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Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Thursday 13 - Old photos, Old movies, Old Me

From POP ART DIVA Dot Com
THIRTEEN THINGS TO DO ON A RAINY DAY
  1. Sleep in.
  2. Stay in your jammies and read the paper an extra hour
  3. Watch all the silly morning talk shows and do your mani-pedi
  4. Cook chili and cornbread for dinner
  5. Bake a chocolate cake for dessert too
  6. Okay, do a little work - but only a little
  7. Take your dog for a walk in the rain - don't ask me why but they love to get soaked on a walk but if you ask them just to go pee in the backyard they dig in their heels at the door.
  8. Watch all the silly afternoon talk shows - they'll put you to sleep and a nap while the rain patters on the roof is the best kind of sleep
  9. Sit outside and enjoy the smell of the rain and the lovely drops on all the plants
  10. Take an afternoon bath and put on fresh jammies
  11. Have a cup of cocoa while the thunder rolls overhead and you go through all your old photo albums (I just got all mine back after 13 years!)
  12. Eat your chili while watching some late afternoon reruns like Father Knows Best or Welcome Back, Kotter
  13. Make some popcorn, get back into bed and watch Mel Brooks movies while the rain continues to patter on the roof as you fall asleep - remember to put the sleep timer on!
This is what I have done and will do for today - ok, my little work was posting this and bidding some graphics jobs online - but I'm already in my second set of jammies and getting ready to serve up my chili and cornbread and the cake is baking in the oven. The popcorn is set out for a late night snack and my Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and Spaceballs movies are all lined up - nite, nite - don't let the bedbugs bite!

By the way, a really funny Twitter tee shirt makes great jammies.
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15 comments:

Janet said...

Love this list :-)

Where were your photo albums?

Pop Art Diva! said...

Janet - my photos and family heirlooms have been in storage for 12 years waiting for me to come home again - it was so great to get them back again and I hope to scan and post some of my favorites with some stories soon.

Alice Audrey said...

I don't have to wait for a rainy day, do I? 'Cause a lot of this stuff I do anyway.

Pop Art Diva! said...

Alice - hehehe, yeah me too - being self employed does allow for a little leeway in our work and play hours doesn't it?

Susan Helene Gottfried said...

I'm a curl-up-and-read kinda rainy day girl.

But the chili and cornbread? YUM!

Pop Art Diva! said...

Susan - the chili was really good and perfect for a rainy day. . . and I have leftovers and today is overcast!

Adelle Laudan said...

Sounds like a wonderful way to spend a rainy day.
Happy T13!

Barb said...

Sounds like a perfect day. I've spent many a day in my jammies. Soooo relaxing. Thanks for letting me stop by.

http://smallripplesinthepond.blogspot.com/

Cindy Shepard said...

Wow..hadn't thought of Father Knows Best in many years.....love your twitter line of stuff!!!

Pop Art Diva! said...

Adelle - it was and I'm enjoyed it.

Barb - stop by anytime!

Cindy - glad you like my TweetleBirdie Twitter tees & gifts - the social networking/media tweeps ought to love it too.

AD said...

awwwwwwwwwwwwwww this is super duper :D

I have two attempts to it :D

http://2short2sweet.blogspot.com/2009/06/yes-to-power-13.html

and

http://whenhekissesher.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/13-confessions-of-love/

Pop Art Diva! said...

AD - thanks for stopping by and after reading both your TTs I have to think you have love on your mind, lol.

Debbie @Like a Rose said...

Fun list - I love Blazing Saddles!

The Starboobs T-shirt I got from you is one of my favorites for jammies.

Pop Art Diva! said...

Debbie - e-mail me @ boob@popartdiva.com and I'll send you a fun card format for the Starboobs design you can use for cards!

Glad you liked it - it was my warped sense of humor at work, lol.

lovesmukiwa said...

We had a puppy who WOULD NOT go to the bathroom in the rain. (My blog is named after that puppy!) she didnt go to the bathroom for days and got sick. I finally had to take her to the vet. From then on she would go in the rain, but I had to hold an umbrella over her. BTW. She LOVED water and would swim in a puddle if she could.