My Holiday

1. Awesome presents...including my beautiful new Macbook :)
2. Fun times with the fam involving several rounds of Mexican train & photos
3. Cooking lessons with my Grandy Sheppard
4. Crazy dreams like one in which I was fighting in a war (apparently I was a fighter pilot in training, and it was an all female war), one where I was sobbing because an older lady called me out for dancing inappropriately (because a. I was dancing alone and b. I did an arm wave from one side to the other)
5. Helping my parents pack up their house for their upcoming move
6. Catching up with hometown friends (unfortunately not all of them...next time Katie!)
7. Already planning our fam Christmas of 2009...which will hopefully involve a ski lodge....YAY!
8. My "Merry Me" card idea....basically funny holiday cards targeted at the "singles" demographic
9. Celebrating the announcements of loved ones....like the "unofficial" engagement of my bro
10. Taylor's gall stone attack at 3am on Christmas morning
11. Courtney and Allen's wedding in Mexico
12. Seeing the super featherweight boxing championship in Cozumel

my history trip

Got this idea from Jen's page. It's my "top fives" of things I would go back in time to see/do...

Musical Performances:
1. The Beatles, Shea Stadium, 1965
2. James Brown, Boston, 1968
3. Queen, Wembley Stadium, 1986
4. Led Zeppelin, Tampa FL, 1973
5. Woodstock, 1969 (for Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, CCR, The Who, etc)

Movie Releases (In Theater):
1. Star Wars
2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
3. Singin' in the Rain
4. Casablanca
5. Dr. Strangelove

Biblical Events*:
1. When Jesus first visited the disciples after His resurrection
2. When Elijah was taken to heaven in a chariot of fire via a whirlwind
3. When David killed Goliath
4. When Jesus fed the 5000
5. When Moses parted the Red Sea for the Israelites to escape the pharoah & his army

Historical Eras/Events*:
1. The life of Queen Elizabeth I
2. The French court of Louis XIV, mainly to see the fashion
3. The women's suffrage movement in the US
4. The cultural and political movements of the 1960's in the US
5. The events and battles of England in the 6th century...mainly to see if King Arthur ever really existed...

Books I Want to Discuss with Their Authors:
1. The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis
2. 1984, George Orwell
3. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
4. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
5. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

Top 5 People from History I Wish I Could Talk to for an Hour:
1. Albert Einstein
2. Winston Churchill
3. Martin Luther King, Jr.
4. C.S. Lewis
5. Queen Elizabeth I

*Denote events that I would like a removed/non-participatory/movie-watching view of...mainly for safety purposes :)

sites to see

this is what happens when I'm limited to my apartment for a little too long... :)

Play to help feed people:
http://freerice.com/index.php

Expand your vocab:
http://www.buzzwhack.com/
http://www.urbandictionary.com/

Find cheap gas...near you:
http://www.gasbuddy.com/

Find a baby name...don't even ask how/why I ended up on this site:
http://www.nymbler.com/

Start your family tree...a nice segue from the baby name thing:
http://www.geni.com/

Photo editing:
http://www.picnik.com/

No frills event planning:
http://mobaganda.com/

Find color inspiriation:
http://www.colourlovers.com/

For small spaces:
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/

It's Wiki...in the sky...with diamonds...okay, maybe the last bit wasn't true:
http://wikisky.org/

The Periodic Table of Comic Books...another one that it's prob best not to ask about:
www.uky.edu/projects/chemcomics

two reasons

why I should have never gotten out of bed today....

1. I'm sick (like "who-cares-that-my hair-is-not-combed-and-I-am-in-pajamas-at-the-grocery-store-in-the-middle-of-the-day" sick)...and probably contagious. I mean, really...why in the world did I feel the need to show up to work today?! Especially to end up back at home just two hours after I went in...

2. I got a flat tire. Yep...as I was headed to go pick up a few things to make my day at home bearable, I had a blowout. Which meant I got to hike back to my apartment. yipee.

grrr....why can't I just learn to stay in bed when I'm sick...

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