and the pain from the nylons and also last night's pilates class kicking in.

4 am wakeup

I bought a bunch of flowers to make the house pretty for the open house that nobody came to. This morning, at 4 am, Willow knocked a vase over in my bedroom. Water everywhere.

Biddeford Pool, Maine

I spent an awesome 2 and a half days at Mark's friend's beach house, in Biddeford Pool, Maine. They were really nice to invite me and we had a really fun time. I hope we go back in some future summer.


Amanda, riding a bike on the beach.
Here's my foot, being iced, after I fell off a bike while riding on the beach. That's a Twisted Tea. Tasty.


Mark, Nick, and Jen


View to the left, from the back yard.


View to the right, from the back yard.

Early Morning Pain

This bruise was obtained before 9:30 this morning when I fell on a bunch of bricks, cleaning the yard for the open house. Thankless job.

Sock - Half a Pair

I finished knitting one sock, using 2 circular needles and the baby cable rib stitch from Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch. Maybe I'll finish the 2nd on the trip to Toronto. There's a 2 hour plane ride, plus I'm taking Boston Coach to and from the airport.

Zero again

Third open house today, and no visitors again. Just like the last perfect beach day on which I had an open house.

It's a crappy time to sell a house, and I think I'm going to stop talking about it. I'm not telling anyone new about it, and I'm trying to think of a response to the question: "So, how is your house selling?" that ends the conversation right there. "It's not." That might work. Or maybe "It's not, but let's talk about something else. Really. No, really, I mean it."

Did you know it's a shitty time to try to sell a house? Yeah, I know. But, so many people want to tell me that as if I don't know.

Lazy day

http://www.boston.com/ae/events/gallery/lazyday/

Oh I wish I could be lazy today.