the annie blog

This is so very true because I just got my knitting book from my secret santa in the mail today. I’m gonna start tonight!! Thanks

You’re a young knitter, just starting out. Welcome
to the fold! Find yourself some nice soft yarn
and grab a latte- it takes a while to finish a
project but it’s well worth it.

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Thanks
Lisa!

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All I’ve really wanted to do tonight was sit here, blog and sip on some hazelnut coffee. Finally. This day went mighty fast. We sat in a Dr.’s office for Mark most of the afternoon. We’re trying some new meds for his nerve damage. Then we were supposed to head to the hospital for an MRI, but we decided to play hookey. This was just a three month follow up, so it can be rescheduled – no biggie.

I am having to bake tonight, because my mother informed me that she wants me to bake for when they come for Christmas. Even though she told me NOT to bake anything for them. So, here it is, a few days before they arrive and I’m having to bake. So, it’s all gonna be refrigerated cookie dough that I jazz up a bit. Unreal. Isn’t it amazing how our mothers still affect us no matter how old we are? I remember seriously thinking that it all ended the moment I would turn 18. Nope.

I have been busy contemplating where I am in my life. I love it, but sometimes I think, “what would’ve happened if I…” There’s nothing really in particular I think about, just basic stuff – like what I majored in something else, what if went to a different college, what if I didn’t go to college….stuff like that. I don’t regret anything in my life because everything has gotten me where I am right now. And I’m VERY pleased with where I am now. So, even the odd choices, the difficult ones and the heartbreaks all have put me right here, right now. I never want to regret anything. I get scared sometimes when I have to make a decision that I may regret my choice. So far, so good.

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I am enjoying my little Sunday afternoon. We slept in and then went to see “Stuck on You” with Matt Damon. We were a little disappointed. We like the Farrelly brothers, but this wasn’t one of our faves. We went to each Chinese food and now I’m doing laundry. I’m also sipping on some incredible tea. So, I’m very happy.

I made a list of all the things that need to get done before my family comes to visit, and shock of shock, the list wasn’t as long as I thought it would. So, it really pleased me to make that list. If I just keep up with it I can tackle things one by one and be done in no time with very little stress.

Stress free holiday? Yeah right…

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Yesterday was super. I really think everyone in the whole world was off work and at Best Buy. The lines were crazy long. We got what we wanted though. We used our gift certificate and walked out of there with a router, an Ethernet card, and a stack of CDs to burn. We then headed to Petsmart to finish shopping for the baby. We played with a couple of the puppies there too. At Barnes and Noble I spent my time looking at craft magazines and recipe books. It was lovely. We then headed to the movies to see Bad Santa – it was a riot. It is seriously one of the best movies of my life. There was a couple in front of us that left after about the 30th “F-word” – we laughed. Then, there was a couple that brought their little nine year old boy with them. WTF were they thinking? If you’ve seen the movie you understand that it’s NOT for kids. It’s rated R for a reason people.

Ok, now for this – my high school sweetheart and his wife just had their first baby. He sent pictures. She’s beautiful. It really affected me for some reason. On a lot of different levels actually. I didn’t expect that. I usually get a little sad over the holidays about that whole baby thing. I cried about a week ago. I was cleaning and dusting off photos and I picked up this one photo we have of Mark when he was little. He was dressed like a little man and looked adorable. I kept staring at him and wishing we could have a little Markie running around the house. I would love to pick him up and kiss him and play with him. I think during Christmas it’s worse for me than usual. So, when I got the email with the picture of the baby, my heart broke a little. I really think we would be super parents. I know we’ll have to look at adopting, but Mark has issues with that (remember, he’s adopted). I don’t know…it’s just emotional for me once in awhile. During the summer I usually feel this way too. I would love to take a little one to the pool and go on adventures in the neighborhood, ride bikes, take summer vacations together, go on picnics. Ok, enough…

Well, other than my topsy turvy emotional issues things have been good. I took a nap this afternoon. Kind of to get this funk out of my head. It kind of worked. I feel a little better. I have things to do so I should probably jump on that stuff. I have to do some homework stuff, and work on some bills and stuff.

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Here is my Friday Five.
(None of these are in any order by the way)
Plus, it’s not even Friday here yet. Hee-hee

1. List your five favorite beverages.
Tea, Coffee, Diet Coke, Water and Iced Tea

2. List your five favorite websites.
Blogger
My blog
Amazon
Yahoo!
CNN

3. List your five favorite snack foods.
Cereal, Popcorn, Oreo cookies, Ding Dongs, and granola bars

4. List your five favorite board and/or card games.
Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit, Poker, Mad Gab, and Gin

5. List your five favorite computer and/or game system games.
Mahjong Solitiare, Spider solitaire, Free Cell, JT’s Blocks, and Glinx

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We were very productive today even though we slept till 10:30. We spent the morning, or what was left of it doing work – school work. I am finally finished with my online class, or at least I think I’m finished till some student points out some obvious flaws. Mark was busy writing. Another play is oozing out of him, he’s up till the wee hours and busily pecking away at the keyboard.

We had a yummy little lunch at our fave coffee shop – wild rice soup and cinnamon coffee. Delish. The afternoon was spent cleaning, paying bills, putting away some Christmas card stuff, scrapbooking and pondering dinner. Mark finally decided on take out – Chinese. We sat on the floor in front of the TV and ate our dinner.

Once that was devoured I began some baking – peanut butter cookies and two batches of sugar cookies. Everything is on the counter now, cooling away. I need to put it all away then I want to spend time working on a scarf. It’s made of fleece, and a student of mine had one on right before finals. I practically accosted her wondering how she made it. Once I figured it out I headed out for fleece. I got enough for me and about 6 others. I figure I’ll give them away as needed.

Oh, I heard from my Secret Santa! Yippie! He said Amazon is backed up and won’t be able to mail stuff out till January. Fine by me, I don’t care – Christmas is whenever we want it to be.

Our lives are so different during the holidays and the summer. Since we don’t work, it’s as if this odd internal clock thing takes over. We suddenly stay up till all hours of the night and sleep in terribly late. But it just seems natural. We think it’s the way our bodies really want to be. No alarm clocks, no schedules. Lunch is usually around 3 and dinner is usually around 8. Bed time by 2 and up around 10. We don’t intentionally intend on this happening, it just does. That’s why we think it’s normal, at least it’s normal for us.

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We saw Return of the King tonight! I loved it. I cried. Dork!! But, we did have technical difficulties right at first. The sound was all screwed up and I was freaked that the whole movie would be that way. Luckily, they fixed it right away. We met a friend of ours from work. She is totally into LOTR. She brought her book along. I love that. She’s so cute.

Anyway, the rest of our lives have been going well. I had to return some stuff at Walmart, figured I’d better do it now before the lines are outta control. Then we had lunch together and I napped and played online for awhile. I got some laundry done and stuff like that. Tomorrow we have NOTHING planned. Yippie! I will do some school work and stuff like that. I want to read, and work on a scarf or two.

I am getting caught up on General Hospital yet again. It’s funny, because Mark watches it too. In fact, he has watched it longer than I have. I watched in starting in high school, and Mark watched it with his mom all the time. He is amazing at GH trivia. He cracks me up.

Oh, my Secret Santa got her gifts in the mail today – she opened them up and loves them. Made me smile!!!! I am hoping we can continue talking via email, we actually have a lot in common. I can’t wait to get my gift from my Secret Santa. I am looking forward to it. It’s fun getting things in the mail!

Ok, need to figure out what to do now. Either hit the hay or work some more. Ok, I made my decision. Watch out pillows – here I come!!!

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Along with vacation comes very busy days. Monday I had to visit the doc about my
cyst. No big deal. I’m just kind of keeping it still for awhile and hoping that works. I hated sitting in the waiting room – everyone was hackin’ and snifflin’. I’m so glad I got a flu shot, I hope it works.

Today we had doc appointments for Mark. His three month surgery check-up. Tests and stuff. He’s ok, we think. They’ve started him on some new meds – hopefully they’ll help.

We did lots of fun stuff then. I went thrift store shopping, we went to the mall, Walmart, and the bookstore. I loved it! I came home and took a nap then we headed out to dinner. Dinner was icky. It’s this place we used to go to all the time, we knew the owners. Well, it changed ownership and things are way different. Our lettuce in our salad was brown. They took it back and gave us others, but they weren’t much better. Then Mark’s steak wasn’t cooked right – that had to be sent back too. My flounder was WAY dry. Not good. In other words, I don’t think we’ll be back. It’s kind of sad because that place holds such fun memories for us. We used to love being there – it’s a very romantic place. But, such is the luck.

At the bookstore today I looked at Journals by Kurt Cobain. I am adding it to my wish list. It’s not that I love Cobain or anything, but I’m very intrigued with the way people journal and HOW they journal. Especially if these people were artistic. It’s even better if they were depressed. I think when people like that journal, they are pouring their hearts out, and I love that kind of writing. It’s very honest and true. Guess the writer in me is drawn to that.

Tonight I need to pay bills and do the checkbook, then I want to work on my online class. If I can get the bulk of that out of the way – I will be much more relaxed.

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Our holiday open house went well. I’m tired now. We had a lot of fun, and had a lot of good food. I’m ready for bed and it’s so early yet. I think I’ll finish up the last bit of cleaning and snuggle under the covers and read. If I fall asleep, I fall asleep. I’m on vacation so it doesn’ t matter.

It’s getting so cold anymore. All I want to do is walk around with a big blankie wrapped around me. Our kitty is continually snuggled under covers. She works her way under the covers and quilts on the bed – even when the bed is made! I don’t know how she does it.

I need to run on campus tomorrow even though I said I was gonna stay away a month, but oh well. I need to look up some GPAs on some of my students. I am curious if anyone lost their academic standings due to grades. There a few kids I’m worried about. Then I think we’ll go to lunch and come home and relax. I need to make dinner tomorrow, so I better start thinking of something. I love having time to actually prepare something without feeling so overwhelmed when I come home from work. Actually, I think I’ll grab a few cookbooks and head to bed. I want to make something different, but yummy and easy. If we have all the ingredients it would be even better…. any suggestions??

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We got snow. We’re probably at about 6 inches or so. It’s still lightly coming down. They did a fabulous job on the roads. The side streets look great! I feel like letting the city know what a great job they did. Sometimes they drag their feet when they have to do the side streets.

We have our work Christmas party tonight. Sometimes it gets a little crazy. We’ll see… I’m not in the mood to party right now, maybe I’ll feel like it later on

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