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Ten things I would never want to wear…

In no particular order…

high heels
pink baseball clothing
sexy costumes
pantyhose
dresses/skirts
tube tops
underwire bras
thong underwear
nail polish
fur coats

I guess my X chromosomes were wired wrong, because women ate *supposed* to like all of this stuff. And as far as I care, if women do like it, fine with me! It just isn’t me!

Except for the fur coat thing, though. Killing animals just for fur, when there are perfectly good synthetic products out there, is just plain evil.

Stuph

If you came here yesterday and found something wrong with this site, I apologize. I was having some problems with the old installation of WordPress, and the only way I could think of to fix them was to upgrade to the newest version, 2.5.whateveritisthisweek.

Luckily, the upgrade went off without a hitch. I’m always afraid something will go wonky during an upgrade, that I will lose the entire blog. Never mind that I backed up EVERYTHING first!

This computer is acting a little wonky as well…I think I need some more computer memory to help speed things up a bit. Or maybe I just need a new computer.  Gotta think about it some before I plunk down any money.

Now, back to our regularly scheduled blogging!

Another one of those shows…

…that I like to watch, but will probably never try any of the projects from, is The New Yankee Workshop. It features Norm Abram, who is also on This Old House, building a different piece of furniture each week. He has built everything from curio cabinets to benches and chairs to kitchen islands to poker tables.

Norm has every fancy power tool under the sun, no doubt given to him by the many sponsors of the show.  Also, his workshop is ginormous.  He makes the projects look so easy, but for those of us who don’t have the tools that he does, nor a workshop large enough to house them, making some of this stuff could be a challenge.  It’s easier just to buy furniture.

But still, the show is fun to watch.

Father’s Day

It’s this Sunday. I’ll be glad when it’s over. I’m really sick of the sexist commercials that around both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.

I mean, look at them. It is ASSumed that all women want frou-frou stuff, such as flowers, jewelry, and other girly things. When the family takes Mom out for a Mother’s Day meal, it is always to some frou-frou place that probably doesn’t even have beer. Even though ballparks often have Mother’s Day giveaways, they are usually something pink and girly. Gack.

The Father’s Day gifts are cooler…big screen TVs, cameras, iPods, and other cool toys. One store is advertising free tickets to see the new “Incredible Hulk” movie with certain purchases. If “Sex & The City” had come out before Mother’s Day, they may have offered tickets to that.

Not all men like comic book movies, and not all women like chick flicks.

I also get annoyed about the ads pushing stuff like power tools and air tools as Father’s Day gifts. Yet these same stores push kitchen appliances and such for moms. I guess it’s not occurred to these people that some women like power tools and would love to get them as gifts, and many men love to cook, and would love a blender of an electric mixer.

Gack.  I’ll be happy when it’s over for another year.

Too hot…

We’ve been having a heat wave here in the Northeast…temps in the 90’s for four straight days. We’re getting some relief today, thank goodness.

Temps in the 90’s in June, in New England, is unseasonably hot. Usually, we don’t get temps that high here until July/August.

It could be worse, though. I remember living in Washington, DC, where it was this hot most of the summer. And Mike was once stationed in Norfolk, VA, when he was in the Navy, and he complained about the summer heat there, too.

But every place has its downsides, I guess. In the winter, we complain about the cold and the snow, and talk about how nice it would be to buy some Wilmington NC real estate, to escape having to shovel snow.  I’m sure it’s just as hot, if not hotter, than it is here…but snowstorms are probably a rare thing.

Now that I think about it, I wonder if there are New Englanders who are considering moving down that way.  The cost of living down south is generally cheaper than it is up here.  Also, with fuel prices as they are, people are concerned about the cost of heating their homes this winter.  I know I am!  That expense would be reduced quite a bit, living south of the Mason-Dixon Line.

I love New England too much to leave it…in fact, I want to move a a bit further up north, to Maine, where winters are even colder than here in Massachusetts.  But if others want to make the choice to move to a place that might save a lot of money, I can’t blame them.