On Why Purses Are Not Necessary
1. If you can't fit it in your pocket, you probably don't really need it
2. It is harder to put down your pocket and forget it
3. Most purses are not very attractive
4. Most purses aren't big enough to hold text books
5. Hands free is a much better way to be

My Current Favorite Palm Pilot Uses
1. Playing backgammon
2. Keeping appointments
3. Emergency flashlight (from the back lit LCD screen, yo!)
4. Very small and compact umbrella
5. Defensive weapon

B's Funny TV Watching Rules
1. Always stop and watch sappy made for TV movies
2. Try to avoid watching sitcom characters embarrass themselves
3. Commercials are for flipping
4. Only watching one show at a time is boring
5. Obsessions are key

Thesis Excitment
1. My advisor told me to come up with a thesis topic by today
2. So I did
3. And he really liked it
4. So I officially have a topic
5. Now I just have to do a wee bit more research.....

Things That Can Be Accomplished By 10:00 AM
1. Excercising
2. Showering
3. Breakfasting
4. Sorting Laundry
5. Climbing back into bed

Ways To Wake Up A Sleeping Person
1. Jump up and down on the bed
2. Cold hands on warm skin
3. Chorus of screech owls
4. Let in the sunlight
5. Re-organize the pots and pans drawer

Possible Things To Put On My Empty Shelf
1. Seashells
2. Painted rocks
3. Small figurines
4. More books or cds
5. Pictures of B

Things To Work On
1. My thesis
2. Good Valentine's Day gift for B
3. Re-organizing the front closet
4. Birthday present for G
5. Actually posting lists on a daily basis

Ways To Extend Your Weekend
1. Call in sick
2. Arrange for a snow day
3. Get stuck in a time loop and repeat Sunday over and over
4. Break your leg
5. Get fired

My Favorite Lamps In Our Apartment
1. The goldfish lamp
2. Becky's little blue lamp
3. My little white clip on lamp
4. The turtle lamp
5. The long skinny desk lamp

I Like Becky Even Though...
1. She eats grape flavored suckers
2. She stays up really late
3. She like to sleep in really late
4. She procrastinates big time
5. She's much taller than I could ever hope to be

Yay For Funny Lesbians
1. Ellen
2. Rosie
3. Elvira Kurt
4. Suzanne Westenhoffer
5. Sabrina Matthews

MLK Jr Day List: Things There Could Be More Of In The World
1. Love
2. Peace
3. Understanding
4. Compassion
5. Tolerance

Reasons To Go To The Toledo Storm Minor Leage Hockey Game
1. I like watching hockey
2. I've never been to a live hockey game before
3. New adventures are always good
4. It's "family day" at the game
5. Time spent hanging out with Becky and Nate can't be bad

Reasons Not To Go To The Hockey Game
1. It costs money
2. Scary people
3. Scary people's children
4. An abundance of beer available to the scary people
5. Scary traffic

A Saturday Afternoon Shopping Trip
1. JC Penny
2. Copy of "Girlfriends" from Barnes and Nobles
3. Purple paint from Michaels
4. Milk from The Pharm
5. Home again

Trivial Pursuit With The Fox Force Five
1. Martina Navratilova
2. Nope, not the usual tennis player this time
3. Team Abby ... and Tom
4. Amy stealing Wayde's vote (but asking nicely first)
5. What type of panda specifically?

Colors Of Candles In Our Living Room
1. Purple
2. Sea blue
3. Sea green
4. Sand
5. Christmas red

Popular Lesbian Vacation Destinations
1. Olivia Cruises
2. Provincetown
3. Fire Island
4. St. Croix
5. Key West

**Is it bad that this is only the third day of classes and I am already thinking about vacations?

First Day Of Graduate School List
1. Drove to school
2. Talked to Russ
3. Talked to Nick
4. Researched
5. Drove home

Things That Remind Me Of Geoff
1. Clearly Canadian
2. Dremmel tools
3. Grandfather sweaters
4. Woks
5. Blue corn tortilla chips

Things We Bought At IKEA
1. One big book shelf and three matching cd towers
2. Five triangle candles
3. One plastic bag holder
4. Four woven placemats
5. One red single drawer unit

Binnie's Christmas
1. We drove down to Centerville to do Christmas with Binnie
2. But she got a flat tire on the way home from work
3. Then had to go buy presents that she hadn't gotten yet
4. Then shower and change
5. And so she didn't show up until 11 pm ... sheesh

Fun Colors Of Shirts In My Closet
1. Yellow
2. Coral
3. Sage greenn
4. True blue
5. Purple stripe

Why We Used To Love The West Wing
1. Meaningful story lines that were interesting
2. Good strong female characters
3. Witty humor
4. Intelligent humor
5. The Danny-CJ relationship

Fun Things To Do On Winter Break
1. Re-arrange your bedroom
2. Sleep
3. Watch movies
4. Play violin
5. Sing and dance around the living room

Growing Up Moments
1. Saying “no” to friends
2. Realizing your parents are fallible and loving them regardless
3. Keeping up your grades during the last semester of high school
4. Surviving your first semester of college
5. Moving the last boxes of childhood keepsakes out of your parents’ house

Christmas With The Extended Rickert Family
1. Janice and Carolyn were late
2. They brought an injured puppy
3. To which Beth was allergic
4. Dinner at the Chinese buffet
5.Terrible weather, as usual

Things At Which To Smile
1. Bald drooling babies
2. A clean room
3. Warm down slippers on cold nights
4. Old worn out jeans that fit just right
5. An old couple holding hands as the walk through the park

Trip Down Memory Lane With The Bobbsy Twins
1. Nan, Bert, Freddie and Flossie
2. Laughing when Mom made up lines in Bobbsy Twins’ books
3. Laughing even harder when Mom read the actual lines in the Bobbsy Twins books
4. The little fat fireman and the little fat fairy (good self esteem building there, Mr. Bobbsy)
5. Dinah the cook who always packed delicious picnics with lots of chocolate cake

Favorite Childhood Books
1. The Bobbsy Twins
2. The Visit
3. The Tomten and the Fox
4. Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening
5. The Baby-sitters’ Club

Things To Do For Aunt Tricia
1. Find Mahjong instructions
2. Print Mahjong instructions
3. Mail Mahjong instructions
4. Mail chocolate covered soy nuts
5. Mail honey roasted soy nuts