Thursday, March 08, 2007

Keep the Car Running

Hard to believe, but Lily hits the big 3 today. She's a mischievous little rascal. She's really been testing our patience lately, but that's par for the course with kids this age. It's hard to stay mad at her, because she's so damn cute. Of course, while I write this, Hannah's throwing a tantrum in the other room. I expect this drama to last until they grow up and move out many moons from now. Wouldn't have it any other way.

We're in the midst of another brutally cold spell, with lows expected to hit single digits tonight. But the forecasts are calling for temps in the 50s and possibly 60 by the middle of next week. Bring it!

The diet's going pretty well. Still haven't had a beer or soda in a couple of weeks now, although I did slip a bit this week with the arrival of Girl Scout cookies to our office. I forgot I had ordered four boxes (2 Thin Mints, 2 Caramel Delites) from a co-worker's kid; I put three on top of the fridge, but I couldn't resist sneaking an occasional Caramel Delite every so often. That first box is gone now and I'm not touching the others for a while. Other than that, I've actually been enjoying the salads I've been having for lunch. After years of eating sandwiches, it's nice to have a change. And I've been drinking water like it's going out of style.

Tiptoe through the tulips:

  • Our new governor here in Massachusetts, Deval Patrick, is having a rough first few months in office. Just one stupid mistake after another, the latest being the call to Citigroup he made on behalf of the mortgage company whose board he used to sit on. Before that, it was hiring an expensive assistant for his wife and ordering a Cadillac as his official car. Nothing that's going to bankrupt the state or anything, but all of these things look bad. Politically, they hurt him and the public's confidence in him. He basically won the governor's race because the other campaigns were so bad they made him look good in comparison. Now one wonders if he can handle this job.
  • There's a report out of Brazil that says Patriots QB Tom Brady knocked up his girlfriend, supermodel Gisele Bundchen, only weeks after it was revealed that his ex, actress Bridget Moynahan, is preggers with his child. Hopefully for his sake, it's not true, but if it is, the guy needs to invest in better birth control.

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