Or, Stuff I’ve Been Pondering. As I Feel Sniffle-y And Congested, And I’m Trying To Distract Myself.
1. Do you feel, as I do, that folks are becoming more and more rude, thanks to the Internet? Just the other day, a dear friend of mine received a very nasty Facebook Comment from a so-called friend of hers. It wasn’t just thoughtless, it was downright mean – and coming from someone she considers a friend, hugely inappropriate. Have you encountered too much rampant rudeness on the Internet? Or have the positives – deeper connectivity, more friends and Friends, wider reaching common interest groups – outweighed the occasional ickiness of others?
2. Do you find yourself becoming obsessed with certain types of websites? I like two major classifications – food sites and fashion sites. However, I have to enjoy the author’s writing style to fully embrace his/her site. And when I find the right fit, I trail after them in a puppy-needing-its-treat manner. I just found a new fashion site yesterday – Already Pretty – that I’m already following like a tween follows a Jonas Brother.
3. Do your joints ache more in the cold winter, damp spring, or humid summer? Today, my knees are such screaming Mimi’s that I am eschewing the gym in favor of couch-sitting.
4. Are you going to watch the Super Bowl? Do you care who wins? Are you just watching it for the commercials?
5. What is the most random thing you eat with eggs? I love eggs – cheap protein they are – and I eat them in new and interesting ways, based on what I’ve read on the aforementioned food sites. Right now, I’m loving fried eggs on brown rice. Simple, quick, and dirt cheap.
6. Will I ever feel comfortable in a swimming suit again? It doesn’t matter how much weight I lose, or how in shape I get, I still look at my butt and think UGH. And then I glance down at the varicose veins I’ve had since I was 14 years old and think BLEAH. Even if I had lipo and vein surgery, I’m sure there’s something else I’d hate. Like my lower back fat…
What are you pondering today?
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1. I love you to death; never stop being my friend. And yes, the internet makes people rude, but I also think sometimes the internet makes people interpret things as rude when they aren’t. I think we’ve all been on both sides of that coin.
2. I’m not really obsessed with any particular site (except maybe facebook :/ ), but my RSS feed is filled with food and craft blogs. You might be interested in Some Girls Wander: http://theblackapple.typepad.com/somegirlswander/ She’s more vintage, which I love.
3. My joints ache all the time, but yes, cold, damp weather makes it worse. Ever since I was a wee little girly, my left ankle has told me it’s raining. Which is silly, because I can plainly see/feel when it’s raining without the help of my joints. I think my body was giving me a “break” when I had my cold, though, because I didn’t have a single joint problem. Now that my cold is pretty much gone, my toes are back to their old tricks.
4. Yes. No, but I think The Saints deserve it (though I don’t think they’ll actually win). I don’t care about most of the commercials, but there are always a couple gems.
5. I seriously want fried rice with eggs now… I’ve been making pizza eggs for breakfast a lot. Crack an egg into a mug, stir in pizza sauce and turkey pepperoni (torn up), cook one high 1 minute and stir. Then plop ‘er out on a plate and sprinkle with parmesan cheese. SOOOO good.
6. I’m not perfect (in fact I’m terrified to ever wear a bathing suit again now that I put on weight), but it’s sad that we can’t just go out and have fun in our bathing suits. Maybe we need to go back to bloomers or flapper bathing suits. There’s always something, though. That little extra bit of flab. That cellulose. Those stretch marks. These are what women have, and yet nearly every woman refuses to accept that. *sigh* sucks being a woman sometimes. (By the way, your ass is perfect, so hush!)
1. I *heart* you! Yes, I feel, that for some odd reason, not having to interact with someone face to face or even voice to voice makes nice people say mean things. It bothers me. I was taught “if you have anything nice to say…” That said, if you ask me if your butt looks fat in something and it does, I’ll let you know, but in the nicest way possible.
2. I used to be into only websites/blogs about historic costumes, but I’ve branched out. I’m currently mad for all things home: improvement, decor, organization, etc. Not sure why the big change, but I’m very much in a nesting point in my life, so I’m sure that’s it.
3. I’m usually not too achey, but lately all I long for is a warm spring day & a big blanket in the sun. That sounds like paradise.
4.Wait, what? It’s Superbowl Sunday? Huh. Now if you ask this question on Oscar night, that’ll be a different story.
5. I have to admit, although I like eggs, I can’t eat them all the time. I went through a period of years where just looking at a cooked egg made me want to throw up. I can eat them now & do once and while, but not that often. Joe makes an amazing scrambled egg sandwich which I can’t refuse.
6. I hate buying swim suits. YUCK! I’m pretty good with the tops, but the bottoms, I loathe the very thought of having to try them on. The problem is I love to swim. I could spend hours in a pool. I did find the one place where no one cares about the cellulite on my upper thighs: indoor water parks. Most of the women there are moms and they all have it too, so it makes me feel better about my own fat parts (that and the Liz Lang maternity top I snagged at Goodwill)
(1) I do think some folks are rude but I also agree with DK that sometimes we might interpret something as rude when it isn’t because we can’t see someone’s expression or hear the tone of their voice. But I try to look on the good side and give people the benefit of the doubt.
(2) I love food, decorating (especially if they are redoing something vingate) and needlework blogs. I have a large list of blogs that I try to keep track of every week.
(3) My joints ache when it rains but it does seem to be worse in the cold rain. I remember hearing ‘old’ people talking about that when I was young and just laughed…now I know what they meant and it isn’t funny.
(4) Yes, because my husband has it on. I guess the Saints because I used to live near New Orleans and saw some games many moons ago.
(5) Not a big egg fan but I do love a Spanish omelet with the potatoes in eggs. I always add some onions and mabe crumbled bacon and we make a meal out of it.
(6) I’m not super comfortable in a swim suit but I’ve almost gotten over it. I love swimming for exercise so really don’t care what the other folks think as long as I can get my swim time in. I guess that comes with age. We women are way too hard on ourselves and the older I get, the less I care what others think of me.
1) Yeah, some people are rude! But I agree, sometimes we misinterpret what is said, on occasion. I just try to focus on the good, positive, cool things and people. That helps the groovy stuff outweigh the dumb stuff.
2) Cooking/healthy cooking, beauty and fashion, books, and frugal living (a-HEM!!
lol). I’m also a frequent visitor to the Twins’ web site and the Star Tribune’s as well. One of my favorite fashion sites is TheBudgetFashionista.com. I really like her writing style, besides the info and features. And it doesn’t hurt that she’s originally from MN. 
3) Eh. I’m a little creakier and achier in my 40s now. But so far, it’s manageable. Nothing major, thank goodness.
4) Yup, I watched most of it. The commercials are my favorite parts, though; I’m not football fan.
5) I love eggs too. I have taken to eating Better ‘n Eggs (like Egg Beaters) for health reasons. However, I still eat real eggs every now and then. I like to first saute onions and potatoes in Smart Balance Spread, then put ‘em aside. Scramble something eggy, then put aside. Sometimes I might re-heat some leftover meat or deli meat, if I have any, and then throw everything together in a warmed corn tortilla, topping it off with salsa. I just use whatever’s on hand, usually. I’ll have to try the fried eggs on brown rice. I have some brown rice, but am never sure of the possibilities, other than using it in my stir fries. Other ideas, Erin??
6) We women do get all wound up too much regarding our figures. Sad. We shouldn’t give a tiddlywink what others think. It’s hard not to care, while we’re trying to look “good”. I’d buy one if I had the opportunity to even go swimming. I used to belong to the Y, but can’t fit it into my budget right now.