Randomness on December 1st....

Doing a Random Tuesday today....

~I can't believe I ate the whole thing.

Yes, actually, I can.

I am such a gluttonous pig. (I blame it on my mild A.D.D.--very little self control. Thank goodness I never took up smoking and that I have always had a naturally high metabolism, or I would have even more problems than I already do).

For today's lunch, I treated myself to a Portabella club sandwich--grilled portabella 'shrooms, roasted red peppers, baby greens with a tapenade sauce on a grilled focaccia bread from the deli up the street. This is my second favorite sandwich from that place, when they don't have their crab cake sandwich on the menu...like today. It came with a little dish of black bean and corn salad on the side--this deli also has the best sides. No mundane bag of potato chips and pickle for this place! The sandwich itself is enormous. I could have easily have stopped at one half and saved the other half for Wednesday's lunch. But, I couldn't resist, knowing that there was more. Now, I am stuffed and realise I ate too much.

As I said....I am a gluttonous pig with no self-control.

~I should probably take the dog for a second walk, to walk off all the food that is slowly digesting inside me now





~Another thing I can't quite believe is that it's the first of December! Yikes! Where did the fall go? At least it feels and looks like December out there-- trees completely bare of leaves now, and cold enough for wearing gloves and a warm scarf today with that bright midday winter sunshine and the happy sound of chickadees around the bird feeder.






~I *hope* I'll enjoy this month more than I usually do. Between being extra busy at work, and trying to pull off the whole "gift buying, gift making, holiday decorating and baking thing" and often getting my one head cold of the entire year around this time, I get stressed out at this time of year. When other people tell me how much they love the season, I am almost afraid to fess up and tell them of my somewhat Scrooge-like attitude towards it. Usually, I can't wait until New Year's. But, somehow we have managed to have all our gifts purchased for everyone on our list. We kept it simple, mainly. And we are done. So....with that out of the way, I think I will try to fill that free "space" with enjoying the season more. No shopping. Maybe there will be extra time for just driving around looking at lights. Go to some concerts. Things like that.



~I have slowly recovered from having company at my house for three days. While I love my brother and his wife and my adorably smart and funny niece and nephew, it's tough hosting here because the space is so small. And, also, because I am an introvert at heart, it is personally exhausting for me after a while. So, it was nice being back to just "us"(meaning my small family unit of three--husband, my daughter and me)and how we kind of keep to ourselves, doing our own thing, quietly and peacefully. The dog, too, was happy to be allowed back on the bed and she slept for most of Sunday recovering, too.






~One of my favorite things to do now, is sit with my morning cup of coffee and gaze out the big window by the couch and watch the birds come to my feeder. So far, it's been mostly tufted titmice(I LOVE just saying that name), chickadees, sparrows, finches, mourning doves, cardinals and sometimes a woodpecker. I hope we'll attract a Carolina wren and some nuthatches eventually.



~My sister-in-law left behind a few People magazines, and as I was looking through them , I decided that Oprah Winfrey and Miley Cyrus are both rather odd looking human beings. Oprah always looks so unnaturally made-up and coiffed(which seems to emphasise her big head). I would love to see what she looks like when she first rolls out of bed. And Miley...her face is simply strange. She may have been a cute child but her features don't seem to be made for an adult face. She seems, also, to have one of those big heads, in proportion to the rest of her.

~Yes, I can be petty, judgemental and snarky. People magazine and over-exposed celebrities can do that to me. The one thing that can be said for being poor and an unfamous(my spellcheck is telling me this is not a real word) person--I don't have to worry so much about being scrutinized.

~ I wish Jimmy Stewart were still alive. Every time I watch a movie with him in it, I think that. Watched one of my favorite old movies last night--1940's "The Shop Around The Corner" with Stewart and Margaret Sullivan in it. It's set in a Budapest shop and is basically the first in a long line of movies with the anonymous pen pal theme (most recently re-done in "You've Got Mail").