Hearts

They're still up.  It's March and they're still up.  Valentine's decorations.  Siiiiigh.

M*A*S*H

Simon brought the TV show M*A*S*H into our marriage.  To me, it was just that boring old show that was always on when I wanted to be watching something cooler as a kid.  Oh, how wrong I was.  We proceeded to slowly collect all 11 seasons (we didn't have cable, so we had a TV-on-DVD bill every month instead).  I was pregnant when we watched the episode where Radar leaves, and I sobbed and sobbed.  Eleven seasons is a lot of TV, and we tried to spread it out...taking breaks to wait for seasons to be given as birthday gifts.....and to have a baby and deal with that adjustment.  Then after about 2 years, we arrived at the last disk of the last season.  That was eightish months ago, and we're frozen.  We can't bring ourselves to finish the quest, and I wonder if we ever will.  There's no guilt for me associated with this unfinished project....just sadness.  And if we ever do watch the end, I bet we'll just start right over from the beginning.

Chalk-It

I bought this strange spray chalk stuff in February 2007 with plans for writing a huge happy birthday message for Simon on the driveway. I forgot. So the next year I planned to use it. I forgot. Next year, same thing. So THIS year, I'm totally going to remember! Hah.

Etsy Shop Again

This is business unfinished and finished.  A story with a happy ending, hopefully. I opened my Etsy shop, Annilygreen, to sell handmade books.  I sold one then it was over.  It took me two years to get it going again (this time with pillows...all of which I'm in love with), but I did....for you...and your friends....and anyone you know who needs some throw pillows with silly names.

Sewing Things

 You're probably wondering what a cake pan is doing with my sewing stuff.  Me too.  I don't know how things get so out of hand and jumbled, but I do know that I'm always avoiding the task of organizing this stuff so it's actually useful and not an eruption.  Maybe later.

Backup

Hey there, little external hard drive...hiding there behind stuff on my desk....begging me to use you to save precious files.  I know you've been there since Christmas, I know you're dusty, and I know the laptop is almost completely full and in need of emptying, but I'm still me.  So you'll probably have to wait a bit longer.

Barbie House

My grandpa was the bomb dot com.  I can apply that modern and totally still trendy title retroactively because of this incredible Barbie house he built for me and my sister when I was 5ish.  That's right....my Barbie house had molding and shingles.  What, yours was pink and cardboard and plastic?  Sorry.

My plan is to update and repaint and make fabulous this relic of my childhood, and I've done lots of staring at it and a little contact paper removing, but really the only thing that's changed so far is that the balcony has become even more of a storage area.  Shame on me.

Stuff for Storage

Is there a limit to how long I'm allowed to have my Christmas decorations packed away and stashed in the corner, waiting (along with a chair with no place to go and an old car seat) to be taken out to the storage room?  I give myself till the end of January.  My mom left our tree up that long once because she loved it so much.  "Mom," we whined.  "Tomorrow is February!  This is embarrassing!" 

I guess those are the words I have to eat because this pile is also embarrassing.

Sewing Machine

I am not brave, it seems.  I got a sewing machine from my in-laws for Christmas--an incredibly generous gift--but I can't bring myself to use it...or even sign up for the class to teach me how to use it.  Remember how I broke my old machine over and over?  What if that happens again?!  Maybe I'll just keep looking at it, reading the manual, and dreaming up projects to not finish.  Help!

Happy New Year

Maybe THIS year I'll eat better, read more, be more organized, and be all those things I've always wanted to be. What are your resolutions?

The License Plate Game

We started this list in July (on the inside page ad of the phone book in our car) after we realized the giant road trip we'd planned was an impossibility. Luckily we live in a college town with lots of out-of-state cars. Is it cheating if you find most of them in campus parking lots? It's been a while since we've gotten any new ones, and we're still waiting to run into cars from Mississippi, West Virginia, and Rhode Island. I give us until next July.

Baby!

I'm way behind on the task of nibbling the cheeks of my newest niece, Sarah. And she has plenty of chub to be squished.

Etsy Shop

I make a lot of throw pillows because it's something basic that I can sew, and it's a good use for all the fabric I collected before I knew how to use a sewing machine.  I figured they'd be a good way to breathe life into my dormant Etsy shop (one whole sale!), but of course they've just been sitting in a pile for months--unphotographed, unposted, and unsold. 

If only there were a single person in my family who liked the same things I like...then I'd be set for presents this year.

The Results

Well, it's unanimous. And by that I mean that Simon and I agree on what movie we should use our tickets to see. Leah, you win...the random.org in my brain has selected The Blind Side. I promise that The Fantastic Mr. Fox is on the list, but I just have such a thing for sports movies. Leah, your prize is that you get to babysit for us while we go to the movie! And thanks to everyone for the suggestions.

Book

Each lady at church was supposed to read this book in a day or two then pass it on to the next person on the list until everyone had read it. What if I'm interpreting that instruction as more like a WEEK or two?

Not My Stuff

This is unfinished business within unfinished business. I've been meaning to post about this since I started my blog. See, this book and these tapes aren't mine. They belong to a teacher I had at BYU, but I just kept forgetting to return them. So when the semester ended, I did what any normal unfinisher would do: I proceeded to hold on to them for 3 years. Now that this professor is retired and off campus, tracking him down will be a job in itself....a job that will probably be on the list until I have a personal assistant.

More Registration

I'm a sucker. It was only $13 to buy the protection plan for my stroller (including free replacement!), and it seemed worth it. But they don't tell you that just paying them isn't enough; you have to go home and register your stroller. That means remembering to actually call and remembering to actually keep the receipt long enough for it to last through an Annie-sized round of to-do piles. It didn't. I bought this stroller and the plan forever ago, and I've never registered it. Corporate America is smart. And now they have my $13 but owe me nothing. Fail.

Registration

Somehow it became Not October, and we've yet to get our car inspected and registered.

Free Movie Tickets

When a condo company offers free movie vouchers for coming to see their model condo, do they know they're asking for it? Did they really think we were interested in buying anything at all? When we said, "Oh, what a great club house! And so many options for counter tops!" did they feel hopeful? If so....silly condo company. That said, it's been about two years since we got these vouchers (which luckily don't expire), and we still haven't used them. There's just so much pressure to use them on THE movie...the best one. And how can we choose? Simon thinks we should just give up and go see 'New Moon.' Hah.

So, basically, I need your help. Leave a comment with your suggestion for the film we should see for free in a real theater, and I'll randomly select one. If yours gets chosen...well, no one is sponsoring this post, so I can't really offer anything but my sincere appreciation for your assistance in this endeavor.

Social Security Card

I don't believe that my daughter has the longest name in America, but her card still came with part of it cut off. I figure I have till she's 16 and trying to get her first job to sort this out, right?