why is it so wrong to hug a tree?

i recently had someone at work ask me if i was a tree hugger. he asked me this right after i went on a tangent of how stupid it was for the managers to pass around pieces of paper to everyone on the work floor just to let us know we were having a meeting @ 1:30.

ironically the meeting was about the information sent around on different pieces of paper 2 days before that. and the "meeting" lasted only about 5 minutes. so of course, i in my righteous anger was annoyed that not only did they waste our time, but they wasted their time and several trees, just to be redundant.

just think- all that time, writing up notes in Microsoft Word, printing out 200 copies, cutting the sheets into 2's or 4's to "save resources", and passing out those sheets to each and every one of us probably took twice the time or more it would have just to say, "hey, everyone, team meeting when you're off the phones".

so apparently, because i noticed the stupidity of it all, i am officially a tree hugger. but my question is, why is that a bad thing?

grrrr.

sarah's top ten

movies i want to own:
(some not out yet)

1) Up!
2) The Count of Monte Cristo
3) City of Ember
4) The "Underworld" trilogy
5)I Love You Man
6)Julie & Julia
7)The Beach
8)Say Anything
9)Confessions of a Shopaholic
10) Chocolat


favorite movies:
(other than those above)

1)Ever After
2)Finding Neverland
3)Legends of the Fall
4)The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5)Lord of the Rings (including the whole trilogy)
6)Cider House Rules
7)Love Actually
8)Across the Universe
9)The Golden Compass
10)Catch and Release


favorite tv shows:
(this is why TV on DVD can be dangerous)

1)Friends
2)Sex and the City
3)Psych
4)Arrested Development
5)What Not to Wear
6)Ruby
7)Its Always Sunny in Philidelphia
8)Clean House
9)How its Made
10)What I Like About You


favorite actors/actresses:
(not including anyone on "Friends")

1)Zoe Deschanel
2)Brad Pitt
3)Leonardo Dicaprio
4)Morgan Freeman
5)Jim Carey
6)Johnny Depp
7)Nicole Kidman
8)Jennifer Garner
9)Gwyneth Paltrow
10)the 2 Kates- Hudson & Winslet


favorite childhood tv shows/movies:

1)Beauty and the Beast
2)Cinderella
3)The Wizard of Oz
4)Full House
5)Boy Meets World
6)Fresh Prince
7)Rigoletto
8)Reading Rainbow
9)Sesame Street
10)The Buttercream Gang


favorite books:
(also while growing up)

1)The Velveteen Rabbit
2)Bridge to Terebithia
3)The Giving Tree
4)The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
5)The Last Silk Dress
6)Sweet Valley Twins & Sweet Valley High
7)The Babysitter's Club books
8)Land of Hope
9)Berestein Bear books
10)Arthur books


favorite bands/musicians:
(note 9 and 10 couldn't be more different genres ;)

1)Imogen Heap
2)Regina Spektor
3)Guster
4)Death Cab for Cutie
5)Alanis Morrisette
6)Coldplay
7)Adele
8)Jack Johnson
9)Seether
10)Enya


favorite places to shop:

1)Old Navy
2)Oldnavy.com
3)Target
4)Gap
5)DSW
6)Pier One
7)World Market
8)Maurices
9)Barnes & Noble/Borders
10)Hy-Vee ;)


favorite restaurants in Des Moines/best place to get... :
(note...#10 is no longer available...so added 1 more)

1)Spaghetti works/...cheap pasta
2)Qudoba/...burritos & lime tortilla chips
3)Noodle Zoo/...salad to die for
4)Cheesecake Factory/....a delicious variety of entrees/desserts
5)Jimmy Johns/...subs via delivery
6)Northern Lights/...orgasmic breadsticks
7)Jason's Deli/...cheap organic lunch
8)Champs/...hamburgers
9)Tasty tacos/...unorthodox tacos with fry bread tortillas
10)Cheddars/...onion rings
11)IHOP/almost anything, especially omletes and pancakes (also has some sentimental value)


favorite smells:

1)freshly cut grass
2)chlorine
3)lilacs
4)laundry fresh out of the dryer
5)Jesse's cologne
6)new plastic
7)old books
8)campfires
9)chocolate cake
10)the chapstick i used to wear in college


and these are just a few of my favorite things...in general and random order:

*the color-coordinated polka dots on the back of granola bar wrappers
*lightning bugs
*my purple blanket
*playing tennis
*when my magazine arrives every month
*pens & stationery
*bubble gum
*animals
*riding in airplanes (usually the destination helps a bit too)
*sitting on my floor and daydreaming
*eating cashews and cottage cheese
*turning my stereo up really loud and dancing in my room
*looking at pictures/being nostalgic
*being barefoot
*infomercials
*cutips
*being in a foreign country
*dresses
*playing super nintendo
*brown paper packages tied up with strings...

...and these are just a few of my favorite things.

tribute

here's to the man i love: i'm so lucky to have a guy,

- who doesn't just drop his brother off @ the airport, but waits until its time to board before leaving

- who gets excited whenever i cook something- anything, but never expects me to

- who kisses me before leaving for work everymorning, even if i'm somewhat unconscious

- who takes out the trash and changes the light bulbs

- who still, after all this time, wants to hold my hand, play with my hair, or just put his hand on my thigh while driving or watching a movie together

- who cuts up raw chicken when i can't handle it

- who lets me pick the restaurant

- who wants me to hang out with my friends, and isn't clingy or controlling

- who bails me out if i can't afford rent this month

- who visits my family with me, despite the infamous and never ending drama

- who always makes me laugh, no matter how shitty of a day I've (or we've) had

- who never wants me go to bed sad

- who is silly and makes inside jokes with me

- who takes me to movies (even some he doesn't always want to see)

- who likes to travel, and plan trips, even if they might not happen until we're retired

- who teases me and makes me the center of his universe

- who knows all the things i hate about my self and disagrees

- who makes breakfast for his siblings

- who doesn't judge me for taking naps or drinking pop

- who likes having pet fish

- who despite all his talk, is good with animals and children

- who's whole face lights up any time he tells a story or memory

- who owns Amelie and Moulin Rouge

- who plays tennis with me when no one else can

- who has a rubber ducky collection

- who always likes my hair, and compliments me unexpectedly on days when i feel fat

- who is smart, witty, and intelligent

and,

who knows me better than anyone else, and still loves me. here's to Jesse, the man who will always have my heart.

being april

Easter and Spring are upon us- tomorrow is Good Friday of which of course i don't get off. why in the world would my job actually let us have a day off?

anyway, starting tomorrow AFTER work- i have to:

-take cans/bottles back to hy-vee and buy ingredients to..
-make a birthday cake for my sister/dad
-clean my apt
-go with jesse to pick his brother up from the airport
-have supper/socialize with said brother
-get up early the next morning to go see jesse's dad and siblings for a day at his house
-leave that evening to go stay the night with my sister (& her husband) @ their house
-wake up early again and go to church
-on the way from church in creston to my parent's house in corning, stop by lenox to see jesse's mom and siblings at her house
-go have Easter dinner at my parents house
-take jesse's brother back to the airport
-go home, take a nap or a pill of some sort
(aka- not have sex)

and hopefully it will be good, but definately too short and fast. i will be visiting 4 peoples' houses in less than 2 days. and because of this, the benefits of families living close together are starting to seem like cons, as we have no excuses to skip out on any of them. and its the 2nd of 3 weekends i will be spending some sort of time with my family.

and on top of all that knowed stress and potential drama, i have to remember what Easter means to me. and wish i could be churching @ Walnut Hills- to see the only pastor i've had and actually respect, give one of his last sermons this year.