June 22, 2009 | A Royale Pain,Book One,Book Stuff,contests,Draven Atreides,Draven Atreides, Teenage Informant Series,Life in General,Movie Queue,The 4-1-1 on Me,Weekend Wrap-Up,Writing Movements
I wish I had something more exciting to talk about, but really, this weekend was pretty uneventful. Mr. Maul and I went to The Original Pancake House for breakast yesterday. We forgot that it was Father’s Day (yes, I sent my Daddy a card), so the wait was a bit long (30 mins) but that place is worth it. Should you ever visit Scottsdale, AZ, eat at The Original Pancake House on Camelback Rd, next to the Motel 6; it’s also walking distance to Scottsdale Fashion Square so if you eat too much, you can always walk it off over there. Every weekend that place is hoppin’, but like I said, the food is worth it. We get the same thing every time: I get a bacon waffle (crispy) and one scrambled egg, Mr. Maul gets the spinach omelet (it somes with a short stack of buttermilk pancakes).
Saturday, while Mr. Maul was doing the male bonding thing with his BF, I went to see THE PROPOSAL. Loved. It. I’m buying this when it comes out. Seriously. If only to see the outtakes. It was a nearly full theater, too. Three reasons you should go see this movie:
1) Ryan Reynolds naked. The man has got the most awesome physique.
2) Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock singing “It Takes Two” by Rob Base and DJ EZ-Rock. Hi-larious.
3) Sandra Bullock singing and dancing to “The Walls” by Lil’ John. You know what song I’m talking about, right? Hi-larious times 3. Especially Ryan’s comment afterwards.
On a major side note here: I have to come up with a new nickname for when I talk about my husband. I was using Mr. Maul because he’s part of this very special group and dresses up like Darth Maul. However, he’s grown out his hair a little and hasn’t done Darth Maul since the Fiesta Bowl Parade in January. So, I’m going to start referring to him as Mr. MMA, because he LOVES mixed martial arts (his favorite fighter is Wanderlay Silva) and he does a little martial arts himself.
Did some laundry on Sunday, too. Only 4 baskets this time. Not so bad, but man, I hate doing laundry. I guess it wouldn’t suck so much if the appliances were inside the house, instead of outside in the shed. Yeah, don’t ask.
Writing Movements – I had good writing movement last week. 12 handwritten pages. Don’t know what that adds up to in typed pages, because I haven’t done that yet, but it felt good to me. I finished The Lesson today on break. Now, I have to go through the hard copy of the story and put it all in. Oh, and as a reminder:
I’m running a Character Last-Name Change Contest and need your opinion on whether I should change Draven’s last name. The general consensus so far is that I should and people have been suggesting some good replacements. Check out my FUN STUFF page for more deets.
So, how was your weekend?
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Suzy :) says:
I still refer to my Sweetie as Lord Vader, and he’s only Geared Up once since we moved, yeah, ONCE in THIRTY MONTHS!
So, it’s okay, Mr. Maul is just fine (and kinda includes the whole MMA thing).
Have you thought of doing one load every-other day or so? Then, it just becomes part of your routine and it’s not such an all-encompassing thing. Also, you could iron on alternate days, and then it would just be a few items from the load the day before. Oh yeah, and if you have to iron, I remember my Mom use to take the clothes out a little damp, roll them up (and if time was tight) FREEZE them until it was time to iron. This only works though for a day or two, otherwise, you’re clothes will smell like freezer-burn!
Any-who, just an idea.