Moving foward...

Resolutions are over-rated.
I thought about making a list.
I even started writing it.
Then I got bored.

I realize that every new year is in theory a chance to start over. However, doesn't every single day give you the same opportunity? I know I won't wake up tomorrow and suddenly be a better/happier person. I can't suddenly stop bad habits or mold my personality to be something new. Change takes time.

Sure, I would like to be different. But that doesn't mean I can make myself be a morning person. I consider it a victory if I can wake up and turn off the alarm clock without cussing. I won't wake up in the morning and suddenly change my life. I know this so I take the small victories that signal in some small way that I'm making an effort to be different.

I booked a flight to see the west coast even though the idea terrifies me.
I've filled out an application to volunteer with my local SPCA and am working up the courage to attend an orientation a week from Saturday.
I've started meeting with a chiropractor to work through my back pain.
I've started taking vitamins on an almost consistent basis.

These are the things that give me hope. So tomorrow will be another day. Another chance to get it right.

Guitar Hero?

Nah, but I'm pretty bad ass on drums!

If my iPod ruled my life...

These would be my New Years Resolutions (stolen from Michelle): (I will let you draw your own conclusions)

1. London Bridge - Fergie
2. Terrible Lie - NIN
3. Blind Man - Aerosmith
4. Hips Don't Lie - Shakira
5. The Rockafeller Skank - Fat Boy Slim
6. Los Angeles - Sugarcult
7. Change - Good Charlotte
8. Tucked Away - Goo Goo Dolls
9. Boot Scootin' Boogie - Brooks and Dunn
10. Belief - John Mayer
11. Could I Be You - Matchbox Twenty
12. Dangerous Game - 3 Doors Down
13. Too Little Too Late - Barenaked Ladies
14. No Air - Jordan Sparks & Chris Brown
15. Crutch - Matchbox Twenty
16. Dirrty - Christina Aguilera
17. Belgium - Bowling for Soup
18. Yesterday - The Beatles
19. You Set Me Free - Michelle Branch
20. Unwell - Matchbox Twenty

Christmas Foder...

I shall name her Big Bertha.

(You know, my compost bin, not my brother)

100000 memories...

My little car is growing up... *sniff*

From the Marriage Chronicles...

Husband and I are having movie night.
I vote for Elizabethtown because for some reason I'm on a chick flick binge.
I make some delicious popcorn that I promptly coat in Nacho Cheese salt (heavenly!).
We're crawling into bed.
I have the popcorn on my lap as I'm snuggling in.
I immediately spill half the popcorn in bed.
I gasp in horror.
Husband shrugs, starts the movie and eats the popcorn off the bed.
This is why he's my soul mate.
(FYI, yes I washed the sheets afterwards)

The One, The Only... Suz

Yesterday I had lunch with the infamous (yes, infamous, I wouldn't exaggerate) Suz/Susan. It was lovely. We meet at a place called The Local Table. They actually supply most of their menu with items from local farmers. Very groovy. (Yes I just said groovy) We talked, laughed and most importantly ate some very delicious food.
Here's the bizarre thing...
I hadn't actually made the connection that she's roughly the same age as my mom... Until she pointed out that I'm the same age as her daughter. Apparently I'm not the most perceptive person. lol
In any event, I can't wait to do it again.

Ho-hum

I don't like the holidays. That doesn't necessarily mean I don't like Thanksgiving/Christmas, I just hate the holidays in a general sort of way. I hate the crowds, I loathe Christmas music, I hate the cold weather, I dislike the absence of daylight, I hate spending money on people who probably won't appreciate it anyway. So I'm done with that. Most of Husband's family won't get anything from us and he's fine with that. I'll just be happy when it's all said and done.


I got this jacket last night from Kohl's. It was originally $220, on sale for $66, I got an additional 10% off because of a small hole in one of the pockets (that is easily fixable) plus another 15% off because I had a coupon. Quite the bargain I think. I like it.

I suck at knitting. Even with a knifty knitter. I've been working on the same scarf for nearly a month I think.

I hate getting old. Husband bought me a pill organizer for all the vitamins I'm currently taking. Although I suppose I shouldn't complain because I haven't been half as sick this year as years previous so something must be working. I'm also digging the seregen my chiropractor gave me for stress. It's niiiice.

I hate AT&T. I'm pretty sure I've said it before but I'll say it again. They suck. They are taking away my free Flickr Pro account after the new year. Buttheads. So not awesome. Although I'm now trying out a new relationship with Picasa. We'll see how that goes.

This dog is afraid of her water bowl. Absolutely terrified. I found her in our bathtub the other night. I guess she was trying to find some non-scary water. Why can't I just have a normal dog for once?

April 10th baby...

Me+Husband+Nickelback=One fantastic night.
April 10th 2009, 7pm.
I can't wait.



Rockstar - Nickelback
(Probably one of my all-time favorite videos)

Because it's Friday...

And I have nothing better to say.

Reasons why English teachers die young:

Actual Analogies and Similes Found in High School Essays

1. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master.

2. His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.

3. He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.

4. She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli and he was room-temperature Canadian beef.

5. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.

6. Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.

7. He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree.

8. The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a formerly surcharge-free ATM.

9. The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't.

10. McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup.

11. From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and Jeopardy comes on at 7:00 p.m. instead of 7:30.

12. Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze.

13. The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease.

14. Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph.

15. It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally staple it to the wall.

16. John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met.

17. He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant and she was the East River.

18. Even in his last years, Grandpappy had a mind like a steel trap, only one that had been left out so long, it had rusted shut.

19. Shots rang out, as shots are wont to do.

20. The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.

21. The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while.

22. He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame. Maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.

23. The ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.

24. It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around with power tools.

25. He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up.

26. Her eyes were like limpid pools, only they had forgotten to put in any pH cleanser.

27. She walked into my office like a centipede with 98 missing legs.