Top 100 Things To Do

I regularly read www.mightygirl.net, and a while back she posted a series of blogs that I thought "neat, not for me" about. Now that I'm knee deep in bubble wrap and living a minimalist existence for the next three days, I'm remembering some goals I set for myself as a twelve-ish year-old. I was going to be a research MD that owned a horse farm in Texas with lots of cowboys. So, that's not exactly how things are going down now, but let's make a new list:
1. Get a dog.
2. Travel abroad alone
3. Live for at least one year in Northern France.
4. Learn to shoot a gun.
5. Try a roller coaster again as an adult.
6. Teach someone to read.
7. Get rid of all of my credit cards
8. Get my master's degree
9. Write a novel
10. Learn to ride a horse without a guide person
11. Get the $25K case
12. Always live somewhere that I have freedom to paint
13. Own a classic car
14. Attend a benefit gala
15. Tend my own herb garden
16. Learn to care for house plants
17. Learn to ballroom dance (more than the waltz)
18. Own a hang on the wall tv (I'm superficial too)
19. Keep my cholesterol in check
20. Fill up my iPod
21. Take pictures that someone calls amazing.
22. Learn to ride a bike
23. Participate in a "Take back the night" march.
24. See the stars again
25. Watch an Aurora Borealis

So, I'll go in 4 parts as well, because this is pretty difficult!

April Fool's

Only one person played a joke on me. And I really didn't fall for it.

I move Saturday.

Rehabilitation that works

At least, that's what I got out of this story.

Movie review

Paris je t'aime!

A collection of short films centering on love in Paris. With 20 defferent directors, you wouldn't think that this collection would weave together so well. I cannot be called upon to choose a favorite film. But my favorite quote is ("By acting like a man in love, he became a man in love again.")

I totally posted the French version of the quote and blogger edited it. Arg.

It's not funny

The snow needs to stop. The vernal equinox has passed. Spring is officially here. A foot of snow is incongrous and unnecessary.

Have a beer with me until this passes.

I will also need a phone, a vacuum cleaner, and handsoap. There's more, I'm sure.

Libiamo's was tasty

Howdy

Kari and I crossed Bella's Fat Cat off the list. Wait..... It wasn't on the list. Kari and I thought outside the box and ate at one of our favorite places despite it not being on the list last night. Bella's now has cheese for cheese fries. I have asked for cheese for cheese fries every time I eat there for the past 8 years or so. Go me!

This past Tuesday sucked. I took care of the change of address and stopping service of phone, internet and electricity. Then I got the "I think we need to talk" notice. And it was my last day off before working 7 in a row. Which means my next day off is still two days away. This Tuesday, I'll be painting and moving more stuff. I also have a doctor's appointment that I have moved around several times for work. Work tried to get me to work Tuesday. I threw down. I'm tired of moving my doctor's appointment.

On a fun note, I was a star in a training video for work Thursday and Friday!

Took care of Nessun Dorma today. Go us!

Check!

Sobelman's
Kari and I crossed this off of our list today. It was not my first time there, but it was hers. Our waitress was amazing, which is rare for me to say. And the burgers are truly awesome. Check it out for yourself!

bwahahahaha

This week

I've worked 6 days
I cleaned the kitchen in my new apartment
I got 2 cavities filled
I was called for jury duty
I got my first, and probably last, credit app
I participated in our district's first DA case of the year
I bought a grown up mirror
I got rid of A LOT of clothes

And I'm not done yet :)

One Month Left In Riverwest

So Kari and I have a "To Do" list of things that we haven't yet done, or things we've loved doing, while I've lived in this neighborhood the last five years. In no particular order:

Broad Vocabulary
Nessun Dorma
Cafe Brucke
The New Alterra
Mad Planet
Sobelman's
Sprecher Brewery
Italian restaurant from Steph
Oakland Trattoria
Palermo Villa
Third Ward Shopping
Coquette Cafe

I'm sad that my time will end before I get to spend a few nights enjoying my wonderful balcony once more. If I had known that the last time I sat on the balcony before winter arrived would have been my last time ever, I would have stayed out there much longer. There's a lesson in that, I suppose.

I don't want to move with about 48% of my being. But, it's very exciting all the same. I'm sure I'll make a similar list the next time I move!

Wisdom

“I think that voting is important because if voting wasn’t invented a lot of things would be weird. Like if we didn’t have an election for president and we did rock, paper, scissors for it, that’d be kind of weird,” Jordan says.

Kids in Wisconsin also voted today.

I VOTED!

Granted, it was just the Presidential Primary and one open alderperson's seat. But still....



I VOTED!

By April 15th

I will need a toaster and a wine rack.

Holy cow!

LOL

Read this and laugh.....

Note - I didn't laugh until he drew a diagram of a circular argument.

Taking Suggestions

...for someplace warmer than -3 degrees to live. Cold is stupid.

Last Week

While I was sick, life at work continued. It was inventory week, and Bayshore was mine to run. My boss made me go home Saturday and Monday, and requested that I stay home Tuesday. The unfortunate aspect of this came on Wednesday when I got in to work. I was feeling much better until I found that my store had done nothing more to prepare for inventory. By 3 Wednesday afternoon, I was done for. I went home and got in bed. I slept until 3 the next morning. I did my best to shake off this sickness and ran my stockroom inventory. I was home by 5 and in bed by 5:15. It took longer to fall asleep this time, as my cough would not settle down. I got up at 3 in the morning, shoveled my driveway and geared up for day 2. I dropped my coffee in the snow. And the inventory service only had 6 people to start the day with. But when all was said and done, it was 4 in the afternoon.

I'm still coughing, but I do feel better.