Contraptions...

It's another Saturday, more college football. I was actually rooting for Vanderbilt in the UT-Vandy game. SOME Tennessee team ought to go to a bowl game. But UT actually won, and I was actually disgruntled.

We were watching the Maryland - Fl State game. I say "we were" because Chris was with me during the first quarter. But once the score got to be 14-0 (Fl State on top), he left. *sigh* I still remember the day Frank Reich brought them back from the biggest deficit in college football. It could happen again!

My title for today's entry, contraptions, has to do with the neti pot that I purchased this week. I've heard about them for years through yoga publications, but was always a bit too squeamish to give one a try. You use it to rinse your sinuses. It looks like a tiny teapot. You put the spout up one nostril, tilt your head sideways until the liquid comes out the other nostril. You do that on each side, and then blow your nose a bit, and your sinuses are rinsed! I used a LOT of kleenex the first time, and needless to say, you perform this over a sink.

My sister had gotten one a while back and swore by it, and certainly the yogis do, so I decided to give it a try. Also supposed to help prevent colds. I've been using it at night to try to minimize snoring, and I seem to be sleeping better. Too soon to really tell. But I figure it can't hurt... It was kinda fun at work to describe it and see the looks on faces of co-workers...

Well, for those of you who found that to be Too Much Information about my latest goings-on, I'll switch to furniture... Some of our items from last week's shopping trip have arrived and it is great to have them! Our new coffee table looks as good as I had hoped, and the bedroom furniture is really perfect. I'll take pictures soon, as soon as the stools arrive and we have things more properly accessorized. Won't take any of the neti pot procedure, though, promise.

AND for those of you enduring the cold weather on the east coast, it is raining here. It has rained ALL DAY. If the temperature were to drop 40 degrees and the wind were to pick up, this could be England all over again! It's just been a wet, soggy, unappealing day.

Time to make dinner. Spaghetti and garlic bread are on tonight's menu...