- lamp
- bottle of water
- Carmex
- 2 Prescriptions
- allergy medicine
- 5 different bracelets
- a ceramic box holding mismatched earrings
- 3 empty bowls
- 1 empty plate
- half a dozen napkins
- my college degree
- a bag of cough drops
- 3 AA batteries
- a thermometer
- paperwork for the website I write for
- a phone list from work
- anklet that says “Maui”
- prescription eye drops I haven’t used in 6 months
- 2 Tootsie roll wrappers
- blue plastic maracas from the Silvis Moonlight Parade last August
- coupons Caleb made for me when he was a kid
- 2 hair ties
- another box of allergy meds (different kind)
- cell phone bill
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Orange Flavored Things I Do NOT Like
- Toothpaste
- Twizzlers
- McDonald’s orange drink
- Tang
- Alavert allergy tabs
VHS Movies on My Shelf
- Casablanca
- Miss Congeniality
- Back to the Future
- Singing in the Rain
- Sleepless in Seattle
- For Richer or Poorer
- Summer Magic
- An Affair to Remember
- The Wizard of Oz
- Drop Dead Gorgeous
Thoughts On the Current Season of Survivor
- I am abundantly glad Colton is gone.
- Bad people get what is coming to them.
- Which means Alicia will soon get caught by karma too.
- Kim and Chelsea seem to be the only strategy-driven players left.
- Tarzan is as annoying as Coach was the first season he played.
- Christina is either a bigger person than I am, or a cloying yes-man.
- Jeff Probst gets hotter every season.
- It must be much more difficult while in the game to develop a clearer picture of your opponents.
- It’s cute and sadly mistaken how Jonas thinks he can be a leader now.
Board Games I Played Last Night
Things I Miss About My BFF Wendy
- Her laugh – the way she would throw her head back and clap her hands together and laugh with her whole soul
- Her ability to get things done. Now.
- Her willingness to stop whatever she was doing to do something more important for her friends.
- Her enthusiasm for life.
- Her refusal to let the cancer define her as a person.
- Her stubborness. It’s a trait we share.
- Her slightly naughty sense of humor, which probably most of you didn’t get to see.
- Her all encompassing love for her children, all 5 of them.
- Lunch at Chi-chis. Or Bishops. Or Hardees.
- Girls time in DesMoines with all 3 of us BFFs
- The way she never ever ever complained about anything. Not the cancer, not her divorce, not the chemo, not even at the end.
- Her drive and ambition.
- Her cream cheese mints.
- Planning events with her.
- When she would load up all the 8 million kids and take them to her house to make cookies.
- How she always told me the truth. Always. No matter whether I wanted to hear it or not.
Things I Never Quite Get To On The Weekend
- laundry
- cleaning my room
- working on my novel
- taking a walk
- washing my car
- reading
Why St. Patty’s Day Was Awesome This Year
- My new “Feeling Lucky” / Lucky Charms t-shirt
- Joining the 20,000 people at Kelly’s Irish Pub & Eatery that day (Literally, they announced the number at the end of the night.)
- Skydiving Leprechauns
- Walking under tall people
- 1000 people singing “Living On a Prayer” at the top of their lungs
- The camraderie in the line for the women’s bathroom
- Green beer
- Screaming to talk to your friends
- Late night Village Inn
- Having my BFF in town
In Recognition of the Ides of March, Some of My Favorite Shakespeare Quotes
- “Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous.”
- “This above all: to thine own self be true.”
- “I am not bound to please thee with my answer.”
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“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”
- “Cowards die many times before their deaths.”
- “Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”
- “Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.”
Most Interesting Texts in my Inbox
- “You text like a 2nd grader” – from my son Caleb
- “I’m behind the trees”- from KM
- Picture text, bicep tendon surgery – from RL
- Picture text, baby quilt, “R just finished Grace’s quilt!! It’s AWESOME!” – from SP
- “PS Is this picture of pi make you want to come here sooner?” – from my 10 year old nephew AR
- “I had yeetg pilled aboug 30 monitrs ago. I cznt” – from another employee I’d texted about working
- “Teeth. Pulled. So many drugs.” – the next text from the same employee
- “Which part of the story? The resolution. If you meant store, I’m headed toward the front.” – from honorary son AD
- Picture text of handwriting, “What does the word ‘hearing’ say about me? I feel like I’ve been doing crazy stuff to my g’s lately which has to mean I’m secretly a lunatic.” – from KB
- “I just watched Survivor. Those women are STUPID!!” – from RD
- Picture text, aluminum cooking pot, “At IKEA buying pot” – from JD
- “We gage all the babies.” followed up with “I mean, we are on the way” – from Caleb
- 3 texts in a row: “What?” “Really?” “This could be the stupidest move ever” – texting with my sister while watching Survivor
- 2 texts in a row: “What the f…? They need to get rid of Colton.” “Stupid!!!” – texting with JK during Survivor