Thursday

Jenny's Whole Foods List

1. Organic apples
2. Organic tomatoes
3. B-Fresh Bubble Gum
4. La Victoria enchilada sauce
5. Organic kidney beans
6. Water chestnuts
7. Bamboo shoots
8. Jar of tomato sauce
9. Canned cherry pie filling
10. Bragg's sauce
11. Corn tortillas
12. Wheat tortillas
13. Earth Balance
14. Vegan rice cheese
15. Ravioli
16. Rice dream bites
17. Frozen sliced bread

Wednesday

Shows I've Caught Up On While On The Break

1. Glee
2. Flash Forward
3. Modern Family
4. Guiliana and Bill

Tuesday

To Do This Week

1. Write Christmas thank you notes
2. Take down Christmas decorations
3. Clean out R's belly button
4. Plan a super-fancy vegan brunch
5. Return a few gifts
6. Make hair appointment

Monday

New Words I've Learned Lately

1. Adz
2. Suq
3. Jeed
4. Jo
5. Ai
6. Aver
7. Dev
8. Goy
9. Azo
10. Jin
11. Oxo
12. Aa
13. Sae

Sunday

What Sounds Good To Eat Now That I Can Eat Again

1. Vegetarian Dinner #1 from El Maguey, smothered in salsa and queso
2. Mexican Villa burrito
3. Pizza from Il Vicino
4. My Mom's spaghetti and garlic bread
5. Chicago Diner vegan chocolate chip cheesecake
6. Veggie Chili Nachos from McAlisters
7. Little Pizzas
8. Monkey Bread from Boulevard
9. My Mom's veggie, sauce, and cheese sandwiches

Saturday

What's Upsetting My Daughter Lately

1. Going to bed
2. Waking up
3. Getting dressed
4. Eating
5. Wearing socks
6. Turning off Sesame Street
7. Me holding her brother
8. Not having her binky and blankie
9. Getting in her carseat
10. Diaper changes
11. Having her hair fixed
12. Her face being wiped off
13. Being touched if she's already on the verge

Friday

Words I Can Make From "Christmas"

1. Mast
2. Mi
3. Mars
4. Mash
5. Math
6. Marsh
7. Miss
8. Mist
9. Mica
10. Marc
11. Ma
12. Chris
13. Crash
14. Chat
15. Christ
16. Cram
17. Chasm
18. Cat
19. Mat
20. Mast
21. Match
22. Hi
23. Hiss
24. Him
25. Ham
26. Has
27. Ha
28. Ram
29. Rich
30. Rim
31. Rat
32. It
33. Is
34. Itch
35. I
36. Sac
37. Sat
38. Shirt
39. Sham
40. Shit
41. Stir
42. Star
43. Sit
44. Sic
45. Sir
46. Sat
47. Scar
48. Scat
49. Scam
50. A
51. Sam
52. Ira
53. Ti
54. Tar
55. This
56. Tram
57. Tim
58. Ass
59. Am
60. Act
61. Acts
62. As
63. Ami
christmas
64. At
65. Aim
66. Arm
67. Arc
68. Arch
69. Art
70. Mart
71. Ari
72. Ah

Last Night's To Do List

1. Folded and put away the mountain of laundy
2. Filled stockings
3. Picked up the house
4. Loaded the dishwasher
5. Layer out kids clothes to go to Grandma & Grandpas house
6. Drink tons of fluids
7. Made a today to do list

What's In R's Sad Stocking

1. A teddy bear teether
2. A Bass Pro t-shirt
3. A Bass Pro ball cap
4. A toothbrush

Wednesday

Why Being Sick Is Terrible

1. I just had to get a shot in my butt and an IV drip.
2. I am a mommy and hate not being there for my babies.
3. Nothing sounds good to eat.
4. I am not much of a drinker, but I'm supposed to TRIPLE my fluids. I feel like I'm going to float away...
5. It just reminds me of when I used to like getting sick (calling in sick to work, staying home and watching great DVDs all day, drinking Gatorade and eating whatever people would bring me, not getting out of bed for 2 days). This is no longer the case.
6. My poor husband is having to be Mom and Dad.
7. My house looks like a bomb went off. I came home sick, so Arkansas luggage, presents, etc...everywhere.
8. My arm is still sore from my IV.
9. The urgent care people had to see me cry.
10. I have to miss out on some Christmas festivities because I am stupid contagious.

Tuesday

iPhone Game Apps I Have

1. Orbs
2. Words Wirh Friends
3. Unblock Me
5. Word Warp
6. LineUp
7. Shipwreck
8. Sudoku
9. Trio Pro
10. Twilight Trivia
11. Movie Trivia
12. Bible Trivia

Monday

Fun Stuff I Got For Arkansas Christmas

1. Christopher Radko ornaments
2. A few shirts
3. Teakettle
4. Shoes
5. A super cute necklace
6. Some Amanda Linn art
7. Kids books
8. Tea tree oil dental care system :)
9. Tablecloth

Things I Like That Are Purple

1. Grape Kool-Aid
2. Clothes, bags, jewelry, etc. W and I have really been into purple (and gray) lately.
3. Riptide Rush Frost Gatorade.
4. Eggplant
5. My reusable shopping bag
6. Remi's new coat
7. Some Kate Quinn Organics sheets I want to buy for W
8. Grape juice
9. My Splendid buttoned cardigan
10. My fancy clutch

Saturday

What We Got Mom For Christmas

1. A new blue Kitchenaid mixer, complete with bowl lift technology
2. New white and blue dishes
3. A couple loaf pans
4. Cute little stocking stuffers

Friday

Our Christmas Stockings

1. Mine- partridge in a pear tree
2. Husbands- fir trees in snow
3. W's- Rudolph
4. R's- Christmas train
5. Doggy- bells and bones

Thursday

Today's To Do List

1. Fold laundry
2. Pack for Arkansas
3. Finish little sister's birthday gift
4. Pack supper for car
5. Straighten up house
6. Bathe babes

Wednesday

Ways I Can Reach My Husband During The Day

1. His cell phone
2. Work phone
3. Text message
4. His work email
5. My new favorite, a message through "words with friends" (iPhone game app)

Tuesday

Epicurious Predicts Top Food Trends For 2010

*This is a borrowed list. To read this interesting article, which includes what will be "out" in 2010, click here. Please be annoyed that they called it a "top 10 list," but it only had nine!
1. Dish: Fried Chicken
2. Dessert: Mini Whoopie Pies
3. Ingredient: Lamb
4. Health Trend: Eating an immunity-building diet
5. Profession: Butcher
6. Drink: Homemade Beer
7. City: Vancouver
8. Entertaining Trend: Potlucks
9. Sex Symbol: Sam Kass

Monday

What I'm Hoping A Can Do For Me This Week

1. Spray paint some wood
2. Buy his parents Christmas gifts
3. Watch the kids Wednesday night
4. Take the recycling to the drop
5. Pick up my mom's birthday gift
6. Pack the car and drive us to AR for Christmas

Sunday

Favorite Things At The Zoo

1. The prairie dogs
2. The guinea pigs (I don't like them, but W LOVES petting them)
3. The sea lion show
4. Giraffes
5. Big cat country
6. Elephants
7. The hippo tanks
8. Penguin and puffin building

Saturday

What's On R's Pajamas

1. Different kinds of ships- pirate, tugboats, sailboats, etc
2. Whales
4. The word "Pirate"
5. Palm trees
6. The words honk, aye aye captain, treasure
7. Skull & crossbones
8. Rafts
9. Arrows
10. Submarine eye

Friday

Whole Foods Grocery List

1. Cinnamon
2. Blueberries
3. Pinto beans
4. Soymilks
5. Orange juice
6. W's milk
7. Pizza dough
8. Spinach
9. Frozen waffles
10. Toilet bowl cleaner
11. Body wash
12. Tortillas
13. Cheese

Thursday

Different Ways I Use My Veggie-Laden Sauce For W

1. With brown rice, pasta, or quinoa
2. On bread pizza
3. As a dipping sauce for cheese and crackers
5. Warmed up as soup
6. In lieu of ketchup

Wednesday

Food That's Making Me Happy Lately

1. Last 4 meals (besides breakfasts): homemade pimento cheese on toast and brown beans with ketchup
2. If you are what you eat, I'm an entire blueberry scones loaf. In one day.
3. Huge quantities of grape juice. Dark purple goodness.
4. Whenever I feel [insert any negative emotion] I make a chai tea latte. I've had a lot of those lately.
5. Nonni's cranberry butter on cinnamin raisin bread every morning for breakfast. I bought the Ezekiel Bread kind to feel better about myself.
6. Winnie loving quinoa and Andy having no idea what it is.

Tuesday

My Little Sister's Way Cool Because...

1. She can play the guitar and sing really well
2. She dresses cool and confidently
3. She has a very distinct style
4. She hangs out with interesting people and goes to interesting places
5. I think she's very loyal and brave
6. She knows how to have real fun with the kids in my family
7. She has great taste and is an awesome gift giver
8. She is the most pleasantly awkward person I've ever known
9. She doesn't care about what people think of her
10. She has a big heart
11. Not many people make me REALLY laugh, A LOT. She does.
12. She would stand up and fight for me if I needed her to
13. She has opinions on things. Too many people don't.

Monday

What I'm Cooking Today

1. Brown beans
2. Quinoa
3. Brown rice
4. Pimento cheese
5. Blueberry scones
6. Tomato sauce

Sunday

Things I Don't Like

1. Weird neighbors
2. Feeling anxious
3. Not getting any sleep
4. Stressful encounters with Santa
5. Feeling like a bad doggy mommy
6. Breastfeeding
7. Nausea
8. W fighting sleep
9. When I forget about some produce I've bought (apples today) and find them, oh too late
10. Melted ice cream

Saturday

Poems I Can Recite

1. Stringbean Small- Shel Silverstein
2. Psalm 63- David
3. To An Athlete Dying Young- A.E. Housman
4. Because I Could Not Stop For Death- Emily Dickinson
5. It's Spring- Samantha Berger
6. I am not counting songs as poetry, but I know they are

Friday

What We're Doing This Weekend

1. Buying some Christmas presents for my mom
2. Pictures with Santa at City Sprouts
3. Dinner at Whole Foods tonight
4. I'm cleaning the bathroom
5. W quality time with Al and with Maggie

Thursday

Reasons I Dont Want W Growing Up

1. She seems to get sassier with age
2. I went to the store Justice this weekend
3. I cry every time I look through her baby photos
4. I want her to forever call me Mama in the voice she does now. It melts me.
5. She thinks I'm cool now.
6. That means I'm also getting older
7. She is so cute right now. How can I freeze time?

Wednesday

What's On The Daybed With Me Right Now

1. Black velvet pillow
2. Black and gray patterned pillow
3. Little black and white striped pillow
4. Rush's Isa Booties
5. The Grinch stuffed toy
6. Rush's cardigan
7. Christmas snowman pillow
8. Dishtowel that stinks of spit-up...really bad
9. Rush

Tuesday

What I'm Doing Since I Can't Sleep

1. Scouring the app store for something interesting.
2. Playing Shipwreck
3. This, duh.
4. Planning/thinking/obsessing/wondering/etc.
5. Biting my nails
6. Found a pkg from Addition on the counter for me. Opened it. Loved it.
7. Got R back to sleep.
8. Looking around on iTunes.
9. Thankful some people updated their blogs
10. Tried to come up with some gift ideas for A.
11. Invented some leg stretches because I don't know any real ones.
12. Went over the state capitols.
13. Praying