Say cheese!

It's Thursday! Not only does that mean we're closer to the weekend, but it means someone else writes the list! Here's my friend Jaime's list:

Top reasons why I'm taking a Digital Photography Class

1. Learn how to use a digital camera
2. Learn how to buy a digital camera
3. Want to be able to take great pictures when I go to Italy next year
4. Just something that I thought would be fun to take
5. It's online; so I can learn it at my own pace
6. The class got some great reviews

Love/Hate Relationships.

Things I'm looking forward to paired with things I'm not looking forward to that I have to do i order to achieve part one.

1. Finish Grad School / Take 30 more credits
2. Having a clean house! / Unpacking another box
3. Vacation / Four more days of work

weekend.

there's a lot i'm looking forward to this weekend.

1. fried pickles!
2. seeing my nephew.
3. a barbecue at my sister's.
4. a wedding that involves bowling.
5. sleep. i hope.

Driving.

This is a double list since I skipped yesterday.
Things I love and hate about driving.

Hate: (or dislike, hate is a strong word)
1. Drivers who don't wave thank you when you stop to let them go.
2. Tolls.
3. Unnecessary traffic.
4. Loud motorcycles.
5. Cars with bass so loud it makes my car shake.
6. People who don't use their directionals.
7. Being stuck in traffic beside a smoker.

Love:
1. Seeing the Boston skyline.
2. Driving with the windows down on a nice day.
3. Listening to new music.
4. Getting home.

Table Scraps

My cat Cupcake doesn't wait for scraps, she eats right off our plates.
Here's what she's snatched recently.

1. Broccoli. An entire piece, and she ate it. Crazy.
2. A banana nut muffin. This was Matt's and I did not witness the event.
3. A French fry. She stole it right off Matt's dinner plate.

Who knows what else she's had, but this list may be expanding in the future!

Summer in New England

It's Thursday, that means someone else is writing the list.
Today it's my friend Connie!
Here you go:

Seven things I like about summer in New England
(written by someone who's spent the last 8 summers in Southern California....)

7. New England beaches. It might be really cold, but you can go into the water without getting some crazy rash or weird infection from pollution.

6. Thunderstorms. I used to hate them until I missed them.

5. The smell of rain on hot pavement. It doesn't rain in the summer in LA. Ever.

4. Leaves on trees and lots of green. Which also means the whole forest isn't gonna burn down from the wind and heat.
3. The temperature does not generally rise above 100 degrees.

2. Humidity. It's really good for your skin. Spend a summer in the desert and you'll totally understand.

1. And most importantly, ICE CREAM! Kimball's, Meadowlands....Who doesn't love homemade ice cream from the ice cream stand!

sad face.

things i don't like:

1. running late
2. making plans that i can't keep
3. missing a friend's 30.5th birthday

:(

things i refuse to write about online

while at dinner tonight my friends and i were discussing blogs and how some people just write too much. what you won't hear from me:

1. too much information about my personal life. in fact, you'll barely hear anything.
2. job venting. this is easy since i love my job, but it still shocks me how many people vent about their job online.
3. twenty reasons why i have the best boyfriend. not going there, connects back to number one. however, i can't resist typing that he was just walking around the place whistling "Beat It" by Michael Jackson. awesome.

yum!

delicious food I tried today!

1. chocolate with sea salt- so good!
2. tortilla chips with fresh guacamole
3. black truffle pizza
4. wine ice cream!
6. an amazing feta cheese spread.

i could go on, and on, and on.
i feel like i gained 10 pounds today!

Food I Crave.

I was going to write about things I was doing this weekend.
That list wasn't very exciting. Now I'm going to write a list about food!

1. Chocolate Covered Pretzels!
2. Bagels
3. The Hyannisport, with a veggie dog of course!
4. Iced Tea
5. Delicious Indian Snacks
6. Chili's Black Bean Burger
7. Falafel
8. Broccoli. For real.

The question is, what to have for dinner?

Summer Reading .

This isn't the kind of Summer Reading assigned by your fourth grade teacher.
These are "non-fiction books written by women you won't be able to put down."
This list has been compiled by Mary.

7. Garlic and Sapphire by Ruth Reichl
6. Tell them I Didn't Cry by Jackie Spinner
5. The Faith Club by Ranya Idliby
4. Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriquez
3. Naked in Baghdad by Anne Garrels
2. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
1. Wake-up Call by Kristen Breitweiser


*I have decided that on Thursdays the lists will be written by someone other than me.
Please start thinking and send your lists my way!

The Fouth of July.

A simple list of things I like about the 4th:

1. A day off from work.
2. Fireworks. Especially since I can see them as I sit here and type.
3. A chance to relax, yes this does relate to item #1.
4. It means I have finished yet another semester of school.
5. One month until my birthday.

We Could Have Been Twins

Kara and I have a lot in common.
Here's a list of just a few of those things.

1. We both love food. Like really love it.
2. We have the same sideboard in our kitchen. It looks better in person and goes really well with our almost matching kitchen tables.
3. We're both running a 5k this weekend, and we both have the same brand of running shoes.
4. We straighten our hair with the same iron.
5. Same TV show addictions. Food. Dance. More Food.
6. We like to decorate our places with the color orange.
7. Did I mention we like food?

Boston Organics

So Matt & I received our first delivery from Boston Organics this week.
I'm so glad I signed up, here are some of the reasons why (of course, in list formation):

1. I don't have to pick through gross grocery store produce!
2. The baggers at said grocery stores won't have the chance to bruise everything I've picked through.
3. There's always fruit around the house, so I've been snacking way healthier.
4. It's all organic, which can sometimes be hard to find.
5. It's made me cook more, and try things I may not have bought otherwise.

Overall this has been a great investment.
I'm enjoying it so much I may change to weekly deliveries!