My ego’s now inflated beyond belief…

Ha. Kidding. But really, I got an award yesterday from Jacqueline and then again today from Joanna.

Thanks ladies. Ya’ll are so wonderful and you have no idea what wonders you’ve done for my confidence in allowing me to now paste this little html code under my “awards” section. (And yes, I’ll most likely paste it twice just so anyone who doesn’t read today’s post knows 2 different people thought I earned it. Kidding. Maybe.) But really. I’m very flattered and probably undeserving but I appreciate it nonetheless.

And so now it’s my turn to pass on the love. I’m giving this award to…

1. Courtney – because she gave me my very first award ever and she’s pretty rad on top of that.
2. Ben - because his posts literally make me piss my pants every single day. And I just love the term "newf." True story.

3. Melanie – because she has such a great way of expressing herself and I look forward to reading her blog every day.

4. Mous – (over at “Busy getting buried alive in this legacy”) cause she’s a bit of a noob and I want her to feel welcome. Plus what she has written so far is great!! Check it out.

Ok now, moving on…

The Boo and I have spent the majority of the day cooking all day in preparation for the big feast tomorrow. And I have to admit, I’ve been a total nerd/nazi about all this cooking and planning and whatnot. I even sat down last night and comprised a two page list of everything that needed to be done, in detail, with time limits and approximations. I even sent it to my mother to get her opinion and she most definitely wrote me back and said “You’re crazy. But it’s adorable” (ie. “My, you never grew out of that awkward nerd stage in which you were an embarrassment to the whole family, did you?") In other words, she thought it was overkill. Whatever, she said it’s adorable and you know it’s true.

Yea, I know. I’m not right in the head. But it’s my first time cooking this huge meal all by myself and I just want to make sure everything comes out perfect. No Griswold family turkey or anything. (Has anyone picked up on how truly obsessed I am with that movie? Because I am. And I think by now it’s more than apparent.)

Anyhoodle. After all our prep work today and yesterday things are looking pretty smooth for the big day tomorrow. I’ve been taking pictures through the whole process so I can have a little picture diary to look back on and remember my first Thanksgiving with the Boo. And if you’re lucky I might even let you guys see some.

Oh and with all this cooking I’ve been doing recently I realized I don’t have an apron. Thus I’m suddenly compelled to crave one and I think I’ve found the perfect one.

Isn’t this just the cutest thing ever? It’s from Jessie Steele and she’s got tons of cute, affordable vintage aprons so go check em out and if you’re in the giving spirit you can go ahead and purchase mine as an early Christmas present. For me, of course. Ha. Kidding. (I mean, unless you really wanna buy it for me and then, hey, who am I to stop you? Go for it!)

Ok, so I think that’s about it. Other than forcing the Boo to watch Charlie Brown Thanksgiving specials and lame Christmas movies, buy some smelly candles for the house and engage in other cheesy holiday rituals for my benefit nothing else is new.

I think I’ll make another Christmas mix just to push my luck.

Toodles.

Procrastination Epitomized

Today seems to be one of those days where you have so much to do and so little time but you purposefully put it all off anyways only to later cause yourself a well-deserved panic attack.

Yea, that sounds pretty much like it.

I woke up at 7:30 to some douche calling my phone from a blocked number. Hello? If you’re not in my phone book I’m not answering. Leave a message and I’ll decide if I want to call you back or not. (Most likely NOT.) On second thought, even if you’re in my phone, don’t call me at 7 am because I won’t answer. (Unless you’ve just lost a limb and are bleeding to death in my driveway. In that case, leave a message and I’ll probably respond. Maybe.) Jokes.

Like I was saying, I woke up at 7 something and could have started my day but ruled against it, opting for another hour of sleep. Well one hour turned into about 3 and before I knew it it was 10:30. What the eff? Time to get up and be productive.

Not.

I made the Boo make me some coffee, checked my e-mail and went right back to bed with my newly acquired book, New Moon. (Let me just note here that the only reason I got this book [despite the fact that I was promised it when I received Twilight] was because the Boo decided yesterday to find out what all the fuss was about. And now he’s hooked. I’m not kidding. It’s been glued to his face since about this time yesterday and he’s just about done. So while he can claim all he wants that he bought it for me because he loves me and wants me to have it, I’m not buying it. I know it’s purely his self-interested ulterior motive that fueled it but whatever, I get my new book and he doesn’t think I’m so crazy anymore. So it’s win-win.)

Needless to say, I didn’t get around to doing anything really productive till about, uhh, 2 hours ago. Anyone wonder why I’m still unemployed? Not I. My blazing ambition is simply overwhelming today.

But as promised I thought you guys would like to see this nifty little award I got from the lovely Courtney over at Courtneyology101. She’s a doll and I don’t deserve it but thanks so much.

Side note: The first few times I saw this award I definitely thought it said “Kreatin Blogger” and I was thinking to myself, “What the hell is that? Is this supposed to be some kind of insult? Is she saying I’m not human or something? Or whatever ‘Kreatin’ is?” And then my dumbass right clicked to save it for my own post and realized it actually says “Kreativ (as in creative) Blogger”. Aha!! So I guess that means I’m still pretty kick ass!! Sweet!

Here are the rules for this one:

1. Mention the blog that gave it to you and comment on their blog to let them know you've posted your award.

2. Publish these rules.

3. Share six values that are important to you and six things you do not support.

4. Grant the prize to six people.

Six Important Values/Beliefs:
1. Respect
2. Loyalty
3. Honesty
4. Patience (hey, they never said I had to actually embody them)
5. Forgiveness
6. Love

Six Values/Beliefs That Suck the Big One:
1. Dishonesty
2. Disrespect
3. Ignorance
4. Arrogance
5. Hate
6. Inequality

And now, the lucky 6 I deem “Kreatin” (uh, I mean creative) enough to receive this award are:

Ashley – Little Miss Obsessive
Jacqueline – Miss Musing
JD – deep thoughts from joanna duffy
Tia – Clever Girl Goes Blog
Maxie – I hate so much
Ashley – clever blog name here

Love you all. Now I’m off to go continue my extremely uneventful, procrastination epitomized day. Adios for now.