Early morning Top Ten: Obsessions.

I'm always obsessed with my Ugg boots.

Good morning, everyone. My fingers are twitching to talk to you this morning but I don't have as much time as I'd like. The kids and I fell asleep in my bed together after reading last night. And that is where we all pretty much woke up. Normally blogging is an evening activity for me but not so much yesterday.

Right now, there's a few things that I'm sort of obsessed with. Do you ever get that way? Where you're really into something and can't stop talking about it? Man. I do. And I use the word "obsessed" in the slang way that the hip girls and high schoolers do. Not in the creepy Glenn Close way. Ha.

So yeah. There's a few things I'm obsessed with right now. And I wrote a little quick top ten about it! Like to hear it? Here it go!

I bring you:

THE TOP TEN RANDOM THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN OBSESSED WITH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT I WONDER IF ANYONE ELSE HAS BEEN OBSESSED WITH, TOO.




#10   My Keurig One Cup Coffee Maker.

OH. EM. GEE.  My sister JoLai pretty much changed my life and rocked my world when she got me this thing. It's so fabulous. And! There's a little basket that lets you use your favorite coffee and not those oppressively expensive K-cups. So even the cheap side of me is pleased-pleased-pleased!

Obsessed with that thing. Obsessed, I tell you.

#9   My iPad mini.

Yes. It's exactly like my iPad. Only mini. And you know? I'm obsessed with it like I'd never had an iPad in my whole-whole-whole life. Which many people hadn't. So my desire for one was totally first world. But damn, I'm glad to have it. And obsessed, too.

#8   Finding another half marathon to run

I spend no less than 15 - 20 minutes each night perusing sites for a good half marathon to run in the spring. I'll be out of town for the Atlanta Publix Half in March. So to keep myself going, I'm searching one out. I've been kicking around the Birmingham Mercedes Benz Half Marathon in February. It's just that it would require me to go to Birmingham to get my number the day before and that's my mom's birthday weekend.

And I haven't been running so far lately. Oh. Did I mention that part? Ha.

#7  Reading some old school books to my kids.

I told the boys that we're going to "kick it old school."  And let me tell you--we started with the classic by Wilson Rawls "Where the Red Fern Grows."

Oh. EM. GEEE.  Isaiah and I were hysterically-hysterically-hysterically crying at the end. Did I mention hysterically? Dude. I highly recommend kicking it old school. And reading to your kids who already know how to read. One of my Grady BFFs Lesley M. is so great about that. She inspires me to keep on reading to my kids no matter how old they get.

Yep.

So now we're alternating between old books and new ones. Currently we're on a book called "Because of Mr. Terupt."  But next? Either "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry" or "Old Yeller." Yay-yuuuh!

#6   My mood nail polish.

So I got my nails painted this dark-dark-dark burgundy. Then on my cruise, Harry says, "Hey, I've never seen you with red nails." And I looked down and they were blood red. Then that night when it was cool and air-conditioned, they were dark again. So it turns out that this polish changes.

Mmm hmmm.

So now I'm constantly sticking my fingers in ice water or showing them to Harry to let him know if I'm in the mood or not. Ha.

#5  ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK.

I. Am. Obsessed. With. This. Show.

Take this from someone who rarely watches television. I watched the entire first season in like three days on Net Flix. I am in love with every character and their flaws and just cannot WAIT for the next season. So, so well done.

Obsessed.

#4  12 Years a Slave -- the book.

Have you read this book? It's only 99 cents on Kindle. It's written in the first person by Solomon Northup, this free man who got kidnapped to the south and put in slavery. It is riveting. Upsetting. Deep. I am obsessed with what I learned there. I am sad that this is a part of our country's history.

I've not seen the movie but I want to. I'm so behind on movies.

#3  Downton Abbey.

Even though I've already seen the entire season 4 on British bootleg (brillllll-iant!) I am obsessed with it. That show is the bomb. For reals.

#2  NOT watching Breaking Bad.

I tried. It makes me too anxious. I kept on trying over the break, I did. But the second episode of the first season nearly gave me a heart attack. I knew I wasn't cut out for something this dark. And isn't that dude the father from Malcolm in the Middle? Dude. I'll have to stick with books, Downton, and Orange is the New Black.

#1  Writing something

I don't know what. But I think I want to write something for real, true and sho' nuff publication. Yeah. Like even a book, maybe.

Gasp.

Did I say that out loud?

That's all I got. Sorry for no pictures today. I only had a few minutes to share. But I'd love to hear about your obsessions.

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Happy Thursday. S.J.G.R. post coming later. . . .