Musical Monday and other stuff

Okay, Musical Monday. Shit, I haven't really even thought about what song I'll post! And it's after midnight and I am so so so fucking determined to get to work before 9 a.m. tomorrow because there's a bet going on that I won't be able to - so I need to go to bed! Which means that I'll see which songs I already have uploaded and maybe haven't posted yet. Oh, I actually know there's one I haven't played yet! I uploaded it awhile ago to post specifically for my lovely and fabulous and wonderful friend Emerald Eyes (e.e.) when she was going through a low time - because I was sure I remembered her once a long time ago say that it was one of her favorite songs!!! (And okay, I love it, too - how can you not love this song?!)

So here we have:

Toto :: Africa



Okay, now I have to repost my To-Do lists and cross off all the stuff I've gotten done so far! I fucking LOVE crossing things out on my lists!!! So so so exciting and how fabulous to see that I've been productive!!!

Things To Do: Apartment
- wash dishes
- get new vacuum bags
- vacuum very cat-hairy rug
- do about five loads of laundry (well I did four loads and still have at least two more to do, but I can still cross it out because at least I did a lot and have clean sheets and have clean clothes to wear to work tomorrow)
- dry and wet swiffer all floors
- de-hair all bed stuff
- straighten in each room
- backup all files on computer

Things To Do: Everything Else
- completely write work brief tonight
- work on smugmug website
- figure out plan for which pictures where (I have more ideas but I haven't sat down and done the planning properly yet)
- design unique little cards for placement under pictures and at front desk (well I didn't do this but yet I searched around on the internet to get ideas for different little designs, so I count that as doing a little but not enough to cross off any words)
- name pictures
- create a new email account for photo and web work (I was going to do this tonight but now it's too late)
- figure out what to do about framing
- get back to work on learning code and designing site for Mr. H (I didn't do much but I did read a few websites tonight on code and I was so excited reading them! I love this stuff!)
- try on more coats at stores so my mom can get me a nice coat for x-mas
- try on certain clothes in my closet so I know whether I need to buy any new clothes for my trip to see Mr. H

Things To Do: Christmas
- order 8x10s of Grandpa & me picture and Grandma & me picture
- buy two frames for said pictures
- find a book for my grandpa
- order two genealogy magazine renewals for my mom (this one is half crossed off cause I ordered one of them today and the other one I have to actually call on so I'll do that tomorrow)
- figure out some other cute genealogy present for my mom, possibly something I could make (I found a couple great little things and ordered them online, so that's all done!)
- figure out what in the hell to get for my brother and sister-in-law (oh this is a good one! I emailed my brother and he said he likes unique and that they need some pictures for their walls which are mostly blank - so today I ordered two black frames with matting that will hold 11x14 pictures, and then I ordered two of my Chicago nighttime pictures (switched to black and white as he said he liked) to be printed, and I'll pick them up tomorrow. Yay!)
- get supplies to make other little presents for everyone
- get stamps for mailing x-mas cards when the arrive

Okay, so yay me! No, not everything is done yet, but my list is so much smaller and more manageable, and I feel so good! And because my home is completely and beautifully clean, I feel so much more in control and not that super-frustrated feeling of needing to clean even though I have other things to do. Oh and I already have lists made out for tomorrow and Tuesday nights so I'll be so organized in my approach to everything! Yay me!

I had wonderful talks with Mr. H this weekend. I love how even when I'm a little sleepy or not in a talking mood, or if I can tell he's that way, we start slow but then end up having such good talks, or light talks, or fun talks, or serious talks - but the time just sort of flies by for me because I like talking with him so much.

Tonight we talked about legal stuff - contracts in the construction field to be exact - and then we talked a lot about immigration and all the questions that we need to find answers to. And tomorrow I'm going to email an immigration attorney with all these questions - she's actually the attorney who handled The German's case for the past few years and he called her and told her a bit about Mr. H and I and she said she'd be happy to answer my questions and give me some information. So I'll be so happy to find out some more so Mr. H and I can know a little more and be able to plan accordingly!

Christmas is in two weeks from today (Monday), and in two and a half weeks, I fly to see Mr. H!!! Oh I get so excited thinking about it! I can't wait!!!

Now I'm off to bed so I can get up so so so early tomorrow morning and get to work before 9 and shock the hell out of everyone and cause the people who bet against me to lose!!!! :)