Semicenturion

This is my 50th post as The Whimsical Scribbler. I feel like I should do something monumental for this occasion.
Like a video.

Nah.

So today at work, I was all alone in the front office, and I had to go ask someone a question in the back. Normally, I have my water, my phone, and some activity with me at my desk. So when I left, I thought, "I should take my phone with me; someone could walk off with it while I'm not here." And then I was like- Wait, WHO IN THE WORLD would walk off with a 2004 Motorolla flip-phone? What could they possibly gain from doing that? A list of contacts they don't even know? A 600 pixel camera that can't transfer pictures anywhere?

But I still took it with me because I'm paranoid like that.

And then I totally forgot to pack some snax for my shift today, so I had to go buy stuff from the vending machine in order to not starve. OMG I haven't had gummy fruit snacks since like 4th grade!!!

I'm in the process of designing a bridesmaid dress. It makes me really excited about going home and getting to rummage through boxes of patterns.
Yes, rummaging!
It's one of my favorite pastimes.

"I remember when I was really into nostalgia."
-Demetri Martin

I'm including a list of 38 of my other favorite pastimes. You have to read each one and savor it to really experience this list. Think of each line as the little cup of cheesecake that the cheesecake fundraiser man gives you, which is never enough, so you have to eat as little as you possibly can with that dorky little spoon to make it last longer.

Yes, that is how I want you to peruse this list.

1. Making silly putty out of glue, water, and cornstarch.
2. Picking blueberries, making farm animal noises, deceiving children
3. Running through sprinklers
4. Composting
5. Melting crayons (or really anything) over an open flame
6. Road trips
7. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
8. Shucking corn
9. Gathering firewood
10. Going to Lowe's!
11. Snapping beans
12. Making buckeyes
13. Doing somersaults on the bed
14. Taking laundry off of the clothesline as an ominous storm approaches
15. Nightswimming
16. Going to get peaches!
17. Recycling cardboard
18. Goofing off behind a puppet stage
19. Lining up colors for crocheted hexagons (remember the "rotting banana" color scheme?)
20. Going to the PUBLIC LIBRARY. Goodness; I haven't been in years!
21. Yard-saling
22. Eating sunflower seeds and drinking sweet tea
23. Attending pool parties. Or parties in general. Like the ones that my parents' coworkers have where my parents introduce me as "Allison" or that time at my dad's promotion ceremony where I tried to sneak beer from the keg in the middle of the room and they all caught me. True story.
24. Bible study at Shady Grove!
25. Cartography.
26. Putting ribbons or big ol' flowers in my hair.
27. Driving to watch fireworks in the back of my dad's truck with a blanket and a can of Pringles
28. Using art gum erasers until they crumble into unusable bits rubbery debris
29. Eating my grandmother's hors d'oeurves. Yeah, I spelled that right the FIRST time!
30. Shredding paper
31. Kicking over mushrooms
32. Running off of the bus and across the yard on the last day of school. I should still do this, minus the bus, after every semester. How many more endings do I have? 5? Too many? Yessir!
33. Going out for pizza on Saturday night and eating the leftovers for Sunday lunch while reading the comics
34. Going through my mum's coupon book and taking out all the old ones
35. "Sledding" in the back yard which is really just riding the wagon down the big hill
36. Winning at Taboo because of inside jokes and opposites
37. The TAR CAR!
38. Wearing a bathing suit all day because you never know when you might slip in a puddle of fun

I told you 38 was important.
January 24th will be the 38th week, beeteedoub.

I like my coffee like I like my men. Hot, pale and sweet. :)















And I need a haircut.

Money money money *awkward pause* arrrrrrgh,
TWS