Start the party without me.

The people,

I was in California for the last few days. It was glorious.

Yesterday, I came home to the historian in a bower of roses, and the leaping up of dogs.

Tomorrow, we will be driving to Idaho. I'm thinking at the moment of never coming back. Oh, except for the part about the children, the grandchildren, Bruiser, the roses, the farmer's market and the Scotlands coming to visit. Also, later, my job. Other than that, I will be staying in Idaho forever.

Love,

htms

Eight of this, eight of that.

My friend Ann was tagged to do this and because it's kind of irresistible, I'm doing it too:

8 Shows I watch

• 30 Rock
• The Office
• Mad Men
• The Closer
• Saving Grace
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent
• Damages
• Frasier

 8 Restaurants I love

• Big City Soup
• Red Rock 
• Thai Delight
• India House Infinite Eight, 
• La Luna          David Friedman
• Mi Ranchito
• Bambara
• Trio

8 Things I did yesterday

• Worked on a poem
• Took Bruiser for a walk
• Picked stuff up and put it back at T.J. Maxx
• Made hash out of roasted vegetables
• Had a great conversation with a baby (Will)
• Talked to several of my children
• Drank a pot of tea
• Blogged (of course!)

8 things I'm looking forward to

• Christmas
• Thanksgiving
• The movies tonight with the historian
• Seeing my missionary son again
• AWP
• Breakfast, tomorrow and every day
• Jan. 20
• Seeing my Scotland daughter again, whenever that may be!

8 Things on my wish list

• Live in France for some unspecified period of time, but long enough that it’s “live” and not “visit”
• All sorts of trips with the historian—the above France one, an Eastern swing (Montreal with a side of Ottawa maybe, Maine, etc), a Southern swing, down the Mississippi, an historic L.A. and environs trip, . . .
• Better organizational abilities and less stuff, probably, although I kind of love my stuff
• A Kitchen-Aid stand mixer, yellow, like Lis's
• One of those crazy digital pens that takes a movie of when you’re writing
• All sorts of awesome cameras, like the one Jeff Bridges uses, for instance.
• Another book
• Just a whiff of my youth back

8 things I love, in no particular order

• My wonderful, adorable husband
• My splendid, gorgeous, talented, hilarious children, each and every one of them
• My darling grandchildren
• My house
• My crazy garden
• My awesome dog
• My fabulous parents
• My amazing siblings
• The movies (that’s nine!)

8 things I can’t stand, in no particular order

• L.A. Lakers, doesn’t matter which era or the personnel
• Pompous blowhards of any stripe (takes one to know one, though)
• Being patronized.  I am positively allergic to this.
• Bad restaurants.  There is just no reason.
• Giving up hope
• Movies where they blow stuff up while the hero walks away with cascading sheets of flame in the background with a hard rock musical background (more movies than any of us would care to admit)
• That one Michael Haneke remake of his own sadistic movie.  Funny Games. Yeah. I can’t stand that, and I only saw the trailer.
• People who think they’re the boss of me  

8 people I'm tagging:

I would love to hear these things, in whole or in part, from any of my blogging circle family and friends!

Emendation:  I tag theorris, my daughters, my son, dr. write, lis, and otterbutt!  Accept that, theorris.  I command it! (btw, I am thankful for all of you, which is why I am tagging you!)