Tragedy Struck

This morning Linwood and I woke up around 6:40 and a few minutes later, we started to hear a creaking sound followed by a CRASH. Our bookshelf on the wall had fallen down...on top of our 4 month old laptop. It was by far the most expensive thing we owned followed by a very distant second with Linwood's acoustic guitar and our car. Unlike the car and guitar, we used the computer every day. It was so shocking to look at the screen that stayed intact but the picture shattered and blacked out in spots. Linwood and I love our technology (Linwood especially) but to distract myself from all of this I've been making a list in my head of non-technological things that I am grateful for.

Alphabetically:
Art
Baby Jake (Big Jake isn't so bad either)
Birds (but not as pets)
Books
Cereal (and the cereal shelf that we keep it all on, hopefully it won't fall)
Chocolate cake
Christmas
Circles
Crunchy leaves
Diversity
Faith
Family
Family Photos
Flowers
Friends
Frozen yogurt
Granola
Hope
Linwood
Music
My jobs
My "teddy bear" blanket
Ninjas
Our apartment
Pie
Prayer
Rain storms
Rice
Salad
Simplicity
Sleep
Snow
Sunshine
Strength
The University of Utah
Warm bed
Warm/Comfy clothes

The list keeps growing and it isn't hard to come up with more. Some people are reading this thinking, its just a computer! Well they are exactly right but for me, it takes a little more work to put it into perspective. I'm so excited for Christmas and to spend time with my friends and family!!!

*this was written on a computer at work... its not like our computer was the only one that existed!

Update. I went to the Apple Store and they seem to think that only the screen was damaged so we're going to replace it for about $500. I guess its better than another $1800 computer. Also, I met a guy at the store who hangs shelves for a living and I explained our problem. He said that I put it up correctly. Oh well.

A Lady's Purse

Lately my purse has been feeling really heavy! I thought I would see what was going on and here is what I found:



Now, can you find: twenty two cents, a Nintendo DS in its case, a pile of reciepts, a picture of myself posing with a hula dancer, two packets of instant oatmeal, a DS charger, my card case, two parking validations for the Gateway, fancy sunglasses case with the sunglasses in it (but you wouldn't know that), an apple, an envelope that may still contain a paycheck, my super-secret sketchbook, an excessive supply of tampons, two paintbrushes, a cell phone, a folded piece of paper with unknown contents, a Best Buy gift card from 2001, tissues, a bra strap headband, ticket stub for Bourne Ultimatum, a pen, ticket stub from a Pirates/Phillies game, an abandoned to-do list, two tubes of chapstick, a frequent shopper card for Paradise Bakery, a frequent shopper card for Subway, a Dum-Dum, a Trax pass, moisturizing lipstick, and a baggie full of business cards? I hope you can!!!

music of 2007

Every month Linwood makes a cd featuring his favorites for that time of the year. So, here we are in December and his favorite albums of the year are in!
1. Arcade Fire -- Neon Bible
2. LCD Soundsystem -- Sound of Silver
3. Radiohead -- In Rainbows
4. Deerhoof -- Friend Opportunity
5. Menomena -- Friend and Foe
6. Animal Collective -- Strawberry Jam
7. Once Soundtrack (The Frames)
8. Kevin Drew -- Spirit if...
9. Of Montreal -- Hissing Fauna
10. Feist -- The Reminder

Honorable Mention:
Iron and Wine-The Shepard's Dog
Panda Bear-Person Pitch
Peter Bjorn and John-Writer's Block

You don't have to take his word for it!