2008 Has Been In Full Swing for 1 Week

Hope everyone is having a great start to the New Year! I'm looking forward to a healthier, less fractured, 2008.

I did find some amusement over the holidays when I was at the gym and realized that I was running on a treadmill while watching The Price is Right. Given that the re-emergence of TPIR in my life coincided with my inability to walk, I found it slightly amusing that I was now running.

In addition to my attempt at running, I have also "stepped out" and did a little shoveling in our driveway. Yes, we had so much snow in December that even though we have had several days in the upper 30's, low 40's, we still have snow on the ground. My new snow boots are key - keep me upright!

Hope all is well!

Review: Drew Carey on The Price is Right

Now that I finally have some time off work for the holidays, the first order of business was to watch TPIR with the new host - Drew Carey.

I sat down today and watched the "Christmas Eve" show. I actually like Drew Carey for the most part. I liked watching "The Drew Carey Show" when it used to be on tv. However, after one episode I can definitively proclaim - he's just not Bob. He seemed rather dry and didn't show much emotion either way when the contestant won or lost. He seemed rather awkward much of the time. He did show some life when 2 of the 3 contestants in the first wheel spin got $1,000. That was about it. He's just missing the Barker charisma.

Given that I'm off of work all week though, I will give him another couple of viewings and will let you know if my opinion changes.

I still can get rather excited about the showcase showdown - with or without Bob. Today was sad - both contestants overbid. One of the guys had a fairly specific dollar amount. When it was all said and done he was over by only $74. Sadly that and $1.25 will buy him a cup of coffee.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!!

2 Hours, 20 Minutes

That is how long it took me to drive 28 miles in a snow storm home from work today. Thankfully I was patient and didn't get too aggravated. Just glad I got home in one piece with no scratches or dings to the Jeep. We have gotten about 10 inches of snow since Saturday. More snow is forecasted on Thursday and over the weekend. Last year we didn't have our first inch of snow until December 31st. Oh well. That's life in the winter wonderland of the north.

Almost 9 Months To the Day - Another Big Snow

We are in the middle of a big snow storm today - almost exactly 9 months since our last big snow. Might I remind you of what happened on that day - snap, crackle, pop! I can say that I am safely tucked in the house tonight.

We did venture out into the snow today though. We, after all, can't be slowed down too much by the white stuff. We went to a shoe store where I bought a pair of boots. They are broken in already. Nice and warm and seem to handle well on the snow. We also tried a Malaysian restaurant for lunch. It was pretty good and nice to warm up on a very cold day. We also checked out a couple of art sales in the metro area.

We've had anywhere between 4-6 inches of snow. No warm up in sight, so I think this snow will be around for a bit. It's -2 right now with the wind chill. I just take it slow, avoid shoveling, and Steve walks with me. :)

All in all, my ankle seems to be pretty good. It still swells up quite a bit depending on the day. I had dinner a few weeks ago with a former co-worker who had broken her ankle 4 years ago. She said she had swelling well over a year later. Guess I've got a few more months to go.

Work is finally slowing down a bit, so I hope to get back in the groove of blogging more often. Hope all is well!

If it wasn't for Steve...

I'd have very few comments on my postings. He got a little carried away on my last posting. I'm adding this one to mainly give him a new post to which he can comment.

Things are extremely busy at work these days, so I don't have much time for getting on here and blogging. I see the faint glimmer of light from the proverbial "end of the tunnel" - so after this month I hope to get back to Debbie's Discourse on a regular basis.

In the meantime, know that I am 1-7 now in my Fantasy Football league. I finally have a win! Of coure the guy I beat had 4 players that had byes that week so he wasn't managing the team very well. Sad...I barely beat him too! Steve wondered how much my nephew paid his friend off to let me win that game. :)

Hope all is well!

Miscellaneous Musings

It's been a week of Drew Carey on Price. I've heard mixed reviews on him. I haven't had a chance to watch it, but I did catch a clip of a gal playing Plinko on You Tube. The downside to You Tube is that when I do venture to that site, I end up wasting way too much time surfing the videos. One night I was all about looking up various old videos - many Olivia Newton-John clips!

Work has been crazy busy and therefore this site has fallen down on the list of what I can keep up with. The good news is that it's higher than even cleaning my house. The bad news is that it's higher than even cleaning my house. ;) I'll be going in to work this weekend as well.

My little guy Eric in Arizona injured his right foot last weekend at a birthday party. He too has his foot in a splint. Poor little guy. He gets to use a wheelchair for a couple of weeks, so I would guess he's the hit of the preschool.

Oh - I did manage to run a little bit last week on my "bionic" ankle. Ok, so I was on the treadmill and ran twice for a minute and a half each time for a total of 3 minutes.

Either it's Friday night and my humor is slightly warped from lack of sleep or this was funny. Steve was just talking to our dog Moe and he used the word "traverse" in his conversation. Totally sure Moe understood that! As I saw once in a card, a dog hears..."blah, blah, blah, blah, Moe, blah, blah, blah, Moe."

One last thing - Fantasy Football seems to be a bust this year for me. I'm 0-6. I'm having fun with it though. My dad's not doing any better in the league either. Thankfully for him, he's in a couple of leagues and he's won in the other one. Alas, I'm not. I'm still having fun though.

Hope all is well!

45 Down, 5 to go

Check out my map. All states in red are ones I've been to. Check out the following site to create your own map.

http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedStates

I added both Louisiana and Mississippi yesterday. I drove from Houston across Louisiana to Gulfport, Mississippi and then back to New Orleans and ended in Baton Rouge for the evening. I hit Gulfport right as the sun was setting. I dipped my feet into the Gulf of Mexico briefly and then hopped back in the car to continue my 9 hour day of driving.

One thing that was quite clear is that Katrina was quite the bitch. Driving along I-90 through Mississippi back to New Orleans was quite the site. You could tell that they still had uninhabitable housing and destruction still around. I was seeing most of this in the dark and you could still tell the destruction.

I'm glad I got those 2 states checked off of my list. I can't imagine that I'll be going back to those states anytime soon. I had my fill in the short time I was there. :)