Tree Toppers and Severed Toes

9:21 - (Stephanie) How 'bout a little commentary on the Christmas tree? (Me) Ok. (Stephanie) The star of the tree is the star. (She's referring to the gigantic paper star on top of our tree. Gigantic is not an overstatement)

9:24 - (We discuss having a picture of the star on our blog but decide that less is more.)

9:27 - (A cold wind blows outside) (Stephanie) It sounds like the headless horseman.

9:27 - (Stephanie) Google women's foot sizes translated into inches. (I type her exact words into google and am rebuked for my literal mindedness.) (Stephanie) Just type "in inches" (I type) (Stephanie) "in inches"!

9:34- (Stephanie goes to the bathroom. I sip a coke and check facebook. I read a bit of my book, "The Goon Squad".)

9:39 - (Stephanie emerges.) (Stephanie) You can't just sit there and wait for me to say something. Write that down. Write this down: (She tells a work story that's a little involved. It' ends with, "It's different when you do it yourself." I like that.)

9:47 - (Stephanie) Do you know the podcast Too Beautiful to Live? A little town in Iowa's biggest news story of the day was that Eddie Merlot's, pronounced Merle Ott's, is now serving lunch! (We proceed to reminisce about our respective town's local newspapers. So goofy.)

9:56 - (Stephanie) Maybe you're sister can cut off her toes to fit these socks I'm knitting. (Referring to the Qbert socks discussed in last weeks entry. I didn't know that one of Cinderella's sisters cut off her toe in an effort to date the prince. Did you?)

9:57 - (Stephanie) I'm not gonna make it. Write that down.

Q-Bert Socks!

9:13pm - (Stephanie speaks) We'll never write anything with you at the helm. I'm bored of this. (Some time passes) Maybe I could work at a yarn factory. (Some time) Just by bringing awareness to how we're spending our money, without even trying, we'll spend less money. (Some time) (Stephanie points to the computer screen) That needs an apostrophe. (To me) Do you like the new frugal me? (I get up to get some juice. She calls me pineapple breath.)

9:24 - (Stephanie) What is this, a blow by blow of our boring lives? A good blog has a strong theme. (I open a new tab to look at facebook) (Stephanie) Noooooo!

9:34 - (Stephanie on our friend's Pizza blog) Molly doesn't give shit how you write it; she just wants to eat it! Rah rah rah rah! Ab ab ah aba! M-o-l-l-y, Woo'! (Molly is our dog, and this is how Stephanie speaks puppy).

9:41 - (Stephanie) You know what's stupid? Facebook. ( She makes a fish out of her half finished Q-bert sock and pretends to eat my face with it.)

9:42 - (Stephanie) That's it, I'm packing it in for the night.