A Little Bit of Magic

Update on the List

Here is the original list.

These are the things I've actually started on.

• Read 12 Shakespeare Plays
• Read less books, but enjoy them more
• Read 25 books on the NYT Bestsellers List (fiction or non-fiction)
• Get rid of a lot of clothes (I should probably not buy as many as well)
• Go to 2 concerts
• Go someplace I've never been
• Blog at least 3 times a week
• Scrapbook all my Disney Pictures
• Say I've watched 40 movies on the 100 Best Movies list
• Keep a gratitude Journal

The reading stuff is the easiest since I always have a book in my hands. I found an unexpected pleasure last week, Winter Garden (more to come on this book next week).

I'm also working through Shakespeare. I'm enjoying the plays, especially the one's I've read before.

I've decided that if I wear something and I don't like it then after it gets washed it's going in the giveaway pile. I've made a dent, but I still have more work to do.

The hardest thing on this list is the movies. I have about 10 movies I recorded on the DVR but I don't make time for them like I should. It's easier to sit and read a book. Maybe once the summer starts it will be easier. Aside from Baseball there isn't anything else to watch at night.

I've realized there are a couple things on the full list I won't get down this year and that' ok. I won't be going to Europe, but the plan is to go twice next year. And my blogging is still a work in progress.

The end of May is the half way point for the list so I'm hoping to have about half of it crossed off. (The nerd that I am created a Microsoft Project to track my progress)

• Read 12 Shakespeare Plays
• Read less books, but enjoy them more
• Read 25 books on the NYT Bestsellers List (fiction or non-fiction)
• Get rid of a lot of clothes (I should probably not buy as many as well)
• Go to 2 concerts
• Go someplace I've never been
• Blog at least 3 times a week
• Scrapbook all my Disney Pictures
• Say I've watched 40 movies on the 100 Best Movies list
• Keep a gratitude Journal

The reading stuff is the easiest since I always have a book in my hands. I found an unexpected pleasure last week, Winter Garden (more to come on this book next week).

I'm also working through Shakespeare. I'm enjoying the plays, especially the one's I've read before.

I've decided that if I wear something and I don't like it then after it gets washed it's going in the giveaway pile. I've made a dent, but I still have more work to do.

The hardest thing on this list is the movies. I have about 10 movies I recorded on the DVR but I don't make time for them like I should. It's easier to sit and read a book. Maybe once the summer starts it will be easier. Aside from Baseball there isn't anything else to watch at night.

I've realized there are a couple things on the full list I won't get down this year and that' ok. I won't be going to Europe, but the plan is to go twice next year. And my blogging is still a work in progress.

The end of May is the half way point for the list so I'm hoping to have about half of it crossed off. (The nerd that I am created a Microsoft Project to track my progress)

I think I really need this

Before Christmas I heard about these new camera bags coming out. They were meant to look less like a camera bag and more like something someone would actually want to carry around.

It's the Epiphanie bag.

I was all ready to buy one for my Christmas in Vegas until I found out they weren't going to be available until after the new year.

So I kinda put it out of my mind and didn't think about it.

Then I saw this contest.

And then I saw this picture of someone using one of the bags.

And I decided that I think I really need this, especially for my upcoming trip to NYC.

Good Books

A couple weeks ago I was browsing Target wanting to find a new book (not that I don't have tons of unread books at home).

I came across a book called Smooth Talking Stranger. It grabbed me right away but had me wondering if it was a part of a series just based on how the book assumed you already knew some of the characters.

What drew me into the book was the relationships. I love good romance stories that are more than just two people hooking up. This book and the previous books in the series are more about the person and how they grow enough to invite love into their lives. I would strongly recommend this series. The first book is Sugar Daddy, then Blue-Eyed Devil and finally Smooth Talking Stranger. 

Check them out!

Speaking of Organizing

Last week I listened to a Paperclippings Roundtable about how scrapbookers might have too much stuff.

Listen here....

It's made me think about the things in my scrap area and I'm slowly going through and putting things in my give away pile.

Defiantly worth a listen. Plus Ali Edwards is one of the contributors, which is always a plus.

Ah Ha Moment

Over the weekend I was thinking about this whole happiness project. I'm not doing so great.

Then I had a moment that made me sit up and say, 'YES!'

It's that this is a learning process. It takes a huge shift in thinking to do some of the things I want to do.

So the organizing might not be perfect but I'm getting better. Each month I'm adding a piece of the puzzle. I won't stop organizing, I'll keep it up.

I"m so glad I figured this out early on in the game. It takes a little pressure off me, but also gives me reason to keep plugging along.

It's Idol Time

To say that I'm obsessed with American Idol is putting it lightly. From January to May, it's my life. (along with Dancing with the Stars.)

So here are my predictions for how this season is going to end up and I'll probably be way off.

First 3 to be Voted Off: (in no particular order)

Tim Urban
Paige Miles
Lacey Brown

Next 3:

Katie Stevens
Aaron Kelley
Andrew Garcia

Next 3:

Casey James
Didi Benami
Lee Dewyze

Final 3:

Crystal Bowersox
Sibohan Magnus
Big Mike

I have no idea who is going win, right now Crystal is the front-runner. But this time last year we'd barely heard of Kris Allen.

My baby

We went out in the drizzle this morning for a walk. Our park has a 1/2 mile track.

She loved every second. Because there was no one there I could let her run free.

Seeing the smile on her face told me we need to do this more often.

Someone Wants to Say Hi

 He was chatting with me from the floor and the only way to shut him up is to let him up on my lap. He's not back on the floor and continuing the conversation. He wants something, I'm just not sure what.

Fitting Words

This quote was part of Ali Edward's Yesterday & Today class at Big Picture Scrapbooking.

As I was reading Ali's blog today I was reminded of this quote. Just thought I would share.

What a Strange Movie

 

I saw Alice in Wonderland over the weekend.

I wasn't jumping out of my chair to go see this movie. It just looked weird. And it took me many previews to realize that the movie was about Alice going back to Wonderland, not the original story.

The movie in fact takes place 13 years after Alice's first trip to crazy land. She's at a point in her life where she has to decide between being herself and being what others want her to be.

Johnny Deep was as mad as a Mad Hatter should be.

The Red Queen was still as evil.

And Alice was so well acted.

The thing that sticks out in my mind right now is something Alice said about her dad a couple times in the movie. She said something along the lines that her dad would dream six impossible things before breakfast. What a great idea. I think it goes along with my magical word of the year.

So would I recommend this movie?

It's defiantly not for anyone under 10ish. It could give them nightmares. How about seeing the heads that the Red Queen has chopped off. The movie was just strange. I think if you liked Tim Burton's other movies that you'll probably like this. If not, wait for DVD.