Hey, Thursday! How you doin’?
Thursday has long been my favorite day of the week. I think this started in college thanks to Mug Night at The Stone Balloon (RIP) and I know I’ve mentioned that before but I’m old and I tend to repeat myself.
You know what else is fun about being old? Having no train of thought and saying what’s on my mind in no particular order and the fact that nothing relates to the thought before it. Like this stuff:
- One of my daughter’s favorite shows is this new Nickelodeon one, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn. It’s about quadruplets. Ordinarily, Nickelodeon shows make me cringe (save for iCarly) but this one is freaking hilarious. Did you guys watch That 70s Show? Do you remember Fez’s crazy girlfriend Caroline? She’s the mom. Also, they had a whole episode about poop that had me hysterically laughing the whole time. #noshame
- Speaking of #noshame, you know who needs to be really ashamed? Dogfish Head beer. Because they’re making a scrapple infused beer. This is essentially the worst idea in history and if you don’t believe me, here’s the definition for scrapple and after you read it, you’ll understand why it doesn’t belong in beer or anything ever (including your fridge or your mouth).
- For the longest time, I prided myself on the fact that, after having my iPhone for more than 3 years, I hadn’t cracked the screen. Bragged in my head. Felt superior. Didn’t care that I still had an old model because it was in tact, dammit, despite my chronic dropping of the phone. Then, on Saturday, my ego got body slammed when I not only dropped my phone but the screen shattered. A lot. Then my cheap, overconfident ass needed to buy a new phone. As I write this, I am anxiously awaiting the delivery of my iPhone6.
- You know what else I’m waiting to be delivered? An American Girl doll. My daughter wanted that, and only that, for her birthday next month so we, along with our parents, pooled our money to buy her a $115 doll. Yep. You read that right. $115. For a fucking doll. INSANITY. But I did find a $10 off coupon and, instead of buying the clothes from the AG store, the doll will be getting Target clothes. Hey, if Target clothes are good enough for me, they’re good enough for a doll.
For $115, I’m surprised she doesn’t come with a pimp. - I’ve worked my way through all the Serial episodes. I’m going to listen to them again because there’s just so much information to retain. As a former criminal justice person, my investigator senses are tingling all over this and I’m not 100% convinced the kid who’s in prison is guilty (he’s definitely not not guilty but I don’t think he’s a murderer). Anyone else listen? What do you guys think?
- I’m trying hard not to complain about the cold weather because it’s not like if I complain, it’ll do any good and the weather will magically change back to something more manageable and appropriate for November. But seriously–what the hell is going on? Why does it feel like the middle of January? I’m genuinely terrified of what’s going to happen this winter if this is what it’s like now. But it does justify my blanket hoarding so there’s that.
- While we’re on the subject of hoarding, if you remember, one of my organizing goals for the month addressed my Pinterest boards. I’m trying to thin the herd over there and, in doing so, I realized I had a whole bunch of home decorating and home idea pins I’d completely forgotten about! Thanks to Amazon, Etsy, craft stores, the dollar store, and a little bit of Pinterest, my home will look more inviting and less plain over the next few months. I’m quite excited about this.
- Reader poll. As we approach the end of the year, I’m thinking about my goals and the direction for the blog. I’d love to hear from you what topics you’d like me to write about. So if you could take a minute or two to fill out this little poll, I’d appreciate it. I’ll let you guys know the results in two weeks (next Thursday is Thanksgiving and I have one of those “things I’m grateful for” posts planned). You can select up to 3 topics and I’ll chose from the top 5 as to what I’ll be mainly writing about next year.
Coming up tomorrow: Friday Favorites. See you then!
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Entertaining read. I am all about random thoughts, especially commenting on my Stephanie’s blogs! I think about things related to her and I and go way off topic.
Poop is always funny- really funny. Ugh on your Iphone screen.
And the price of the American Girl dolls!!! I had boys when they were popular. No idea they were so expensive. But, then again, everything is! Have a happy day.
Love, SMD’s Momma
Poop and farts are ALWAYS funny.
omg american girl. ridiculous. kayla asked me for one so i gave her a choice: donate all of her toys and use her money to buy one or make do with what she has. she decided to go with the latter (thank god).
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I refused to spend all the money so I had my parents and in-laws contribute which made the price more reasonable (around $40 per couple, which is probably what we would have spent on her birthday gift anyway) and the coupon helped a bit, too. What gets me is the cost of all the accessories. $28 (or more) for an outfit? For a doll? Hell no am I paying that.
Ewww I did not know what scrapple was, but that sounds just awful!! Even though they’re so stupidly expensive, I love that girls still play with American Girl dolls. I LOVED mine!! My goddaughter has one and I buy clothes for her on Etsy too, so you should definitely try there!
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I will check out Etsy; thanks for the suggestion! I browsed on eBay the other night. Not much cheaper.
It is cool that the dolls have been around for so long but they’re way too expensive. Splitting the cost definitely made it more digestible, though.
RIP Mug Night!
I love scrapple. Sliced thin and done well.
I’m only going on to episode 6 of serial. I’m not sure what to think at this point. Part of me thinks if he wasn’t guilty, he wouldn’t be so accepting of the fact that he’s in prison.
So I clicked all of the topics and it said too many only three allowed. I’m bucking the system and casting my vote as all. Last year I asked people what they wanted to see more of and then I did none of those things so I’m not polling this year. HAHAHAHA
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I will never forget the night you came back to the Madison house and told the story of you using your mug as a weapon. Balloon mugs. Not just for beer.
Scrapple is allowed in my house on Christmas morning and that is it because it makes me sick.
As a CJ person, that’s why I love that it’s “not guilty” and not “innocent” because he’s definitely guilty of something and maybe that’s why he’s so accepting of the fact that he’s in prison. But I’m not 100% certain he killed her. Something isn’t adding up for me. I just haven’t figured out what it is yet.
That first ecard, so funny! And I had no idea that American Girl existed until this year when I read about it on another blog. How did I miss this growing up? Anywho, as long as she really wants it and that’s all she wants, why not right? I might spend $100 on various presents for Christmas anyways. Filled out your survey!
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I don’t remember them being that popular when I was growing up but my sister, who just turned 27, had one. So maybe there’s a generational gap or something. I don’t know. The fact that the doll is all she wanted is basically the reason she got it. If her birthday were a stand alone deal, it’d be easier to digest the cost but when her birthday, Christmas and Hanukkah all fall within 2 weeks of each other, it gets to be a bit much.
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What is Serial? Sounds interesting. As a vegetarian, scrapple is my nightmare!!!
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Serial is a podcast where the host explores all the evidence related to a real-life murder, trying to determine if the kid who is in prison for the murder is actually guilty of the murder. It’s an intriguing narrative and very well done.
Scrapple is an abomination. I refuse to even classify it as a food.
Yeah AG is ridiculous. I collected them for awhile. May go back to it. (Stopped after I had to sell about half my collection to help raise a down payment for the house. Hurt too much, and I know that sounds pathetic but oh well.)
If she wants more, go on Craigslist, eBay and even AG Internet boards (yes, those exist). You can find some gently used ones for significantly cheaper. And the boards can even teach you how to fix certain issues, like limbs getting loose.
We were kinda broke while I collected. So I bought and fixed some dolls. Or just bought lots and then resold the portions I didn’t want to keep. Made things a lot more affordable.
But yeah it’s still weird being the crazy doll lady. And on that note… where’d you find the $10 coupon?
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My daughter has one of those dolls too. They are so overpriced, but at least they are made well.
I’m almost hesitant to say I have yet to break the screen of my iPhone 5. *Knocks on wood* I would like an iPhone 6 though. Perhaps if they have good Christmas deals on one….
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ewwww scrapple does NOT belong in anything, let alone beer (and yes i had to read what it was, ew).
i had 2 iphones before i broke the 3rd’s screen, so upset. but i just ordered the new iphone 6 today as well, because i want a new camera and this will hopefully cover that base, plus we had a free upgrade and we got rid of some of our data so we’re paying less. yay!
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I have never been so glad that Little K thinks dolls are dumb, on the down side shopping for her is a real pain in the ass.
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American Dolls are $115?!?! Good lord! I would’ve gone for a knock off version with only 1 eye before I paid that! lol
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We split the cost with my parents and my in-laws and I found a coupon so it was way more manageable. Oh, and if we bought the one with earrings? $129. Which is nonsense.