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?

Merry Christmas

I hope no one had any problems finishing all their unwrapping today.

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.

Just Kidding

We're holding out to use our tickets for this:

And now, back to our regularly scheduled procrastinating...

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.

Happy Thanksgiving

It's an unfinisher's paradise...leftovers!

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?

Chairs

When I find cool old chairs for $2 a piece, I cannot be held responsible for how many I buy. And while my daughter loves the jungle gym of chairs lining our walls, eventually I'll have to get around to finding permanent homes for all these lovely places to sit.