I got me a new set of wheels the other day.
She’s a hot little number.
Kinda sleek.
Jet black.
Compact but still enough room for all my stuff.
And you know us girls got some stuff!
It holds all my scrapbooking junk.
We went for our first spin today.
A crop with some girlfriends.
And there was still room to spare for a box of chocolate covered cherries, some Peeps and a book I was loaning to a friend.
Love it. Fun day. : )
1. How old is the oldest pair of shoes in your closet? I have a pair of shoes in my closet from my early 20’s. That’s about half my life ago. crud.
2. Did you buy Girl Scout cookies this year? If so, what variety? I never buy GS cookies.
3. Do you know how to ballroom dance? If not, would you like to? No. Aaaaaand no.
4. Were you a responsible child/teenager? Yeah, I think so. I got my first job when I was still 15 and from then on bought my own clothes, cars etc. I could buy a new car without a co-signer in my very early 20’s.
5. How many of this year's Oscar-nominated movies did you see? I don’t know which movies were nominated and I haven’t seen many movies anyway. Come to think of it, have I seen any movies?
6. If you're going to have a medical procedure done, such as having blood drawn, is it easier for you to watch someone else having the procedure done or have it done yourself? I can watch all day. I hate having blood drawn. But if the person I’m watching is my child, I would have blood drawn all day long if I could protect them from the pain. But as I know all too well, it doesn’t work like that.
7. What is your favorite day of the week and why? Friday! The work week is over and we’re FREE for the next couple of days.
8. Do you miss anyone right now? Not really.
9. Do hospitals make you queasy? Not really. I always feel better when I’m with somebody at a hospital… because someone else is doing the bulk of the caregiving instead of me, and it feels like a load off, to some extent that is.
10. At which store would you like to max-out your credit card. Not that you ever would, you responsible person, you. Gosh. I have no idea. How about a store that carries things that I would like to wear and would fit me, especially jeans… I have two pairs that I like right now and nothing in the stores seem to fit… now, you tell me the name of that fantasy store and I’ll fill in the answer. : ) Or maybe just Hobby Lobby!
11. Are you true to the brand names of products/items? Not for clothing. But for things like toothpaste and such, I am if it works. I am a big generic person when it comes to groceries though. I bought some generic deodorant recently and it works better than my old brand name stuff, so you can’t always tell a book by it's cover.
12. Which is more difficult: looking into someone’s eyes when you are telling someone how you feel, or looking into someone’s eyes when he/she is telling you how he/she feels? Gosh I dunno. I’m an eye-looker anyway, so I guess it doesn’t matter. But perhaps it might be harder to look at them in the eye if I’m talking.. ya know.. insecurities and all that jazz.
To check out some more Random-nyness, hop on over to Linda’s place at 2nd Cup of Coffee. ps… tell me.. do you like me to skip lines in between my Q&A’s? Which way is easier for ya?
I’ve had a huge stack of ‘stuff’ sitting in my entry way since last year.
I got enough done that I only had this one stack.
But it’s a big stack. See.
Boatloads of slides.
I told myself that I was going to scan them at some point during the winter ‘when there isn’t anything else to do’. When exactly does that happen?!
So now at least they say spring is coming and before long it’ll be creeping up on one year and I’d really like to get this stuff dealt with. There is the time element, but also I’d just like to have my entry way CLEANED UP.
Crazy talk, I know.
But the longer I thought about scanning hundreds and hundreds of slides, the longer I waited. I knew it would take forever. And I just wasn’t up for it.
Last weekend I got an idea. I wondered if I could take a picture of a slide? So here’s what I did.
I pulled down the shade in Miss Boo’s room and moved the twinkle lights out of the way. Then I set up the projector and put in a reel of slides. And turned out the lights and grabbed my digital camera.
Oh yes, I did. I snapped a photo of each and every slide as it shone on the makeshift screen. And it worked. Oh yes, it did!
See.
This is me slaving away at the ironing board. I remember my mother ironing evvverything when I was little because there was no such thing is wrinkle free anything way back then. And she hung everything out on the line in those days too. I remember when they got their first dryer.
Vacation in Colorado. Very pretty.
The black edges are just the empty screen area since most of the slides are square shaped. But it works!
I was very impressed with myself for figuring that out and sticking with it long enough to snap shots of over 700 slides!
I hope to tell a few of the stories contained in these slides. But I also wish I knew more… like how/why on earth this picture was taken?!
Maybe I don’t want to know about this one. *shudder*
I'm linking this post to Works for Me Wednesday at weareTHATfamily!
It’s Random Dozen time… and I’m using a new computer. Just arrived in the mail yesterday. And my fonts and sizes are all weird and the keyboard is different and we’re still working on the settings and all that stuff. We can’t figure out why my fonts are different on my blog… very weird. But anyhoo..here we go!
1. Do you prefer even or odd numbers? Any particular reason? Even numbers. I can add them easier. I’m not exactly a mathematician.
2. On a scale of 1-10, with 1 being "not at all" and 10 being Carly Simon-worthy, how vain are you? I would say 1 but I don’t like to go anywhere without fixing my hair… I’ll go without makeup, but I don’t leave with sloppy hair. And I’m so not a stylin’ chickadee as far as clothes go…. so maybe a 4?
3. Among these Irish stereotypes, with which do you identify most closely? Talkative, Proud, Inquisitive, Love to party, Hot-tempered How’zabouit talkative… I think my husband would agree to that one. Aaaaaand inquisitive. Also known as nosey around these here parts. Reeeeeeeal nosey.
4. How lucky do you consider yourself? Not very. I don’t believe in luck. But if there is a contest or something on a blog, I always think it’s silly of me to enter because I won’t win. So maybe I believe in bad luck! Dunno. LOL Hubs entered a contest online one time and won a pretty nice camera… now totally obsolete, but it was nice in it’s day. 35mm WITH A ZOOM. I have many close ups of my toddler daughter’s drooly face because that’s when we got it.
5. What is the subject of your favorite post that you've written? I like most of the posts I’ve written about relationship with God and I’ve enjoyed (?) working through my thoughts on grief here as well.
6. Describe March weather where you live in three words. Sorta getting better.
7. How apt are you at detecting blarney when you hear it? (Smooth talk, flattery) Pretty good. It gags me.
8. How "green" are you, environmentally speaking? A little. We recycle here, so I’m always breaking up boxes and rinsing out two liters. But I don’t have those nice little reusable bags for going to Walmart etc. And I don’t buy all ‘green’ things. So maybe I’m in the middle on that.
9. What is your favorite song this week? I found myself savoring the words of What a Friend We Have in Jesus the other day just out of the blue and it is already one of my favorites. I’m not a ‘hymns only’ kinda girl, but I do like them.
10. You are walking along and see a coin on the ground. What denomination does it have to be before you will stop to pick it up? Hmmm a dime or a quarter.
11. Complete the sentence: "Every time I look outside my window ...." …. I wish it were warmer! Spring is coming on the slow train this year and I am READY for it to get here.
12. What was the #1 song on the day you were born? See this site to find out. Help! by the Beatles. I have no idea what that song is. These questions make me giggle because I am so not into music… at least not popular culture music.
To see everybody else’s answers, hop on over to Linda’s place at 2nd Cup!
It’s all about perspective sometimes.
Sometimes I say I have to cook dinner. Or I have to clean house. Or I have to go to school and talk to a teacher. Or I have to go to Wallyworld and deal with all the crazies humanity.
But do I say that I have to talk to my husband? Or that I have to talk to/play with my kid? Or that I have to go on vacation? No! I get to… and that’s a beautiful thing because I love them. And they love me.
But there is something else that I can make into a have to.
It’s reading God’s word. But it isn’t!
I get to sit down any time and read what God wants to say to me. Not only that, but it is my privilege to get to sit down and read words written just for me.
Yes.. it’s Random Dozen time. I feel like saying “hellooooo out there” since I haven’t been on much lately. But I’m still getting over my bronchitis and the after affects of the meds. : p And then there are allergies and cold weather and then the whole “I really don’t feel like I have anything to say” deal. So anyhoo, here goes with the Random!
1. Have you ever fired a gun or shot a bow and arrow? No. I think I would be scared to do that… would probably freak out after I did it.
2. Do you know where your childhood best friends are? No, I have no idea, nor do I care to try to find them on Facebook. Life has moooved on, thankyouverymuch!
3. Do you usually arrive early, late, or on time? Early. I feel weird when I arrive just ‘on time’ and a place is already packed and I’ve got to find a place to sit etc. I would rather be a little early and scope things out and find my spot etc. Don’t even get me started about ‘the late’. Drives me nuts.
4. Are you more of a New York or California type? I have no idea. I used to get bugged when I’d watch David Letterman or Johnny Carson (yes, I am stinkin’ old!) and some comedian would be discussing the differences between New York and LA. Like I am supposed to know.. or care. Has anyone not informed those people that there are a vast many states in between NY and LA? To answer your question.. neither. Hubs has been to NYC and he came home telling me I would hate it. And I have zero desire to be an uppity LA person either. I am a van driving mom from the burbs and I like it.
5. Do you have a special ring tone? It’s a doorbell and I love it! It’s very discreet and not obnoxious. My old phone ring tone was the Animaniacs theme music.. so I think I can say a thing or two about obnoxious!
6. What is your favorite type of chip? Baked Tostitos if I’m being good and regular ole bbq Lays if I’m not.
7. Best comedy you've ever seen is ....I have no idea. Hubs and I used to watch Seinfeld and think there aren’t many that can top it.
8. Have you ever cut your own hair? To quote Dr. Phil, "How'd that work for ya?" I have not. And I don’t plan to take up home hair care with the Flowbee either. Although I *do* cut my hubby’s hair and it turns out good.
9. If you were going to have an extreme makeover, would you rather it be about your house or your personal self? I would rather buy another, bigger house and then have THAT house made over.
10. Are you allergic to anything? Can’t eat dairy.. not allergic to it, but it makes me sick. Allergic to codeine.
11. Why is it so hard to change? Because we are sinful people and often blinded to the fact that we are wrong and need to ‘change’.
12. One last question dedicated to February love: CS Lewis said, "To love is to be vulnerable." Please share one example of that assertion or share any thought you'd like to about this topic. Pfffffth. I dunno.
To hop on over and see how other people feel about extreme makeovers and cutting their own hair, check out Lid’s place at 2nd Cup!
And what’s something fun after making a snow dude?
Cookies!!! Warm ones! : )
I totally love these new little mixes from Duncan Hines! (and nobody is paying me or giving me anything free to say it, either!) This one makes about a dozen cookies… although the box says 16. But anyway, it’s just enough. Love it! Duncan Hines also makes a mini cake mix and a mini brownie mix. So great when you don’t want a huge batch of something.
Perfect for a cold, snowy day.
