10 Things I Want to do in 2009

Ok, in the spirit of blogging more here is Ten on Tuesday!

10 Things I Want to do in 2009 (in no particular order)

1. Move back into my own home!
2. Make going to the gym a habit.
3. Stop biting my nails.
4. Visit the Carolina coast line.
5. Make a decision/progress on my dissertation.
6. Learn how to really use my Apple laptop.
7. Take a class to learn how to use my new digital SLR camera.
8. Blog on a more consistent basis.
9. Paint my house a new color on the outside.
10. Read Wuthering Heights all the way through...I can never get through it.

Ok, see you again soon...now I have to work at coming back since I have now made #8 known to all.

Ten on Tuesday

Ok, so I continue to be a bad blogger, and as you can clearly see from the previous blog that I have not in fact blogged since last Tuesday.


But alas, I am back to the 10 on Tuesday.

"10 People You Wish You Could Meet"
(I am making it dead or alive...just for the record)

1. Michelangelo--cuz really has there been a more "savantish" person ever!
2. Ronald Reagan--I was not a big fan of his politics, but the things he helped to accomplish on the global scale are truly amazing
3. Alexander Dumas--I love his books and think he would be intriguing
4. Victor Hugo--ditto to #3
5. Clay Walker--if you know me you will understand
6. Jesus--to ask him a couple basic questions that are currently a topic of discussion in my household
7. John McCain--I have liked him long before he was running for President and think I could learn from him
8. the person that invented cubicles---then I could hit them and explain what a terrible idea it really was! (by the way I work in a cubicle and it can be miserable!)
9. the Founding Fathers--I know that is more than one person, but it seems wrong to break them up. I would like to ask them questions, specifcally "what did you really mean by the 2nd amendment" and why did you include religion is places but not in others.
10. Franklin D. Roosevelt- Again I think he had a huge impact on this country, most I think very positive, but some in the long run no so much.

By the way these are truly not in ANY order...just what popped into my convulted thoughts! I have also realized that it is very politically charged...I guess that is what happens when you ask a political science major to list ten people to meet.

So that is all for now, hopefully I will have something for you before next Tuesday.

Ten on Tuesday

Ok, so I have been a bad blogger...hopefully this week's 10 on Tuesday will kick start me. So here is the new 10 on Tuesday.

'10 Things You Didn't Like About School'

1. Having to wear saddle shoes. Throughout all of elementary I was required by my mother to wear them everyday!!!!


2. Group recess. I never liked the games, I was much happier to swing or make friendship bracelets with my friends.
3. Geometry. I really just don't see the purpose of proofs.
4. Team sport initiations. I was on the softball team for a little while and the "initiation" to the team was horrible.
5. Moving to new schools. Having to start from scratch three different times at the start of school because the family moved...just not fun!
6. Not having a Homecoming Dance. My high school cancelled homecoming dancing the year before I started...what a rip off!
7. Labels. It seems like there is just no way for people to just get along, everyone had to be labelled as part of a group. At my high school there were kickers, gazebites, tree people, etc.
8. Stairs. My middle school was a five story building and we were only allowed to use the stairs. Did I mention there were hundreds of students and only three minutes to change classes.
9. Math Teachers that didn't know math. I had several math teachers that were often wrong, and I spent hours doing homework trying to get to there wrong answers. Time I will leave get back.
10. And just to end on a happy note...My favorite thing about school was getting to be in class. I love being taught and learning new things!

Hopefully you will hear from me before next Tuesday!

Ten on Tuesday

10 Best Movie Villains

as suggested by my SIL...(see the itty bitty things blog)

In no particular order...

1. The Joker (The Dark Knight)
2. Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs)
3. Ursula (The Little Mermaid)
4. Voldemort (Harry Potter)
5. Wicked Witch of the West (Wizard of Oz)
6. Alien invaders (Independence Day)
7. Tom Ripley (The Talented Mr. Ripley)
8. Porter by Mel Gibson (Payback)
9. A majority of the cast (The Departed)
10. Commodus (Gladiator)

This was a really hard list to come up with...but it was fun to think about!

Ten on Tuesday

Ok, so I am going to try something new...old to many but new to my blog...10 on Tuesday
The topic this week is "10 things to do when it's too hot to go outside"

1. Read a good book
2. Have a really cold glass of lemonade
3. Eat a big bowl of ice cream
4. Plan a trip to a cooler locale
5. Go workout
6. Catch up on DVR recordings
7. Do house chores
8. Take a long cool shower
9. Take a nap in the air conditioning
10. Work on the long delayed dissertation (it may never get hot enough for that to be a top choice)

That was fun...I am going to try and commit to doing this on Tuesday.

By the way...happy 50th birthday to NASA!