On our way to the airport – we were all so excited!
“Ahhhhhh.” This was his response to almost everything all week.
“We know that God works all things together for the good of those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.”
Heading to the top of the mountain to challenge myself on the way down. Life = risk, and risk = reward.
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1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
Snowboard.
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I made a goal sheet in lieu of resolutions. I completed all but 2 of my goals. I am have made one for this year already.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Couldn’t answer that if I tried. If they did – I don’t remember…guess that means they aren’t really close to me.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No. But I can’t help but think my next trip to the Caribbean is going to be for a funeral instead of for surfing.
5. What countries did you visit?
Mexico. Specifically, Cancun!
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
A balanced schedule of work and play. So far I am doing ok on that – but I’m not sure how long the funds will support that lifestyle.
7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
The first week in January – I took my first shot at a coffee house/bar in Avon, CO. The night went downhill from there.
April 1 – my birthday. Also the day I got the best gift ever from my friends – a diamond cross necklace.
September 12th – The day I left corporate America in search of sanity and freedom.
October 31 – I dressed up as preggers Juno. That makes 2 pregger costumes in the last 3 years – I’m developing a complex.
December 15-21 – I took a week long trip to Cancun with 2 of my besties.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Like I mentioned in a previous post, I have trouble keeping up with my dishes. I blame this on the fact that I don’t have a dishwasher in my house, but I’ve been told that even that wouldn’t solve my problem.
Last month I went to Cancun with 2 of my besties and we decided to all sleep over at my place the night before so we could all go to the airport together. It benefited me to be at home because I had yet to pack or finish laundry. Not to mention I had a few chores I wanted to finish before we were gone for a full week.
As we were getting down to the wire to head out, I still had a few things left undone. One was my dishes. Kristen, one of the girls going with me, asked if there was anything she could do to help me finish getting ready. I paused.
Should I ask her? Well…what could it hurt? She could always say no.
“Ummm…I really need to get my dishes done before we go. In fact, I need to take them to the main house to put them in the dishwasher so the hot water can sanitize them.”
I’ll do it, she says.
“A word of caution – I am growing a science experiment in there – so it may be kinda gross.”
My friend Amber, famous for her Amber-isms, says, “A science project? For the boys? Why?”
No, Amber. “It was a discreet way of saying that the dishes have been so neglected that the things growing in there may resemble science experiments.”
Oh.
It’s ok. I know how you are with your dishes, says Kristen.
And she proceeds to the kitchen to begin her torture task.
About 10 minutes later I notice Amber is fixing her hair in the mirror. I see her applying product to it and coincidentally, at the same time, I get a whiff of a foul odor. More precicely – it smelled like a skunk.
“Amber? Umm – did you just put hair product in your hair?”
Yeeeesssss….why?
“Well, I don’t mean this the wrong way, and I don’t mean to be rude, but I think your hair product smells like a skunk.”
What?
“I smell something funky and you just used your hair product – so I think that’s the smell. It smells like a skunk.”
(Scoff) Uh, no. It doesn’t.
“Well what else could it be? I smelled it exactly when you started fixing your hair.”
Suddenly Kristen appears from around the corner. Amber tells her I just insulted her and explains the story.
Uh, Binky?
“Yeah?”
That smell isn’t Amber’s hair product.
“How do you know?”
Because it’s your dishes. You had some plastic container in the sink and it had stuff in it. I think it was tuna or something.
Think back. Blue container. In the sink. OH! Yeah, 6 weeks ago I made a chicken pasta dinner and put the leftovers in the fridge. Then about 3 weeks ago I put that in the sink. 3-weeks-ago! Crap.
“Oh, thaaat. It’s not tuna. At least – it wasn’t went I put it in the sink. It was chicken.”
Gross. Well – that’s what the smell is. I literally almost threw up – I had to get out of the kitchen.
“Wait – so the smell was so bad that it infiltrated the rest of the house?”
Yeah.
“I’m so sorry Kris. I can’t believe you did that…you didn’t have to.”
It’s ok. I knew it could be gross. Not that gross, but it’s ok. It’s done.
Amber looks at me and smiles. Don’t take this the wrong way, and I don’t mean to be rude but – your dishes smell like skunk.
And you know what? She’s right.
For 2009 I am making 9 goals. They are, in no particular order:
1. Read through the Bible this year.
2. Pay off my credit card.
3. Take a dance class.
4. Try (at least) one new recipe each month.
5. Go on a road trip with my friends.
6. Read 9 books.
7. Make a living doing what I love – be it organizing, communications, traveling, writing, etc.
8. See my mom and brother.
9. Travel overseas.
