The Aughts

I have been wanting to do an end-of-decade list, but the task seemed daunting, so I just started writing down words & phrases that pertained to the Aughts and figured that would suffice. This includes good and bad and is in absolutely no order:

1. elopement
2. Spain poster
3. marathon
4. Florence, Italy
5. xanax/traveling better
   
6. Paris
7. 9/11
8. Naples, FL
9. Joshua
10. Somerset
11. Genevieve
12. Harper
13. Robin's wedding
14. 10-year reunion
15. home ownership
16. 2 car family
17. same job all decade
18. co-workers and interns coming and going
19. office flood
20. Hurricane Elvis
21. BOOKCLUB!
22. canoeing the Mississippi River
23. new friends
24. girl trips
25. crocheting
26. library controversy
27. Blue Parkways
28. interim director
29. robbery
30. PTSD
31. Max, Clara, Zeta, (were Sam and Abby born this decade?), Mia, Sherube, Henry, Liv, Annabelle, Nicholas, etc., etc., etc., etc.
32. Eddie Izzard
33. Facebook
34. Sketchwork
35. Listwork
36. Artwork
    
37. Urf!
    
38. Tobacco Bowl
39. Because I Said So
40. Dennis
41. shoes & boots from Toby
42. Weirdest Christmas
43. Happiest Christmas
44. rollerderby
45. broken arm
46. boxing
47. Formula 1 racing
48. baseball
49. White Sox in the World Series!!!
50. Spoon
51. Lord of the Rings trilogy
52. Wes Anderson movies
53. Jane Austen books
54. shows at Perry Nicole
55. road trips
56. diabetes
    
57. Katherine's wedding
58. Heather's wedding
59. Amelie
60. Lost
61. cell phones & texting
62. running
63. pilates
64. Project Runway
65. (more importantly) Tim Gunn
66. cocktail hour
    
67. so many paintings

Books I Could Totally Re-Read RIGHT. NOW.

1. Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen
2. Emma, Jane Austen
3. The Pleasure of My Company, Steve Martin
   

To the Girl in the Blue Honda Driving East on I-40 This Morning

1. If you can see that the driver ahead of you in the left lane cannot get into the right lane, it does no good to stay on that person's behind.
2. Once the person ahead of you, whose behind you are on, does get over to the right lane, you need to actually pass them.
3. Both of the above items require you to actually pay attention as you are hurtling a giant machine down the road at 75 mph.
   

Guestlist: Wii!

Top Four Phrases Yelled While Playing Wii on Christmas Day:
by Click (Daily)

1. Would you stop killing me?
2. Dad, I have a bomb.
3. Kill them all and let's get out of here.
4. Die! Die! Die!

Guestlist: Veggie Time

Things I did today to encourage my kids to eat fruits and vegetables
by Stephanie Chockleyblog:

• Let them get out of the shopping cart and choose their own fruits and vegetables
• Made ranch dressing for the vegetables
• Made cream cheese/marshmallow puff dip for the fruits

Fruits and vegetables eaten by my kids today:

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Cartoon Characters I Tend to Resemble

1. Velma from Scooby Doo




2. Marcie from The Peanuts




3. Edna Mode from The Incredibles

Tweeting Traffic Court

Since not everyone here is on Twitter, and because I crack myself up, I'm making a list of what I tweeted while standing in line for traffic court.

1. At 201 for traffic court, trying not to breathe in.
2. Not supposed to have my phone on in here, but wanted to make sure y'all are aware the kid in front of me is grinding his teeth.
3. Not sure why I bothered showering today.
4. How many times can you reapply Purell before your skin starts to sting?
5. Answer: 57 times in a 70-minute period. Ouch.
6. BIG EXHALE and a hazmat shower.