Hubby and I are considering going away next month for a mini vacay. The following is our conversation as I remember it:

JAY: I found this resort in West Virginia. But there’s no television.

NIKKI: Seriously. A three day weekend with no television.

JAY: Yeah, we could go hiking.

NIKKI: hmmm

JAY: Massages…

NIKKI: ok.

JAY: Kayaking

NIKKI: What?! I can’t even swim.

JAY: Or we could go to Plymouth and re-enact the pilgrims arrival.

NIKKI: You’re joking right….wait…the pilgrims landed in West Virginia?

JAY: Yes sweetie. The Pilgrims landed in West Virginia. Which is pretty amazing since West Virginia isn’t on the ocean! Gee, how did they ever get their ship all the way up in the mountains?!

Thank you Irene for giving us an excuse to drink. As if we needed one.

It seems that my new hobby has gotten in the way of my old hobby.

I haven’t written in a while, but I’ve been sewing up a storm. I’m in love with making bags.

It’s so exciting to make something with your bare hands and have it turn out exactly how you envisioned it. Or at least most of the time. There’s been a few rejects along the way.

Don’t know what this new hobby may lead to but am excited about the possibilities.

Jay’s been out of town and I kinda feel like Macauley Culkin in Home Alone. After sitting on my arse for two straight days, I now have only a couple of hours to get the apartment cleaned before he gets home. The perfect time to write a blog post.

My new hobby has taken up a lot of time…and money. But I love it. I never thought I’d get excited over fabric and zippers. It’s definitely helped relieve some stress.

The hubby on the other hand fears that I’ve getting carried away. He may be right. At one point I was making a new bag every night. Even making bags to match that night’s outfit. I guess it safe to say man overboard.

Meanwhile Jay has gotten, in my opinion, carried away with the presidential election that’s a year away. I don’t see the point in getting all worked up over the election this far from it. Who know’s how many candidates are going to  wither away between now and then. Not to mention all the possible scandals that are destined to pop up. But my politically minded husband doesn’t seem to agree.

When we started dating I had no clue how into politics he was. It wasn’t until we started living together that I discovered it. His days are consumed with MSNBC, Fox News, and Glenn Beck. Which is in stark contrast to my TLC, Bravo, and VH1. My version of news is watching TMZ  and E! News.

Despite my lack of interest in all things political my hubby has not given up on educating me. My weekends are full with lessons on our current economical situation and world events. Jay has the most organized rants I’ve have witnessed. His impromptu lectures are complete with statistics and video clips. I wouldn’t be suprised if one day he just whipped out pie and bar charts Ross Perot style.

But this past week was the worse. Nearly two hours on “Why You should Vote for Ron Paul”, complete with YouTube presentation. The speech ended with Jay signing us up to host a Ron Paul house party. Something tells me that Kid N Play won’t be attending.

It think it’s Jay’s constant political rants that have driven me to the sewing machine. It’s perfect for drowning him out. So if I have gone overboard. We know who’s really to blame.

I know. I know. It’s been awhile.

What can I say? I’ve been through kind of a slump.  Continue Reading

I’ve been away from the blog for awhile. Haven’t been up to much or in the mood to write. Mostly I’ve been a little miss grumpy pants.

Sigh…Maybe I’ll cheer up soon and feel like writing again.

Until then…