Today: Get ready for some football!

I thought maybe I was a football widow, until inferred from Wikipedia that that was inherently a bad thing.

I should probably clarify that no, I did not get married and no, Nick did not get mowed down by an errant pigskin.  But yes, I did spend many, many hours home alone while “the games” were on Sunday.  Who knew there was more than one? I guess we need something to fill up the 894 channels.

When I was wee, my parents claimed our TV only broadcast one channel.  On the upside, that one channel was PBS, and I am convinced 3-2-1 Contact made me the inquisitive person I am today.  I also credit that program with my ability to count backward.  The fable of the one channel left me seriously ill-prepared for life with HD cable, however.

So while Nick and his brother watched grown men collide like mating elk (or, more specifically, male elk that want to mate with the female elk… tomato, t0-mating-elk-o), I got into all kinds of trouble.

I went for a long run, did laundry, researched how to wash granite counters, bought granite counter washing supplies, bought a muffin tin, baked muffins, emptied the dishwasher, spent an hour in Home Depot (mostly touching stuff), carried upwards of 10 houseplants into the condo and arranged them in glass vases (pictures to follow), read this month’s Glamour, tested Olay products for my next Shine beauty post and ate some muffin tops off my newly cleaned counter tops.

I also had the privilege and pleasure of accompanying my future-sister-in-law and my current brother-in-the-law-profession to Crate and Barrel for a registry event.  It was amazing.  Everyone should have a registry, impending wedding or not.

One more comment before I go.  Football, it turns out, is also played on Mondays.  And sometimes Thursdays and Fridays.

Also On Tap for Today:

• Eagerly await new artwork for the condo, ordered after hours of careful research on etsy.com
• Check out the Daily Mile, thanks to this NYT Well Blog posting
• Get my hair did!

Who’s watching football this season?  And what do you think should be added to my brother’s registry?