Happy Birthday Brother

Today is my brother's 13th birthday. It's almost impossible for me to believe that he is 13. My brother and I have an interesting realtionship. Since he was 7 he's made it his mission to destroy me (in a funny albeit annoying manner). Now that he's in his teens, I'm not sure I'll make through his teen years. Can't wait to see how I get through the next five years, until he makes it adulthood.

Spoilers

I love spoilers of all sorts. I love movie spoilers, television spoilers, and book spoilers. Reading spoilers, especially movie spoilers allows me to understand movie references without having to sit through the actual movie. Thanks to movie spoilers I've saved money and time while still being able to read the entire story.

Lists

Today I was very productive. My secret: a list. I am the queen of lists. When I was in school I'd have lists on my computer, in my day planner, and on a dry erase board. I love the feeling of crossing things off my list. In this phase in my life where I'm post-education and pre-full-time employment I forgot about how productive I was with lists. Having a chore or assignment on my list makes me accountable, I have to get it done. Because I put it on my list, I went to the bank and signed up at a new gym. And now, near the end of my day it feels really good to have everything crossed off my life.

Time

As the holiday season starts I'm always hit with the idea of how there is never enough time. With less than a month before Christmas I need to shop, bake, clean, and all the other everyday chores/jobs. More than that, I've known for a while that my dreams and aspirations are too much for one lifetime. There are so many things I want to be: lawyer, writer, wife, mother, teacher, loyal friend, consultant living London, diplomat, actress, singer, bed and breakfast owner... the list goes on. The hardest part is realizing that I won't be able to make all those dreams come true, there isn't enough time.

Indiana Jones

This afternoon I decided to waste a couple hours watching part of an Indiana Jones marathon on tv. While I watched I thought of the millions of things I should be doing including cleaning and doing laundry (the hamper is overflowing). But on rainy Saturday afternoons watching tv is just more enticing. I haven't seen Indiana Jones in a while and I've never seen the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark, just my luck I always start watching in the middle. Something that struck me while watching was the type of hero Indiana Jones is. In one scene he is fighting with a henchman. When the tables turn and the henchman is about to be killed Indiana tries to help him. It's something to be said about the PG, PG-13 heroes,  they can turn the other cheek and try to save someone who seconds earlier tried to kill them.

Christmas Season

Today marks one month until Christmas. While many were out taking advantage of Black Friday deals I was home with my family decorating the outside of our house. It's a couple day process, getting our house fully decorated. We make sure that there are so many lights and decorations planes flying overhead could see it. This year we added a new feature, a candy cane house made from our old playhouse. Once the house is fully decorated I will post pictures and you will see what a couple afternoons of work, dozens strands of light, ten plastic figures and two rolls of white and red duct tape gives you.

Happy thanksgiving

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