rocking in 1979 w/ tom petty

thanks to heavy doses of sugar & caffeine, i'm wide-awake & watching a tom petty & the heartbreakers/new year's eve concert on youtube:

i resolve

thanks to a little nudging from claire, i just wrote out a few new year's resolutions for 2012:

1. be more patient
2. be a little more neater
3. lose my fat ass

i could go on w/ the pledges to make myself a better person, but these three seem reasonable enough to achieve over the course of the next 12 months.  well, i may be pushing it w/ #2, so we'll see what happens w/ that.  & i'm not even going to touch "get organized" or "stop procrastinating" b/c i know my limitations.

just in case i fall asleep before the ball drops

there's a very good chance that i ain't making it to midnight, so i wish y'all now a very happy new year.

[update: it's 10:35pm.  i just washed down a handful of red swedish fish w/ some coca-cola, so i should be good to go for the long haul tonight.]

in no particular order

here're a bunch of snapshots from our trip to pine grove dude ranch this past week that i said i'd post....



three decades ago

joan jett & the blackhearts live @ the ritz, NYC, 12/31/1981...



(just a note: i wasn't there.)

back to normal

5 days of horseback riding, pudding-eating contests, (watered-down) cocktail parties, sleeping by myself in my own king-sized bed, skeeter sightings & more is over & done w/ -- i'll post the few pictures we've got at a later date.  now, it's time to get back into the swing of things, starting w/ this movie that i found on netflix (yay, tonight is "kitti's choice"):

guess who's home?

get outta town

starting tomorrow, i'll be away w/ the family on vacation till the 30th.  there is wifi in the lobby where we're going & claire's taking along her new notebook, but i don't really see myself going online all that often.  now remember, i don't do text & my phone is definitely not "smart," so facebook, twitter & this so-called blog are going to be kitti'less for a short bit.

(& of course i haven't started packing yet, silly.)

merry christmas 2011

lots of boobies, flesh-eating fish & leslie's boyfriend on "parks & recreation"

not really sure why, but this is what we've been watching tonight & mamaloo, it's really bad...

santa's getting hooked-up tonight

screw milk n' cookies... w/ very little help from me, the putch baked & frosted a cupcake for santa.  she left it out w/ a yoo-hoo for him to wash it down & carrots for the reindeer.

this is all coming from a kid who's known the truth since day one, but still has the imagination to believe.  gosh dang, i love her so.

yippee-kai-yay

i've never been able to sit through "it's a wonderful life."  "a christmas carol" & "miracle on 34th street" are kinda slow-going, too, which is why i choose "die hard" as my favorite movie to watch during this joyous time of year.

twas the afternoon before christmas

laundry is done.  the dishwasher is running.  short ribs are cooking for tomorrow's christmas lunch w/ carl's family here at the apartment.  music is being converted & uploaded to my new ipod.  claire's reading her guinness book of world records... well, now, playing w/ gryffin.  carl's knee-deep in football.   & i'm contemplating a walk to natural -- it's gotta be jammed-packed on austin street though -- for a few last-minute items.

oh, maybe i'll just skip the crowds & enjoy this clip from one of the best christmas-themed TV episodes ever... (i love you, laverne.)

wow, wow & once again, wow

thank you so much to my family for the best'est holiday present ever: a 160gb ipod classic.  it's even engraved w/ my name on it.  so frickin' cool & a huge surprise.  i mean, yes, i did have it listed on my amazon wish list, i just never expected to actually get one.

did not see this coming

i've actually chuckled out loud more watching "hall pass" this evening than most movies i've seen in awhile.  carl picked well.  (wow, that is something i never thought i'd say, but there you go.)

this is dedicated to the one i love

i was just going to post this clip of joan jett live for the putch...



& then i found this...



& this...



& last, but not importantly least, this...

it's cupcake time w/ kitti & tho

after one day of baking -- thank you, jeannette for joining us -- & one day of decorating, the cupcakes are ready for our kids' holiday class parties tomorrow.

this time around, we baked 100+ vanilla-butter & chocolate cupcakes -- burned about 30 or so ("cupcake wars" is so not in our near future).  we got the snowman idea by mashing-up two versions we saw online.

i think they're pretty snazzy, no?



yay, tho got an orange cupcake carrier. :)

look how frickin' cute this is.

i've got the most rockin' kid around

after watching the jimmy kimmel video on youtube of parents who gave their kids crappy presents & taped their reactions, i was curious to see what claire's would be, so carl wrapped-up 3 boxes of kraft mac & cheese & hid it in the dishwasher.  (we stashed her real present -- a digital camcorder -- in a big pot.)

any old ways, when the putch opened her "gift," she didn't pitch a fit or throw a tantrum.  didn't cuss us out or spew hateful words.  didn't say anything negative, in fact.  she just thanked us & even commented on how she thought it was cool that the pasta was winter-themed.  then, when we informed her that it wasn't the real present... she drew a sigh of relief, said she was scared there for a moment & plotzed when she found the camcorder.

yay, holidays.

chappy channukah 2011

it's the hap-happiest time of the year

ya'd think an anti-social/non-practicing gal like myself would despise the holiday season, but i gotta say, i do dig it -- always have.  i like gift-giving (& getting's not so bad), everything looking so festive & people acting more cheery... what's wrong w/ that?  i mean, sure, i don't jive w/ the whole "jesus" angle of christmas (jew or not, the story seems fishy to me) & i don't recite the prayers when lighting the menorah on channukah (i admit, even if i did remember the words, i wouldn't know what they mean b/c i don't speak hebrew) & that may lead some to believe i'm not worthy of celebrating, but to them, i say, "scrooge you."

i'm just oozing holiday spirit

spending my saturday evening adding songs to my i'm such a sucker for the holidays playlist on spotify & watching the christmas episode of "it's always sunny in philadelphia."  i should wrap presents for tomorrow's channukah party at my mom's place, too, but i'm just going to wait until the last minute & then stuff them into gift bags.

[update: it's sunday morning & the gifts have yet to enter the bags.  i've got about an hour before we leave for the city.  guess i should get dressed & take care of the "presents" situation now, eh?]

on through the night

"dexter" is over.  not the best episode, though it had it's moments.  gonna give "adjustment bureau" a whirl now -- choice is out of my hands tonight.  not the biggest fan of matt damon's & the ratings say it contains only "mild violence," but i'm open to it.

"going out" is so overrated

baluchi's just delivered dinner (thank you so much, carl) & last week's episode of "dexter" that i missed is on TV.  all i gotta do is find a C-movie to watch after that & i'll have hit the trifecta this friday night.

rockabye-bye?

i've been looking for claire's old bedtime album, "rockabye baby! led zeppelin," but can't find it anywhere.  haven't listened to it in years, but i had a hankering to play it this evening when i put the putch to sleep.  hopefully it'll show up.  i mean, it can't just walk out of the apartment -- it's gotta be somewhere.

rockagirly time with the 5.6.7.8's

i just get such a kick out of this band.  missed them in concert last month, but at least i've got youtube going for me, which is nice.

i'm not sure this would fly in 2011

the following is from my 4th grade "happenings" notebook/daily journal.  i was claire's age now when i wrote this.

what's funny -- besides the student teacher's responses -- is that my dad called while i was scanning these pages & when i questioned his parenting decision to allow me to watch "carrie" at such a young age, he said it was fine & referred to it as a "kids" movie b/c it was set in high school.  gotta love it.

he should have treat her right

sure, ike was toxic to tina's life -- & i don't condone what he did there -- but you gotta admit, they made some really great music together...

and i ordered in dinner, too

very lazy saturday here at the borgatti household.  it's past 9pm & i'm still in my bathrobe.  i was going to take the putch to see santa & do other holiday stuff 'round town, but she was feeling under-the-weather.  instead, we stayed home w/ carl, played video games/board games (yay, simpsons monopoly), watched mindless TV & youtube videos... & that's about it.

some would consider this a waste of a day... and, well, yeah, they're right, but sometimes that's okay.

gonna finish watching "the mechanic" now.  so far, not that impressed.

missing john lennon

dobie gray drifts away

first, colonel potter dies.  now i read that dobie gray has passed on, as well.

the news reminds me of my ex from the '90s.  this was our song...

pole dancin pizza hamster

i'm not quite sure i can use this for claire's school magazine that the parents association publishes, but i can certainly and proudly post it here...

... & before you start calling social services to come after me, it's not that kind of pole dancing.  i asked the putch where she'd learn about that style of dance & she informed me that she saw it on "america's got talent," as seen below... phew.

help harris get to sundance

i don't mean to be difficult, but, you gotta right-click the above & select "show all," then click "chipin" to help harris get to sundance.

& for info on what this is all about -- i mean, i am asking you to donate money -- click on the URL below regarding my cousin harris' quest for utah...
http://harrisdoranandthesundancekid.chipin.com/help-harris-get-to-sundance

insert witty title that refers to keyser soze here

all three children have been asleep for awhile & i should be, too, but i split a gigantic drum of coke w/ carl at the midway & i'm so not tired at all.

(wow, that sounds so much worse than it really was.  i'm just talking soda.  you know, caffeine -- nothing else.)

any old ways, gonna unplug & try to doze-off to this...

some things are better left in the past

so, while we were all on a muppets high, we tried to watch "emmet otter's jug-band christmas" on netflix.  well, that didn't go off so well.  we couldn't get past the first ten minutes before the kids were complaining that it was slow & boring (which it was).

i haven't seen "emmet" since it was on HBO when i was a kid.  & i remembered it being so much better than it was.

oh well, sometimes you just can't go back.  well, maybe a little w/ this clip, but really that's it...

all hail the hobo king

never watched an episode of "how i met your mother" & was not a big fan of that "sarah marshall" movie, but dang-boy-howdy, do i ever have a silly crush on jason segel now after taking claire & her friends to see "the muppets" movie.  so freaking clever & funny -- did not expect that.

has it really been almost a week?

last i posted was about six days ago.  not much has gone on since then except for some volunteering/PA stuff at claire's school, playdates & a whole bunch of futz'ing around -- i'll be more productive next week, promise.  (actually, i got the holiday cards out this week, so that's something.)

any old ways, the putch is at a sleepover -- i've got a free night on my hands, so, what am i gonna do?  well, for starters, i'm gonna cook dinner, add nonsensical items to my amazon wish list & watch a movie on cable that i'm surprised i've never seen before...



[update: wow, that movie was dreck'fully bad.]