Domestic Geek

Now that I'm done with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and I am no longer obsessing over it with my every waking moment, I need to get cracking on some other things that were put on the back burner.

Thirteen Things I Am Going to Tackle Now That Harry Potter is Over

1. Stephen King — I've got all those Stephen King books I bought earlier this summer to tackle.
2. Home Inventory — Marcus and I need to do an updated home inventory and get it to a secure, off location spot. You never know when a disaster will strike and it would be a good idea to have our possessions cataloged.
3. Learn to Knit — I've had this on my list for years. I want to learn NOW!
4. Sell Stuff on eBay — I have a huge box of stuff I want to get rid of. Hopefully someone will want it.
5. Wax my Car — I came to the sad realization that I haven't waxed that poor car once since I've had it.
6. Find Another Income Source — I am not getting much OT at work and paid blogging is unpredictable. I need another revenue source so I can make it to Vegas in November and so we can get our house on land.
7. Clean the Carpets — Winter will be here before I know it and I won't be able to have the house opened up to dry them.
8. New Blog Design — hopefully this will happen before Saturday's blogathon. I'm really close to having it finished.
9. Purge More Stuff — It's amazing with everything I've let go of, I still have a ton of stuff. I don't use it, so I need to get rid of it.
10. Find Old College Buddies — I have a few people from college I want to try to locate and see how they turned out.
11. Establish Exercise Routine — Now that my ankles have finally gotten better, it's time to concentrate of getting the old body fit.
12. Get My Hair Done — I haven't had my hair cut professionally since well before my mother passed almost 10 years ago. I'm tired of the long, stringy pony tail.
13. Craft — I started a craft blog, but haven't made time to craft recently.

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I've been having a bad bout of insomnia again lately. Even when I can sleep in, I can't. Even though I have to get up for work at 5am, it's not uncommon lately for me to be awake at midnight. Frankly, it's starting to worry me a little.

I know my sleep deprivation has to be the cause of a particularly stupid act on my part last night. When I got home from work and sat down at the computer, I kicked my shoes off in the walkway to the door. I glanced down at them later and thought to myself that I really should move them. Well, not once, not twice, but FIVE separate times I tripped over them in the dark walking out of my room.

The final one was when I had come back to close down the computers for the night and not only did I trip over the shoes, but also bruised my ankle on a step stool and jacked up my right wrist when it slammed into the wall to keep me from falling. Yeah, my nickname is Grace.

I saw this strip over at GoComics today. I laughed so hard I cried.

The 2007 Blogathon is quickly approaching. In a little over three days I'm going to be blogging every half hour for 24 hours straight to benefit Livestrong: The Lance Armstrong Foundation beginning at 7 am MDT. Please sponsor me! My goal is to raise at least $500 this year, although every little bit counts.

Pledges are not fulfilled until after the event, are tax deductible and are paid directly to the charity. No pledge is too small! Pledges over $10 will receive a Livestrong wristband from me.

Much gratitude to my Current Sponsors: yoshi, Nina, Mike & Sarah, WebKittyn, Marcus W., Marisa, Tom D (my dad), Colleen.

Total Pledges: $190.00

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I'll be perfectly honest here about a couple of things.

First, I am not missing having the gazillion Dish stations at all. I thought I'd go through a little withdrawal or something, but I didn't. I'm amazed at how much time and energy I wasted on absolute garbage. There are many days now that I don't even turn on the television.

Second, Psych is becoming one of my favorite shows. When I first saw the preview for it last year, I thought it would be really dumb. A fake psychic detective. Um...yeah. I gave it a chance, though, because it was on the same night as Monk. I was pleasantly surprised. The show is hilarious. The chemistry between the two main characters, Shawn and Gus, is amazing. Yay that, unlike The 4400, their episodes are actually on iTunes.

This brings me to my next point — I need more iTunes gift certificates. I've just used up all the ones I've gotten as gifts or won and I need more to get my Psych episodes through iTunes. Your mission is to sign up as my Blingo and/or Winzy friend and win stuff so I can win, too. Click the buttons in the sidebar, please. It's literally a win-win since you'd win stuff, too.