Monday

The grass is still long... longer actually.

The dishes are stacked and the sink is filled with sudsy water waiting for me to decide to get up and wash them (the dishes, not the suds).

But first I should probably start some laundry.

Rubi is at work.

The van is at the shop - hopefully later today it's A/C will work again.

 

And I have three hours of The 4400 to watch later tonight.

 

 

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Monday

Dad's Day

Happy Father's Day to those that are.

 

 

 

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Dad's Day

Mom is blogging.

Poor Elizabeth. Neither of her parents are keeping up with their responsibilities. So here I am, checking in. [looks out window] Yup, grass is still tall. You know why? Because Kev hasn't mowed it. You know why? Because instead, he went to his parents house this morning and did all their yardwork for them. You know why? Because he's a wonderful guy and an awesome son.

So there.

What else? Lots of things going on here on the mom front that are probably only exciting to me. Scrapbooked at a friend's house for a while yesterday. We did the everyone-bring-some-food thing. Sandwich "fixins", fresh fruit, peel & eat shrimp, veggie tray, and the hostess purchased a 12-pack of Caffeine Free Diet Coke just for me. (I'm the only one in our bunch that drinks it, so she usually doesn't have it.) I wanted to hug her - now THAT'S a good friend, someone that'll buy a case of something that nobody in her family drinks, just for when you come over every few weeks.

She herself is a Ski drinker. I believe Ski is an Evansville thing, maybe a regional thing, and one of the reasons that I feel sorry for anyone who doesn't live in Evansville. Turoni's and Grippos are two other reasons.

Anyway, I got one whole 2-page layout done, in...four hours. Had a good time.

Uh. What else? Y'all want to hear about Catherine's ballet class, or Alexander's reading class? How about the ironing I really, really need to do? Or the unfinished Bible study lesson, when I have Bible study in 3 hours? How about that Alexander's birthday is in a matter of weeks and I haven't even purchased invitations, let alone sent them out? No? Well, sorry people, that's my life.

Ooh, ooh! I know! My birthday is in five weeks, and I KNOW you're all in a tizzy about what to get me. I want a dishwasher, so a Home Depot gift card toward that purchase would be perfect. Or anything off my Amazon wish list. I'm not picky. Huh? What? You've never met me, and have no intention of getting me ANYTHING, and besides, I didn't get you anything for your birthday? Oh. Well, that's okay then.

Mom is blogging.

International Weblogger's Day 2006

Yep.

There sits my lawn.
Growing taller each day.

 

Here I sit.

Blogging.

Instead of mowing.

 

 

My excuse?
Today is International Weblogger's Day 2006  the 3rd annual recognition of this esteemed day (join the fun!!).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

... back to procrastinating then!

 

 

 

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International Weblogger's Day 2006

Seven Things Meme

Seven Things:

I would like to do before I die:

1. Be relatively debt free.
2. Loose weight.
3. Hang Glide with Rubi
4. Have my eyesight corrected by Lasik.
5. Watch my kids get married and have kids.
6. Easily loose weight.
7. Pay off my home.

I cannot do:

1. Skateboard tricks (tried).
2. Use a gun (never tried).
3. Happily eat vegetables.
4. Avoid meat for any reasonable length of time (not that I'd want to).
5. Motivate myself.
6. Bring myself to eat seafood.
7. Easily loose weight. 

Things that attracted me to my spouse:

1.  Her sense of humor.
2.  Her hair.
3.  Her legs.
4.  Her friendship.
5.  Her smile.
6.  Her twinkling eyes.
7.  Her laugh.

Things I say often:

1. "NO!!!"
2. "9-1-1 Do you have an emergency?"
3.  "Stop it!"
4. "I mean it! Stop it now!"
5. "Don't make me come in there!"
6. "Luvya!"
7. "Yes, I'd like to order a pizza..."

Books that I love:
(or at least really enjoyed)

1. Iron Dragons
2. Dragon Champion
3. The Armageddon Strain
4. The Star Wars Expanded Universe.
5. Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series
6. Isaac Asimov's Robot Series
7. The Star Trek Deep Space Nine post-season 7 continuing series.

Movies that I watch over and over:
(or would if I had the time)

1. Star Wars
2. Serenity
3. Highlander
4. The Empire Strikes Back
5. Stargate
6. Dragonheart
7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

 

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Five More Things

5 things in my vehicle
Trash
Broken crayons
Small TV/VCR unit.
More trash.
Hot air.

5 things in my front right pocket
Various coins (more than five).

5 things in my closet
Which closet?
Hall Closet: Bath Towel, hand towel, face towel, paper towels, linens.
Bedroom Closet: clothes, Legos, computer parts, filing cabinets, comic books.

5 things in my refrigerator
Cold air.
Butter.
Hamburger Buns.
Grape Jelly.
Leftovers.

5 things in my head
Cobwebs.
Thoughts.
Dreams.
More cobwebs.
Aches.

Five More Things

My turn.

Okay, VERY occasionally I'm in the mood for a meme. This happens to be one of those occasions.


1) What were some of your scariest vehicular experiences, either behind the wheel or as a passenger?

Ooh, this is an easy one. Taking out a guardrail on a street near where we live now. I was driving to work, it was dark and the roads were icy. There was a place on my route to work where the road jogged over, so you were kind of driving toward the guardrail, then made a quick 45 degree turn to stay on the road. The guardrail was along the edge of someone's yard. I hit a patch of black ice as I was going into the turn. The car didn't turn, and I panicked and slammed on the brakes. Whoops. I had time to scream and throw my hands in front of my face, then bang. I'd flattened the guardrail and landed in that yard. The people who's yard I was in were SO kind to the sobbing, freaked out 21 year old in their yard - they said it happened all the time. (!!!) Nope, I wasn't hurt. Weird thing I remember from the accident: Kev's hardback copy of Mists Of Avalon was in the backseat. The impact threw it into the back of one of the front seats, hard enough to tear it in two. Yikes.

2) Are you going anywhere fun this Summer, and does Summer even mean the same to you as it did when you were younger?

The browncoat thingy that Kev mentioned. Holiday World with some friends.
Summer certainly doesn't mean the same thing as when I was younger. I spend lots of time trying to pacify my cranky hubby and maintaining the kids schedule. I don't remember doing anything like that when I was a kid! (However, I do remember mowing the lawn, and running over the German Shepard poo that I'd left there because I was a lazy teenager, and didn't like scooping. So I did a halfway job, and paid for it when I mowed over it. P.U.)

3) What was your favorite childhood toy, and how did it influence you over the course of your life?

Huh. I don't know. I remember a really ratty stuffed bunny, I think it was pink. There is some vague memory of my mom telling me no, I could not take it to kindergarten. That makes me laugh, because I've had that conversation with my kids over their ratty old stuffed animals.



4) Choose a cartoon, novel or other favorite work of fiction that's never been made into a movie, and tell us who you'd like to see star in it.

Big screen movie? How about Joss Whedon's fabuloso Once More With Feeling. Two hours long, and on the big screen. How awesome would that be??? Original cast, of course. Also, Witchblade. Original cast. That would make me so very happy.



5) Your Current Age/2 = A (15) A + (A/2) = B (22)Your Current Age = C (31)What was your favorite pizza topping at A, B, and C respectively?(Providing the numeric values of A, B, and C is of course optional).

What? Huh? I don't get it. Wait, I think I do. You know, this is easier if your current age is an even number. Just sayin'.

15 - No clue.
22 - No clue.
31 - Chicken and spinach.

SPECIAL BONUS QUESTION: If you could know one thing about MCF that you didn't, what would it be? His real name!

My turn.