Everything old...

Kyle started watching Schoolhouse Rock and is already loving it. I figured he would. It kind of has all of his favorite things - catchy music, interesting characters and new word concepts. Of course the "catchy music" is now circulating in my head non-stop!

INTERJECTIONS

When Reginald was home with flu, uh-huh-huh,
The doctor knew just what to do-hoo.
He cured the infection
With one small injection
While Reginald uttered some interjections..

Hey! That smarts!
Ouch! That hurts!
Yow! That's not fair givin' a guy a shot down there!

Interjections (Hey!) show excitement (Yow!) or emotion (Ouch!).
They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point,
Or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.

Here it is on You Tube

Here, there, and everywhere

There is just always something that needs to be done, isn't there? A book to return to the library, a bill that needs to be paid, a phone call to return. Couple the "somethings" with a full-time job and family and it can seem like life really is that cliche of a wheel in a hamster cage. It can wear you down. I've become so forgetful lately - I have a mental to-do list of things that I need to follow-up on and I only actually remember the to-do list at...oh, let's say 3:00 am. When I don't think the tile guy would appreciate a phone call! My office is a true disaster - we are currently overwhelmed with 200+ last-minute lawsuit filings that are a result of a train derailment. Plus I'm working on an ever-growing, hardly shrinking "work in progress" list for a trial I have coming up in mid-April.

BUT -

I still found time to host book club last night, make a killer quiche with green chilies and monterrey jack cheese, and laugh myself silly with the girls in the club. Of course the "laugh myself silly" may have been due in part to the fact that book club WAS at my house and I could have that extra glass of wine. I still found time to read some of another book I picked up on Saturday at the library. I found time to snuggle on the couch with Kyle while he read a full-on version of "Small Pig" which included character voices and editorial comments about how cute the pig is. And, I made time to pay the household bills, read all of my favorite blogs (keep 'em coming Melissa) and now I'm going to lie on the couch and watch some of a movie with David.

I guess that's just life - a whole lot of "somethings" that need to get done. And hey, doing nothing IS doing something, it's doing NOTHING!

The last of 100 things

19. I love my book club.
18. I don't always like the books that are chosen, but it has expanded what I read.
17. My favorite food is Italian.
16. I prefer Diet Pepsi to Diet Coke, but really love Diet Dr. Pepper.
15. I don't follow baseball, but of all the sports, I enjoying going to baseball games the most.
14. I sometimes think about writing a movie.
13. I was really shocked when I found out I was pregnant.
12. I was scared to death when I went to the hospital five weeks early and Kyle only weighed 4 pounds 10 oz.
11. I'm sad I'm getting to the end of my 100 list
10. I am great at roller skating.
9. I need to get Kyle in skating lessons.
8. I could easily be a vegetarian.
7. I hate doing yard work.
6. I love doing laundry.
5. I like myself a lot more now than I used to - maybe that's why I stopped biting my nails.
4. I color my hair.
3. I want to take the exam to become an American Bar Association-certified paralegal - it's a lot like taking the bar exam. Very intense.
2. I am so in awe of all the things my brother can do,make or fix. He is so talented.
1. The hardest thing I have ever had to say is, "I don't love you."

Getting to the end -

29. I have owned eleven cars.
28. I used to have my motorcycle license.
27. My favorite cocktail is a Ketel One Cosmopolitan
26. I also love red wine.
25. I have been an assistant at a hair salon, a daycare worker, a waitress, a clerk in a convenience store, a sales associate in electronics, a nanny (three times!), an assistant at a nanny placement agency, a custom drapery sales associate, a receptionist, a real estate title insurance agent, a legal secretary, and a paralegal. Oh, I also worked in an ice cream store and a deli. Geez, I'm well-rounded aren't I?
24. Some of the best times I've ever had were when I was traveling alone.
23. I've been to Disney Land once and Disney World once.
22. I've never been to Sea World.
21. I've been fascinated with otters my whole life and would love to see one in the wild.
20. Pot-bellied pigs freak me out.

Counting down

59. I can peel an apple in one long continuous ribbon.
58. I still love to color.
57. And play with play doh.
56. I can't wink.
55. I love shoes, but have wide feet so they almost never fit me.
54. I remember getting my Quick Curl Cathy doll for Christmas.
53. My best Christmas present when I was young was my own phone.
52. I lettered in debate in high school.
51. I was one of three speakers at my high school graduation.
50. I was crazy nervous.
49. I don't really like clean sheets.
48. I love staying in hotels though (clean sheets a must!)
47. I want to get a dog.
46. I had tons of Barbies and Barbie accessories growing up.
45. My favorite was my Barbie townhouse.
44. I don't like hazelnut anything.
43. I love coffee.
42. I have my dream house sketched out in my mind and it doesn't change much anytime I try to improve on it.
41. I dream mostly in black and white.
40. I'm having laser eye surgery in February.
39. The thing that bothers me most about the surgery is not being able to wear eye make-up for a long time.
38. Growing up I spent a lot of my summer with my grandparents in Utah.
37. I want to take my son to Utah soon.
36. I took a helicopter ride from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon and had champagne in the Canyon when we landed.
35. Las Vegas is like some alternate universe.
34. I don't think I'm smart enough to go to law school.
33. I love my hands.
32. I hate my butt.
31. I can't do sudoku.
30. I'm really good with kids.

More about me

79. I like Drake & Josh on Nickelodeon.
78. I've picked up a hitchhiker before.
77. My favorite ice cream is Breyer's mint chip.
76. I've been para-sailing, water-skiing, wake boarding, and rock climbing.
75. I've been to England, Mexico, Cayman Islands and Puerto Rico.
74. My friend Daniel and I have been friends since kindergarten.
73. His son, Luke, is my Godson.
72. I drive too fast.
71. I have slept in an airport and a train station.
70. I love Justin Timberlake (there, I admitted it.)
69. I used to bite my nails.
68. I often forget to check my gas gauge until it's almost too late.
67. I'm not sure how I miss that "need fuel" light.
66. I don't feel like I have "style" or a "look".
65. I hated school lunch...except pizza and chicken fried steak day.
64. I used my lunch money to buy junk. Not junk food, just junk.
63. I was a nanny for two years in Chappaqua, New York (that's where the Clintons live now).
62. One of the girls I nannied for is now the director of a widely-recognized children's theatre group in New York.
61. Her sister is in college.
60. Now I feel old!

Me, me, me

94. I have naturally curly hair.
93. I hate food on the bone, it just freaks me out.
92. My favorite place to be is at the beach.
91. I wanted to be a nurse until I started volunteering at the hospital.
90. Yes, I was a candy-striper.
89. I initially spelled it "candy-stripper"
88. I have two tattoos.
87. I'm a math dyslexic (Jamie in Missouri - I need help!)
86. My favorite author is John Steinbeck.
85. I cry too easily.
84. I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.
83. We moved to North Platte, Nebraska when I was 3.
82. I used to love to snow ski.
81. I haven't been skiing since I was in a car accident.
80. The money from the lawsuit after the aforementioned car accident paid my rent for a long time and helped me get my paralegal degree.