4 posts tagged “things on tuesday”
Things I loathe
- Waking up late and having to take a cold shower due to poor shower scheduling
- Messy kitchens
- Homework time after school
- Laundry
- Reading Treasure Island outloud for hours (and summarizing) because of inadequate teaching
- People who talk the talk, but don't walk the walk
- Spending 5 1/2 hours of my Saturday in a car dealership
Things I love
- A husband that keeps himself in shape for me
- Breakfast and coffee with friends
- My new shiny black minivan (I got to pick this one out all by myself!)
- Naming my new shiny black minivan (Victoria gave it the best name a minivan has ever had)
- 87% dark chocolate
- Breakfast by the pound at McKay's, a small local grocery store (french toast and scrapple for $.84, mmmmm)
- My special mix CD Steve made, each song handpicked for me
- Handwritten notes
- Egg salad sandwiches
- Clean kitchens
- Seeing my teenagers studying together for an upcoming test
- Driving with the moonroof open and my windows down
- Baseball caps and ponytails when you don't have time to do your hair
- Baby bunnies and baby cockatiels (not mine, but I got to look at them)
- Reading funny cards and laughing with Victoria
- Kids that not only can behave in a restaurant, but in a car dealership for 5 1/2 hours (Seriously, they deserve an award.)
Things I loathe:
- Getting tired at 9pm
- Lack of warm blankets in the hotel room
- Leaving my water in the van
- Being thirsty
Things I love:
- Being able to go on Steve's business trip
- Spending time with Steve
- Country Fried Chicken dinner with okra, dumplings, and turnip greens
- Free breakfast
- Free wireless internet
- sleep
Things I Loathe
- Lying
- Uncertainty
- Having to put air in my tires
- Steve being sick with the stomach flu and me not being able to make him feel better
- Daylight savings time
- Getting up when it's really dark
Things I Love
- Steve getting home from work earlier
- Good friends
- Coffee and breakfast with friends
- Free air at the gas station (seriously, some places charge $.75)
- Leftovers for dinner
- Biscotti with my coffee
- Sweet Potato Chips (yes, I'm still stuck on them)
- Knowing God is in control and has a plan
- The clearance racks at Kohl's ($2.40 tees for the girls!)
- My statcounter (go ahead, google "rabbits and chinchillas", "ugly outfit friday", or "best pie ever" and see who's blog comes up in the top 10)
Things I loathe:
- petty arguments between the children
- forgotten book bags
- sick kitty cats (my sister in law's sweet little cat is sick)
- meetings after work (for Steve not me)
Things I love:
- Scrapple and French Toast for breakfast
- Getting up at 5am and smelling the coffee brewing (Yay for the "delay brew" setting!)
- Steve going to work earlier, which means he gets to come home earlier
- Coffee and breakfast with friends
- $.50 books at the Thrift Store
- Finding gas $.07 cheaper than every other gas station
- Coming home to a cute little bird stuck in the house (I realize this might freak out most people, but it was such a cute bird)
- Pot Pie made from leftover pork roast (I stole some ideas from Jamie, the ones I could with what was available in my kitchen. I doubt it would win in a head to head contest with her pot pie, but it was good in it's own way.)
- Warm weather
- Thunderstorms
- Terra Sweet Potato Chips
