December 2010
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A Few Resolutions.
2010 was pretty great…but I think 2011 will be even better. Here’s a few resolutions to (try to) stick by.
1. Balance a checkbook.
2. Focus on the positive, not the negative…on the opportunities, not the consequences.
3. Work hard, play hard, love hardest.
4. Patience.
5. Re-start Weight Watchers and lose/maintain some of the first-job-stress weight!
6. Start faithfully...
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Christmas In Maine...
…Means watching a UFO Hunters marathon on the History Channel while my Irish father makes his trademark Italian spaghetti sauce and meatballs.
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Couple Feasts On Road Kill - Boston.com →
And…Merry Christmas Eve.
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It’s snowing!
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Home.
Woke up in my old bed, in my room…with all the presents my dad bought my mom hiding in my closet, waiting for me to wrap them (some things really never change.) Went out with the fam to a new Mexican place in our town…and got so drunk off two (two!) margaritas that I put my jacket on inside out before stumbling out of the restaurant.
But seriously…they were huge. And strong.
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1001 Rules for My Unborn Daughter: 256. The... →
1001rulesformyunborndaughter:
1. Light a fire - bon fire, a log or two in the hearth, light a candle at the very least.
2. Eskimo kiss.
3. Watch the Macy’s parade.
4. All spare change goes to whoever’s ringing the bell.
5. Hold hands tighter than usual.
6. Don’t rant about consumerism. We’re all very much aware.
7. Sing.
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20 Great Things I Did in 2010
Inspired by Emily’s post, here are the 20 Great Things I Did in 2010. 2011, you’ve got a lot to live up to…but I have a feeling you won’t disappoint : )
1. Graduate!
2. Write my thesis…my 120-page blood, sweat, and years (mostly tears) memoir-thesis.
3. Fall in love for the first time.
4. Snag Boyfriend and convince him to love me back.
5. Get my first...
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Got Permission To Leave Tomorrow.
Now let’s just hope that the snow stops and the roads clear so I can get Cape-bound for Christmas!
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Confession
The phone jack falls out really easily at my desk at work…and some days, when I notice it’s fallen out again, I don’t put it back in.
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Dying over here. Big lunch + hot office (for the first time ever!) = me falling asleep at my desk. No bueno.
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Big News, Tumblr.
…I have a new job!!!
I don’t start until March, but that’s perfect to ease out of here and into there. It’s in my field, seems amazing, ridiculous benefits, and the perfect opportunity to try something new and make myself a little happier.
It fell into my lap and feels like fate, as Boyfriend said this morning. Also came right after I read this and was completely inspired...
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So my coworker, the other intern, is currently bragging to everyone that he’s leaving for Christmas ON SUNDAY (yes, this Sunday) because as he told our boss, it’s his only way home because he doesn’t have a car. Only partially true…and then when someone asked me how I was getting home and I told them I was driving home on Christmas Eve, he called me “uppity”...
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We figured that by 16 their bodies were pretty big physically,” he said. But...
– “What Is It About 20-Somethings?” in NYT.
So this is why I cry all the time! See, it’s not me, it’s my brain, slowly developing its emotional control!
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Adapting to Change:
There is an ancient golf course outside Calcutta, the story goes, where monkeys constantly disrupt the game by picking up the balls. Fences were no use containing the animals, relocating them didn’t work, so eventually people adapted to the circumstances (hence the quote above).
(via Huffington Post article)
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Boyfriend and Best Friend Met Yesterday.
…and loved each other. All is right in the world.
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast: Toasted... →
siximpossiblethingsforbreakfast:
Stand’s Marshmallow Shakes
3 scoops vanilla ice cream (they use Laboratorio del Gelato)
1 tablespoon whole milk
I large dollop, er, Wookstock Water Buffalo Milk yogurt (For the 300 million of you that can’t pick water buffalo milk yogurt up at your corner store, feel free to…
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