Hockey game fashion etiquette and other things I've thought about this week.

My Metro commute often overlaps with that of Washington Capitals fans heading to Caps games at the Verizon Center. Is there a hockey fan rule that instead of wearing a coat you must wear a hockey jersey over four hundred layers of clothing?  Because I never see them wearing coats but always see them looking like the Pillsbury dough boy with their jerseys over what I assume are seven sweatshirts. I have been to the Verizon Center; I have even been there for Caps games, in fact. And I wore a coat. I do not remember it being an issue. Then again, I spent the whole first period cheering for the wrong team because I got the jersey colors mixed up. So clearly I am not the expert.  But I was on Metro on Sunday and it was COLD outside and none of the Caps fans were wearing coats! One guy was even wearing shorts!

Why is a roll of parchment paper so much wider than the average baking sheet? Is there a standard use for it that I am overlooking that requires it to be so wide? I cringe every time I have to trim it to fit and waste paper. (My counter is normally not that cluttered!)

A few weeks into the new year and I holding true to most of my resolutions "Simplify. Slow down. Say no. Make time for my workouts. Write more. Read more. Shop less."  And collectively that means I have had a lot of much cherished quiet time and I adore it and am actually really quite selfish with it. Which is probably why I have been so crafty as of late.  Because I actually have time for it! And it is why I have had so much time to listen to my full iTunes library on shuffle. Which is a bit like walking down musical memory lane. I love how a song can take you back to a moment in life, a scene in a movie, a television show.  And it also has me wondering a few things like Whatever happened to Five for Fighting? Or Everclear? And more importantly, why do I have a HIllary Duff song?

I was obsessed with John Grisham books with I was in high school. A Time to Kill, The Pelican Brief, and The Firm, I really did not love any of his other book but these three books are some of my favorite reads. My well-worn paperback copies of these books still sit on the bookshelf in my room at my parent's house.  And now I am absolutely loving the NBC series The Firm that picks up ten years after where the book ended. I love this idea! (And I also love Josh Lucas as Mitch McDeere so much more than the movie's Tom Cruise in the role). So many times when I finish a beloved book, I take time to think about what would happen next. I have a vivid imagination so I love the tales I can spin. But also love watching this concept on television. Can we do this with The Pelican Brief too? And in like ten years, maybe with The Help too?

Happy Thursday everyone!