Monday, November 28, 2011

Updatey!

Completed this 2 weeks
Write 100 things I'm thankful for
Go Snorkeling or Scuba diving
Make a list of 50 places I'd like to see before I die.


Progress this 2 weeks
Have garb appropriate to 13th century Ukraine - bought a book on the topic
Complete a sudoku book

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

DITL November 23

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Happy Midnight DITL. Here's the agenda for the day :p



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Dog knows best - it's time to be sleeping.


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I sold a book! Yay for getting money, and getting space on my bookshelf!


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How exactly did this hour happen while I'm still awake?


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Give the dog a treat.


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Good Morning!


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Find an article about Magna Faire - still debating whether I'm going.


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Up and ready to go!


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Sekrit Piktur - No cameras allowed inside!


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This was SUCH a bad idea!


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But look, we have food!


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All natural, fantastic yummy juice!


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And lunch :p


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What our kitchen looked like


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What our kitchen looked like when hubby got home.


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All the dishes - forgot to take a before pic


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Start listing chores that need to be done regulary so we can assign them


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Before


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After.


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Quite possibly the stupidest episode of the Simpsons ever.


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Dinner. Actually not so good. Threw out most of the broccoli. Hubby threw away all the veggies and ate a piece of chicken I had also cooked.


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Tomorrow is Turkey Day, and for the first time I'm bringing something to the family dinner.


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Sweet potatoes don't look too yummy yet!


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Give up my usual midnight snack for some vodka and green stuff.


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Make sure the calories check out


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Souffle done! It doesn't look the way I remember it from childhood, but hubby says it looks right to him.


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Relax for a bit


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Take bath


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Good night DITL!

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Snorkeling

So part of today's aquarium experience was swimming with whale sharks and other fishies in the Ocean Voyager exhibit. I got there about an hour and a half early, so I wandered around looking at fish, and spent about a half an hour staring at the sea otters (my favorites!) Then I went for a swim test - which I failed, but I still got to do the swim with the gentle giants thing... so I was pretty nervous when I first put the regulator in my mouth, but by the time I got halfway around, I was used to it. Yes, I've used one before, but I'd forgotten what it feels like. And it is weird. So I put my face in the water, and there was this jack like right there in front of my face, and I jumped. But then I kinda calmed down and started looking around and it was seriously the most relaxing thing ever. we swam a figure 8 over the exhibit, and I actually bumped into a whale shark! And two of the manta rays came really close, too. 

Thankful

Just in time for Thanksgiving, I decided to do my list of 100 things that I am thankful for


1.     swimming with the fish
2.     being able to volunteer at the aquarium
3.     being able to stand long enough to volunteer
4.     Jack’s surgery
5.     Awesome level 4 and CTG girls
6.     Pregnant beluga
7.     Being in generally good health
8.     A car that hasn’t seriously broken down yet
9.     Henry’s help
10. Henry’s health
11. This house
12. Kevin’s job
13. My job
14. My school
15. I have a cool advisor
16. Mom’s surgery went well
17. Rogue knowing when I need cuddles
18. Friends in Statesboro
19. Sluggysquad
20. Tyke keeps not getting eaten
21. The SCA
22. VA medical care
23. Social Security
24. Getting VA checks
25. People who love me
26. Selling some books on amazon.com
27. Kelly’s job
28. Dad’s job
29. A loving husband
30. My GPS
31. appleTV
32. Netflix
33. A comfortable bed
34. Internet access
35. Living in a first world country
36. People willing to sacrifice for their ideals ie occupy
37. Dolphin swim
38. Jack’s love
39. Elizabeth and Nat
40. Victor’s help
41. Mark’s help
42. Knowledge
43. My summer job
44. Archery certification
45. My ipad
46. My iphone
47. My computer
48. Being able to fix my computer and rescue all data
49. We’ve always had enough to feed at least our pets
50. Alcohol
51. Staying strong enough to not smoke again
52. My hair
53. My health
54. Rabbi Steve
55. Vivienne
56. Weird Al tickets
57. Semester at sea
58. Russia
59. Guatemala and Argentina
60. Acceptance at the Temple
61. No one was hurt in David’s accident
62. No serious damage in Kevin’s accident
63. Puppy kisses
64. 100pounds2lose group
65. New clothes that fit
66. Dinner with mom
67. A safe cross country drive
68. Other people to cook for Thanksgiving
69. Sea otters being rescued
70. Sea turtles being returned to the wild
71. Living in relatively peaceful time
72. Refund from AT&T
73. Beluga interaction at Sea World
74. Awesome family
75. No accidents for me
76. A nice bathtub
77. Our military
78. We found Madelyn when I let her free
79. I haven’t lost all my teeth like I keep dreaming I will
80. All my senses work right
81. I get to talk into microphones
82. Good cholesterol numbers
83. My heart rate went down some
84. My friends
85. Figuring out anemia was causing my jaw problems
86. Quiet time
87. Finding my Quran
88. Finding my DVDs
89. Abilify
90. No major depressive episodes this year
91. No major manic episodes this year
92. Kevin at work amusing me
93. Youthful looks
94. Kevin’s car not breaking down
95. I’m not as crazy as I could be.
96. Hand/wrist pain seems to have gone away
97. Robert’s friendship
98. Having known Mr. Dalke
99. Kevin finding the jewelry
100.                Having lived another year.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

DITL November 15

Good morning DITL.




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There is actually one of these shots in every single DITL I've ever done. Either I use a lot more gas than I thought or this is very strange.


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I'm not even late, and I'm stuck on the 3rd floor. What's up with that?


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The Penguins are off exhibit. Which makes Cold Water Quest not so much fun. Although I love the Sea Otters, you do get assigned where to stand, and the position of standing by the empty penguin exhibit and hearing people whine over and over isn't so much fun


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This little fish was thought to be extinct until he was found in a river in Georgia. Yay Happy Endings!


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TJ the sea turtle thinks he's hiding. Little does he know we can all see him!


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The biologist shows up to feed the rays in the middle of my time at the ray pool :)


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The Mezzanine - not an easy job now that the whale slide is open.


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The absolute bane of my existence. I don't like to tell kids no, but they have to be smaller than this to play. Most kids are too big.


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Free food is the best food. And they gave me a coupon :)


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And to school with me.


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Livetext - the bane of my academic existence.


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Relax with a puppy


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get puppy attacked by another


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ZZZZZ