haiku 10/31/2007

written 11/03/2007

Happy Halloween!
Weather is nice, perfect for
the trick-or-treaters.

Decided not to
hand out candy. It doesn't
feel like Halloween.

Made T a nice pre-
NaNo dinner. Alfredo,
shrimp, and brownies, too.

Rabbit Rabbited
at midnight, but decided
not to write quite yet.

haiku 10/30/2007

Daddy Perk was in
town! Just for the evening. Went
to dinner, came home.

Ice cream and F1
magazines. He's headed to
sunny Dayton.

Dinner at Outback.
Nice warm soup (on this chilly
night) and chicken, too.

Kimi is smiling
on Dad's Autosport! Lots of
good articles, too.

Tested Digital
Voice Recorder while on the
treadmill. Will work fine!

happy list 10/29/2007

10/29/2007

• The Red Sox winning the World Series

happy list 10/28/2007

10/28/2007

• Found objects, found art, objet trouvé
• Trader Joe's (grocery store)

 

happy list 10/27/2007

10/27/2007

• My new Friday night TV lineup, Ghost Whisperer, Moonlight, Numb3rs: the supernatural, vampires, and math - three of my favorite things!
• "Who the hell doesn't want to be a feminist? A feminist is someone who believes in the beliefs, desires, and abilities of women, whatever their choices. That's the point." - barkers4jmm, thenest.com

 

happy list 10/26/2007

10/26/2007

• Cotton socks
• Bags with square bottoms
• World Map shower curtains
• The Writer's Almanac, with Garrison Keillor, on NPR
• Random writing on dollar bills
• The peanut butter in Reese's Peanut Butter cups

haiku 10/29/2007

written 10/30/2007

Monday Monday. How
many haiku can I start
like that? Guess we'll see.

Normal Monday, but
Terry offered to cook. I
stopped and got groceries.

Came home and worked on
novel prep. Read Exeter
handbook; drew school map.

Answered deep questions:
character's biggest flaws? What
drives her, makes her tick?

Wrote on lots of note
cards. Still optimistic that
NaNo will go well.

haiku 10/28/2007

Slept late again! This
is becoming a habit.
Gorgeous, sunny day.

Made breakfast. Went to
Trader Joe's for fixins for
chili for dinner.

Picked up a little
digital voice recorder
to use for NaNo.

(While on treadmill or
driving. Not easy to write
while doing those things.)

Chili was good, but
different. Also got pumpkin
cake. Very yummy!

Started to reread
A Wrinkle in Time: one of
my favorite books.

Watched TV, prepped for
NaNo. It was a nice day.
Now, four-day work week.

haiku 10/27/2007

~ 7:06 a.m. ~

To walk, or not to
walk. That is the question. It
is still raining. Ugh.

~ 3:41 p.m. ~

Skipped the walk. Fell back
to sleep and got up around
ten-thirty. So late!

~ 7:59 p.m. ~

Made nifty spreadsheet
to track my NaNoWriMo
word count next month. Cool.

~ 11:42 p.m. ~

Working on school for
novel. Modeling after
Phillips Exeter.

Still need a name for
the school. Granger, Lewiston,
Winslow, Cavendish?

Hampton, Havelock,
Abingdon, Windsor, Swansea,
Haverhill, Chelmsford?

Hmm... Chamberlain or
Westover or Reading? Or...?
I'll pick one of those.

The characters? Elle
Chambers, Danni Dean, Maxwell
Dillon, Mat Jackson. *

These are the good guys.
Toying with naming the bad
guy Eric Barlow. *

All names subject to
change depending on my mood,
and word count status.

haiku 10/26/2007

-written for Haiku Friday-

Don't we all need some
cheery haiku on dreary
Friday? Yes, we do!

First, we all complain
it's too dry, and now it's just
too wet. One more day?

Weekend looks normal.
Memory Walk in DC
tomorrow - maybe.

Dress shopping for two
weddings in the next three weeks.
(One's in Vegas, yeah!)

What's on your plate for
the weekend? Halloween prep?
World Series watching?

- later, at home-

Work was okay - lunch
out for Joe's going-away.
Worked out in work gym.

Catching up on last
night's T.V. then, maybe will
watch tonight's new shows.

Happy for weekend.
So rainy, but soon to clear.
Hoping to relax.

haiku 10/25/2007

-written 10/25/2007-

Glad when work day was
over. Not an easy day.
Came home and releaxed.

Took some photos for
happy list and haiku. Hard
Times chili dinner.

(T picked it up on
his way home.) Watched T.V. and
worked on book outline.

haiku 10/24/2007

Went into D.C.
and visited the Portrait
Gallery with work.

First, ate at the Chop-
house. Yummy chicken sandwich.
Bacon-cheese goodness.

The gallery was
packed with expressive faces.
Paintings, sculputres, more.

Took some photos. Tried
to frame the art so that you
would see something new.

haiku 10/23/2007

-written 10/24/2007-

 

Hmm, I can barely

remember anything that

happened yesterday.

 

Umm... crazy work. For

dinner, leftovers. Before

that, worked out. Then, House!

haiku 10/22/2007

-1:23 a.m.-

Been outlining for

my NaNo novel. Told T,

and he's been helping.

Have characters (five!),

general storyline, and

some good details, too.

Should be good to go

once Nov. first rolls around. Now

I really can't wait!

There was some minor

drama in Brazil after

the race. Gafaffle!

But it worked out - the

FIA didn't go nuts.

Kimi is still champ!

-afternoon-

Yesterday's haiku

was so long! Twenty-seven

stanzas! On and on!

I'm sure that when this

is all done, that will be the

longest day, or close.

happy list 10/25/2007

10/25/2007

• My new Lean Cuisine Susan G. Komen lunch bag
• My new Fruits & Passions Moringa lip butter, and the cute little tube it came in
• My new NaNoWriMo poster
• Hard Times Cafe chili
• Having many of your photos included in the your company's quarterly slideshow, presented at the monthly staff meeting

happy list 10/24/2007

10/24/2007

• The National Portrait Gallery
• Finding lots of art by Vermont artists (particularly scupltures by Hiram Powers of Woodstock, VT)
• Pictures of me taking pictures
• Lee Friedlander's photographs of monuments

happy list 10/23/2007

10/23/2007

• Spongebob Squarepants bandaids

happy list 10/22/2007

10/22/2007

• A beautiful blue sky
• Nature photography subjects that cooperate

happy list 10/21/2007

10/21/2007

• F1 Championships that come down to the final race and are between three drivers
• Finding a new good luck t-shirt
• Kimi Raikkonen, Formula One World Champion, 2007
• The open road
• A gorgeous fall day
• A successful fantasy football team
• Nathan Fillion (actor)
• The way hubby rigged the deck door so that I can have it open and he'll feel comfortable if I happen to fall asleep on the couch
• Researching superpowers

happy list 10/20/2007

10/20/2007

• My new Vera Bradley Houndstooth Saddlebag purse
• Those flaky sugar cookies from Safeway with the big, thick frosting

haiku 10/21/2007

written at work

Nothing says fun like
still being at work at 3
on Sunday morning.

~ an F1 championship decided, in haiku ~

The race has started.
Good starts for Kimi, and that
other guy - Freddy.

But Lewis made a
mistake and is stuck back in
seventh. Drive drive drive!

Oh no! Some sort of
problem with Lewis' car.
He's back in eighteenth.

Massa is leading.
Kimi in second, Freddy
in third. Oh, Lewis!

First round of stops done.
Massa, Kimi, Freddy. And
Lewis in fourteenth.

How will Ferrari
get Kimi past Massa? In
the pits for certain.

Lewis up to twelfth.
Slowly clawing his way back.
Stuck behind Vettel.

Ninth! He's up to ninth.
Kimi second, Freddy fourth.
Don't know who would win?

Kimi and Freddy
would be tied, I think. Not sure
about tiebreakers.

More than halfway done.
Most nerve-wracking race that I
ever remember.

Lewis is in eighth.
More pit stops coming. Kimi
into first place now??

(McDreamy does voice-
overs for Mazda ads! Too
bad it's only voice.)

Only twenty-two
laps left. If it ended now
Freddy would win it.

KIMI INTO THE
LEAD!! If they finish as-is,
Kimi wins it all!

Aah, I can't take it!
It's just too much! Thank god it's
not always like this!

Hamilton fastest
lap. Too little, too late? He's
still stuck down in 8th.

Eleven laps left.
Kubica just had a great
pass! So much drama!

Down to ten laps left!
Drivers are all over the
place! Craziest race!

Six left. Lewis is
really trying. Looks like it
will be Kimi's race.

Kimi Fastest Lap
with five left. He's not messing
around. Almost there!

ONE LAP LEFT. This
is it! C'mon, just finish
as-is! Almost!!! Yay!

HE WON! KIMI WON!
Feel bad for Lewis; thank god
it wasn't Freddy.

Lewis will have so
many chances, I think. At
least Kimi got one!!

Kimi can smile! Who
knew? It all fell right for him
today. Finally!

Now I have a new
lucky shirt. My Senna T.
The great Brazilian.

So many months 'til
the '08 season starts. Need
to take a long nap.

haiku 10/20/2007

written at maintenance

Here I sit at work
on a quiet Saturday
night. Hubby's here, too.

Rebooting, how fun.
Restarting, even more fun.
Installing stuff, YAY!

We got pizza for
dinner, but this time it was
crappy Ledo's. Blech.

I don't care if they
don't cut corners. It doesn't
improve the pizza.

So, I brought with me
a salad from Chicken Out.
It was not crappy.

I don't mind weekend
work too much, since it's just once
a month. Could be worse.

Looking forward to
tomorrow - and to Monday,
which I have off, yay!

On my second Sprite
Zero. That's my beverage
of choice for these nights.

I'm in charge of snacks,
and bought some fun things. But now
they're hard to ignore.

I should buy snacks I
don't like! Then I won't be so
tempted. Out out, snacks.

So, here I sit. Snacks
tempting, servers rebooting,
waiting, waiting. Snore.

written not for maintenance

Quali for Brazil
was today. Massa took his
sixth for the season.

It all comes down to
tomorrow's race! As long as
Freddy doesn't win!!

I'll be happy with
either Kimi or Lewis
winning the title.

haiku 10/19/2007

Nice day off. Slept in,

ran two miles, watched F1

practice in Brazil.

(Rainy in Brazil.

Huge race this weekend.) Also

took photos outside.

Ran errands. Post-its,

V.B. slippers, some new pens,

a cute new notebook.

The new notebook is

for NaNoWriMo. I am

fairly sure I'll try.

I have yet to tell

Terry about it. He will

think I'm a nutbar.

But, I have my new

notebook and pens. I signed up

on the website, too.

Over the next few

days, I will try to make some

notes about a plot.

Will I be able

to write that much, and also

haiku every day?

And make dinner? And

run? And take photos? And go

to Vegas? And breathe?

haiku 10/18/2007

I seem to have no

good haiku ideas lately.

Am I all dried up?

 

Tomorrow starts a

nice four-day weekend. Have to

work Saturday night.

 

But the rest of the

time? All sorts of fun things to

do. Let's get started!

haiku 10/17/2007

Our new red toaster

oven arrived today! It's

shiny and lovely.

 

Already used for

broiling and cookies. It'll

be really handy!

haiku 10/16/2007

National Boss Day!

What did I get? Red roses

and a monkey card!

 

Delivered to my

office - a complete surprise!

We love monkey cards.

 

The fun surprise was

from Hubby, of course, since he

likes to call me "Boss" :)

 

I received my new

lens from Amazon today!

It's big and fancy.

 

Now I'm really a

big dork. So says the monkey

card-buying husband.

 

So many photos

waiting to be taken! Long

weekend, here I come.

haiku 10/15/2007

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip

cookies at work today. Filled

with pumpkin goodness.

Worked out today for

the sixth time in seven days.

My treadmill, my love.

Do you know what is

rapidly approaching? What

arrives in two weeks?

NaNoWriMo. Do

I have fifty-thousand words

to put on paper?

Can I even write

in a format other than

haiku? I doubt it.

Fifty-thousand words

sure would be rather a lot

of haiku to write!

haiku 10/14/2007

written 10/15/2007

 

Status: Normal. Store,

breakfast, Sunday nap. Workout,

dinner, TV. Done!

 

High School Musical:

bought it yesterday. Watched it

today - a few times!

 

Haven't yet watched the

"Learn the Moves" video. Won't

that be quite the hoot?

 

Today marks two months

of my haiku project! Two-

hundred ten stanzas!

 

Time to get the new

book underway. Will publish

two months in this one.

 

Ten months, one-thousand

stanzas left. Are you set to

keep reading with me?

happy list 10/19/2007

10/19/2007

• Goals you know you can accomplish
• Getting your workout over with in the morning so you don't have to worry about it later in the day
• NaNoWriMo
• Being something different - and maybe new - every day: Tuesday: Hiring Manager; today: Nature Photographer
• Mark Harris' sometimes-column - The Final Cut - in Entertainment Weekly magazine
• Pumpkin butter
• My mug that is covered with my favorite wedding photo of my husband
• Pink ballpoint pens
• Post-it ® Sortable Cards
• Vera Bradley slippers

happy list 10/18/2007

10/18/2007

• Chicken Out mashed potatoes

happy list 10/17/2007

10/17/2007

• Brand new red toaster ovens
• Amazon next-day delivery
• Max Beesley (actor, Charlie on Hotel Babylon)
• Pushing Daisies (tv show)

happy list 10/16/2007

10/16/2007

• Receiving a dozen red roses and a monkey card, at work, for National Boss Day - from your husband, who has nicknamed you "Boss"
• Fancy new camera lenses
• Image Stabilization
• Ultrasonic Motors
• Packages that unexpectedly arrive a day early
• The phrase "monkey card" - it's fun to say!
• Taking a picture and realizing that almost everything in it is red - your favorite color!

happy list 10/15/2007

10/15/2007 

• Picturing my husband wearing snowmen socks
• Making a Happy List To-Do list - things to do or take pictures of because I know they'll make my Happy List
• CSI: Miami in HD
• Alltaglich: Folio No. Two (book, Megan E. Bluhm Foldenauer)

happy list 10/14/2007

10/14/2007

• A new tube of lip gloss
• A little tin of mints with the Vera Bradley Pink Elephants elephant on the lid
• Pumpkin-scented candles

I know, I know!

I know I'm behind!!  I will catch up in the next couple of days.  I have to download my accompanying photos =)

haiku 10/13/2007

Another new pen!

"Purple heliotrope" is

the name of the shade.

 

Found out mom and dad

are getting a puppy! He's

a Golden Doodle!

 

Golden Retriever

and Poodle mix. He's brown and

wavy! And his name?

 

Lewis Hamilton

Perkins, of course!  They pick him

up in a month-ish.

 

Hung out this morning,

ran fun errands later on.

New VB pants, purse!

 

Walked "Light the Night" for

L.L.S. Warmer than last

year, but nicely cool.

haiku 10/12/2007

written for Haiku Friday

Is it Friday? Still
feels like Thursday because of
the holiday. Yay!

So much work to do
and zippy focus. Ready
to go home right now!

written later at home

Haiku Volume 1
arrived today! Cute! Fun to
see how colors looked.

Also, Alltaglich
Folio No. Two. More great
sketches by Megan.

I think the next I
publish (Vol 2) will be two
month's worth. Thicker book!

And cheaper for two
together, thank two unique
books. Will start it soon!

(The design that is.
The haiku are already
written, and blogged, too :) )

Also, making pact
that I will take many more
pics in the next month.

There are only a
few from the past few weeks. They
really add to it.

As the project goes
on, it can certainly grow.
Evolve, if you will.

Verbose day! Almost
out of room. Maybe
today's photo op?

haiku 10/11/2007

Pretty regular

day. So regular, this will

be pretty boring!

 

The Office. was. awe.

some! So many laugh out loud

scenes! All in top form.

haiku 10/10/2007

Surprise! I must have

been good. Pumpkin Cheesecake for

no reason! So good!

Didn't watch new shows -

caught up on Damages - the

season is ending.

written 10/12/2007

Ordered 6 x 6

copies of Happy List mock-

ups. Picked up today.

They look awesome! Put

together in Photoshop.

Came out really great.

Don't know when I will

publish my Happy List. Some

pages will be fun.

Some will be normal

and plain. Publish it all, then

update every year??

haiku 10/09/2007

written on 10/10/2007

 

Will run for backrubs!

That's my new motto. Workout

for two, rub for one.

 

Submitted rest of

vacation today. No more

full weeks of work! YAY!

 

(Well, in two-thousand

seven, that is! And only

three more Fridays, too!)

haiku 10/08/2007

Ah, Columbus day.

Made flower-shaped french toast. Watched

Babel: wasn't bad.

Booked hotel and flights

for next month's trip to Vegas.

Got great price on flights!

Still thinking about

a rental car. Don't think I'll

need it. But we'll see.

Someone did indeed

buy Haiku Vol. 1 on blurb!

Thanks, surprise reader!

Weirdest dreams last night.

Was driving Priti around

a huge, tall highway.

Also about my

Knotties, but that has faded

now. Crazy dreamer.

happy list 10/13/2007

10/13/2007

• Getting paid earlier than expected.
• "Crackling Wick" candles. The wicks are wooden, and it sounds like a burning fire. Very soothing!
• Gigantic 13+ ounce apples [pic]
• The theme song from "The Office" (tv show, US version)
• Find out your parents are getting a new puppy
• Naming pets after F1 drivers
• Happening across a Vera Bradley "Customer Appreciation Day"
• Walking for a cure
• Having two different sets of matching notebooks and pajama pants
• Martha Stewart gift wrap ideas
• Pens of the shade "purple heliotrope"
• The Entertainment Weekly October 19, 2007 issue, laden with black and white photos of Patrick Dempsey, in poses inspired by old shots of Paul Newman and Steve McQueen
• Michael's short jokes about Angela on The Office episode "Launch Party," calling her "pipsqueak" and "booster seat," and saying "If you are not this tall, you may not ride the roller coaster."
• The looks Jim gives the camera on "The Office" (tv show, US version)
• Watching CSI: and recognizing the casinos (tv show)

happy list 10/12/2007

10/12/2007

• Sonogram images from friends
• The super comfy Life Is Good pajama pants I bought in the Outer Banks
• Goofy self portraits
• Receiving a recently ordered photobook in the mail (even more so when it comes out really well!)

happy list 10/11/2007

10/11/2007

• Hearing and then seeing the first leaves of fall skittering across the pavement
• John Philip Sousa marches
• "The Office" (tv show, US version)
• All of the girls names that Cox calls JD on "Scrubs." A sampling: Loretta, Tinkerbell, Clara, Missy, Farrah, Britney, Sabrina, Tiny Dancer, Babs, Rhoda, Wonder Bra, Reba, Kimmy, Gidget

happy list 10/10/2007

10/10/2007

• Cheesecake Factory Pumpkin Cheesecake
• Wonderful husbands
• Wonderful husbands who bring home surprise pumpkin cheesecake

happy list 10/09/2007

10/09/2007

• Groaking: to watch people eating in the hope that they will offer you some.
• Lethologica: the state of not remembering the word you want to say.
• Homemade squash soup

happy list 10/08/2007

10/08/2007

• Flower-shaped french toast [pic]
• Clive Owen
• The Mastercard Priceless commercial with the three little dancing boys with the big backpacks
• "How I Met Your Mother" (tv show)
• Making those brownie cookies for which Becca gave me the recipe: super easy and super yummy. [pic]
• Selling my first book on Blurb.com

haiku 10/07/2007

written in early A.M.

Pridde's b-party
was tonight! Dinner, drinks, and
cake down in D.C.

The race in China
has begun. Fifty-six laps,
then Hamilton champ?

Oh no! Lewis beached
it on his way into the
pits. He's done today.

Now, we need Kimi
to win and Freddy to not
finish. Go, Kimi!!



written later in day

Using a new pen.
"Indigo" is its shade. A
nice greenish-blue hue.

So, Kimi won! But
Alonso finished second.
All three have a shot.

Yesterday, I found
a farmers' market in the
Kentlands. Small but nice.

Didn't buy any
veggies, though. Really wanted
peaches, but no-go.

Instead, I found a
cute "snuggle blankie" and nice
handmade cards to buy.

haiku 10/06/2007

written in early A.M.

 

Up at two a.m.

for Chinese qualifying.

Took a nice couch nap.

 

Big hub-bub. Lewis

to lose last week's points? Mosley

is deciding now.

 

There is a chance of

typhoon for tomorrow's race.

Wetter than Japan?

 

Lewis on pole - sixth

of the year! Kimi's next door -

Freddy in fourth - ha.

 

haiku 10/05/2007

Friday, squished between

an R.D.O. and a long

weekend. An island.

A review, this time

with Ed! Flustered but it went

okay, overall.

Quesadilla from

Chipotle for dinner! Did

you know they made them?

haiku 10/04/2007

Thursday R.D.O!

Our only one all year. Back

to work tomorrow.

 

But then a three-day

weekend for Columbus Day.

Love the long weekend.

 

I wish the weather

would cool down a bit. It's still

in the mid-eighties!

 

haiku 10/03/2007

Written 10/04/2007

 

It's just another

Wagel Wednesday, oh oh oh.

Wish it were Sunday...

 

haiku 10/02/2007

Well, I started a

rhyming haiku, but it

was dumb, so it's done. Ha.

Work was a mess - hope

tomorrow - Wagel Wednesday! -

goes nowhere but up.

Visited Blurb. I

think someone ordered Haiku

Vol 1! Wonder why?

Had blurb idea for

wedding guest book. Maybe will

start it this weekend?

happy list 10/07/2007

10/07/2007

• Pink baby blankies covered with rubber duckies
• Bridelerette parties
• Glossy brochure and flyer paper—it's fun to print on
• Sparklers in a cheesecake
• Notecards made with personal photos and coordinating Paper Source envelopes
• "Are tangerines really just oranges that didn't want it enough?"
• Formula 1 seasons that come down to the very last race
• Paper Source rubber stamps
• Mocked up Happy List pages
• When Fernando Alonso won the F1 Championship in 2005, and put the trophy—a cup—on his head while on the podium
• Mango mojitos
• Starting a sentence with "The thing is ...."
• Goofy sketches of random things
• Zesty Salsa Tortilla flavored Combos