Gypsy Cabs, Martha Stewart Wants To Be Me, The Painted Veil, Halloween Christmas and Dirty Laundry

I caved and took a gypsy cab to Home Depot today. Gypsy cabs are diffent than Yellow Cabs as they are not metered and you have to bargain for a price before you get in. They are generally more hard core and you have to stand your ground, which is so hard for me to do sometimes. Anyway, got to Home Depot and got a new weed eater that was originally $80 for $28, so I am happier. Of course, I had to put up with a lot of shit and I almost cried. This is almost a good enough reason to get married so I would not have to go this route alone. Marrying just so I do not have to go to Home Depot alone - believe me, people have gotten married for much much less.

Martha Stewart wants to be me. Today, I sewed a hole in my skirt, planted some flowers, did the lawn, cleaned the apartment and made it smell like oranges, petted me some cats until they were purring and sleeping. I am about to go home and make an Apple Caramel Cake and some Cowboy Shepard's Pie with home made yeast rolls. I will then dine with fresh flowers I cut from the garden and watch The Holiday.

The Painted Veil - Ed Norton is so damn hot. Like Nerdy Hot, which is my favorite kind of hot. Sinister Hot is good too, but nerdy takes the cake. He is smart and talented and for some reason you just know he is the nastiest bastard you have ever met. Yeah, I am way into him and those like him.

So for my 30th Birthday a while back, I had a Halloween Christmas party since I couldn't be home for Halloween or Christmas and I was home for Thanksgiving. People wore costumes and I decorated pumpkins with Christmas features and did a tree with Halloween decorations. We had Reindeer and Vampire wine and lots of beer Fanky got. I remember Anne and I were over at Fanky's house preparing for the party and he came home after running the Fort Worth Christmas Parade. Bless his heart. He had been up for days and was so tired and he looked like Nick Nolte's mug shot when he walked in the door. He said that Santa was the Grand Finale for the parade and he rode in a brand new Dodge truck and the engine caught on fire and there were flames and kids were happy and then scared and they clapped a little bit and then started crying. Anyway, I may have to have another Halloween Christmas in the next few years.

Tomorrow, I have to do laundry. I may add some lavender that I grew to make the sheets all calming.

Well I never seem to do it like anybody else

Maybe someday, someday I’m gonna settle down

If you ever want to find me I can still be found

Takin’ the long way around