List Time

I definitely skipped yesterday's list.

Sue me.

Today's List is:

AND AWAY WE GO!!!

• Quilting
• Embroidery
• Dr. Seuss canvasses (these will go in Stephen's room)
• Shelves
• Wreath making
• Sewing (okay technically, I've tried this and I can do it but I'm talking in the sense of actually making an outfit or article of clothing from scratch)

Procrastinated list

Technically, this list was supposed to be posted yesterday.  

Oops.

image from http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechclueless.html

My bad.

So the list for today is Date Night Ideas.  Since we are living in good ole Colorado, these will be Colorado based ideas.  Oh and the directions on the list, which can be found here, explain that this list is not just for romantic dates, but can be friend dates, kid dates, etc.  So if you get confused about the list I'm about to create, that should explain it.

1. Foodie tour of Cherry Creek (this isn't a set tour...one to be made up in advance).
2. "Paw Print" Date:  I plan on doing this with Baby Stephen.  Essentially, it involves pillowcases or canvas, acrylic paint, his feet, my feet, and Eric's feet.
3. Camera Play.  This would be more of a date with different friends.  Just us, the mountains and a really good camera.
4. Morning hike followed by a picnic (technically, we did this already when we hiked to Gem Lake but I'd do it all over again every week).
5. Spooky night at the Stanley Hotel: come on.  If you are a fan of The Shining why would you not want to do this?!
6. Dinner on a rooftop with a private performance by a string quartet.

Lists Lists Lists

I LOVE LISTS.

That needs to be said.

I make a list of to-dos almost every day.

So of course, when I heard of 30 Days of Lists, I had to jump on board immediately.

I'm going to attempt to keep up with this on my blog every day.

Today's assignment is to write a wish list.  Here's mine:

• Beasties
• Learn to make time for my passions: cooking/baking, sewing, crocheting
• a new camera
• Cookbook on bread/pastries
• new shoes
• gift card to Joann's
• gift card to Starbucks so I can feed my cravings for Frappucinos

Update

I feel like this blog needs a dash of something.  Different fonts?  More color?  It just needs to be spiced up a bit more, don't you think?

Moving on to the update:

• Eric started as an associate with his firm today!  This promotion was about two or three months premature from what we were expecting, and we are incredibly gracious for this!  It's a big deal for Eric's career, and for us.  I was given a tour of the office on Saturday and I'm a little jealous.  I've never seen an office atmosphere that had SO MUCH COLOR!  Even when I've gone into arts organizations; although the walls may have several amazing works of art on the walls, they are typically a cream or neutral color.  Most likely, this is to keep the colors of the wall from clashing with the art.  However, at the firm, the walls are red.  RED.  A couple of the rooms are different colors.  There's a beautiful sunflower yellow, dark blue, and something similar to an orange red.  Delicious.  I would love to have a home that has tons of color in it!
• We found out Thursday that we are indeed having a baby boy.  Yay!  The ultrasound was so interesting!  Who knew that you could go so in depth with an ultrasound on a baby?  It's such an incredible experience to be able to see the organs of our baby and look at his brain!  HOW COOL IS THAT?!  We are both looking forward to the arrival of Stephen Thomas.
• I'm in a bit of a conundrum.  As you all know, I have an obsession with my Google Reader.  I have starred and shared hundreds of articles at this point.  I'd like to figure out some kind of organizational system in order to keep track of what I'm collecting in my reader but aside from printing out all those articles and organizing them in a binder, I'm at a loss as to what to do.  Any ideas?

Library of mine...

I follow politics as much as I can.  However, I don't really care to discuss politics with people because I find that a lot of people will try to "sway" me to their side of the argument if I don't agree.  And frankly, if I have a rational reason for my stance, I don't want to argue with you about it. (this is where I would stick out my tongue to my adversary).

So, believe me, as much as the controversy in Wisconsin and the other states that are jumping on the bandwagon of doing away with collective bargaining makes me sad (sad because there are a ton of unhappy people in those states right now), I find Scott Walker's behavior hysterical.

Funny?  you ask.  How so?

Not that I claim to be an expert in politics whatsoever (although I do recognize I am a genius of the world) but I find it entertaining (in a bittersweet kind of way) to watch politicians now.  Many are SCRAMBLING to make decisions that are going to "slash their budgets" and at the same time, practically guarantee reelection for themselves.  But it seems to me that drastic times call for drastic measures.  Not that politicians should martyr themselves, but if they came up with a plan that, I don't know, actually encouraged future growth within their states rather than make decisions that yes, would help at some point, but that would be a long ways off (like slash budgets without creating any form of revenue to balance it) than perhaps, they would see some kind of flourish.

Hmm...re-reading that makes me think that doesn't make any sense.  

Regardless, I'm interested to see what Scott Walker's next move is.  After keeping the public out of his budget address yesterday, I'll be intrigued to see if he gets slammed with contempt.

I'll probably laugh...

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But Scott Walker isn't really the topic I wanted to write about today.

"I think that we should start getting rid of some of our books."

Yes, those were the words spoken to me this past Saturday by the love of my life.

Shocking isn't it?

My precious books?  ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!

I have spent years working on my collection and breaks my heart that they are not all here with us but rather split up between here and our home state.  And now, suddenly he wants to start donating them because of a "lack" of space?  Ridiculous!

However...

I can see the merit.  With Mini Lee on the way, I realize that space is an issue.  I also realize that cluttering a bookshelf with tons of books and knick knacks and pictures does not make a very attractive shelving unit (designers...you be damned).  So I'm struggling.  If we had more storage space, I would make the argument to just pack some up in boxes.  But we are running out of room in there as well and will run out of more of it when we start shifting the apartment around for the baby.  

So, maybe one day, I'll get the courage up to donate some of the books.  But in the meantime, I think the fetal position in the middle of the floor throwing a temper tantrum over my resolution to keep them will suffice.