I didn’t want to wake up this morning. Finally I threw myself out of bed and crawled outside for my morning walk. I staggered around the neighborhood for about 5 minutes before I headed back to the Donna villa. I made a pot of coffee and took a shower. Now it’s time to work.

Last night Lisa told me about a great idea she has for us to make some extra money. She feels we can be romance novel writers. “Donna, I have read about 2,000 romance novels and I know the structure of the story! Believe me, we can do so much better than some of the crap that’s out there!”
“Lisa, I have never read a romance novel, unless you count the Sweet Valley High books.”
“That’s what makes us a great partnership! I provide the background and foundation, you provide us with a new viewpoint!”
“I don’t know, Lisa. It seems like a long shot.”
“But I already have our nom de plume chosen: Lily Revere! I’d read a book by a woman named Lily Revere!”
“I don’t know”
“C’mon let’s just give it a shot and then we can worry about getting it published.”
“Well, if we get it published, I want Fabio on the cover.”
“Donna, he doesn’t pose anymore”
“I’m sure he would if we asked him nicely”
“Wouldn’t it be funny if Fabio did agree to pose for our novel’s cover and it turns out he is actually your soulmate and all this time you wasted on eHarmony and you reallly should have been writing romance novels?”

I queued up some Indian disco music on Rhapsody– and playing at this very moment is an Indian version of Video Killed the Radio Star. Auva Auva Koi Yahan

By a little bit. I’d still like to go to sleep for a couple more hours. This weekend I was lazy and slept in. That’s enough to make Monday morning torturous.

Yesterday Lisa and I went to Einstein Bagels and bought 2 Mango Peach muffins. We had our own coffee in the car since we don’t care for their Bohemian Blend or whatever they call the liquified crap they serve. We then drove to the park and sat on a bench and ate the muffin and drank our coffee. It was great! The muffin was really superb, slightly toasted with melted butter! At the park we met a nice woman and her son. They were so taken with Bobo; the woman said she is now considering adopting a Japanese Chin! It’s moments like those that make me wonder if castrating him the second week of July is the right thing to do. After the park excursion, Lisa and I went to Sweet Hearts Ice Cream Parlor in Morrisville and bought Dad a giant Father’s Day Ice Cream sheet cake. You will never guess how much it cost….30.00!?! I wasn’t expecting it to be that much. When a cup of coffee costs 5.00, I guess 30.00 for an ice cream cake really isn’t that bad.

At some point over the weekend, I asked Lisa if she thought there was enough room in the Donna villa should we both find husbands. “Do you think there is enough room for 4 people?”
“Without a doubt” she answered.
“We may have a problem with closet space,” I said.
“No, not at all– invisible men wear invisible clothes, and invisible clothes don’t take up much space.
“Of course, we can always build invisible closets, if necessary.”

I’m up! I’m up! I’m even clothed and washed. It doesn’t look bad out, walking should be nice. All I want to do is go back to sleep. MUST MOVE. MUST WAKE UP.

I walked twice as far as usual this morning, trying to work off some of the calories from last night’s dinner at Delorenzo’s. Once I get started, I simply can’t stop. I think I must have devoured about 5 slices of pizza. If that wasn’t enough, I went home and ate 1/2 a bag of toasted coconut covered marshmallows. Bye bye Diet!

The sun wasn’t shining when I awoke this morning. I didn’t want to get out of bed. The last few days saw me leaping from bed anxious to start my day. Today, all I wanted to do was roll over and head back to dream land. Regardless, I forced myself up and out. I walked the development, slowly, with my arms crossed in front of me. I didn’t once think about tightening my powerhouse. Back at home, I drank green tea and read a couple chapters of The Little Prince that I found published online. I am looking forward to the weekend.

Last night Lisa and I took Bobo for his evening walk. Right past Walt’s house, Bobo pooped. It was bright orange in color!
“Look at that!”
“I wonder why it is orange.”
“Well, what are you feeding him?”
“This morning I gave him a piece of cheese, some Ritz crackers and he also had a bite of my Creamsicle. Why do you think his poop is orange?”
“I have no clue.”

I’ve been getting up early and going for walks. The weather has been superb and it feels great to get up and move. I weighed myself yesterday and I am at the lowest I’ve been in quite some time. The scale can sometimes be our friend. I LOVE SUMMER!!!!

One of my issues with Firefox is that I couldn’t use the Google Toolbar which I LOVE! Today, I found a pretty good simulation. It’s the GoogleBar from mozdev.org and it has almost all the functionality of the Google Toolbar. I like being able to easily search within a site and how it highlights my search terms on the page.
Now if I could only get my MT formatting buttons back, I would really like Firefox.

I fall in love too easy. In fact, I am swooning right now. Yes, it is true. I am in love with a fellow named Spike Priggen and his incredible Web sites: Bedazzled and Scopitones. This morning I saw he put a link on Bedazzled to my little outpost and I almost fell over! (I think he likes me too!!!!) I have spent more hours than I have to devote watching silly little French videos from the 1960’s. I can’t pull myself away. Mainly, this is a warning, do not visit this man’s Web sites. He will infiltrate your mind and take over your life. You will lose control and spend the rest of your days dreaming of Serge Gainsbourg. HEED MY WORDS!!! DO NOT CLICK HERE!

THIS IS SEXY! (via scopitones)

THIS IS NOT