5 Things: This

1. Stomach
2. Virus
3. Is
4. SO
5. Awful.

5 Things: Old As Dirt

1. My brother turned 37 today. 3 years away from 40. That depresses me to no end. I remember our parents turning 40. That's just wrong.
2. My friend Thad came home from the hospital today!!!!!! One large intestine and one partial small intestine lighter, but hey... lose weight the fast way, right? What matters is that he is home and he is ALIVE! Chemo starts in 6 weeks.
3. A family friend was buried today....a great patriarch. Without fail, every time I think of him, I think of a pink house and a statue of a horse's but with a long tail sticking out of it.
4. I'm designing a prom dress for my little cousin Mandy.
5. Dates and Craigslist. Just say no.

5 Things: Wrinkles & Rick Springfield.

1. Worst. Year. Ever.
2. Glad. It's. Over.
3. The only thing sadder than the Gin Blossoms being a featured performer for New Year's 2011 (!!!!!) is Rick Springfield headlining the show. Really, Fox?? Really???
4. Speaking of Fox.......congrats, Panthers. You're only about 5 years late with that one. (I'm just sayin'.)
5. I bought wrinkle reducing cleanser and lotion tonight. Thumbs down. Big, fat, wrinkly thumbs down.

5 Things: Panthers, Drugs, & Tonya Harding!

1. If Santa leaves a 200 count bottle of Benedryl in your stocking, is it time to go back to the allergy doc?
2. Of all the atrocities in the world today, the one I least understand is that someone pays Tonya Harding & Danny Bonaduce to give their opinions on tv.
Seriously?
3. And then there's Tonya Harding's hair...
4. Thanks, John Fox. The Panthers are clearly not going anywhere near the Superbowl; the least you could have done was lose one more game and assure Carolina a #1 draft pick. But no. So thanks.
5. Dear Jerry Richardson, ...................

5 Things: Jesus is a Rockstar.

1. If we all worshipped Jesus the way we worship rock stars, singers, actors, & other entertainers, we'd be in much better shape.... Individually & as a whole. Try it.
2. It is a widely spread rumor that the Christmas tree is Pagan in origin, but this is actually a myth. The roots of the tree tradition are actually Christian, and the first decorated tree is reported to have been in Tallin, Estonia in the late 1400s / early 1500s.
3. My sister has been to Tallin!
4. The trumpet part in Handel's Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus. *Sigh*
5. Jesus Christ. Best. Gift. Ever.

5 Things: Saga 1993...She's A Freak

1. A friend read to me today what a high school not-so-much-friend-at-the-time & I wrote about one another in her yearbook and it was hilaaaaaaaaarious!
2. Today I had Campbell's Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup Loaded With Vegetables. "loaded with vegetables" = 1 slice of carrot.
3. I wish I could change something about today.
4. If you're reading this and have pneumonia, eat bananas. It'll help.
5. I really wish I could change something about today.

5 Things: Gobble, Gobble, Oprah!

1. Oprah maybe notsomuch the best celebrity endorsement for Miraclebody jeans... The "Put them on and you look 10 lbs thinner" jeans. Because well...really? I'm just sayin'.
2. Christmas is in 2 days. WHOA.
3. Haven't bought a single Christmas present or card. All the money I would be spending is going to the Thad Vance Benefit Fund to help him fund his un-insured fight against cancer. Cancer sux. You should donate, too. Ask me how.
4. I want to know what goes on in my cats' brains. They crack me UP. One of them has a little routine he does right after he poos. He runs ALLLL through the house at top speed, saying "gobble, gobble, gobble" like a turkey. SO hilarious. He also gets in the shower as soon as someone turns on the water. Weird.
5. Ever notice that the people who defended Bill Clinton for dodging the draft are the same ones who called Bush a draft-dodger for joining the Air Nat'l Guard instead of the Army and said Kerry was the better candidate because he was a war hero...and then voted for Barrack Obama (who never served in any capacity) over John McCain, who spent 5.5 years as a prisoner of war. Hmm.