A Day by the Numbers

Ten things I did today:

1. part of my masters homework
2. walked on the beach and took photos
3. went shopping with my honey
4. drank a nonfat Chai latte while enjoying Christmas tunes in Starbucks
5. counted my blessings
6. read e-mail
7. blogged
8. did grocery shopping
9. made some phone calls
10. wrote a Christmas shopping list

Nine things I ate today:

1. a granola bar
2. a pumpkin spice muffin
3. chinese chicken salad
4. french onion soup
5. another granola bar
6. two slices of green pepper & onion pizza
7. clementine oranges
8. chocolate candies
9. some of hubby's fries at lunch

Eight things I bought today while shopping:

1. my new laptop
2. a DVD set for oldest son
3. yarn for an afghan for my nephew
4. a Christmas cookie magazine
5. a Christmas ornament
6. a bird feeder for my cousins' new house
7. lots of Bath & Body Works soaps for $3 each
8. a wireless mouse for middle son

Seven things I bought at the grocery store:

1. parmesan cheese
2. Mexican blend cheese
3. enchilada sauce
4. bananas
5. clementines
6. Diet Mountain Dew
7. milk

Six things I did with my hands today:

1. knit on a scarf
2. used my cell phone
3. drove my van
4. held the hand of my husband
5. hugged my three sons
6. took photographs

Five things I read today:

1. blogs
2. e-mails
3. my current book, The Faraday Girls
4. the new cookie magazine
5. my textbook

Four people I thought about today:

1. my mother
2. a co-worker who had a baby in October
3. my nephew, David
4. my friend, Steph, in Washington

Three people I spoke to on the phone today:

1. my sister
2. my brother
3. my sister-in-law

Two things I should have done today but did not:

1. Wrote my paper
2. some housework

One final thought:

1. I had a busy but beautiful day spending lots of time with my husband. He's a great man.