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I LOVE…  that I have the coolest family and friends.  Lauren and my cousin Crystal took me out to dinner last night at the Olive Garden, and I had SUCH a great time.  Why did we wait so long to do this?  We could have been having this much fun for years, and now I’m moving and it’s going to be a while before we can do it again.  *sad face*

I LOVE…  the non-frozen strawberry Bellini I had last night.  Both of them.  They were most delicious.

I LOVE…  the Sound of Music.  I bought the soundtrack on iTunes the other day and watched the DVD yesterday.  I’ve always loved that movie (just ask Sarah, much to her dismay), and it still makes me feel as magical as it did 20 years ago.

I LOVE…  that my Pampered Chef order came in, and all I want to do is play with everything!

I LOVE…  the diamond earrings I bought myself on Tuesday.  I love them so much, I’ll probably wear them every day.

I LOVE…  that a week from today I’ll be arriving in Mississippi, getting ready for my husband to come home from Iraq.  MY HUSBAND IS COMING HOME.  HE WILL BE HOME.  IN THE UNITED STATES.  WITH ME.

I LOVE…  that I’ve set a date for my wedding reception, and that I know where I’m going to have it.

I LOVE…  feeling genuinely happy.  Lately I’ve been feeling down, often times like there is nothing to look forward to and I’ll never smile again.  Which is a lame feeling.  Today I feel happy.  I’d like to keep this up, please.

I LOVE…  that this week Christina uncovered Bible Fanfiction.  BIBLE FANFICTION.  Do you understand what that means?

I LOVE…  finally wearing pants that fit me.  I put it off for far too long, not wanting to acknowledge that I’d never fit into my size 3’s again.  I guess this means I’ve accepted that I’ll never be the size of a 16 year old as long as I live.  And that’s good… right?

I LOVE…  that there are only 86 more days until my birthday.  ♥

I LOVE…  Pampered Chef!!!!  Lauren had a Pampered Chef party last night and I filled out an order form for some wicked awesome kitchenware goodies that I can’t wait to use!  Like the egg slicer.  And the food chopper.  And the green color coated knives.  (( Can you NOM cooking utensils?  Because I want to…. ))

I LOVE…  the Twilight Saga.  I finished reading Breaking Dawn (for the second time) last night and it was even better than the first time I read it.  Is it sick that I already want to read them again?  Right now?  I won’t.  I’ll wait at least until Breaking Dawn comes out in paperback and I can own it.  I’ll wait.  But I don’t want to.

I LOVE…  owning books.  I dislike borrowing books more than I dislike lending them out.  (( shudder ))  That’s a lot.  I like to own them and know they are mine.  What if I want to read it again?  (( No, I don’t have a library card – in case you were wondering.  I haven’t had one since I was 10 years old. ))

I LOVE…  GLEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE…  random questions.  Seriously.  (sidebar) ———————–>

I LOVE…  being a married girl.  I don’t particularly think of myself as a woman or a lady, so I think girl is the only term aside from female that I can currently use to define my gender.  But my nephew did tell me the other day that I am old.  He probably thinks I’m a woman (because let’s face it, when I’m screaming at him or running around the apartment like a hooligan playing giggle games I don’t much appear to be a lady).  SUCCESS!

I LOVE…  writing in my journal.  Sometimes it doesn’t occur to me to write for days or weeks at a time and then I can’t figure out why I get so frustrated… until I remember that my journal helps me sort out my thoughts and analyze my feelings and I feel a whole lot better after writing it all out.

I LOVE…  that another one of my awesome friends is blogging on the PQ Nation.

I LOVE…  MY AWESOME NEW SHIRT FROM NATALIEDEE (watch the video below to see how awesome it is, and to see how many times I say awesome in the video)!!!!

I LOVE…  that last night my husband asked me if… along with being his wife and his best friend… I would also like to be his girlfriend.  HECK YES I WILL!!!  So now as a result, I must conclude that the term ‘girlfriend’ can only be used by people under the age of 21 and over the age of 65 as well as married men.

I LOVE…  cereal.  I haven’t told you guys in a long time but I want to reassure you that my love for cereal is still probably unhealthy but oh-so-fun and delicious.  There are currently three biggish boxes of Corn Flakes in my cupboard and I’m loving them so very much.  With my mouth.  I’m loving them with my mouth and my belly.  Mmmm.  Cereal.

I LOVE…  that I finished making my mom’s scarf, and the tassels didn’t come out too bad for my first ever time making tassels.  MY SCARVES ARE EVOLVING!  I get plus 10 to my scarf making skill (but minus five to my spelling skill because I spelled ’scarf’ as skarf and that is not acceptable)!!!  I’m grateful to Sarah for giving me a good idea to do tassels, because I’ve hated all the ways I’ve seen them done until now.

I LOVE…  that I took about 50 pictures outside today of things like snow and trees covered in snow, or trees covered in snow over the ground covered in snow alongside a snowy street.  And my pants got wet up to my knees.

I LOVE…  making YouTube videos.  I really, really love it.  I r funnies @ me.

What do YOU love today?

I LOVE…  listening to music.  I don’t usually listen to music unless I’m driving, but lately I’ve been turning on my iTunes and leaving the volume on v quiet so that it’s like my life has a soundtrack.  Unless I’m watching TV or YouTube videos… then I press pause.  But the music is so low that I’m not even aware that it’s there and it doesn’t disrupt my concentration (we all know how hard that is to come by)… but at the same time I’m hearing it.  Current music of choice: Classic Rock and Soft Rock.  That’s right, baby.

Did you know that the word ‘noise’ actually comes from the Latin word nausea?  Did you know ‘nausea’ was Latin?  I didn’t.  I love Wikipedia.

I LOVE…  “window shopping” on The Online, but I don’t like actually purchasing most things online.  I’m all about instant gratification when purchasing the bulk of what I shop for.  Especially clothes.  I hate buying clothes when I haven’t tried them on first.  And I just ordered a Natalie Dee t-shirt off The Interwebz, so I hope it fits because I’ll be too lazy to send it back if it doesn’t.  And I really like it.  So I hope it fits.

I LOVE…  LOST!!!  But I hate it, too.  I love it and I hate it.  It’s that good.

Speaking of Lost, I LOVE…  The Oceanic Six.

I LOVE…  funny TV shows more than any other genre.  Friends has been my ultimate favorite show in the history of ever, but now The Big Bang Theory is seriously giving my beloved Friends a run for its monies.  The battle will be fierce.  Is there room on the top of my favorites list for two shows?  We’ll see…

I LOVE…  looking through the list of movies on Hulu.  Sometimes they have the funniest tags in the descriptions.

Scary toothy monster?  Really, Hulu?

I LOVE…  getting letters from my husband.  I actually keep the last letter he sent me in my purse.  We don’t write all the time because we talk on the phone pretty regularly, but there’s something special about getting a letter.  I like it.

I LOVE…  finding things I’d forgotten about, and that instant feeling of elation that comes along with remembering how important something was to you upon recovering it.

What do YOU love today?

I LOVED…  Avatar.  It was a pretty good science fiction movie.  I have to admit I was skeptical, because I’m often skeptical about things everyone and their brother has a high opinion of – but I was happy with it.  It was like Pocahontas, Ferngully, and Braveheart all rolled into one with mecha and blue aliens.  I give it two thumbs up.  I can’t wait to watch it with Sarah, and again with my husband.

I LOVE…  how is babby formed?.  I watch it over and over and over and over and over again.  Seriously… because it’s looped.

I LOVE…  Pentel RSVP fine ball point pens.  I always have one with me and I like to do all of my writing with them.  Is it weird that I have such a particular pen preference?  I don’t think so…

I LOVE…  reading a book I’ve already read and catching stuff I didn’t catch the first (or second) time.

I LOVE…  THIS LOST BLOG.  Seriously.  I’m SO ready for Lost to come back on – even though I gave up re-watching every episode, I’m going to watch at least the last three or four before the season starts back up again NEXT WEEK (!!!).

I LOVE…  when Sarah makes brownies.  The oven is right outside my bedroom door (you literally open my door and there is the oven) and I can smell them even with the door shut.  Mmmmm.

I LOVE…  living with Sarah.  When I was little all I wanted was her attention and to be her friend.  So I did stupid things like touch all her stuff and play with all her toys – because even though she just got mad at me and was very mean to me, at least she paid attention to me.  Now look at us.  I live with her for the first time in over a decade and she’s one of my very best friends in the whole world.

I LOVE…  that my husband goes out of his way to do things for me even while he’s in Iraq.  I love that he makes time for me, and that it’s almost time for him to come home.

I LOVE…  making videos, and getting comments on said videos.

What do YOU love today?

I LOVE…  getting a full night sleep (which I did not get last night).

I LOVE…  that I got to be there with Lauren last night for her bachelorette party.  Her sister is wicked cool, and it was awesome to spend time with my cousin Crystal – even if Lloyd McDrunkerson was jumping in all the pictures of Lauren and her friends, and even if the mechanical bull was out of order.

I LOVE…  building the “tallest tallest tower” with my nephew.  Lincoln Logs will never go out of style (even though they come with plastic pieces these days that never came in the sets when I was wee).

I LOVE…  that my nephew is hilarious without even trying.

I LOVE…  that my friends are so supportive of me.  We might not be able to see each other as often as we’d like, but they’re always there for me when I need them and they know I’m here for them too.  It feels amazing.

I LOVE…  playing FlyFF.  I just wish I had someone to play with.  Alli doesn’t play it anymore and she’s been my biggest gaming partner ever, so without her I kind of don’t know what to do…

I LOVE…  the idea of never owning another pet ever again.

I LOVE…  lame jokes.  Where do you get virgin wool?  Ugly sheep!

I LOVE…  knowing that I’m going to have an awesome weekend filled with Harry Potter and butterbeer and fangirl fun.  Oh yeah… and Christina.  :]  There will be pictures and video to share when the weekend is over!

What do YOU love today?

Only you’ll never see me dance (probably).  Because that would be gross for your eyes.

The lovely Courtni from Living Wicked gave me a blog award!  It’s the Happy 101 Award.

Do I deserve a happy award?  Probably not.  BUT I’M TAKING IT!!!!!!!!!!!  And I’m putting it on my Blog Awards page (because I have one of those, you know….).

Being a recipient of this blog award I have to list 10 things that make me happy and I have to do at least one of those things today.  Then I have to bestow the award on to 10 other bloggers (I think we all know who the first person I’m going to mention is).

Oh, let’s see… 10 things that make me happy…
(all things in bold pink are things I have already done today)

1. Singing.
2. Talking to Walter.
3. Hanging out with Sarah.
4. Reading.
5. Blogging.
6. Cooking a really good soup.
7. Playing an MMO with someone else (it’s always better in pairs).
8. Shopping.
9. Pretty much Harry Potter.
10. Twitter.

Ten AMAZING and DESERVING bloggers…
I made an effort not to list anyone Courtni listed yesterday

1. Maven @ Fabulously Good Life (I am so retarded for her)
2. LibraryGrrrl @ Check It Out
3. Lauren @ L’s Bubble
4. Katie @ Katie [blogs]
5. Ashley @ Writing To Reach You
6. Pham @ Phampants
7. Ashley @ Ashalah
8. Andhari @ Insomniac Lolita
9. Nicole Antoinette @ More Is Better
10. Belle & Nel @ Belle & Nel

And there you have it!

In other news, I’m now rewatching Lost from the beginning and hoping to get all the episodes in before the new (and final!!!!) season starts on Feb 2nd.  Wish me luck!

Oh yes.  I filmed a vlog yesterday.  It is not one of my favorites so I’m not embedding it here, but you can go to my YouTube channel and watch it if you so desire.

Also if you’re not following me on Twitter (@SillyJaime) then I feel bad for you, because life is a little more sad for you.  I’m just sayin’.

Getting my hair done later on this afternoon, so if you follow me on Twitter or Dailybooth you’ll see the result!

Hopefully seeing Youth In Revolt tonight, if I’m not too lazy.

What are you up to on this wintery Tuesday?
Do you Dailybooth?  Twitter?
Have you seen Youth In Revolt yet?
Don’t you want to ask me an anonymous question?

I LOVE…  watching TV.  When I’m at my dad’s house I don’t even mind the commercials because there’s almost always something good on (read: CSI).  On Hulu a lot of the good shows are coming back on, like Secret Life of the American Teenager, House, Heroes, Grey’s Anatomy, Mercy and Castle.  Lost comes back on in a couple weeks, and I’m pretty sure Greek does too.  Watching TV is distracting, and I like distracting.  I’m even addicted to The Bachelor this season, which I haven’t watched in years, because I was in need of something to do to fill my time.

I LOVE…  listening to Wil Wheaton’s podcast, Radio Free Burrito.  He is very animated and funny.  And geeky.  ♥

I LOVE…  sleeping.  Hours fly by when I’m sleeping and my mind is entertained, my nerves are as relaxed as they’ll ever be, my body is resting, and I wake up feeling refreshed most of the time.

I LOVE…  my new bedding.

I LOVE…  lots of things I can’t think of right now because I’m not in the mood.  The end.

What do YOU love today?
No, really.  I want to know.

I LOVE…  going to the movies by myself, especially when the theater is practically empty.  It makes the whole movie experience more enjoyable.

I LOVE…  when I find a fantastic author, and I want to own all of the books he/she has ever written.  And sometimes, with an author like Sarah Dessen, I own all their books and wish they’d write at inhuman speeds (even though I know that’s not how it works) so that I could have more.

I LOVE…  writing in my journal.  It helps me sort out my thoughts when everything in my head is jumbled (which happens more often than writing).  It also helps me figure out how I feel about just about anything, because writing reveals parts of me that I don’t pay attention to.

I miss my Dear Diary blog.

I LOVE…  spending as much time with my nephew as I do.  I remember being his age and thinking the world of my aunts and uncles, because I was always around them.  I’m glad I can be here for John, looking after him, having fun with him, experiencing things with him.  It makes me feel like I’m giving him things to look back and smile about, the same way I’ll be able to look back and smile about spending so much time with him.

I LOVE…  living with Sarah.  She truly is one of my very best friends.  We have a closeness that I always wanted with her when I was a kid.  I was that annoying little sister that touched every book, Barbie doll (OK, so maybe I massacred her Barbies), and toy she ever owned because I wanted to be just like her.  And look at us now.  ♥

I LOVE…  that Secret Life of the American Teenager is back, Heroes is back, and Lost starts up again in less than a month.  Now if only Glee wasn’t on hold until April, things would be almost perfect.

I LOVE…  the Twilight series.  You should all be happy to know that I picked up New Moon yesterday.  Not the copy with the movie characters on the cover, I picked up the original paperback at WalMart – which is what I’ve been wanting.

Happy Friday everybody!

What do YOU love today?

I LOVE…  that I get to start off the new year with an I LOVE…Fridays post.  WINKITTY.

I LOVE…  that I spent last night out with my awesome friends.  Got some really awesome video of these two drunk old guys singing You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling by the Righteous Brothers.

I LOVE…  that it is less than three months until I see Walter again.  Less. than. three.  <3

I LOVE…  that there is a new poll in the sidebar of my blog.  And I want you all to vote in it.  Then tell me in the comments what house you voted me for and why.

<–  Right here.

For any of you that aren’t versed in the Harry Potter universe, descriptions of the houses can be found here.  Participation is mandatory.  OK, it’s not really, but it should be.

I LOVE…  the new book I bought this week.  I can’t wait to read it!

I LOVE…  that I beat Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on my DS already (yes, that is an accomplishment).  Go me!

I LOVE…  that I actually bought Adobe Premiere Elements, and it will be arriving in the mail next week.  I’ll finally be able to upload videos to YouTube that I make with my awesome new video camera.

I LOVE…  Cat Face.  If people heard me walking around my house or whatever, singing the Cat Face theme song, they would think I was nuts because of the awesome lyrics and my very poor imitation of the voice.  Believe me when I say that it is very poor.

What do YOU love today?

I actually feel rather miserable right now and would appreciate any attempts at cheering up.
Also don’t forget to vote in my poll.