This and That…

A smattering of things I wanted to share but are too short for their own posts:

- I was driving home after running errands today, and since it was still nice outside, I had my window open. I was stopped at a light when I heard a strange noise. I looked over and there’s a 60+ year old man riding a bike and singing Katy Perry’s “I Kissed A Girl” at the top of his lungs. It was too dark to tell if he had an mp3 player that he was accompanying, or if he was just singing by memory. I hope he was as entertained with himself as I was with him.

- For those of you in the colder regions of the country, I thought you’d like to know that the weather here has been the same as it was in July. Meaning 80′s-90′s during the day, and absolutely beautiful out. Apparently no one told California that’s it’s freaking November already.

- Speaking of November, I’m taking an informal poll: When is the appropriate time to put up holiday decorations? (specifically the holidays of Hanukkah or Christmas, as they’re the most popular for decorating) I’m of the opinion that the day after Thanksgiving is the absolute earliest that decor should appear, and really I’d be happier if people waited until December 1st.  My next door neighbors already have a wreath on the house above their garage and a big MERRY CHRISTMAS sign in lights in the front window. Both have been up since the 6th. This displeases me. It is the only house in our entire community that has decorations up already.  I’m hoping they just had a free moment and popped up the only decorations they had, but sadly I think this could be quite the National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation disaster house.

- Now, Christmas music. December 15th is a fine time to start the carols, don’t you agree? 10 full days of Christmas music should be plenty enough for anyone. Even the full month of December should be satisfactory to hardcore Christmas lovers. So explain to me why on November 10th, Michael’s had Christmas music playing (LOUDLY) throughout their store? I honestly walked in, heard the music, and walked right back out again. Just because of the music. It’s just too early.

- If you’re a friend of mine on Facebook, you might have seen a comment I made about my new shoes. I saved for and bought some Sketchers Shape-Ups and I LOVE LOVE LOVE them. They’re extremely comfortable and I immediately felt them pushing my calves to work a little harder. They felt weird at first, almost like I was walking on sand, but now I’m totally used to it. I wear them everywhere, and I find myself wanting to walk more, rather than be lazy. I park further away from the store I’m visiting, I take the long way to the mailbox (which is significant, since the mailbox is 50 feet from my house, and I’m instead walking over half a mile to get there), and I even wear them while at home, rather than scooting around the house in socks. I’ve already lost weight (not just from the shoes, but they’re helping) and I’m completely inspired to keep working out!