I'll see Paris in the springtime

Sigh.

I was getting all excited because I planned on going to Paris in November to stay with my friend L and tear through the town, and my friend Jenny was going to hop on the train from London to help me tear through Sephora, but alas, 'tis not to be. I just got put on a rushed project with an end of November deadline, and December is another deadliney month.

I truly do apologize for the appaling lack of content on the site. I mean, really - a to do list? My life is obviously boring beyond any possible measure, so my only option is to clearly make my readers (are there any?) equally bored.

Bear with me as I try to inject some interest into my life.

To Do - 30.10.05

Ok, putting my to do list online a couple of weeks ago actually got me to do most of the stuff on it, so I'm going to try to do it regularly.

1. VAT and tax payment
2. Deposit translation cheque
3. Make Nigella stew in new crockpot
4. Finally empty last box from moving (in FEBRUARY) and fix up balcony
5. Look into landlady fixing noisy toilet pipes
6. Install hot water heater timer
7. Hang grid in kitchen (metal fence like thing to hang stuff from)
8. Buy box of mixed tea
9. Start working on Christmas gifts
10. Investigate things to do in Paris
11. Paint canvases
12. Find large Illy tins for kitchen
13. Hang towel bars in bathroom
14. Find hanging shoe rack for bathroom door
15. Find coat hooks for wall behind door

The last four items are holdovers from the last list.

Tee hee

rappy: damn, David Cubitt is so hot.
highwaygirl: who?
rappy: do you watch Medium?
highwaygirl: yep!
rappy: Detective Scanlon
rappy: *drool*
rappy: I've adored him for years. Since I was 19 or 20 and he was on a Canadian show called Traders.
highwaygirl: ooh, yeah! I didn't recognize his name.
rappy: he's so dreamy.
highwaygirl: he's hungy
highwaygirl: um
highwaygirl: hunKy
rappy: hungy?

And later...

rappy: Ok, with that quandry weighing on me, I shall now go to sleep.
highwaygirl: good, leave me in my time od need!
rappy: need?
rappy: what is your need?
highwaygirl: nothing
highwaygirl: I will tell you tomorrow!
rappy: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
rappy: tell me now
highwaygirl: have a good sleep
highwaygirl: oh, it's nothing
rappy: you shizzle?
highwaygirl: just how I've found myself liking tweed
highwaygirl: *hides head in shame*
rappy: *GASP*
highwaygirl: I know
highwaygirl: my world is asunder
rappy: YOURS?
rappy: The foundations to my house just shook. The cats are hanging on to the chandelier in horror.
highwaygirl: and yours
highwaygirl: it's all bad
rappy: you know, if I had one...
highwaygirl: hahahaha

Easily Pleased

Because I am the best cat mommy ever, I went ahead and bought my kitty a...

...box!

Rain!

photo by wickenden

Raindrops keep falling on my head
And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed
Nothin' seems to fit
Those raindrops are falling on my head, they keep falling

Raindrops keep falling on my head
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red
Crying's not for me
Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin'
Because I'm free
Nothing's worrying me.

It just POURED outside a little while ago. It was brief but plentiful. Yay! I want it to be fall already! Which obviously means that tomorrow will be 40C out and disgustingly humid.

To Do...

I'm sure y'all really care about the minutiae of my week, but this is my (rather ambitious) to do list for the week:

1. Organize closet
2. Finish coffee tins set - not finished, but have rethought concept, and it'll take longer to get the images I want...
3. Call social security office to ensure my payments are up-to-date
4. Pay dad's parking ticket (find ticket first)
5. Record passport number
6. Go to bank to make sure overdraft protection is in place
7. Make ricotta-tomato tart for Monday dinner - made potato rosmary tart instead, cutting off half of finger in process.
8. Find large Illy tins for kitchen
9. Hang towel bars in bathroom
10. Find hanging shoe rack for bathroom door
11. Find coat hooks for wall behind door
12. Retrieve hand mixer from eyeball
13. Buy mixer attachments for Kenwood - putting off purchase until next month due to monetary concerns.
14. Design wall art project - copied shamelessly from someone's online apartment picture.
15. Take out recycling
16. Clean out and organize kitchen cabinets
17. Visit upholsterer down street re: living room chair - marking this one off because I'll need to find another upholsterer. This guy is never there.

Helpful

Rappy (to bus driver): Hey, could you please announce the Lewinski Street stop?
Driver: Lewinski? Sure!

*Rappy rides along, paying close attention, seemingly anticipating what is about to occur.*

Rappy: Wha? Whoa? Wasn't that...? IT WAS!

*Rappy gets off bus and begins trudging back towards Lewinski Street.*

Looking for Something?

Turns out she was looking for a tub stopper I'd bought earlier today, which she proceeded to play with for about an hour.

She's being all cutesy now, so I won't mention the fact that she earlier impaled me with her claws so badly that my entire right arm is covered in 2-3" scratches, one of which drew serious blood.