Burn Notice

Ok, how come no one told me about USA's Burn Notice? I mean, come on! It's right up my alley, smoking hot Jeffrey Donovan, super sultry Gabrielle Anwar and how can you go wrong casting Bruce Campbell in anything?! I've been watching season one on Hulu and I absolutely love it! Great action, even better scripting and Bruce Campbell's, Sam, is hilarious. I think it's right up there with TNT's The Closer and Saving Grace. In Plain Sight's, Mary, is not quite as good as Grace, at least not yet. As far as I'm concerned the jury is still out on that one. I mean, Holly Hunter's Grace embodies the bad girl right down to the wild hair, cigarette smoking, hard drinking and gravelly voice. Mary McCormack's character seems to be trying too hard and is just a little too sweet. And you know, her voice bothers me. Anyway...after four episodes of Burn Notice, I'm hooked. If I can get all 12 epi's done by July 10th, I'll be happy. That's when the new season comes out. I'm really looking forward to TNT and USA this summer!

I'm starting to hate my computer. I built the thing in 2004 and at the time it was all state of the art. I've upgraded it some since but now I'm starting to think that I need to completely rebuild it. First of all, and I never thought I'd say this, 80 gig is simply not a lot of memory these days! I also need a faster chip and a way more USB ports. I can only install so many cards. It would be sweet to get a new video card, too, one that can handle HDTV so I can really get some good use out of my 21" HD LCD monitor. The problem is $$$$. Being a stay at home mom just doesn't pay in dollars! Ah, well, you know that old saying, "you can wish in one hand and shit in the other and see which one weighs more." Crude, yet true!! Ha ha ha!

I've starting planning for LD's 2nd birthday party. It's just going to be family and some friends. I'm hoping for a nice day so we can have everyone outside. In any case, we're thinking about renting a nice tent just in case. We could use it for shade if it happens to turn out sunny. We've just built a nice outdoor fireplace on the hill beside our garage. All we need is some grating and wood and we're good to go! (As long as it stops raining for a while). Anyway, I've got some Diego themed plates and decorations. LD is HUGE into Diego and Doro right now. He absolutely loves animals. If we go anywhere in the car, I just pop in a Diego video and he's good as gold. Probably not the best parenting option but what can I say? It works and keeps everybody happy. My menu for the party is going to be pretty simple, just typical bbq stuff. Burgers, dogs, macaroni and potato salads, chips and dip, etc. The only thing I need to order is the cake. I'm going to do it in the next week or so. It will be Diego, of course! I also need balloons and stuff - but, I'll hit up the dollar store in town for that. My invites are out and I'm just waiting on the RSVP's to see who can make it. It should be really fun!

My book reading spree is almost done, I can feel it. I'm not so ravenous to soak up the next novel on my shelf. I've also been routing around in my knitting bag and wondering which pair of socks I'm going to knit next and am I going to do any fancy stitching. So in the near future I'm sure I'll be happily knitting away again. If I could knit and read I'd be on Cloud 9.

So far it's another boring day for LD. We went to the park again this morning and he didn't want anything to do with playing on the playground gym. He just wanted to run - so I let him. He ran a lot! He tuckered himself out a little but seemed to be ready for his nap when the time came. I just wish the weather was better in the afternoon but it's clouding up again. I wanted to take him up to the little beach on the lake and go for a swim. Doesn't look like that will happen. In any case, it's a little too chilly for swimming.

Grampa is hard at work on the back of the house. We've been vinyl siding the house bit by bit and now it's the back's turn. I wish he'd done the side first but he wouldn't be able to reach it! The side of the house has a daylight basement and we would need scaffolding to start siding it. And, the back is in more desperate shape right now. What am I saying? The whole house is in desperate shape!

Well, I'll be signing off now. I can hear little peeps of activity coming from the monitor to LD's room. Take care and have a great hump day!

Happy Knitting!