Bucket Lists

From one day to the next it seems, my goals in life change.  The experiences I want to have before I die shift into something else.  I feel like I have made so many versions of this list, but I guess for me it's about having one, not that it necessarily stays the same.  This is one that I put together what seems like forever ago now.  Maybe 6 years, it was sometime in the midst of my divorce.  I think this is the list that really shows the things that I would like to accomplish.

To Do List
Live in a different country

Learn to drive

Date someone with an accent



Open my own business (preferably my long wanted Bookstore)
Spend more time on photography
Learn to play the piano
Learn French
Learn Italian
Spend a night sleeping under the stars
Take my mom to Egypt


Visit London and see the Globe Theater in person

Road trip across the US
Marry a funny, nerdy and adorable boy
Start a family, one that is as random and eclectic as I am
Ensure that my kids grow up to be true individuals and choose their own paths
Give my kids mini-mohawks
Create workout that I will stick to
Ride my bike for fun
Spend quality time with a koala bear

Pet a monkey


Learn to ski
See Elton John in concert
Finish College


Date a country boy

Kiss someone I love on New Year’s at midnight


Attend a masquerade ball


Start embellishing my own clothes
Create my own embroidery designs
Fall in love with someone who can't live without me
Play in the snow
Sew a complete outfit
Dye my hair a crazy color and be unafraid of what everyone will say
Shower under a waterfall
Read all the books I have always wanted to read


Wake up when my alarm clock actually goes off

Visit my grandma more often

Do something just because it feels good

Show up to work 10 minutes early

Try Yoga


Hold a lizard in my hand


Send out holiday cards


Dance with someone with no music playing

Make the ultimate mix tape


Swim in open ocean


Go on a vacation that lets me forget reality

Start reviewing books


Stop drinking soda


Move somewhere I love


Take a spur of the moment trip
Practice random acts of kindness
Have a garden
Skinny dip
Spend one night with friend’s roller skating, old school style
Volunteer at a retirement home
Have better posture

Get a tattoo


Kiss in the rain


Live one winter in a cold snowy placeWrite a book
Learn to ride a horse
Go on a picnic in my backyard
Learn to paint
Go to India
Document my life in photos
Give up cheese for one month, just to say that I can do it
Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
Volunteer at a food bank for Thanksgiving
Watch all 6 Star Wars movies in chronological order over 2 days
Find that perfect house


Have a library in my house

Become a vegetarian


Become a librarian
Take a trip with my sister to somewhere amazing
Read one book a week for one year
Adopt a dog
Become a big sister


Give a speech in public

Go on a cruise
Ride an old school sleep on train
Visit the Galapagos


Read every book my favorite author has written

Ugly Sexy Thursday: Taco's List

Here is the BFF's pics, she being the crazy ass individual that she is created an entirely new category.  The funny thing is I debated whether or not to add this exact category on and decided against it because it is already such a daunting task for people to pick so many faves for each category.  I guess that's why we are best friends we have the same weird thought process. 

She even went one step further and gave her justification for her choices like I did.  Enjoy!

UGLY SEXY
Adam Goldberg - You may remember him from SavingPrivate Ryan or Dazed and Confused. 
John Cusack - He’s not ugly, but he is getting a little long in the tooth.  However, I will always be faithful to him. 

OVERALL SEXY
Brandon Routh - That’s right, I chose Superman.  And if I had my way he’d wear the costume as well.  Close second:
Henry Cavill - Do you see a trend forming?
Ed Westwick - my hot British guilty pleasure.

SCARY SEXY
Peter Dinklage - Some people may be afraid of midgets (some people I know even).  But I find him oddly sexy. Also, I will admit in this category I would add:
Johnny Knoxville - Don’t judge me.

MUSICIAN SEXY
John Mayer -  (I LOVE him)
Chris Martin
Paul Banks
Carlos Dengler
Morrisey

OLD SEXY
Warren Beatty - Hands down. Did you see Splendor in the grass?
Gary Oldman - technically not old enough and I am kind of insulted that she said my man is old!
Robert Redford
Alan Rickman

LITERARY SEXY
Superman - Obviously I’m going to go with him. However, I also love:
Remus Lupin - because of his sexy moonlight changes, Harry Potter Series
Jay Gatsby - The Great Gatsby
Bruce Wayne - Batman
Sherlock Holmes

SEXY DECEASED
Top Pick: the sexy, depressed Ian Curtis
Jim Morrison

SEXY CHICKS
Rachel McAdams

Making my own category!
NERDY SEXY
David Tennant - The Doctor, you can’t get any sexier than a time lord!
Tahmoh Penikett - from BSG and Dollhouse
Benedict Cumberbatch - my favorite Sherlock after Robert Downey Jr.
Sam Witwer - from Being Human, my favorite sexyvampire
Eric Dane - Multiple Man
Michael Sheen - vampire, werewolf, British Prime Minister…he’s done it all sexy stylehttp://www.nndb.com/people/795/000022729/redford.jpg

The BFF

Today my amazing best friend Angie turns 30th.  Is it a coincidence that her birthday happens to fall on May 4th - a sort of Star Wars holiday?  No, no it's not.  She's just that bad ass.

Our unfortunate middle school years :-(

We met in the 2nd grade.  I had just transfered to a new school and we met on my first day.  We were instant BFF's as only kids can be.  (There was one very inconvenient hair-pulling debacle in the girls bathroom that same year but whatever) We would go on to ride the same school bus for the next 9 years, dress the same on special occasions, like many of the same boys (also inconvenient but somehow we managed to pull through), have sleep overs, watch ill- advised scary movies followed but even worse nightmares, go out in public with matching buns at the time it seemed like the BEST idea ever, dance in the aisles of supermarkets, attend many a renaissance fair, enjoy dozens of home cooked meals in each others homes and eventually grow up, get married and in her case have AMAZING offspring.

 She will always be silly with me, give me good advice when needed, listen to me when I am having a mini breakdown and always, I mean always, cook a delish meal that leaves my mouth watering.  In her work life she is a truly inspiring teacher.  She puts in the work to make sure the students get the best she has to offer.  She is the kind of teacher that I always loved growing up.  The kind that actually make a difference.

 She is a wife and mother (with her second baby on the way) to my favorite teeny person in the world.  He has soooo much personality in that little body of his I can't even imagine what he will be like when he grows up.  Her son ended up with the best of both his parents and I am sure I am biased but he is one damn cool kid.  I hope my kids are as awesome as he is.  I can't wait to meet my niece, who will be making her debut later this month.  I know that she will be as amazing as her big brother,  maybe a teensy bit better because I can spoil her with super adorkable clothes :-)

I feel so lucky that I was blessed with a best friend like Angie. 

I know that no matter who comes and goes she will always be there. 

Happy 30th!!

Ugly Sexy Thursday: SaV Edition

My lovely friend and fellow blogger SaV was good enough to send me her Sexy list.  The receiving of this list was a comedy of errors as I made the request for her list via facebook in group chat with some other friends of ours.  SaV in her utter excitement (at least that's what I am telling myself) to get the list to me kept hitting send before it was done.  So instead of getting one message with all her choices we got 6.  My favorite was the one that had nothing but the word "MOTHER!"

UGLY SEXY
Joaquin Phoenix
Jason Segel
Owen Wilson
Raza Jaffrey
Liam Neeson
 
OVERALL SEXY Adam Levine
Ian Somerhalder
Alexander Skaarsgard
Gerard Butler
Shemar Moore

SCARY SEXY (for example: Christopher Walken)
Johnny Depp
Nicolas Cage
David Carradine
Al Pacino

MUSICIAN SEXY Tyson Ritter
Joe Jonas
Justin Timberlake
Enrique Iglesias
Usher

OLD SEXY (Over 60)
Sean Connery
Hugh Laurie (IDK if he's over 60, but he's old, and hot!)
Jack Nicholson
Harrison Ford
Richard Gere

LITERARY SEXY - I think SaV misunderstood this one but as she still managed to send actors (mostly) who have played famous characters from books/comics I decided to post anyway :-)
Matthew Gray Gubler
Andrew Garfield - Spiderman
Colin Firth - Mr. Dracy from Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones' Diary
Michael Cera - Scott Pilgrim
Daniel Radclifff - Harry Potter obviously

SEXY DECEASED
Heath Ledger
Skinny Elvis
Patrick Swayze
Dennis Hopper
James Dean

SEXY CHICKS
Shakira
Kate Beckinsale
Mila Kunis
Natalie Portman
Halle Berry

Ugly Sexy Thursday

About three years ago I put together a wildly popular (as random as that may seem) post discussing varying degrees of sexiness in actors.  For whatever reason, this is one of my favorite topics to discuss with people, I think it really gives you a picture of how completely bizarre someone is.  I have so much fun asking people about this topic that I decided to make it a regular feature.  Of course I will start with my close friends but will gladly feature submissions from readers and other bloggers...just copy and paste the categories and send it to my email address:  Cloudbug57@gmail.com

To kick it off let's go with the Jossie Posie Ugly Sexy list, the redux, as usual click on the name to see an image of the person:

UGLY SEXY
Adrien Brody - Yes, he makes the list once again.  How could he not?
Romain Duris - He has some pretty wonk teeth but he's so damn charming and sexy
Jon Stewart - I don't find him classicaly good looking but still there's something about him
Marc Anthony - I have been told several times that I am insane about this one
Jason Schwartzman - He's way too short and too hairy maybe it's the mole

OVERALL SEXY
Matt Bomer - You're welcome.
Tom Hardy - He had me from Star Trek: Nemesis
Ian Somerhalder - I wasn't a fan until this season of Vampire Diaries, damn you!
Francois Arnaud - I can't get enough of The Borgias and it has everything to do with this man
Gary Oldman - Will I ever think he is anything less than hot as hell?

SCARY SEXY (for example: Christopher Walken)
Richard Armitage - Check him out in Robin Hood the BBC show to see what I mean. 
Sam Rockwell - He will forever give me the unexplained creeps
Gaspard Ulliel - Another Frenchy  there's something about his chiselled features that scare me
Michael Fassbender - He fits into sooo many categories but I think this one does him the most justice
Vincent Cassel - Frenchy #3

MUSICIAN SEXY
Marcus Mumford - It may just be his voice and his banjo that makes me love him so much
Samuel Larsen - Yes, he is younger than me, yes he is from Glee. Whatevs.
Common - It's all because of that super hot movie with Queen Latifah
David Macklovitch - His stage presence just makes him that much more
Ray LaMontagne - It's his lyrics and his voice.  And maybe his vintage suits and hats. 

OLD SEXY (Over 60)
Alan Rickman - Oh Snape.
Jeff Bridges - Hot when he was young, and still damn hot now.
Sean Connery - Bond.  That is all.
Sting - I don't know why I hadn't thought of him before. He's pretty damn sexy.
Robert Redford - Obviously. 

LITERARY SEXY
Edward Rochester, Jane Eyre
Eric Northman, Sookie Stackhouse Series
Dimitri Belekov, Vampire Academy Series
Dorian Gray, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Noah Calhoun, The Notebook

SEXY DECEASED
Gene Kelly - He's a damn triple threat
Tony Curtis
Paul Newman
Peter Lawford
Peter Sellers

SEXY CHICKS or SEXY GUYS (depending on your sexual preference)
Emma Stone - I think she has a great voice and is hilarious as all hell
Christine Hendricks - I love that she is curvy as hell and doesn't give a damn about comforming to the norm
Michelle Williams - She's like a teeny pixie
Zooey Deschanel - I mean come on!  You know you love her too.
Amanda Seyfried - There's just something about her...maybe it's her eyes.

So, I've been cooking a bit

I don't get it either but apprentley you end up in a house all your own and you become a little chef.


The fact that I am cooking again, after years of refusing to cook anything...period is a point of contention with my family.  Oh well.  It is what it is.  And my meals are nothing fancy just some quick easy yummyness.

This was our Valentine's dinner, homemade Fettucini Alfredo and garlic bread

Whole wheat french toast, hashybrowns and garden eggs

Cheese potatos, coffee and a spinach and swiss vegetarian egg omelet

The most delish lemonade EVER!  Fresh strawberries mixed with
regular (store bought) lemonade and pink rasberry lemonade

A huge dinner omelet: tomatoes, potatos, spinach, chedder cheese, onions and of course vegetarian eggs

Orzo with tomatoes,onion, gorgonzola cheese and tilapia.
 The tilapia was baked in the oven in an italin dressing marinade for 45 minutes

Whole wheat angel hair with spinach, onions, feta, garlic and olive oil.