Survey time!

From Meg's blog, by way of Rachel's blog, by way of Andrea's blog...

Three names you go by:
1. Lynn
2. Babe
3. Lynnaford

Three things you are wearing right now:
1. Green sweater
2. brown pants
3. Shoes

Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1. The long weekend to come faster
2. A dog!

Three people who will probably fill this out:
They already have...

Two things you did last night:
1. Ate cereal for dinner
2. Sat on my butt

Two things you ate today:
1. Banana bread muffin from my grandma
2. Moe's

Two people you last talked to on the phone:
1. The doctor
2. Paul

Two things you are going to do tomorrow:
1. Go to work
2. Go to the gym...I hope

Two longest rides you have taken:
1. From Hammond, IN to Phoenix, AZ
2. From Phoenix, AZ to New Orleans, LA

Two favorite beverages:
1. Diet Coke
2. Woodchuck hard cider

Twilight

So...I'm disappointed. The movie was mediocre at best, and although I wasn't expecting it to be like the books at all, it was still very rushed, VERY cheesy in some parts, and there was a huge lack of character development. It ended leaving everything wide open for the second movie, so maybe they'll do better next time. Now these are just my opinions (and mostly the opinions of the 5 other girls I saw the movie with last night), so go see it to decide for yourselves. BTW - screw Edward (Robert Pattison) - he's not as dreamy as everyone made him out to be, and is pretty creepy in real life, along with Jasper (Jackson Rathbone)...like whoa. Emmet (Kellan Lutz - the big one on the left), on the other hand, can pretty much take me anytime (as long as he sticks to the dark hair - the blonde makes him look ridiculous), with Jacob (Taylor Lautner) as a close second (even more so when he's not jailbait).

8 things

I just now realized that Rachel tagged me...duh. So two posts in one day! HA - maybe I'll keep going...

8 Favorite TV shows:
1: Anything on HGTV
2: Anything on Food Network
3: Chuck
4: How I Met Your Mother
5: The Big Band Theory
6: LA Ink (even though I don't really watch it anymore...)
7: House
8: Jon & Kate Plus 8

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1: Zoe's Kitchen
2: Olive Garden
3: Newk's
4: Logan's
5: Surin West
6: New Chinatown (Southside)
7: California Pizza Kitchen
8: Macaroni Grill

8 things that happened yesterday:
1: I woke up at 5:15 and didn't want to get out of bed (like every morning)
2: Work
3: ate leftovers of an awesome casserole I made (oh so good)
4: came home and sat on my rear
5: made quesadillas and cheesy Mexican rice for dinner
6: watched bits and pieces of different shows on TV
7: Did some laundry
8: Had fun with the hubby ;)

8 things to look forward to:
1: IT'S THE WEEKEND
2: Bama football on Satuday! We're #1!
3: Thanksgiving
4: Cruise!
5: Christmas in Chicago!
6: Getting a week and a day of vacation the week of Christmas (and the Monday after)
7: Decorating for Christmas
8: Hanging with peeps (in general)

8 things I love about fall:
1: colder weather
2: fires
3: winter clothes
4: Christmas shopping
5: STUFFING! (YES - Rachel, I knew I loved you for a reason...)
6: Changing colors outside
7: decorating the house
8: A Christmas Carol service at church

8 things on my wish list:
1: A dog!!
2: New clothes
3: New bedroom stuff
4: New sheets
5: New books/movies
6: A new fence in the back yard
7: A dog!!!
8: Losing weight

8 people I’m tagging (but honestly don’t expect to do it if they don't want to):
1: Meg
2: Andrea
3: Chris
4: Erik
5: Marie
6: Shane
7: ??
8: ??

New look AND a new post!

Whoa! lol...

The new look is based on the shirt/cardigan I'm wearing today - all shades of blue. Green is by far my favorite color, but I like blue during the wintery months. Especially ice blue...sigh. It's soothing for me. And this week, I'm in need of some soothing. I dealt with a flat tire, almost losing my wedding ring (it was on my bed - Paul found it), and being bored out of my ever-loving mind. I hate feeling disconnected from people I love, so that's been a hindrance of sorts as well. I'm still on zero about the new hobby, but I'm challenged to do some research on volunteering in the Ham. We'll see. Also, Paul has been a bugger this week about having a good attitude. It seems like the times he says something about it are the times when I want to have the worst attitude possible. Ugh. Anyway...

We need to start Christmas shopping. We don't have money for it, but we need to start. I'm a bit worried that I won't get a Christmas bonus this year (yay, economy!), but even if I do, all of it needs to go towards paying off debt. I hate debt.

So I know I'm probably crazy, but I told my mother in law that I wanted to learn how to make chicken and dressing on Thanksgiving. I do want to learn how to make it (even if it will never compare to stuffing), but spending that much time with her on a holiday might drive me a bit nuts.

Sorry for the random nature of this post - it's 6:40am and I just needed to be random for a minute. Have a great day!

I need a hobby

So. I decided after a hard conversation with Paul last night that I need a hobby. I'm overweight, I have health problems (apparently), and I'm bored. I'm a typical American, right? I work 40 hours/week, and then I spend the rest of my days sitting on my rear. I watch TV, work/play on the computer, cook (sometimes), and have no want or need for kids anytime soon. (We've talked about getting a dog, but we want to wait until after the first of the year because we'll be gone for a week for Christmas, and our backyard is currently void of a fence.)

I come home everyday, watch an hour of Gilmore Girls reruns (4:00-5:00), Rachael Ray's 30 minute meals (5:00-6:00), and Scrubs reruns (6:00-7:00). Then we usually watch whatever during prime time. I do laundry, and clean (sometimes), and as involved as we are in our church, we don't usually get to hang out during the week because we live kinda far away. SIGH.

What to do? Any suggestions? I've considered a lot of things, but have come up with nothing. I've thought about:

• Getting a part time job - this will not work because if you work evenings, you're working until at least 9:00 or 10:00, and if I am going to keep my day job (which means getting there at 6:00am), then there's no way in hades I'm working at night.
• Volunteering - this is definitely an option, but with what/whom or for whom? And how flexible would they be? Am I equipped enough to do something?
• Classic hobbies - knitting, sewing, scrapbooking, cooking, etc. All sound like great options, but there's a couple issues. A) These hobbies cost money - something we don't have, especially not any extra. B) I'm usually not super coordinated. C) I get bored very easily. D) All of these hobbies still include sitting on my rear or eating. Not good.
• Not-so-classic hobbies - ....can't really think of anything currently, but I'm sure more and more money would be involved, and/or far too much activity (did I mention I'm lazy?) Ugh.
• Going to school for something - once again, a definite possibility, but once again, MORE MONEY. Thinking about gaining more debt kinda makes me gag a little.

And there's my dilemma. HELP!