Eleven lists on 11.11.11

 

I’m celebrating the number eleven today so I thought I would make 11 lists of 11 things. Feel free to borrow the idea for your own blogs/scrapbook pages, etc.

 

11 things I like to eat:

1. Caprese salad (Roma tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil leaves, + balsalmic)
2. Fresh blueberries
3. Fresh raspberries
4. Dark chocolate
5. Bread & butter
6. Almond butter
7. Homemade caramel
8. Grilled red peppers
9. Grilled pineapple
10. Pico de gallo
11. Homemade cookies

 

11 things I don’t like to eat:

1. Seafood – all types
2. Turkey burger
3. Pumpkin Pie
4. Brussels sprouts
5. Oats (I love them, but they make me sick)
6. Lettuce (also makes me sick)
7. High-fructose corn syrup (makes me sick and I think it’s bad all around)
8. Black licorice
9. Curry
10. No Bake cookies (I didn’t like these even before I knew oats make me sick)
11. Prime Rib

 

11 cool places I’ve visited:

1. Totem Bight State Park in Alaska
2. Yellowstone National Park 
3. London, England
4. Mykonos, Greece
5. Depoe Bay, Oregon
6. Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington
7. The Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City, Utah
8. Disneyland in California
9. Epcot at Disneyworld in Florida
10. Times Square in New York City
11. Glendalough, Ireland

 

11 things that make me crazy:

1. Solicitors at my door
2. Solicitors calling on the phone
3. Noisy mouth sounds (loud chewing, slurping, hearing others brush their teeth)
4. Shopping for clothes for myself
5. Shoe shopping
6. Shopping malls (especially the people who work in the center booths and are always trying to get you to stop and sign up for their phone plan or try their products)
7. Computer malfunctions
8. Spam emails
9. Piles and messes (I have a few big ones going right now)
10. My inability to stick to a diet or exercise program
11. Maniac drivers

 

11 fonts I like right now:

1. Impact
2. Traveling Typewriter
3. Francis Gothic
4. Calibri
5. Century Gothic
6. Ali Edwards’ font
7. Fontologie Messy Bessy
8. Fontologie Giggles
9. Lobster
10. Elise (used for the title of this post)
11. LD Elementary from Lettering Delights

 

11 things I hoard collect:

• Digital scrapbooking kits/supplies
• Legos
• Storage containers (it’s an addiction)
• Cookbooks and cooking magazines
• Books (all sorts)
• Fat quarters
• Quotes
• Office supplies
• Apps for my iPad & iPhone
• Postcards
• Globes

 

11 things that are new in my life in 2011:

1. Co-hosting a podcast
2. Pinterest
3. Apple TV
4. Gardening
5. Canning
6. Knitting (barely, but I am learning)
7. Making slideshows (windows live movie maker)
8. Eliminating all high-fructose corn syrup from my diet
9. Giving up soda pop (only an occasional natural soda).
10. Mostly giving up red meat (I’ve only had it 2 times in the last 5 weeks)
11. Vegetarian sushi

 

11 movies I love:

1. Pirates of the Caribbean – especially the first one
2. Finding Nemo
3. Up
4. Beauty and the Beast
5. Sword in the Stone
6. School of Rock
7. Elf
8. The Princess Bride
9. Despicable Me
10. Toy Story – all 3 of them
11. Megamind

 

11 projects I have going on right now:

1. Homeschooling both of my kids (high school age)
2. Writing and creating for The Daily Digi
3. Co-hosting a weekly podcast on The Digi Show
4. Collaborating with Wendyzine at Scrapbook Graphics on roundups & power scrapping
5. Teaching at Big Picture Classes
6. New 52 year-long project
7. Guest post on the Big Picture Classes blog
8. Guest post on Digiscrap 101
9. Project 365 (started September 1)
10. Organizing my digital photos
11. 4 people x 12 times – a photo every month of our family

 

11 facts about me:

1. I’m about 5’6 maybe 5’6 + a half inch
2. I have brown eyes
3. I have dark brown hair with a few crazy strands of silver (my daughter calls it “tinsel”)
4. I’ve lived in Utah most of my life, except for a few years in California when I was very young
5. I’ve been married for more than 20 years to my sweetheart. We’ve known each other since we were in the 7th grade.
6. I’m the oldest child in my family. I have a brother who is 12 years younger than me, and a brother who is 19 years younger than me.
7. I’m a very loyal person.
8. I don’t like to wear jewelry, I feel uncomfortable and bogged down by it.
9. I’ve been blogging since October of 2005.
10. I started paper scrapbooking when I was 14 years old. I began digital scrapbooking in 2005.
11. I love being a Mom to my 2 wonderful kids. My son is 18 and my daughter is 15. They are both very amazing people!

 

11 random favorites:

1. Brian Regan
2. Mythbusters
3. Mysteries
4. Harry Potter audio books read by Jim Dale
5. Taking naps
6. Daffodils
7. Target
8. Lego minifigures
9. Pottery Barn
10. My camera
11. TiVo

 

Lists are such a fun way to document your everyday life. Whether you make 1 list of 11 things or 11 lists, you will be glad you took the time to jot down something today. Hapy 11-11-11!

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