A Countdown of Random Things

10 Things I Want to Eat

10. Fresh spring rolls and peanut sauce

9. Fresh Banana Cream Cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory

8. Tempura Battered Green Beans from the Habit Burger

7. Thai Chicken Pizza from California Pizza Kitchen

8. Tater tots (crisp and adequately salted) and fry sauce

7. Coconut pineapple ice cream from PF Chang's

6. A Vanilla Coke from the fountain (not Coke with vanilla syrup - it must be Vanilla Coke straight from the Coca Cola company) (but just to be clear, I haven't had a single drop of soda on 2016, as per my New Year's resolutions) (I realize this is a list of things to "eat," but I need you to be open-minded here)

5. Dole Whip (preferably straight from Disneyland so I can ride Indiana Jones after, but Menchie's will do in a crunch)

4. Watermelon

3. A BLT with homegrown tomatoes on some awesome wheat bread

2. A baseball sirloin from Anasazi Steakhouse in Saint George

1. Lemon poppy seed pancakes


9 Songs I Run To

9. "Geronimo" by Sheppard

8. "On My Mind" by Ellie Goulding

7. "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel

6. "Apache" by the Sugarhill Gang

5. "Girl On Fire" by Alicia Keys

4. "The Fighter" by the Gym Class Heroes

3. "Gang of Rhythm" by Walk Off the Earth

2. "Love Today"by MIKA

1. "Under Pressure" by David Bowie and Queen



8 Things I Would Buy Right Now if I Had the Money

8. A new dress

7. New shoes (to go with my new dress, of course)

6. A new van

5. Flip-flops (I have two lefties. How did that happen?)

4. Some flattering pants (Does such a thing exist for my body-type?)

3. A new laptop

2. A double oven

1. A bidet (Is that weird?)


7 Things I Should be Doing Instead of Blogging

7. Reading for school

6. Folding the masses of laundry on my bed DONE

5. Exercising

4. Returning some items to Sam's Club

3. Planning my Sunday school lesson for next week

2. Sweeping the kitchen floor

1. Painting my bathroom


6 Services I Would Pay For if I Had the Money

6. A personal assistant

5. Laundry service

4. Someone to finish my basement (and all house updates I have planned for this year)

3. A nanny

2. A maid

1. A therapist


5 Drastic Things I Sometimes Want to Do

5. Donate everything I own and start over as a minimalist

4. Sell my van and get a new, fresh one so I don't have to clean the one I have

3. Spray Round-Up on my entire yard and start over (you might say I'm looking for a few clean slates in life)

2. Become a vegetarian

1. Re-locate


4 Things I Am Kind of Bad At

4. Cleaning

3. Playing with my kids

2. Refraining from gossip

1. Being patient  
 

3 Medications I am on

3. Prilosec (for heartburn)

2. Ibuprofen (for my oral surgery)

1. Amoxicillin (for the infection that brought about my oral surgery)



2 Things I've Had Nightmares About This Week

2. Donald Trump

1. Having my corneas sliced open by a doctor who'd been in an accident over the weekend and had to have his hand amputated. Think about it... fresh amputee performing eye surgery. That's freaky stuff. It may also be interesting to note that he looked like my 8th grade Algebra teacher.


1 Unexpected Thing You Do Not Know About Me

1. I typed this post while wearing an eye patch and a pirate hat, courtesy of Zoe