5 Things I want to do before I die

1. Help women in prison get their GEDs

2. Camp out all night somewhere for a good deal. (Like outside the Coach outlet!)

3. Learn to ballroom dance.

4. Skydive

5. Get a nose job.

5 Things great to give as Christmas presents this year

1. Perfume/Cologne sampler from Sephora.
Available for a man or a woman, it comes with 5 or 6 different small testers of popular scents and a voucher for a free full size cologne of your choice redeemable at their store.

2. Digital Picture Frame
Who wouldn't love this? Great for Grandparents, Dad's office, or even at home!

3. Digital Picture Wallet
This is the size of a wallet or ipod and can have a hundred or so digital pictures loaded onto it for viewing.

4. Jewelry
My dad is buying my mother some pearls for Christmas. I've learned more about pearls than I thought humanly possible. I'm not a HUGE pearl fan, but I love my pearl necklace.
My recommendation? Splurge for the Mikimodos- they will last a few lifetimes.

5. Ipod or Zune
We're a "house divided" on this one. Steve likes the Zune (if for no other reason than to not follow the apple crowd) ok ok there are other reasons he likes it. I like the ipod because it's small and seems easy to use. But honestly - who wouldn't like an ipod??

5 Moments when I love my baby most

Yes, I love her ALL the time, but there are just certain times where she's especially irresistable

1. Waking up from a nap.

2. While Sleeping - especially after a hard day

3. While eating out of her "snack - trap" bowl like a big girl.

4. In the bath (though this is always a daddy job I like to peek in)

5. When the dogs make her laugh - that huge belly laugh that gives her the hiccups

5 Things I ate too much of on Thanksgiving

1. Pie

2. Roasted Pecans

3. Mashed Potatoes

4. Bread

5. Chips (during the colts game)

5 Movies one MUST watch around the holidays

1. Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

2. White Christmas (my fave fave fave Christmas movie!!)

3. A Christmas Story

4. Charlie Brown Christmas

5. That Rudolf movie where everyone moves really jerky and that elf wants to be a dentist.

ok - does anyone remember the Claymation Christmas? It was the California Raisens and they sang "Wassailing" and these 3 camels sang "We three kings" and there was a bell choir that played Charol of the Bells on himself. I LOVED that movie. My husband thinks I made it up though... so if you've seen it let me know.

5 Reasons why I love my husband extra this morning

1. He is taking Friday and Monday off work to stay at home with our daughter so I can visit friends in South Carolina.

2. Two foot rubs this week!

3. Listening to my feelings, even when I don't know exactly how to express them.

4. For adding things to my grocery list like "kisses" or a pony.

5. Getting up early to let the dogs out while I sleep.

5 Reasons it's good that Moms don't have a union

1. We don't get paid.

2. We don't get medical. (Or dental for that matter!)

3. No appreciation from children until much older

4. We can't write our "home office" off our taxes

5. No one can afford us.

Seriously, imagine if we got to make demands like union workers do?! "Sorry sweetie, I'd feed you my lunch but I have to take one of my 20 fifteen minute breaks" "Sorry honey, I'd make dinner, but I don't have union-approved cooking instruments." "Sorry honey, that's just not in my contract!"

5 Commercials I love

1. The "Go Meat" commercial for Hilshire Farms in the office.
"Go meat meat, Go meat meat. This salad rocks, the best! Make it easy at your desk!"

2. The Febreze commerical where the lady is spraying her kids stuff and puts on a ski mask so that she can smell it as she cleans.

3. The Peyton Manning Pep Talk commercial - " Bummed about your gut?Unless you're under the age of 23 or a professional athlete, it's not gonna happen. So I'd probably just buy some bigger shirts."

4. K9 Advantix - "There ain't no bugs on me" Makes me want to get another little Lab puppy.

5. Subway - I love the commercials where they walk in and say "Could I get some thunder thighs?" "Regular or Jumbo Ponch?" They certainly make their point. eek

5 Places I could spend money with reckless abandon

1. Target

2. 96th Street Goodwill

3. Preston's Rocks

4. The Gap

5. Half Price Books

5 Things in my purse right now

1. Crumbs from: Goldfish, Pirate's Booty, and Puffs

2. One Shoe

3. A coupon for Pickles

4. A broken hair band
(By hair band I mean something with which to hold a ponytail, not a loud group from the 80s)

5. And address of someone in New York

5 Short Stories Worth Reading

1. The Lady or the Tiger
This is the only short story ever written that ends right AT the climax. (Usually there's a "falling action" and a denouement.)

2. The Gift of the Magi
This is a tradition on Christmas Eve in our house. SUCH a touching story.

3. Roman Fever
I was assigned to read this in a class in college. I remember being all "ho hum this is boring" and then hitting the last paragraph and being like "WHA?!!!"

4. The Birthmark
A touching tale by Hawthorne that reminds us where vanity gets you

5. A&P
Nothing riviting here, but fantastic decriptions by Updike

5 bald people we could have dressed Madeline up as on Halloween

1. A Sumo Wrestler (are they bald?)

2. Britney Spears

3. Charlie Brown

4. Dali Lama

5. Sinead O Connor

5 Beverages I have in my 'fridge

1. Organic Egg Nog

2. Organic Whole Milk

3. Soy Milk Very Vanilla

4. 1% Milk

5. Coke

5 Literary boy names even I wouldn't name my son

1. Bartleby

2. Horatio

3. Gregor

4. Francis

5. Milton

5 Literary Boy names I really like

1. Edgar

2. HenryDavid

3. Darcy (Probably more a girl's name)

4. Atticus

5. Keat

Do you think my literary kids would get beat up?

"I would go to the beach and people would kick copies of Byron in my face" Dead Poets Society

5 Things I love the smell of (5 Things of which I would never get tired of smelling)

1. Gasoline

2. My Baby

3. My parents' house

4. Spun Sugar

5. Dry Erase Markers

5 Things I have eaten today

1. Frosted Mini Wheats

2. Puppy Chow

3. Garlic Bread

4. M&Ms

5. Califlower

5 Things I could eat every single day

1. Papa Johns Pizza

2. Chilis Southwestern Egg Rolls

3. Hash Brown Cassarole

4. Chocolate anything

5. Chicken Chow Mein