top ten of whatever

1. Jerry. He is number one for a darn good reason. He is an exceptional person, and he makes my existence happy every day. My favorite things about him are his kindness and selflessness. He treats me like a queen and has for 25 years.
2. Bones. Booth and Brennan are one of the best duos of all time. Something to look forward to each week. And I stuck in a picture of Mulder and Scully here too, for good measure.



3. House. I love anti-heroes. House is right up there with Snape in my book. And this show has some of the best writing of all time.
   
4. Socks.
5. Toast.
6. Half marathons.
7. Having hair and teeth. I had a bald spot a while back that will make me appreciate having hair forever. And I have a recurring nightmare that my teeth all get loose and start falling out. So I appreciate having teeth that are tightly in their proper places.
8. My couch.
9. Sisters.
10. The ability to sleep soundly. Nursing babies aeons ago kept me from getting a good night's sleep, and it infuriated me so much at the time, that I will always appreciate being able to sleep through the night.

My favorite color toilet seat

Here is the yogurt parfait I am about to eat.
Here is what the side of the road looked like on my way in to work today. Note the sign for the Capitol Beltway exit. I live in Washington DC and you don't. Or maybe you do, I'm not sure.

Here is what I looked like on the way in to work today.

Here is the toilet I use several times a day at work. It is nice and white, but I would prefer a dusky pink color. Our toilet seat at home broke (how does THAT happen?), and I tried to buy a colored toilet seat, but all Target had was white. The opportunity cost of seeking out the colored seat elsewhere was too high. So I bought the white toilet seat at Target.

Here is my favorite workout video, Buns of Steel with Lynne Brick. Lynne and I have been united in the quest to firm my buns these many years. I actually own two of this video, just in case one of them bites it.
Here is a delightful little gift that Jerry gave me, to make me smile every time I look at it at work. I put it together myself, which makes it all the more worthwhile. How I love Jack. I think he is spanking that little guy. Or throwing him under the tree?
I need a new camera phone. I thought about taking a picture of my phone with my phone, to show you how broken and downright shabby it is, but I decided not to.

Crying Out Loud

Here I am at work listening to Marilyn Manson's "The Dope Show". No one else is here because of the snow storm we got. Probably two feet. Which is nothing if you live in Utah, but here everyone uses it as an excuse to not do anything, and I say all power to them. The federal government is closed, but contractors to the federal government (that's me) never close. So of course I have zero motivation to do anything. Thus the blog entry.





I need to order some more padlocks for the big pelican cases (isn't that a lovely name for them?) that we have that carry hard drives. Lots of hard drives.





Had a Harry Potter marathon over the weekend while we were snowed in. How I love Snape. I can't wait until we see Snape howling and crying to Dumbledore because-- oops that's a spoiler and I don't want to blow it for little sister April. Anyway, if you've read it you probably know the part I mean. And I bet you can't wait either.

I had a quotation to mention here but now I can't remember it. Alas.

Is there a new House episode tonight? House and Cuddy need to get it on, seriously now.

it complexifies

This will have to suffice for an illustration of the 15 possible inches of snow heading our way starting tonight. We are just west of Washington, DC. Wah-frigging-hoo!

Friday
12/18/2009
Hi: 39°
Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.

Lo: 28°
Snow...mainly after midnight. Snow accumulation around an inch. Lows in the upper 20s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
Saturday
12/19/2009
Hi: 28°
Snow. Highs in the upper 20s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
Lo: 26°
Snow likely. Lows in the mid 20s. Northwest winds around 10 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent.
Sunday
12/20/2009
Hi: 31°
Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s.
Lo: 22°
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.

Word of the day: desiccant. A substance, such as calcium oxide or silica gel, that has a high affinity for water and is used as a drying agent.//--> One of those little packets they put in containers to keep the contents dry. Check out the spelling of this little beauty of a word.

Aubrey and I made up the word "complexifies", and she used it in her college application essays. I figure they will think she is really stupid or really smart. I think it is quite funny and delightfully risky.

cruise dolphin excursion

Rebekah and I went on an "Open Ocean Swim with Dolphins" in Freeport, Bahamas



Rebekah kissing dolphin

Rebekah hugging dolphins
me hugging dolphins
me kissing dolphin
me riding on dolphin's tummy
me telling dolphins to flap their fins
From the dolphin-seeing boat




Here are a few more random photos from the cruise:

cruise pictures

I uploaded these pictures in no particular order. I don't feel like putting them in the proper order. Some are fuzzy, and some are taken by Rebekah.

Rebekah with Ronald the soda guy
Rebekah eating one of a few thousand cones she ate during the cruise

Jer juggling while waiting for our call to disembark

A swimming pool

One of many towel designs we found on our beds, with most of the Bahamas Goombay Punch we bought to take back with us

Katie, Landon, Rebekah, Aubrey's boyfriend Parker, Som the waiter and magician, Frankie, Aubrey

Parker with food

Rebekah with William the South African cruise director

Me and Rebekah on our way to swim with the dolphins. I will post dolphin pictures in a separate post

The Atlantis resort and water park in Nassau. The girls went on an excursion here.

Aubrey with map

The beach in Florida

One of the formal dinner nights. Jerry, me, Keli Delaney, Mike Delaney, Isabella Irwin, Jeff Irwin

Dancing at dinner

Warm chocolate melting cake

Isabella Irwin, me, Jerry, Jeff Irwin

Fuzzy pic of me

Aubrey and Rebekah

Parker, Aubrey, Rebekah, Frankie

Aubrey and Parker

Aubrey

me with Carnival pride

In the car on the way to get on the ship