life and pretty paper

dix mardi

It's tuesday time for a top ten list.  Just a quick little list of some of my favorite scrapbooking blogs, but there are way more than this.

1. Ali Edwards
2. Nora Griffin
3. RN Jetta
4. Lisa Trusdell
5. Nichol Magouirk
6. Elsie Flannigan
7. Keisha Cambell
8. Kelly Purkey
9. Jamie Waters
10. Elsia Blaha

Yes, I am a history major

So it goes with out saying that I am seriously excited about this coming on today..

The War

I am a huge Ken Burns fan, everything I've seen by him I love.  There has been such a huge buildup to this show and I know I will not be disappointed.  The reviews have been nothing but great and they say this is his best film yet.  How it can be better then The Civil War I don't know, but I will be more than happy to find out.

the official first day...

of Autumn that is, which means I can bring out the Autumn and Halloween decorations!!

These are the latest additions to the decorations.  I got the bear as a birthday present and just recently had the cross stitch piece framed.  And of course with the coming of fall I had to go pick up some new fall candles.  I picked up Farmhouse Apple and Autumn Wreath the other day from Yankee Candle Company, they make the house smell o' so yummy.  I love the smells of fall.

I have been very scrappy today, I've finished up a mini book of quotes, a layout, and I started working on a project kit that I got from Jenni Bowlin.  Can't wait to finish that one up.  I'm hoping to get some more scrap time in tomorrow, but first I think I need to clean up the mess I made today.

to do

have a good weekend!

pop quiz!

Can you name all the nations of the world?

We used to love watching this show when it was on.  I'm sure some of the names have changed but it's good for a little smile.

making a list, checking it twice

I am a list person, I'm not sure why since I'm not that organized. I guess making the list gives me the illusion that I'm organized but since I don't really finish marking things off the list, the purpose of the list is defeated.  I try and keep all my list in one notebook but over the years I have collected a lot of cute little books to keep up with my list.  I have the small notebooks that fit in my purse and other notebooks that I keep around the house.  One notebook might be for scrapbooking, it includes list of pages I want to make, journaling, and any products I want to purchase.  Another notebook has all my goals in them which includes the 33 things list and other goals I have for myself.  I also try to take each goal and break it down to what I have to do to reach it.  Then there are the usual list of daily things I need to do.

I have a stack of books by my bed that I want to read, which I consider a visual list, my amazon wish list of things I want to buy, and my list of movies to watch at blockbuster.com and I'm not even about to admit how many movies are in that list.

I crave organization and stability in my life and yet I continue to run around like a person on crazy pills everyday trying to get everything done.

Here are just a few of the list I have going on right now:

• topics I want to blog about
• list of ideas floating around in my head
• daily, weekly, monthly list of things that need to be done
• since the holiday season just around the corner I've got a list going of present to give and things I want to do to celebrate
• list of all the cross stitch projects I want to make
• a list of what I want to plant next year in the garden and what needs to be done this fall and winter to get the garden ready for spring
• I also sat down the other day, went through my photos and made list of the pages I want to scrapbook.
• list of places I want to go
• And do you realize I just made a list of the list I have going on right now?

And all for what?  I feel like I'm a structured person trapped in a pack-rat's body!  I'm a wanna be organized person, how crazy is that?

I found my outfit lacking a certain something...

obSo I went to the doctor and asked for a wrist brace.  Ok so more like they gave me one because I have tendinitis.

Sexy, isn't it? I think it makes a certain statement, something like "I'm an old fart and can't even type at a computer without injuring myself."

The thing that gets me is, I paid 25 bucks to have the doctor confirm what I knew was wrong, give me a brace and a few pills and I was out the door in less than 45 minutes.  I've had bad dates last longer than that.

early to bed...

early to rise, or so the saying goes.

And that time on the clock is AM.  As in I now get to work at 7 o'clock in the god awful morning.  Why would I torment myself this way?  So I can go home at 3:00 in the afternoon, sweet. OK, another factor could have been that I was the last person to get to work in my department and it kind of bugged me, so now I'm the first. HA!

I'm trying very hard to get used to this new schedule but in all honesty it is kicking my butt!  Maybe the fact that I still stay up until 10:30 and get up at 5, could be a factor in all of this. 

I must say that I do now enjoy my drive to work, not as many cars on the road.  The line at Starbucks is..well...there is no line.  And as some may know I love a good sunrise, so it's nice to see it every morning on my way to work.  The office is quite and since I get there before my boss I no longer have a ton of questions shot at me before I'm in my seat.

So I must say that even though some days I just want to put my head on my desk and take a nap, there are a lot more pluses then negatives to getting to work so early.  I say this now but when my alarm goes off at 5:00 AM tomorrow morning I'm going to be hating life!

this little guy..

makes me very happy at the moment.  I had been eyeing him for weeks at Starbucks, I just might have to go back and get his little friend.  Another thing that makes me very happy is the cool weather.  It was so nice outside today, perfect weather.  Can you tell how much I love fall? I even went by Michaels and picked up some of the Martha Halloween stuff and I will be going back because they had some really cute decorations.

And just to give all you readers a good laugh today, I was at work, looked at my plant, and realized it had little flying bugs all over it. Yes, I infested my cube at work with bugs.  I had the plant outside before I brought it to work and it must have had eggs in it.  But I think I have it under control now, buy the end of the day I didn't see any of them flying around me.

ten on tuesday

10 Random Things From Today..

1. I have to keep reminding myself that it's Tuesday, Today was my Monday at work and it's throwing me off
2. Nice slow rain going on right now, perfect time to go to bed
3. Changed my work schedule, now going in at 7:00 AM, best part is that I get to go home at 3:00!
4. Boss got back from a 10 day vacation in Peru.  Must be nice.
5. Sims2 Vacation came out today!! And for the first time I didn't get the game on the day it came out :( Going to have to wait until payday on Friday.
6. Just watched the movie Wordplay and even though I'm not a cross word puzzle person it was really fun to watch. 
7. Had to start giving one of the cats insulin shots today, we had been giving him pills to regulate his sugar levels but it wasn't working.  Ever try to give a cat, who by the way already had a bad attitude, a shot? 
8. Cleaned up in the scrapbook room, just have to move some stuff back in and I'm done!
9. Totally digging this mini album, going to have to do something like it because fall is my most favorite time of year.  And it's almost here!!
10. I'm officially old, if it's after 10:00pm, it's past my bed time.