i was drawn to the ocean

Word of the day is

butte  - a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding area and has sloping sides and a flat top

Tuesday Night Grat List
~ Milena's love
~ Milena's sense of humour
~ Milena's affection
~ i was able to (mostly) salvage the pork roast dinner
~ that i'm going to fall into bed in a few minutes
~ hope
~ suraimu


Some linkies for your entertainment and enjoyment:

Garbage fans on my flist will probably like the icons offered up by the wonderful and icon-prolific __alt_icons. 

Outdated, but still funny --  snarkin' on Cheney and the rifle incident

For the person who has everything and wishes death upon their ex - i happened upon this little gem a while back in a comment thread in kestrel127's LJ

 windygirl2019, you might be especially interested in this -- Stilton perfume!

( i'll put this behind a cut just in case someone hasn't watched Wednesday night's American Idol Results show yet...i'm considerate like that ;-) )

And now, for tonight's grats.

Friday Night Gratitude List
~ Milena's kindness and generosity and caring heart
~ the smell right before it rains outside
~ the smell of rain
~ the wonderfully fragrant black locust tree (which i think is perfectly healthy after all!) in our yard
~ that we can smell Her fragrant blooms at once every time we walk out the side door, and from at least 3 windows of our home
~ being able to identify Her as a black locust after a bit of online research and close leaf examination
~ rediscovering my love of the flavour of red and green bell peppers. Mmmmmmmm.
~ learning
~ compassion
~ creativity

( my thoughts on last night's AI performances )

( My thoughts on last night's American Idol performances, etc. - spoilers if you haven't seen it yet! )

Word of the day is

pejorative - adj. Tending to make or become worse; disparaging; belittling.
n. A disparaging or belittling word or expression.

i'm probably going to be quite posty today because i have a lot to catch up on! i'll try to be nice and use some cuts here and there.

( My thoughts on last Wednesday's Amazing Race )

( My thoughts on last Wednesday's American Idol Results Show )

( catching up on some grats )

20 years ago today was the Chernobyl disaster. Milena and i were talking about it last week, and about how we remember so very little of the incident, even though we were definitely old enough to remember...i guess we were shielded from a lot of it. We've both since read up on it a bit, and for today's word of the day i give you:

dosimeter - any device used to measure an individual's exposure to a hazardous environment, particularly when the hazard is cumulative over long intervals of time, or one's lifetime

i was BAD last night--i went to bed with a sink full of dirty dishes. But i did them a few minutes ago. i was looking out the window while i did the dishes, and i saw this car stopped at the light--it was a Ford station wagon with really dark tinted windows and a custom paint job. Somebody has been watching too much Pimp My Ride.

So...American Idol last night...( spoilery! )

( AI spoilerly )

( Amazing Race spoilerly )

Wed. Night Grat List:
~ Milena took the boys to the park while i made dinner
~ The biscuits came out realllllly good and i had made some more honey butter
~ a pleasant evening
~ nice weather
~ writing

AVERYisms:
Yesterday: Mom, why do they call it a rollercoaster? i think they should call it a rollerCART.

Today: (whispered) Mom, your hair looks kind of like CATHERINE'S!

Word of the day is
dosha - in Ayurvedic medicine, one of the three biological humors or energies (kapha, pitta, vata) which combine in various proportions to determine individual constitution and mental and physical disorders

( last night on TV - spoilers! )

Thursday Night Grats:
~ Milena had a good day today
~ humour
~ forgiveness
~ Tara
~ music
~ Milena did the dishes last night
~ Evan didn't fall asleep on the bus yesterday or today
~ Dinner turned out well yet again - baked chicked, steamed broccoli, Oriental green beans, and mashed potatoes. Yay, home cookin'

Holy crap, Gypsy just scratched me...that's the 2nd time she's done that lately! Cranky old biddy.... ;-)