Uhh yeah so I haven't been so good at this.

Just read the post before last which is about Halloween .... of 2008! I have been really bad about blogging I guess as it is almost Halloween 2009! I'm at work so hopefully I will blog again before end of year...

Things I've Done

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain (Good Memories of that….)
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt (does tieing a quilt count??)
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London (no but been to the palace and see the guards)
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (guess who with!)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible (read the entire New Testament…)
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (ok saw him from a distance while Laura said hi! Ben Stein)
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Seen Mount Rushmore in person
101. Learned to play an instrument

Stole this from Kellie's Blog but changed it to my answers obviously!

Happy Halloween!

Hey all! Happy Halloween!
Spent my morning making my Baked Turkey Penne for our work potluck. Mmmmm...I can't wait for lunch! I even whipped up a batch of garlic butter (with LOADS of garlic, parmesan, and italian herbs). Oooh we even have cake! "Excuse me, can you just leave that over here by my desk? Thank you!"

Weather is typical gray and wet for Halloween. Ah well... At least on Sunday we get an extra hour to sleep in! Woo hoo!

Ok here is my 2nd item on my Ulitmate Wish List:

A HOUSE ORGANIZER!! ok not one of those plastic things to put all your knick knacks in (no! not those knick knacks!... well I guess you could...) but a real live person that comes into your home and helps you organize it and clean it (well...sometimes). I need my whole house done! It's a friggin mess!!!!!!!! I am so unable to organize by myself. I just don't have the ability!
Ok and here is my shameless adverstisement for my favourite organizer Melissa! I only wish I could afford to pay her to do my whole house!

My Ultimate Wish List Item 1

Ok as of now i am going to attempt to blog more often....we'll see...


So I am starting out with My Ultimate Wish List (please feel free to copy for your own blog).





Item 1: Spend a week (or more!) at Disneyland during Christmastime! And visit ALL the rides! I don't even have to go to Cali Adventure!

<-----------I mean, How can you not love that!!

Ok so I have to give a plug out to Meg Cabot (yes the author of Princess Diaries). I have her diary/blog on my rss feed but I don't know if I can add her to my blogger list as she is not on blogger itself. Therefore I must put her diary link here -->http://www.megcabot.com/diary/?p=626#comments

Ok so about 1 in 10 she talks about her upcoming books but in the meantime she writes about anything and most of the time it's hilarious. And yes her books have the same flow as her blogs do. Yes, she is That funny. lol Her last blog cracked me up.

Check her out at www.megcabot.com as well as on MySpace (you can click on her face on MyFriends) Also check out her diary (which you can find on her main page as well).

Enjoy!
Susan

45 things

Got this from Julie's blog...not sure if I will be able to fill it out...

45 Things You May Not Know About Me

1. I rode horses from age 9 to age 19 (ten years!) and owned 3 horses in my lifetime so far.
2. I love apples & applesauce but cannot stand apple juice unless it is straight from the tree and into the apple press. (modified one of Julie's)
3. I love big dogs but have only had small dogs. (that lasted longer than a year)
4. One of my favourite comments is Wow you really look like your mom. (especially when they say it after seeing my mom's pics when she was my age)
5. My husband and his family are English but his parents live in Wales.
6. I have worked at the same company for 12 years this June.
7. I have NEVER lived outside the state of Washington (unless you count 3 months in England visiting).
8. My brother is one of my best friends
9. My husband proposed to me in a Welsh Castle.
10. I have 1 tattoo, I would love more, but i love my hubby (who dislikes them) a LOT more than tattoos.
11. I collected All American girl dolls well into my 20's. (my daughter has them now)
12. I have always liked Vampires, well before the Twilight series came out.
13. I hate horror movies but for some reason Vampire movies do not bother me.
14. I watch kids movies even when my daughter is not around. (and read kids books too)
15. I collect books. I have an aversion to just Borrowing books.
16. I never leave the house without my cellphone. I will turn around if I leave it behind rather than not have it all day.
17. I read the Lord of the Rings after the movies came out but they are my top favourite books of all time.
18. I have read almost all known Meg Cabot books.
19. I hate all sports except Soccer.
20. I think I cry too much. And I hate crying.
21. I make bead (& hemp) necklaces & Bracelets.
22. I used to scrapbook but I don't have the want to do it anymore. (would love a scrapbooking party one day though..not the people who sell stuff but friends just getting together to scrap & chat)
23. I have a case of unfinished stories/books that I have written.
24. LIFE is my favourite board game. (then Trivial Pursuit)
25. I watch the Disney channel & the N.
26. I LOVE DISNEYLAND!!
27. I'm always reading multiple books at the same time. (Same!!)
28. I have never been to Mexico or the East coast.
29. I have been to Prague & Salzburg.
30. If I don't travel once a year or two I get stir crazy.
31. I read Harry Potter fan fiction. http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/
32. I love Jane Austen
33. Not a fan of the Brontes except Jane Eyre.
34. I am thinking of writing a fan fiction about Jacob from the Twilight series.
35. I have a therapist
36. I never drank or took drugs until I reached college. lol
37. I didn't know who the "popular kids" were in high school.
38. I love the movie Labyrinth and probably have seen it over a 100 times.
39. I would rather watch movies in bed then on a couch. If I had a big screen in my bedroom I would probably not care about going to the movie theater.
40. I love the theatre (plays, musicals, ballets, and Operas) but I can't afford to go.
41. I have no desire to visit NYC.
42. I thought the movie Titanic was complete crap.
43. I like the Revenge of the Nerds movies.
44. I hate Sponge Bob.
45. I used shake my head at Family Guy but now i own the full series on dvd and quote from it on a regular basis. "What the deuce?"

My Beef of the Day

Ok so I was looking at the newspaper while faxing and affadavit and noticed that seattle had a Wedding Expo for what they call "non-traditional" couples. aka Gay Wedding Expo. And I thought well that's cool but isn't gay marriages not recognized by Washington? So I read on and I had no clue but any gay couple who had been married prior to the ban was automatically no longer recognized and legal after the ban...well that is crap! I mean I know not everyone agrees with gay marriage but to just decide well since we are banning it then anyone before this time is no longer married...at least they could have done is say well we don't do marriages from this time forward but anyone in the past is still married (even if we cut partner benefits yada yada yada) but at least the marriage is still binding...but how utter crap (actually inserted much worse word) to just decide no, even if you have been living in gay marital bliss for 10 years (not sure when they did start allowing it) then you are no longer married. In the words of Stephanie Tanner from Full House: "How Rude!" And in my words (as well as one of Gordon Ramsay's tamer lines) What complete and utter bullocks!!