5 Things: This One's Boring. Don't Read It.

1. I don't own a microwave. Never will.
2. I don't believe in psychics. And even if I did, I wouldn't understand why people visit them.... Where's the fun in knowing everything ahead of time? Does knowing what lies ahead make people manipulate what otherwise would have happened naturally? And really.... just like with horoscopes, give me 10 different psychics' descriptions / predictions / whatever and I can make it fit my life.
3. Sharapova should have stuck with Prince racquets instead of switching to Head.
4. I wish Mitch Hedberg hadn't died.
5. I LOVE animals. LOVE.

5 Things: Bananas

1. Bananas. I love everything bananas.
2. My mom once fell out of a chair lift when she was skiing and broke her leg.
3. The Australian Open is herrrrrre!!!!!!! Helloooo, grand slam season!! I LOVE the tenises.
4. I wish Gilda Radner was still alive.
5. Bananas.

5 Things: Tiny Little Miracles (A Few Days Late)

Forgot to actually post this on Friday. Erps.

1. THREE years ago today, God and my best friend brought two VERY premature little miracle babies into the world.... Hayden weighed 2 lbs and Kolby weighed 1 lb 14 oz. Now they're beautiful, happy, potty-trained toddlers! Time fliiiiiiiies!
2. Why is it that the only excuse people can give for hating Sarah Palin is "because she's stupid," without providing any reference or example? Really??? The President thinks there are 57 states in America and those same people think he's the smartest person ever elected to office. Hmm.
3. Did I mention Dook lost to Florida State? Yeah. They did. Happy, happy, happy, happy day. (And yes, I do know I already mentioned it.)
4. The Miss America pageant is tomorrowwwwwwwww! LOVE me some Miss America. Love it. But why??? I mean...is there really a point anymore? Does the platform actually better anything or serve a purpose? I hope so...and I'm pretending it does, even if it doesn't.
5. Girl Scout Cookie Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime!

5 Things: Pickles & Weaves

1. You know it's going to be a good episode of Police Women of Memphis when the cops roll up on a domestic call and the first thing they discover is two different colored weaves laying in the middle of the road. Ahh yeeeah.
2. Dill pickles, Gatorade, and Yoohoo do not mesh well in one's stomach.
3. I'm staring at 3 feet of snow. The thought that God created each single solitary snowflake that has ever fallen and none of them look the same is incredible! If He took that much care in creating each snowflake, imagine how he felt creating you :oD
4. Did you know you can actually eat the berries that grow on Dogwood trees?
5. Florida State beat Duke last night. I can't begin to describe my elation... It's like I got a pony for Christmas!!

5 Things: Van Gogh, Capehart, and My Lil Sissy

1. Vincent Van Gogh is my favorite artist. Well, dead artist. My favorite living artists are my sister and my stepdad...and not because they're my sister and my stepdad, but because they're amazing (Photos below... Top piece is one of my stepfather's paintings, bottom is one of my sister's.).
2. I used to have a snowmobile. Three, actually. Miss 'em. Bigtime. ESPECIALLY this winter.
3. I have 3 cats, but I can't ride them in the snow. They're pretty awesome other than that.
4. I love Sharpies. SharPIE, not Shar PEI. Shar Peis are cute, but they don't come in green or purple.
5. Every state in the US except Florida has snow right now. Pretty rad.

5 Things: Di and I

1. I know everyone was in love with Princess Diana (how couldn't you be?), but I LOVED her... everything about her. Everything. And that's ok...I could have had a worse role model.
2. I have (safely tucked away) a (real) copy of Princess Di's - and now Kate Middleton's - sapphire & diamond engagement ring (photo); passed down to me by my mother. (Darn you, ugly $19.90 imitation now being sold!!!!)


3. As a little girl, I always had whatever hairstyle Diana had at the time.
4. My mom used to live in London and have tea in the Royal Garden with the Queen. Gloves, curtsies, hats, and all. I'm serious.
5. In Paris on our honeymoon, we unexpectedly stumbled upon the spot where Princess Di was killed... Ironically, it was the one year anniversary of her death and there was a huge makeshift memorial in the street (photos). It broke me into pieces and I couldn't tear myself away...I hated it and loved it at the same time. It's an extra special memory of mine...the kind that has its own place reserved in my heart and mind and soul, and will never, ever die.

5 Things: I May Be Old, But Keith Olbermann Is Dumb.

1. Gulf Coast Highway by Nanci Griffith & Darius Rucker (from her album Blue Roses From the Moons, 1997). An all time favorite song... especially this arrangement with strings & Darius. It's one of "those" songs... one I have been singing at the top of my lungs (I actually just typed logs. Go brain.) for 13 years in my house, in my car, in my mind, or wherever the urge may have presented itself.
2. A friend from my high school graduating class became a grandmother today. I'm 35. Ugh. (Congrats, Willie! :o) )
3. Blaming a gun for a crime is like blaming a pencil for a misspelled word.
4. Elaborate? Sure... statistics have repeatedly proven that cities & states with strict gun laws have high gun-related crime, while the citiies & states with the fewest gun laws (ie Vermont) have the lowest rates of gun-related crime. Hmm...
5. Keith Olbermann is lower than the pus that infects the mucus, that cruds up the fungus that feeds on the pond scum... Name that movie. ..well, except the Keith Olberman part. I added that.