My First Antique Store Experience

If one does not count the things that were in my grandma's house then I just had my first antique experience in Wenatchee, Washington. All of my "vast" knowledge about antiques comes from the many hours I have clocked watching television shows like The Antique Roadshow, Pawn Stars, and Storage Wars; so you can basically call me an expert...

It seems like no matter where I go that I am very easily amused by things to read, and the antique store was no exception.

My motto in life :)

What child wouldn't have wanted a McMetrics ruler in their Happy Meal.
Guns are the grown-up version of writing Woody on the bottom of your shoe  (Toy Story reference)

Who wouldn't want a Hilary Clinton Boogie Diva?!?!?!

I do not need to worry...I have been vaccinated.

Apologizing to My Dryer

Okay, who else has put in a pair of socks into the washer and dryer, and then when putting away the laundry there is only one sock out of the pair that survived? This has happened to me several times and I have concluded that the dryer is the appliance that is equivalent to the Bermuda Triangle for socks. Missing socks is one of the great mysteries that seems to plague every household. So who is stealing them.....sock monsters, sock portals, or a hungry dryer?

I wear a lot of boots in Seattle; therefore, I have pairs of boot socks. I put in my favorite pair two months ago in the washer and dryer and viola there was only one sock at the end of the cycle. I had a few not so nice words with my dryer, because what am I suppose to do with one sock? It's like if I lose a glove, do I just decide which hand won't endure frostbite? Then a few days ago when I was cleaning my apartment I found the missing boot sock.....hence the half-hearted apology to my dryer. However, I am still missing like 100 more socks that are still uncounted for and I am not going to hold my breath that they are under my bed.

I have been told that I should invest in the Sock Cop to reduce my frustration of experiencing Missing Sock Syndrome and misplacing my anger towards my dryer. The next time I am at the Container Store I will check it out....and if I purchase it and still end up with missing socks then I am going to invoke World War 3 with my dryer and my socks will not be the only casualty.

2013 New Year's Resolution

It's a yearly tradition, making a New Year's Resolution to ring in the new years. Everyone has a different motive behind their resolution. Some use it as a way to look back on the past and then look forward to the coming year. Others use it as a time to reflect on the changes they need or want to make.

My 2012 New Year's Resolution was to avoid fast-food restaurants. I didn't keep it all year-long; however, I did eat at them less. Between the months January-May I had it four times and then June-December I had it once. Therefore, I had fast food five times in 2012, which is a major improvement I know for sure from 2011.

Therefore, I thought I would make a few New Year's Resolutions this year instead of just one:

• Do at least one Pinterest activity/recipe a month
• Read more books (or pages) than 2012
• In 2011 I read 53 books with a total of 16,735 pages read
• In 2012 I read 41 books with a total of 13,286 pages read
• So far in 2013 I have read 5 books and a total of 1860 pages read
• The books read in 2013 so far are: How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You, These Girls, Inside, The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales, and The Fault in Our Stars
• Complete 5 more items from my Seattle Bucket List
• Keep in touch better with friends