Anyway, here goes...
1.The way the rug looks after it has been vacuumed. I know it sounds OCD and sick -- but it looks brand new each time. I had a friend in grammar school who was never allowed to walk into her living room. The rug was always vacuumed a particular way so that her mom would see foot step indentations. I always thought of it like a museum.
2. This doesn't really count now that I'm not working, but when I wake up in the middle of the night and the clock says it's like 3 AM and I know I have several hours of sleep left.
3. Getting flowers. Who doesn't? I rarely get them, but when I do, it actually makes me cry real tears of joy. I'm weird like that. I get super emotional. Like at my bridal shower when I opened our Dyson, I cried. When I opened our KitchenAid stand mixer, I cried. When I found out my mom secretly ordered me a red velvet cake, I cried. That was a very tearful shower.
At my bridal shower, crying like a fool over my Pistachio KitchenAid stand mixer
6. When my mom calls. My mother-in-law calls us way too much, but I wish my mom would call me every day the way she does.
7. Bacon, egg and cheese on a roll. I just started Medifast on Tuesday and I'm dying. I mean, I'm doing well with it, shockingly. I just miss my crappy food. I could live on bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches. Honestly, if I had to chose one food item to live on, that would be it. It's going to be a very long time before I see another one if I continue Medifast.
8. The way I feel after I donate money. Even though I'm basically broke, I still try to donate where I can. I did the text for Haiti thing then I donated $25 for this Love Harder cause. It's a blogger that just found out her boyfriend has something called Multiple Myeloma. I donated here: http://loveharder.org/ and so can you!
9. Cool hotels. Last winter, Hubs attended this Beer Advocate beer festival. It was held in Boston and I sorta tagged along. Unlike him, I'm totally NOT into beer. He's a home-brewer and connoisseur of micobrews. He even won an award last summer and his beer is going to be on tap at a New Jersey brewpub soon. More on that another day. Anyway, I figured I could go up to Boston and do some shopping and site seeing. I hadn't been there in nearly 20 years! We stayed at this hotel, The Colonnade. It was amazing. Every little detail was perfect. I didn't want to leave. I wished I could just live in that room. It was decorated exactly in my favorite colors and was totally my taste in design. I loved how our room even had a Keuirg machine with K-cups for coffee and they escorted Hubs in a little Smart Car to his festival so he didn't have to walk in the cold!
Very nice post. I agree about the followers, it really motivates me as it does you I'm sure. Two weeks ago I had 25, now I have 50. Not sure how in the heck that happened but I'm happy about it.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy this post, enjoy your blog.
Any word on the job yet? :)
They said it would take maybe THREE weeks to hear back. I totally didn't get it, dude. Seriously. If they loved me they would have had me stay all day helping them. If they had loved me, they would have sent me off to see the HR girl before I left. Trust me. I also got the feeling that maybe they "try out" a lot of people. Totally bummed but trying to think of that "everything happens for a reason" crap.
ReplyDeleteWell, they also have to take the time to try out others and check your references and what not.
ReplyDeleteHave faith :)
Hey Ally
ReplyDeleteI love that waking up and realisng I have a few more hours sleep left!
You'll hit that 100 mark with followers in no time!
Kitty x
Great list. Regarding number 5, I've actually had a cutting experience that wasn't right.
ReplyDeleteI had a single item and I was behind this 90 year old women with a full cart and she told me to go ahead of her. On one hand I wanted to get out quickly, but on the other it just felt wrong to cut in front of an old lady. In the end I just told her I was fine and waited the extra ten minutes.
Actually, I might be the only person in the world that doesn't like getting flowers.
ReplyDeleteMy cat shreds them. Then I have to vacuum. Bummer.
#8 really hits home for me and my hubs. I love donating time, goods, money whenever I can . It is good for my soul.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun list. And no, #1 not sick- I soooooo know what you mean about vacuuming a rug and it looking all beautiful again! Like a little miracle!
What a fun post Ally!!!!
I am keeping my fingers crossed about a great job for you
I never was a crier until I had my 2nd child. Wow! Apparently I have a lot of pent-up tears!
ReplyDeleteI like vacuum marks too, it is the mark of "clean" and then they are gone in an hour :-(
I am following you - reaching 100 is super exciting!!!!!!
i cried when i got my kitchen aid mixer at my shower. i put that on the registry thinking no one would ever get that, but john's mom did. pretty awesome!
ReplyDeleteI love waking up and realizing I have a few more hours to sleep.... My favorite is when I wake up at 6, and then I remember that it's Saturday.... No work at all....
ReplyDeleteLooks like you made 100. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteGreat list. I'm with you on the comments and followers thing, oh and the waking up at 3am and knowing I can turn over and go back to sleep for another 4 and a half blissful hours!
ReplyDeleteAt the moment I'm also loving 'Glee' (it's just started over here in the UK) and tomato soup with crusty white bread. YUM!
Kate x
I'm following you now and you are currently at 97!
ReplyDeleteI will be pumped when I reach 100... right now I'm at like 88 (I think). And I am completely with you about liking blog comments and followers (although I really only want people to follow me who actually enjoy reading my blog... I don't follow people just to "follow them." I only follow them if I actually read their blog and enjoy it).
Oh, and that hotel looked super cool!
AND... I also like waking up and realizing I still have a few hours left (on the other hand, it's upsetting when I wake up and glance at the alarm clock only to discover that I have to be up in 15 minutes).
Check you out! You hit 100 Followers!!!
ReplyDeleteCONGRATS!!!
Thanks everyone for all of your input, feedback, follows and basically just being rockin' bloggers!
ReplyDeleteI think I cried the first time I used our Dyson. It's like we could finally win the war on dog fur.
ReplyDeleteI love hotels! LOVE them! It's a bit strange but man, I could live in one forever.
ReplyDeleteI also love commenters! It feels good to get them doesn't it?
I absolutely LOVE my place when it's just been vacumed too. Best feeling in the world. And if it's a little ocd, who cares lol xo
ReplyDeleteGreat post, especially the freshly vacuumed carpet. I hate cleaning but love the feeling of a clean carpet, mostly cuz I walk barefoot through the house. Anyway, congratulations on the followers!
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