The Beach by the Numbers

• Adults: 7
• Kids: 6
• Times I actually went to the beach: 3
• Times it rained: around 47
• Shells collected by S: 20
• M&M's we ate: about 1200
• Pizzas: 7.25
• Ravioli: 6 dozen
• Bottles of wine consumed by 5 adults: 10
• Kids' stick-on mustaches scattered on the floor looking like fuzzy turds: 6
• Times Katherine sang to Harper about what she was doing: 100
• People who sang along to The Sound of Music: 4
• Crossword puzzles Mom & I finished together: 2
• People simultaneously reading Slam by Nick Horby: 2
• Games played: 6 (see below)
• Times I won Pretty Pretty Princess: 3
• Walks taken: around 10
• Trips to the store: 4
• Naps I took over 3 days: 5

Auxiliary List: Games Played

1. Scrabble
2. Scattergories
3. Pretty Pretty Princess
4. Simpsons Sorry
5. Simpsons Clue
6. On-line Poker

Tivo + Old Movies = Holiday Fun

Just a few movies set to record in case I have time to watch them over the next couple of weeks...

1. The Shop Around the Corner
2. The Bishop's Wife
3. Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
4. Meet Me in St. Louis
5. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
6. Every Girl Should Be Married
7. Elopement
8. An Affair to Remember
9. Yours, Mine and Ours
10. Christmas in Connecticut
11. Holiday Affair
12. The Bells of St. Mary's
    

Places I Went for Work Today

1. toured a new high school just weeks away from being moved into
2. the animal shelter
3. Byhalia, MS
   

Discussed at Last Night's Bookclub Christmas Dinner

1. avocado tempura
2. wine
3. layering
4. baby's ears
5. sewers
6. earrings
7. places you should not put q-tips
8. hair
9. the stress of gift-giving
10. Christmas performances
11. myspace for grown-ups
12. Advent calendars
13. fruit
14. junk mail
15. a proliferation of Christmas gatherings
16. new kitchens
17. San Francisco and garlic
18. fake plants
19. sad Thanksgivings
    
20. farting
    

List of Stuff with No Unifying Theme

1. Cocktail Night at the Urf! House.




2. Ran in the Grizzlies House 5k and came in 806th out of 1991 runners, 408th out of all the female runners, and 38th out of my female age group.

3. Transformed into the Legion of Zoom's Most Obnoxious Fan at the Memphis Roller Derby season opener.




4. Funny sentence from the internet: "Your friend T’s completeness is: 70%."

5. Got a haircut.




6. On a recent trip to Target my purchases included 10 pairs of knee socks and a sifter.

7. Look how cute niece #3 is:




8. Really amazing art.

9. We have a new sewer line. Merry Christmas!

What We Did in Philadelphia

1. Rode a train from the airport to our hotel for $6!
   
2. Napped.
3. Saw the Liberty Bell. Refrained from spackling it.
4. Ate some comfort food at Jones.
5. Had a day of eating at divey places.
6. Walked in the rain.
7. Toured Independence Hall.
8. Saw the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the American Revolution.
9. Saw the oldest continuously inhabited street in America.
10. Bought a book by Elizabeth Taylor the writer, not the actress.
11. Saw a mouse in one of the aforementioned divey restaurants.
12. Napped.
13. Saw the Darjeeling Limited. Maybe cried a little.
14. Took a bus to the Italian Market.
15. Tried a cheesesteak at Geno's.
16. Tried a cheesesteak at Pat's.
17. Decided that Geno's is clearly better.
18. Bought a hat at Anthropologie, because I can't afford anything else there. It is a cute hat, though.
19. Accidentally walked 2 miles to the Philadelphia Art Museum. Saw lots of wonderful art there.
20. Went to the Rodin Museum.
21. Toured a Masonic Temple.
22. Napped.
    
23. Tried a cheesesteak at Jim's Steaks. Geno's is still better.
24. Watched Philadelphia's Thanksgiving Day Parade live and in person while eating munchkins from Dunkin' Donuts.
25. Noticed a clear difference in high school marching bands that are not from Memphis, and that clearly the Memphis variety is better.
    
26. Ate a fancy traditional Thanksgiving dinner at a restaurant. They did not have ravioli.
27. Went to the Reading Terminal Market and saw lots of lovely food that you can't get in Memphis, and lots of Amish people.
28. Ate some roast pork sandwiches - I guess it's also a Philadelphia tradition. A delicious one.
29. Went to the US Mint and saw how money is made.
30. Came home and ate some ribs.
    

Lantana Projects Class of '07

I'm on this list! The show is tonight - come & see.











Come celebrate the best artwork created in 2007
by artists from or living in the Memphis area!

Saturday, November 17
574 South Main
7:00-10:00 pm
$5 entry

Featured artists:
Lea Alexander * Elizabeth Alley * Susan Best * Sarah Boyce * Dwayne Butcher
Paul Clements * Holly Davis * Hamlett Dobbins * Melissa Dunn * Melinda Eckley
Melissa Farris * Annette Fournet * Michael Force * Brooke Foy * Richard Gamble
Ashley Gerst * Elisha Gold * Pinkney Herbert * Jed Jackson * Niki Johnson
Tim Kinard * Yijun Liao * Nancy May * Erica McCarrens * Carol Harding McTyre
Carl Moore * Sunny Montgomery * Greely Myatt * Elizabeth Owen * Catherine Blackwell Pena
Nick Pena * Joel Rose * Vitus Shell * Rumi Tominaga * Ben Utigard * Ryan VanderLey
Billy Welch * Steven Troy Williams * Tad Lauritzen Wright

Entertainment will be provided by DJs the Defective Agency and Mind at Large.

Complimentary Bar.