11 at 11:11:11 on 11/11/11

Eleven words on my mind today:

1. scriptures
2. health
3. wedding
4. spoons
5. germs
6. Castle
7. weather
8. thanksgiving
9. gifts
10. gratitude
11. pepsi

Eleven things I cooked (or reheated) today:

1. scrambled eggs
2. toast
3. chicken noodle soup
4. creamy veggie chowder (homemade)
5. chicken and rice soup
6. pumpkin chocolate chip cookies
7. chicken alfredo
8. pasta
9. poppy seed salad
10. hot cocoa
11. cornbread

Eleven things Doug and I discussed today:

1. Dale
2. Kelly
3. Liza
4. Quayd
5. Gracie
6. ZJ
7. Zaylee
8. scriptures
9. Christmas
10. food
11. Lawnmowers

Eleven things I have to do before the wedding:

1. Make chocolate spoons
2. Wrap chocolate spoons
3. Double check the cups
4. Pick up the napkins
5. Pick up at the florist
6. make the wreathes
7. Gather all of the glassware
8. Wash and shine the glassware
9. Buy the remaining last minute foods
10. Put the foods into the glassware
11. Create a "practice table"

Eleven things on the calendar before the end of the year:

1. Tessa's wedding
2. Tessa's reception
3. Breaking Dawn
4. Thanksgiving
5. shopping with Carol
6. donut night with Carol, Jamie and familes
7. Christmas
8. Corbridge Christmas party
9. Friends gathering
10. Teach Relief Society in November
11. Teach Relief Society in December

Eleven ways to love your family:

1. Tell them!
2. Hug them!
3. Write a note.
4. Listen to them
5. give them a nickname
6. leave a hidden note
7. do a random act of kindness
8. surprise them with something they love
9. let them choose something that you'd normally decide on
10. apologize
11. Say thank you.

Eleven minutes of tasks to keep your home clean and clutter-free every day:

1. Put things away as soon as your done with them
2. Make your bed as soon as you get up
3. Clean your toilet and bathroom mirror just before you shower
4. Don't go to bed with dishes in the sink.
5. unload the dishwasher in the morning and fill it throughout the day. 
6. do a five minute walk through just before bed
7. have baskets for each person's dirty laundry in their rooms
8. do a walk through with a feather duster in the high traffic areas
9. keep magazines and books stored neatly
10. open mail in only one designated space
11. empty the trash

Eleven things that make me smile:

1. being called Grammie
2. babies 
3. puppies
4. kittens
5. Christmas trees
6. hearing "I love you"
7. compliments
8. weddings
9. snow
10. lots of snow
11. more snow!

Eleven Christmas Songs I can't wait to hear every day all day long:

1. Mary, Did you Know?
2. Carol of the Bells  (ever version possible)
3. Breath of Heaven
4. Little Drummer Boy (by Collin Raye)
5. Let it Snow
6. Jingle Bell Rock
7. I'll be Home for Christmas
8. Winter Wonderland
9. Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas
10. Silent Night (by Mannheim Steamroller)
11. The First Noel (by David Archeleta)

Eleven things every kitchen should have:

1.  a dishwasher
2. a Bosch mixer
3. a good blender
4. a good stainless steel wire whip
5. paper towels, lots of them
6. a hand mixer for quick jobs
7. an omelette pan
8. a spider (a cast iron skillet, like a dutch oven frying pan)
9. a good electric griddle
10. a small food processor for chopping jalapenos and onions
11. a family!

Eleven things about 11/11 that I'll remember:

1. making cookies with the Gracie and Zaylee at 11:11:11AM
2. posting this my blog at 11:11:11PM
3. Zaylee giving me tons of loves and hugs after her nap because she feels so good!
4. the whole family hoping we're past two weeks of flu bugs
5. a talk that Doug and I had
6. a car chase taking place in Phoenix on the SLC news and texting with Liza about it
7. not being as ready as I'd like for the holidays, the wedding, and a few other things  because I've been so busy being a nurse
8. my brother is really moving here today
9. ZJ and I saying "Scrumpdillyicious!" because it's 11/11/11 11:11:11:11.....
10. the world didn't end, no one blew up any buildings and no major catastrophes occurred
11. Laughing at this thought... where I was on 10/10/10?  I don't remember, so why do I think I'll remember this? 

Enough said!

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought;
and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Nicole]

I really enjoyed reading your 11/11/11 post, I guess I need to get items 7, 8, 9 from your kitchen must have, and I need a red Kitchen Aid stand-up mixer, it would look so nice on my kitchen counter!

[susan]

you will remember 11-11-11 because it is armistice day.....10-10-10 was just 10-10-10. No biggie occasion other than the repetition in numbers. But oh, to love the freedom we have because of Armistice day. You do know that the Armistice was signed in the 11th hour, of the 11 day, of the 11th month, right? 1918? WWI ending? It's a very cool date to remember and to recall. I think you'll remember....To quote the Elvis Channel...cuz you'll never forget.

[Pamela K.]

This is a great post! I wish I would have thought of this.:-)