WBW #4: Move over!

This week’s Whine Blogging Wednesday is a short one. Not because I don’t have plenty to whine about. I do still have that whole House Fiasco to cover, you know. (You thought the bathroom was bad? Just wait!) Oh, and then there’s this heat. I mean what’s with the hundred-degree days, I ask you? I’m like three-eighths Scottish. I start melting when it stops raining.

Nah, the issue, as you can plainly see is fur-related, and you’re just getting a sneak peek. And really, it’s not so much an issue but a minor inconvenience, which could easily be solved by installing a bed of nails between my keyboard and the monitor. Or perhaps a lake. Or loch, as I prefer. With invisible, feline-deflecting monster.

Now, next week — next week, there’s no whining on Wednesday. Not a scrap of whining allowed. Why? Because next week’s Wednesday is my birthday and I fully intend to do right by it this time.

(When one spends one’s previous two birthdays on a tiny island away from all one’s friends, one gets rather pissy about it and one vows to do right by one’s next birthday.)

So, the plan: I am making a list. (Have I mentioned I love lists? I should do a quick site search to see how many times I’ve mentioned I love lists and then make a list ofâ€¦ oh never mind, you get the idea.)

This new list?

Forty Five Neat Things To Do On My Birthday. The goal: Collect a list of at least 45 neat things (that don’t take all day or destroy my bank account), and attempt to do as many of them as possible between sunrise on the 18th and sunrise on the 19th. (I should note that I didn’t invent this idea; I just borrowed it from a friend with a recent birthday because it was simply too cool not to use.)

Of course I’ll blog on the Big Day — but alas, no moblogging or voiceposting as I lack them newfangled technogadgets — and I’ll even share pictures because for some bizarre and unexplainable reason, my flashcard reader is functioning again. (Lappy is still quite dead, though, but that’s a whine for another time.)

There is one discouraging part (and I won’t whine! I won’t!): Chopper has to work that day. ALL day. From seven a.m. well into the evening. So, for the vast expanse of my daytime birthday, I’m on my own. Or, with friends just crazy enough to join me.

And I need a list.

(It’s WBW: Share your whines in the comments and while you’re at it, help MizD plan her birthday!)

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Kathy Says:
July 11th, 2007 at 8:25 pm

45 things is a lot to do in 24 hours! Best make everything on the quick side. How about a birthday scavenger hunt of sorts? Find: a snail, an old coin, a street sign turned backwards (easy in Portland), a person who smiles at you, an oddly shaped cloud, something edible in your back yard, a new fluffy TV show (and watch if you have time), a new song or piece of music (and listen to it), something from your childhood, a red shoe, a movie ticket….etc, etc. Oh, and I should be available for at least part of those 24 hours, if you’d like company :-)

Kimberly Says:
July 11th, 2007 at 11:10 pm

Oh, Miz D, your photo made me laugh. I’m sitting in front of my ViewSonic monitor, with WordPress open on another tab in my Firefox browser, and I just nudged a little gray cat with silvery paws off my keyboard.

I love that birthday idea! Some possibilities for your list: ride a streetcar, plant a tree, give your cats fresh catnip (and watch the results). Whatever you do, enjoy!

Mrs D Says:
July 12th, 2007 at 8:38 am

Hey Kathy, a scavenger hunt is a great idea! My crazy thought is: I don’t have to finish all 45 things; I just have to have fun trying to do as many as I can. If I’ve got some “locate/photograph this” items in there, they could go quickly, thus saving time for longer activities. After all one’s gotta sit down and eat at some point! And yes, I’d love the company for part of the day! Let’s make a plan. :-)

Kimberly: Hah! I always suspected I had a doppleganger in Seattle. Great ideas — would you believe I thought of the streetcar just this morning because I’ve not yet ridden on it.