My house at 351 has a Seasonal List of things [[to do]] so that we intentionally try to make each season wonderful.
it's hung on the side of our fridge.
somehow it started with Chels, who i don't even live with, writing a list for a "fabulous summer," or something more creative than that, way before i even graduated and before summer had arrived. on that list included things like:
going on a whale watch in Gloucester, going to Rockport, strawberry picking, visiting Chels in Newport, hiking Mt. Sugarloaf, going for walks on the bike trail, eating summery foods, puffers pond...and so on. when i moved in with Kait we added more to that list, like making lemonade and drinking it on the front porch and making smoothies. that's about all i can remember right now but there were a whole lot of things!
and then what we also created was a list of things we had actually followed through with.
this may sounds kind of silly because we actually cross off the things on our original list, but then we go ahead and write things down again on the "done" list, acknowledging that we did them. and this is where we also write anything fun that we did that wasn't on our original list, but kind of just extra.
get it?
well, it's served us well. we look forward to taking down the list each season and writing a new list, all together, as roomies. oh, how i love my roomies.
we did this for fall. and then we did this for winter.
wanna hear the title of our winter list?
"the list for the most wonderful wintah"
and our [DONE] list is even better:
"what we weathered when we wished winter would woo weverywun waesome"
i think it's great.
the point of those things is that one of the MANY things on our winter list was to Build a Fort and cuddle in it. and watch Home Alone. so we combined the two this past Saturday night and i don't wanna forget about it. because it was pretty dang memorable.
so that's why i'm writing. because...
1) how many times can i say i have built a fort? after the age of like 7?
only once so far!
i shouldn't say i built it because basically i was too busy eating my chicken, broccoli, ziti alfredo that i had made minutes before and was too hungry/impressed with my cooking skills to put it down. i'm still amazed at how it came out because i have found that i am pretty dang too impatient to cook. or to find a real recipe and follow through with it. and have it be a success. but this time! oh this time, i was impressed and so glad. gonna make it for my fam when i'm home for Christmas. so ya, Kait and Jenn really built it. they were the ones to grab all the sheets and use all our curtains and put stools on top of chairs. and grab all of the clips in the house to hold the fabric together.
2) how many times can i witness a GINORMOUS knitting needle, yes knitting needle, topple over and hit my friend in the head. prob only once in my lifetime. because i don't know how many pairs of ginormous knitting needles there are in this world. BUT, it was pretty funny. Sorry, Kait. i know not so much for you and your headache. but i'm picturing it in my head right now-- you SCREAMINGG as something begins to fall and all of a sudden i hear a bonk and complete silence. you had nothing to scream about anymore. oh my gosh too funny. both Jenn and i watched it happen in slow motion almost but i just kind of froze.
3) the coziness of the fort. the snugness of friend. snuggling. and then sleeping in it like we are kids. what a fun way to end 2010 all together before we all go our separate ways for a bit.
4) again, how many times can i say i have been a part of any kind of fort building past my childhood days of building forts under my brother's bunk bed. when we would split it down the middle and we'd each have our own little room. and i'd go grab everything i could to fit in there. oh, those were the days :)
so ya, Virginia. you built a fort. and watched a Christmas movie. and it was really fun and special :)
it's hung on the side of our fridge.
somehow it started with Chels, who i don't even live with, writing a list for a "fabulous summer," or something more creative than that, way before i even graduated and before summer had arrived. on that list included things like:
going on a whale watch in Gloucester, going to Rockport, strawberry picking, visiting Chels in Newport, hiking Mt. Sugarloaf, going for walks on the bike trail, eating summery foods, puffers pond...and so on. when i moved in with Kait we added more to that list, like making lemonade and drinking it on the front porch and making smoothies. that's about all i can remember right now but there were a whole lot of things!
and then what we also created was a list of things we had actually followed through with.
this may sounds kind of silly because we actually cross off the things on our original list, but then we go ahead and write things down again on the "done" list, acknowledging that we did them. and this is where we also write anything fun that we did that wasn't on our original list, but kind of just extra.
get it?
well, it's served us well. we look forward to taking down the list each season and writing a new list, all together, as roomies. oh, how i love my roomies.
we did this for fall. and then we did this for winter.
wanna hear the title of our winter list?
"the list for the most wonderful wintah"
and our [DONE] list is even better:
"what we weathered when we wished winter would woo weverywun waesome"
i think it's great.
the point of those things is that one of the MANY things on our winter list was to Build a Fort and cuddle in it. and watch Home Alone. so we combined the two this past Saturday night and i don't wanna forget about it. because it was pretty dang memorable.
so that's why i'm writing. because...
1) how many times can i say i have built a fort? after the age of like 7?
only once so far!
i shouldn't say i built it because basically i was too busy eating my chicken, broccoli, ziti alfredo that i had made minutes before and was too hungry/impressed with my cooking skills to put it down. i'm still amazed at how it came out because i have found that i am pretty dang too impatient to cook. or to find a real recipe and follow through with it. and have it be a success. but this time! oh this time, i was impressed and so glad. gonna make it for my fam when i'm home for Christmas. so ya, Kait and Jenn really built it. they were the ones to grab all the sheets and use all our curtains and put stools on top of chairs. and grab all of the clips in the house to hold the fabric together.
2) how many times can i witness a GINORMOUS knitting needle, yes knitting needle, topple over and hit my friend in the head. prob only once in my lifetime. because i don't know how many pairs of ginormous knitting needles there are in this world. BUT, it was pretty funny. Sorry, Kait. i know not so much for you and your headache. but i'm picturing it in my head right now-- you SCREAMINGG as something begins to fall and all of a sudden i hear a bonk and complete silence. you had nothing to scream about anymore. oh my gosh too funny. both Jenn and i watched it happen in slow motion almost but i just kind of froze.
3) the coziness of the fort. the snugness of friend. snuggling. and then sleeping in it like we are kids. what a fun way to end 2010 all together before we all go our separate ways for a bit.
4) again, how many times can i say i have been a part of any kind of fort building past my childhood days of building forts under my brother's bunk bed. when we would split it down the middle and we'd each have our own little room. and i'd go grab everything i could to fit in there. oh, those were the days :)
so ya, Virginia. you built a fort. and watched a Christmas movie. and it was really fun and special :)
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