Friday Five: Watcha doin'?

Name five things you plan to do today...


Today is a fun day to write this list, since I (miracle of miracles) actually finished the sermon yesterday. Normally, that is definitely a Friday to-do.

1. Dog-sit. My husband is allergic to dogs, so we are a pet-free home. But some friends are out of town, and that means I'm in charge of their lovely, charming, chocolate lab for the weekend. And since my husband is also out of town for a few days, we're keeping each other company. It's my dog fix.

2. Chick-flick extravaganza. This one highly depends on the absence of husband, as mentioned above. I think I'm going for the Dixie Chicks' documentary, Shut Up and Sing, and The Holiday.

3. Meet with the stewardship committee. This is certainly a "have to," but it's also something I'm looking forward to. Our stewardship committee has been defunct for awhile, and I'm eager to see how they might re-invent themselves. There's some new energy around this - good energy, not "Holy crap, we're out of money" energy (although giving was down this month) - so that's exciting.

4. Go home early. Not that early, but hopefully by 4:00pm or so. We'll see how that one works out.

5. Stay up late, because I can sleep in tomorrow. Husband is a morning person; I am a night person. And though I miss him when he travels - which isn't that often - I also cherish two things about that: one, the whole bed to myself (we have confessed to each other that we both enjoy this from time to time); and two, uninterrupted sleeping-in. His idea of sleeping in is about 8:00am; I like to stretch it to at least 9:00. The dog might complicate this, but at least it's a possibility.

This is not a particularly ambitious list, but it's nice to have those once in awhile too.