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Friday night’s alright for eating apple crisp and playing board games

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I think I’ve mentioned here before that I have chronic tendonitis in my left foot. It doesn’t hurt all the time — in fact, it hasn’t bothered me at all in several months. When it does hurt, though, it starts as a dull ache in one of my toes and, if I ignore it, ends up as big sharp shooting pains that run up my shin. It might be the world’s most boring injury. Anyway, it decided to show up again this week, and I’d been taking the “ignore it” route until yesterday, when it was bad enough to think about taking an anti-inflammatory. But the only anti-inflammatory in the house when I decided to do that was a bottle of 800-milligram ibuprofen, which is a bit too strong for me to take and expect to carry on as normal.

(I’m ridiculously susceptible to medication. Normal-dosage Sudafed knocks me out cold. Did I tell you about the time I couldn’t breathe because the anesthesiologist gave me the correct-by-his-chart dosage of whatever they gave me when I had Pete? It was scary.)

Anyway a play-by-play commentary on our Friday would just be a lot more of “My foot hurt, I limped around the playground, it was very windy, and then we had pizza and caramel apple crisp, played ‘Pandemic‘ and chased the cat around the yard,” so I thought I’d share a little about our media consumption for today’s Week in My Life post (see Adventuroo to peek in on other people’s lives! blogging = spying, only without the creepiness sometimes!).

3 TV Shows on The DVR (Kid Edition)
“Phineas and Ferb”

For some reason, I put “Phineas and Ferb” in the same category as “SpongeBob” when I first heard of it. And then I watched an episode, and it’s hilarious. I’d watch it without the kids.

“My Little Pony”

I would definitely not watch this one without the kids. In fact, I’m thinking about banning it from the house. The ponies generally display some unpleasant characteristics before the show’s “happily ever after,” and Poppy seems to be on the crabby side after she watches it.

“Strawberry Shortcake”

This one’s right up there with “My Little Pony.” Poppy loves it; I could do without it. It doesn’t make her cranky like the ponies do, though, so it has that going for it.
3 TV Shows on the DVR (Parent Edition)
“Parks and Recreation”

Makes me laugh over and over again. I don’t even know which character I love most. I’m pretty sure it’s either Ron Swanson or Andy. Or Tom. I love them all.

“Modern Family”

This one makes me laugh a lot, too. (See a trend?) I’m a big Phil Dunphy fan.

“Psych”

We didn’t watch this show until early this summer, when we watched it on Netflix on Demand. Like, all of it. Everything that was available. Now I love it kind of obsessively.
3 Most Visited Sites on my Browser
Facebook

I joined Facebook to play Scrabble. Now I can’t stay away.

Twitter

I’ve technically been on Twitter since May 2007, but I didn’t start actively using it until 2010 when I went to the Type-A Mom conference. The people I met were somewhat aghast that I couldn’t remember what my Twitter name was.

Google Reader

I read a lot of blogs, and I keep up with all of them via Reader.
Most Played Songs on My iPod
“Alanson, Crooked River” by Sufjan Stevens

192 plays. Sufjan actually took the top four spots. I didn’t realized I listened to him that much. The other three were: “Sleeping Bear, Sault Saint Marie” (184 plays); “Holland” (180 plays); and “He Woke Me Up Again” (160 plays).

“I Was a Kaleidoscope” by Death Cab for Cutie

Again, I didn’t think I listened to this one that much. I think the iPod must play it a lot on shuffle.

“Be My Covering” by Bebo Norman

This is one of my mother-in-law’s favorite Christian musicians. He’s entirely pleasant.

“Love and Communication” by Cat Power

This is not my favorite Cat Power song. I’m thinking it’s another one of the iPod’s favorites.

“Right Down the Line” by Gerry Rafferty

This, on the other hand, is one of Rockford’s favorites. Which would explain what it’s doing here.

3 thoughts on “Friday night’s alright for eating apple crisp and playing board games”

  1. Oh, I like the way you did this! I wasn’t going to do another “Week in My Life” post this week, but this format is extremely appealling – it tells a lot about you in an indirect way. Clever you!

  2. Joe and I just started watching “Luther” the BBC series on streaming Netflix and I love it! It stars Idris Elba. You and Rockford should check it out.

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