Update

I'm hoping that by the end of next week that I will be able to cross another book off my 30 before 30 list. I am trying to read more every night before I go to sleep and as much as I want to do that some times that doesn't work. Other people don't always allow me to read.

I am hoping to read a little and then get a good night sleep because last night I was dreaming about taking a nap which I'm sure means that I am way more tired than I thought I was. I was also dreaming about packing clothes that were basically the same as most of the Polyvore sets on my Pinterest boards. It was awesome and I wish that was how packing worked. Like I want to wear this and you pull down an entire outfit accessories and all.

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A little list...

There a few things in this world that I cannot do, no matter how much I try.

For the life of me there is no fixing my hair. It just doesn't work. I have truly fine hair. When I say that it is not my opinion it has been expressed by every stylist who has ever touched my hair. So unless there are copious amounts of hair spray and bobby pins it will not hold a hair style.

Make up doesn't happen. It just doesn't. Maybe some lip gloss rarely some lipstick but mostly I just wipe it off because I feel self conscious.

Sparklers. There's something about handing me a flaming stick and then telling me to be careful that doesn't make me very trusting. Only in the last few months have my husband and mom gotten me to do snaps and champagne poppers. Those are usually left for little kids to play with. I don't even want you to get close to me if you have sparklers.

Cartwheels. I'm truly afraid of getting hurt. I understand the mechanics of  how to do it. I've seen them done. I've attempted them but I've been for more successful at doing a headstand than any attempt at a cartwheel.

I'm sure that there are a few more things that should go on this list but I really can't think of many more right now.

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Just a Sunday night at home...

There are quite a few things that have been on my mind this week. Trying to make short term decisions that in the end are actually long term decisions, and so far they have not been easy to make. I know that tomorrow I have to sit down and make those decisions known and be an adult at the same time. They aren't easy decisions to make and it has had me stressed out at work which makes my teeth hurt. I don't know why stress makes my teeth hurt but it does. It isn't grinding my teeth because that will wake me up from a truly sound sleep with pain in my jaw.

I have been trying to work on getting me a little bit of daylight in my life to help combat the blahs that I tend to suffer from because of working in a windowless office. I pulled the foil off our patio door so that I could open it up and air out the house a little bit while I was working on the living room. The cats happened to love it because it afforded them both the opportunity to come in and out as they pleased. Especially Kitten because she still isn't completely comfortable with being in the house. For the first few weeks she would only come in if the door stayed open. The minute the door started to close she was off like a shot and no matter what there was no coaxing her back into the house.

I keep hoping to get a few more pictures on here but the quality of my Internet has not been the best so I'm not even going to try. I can't believe that we are almost into February and it was 75 tonight when we were on our way home from the movie. I would tell you about it but there was a problem with the projector and so after 30 minutes or so the picture went away and there was sound then there was picture, then they restarted the movie, then no picture, nothing at all then there was light. The light was the manager coming in to tell us that the fan was broken and it would be several hours before the projector would be up and running. So after a refund we left and we went by HEB for beer and dessert. Yep that's what we did ice cream and beer. That is how we spent our Sunday night. Watching season 1 of CSI and just chilling before we have to go back to work and start all over again. I will see you another time.

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better late than never...

Note: I wrote this  last week and have been having problems with internet.

I wish that my internet worked better than it does. I’ve spent most of the night fighting to keep it connected long enough to load a page so really getting a chance to blog has not been an option. I wish that there was more that I could say but I am making progress on my current 30 before 30 book, flipping through around seven chapters on my day off. The problem I ran into is it is one of those books that I must read in complete silence. I mean nothing I can’t even let my mind wander without having to read and reread the same paragraphs just to try and understand them. The waiting room at the dentist’s office was nice yet a little cold. I was doing good until the ladies that work in the office starting getting all chatty and giggly and then I couldn’t focus because I wanted to know what was going on since it sounded like no one was working. My Sugarbear was getting lower wisdom teeth removed, well that day he was getting x-rays and a game plan for the surgery. Then the next day we came in they knocked him out and in less than an hour he was two teeth lighter. 

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Winter weather...

I guess that we are going to have some winter weather this week. It has been 36 most of the day and a little damp which just makes it colder. I would like for it to finally be below 32 so I can try and blow bubbles to see if they will freeze. Of course I  may freeze in the process since we have a large sliding glass patio door and there really isn't a way to insulate those in the winter. You can tape all the foil up you want in the summer to keep the light out but it does not one thing for cold. The door is right at the end of the couch. I really should be up and moving around, cleaning the house but I don't really feel like it.

For now I think that I will enjoy watching season one of CSI until The Fog comes on. We were watching it this morning and I didn't get to see the first or last 30 minutes of it. I like to see though how each of the original characters have changed over the seasons. They all look so young and I really miss Grissom. I will admit that watching the dvds is much better than watching reruns on tv where they sound like chipmunks on helium.

I may get some more in tomorrow after I take Just a boy to get two of his wisdom teeth surgically removed. He is ready to get them out and after x-rays today and surgery tomorrow, those are the visits that I like. No waiting, no time to back out.

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30 Before 30...Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

So confession on this one...I finished the book and completely forgot that it was on this list. I was looking over it to see what else I had to read in an ever shortening timeline.

It was a lovely book that I read because I like what Maguire did in Wicked and the background story of the witches of Oz.

Since it has been so long I don't have a lot to say about the book but I like that it was more in line with the original fairy tale of Cinderella and less Disney than what we are accustomed to as well. Clara is our classic Cinderella and her stepsisters are the plain Iris and then Ruth who is the oldest and well as you read you draw your own conclusions about her.

Iris is the one who holds the family together through the story and makes sure that the family will make it through all the tough times. I really can't remember too much of the story because it has been so long since I read the book and I don't really want to rip off another person's thoughts on the book.

My favorite character had to be Ruth because it isn't until the very end that you find out that she is the narrator and then it hits you. I've read that there is a chance she may have been autistic and that is a possibility. You realize that she has a keen eye for details and has been the one telling the story.  I had to wonder if she didn't suffer from PTSD as a result of being run out of their home as a small child. I think that she became introverted as a way of protecting herself from her mother's hateful attitude and resentment. She knows that her mother has come back to Haarlem without any money. with no prospects and it is dangerous for her. To be beautiful and smart her mother would have been quick to try and marry her off to someone in order to gain a place for her family. Which is ultimately what the mother accomplishes by killing Clara's mother and then marrying her father.

I don't want to ruin some of the details that make this story unique but is worth the read. I promise that if you like to look at the traditional from a different angle then you will enjoy this story.

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Blah Blah Blah...

That's how I feel right now. Just blah. Nothing much to say. Nothing much going on. So other than just wanting to make this more of a daily habit this year instead of starting strong and then crashing and almost disappearing for awhile. I think I did worse about getting on here more than normal last year than the year before.

Maybe things will start picking up in the next few weeks and I may have more to talk about or I could be too busy to even remember to get on here.

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Forgetful me..

I completely forgot about what I had planned to write. Last night I was thinking about what I wanted to write but it didn't work out that way.

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New Year..

I hope that this year will be a little different around here. I hope to get on here a little more, maybe post a few more pictures that I take instead of scouring the net for them.

Expect great things with this new year and never give up.

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