Hobbit-ish Potpurri: Lazy Bones Weekend Edition

Howdy Humble Readers...

I hope you're all having a fantastic weekend.  We've had a pretty good couple of days around the hobbit-hole.  Granted, they've been pretty lazy days and the hobbit-hole is in serious need of some cleaning, but I've been enjoying just 'being' with my Beloved and Ginny.

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My Beloved and I went to see Hunger Games last night... such a good adaptation of the book! Very well acted... Lenny Kravitz as Cinna was genius!  (Giving it 5 out of 5 hairy hobbit-toes way up!)  I was so happy to see that the few changes and omissions weren't central to the main plot.  My only real complaint was that we got to the theater a half hour before the movie started and we still ended up having to sit in the second row from the front.  Not the best vantage point.  Not to mention that I have a history of getting motion sickness at the movies (movies like Speed, the Bourne series, Constant Gardener... anything with documentary-like cinematography).  There was a stretch where I was concerned that I was going to have to leave the room because my head was spinning one way and my stomach was going the other way.

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Our only really productive activity today was to go grocery shopping.  I have recently switched grocery stores... AGAIN.  I've often voiced my dissatisfaction with a particular chain here above the 49th parallel (the Canadian Stupid-store), and yet every few years I find myself sucked back in.  The thing is, they have a great selection of international foods, and their produce is usually pretty good.  Whenever I'm looking for a new-to-me ingredient for a new-to-me recipe I can usually find it there.  But I hate the mad-house atmosphere and the fact that they only put out a limited supply of everything each day (even staples like milk) so once they're out, they're out.  Today wasn't too bad, but I do hate coming out of the grocery store frazzled.

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Speaking of cooking, you may (or may not) have noticed a lack of a Foodie Friday post yesterday.  That's because all my pics were on the netbook that died, and to upload pics to my Beloved's puter is a bit of a chore.  Hopefully, all will be in working order by the time my next monthly Ginny update rolls around next week.

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I decided that I needed a little kick in the butt when it comes to my virtual hobbit-hole, so I signed up for the April A-Z challenge.  Check out the groovy button on the right to find out how you can join in the fun. 

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Because my Beloved and I are sharing a computer for the moment, I am totally sucking at ICLW this month.  I feel bad, because I have actually had a number of new visitors, but have yet to have a chance to get back to them.  Hopefully the next couple of days will allow me to have a little bit more computer time.  My new laptop *should* be here by the 26th. 

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Embarrassing moment of the day: My dad showed up at about 5 this afternoon.  I knew that he was possibly going to be coming, but because his schedule is always so erratic when he's on the road, I usually get a call ahead of time to confirm if he's coming.  And that's usually when the flight-of-the-bumble-bee form of housekeeping kicks into high gear.  This time, no real warning... so Dad saw my house covered in dust, un-vaccuumed, and just a general mess.  Gah!  He may be coming for dinner tomorrow night, if his schedule allows, so I really should get my butt in gear and get some work done around here. 

What chores have you been putting off in favour of having some down time?