Bravo at the end and at the beginning
Mood:  on fire
Topic: Brain candy
Project Runway's fashion show finale was gorgeous. The hubby and I were both undecided all the way to the final call out. I thought it was really cool that all 3 of them got good marks on their last minute 13th outfit. Now see, the hubby absolutely insisted that we write our votes down before we heard the judges say anything. I knew I couldn't make any observations until after I saw their lines on the runway, but even after that I just... dammit they were all good, and they each had some particular flaw.

He picked Santino, I picked Chloe. But at the end, when it was just Daniel and Chloe I wasn't so sure. I had a feeling they might give it to Daniel just because he's right at the beginning, and this is such a perfect chance for him to bloom into a fantastic designer. I have to admit I'm glad that Daniel was the favorite (they showed a phone poll, with prizes of course), and I think that Santino's line was wonderful.

If you care who won, chances are you already know. In any case, right after that starts up ep 1 of Top Chef. Now I love me some Iron Chef America so this show has got to be right up my alley. I know I'll likely miss big chunks of it as it runs during faire time, but Bravo does love to repeat the hell out of their shows.

I do think it's fantastic that they got rid of the guy that I fully expected would be kept around for color. I have a feeling that if he stayed around I'd end up disliking him. Being the 1st ep I haven't warmed up to any particular character there yet, but I see a few potential ones in there for some interesting TV action.

Buds
Mood:  lazy
Topic: Life in Texas
On my way to get the mail today I noticed that the apricot tree is popping some blooms. Little striped critters were buzzing all over the small clusters of opening flowers, and I could catch just the faintest hint of their scent myself. We never really did get a real winter. I don't know if we will get a late freeze or not. One thing though, I hope if there is any late winterish action to happen, I want it to happen after I am outta here. I've never fully ditched a winter before.

There were no builders hammering away on the house today, which was a surprise. We've gotten the eaves done, and they're scraping and painting windows now. After that I believe these guys will be gluing and screwing storm windows on. If they show up tomorrow I may jaunt off to Clovis. New people make me twitchy.

But lately I've been too tired to really do anything. I can't imagine why... I've got a shopping list though, and the usual random tasks. If I get the house to myself again tomorrow I may play domestic instead.

Blah blah blah blah blah blah...

Springing
Mood:  happy
Topic: Life in Texas
We pruned trees this weekend. A bit more work than I'd thought it would be when we discussed it all winter. (Instead of actually getting off our asses and doing it, I mean.) But everything out there looks good now.

We didn't get a winter this year. Maybe a couple isolated incidents, but no real season, ya know? If we don't get some sort of out-of-nowhere winter crash course coming around then things could be pretty fertile around here soon. Since I gotta be Californicating by April, the hubby and I are going to have to till, hill and plant us up a garden soon.

Oy and speaking of fertile - Bubble, the only girl kitty we got, is rolling around, mewling and presenting. Poor horny little beast! I hope that the dogs stay away from her, because that can get fights started.

The card urge struck again, which is grand. It's nice to snuggle up and watch mindless TV, but sometimes I actually like to think. The hubby wupped my ass at Mille Bornes and Skip-Bo but I came back when we played Canasta. Have we been together long enough to be an old married couple? They actually missed us at the chinese joint in town, cuz we hadn't been there in 2 weeks.

Pretty much the usual day-to-day around here. But tax season'll do that.

Remodeling the house
Mood:  silly
Topic: Brain candy
I've been looking at the project for quite a few days now. I put a quick sketch down on paper, how I want to arrange the new rooms. I think we can keep the central wall, but everything else is going to be moved. The plumbing and the light fixtures will all get shuffled around, and I'm sure all of the carpeting will come up. I'll have to wait until there's a big enough stockpile of cash, but it shouldn't take that long.

Sims have such manageable lives. It makes for such a nice day long time sink once in a while to spin the Sims disk and see what sort of trouble my little artificial people can get into.

My usual plan with a Sims situation is to make a single Sim and try to get him to some place in his life before I get bored playing him. Micromanaging every life in a family gets annoying when they start doing stupid shit on their own. But this time around I found a fun way to get more out of play - I made a brother and sister Sim family (Taylor and Bonita Cingle), and have them living together, but separate lives.

Big surprise, he's a whore. I don't do it, I really don't do it. Well, maybe a little... But seriously, for some reason when I make male Sims other male Sims want to chat them up. Was that some sort of patch I didn't realize I installed? In any case, Taylor's already gotten his sister's man to fall in love with him. Bonita still has no clue, but that may not last for much longer.

I laughed my ass off today when I had Taylor with her bf at the park. I was experimenting with the cab/oldtown/downtown rules things (because you never know how it'll make passengers work when you invite people to places), and the park was the only interesting place to go. Anyway, the big entertainment there was some guy playing a sax, so I had them listen, grab a donut, and listen some more. Now you can't distinguish Sims by voice, so I don't know which guy did it, but one of them booed him the second time just before I had Taylor call the cab to go home. It was probably him, since by then his meters were running red.

So now my next project when I turn that game on is to get their cash up a few more K so I can rebuild and fix the mistakes I made on their house. Exciting, I know...

Vigilance
Mood:  bright
Topic: Life in Texas
Yeah I knew those critters were looking a bit restless. The hay is getting low, and when I leaned the tester against the fence there was no pop. Had to look the entire back yard fence over to find where the hotwire was tangled. They knew they could get over it too, because I had to chase one over the hotwire after I turned it on, and it (not sure what it is) didn't have trouble finding the little spot where it could hop right over.

Don't tempt us to sell you, little beef critters.

Elaborate setup
Mood:  rushed
Topic: Faire warning
Passage may or may not have been booked. The guy what owns dis blog may or may not be in Californication on April 1st. A pickup may or may not have already been arranged. Striped socks may or may not be worn that day.

You may or may not have been warned.

Brent the blond
Mood:  silly
Topic: Various webshit
Brent and another blond living in Oklahoma were sitting on a bench talking and Brent says to the other blond, "Which do you think is farther away Florida or the moon?"
The other blond turns and says "Helloooooooooo, can you see Florida.?????"

No wait, there's more...

My lips taste like blackberry brandy
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Mixed bag
Had a nice visit with Viva and her man-friend. Like an extra end to the week we got do do dinner and have a good time. Watched that curling thing, which I got all fascinated with. Didn't blog it, but I'll say it seems a weird genetic predestiny that when I mentioned it to Mom she said that's about all they had on tv where she grew up - that and hockey. Caught the Project Runway reunion show and laughed my ass off. Viva's man-friend didn't quite get it, but hey he didn't watch the whole show.

Oh, and she accidentally bought a tractor. Fortunately we girls got to watch - ooookay, now I feel mean about calling him her man-friend. This nickname thing... Anyway, he got to drive it out to the Ponderosa with us in the pickup leading him. But first he had to climb in the back window, because the door was jammed somehow. He got it parked by the barn, and then Viva and I were just hanging out in her pickup, waiting for him to get his butt out of the machine. Finally he starts opening the window and yelling that it won't stop running.

Oy. So good to be one of the girls. He finally got the thing secured, and I got more Viva time back at the house. And we had lunch at Leal's, which now seems to be the restaurant for company.

So now I'm burning one while I finish cleaning the lag out of the internet from this week. Busy busy busy busy busy. I've got 4 tabs now, and plinks off the #bearcave, and I'm getting stuff from the game bin updated so I can move them along. All kinds of crap happened this week.

Hell, these flavored ones aren't the only paper I got this week.

Bad karma moment
Mood:  mischievious
Topic: Life in Texas
I had to go out in the freezing cold today to separate the cattle into 2 groups. Among those that got hauled off to the sale today was the red heifer that decided she was allowed to run pretty much where she pleased. Even after the last escape nonsense got fixed she somehow still managed to get out - I don't know how - and we had to pen the whole herd up to keep from having to chase them around again.

I hope that little bitch gets sold to a roper and ridden like a $10 whore on Mardi Gras. Teach that fucker to escape from hamburger high school. She'll look back on her days here fondly and wish she'd behaved, I'll betcha.

I know, that's totally mean. She started it.

Unhappy that I was correct
Mood:  d'oh
Topic: Brain candy
Fucking Santino made it to the final 3 on Project Runway. Bleah!

And honestly, I really don't have anything else to say about it.