haiku 08/31/2007

stanzas 1-2 written for Haiku Friday
stanzas 3-6 written at home in evening

Oh, today sucks, but
I always have time for a
little haiku! You??

Thank god for three-day
weekends. Next week is a three-
day work week, too! Yay!

It arrived today!
Postcards from a Honeymoon
I am thrilled with it.

I heart Blurb.com!

Our someday-kids will love it.

Legend, here I come.

Alltaglich*: Vol. One

was my inspiration for

my haiku project.

I bought it from Blurb

and it's really cool! Megan

is so talented!

* assuming three-syllable pronunciation

haiku 08/30/2007

Busy busy day

today. Car wash and softball

game. And hot dogs. Yum.

 

Poor hubby is sick.

He stayed home today. I hope

he is better soon!

 

happy list 08/30/2007

08/30/2007

• Friends' birthdays
• Weighing yourself and having the result be a lot better than you thought
• Kewlie's "Show me your..." photo polls on thenest
• My pink and brown striped, short-sleeved, polo shirt that Mark calls "trendy"

happy list 08/29/2007

08/29/2007

 

• The first Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte of the season
• Tom Rogers' impression of Joe Konior's laugh
• Peanut butter crackers
• Mini candy bars
• When Joe Konior giggles to himself at his desk - it's contagious!
• When a meeting you expect to be horrendous isn't bad at all and doesn't last for very long
• Dooble!!
• Running and finishing the 10k leg of a triathlon - maybe not at your best pace, but finishing nonetheless
• Jim Hanks' uncanny ability to find brand new state quarters before anyone else
• Going to bed feeling kind of ill, but waking up feeling much better

 

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why oh why does the
header picture not show up
when i view from work??

happy list 08/28/2007

08/28/2007

• The chorus from the song "All Will Break" (song, by Last Days of April, used on Roswell, Season 1, Episode 16, DVD version)
• Being able to get work done at home because it's so quiet
• Pam & Jim on "The Office" (tv show, US version)
• Exchanging extremely silly text messages with my husband [include tonight's photos]
• "Eureka" (tv Show)
• Amelie (movie)
• Our huge rose "bush" that started from a tiny abandoned rose "plant" [include pictures]
• My Knotties (B, C, J, and L)
• Coconut + chocolate = yumm-o
• Cute t-shirts with your first initial on the front
• Reconnecting with an old friend
• The new Jimmy Stewart $.41 stamps
• Recording every episode of Murder, She Wrote that is on each day and always having one to watch (and the fact that there were 12 seasons of Murder, She Wrote!)
• Aleve liquid gels

haiku 08/28/2007

Today's day off not

as productive, but still nice!

Four-day weekends rock.

 

HOA meeting

was long, but could have been worse.

Another one soon.

 

Molliwood is back!

Having fun with my new blog.

My intro haiku:

Just a little blog

That no one else will read. It's

really just for me.

 

happy list 08/24/2007

• Looking through other people's book previews on Blurb.com
• "Money can't buy happiness.  But it CAN buy a candy necklace at Woolworth's, and that's pretty close." - John Dill
• Our china cabinet, filled with our china and nice stuff. [picture]
• The Bluebird of Happiness we received as a wedding gift. [picture 7764]
• Taking pictures of things on my happy list.
• Vera Bradley notebooks [picture - already included for 08/19/2007 haiku]
• Writing haiku everyday for my "A Year of Haiku" project
• Formula One's new (as of 2006) knockout qualifying format
• Tassimo Chai Latte
• Shane Townley art (shanetownley.com)
• Spending a whole year collecting little things to give Deborah for her birthday and Hanukkah
• Smiley face stickers
• Joe Konior's happy list.  As of 08/24/2007: [include]
   solving a cold case, a bloomin' onion,
   having a scapegoat, kicking puppy dogs,
   kung fu grip, life-like hair, big foot sightings, aliens,
   over-sugared fresh-squeezed lemonade,
   the fun sins (but not the deadly ones) / the Jesus-approved sins,
   motivational quotes, moral on demand,
   moral gone wild (new for 2007!), rodeo clowns,
   birds, Mem Sahib, lemon-scented moist towelettes,
   cheesecake, barbecued baby-back ribs, Coveting,
   fire-breathing clowns, slouching, sitting in the catbird seat,
   a jet pack, a beard of bees, didgeridoos,
   Wonka Bottle Caps: The Soda Pop Candy
• Sunsilk's line of "Anti-Poof" hair products and that they actually work
• Digital SLR cameras
• Finding a CD of songs that were hits the year you were born
• The musical group "The Vitamin String Quartet," which remakes popular (rock, alternative, etc) hits using a string quartet
• Crabtree & Evelyn Gardeners Hand Therapy lotion
• Liking your new last name
• A red Swingline TOT50 stapler
  

 

happy list 08/25/2007

This is the complete list for 08/25/2007 - I previously sent an incomplete list, which I have removed.

08/25/2007

• Retroplex (TV channel)
• Psych (TV show)
• Backrubs from my husband
• Using a Formula One pen to sign the papers to buy your house
• Anne Taintor art
• Classic movie postcards
• Colorfully designed Kleenex boxes
• My collection of Quotablecards cards
• Getting a Vera Bradley bag for 50% off
• Bath & Body Works' "Sensual Amber" scent
• The Verizon Chocolate Cherry cell phone
• The whole, wonderful Harry Potter series of books
• Stephen King's column in Entertainment Weekly magazine

haiku 08/27/2007

Nice to have a day

off and get stuff done! I have

tomorrow off, too!

 

Today was sunny

and bright. I wouldn't mind some

rain clouds tomorrow.

 

Rain is kind of nice

and relaxing. And not quite

as hot and sticky.

 

 

happy list 08/27/2007

• How bright and happy our kitchen is in the morning when the sun is streaming in
• Taking a day off from work so that you can do whatever you want, and then actually getting to do whatever you want.
• Finding fun stuff while you're cleaning.
• Tickle Me Elmo Extreme and his unrelentless goofiness
• Being given a Tickle Me Elmo Extreme for Valentine's Day (when you're 31)
• "If you don't know there's a trampoline in the room, you're not going to dust the ceiling for prints." - Captain Donald Cragen (Dann Florek), Law & Order: SVU, Episode 4.11 , 01/20/2003, "Damaged"
• "God bless Molly Ringwald. And this Molly. Ah, the hell with it! God bless Mollys everywhere!" - J.D. (Zach Braff), Scrubs, Episode 4.08, 10/26/2004, "My Last Chance"
• Buffy: Season Eight comic books
• The Dark Tower: Gunslinger Born comic books
• Decoupaging a lightswitch panel with Paper Source paper that matches the paint in your office. [include photo]
• Having six gmail accounts - maiden name, married name, two for posting to bulletin boards, one for the group you have with your girlfriends, and one for a blog
• When a chocolate chip cookie is hand-delivered to you on the couch
• Angela Lansbury in Gaslight (movie, 1944)
• "Super Tape": the double-sided heavy-duty craft tape that looks like it is red.
• The poem my dad wrote in ode to the guest room February 2005, which we framed and hung (in the guest room):

Eleven brown torties

      Spinning in the breeze

Four Paris pictures

      Pretty as you please

A lighthouse

Some wicker

And flowers in a vase

It's oh so nice to finally be

At Molli and Terry's place

• Craft paper cutters
• Tiger barb fish
• Starting a blog
• The baby pictures of us that I had displayed at our wedding reception [include]
• The Maggie Sottero Brittanya bridal gown
• Having to wait while a family of geese crosses the road

photos to go with happy list 08/26/2007

Spode China photos to go with happy list from 08/26/2007 - one close-up of a mug that I just took a few days ago, the other of a bunch of the stuff, which I took in 2004 - my collection is a lot bigger now. Will need to decide which one I want to use, or if I want to take a different one.


This is the pic that they took as we got in line for the ferry to visit Alcatraz. Can you tell it's fake? We were standing in front of a backdrop :)

photo to go with haiku on 08/19/1007

Can also include with Happy List.

photo to go with haiku on 08/21/2007

photo to go with haiku on 08/18/2007

Can also include with Happy List

Haiku - 08/26/2007

Ooh, I had a good
haiku started, but now I
can't remember it!

That will teach me to
always write them down as soon
as they come to mind.

Crab cakes for dinner!
Then, I made a blog for my
haiku/happy lists!

happy list 08/26/2007

since it is officially 08/27/2007, here is my happy list for 08/26!

08/26/2007
Paper Source's motto: Do Something Creative Everyday
Lewis Hamilton (F1 driver)
Pur Water filters and dispensers
Fitting into almost everything in your box of skinny clothes
Digital photo frames
Big Starbucks' mugs
Sugar-free hazelnut coffee creamer
The photo from our Honeymoon of us standing in front of the Alcatraz backdrop, before we got on the ferry to go to the island [include scan]
Spode Christmas Tree Christmas china
Murder, She Wrote (TV show)
Canon EOS Rebel XTi Digital SLR cameras

Haiku - 08/19/2007 - 08/25/2007

Sunday, August 19, 2007

 

Bought a notebook for

my haiku. Vera Bradley

Capri Melon. Cute!

 

[include photo]

 

 

Monday, August 20, 2007

 

Pancakes for dinner.

Bacon kind fo strange and thin.

Not as good as dad's!

 

Roswell Season Two

Disc 5. More than halfway done!

C'mon Max & Liz!

 

 

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

 

Happy Birth Day to

Adam J. Mazzariello!

Two cute boys for Mazz!

 

Using my new Brick

Martha Stewart "Writing Pen."

Can't resist craft stuff.

 

Finished photo book.

Postcards from a Honeymoon

Can't wait to see it!

 

[include Glass Beach photo I used on cover of Postcards book]

 

 

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

 

"You're the poem, Liz."

That's what Liz's dad told her.

Roswell, Season three.

 

Napping on the couch.

Just about my favorite

Thing to do, ever.

 

 

Thursday, August 23, 2007

 

Unremarkable

day. Work, store, nap, Roswell, food,

more Roswell. Bedtime!

 

Working on my list:

Things to be happy about.

Spiders? Not on it.

 

 

Friday, August 24, 2007

written for Haiku Friday

 

This week was quick in

the beginning, but started

to drag.  Almost done.

 

Four-day weekend for

me! So excited. Going

to get stuff done. YAY!

 

 

Saturday, August 25, 2007

 

First day of extra

long weekend starts with F1

quali in Turkey.

 

Roswell is all done.

I just finished Season Three.

It was a great show!

 

Don't tell my husband

but I am in love with an

alien named Max :)

 

 

Haiku - 08/15/2007 - 08/18/2007

Wednesday, August 15, 2007
written August 16, 2007

Mom and Dad, thirty-
seven years! Here's to many
more Sox games for you!


Thursday, August 16, 2007

Last day of our Stair
Challenge (flights). Best Daily Mean?
One hundred, by me!


Friday, August 17, 2007

Three reviews at work
today. Better to give than
receive. Big girl now!


Saturday, August 18, 2007
written August 19, 2007 in the shower

wiffe ball tourney.
everyone sunburned. what a
silly (but fun!) sport.

[include pics from tourney. 7635, and another? one of me?]

happy list 08/18/2007

wiffle ball tournaments [include picture 7635]

a freshly paved road

Sprite Zero

Getting orange dishes to go with your red dishes

Diet Dr. Pepper Berries & Creme soda

Red USB harddrives [picture]

 

 

Project Numero Dos

My second project is pretty new - I just started it about a week and a half ago.

I was browsing Blurb.com and I came across a really cool book called Alltaglich: Sketchbook No. One. The book is a collection of sketches from the author. She came up with the idea because she wanted to support her husband's participation in NaNoWriMo (participating in NaNoWriMo is one of my goals). To support him, she started sketching one thing a day - one ordinary, everyday thing like a shoe or a glass or a pen. She posted them to a blog (and still does - she's still going!), but she also decided to publish some of them in volumes, on Blurb. She is currently selling her first two volumes (Here's her Blurb profile). In one of her little comments, she challenges everyone to come up with something they can do everyday.

I love the idea of that, but am about as creative as a fruit fly. I thought for a bit and what came to me but Haiku. I love haiku - I pink puffy heart love it. A few months ago, some of us started doing "Haiku Friday" on thenest (a bulletin board I visit now and again), and occasionally we take off on strings of wild haiku - it's kind of a natural choice. Doesn't take all that much talent to make them coherent :)

What I would like to do is write them for a year and then publish them in a 7x7 book from Blurb. I've already started the book, actually - I am thinking of doing a "Volume One" next month, after I've done about a month's worth, just to see how it'll turn out; test drive backgrounds and colors and whatnot. I've bought a notebook in which I am currently keeping each day's haiku. That's working out fine - I love notebooks :) But, if I am going to use a blog to help with my happy list, then it's not a bad idea to use it for my haiku, too. I can publish them daily, or save them up and publish them every few days.... I plan to include photos with some, as well, and I could post those here, too.

So, that's the idea behind this project. Oooh, I even already have a title for my book - and it's haiku :) But I'll hang onto that for now. I'll tag each of these posts with "yearofhaiku" - not just "haiku" in case I want to post something haiku-related that isn't project-related :)

Project Numero Uno

Okay, my real reason for being here: my "projects."

Project Numero Uno is one that's been going on for a long time - since college. After seeing/perusing the book 14,000 Things to Be Happy About, I decided that I needed to keep my own happy list.

What I have was collected in a few lumps. The first "lump" was from November 1995 and before. I did a big update in 1997, and have been adding to it here and there, though "adding to it" has mostly consisted of writing things on napkins or in notebooks or notepad docs, and hoping that I'll eventually collect them altogether. This is going to be part of my attempt to collect them altogether. I am thinking that maybe sometime next year, I will publish a book of what I have so far via Blurb.com, a cool photo book publishing site.

I am hoping this will be a useful means to keeping my list organized - maybe email myself once a day with the days list of things? Or, do that AND keep them in a notebook, and upload the notebook once a week? Something like that.

Well, that's the first one :) I'll tag all of those posts with "happylist" so that I can find them easily.

This is just a test, part deux

Just working on how to upload pics :)

Alright!

Well, that was easy - the whole email thing!  I wonder if there is a way to include a tag/label for a post, via email?

This is just a test :)

Just testing to see if I can email in a blog post!  That will make things quite easy!

The Beginning

Well, I am under no disillusion that anyone is going to read this :) That isn't even why I'm setting it up. But I figured that I might as well - maybe someday I would want to have one and the name I would want would be taken. But mostly, at the moment, I have two little projects I'm working on, and this might be a good way for me to track what I'm doing. So, that's my plan - use this for my A Year of Haiku and Happy List projects. Maybe it'll be easier than trying to keep track of a million different text files. :)

Recent Updates

March 20, 2008 December 18, 2008

I figured I would make a post of recent updates and just update it when there are updates and include the permalink on the front page of the blog. It will probably be easier that way.

The most recent updates will be listed first.

• 12/18/08 - More new happy list entries!! :)
  
• 09/03/08 - New happy list entries!! :)
  
• 03/26/08 - Added haiku from 3/21, 3/22, 3/23, and 3/24. Added happy list for today (compiled from the last few days).
  
• 03/21/08 - Added yesterday's haiku.
  
• 03/20/08 - Added happy list - March, Part 1, and happy list - February 2nd half
  
• 03/20/08 - Created new Recent Update page.
  
• 03/20/08 - Finished updating - added Haiku for 03/15-03/19. Added one photo to haiku 02/25/2008 and updated another. Added photo to haiku 02/24/2008. Updated haiku stats.
• 03/18/08 - Added Haiku from 03/03 to 03/14.
• 03/16/08 - Added Haiku from 02/19 to 03/02. Changed dates on recent haiku (mid-Feb) to the actual dates of the haikus. Updated haiku stats.