Gotta Love Her

Mom: I was going to call you earlier this afternoon. I don't remember what it was I wanted to tell you. But then I looked at my phone and I only had two little bars on the battery side.
Me: You know you can talk on your phone while it is charging, right?
Mom: Well, yeah. But I was in the car.
Me: You could get a car charger.
Mom: A car charger?
Me: Yes, that you plug into the cigarette lighter.
Mom: Hm. Where would I get such a thing?
Me: Best Buy, the cell phone store, Fry's, eBay, lots of places.
Mom: I'm so fortunate to have a daughter as smart as you that knows so many things.

Yep, that's right. I'm a genius in my mother's eyes simply because I've heard of these things that you can plug into a power source in your car to charge your cell phone. If only I could get the rest of the world to think such simple things made me so smart.

All I Ever Wanted

Vacation plans are set. We're going to Hilton Head in June - - yippee! Made the plane reservations today and are so, so thrilled to have a free place to stay. It's great to know people that are so generous with their vacation homes. Donna and her lovely husband, Jake, will be joining in the fun too. Some other friends may come play as well, but nobody has told us for sure yet.

Dad and his wife arrived back from a week and a half in Spain last Tuesday. Nothing like hearing about their vacation adventures could have gotten me more in gear to make my own plans.

Need to finalize our flights to Vegas for May and then figure out when we're going to London to visit E. 2006 may be a year of travel after all. :)

Mm Mm Good

Someone that sits near me has just popped a bag of popcorn for herself for lunch. Smells SO good! I think I'll go heat up my leftovers soon. They won't smell nearly as good.

Seven

Donna tagged me and I must comply.

Seven Things I Want to Do Before I Die:
Run a 5K
Be happy with my body
Go to Hawaii
Go to Europe (France, Italy, Spain, Portugal)
Find a reason to smile everyday
Learn how to balance it all
Retire without financial stress

Seven Things I Cannot Do:
Run a Marathon
Make Creme Brule
Think of five more things, even though I'm sure there are many more than just five more.

Seven Things That Attract Me to Blogging:
I've not been all that attracted to it lately as you might be able to tell by my sparse updates. I like it most for the journaling aspect. But then I realize that I'd be much more open if I truly used it as a journal.

Seven Things I Say Most Often:
Excellent
Thanks
Help me understand (xyz)
I'm sorry (I probably say this one too much)
Great
Can I help?
Let me know . . .

Seven Books I Love:
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
The Famished Road - Ben Okri
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
Around the Bloc - Stephanie Elizondo Griest
The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs - Judi & Ron Barrett
The Liar's Club - Mary Carr

Seven Movies I Watch Over and Over Again:
I don't tend to watch movies over and over. So, I'm listing ones I like a lot, or would watch if they were on TV. I even own a few of them.
Princess Bride
Breakfast Club
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
St. Elmo's Fire
Office Space
Before Sunrise / Before Sunset
Garden State

Seven People I Want to Join In:
Ha! I don't think seven people read this blog. Anyone who happens to stumble across this and wants to join in, please do.

Uh oh

Help! This could be very dangerous. Nevermind the fact that I bought two books last week from half.com and have a pile as tall as my nightstand (next to my nightstand) of books to read.

The best thing about traveling so much for work lately has been the time I've had to read on planes and in airports. I finally got around to reading The Time Traveler's Wife and loved it. Also just finished the third in Alexander McCall Smith's Lady Detective series.

Can't wait for the beach vacation in June to catch up on some more reading.

In honor of George and Abe

So far this fine Presidents Day, I have:

• washed new sheets
• spent 20 min on the exercise bike as a reminder of just how out of shape I am
• watched old Medium and Las Vegas on TiVo
• folded load of laundry left in the dryer last night
• met a friend for lunch and didn't have anything fried - yea me!
• eyebrow and bikini wax
• dropped off boots at the shoe hospital
• dropped of dry cleaning

I still need to:

• dust bedroom
• put new sheets on bed
• go to the grocery store
• watch Desperate Housewives on TiVo
• finish the last 35 pages of the book I'm reading
• pack for my trip to CT tomorrow - - brr
• wash the other 3 loads of laundry lining the hallway
• vacuum
• put the bikini wax to good use - guess I'll have to wait 'til the HUSband gets home from work to help with that one.

So, was today a holiday for you? If so, I hope you enjoyed it. If not, I'm so very sorry. :)

Yum!

The best part of my box lunch today is that the chips are CHEESY POOFS! That makes up for the fact that I ended up with a roast beef sammich instead of turkey. Hooray for Cheesy Poofs!