Category Archives: Lists

Highlights and lowlights

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Here are some of the highlights (and lowlights) of the weekend thus far:

  • Sunburning my cleavage
  • Being the first people in the theater when we went to see Star Wars 3
  • Simeon buying me Snood for my Game Boy SP
  • Getting to play Snood while waiting for the movie to start
  • Finally finishing all the Harry Potter books on CD
  • Putting flowers on my Mother-In-Law’s grave
  • Running into my family in downtown Seaside
  • Having Hayden announce over lunch that he “saw grammpa naked”
  • Getting to walk barefoot on the warm sand
  • Watching Jeni AND Emily AND Hayden all want to throw up after riding the Tilt-A-Whirl
  • Seeing my Brother-In-Law, Jesse, singing and playing the guitar for songs HE WROTE HIMSELF in front of an audience
  • Arriving home from Seaside in the middle of the night
  • Getting to sleep in past 7am
  • Jumping out of the way as our TV fell out of the armoire and nearly crushed me
  • Simeon saving Frodo from tumbling to the ground along with the screen of our second-story bedroom window as Frodo pushed against it, trying to get away as I cleaned his ears
  • Cuddling with my pups

And now I am off to go clean my entire house, weed the garden, paint the porch and do the laundry. Whew. I am tired just thinking about it. Oh yeah and picture from the weekend to follow. I promise.

The Mother of To Do Lists

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I was reading over at Joelle’s today and she mentioned the AFI’s 100 Greatest Movies. I thought I would take a peak and see how “cultured” I am when it comes to movies. I have crossed out those I have already seen and will make it my personal goal to watch the rest (Honey, I hope you are ready for this!):

1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)

2. CASABLANCA (1942)

3. THE GODFATHER (1972)

4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)

5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)

6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)

7. THE GRADUATE (1967)

8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)

9. SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993)

10. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)

Highlights

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These have been the highlights of my day thus far:

1. Getting to chat with Heather first thing in the morning. I love it when she doesn’t ignore me when she is online. 😉

2. Enjoying a lovely morning snack of Babybel.

3. Getting my grocery shopping done on my lunch break and re-discovering the sugar-free candies that are allowed during the Induction phase of the South Beach Diet.

4. Meeting Erin in the hallway to “swap” candies. (I bought peanut butter cups and she got mint patties, so she gave me one of hers and I gave her one of mine.) It was SO 3rd grade.

5. Enjoying a lovely afternoon snack of Laughing Cow and celery.

6. Emailing back and forth with the adorable, and oh so loveable, Carole.

7. Looking back at how all most of my highlights relate to food. *sigh* Such is life on the South Beach.

To Do List

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Things I Need to Do

    • Refill Sim’s prescriptions
    • Renew library books online

 

    • Upload the pictures I took of the bedding Heather helped me pick out for the daybed in the office
    • Snuggle into my husband some more so I can smell him (I just bought him some Clinique Happy for Men and it is TO DIE FOR!)
    • Email all my (local) friends to see who is coming over for dinner tonight
    • Rearrange my garage so my new car can fit inside (Currently, there is about an inch in front and two inches in the back, so the garage door barely closes. Oh and the passenger has to go around before we close the garage door to actually get in the house). You can get garage doors installed from Titan Garage Doors Coquitlam

 

    • Upload the pictures I took of our weekend painting project (we did the laundry/half bath/dog room)
    • Find a cute lavender button-up shirt. (I have really been wanting to wear more lavender lately, after all it is spring)
    • Get groceries at Albertson’s while the South Beach lunches are still on sale

 

  • Find a “First Communion” card for my niece
  • Take our wedding rings in to be cleaned
  • Install our new closet organizer in the office
  • Finish listening to/re-reading all the Harry Potter books before the new one comes out on July 16th
  • Find time to sleep

Today is a new day

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Today is a new day, with a new mantra:

Today will be a good day. Today will be a good day. Today will be a GOOD day.

And why is that you ask?

  • Sim had his doctor appointment yesterday and he is not dying!! He doesn’t even have Hepatitis! Wahoo!
  • I scheduled my Series 63 exam for Monday. So what if it is in Milwaukie? At least I don’t have to take it on Friday!
  • I lost 5 pounds!
  • Proactive is finally working! In fact, I am not even wearing concealer today!
  • It’s Pink Shoe Day again!
  • It is finally “Hump Day!” Bring on the weekend already!
  • And who doesn’t like a day that starts with a list?!?

Have a great Wednesday everyone! I know I will!

(P.S. I will get into more detail about yesterday later. Right now I don’t have that much time….and its a looooong story. But rest assure, everything turned out ok! Thanks for all the concern!)

Going away for the weekend

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This weekend I am going out of town for a fun-filled “Girl’s Weekend” with Lisa M. and Lisa P. We rented a beach house in Manzanita so we can drink, relax, drink, hang out, drink, go shopping, and then drink some more. It’s gonna be great! (And I could really use it right about now.) Tonight I have to pick up some groceries, do some laundry and pack my bags because we are leaving as soon as the Lisas get off work.

Also in preparing to “abandon” my husband (as he likes to say), I have to make a list of things he needs to do while I am away. I thought I would share that with all of you, ’cause you know how I love lists!

  • Feed the dogs: 6am & 6pm.
  • Make sure there is water in all the water dishes.
  • Change the water in the fish bowls. I already set out the new water and added the drops.
  • Change your clothes…DAILY!
  • Get a hair cut.
  • Make sure you eat. (I stocked the fridge, so you have no excuses!)
  • …and put the dishes in the dishwasher when you are done.
  • If you make a mess when the boys are over, clean it up.
  • Don’t go and see any movies you know I want to see.
  • Make the bed….just because I am not here is no reason to leave things all disheveled. Besides, you have to make the bed to keep the kitties off the pillows. (I hate cat hair on my pillows/sheets)
  • Plug in the pumpkin lights in the front window when it gets dark.
  • Unplug the lights when you go to bed.
  • I think this is implied, but just in case….NO HOOKERS!!

And it’s a working list, so it may change as I come up with more things!