Awkward & Awesome Thursday

Awkward:
1. Climbing into our really tall bed, getting about halfway up and then tumbling back out to land on the floor. While Nick was watching.
2. Going onto the porch to turn off the grill, but walking into the closed screen door instead.
3. Getting laid off for the second time in two years. Yuck.
4. Coconuts. Or rather, trying to get them to give up their goodness. Who saw them and thought, maybe if I hit these hard enough and the shell cracks open, there will be something tasty inside?
5. Calling our still twinkling Christmas porch lights "Valentine's Day Lights" because they are still up and still twinkling.

Awesome:
1. When I was feeling under the weather, Nick made me a big pot of tea and put it in the fridge, so my sicky self only had to pour and hit reheat on the microwave. I know I'm spoiled.
2. Scrubbing Bubbles Extended Clean Bathroom Cleaner. Seriously. This stuff is magic.
3. The Rolex 24 Hour race. Nick and I had so much fun. We even got free chili tickets from a guy and his girlfriend who bought too many. He told us "Here, to a fellow PBR drinker" and gave us more tickets than we could use. We passed off the rest to the last person in line when we left.
4. Having your former employer help land you an interview the first official day you're unemployed. Woo Hoo!
5. The Steelers are going to the Superbowl! Here we go!

Awkward & Awesome Thursday

So, Sydney, over at The Daybook does this fun thing on Thursdays where she lists Awesome and Awkward things that happen throughout her week. I think it's fun - who doesn't have some awkward moments, and don't you want to sit back and remember the awesome? Here's mine this week:

Awkward:

1. The fact that when I started this post I misspelled awkward (akward!!).
2. Coming home to a slow cooker chili to find out that Nick forgot the beans - and the tomatoes.
3. Lifting a trunk over a couch trying to set a window display and scratching yourself in the face with the trunk.
4. Our amaryllis that has no leaves, but two flower shoots.
5. Still not taking down the twinkly Christmas lights on the porch even though it's coming up on February. Yes, apparently we are those neighbors.
6. Sit down bicycles. Maybe they are comfortable, but they sure do look a little bit funny.
7. Trying to "crumble" the cinnamon/butter paste onto my dough for cinnamon rolls, per my mom's directions, just to make a mess, get it all over my hands, and have Nick look at me, chuckle, and hand me an offset spatula.

Awesome:

1. Spellcheck
2. Nick salvaging the chili - and it was delish!
3. Talking with my family - we totally don't do it enough.
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
5. Getting up, eating breakfast, showering, and going back to bed to cuddle with a still sleeping husband.
7. The above mentioned cinnamon rolls. Mmm hmmm...