Thursday, August 26, 2010

Let's see....

I have decided to utilize this blog.  We have a family blog, but blah blah blah other people read that and I'd like to put random Anneness on here. SO here we go!!!

Things I will include in my Anne-filled blog:
Random thoughts of the day
Comments on books I am reading (or listening to, because I do that a lot as well)
You know, life stuff.

And since Brandon will most likely be the only one who will ever read this, I can feel free to be myself!

Work.
May I just say that I 50% LOVE my job, 35% feel so-so about it, 10% mostly hate it, and 5% absolutely hate it. I suck at being on time.  Really.  Punctuality is not one of those gifts that I was born with and I have not yet taken the time to master it. Well, I'm glad to at-least work in a place that doesn't particularly care if I'm late. Today, I was 15 minutes late, yesterday: 22 min, the day before that, probably 15 min again.  I hate that I'm always late, but it's so typical that no one blinks an eyelash when I walk in.  Of-course, they probably talk about me the whole time between 9 and 9:13 when I come in and refuse to look at the clock and acknowledge the severity of my lateness. But I don't care. I get to keep my job and things are cool.  I always stay 20-30 min late (to counterbalance my morning lateness, and my return-from-lunch lateness as well). On the days that the boss-man is there, I attempt to put forth an extra effort, but it doesn't always work out for me. Tomorrow happens to be a boss-is-on-the-premises day and I have already planned to go to bed early so that I don't sleep in.  My problem is that I often get up at 8:26 when I have to leave at 8:45 in order to get there on time. Now, my alarm is set at 7:45 and I just suck at making myself get up. I can't do it! Literally, I open my eyes, and they close on their own! How did I ever get though college? Oh...right...I was either always late for my morning classes or I skipped them to sleep in. Right. *sigh* one day I'll grow up, but I don't foresee that day being any time soon.  I also don't feel like this is a "real job" so that probably has something to do with it.

Potter.
So, as lame as it may seem, books, movies and other forms of entertainment are a very large part of my life. Fortunately I married a man who is in sync with me on this, and he accepts me for who I am.  I have more books than clothes and shoes combined. Books never go out of style! and I have more movies than...I don't know. It goes: books, movies, saved magazines then clothes and shoes. That's how my priorities are, I guess.  Anyway, the biggest of them all is Harry Potter.  Yes, Harry Potter, that guy with a scar on his head and a holly wand with a unicorn core in his hand. And as most lesser Potter fans also know, the next movie is coming out soon!
Now, this poster is as far as I'll go in getting a sneak peek at the upcoming movie. I REFUSE to watch the trailer (have since movie 4) before I see the movie, and I definitely go see it on opening night because I simply can't wait longer than that.
I've gone at midnight since movie 4, since they didn't have midnight showings near me for the first 3, but I still went for the first showing that was available. But I've never had a party.  This year...there will be a party. Oh yes, and awesomeness will occur.  Here are a few ideas:


Some cupcakes that I think are awesome!!!


http://superhero-parties.com/
http://www.thepartyanimal-blog.org/harry-potter-birthday-party/
http://www.lovetosew.com/harrypotter.htm
http://entertaining.about.com/cs/halloween/a/harrypotter.htm
Jelly Beans - used to be Bertie Botts EFB
Coloring book pages:
Gryffindor
Hufflepuff
Ravenclaw
Ravenclaw

Mirror of Erised
Crossword
Potter Seeker
Word Search

http://www.roanoke.com/entertainment/insideout/wb/xp-121447

Bean Bowl

http://jessivee.blogspot.com/2009_07_01_archive.html 

An AMAZING website with TONS of ideas!!!
Preperation
Invitations
Recipes
Decorations

I'm going crazy with this stuff!....
Cool Ideas
Leaky Cauldron Cakes
Rock Cakes
Cottage Pie
Yorkshire Pudding
Cornish Pasty
Edible Magic Wands
harry-potter-birthday-party
http://littleantdesign.blogspot.com/2010/04/harry-potter-party.html
Ok, I guess I'm done. I've moved on to looking at Christmas ornaments online. SO......that's what I've been obsessing about for the past 3 hours. :)

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