#27 - Day 5

During December, I love driving down Western Ave in OKC. I will go out of my way just to see the lighted trees on Chesapeake Energy's campus. My fave!

#27 - Day 4

- Hey, Smalls, you wanna s'more?

- Some more of what?

 
- No, do you wanna s'more? 

- I haven't had anything yet, so how can I have some more of nothing?

- You're killing me Smalls! These are s'more's stuff! Alrite now pay attention. First you take the graham, you stick the chocolate on the graham. Then you roast the 'mallow. When the 'mallows flaming... you stick it on the chocolate. Then cover with the other end. Then you scarf. Kind of messy, but good!

Ladies Night! A night of wine & fondue turned into a s'mores party! Fun!

#27 - Day 3

"I've got an oscillating fan at my house. The fan goes back and forth. It looks like the fan is saying "No". So I like to ask it questions that a fan would say no to. Do you keep my hair in place? Do you keep my documents in order? Do you have three settings? Liar! My fan fucking lied to me. Now I will pull the pin up. Now you ain't sayin' shit." - Mitch Hedberg

#27 - Day 2

She's crafty...

I took a vacation day yesterday for my birthday and decided to do a little crafting. I made a bunch of these scrapbook photo books that I plan on listing on my etsy site sometime this week. 

#27 - Day 1

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Christmas is my favorite holiday. I love the smells, the food, the decorations, giving gifts - everything! I always look forward to Thanksgiving, just so I can unpack all the boxes of lights and ornaments. This Christmas is going to be especially fun - I am flying up to St. Louis to spend time with my Grandparents and everyone else in the family... something I haven't been able to do for years. I can't wait!

Here's to turning 25 today!

I don't feel any older now than I did 40 minutes ago... no one ever does, and yet everyone always asks. There are very few monumental birthdays - You've got your 10th (double digit year), your 13th (officially a teenager), your 16th (Come on baby, drive my car!), your 18th (voting, cigs, porn & adulthood), and then your 21st (Pancho's Liquortown!). After that, you are just left with the decade years. 

After repeating, "I am twenty-five now... hmmm... twenty-five..." in my head for the past couple of minutes, it does feel a little strange. 

I am in my mid-twenties. 

I bet that makes my parents feel old. :)

#25 - Read Every Book I Own

When I moved out of my old apartment and into my new house, I remember going through all of my books as I packed. There are some great books in my little collection, some of which have been read multiple times. As I was looking through them I realized how many of them I have not even read. I made a pile of unread books and they made up about 20% of my collection. It's a little embarrassing. I am not looking forward to the day when someone sees a book, asks me my opinion on it, and having to admit that I haven't a clue - even though it's been sitting on my shelf for 3 years.
I have this habit of starting a book and never finishing it. I will have time to read a chapter or two, put it down and then I'll get "too busy" to read and it will be months before I pick it up again. By that time, I would have forgotten what I read before and I have to start from the beginning again, and the cycle starts over.
I have set aside all of the unread/unfinished books and placed them in a neat pile by my nightstand. I am hoping this will remind me to pick one up and read it every now and then. I just wish all of them were the type of books you just can't put down. I love books like that. I found a great one this summer - Just Checking: Scenes from the life of an obsessive-compulsive by Emily Colas - just a random find while browsing around Barnes & Noble. It was fascinating and hilarious and I was reading every free moment I had. Definitely a re-read.

Unread/Unfinished Books:
A Long Way Gone / Ishmael Beah
Religions, Values, and Peak Experiences / Abraham Maslow
The Problem of Pain / C. S. Lewis
Mere Christianity / C.S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters / C.S. Lewis
Possible Side Effects / Augusten Burroughs
The Case for Faith / Lee Strobel
MacBeth / William Shakespeare
The Five Love Languages / Gary Chapman

Currently Reading:
The Jungle / Upton Sinclair

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