March 8, 2007 · filed under love & hate
love and hate thursday
love: It’s a spring baby-fest! Lately my vocabulary has been heavy on words like caeserean, placenta, and colostrum, and no, I am not pregnant. It’s just that all my friends are. One friend had her baby about two weeks ago. I just went to dinner with another friend who is due in a week (we ate spicy Mexican, hoping to speed things up). My best friend from childhood is seven months along. Plus there are a whole bunch of bloggers due soon.
hate: Spicy Hot V8. I really wanted to like it, but it doesn’t taste any better than regular V8 and then it just burns your throat on the way down.
love: Andrew and I are on a new plan to save money where we each get a weekly allowance for all non-essential spending. More money for that house I want to buy someday!
hate: Not being able to spend money kinda blows, let’s be honest. I don’t even open the BIG GIANT SALE GOING ON NOW emails I get because I don’t want to know what’s on sale that I can’t buy.
love: I already bought birthday presents for the next two months for various family members. I had to purchase before my spending limit went into effect but now I’m just glad to be done so early.
hate: that we are still in the “in like a lion” part of March and not yet to the “out like a lamb” part. Anyday now, people!
love: thinking about vacations I want to take to Vermont, Seattle, and Charleston (and perhaps Chicago?) this year.
hate: that I cannot plan any of these trips until we have two incomes again.
love: I’m thinking about taking some kind of art class. Maybe graphic design, or sewing, or painting. Anyone know of someplace cool (and cheap, see above) in the DC area for that?
hate: that I am all caught up on The Office DVDs, which means I can’t keep watching that show every single day. When will the 3rd season be out?
love: getting lots of comments! leave your loves and hates below
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Korinna
March 8, 2007 12:02 pm
love: my new pink bag to carry my lunch in (to help save the cash)
hate: wearing tights and pants and socks and sweaters. I’m so over winter.
love: the new cycles of America’s Next Top Model and Australia’s Next Top Model.
hate: seeing Battlestar Galactica and ESPN Classic saved on the DVR (by my husband)
Chiada
March 8, 2007 12:13 pm
Hi Janet,
I love that your posts are always so friendly and nice and kind. You know? Even if you are having a bad day, your sweet personality really comes across in the words you use. It’s so refreshing compared to some negative bloggers I’ve seen. So, thanks for the smiles and such. I am with you on “not being able to spend money blows”. This trend has been going on now for quite some time with me. I keep hoping it will end.
Laurel
March 8, 2007 12:20 pm
love: That I am in glasses in preparation for my Lasik surgery!
hate: That my glasses are ug-ly.
love: That I just took a fun-fun trip.
hate: That it is still WINTER in New York.
Nic
March 8, 2007 12:32 pm
You should totally go to Chicago. I was there this past weekend and want to go back SOOOOON. I’d love to go to BlogHer but not only will I be traveling for work that week in a place FAR less cool than Chicago, I kinda suck on the blogging front.
Anyway, my love and hates for Thursday:
Love – That I will be traveling every single week until the end of April.
Hate – That I will be traveling every single week until the end of April.
Love – That two trips to DC will allow me to catch up with friends from college, though they are work related.
Love – That it was finally confirmed to me via Page Six (a few weeks late) that Holly and Kendra really hate each other.
Love – That I’m taking a girls trip to Florida.
Hate – That chocolate is not a vegetable.
Love – Bam’s Unholy Union
Hate – When people bring their toddler children on three hour long plane rides without a book or a toy and then yell at them for not behaving.
RA
March 8, 2007 12:51 pm
Love: birthday week wishes!
Hate: that it has to end at some point
Love: a fistful of gift cards from said birthday which means a guilt-free shopping spree in the future!
P.S. JG and I each have a monthly “allowance,” for lack of a better word, and the system works out great. I always spend mine each month on small things (engagement cards, a new scarf, a basket for the house) and he saves up for whatever new toy is on the horizon. Good luck with the budget!
Lauren
March 8, 2007 1:37 pm
Love: Knowing I’ll be at my new house this weekend, relaxing in the backyard!
Hate: Packing and moving. Yuck.
Love: Love and Hate Thursday!
alison
March 8, 2007 2:05 pm
Love: I only have 2 1/2 days of work before a week of vacation!
Hate: The days are GOING. SO. SLOW.
Zandria
March 8, 2007 2:28 pm
I’m feeling you on all those love/hates! Hopefully the Chicago trip will take place.
(Blegh. Hate regular V-8, can only imagine what spicy-hot would taste like. No thanks!)
Julie
March 8, 2007 2:39 pm
Love- That it’s Thursday.
Hate- That it’s Thursday.
Love- March Maddness
Hate- The temperature hasn’t gotten above 20 all week.
Hate- That I am excited about it being 47 for a high on Saturday.
Love- That is it going to be 47 on Saturday!
Meepers
March 8, 2007 3:31 pm
Love: That we have such mild (nice) weather in So. Cal.
Hate: That I’m too sick/busy to get out and enjoy it.
Love: Lists.
Hate: All the people on Craigslist that keep giving away their pets (my current post details it, in fact.)
Love: Reccomending that you rent Six Feet Under, starting at the beginning, if you never watched it.
Hate: My friggin’ cold.
Liz
March 8, 2007 4:10 pm
Love: Getting to spend the weekend with a great friend from college.
Hate: That the weekend doesn’t start until tomorrow.
Love: Getting ready for my birthday!
Hate: Having a birthday means I am getting older.
Love: Having a great friend who helped my clean sweep and plan my b-day party!
Jane
March 8, 2007 8:10 pm
Love: My husband is out getting me a bacon cheeseburger pizza right now, and I don’t have to feel guilty… (baby loves pizza!)
Hate: My maternity clothes are getting too small, and I don’t want to buy more!
Love: It is finally warming up and that the snow is melting.
Hate: My car is dirty from all the wet roads.
Love: Tomorrow is Friday!!!
Lizzy
March 8, 2007 9:13 pm
LOVE: The Love/Hate blogs!
HATE: That this cold weather will not go away.
LOVE: Watching my baby boy grow
HATE: That his first year is almost over
LOVE: The idea of meeting you at BlogHer
HATE: How much BlogHer is costing me!
Heather B.
March 8, 2007 10:13 pm
Love: Trips to Chicago…you should definitely go to Chicago. Chicago will be fun and enlightening and well fun. Which is important also cool people. And I’m running out of reasons to go, but you should definitely go.
alyndabear
March 9, 2007 12:42 am
Love: It’s the weekend.
Hate: That weekends go so fast.
Love: That I am not as sick as I was before.
Hate: That I am STILL sick and have the sorest glands/throat/neck/tongue ever. Am weird.
Love: That I discovered some nifty new bloggers.
Hate: That Technorati tells me I am unpopular. Boo!
Love: Paying off my car debt!
Hate: Having no $$ for another fortnight..
Love: Getting well enough to work out again.
Hate: That I have put back on the weight I lost. Damnit!
Have a great weekend Janet. xo
alexa
March 9, 2007 9:10 am
I’m just one of the crowd now, Jan- you are v. popular.
love: Spicy V8, Can someone serve my Bloody Mary’s at work, please?
hate: That it is friday and I am exhausted and the laundry is piling up and other house chores
Love: that my boyf hates dust bunnies- he’ll be on patrol this weekend
hate: that I have to study
Love: that we are going to see a Monet exhibit
Hate: That we can no longer walk to see art and therefore drive 40 minutes.
Love: Easter colored M&Ms. What’s not to like about a lavendar piece of chocolate?
I cant wait to learn about what Andrew spends his allowance on-
Kara
March 9, 2007 11:10 am
Come visit me in Seattle!
Isabel
March 9, 2007 12:03 pm
Chicago OR Seattle? Oh my gosh, does that mean I have a 50/50 chance of meeting you this year??
Because that is what I LOVE!
I can’t wait for spring. And summer.
Have you seen the BBC Office? Or “Freaks and Geeks”? You might want to look into those shows. Just a suggestion…
Isabel
March 9, 2007 12:04 pm
Oh wait…does that mean I have a 100% chance of meeting you?
(I’m not so good with public math.)
Jen
March 9, 2007 1:15 pm
Love: that it’s finally Friday!
Hate: That it’s still wintry cold out
Love: That it’s supposed to get warmer this weekend — hopefully for good!
Love: That my mom and brother are coming to visit this weekend
Hate: that my mom and I will probably be on each other nerves about halfway through the weekend
bones
March 9, 2007 2:22 pm
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop has cool art classes, as does the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria. One of my colleages takes artistic welding at the torp. How cool is that!
Also, check out Project RAP at the smithsonian. they do photography classes and some other kinds of visual art. not exactly cheap, though.
keep it real –Bones
E :)
March 9, 2007 6:51 pm
Love: My vet for trying to save my budgie.
Hate: That I don’t know whether he will live. I’m so worried.
Kristin
March 9, 2007 8:01 pm
love: that I am in Hawaii-in 85 degree weather- and just got back from scuba diving the tropical coral reefs
hate-that I have to go back to the cold on Monday..grrr
love-spending money on vacation like I am a retired stcok broker who retired at 32 years old after making millions of dollars
hate-the credit card bill I am going to see after I get back home.
love-being tan
hate-being sunburned (and subsequent wrinkles and cancer)
Miss you jan, sorry we keep missing each other on the phone. Aloha!
Lindsey
March 10, 2007 7:30 am
Love: that it is supposed to be nice out today
Hate: that I’m still not sure it’s the lamb yet though
hollly
March 10, 2007 9:38 am
love: art classes
hate: expensive ones
Um, so, I know of a few places that have art classes in the DC area–google them:
Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, VA–Just 5 short miles from DC! I’ve taken a good ptg. class here because their reputation is as one of the best art centers in the country.
Arlington Art Center has a wide variety of art classes–i’ve gone to art receptions there and nice facility right by metro stop (near george mason i think).
Corcoran College of Art & Design in DC. but i bet this is expensive for just a fun class. i’ve just heard good things.
my friend is taking a sewing class somewhere in NW…loves it. i’ll ask her and get back to you.
dionna
March 11, 2007 1:10 pm
I’m on a budget too – gah! How much does that suck?!
love: college basketball – especially when our local team wins the conference!
hate: too much celebrating . . . the next morning.
love: cats snuggled up on my lap
hate: cats snuggled up on my lap with half of their bodies draped over my laptop, and when I try to gently nudge them off, they freak out, jump up, and run away, causing little kitty hairs to settle in my nose and on my keyboard. ew.
C
March 13, 2007 8:14 am
“hate: Spicy Hot V8. I really wanted to like it, but it doesn’t taste any better than regular V8 and then it just burns your throat on the way down.”
V8 is the devil. There is nothing to love about drinking vegetables. It makes me want to hurt myself.
Erika
March 13, 2007 9:12 am
I have GOT to get The Office DVDs!!!
Kelly
March 13, 2007 12:53 pm
Hi! I *love* your blog! I also *love* Seattle (where I live) and if you do ever take a vacation here, let me know…I have tons of little tidbits of vacation advice to give you!
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