Mac n' cheese wedges are my vice

We had chicken wings for dinner from the wings place close to our street. We used to order from another place nearby that was owned by the same people that owned the fish and chips place next-door (next-door from Place We Used To Order From, in case you're confuzzled), but then they started cheaping out on the fish, so we went back to ordering from the place we ordered from tonight.

Confused yet? ;)

Anyway, the place we order from has mac n' cheese wedges, and they are to die for. We ordered a large order of the mac n' cheese wedges, and I got a pound of medium-heat wings. I usually get honey garlic, but I felt like a change. Mom got a pound of Dry Cajun wings that are really good. I don't know what Dad got, but they looked like honey garlic.

So, my sister's here until tomorrow, because she wanted to meet up with school friends tonight (I think she's still out to dinner with them). Not long after she got in, me, Mom and Katie (my sister) went down to the nursing home that Grandma just moved into. It's a nice place, and the staff are really friendly.

Mom said earlier about going to the library tomorrow to pick stuff up. So I might be doing that. I was hoping to wait, because two of my CDs are due on the 3rd of February, and I didn't want to take two trips... but I guess I can just keep them out. Besides, I may have something come in before the 3rd.

Good news!

1. My mom and I aren't arguing now.

2. The library checked in Heroes, and they're not charging me a fine.

3. Grandma has a place in a nursing home now!!!!!

So yeah... pretty happy about that. What's really great is that me and Mom can take the bus to the nursing home Grandma's going to be in when my dad's working.

Apparently, I'm fat and stupid

I know that my mother can access this blog through Ravelry, and quite frankly, I don't give a rat's ass.

She thinks that the librarian not checking in season one of Heroes is my fault, because Dad dealt with it instead of me, and that I'm an adult and must deal with these things, even if Dad offers to. WTF?!

All I can say is !@#$ her.

I am thoroughly depressed.

The 'fat' part is because she says I'm getting a muffin top, and that I watch too much TV, and that because of my TV watching I'm going to get heart disease. Apparently, she doesn't notice the time I spend in my room, listening to the radio and/or reading/knitting.'

!@#$ HER.

Hmm. Ten minutes until In Treatment comes on. I think I'll grab a book, too.

I went to Michaels and didn't buy yarn

But there were beads on sale, so I got a pair of large bird beads :)

I think I'll string one on some black satin cord I have leftover from a beaded key chain kit that Patti got me for Christmas once. Or maybe it was my birthday. I don't know. All I know is that it was a late gift, and my brother had to leave a message on her answering machine to actually get our presents.

After Michaels, we went to PetSmart because we had to get cat litter, and this dog with curly black fur (don't know what breed it was) came up to us and said hello. And a little dog saw Dad and started dancing happily. It was really cute. And another guy had a spaniel of some kind and was looking at the Kong toys, and Dad recommended these orange street hockey balls that we got for our dogs.

And then we went to Indigo. I didn't really get anything, but me and Mom are gonna share the 25 Cushions to Knit book that we got. Mom got a couple other books, too.

So, I reserved the book Home for the Holidays from the library. It's a book of short stories that has the one short story that the movie Home for the Holidays was based on.

I think I'm gonna read more of Blood and Chocolate today, and try and work on finishing it. And I have to read more of the GED book to keep Mom from bitching me out.

Finally, I started it

I started one of the short stories that's been brewing in my head. So far it looks good for a first draft.

My sister's coming up next week, so I'm pretty happy about that. And I might be going to Len's Mill Store on Monday, 'cause they have knitting needles on sale, and I don't have many sets of double-pointed needles. And it couldn't hurt to get some more circulars, either.

Speaking of knitting, I've been kinda sluggish on that. I finally sewed a button on my Calorimetry, but it's too big. I think Patons Decor drapes too much, so next time I'll use a yarn with more body to it. I think I'll swatch with Decor for that bookcover thing I wanted to make for HPKCHC, because I don't know what else I'll use that Decor for.

Who ya gonna call? GHOSTBUSTERS!

I watched it this afternoon. Very epic movie.

But, alas, I have to take Girl in the Arena back to the library without finishing it, because it's due in three days. My DVDs are due today, so I figure I'll just take the book back along with the DVDs to save me the extra trip. I thought about reserving another copy and continuing on with the book, but there's five copies and nine requests, so it may be a week or two 'til I get another copy. That, and I'm not sure if I could finish it in the three weeks.

Yes, I'm a slow reader.

But, the library I go to has their own copy, so when it's back on their shelves with no reserve on it, I'll just get it out again and try reading it again. I just hate starting a library book and not being able to finish it. It makes me feel dumb.

But, this means I can focus on Nana Vol. 1. Which will be a quick read because it's a manga.

Yay, I'm going out tomorrow...

I hope my sarcasm in the title was easy to detect. My humor is often very British and hard to under stand (think Ricky Gervais-like).

I have to decide what I want to wear tomorrow. I'm not wearing my black shoes, because they're a bit of a pain to walk and stand in (even when I'm sitting I take them off), so it's either running shoes or my hiking boots. I'd like to wear my black shoes, though, because they look so cute. They're Clarks (a British company) shoes, kind of work-casual, and they look great with knee socks scrunched up at the ankle. I just wish they didn't make my feet hurt. Then again, if I wear them more often, my feet would probably get used to them... argh, now I wanna wear them! Maybe I will. Grah.

Anyway, I might wear one of my long cotton skirts. One is red with a kind of paisley print on it in blue and black, and the other is blue and sandy brown. The blue and brown one would go with my brown Old Navy v-neck shirt, only it's kinda stretched out from me being dumb and wrapping my arms in it while wearing it. I have a cream-coloured shirt that goes with the red skirt, or I can wear my Led Zeppelin t-shirt with it ;) Another option is a pair of jeans and my pale yellow v-neck shirt.

Damn, I really wanna wear those shoes now.

I have two short stories brewing in my head, but I don't know how to start them. Hate it when that happens.

I have also avoided math for two - almost three - weeks. eep.