Exceedingly Mundane

Let’s have some fun! More fill-in-the-blanks! =)

1. Christmas is more fun to celebrate than any other holiday
2. The last vacation I took was to Gatlinburg .
3. The next vacation I plan to take will be to I have no idea! .
4. I’d really like to be more healthy .
5. I can’t remember the last time I ate all the chocolate I wanted!
6. The book I last read (or am currently reading) is current: Shopaholic Ties the Knot .
7. The last program I installed on my computer was ITunes
8. When it comes to food, my weakness is eating at all-you-can-eat Chinese places!!
9. I really look forward to spending time Tim! .

1. What kind of toothpaste do you use? Crest. Won’t use any other

2. Do you take vitamins? Yes, a multi-vitamin every day

3. Which over-the-counter drug can’t you live without? Tylenol

4. What kind of soap do you have in your shower? Lever2000 for both of us, and what’s left of my Avon Vanilla Shower Gel that Amanda gave me for Christmas. Thanks Amanda! 🙂

5. What is the most unusual item in your medicine cabinet? Hmmm, we’re pretty average I guess. I can’t think of anything unusual or odd.

Friday, March 25, 2005

Appetizer – What is the worst movie you’ve ever seen?
Good grief, more than I wish. The first one that comes to mind is “Any Given Sunday”. Tim tried to watch “Kill Bill” but didn’t make it through the first 30 minutes, thank goodness. I think that would have topped the list if he had made it through.

Soup – Name something that reminds you of your childhood. Certain tv shows, songs, foods. I remember wanting Presh to make me chicken and rice. I remember making pizzas with Gail and Suzanne on the weekends. I remember Daddy making pancakes on that old Presto griddle.

Salad – If you had to live in a large city, which one would you want it to be? Well, I’ve never lived anywhere but Jackson and New Orleans. I could probably live in New Orleans now with Tim, or maybe Atlanta or Dallas. Probably in the South, I don’t know if I could hack the winters in a northern or Rocky climate.

Main Course – What’s a “big word” you like to use to impress people?Hmm, I can’t think of any at the moment, but I’m sure there’s a few! 😀

Dessert – Describe your hairstyle. Boring. Brown, bangs, slightly above shoulder length. It has a mind of its own and refuses to do what I want. It looks different every day!

1) On a scale of 1 to 10 how superstitious are you? (10 being very superstitious)
I’m probably about a 5 or maybe a 6. I don’t know why. I did a term paper once on superstitions and learned a ton about them, and I’ve always been wary of them. I think part of that comes from growing up, hearing about the ONE time my dad had a wreck, and that was because that black cat crossed his path!

2) Do you read your horoscope? How often? Nope, I don’t read my horoscope

2) What is one superstition you heed? Well, I heed a lot of them. I don’t like black cats crossing my path and have even, on a few occasions, been known to turn around and go another way. Not all the time, mind you, but a few times. I don’t walk under ladders if I can help it. I do NOT break glass or mirrors if I can help it. Of course, all of those have a practical side too, so maybe that’s it! 🙂 Oh, and I don’t open an umbrella indoors, hardly ever, and I am a bit superstitious about Friday the 13’ths too. Gee, maybe I rate more than a 5 or 6 on a scale from 1-10. 😀

4) What is one of the most silly superstitions you’ve ever heard? Hmm, well my head is hurting and I can’t think of one. Maybe I will think of one later and come back and add it here.

From This site:

Are you more likely to…

1. Give advice or take advice? take advice

2. Interrupt a conversation or have your conversation interrupted? Interrupt – it’s one of my worst habits (of which there are many!)

3. Get lost while driving or find your way without a problem? Usually find my way, I’m usually prepared, have written directions or a map. I’m the epitomy of a boy scout – always be prepared!

4. Be a trendsetter or be a follower? A follower. Always.

5. Look at a situation as “half empty” or “half full”? Sigh. Another one of these – I wish I weren’t, but I’m a half-empty kind of gal

Well, I just realized that today was the first day of Spring (yes, I realized this after reading other blogs where people smarter than me had already realized that and pointed it out for people such as myself!) Not that it was an overly spring-like day here today, but I’m sure there will be many more to come. After all, we have about 8 or 9 months of warm to really hot temperatures around here! Anyway, it was grey and cloudy and a bit warm, but I don’t think the sun poppped out much today. My yard certainly doesn’t look spring-like. It looks like a mud pit with a few weeds growing in it! 😮

So, in honor of the first day of spring, here’s a little meme question of the day:

Ah, spring. Name three things that signify spring for you.

Let’s see… warmer days, daffodils and tulips, the trees budding out.

What about you? 🙂

Wowzers, this is a long one today! I will have to run back and forth and count a bunch of these!!! 😀

How Many……..

1. …computer-related gadgets do you own? Good grief. We own a ton, we are both gadget freaks. We have 3 computers in the office, 2 DVD players, 1 DVD recorder, 2 VCR’s, a rack full of stereo equipment, yada yada yada. I do not have a PDA or iPod, although both are on my wish list. Want it. Don’t need it at all but still seem to want it for some reason. 🙂

2. …pictures on your living room walls? Had to go count. 7 plus the mirror over the mantle.

3. …magnets on your refrigerator? Good grief, too many to count!

4. …reference books in your bookshelves? One, a Webster’s dictionary. Unless you count the decorating 1-2-3 book we bought at Home Depot. I wouldn’t count that or cookbooks, but that’s just me! 😀

5. …boxes of cereal in your cupboards? We keep anywhere from 3-5 boxes/kinds of cereal at a time. One for Tim, cornflakes for eating and baking with, and then a couple of more heart healthy ones for me.

6. …lamps in your house? Good. Grief. Again. Nine.

7. …times a week do you shop for groceries? Once normally, sometimes stopping a second time for fresh produce, fruit, lettuce, etc.

8. …magazines do you subscribe to? 5, I think.

9. …tv programs do you watch on a regular basis? Oh my, we don’t need to go there. Let’s just say that we have 2-3 per night, most nights. Sometimes we have 4, and have to tape them! We both love TV, me more so than Tim.

10. …items on your bathroom counter that don’t really need to be there? Hmmm, most things “need” to be there. We each have a basket with toiletries, Tim has his shaver thingie, I have my curling iron, and then there’s the toothbrush holder, cup, soap dish, etc. Cluttered, but fairly necessary.

From This site.

I say … and you think … ?

Stink:: smelly
Renewal:: life
I remember…:: my mom
Loneliness:: sorrow
Ooooh:: chocolate!
For real:: really?
Titanium:: golf club
Get down:: dance
Rupture:: burst
Dramatic:: flair

From This site…

Friday, March 18th 2005

FQ TOPIC: Green.

FQ1: Something green you like to eat… Broccoli!

FQ2: Something green you like to wear… My favorite sweatshirt… from Big Cedar Lodge

FQ3: Something green you like to look at… Tim’s eyes! Hazel, but sorta green most of the time 🙂

From This site…

1. What’s the first physical feature that attracts you to another person? Eyes. Always. I have a huge thing about eyes.

2. Do you read the tabloids (i.e. The National Enquirer, The Mirror)? Nope, no way.

3. Have you ever snuck a peek at someone else’s paper while taking an exam? Nope, I was always too busy acing them on my own! hehehe 🙂

4. How would you describe your vision? I think it’s still pretty good. I don’t think I’ve had an eye exam since I started elementary school! 😮

5. What’s the scariest thing you’ve ever seen? A HUGE snake in my yard that I almost stepped on.

Sorry guys, Thursday is a good day for memes, so here we go again! Please post your answer in the comments section, if you want to play along! 🙂

1) What was your very first job where you received a paycheck? Good grief, I was 12 or 13 years old and I worked as a receptionist/file clerk at a local photography studio. I loved it though, and the idea of earning my own money was intensely exhiliarating at that age. It didn’t even bother me that I had to have my dad drop me off and pick me up! I worked a few days a week after school and I loved it. Loved the photography too, got a camera that year for Christmas because I was so enamored of taking pictures. That, as you all know, is still with me! 🙂

2) Did the job require you to wear a uniform – – take a moment and describe? Nope, I just wore my regular clothes, whatever I had worn to school that day.

3) How long did you keep your first job? I think I worked there almost a year, as long as they needed me and could pay me. Maybe it was shorter. My memory is terrible and that was a long time ago!

4) When you left your first job was it because you quit or were you fired? They ran out of work or money, or both!

::Happy St. Patrick’s Day::

Onesome: Happy– No matter what’s going on in your life, what always makes you smile? Tim. Thinking about him, seeing him, spending time with him, looking at pictures of him, anything that has to do with Tim makes me smile. 🙂

Twosome: St. Patrick’s– St. Patrick’s Day is March 17th. Do you celebrate and wear green? Drink Green Beer? Ignore it? I try to wear green, but that’s about it. I have had a blinkie in my forum profile on Hambones for a couple of weeks, though. I used to go to the St Paddy’s Day Parade downtown years ago, before I met Tim, but it was small then, and not a big deal. That was before Jill Connor Browne and the Sweet Potato Queens got so big. 😀

Threesome: Day– What day of the week is your busiest? Tell us about your schedule… Monday is the busiest day for me. I try to not do things on the weekends like chores, cleaning, errands, etc, so that Tim and I can spend all of our time together. So Monday is my catch-up day and usually the day that the house is the dirtiest. About half the time, it’s also my big grocery shopping day. Not that I’m complaining though, I have it made and I know it!

1. I wish I had more __________.
2. I usually think about changing my blog layout when _________.
3. If more people would be _________, the world would be a better place.
4. I really should __________ more often.
5. The weather we’re having right now is ________.
6. When it’s time to plant a garden, I’d like to plant ________.
7. When I’m running late, I sometimes forget to _________.
8. When I can’t think of anything to blog about, I usually _________.

My answers:
1. money?!
2. the season/holiday changes or I get tired of the current one!
3. considerate
4. scrapbook
5. spring-like
6. flowers and herbs
7. grab my cell phone
8. do a meme!

“Fathers send their sons to college either because they went to college or because they didn’t.” -L.L. Henderson

1) Did you go to college? Yes, 4 years at Belhaven

2) Did you live in a dorm or an apartment? Home for first year, dorm for the last 3

3) Who was your favorite roommate? Kate!

4) What is your favorite college sport? Now it’s football. Back then I probably would have picked soccer, Belhaven’s premiere sport 😆

5) Who was your favorite professor and class? I have no idea, I can’t remember any of them in particular being a favorite.

More word association… have fun!

I say … and you think … ?

Shape up:: or ship out
New Orleans:: fond memories
In the bedroom:: sleepy
All the time:: goofy
Philosophy:: class
Tyler:: Florence
Disturbed:: mental
French kiss:: movie
Solidify:: strengthen
Furtive:: glance