Good Monday to you all! Let’s fill in the blanks this week! Thanks for playing! =)
1. Sleeping in for me means sleeping until 9 AM or after .
2. Staying up late means I don’t go to bed until after midnight or 1AM.
3. I probably spend more time goofing around on the computer than I would like.
4. And I don’t spend nearly enough time exercising.
5. I have zero tolerance for people who hurt children or animals .
6. I have a lot of patience when it comes to hopefully, my friends and family!
Yardwork~
Spring has arrived and the yardwork begins…mowing, trimming, gardening, etc.
By the way…
Who does the yardwork in your family, or do you hire someone? Tim does it all but the flowers and watering. He cuts the grass, weedeats, aerates, fertilizes, cuts down trees, makes flower beds, runs the tiller, and builds awesome decks 😀 He’s a keeper!
Are you a “no weeds in my yard” perfectionist, or do you let the weeds rule? I don’t like weeds. I will let them slide for a while, but eventually it gets to me and I have to pull them up. Out of the flower beds, that is. I have learned to live with them in the grass. They come, they sprout, we mow them. At least they’re green!
Thinking about the yardwork, does it make you want winter back? Sort of. As much as I love things blooming and buying all the pretty flowers to plant, the actual process I dislike these days. And the incessant watering of them all summer. I plant too many pots and planters and they really need to be watered every day in our heat. The grass will need it too… we’ll have a long hot, dry summer, I’m afraid, like last year.
::Packing for a Trip::
Onesome: Packing– What type of packing do you do when you travel? Are you one of those who carefully does the “traveler’s roll” with each piece of clothing and tucks it carefully away? …or does everything more or less just find its way into the car somehow? Well, I’m a bit OCD, but more so about making sure I get everything on my list packed, than the manner in which it’s packed. I don’t roll my clothes or use special bags or packing methods. Clothes get folded, socks stuffed into corners, etc. I think I pack the car really well, but Tim has taken over that chore (and he thinks he does a better job than I do!). As far as packing lightly, I do not do that well. I pack everything but the kitchen sink. We’ve been traveling and vacationing via car the last several years, and I could take everything I want, and extra stuff too. Packing for an airline trip is going to be much more of a challenge for me. Paring down and packing lighter is going to be hard, really really hard.
Twosome: for a– change of pace how about a guided tour of any building or place you’d like to visit: where would you go if you had that opportunity? Wow, there’s still so many places I want to go. I guess if the sky is the limit, I’d love a guided tour of all kinds of museums, castles and palaces all over Europe. Start with London, and move on to Paris, and Rome.
Threesome: Trip– Where are you off to on your next trip? …or if you’re stuck in place for a while, where would you like to go? …and yes, “Anywhere!!!” is an okay answer
A book tag I shameless swiped from Laura at her wonderful blog, The Noodle Incident. I love any and all things “bookish” 😀
1) Total number of books I own? I actually have no idea. Probably 150 or more, but that would include cookbooks and some old paperbacks that I probably need to donate or take to a used bookstore. I’ve actually worked hard over the years to not buy many books. Bookstores and buying books is a terrible addiction for me, like crack to a junkie or alcohol to an alcoholic, or the sound of a casino and slot machines to a person with a gambling problem. I could easily own 1000 books and never blink an eye. But, I’m very practical and realistic. I normally only read a book once. So, it makes more sense (money and space wise) for me to patronize my library. Which I do, relentlessly. I’ve probably checked out over 100 books in the last few years (that I could have easily bought, if I’d allowed myself). Whew – long answer!
2) The last book I bought? The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
3) The last book I read? Currently reading “The Time Traveler’s Wife” by Audrey Niffenegger. The last book I completed was “Return” by Karen Kingsbury and Gary Smalley (book 3 in a series of 5).
4) 5 books that mean a lot to me?
From this website:
1. Do your parents still have any of your childhood art on display in their home? Heavens no!
2. Do you have a carbon monoxide detector in your home? Yes
3. How good of a speller are you? Pretty good, I think
4. Nails… bare or polished? Hands, none; toes, only during sandal season
5. What is the most expensive thing you have bought in the last year? Hmm, my new car last summer!
6. Do you know how to set the clock in your car? Of course!
7. What is the most embarrassing thing that has happened to you lately? Nothing is coming to mind, but I’m a total klutz and I’m always sticking my foot in my mouth, so there’s no telling
8. Ever talk to yourself? yes I do!
9. Do you recount the money you receive back at the store? Bank? sometimes
10. Don’t you hate it when _________________. I hate it when people pull out in front of me on a busy street or highway and make me slow way down or slam on breaks. I also hate when people insist on getting through a stop light at an intersection, and they end up blocking the intersection. Why on earth do you think you, your vehicle and your time are more important than mine? You just blocked me and I can’t get through! 🙂
This week’s theme is 5 THINGS… Thanks for playing, and have a blessed week! =)
Name 5 Things that:
1. Make you smile:
Tim!
Watching my birds at their bird feeder
Seeing flowers popping up and blooming in the spring
Going for coffee with Tim to Starbucks or Cups
Smelling my new candle burning
2. You can see on your desk right now:
A pile of papers that need filing
A backup CD of photos and files that needs to go in the safe
The cable modem blinking
My iPod
Fortune cookies that need to be entered on Hambones
3. Kept you busy this weekend:
Running errands
Going shopping with Tim
Going out to eat with Tim
Reading
Working Sudoku’s
4. You’ll be doing this coming week:
Planting flowers
Going shopping
Going to get my hair cut
Reading my new books 🙂
Blogging every day 🙂
5. You’ve said to make someone else smile:
Have a nice day, You look really nice today, Thank you!, things like that
I say … and you think … ?
Rising:: Sun
Third:: Day (this group)
Disruptive:: messes up
Surround:: Sound
Distant:: memory
Suction:: cups
Fried:: chicken
Nuggets:: chicken nuggets 
Clip:: paper clip
San Antonio:: Riverwalk
~My Easter Basket~
By the Way…
What’s in your Easter basket?
Marshmallow bunnies, Peeps, maybe some Easter eggs? Well, since we don’t have kids, I don’t do baskets anymore. I tried for a couple of years with Tim, but he was totally not into it, so now I don’t do baskets or much of anything Easter related anymore. I do buy Easter candy for me though. I’m partial to anything chocolate (this year it’s Butterfinger eggs) and jelly beans. I love jelly beans and only buy them at Easter. Sort of like candy corn, only buy it at Halloween. Yum, pure sugar!
Share all the details, then share a special childhood Easter memory. I have no memories of Easter. I don’t remember anything from my childhood, you know me! I do, however, have a couple of pictures from an album I borrowed from my dad and scanned some old pictures of. I’ll include them on the extended page:
Friday, April 14, 2006
Feast Eighty-Nine
Appetizer
What movie soundtracks do you own? Not big on the soundtrack portion, although we own over 100 movies on DVD. I would have to go look to double check, but the only one I can think of is the soundtrack to “Titanic” 😳
Soup
How much cash do you usually carry with you? Not much, about 30 or 40 dollars usually.
Salad
Are you more comfortable around men or women? Why? I’m more comfortable around men. I got used to being around all men when I worked in the techie and engineering fields for so long. Men are just easier to be around, they like sports and gadgets and don’t gossip much.
Main Course
What is the most mischievous thing you remember doing as a child? I can’t think of a thing. Surprise, surprise!
Dessert
Who is the funniest member of your family? Tim, definitely. He’s always making me laugh. Still, I tell him to keep his day job and not try to be the next Jeff Foxworthy. 🙂
::”I am the King of Wishful Thinking”::
Onesome: I am– When you state “I am”, what do you state that you are? Hmmm, me? I don’t get it, I must still be asleep. I am me, am I supposed to be something or someone else? 🙂 I’m just me, plain, simple, and exceedingly mundane!
Twosome: the King– Are you the king (or queen) of something? The remote? The household? Or is there something else you master? I am the queen of the household, for sure. My domain. I take care of everything inside the house, and I quite enjoy my job. Very low stress. I’m also the queen of all-picture-taking. Tim doesn’t take pictures unless I shove my camera in his hand and beg and plead, and then sometimes I still don’t get photos with me in them. (P.S. For the record, Tim is king of the remote. I’m only allowed to touch it if he leaves the house :mrgreen:)
Threesome: of Wishful Thinking– What have you been wishful for lately? That a fairy would appear overnight and all of the spring and summer flowers and flower beds would be planted and done and ready, without me having to lift a finger!
I swiped this from Dawn’s blog last week… thanks, Dawn!
What brand do you usually buy/use??
Feel free to swipe this and play along in your own blog, or here in the comments section. 🙂
While surfing around and following links, I ran across a meme I had not seen before. Looks like fun, so I think I’ll play along! 😀
1. When eating pancakes or waffles, do you put your syrup on top of the pancakes/waffles or on the side and why? I put mine on top, and I like to layer them. A coating of syrup on the top of each pancake, along with a pat of butter, then the next in the same fashion. I’m OCD that way.
2. Do you cut your sandwiches on the diagonal, straight up the middle or not at all? I dislike sandwiches and don’t eat them often. I think that comes from 12 years of brown-bagging it at school. If I make and eat sandwiches now, I rarely, if ever, cut them at all.
3. Do you tuck your top bedsheet in with hospital corners or do you like it on the looser side? OH MY GOODNESS. Here’s where one of my most notable eccentricities comes out. I like my sheets tight. You know, snug as a bug, kind of tight. It drives Tim nuts. He likes his side loose, so he can get some air circulating or stick his arms and feet out. I like mine tucked in. They don’t necessarily have to be hospital corners, but my side of the bed has to be tucked in, and fairly tight. I’m not sure where or how I obtained that little weirdness, but I definitely have it!
The following questions were offered by one of our fellow participants who wishes to remain anonymous. After you’ve answered the first question, proceed to the set of questions below it, depending on if your answer was YES or NO. Thanks so much for playing! =)
Do you like to shop? Not Really
IF YES, answer the following:
1. What is your favorite store? Why?
2. Do you only shop when there is something you specifically need or want or do you sometimes go shopping just for “something to do?”
3. Do you prefer shopping online or in stores?
4. Do you have a shopping buddy or are you perfectly content going alone?
IF NO, answer the following:
1. Even though you don’t like to shop, where do you find yourself shopping most often? Mostly the necessities – grocery shopping, Walmart, Target and Sam’s are my common stops. Occasionally I will go to Kohl’s (a few times a year) for clothes, or to Marshalls or TJ Maxx to browse. I also occasionally go to Bed, Bath and Beyond or Linen’s and Things to look around. I love bookstores, but don’t go often…. it’s too hard to resist not spending a lot of money on books and coffee! I avoid the mall like the plague 😀
2. Do you try to send someone else to shop for you? if so, who and why that person? No, no one to send. I’m it 😀
3. Do you think shopping online is as annoying as shopping in stores? No, I love shopping, and especially browsing, online. No crowds, no rude sales clerks, no parking and traffic issues. What’s not to like about shopping from the comfort of your own home, in your PJ’s?! 🙂
4. Does anyone close to you encourage to go shopping with her (or him)? if so, do you feel tortured and go or just say no? I go with Gail sometimes, when she drives down here to shop or do stuff. It’s a nice change to actually have someone to go with, and Gail and I are very alike in our tastes, so we like the same stores and most of the same stuff.
Friday, April 07, 2006
Feast Eighty-Eight
Appetizer
Name a trait you share with your parents or your children. I think I inherited lots of things, good and bad, from my parents. I am a good manager of money, thanks to my dad’s teaching. They were very frugal people, and I believe I am too. “Waste not, want not” was drilled into me. I am afraid I also inherited my mom’s propensity to worry and stress about things. I’m a terrible worrier.
Soup
List 3 qualities of a good leader, in your opinion. A good leader should have honor, integrity and a good sense of morals, of right and wrong, and the strength to stand up for what is right.
Salad
Who is your favorite television chef? I’m currently on a Giada streak. I used to like Rachael Ray, but she is so overexposed now that she almost bugs me. I like watching Paula Deen also, she’s a hoot!
Main Course
Share a story about a gift you received from someone you love. A couple of years after Tim and I were married, he gave me a vacuum cleaner for Christmas. I never thought I had married the kind of guy to give me tools or appliances for gifts, especially in the first couple years of our married life. I wanted flowers, candy, jewelry, thoughtful gifts, not household appliances. He has a couple of great photos of the look on my face when I opened it. He finally had to open the clear canister on the front and show me where there was another box with a silver bracelet. Which didn’t fit, by the way, and I had to return. I have tiny wrists and it just fell right off my hand. It was sweet though, and I’ve finally gotten over my appliance-gift phobia. One of my favorite things he has gotten me recently (last year) was a set of Calphalon pots and pans! I love those things, and use them every day! 🙂
Dessert
How do you react under pressure? Not well. I don’t handle stress and pressure well. Thankfully, Tim does, so I rely on him.
This week’s questions were suggested by Kim.
