Lynne's "I aint got no baby" Diary.

Oct 14 19:39 UTC 2003

I am stealing this idea from Valerie. Except I cant have a baby diary 
because I dont have any children. I havent found any blog software I 
feel really comfortable with so I figured I would just use *this* 
software since I am all used to it. 

Why am putting this in the enigma conference? I dont know ;)

Feel free to comment

response 2 of 160:

Oct 14 19:43 UTC 2003

Of course, I havent seen *every* musical out there. I found a list at 
http://musicals.net/ which helped jog my memory. I will have to make an 
effort to see more of these. Luckily, I am not too much of a snob about 
seeing only the best productions and community theaters often put on 
these shows. They are cheaper that way :).

response 4 of 160:

Oct 14 21:21 UTC 2003

Of course. 

response 6 of 160:

Oct 15 12:49 UTC 2003

This morning I had a weird, but fortunate coincidence. I have a tree in 
my front yard with a lot of dead branches. I know I really need to have 
a tree service come out but I have been short money lately. Anyhow, 
last night, it lost a  branch in the wind. The branch came down right 
where I usually park my car. But, for no particular reason other than I 
took a different way home so I could run an errand, I parked on the 
other side of the street so my car was spared. Ok, the branch probably 
wasnt big enough to do more than put a small dent in it and scratch the 
paint but still

This is the *second* time that has happened. The last time it happened, 
I had a roommate. I dont park in front of my house on trash day because 
sometimes, if the car is parked in front of the trash can, the garbage 
collectors dont see it and then they dont pick up the trash. I parked 
on the other side of the street but my roommate was parked where we 
both would usually park (under the tree). I went inside and asked her 
to move her car. She and I argued about it for a bit but eventually she 
went outside and moved her car. That night, we had an ice storm. And 
that time a *huge* car totaling branch came down right where her car 
had been parked. She, like me, only has liability coverage on her car 
so if that branch had hit it, she would have had no car. Oh yeah, the 
branch crushed the garbage can and since it was under the branch, the 
garbage collectors didnt pick it up. ARGH. ;) 

response 8 of 160:

Oct 15 16:51 UTC 2003

A few years ago when we lived in a house on the west side of Ann Arbor
a strong wind came through one night and blew down a big tree across
the street from us and our neighbor across the street had her car parked
on the street and the tree fell in the street but it just missed her car
by a little but so I suppose of the wind direction had been a little
different it would have been whammo blammo no more car-ro so maybe
some good fairy was watching over our neighbor just as it seems like
a good fairy is watching out for you although not everybody believes
in fairies but that is their tough luck if they don't because then
no fairy will watch out for you cause you have to believe in them for
that to happen so I guess you believe in fairies huh the end.

response 10 of 160:

Oct 15 20:55 UTC 2003

My father's sister never liked regular Christmas trees and she never 
liked fake ones either. So, one year, a branch fell from a tree in her 
yard in the fall. She scooped it up, put in a christmas tree stand and 
hung her christmas ornaments from it along with some lights and stuff. 
It looked pretty cool. Maybe I should do that. I could put the 'tree' 
up at Halloween and put halloween lights and ornaments on it and then, 
I can leave the tree up through Christmas and just change the lights 
and ornaments. I think I will move the branch that fell down into the 
backyard today and then decide if I want to use it or not. I'll have to 
buy a christmas tree stand but maybe I can get one at Value Village or 
something. 

response 12 of 160:

Oct 16 14:12 UTC 2003

Ah. I am going to a baby shower this weekend for my friend Andrea. As 
usual, I have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, I am a little 
jealous. On the other hand, I am really happy that a woman (who I 
happen to think is one of the most wonderful women in the world) is 
going to bring a person into the world who will probably also end up 
being just as wonderful as his/her mother. 

I have always thought it was a shame that this friend of mine didnt 
have kids because she is so awesome. I see all kinds of people who 
abuse their children or neglect them or are creating neurotic blobs or 
whatever and I often look around and see that a whole lot of people who 
have thier shit together (so to speak) have chosen not to have kids and 
I worry about the future. 

Sometimes I wish things could just happen without a lot of complex 
feelings. Oh well. I guess I can focus on how much I really hate the 
concept of a baby shower. There is just something tacky to me about 
having a party for the sole reason of getting gifts. Granted, I am not 
too upset about this because I happen to *want* to give this person a 
gift. Oh well, it is still a party and I have been in desperate need of 
a good party.

response 14 of 160:

Oct 20 20:22 UTC 2003

So, after my class today, I drove home for a sec to let the dogs 
outside because it is a really nice day here. As I was driving, I saw 
this guy waiting to cross the street. I thought to myself, "man, that 
guy looks familiar." About two blocks later I totally did a slap head 
on forehead. It was my DAD! I guess it is just weird to see someone who 
is very familiar out of context. Oh well. I am not sure if I should 
tell him this story or not?

response 16 of 160:

Oct 22 19:07 UTC 2003

Lynne's 15 minutes of cleaning theory: I have this theory that a person 
always underestimates the amount of cleaning one can do in 15 minutes. 
I used to be in the habit of spending 15 minutes every evening 
cleaning. This is also useful when I let things go. So last night I did 
1/2 hour but I think the rest of the week I will do 15 minutes to a 1/2 
hour and then by friday the house will be at the stage where I wont be 
embarrassed when the water heater people come. Then, if I can keep it 
up, my house will be really clean a few days after that. I might hire a 
friend who is a housewife and often needs extra cash to come and help 
me do a serious deep cleaning. You know, wash the walls, windows, steam 
clean the couches and such. I did so much cleaning in my 1/2 hour that 
I am feeling a lot less overwhelmed by the task. Whew.

response 18 of 160:

Oct 22 20:01 UTC 2003

I agree with the concept of doing more in little chunks.
I pretty much keep a to-do list going, of pending chores.
They can go from five minutes tasks to those taking an
afternoon.  But having it on a list and getting to cross
it off somehow makes it easier. 

response 20 of 160:

Oct 22 23:01 UTC 2003

Never ever.  It's a honor thing.  Set the 
goal *then* meet it. ;-)

response 22 of 160:

Oct 23 02:15 UTC 2003

I have been reading a lot lately about this Terri Shiavo case in 
Florida and it has gotten me thinking about stuff.

I dont think Ms Shiavo even has the cognitive ability of an infant. 
Seriously. And if I were in a state like her, I have to say, I wouldnt 
care one way or the other what would happen to me. I wouldnt even have 
the cognitive ability to care. I am not married so my parents would 
make choices about my care. I would want them to make whatever choice 
worked best for *them* If I ever get married, I know that means that I 
would be giving that power about medical decisions to my husband. 
Again, I would want him to make whatever choice he felt was best. 
starve me, dont starve me. It wouldnt even matter. 

I have decided that I dont need an advance directive. I probably should 
mention my feelings to my folks though. Just in case. 

response 24 of 160:

Oct 23 13:57 UTC 2003

That is the point. If I were left in a vegetative state, I wouldnt care 
if I were left in that state or allowed to die. I have no preference.