Housekeeping Items

1. I am working on my other Random Facts. Its just that inspiration is so...I don't know...random?

2. I forgot two celebrity sightings. Salma Hayek at LAX about three years ago wearing a fur, holding an unlit cigarette and looking at it longingly. Dr. Wayne Dyer this April in Maui. We were on a queue for a big luau on the beach and he went jogging through in a Speedo. He lives there. Mr. Change Your Thoughts is FIT!!

3. I was supposed to be off work every Friday in December. It hasn't happened. Things are so crazy at work--but I'm not complaining really. My job is fun, so I don't feel particularly resentful. I'm going in today, too. But I'm going to try to leave early because the Bairds are coming over for Christmas movie night and I've got to clean a little bit. Bob stayed home from work yesterday morning and did the vacuuming. We really really really need to get a housekeeper.

4. I'm dreaming and planning for our Christmas Eve Fondue. I always think I'll try something new, but then I always go back to traditional Swiss with Emmenthal and Gruyere. Heaven in a hot little pot.

5. Connor has been dreaming that he's on "Dancing With The Stars" repeatedly. I don't know if he's a dancer or a star, but he's getting scores of 100.

6. If you like mochas, you have to try the Starbucks holiday Espresso Truffle. Sick. Sick. This thing is so powerful and delicious it makes my chest flush. Really.

7. I went to WalMart in Fair Lakes yesterday at lunchtime to look for a specific Ben10 toy that Connor wants. I haven't been to WalMart in years--I'm strict Target girl. I really hate WalMart. I didn't think the prices were that much better than Target and Target is SO much nicer. I will say that the store I went to was very clean and well stocked. My last few WalMart experiences at Dulles were hideous. The place was messy and disorganized.

8. This is what I see every morning. My computer, my desk, my greek yogurt with honey, and Hobie waiting on my lap to lick the yogurt cup clean when I am done.

9. Blogger really pisses me off with those spacing issues. There is not a thing I can do in the world to fix that spacing between #7 and #8 and this crap happens all the time. Ahhhh.

10. I love those college photos of Barack Obama. Too cute, was he. Looks like a young Huggy Bear.

11. This is our big holiday Gaylord weekend. We're all excited. Heading to Old Town late morning to do a little holiday shopping then over to the National Harbor we go. They have a Christmas Market with all handcrafted things which we'll visit for a bit and then go to our early dinner reservations at McCormick and Schmick at 5pm. After that, the Christmas tree lighting/show at the harbor then to the hotel for the nightly snowfall and concert. Some beverages to follow and then we'll all tuck into our beds in our room wearing our new Christmas jammies and watch a holiday movie.