Am I the only one who did not wake up before the crack of dawn to go shopping? I just may be.  Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and didn’t eat too much (yeah, right!)  I got home after 1am and instead of trudging out into the frozen tundra I sat on the phone with with GS solving another drama situation caused by Archie & Edith and discovering that she has been cast in the role of poor Gloria ( surrounded by meatheads)yet to be put on the payroll.  Unfortunately the writer’s strike hasn’t hindered this duo.  She and I managed to purchase everthing we still needed for the Holidays while gossiping, smoking & drinking hot chocolate all while in our pj’s.  Did anyone realize that the sale prices were cheaper 3 weeks ago? Guess not! While few were instore specials only, most were available online as well.  Why leave the house in this weather if you don’t have to? Beats me!  So we managed to shop until 4:20 am, which caused me to finally pass out and sleep until 1 pm. How nice was that??!! Today was spent procrastinating going out until 4 when I ran to get a temporary home for Myron, and U.B. Funkeys for my son.  Go look them up, I think they may become one of my new obsessions.  Well, time for bed or maybe more shopping.

P.S. To Rob the nudnick at Toys R Us who argued with me about the sale price:  Now I have printed out all of the sale items that you sold me today at the WRONG price, and will be back tomorrow to remind you that I am always right! Although, after I leave there tomorrow, I don’t think you will be able to forget!  :p

Today was one of the l o n g e s t days ever!!  I woke up with a headache the size of Mount Rushmore, that just would not quit. ( I guess it liked me) Got my son to a play-date for 12, took Dad with me to Human Resources for a few hours ( I volunteer my time there) then headed off to Riverhead ( aka the Hood) to do some quick shopping at Best Buy. Everyone is getting electronics this year.  My son is getting the Wii ( thanks to my NYC partner in crime scoring it in August before anyone remembered they may need one for Xmas), which is already wrapped and hidden, my neighbor who moved away is getting a DVR/VCR for her new home, and one of my close friends whose animal rescue I sit on the Board of ( yes, I sit on the Board of a few) is getting the Flip Ultra Camera so she can send me videos of the furbabies.  I have one in pink ( of course!) and i luv it!! Dad will be getting a flat screen for his room, and Mom2 is getting a GPS so she doesn’t get lost going around the block.  What I would really like is some relaxation!! Then after fighting the traffic on 27, I went back to get my son, dropped him & Dad off at home, changed and ran to Karate.  I usually don’t take a class on Wednesdays but since some of our classes have been cancelled I figured I culd sue the extra workout before I stuff my face tomorrow.  WELL, how intimidated was I when I walked in and the 10 kids, and yes I mean kids at the front of the class were ALL brown belts? VERY!  Pretty scary when someone 1/4 of my age  is so much higher of a belt than I.  Then again some of these kids have been taking it since the second they exited the womb, but still.  Well, just means I have to practice a little more.  We do have a tournament on 12/1 so if anything it will give me experience in front of a crowd.  Came home from karate and fed all the animals while cooking for the humans, checking e-mail and packing my car for our trip upstate tomorrow.   This will be the first of many years that I haven’t cooked, and the first year without my Mother .  MW has been cooking since yesterday, and I made an Opera Cake for dessert, which I’m sure will need ….NOT! and got some other assorted goodies to bring with.  Yours truly seriously cannot survive 24 hours without chocolate and at least Thanksgiving is an excuse oops reason for me to make one of my favorites.  Now I’ve gotten everyone off to Lalaland I think I need to go there myself.  Good nite everyone! Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

P.S. To the woman who took the last bag of pink ping pong balls at Target that I HAD to have for EP:  I hope you get cellulite on your face!

Can someone please turn me into an animal? I don’t care which one as long as it hibernates in the winter and functions well in the summer.  It’s 9:55 pm on a Saturday night and I am still in my pajamas. I was up until almost 3 am on the phone with my best friend teaching her how to make Rice A Roni in the microwave( what she lacks in the culinary department she makes up for in brains & looks!) I slept until 1:30 this afternoon! I have no desire whatsoever to be awake in the winter. Now, if this was a Saturday night in the summer I would be showering and deciding what to wear to either 75 Main or Madame Tong’s for dinner and then cocktails ( champagne topped off with Wine Cellar Sorbets Cabernet Sorbet) at The Pink Elephant.  Since it’s November I have resorted to spending my Saturday night in my pj’s. After I treat my eyes to Kiehl’s avocado eye cream, and my face to Kiehl’s face cream with Lycopene & Tomatoes ( think I have a food obsession?) I will make popcorn and hot chocolate and watch L&O SVU, or maybe The Devil Wears Prada ( funny, I prefer Gucci) again for a good chuckle. The weather report said we may have SNOW tonight! Imagine that? No thanks, if that’s the case then I’m in until May. Well, I hope that everyone else has a great weekend, although  can’t say I’m unhappy spending some time with myself, I’m great company.

Well, today Gov. Spitzer FINALLY decided that maybe it isn’t such a good idea to give driver’s licenses to Illegal Aliens. Gee, how much thought did that really take? Did he really think that doing it would not incite a RIOT??? or many??? This IS NY, isn’t it? First we give them a drivers license, then the right to vote, anything else? Isn’t it bad enough that my manicure is constantly being ruined on regular basis bay having to PRESS 1 FOR ENGLISH? If I go across the border I would bet my Vintage Navy Chanel bag that they aren’t pressing 1 for Spanish! We would be better off if we had alians from another planet here instead, at least they may bring with them some much needed intelligence!

ARRGGHH!!! I went to vaccuum my truck today at the station across from 7-11 to try and get most of the hay that I got for my the doghouse out of my carpeting. I decide to fill my gas tank, at $3.29 a gallon.  I drive around to the pump on the proper side of my truck, and wait for the girl already there to finish.  She’s done, she gets in her car and I wave her on to pull out in front of me so I can take her spot (that I have been waiting for for at least 10 minutes) and some guy in a red Miata who on a good day I’d like to say he looked 14 pulls right in and takes my gas pump. Apparently he didn’t see me? Hmmm….I wasn’t aware that I could make my Ford Explorer as well as myself disappear.  So, I pull around to the next pump that opens up and of course there bis no way I can keep my mouth shut.  So, across the pumps I yell ,” So, I guess I became invisible? You didn’t notice me sitting there waiting for the gas pump?” This asshole turns around and says ” Well, I was waiting there for 2 minutes!” “And me waiting there for ten doesn’t matter?” I reply.  He says, “Oh, I didn’t see you.”  I LOST IT!!!  I notsonicely told him that I hope that someone pays as much respect to his Mother as he did to me today, and that she should be nothing less than ashamed at the way she raised her son.  I just don’t get it! My six year old has more respect for perfect strangers and better manners as well.  How do you raise your kids to be so rude!  I’m so tired of that “Can’t blame the parents” bullshit I could spit. ( If I knew how.) Do people not realize that your children are a reflection of you?  Teach them manners! Was he going to win the lottery by getting in front of me at the gas pump? Or is he just that stupid? Maybe I’m the crazy one for being so nice to people that I don’t even know. I smile at strangers in the supermarket, I hold the door open at the store, I stop in a parking lot for people crossing in front of my car.  Is it really that difficult for some people to be nice?

Once again I attempted to have a conversation with my wasband today. Once again I hung up the phone and reminded myself that it is IMPOSSIBLE to have a normal, intelligent conversation with someone who is NOT normal OR intelligent. How could I ever forget it? At least he never proves me wrong. Funny how I sometimes still wonder WHY on earth I ever married him. Then again why are ther gazillions of women out there with men who are no way their intellectual match? I of all people certainly don’t need anyone to be my inferior so that I may feel superior. It would just be really nice to have a conversation with a man who isn’t a moron.   Is that too much to ask?