About a month ago G-Girl tagged me for the 10 Things That Make Me Happy meme. Well I am a bad blogger and forgot about it until the other day. So without further ado I present 10 Things That Make Me Happy.
1) Clark of course. Seeing the world through his eyes is a great thing.
2) My hubby. He takes great care of us and is always there for me. He is my biggest fan.
3) My family. Even though they can be a little crazy and annoying at times I love them all.
4) My knitting. It truly is my therapy and helps me relax when I am tense.
5) My friends. Even though I do not get to see many of them very often they are all an important part of my life.
6) Books. I have been an avid reader since I was a young child and it is still one of my favorite ways to pass the time.
7) Warm summer weather.
8) When the house is quiet and still for a few moments.
9) Chocolate - 'nuff said!
10) Snuggling on the couch with my DH, knitting and a good TV show or movie.
I do not tag but if you want to participate feel free. I would love to see what makes you all happy. Until next time ....
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Monday, June 21, 2010
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Happy Birthday to Me!
Today I will blow out 32 candles. How in the hell did I get to 32? It seems like just yesterday I turned 21. It is scary how fast time flies - it seems like I will blink and I will be 50. So in lieu of a real entry I present the following meme.
The Rules:
Rules are posted at the beginning. At the end of the post, the player tags 5 people and posts their names. Then the player goes to each of the “named” people’s blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. If you’ve been tagged, you do the same, letting the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer. Your answer, of course, is the answer to the following questions. Here we go!
1. What was I doing 10 years ago?
I was working in a call center in East Lansing. I had just been asked to leave MSU the previous December so I was in limbo. I was going out every weekend with my best friend Alyssa and dating a string of losers.
2. What are 5 things on my to-do list today?
1. Plan activities for our upcoming weekend in Holland
2. Call my cousin to RSVP for her daughter's graduation party
3. Go to dinner with hubby
4. Watch Supernatural (I love me some Jensen Ackles)
5. Go to bed early because I am exhausted
3. Snacks I Enjoy
Anything with chocolate, pumpkin seeds, trail mix, watermelon in the summer, Pringles
4. Places I've Lived
Fowlerville, MI; East Lansing, MI; Detroit, MI; Rochester, MI
5. Things I Would Do if I Was a Billionaire
Quit my job, pay off all my bills, pay off my dad's house, my brother & SIL's house and the UP house, set up college funds for our baby and my nieces, travel, give to charity, buy hubby the BMW he wants, set up an animal refuge and more.
I do not tag but feel free to answer if you want to. Until next time ....
The Rules:
Rules are posted at the beginning. At the end of the post, the player tags 5 people and posts their names. Then the player goes to each of the “named” people’s blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. If you’ve been tagged, you do the same, letting the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer. Your answer, of course, is the answer to the following questions. Here we go!
1. What was I doing 10 years ago?
I was working in a call center in East Lansing. I had just been asked to leave MSU the previous December so I was in limbo. I was going out every weekend with my best friend Alyssa and dating a string of losers.
2. What are 5 things on my to-do list today?
1. Plan activities for our upcoming weekend in Holland
2. Call my cousin to RSVP for her daughter's graduation party
3. Go to dinner with hubby
4. Watch Supernatural (I love me some Jensen Ackles)
5. Go to bed early because I am exhausted
3. Snacks I Enjoy
Anything with chocolate, pumpkin seeds, trail mix, watermelon in the summer, Pringles
4. Places I've Lived
Fowlerville, MI; East Lansing, MI; Detroit, MI; Rochester, MI
5. Things I Would Do if I Was a Billionaire
Quit my job, pay off all my bills, pay off my dad's house, my brother & SIL's house and the UP house, set up college funds for our baby and my nieces, travel, give to charity, buy hubby the BMW he wants, set up an animal refuge and more.
I do not tag but feel free to answer if you want to. Until next time ....
Monday, December 31, 2007
Goodbye 2007!
So I know that I said that this entry would be my To Do's and To Do Not's for 2008 but I have changed my mind. I still feel like crap so I do not want to think about the sweeping changes I want to make in '08. Instead I present you with the 2007 In Review Meme that has been making the rounds out in blogland.
1) What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
- Knitting wise I made a sock and worked a lace pattern from a chart. Life wise I guess starting fertility treatments.
2) Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
- I make To Do's and To Do Not's and I did keep a few from last year. I will make more for 2008 soon.
3) Did anyone close to you give birth?
- My cousin's girlfriend had a baby girl, Isabella, in August.
4) Did anyone close to you die?
- My FIL on May 31st
5) What countries did you visit?
- We did not even make it to Canada this year which is a first
6) What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
- Functioning ovaries
7) What dates will remain etched upon you memory, and why?
- May 31st (see #4 above)
8) What was your biggest achievement this year?
- Letting go of a lot of baggage from the past
9) What was your biggest failure?
- See #6 above
10) Did you suffer illness or injury?
- I had to have a D&C at the end of March, got food poisoning in May, was diagnosed with diabetes in June and now have the cold from hell.
11) What was the biggest thing you bought?
- There really was no major purchases this year.
12) Whose behavior merited celebration?
- My hubby's. His patience and kindness always amaze me.
13) Whose behavior made you most appalled and depressed?
- I will not get into that here even though those people do not know about this blog.
14) Where did most of your money go?
- Food, rent, gas and paying off those damn evil credit cards!
15) What did you get really, really, really excited about?
- Nothing, is that sad?
16) What song will always remind you of 2007?
- I listen to talk radio or podcasts so there's nothing I can think of.
17) Compared to this time last year, are you: a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer?
- Overall happier although somethings still sadden me; thanks to my diabetes pill I am about 35 pounds lighter; poorer but closer to paying off those evil credit cards.
18) What do you wish you had done more of?
- Saved more money
19) What do you wish you'd done less of?
- Worrying about everything.
20) How will you be spending Christmas?
- I spent it with my family and Jerry's mom.
21) Did you fall in love in 2007?
- I fall more in love with my hubby every day (awwwww!!!)
22) How many one-night stands?
- Uh none - see above.
23) What was your favorite TV program?
- So many it is sad! All the VH1 celebreality shows, Lost, Supernatural, Jon & Kate Plus 8, Reaper, Gossip Girl and Ghost Hunters.
24) Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
- I try not to use the word hate but yes, there are people I do not like much now that were ok last year.
25) What was the best book you read?
- The Deathly Hollows for sure!
26) What was your greatest musical discovery?
- The fact that I can list to my MP3 at work so I do not have to listen to the same 20 songs over and over on regular radio.
27) What did you want and get?
- A new cell phone
28) What did you want and not get?
- A baby
29) What was your favorite film of this year?
- Knocked Up was pretty hilarious.
30) What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
- I signed up for the spindle spinning class @ Ewe-Nique Knits, went to Monterrey's Cantina for dinner with my hubby. I turned 31.
31) What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
- Getting pregnant.
32) How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
- If it's clean then I will wear it.
33) What kept you sane?
- The hubster and knitting.
34) What celebrity/public figure did you fancy most?
- Jensen Ackles from Supernatural
35) What political issue stirred you the most?
- It's not really a political issue but I hate that the problems of celebrities take center stage over the fact that our troops are still dying every day to stroke one man's huge ego.
36) Who did you miss?
- My mom, more that ever since this infertility thing has come up.
37) Who is the best new person you met?
- I do not meet to many new people. Yes I know i am pathetic.
38) Tell us a valuable lesson you learned in 2007?
- That other people are never as together and with it as you think they are.
39) Quote a song lyric that sums up your year?
- I Will Survive!
Have fun everyone but stay safe tonight. Until next time ....
1) What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
- Knitting wise I made a sock and worked a lace pattern from a chart. Life wise I guess starting fertility treatments.
2) Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
- I make To Do's and To Do Not's and I did keep a few from last year. I will make more for 2008 soon.
3) Did anyone close to you give birth?
- My cousin's girlfriend had a baby girl, Isabella, in August.
4) Did anyone close to you die?
- My FIL on May 31st
5) What countries did you visit?
- We did not even make it to Canada this year which is a first
6) What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
- Functioning ovaries
7) What dates will remain etched upon you memory, and why?
- May 31st (see #4 above)
8) What was your biggest achievement this year?
- Letting go of a lot of baggage from the past
9) What was your biggest failure?
- See #6 above
10) Did you suffer illness or injury?
- I had to have a D&C at the end of March, got food poisoning in May, was diagnosed with diabetes in June and now have the cold from hell.
11) What was the biggest thing you bought?
- There really was no major purchases this year.
12) Whose behavior merited celebration?
- My hubby's. His patience and kindness always amaze me.
13) Whose behavior made you most appalled and depressed?
- I will not get into that here even though those people do not know about this blog.
14) Where did most of your money go?
- Food, rent, gas and paying off those damn evil credit cards!
15) What did you get really, really, really excited about?
- Nothing, is that sad?
16) What song will always remind you of 2007?
- I listen to talk radio or podcasts so there's nothing I can think of.
17) Compared to this time last year, are you: a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer?
- Overall happier although somethings still sadden me; thanks to my diabetes pill I am about 35 pounds lighter; poorer but closer to paying off those evil credit cards.
18) What do you wish you had done more of?
- Saved more money
19) What do you wish you'd done less of?
- Worrying about everything.
20) How will you be spending Christmas?
- I spent it with my family and Jerry's mom.
21) Did you fall in love in 2007?
- I fall more in love with my hubby every day (awwwww!!!)
22) How many one-night stands?
- Uh none - see above.
23) What was your favorite TV program?
- So many it is sad! All the VH1 celebreality shows, Lost, Supernatural, Jon & Kate Plus 8, Reaper, Gossip Girl and Ghost Hunters.
24) Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
- I try not to use the word hate but yes, there are people I do not like much now that were ok last year.
25) What was the best book you read?
- The Deathly Hollows for sure!
26) What was your greatest musical discovery?
- The fact that I can list to my MP3 at work so I do not have to listen to the same 20 songs over and over on regular radio.
27) What did you want and get?
- A new cell phone
28) What did you want and not get?
- A baby
29) What was your favorite film of this year?
- Knocked Up was pretty hilarious.
30) What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
- I signed up for the spindle spinning class @ Ewe-Nique Knits, went to Monterrey's Cantina for dinner with my hubby. I turned 31.
31) What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
- Getting pregnant.
32) How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
- If it's clean then I will wear it.
33) What kept you sane?
- The hubster and knitting.
34) What celebrity/public figure did you fancy most?
- Jensen Ackles from Supernatural
35) What political issue stirred you the most?
- It's not really a political issue but I hate that the problems of celebrities take center stage over the fact that our troops are still dying every day to stroke one man's huge ego.
36) Who did you miss?
- My mom, more that ever since this infertility thing has come up.
37) Who is the best new person you met?
- I do not meet to many new people. Yes I know i am pathetic.
38) Tell us a valuable lesson you learned in 2007?
- That other people are never as together and with it as you think they are.
39) Quote a song lyric that sums up your year?
- I Will Survive!
Have fun everyone but stay safe tonight. Until next time ....
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Now I am stealing stuff
Meme, stolen from Robyn who got it from My Space.
1) Are you an aunt/uncle?
- Yes I have two nieces and 3 nieces-in-law
2) Can you do a cartwheel?
- Nope, never could. That ruined my dream of being the next Mary Lou Retton!
3) What was the last movie you saw in the theater?
- The Brave One
4) Do you eat vegetables regularly?
- Not as much as I should - I hate most of them.
5) If you were going to get a body piercing, where would you get it?
- I have 5 holes in my ears and a belly button ring so there is NOTHING else I would pierce.
6) Do you ever hand out with someone of the opposite sex?
- Everyday
7) What is the weather like at this very moment?
- Cloudy and frickin cold!
8) What is something you can't wait for?
- Being pregnant
9) How many times have you been to Canada?
- To many to count. I dated a guy in Windsor for awhile plus we went there almost every weekend between the ages of 19 & 21 (yeah for the 19 year old drinking age). Now my hubby and I go to Toronto once or twice a year.
10) Have you ever had a reptile for a pet?
- No and never will
11) What is your favorite fruit?
- Now I love fruit so it is hard to choose but it is a toss up between watermelon and strawberries.
12) What song is on your my space profile right now?
- I don't have a song on mine.
13) Who was your last missed call on your cell phone?
- Probably Jerry
14) Where are you most ticklish?
- My feet and behind my knees,
15) How many hours a week do you normally work?
- 41 to 42 "official" hours ie: what I get paid for
16) Who's your #1 on my space?
- Jay & Bill
17) Do you have deep dark secrets?
- Doesn't everyone? And no I am not telling!
18) When was the last time you were sick?
- I had a blood sugar issue at the end of October
19) What color is your car?
- Silver
20) How many siblings do you have?
- Two - a sister 11 years older and a brother 8 years older
21) Have you ever got caught sneaking out?
- No, I was such a nerd I never even tried
22) Did you ever try to run away from home when you were younger?
- Yes, when I was 8 I was going to go live at the pond by our house because my brother made me watch Buck Rogers on tv. I was a little bit of a drama queen.
23) What makes you the happiest?
- My hubby
24) How do you feel when you see a child at the store throwing a tantrum?
- Scared that my child will do that
25) Where do you want to be right now?
- Anywhere warmer as long as I have my hubby with me
26) Have you ever finished a Rubik's Cube?
- Heck no
27) When was the last time you drank to much?
- Maybe 6 years ago
28) When was the last time you rode a bike?
- In college about 10 years ago
29) Do you have any vacation plans for this summer?
- Just our normal week in the UP
30) Where were you an hour ago?
- Laying in bed watching my Spartans blow out NC State on ESPN
31) Who will you kiss next?
- Jerry
32) Do you kiss alot of people?
- Just the hubby and my family
33) Are you wearing socks right now?
- Yep
34) When was the last time you went out of state?
- In August when I went to NYC
35) Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?
- No
36) What was the last thing you had to drink?
- Coke Zero
37) What are you wearing right now?
- Green sweats and a green long sleeved Ambercrombie shirt
38) What was your last purchase?
- Coke Zero, Banana walnut muffins, bread and brie from Kroger
39) Last thing you ate?
- A box of raisins
40) Have you bought any clothing in the last week?
- Nope
41) Are you a sexual predator?
- Nope but who would admit that?
42) What is in the backseat of your car?
- An umbrella and ice scrapper
43) Three words to explain why you last threw up?
- Bad Quizzno's Salad
44) What happened to 44?
45) What was the last movie you watched?
- Father of the Bride Part 2 (Shut up!) last Saturday
46) Do you think Barbie is a negative role model for kids?
- No. Brittney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton are bad role models not a stupid doll!
47) What kind of car does your father drive?
- He drives a pickup
48) Do you like Scrabble?
- Not really
49) Where did you attend high school?
- Fowlerville High School (Go Gladiators!)
50) Favorite scent?
- Citrusy smells
51) No 51 either?
52) Last television program you watched?
- Kitchen Nightmares while typing this
53 and 54 are missing too!
55) Does your family own any boats?
- Yes my dad, brother and sister own one together
56) Something you can't live without?
- Food
57-60 were eaten also
61) Where were you when 9/11 happened?
- At my desk at my old job
62) How often do you read books?
- I try to read some everyday
63 & 64 disappeared too
65) Describe the computer you are currently using?
- Compaq Armada Laptop
66) How long does it take you to go out?
- About an hour but I can do it in 30 if I have to
67) Will you donate your organs after you pass?
- Sure, I won't be needing them!
68) Have you been outside the USA?
- As stated above I have been to Canada several times. I have also been to Germany, Austria, Grand Cayman Island and Jamaica
69) Would you ever get your nipple pierced?
- Only for a very large sum of cash.
Until next time ....
1) Are you an aunt/uncle?
- Yes I have two nieces and 3 nieces-in-law
2) Can you do a cartwheel?
- Nope, never could. That ruined my dream of being the next Mary Lou Retton!
3) What was the last movie you saw in the theater?
- The Brave One
4) Do you eat vegetables regularly?
- Not as much as I should - I hate most of them.
5) If you were going to get a body piercing, where would you get it?
- I have 5 holes in my ears and a belly button ring so there is NOTHING else I would pierce.
6) Do you ever hand out with someone of the opposite sex?
- Everyday
7) What is the weather like at this very moment?
- Cloudy and frickin cold!
8) What is something you can't wait for?
- Being pregnant
9) How many times have you been to Canada?
- To many to count. I dated a guy in Windsor for awhile plus we went there almost every weekend between the ages of 19 & 21 (yeah for the 19 year old drinking age). Now my hubby and I go to Toronto once or twice a year.
10) Have you ever had a reptile for a pet?
- No and never will
11) What is your favorite fruit?
- Now I love fruit so it is hard to choose but it is a toss up between watermelon and strawberries.
12) What song is on your my space profile right now?
- I don't have a song on mine.
13) Who was your last missed call on your cell phone?
- Probably Jerry
14) Where are you most ticklish?
- My feet and behind my knees,
15) How many hours a week do you normally work?
- 41 to 42 "official" hours ie: what I get paid for
16) Who's your #1 on my space?
- Jay & Bill
17) Do you have deep dark secrets?
- Doesn't everyone? And no I am not telling!
18) When was the last time you were sick?
- I had a blood sugar issue at the end of October
19) What color is your car?
- Silver
20) How many siblings do you have?
- Two - a sister 11 years older and a brother 8 years older
21) Have you ever got caught sneaking out?
- No, I was such a nerd I never even tried
22) Did you ever try to run away from home when you were younger?
- Yes, when I was 8 I was going to go live at the pond by our house because my brother made me watch Buck Rogers on tv. I was a little bit of a drama queen.
23) What makes you the happiest?
- My hubby
24) How do you feel when you see a child at the store throwing a tantrum?
- Scared that my child will do that
25) Where do you want to be right now?
- Anywhere warmer as long as I have my hubby with me
26) Have you ever finished a Rubik's Cube?
- Heck no
27) When was the last time you drank to much?
- Maybe 6 years ago
28) When was the last time you rode a bike?
- In college about 10 years ago
29) Do you have any vacation plans for this summer?
- Just our normal week in the UP
30) Where were you an hour ago?
- Laying in bed watching my Spartans blow out NC State on ESPN
31) Who will you kiss next?
- Jerry
32) Do you kiss alot of people?
- Just the hubby and my family
33) Are you wearing socks right now?
- Yep
34) When was the last time you went out of state?
- In August when I went to NYC
35) Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?
- No
36) What was the last thing you had to drink?
- Coke Zero
37) What are you wearing right now?
- Green sweats and a green long sleeved Ambercrombie shirt
38) What was your last purchase?
- Coke Zero, Banana walnut muffins, bread and brie from Kroger
39) Last thing you ate?
- A box of raisins
40) Have you bought any clothing in the last week?
- Nope
41) Are you a sexual predator?
- Nope but who would admit that?
42) What is in the backseat of your car?
- An umbrella and ice scrapper
43) Three words to explain why you last threw up?
- Bad Quizzno's Salad
44) What happened to 44?
45) What was the last movie you watched?
- Father of the Bride Part 2 (Shut up!) last Saturday
46) Do you think Barbie is a negative role model for kids?
- No. Brittney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton are bad role models not a stupid doll!
47) What kind of car does your father drive?
- He drives a pickup
48) Do you like Scrabble?
- Not really
49) Where did you attend high school?
- Fowlerville High School (Go Gladiators!)
50) Favorite scent?
- Citrusy smells
51) No 51 either?
52) Last television program you watched?
- Kitchen Nightmares while typing this
53 and 54 are missing too!
55) Does your family own any boats?
- Yes my dad, brother and sister own one together
56) Something you can't live without?
- Food
57-60 were eaten also
61) Where were you when 9/11 happened?
- At my desk at my old job
62) How often do you read books?
- I try to read some everyday
63 & 64 disappeared too
65) Describe the computer you are currently using?
- Compaq Armada Laptop
66) How long does it take you to go out?
- About an hour but I can do it in 30 if I have to
67) Will you donate your organs after you pass?
- Sure, I won't be needing them!
68) Have you been outside the USA?
- As stated above I have been to Canada several times. I have also been to Germany, Austria, Grand Cayman Island and Jamaica
69) Would you ever get your nipple pierced?
- Only for a very large sum of cash.
Until next time ....
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Book Meme
So I think I am in trouble because I am scrapping together material for NaBloPoMo on day four. However, I saw this meme on Tina's blog so I have something to post about.
The rules are open the book you're currently reading to page 161 and copy the fifth sentence on the page, then tag 5 bloggers.
I am currently reading The Ghosts of Sleath by James Herbert:
"Not deliberately, not intentionally - neglect was mostly a matter of carelessness rather than design."
I am only on page 90 so I do not know what the passage means yet. I do not tag so if you want to do the meme feel free. Until next time ....
The rules are open the book you're currently reading to page 161 and copy the fifth sentence on the page, then tag 5 bloggers.
I am currently reading The Ghosts of Sleath by James Herbert:
"Not deliberately, not intentionally - neglect was mostly a matter of carelessness rather than design."
I am only on page 90 so I do not know what the passage means yet. I do not tag so if you want to do the meme feel free. Until next time ....
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Home Sweet Home
So I made it home from vacation safe and sound. We actually came home a day early on Friday because it was hotter than hades up there. I have officially become a wimp. I used to live upstairs at my parents house where it was 100+ degrees in the summer without air conditioning. Now I melt when the house gets over 75 degrees. I did get a lot of knitting and reading finished while I was up there and I feel very refreshed. I still do not want to go back to work tomorrow! Oh well back to reality for me.
Before I left for vacation I was tagged by Laurie as a
and now i have to tag 5 fellow bloggers for the honor. So here are some Rockin' Girl Bloggers
- Tina from Blooming Knitter
- Katherine from Bald Sheep
- Amanda from Stray Cat
- Miranda from The Girls With the Purls
- Sherry from Chaos Theory (one of the first blogs I ever read)
So next in my next entry I will show off all my knitting I did while on vacation. Until next time ....
Before I left for vacation I was tagged by Laurie as a
and now i have to tag 5 fellow bloggers for the honor. So here are some Rockin' Girl Bloggers
- Tina from Blooming Knitter
- Katherine from Bald Sheep
- Amanda from Stray Cat
- Miranda from The Girls With the Purls
- Sherry from Chaos Theory (one of the first blogs I ever read)
So next in my next entry I will show off all my knitting I did while on vacation. Until next time ....
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Happy Birthday to Me!
So today is my 31st birthday. Oy I am getting old! Today was a nice day considering the fact that I had to work. At least my boss was on vacation today so I did not have to deal with her craziness. Hubby took me out to dinner at Monterrey Cantina in Royal Oak and while we were there we took care of another piece of birthday business. I signed up for the Drop Spindle class at Ewe-Nique Knits next month. I am very excited even though I know this will suck up even more of my knitting time. Marilyn was a total sweetheart and explained the spinning process in length to my hubby. He also said that if I like spinning he will start saving for a wheel for my Christmas gift! Do I have the best husband in the world or what? So I have no knitting progress to show you (I am still working on the baby blanket that seems like it will never end) so I will leave you with a birthday meme.
I saw this on Kimberly's blog and thought it looked like fun. Go to Wikipedia and search you birthday (month and day only) to come up with 3 events, 2 birthdays and 1 holiday that occur on your birthday.
3 events that occured on June 26th:
1) 1819: the bicycle is patented
2) 1870: Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States
3) 1976: The CN Tower, the tallest free-standing structure on land in the world, was opened (this is the actual day I was born)
I share my birthday with:
1) 1909: Cololnel Tom Parker (Elvis' manager - d.1997)
2) 1974: Derek Jeter (I know he plays for the hated Yankees but he is still HOT!)
June 26th is also Independance Day in Madagascar.
Until next time ...
I saw this on Kimberly's blog and thought it looked like fun. Go to Wikipedia and search you birthday (month and day only) to come up with 3 events, 2 birthdays and 1 holiday that occur on your birthday.
3 events that occured on June 26th:
1) 1819: the bicycle is patented
2) 1870: Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States
3) 1976: The CN Tower, the tallest free-standing structure on land in the world, was opened (this is the actual day I was born)
I share my birthday with:
1) 1909: Cololnel Tom Parker (Elvis' manager - d.1997)
2) 1974: Derek Jeter (I know he plays for the hated Yankees but he is still HOT!)
June 26th is also Independance Day in Madagascar.
Until next time ...
Sunday, June 03, 2007
More bad news and a meme
So I hate to be Debbie Downer but I have more bad news. My FIL passed away on Thursday. It was a hard decision for the family to take him off the vent but I know he did not want to live as a vegetable. He was way to proud of a man to live like that. I went to the endocrinologist on Friday and got the official diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes. He said that I am lucky because we have caught it early enough where my body is resisting insulin but my blood sugar is still normal (on the higher side of normal though). He gave me a prescription for Glucophage, which is a pill, and told me to walk 30 minutes per day and go on a diet. I am actually taking this better than I thought I would, probably because I don't have to take shot everyday. As long as it is under control my Ob/Gyn will let me go on the Clomid and try to get pregnant again. I guess it has kicked me in the butt to do what I know I need to do. Since I graduated from high school in 1994 I have gained about 70 pounds and I was not even that skinny in high school!
So I have been tagged for a meme so I am going to do it and get them out of the way! Laurie, Anita and Amanda for the 7 Random Things meme. So without further ado I present 7 Random Things about me!
1) I will eat bananas in things, like fruit salads or banana splits, but I will not eat one alone out of the peel.
2) When I was younger I thought because my dad's family was from England we were royalty. When I was five I was heartbroken we were not at Princess Di & Prince Charles' wedding.
3) My mom's family is from Finland but I get my pale skin and blue eyes from my dad - go figure!
4) My dream job when I was in college was to work at the Southern Poverty Law Center after I graduated from law school. The center tracks the acts of hate groups and was instrumental in the re-trial of the Medgar Evars case and the case that practically bankrupted the Aryan Nation.
5) In my dating days I dated guys who were black, white, Cuban and Arab. My mom said I was the UN of dating.
6) I believe in God and pray often but I do not support organized religion. I believe there is a lot of hypocrisy in most organized religions.
7) I only wear silver or white gold jewelry. I would love platinum but it is way to expensive.
So next the entry will contain knitting and no bad news, I hope anyway! Until next time ....
So I have been tagged for a meme so I am going to do it and get them out of the way! Laurie, Anita and Amanda for the 7 Random Things meme. So without further ado I present 7 Random Things about me!
1) I will eat bananas in things, like fruit salads or banana splits, but I will not eat one alone out of the peel.
2) When I was younger I thought because my dad's family was from England we were royalty. When I was five I was heartbroken we were not at Princess Di & Prince Charles' wedding.
3) My mom's family is from Finland but I get my pale skin and blue eyes from my dad - go figure!
4) My dream job when I was in college was to work at the Southern Poverty Law Center after I graduated from law school. The center tracks the acts of hate groups and was instrumental in the re-trial of the Medgar Evars case and the case that practically bankrupted the Aryan Nation.
5) In my dating days I dated guys who were black, white, Cuban and Arab. My mom said I was the UN of dating.
6) I believe in God and pray often but I do not support organized religion. I believe there is a lot of hypocrisy in most organized religions.
7) I only wear silver or white gold jewelry. I would love platinum but it is way to expensive.
So next the entry will contain knitting and no bad news, I hope anyway! Until next time ....
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Knitting .... There's Suppose to be Knitting?
So you should be clued in by the title that there is no knitting to be seen here. I will be filling this blog entry with the following holiday meme fluff since I am so excited my shopping is done and the cookies are baked! I have seen this several places but I can not remember most of them right now. I remember it at Needleplay so I am giving her all the credit.
1. Eggnog or hot chocolate? Both
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? He wraps - if they are to big to wrap they go in bags (even it it takes 2 taped together to cover it)
3. Fake tree or real? I would love to have a real one but our lease prohibits it so it is fake for us. My family always had a real tree when I was growing up though.
4. Do you hang mistletoe? Nope
5. When do you put up your decorations? The first weekend in December
6. What is your favorite holiday dish? Cookies!
7. Favorite Christmas memory as a child? Waking everyone up at 6am to open presents.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? What are you talking about? Santa's real!
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas eve? Nope. We did open my grandparents gifts on Christmas Even when I was a real little kid before they moved in with us. I think my parents did that because Christmas morning was always about 3-4 hours of opening and they did not want to sit there any longer than necessary. Of course after they moved in with us it would be 4-5 hours of opening. My family goes way overboard!
10. How do you decorate your tree? White lights and the hodge podge of ornaments we have collected in the last 3 years.
11. Snow! Love it or dread it? I would be happy if it snowed only on Christmas Eve and day and never snowed again the rest of the winter.
12. Can you ice skate? Oh hell no!
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? When I was 3 I got a stretchy Incredible Hulk doll that I loved until he ripped and goo started oozing out of him.
14. What's the most important thing about Christmas to you? Being with my family
15. What is your favorite holiday desert? Cookies!
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? We go to my dad's house on Christmas eve and go to church with my family. Afterwards we go to his house and have snacks. Then we get up on Christmas morning and open gifts. After the gifts are opened we have Pannu Kakku (Finnish pancakes) before we open our stockings.
17. What tops your tree? An angel
18. What do you prefer, giving or receiving? I love giving and watching people open my gifts.
19. What is your favorite Christmas song? My favorite religious song is O Holy Night. My favorite non-religous song is Blue Christmas but only the Elvis version.
20. Do you like candy canes? Traditional red and white ones only please.
I am adding a question because I want to
21. What is your favorite Chirstmas special or movie? My all-time favorite is the original animated How the Grinch Stole Christmas. I also love Rudolph, Frosty, Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story.
Maybe there will be knitting in my next post. Umtil next time ....
1. Eggnog or hot chocolate? Both
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? He wraps - if they are to big to wrap they go in bags (even it it takes 2 taped together to cover it)
3. Fake tree or real? I would love to have a real one but our lease prohibits it so it is fake for us. My family always had a real tree when I was growing up though.
4. Do you hang mistletoe? Nope
5. When do you put up your decorations? The first weekend in December
6. What is your favorite holiday dish? Cookies!
7. Favorite Christmas memory as a child? Waking everyone up at 6am to open presents.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? What are you talking about? Santa's real!
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas eve? Nope. We did open my grandparents gifts on Christmas Even when I was a real little kid before they moved in with us. I think my parents did that because Christmas morning was always about 3-4 hours of opening and they did not want to sit there any longer than necessary. Of course after they moved in with us it would be 4-5 hours of opening. My family goes way overboard!
10. How do you decorate your tree? White lights and the hodge podge of ornaments we have collected in the last 3 years.
11. Snow! Love it or dread it? I would be happy if it snowed only on Christmas Eve and day and never snowed again the rest of the winter.
12. Can you ice skate? Oh hell no!
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? When I was 3 I got a stretchy Incredible Hulk doll that I loved until he ripped and goo started oozing out of him.
14. What's the most important thing about Christmas to you? Being with my family
15. What is your favorite holiday desert? Cookies!
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? We go to my dad's house on Christmas eve and go to church with my family. Afterwards we go to his house and have snacks. Then we get up on Christmas morning and open gifts. After the gifts are opened we have Pannu Kakku (Finnish pancakes) before we open our stockings.
17. What tops your tree? An angel
18. What do you prefer, giving or receiving? I love giving and watching people open my gifts.
19. What is your favorite Christmas song? My favorite religious song is O Holy Night. My favorite non-religous song is Blue Christmas but only the Elvis version.
20. Do you like candy canes? Traditional red and white ones only please.
I am adding a question because I want to
21. What is your favorite Chirstmas special or movie? My all-time favorite is the original animated How the Grinch Stole Christmas. I also love Rudolph, Frosty, Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story.
Maybe there will be knitting in my next post. Umtil next time ....
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
No knitting but here's a meme
So since I have no knitting to show you (but maybe another completed dishcloth on Thursday - yipee!)here is a meme. I saw this over at Sherry's blog and thought it was interesting. So here I present the list of celebrities - male and female - I think are hot.
- Antonio Banderas (even with the being married to Melanie Griffith thing)
- Colin Farrell (gotta love those bad boys)
- Taye Diggs
- Jennifer Aniston (I love her nose)
- Jamie Foxx (why does blogger spellcheck want to change this to Jaime?)
- Heath Ledger
- Jensen Ackles (Dean on CW's Supernatural)
- Josh Lucas
- Reese Witherspoon
- Matthew Fox (especially all hot and sweaty on Lost)
- Nicole Kidman (us pasty white girls have to stick together)
- Keith Urban (Nicole is so lucky)
- David Beckam
- Tim McGraw
- Will Smith
There are also several people I could put on a "Celebrities Everyone Else Thinks Are Hot but I don't Get it" list but I will leave you with two.
- Angelina Jolie (she is just plain skanky and weird!)
- Johnny Depp (he just seems so dirty to me)
Feel free to answer - I would be interested to see what other people think. Until next time ....
- Antonio Banderas (even with the being married to Melanie Griffith thing)
- Colin Farrell (gotta love those bad boys)
- Taye Diggs
- Jennifer Aniston (I love her nose)
- Jamie Foxx (why does blogger spellcheck want to change this to Jaime?)
- Heath Ledger
- Jensen Ackles (Dean on CW's Supernatural)
- Josh Lucas
- Reese Witherspoon
- Matthew Fox (especially all hot and sweaty on Lost)
- Nicole Kidman (us pasty white girls have to stick together)
- Keith Urban (Nicole is so lucky)
- David Beckam
- Tim McGraw
- Will Smith
There are also several people I could put on a "Celebrities Everyone Else Thinks Are Hot but I don't Get it" list but I will leave you with two.
- Angelina Jolie (she is just plain skanky and weird!)
- Johnny Depp (he just seems so dirty to me)
Feel free to answer - I would be interested to see what other people think. Until next time ....
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