Too lazy for a proper post…

…so I resort to yet another meme:

Have Any Pets?: Yes, a cairn terrier. She is a big dog in a little package, fearless except when it comes to buzzing insects.
Have Any Children?: Two girls. All growed up.
Smoke?: No
Drink?: Water, tea, lemonade. I love lattes.
Exercise?: five days a week is the goal
Spend Your Life On Facebook?: No, I don’t have an account. It would be too embarrassing not to be friended – yet annoying if friended by flybys. Am I missing the point?
Twitter?: Just joined Twitterdom the other night. I am beginning to think I am so private that I can’t get any followers…
Play On A Sports Team?: ha ha ha ha ha ha
Belong To Any Organizations?: No.
Love Your Job?: Mostly. Bits of it. Around the edges.
Like To Cook?: Used to.  Trying to get back into it. I made Mr. Food’s pulled chicken. Pretty yummy, that.
Play An Instrument?: Guitar, but not as well as I would like. Piano, but not as good as others would have liked. It’s a long story.
Sing?: Yes.
Dance?: Well, the last time was at my cousin’s pirate-themed birthday party. It was her 50^th – so we weren’t exactly kids…hmmm.
Speak Multiple Languages?: Really tried to learn Spanish.
Swim?: Oh no. The swimsuit has not been made yet.
Paint?: Nope.
Write?: Well…somewhat. I try to write well.
Ski?: Please. You are kidding, right?
Juggle?: No
Do you wish you lived somewhere else?: Not really. Moved enough that nowhere really feels like home, so guess it doesn’t matter.
Do you like roller coasters?: I LOVE roller coasters!
Enjoy spending time with your Mother?: Yes.
Ever think about the price of gasoline?: Once in a while…especially when I knew I should have filled up the night before the price went up. Or vice versa.
Sleep with a fan on?: Yes.
Have a good handle on spelling?: Yes.
Ever type “kik” instead of “lol?: No. But I have spelled “xlwdls” as “xlwdsl” before. How embarrassing.
Know how to play chess?: Not really a board game player. Except for Monopoly.
Ever miss being a little kid?: All the time.

Have you ever…

The things I’ve done are in red.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars (well, in a tent under the stars)
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyworld
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse (it was a near-total)
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa

THAT’S what they are called?!

Okay, so I was looking for a Friday meme and came across this:

EAR WORMS
Ear worms are those annoying little songs that get stuck in your head. Sometimes they are the last song you hear on the radio before you go into the office, sometimes they just randomly pop in.

1. What is a common ear worm that you get? Don’t get them very often, but at one point that “Tears on My Guitar” song or whatever it is made me pull my hair out…
   
2. How long do they last? Not long — I get the intermittent type.
   
3. What do you do to get rid of them? I start humming or running another favorite tune in my head.
   
4. What is the worse ear worm you’ve ever had? “It’s a Small World”
   
5. Do you get some guilty pleasure in passing the ear worm along? Not intentionally…but once I see a migrating ear worm, I am ruthless.
   

Christmas Get To Know You

Of course, leave it to Sylvia at Christian Homekeeper to pass along the fun stuff…

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?
some of both

2. Real tree or Artificial?
Artificial…three feet tall.

3. When do you put up the tree?
Used to be the day after Thanksgiving. Now it’s when I find a ’round tuit…

4. When do you take the tree down?
Fairly quickly after Christmas

5. Do you like eggnog?
Oh do I!

6. Favorite gift received as a child?
Oh my goodness!!! Sylvia had a “Mr & Mrs Mouse House” TOO?!! I still have the Mr & Mrs in my cedar chest, plumb nekkid if I recall…not sure what happened to their jammies or their house.

7. Hardest person to buy for?
Dad

8. Do you like Christmas best as a child, or as an adult?
As a kid.

9.Do you have a nativity scene? Yes

10. Mail or email Christmas cards?
I mail ‘em!

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?
Some sort of wooden box that tilted to let marbles fall through the holes. Sorry Aunt M – I don’t think you ever knew that I didn’t like it at all.

12. Favorite Christmas Movie?
It’s A Wonderful Life

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?
First part of December – internet connection burns up…

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?
Nope!

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?
Everything we used to have at Grandma T’s on Christmas Eve…BBQ, eggnog and all sorts of homemade candy. Grandma made plum pudding with hard sauce one year and Uncle Ron brought real eggnog from a real dairy in a glass container.

16. Lights on the tree?
Not this year…no handy outlet. Had to put the tree up…thanks, Sophinator…!

17. Favorite Christmas song?
I’ll Be Home For Christmas

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home?
Travel travel travel…

19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer’s?
Some of them.

20. Angel on the treetop or a star?
Bow for me too…

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?
Yes.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?
Nearly everything. I am working on my attitude…a little.

23. Favorite ornament theme or color?
Plum, cranberry, gold

24. Favorite for Christmas dinner, Ham or Turkey or other?
Roast beef

25. What do you want for Christmas this year?
Just to get through it.

26. Who is most likely to respond to this?
Why, all my loyal blog readers…all two? three? of you…

27. Who is least likely to respond to this?
See above.

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Pardon the funky formatting…not sure what’s up with that…UPDATE: Fixed that, I think…

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NP: The space heater in the living room…brrrr! It is COLD!!!

Not feeling very original today.

Five in a Row

1. Name one thing you do everyday. Waking up comes to mind; everything else is subject to The Mood Of The Day.

2. Name two things you wish you could learn. I’ve pretty much given up learning to play the guitar any better than I do right now, but I keep hoping for a miracle pill. Ditto speaking in Spanish.

3. Name three things that remind you of your childhood.  Coffee aroma reminds me of being at Grandma Rutherford’s; homemade chocolate chip cookies remind me of being at Grandma T’s farm; flowers remind me of the neighbor lady’s garden.

4. Name four things you love to eat but rarely do. Pie, coconut shrimp, butter pecan ice cream, homemade mac & cheese

5. Name five things that make you feel good. Flower gardening, music, looking at old pictures, dark chocolate, meditating.

Only because I read to the end…

…of Sylvia’s post where she says: “OK, so I tag everyone who has read this! LOL!” that I feel duty-bound to comply — so without further ado, here goes nuttin’!

The Rules:
~Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.
~Link the person(s) who tagged you.
~Mention the rules on your blog.
~Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them.
~Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.

…but if you have read this far, consider yourself tagged…

Quirks? I have a few:

1. Mid-morning snack at work consists of string cheese or milk and citrus fruit salad.
2. My left contact goes in before my right, thus disrupting the whole of contact-weardom.
3. I watch Dog Tales via the computer every Sunday morning.
4. I collect obituaries. No, not every one I read!
5. I hate shopping.
6. …but I don’t mind buying over the internet.

Five of Five

(subject to weather conditions and hormonal upheavals and Time Of Day…)

Five snacks I love:

1. String cheese.
2. Peanuts.
3. Dark chocolate.
4. Citrus fruit salad.
5. Those little baked cheese crackers.

Five things on my to do list:

1. Make birthday poster for work.
2. Bake cookies and brownies for work.
3. Weed the flowers.
4. Dust.
5. Don’t forget to meet with carpenter for storch work.

Five jobs I have had:

1. Clerk at record store.
2. Clerk at grocery store.
3. Volunteer at school library.
4. Secretary at chamber of commerce.
5. Account clerk

Five random facts:

1. I like making homemade pizza.
2. I tried to learn to swim. I think I could float.
3. Favorite Doctor? I’d say Four, Five, Eight, Nine, Ten — don’t make me choose.
4. I was a Girl Scout.
5. I’d do it all over again — some of it, anyway.

Five road songs to turn on loud:

1. Carefree Highway – Gordon Lightfoot
2. The Boxer – Carbon Leaf
3. Little Bird – Annie Lennox
4. Riverton – Phil Keaggy
5. Work – Jars of Clay

So many books…why can’t I find one of mine??

NP: the space heater. Still very cold…

So Sylvia tags me with a book meme — ooooh! What fun!

Rules:

1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.

But then I am quite dismayed. The nearest book is the one my DH is reading…

1. Scarlet by Stephen R. Lawhead
2. …page 123
3. Fifth sentence…found.
4. Sigh — here go the next three sentences: It is said he killed his wife for burning his Sunday pork chop in the pan–strangled her with his own bare hands. Personally, I do not believe this. Not a word. (Note to self: have DH move his books…)
5. Okay — so a different spin on the tag thing: I’m tagging my anonymous readers…Aw come on… I know you are out there… all, um — well, I hope there are five of you. Maybe leave a comment…

 

38 things I know that you want to know…

1. Name one person who made you laugh last night? I think it was Lionel Hardcastle on “As Time Goes By”…love that show!

2. What were you doing at 0800? Let’s see. DH was working on his church stuff…and I was…um, waiting so I could do mine…if it weren’t for Saturday night, nothing would get done for Sunday…oh yeah, I was watching something on PBS… (update: oh duh… we weren’t doing any of that stuff at 8 AM…it was 8 PM, which would be 1600…um, right?)

3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? Browsing the internet, drinking coffee, eating peanut butter toast.

4. What happened to you in 2006? I don’t remember…nothing important apparently.

5. What was the last thing you said out loud? “It’s six-thirty, my dear…” to DH. Get up already!

6. How many beverages did you have today? One…just getting started.

7. What color is your hairbrush? Sort of flesh colored, finger-like, with nails. Sorry — don’t use a proper one.

8. What was the last thing you paid for? Gas. $3.15 per gallon. For DH’s car.

9. Where were you last night? Home.

10. What color is your front door? Gray, with white panels.

11. Where do you keep your change? In my billfold.

12. What’s the weather like today? Can’t really say…supposed to be in the upper 50s, sunny I think…all before it tanks tomorrow: Rain, in the 40s, with wind gusts up to 40 mph.

13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor? Moose tracks, although I haven’t had that in ages.

14. What excites you? Hard to say. Hmmm…maybe a good concert.

15. Do you want to cut your hair? Not necessarily, but my hair has other ideas. It likes it short.

16. Are you over the age of 25? Oh yeah…

17. Do you talk a lot? Relatively speaking, no.

18. Do you watch the O.C.? Must not…what’s that?

19. Do you know anyone named Steven? Yes. I thought the world of him in grade school…

20. Do you make up your own words? Not intentionally.

21. Are you a jealous person? Not really. Well, maybe initially. Then after analyzing the situation, I shrug it off.

22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘E’. An acquaintance maybe: Ed

23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘R’. <crickets>

24. Who’s the first person on your received call list? <crickets>

25. What does the last text message you received say? Don’t text message at all.

26. Do you chew on your straw? No.

27. Do you have curly hair? It’s sorta wavy. And it has a mind of its own.

28. Where’s the next place you’re going to? Church.

29. Who’s the rudest person in your life? It wouldn’t be nice to say.

30. What was the last thing you ate? That peanut butter toast.

31. Will you get married in the future? Nope.

32. What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past 2 weeks? Guess I haven’t seen it yet. Nothing at all has been of any interest. Now if Bella came ’round — I’d like to see it.

33. Is there anyone you like right now? I’d say there are a few folks…

34. When was the last time you did the dishes? Been a while ago…dishwasher, don’t you know…

35. Are you currently depressed? Not particularly. Not right now. Maybe later.

36. Did you cry today? Not today. But I was listening to Christmas music yesterday and…blubbered a bit.

37. Why did you answer and post this? It was tamer than most of these things going around the ‘net.

38. Tag 5 people who would do this survey. No, don’t do tags — but feel free to snurch. Guess I do make up words. Or hijack them or something…