Counting Down

Stolen from The Gal and because I haven’t meme’d in a long time AND because why the hell am I awake at 5am?

[ 15 things that make you smile ]
1) watching the birdies and squirrels leap with joy when I put food out for them
2) no backups at the Bay Bridge toll plaza
3) emails from the besties
4) Luke and Peter
5) fresh hot hazelnut coffee from 7-11
6) new podcasts to listen to
7) snuggling kit kats
8) pretty flower beds
9) lots of stuff to watch lined up on Tivo
10) new Cookie tunes
11) the really warm and soft blanket Duty sent me from Korea
12) chats with my Guides in Spirit
13) bagels
14) this really good Pastrami sandwich from a nearby deli
15) wine

[ 14 things that make you frown ]
1) My never-ending battle with my weight
2) People in pissy moods
3) Clueless people who are always standing *right* where I want to be
4) looking at our pool that needs to be drained of icky water before they can put in the new liner
5) Fox News (stolen from Gal but true for me also)
6) being unable to diagnose blog issues on my own
7) that I don’t have enough time to do more with Practically Intuitive
8) the whining my cats do before I feed them. Shut it, please!
9) 7-11 just running out of Hazelnut coffee as I zoom in, late for work & no time to wait for more
10) being critiqued on my (lack of) domestic abilities
11) Sarah Palin – go the fuck away, already
12) the thought of the bridge toll going up, up and up
13) clutter-wrangling
14) Neglected pets (Agreeing with Gal, also too)

[ 13 things you see every day ]
1) the nice UPS guy at work named Lenny
2) my laptop
3) traffic on the Severn River Bridge (bleah)
4) way too many Republican bumper stickers
5) my cats
6) Max de dogg
7) My iPod
8) a ringing telephone at work
9) the dingy pool water
10) some of the same cars driving to work
11) email!
12) the three pairs of pants that fit me
13) Duty

[ 12 things you have always wanted to try ]
1) Karaoke (You don’t want me to do that, though)
2) Being David Cook’s wife (hahah shut up)
3) Being comfortable in my body
4) Writing a book
5) Getting my home organized (stolen from TG)
6) planting and maintaining a lovely garden
7) Quitting the day job (soon!)
8) Living in Italy
9) Seeing the Daily Show live
10) Rollerblading
11) Take a cruise (TG’s choice again)
12) Learn sign language

[ 11 objects that mean a lot to you ]
1) My iPod – me and TG share this one. I want to be buried with mine.
2) My mom’s ring that I wear
3) All of Lauren’s cards
4) Letters from my 16 year old boyfriend
5) the internets (oh, how I love you!)
6) Books and more books
7) Kitty Cats and Max
8) Grandmom’s charm bracelet
9) my own laptop
10) my bitchy shoes (which I swear I will wear this year)
11) the little Pocket Dragon figurine that Lauren gave me

[ 10 places you have been ]
1) Colorado (pretty!)
2) New York (busy!)
3) Atlanta
4) Paris
5) Rome
6) Los Angeles
7) Key West
8) Boston
9) Bar Harbor
10) Lourdes, France

[ 9 of your favorite foods ]
1) lasagna
2) good crab cakes
3) pizza
4) that pastrami sammich from Capriotti’s
5) Dunkin Donuts coffee
6) extra sharp cheddar cheese
7) Jif peanut butter
8) Cow tails
9) Snickers

[ 8 things you would rather be doing ]
1) Woo work full time
2) Sleeping in a nice hotel room bed
3) playing BaboCrash on my Ipod
4) Getting a massage
5) TALKing
6) Following Cookie around the country
7) feeding the birds
8) Writing a book

[ 7 things you would take to a deserted island ]
1) Sunglasses
2) Sunscreen
3) Bug repellant
4) my ipod
5) Movies
6) Books
7) my journal

[ 6 things you wish you never had to do ]
1) Anything at all that is domestically related
2) Go to an office every day
3) exercise (bleah)
4) take thyroid meds and get the attendant blood work done
5) Make insincere small talk with people I don’t really like (oh Gal, we are one on this!)
6) listen to Max de dogg cough like an 80 year old ex-smoker (heart related coughing that comes on him occasionally)

[ 5 people that mean the world to you ]
1) My Godmother (it’s like hearing my mom again when I talk to her but minus the baggage)
2) Peter and Luke (and their mom)
3) Cousin O’Love
4) NoAF
5) Duty

[ 4 of your biggest fears ]
1) Being paralyzed or blind
2) Being homeless/poor
3) Cancer
4) that I will go back to my old weight and be a huge lump again

[ 3 words to describe how you feel right now ]
1) Tired
2) Grumpy
3) Sad

[ 2 things you’re excited for ]
1) Days off soon
2) Cookie’s album release in June

[ 1 thing you want to say to someone ]
1) I miss you more than words could ever, ever say.