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Monday, June 26, 2006
two more memes because I'm still a lazy blogger
(actually I'm thinking about pulling the plug on this thing.)
I lifted both of these from Michael. The first one especially is really long, and I don't blame you if you skim it, but question 21 needs your input... :)
1. EVER BEEN GIVEN AN ENGAGEMENT RING?
yes
2. LONGEST RELATIONSHIP?
Married twelve years and three months to T. We'd been a couple for about seven months before that and been on the EDGE of being a couple for about six months before THAT.
3. LAST GIFT YOU RECEIVED?
C cut a red heart out of felt and gave it to me for a bookmark, a couple of days ago.
4. EVER DROPPED A CELL PHONE?
Geesh, all the time.
5. WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU WORKED OUT?
um. ah. I think it would be counted in years, unless you count a walk brisk enough to maintain an aerobic heartbeat for maybe ten minutes, in which case a week or two.
6. THING(S) YOU SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON?
Well, basic necessities mostly. My main item for frivolous spending is dinner out.
7. LAST FOOD YOU ATE?
toast.
8. FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Well, as Michael said, I'm a respectable married woman so I don't look. However, I LOVE that T has some breadth to his shoulders and depth to his chest and size to his arms. My boyfriends in high school tended to be the weedy skinny type (last I saw them both, within the past year, they still were) and oh my goodness do I prefer a more manly physique... mmm. yes.
9. ONE FAVOURITE SONG?
You can't make me. I won't. I will say that I've been addicted to Domenico Scarlatti's piano sonatas lately, but that's like 20 songs even on the one CD.
10. WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
Small town, California, blah blah blah.
11. HIGH SCHOOL YOU ATTENDED:
The one in the small town in the central California foothills.
12. CELL PHONE SERVICE PROVIDER:
Verizon.
13. FAVOURITE MALL STORE:
Hmm. There is no bookstore in the nearest mall.
14. BAKED OR FRIED?:
Depends. Usually fried, as my waistline will attest.
15. DO YOU OWN A PAIR OF DICE?
Who doesn't?
16. DO YOU PRANK CALL PEOPLE?:
I did a few times in junior high and I've been dreadfully ashamed ever since.
17. LAST WEDDING YOU ATTENDED:
Jennifer's, in September 2004.
18. FIRST FRIEND YOU'D CALL IF YOU WON THE LOTTERY:
My mom.
19. LAST TIME YOU SAW YOUR BEST FRIEND:
About fifteen seconds ago (doctor told him to stay home from work this week too, until his surgeon consultation on Thursday).
20. FAVOURITE FAST FOOD RESTAURANT:
Panda Express YUM.
21. BIGGEST LIE YOU HAVE EVER HEARD:
"Safe, legal, and rare." (My husband and I have a bet on whether other people will know who said this and what it refers to. So please comment and let me know, if you know or if you don't.)
23. WHERE'S YOUR FAVOURITE PLACE TO EAT WITH YOUR FRIENDS?
Probably one or the other of our houses.
24. CAN YOU COOK?
I can hold my own and keep my husband and myself heavier than we should be.
25. WHAT CAR DO YOU DRIVE?:
A green-and-white 1972 Dodge Dart Swinger with a 318. Woo hoo!
26. FAVOURITE FLAVOR JOLLY RANCHER:
green apple, then watermelon, then cherry. (I am leaving this because apparently Michael is a kindred spirit in even more ways than I previously knew.)
27. LAST TIME YOU CRIED?:
Dunno. A week or two ago.
28. MOST DISLIKED FOODS:
There are several things I don't like but for this episode I'll pick: anything with maple in it or on it that isn't pancakes or waffles or French toast. Maple-flavored oatmeal for example, or this new Eggo maple-flavored cereal which my husband has found to be worth a sugar crash on more than one occasion even though I steadfastly refuse to kiss him while he still tastes like it. Or maple doughnuts, blech.
29. THING YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOURSELF:
I'm an empathetic optimist, which means I give people the benefit of the doubt a lot.
30. THING YOU DISLIKE MOST ABOUT YOURSELF:
My habit of putting things off that shouldn't be put off. (Amen sister.)
32. LEAST FAVORITE BREED OF DOG
St. Bernards. SO SO SLOBBERY.
33. FAVOURITE MOVIE?
BBC P&P.
34. CAN YOU SING?
I sing well enough in a choir. I like to sing on my own as well and do it all the time when it's just me and/or my family, but I don't know if I have the voice or the nerve to sing alone in front of people.
35. LAST CONCERT ATTENDED?
The last one I sang in with the community chorus.
36. LAST KISS?
About twenty minutes ago.
37. LAST MOVIE RENTED:
We just rented a stack of six movies from the local rental place (6 movies, 6 days, $6). The last one we watched from that stack was The Terminal, last night after the kids were in bed. I thought it was just OK while I was watching it, but thinking back I like it a little better than that. It just wasn't what I expected.
38. 1 THING YOU NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE WITHOUT:
My camera. Well, usually.
39. FAVOURITE VACATION SPOT:
Morro Bay.
43. LAPTOP OR DESKTOP COMPUTER?:
Desktop. Someday if more places are Wi-Fi equipped I'd like to have a laptop, so that I can put pictures online when I'm not at home, or at least empty a card onto a hard drive so I have more space for more pictures. But it's definitely not a high priority for me.
44. FAVOURITE COMEDIAN?:
hmm. Drawing a blank.
45. DO YOU SMOKE?
No.
46. SLEEP WITH OR WITHOUT A LIGHT?
We leave the hall light on so that we can move around without killing ourselves tripping over stuff.
47. WHO SLEEPS WITH YOU EVERY NIGHT?:
T. Of course.
48. DO LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS WORK?
I know people for whom they have. And of course long-distance friendships, thanks to the Internet, work really well for me, except that it's frustrating when I want to hug someone.
49. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE?
Well, technically, that would be zero, since they weren't police officers (no city police around here) but instead CHP or sheriff's deputies. :) (Um, hmm. About four times -- twice for not dimming my lights which I guess is a characteristic of drunk drivers but in my case it was pure absentmindedness. Once for popping on my brakes to tell the driver of the doggone truck with its brights on to get off my back bumper, only the doggone truck with its brights on turned out to be driven by a sheriff's deputy with an ego the size of his SUV -- I was seventeen or so and scared to death, but didn't get a ticket out of it at least. And once for speeding, for which I did indeed get ticketed.)
50. PANCAKES OR FRENCH TOAST?
French toast, if it's done right. T can't have it, though, because of the eggs.
51. DO YOU LIKE COFFEE?:
No. I like the smell of coffee, and I like the hint of coffee in coffee-sugar-flavoring-and-cream beveragy treats, but coffee itself, no.
52 HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR EGGS?
In an omelette, yum. Or over medium.
53. DO YOU BELIEVE IN ASTROLOGY?:
No.
54. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?:
The doctor treating my husband's back injury.
55. LAST PERSON ON YOUR MISSED CALL LIST?:
I only have caller ID on my cell phone, and I think my last missed call was from my dad.
56. WHAT WAS THE LAST TEXT MESSAGE YOU RECEIVED?
I don't send or receive text messages. I usually don't see the point of it, although my husband has a text pager and when he's at work I will send him text pages rather than risk having his boss pick up. :)
58. NUMBER OF PILLOWS?:
Two.
59. WHAT ARE YOU WEARING RIGHT NOW?:
A khaki skort and a black tank top.
60. PICK A LYRIC, ANY LYRIC:
hee hee. Um. "I could sing of your love forever! I could sing of your love forever! I could sing of your love forever! I could sing of your love forever! I could sing of your love forever! I could sing of your love forever! I could sing of your love forever! I could sing of your love forever!" It didn't say it had to be a lyric I liked. And for the uninitiated, yes, that is a real song, one that drives me absolutely bananas, although my daughter loves it.
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Twice Upon a Time--
Two Names You Go By:
1. Rachel
2. Rach
Two Parts of Your Heritage:
1. English (on the Mayflower, thank you)
2. German
Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now:
1. glasses
2. a wristwatch
Two Things You Would Want in a Relationship:
1. Genuine attention -- I need to be important to him. (and I am.)
2. Intelligent conversation.
Two of Your Favourite Hobbies:
1. Photography
2. Reading
Two Things You Want Really Badly At The Moment:
1. For the A/C in my Dart to successfully be fixed at minimal expense tomorrow
2. For the road from here to T's work to be in some form of working order by the time he has to go back to work.
Two pets you had/have:
1. A cat named Mary, who likes to pee on all my belongings.
2. A cat named Elizabeth, who particularly likes to pee in our closets.
Two things you did last night:
1. Watched The Terminal.
2. Took pictures of the thunderheads over the mountains at sunset.
Two People that live in your house:
1. My son (who, at 10, is too old for many childish things, but who is still young enough to be excited when he sees the space pajamas I made him in 2004 in his stack of clean clothes).
2. My daughter (who likes to set up a "café" on our front porch when anyone is working outside, to serve water and fruit).
Two things you ate today:
1. Toast.
2. Butter.
Two people you Last Talked To:
1. My son
2. My husband
Two Things You're doing tomorrow:
1. Getting the A/C in my car checked and recharged.
2. Feeding my family. (Didn't I cook yesterday?)
Two longest car rides:
1. Well, the summer after I finished eighth grade we took a car trip through nine states.
2. There's this stretch of road between Fresno and the Grapevine where I swear you get caught in a time warp. The same scenery over and over, the same cars, the same heat waves. You'll see a sign that says that Bakersfield is 50 miles away and then you'll drive and drive for what feels like days and then I SWEAR you see another one that says Bakersfield is 55 miles away. Or it seems like this, anyway. My gosh I hate that section of road.
Two Favourite Holidays:
1. Christmas
2. My children's birthdays.
Two favourite beverages:
1. Diet Cherry Coke
2. Really GOOD plain, cold iced tea.
Two Things You Can't Live Without:
1. Oxygen
2. Carbon
Comments
#21 -- it's talking about abortion and I THINK it's your friend and mine, Hillary, saying it.
#57. Wow. THAT'S a good reason to text-message, if I ever heard one.
#60 -- now stuck in my head. Thanks. There has to be SOMETHING else to that song but for the life of me I can't figure it out. Or *is* there nothing else to it?
actually I'm thinking about pulling the plug on this thing -- No! Don't do it! I'd miss you if you went away!
Posted by: mary at June 26, 2006 12:37 PM
(actually I'm thinking about pulling the plug on this thing.)
Rachel,Are you talking about your blog? Is everything ok?
Posted by: debi at June 26, 2006 01:17 PM
I have to admit, I wasn't sure about #21, but if I had a hunch-- and judging by Mary's comment, I guess it was a good guess. ;o)
I'll miss reading your posts if you go away, but I'll understand why, if you do. After a while, there just seems to be nothing more to say, and often you have other things you'd rather be doing. I do hope, though, that even if you stop blogging, you'll consider keeping up your photoblog. :o)
Posted by: Michael at June 26, 2006 03:15 PM
Ok. I have not read the comments that have been written. Just in case someone else guessed about #21. Does it have to do with partial birth abortion? At first I thought it had to do with gun laws, but decided against it. Am I way off?
Posted by: debi at June 26, 2006 04:32 PM
Rachel? You can't stop your blog just when I've got back into mine! Pleeeeease! I so enjoy reading what you write. Having said that, I appreciate the need to take a break - been there myself up until the last few weeks.
Rare, but legal? No idea.
Valerie
Posted by: Valerie at June 26, 2006 07:31 PM
I did not know #21, but now that I read the other responses, it sounds vaguely familiar. And please don't go away!
Posted by: Kat with a K at June 26, 2006 08:21 PM
I can't believe you put that song in my head! ACK! LOL
I really really really hope you don't stop blogging. But do what you've gotta do (as if you needed my permission! ;-) )
Hope you get the a/c up and running. A/C is one of the best things ever invented.
Denise
Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2006 12:51 AM
No clue on #21 :-S
I'd be sorry if you pull the plug, but fully understand the need for a break.
Posted by: Maria at June 27, 2006 02:17 AM
Hm. And guess what stretch of road I'm about to be driving? Our only decision is whether to take 5 or 99, but I think the time warp is the same.
Posted by: dichroic at June 27, 2006 08:27 AM
Paula, the time warp IS the same. The only thing that can save you is a book (if you're not driving) or a book on tape/CD (if you are). I hope you get through it OK. ;-)
Posted by: Rachel at June 27, 2006 08:40 AM
Wait, the Longest Car Ride Ever -- is that the time warp where you drive along and say "look! Necatarine trees!" and 5 minutes later you say "Look! Nectarine trees!" The nectarines, if I recall right, are interspersed with some vegetable that I can't recall but they alternate. The. Whole. Way. There. The 5 has the saving grace of the stinky cow feed-lot, though, doesn't it?
Posted by: mary at June 27, 2006 12:39 PM
Ok, if you pull the plug, WHO will I steal memes from? Plus, if we start our own bible study, we'll want to inspire others with our posts on it. And, I like hearing about stuff when I can't talk to you in person. What about book reviews? You don't have to post ALL the time, but once in a while is good! I haven't posted in a week, which happens periodically for me. Breaks are good :)
Posted by: jenn at June 27, 2006 03:05 PM
No idea on #21.
Hope you don't pull the plug on the blog! I enjoy reading it and check it every day!
Posted by: twocatmommy at June 28, 2006 06:20 AM
"(actually I'm thinking about pulling the plug on this thing.)"
What. WHAT. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT.
Don't do anything hasty, Rach...let's talk... :-p
Posted by: Kristen at June 29, 2006 08:04 AM
We just got back from our very first family vacation, and one of the first things I was anxious to do upon our arrival home was check your blog! How, oh HOW will I keep up with what's going on in your life?? I suppose we could try that ancient art of emailing... :) - But I too would be very sad to see you stop this. I miss you!
Posted by: Susan at June 29, 2006 06:58 PM
If you pull the plug, I WILL hunt you down. I can't be held responsible for what I do after that. I'll just say this: it may involve SuperGlue™, an ergonomic keyboard, and your fingers. 'Nuff said.
Posted by: thicket dweller at June 30, 2006 05:23 AM
