Question

Food for thought:

Why are new rolls of toilet paper so fricken difficult to open? (ESPECIALLY the cheap toilet paper found in public restrooms...) The last thing I want to do is spend five minutes trying to pull apart the roll of toilet paper!

Date Night

Mama's goin on a date!
Without getting into too many boring details, I am going on date this week! How exciting :) I am actually a little nervous because it has been a very looooong time since I've gone on a formal date. My girlie nerves are starting to kick in (what should I wear, am I going to say something stupid, etc.)
I'm sure all will go well...and maybe I'll even get a funny or entertaining story out of the evening! I'll keep ya posted...

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On an extremely random tangent, I am going to admit my xmas tree is still up. I stand by this "so called act of laziness" with pride. The other day, on the radio, I heard it was considered a bad omen to take your tree down before the sixth of January....so I suppose the tree will come down sometime this week, but by golly I am determined to have a good 2008..and if keeping my tree up past today is the secret than I should be good to go!

I.AM.GENIUS

I have been receiving daily emails from WCCO entailing a "watercooler" subject (which is just a random news story that is work appropriate to talk about) and also about the "Good Question" they are covering on the 10pm news. Today, the Good Question is one that I actually submitted. If you look back to my post from November 29 you will see that I was ranting about not getting a response to why songs get stuck in your head.....Well I'll be darned...Today, the good question is "Why do songs get stuck in our heads?" I should get royalties from this story! It was all my idea...ALL MINE ;)

Oh $hit!

I thought about posting last night...but I was trying to go to sleep by 9, so I put my thoughts off until today.
I read an article this morning about the Iowa Caucus, and I still don't understand what or how the thing works...or why it is the determining factor leading to the whitehouse?
I don't know about you, but an evangelical baptist minister being a front runner scares me to death! Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that where our country went wrong with Baby Bush? I know Huckabee has Chuck Norris on his side...but he also states that Jesus is the reason why he'll be elected (Oh Crap!). Another fact that disappoints and frustrates me is feeling like the MN vote doesn't count for president. MN has repeatedly been a blue state, but in the past two presidential elections that hasn't mattered. PLEASE AMERICA, I AM BEGGING YOU...DO NOT VOTE ANOTHER EXTREMELY RELIGIOUS FIGURE INTO THE OVAL OFFICE!
In terms of the O'bama/Clinton race, I am completely torn. I really don't know enough about the candidates policies, even after watching a couple of debates on CNN. Hopefully, these confusing caucuses will sort out the right person for the job...hopeully, our country will finally get a good and strong leader...Hopefully

Mini Reflection

I want to take a moment and reflect on 2007 (in no particular order...)

In 2007 I...
~worked in a horrible environment, only to leave with much discord, have a few rough months off in the summer, and land a GREAT job that I continue to love.
~celebrated little-man's first birthday.
~sprained my ankle playing softball.
~went on my first train ride.
~began my blog.
~let myself sign up for a credit card (which is the first credit card i've allowed myself to have in a loooooooong time...).
~took little-man on his first play-date.
~introduced little-man to the big swimming pool.
~tried Indian food for the first time.

(I know more happened in 2007...but those are the main highlights of the year...If I think of more, I will try to update the list)

Update

Resolution update:
This year is not starting out as hoped! (I'm going to talk myself into believing that it will only get better from here...)
I had my clothes put out, the living room cleared, the workout dvd cued, the correct time I wanted to wake up was set on my alarm, little-man's clothes and a diaper picked out...and this was all at 9:00pm on 1/1/08.
The next morning I arose to daylight....oh shit! I had forgotten to turn my alarm ON!
As far as I am concerned....2008 will start tomorrow, because the first two days cannot count...they have not gone as planned!

In the year 2000...and eight

Looking back at years past, I have come to the realization that I have never truly committed to a new years resolution. I have been asked what I was going to choose as my resolution, and I would always "say" I was going to stop swearing or some other well-sounding good intention that I had no desire to commit to. This year is going to be a little different.
I actually started thinking where this whole idea of trying to set a goal that most people end up not achieving came from...and found this fine article. I am going to put myself out on a limb, and decide to make 2008 a bit better than 2007 by committing to a solid, hopefully positive, resolution. Instead of making a huge goal to last the entire year I am going to start small and work my way up.
The first thing I am going to publicly admit to is working out every morning that I have to work. This is going to entail getting to bed at a very decent time, waking up early and exercising to a 20 minute tape. Hopefully, it will help me shift my way of life to one that is more healthy and energetic. My goal is to not miss a work day from now until early February. Hopefully by the time I reach my goal I will have made this resolution an awesome habit!
I am also going to commit to being a better mom. I am nervous about what trials and tribulations having a 2yo is going to bring in 08..and after sleeping next to little-man last night I am scared I won't have the patience to handle his toddler brain without having many "mom melt-downs." (we were ringing in the new year at a friends house, and decided to spend the night instead of gambling with drunks on the road)
I will keep myself honest with these resolutions..and most likely will be blogging about my struggles and successes...WISH ME LUCK...I think I'm gonna need it!
I hope y'all have a great 2008 :o)