Things I Love...Right Now

I have found that my tastes are always changing, things I like now are not necessarily things I liked 5 years ago but there are certain things that I've really enjoyed for quite awhile so those are the things I LOVE. It takes a lot for me to say I love something. It has to stand the test of time. So here are some things (somewhat random) that I can say that I LOVE at the moment!


Color: Various shades of blue
Color Theme: Gray and aqua
Book Genre: Historical Fiction
Book Series: Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon (I'm currently waiting for the next book in the series to come out!!)

Drink: Coffee
Frozen Drink: Big Train

Snack: Toast with any variation of toppings (Does that make me boring??)
Season: Spring (which is also my middle name and when my first daughter will soon be born!)
Household Appliance: Swivel Sweeper (given as a gift but it would have been the best $20 I ever spent if I had bought it for myself!)

Comfort Food: Breakfast foods...yummm

TV Show: Parenthood 

Game Show: Price is Right
Makeup: Bare Minerals

Group Activity: Board Games! (For the record, I love this because of the energy it puts into a group and how people really can have FUN together as opposed to just getting together and sitting around talking...wah wah wah...)
Vacation Location (so far): Sandals Jamaica and Italy - this is a total tie and I love each location for different reasons so I had to list both.
Splurge Activity: Spa Services (My dream vacation would be a spa vacation at a Sandals resort in Italy I think...oh man, I would never want to leave!)

Past time Activity: Reading
Clothing Accessory: Scarves, cozy ones in the winter and light airy ones in the summer!

That's about it for now I think. So very random of a post but I didn't want to leave you hanging while I thought of something more interesting so there you have it! Now you know more about me, if you didn't know it already!

Creeping Doubt

I'm having second thoughts about this whole NaBloPoMo thing.

I'm running out of things to say! I really didn't think that would be a problem.

So I'm beginning to doubt whether the prize at the end of the NaBloPoMo yellow brick road is really worth it.

And actually the more I think about it, it's not that I've run out of things to say completely. It's just that I don't want to ramble and bore the heck out of you.

I was thinking about different topics I could discuss today and they all just sound like rambling to me. Today is Friday the 13th - anyone got any superstitions? Not me. There's a football game tomorrow - anyone going to watch it? (And I mean of course the ever-important Tennessee game. Any other game is moot in my mind.) I am. Yeah, all ramblings of a bored accountant.

So I'll end this post here. If you waaaant to, you could suggest some topics that you would like to hear about. I mean, there's probably nothing but just in case, leave a comment and tell me what you want to know! I might just do it.

OMG!

I almost didn't post anything today!

Done.

That would have completely disqualified me from NaBloPoMo. The horror. I gotta win me some prizes!

Tomorrow's Friday!! Be happy!!

Book Club

I am starting a book next week called The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families. It's by the same guy that wrote The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey. This book was chosen by the book club hosted by one of my favorite blogs - Simple Mom. The woman that started the blog (and turned it into a very successful business) is Tsh. I think she is pretty cool. I have learned a lot of neat things about living a simpler life in general and lots of things that are preparing me to be a mom one day.


So I thought, if any of you would like to read this book too, we could be connected across the miles and read the book together! You can join the book club too (or not) and get even more out of it by reading and writing on the forums with the other women out there that will also be reading this book. Just click on the picture above and it will take you to where you need to go.


Let me know if anyone decides to read the book too! This is part of my initiative to watch less t.v. during the week and spend more time on developing habits that will make me a well-rounded person.

NaBloPoMo

November is National Blog Posting Month. Otherwise known as NaBloPoMo. The challenge for NaBloPoMo is to post every single day of the month. And guess what! I'm taking up the challenge! There is a website dedicated to this challenge and I've registered on it in order to keep me motivated. I will be entered into a drawing and if my name gets chosen and I've been faithful to post every day, then I win a prize! I love prizes!



The posts aren't "graded" on quality, just quantity. So I apologize in advance if I post something booooring (said in a singsong voice) but I'm going to do all I can do to be qualified just in case my name gets picked. If I know myself though,I probably will struggle with posting something just to say I've posted. I try to remind myself when I'm lacking motivation that the purpose of this blog is to document my life as I know it now. So hopefully none of the posts will be too bad. Enjoy!


And remember I'm always interested in knowing what you want to hear about. I like to hear from my readers (aka my friends and family...I have to specify since that sounds like other people actually read my blog and who am I kidding?) plus I will probably need help with topics during NaBloPoMo.

Special Days and Celebrations

I have made an interesting, and yet unsettling, discovery. I have discovered that there is a celebration/holiday/observance for every single day of the year. Some days even have multiple celebrations/holidays/observances. What's a party-loving girl to do with this wealth of information? I mean, I almost feel like, if someone went to such great lengths to designate a special day for a specific reason, it should be celebrated, dang it. Or at least acknowledged. Some days aren't celebration days, some are just "days to remember..." or stuff like that. If I had known that my simple search for a special "friend" day would cause such a burden, I definitely would have thought twice before searching, trust me. I don't need this kind of pressure.

I was curious though. I found that not only is there something to celebrate or recognize every day but you can spend whole months or even the whole year on celebrating. Oh, what I've been missing. I took a quick glance at some of the months, and I think they are worth mentioning. You can decide if you want to celebrate. Today, for instance, October 5, 2009, can be the day to recognize your Child's Health or perhaps you are lacking children, and you would like to recognize ways to Improve Your Office or if you don't work in an office, you can find methods of improving the World Habitat. See? A little something for everyone. Typical USA. None of those fancy your celebratory instincts? Well surely you have a teacher worth celebrating, because it is, in fact, World Teachers Day. So, go. Go celebrate! Make this a special day! I'm going to make sure you stay properly informed of each day's special significance. I wouldn't want to share this burden alone. You won't go another day without knowing how you can celebrate every single day of the year. Aren't you glad?

Of course, I am writing this post with some slight hints of "tongue in cheek", but seriously, some of the days are kind of interesting and I am all about making the most of each day, so who knows, maybe one day it will jump out at you and it will cause you to do something nice for someone in your life. Just consider it my teeny tiny way of making the world a better place. (Cue music)