Bits and blurbs

I think I'm officially calling these I-haven't-blogged-in-far-longer-than-is-prudent-and-now-you-get-a-bunch-of-random-shit posts "bits and blurbs." I like it. And it will let you know that you're in for a bunch of random crap, in case you want to bail. So without further ado...

• I've been a Desperate Housewives watcher since the beginning. Even though it got dumb a while back, I've stayed with it. And I'm actually a little sad that it's ending next week.


• I'm having bizarre-o dreams again. And a lot of them involve bloggers and twitterers who I've never met or spoken to, which makes me feel a bit creepy when I wake up. Like I'm stalking these people in my dreams. Last night it was Shalini (real-world Shalini, not Hal). I was was trying to take a shower at her house so I could go to work. Her house was like a fancy camp cabin with a bunch of different people living there and numerous bathrooms. We argued about whose turn it was to shower. And then I walked off and woke up. Strange.*


• I've got my CDP exchange package ready to send out tomorrow. Secret Recipient, be ready for a package in the next couple of days.


• I have to give a report at my bar association meeting tomorrow, and I hope pray think it's going to be my last report as chair of the stupid committee I chair that I hate and have wanted off of for years. Whee! I still have to order clearanced post-event merchandise for the poor sap lucky person who gets to take over next year, but that's easy. And shopping. I like both.


• My latest harebrained health scheme is visiting a naturopathic doctor. Conventional medicine isn't working particularly well, so going to hippie medicine can't hurt, right? I mean, even though she's not licensed in Ohio (OH doesn't license them), she's still got doctor training that mostly mirrors normal doctor training. And if she can give me voodoo medicine that fixes my depression and cures my ass pain, I'll take it.


• Speaking of my ass (I feel like I do so little of that any more), today marks seven months, and things are holding stagnant.


• I've got a home improvement bug up my butt right now. I'm hoping to tackle at least some of these projects this summer:


• I want to rip out all of the ugly bushes in front of the house, and the rest of the vegetation, too. I think we've got some tulips and irises that are in weird clumps, and we definitely have a wandering jew that has wandered far further than I like, and there's some other vine-y, spreading plant that needs to be gone. I don't know what I want to replace all of this with, but I do know I want a fresh start. And I know that I want to put rocks along the side of the house with the weird wall that stick out a couple of feet further than the rest.


• I have no idea how to garden or how to clear landscaping so I can start over.


• I want to paint my room and the bathroom, at least.


• I have no idea how to remove wallpaper or install the vent fan I'm lusting over.


• I want to move R to his toddler bed, then decorate W's room, which the boys will share, move R into the boys' room, repaint R's current "bedroom," and turn R's room into a play room.


• I suck at decorating. Big time.


• I need to brutally reduce the boys' toy stash. We still have a bunch of toys that both are too old to play with hanging out in the living room. I need a weekend where all three boys go away so I can get this done.


• I can NEVER seem to get rid of them all at the same time.


• The screens on our front and back doors need to be replaced. I saw a roll of screening in the garage the other day, so now I just need to get on youtube and figure out how to install said screening. This is one of those projects that's been sitting around since we moved in. I think that means I'm officially allowed to take it over and do it without B's knowledge or permission.


• Same goes for rebuilding our little back porch/stoop thing. It's gone from a problem to a safety hazard. I'm on it this summer.


• Assuming I learn some carpentry and perhaps a little concrete pouring.


• I predict that my house's value will fall somewhere in the range of 26-92%, based on the likelihood of successful completion of any of these projects. 

* Shalini, I promise I'm not stalking you. I just have weird dreams about you (and others) sometimes. But totally not in a creepy way! I'm not that kind of creeper! I think I'm going to stop typing before you have me arrested...