Three things I'm loving this week:
1. The Olympics. It's fun to actually have something on TV that I want to watch. Such a switch from all the murder, gore and mayhem that typically take over the network airwaves after 9 p.m. I've heard people make fun of the vignettes and the drama the network creates, but I happen to love those. It's the ultimate reality show (and people on this "reality show" actually have talent). From volleyball to rings to track and swimming -- it's all fascinating to me.
2. Tomatoes! Fresh tomatoes from the garden are the best. I've completely neglected my garden. You have to dig through the thigh-high weeds to find the tomatoes, but darn if those tomato plants haven't survived and thrived. I've got a bumper crop -- dare I say better than the years I meticulously weeded and nurtured the garden.
3. Vests. Dressy vests are back in fashion and I'm thrilled. Tailored vests take any button-down dress shirt and dress pants (or skirt) to a whole new professional level. Vests look great on every woman -- accentuating (on some women, creating) an hourglass shape. Curves ARE beautiful. And they are how women are supposed to look...not the whole adolescent-boy-stick-figure the designers would have you believe is sexy). I bought three vests this weekend -- two at JcPenney and one at Kohl's.
Three things I'm not loving this week:
1. Rising grocery bills. I noticed last week that almost everything I buy regularly at the grocery store has gone up -- some things just a few cents, some as much as 50 cents or more. In the end, all those extra cents add up to a lot of extra dollars. Weekly grocery bills that used to hover around $70 are now headed for $90. Add that to car fill-ups that used to cost $20 that now cost $65, and you can see why no one has money to do much of anything else but drive to work and the grocery store.
2. Dark mornings. All of a sudden (it seems), I had to snap on my reflective vest for my morning run. I can't tell you how much that depresses me.
3. Back-to-school crunch. Crap! Another summer has gone by and I never did the things I pledged to do -- like teach my kids how to tie their shoes or teach Lauren how to write her little letters or practice "sight words" with her. Ugh...and now, we're a few days before the start of school and I'm the kid who waited until Sunday night to start his 40-page term paper.