Let's hug it out.

 For Sale:

 This is Lona. She would like to go to a new home. Actually, she probably doesn't want to go to a new home, but she has now decided that J is her favorite human and I just can't handle the disloyalty. She's got to go.

Sure, she's cute. I'm not gonna lie to you. She also snuggles up like a crazy dog, at least when J is around. Well, maybe not just when J is around, but I'm feeling bitter so that's what I'll say. Come on, she likes him more than me. Does she not remember that it was I who rescued her? That I bought her her very first pink, sparkly collar?

 Apparantly not. I guess I should be happy the two of them get along so well. It could be the other way around and he could NOT like her and then J would be the one who would have to go.

 She's lucky I love her. I guess I'll keep her. For now. But, she's on notice.

Still home alone.

 You know what that means? It means again I'm not rocking my full intellectual potential. And even if I was, I'd still want to do this 'cause my friend Hallie is awesome and I like linking things to her because have I mentioned that she's awesome? Just don't go to her site on Mondays because she posts nasty things on Monday for Morbid Mondays and if you can't handle morbid stuff then I don't want you to be all "Why would Meg recommend this blog it's nasty?" so yeah, heads up AVOID MONDAY.

 Where was I? Oh yeah, so this thing is courtesy of Hallie. And if you're like me and just need a blogging idea, feel free to use this.

Is It Just Me Or....

 Is it just me or...do all scary noises sound ten times worse when one is in bed? Come on, I know what the ice maker sounds like and it doesn't scare me when I'm awake and moving around the house, but holy crap put me under the covers and make the SAME NOISE I ALWAYS HEAR and I'm getting ready to call 911 'cause there's an intruder in my house.

Is it just me or...is this time of year, the kinda blah time between Halloween and Thanksgiving, a little depressing? All the leaves are gone, there's no snow and it's too early for me to put up a christmas tree because J and I get a real tree and it would be a trunk with branches and no pine needles if I put it up now. I'm not that into fire hazards.

Is it just me or...does cooking for one really suck? I haven't made a "real" meal in two days. Know what I had for dinner last night? Peanut butter toast and some triscuits. Seriously. The thought of cooking a solo pork chop made me kinda sad.

Is it just me or...is it really hard to fill out one of those "What I Want For Christmas" lists? We pick our Secret Santas pretty early at work so everyone can have plenty of time to get the gifts and not be stressed out. Man oh man, it took me a good two hours to come up with five things I wanted. I hate telling people what I want. On the otherhand, I love GIVING presents. That's the best part.

Is it just me or...is anyone else sad that it's getting too cold to wear open toed shoes? I wish I could rock them year round, but the threat of frost bite really puts a damper on showing off the sassy shoes. Snow doesn't help either. Looks like my shoe collection is going to be a bit limited until spring. Shoot.

Is it just me or...is anyone else beyond excited the stupid World Series is over so we can all watch Glee again? I have missed the crap out of that show and cannot wait to see what's going on.

 Ok, that's what I got. If you end up doing this, head over to Hallie's site so you can link up with her. Hopefully I'm able to that (have I mentioned how un-computer savvy I am?) with little to no problem.

What was that?!?

To say I don't sleep well when I'm home alone would be an understatement. It's not that I don't sleep well it's that I don't sleep. At all.

My brain is fried and even the strong shop coffee here, the kind that's so strong it makes the little hairs on my arms stand up, isn't working to it's full potential.

I did discover something else last night, in between my checking to make sure the windows are locked and stopping what I'm doing to jump out of my skin because the ice in the ice maker drops or a truck drives by and makes my windows rattle. I discovered Food Network On Demand. Oh yes, my friends, I can now watch some of my Food Network shows whenever I want. Not that I can't do that already, with my DVR, but this is cool 'cause some of the shows on Food Network I don't DVR so I can check them out and see what's going on with them and just check it out and if I like it maybe I can DVR that show.

 Am I rambling? I feel like I'm rambling.

 If J is gone again tonight I think I'm going to rent some movies On Demand. Have I mentioned my love for all things On Demand? I feel like I have. I'm thinking about Ghosts of Girlfriends Past because I need something light and fluffy and my other option (I checked things out last night) is that one with Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler and the previews for that one made me one to stab both of them in the eye (Jello wrestling?!? ) so Matthew McHottie it is.

 Again, I kinda feel like I'm rambling a bit. I think it's the panic...my poor brain is freaking out 'cause I might be flying solo again tonight.

 I should stop while I'm ahead. Before my brain continues to mess with me and makes me type something embarassing like how I was almost in tears last night when Lona decided she didn't want to sleep with me and went downstairs. Seriously dog, I'm offering you a nice and fluffy bed and you want to sleep on the couch?!? Downstairs?!?

 Now I'll really stop 'cause my brain embarassed even though I didn't want it to. Jerk.

Weekend warrior.

 I've never done a road rally before. Sad, but true. My sister, myself and two of our friends did a photo road rally on Saturday night. We had a blast! Seriously, I had so much fun I already asked a different friend who's walking in the Breast Cancer 3 Day Walk next year if she wanted to have a road rally to fundraise for that. What can I say, I'm a sucker for a good time.

 The photo road rally was slightly different than the standard road rally, at least that's what they said. Instead of following clues to get us from different locations and things like that we had to show up with a digital camera. When we arrived at the starting point we were given a poster board, a glue stick and a permanent marker. And then when the road rally started we were handed a list of about forty different photo opportunities. There were three levels of points, 100, 200 and 300. The lower point things were easier, the 300 point ones almost impossible. Each team had to pick fifteen things off of the list and then when they were done, print out the pictures, either at home or at a drug store, and paste them to the board with the possible points listed. We could pick any fifteen things we wanted, we just had to be at the finish line, a local restaurant by 8:15pm. So we had a little less than three hours.

 It was awesome! We were creative and came up with different ideas. We were daring and just plain foolish and we laughed and laughed and laughed. What more can you ask for?

Our four person team for a 300 pointer. All four team members in an elevator with more than seven floors. It was the only 300 pointer we were able to do. And we had to flirt with a guy to get him to let us into this apartment building. But, we did it.

My sister and I in a pool. We basically hung our bodies out over the covered pool. I'm telling you, my abs got a workout with this one.

Two team members in a dog cage. One of my favorite pictures from the whole night. We went into PetSmart and while we were in this aisle there was a couple with a puppy looking for a crate. They did not pick this one.

It's almost Christmas.

 I had to scrape the frost of my car window this morning. That, of course, is my first sign that it's almost Christmas. The other sign would be the fact that I froze my ta-tas off just walking out to my car.

 I love Christmas. The lovely Dawn feels the same way I do so I'm excited to read all about her holiday happenings. I love the decorations and the music and the happiness. I don't even mind the shopping and I am NOT A SHOPPER. But, it's ok, because I love shopping for other people.

 I love everything except for wrapping presents. Gift bags are the greatest invention ever. Well, aside from indoor plumbing, electricity and contact lenses.

 This year J and I will be hosting Christmas brunch. My dad and his wife, my mom, my brother and my sister and her boyfriend will all be there. There's also a possibility J's parents will come. Should be a good time had by all. Now, that's Calm and Sane Meg saying that. Crazy Meg, who will be around a couple of days before Christmas because holy crap, I'm gonna be losing my mind when I realize all those people will be eating in my house and I doubt I have enough chairs, table space, oven space and silverware. Damn, Crazy Meg is already making me nervous.

 I will not dwell on that. Not today. Not when it's a glorious Friday and I have a little extra money in my paycheck to do some Christmas shopping.

Are you ready for some football?!?

 I've had  a plan in the works for the last couple of weeks, a tentative plan and now a for real hey let's do this kinda plan. You see one of my brother's lives in Baltimore. This brother is a die-hard Detroit Lions fan. The Detroit Lions are playing the Baltimore Ravens in December and somehow I managed to get tickets to the game. So it'll be a fun time of J and I visiting my brother for the weekend. the game's on Sunday and we plan on flying in on Friday. Brother thinks it'll be a good idea to check out Washinton D.C. while we're so close. J's never been and I've only been one time so it'll be fun.

 I'm super excited. I've never gone to an Away game for the Lions. J's done it a few times before we started dating, gone to see the Lions play in Buffalo, the Red Wings play in St. Louis and the Tigers play in Cleveland. Lucky duck.

I've also never been to a football game at an outdoor stadium. I have a bad feeling I'm going to be freezing my adorable behind off. Hopefully it'll be worth it.

I'm gonna be famous someday.

 I've got this whole list thingie of things I want to do before I turn 30. I've done a bunch of things already, but there are a few still hanging in there. One of those things is the write a novel.

 I've written short stories before. And started novels. But never finished them. I've got all these stories and thoughts and bits and pieces bouncing around in my brain. Kinda sad, really.

 I've tried NaNoWriMo twice. This will be my third and final attempt. Third times a charm, right? I'm sure you've heard of it and if not, it's basically a challenge to write a novel in a month. 30,000 words during the month of November.

 It's not going to be a masterpiece by any means. I have no false hopes in becoming the next Oprah Book Club author. I just want to make it all the way through a novel. See what actually happens to these characters. 'Cause I gotta tell you, I bet the ones handing in limbo are pretty pissed off at me right now.