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I found these advice months ago in Real Simple.

1)      Think “easy”. I wish it was that easy. Asking for help is a good thing.

2)      Stop measuring yourself. I keep asking myself, who am I measuring myself against and why?

3)      Look up. I have done a much better job of looking up from my computer. It helps with listening.

4)      Listen to the people you love best. True relationships have honesty.

5)      Look for the magical moments. I still ask, what was your high today?

6)      Sit down, just for five minutes. My downtime now is watching The View’s “hot topics” while making dinner. Love DVR!!

How is it that I feel like I am not doing enough when I feel like I am doing too much?

Tonight I watched my first T.V. show on my computer. Our DVR did not tape last week’s Thanksgiving Grey’s Anatomy episode. So thanks to the amazing power of the Internet, ABC, and my laptop, I was able to catch up. And boy was it an intense episode. A 2 partier. I just love the writing. Must watch every week.

Half way through the show, Matthias reminded me that one of the reasons the writers are striking is because they do not get any financial support from the episode I just watched off of abc.com. Tough call. Thanks to DVR and now the Internet, I can catch up on shows in my free time. Should the writers get money for that piece of that time too, along with the regular scheduled time on T.V.? Do the actors? The stage manager? The make-up lady? The reality is the art, such as T.V. which is really theatre, is a team effort. The show needs everyone to make it happen. I wonder if the writers realize that they are effecting more then the audience. They are hurting their own team. The show must go on…ahh but the writing is so good…

Wishing you: Safe travels, fun conversations and a cooked turkey 😉
Looking forward to: Playing dice with Mom, Miss, Dad and Matthias
Looking forward to eating: Mom’s turkey, and Miss’s yams, yum!
Thankful for: Car rides, email, having a hometown, and being close enough to be with family on Thanksgiving.

Bought! Now sitting in our living room! Thanks to my amazing Matthias and his willingness to go on an IKEA adventure on a Sunday afternoon, I finally got the chair I have been talking about for years. You know when you get a speeding ticket or have to pay some large amount of money you were not planning to pay and you think about all the things you would rather do with the money. For me, when that would happen I always said to myself, “Man, I could of bought my chair with that money”.

So, you might ask, what is the deal with my IKEA chair? I first discovered it at my first trip to IKEA. From the moment I sat in it, this fun very comfortable chair symbolized the dream of being in a place in my life where I could buy new furniture. For years I was renting a room from someone’s place or sharing an apartment. It just never seems the right time to get the chair.

What made today different? I am not sure. Marriage has given me this confidence that I never knew existed. All of a sudden I feel the right time is now.

Here is link to the famous IKEA EKTORP Chair. We got the white one: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S89839458

World Series pick: Boston Red Socks

Car: Running great

Gym: made it back tonight. Yahoo!!

Homework: Need to start on my student interview strengths paper. Have the outline, just need to start typing.

Reading: A History of American Higher Education by John R. Thelin. Not much else to say about that.

Work: Slowly getting back into the grove.

Married Life: I love seeing Matthias wear his ring.

High today: Today’s ASB meeting. I really enjoyed hearing them check in.

I realized tonight that when I was a little girl, I never dreamed of my wedding dress or the place I would get married. I always dreamed that I would watch wedding movies the week of my wedding. On Monday, I watched Sweet Home Alabama. Tonight I am watching The Princess Bride…now if I could only find my copy of Father of the Bride.

Wow..the final week is here. I am soo ready to start watching wedding movies. Last Friday night we started with Wedding Crashers. Loved it! I was so surprised. I did not realize how funny those two were. With 2 days left before the future in-laws arrive I must make time to watch a few classic wedding movies: Father of the Bride, Steel Magnolias and Muppets Take Manhattan.

Hey, if you have a favorite, please share.

Hey Tira and Shauna, your blogging has inspired me to write some goals. Knowing when to focus is key to success.
I need to focus and finish the wedding program, the DJ list and the wording for the Student Rep. Fee.

I want to focus on share meals with friends, having my office retreat where we can finish planning out the 07-08 school year, and making time to play dice with Matthias

My goals for the next week and half is to have at least 80% of clubs turning in their paperwork in, most important projects and reports turned in, and I have shared at least 3 meals with friends.

My real goal over the next few weeks is to laugh, love and enjoy the excitement of friends and family coming for the big day.