• Dr. Appointment at 10:20 am
• Picked up giant CSA
• Picked up new prescription for allergies
• Napped - Oh, how I love a nap!
• Cleaned the garage
• Organized the garage
• Threw out lots of junk from the garage- 3 trips to the trash!
• Filled the Clubman with donations and e-garbage
• Went to the Goodwill to donate
• Went to Staples to donate some school supplies that happened to be in the garage
• Went to Best Buy to get rid of the e-garbage
• Took the hard drive out of my first iMAC with a screwdriver I "borrowed" from a shelf at Best Buy
• Shopped at Best Buy and got a Wii game- Trivial Pursuit
• Went grocery shopping

• Twilight
• Benjamin Button
• Inkheart
• Gran Torino
• New in Town
• Milk
• Marley & Me
• Coraline
• City of Ember
• The Tale of Despereaux
• The Secret Life of Bees
• Nights in Rodanthe
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Sunshine Cleaning
• The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (Hallmark Hall of Fame)
• The Notebook

• "Wake-up with FOX 9, FOX 9 morning news"
• "45"
• "Five, Five dollar footlong"
• "N..B..C"
• "With my by myself."
• "Are you calling me fat?"
• "Well, I know where this is going?"
• Eh, Eh, Ehhhhhh
• Computer says no!.... *cough*
• Give me back that filet 'o fish, give me that fish
• Buggin You, is easy cause you're buggable

• I have an unnatural obsession with shoes- mostly Keens
• The code to my garage
• I have an obscene number of bags
• What to order for me at a restaurant
• I have a secret rash
• I am crazy
• I paint
• I play video games
• I read more childrens and young adult fiction than I do anything else
• I love pasta
• I am obsessed with Jon and Kate plus 8
• I have way too many hats and scarves
• I love feather pillows and comforters
• I am not a good lesbian
• My dog Taji is very much like me- except the lesbian part
• I am AppleCare for many people
• My internet porn is - Edina Realty
• I watch too much TV

Here are the things I like from the book "Stuff White People Like"

• Diversity
• Barack Obama
• NonProfit Organization
• Tea
• Awareness
• Writer's Workshop
• David Sedaris
• 80's Nights
• Architecture
• Brunch
• Apple Products
• Indie Music (small amounts)
• Plays
• Whole Foods and Grocery Co-Ops
• Vintage
• Dogs
• Documentaries
• Gentrification
• Threatening to move to Canada

• My family (Bill, Lynette, Kari and Nathen)
• Grandparents (Carl and Edna)
• Aunt's Family (Lois, Ollie, Chris, John and Paul)
• Jennifer (college roommate)
• Amy (college roommate)
• Nathen and Kirsten
• Jen (college roommate)
• Lois and Bob
• Kristen and Adam
• Chris (a guy met through roommate.com, who ended up being from my graduating class at EPHS)
• Ian (my cousin lived with me for 3 months)
• Amy

• NCIS- Tuesday 23- CBS, 7 pm
• Law and Order SVU- Tuesday 23- NBC, 9 pm
• Without a Trace- Tuesday 23- CBS, 9 pm
• CSI New York- Wed. 24- CBS, 9 pm
• Greys Anatomy- Thursday 25- ABC, 8 pm (2 hours)
• ER- Thursday 25- NBC, 9 pm
• Extreme Home Makeover- Sunday 28- ABC, 6 pm (2 hours)
• Cold Case- Sunday 28- CBS, 8 pm
• Brothers and Sisters- Sunday 28- ABC, 9 pm ?

• The American President
• Coyote Ugly
• The Wedding Planner
• Juno
• Howl's Moving Castle
• Kiki's Delivery Service
• Notting Hill
• About a Boy
• Erin Brockovich
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding
• The Parent Trap (new version)
• Raising Helen
• Akeelah and the Bee
• City of Angels
• Pirates of Silicon Valley
• Where the Heart is

• The Watsons go to Birmingham- 1963
• Walk Two Moons
• Touching Spirit Bear
• Harry Potter Series
• Twilight Series
• Holes
• From the Mixed-up Files of Ms. Basil E. Frankweiler
• Snail Mail No More
• Among the Hidden Series
• Because of Winn-Dixie
• Tuck Everlasting
• Love, Ruby Lavender
• Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Series
• The Breadwinner
• Looking for Alaska
• Mamimum Ride: The Angel Experiment

• "School is just where white people pay other white people to read to them. I figure I'd save my money and read to myself." Tara (True Blood)
• "It's a shame our society mocks the differently uvulated." Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)

• Two days off from school so weekend is 4 days long
• Rollergirls is starting
• Meme and Kari are coming to Rollergirls
• I invited Nathen, Kirsten and the kids to rollergirls
• I can catch up on my correcting
• Hopefully, we can deep clean the house
• Sleeping in, sleeping in, sleeping in
• Hair cuts on Thursday
• Dinner tonight with Joe
• Finally going to Team Trivia
• Hopefully, I can finish my library project
• No school, no school, NO SCHOOL!
• Maybe spend some time completing the Photo Hunt that I want to do.
• Get organized for Memoir unit

• Having an hour alone with Amy before it all started
• Having the girls (Meme and Bella Bella) sleep over
• Having Kari and Chloe stay for a visit
• Watching Amy make cupcakes with them
• Playing Memory with them
• Listen to them play in the bedroom
• When Amy said boob and they both laughed
• When Chloe was mooching on my cupcake
• When Chloe finally gave up and just grabbed the cupcake from the plate and shoved what was left in her mouth
• The girls trying to get Taji and Mika to chase after them and Taji and Mika were totally ignoring them
• When the girls tried to 'hide' from Chloe under their blankets in the dining room while shrieking.
• When Chloe thought Taji was funny
• When Chloe 'told' Mika where her litter b...

• 1985 Dodge Omni, silver
• 1994 Ford Aspire, Pepto Bismol blue
• 1998 Saturn S- Silver
• 2002 Saturn SL- Old lady blue hair
• 2005 Mini Cooper- Pepper White
• 2008 Mini Cooper Clubman- Hot Chocolate
• 2009 Mini Cooper- Astro Black

• Armatage Elementary School-Kinder-1st- Minneapolis, MN
• Westview Elementary School-1st-2nd- Apple Valley, MN
• Greenleaf Elementary School- 3rd-5th- Apple Valley, MN
• Scott Highlands Middle School- 6th-8th- Apple Valley, MN
• Apple Valley High School- 9th- Apple Valley, MN
• Eagan High School- 10th- Eagan, MN
• Eden Prairie High School- 10th-12th- Eden Prairie, MN
  • Graduated- 1993
• Normandale Community College- 1 year- Bloomington, MN
• Moorhead State University- 5 years- Moorhead, MN
  • Graduated BS in Education- 2000

• Amy P. (partner)
• Carl O. (grandpa-RIP)
• Edna O. (grandma- RIP)
• Robb W. (uncle-RIP)
• Garhett W. (nephew)
• Nathen W. (brother)
• Kari Y. (sister)
• Kaleb L. (nephew)
• Bella L. (niece)
• Meme Y. (niece)
• Chloe Y. (niece)
• Kirsten L. (brother-in-law)
• Bill and Lynette (parents)
• Sue (aunt)
• Roger W. (grandpa-RIP)
• Rita W. (grandma)
• Joe (BFGB)
• Mara (BFGB,S)
• Chuck and Patti (in-laws)

• Plain Truth- Jodi Picoult
• Dreams from my Father- Barack Obama
• Beyond The Spiderwick Chronicles- The Nixie's Song- Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
• Eat Mangos Naked- Sark
• Prosperity Pie- Sark
• Make your Creative Dreams Real- Sark
• The Killing Sea- Lewis
• Eggs- Jerry Spinelli
• No Talking- Clements
• More Than You Know- Gutcheon
• Hard Love- Wittlinger
• Open House- Berg
• Icy Sparks- Rubio
• Into the Wild- Krakauer
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn- Smih
• Igraine the Brave- Funke
• The Time Travelers- Archer
• Alone in the Ice World- Easley
• We Need to Talk About Kevin- Shriver

• Portland, Oregon
• Crater Lake, Oregon
• Cannon Beach, Oregon
• Wheeler, Oregon
• Mount Hood, Oregon
• Multnomah Falls, Multnomah, Oregon
• Seattle, Washington
• Klamath Falls, California
• Toronto, Ontario
• Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
• Chicago, Illinois
• Washington D.C.
• Phoenix, Arizona
• Louiville, Kentucky
• Fort Myers, Florida
• Sanibel Island, Florida
• Marquette, Michigan
• Duluth, Minnesota
• Redwing, Minnesota
• Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
• Mount Rushmore, South Dakota

• The Story of the Little Mole Who Went in Search of Whodunit
• Stellaluna
• The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
• Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street
• Owl Moon
• In English, of Course!
• The Snowy Day
• Thank You, Mr. Falker
• Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge
• When I was Young in the Mountains
• I'm in Charge of Celebrations
• Chrysanthemum
• ish
• The Dot
• So Few of Me
• The Three Questions
• Zen Ties
• Zen Shorts
• Westlandia

• Got to watch Meme and Chloe on Friday.
• Amy and I worked well together while watching the girls. She played a game with them while I cooked. She sat with Chloe and made sure she didn't choke on her food while I ate with Meme at the table. It was nice.
• Got to bed early on Friday.
• Slept in on Saturday
• Spent Saturday lazing around the house, watching TV and napping.
• Got hair color and colored my hair.
• Went to bed early Saturday night.
• Went to lunch with Kari and Nana on Sunday.
• Got lots of cleaning done with in about 20 minutes of getting home on Sunday.
• Cooked dinner for Amy on Sunday night.
• Got the laundry all done!
• Planned -or mostly planned- our weekend trip to Urbana, Il.

• Disneyland
• ValleyFair!
• Six Flags Great America
• Camp Snoopy
• The Park At MOA
• Nickelodeon Universe

Note: Camp Snoopy, The Park at MOA and Nick U are all technically all the same park.

• Burger King- 13-15 years old- Started at $3.42/per hour
• Alive'n'Kicking
• Pet Food Warehouse
• PCA for an autistic boy and his ADHD brother- can not remember the name of the company
• The County Seat
• Cass-Clay Home Health
• Friendship Inc.
• Nekton-Norhaven
• Homeward Bound
• I corrected standardized tests one summer, not sure of the company name.
• Saint Paul Public Schools
• Saint Paul Public Schools - ALC
• Michael's Crafts
• Science Museum

• A cheek press
• Snuggling
• Babies
• Heavy quilts
• Family

• The Irresistible Rise of Big Daddy Ubu
• Babes in Toyland
• Love's Labour's Lost
• Tall Grass Gothic
• Accidental Death of an Anarchist
• American Noise
• Godspell
• Sincerity Forever
• Miscast
• Miscast 2: Once More With Feelings

• Sleep in
• Stay up late
• Read
• 2nd sleep
• See the kids
• Read
• Play Wii
• Shop
• Drive

• The L Word
• Weeds
• Six Feet Under
• Will and Grace
• Friends
• Greys Anatomy
• ER
• Brothers and Sisters
• Army Wives
• House
• NCIS
• CSI: Miami
• Extreme Home Makeover
• Supernanny
• Jon and Kate plus Ei8ht
• Little People Big World
• Fringe
• The Big Bag Theory
• Mad Men

• Dogs-
  • Misty Roses (RIP)
  • Taji
• Cats-
  • Origami
  • Mika Bella
• Reptiles-
  • Kitty the Iguana (RIP)
• Birds-
  • Baby (RIP)
• Fish-
  • Omar the blood parrot (RIP)
  • Owen the blood parrot (RIP)
  • Many many others not ever named (RIP)

• The Irresistible Rise of Big Daddy Ubu
• Babes in Toyland
• Love's Labour's Lost
• Tall Grass Gothic
• Accidental Death of an Anarchist
• American Noise
• Godspell
• Sincerity Forever
• Miscast
• Miscast 2: Once More With Feelings