March Madness

not really, but I feel like I should blog anyways.

Monkey news update: The crazy Spokane foreign exchange student biting monkey is dunzo. 'The Man' did him in to check for rabies (I think The Man would be some sort of animal control person), but luckily he was clean---of course not lucky for the monkey cuz evidently he had to be killed to determine that fact.

Quite a few upset monkey lovers here in the 'Kane, I heard tell of picketing. Personally, I don't think the South Hill NEEDS any sort of monkey biznaz, I'm scared enough of the dogs.

Work & whatnot: I am on the mend (kind of)! I did my nanny duties Monday and Tuesday, now am taking Wed off to recoup. Which I must have needed bc I am still sleeping about 16 hours a day. Some of you Fluther readers may question whether this is any different from my normal wake/sleep habits, but I assure you it IS. The boys were very happy to see me, we painted rocks to celebrate my return to the Parlange household. Just a few weeks now till Spring break! woot woot!

Knitting stuff: no really exciting projects in the works. I have a couple of pairs of socks on the sticks, just for something easy to pick up and work on. Plus some unfinished projects (Pirate mitten #2, New York Times Shawl and possibly some other stuff I've forgotten). Hopefully, I'll get energetic enough to finish some of these and then can start on new projects!

Travel plans: not really any for moi, other than I think I am going over to Seattle during Spring Break to help with the boys. Mom rents a house there and I believe at least a few days involve a rental on Useless Bay @ Whidbey Island! Should be lots of fun, and we are planning our list of things we NEED for the beach. Buckets and shovels dominate the wish list so far.

Katie is coming up for a visit, yeah!!! She will be in town March 21-24, can't wait to see our LA Woman. I really would love to go down and spend a few days in Cali, must figure out when....

GAAAH

Am I EVER going to get rid of this flu bug? Steve is doing a bit better, since he has pneumonia he got antibiotics. I have boring old flu, no killer drugs for me. I'm still exhausted everytime I try to do anything more strenuous than work the remote.

Monday I'm going back to work so I sure hope I'm feeling better! This flu is not fun people, in fact it's a real PITA. Between coughing so hard I pee myself to having to watch Lifetime and Oxygen channels bc I have watched everything else, I'm about ready to put in for a lung transplant. Where is my nurse Katie when I need her? Yeah, tooling around LA eating sushi and Pinkberry.

MORE Monkey News!

Who knew that Spokane was the world center of Monkey News items!? As a follow-up to last week's shocking monkey attack on French exchange student, today's paper HEADLINED a new monkey shocker! "Three Charged with Smuggling Rhesus Monkey" read the horrifying head, with a big article about how the feds searched several homes in the area for a smuggled monkey. Suspicion is on a mom-daughter gang, with SOMEONE having smuggled the monkey into the US under her blouse...the daughter is hoping 'someone in the monkey community' will help them in their time of need. Who even knew there was a monkey community!? AND the girl's name is Gypsy, so I say throw the book at her and put her in fed. prison where she belongs.

Girls Girls Girls!

My great nieces are undoubtedly the world's most adorable babies! Here are some pictures I stole from the mama's website:

Loggie the House Elf twinkles with delight at the thought of racing Hadley the Tortoise to the pile of toys... Hads is too busy trying to figure out how Loggity grew that head of hair to get ready to scoot.


Tatum, Queen of the Five Year Olds! Making every birthday wish come true, and keeping unruly party guests in line with a wave of her magic wand.

Don't you just want to pinch those cute round leggies? Tate is relaxing at the barre, getting ready to do some high kicks, I'm sure.

Flu Week II

It's week 2 with the flu, and we are ready to get well. Too bad our bodies aren't cooperating...maybe someone can track down some "Webster's Iron-Brew" for us, might be just the ticket!

Steve is sitting at the urgent care center waiting his turn to be seen (along with 897 other flu victims), while I am working at home. Our regular doc is on vacation, the Basic Health clinic doesn't have any appts available till mid-April, our insurance may or may not cover the urgent care visit. Lord help us, being sick is NOT for the weak!

WTF?!

in this morning's paper was a little article about a French exchange student who was walking home from Lewis & Clark HS up the South Hill, when a spider monkey jumped out of some bushes and bit her! Her comment: "We don't have things like this in France". Um, we don't have things like this in Spokane either (usually). Yikes, guess it doesn't pay to walk!

Logging some Couch Time

Since I've been down with the flu, I've watched quite a bit of TV (well mostly the start of programs and then I pass out and miss most of the show, which is not usually a major loss). I have been able to watch the first season of "The Tudors" and it's pretty good. Of course, it's not entirely historically accurate, but for the most part it follows the life of Henry VIII fairly closely. Costumes are beautiful, the acting is good and the plot can't be beat! Waiting for poor Anne B. lose her head...

I also enjoy this kooky channel called 'Something Weird', which shows 'school scare' films from the past and other fun stuff from my childhood. I especially liked the film on the School Safety Patrol. Bet you all didn't know I was a Patrol CAPTAIN in 5th grade at Maywood Hills! Power, my friends, power.

Now if The Office would just come back with some new eps, I might survive this flu bug.