Five for Friday

Feelin' kind of listy. Listy as in wanting to make lists, not listy as in tipping over. Although, I'm pretty good at that too.

Things that make me happy:

1. Waking up to spooning with Katie.
   
2. Tulips peeking up out of the flower beds.
3. Warm, fragrant showers after a long day.
   
4. My Great-great-grandmother's china cabinet.
5. Teeny tiny little shrub cherry sprouts.
   

Things that make me less than happy:

1. Being asked to dust shelves at the store. Ridiculous.
2. Stinky shoes.
   
3. Charter Communications. They are completely incompetent.
   
4. Biting my nails without even realizing that I'm doing it.
   
5. Forgetting to bring a book to work to read during lunch.

Five for Tuesday

Late as usual.

Things that make me happy:

1. The smell of rain, even on pavement.
2. A cuddly, purry, meowy Annie (even at oh-hell-no AM).
   
3. Minibar.
   
4. Being able to watch Lost episodes on Hulu.
5. The Prairie Home Companion Joke Episode.
   

Things that make me less than happy:

1. Alarm clocks.
   
2. Jay Leno.
   
3. The smell of tequila.
4. Giving up HBO just in time for The Pacific to start.
5. Babies needing surgery. But, C is all better now so it ended well.
   
6. 
   

Five for Saturday

Better late than never, with a slight twist.

Five nutritious foods that I really like to eat:

1. Carrots and celery sticks with Trader Joe's organic bleu cheese dressing.
2. Lara Bars. Especially the Coconut Cream ones.
3. Seedless Clementines.
4. Breakfast burritos with low fat cheddar cheese, egg beaters, and turkey sausage.
   
5. Greek Cinnamon Chicken.
6. 100 calorie bags of microwave popcorn. Hold the synthetic butter, please.
   

Yes, that's six. Math has never been my strong suit.

I am trying to learn how to eat breakfast. I have always hated eating in the morning, even when I was a kid. My mom used to shove food down my throat before school and it always grossed me out. But, that's the only way to get your metabolism revved up consistently. So, I've been eating little things in the car on the way to work. Just a banana or a Lara bar can do it. And, I find that I'm hungry when I wake up now. That's a good thing.

Five for Friday

It's been a long time, but I have much to be thankful for.

Things that make me happy:

1. Bourbon.
   
2. Cold, wet cat noses.
3. Crunchy toffee.
4. Cooler weather.
   
5. Getting out the Fall decorations.
   

I am not allowing anything to make me unhappy at this moment. I've had enough of that in the last 24 hours.

Five for Friday

It's been a while since I've done one of these. Bad me.

Things that make me happy:

1. Yogurt with Grape Nuts.
2. Wonderful meals from our Once-A-Month cooking.
3. Getting the hours that I need, even if it's not every week.
   
4. Going to the pool.
5. The enormous butterfly bushes in our back yard.
   

Things that make me less than happy:

1. Finding out exactly how bad my eating habits really are.
2. Learning if I'm really hungry or if I just want to eat for the sake of eating.
3. We'll have to scrub the house from top to bottom in advance of J's visit.
4. Needing to shave my legs.
   
5. Hair balls.
   

Five for Friday

Things that make me happy:

1. Eight, count 'em, EIGHT new trees in the back yard, including seven teeny tiny new maples.
   
2. Rain, rain, rain.
3. Naps while it rains.
   
4. The smell of rain.
5. Not having to water anything because of all of the rain. See a theme here?
   

Things that make me less than happy:

1. All of this freaking paranoia about H1N1. Give me a break. Although, the tweets from Mother Abigail and Randall Flagg are hilarious.
2. Being incredibly, dreadfully tired.
3. Having to renew license plates. Just one more thing to pay for.
   
4. People that believe that you aren't a family unless you have children. I'll save that for another rant sometime.
   
5. Neck pain. What is going on here? I'm completely falling apart.
   

Five for Friday

Things that make me happy:

1. Annie. She's been very attentive and affectionate lately. She hasn't left my side all day so far.
2. Peonies that are about to explode in a mass of color.
3. Mom is coming tomorrow!
4. Planning to see D in a few weeks.
5. Getting a lot done around the house. Yay, normalcy!
   

Things that make me less than happy:

1. Bills, bills everywhere.
2. Jacking up my back moving around cases of cheap wine.
   
3. The overwhelming amount of yard work that needs to be done (but some will be alleviated by #3 above).
4. Killing things unintentionally. Poor basil sprouts. I'm so inept.
   
5. Being lied to. I should be amused that I know the truth behind the lie, but it still irritates me to be lied to.
   

Five for Friday

Things that make me happy:

1. Peonies that apparently grew out of nowhere and are going to bloom soon.
2. Heidi Collins. I want to look like Heidi Collins. Totally my girl crush.
3. H's foot appears to be healing nicely. X-ray today.
   
4. Cookie is starting to come out more, and took a nap with me yesterday.
5. Susan Boyle. She has the voice of an angel.
   

Things that make me less than happy:

1. Not being able to help family and friends that are so upset.
2. Digital cable that still isn't working properly.
3. Regular discussions about cash flow.
4. Constant headaches/allergies/sinus crap. I guess that's the price we pay for flowers.
   
5. Missing my dad so much.

Five for Friday

Things that make me happy:

1. Sitting on the couch in H's lair, trying to understand whatever in the hell he is talking about regarding the surround sound. Love the man dearly, but just turn it on, turn it on again. Quit messin' with my Genesis.
   
2. Spending exactly what I wanted to spend at Krogzilla and getting everything on my list.
3. Dramatic masses during Easter week. Holy Thursday is my favorite, but I missed it (of course).
4. Planning and cooking lovely meals for holidays.
5. Planting pretty flowers and herbs and hoping that they don't die.
   

Things that make me less than happy:

1. Needing a kleenex and never having one when I need it.
   
2. Old cats chasing new cats, and new cats not understanding that old cat just wants to play.
3. Dodgy internet connections.
4. Constant tornado sirens at the store. Can you say "boy who cried wolf?"
5. Weeds. Not weed, but weeds.
   

Five for Friday

Things that make me happy:

1. Picking up extra hours.
2. Wanting something sweet and eating yogurt.
   
3. Beautiful tulips and hyacinths.
4. Alton Brown.
5. Tasting wonderful wines with reps.
   

Things that make me less than happy:

1. Broken feet. At least H doesn't need surgery. Thank God.
   
2. Gator attacks. I'm just so tired.
3. Kitty litter everywhere.
4. Not knowing what to do with my hair. I need a new look.
5. Dust, dust, dust.
   

Special Five for Friday BSG edition

Things that I love about the BSG finale:

1. Sometimes people do get what they deserve. See: Cavil, Racetrack, Boomer, Tory.
2. Doc Cottle.
   
3. Helo's alive! He's alive! My first girly scream of the evening was when I thought he got plugged.
   
4. Hoshi, Hoshi, Hoshi. Seeing him with Tigh, Cottle, Adama, Baltar at the end made me grin.
5. It's not always happy. I hate gratuitously happy things. Life isn't happy.
   

Things that I hate about the BSG finale:

1. The Sun? Really? Poor, poor Sam.
   
2. Not nearly enough Leoben. I wanted to see him disappear with Starbuck.
3. 150,000 years? Come on. How come no one has found bits of Raptor? Silly.
4. Chief ending up alone. He has always been my favorite.
5. Tory should have been killed more than once.
   

I can't believe that it's over.

Five for Friday

Short and sweet.

Things that make me happy:

1. Thick green grass.
2. New glasses.
   
3. Additions to the family.
4. Being told that the new sunglasses would take 10 days to get in, but it was less than one.
   
5. Tulips.
   

Things that make me less than happy:

1. Smelling like old cigar smoke.
   
2. The end of BSG.
3. Headaches from new glasses.
4. Worrying how the girls will react to the new addition.
5. Having to work and not be able to watch the BSG marathon today.
   

Five for Friday

Things that make me happy:

1. Rock Star. We had such a great time!
2. Homemade chocolate chip cookies.
3. Snuggly cats first thing in the morning.
4. Sweetwater Georgia Brown. Oh, dear.
   
5. Perfectly crispy grilled cheese sandwiches.
6. Pink Floyd.
   

Things that make me less than happy:

1. Mist. Just rain already!
2. Having to get up when H and K are still snuggly.
3. Breaking the seal.
4. Only one more episode of Battlestar Galactica.
5. Not knowing whether or not to adopt another cat.
   

Five for Friday

Wow. Doing this on time for a change!

Things that make me happy:

1. Strong, black coffee.
   
2. Freshly cleaned litter boxes.
3. Seeing Mom, E, R, and K over the weekend.
4. Losing weight little by little.
   
5. Firefly. I think. We'll see.
   

Things that make me less than happy:

1. Headaches from the lack of caffeine.
2. Prickly legs.
   
3. Worrying about money.
4. Not getting 40 hours a week at the store (see #3).
5. Cats eating plants and then throwing up. And then, they do it all over again.
   

Five for Friday

Late again. As usual.

Things that make me happy:

1. Snow in Tennessee. Heh. Watch everyone freak out!
2. Drinks after work with wonderful friends.
3. Did I mention snow? For two weekends in a row?
4. Snuggly kittens keeping watch when I'm not well.
   
5. Puffs with Vicks. Mmmmmmm.
   

Things that make me less than happy:

1. Coughing up globs of icky stuff.
   
2. The enormous pile of ironing that is lurking in the corner of my bedroom.
3. Religious intolerance.
4. Endless laundry.
5. Chapped lips.
   

I'm not very interesting this week. Sorry.

Five for Friday

I'm a little early, but I did forget last week. Oops.

Things that make me happy:

1. Yankee Candles.
2. Carrots.
   
3. Feeling helpful.
4. Fully stocked, and freshly cleaned out, freezers.
5. Twitchy cat tails.
   

Things that make me less than happy:

1. Horrific gas and electricity bills.
2. Sinus headaches. I never really had one until we moved to Tennessee, and now they're common. And, they make me throw up.
   
3. My noisy washing machine.
4. Having to clean my own house. It. Never. Ends.
5. The news. For all intents and purposes, I've stopped watching. I read headlines on the major papers and that's it.
   

Five for Friday

Things that make me happy:

1. Mom's Chicken Noodle Soup.
2. 60 degree days in February, and getting off of work at 3.
3. Yummy leftovers for lunch.
4. Having (mostly) wonderful neighbors.
5. Curling up on the couch with a cat and a good book.
   

Things that make me less than happy:

1. Psycho cats.
2. Perpetual exhaustion.
   
3. Gross smells in the refrigerator.
4. Local Nashville news. All channels are disgraceful.
5. Poky underwire bras.
   

Six for Sunday

Things that make me happy:

1. Freshly brewed coffee.
2. Snuggling in bed with H and both cats on a chilly night.
   
3. Spending an evening with Mom getting ready for a party.
4. Getting together with women that I haven't seen in 15 years.
   
5. Not having to vacuum or clean bathrooms because H did it.
   
6. Feeling useful.
   

Things that make me less than happy:

1. Cardboard paper cuts.
   
2. Working efficiently when other people are standing around.
   
3. Money.
4. Big dust rats under the furniture.
5. Dropping bottles of wine at the store. Two in the last week!
6. Friends getting mugged at gunpoint right outside their apartments.
   

Five for Friday

Things that make me happy:

1. Tylenol cold medicine. It works!
2. Getting my eyebrows waxed.
3. Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer.
   
4. Finding books that I forgot that I bought.
5. Receiving Christmas presents in January.
   

Things that make me less than happy:

1. My short fuse. It's been shorter than normal these days. Not sure why.
   
2. Missing my nap times in the middle of the afternoon.
3. Buying nail polish that looks great in the bottle and horrible on my hands.
4. Finding enormous dust mice under the furniture, along with hundreds of cat toys.
5. Very, very sore wrists.
   

Six for Sunday

I've been bad lately about posting. I've thought about a few things to say, but haven't gotten around to doing anything about it. Tired, yo. Sorry.

Things that make me happy:

1. J's guacamole recipe.
2. The return of Battlestar Galactica, even though it's extremely depressing.
3. Having a house full of people, and they're all having a great time.
4. Coming home to a full crock pot of goodness.
5. Snuggly kitties.
6. Passing all of the bill-paying responsibilites over to H.
   

Things that make me less than happy:

1. Cold feet (literally, not figuratively).
2. Football players with long hair that hangs out below their helmets.
3. Wind chill. In Tennessee. Who knew?
4. Ellen Tigh.
5. Perpetual sniffles.
   
6. Having to do six million small loads of laundry instead of three million larger ones.
   

Boy, am I boring. I consider that to be a huge victory.