Things I enjoy and that make me happy..

I have been a real poopy head lately. Feeling sorry for myself, not taking care of myself.. in a REAL funk. I have been a bit negative. I decided to post about things I selfishly enjoy…and in doing so get to use my favorite bullet points.

• Getting my nails done. Fingers AND Toes.. with the wonderful hand and leg massages that come with it.
• Reading.. I love my Nook!
• TV.. which we have already talked about.
• Movies.. at the theater with popcorn/peanut M&M’s
• Sleeping
• The water.. in the pool, hot tub, bathtub, shower, ocean, lake, creek, rain.. you name it. I like water.. I also enjoy drinking it.
• Massage.. mostly receiving.. but giving also
• Music.. all kinds.. almost.. I listen all day long at work. Last FM now.. if anyone else is on I’m marypat66, be my friend I don’t have many.
• Animals.. dogs, cats, turtles, birds.. I like going to the zoo or meeting your pet.
• Taking pictures
• Geneology
• Playing on the computer
• Learning things about things I’m interested in. .
• Driving, sometimes being a passenger.
• Games..Online, Board Games, Trivia Night.. I love games!!
• Food.. cooking it or eating it
• Walking.. mainly outside..but I don’t mind the treadmill
• laughing.. I love when I’m so happy or something is so funny that I laugh.. and I love making others laugh.. laughing with someone is the best
• Traveling, especially seeing something new
• The weather.. thunderstorms, snowfall, wind.. lightening, thunder.. predicting and following jet streams
• Fire.. grilling on the fire, fireplace, fire pit, bonfire..
• coffee.. LOVE a good cup o’ joe
• goood cocktail.. that first cold beer, salty margarita, smooth glass of wine, extra dirty martini..and I’m not taking about getting wasted. .I’m talking about responsible adult beverage at the appropriate time.
• the feeling of clarity.. when something makes 100% sense in your head
• the feeling when you have no responsibilities other than your own happiness for a few hours
• feeling loved, needed and respected

This by all means is not complete..it’s just a sampling of things I know I enjoy, and need to make sure that I do them more often.

Me and the girls..

OK..its on the damn phone…just as easy as facebook…I’m going to treat my blog like I used to use twitter…I’ve decided…

and yes.. i know it should be the girls and me.. I’m feeling snarky

MUST BLOG MORE

must blog more

MUST BLOG MORE

ReAlLy MuSt BlOg MoRe

Ugg….I think of how it was so much fun and I enjoyed it so much and I’ve totally lost it.

It’s like coming back and posting is out of guilt.

So..dad fell, broke his nose..healing up better.

J and I went to Aruba

Pictures are on flickr…see bottom right…my daily tweets are also on the side bar.

How are you?

Brand New Post Involving Bullet Points!

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  This was our group that walked

  I have been in SUCH a blogging funk I feel like I’ve been gone for a million years.

• Lately I feel a million years old. My hair needs to be dyed, I have so many grey’s I look 60..not that there is anything wrong with being 60..it’s just that I’m still in my early 40′s.
• I just now forgot how old I was.
• I got out the calculator. I’m still 42
• I have been an excercising fool.
• I still can’t fit back into my skinnier pants that I was wearing last spring.
• We have a full membership to the Y and I take 2 classes a week. Deep Water Exercise. I really like it.
• I walk on the treadmill and ride the staionary bike.
• I bought a real live mountain bike. It’s a Schwinn. It’s Pink.
• I walked in my first “walk” at Forest Park. It was for March of Dimes in memory of Maddie. I met Lisa and Heather who have blogs and there really cute kids. There was also a woman named Adene who brought her preemie w/ her..he’s 13 and his friend. The last mile was tough, it was 3.25 miles or something like that.
• I started taking pictures again. Check the link on the side to Flickr.
• I’ve had some people offer to buy prints from me. They have only shown interest. Could you even imagine?
• I’ve been very irritable lately. I think I’m going through premenapause. (sorry to any boy reading). I haven’t had a period in at least 4 months. It could be because I’ve been exercising more. No I’m not pregnant and no I haven’t gone to the doctor.
• They cut our pay at work..that sucks. I’m one of the few people that is taking less pay but has to do more work. Hourly employees take an unpaid day off every pay period. I’d rather have one of those.
• I’m still addicted to Facebook and Twitter. I have a tweetdeck now.
• I’m going to Aruba in 6 weeks and I haven’t told my mother yet.
• My mother is driving me even MORE crazy than normal.
• I am starting to read blogs again…baby steps…baby steps…
• I really think I need to win the lottery.
• There was an earthquake in Mexico City today as well as that Swine Flu thing going around. I”m glad I don’t have plans to go to Mexico.
• Drew is playing baseball now. He likes it.
• It feels good to get back to random bullet points!

Aruba Countdown is ON

J and MP

Can you believe it is already time??

June 3rd…I can’t wait..this picture  was last year.

Confessions

 

Here are a few things on my mind today.

I took pictures at the Zoo. After I got home I realized that I had a fingerprint on the lens. If you go to flickr you may be able to catch it before I edit them all. I tried with this one but you can still see it. Ugg. I totally enjoyed my Sunday at the zoo. We went early, ate breakfast, rode the train and walked ALOT. Just me and my J.

This is a strange thing to type. I found out a girl I know died. Not just a girl but a girl that I was supper dooper great friends with. We did everything together, I thought of her recently since we used to talk a class together at the Y..and tonight my aquacise class starts. She fell down a flight of stairs and broke her neck. I don’t feel anything…maybe it’s because we haven’t been friends for at least 15 years…so that I don’t care?? That sounds so heartless. I was more emotional watching My Dog Skip on Saturday then I was hearing about this girls death. I feel worse about feeling guilty then I do a loss. What a horrible confession to make. I had to tell someone though. Strange huh?

New Glasses AND a Haircut

New Haircut and New Glasses

It didn’t take me that long did it? Bifocal’s are good..I’m still getting used to them. All in all the biggest relief is turning off the overhead light in the office and using a lamp! I have read a little..but not much.

Hair..color is not as blond..which the sun did. It’s balanced out a bit..better for fall and winter.

photo: by J

Funny Photo Friday

Drew and Justin

Funny Photo Friday

Join in the phun.. yeah, it’s spelled wrong but don’t you think it should be Phunny Photo Phriday or Funny Foto Friday? Maybe not.

Picture being w/ those 2 kooky cousins (or is it kooky kuzins?) for 14 hours in the car. Thank god for DVD’s, PSP’s and DS’s. What did people do before all those toys? Oh yeah..conversation and yelling.

Have a great weekend! Hopefully this Facebook addition will wear off and I’ll post more next week. Looking forward to go cart’s, video games, shoe shopping, soccer games and a bridal shower this weekend! Woo hoo!

Falling in to my new TV Schedule

Columbia Missouri

Get it..lol
So I changed my bloggie header picture thing a mah blog. I took that picture on November 10th, 2007. My birthday last year. We were in Columbia MO at a Mizzou football game. I took this while walking from our tailgate to the stadium.

Moving right along to television.

Do you know what you are watching, you better since everything started this week. Here is my schedule of TV. I know you didn’t ask but I feel like sharing.

Monday: Nothing..yes Robyn I know Hero’s is on. I don’t watch that show.

Tuesday

NCIS - Mark Harmon. Yum. I know a couple of you watch. I loved the premier. All team members were accounted for. Nice inside jokes into last season.  Hello..Ziva was hot singing in the club..and McGee having his nerds call him boss..how cute.

The Mentalist- Simon Baker. Hell Yeah. I loved him in the Guardian. Did you know he has a really thick Australian accent IRL. I loved that his character was exactly like Jon Edwards.. anyone else notice that??? I like that he has a back story and I also like that it will be a new drama every week.

Without A Trace – I like this show. I am OK though if I have stuff going on and I don’t get to it right away. I like the new addition to the cast.

Wednesday:

Knight Rider. Can you believe I am watching a show on NBC..I KNOW. I watched the pilot last season and thought it was really good. I was pleasantly surprised. I made a mental note to watch this season if it doesn’t interfere w/ my CBS shows..and I’m glad it doesn’t.

Criminal Minds – Hello..the vans blew up! I can’t wait to catch it tonight. Hope what’s her name doesn’t lose the baby.

CSI NY – Gary Sinise .. he makes the show for me.

Thursday

Survivor – They are back in Africa

CSI.. Yes I still watch

Friday and Saturday : No TV for me

Sunday:

Amazing Race. Best reality show on TV

Cold Case: Even my husband watches this crime drama

The Unit: Soldiers, their wives..impossible missions. I can’t get enough of it.

OMG: I totally forgot Tru Blood. I can record this later since HBO will play it 38547 times in a week.

Are you excited about TV this fall? Do I watch more than you? I do record it all…but I’ll watch the majority the night that it’s on.

Do we have any shows in common?

Thursday 13 – Wordless Wednesday – and other stuff

Old Cathedral and Arch

So… I don’t do the normal stuff and I thought I would today. There is a picture..a day late. I edited the image using Flickr’s Picnic Premium..that I got as a present from Bri… Swag from Blogher.

Here are 13 things that I am OVER…
1. The election. I’m about puking over all the twittering and crying over Hillary and Barak’s wife. I tell you what. Please..but then I was the one that cried 16 years ago when Bill was elected, and they were NOT tears of joy. I am so glad I don’t have to watch live TV anymore and can skip all this BS. Just give me my ballot already. No, I don’t want to debate it either. I used to wear my politics on my sleeve and “fight” the fight..whatever, I’m too tired for that.

2. My eyeballs. I only read for 2 hours last night and the pressure from trying to focus was killing me. I ended up making a temporary patch out of toilet paper. Dolce’s friend is going to school to be an eye doctor..I’m hoping maybe university would like me as a guinea pig.

3. Old People. I think that someone needs to find that fountain of youth already. My parents are getting way too old and this is stoopid. They need about 30 years back. OK..someone work on that right away.

4. The Olympics. Lucky for me, they are over. It got old after a while, didn’t it?

5. Ass Kissers. I work at an office where some people do some serious ass kissing. These people really are trying to hang on to their jobs.

6. Road Construction. Our main Highway 44/I64 is under MAJOR construction, due to this many of the “artery” roads are under construction. I drive 20 ish miles a day to and from work and am constantly surrounded my orange cones.

7. Child Abusers. Come on.. Instant Death Penalty. Enough said.

8. Waiting for Thanksgiving to release new movies. Come on people.. I see movies for free. I want a decent selection at the theater.

9. Fat. Yes I’m talking about me and my poor eating habits. I’m not in my fat clothes but I’m not in my skinny clothes either.. I’m in the middle and need to go down, not teeter on going up. K?

10. Biting My Nails. I’m 41..you think I’d be done w/ this habit already.

11. Zits. See above, 41 NOT 14. I’m sick of these things.

12. Rimmy. You are dead to me. No i’m just kidding. Testing to see if you are reading or not. You in jail..?? Email me!

13. Money. I think that we should all barter or something. I’ll rub your shoulders for an hour a day..and I don’t pay a mortgage. You… I’ll fix you dinner every other Tuesday I don’t have a cell phone bill. Think it will work?