Lori, Whitney and I went out for a drive-thru lunch of Wendy's and then to a matinee of Stardust (the 2nd time for me and Whitney). It was thoroughly enjoyable (except for the spastic kid sitting next to Whitney who couldn't be convinced that the movie was actually Stardust, and who bounced in his seat a lot). We snarfed our popcorn with m&ms, and as always I ended up with at least a quarter cup full down my shirt. Good grief.
After Lori dropped us off I recorded the rain (I'm determined to get some video to load dang it!) and then retired to the cozy to read Les Miserables. (I realize this is less than riveting video, but I really had to see if I could get something to work. I think it has to be really short.)
It was beyond cozy to be lying on my bed reading while having the window open with a cool, rainy breeze blowing in and to be able to hear the rain hitting the leaves on the trees. I was reveling in it for about 15 minutes until I couldn't take the sound of some dogs barking down the street. We have some semi-new neighbors that have 11 dogs! I only ever notice them when the window is open, but it was super annoying today. So I had to get out of the cozy and turn on the fan for white noise, thus blocking out the dogs and the rain. Aargh!
Later, Whitney and I ran to Costco to pick up some more Paris photos (I'm giddy with copy making these days), then to Kohl's, then to Ross. Ross was pretty busy this evening and was torturing me with Jazz over the speakers. I was super agitated with the song playing when we got in there, so I was hurrying to find what I was looking for (more photo albums) and then the song changed to...are you ready for this? "Hey Jude" in a Latin style. I kid you not. It was like a salsa version of Hey Jude. That's just not right. I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry, and ended up not finding what I was looking for, but did find a good mail item so had to endure it further while standing in line to pay. It was not pretty. (Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, hey Jude...now add bongos, oh yeah.)
After that annoying errand I thought I'd buy a bag of ice from Sonic (only .99 cents) to treat myself through the weekend, only to have them tell me they won't sell it on the weekends!
What? I drove away defeated and feeling less than loving toward my daily stopping place. The nerve of it!
**Any reading in the cozy for you today?
Do you get popcorn down your shirt at the movies?
How do you handle music while shopping?
What about the ice?**
Do you get popcorn down your shirt at the movies?
How do you handle music while shopping?
What about the ice?**
27 comments:
I generally find stores in music to be very annoying. It's all very safe the music they play, but that Hey Jude song definately sounds out of the ordinary. I love rainy days as long as there's been some repreive - too many rainy days gets my spirits down. Cute self portrait picture Jill! You definately look like you're having grrrr moment!
I love a rainy day with a book!
I can't get blogger to upload my videos either. It's driving me crazy that I spend the whole day trying, only to fail again.
Dude, can I just say you go to Sonic more than anyone I know. They should be paying you money for all the advertising you do for them. Everytime I read your blog I start wanting a slushie drink.
I love rainy days too. It makes me happy to be stuck inside with a book or a good movie when it's rainy out.
Give a semi-rainy, cloudy day any time during the fall and I'm happy. Not every day, maybe just every other.
Loud music when I'm shopping is so annoying. I swear it makes me spend less money, those stores need to get a clue.
What is up with the ice. How lame that they wont sell it on the weekends. I don't get it, can you hit them up next Friday or is that the start of the weekend?
No reading in the cozy, only cleaning the cozy. Maybe tomorrow.
I am not a fan of rain right now since it ruined Austin's party this weekend... but normally, on a day when I can get cozy and read, yes I love it.
What's with the neighbor who has 11 dogs? Who are those people? How do you even feed all of them?
I love the photo of you, Lori, and Whitney
Great SP! Nothing like reading a book on a rainy day! Oh, I know what you mean about the music in the stores being annoying, but have you ever caught yourself singing one of them out loud? I was at Children's Place and "What time is it?" from High School Musical was on and I was singing away..ha, how embarrassing. I can't believe they won't sell ice to you on weekends? Guess you can stock up on Thursday with 2 bags!!
A lot of laying in the cozy for me yesterday. Reading was making me kinda sick with my head lower than my body. It was such a downer. The rain was most excellent though- glad you got the video all figured out!
I always drop popcorn at the movies too- I just don't understand why I can't work the eye hand coordination in the dark.
I got quite the chuckle about the music...I don't notice it a lot while shopping because I have the kids with me. But when I am alone I swear it is always something annoying like you described. WHY?!?!
And the ice just makes no sense whatsoever. Does their ice machine produce less on the weekends? Water shortage?
No ice on the weekends? That is the strangest comment ever! Do they have ice in their drinks on the weekends? Whacky?!
Fun to have a rainy day. YOu need to move to the Pacific Northwest!...now! :-)
That music in Kohls deserved a comment to the manager. You know, they have music to help the shopper stay and linger longer. That type of music made you want to get out asap. You should tell them next time. That is just as alarming as the no pepple ice on a weekend!
I think if I had started on a book in bed with the sound of rain - I would be asleep!
Wasn't the rain just perfect?! I was in absolute heaven. We kept our bedroom windows open all night also. I love the cool brisk breeze
with the rain.
11 dogs?? Serious? Oh, I would be soo bugged. I am not a dog person. We have a yapper over here also. I think today is supposed to be just like yesterday. Lets hope for another great rainy day!
I love the shot of you 3 gals in the car. Reading in the rain - so lovely, except for the dogs. They must have a kennel license - aren't there rules about having so many in the city limits? Just annoying.
I am really alarmed & disturded at the 11 dogs! That has got to be against some type of city code. In my town you cannot have more than 3 dogs or maybe two? I'm sure there is a limit though. Are they breading or something?
(that was a dumb question) I have one dog & only because I love my husband so much.
No ice?! they must be pulling your leg?!
The rain was GLORIOUS except knowing my son was on a date at the BYU game I kept thinking over & over - I wonder if he took a jacket? (great game by-the-way)
We had the windows open all day & We got so much done.
Reading in the cozy on a rainy day? There's nothing better than that!
I love how passionate you are about the rain! We lived in Kansas for three years and looked forward to tornado season! Talk about the coolest weather ever! We enjoyed our year in Seattle, too! I also LOVE the sound of rain and open the windows to enjoy the melody. I love your bedding and have to ask where you got it! We have been in the market for some time and just cannot find ANYTHING for less than the pottery barn price that is beautiful.
Thanks for the date night suggestion on my blog. They are rare for us, so I think we feel like we want to do more than sit at a movie! Truth is, it's just nice to escape the kids and be a couple now and then.
Sorry about the cruddy errands. What a bummer about Sonic. It's nice to know you can buy the ice by the bag (on other days). Did not know that. The construction needs to get done on 800 N (orem) so our Sonic is more asccessible.
Sorry about the LONG comment.
11 dogs! I'd be tempted to call animal control! Both of my kids have white noise makers in their room to drown out the noise at bedtime. One of our neighbors has a terribly annoying tiny dog - the little yapping kind that never shuts up. But 11, no, I couldn't handle that!
I loved the rain yesterday!! No cozy reading for me unless you count biology--I wish I could have cuddled up and read something I wanted to! Yay for rainy days!
i use to loathe rainy days, now i hope and pray for that rare rainy day. store music drives me nuts. i realize i am a bit boring but i would be so thrilled if they would just pipe in npr while i shop. my heaven would be hearing 'science friday' with ira flado (or 'this american life' with ira glass) while perusing banana republic. (could i be more lame???)
p.s. i would think that 11 dogs is in violation of several zoning and residential codes.
I probably would have cried if Sonic had told me that! I am loving the pebble ice and can't have a glass of water without it...thanks to you!
I'm so not the rainy day girl, but curling up with a good book sounds like the perfect thing to do while it's yucky out.
That music story is hilarious. Bad music in a busy store is enought to drive me insane.
Bummer about the no ice on the weekends. What? I hope you at least left with a Route 44 cup of it.
Argh, I've got that Tiempo Libre playing right now on Napster and I can't think straight to comment!
I lived in a flat above a gift shop when I was a student and at Christmas they played a continuous loop of Christmas schmaltz ALL DAY. As I was revising, it drove me insane. I felt sorry for the staff too, having to listen to it as they worked.
If music annoys me in a shop, I ask them to turn it down. Really. And they usually do!
11 dogs is ridiculous! What are they thinking? Sorry your reading was messed up like that.
I'm persevering with 'The Island' for my Summer reading group and it's actually getting better. I read a whole chunk of it on the motorway today (while Paul was driving, I hasten to add!!).
Yesterday we drove for about an hour and a half, and I didn't realise I had chocolate on my nose from an ice-cream I'd eaten - so I'm with you on the messy eating thing.
That's an outrage with the ice. What's the big hoo-haa with selling ice at the weekend? Can you believe it when some people DON'T want your money??
Jill, this Tiempo Libre thing is just lunatic music. Is this the sort of thing they played to General Noriega in Panama to 'break' him? I wouldn't be surprised...
Anytime I eat popcorn it ends up all over me.
There have been times when shopping that, when I actually notice the music, I end up in hysterics. The thing that's so funny about this is that Ross is the perfect example of a place that plays ridiculous music. I'm cracking up about your description.
It WAS a beautiful rainy day! Especially for Les Miserables...in the cozy....
I Love dogs but City code here is two dogs per residence!!! I would call the city on them just because I'm concerned about the dogs!
I didn't know you could buy a bag of ice from Sonic! Love it!
I too enjoyed the rain yesterday, I miss 'real' rain, Texas rain, big drops coming down, and for hours not mins. But I'll take what I can here.
11 DOGS??? EW
My cleave is like a popcorn holder at the movies! I am the messiest popcorn eater of all time.
I have not seen Stardust, I have not tried the 'load video' function with blogger, and I have not read Les Miserables. Is the book as good as the musical? Better?
Oh, and I have not heard "Hey, Jude" latin style.
11 dogs?? What the? Bummer about Sonic -- I would think weekends would be a time of hot demand.
Hey Jude is a great song and does not deserve the bongo treatment. Sheesh.
I was so so happy about the rain yesterday! It rained pretty hard here, and then a repeat during the night, that's the best. Now if only I could keep my windows open... damn Marc's allergies! It's cooler outside than in my house.
hmmm, why won't they sell it on the weekends? so interesting.
love rainy days as long as i am inside all day and can have a pj/reading day.
the rainy day was definitely delightful and the mountains look even more brilliant.
you certainly look cozy in bed and are reminding me that's exactly what I want to be doing right now. Mondays=clean sheets...can't wait for bed.
lori is so stinkin cute!
love the video.
i do miss that sonic and used to buy the ice and put it in my ice machine in the fridge.
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