Go On:: Please stay!!

Alright I'm just gonna put this out there--

I'm a big Matthew Perry fan!

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Nothing Creepy or weird, or even over the top. I just think he is so funny. I know he is not everyone's cup of tea but the man knows how to bring the funny! I've noticed that there are two kinds of people in the world. Those who like Matthew Perry and those that don't. I've never met a so-so.His comedic timing, delivery, and facial expressions get me every time. I am aware that this is not all him, writers have a big hand in things, but they pay him for a reason folks! 

While he is most well known for his roll as Chandler Bing on Friends, I however really started to folow him after his work on West Wing and Studio 60 {both of which are some of my favorite show...big arron sorkin fan}

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And while his roll on West Wing was short lived and Studio 60 was only 21 {or so} episode I still followed. 

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So when they made a big to do about Matthew Perry returning to TV with Mr. Sunshine I was very excited to tune in. Although in the end it was not received well and I was sad that it flopped, yet if I'm being honest I really didn't like it myself. I said goodbye and realized I would probably be in my early 30's before I'd get to tune into a Matthew Perry show again.

 Boy was I wrong.

 Only a year later and here we are again. His new show is called Go On. Have you seen it? Can I dear say that this may be his golden ticket? I love this show and I've been afraid to say it because what if it gets canceled...lol. I don't want it to so you should all go watch!! The characters are great and keep up with the wit that pours out of Matthew. He starts out slightly pompus and then begins to realize that the death of his wife is affecting him and maybe if he lets help in it will in deed help him.

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Another plus for this show is it's only 30 minutes. You know those shows that are 60 minutes and you think to yourselves...this really should only be 30 minutes and stop watching after 3 episodes? That problem doesn't exist here. So tune in on Tuesday nights at 9pm on NBC or catch it the next day in hulu.

Note:: You can watch all 4 episodes on hulu still for free:)

So go check it out and come back and tell me what you think-- That is if you are a Matthew Perry fan. Are you??

xO- Etheline

Words to Live By

Have you read  How to Win Friends and Influence People ?? It' filled with little nuggets of wisdom like this one... 

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One thing I love about reading is that you can come across passages that really can change your life; if you let them. That if it hadn't been written it never would have had the chance to make your life better. It's amazing. This particular quote really stuck out to me because sometimes I struggle with making friends, yet it's in my nature to be somewhat of a social butterfly. Quite the conflicting conundrum. I've always thought maybe I have to strong of a personality and people get tired of me. I wasn't sure what the deal was. When I read this I decided to take a harsh look at myself in the mirror. I thought, maybe I'm to focused on myself and not with others well being. This was not a good mirror staring session, but facing realities about yourself that may not be flattering never is. The good is coming out on the other side of the rabbit hole. To realize how to fix the problem and move forward in faith to fix it. My new goal for this month is to make 2 new friends. To help them grow and be able to share their same interests. Off I go-- today is day 1.

Have you read this book? Have you put similar ideas into practice? Tell me about-- Tell me I'm not a lost cause..lol

xO- Etheline

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I need to be blunt for a moment. Can you bare with me a sec??

This past week I thought I found something in my body that would forever alter the course of my life. Dramatic I know, but there you have it. I spent most of the morning in tears and not focusing on the worst case scenario, but focusing on if indeed the worst case WAS the scenario. Imagining all the things I would miss out on. I was sobbing because the thought of even try to begin to say goodbye my children and husband overwhelmed me with a grief and sorrow I never knew I was capable of experiencing.

Now before I continue I should say that after further examination it turned out to be nothing. Weird internal organ positioning --which caused a cameo of the hypochondriac version of myself.  I should clarify that when your grandmother died the same age you are now of breast cancer, your red flags are always at half-mast.

This crazy turn of events led to another fun character trait I occasionally let out of the box {smidge extreme}. I decided to put pen to paper and actually whip out my bucket list that has been accruing in my brain for the past few years.

Have you ever made a bucket list? I feel like I’m ahead of the curve since I’m only 26 and have a while before I’m 87, since I decided that’s when I’ll be happy to head for heaven. If you haven’t made a bucket; what are you waiting for? Start out small, what’s the one thing at the top of your list you will be doing in your life?? These things don’t have to be extreme my friends, I just know how we can become very comfortable in our everyday routines and get stuck in the mind frame of “Oh, I can do it tomorrow.” But it was the wise Benjamin Franklin who said one of my favorite quotes, “Never leave that for tomorrow what you can do today.”   

Etheline’a Bucket List: {in no particular order}

1. GREAT Dave Matthew seats
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3. Take the kids to see the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade

4. Read the BBC Top 100 books

5. Narrate and audio book

6. Spend 3 months straight surfing

7. Run a marathon {half, full, quarter…lol}

8. Celebrate my 65^th wedding anniversary with Royal

9. Become fluent in Italian--plus

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10. Become fluent in Swedish

11.Bake my way through my favorite baking cookbook

12. Live in Philadelphia  

13. Season tickets to Phillies game and go to every home game

14. Road trip and attend a baseball game at every park in the US

15. Camping for New Years in Maine to be the first person to celebrate new years

16. See Redwood National Park

17. Go to the ice hotel in Sweden

18. See the aurora borealis
19. take route 66 and 

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20. Go to an Olympics

21. Attend the Kentucky derby and wear a massive hat

22. Go to finals of the tennis grand slams

23. meet an A List celebrity {Martin Sheen, Rachel McAdam, Julia Roberts, ect}

24.Attend a taping of BBC Top Gear
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 26. Take a pottery class

27. Live on a sail boat for a month

28. Live in Central/South America

29. Go to a butterfly garden

30. See the Taj Mahal

31. Cover my hands with Henna

32. Walk the El Camino de Santiago with Royal

33. Motorcycle through Vietnam when the kids are older

34. Publish a book
35.  Be a mother that my children love and respect/
 

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36. Go bungee jumping

37. Read the Book of Mormon in a month

38. Become a certified sharpshooter

39. See Phantom of the Opera on Broadway

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Random Questions and Confessions

Why is it that the more it sounds like my kids are going to at any moment fall through the ceiling means they are having the most amount of fun?

How is it possible that my 20 month old can disassemble his bed and move the frame across the room, yet he isn't potty trained?

Why does it always look like its raining out my front window, but never out my back?

Will I be able to wash, dry, fold, and put away all the laundry in one day? Ever?

I can't count how many times I've read 1st and 2nd Nephi, but I can count on one hand how many times I've read Heleman. How can I change this?

Will my spiritual follow through ever be more stable?

I'm tired of having good acquaintances. I want some good girl friends that I can open up to and for us to be important to each other. To forge a sisterhood. {that live close by}

When I'm blogging I never want to use capitals.

Do my everyday actions translate to my husband how much I love and appreciate him?

Up until 2008 I read a total of 12 books. {7 of them where harry potter}

Today I've read 75, and probably half where of the paranormal/post-apocalyptic genre.

Am very excited to finish out backyard renovations so that I can get cracking on prepping our garden beds and chicken coop area once our daughter joins the family and I have my body back.

I think that all ceilings should be painted white and not that off white color. Unless you are actually painting it a color for dramatic emphasis.

That's all for now.

xo- Cat