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Ten Days of Christmas - Day 2

Saturday was a delightful kickoff to Christmas Vacation.  As was planned, I started the day by taking my time with my coffee, and catching up on some blogging while Marc cooked up some yummy breakfast: hashbrowns and eggs a la Marc.  Got the kitchen uber clean and made some banana bread (Mom's kona banana bread if anyone's keeping track!).

All the while I was buzzing around the house, Charlie Brown's Christmas specials seemed to be on repeat on the apple tv.  My boys couldn't get enough of it (especially Alec), and I can't get enough of THAT!

Corrinne and I got some girl time and went to the mall to get my eyebrows threaded, did a little shopping...
THEN we got papmered with manicures!  We went to Elegant Nails, though it seemed a lot like Beaufitul Nail.  I didn't get any pics of the filing and painting because, well, my hands were occupied, but once we got under the dryer I was able to find a free hand!It was hard to tell if she was enjoying herself while they were painting, she seemed so bashful, but by the end I think she was having an alright time!
Pink and white zebra stripes for her and french manicure for me!  My thumbs have snowflakes on them, since Corrinne wanted me to get something "kinda like hers" though!Once we got home, I went about more cleaning and laundry while the kiddos (three if you count Marc) napped.  I know it doesn't sound exciting but for some reason I'm thoroughly enjoying domestic things on my time off.  The fact that I have the TIME to do things today, knowing I'll have plenty of time tomorrow to do more things is incredibly freeing!

When the boys woke up we headed over to Nana and Papa's house for a visit.  Aidan had an American Flag he had made for Papa on Veteran's Day that we still hadn't had a chance to present to him.  It was a very sweet moment; it was all I could do to get my phone out of my pocket to snap the moment quickly!We had snacks and visited and nearly broke a clock and the coffee table but we made it out of there in one piece and I think Nana and Papa were happy to see us!  Sadly, by the time I made it home, the big kids had already eaten because they couldn't wait any longer for the lasagna, so we had to save that for the next day!  But we cleaned out the leftovers, then kids snuggled up to their own movie while we snuggled up to ours.

Crashed out pretty early, which made a delightful end to a delightful day!

Isn't it enough that we have tornadoes?

I'm sitting at my desk and start to feel a little wobbly.  Literally felt like the ground was shaking.  First thought: too much coffee?  I ask a co-worker if I'm crazy or if the floor is moving.  She felt it too, but she's pregnant, so that could mean anything.  Co-worker #2 confirms; his wife sent him an email seconds after the tremor and asked if he felt it, a mile away from her.  Phone buzzes - tweets from friends in Norman about feeling their first earthquake and pictures falling off the wall.

Woah.  My tummy still feels wobbly thinking about it.  I've never been so accutely aware of the fact that I work on the 16th floor of a 50 story building.  Yikes!

Tulsa World Story

And here's the info:

Earthquake Details

• This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude	4.5
Date-Time	Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 14:06:29 UTC Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 09:06:29 AM at epicenter
Location	35.206°N, 97.307°W
Depth	5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region	OKLAHOMA
Distances	10 km (10 miles) E of Norman, Oklahoma 35 km (20 miles) SSE of OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma 35 km (25 miles) WSW of Shawnee, Oklahoma 60 km (35 miles) ENE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 7.1 km (4.4 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST= 38, Nph= 38, Dmin=42.7 km, Rmss=1.19 sec, Gp= 68°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

 

first friday iTunes shuffle

Start by clicking the first song you want to listen to for the day, then set it on shuffle.  Start taking notes, no changing anything!  List the first 20 songs that play for your iTunes shuffle playlist.  Enjoy!

 

1. Kick Drum Heart – Avett Brothers

2.  Where the Streets Have No Name – U2

3.  Just Friends – Jason Reeves

4.  Morningside – Sarah Bareilles

5.  Umbrella – John Peter West (wicked cool accoustic version of this song!)

6.  One Sweet Love – Sarah Bareilles

7.  Carrying Cathy – Ben Folds

8.  Hard Times Come Again No More – Mary J. feat. Roots

9.  Daughters – John Mayer

10. Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow – Michael Buble

11. Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around – Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty

12. Crush – DMB live

13. M79 – Vampire Weekend

14. Head Full of Doubt – Avett Brothers

15. Sweet Surrender – Sarah McLaughlin

16. Long Way Home – Sandra McCracken

17. Cool My Heels – Nikki Yanofsky

18. Forgiven and Loved – Jimmy Needham

19. Mexico – Cake

20. My Song – Brandi Carlile

 

#10 was the little outlier surprise, but other than that – money!  I had no idea I had THE sickest live version of Crush ever.  Still can’t figure out what album it’s from but it’s 13:47 minutes long, from a mixtape a friend burned for me.  This one’s a pretty dang good mix if you ask me!

What’s yours?

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