Thursday Thirteen – 9th Edition

13 favorite Christmas songs

1. I Saw Three Ships – Nat King Cole

2. Baby, Its Cold Outside – Brian Setzer & Ann-Margret

3. O Tannenbaum – Nat King Cole

4. The Christmas Song – Bobby Zee & Zoe

5. All I Want for Christmas – Mariah Carey

6. Jingle Bell Rock – Brian Setzer

7. Winter Wonderland – Ray Charles

8. Sleigh Ride – Diana Krall

9. Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Frank Sinatra

10. Sugar Plum Fantasy – Music Incorporated

11. Christmas Time is Here – Christmas Cookies (Holiday)

12. Angels Heard on High – NorthSound

13. Caroling, Caroling – Nat King Cole

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Thursday Thirteen – 8th Edition

Thirteen Things I LOVE about my husband

1. He took care of the gremlins so that I could train for 6 months to walk in the Breast Cancer 3day

2. He still makes me laugh even after – wait for it – 13 years of marriage

3. He makes the gremlin’s lunches every morning before school

4. He buys me a years worth of flowers so that I will have a new bouquet delivered each month

5. He has taken me on trips to England, Italy, Germany, France, China

6. He knows me – what I like & don’t like. And could tell you what my opinion is on most topics!

7. He has given me the life I’ve always wanted – a home, our own business, children (though sometimes we question the children part. I’m kidding!)

8. He takes care of our doggies

9. He gives up the remote – occasionally – so that I can watch the shows I want

10. He handles all the ‘fix-it’ stuff around our house without having to be asked or reminded

11. I’m convinced that if we owned a jewelry store instead of an electronics website I’d get all the latest in diamonds as opposed to all the latest electronic gadgets. Although, I do love my iPhone. Thanks babe!

12. He keeps me grounded when I start to get too freaked out about stuff

13. I know with every fiber of my being that he will always protect and provide for me & our gremlins

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Thursday Thirteen – 7th Edition

Thirteen totally random words

1. Nose
2. Staple
3. Note
4. Sky
5. Sand
6. Muppets
7. Dress
8. Fingers
9. Petals
10. Tears
11. Kiss
12. Death
13. Red

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Thursday Thirteen – 6th Edition

Thirteen Things that I must do to get ready for our trip to LAS VEGAS!!!!

1. Finish my laundry – I have about two loads left to be done
2. Organize toiletries – it’s been months since I’ve traveled any where
3. Get grocery store items – to stock house for in-laws who are watching gremlins
4. Pick clothes – I haven’t even THOUGHT about what I’m gonna wear… very unusual for me.
5. Pack clothes – Without having selected clothes, I have no shoes selected
6. Finish the gremlins laundry – that’s two more loads of laundry
7. Organize electronic items & books for airplane ride – Ipod,
8. Organize hair utensils – curling iron, brushes, combs, hair spray, etc.
9. Re-pick clothes – because the first round choices are never final
10. Re-pick shoes – ditto above
11. Re-pack clothes – since I’ve obviously unpacked to re-pick my outfits, I’ll need to do this
12. Re-pack shoes – ditto above
13. Cram everything into the suit case – for the 7th time

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Thursday Thirteen – 5th edition

Thirteen Things On My Desk right this minute. 1. My iPhone 2. Tall Starbucks hot black tea – that has gone cold but I’m drinking it anyway 3. Bottle of water 4. My eye glass case 5. Calculator – because I’m a number cruncher by profession 6. Dying flowers – for Christmas the husband gets me a monthly delivery of flowers – ahhhhhhhh 7. Box of tissues 8. Pictures of my gremlins, my girl friends, and the husband & I at our wedding (taken a loooooong time ago) 9. Scotch tape roll 10. The George W. Bush Out of Office Countdown calendar – only 68 days left!! Here’s the quote: “The United States and Russia are in the midst of transformationed relationship that will yield peace and progress.” -Washington, D.C., November 13, 2001 11. Small round mirror on a stand – my back is to my office door & I don’t like people sneaking up on me! 12. Post-it notes in a special post-it note holder 13. Printer & 3 file sorters – don’t ask me why I need three of them

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Thursday Thirteen – 4th edition

Thirteen PLACES I want to go to soon:

1. Scotland

2. Las Vegas (oh, yeah, I’m going again in two weeks. Huzzah!)

3. Butchart Gardens in Canada

4. England (I should say, go back and see more)

5. Spain

6. Greece

7. Italy (or rather – go back & stay in Venice)

8. Ireland

9. Demark

10. San Antonio

11. New Orleans

12. Germany (been there but want to go to a different part)

13. Seattle

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Thursday Thirteen – 3rd edition

Thirteen favorite movies and these are in no particular order. I’m not ranking them. I’m just listing them as I think of them. Without further ado: 1. Gone with the Wind 2. Pride and Prejudice (BBC version) 3. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 4. Devil wears Prada 5. Spaceballs 6. The Italian Job 7. One Fine Day 8. My Favorite Wife (the 1940’s Cary Grant version) 9. Pillow Talk 10. The Bourne series (I’m not counting each movie separately but I love them all) 11. Down with Love 12. Airplane (again, all of the series) 13. Atonement There ya have it. I could easily have listed 20 more movies that I love but this is Thursday Thirteen after all!

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Thursday Thirteen – 2nd edition

Thirteen Favorite Quotes 1. Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong? – Jane Austen, English novelist (1775 – 1817) 2. In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior – Sir Francis Bacon English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626) 3. The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone – Harriet Beecher Stowe US abolitionist & novelist (1811 – 1896) 4. At every party there are two kinds of people – those who want to go home and those who don’t. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other -Ann Landers 5. As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death – Leonardo da Vinci Italian engineer, painter, & sculptor (1452 – 1519) 6. Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can – Danny Kaye US actor & singer (1913 – 1987) 7. Our lives improve only when we take chances – and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves – Walter Anderson 8. Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Pan American Day address, April 15, 1939 32nd president of US (1882 – 1945) 9. Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so – John Stuart Mill 10. Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent - Carl Jung Swiss psychologist (1875 – 1961) 11. If my hands are fully occupied in holding on to something, I can neither give nor receive -Dorothee Solle 12. We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office – Aesop 13. It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea – Robert Anton Wilson

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Thursday 13 – My first

Thirteen Things about Des 1. I’m a Capricorn - whether that really means anything is another story. 2. I’ve lived in the same state my whole life - that would be the state of CALIFORNIA not the state of stupidity or something. Although it’s possible that’s true too. 3. I’ve lived in only three cities in Cali – but we moved within those cities frequently. 4. I took French & German language classes in JR & High School – Ich liebe Herr Kirshner. 5. I’ve learned Spanish from watching Dora the Explorer – Cuidado. 6. My first car was a white 1983 Toyota Corolla - my Dad got GOLD rims for it. Tricked out! 7. It was a hand me down from my sister – I only got it because she was going away to school. 8. I wrecked it and could only afford to buy a 1976 Chevy Vega (in 1988) – it was burgundy with red interior – all of it – the seats, the carpet, the dashboard, and the headliner. The husband called it Mega Vega. 9. Broken my thumb playing softball as a kid - in the last game of the season just before we went to Allstars! 10. Went to Nice, France with my dance team during my sophmore year in HS – for Mardi Gras – we got to perform in the parade. They shouted out names at us & called us stoopid americahns, even then. 11. When the husband & I were in HK on business, I had a suit tailor made - there is nothing like having something made to fit only you, and not some general size. 12. At one point in my silly youth I wanted to have three children - HA! I’m so glad we didn’t do that. I can barely handle the two we have. 13. I really, really, really want to go on a Transatlantic cruise aboard the Cunard QM2 – rock it old school style & sans filles.

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