In no particular order:
Finish the two big writing projects that I have on my desk.
Eat better, feed the family better food
make a fantastic cake
exercise (of course...)
walk the dogs more
Take a vacation with the husband and the kid
have at least one DATE a month with the husband - that does NOT involve an opening night or theatre or work
Spend more time with Friends
Use the telescope with the kid
the backyard (nothing more needs to be said)
the kitchen (paint those cabinets and the walls)
be better about money and really get a handle on the cash flow
No more new TV Shows TiVoed!!!!!
Less TV... less TV... less TV... more books
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
End of the year wrap up
So 2008 was a most unpleasant year. With My dad having a stroke, a tree falling in our yard, finding out that I'm going to be unemployed at the end of Jan.... the list goes on and on...
But - the kid is amazing. My friends rock. And the husband is fantastic.
The book club is still plugging along and I was able to read some really phenomenal books this year - a lot of things I would not have read if it weren't for the fabulous women in my group...
So here's my list!
Books
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (started in 2007)
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Options by the Fake Steve Jobs
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch By Neil
Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
I am America (and So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Perfect Madness by Judith Warner
The Three Martini Playdate by Christie Mellor
The Letters of Claire Clairmont
The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Night by Elie Wiesel
The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie King
Interred In Their Bones by Jennifer Lee Carrell
Reduced Shakespeare: The Attention-Impaired Reader's Guide to the World's Best
Playwright [Abridged] by Reed Martin & Austin Tichneor
House of Mondavi by Julia Flynn Siler
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
The Universe in a Single Atom by His Holiness the Dali Lama
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Picasso’s Guernica by Anthony Blunt
Pablo Picasso by Mary Ann Caws
Picasso’s Weeping Woman by Mary Ann Caws
Picasso In the War Years by Stephen Nash, Editor
The highlight of my movie viewings this year was that on our 10th wedding anniversary, the husband and I took the kid to see Wall-E. It was the best romantic film of the year.
Films
The Good German (DVD)
The Simpsons Movie (DVD)
Fast Food Nation (HBO)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (DVD)
Eastern Promises (DVD)
Curious George (HBO) (many many many viewings)
Futurama: Bender’s Big Score (DVD)
Babel (DVD)
Evan Almighty (DVD)
Eragorn (HBO)
Oceans Thirteen (DVD)
The DiVinci Code (DVD)
Juno (airplane)
The Savages (airplane)
The Third Man (DVD)
No Country For Old Men (DVD)
The Bourne Ultimatum (DVD)
Live Free and Die Hard (DVD) – okay I slept through the beginning,,, so I guess it doesn’t count.
Blades of Glory (HBO) – saw the end first…
Sweeny Todd (DVD)
A Good Year (HBO)
This Film is Not Yet Rated (DVD)
Meet the Robinsons (DVD)
The Aristocats (DVD) – reALLY I HAD NEVER SEEN IT
Knocked Up (HBO)
Recount (HBO)
Indian Jones and the Crystal Skull – in the theatre
The Departed (Blueray)
Music & Lyrics (Blueray)
National Treasure 2 :Book of Secrets (DVD)
Jesus Camp (DVD) --- didn’t make it thru – had enough
Hairspray (HBO)
A Night at the Museum (HBO)
300 (HBO)
Dan in Real Life (Blueray)
Ready? OK! - in the theatre
The Darjeeling Limited (DVD)
Persepolis (DVD)
Wall-E - in the Theatre!!!
The Will Be Blood (DVD)
3:10 to Yuma (DVD)
Searching for Deborah Winger (DVD)
La Vie en Rose (DVD)
Shoot ‘em up (DVD) –okay I missed the first 20 minutes and the husband brought me up to speed
Hellboy 2 (DVD)
Tinkerbell (DVD) – oh so many times
Get Smart (DVD)
Hancock (DVD)
Mr. Magoriums Magical Emporium (HBO)
Flushed Away (HBO)
Trifels (screening at Pixar)
Picasso : Sex, Magic, Death
The Mystery of Picasso
Burn After Reading (DVD)
The Mummy 3 (DVD)
Stardust (DVD)
But - the kid is amazing. My friends rock. And the husband is fantastic.
The book club is still plugging along and I was able to read some really phenomenal books this year - a lot of things I would not have read if it weren't for the fabulous women in my group...
So here's my list!
Books
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (started in 2007)
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Options by the Fake Steve Jobs
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch By Neil
Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
I am America (and So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Perfect Madness by Judith Warner
The Three Martini Playdate by Christie Mellor
The Letters of Claire Clairmont
The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Night by Elie Wiesel
The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie King
Interred In Their Bones by Jennifer Lee Carrell
Reduced Shakespeare: The Attention-Impaired Reader's Guide to the World's Best
Playwright [Abridged] by Reed Martin & Austin Tichneor
House of Mondavi by Julia Flynn Siler
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
The Universe in a Single Atom by His Holiness the Dali Lama
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Picasso’s Guernica by Anthony Blunt
Pablo Picasso by Mary Ann Caws
Picasso’s Weeping Woman by Mary Ann Caws
Picasso In the War Years by Stephen Nash, Editor
The highlight of my movie viewings this year was that on our 10th wedding anniversary, the husband and I took the kid to see Wall-E. It was the best romantic film of the year.
Films
The Good German (DVD)
The Simpsons Movie (DVD)
Fast Food Nation (HBO)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (DVD)
Eastern Promises (DVD)
Curious George (HBO) (many many many viewings)
Futurama: Bender’s Big Score (DVD)
Babel (DVD)
Evan Almighty (DVD)
Eragorn (HBO)
Oceans Thirteen (DVD)
The DiVinci Code (DVD)
Juno (airplane)
The Savages (airplane)
The Third Man (DVD)
No Country For Old Men (DVD)
The Bourne Ultimatum (DVD)
Live Free and Die Hard (DVD) – okay I slept through the beginning,,, so I guess it doesn’t count.
Blades of Glory (HBO) – saw the end first…
Sweeny Todd (DVD)
A Good Year (HBO)
This Film is Not Yet Rated (DVD)
Meet the Robinsons (DVD)
The Aristocats (DVD) – reALLY I HAD NEVER SEEN IT
Knocked Up (HBO)
Recount (HBO)
Indian Jones and the Crystal Skull – in the theatre
The Departed (Blueray)
Music & Lyrics (Blueray)
National Treasure 2 :Book of Secrets (DVD)
Jesus Camp (DVD) --- didn’t make it thru – had enough
Hairspray (HBO)
A Night at the Museum (HBO)
300 (HBO)
Dan in Real Life (Blueray)
Ready? OK! - in the theatre
The Darjeeling Limited (DVD)
Persepolis (DVD)
Wall-E - in the Theatre!!!
The Will Be Blood (DVD)
3:10 to Yuma (DVD)
Searching for Deborah Winger (DVD)
La Vie en Rose (DVD)
Shoot ‘em up (DVD) –okay I missed the first 20 minutes and the husband brought me up to speed
Hellboy 2 (DVD)
Tinkerbell (DVD) – oh so many times
Get Smart (DVD)
Hancock (DVD)
Mr. Magoriums Magical Emporium (HBO)
Flushed Away (HBO)
Trifels (screening at Pixar)
Picasso : Sex, Magic, Death
The Mystery of Picasso
Burn After Reading (DVD)
The Mummy 3 (DVD)
Stardust (DVD)
Thursday, December 04, 2008
I just realized that Facebook has been sucking me away from my blogs. Not just this one, but the one I have for my kid too... Okay and my own laziness. But the distraction of Facebook is really intense. I find myself checking it all the time - and now that people use it to e-mail me as well - it makes a fourth e-mail account I have to check.
ARG.
But something interesting happened yesterday. I have a bunch of "friends" on FB - a lot of them are people that I've done shows with, etc. My high school boyfriend "friended" me about a month ago. Okay. Whatever. Well, his wife "friended" me today. I have met her once about 8 years ago (which was the last time I saw the old boyfriend). So, what is that about? I am tempted to form some interesting theories about why she wants to be my "friend" - but she only looks good in one scenario. Perhaps I will use the good one...
My spouse is also on Facebook - and I have no clue who some of his friends are - and frankly, I don't want to be "friends" with everyone he is "friends" with.
Anyway - I'm cutting down on my FB time.
ARG.
But something interesting happened yesterday. I have a bunch of "friends" on FB - a lot of them are people that I've done shows with, etc. My high school boyfriend "friended" me about a month ago. Okay. Whatever. Well, his wife "friended" me today. I have met her once about 8 years ago (which was the last time I saw the old boyfriend). So, what is that about? I am tempted to form some interesting theories about why she wants to be my "friend" - but she only looks good in one scenario. Perhaps I will use the good one...
My spouse is also on Facebook - and I have no clue who some of his friends are - and frankly, I don't want to be "friends" with everyone he is "friends" with.
Anyway - I'm cutting down on my FB time.
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