Living Blossoms

+ Today I have done a lot of things I needed to do. I have more to do, though, but am thinking of shelving the rest and going out to enjoy the late afternoon sunshine with a book.

+ Florida's weather in the winter is crazy. Up and down, up and down. Saturday it was almost 80º, and then today it's 50º. We're expecting freezing temps tonight and tomorrow, but then back up to 80º on Saturday. Warm weekends and cool weekdays is better than the opposite, but I just find the yo-yo temperatures amusing.

+ This cold just will not let go of me. I don't have as much of the painful symptoms as I did when it started 2 weeks ago, but I can't get rid of my cough or runny nose. I did get paid to take some other cold medicine from Walgreen's the other day, so I might try it out to see if it helps.

+ Yesterday I wore makeup for the first time in 2 weeks. I got out of the habit when I was sick. Today I'm not wearing any. Wednesday I have to wear a lot because of the runway go-see, which, BTW, is definitely going to be made easier by those heels with straps that I bought last week. It's so nice to have heels that stay on my feet! Wow. What a difference. I can even take long strides! I wore them around as I did some dishes and made dinner, and felt very Stepford. LOL.

+ I've been eating so badly lately. Yesterday for lunch was Mexican food, and dinner was a whole bag of Crazy Bread and a few bites of cheesecake. Hehe. Saturday we had burgers, onion rings, and more cheesecake for lunch, and lasagna for dinner. And I had lasagna leftovers for lunch today too. I should probably just eat carrots for dinner. LOL.

+ Listening to music in Spanish is fun because I only know a few words, and the rest I just hear incorrectly, so then I spend a few minutes pondering the idea of writing a song about cheese, or whatever word I thought I heard them say.

+ This isn't the deepest entry ever, is it. Ha. Oh well.

+ So, I got all the work done that I could do today in a little over 7 hours. I picked Isaac up from home on my way back from Orange Park (where I got stuff for church, so I count it as work time) and he worked on his laptop on my desk while I worked assembling notebooks and letters at my counter. That was nice - I could just turn around and lean over and kiss him. He was kind enough to stuff and seal the envelopes for me as I did other work, which is why I got out of there in under 8 hours. I just have the bulletin and sermon PowerPoint to do on Saturday evening, which means I may get to do more at Fellowship Group than just eat. Yay!

+ Wednesday nights are such awesome TV nights. Pushing Daisies, Criminal Minds (most Wednesdays, but, sadly, not tonight), Law & Order, and Bones to watch online tomorrow or Friday. I just heard the other day that Pushing Daisies is canceled though. Sad. But at least we get to finish this season - unlike what happened to Journeyman last year.

+ So apparently the friends I referred to Swagbucks had a good day too. Instead of being up to 83 points, I'm up to 99! ROCK ON! I'm 1/4 of the way to a $50 Southwest Airlines GC! Thanks to all who've joined under me.

+ Yesterday as I walked to work I saw a sign on a church a few blocks from our house that Tim Hawkins is coming there on Dec. 15! Tim Hawkins is tied with Brian Regan for my favorite comedian. We will so be there to see him! I can't wait. (If you haven't heard of him, look him up on YouTube.) If I hadn't walked to work, I wouldn't have known about this! Walking to work is fun too because Ken and John (youth pastor) walk by my office and look confused - "Wait - I didn't know you were here. Where's your car?" Hehe.

+ I'm wearing a magenta sweater with pretty big (larger than a nickel) jeweled flower buttons today. It's a recent thrift store find, originally from Express, and part angora, so it's really soft. It is SO not traditional Bethany (did I mention it's magenta and has big jeweled flower buttons?), but I love it! Speaking of recent thrift store finds that I love, those 3 pairs of $3 jeans that I got at a recent storewide 50% off sale have pretty much been worn every day since I got them. This is now my Holy Grail brand and size, I think. I hope they still fit when I lose the inches off my hips.

+ I uploaded my potential commercial comp. card photos to Facebook, and would love your opinions on them. If you have a FB, you can leave comments there. If you don't, please let me know here which ones you like best. I need to know which ones are people's faves so I can choose which ones to have printed to show to Suzi. I may end up printing them all... unless there're some no one likes at all. With prints running 19¢ each, if there are just 5 I don't print, that's saving $1. Yeah, I'm cheap. Did I mention paying upwards of $5K for a new roof this week?  =o/

+ I listed some of my CVSing goodies and shoes I barely wore on Ebay. If any of you wear a size 10 shoe, or 11 if you like knee-high boots, check out my auctions. *crosses fingers that it'll all sell*

+ I think getting more cardio has been helping me sleep better. I haven't been laying awake for hours any night since I started walking everywhere. That's a big praise!

+ I've been seriously craving Gilmore Girls lately. I would start watching them again if I wasn't already working my way through Buffy for the first time since it aired. Heh. Maybe I can do both at once?

+ Well, I need to go finish up my laundry and pack for Charleston. We're leaving EARLY, so the next time I update will be from there.  =o)