Things I like and Things I wonder today and most days.
09.01.09
60. I am about to turn 45. I’m excited about it.
59. It’s okay to be wrong about something or someone. Once.
08.26.09
58. Indian food. Yum. Indian food with good company, yummier.
08.20.09
57. I don’t do “drama” or playing games. Junior High ended a long time ago.
56. I believe in Karma. Everything turns out as it should in the end.
55. I believe in honesty.
54. I have known great love and great heartbreak. I consider myself lucky because of both.
08.13.09
53. I believe in kindness. I’ve far from mastered it, but I’m trying, every single day.
08.07.09
52. I like it when a man opens the car door for me. It makes me smile.
06.13.09
51. I’ve been entirely too uptight for the first 44 years of life. I’m trying to change that also.
50. 99% of the time I do not understand the web world.
49. I am a contrarian by nature. I don’t play well with others. I’m not a joiner or a follower. I’m trying to change that.
48. I really like smart men, so sue me.
06.03.09
47. Tin roofs. I really want to live in a home with a tin roof.
46. Windchimes
45. Crayons
44. Indian food
43. Kraft macaroni and cheese. The kind with the powder.
42. I could easily be a magazine junkie.
05.06.09
41. I think this, like most ABOUT pages, is an exercise in narcissitic bullshit.
01.03.09
40. I can’t be left alone in the house with potato chips. Ever.
39. I really miss living in the city.
12.12.08
38. I believe in Santa.
37. I never tire of Elvis’ ”Blue Christmas” but there’s not a single version of “Little Drummer Boy” that I can sit through.
36. During the Yuletide season I believe that anything not nailed down should be dipped in chocolate, covered in red sprinkles, and eaten.
11.20.08
35. I drink entirely too much sweetened tea. Damn the Chick-fil-A drive thru.
11.09.08
34. Me, myself, and I-we make one hell of a team.
10.04.08
33. Sometimes my wanderlust is unbearable.
32. Red leaves are my favorite part of autumn.
31. High school marching band music makes me nostalgic for my childhood.
09.22.08
30. Butter cream icing is the best part of the birthday cake.
09.05.08
29. I really really really love chocolate ice cream. I wish something healthy, maybe asparagus, tasted like chocolate ice cream.
28. Fall is just around the corner and that makes me happy.
27. I may not survive this election season without spontaneously combusting.
08.22.08
26. I hate sweeping generalizations.
25. I love flamingos and disavow their use as plastic lawn ornamentation.
24. I love buying back-to-school supplies. I miss getting them for myself.
08.10.08
23. I hate zoos.
22. The house is quieter and cleaner with the children away, but not nearly as fun.
21. My memory serves me entirely too well, especially with things I’ve read. That’s not always a good thing.
7.30.08
20. If I could, I’d re-live my 20th year over again. Differently.
19. Sometimes I feel dreadful for wondering Is it time for my children to go back to school yet?
7.26.08
18. Hot, sweaty, and tired = me an especially unattractive and cranky woman
17. Cool whip is a wonderful thing.
7.18.08
16. There’s no such thing as music that’s too loud, food that’s too spicy, art that’s too bright, or kisses that last too long.
7.16.08
15. If I am what I eat- today I am a poptart and a tab. Perhaps I should explore some protein sometime soon.
14. No music is lovelier than the sound of a waterfall, or the surf crashing to the shore, or a tiny little stream caressing the rocks.
07.04.08
13. If left to my own devices I sleep in entirely too much.
12. Order french fries and dessert and forget the entrees.
06.23.08
11. I am the only one in my house who knows how to put a roll of toilet paper on the holder.
06.10.08
10. Hell will be laundry and dishes for all eternity with occasional litter box duty thrown in for extra torment. I hate emptying the dishwasher and the laundry pile at my house is never ending.
9. Heaven, on the other hand, will be a comfy chair, all the time in the world, and all the books I could ever want to read
8. There’s nothing better than the smell of books from the library and used bookstores.
7. I think the words “chinese” and “buffet” are inevitably a dangerous combination.
6. The summer ants are (once again) taking over my house. I think I’ll just surrender and let them have it.
5. From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler is the greatest book ever written. I discovered it in the 5th grade and have yet to find a book that beats it.
4. When I was young I wanted to grow up to be Lou Grant. Not Mary, Lou. Mary whined too much.
3. I can sing along to every John Denver song.
2. Vanity is folly. I am 43 and I have new braces on my teeth. Orthodontia at my age is a bit ridiculous and there are days when I wonder if it’s worth it; mostly on the days when I want to make out like a thirteen year old girl with my crush-and metal mouth hurts.
1. We should bring back the typewriter. I miss mine. It was a manual one. It died, or I ran out of ribbon, or white-out or something. I always imagined I’d write a book, or a great love letter, or my Nobel peace prize acceptance speech on it. I didn’t.
