Thursday Thirteen . . . Updates

For this week’s Thursday Thirteen I’m writing 13 personal updates that could have made several different blog posts, but instead I’ve condensed them all in to this one.

1. Things have been busy and maybe even a little chaotic around here, but life is good.  I’m counting my blessings and making sure I’m thankful for what I have because you know what . . . it could be so much worse. what with these tough times and all.  


2.  Trying to get in to a groove has been an adjustment for all.  I had a bit of a temper tantrum over the weekend which seemed to have maybe shifted his focus to helping me out a little more.  I know he works hard, but so do Iand sometimes, although it’s hard for me, I need to admit I’m not superwoman.  “Nuff Said!


3. I am really excited by growth opportunities at work.  I can’t say enough how much I love, love, love what I do!  So, what if the laundry doesn’t exactly get done on a timely basis, right?


4. The diet is going pretty well except for the huge box of Thornton’s chocolates my mum brought back from the UK — hands down they are the best chocolates in the world — evah!  !  I’ve just been cutting back on bread basically and trying to get some exercise in where I can which inevitably ends up being … Pilates … in the evening … whilst I’m watching the box.


5. Speaking of . . .  Lost, Battlestar Galactica, American Idol are BACK!  Can’t wait.  Am I missing anything else I should be watching except for True Blood?


6. Got tickets to go see Missy Higgins in concert down in Saint Petersburg!


7. I LOVE awards shows and was captivated by the Golden Globes this past weekend because it meant s it’s almost time for my annual Oscars partay!  Kinda like a Superbowl party, but for the ladies — complete with gowns, big hair, red carpet, Oscar pool, games, food, champers and of course the infamous swag bags as assembled and donated by my very own mum!!  Can’t wait!


8. I’m finding myself more and more addicted to Facebook and I think I’ve realised why.  Because I like to talk to myself!  It’s great for that isn’t it?  Except, of course, you’re not talking to yourself … you’re putting it out there … in cyberspace.  Mmmmmmm.


9. My old schoolfriends and I have decided on where to go for our 40th birthday celebrations — NEW YORK CITY!  Look out the Big Apple!


10. We’re thinking of downsizing from the mini-van.  Yeah!  No more mommy-van.  Going to test drive some sedans in the near future.


11. Hubby is going to Nashville to pick up the mobile ghetto which means all traces of our lives up there are now gone.  We finally got the deposit back on the house that we bought up there.  Makes me a little nostalgic about what might have been.


12. I finally went to see Twilight.  I know, right?  *sigh*  Edward, Edward, Edward!  *sigh* What else can I say?


13. And, in closing, I’m so, looking forward to Tuesday and the inauguration.