I am just going to say it: I love Lady Gaga. If you ever listen, her actual voice is quite good. She can sing. I don’t necessarily care for the style of her music, but that’s beside the point. The point is her awesome outfits, my favorite all-time of which is one that appeared at the Grammy Awards. Not when she was doing her duet with Elton John, but later. The one where she was carrying around a huge silvery ornament that went with it. And it looked like she had some bedazzled skating tights on over her Nina Ricci heel-less shoes. I am sorry, but that is purely awesome.

And in other news, I can’t stand Taylor Swift. Not personally, it just makes me crazy that she can’t actually SING and she’s winning everything left and right. Ugh. Ok, she’s pretty, I get that. But this is the Grammys, not America’s Next Top Model.

In other news, my oldest daughter turns 18(!) this month. She just finished her last highschool class, with a 98%. And she has no idea what she wants to do now. I am going to train her in using Quickbooks, so she can at least have a part time job doing Elliott’s books and then I won’t have to. More time to spend here, which I am finding myself enjoying.

The girls could not be more different in almost every way. Sometimes I find myself amazed that they have the same two parents, and grew up together under the same roof. My middle daughter, who is turning 17 next month, is already taking college courses and planning to marry her boyfriend of 4 years the second she turns 18. (well, not the second. A month after. yes, welcome to my world.) Of course that gives her a full year to change her mind, but somehow I don’t think that’s going to happen.

I think they are polar opposites in almost every way. I deeply enjoy being around both of them, though. As for the oldest, as long as she’s working and/or in college, I’m happy. I didn’t know what I wanted to do when I was 18 either. Hell, half the time I don’t know what I want to do NOW, and I’m 40.

Anyhow, survived yesterday and today is a day mostly off, or at least from 1 of 3 jobs. No shop today. Finished up a bit of accounting, cleared up another category on the site, and now I get to go walk the doggie with my massage therapist (and friend) and then have a nice relaxing massage and a quick bite with Elliott before he’s off to a class he’s taking 3 nights per week. 2010 is apparently the “year of self-improvement” for both of us. He’s getting his scuba instructors certificate AND his captain’s license. I’m going to learn how to do letterpress and re-start taking some painting classes. Oh, and I’ll probably go to a Dr. Sketchy’s soon! They are no longer just in New York!

~Janie

listening to: Ingrid Michelson, Everybody

site stuff: softcore is now cleared up of junk. Need to finish a couple of reviews later, but won’t have time until this evening.