Walking With Nora

It’s been ages since I’ve posted anything in my confessions series  so today I bring it back!

* During the Christmas/holiday season I cry at any sort of commerical involving a soldier overseas or coming home, no matter what. The Hallmark commercial that’s currently airing kills me. Oh, and the radio shoutouts the soliders give to their families? Gets me too.

* Last time I posted about how Lady GaGa scared me. She still does in terms of her outfits and etc., but I’m really warming up to her music, especially for working out. That and she has a pretty good message (assuming I’m understanding it correctly).

* I am having a helluva time finding Christmas presents that speak to me for my parents this year. No idea why it’s so hard.

* I can no longer drink anything except Chianti, without getting a hangover. It makes me feel… older.

* I am no longer interested in, nor do I care about, Glee. I haven’t watched it since midway through the previous season and I don’t think I’m going to catch up or start watching it any time soon.

* It’s the Christmas season and I still haven’t watched “You’ve Got Mail,” “Love Actually,” or “The Holiday,” which if you know me is kind of a big deal. I must remedy that this weekend.

* If I do my grocery shopping at Target it’s incredibly hard for me to stick to the list; I’m working on it and have had a few successes but that stores is just so addicting.

* When the Mariah Carey song “I Don’t want a lot for Christmas” comes on the radio I dance around the house like it’s my job.

* If I remember correctly, I believed in Santa Claus until I was nine years old.

* On Christmas Eve and Christmas morning it’s impossible for me to sleep; in that sense I’m still like my nine-year-old self. I’m too giddy and excited!

Any confessions that are holiday-related or otherwise that you’d like to share today?

Apparently I haven’t done a Confessions posts since January (no idea how I dropped the ball on that) and since I’ve had some confessions rolling around in my head for awhile, here we go again. Hopefully this will be back to a monthly installment from now on. View previous confession installments.

* Lady Gaga scares me. Seriously. Her hair, her make-up, her clothes. I like *some* of her music, but watching her perform just makes me uncomfortable, maybe because I don’t fully understand the points she is trying to make.

* I worry about the future of our nation sometimes given the things young kids these days do and say. (And yes, I realize that made me sound like a really old person.)

* When I do the 30 Day Shred, during the punching part of the workouts, I pretend I’m punching Jillian. I know, that’s so mean, but she bugs me so much. Her workout, however, works. Hello more defined abs.

* I’m in a wedding planning lull and I totally love it. I mean, wedding planning is fun but it’s nice to only have to focus on one big thing at a time (ahem, stilladjustingtosmalltownlife).

* I’m way too excited for College Game Day to start in a few months. WAY. TOO. EXCITED.

* I’ve had my iPhone for just over two weeks. I’m 99% sure I’m under utilizing it.  This makes me feel like a smart phone is really unnecessary at times. Any apps or things I *must* have?

* Last week I had french fries with a side of queso sauce for dipping. I don’t know if I can ever eat french fries without it again.

* For some reason I’m incredibly nervous about our upcoming engagement party. Really excited but also really nervous. Maybe it’s cause our parents are meeting for the first time?

* As of late I’m the worst person in the world when it comes to calling friends back. I really must work on that.

* I subscribe to “Real Simple,” and so far have yet to read the ones I’ve gotten in the mail, not because I don’t like the magazine, in fact I love it, but more because I’ve not made the time. Hopefully this week as I can’t wait for more new recipes, organization and design ideas to permeate my mind.

* I can’t stand adult cartoons like Family Guy, King of the Hill, American Dad. I find them incredibly annoying. Like want-to-scream-annoying.

Anything you want to get off your chest this Monday?

It’s been awhile since I’ve done the confessions series, so here we go…

* I can’t ever remember how to spell embarrassed: is it one “r” or two? (I know it’s two now but somehow I must commit that to memory.)

* Lately I’ll stay up late reading… and then I sleep in late. I’ve been reading such amazing books that I just can’t put them down, and next thing I know it’s midnight. And then next thing I know my alarm is going off at 6am.

* I cry every single week Parenthood is on. Every. Single. Week.

* So the Oscars are coming up and there are a handful of movies that I’m not sure I can watch… Social Network, Black Swan. This may be the first year I haven’t seen all the movies that will be nominated for best picture!

* I forgot to include a super embarrassing moment in yesterday’s post. Picture this: Me, on Space Mountain in Disney, wearing a jean skirt. When the bar that holds you in came up, it ripped my skirt all the way up to the button. I had to ride Space Mountain with my lacy underwear showing, freaking out because my parents would know/see it when I got off the ride (I was in college, my college boyfriend was with us). I had to wrap a shirt around my waist until I could find a suitable pair of shorts to buy at Disney for like $50 bucks. They said “CHEER!” on the butt which was so not me. I. was. mortified.

* I love my digital camera but I’m the worst about printing pictures, putting them in photo albums or sharing them with friends and family (or cleaning off my memory card. I have about 1200 pictures on it. I should probably get to that).

 * I part my hair on the left to hide my gray hairs.

What are some of your confessions this week?

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* I believed in Santa Claus until I was eight. Yes, I’m serious. I guess I was a gullible child.

* Sometimes I listen to Christmas music before Thanksgiving, but I don’t tell anyone.

* On Christmas Eve you’d think I was a five year old still. I can’t sleep. I toss and turn. I listen for my parents putting my stocking by my door. And I wake up at 6 am every year without fail.

* I really, truly do not need anything for Christmas this year. That’s something to be thankful for right there.

* I kind of have a shopping problem and insist on present parity between my family members, as in, each person must get the same number of presents from me. So if I buy my brother five? Everyone else gets five. Maybe I’m a little OCD?

* I’m 27 and I kind of want to go get my picture taken with Santa Claus.

* Each year when it’s time for Christmas cards I contemplate getting a photo of me and Jack taken to use but then I change my mind. Maybe one year…

* The Jim Carrey version of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” terrifies me.

* I love, love, love and watch, for 24 straight hours, “A Christmas Story,” on TBS. It seems that no matter what I always catch the movie in the same place but I just can’t get enough.  

* Each year my dad and I have a little mini “wrapathon,” and it is one of my favorite Christmas traditions.

* I don’t like rude people as a general rule but I really don’t like them during the holiday season.

* I sing Christmas songs at the top of my lungs on my way to work everyday. On a related note, no matter who sings O Holy Night, I wind up crying. It gives me chills (the good kind) each time.

What are your holiday-related confessions?

You probably thought I forgot about this series, eh?  The only problem with my Confessions Series is it takes some time to amass or think of new ones, but it’s back! (View all previous installments in this series here.)

* So despite the fact that I may be the Dave Matthews Band #1 Fan I do not physically own their two oldest CDs, Crash and Before These Crowded Streets. (I did recently download them to my Zune, and I have no idea how I survived without them for so long.)

* I’ve started wearing leggings. Don’t worry, only around the house and with shorts over them and I vow to never go out in public in them…but they are incredibly comfortable.

* I cry almost every week during Parenthood.

* My time management and organizational skills have really gone down hill the last few weeks; I really hope I can recoup them in the coming few weeks.

* I can’t study and/or do my homework without my favorite type of pen: Papermate, plain barrel, blue ink pen.

* If I had the courage to do karaoke I think I would sing Tina Turner’s “Proud Mary.”

* A few weeks ago I ditched Facebook. I don’t miss it and I’m not sure I’ll return this time.

* The end of my graduate school career is in plain sight and as 100% excited as I am, I’m also a little bit nervous as to what I’ll do with all my free time.

* There are over 40 pairs of shoes in my closet: flops, boots, flats, heels, athletic. It may be an addiction.

* I enjoy like raking leaves. This means two things: 1) I’m glad it’s fall and 2) I’m probably a little bit crazy.

* I was nominated for Homecoming Court my Senior year in high school and was incredibly relieved when I didn’t make it onto the final court ballot.

* The Boy Next Door still shows up in my dreams, despite our several unsuccessful attempts at dating over the last few years. I am sorely disappointed when I wake up discovering it was just a dream (and that he didn’t really come for me).

What about you? Anything you want to get off your chest today?

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* I like to watch iCarly. And Victorious. And okay, maybe Big Time Rush. Not all the time, not every day, just when they happen to be on Nickelodeon. (I used to be a nanny so I’m kind of used to the cheesiness that is Nickolodeon TV shows. That will be the excuse for this one…)

* I have not seen Labyrinth or The Goonies.

* My blog-writing-motivation has been uncharacteristically low lately (although now that I say that I’m sure 100 ideas will pop into my head) and I feel rather bad about it. This also applies to blog reading and commenting as of late.

* For awhile I was really good at checking my voicemail on my cell phone but in the last few weeks I’ve started ignoring it again. I dislike the phone tree menu I have to go through in order to get to my messages and how painfully slow the whole system is.

* I think I’m the worst when it comes to applying self-tanner. I always wind up streak-y despite my best efforts.

* There are days where I wonder why in the world I put myself through the last few years of graduate school; some days it feels hardly worth it but I hope I feel differently when I receive  the diploma.

* I keep a stash of Junior Mints in my top dresser drawer for emergency sweet tooth cravings. Fortunately I tend to forget they are there most days.

* On Sunday night I mentally map out which outfits I’m going to wear which day of the week. It makes getting up early a little bit easier for me.

* I have more celebrity crushes than real-life crushes.

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* I’ve never read or seen The Lord of the Rings Triology. Some say this makes me strange.

* It’s really hard for me to stay out past 11pm these days. Even harder for me to drink more than one drink a night.

* There are days where I strongly consider going to law school; I just don’t know if I’m ready to give up my “real life” job and current lifestyle to do it. I also wonder if I’ll regret if I don’t.

* When I have to leave Jack with the dog sitter during my work trips, I get super sad. A small tear may or may not make its way down my face.

* I was fortunate to stay in a four star hotel during my business trip; as much as I enjoy the luxury I always feel guilty that there are people on the streets with no bed, no shelter, no food. (Yes, I am doing something about it. I’m actively donating money to local charities and considering new volunteer efforts.)

* I ruined my no late fee stretch at the library this week. I’m a little disappointed in myself.

* I will always be Team Edward when it comes to Twilight and a fan of Mr. Big when it comes to Sex and the City.

* On the weekends I get up early but I secretly wish I were sleeping until noon or lying in bed watching movies, being totally useless.

* I think baby showers are fun.

* When people ask my why I’m not married yet I have to physically restrain myself from either punching them or screaming. I’m ONLY 26!

* With that said, there are some days my hopeless romantic heart and soul are seriously tested.

Anything you’d like to confess today, big or small, serious or silly?

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* I’ve had a .50 overdue fee at the library for the last two years. It’s finally paid.

* I’m pretty sure I have more celebrity crushes than I do real life crushes (Aksel Lund Svindal, Evan Lysacek, Russell Brand, Adam Braverman, Puck.) I hope this doesn’t make me too pathetic.

* When I go to concerts of my absolute favorite artists/bands, I dress up, just in case they see me and decide to invite me on stage.

* I think I have a marginally addictive personality when it comes to TV shows, book series, and exercise.

* I”m 26 and I need the TV on in the background, a glass of water next to my bed, and something in my arms if I’m going to be able to fall asleep.

* I gave up ballet and tap  at the end of my 8th grade year; this may be my one regret.

* In the last few months I’ve gone shopping for several baby showers. On more than one occasion I’ve broken down in tears, afraid that I may never get to that point in my life. Thank goodness for sunglasses.

* Some days when my knee is really bothering me, I yell at it. Probably counterproductive, but it makes me feel a tiny bit better.

* I think I’m getting a nose ring this weekend pending available appointments and the kind of ring I can have in while healing.

* I really, really want to visit Disney again.

* I’m a sentimental sap about certain possessions: t-shirts, books, jewelry, even if I don’t wear it or use it, I can’t bring myself to rid of it it’s from a family member.

* I have knitting needles and yarn but no idea what to do with them. I also have a baby blanket which I started cross-stitching that’s about 25 % finished; I started it over three years ago.

* Some days I’d rather read blogs than work.

* I’ve found myself getting annoyed with the rain. Me, the girl who used to call her blog “Walking through the Rain,” is getting frustrated with the weather. This is most unusual.

Anything on your mind today that you wish to confess?

Be sure to check back next week for another book giveaway and updates on my weekend (Harry Connick Jr Concert, Race for the Cure, and a local one-tent circus)!

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* I’ve never seen the original Star Wars movies. Ever.

* When I was in Key West for my friend’s bachelorette party, I committed the Cardinal Sin of vacations: I fell for a local. Captain Steve. Sigh. Italian, tall, tan, handsome and wildly adventurous.

* If I can’t sleep, I will eat M&Ms in bed while playing my Nintendo DSi.

* I still suffer from blogger envy on occasion: design, followers, stats. I know, it’s totally silly and shallow considering everything else that’s going on in the world.

* About once every two months, my Monica Gellar cleanliness tendencies go out the window. Suddenly there are piles of clothes, books and other randomness all over my room. It builds up until I can’t take it anymore and I do a clean sweep.

* I get really annoyed when the men I work with feel the need to make loud, bodily function noises in the hallway. I may be the only girl in the office, but I can hear them!

* I’m not sure that I’m feeling Glee this season. The plot line is a bit… jumpy.

* The other day, I caught a glimpse of myself and my hair in the mirror. The curliness and gray hair totally looked like Cher in Moonstruck. I haven’t decided if this is a good or bad thing. I guess it’d be good if it means I find some Italian dude who likes the look.

* Some days I wish I could be the party girl, the devil-may-care-attitude girl. Not the cares-what-people-think, people-pleasing, worrying-about-everyone-but-herself girl.

Anything you want to get off your chest today?