On or Off

I am debating turning the ac back on. We have had unusally hot weather this summer and consequently the air conditioning had been on for 2 solid weeks until yesterday. Now I am sitting in the family room watching the thermostat on the wall climb past 80 and wondering what to do. Granted it is not humid...but it is 91 outside and a dry 91 is still HOT.
I was so inspired by the cooler temps yesterday that I planned a roast chicken for dinner tonight. Dumb. It is 4pm now and I am committed. So, we will eat good but be hot.
I wish I had some pictures to share, but you know that story. :(
Today is Tina's birthday (Zach's girlfriend). He is taking her out for a nice dinner after work tonight. Happy Birthday Tina!
I am feeling a little groggy from the heat, so I will wrap this up.

All Alone

I am having some time to myself this weekend and it is very nice. It's funny, I have this time to do whatever I want and I can't really think of anything to do. I thought about doing a deep clean of the entire house but nixed that idea pretty quickly. I will clean Zach's room because he is away until Sunday night, but that is it. I was going to go to the beach, but it will be close to 100 today, very humid (in fact the outside of the windows are so dripping wet right now I can't even see out) so that idea is out for today at least.
I pulled out all of my favorite summer movies and will watch a few of those...Dirty Dancing, Finding Nemo, Message in a Bottle and What Lies Beneath.
So I think my plan for today will be to watch a movie, tackle Zach's room, shower, dress up nice and go and get a manicure and pedicure, drive out to Woodbury for dog food, shoot down to the Southbury Starbucks, and then pick up something special for Kate's and my dinner. Then I plan a long hot bath with some bath foam that I picked up at Whole Foods. I will tuck myself into my bed made with nice clean crisp sheets and have some sweet dreams. That sounds good to me.
Off to make myself some decaf tea and pop in What lies Beneath (I watch it for the house...oh my gosh...it's gorgeous!) Stay cool everyone!

Random Summer Shopping

My original plan for yesterday (Saturday) was to accompany Jim to the West Farms Mall to help him select some new shorts. (Jim hates to shop for clothes and looses patience pretty quickly and will buy anything that fits) He likes me to come along for a second opinion. Anyway, we had an argument in the morning ( yup...we disagree quite often, but still are each others one and only!!!) and thought it best to spend the day apart.

Ok, plan 2. Zachary woke up late, saw that I was here alone with nothing to do...and suggested that we go shopping and maybe catch a late movie. That sounded super fine to me. I wanted to do some browsing at Whole Foods so we set our course for the Post Road in Milford/Orange. We started off with lunch at Chili's...yum and fun. Salad for me, big juicy cheeseburger for Zach. Our waitress was very slow, ok by me cause we got to catch each other up on whats been happening lately. Hopped over to the Post Mall and got Zachary new sheets for his dorm room...looked at hats at "Lids"...phones at ATT (my next phone...Palm Pre) and poked around a really cool toy store. Drove up the road to Whole Foods and spent the better part of an hour perusing their shelves. I found what I was looking for (aromatherapy tablets for the shower), Zach found a bag of healthy cereal and we picked up dinner in their hot food section. We decided on rotisserie chicken, mashed potatoes, grilled summer squash medley, and fresh baked cornbread. You have not lived until you have tried Whole Foods rotisserie chicken...the plain one. None other compares. It tastes "real" and not pumped up with fake flavorings. It is really easy to make a homemade gravy from the juices that collect at the bottom of the container. It just adds to the delicious experience. Anyway, we spent so much time food ogling that we missed our movie time. We arrived home laden down with yummy goodness and the three of us had dinner. All was well with Jim, he had success with his shopping, and our day apart allowed for the morning spat to be put to bed and forgotten. It was a good day! Today, all three of us will go to the movies...perfect.

New Pictures

I am saving for a new camera and am at the halfway mark!