I want four things for Christmas:
1. New bottle of face wash. I've been noticing that the pumps I take have been getting gradually smaller as the contents get closer to the bottom of the bottle.
2. Friends, seasons 2-6. I've bought the rest through patrolling Amazon Marketplace, mostly New condition for a great price.
3. Any of the clothbound Penguin Classics I don't have yet. I can tell you which ones I don't have if you really want to know.
4. Gift cards/money. Always appreciated.
Dream Big, right?
Monday, November 15, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
work. homework. meetings.
Those three words basically encapsulate my weekend. It's thrilling, I know, so try to contain your excitement.
Saturday morning dawned bright and early when I woke up around 7:30. While this may be considered late for others, I work from home and rarely wake up before 8, so why I was awake so early on Saturday morning is beyond me. Anyhow, Mom and Dad were headed to Morro Bay for the day (not as fun as it sounds: yard work and driving the grandparents back to Bakersfield), but I had opted to stay home and get some work done. They left around 8, and that's when the party began. I started by spending the morning giving my room and closet a much needed cleaning. I spent about 3 hours cleaning out and cleaning up. And, while it is by no means perfect, it is much better than when I started. It definitely needs a few more doses and then will be presentable for others to see again. (When time is lacking, it's all about the baby steps.)
By now it was lunch time, so I quickly got cleaned up and drove to Chipotle for lunch. I justified my time away by mailing 2 letters on the way to pick up food. While I ate I finished watching Letters to Juliet, which I had started while cleaning. (I had rented the movie and planned to watch it while working, but came to find out that my DVD player was no longer working. This meant that I needed to use my computer, which is impossible while working...) Movie finished. Work time. I worked pretty much the rest of the day. Mom and Dad arrived home around 6. I made the mistake of not taking them up on the offer to bring me something for dinner and was hard-pressed to find something I wanted later. Before I went to bed, I read two chapters of a school book and it was lights out a few minutes after 12.
Sunday morning, up at 7:15. Out of bed at 7:20. Went to early church. Had a Slovenia meeting for my teaching team during 2nd service. Home for 15 minutes. 10 minute trip to Target. Lunch at Panera. Whole team Slovenia meeting at church, 12:45-3:45. (We took the DISC test, by the way, so I know all about my personality now....) Had a quick meeting after for crafts team. Picked up the dry-cleaning for Mom. Home again by 4:15. Sent a few emails. Work. Work. Homework. Work. Homework. Homework. Wrote this blog. A little bit more homework. Read a couple more chapters in aforementioned school book. Lights out.
Tomorrow holds exciting things: oil change in the car, work, homework, and a trip to the bank (ok, that part is good!)
Hope your weekend was as exciting as mine.
Saturday morning dawned bright and early when I woke up around 7:30. While this may be considered late for others, I work from home and rarely wake up before 8, so why I was awake so early on Saturday morning is beyond me. Anyhow, Mom and Dad were headed to Morro Bay for the day (not as fun as it sounds: yard work and driving the grandparents back to Bakersfield), but I had opted to stay home and get some work done. They left around 8, and that's when the party began. I started by spending the morning giving my room and closet a much needed cleaning. I spent about 3 hours cleaning out and cleaning up. And, while it is by no means perfect, it is much better than when I started. It definitely needs a few more doses and then will be presentable for others to see again. (When time is lacking, it's all about the baby steps.)
By now it was lunch time, so I quickly got cleaned up and drove to Chipotle for lunch. I justified my time away by mailing 2 letters on the way to pick up food. While I ate I finished watching Letters to Juliet, which I had started while cleaning. (I had rented the movie and planned to watch it while working, but came to find out that my DVD player was no longer working. This meant that I needed to use my computer, which is impossible while working...) Movie finished. Work time. I worked pretty much the rest of the day. Mom and Dad arrived home around 6. I made the mistake of not taking them up on the offer to bring me something for dinner and was hard-pressed to find something I wanted later. Before I went to bed, I read two chapters of a school book and it was lights out a few minutes after 12.
Sunday morning, up at 7:15. Out of bed at 7:20. Went to early church. Had a Slovenia meeting for my teaching team during 2nd service. Home for 15 minutes. 10 minute trip to Target. Lunch at Panera. Whole team Slovenia meeting at church, 12:45-3:45. (We took the DISC test, by the way, so I know all about my personality now....) Had a quick meeting after for crafts team. Picked up the dry-cleaning for Mom. Home again by 4:15. Sent a few emails. Work. Work. Homework. Work. Homework. Homework. Wrote this blog. A little bit more homework. Read a couple more chapters in aforementioned school book. Lights out.
Tomorrow holds exciting things: oil change in the car, work, homework, and a trip to the bank (ok, that part is good!)
Hope your weekend was as exciting as mine.
Friday, November 12, 2010
a week's worth.
This week has gone by even faster than the one's before it...and that's really saying something. Come Monday, November is half over. Insane. November is a difficult month for me because, while I really love fall, I really love Christmas more. I'm trying not to wish the time to pass quickly, mostly because I have much to accomplish, but nothing beats the Christmas season. I already have the majority of my Christmas shopping finished, which I plan to get wrapped up before Christmas Eve this year. (Last year I spent most of the day Christmas Eve wrapping presents...) The days are finally getting cool, with the nights even colder, which I love! It just needs to get a little bit colder during the day, cold enough to comfortably wear a sweater and/or scarf.
Like I said, this week passed quickly. I spent Monday doing the same old thing, working from home. Tuesday I got new tires on my car (thanks Mom and Dad...and Merry Christmas to me), had Sinaloa (Mexican food) for dinner, and spent the evening with the lovely people in my Bible Study group. Wednesday meant another day in LA for me. I left town early to meet Mandy in Burbank for lunch. I hadn't seen her since February, so it was wonderful to catch up. The rest of the day was a bit of Christmas shopping and then class, of course. Traffic home was horrific, which I attribute to people taking a 4-day weekend trip. I did stop at Krispy Kreme for my mom, though, which delayed me further. I didn't get home until 10:20 (normal time is 9:40). Thursday was not really a holiday for me, as I spent the day working, working like always. Got my homework done that was due my midnight, had dinner, and then did a bit more work. I know, my life is fascinating. Today, I've been to Costco twice, had a yummy lunch at the office north of Bakersfield, accidentally took a lady's shopping cart at Bed, Bath, and Beyond (not our fault she left it sitting way off by itself, empty), learned I have a job for at least a couple more weeks and then starting again in January, and learned that I have exceeded my personal goal of $2000 raised for Slovenia, although I'm sure the team is still lacking (I don't have an actual number).
Tomorrow looks to be an exciting day, with more homework and work to accomplish than there are hours in the day. Sunday is FULL of Slovenia meetings, so tomorrow needs to be productive. Hope your week has been a good one, and that your weekend is even better!
Like I said, this week passed quickly. I spent Monday doing the same old thing, working from home. Tuesday I got new tires on my car (thanks Mom and Dad...and Merry Christmas to me), had Sinaloa (Mexican food) for dinner, and spent the evening with the lovely people in my Bible Study group. Wednesday meant another day in LA for me. I left town early to meet Mandy in Burbank for lunch. I hadn't seen her since February, so it was wonderful to catch up. The rest of the day was a bit of Christmas shopping and then class, of course. Traffic home was horrific, which I attribute to people taking a 4-day weekend trip. I did stop at Krispy Kreme for my mom, though, which delayed me further. I didn't get home until 10:20 (normal time is 9:40). Thursday was not really a holiday for me, as I spent the day working, working like always. Got my homework done that was due my midnight, had dinner, and then did a bit more work. I know, my life is fascinating. Today, I've been to Costco twice, had a yummy lunch at the office north of Bakersfield, accidentally took a lady's shopping cart at Bed, Bath, and Beyond (not our fault she left it sitting way off by itself, empty), learned I have a job for at least a couple more weeks and then starting again in January, and learned that I have exceeded my personal goal of $2000 raised for Slovenia, although I'm sure the team is still lacking (I don't have an actual number).
Tomorrow looks to be an exciting day, with more homework and work to accomplish than there are hours in the day. Sunday is FULL of Slovenia meetings, so tomorrow needs to be productive. Hope your week has been a good one, and that your weekend is even better!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
birthday celebrations.
In my previous post from last Friday, I mentioned that it was my sister's birthday. What I did not mention was that my parents and I drove to LA to surprise her for dinner. (I'm curious what we are doing this Friday for our weekly trip to LA...haha). We went to Maggiano's in Woodland Hills, just a few blocks from her work. Liam told her he was taking her to dinner, walked in and told them he had a reservation, and when they seated them, they led them right to where we were sitting. Lindsay said she was surprised, I think we pulled it off and that she really was. We didn't tell anyone except Liam that we were going so there was no chance of her finding out. After an always yummy dinner at Maggiano's, we cut into a gorgeous Red Velvet cake from Porto's that Liam bought.
Fast forward now to Sunday afternoon. Gramma and Papa came over for lunch, as did Liam. We had a nice meal...and then it was time for cake and presents.
It was quite the saga of events, but we made it! Happy 26th (man you're old!) Birthday, Lindsay!
(Please notice that every picture taken for her birthday centered around a cake...haha)
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| Lindsay with her cake |
Fast forward now to Sunday afternoon. Gramma and Papa came over for lunch, as did Liam. We had a nice meal...and then it was time for cake and presents.
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| Happy Birt day...The H was broken, so we attempted to repair it... |
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| Repair unsuccessful, so we propped up the broken part to make a lowercase h instead. Also, the wick on the A in Birthday was broken, so my dad thought lighting it for a second would help it. The wick just fell of completely instead. So, we stuck in a regular candle behind the A so at least there was a flame there. |
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| Dad's lighting the candles. Or trying to anyway... |
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| This was about the time the lighter stopped working. I think we sang Happy Birthday 3 times during this process... |
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| Success! We actually got the candles lit, sang Happy Birthday one more time, and she blew out the candles. And that's when we realized our substitue flame for A was really a trick candle... |
(Please notice that every picture taken for her birthday centered around a cake...haha)
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
phantom of the opera.
I promised to add pictures of our time at The Phantom of the Opera. It's already been a week and a half since we went, so here they finally are: (actually, that's pretty good for me...)
We were faced with the dilemma of eating early and having time between dinner and the show to kill, or eating later and risking cutting it too close to the show. We opted for the former and had about an hour to kill. So we decided to walk down Hollywood to the Gap, I think about 9 blocks. First mistake: wearing new shoes. By the time we walked down there, my shoes had completely rubbed the skin on the side of my little toes raw, almost to the point of bleeding. Thankfully Gap had a pair of flip-flops that we bought for the trek back to the theater. The annoying thing was that I had 2 pairs in the car, but I knew I couldn't make it back without them. So, yes, I went to the show dressed up, with the lovely addition of black flip-flops. Classy, I know. But if your feet felt like my feet, you wouldn't care either. Today was the first day since then that I attempted to wear closed-toed shoes again.
Probably not our best shot ever, but we had a good time!
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| We started the evening by eating dinner at Dillon's. Delicious. |
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| It's right on the corner of Hollywood and Vine. |
We were faced with the dilemma of eating early and having time between dinner and the show to kill, or eating later and risking cutting it too close to the show. We opted for the former and had about an hour to kill. So we decided to walk down Hollywood to the Gap, I think about 9 blocks. First mistake: wearing new shoes. By the time we walked down there, my shoes had completely rubbed the skin on the side of my little toes raw, almost to the point of bleeding. Thankfully Gap had a pair of flip-flops that we bought for the trek back to the theater. The annoying thing was that I had 2 pairs in the car, but I knew I couldn't make it back without them. So, yes, I went to the show dressed up, with the lovely addition of black flip-flops. Classy, I know. But if your feet felt like my feet, you wouldn't care either. Today was the first day since then that I attempted to wear closed-toed shoes again.
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| Family. |
Friday, November 5, 2010
another quick update.
First of all, the midterm went great last week...got a high A, which I was very excited about! Only five more trips down to school this semester...it really has flown by! The course schedule for Spring came out this last week, and it looks like I'll be headed down on Mondays next semester. I'm especially looking forward to the first night of class, since I will get home from Slovenia the night before.
In other news, Phantom of the Opera was amazing. I loved it! I'll post some pictures later...hopefully this weekend...
Today is Lindsay's birthday, which means birthday celebrations this weekend. She is coming home tomorrow morning sometime, then celebrations are scheduled for Sunday.
Last week I received a list of names of people that have donated for Slovenia so far...thank you to you all! I've almost met my personal goal of $2000, but as a team we are only at about 45% of the needed amount. Please keep praying that the money comes in, as we already have purchased our plane tickets...the grand total of which was more than we have currently raised! Team prep is going well, although I feel like I haven't done much yet. It still seems so far away...
Sunday was Halloween, which also means Ashe Bash at our church. I helped out at the "I'm not sure what it's called, but you throw the darts at the balloons" booth. The worst part was pulling down the balloons that had been popped that were all wet from whoever blew them up...nasty! All in all, I had fun, and I loved getting to work with the people in my Young Adults/Bible study group.
Ok, that is a very quick summary of my week or so...haven't been subbing, mostly due to other commitments and a lot of other work to do. I'm thinking I'll start again next week, depending on the calls, as always.
In other news, Phantom of the Opera was amazing. I loved it! I'll post some pictures later...hopefully this weekend...
Today is Lindsay's birthday, which means birthday celebrations this weekend. She is coming home tomorrow morning sometime, then celebrations are scheduled for Sunday.
Last week I received a list of names of people that have donated for Slovenia so far...thank you to you all! I've almost met my personal goal of $2000, but as a team we are only at about 45% of the needed amount. Please keep praying that the money comes in, as we already have purchased our plane tickets...the grand total of which was more than we have currently raised! Team prep is going well, although I feel like I haven't done much yet. It still seems so far away...
Sunday was Halloween, which also means Ashe Bash at our church. I helped out at the "I'm not sure what it's called, but you throw the darts at the balloons" booth. The worst part was pulling down the balloons that had been popped that were all wet from whoever blew them up...nasty! All in all, I had fun, and I loved getting to work with the people in my Young Adults/Bible study group.
Ok, that is a very quick summary of my week or so...haven't been subbing, mostly due to other commitments and a lot of other work to do. I'm thinking I'll start again next week, depending on the calls, as always.
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