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Flowers for Meeee! September flowers... bought! And aren't they gorgeous?

In other "list" news, I met with my boss yesterday and he told me to order my Series 7 books. YIKES. That means I actually have to do it. haha. I'll be sure to post a pic of the study material when I get the book. It's intense. That also means if I really want to get down to business & pass the 7, I'm going to have no life for the next few months. Boo. One website actually describes the test as "one of the most difficult tests you'll ever take..". Awesome.
Posted by Lolo at 8:47 PM 2 comments: Links to this post 
AFI's top 100 I did it! I watched Ben-Hur and I'm not going to lie.. I liked it. Enjoying that movie was a complete shock to me. I thought it would bore me to tears, but it was exciting and interesting. There were some cheesy moments, and parts I laughed when it probably wasn't appropriate to laugh (i.e. his sister and mom being lepers), but overall it was a good movie. The chariot race was pretty funny too, and Dan & I got a kick out of how long they dragged that scene out for.

A tip to anyone who is planning on watching Ben-Hur: make sure you have the language option set to English. Ours came with no option selected, so we watched the first 15 minutes with no sound. It makes it very hard to understand what's going on. hehe.

Next AFI top 100 movie being ordered off netflix: Toystory! I've seen it, but it's been a long time & I'm watching all 100 movies, including the ones I've already seen. Toystory will be a breeze.
Posted by Lolo at 9:57 AM No comments: Links to this post 
Just call me Hazel. It didn't really occur to me that glueing and framing a puzzle was such an old lady thing to do. Not until I went to Michaels to find a frame and glue, and found the puzzle glue is called "Mod Podge". Oh man. Then my friend, who was with me when I bought it, pointed out that framing a puzzle is something a grandma would do. Doh! At that point the puzzle was already put together at home, and it's on my list, so I figured what the hell..I'm doing it. So, the pictures you see (hopefully) are the glued puzzle and the finished product in it's frame. It's a pretty big puzzle, with a cute scene of Coronado (Hotel Del, the bay, and downtown San Diego). I think I'll be putting it in the guest bedroom eventually. Then everyone can feel cozy.. like they're staying at their grandma's house.
So, that's the first official item checked off my list. Yay! I cheated a little with the August flowers. I didn't buy them for myself, but Dan did buy me some beautiful flowers (see pic). Lastly, I finished one of the books on the Oprah list, A Meaningful Life, by L.J. Davis. Great book..slightly depressing, but good.
I still haven't started my movies.. Ben-Hur is collecting dust, but hopefully that will change this weekend.
Posted by Lolo at 8:28 PM No comments: Links to this post 101 Things To Do in 1,001 Days!

Deadline: May 9, 2012

Things to do in San Diego

1. Eat a piece of pie in Julian

2. Visit a San Diego Mission

3. Visit the San Diego haunted Whaley House

4. Pick fruit from a "U-Pick" farm

5. Go to the Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater

6. Visit & tour the Winchester Cheese Co.

7. Go to SeaWorld

8. Try a burger from Rocky's

9. See the Nutcracker

10. Go iceskating at the Hotel Del

12. Eat at the San Diego Chicken Pie Shop

13. Visit all Balboa Park museums (0/19)

14. Go to a San Diego Derby Dolls Roller Derby bout

15. Eat breakfast at Café 222

17. Take the dogs somewhere to be pampered

18. Frame a completed puzzle

19. Host a Christmas dinner at my house

20. Buy a croquet set

21. Take Dan out for prime rib

22. Buy a cool chair for the living room

23. Buy new bedding

24. Get a Christmas tree from a Christmas tree farm

25. Bake cookies & make cocoa the next rainy night

26. Send someone a card for no reason

28. Send Christmas cards every year (1/3)

29. Have a house alarm installed

30. Start a veggie garden

32. Order Europe pics & make an album

33. Pay off credit cards

35. Learn how to tile a table

36. Bake a pie from scratch

37. Have a girls' night out with my sister

38. Decorate the guest bedroom

39. Host a Sunday Brunch

40. Buy a cookbook and cook every recipe in it

41. Make an emergency kit

42. Take my parents out to the Gaslamp in San Diego

43. Buy indoor plants & keep them alive

44. Cook homemade Italian food and host a game night

For Myself

45. Try a class at the gym I've never done before

46. Get a promotion

47. Try paddle boarding

48. Go indoor rock climbing

49. Learn how to play chess

50. Increase my 401K contributions

51. Write down all of my memories of my Grandpa Tom

52. Whiten my teeth

53. Lose 20 lbs (0/20)

54. Have a baby

55. and lose all the baby weight

56. Buy a Diane Von Furstenberg dress

57. Learn how to knit

58. Finish my AA in school

59. Learn how to drive a stick shift

60. Learn how to make tamales

61. Learn how to play the piano

62. Take a bikram yoga class

63. Study & pass the Series 7 Exam

64. Take a golf lesson

66. Read 25 books (6/25)

67. Join a co-ed softball team


68. Spend a weekend in San Fran with Beth & Carol

69. Go to a concert - Elton John!

70. Go to the Highland Games

71. Go to a hockey game

72. See a comedy show

73. Go to a drive-in movie

75. Watch all of my Planet Earth DVDs

76. Go to Disneyland

77. Fly a kite

78. Go wine-tasting in Napa

79. Visit a factory

80. Have a spa day with my best friend

81. Go rollerskating at a roller rink

82. Try Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles

83. See the play "Annie"

84. Spend a weekend in Santa Barbara with Dan

85. Go camping in a treehouse

86. Spend a day at Venice Beach

87. Take a wine class

88. Stay at an all-inclusive resort

91. Visit Alcatraz

92. Put together a neighborhood block party

93. Visit a state I've never been to - Oklahoma!

94. Go on a picnic


95. Go one week at home with no TV

96. Make a gingerbread house

98. Help Dan rebuild the bug

99. Take photos to document my progress on this list