Category Archives: Random

If you own a cat, you must learn to pick up the litter. Pretty basic.
When will the weather be warm enough to take late night walks with Frasier? This whole 40 degree thing has got to go.
I hate it when your hands feel so sticky even though you just washed them.
Sometimes I feel very OCD when it comes to cleaning. I just vacuumed and mopped, but I feel like I need to do MORE.
How many carbs in one day is too much?
Two bagels, one peanut butter sandwich and a few bites of pound cake … too much?
So bummed when you think you found a great deal, but then discover that $22 is one way, not round trip.
$44 is not a lot, but still.
If gas weren’t so expensive, this would not be an issue.
$4.19? Seriously? Seriously? Insane.
You know you’re annoying when Frasier avoids you like the plague. TAKE.A.HINT.
Craving an Easter Reese’s egg. SO.GOOD.
Stop coddling the cats. They don’t like it.
Wishing this book was as good as The Help. It’s just weird.
Looking forward to a day off and catching up on some reading, maybe seeing Water for Elephants.
Saying a prayer for those who are still out of work and/or laid off. WE.NEED.JOBS.
Wishing good luck to this girl. HELP.DONATE.

[image via we heart it]

I recently finished one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. Technically, I listened to it via an audio CD every time I was in the car, but still. This book was IRRESISTIBLE. Every time I wasn’t in the car I was wishing I was so that I could find out what was happening next. The book? The Help by Kathryn Stockett.

Set in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960s, The Help is a story about black maids and the white families they serve. Obviously this is a book about civil rights and race relations, but the writing is so real and you just feel like you’re there with the characters, rooting for the good ones.

Seriously, if you haven’t read this book yet, which is the first from Stockett and published in 2009, you should go buy it, check it out at the library or find an audio version. Like, yesterday. Plus, as an added bonus, it’s being made into a movie this summer! Seriously, I’m so pumped. Check out the trailer here.

[image via reviewsbylola]

Waking up every day at 6am is definitely going to take some getting used to. Although I enjoy the fact that waking up early allows you to get a lot done before your day even really begins (in my case that includes walking Frasier and exercising), it’s still somewhat depressing when 10pm rolls around and you’re starting to feel crabby and agitated; a sure sign that bedtime looms near.

So while it’s only Wednesday of my first week working and I’ve got a lot more 6am mornings on my horizon, today just seemed like a sleep-deprived, in-need-of-chocolate kind of day. Despite my craving for this newly discovered flavor of Fudgy Peanut Butter Chip VitaTops, as well as my desire to make these Peanut Butter Cheesecake Brownies, I was equally satisfied with my Panera You Pick 2 Deal that I was able to share with my mom and grandma at the nursing home today. I even convinced my gram to watch HGTV. Now if that isn’t a great way to end the day, I don’t know what is.

[image courtesy of my madison bistro]