A Night At The Oscars 2013; The Red Carpet

Tonight is that magical night, Oscar Night.  I love the Oscars, not just because it honors some of the greatest movies, but because of the fashion.  I'm watching the ABC Red Carpet Presentation first, and then I will flow directly into the Oscar Ceremony.

First up, I love Jennifer Lawrence, but I'm not a fan of the bottom of her dress.  I like the color on her, and the top is very chic, but the poofiness of the bottom just seems a little odd to me.  Zoe Saldana is wearing a very interesting dress, I like the color and the slit up the front.  I love her long dangly earrings.  And her hair is very sleek, she looks well put together.  Catherine Zeta-Jones looks like a really sexy Oscar in that gold dress.  Her earrings are sparkly but look heavy and painful.  

Oh Goody, Daniel Radcliffe!  He's talking so fast!  And he could use a bit of a shave.  Naomi Watts, I'm not a fan of the sequin dress which is odd for me. It's not the sequins, it's the shape. I must say I want to see her movie.  It seems really moving.

Okay, I had to make dinner for Jason so I missed a few stars.  Joseph Gordon-Levitt is on now.  He has fun socks on!  I couldn't see what they were but they were fun.  

Anyway, they're doing a little montage right now.  I haven't seen many of the movies up this year.  I want to see Silver Linings Playbook because I love Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper.  I want Ms. Lawrence to win because I loved her in the Hunger Games.  

Bradley Cooper looks dreamy.  I hope he wins.  I can say that now because I forgot who else is nominated. Nicole Kidman's dress is fun and sexy.  It's kind of blackish goldish sequinny fun.  Again with the heavy earrings though.  I love a classic updo.  Nicely done Nicole's stylist.  Hate Charlize Theron's dress.  Hate.  The color, the little flair at the hips, hate.  I'm a hater, what can I say?

That's a cool idea to have the college students give out the Oscars.  It's a dream come true for these young adults.  I wish I had won that contest, but let's face it, if I had to carry the Oscars out I would fall flat on my face.  I can't wear heels and I'm the clumsiest person I know.

I just saw Jennifer Garner's necklace.  So pretty!  I wish I'd seen her whole outfit.  Hugh Jackman is strong!  He looks very handsome and I love his accent.  

Okay, I'm bored with this.  I think I'm going to stop even though there's still another 35 minutes of Red Carpet.  Sorry folks.  I think I'm going to bed.  Tomorrow's a work day for Jason which means I have to get up at 5:15 am.  

It's the Oscars baby!

Two years ago I did a live blog of the Oscars and managed to offend one of my friends.  I think I'm going to try again only this time, hopefully no one will be offended.  That's only if I can stay awake long enough to see the ending.  It's 6:45am and I've been up since 2:30 after going to bed only two hours earlier. I can't sleep.  I was waiting for the sun to come up but I forgot it's snowing out there.  So tonight I will tune in to ABC and watch Seth Macfarlane either sink or swim.

See you all tonight!

To Pass the Time...

Hello.  I can't seem to convince any employers to hire someone who has been out of work for 5 years.  It's too tough of a job market to get ahead with that kind of disadvantage. So at the suggestion of a good friend of mine, I've applied to start volunteering.  I'm going to start with the MSPCA shelter in Jamaica Plains, cleaning out small animal cages and socializing with the animals.  Unfortunately it takes 4-8 weeks to get an orientation scheduled so this might take awhile.  In the meantime I'll research other volunteering opportunities.  I really want to work with animals, so I'm looking at the area shelters.

Snickers had her first vet visit a week ago.  The Vet suggested we put Amy in Snickers cage so the two can get used to one another.  Then in a few months, when Snickers is full sized, we can introduce her to the other three.  At first Snickers seemed to be afraid of Amy, but I think they're warming up to each other.  I hope so.  Snickers is the sweetest little guinea pig.  She gives us kisses and the Vet told us that she is "grooming" us when she does that.  It means we've been accepted.  It's so sweet.

We're getting more snow tonight but it looks like the precipitation totals have been lowered.  Thank goodness, I'm tired of shoveling!  And I haven't had it nearly as bad as my brothers and stepfather.  They've had entire driveways to shovel out while I just have to shovel out my car.

Snow Snow Snow

You might have heard, we had a wee bit of snow this weekend.  The Blizzard of 2013 is what they're calling it.  I'm fairly lucky in that I live in a community that clears the snow from the sidewalks and roadways.  We are responsible for digging out our own car.  As the storm progressed through Friday night, the snow piled in front of our screen door to the point we were trapped in our apartment.  Fortunately our really cool neighbor dug us out.  He knew Jason was struggling with his knee and he wanted to help us out.  I did thank him when I found out.  Anyway, Saturday as the sun began to come out, I attempted to find the car.  I had foolishly parked next to the piles of snow accumulation set aside my barrels.  I shoveled for 15 minutes before my lungs and back gave in and I went back down the steep hill (which was hardly cleared) where I wiped out in the snow spraining my ankle. I got up and then went back inside to the warmth of the apartment.

Two hours later Jason (armed with his tough knee splint) and I climbed the steep ramp carrying shovels and found the work I'd already done had been swept back by the gusts of wind.  We spent more than an hour clearing out the car and pulled it forward enough so that we could get out Monday morning.

Sunday disaster struck.  We ran out of toilet paper.  I made my way up to the car got in and pulled out, no problem.  Meanwhile there were about 30 people down the parking lot road clearing their cars out.  I drove past them with little difficulty and found the short drive to Shaws clear.  I ran in and with a dollar bill and a handful of change, I bought two rolls of the most generic cheap 1 ply toilet paper you can get.  It's all I could afford.

I got back to the community and discovered people had been throwing the snow from their cars onto the road and a plow hadn't been through in awhile.  My tough little Scion pushed through the snow and I made it back to my spot only to find someone else had taken it.  Growling I turned around and headed back to a clear spot I had passed.  Because of all the snow thrown in the road I got stuck.  I asked three guys to push me out, which they did.  I finally got to a spot but I had to shovel a little to get into it and the woman shoveling next to me yelled at me for piling snow where she was clearing it.  I apologized meekly, slammed the car into the spot and brought the toilet paper down the steep ramp back to the apartment ready to cry.

Monday morning I got out easily, thank goodness, and drove Jason to work.  Then I drove to Arlington to pick up a check from my other account.  I drove through terrible rush hour to 4 different Bank of Americas to find one that opened at 8.  None did so I went to one that opened at 9 and took a cat nap in the car.  I then proceeded to go grocery shopping.  Upon arriving home I was trying to get into an only partially cleared spot when I stepped on the gas too hard and stuck the car into a snow bank.  With a car full of groceries I finally got the car unstuck and parked in a cleared spot.  Then I made 5 trips between the car and the apartment, up a flight of slippery stairs to bring the groceries in.  I put the groceries away, drank one diet cola, and then went to get my stitches out.  She had trouble getting 3 of the 6 stitches out and it hurt.

I was late picking up Jason and went I went home, I was reminded how much I love my husband.  Jason helped me relax, and wind down.  I had a nap and felt much better.

So now a Meteorologist is claiming we should expect more storms this year.  I'm seriously considering moving out of New England to a place like North Carolina.  Snow is pretty when it falls and then melts away.  Snow is not pretty when it cause deaths, road rage, and parking rage.

Snickers to the Rescue!

I've had a not so great year health-wise and neither has Jason.  First he has Gall Stones so he's on a low-fat diet.  Hopefully they will opt not to remove his gall bladder.  Then Jason injured his knee while running at work.  He fractured the tibia in the knee, has major contusions on the tibia, and sprained his ACL and other ligaments.  Yet he continued working.  He doesn't run anymore but he can't use crutches at work so he just uses them as soon as he's done his shift.  He pushed through the pain until an MRI showed the extent of the damage.  Then he kept pushing.  I think his boss is impressed by him.  He only missed one day of work because he was in crippling pain.

As for me, I came down with diverticulitis.  A very painful infection of the diverticuli in the colon.  I'm mostly better now but this weekend I had an accident and needed 6 stitches in my arm.  Yikes.

I was feeling pretty down and then we went to the pet store to get hay.  There she was.  The little multi-colored Abyssinian Guinea Pig.  Jason got her for me as a present for taking such good care of him with his knee and for my troubles too.  I named her Snickers and she is the cutest sweetest little girl.  She is in quarantine from the other guinea pigs until they are recovered from their upper and lower respiratory infections.  Snickers lives in the little cage we have all by her lonesome for two weeks.  Then the vet said we can introduce her to the others and soon they'll all be living together as one big happy family.

Thank goodness for Snickers!  She cheers me up when I need it, just like the other piggies.