So it has been too long, but I don’t have too much to tell. So taking my cue from the ubiquitous trend circling social network trends, here are my “25 Things” for now…well narrowed down to only fifteen because I have to go to bed. (see http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2009-02-04-facebook-25random_N.htm?csp=usat.me for more information).
1. Moxie likes tofu. So if I could figure out how to cook it maybe I would eat more at home. Any ideas?
2. I bought a treadmill, or as everyone else likes to refer to it – an expensive clothes hanger. So far it is perfect. Running in a climate controlled environment with the tv on is my kind of running!
3. We hired a new person in my office – with no experience. So hopefully she will be a blessing in the long run, but until I can get her somewhat trained, more work for me! Yay! (Please note sarcasm here).
4. I am looking forward to Swiss Days and seeing the whole family, but I have to decide this week what days to fly. My credit with a certain airline expires on Saturday. So I was thinking Wed to Tues?
5. I really hate getting up in the morning – can I pretend tomorrow isn’t Monday?!
6. When I fixed my tv, I had to renew my subscription and now get movie channels free for three months. I have so much stored on my dvr, I don’t know if I will ever catch up! Right now I am watching The Lake House, so far so good.
7. Today was nice – warm and sunny. Moxie and I say on the back porch for awhile – until I got bored reading of reading The Grapes of Wrath.
8. Related to #7, maybe my goal of reading books I should have read already needs to be narrowed to books that are actually interesting!
9. My favorite teacher is retiring this year. Some past and present students are putting together a memory book, so I am attempting to write a letter. That and the eminent ten year reunion this summer have me thinking a lot about the past. Some really funny memories! And maybe some not so good. But I guess that is how we get to the now…
10. I really am ready for summer. I hate cold weather, I love flip flops, and I hate never seeing the sun. I leave for work in the dark and get home in the dark. Maybe I need to live in southern California with the growing Burli family!
11. Lately, I have been hanging out with my friend that lives in the city. It makes me realize how isolated I am in suburbia. I don’t even know my neighbors’ names. I get home late and leave early. I don’t have anything to talk to them about, and when I want to go somewhere, it is usually in the city. So hopefully I can sell my house this year!
12. This week I am going to attempt to exercise in the morning before work – we’ll have to see how I actually do. The snooze button is my friend!
13. I have absolutely no food in my house - and I am not exaggerating. I am trying to make a list of healthy foods I can manage to cook, but than every night it is just easier to stop somewhere. Does anyone have some links to quick, healthy recipes?
14. This Saturday, I am not working! For the first Saturday in four weeks! I am thinking sleeping in and catching up on all those movies!
15. So that’s all I have for now – hopefully my computer stays in good shape and I can update more often!
4 comments:
I got tagged, too, but haven't gotten around to writing yet - i read another article about it:
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/07/25_random/index.html
anyways, tofu: hmm, i keep seeing marinate and bake stips of it. i tried that once, and it wasn't bad. i cut odwn on my soy consumption bt we used to eat it in stir-fry dishes a lot.
treadmill: yes, the one at the gym is nice with the tv since i can watch the food network.
tv: umm, ours is about to be obsolete and we have no converter box. how will jt watch pbs?
sounds like you need to move here - we could make some room for you!
maybe you could use the last 10 to update the first 15? i'm like chris, tagged but procrastinating.
I'd suggest adding The Reader to your reading list? I added it to mine, after seeing the movie. I think it will fill in some of the disconnects in the movie (which was still very good, i thought).
Good idea Jenn! The next ten might be hard to think of though! I read the reader a couple of years ago but I want to see the movie!
Oh no! You sound like my students when I ask them to read parts of Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath"...but I get it, its not for everyone. However, if nothing else read Chapter 25 where it explains the name and the theme of "man's inhumanity towards man." I would recommend "Love in the Time of Cholera" (which I recently found out was on the Oprah list?) and "Catch 22". Anyways, it sounds like you're doing well. The Indiana crowd (from what I gather) is excited about Swiss Days as also. We look forward to seeing you then!
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