Shopping list -O- Fun

So I am told that I need to update my blog (thanks Audie)... didn't realize it had been so long since I last wrote. Oy, it just seems like I never get time to sit down and write things out.

OK, TAX TIME! I filed my returns & have already decided exactly where my Money is going.
1) Plane tickets & fun $$ for Hawaii
2) Blackberry phone so I can get Outlook email on my phone (sad).
3) A Lap-top so I can work more on my book which is severely lacking. I will be soliciting help from the EBay master himself; Marcus Williams; to help me find a good deal (as I am technologically challenged).

I must say I'm SUPER excited for Hawaii, and kinda worried too. None of my summer clothes fit me; which means buy new clothes or lose 15 lbs by March 19th. The plan is the latter... We will see...

That's it. That's about all I've got going on right now.

Happy Hunting! (don't ask... cuz I dont know why)

My Father's Daughter...

I am my father's daughter.

So I decided to be in the holiday spirit & put up christmas lights on my sliding glass doors. I dont have special hooks to keep them straight... so I went to it with a roll of clear packing tape. It took my over half an hour & half a roll of tape (because each light had to be exactly straight) but when it was done I felt very festive & accomplished. I turned them on and went about my business...

The next night I drove by (out of my way) just to see if the lights looked good from the road... YOU COULDN'T SEE THEM! The stupid metal frame on the doors was blocking them, so it just looked like my door had a halo around it, NOT lights. Grr!

I had taped them to the door frame thinking you could see them, the metal frame on the glass is only an inch wide. Apparently that inch made all the difference, and I was very angry with myself for not taking that into account! Anywho, it took me a few days to build up the desire to RE-DO the work, but I did last night, and they are beautiful, straight, and visible from 256th. My fix: I taped em directly to the window & the metal frame around it. What an ordeal.

Tonight... I tackle the Christmas Tree!

HOW DID YOU DIE?

Did you tackle that trouble that came your way
With a resolute heart and cheerful?
Or hide your face from the light of day
With a craven soul and fearful?
Oh, a trouble's a ton, or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it,
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only how did you take it?

You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that?
Come up with a smiling face.
It's nothing against you to fall down flat,
But to lie there -- that's disgrace.
The harder you're thrown, why the higher you bounce;
Be proud of your blackened eye!
It isn't the fact that you're licked that counts,
It's how did you fight -- and why?

And though you be done to the death, what then?
If you battled the best you could,
If you played your part in the world of men,
Why, the Critic will call it good.
Death comes with a crawl, or comes with a pounce,
And whether he's slow or spry,
It isn't the fact that you're dead that counts,
But only how did you die?

-Edmund Vance Cooke

work-aholic

Dude, its 6pm on a Friday night. What am I still doing at work???

Phoebe

My poor kitty is gonna hate me tomorrow. I took her to the vet today to get fixed (lets hope this one is for REAL) and to get her shots and whatnot. ANYWHO- she DID NOT like the car. She didn't scream at me too much (only when we turned corners) but she was shaking like a leaf... poor thing. :( I know its necessary, but still...

whatev, all is well that ends with a tube tied kitty.

Content to Bore

Its Saturday night, and I'm at home eating & reading a book (Reading the Abhorsen trilogy again). You would think that being a single, nice, somewhat attractive, young 26 year old woman I would be out on the town or doing something with my friends. Yet I'm totally happy to sit at home and watch a show or read a book in my PJ's. Does that make me a loser? Cuz I dont think so... and I know I'm not the only one. When I'm at home alone, or with a close friend, I can just be me, and be content.

9 Years

Amazing how many things can happen in 9 years. October 7th will be 9 years. It seems like a lifetime, and barely a blink at the same time. So much has been missed, and so much has been gained. Experiences both good, bad, happy & sad. So much has happened that there are too many events to count or attempt to remember.

It doesn't rhyme, but it sounds good with the music I wrote for it.

In my dreams I see your smile
I watch you run and play.
Your laugh; its contagious
I only wish that I could hear it.

I just want to tell you that I think of you,
every moment, every moment of my waking hours.
I only wish that you could feel it.

Now there you are,
You've grown so beautiful.
Your smile still lights the room.
I only wish that I could see it.