Today was my day off, so I got to do a bunch of things. If life-stuff like this bores you, feel free to skip -- I'm just practicing.
The things I overhear: I went to take care of some financial matters, and heard the phrase "change-of-life baby" for maybe the first time since I was small and my Tennessee-born relatives were visiting. I speculate that few people use that phrase, since it is no longer unusual for women to wait until they are almost out of eggs to get pregnant. I also was under the impression that it was one of those phrases only gothically Southern ladies used, but this woman had a noticeable Brooklyn accent.
After I was done, I was restless. It was a beautiful day here -- we are having what is probably the last cold snap of the season, so it was in the sixties, the skies were cloudless, yadda yadda. So I drove all the way to Daytona Beach and back, a trip of about three hours total. I had thought of taking pictures, but for some reason didn't feel like doing so. (I really want to get a digital camera; then I think I'll be taking more pictures -- but I want a decent one I can do reasonable zooms with.) International Speedway Blvd takes one past Embry Riddle University, where one of the September 11th terrorists learned to fly. This, and the fact that beach towns are really depressing in cold weather for some reason, killed my idea to park and take a beach walk, so I drove back.
I stopped at Publix, and purchased supplies for my new more-protein, less-carb diet. (More meat, no pasta or potatoes or sugary sweets -- except for sugar and cream in my coffee. No one is taking that away from me.) Then home, to prepare steaks (not a very good cut -- the rest are going in a marinade tonight), grilled onions, and carrots. Yum.
Posted by Andrea Harris at March 31, 2003 08:37 PMBy gosh, you're a regular gal after all.
On those digital cameras -- my advice is to forget all the trappings to get started. It ain't all that. You want something to post on the blog, the cheapies will do just fine. Believe me: I've spent at least a thousand dollars on digital cameras, only to shrink the pics down to nothing so I can get it in a usable web format.
PS They might not use that "change of life" phrase, but oh brother! they won't know what hit them.
Posted by: Scott at April 1, 2003 at 08:22 PMHey, thanks. Maybe I will pick up that fifty-buck model at Wal-Mart... Then again, the Canon Elph is so cuuute... [slap slap slap} Er, sorry. Had a girl moment there. Won't happen again.
Posted by: Andrea Harris at April 1, 2003 at 10:58 PMI like girl moments. You can buy something because it's cute. I think that new NAA mini revolver with the lipstick bullets is cute. That itty bitty little red tip is soooo cuuuuute.
It isn't that you decide to buy something because it is cute, it is what you think is cute.
I do not associate with people that have Precious Moments™ figurines or have homemade, needle point coasters that say things like "Beer." Those people scare me.
Posted by: The Mrs. at April 1, 2003 at 11:53 PM"Precious moments figurines" -- ::shudder:: Those things give me hives. That revolver, on the other hand...
Posted by: Andrea Harris at April 1, 2003 at 11:57 PMI highly recommend the Canon Sureshot S200. They fit handily into a pocket or whatever device you use to tote your ID, lipstick, car keys, wads of old gum wrapped in kleenex, paper clips, wire cutters, reserve ammunition, etc.
That, and it's relatively cheap and takes great pictures. The color and resolution are so much better than that of the analog camera it replaced. And downloading is really, really easy.
Oops, I just realized it's an ELPH. And, unfortunately, the price hasn't really dropped on this item. We bought ours a year ago for just under $300; now you can get one for $250.
Posted by: David Perron at April 2, 2003 at 06:30 AM