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Monday, May 17, 2004
three more questions
These are from Jenn. Good questions! (if you're going 'huh?' about this whole three questions thing, see the first paragraph of this entry for an explanation.)
1. what types of dreams/nightmares do you have and what do you make of them?
I don't usually remember what I dream (or dream at all, whichever). But the dreams I do remember are generally pretty classic easily-interpreted dreams. Either I'm losing my teeth (which supposedly means I'm insecure about my appearance, which I can say OK to) or everything possible is going wrong in an out-of-control way, or my husband is nonchalantly announcing that he's leaving, or I'm nonchalantly having an affair, which is something I would never do, and in the dream I'm always worried about hurting my husband, and when I wake up I always feel creeped out (and unreasonably guilty) that I dreamed something so awful. That last type I don't pretend to understand. Sometimes I wonder why God gave us so little control over our dreams.
2. what action would you take if you ever found out that your children smoked pot or drank?
Oh my. I'm glad that this worry is years in the future for me. If this happened the first issue I would address is why they were doing it, and we'd have some serious discussions about that, and then we'd look at where they were getting it, and we'd be pretty hard-nosed about who his/her friends were and what they were doing and how much time they spent unsupervised. As one of my brother's student's mothers used to say to the student, "his world would get a lot smaller for a while." Not just as punishment but to help effect a change in priorities.
3. What do you think you'd be doing with your life if you never got married or had children?
Interesting question! It is amazing how many factors this would depend on. Before I decided to marry I was thinking of heading for a Christian college in Pensacola, Florida -- except I'd pretty much decided NOT to go there for a few reasons. Then I was going to go to the local junior college and "get basics out of the way" while I decided what I wanted to do with my life. I'd just begun to veer away from the idea of teaching, which had been my life goal since fourth grade. (Can you tell that the year I was 18 was a year of HUGE change and upheaval for me?) So I imagine that if I'd not married, I'd probably have wound up with a degree in something (librarianship maybe?), working somewhere near here but probably not actually in town. I'd have an apartment, a cat, hundreds of books, a really great stereo system, and some church friends, and I'd be on the lookout for The One. (Thank GOD I don't have to be doing that. Literally. Thank you, God.) However, I'd probably be a lot better at playing the piano than I am now, and I'd have done more traveling. Definitely not enough of a trade-off to make me wish things were different. :-)
Valerie's three questions
Valerie asked me three questions in reply to Saturday's post so, as promised, here are the answers. Now, Valerie, I forgot to mention that the idea is that you would now post the same request for three questions in YOUR diary. But you certainly don't have to do that.
1. If you could travel overseas, where would you go?
If money was NO object I'd take a world tour on the Queen Elizabeth II. If money were (was? augh) ALMOST no object I'd take the QEII (or the Queen Mary II now, I guess) to England, travel around Europe for three weeks waiting for the return trip, and then come back. However, since money will always be an object ;-), I imagine I'll have to content myself with dream trips for a looooong time. :)
2. Do you have any goals/things in life you would like to accomplish still?
I would like to take college classes in subjects I enjoy. It's not a huge high priority for me, and I'm not sure I'll even ever get a degree, although I probably eventually will; I do not at ALL regret the decision to have children first and do college later. But I would like to do it because I like learning.
3. Would you like to have any more children?
We are not having any more. I always feel like I need to explain that statement. I used to want and plan on having a really large family, but having had a daughter with a congenital heart defect changed a lot of things. And now our family feels truly complete as it is, and selfish as it sounds, I really am enjoying the fact that my children are more self-sufficient, able to communicate, etc. Having a baby again would be sweet but it would mean getting used to a lot of difficult things that I don't have to deal with any more.
That said, if for some reason we had a whole lot of money all at once I would seriously consider adoption, or embryo adoption.
Tuesday, May 04, 2004
kid questions
Today I took the ten kid question from Art Linkletter's humor classic Kids Say the Darndest Things.
What are some things you do that get you into trouble?
LT: Destroying some things of C's. [Why do you do that?] I don't know.
C: Disobey. Being bad. Biting.
If I gave you five dollars right now, what would you spend it on?
LT: Go to the 99c store and buy five things.
C: Something that costs five dollars. A dolly.
Tell me about your pets.
LT: Our fish like to just swim around, and our cats like to eat food and sit on people's laps.
C: They are fun. They're cute. They like to eat cat food and drink water and milk.
What kinds of things would you do if you were a doctor?
LT: I would drive the ambulance.
C: Help people by making them better.
How would you settle an argument with another boy/girl?
LT: Say "Stop it. Now believe me!"
C: Stop talking.
What do you want life to be like when you're grown up?
LT: I don't know. [Use your imagination]. Good. [OK, then, what are some things that you DON'T want to happen in your life?] Going to war. [Anything else?] No.
C: Happy. [What would make your life happy?] Having pets, and still being able to ride my bike. A bigger one, though.
How does television work?
LT: From the television station. Because of the video.
C: I don't know.
How can you tell if a person's smart?
LT: If he knows how to build an AT-AT.
C: Because they do what they're supposed to do without being told to. And remember when I made my bed all by myself?
Where does the sun go at night?
LT: On the other side of the world.
C: Down.
What would you like to tell the whole world?
LT: Never to buy My Little Pony stuff. I said that one because C was right in here. She'll never say that one.
C: That I can do things without being told to.
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Saturday, April 10, 2004
yet. another. survey.
1. What "type" of person bothers you so badly that you want to put shaving cream all over their car?
(note: this survey was headed "a survey for grownups" when I found it. Isn't it ironic that the first question out of the chute centers around the most junior-high of junior-high-isms?)
Aside from the fact that vandalizing a vehicle is pretty pointless... you know, I can't think of a single type of person about whom I feel this way. There are people whom I heartily dislike, but for all different reasons. How about the type of person who is a Democratic senator from California? A pretty exclusive group but one whose vehicles I would be more likely to cheerfully see vandalized. Or worse. hem.
2. When did you realize that you are not like "one of them"?
Pretty much from day 1 in kindergarten. And the unfortunate thing is that I really really wanted to be one of them and I was bewildered as to why I wasn't.
3. When did you realize that you really are just a cog in the machine?
I honestly don't see life this way. I mean, yes, we are all part of what makes our civilization work, so if you want to think of civilization as a machine, then yes, we're cogs. But we're not JUST cogs, because there's so much more to us than just what makes the machine go. I'm a mother bringing up children, I'm a wife loving her husband, I'm a daughter bringing joy to her parents. Cogs never had it so good. :)
4. Finish this sentence: "I go to bars to ..."
Use the bathroom when it's the only way to get to it. Seriously, the only bar I have ever been in is the one attached to the tiny country store in the tiny little town on the other side of where my parents live -- because that's where the bathroom is. It's not because I'm holier than everyone else ;-), I just don't see the point.
5. What do you think of marriage?
It's more than a "piece of paper", it's a solidified commitment to one person for the rest of your life. Not something to be taken lightly.
6. Would you be a member of the band, a groupie, a roadie, or a disgruntled parent whose kid hasn't gotten back from the show yet?
Depends on the band. :)
7. What is your idea of the perfect date?
A sit-down dinner, a bookstore, a latte, a caramel brownie, a long evening walk.
8. Who is your idea of the perfect date?
My husband.
9. Is perfection a credible concept?
Only for God. :) Although some things, some moments, are perfect just in and of themselves, for a fleeting period of time -- but true flawless perfection in a human, I don't think so.
10. What is the funniest story that you can tell that is in somehow related to some kind of sex? Did this story involve you?
I've already told it in my diary, somewhere. OK, I found it.
11. What are you allergic to?
Nothing.
12. If you could have celebrity status, would you?
No. No no no. I'm not THAT private a person -- I do have an online diary after all -- but I'm more private than to want that.
13. Do you know how to change the oil?
Yes.
14. Have you been in an adult sex store?
Accidentally, I think, once. One time in high school my best friend and I went roller skating. My parents dropped us off at the roller rink but it wasn't open yet and we were REALLY thirsty/hungry, so we walked a while (we were not at all familiar with this neighborhood) until we found a place that said it was a bakery. It was a bakery with some very-interesting-books in it. Although, come to think of it, I think that was probably all it was, since there wasn't anything besides books, that I remember. So no. You don't count Frederick's, right?
15. If you have a crush on someone, should you risk all and tell, or pretend like those feelings don't exist?
That depends largely on the situation. If the person is married or whatever, definitely keep it to yourself. Otherwise, you have little to lose and lots to gain, so I say go for it.
16. What is your ethnic heritage?
American for so many generations that in some lines I can't find where we came over. I'm serious. Not "Native American", just pre-Revolutionary War in almost every direction. And as far as where the lines eventually originated, most are from England, some from Germany.
17. Did your family expose you to the culture of those ethnicities?
Yes, lots of hot dogs and apple pie and patriotism. :)
18. What is the cutest thing ever?
What else am I supposed to say besides "my children"? :) Seriously, kittens attacking clumps of grass, all aggressive and warrior-like, that's pretty darn cute too.
19. What are you ashamed of?
Oh my. I am much better about this than I used to be but I do tend to sometimes speak/act before I think things through thoroughly, and that can have some devastating results.
20. Name five things that make you such an awesome person.
- I did not swear when I dumped a quart and a half of (cold) frying oil onto the floor today.
- I heroically kill black widows even though I am afraid of them, because everyone else in my household is much more afraid
- I have made my bed every day for like two months straight (go me! just don't ask if I floss...)
- Um, I type fast?
- I am really good at trivia games.
Pina coladas, no, rain, generally yes.
22. What is your ideal living arrangement? Who else would be there?
Exactly like it is now is very, very nice. I'd eventually like to be further out of town though.
23. Do you have the ambition to run for public office?
No no no.
24. Nobody can "make" someone else fall in love with them, but what could somebody do that would make you do a doubletake?
Assuming I was unattached, I have always been a sucker for traditionally romantic stuff like writing in the sand and picking wildflowers. I am not terribly creative here. Anything that speaks of serious devotion to me is nice.
25. When is your birthday?
Christmas 1974
26. How do you celebrate your birthday?
The family gets together (about 12 of us), I pick the menu, and we have cake and ice cream and presents.
27. What would put someone on your bad side?
Meanness. Not just from-afar sniping, making fun of grammar or clothes or whatever (although that's not very nice either), but in-person mean-on-purpose meanness.
28. What do you think of while you fall asleep at night?
Generally I read until I can't keep my eyes open. If I'm not reading but I'm having a hard time sleeping, I start worrying about stuff.
29. Who do you know that you can never get tired of spending time with?
My husband, and my kids (99.9% of the time anyway).
30. What are five fun things you have done this year (2004) that did not involve drugs, alcohol, or fast cars?
- Planned a Star Wars party with my son.
- Gone to Florida with my family to visit my best friend.
- Taken my first airplane flight.
- Had a girls' day out, shopping with my daughter.
- Taken up sewing again.
Very heterosexual, very monogamous.
32. Do you like the nightlife? Do you like to boogie? On the disco?
um, no.
33. What invention do you wish was destroyed?
You know, I can't think of one. I am trying to think of something that only has a malevolent or annoying use, and I can't. Oh, wait, those stupid annoying computer chips in kids' toys that make noise.
34. Do you consume porn or erotica?
No.
35. What was the single dumbest thing you did between 12-18?
Well, I started flirting with this guy at a party who was 36 (I was 16). One thing led to another and I ended up with a 36-year-old boyfriend, and believed him when he told me he loved me, and did even stupider things.
36. Who do you find irresistible?
I don't think I even need to answer this; you all already know. :)
37. What is your middle name?
Ellen
38. What names do you refer to yourself as, publicly and/or privately?
If I call myself anything it's usually "Mommy". I always swore I wouldn't talk about myself in the third person with my kids but as soon as I started talking to them (i.e. before they were born) I did.
39. What are your favorite magazines?
I'm not much of a magazine person. If I'm in a doctor's office I'll hope there's something like Good Housekeeping or Redbook or something, if I haven't brought a book for myself, so that I can maybe find ONE thing I'm interested in.
40. Which character on 90210 was your favorite? Which one could you most relate to?
I hardly remember the characters; I did watch the show with some regularity for a while (I was in the same high school class as the kids on the show). Let's see, there was a bad one, a pretty one, and a smart supposed-to-be-less-pretty one (who was also beautiful but she wasn't supposed to be). If I had to pick someone I'd probably say that one. --------
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
a kind of twist on 100 things about me
ANOTHER meme, I know. dang. But this is the kind of thing I was planning for my 200th entry, except that I was going to do one with 200 things I'd made up myself. TOO exhausting. Anyway. Here's how this works.
Instructions:
1. Copy this whole list into your journal.
2. Bold the things that you have in common with me. If you don't know how to make something bold, I dunno, put asterisks around it or something.
3. Whatever you don't bold, replace with things about you. Take note, ALL 100 are about me, the bold ones I have in common with the writer of Peyton's Place, where I got the list. You bold what you have in common with me then make up new things about YOU for the rest. You can make the non-bold things somehow related to the things I had in that place -- which is what I did -- or just make something up, as you prefer.
Please add a comment if you do it so that I can come read it!
01. I drink Diet Coke or Diet Cherry Coke all day long.
02. I love to sit quietly and listen to my children play when they don't know I'm there.
03.I like to read.
04. I am really happy with my life.
05. I love meatloaf.
06. My mother and I have had more ups than downs.
07.There are some things I would possibly go back and change, but if I did, my whole life would be different. I’m not sure if I want that.
08. I wear glasses.
09. I love to cook, but I am not as fond of cleaning.
10. I like cats.
11. I like dogs.
12. I am married.
13. I've never been to Bermuda.
14. My favorite color is cobalt blue.
15. I didn't go to college, but I will.
16. I enjoy a variety of musical styles.
17. I like to spend small sections of time by myself but most of the time I like my family around me.
18. I like shopping.
19. I want to travel (some of) the world.
20. I'm neither a morning person nor a night person. I can function at either time but don't prefer one over the other.
21. I feel guilty when I sleep in too late.
22. I don’t like certain foods, and I don't have to eat them. Yay for being an adult!
23. I love the smell of coffee.
24. I have been employed in fields far from my original career ambition.
25. My biggest vice is laziness.
26. I consider myself very analytical.
27. I am pretty creative.
28. I see a lot of my extended family.
29. I’m not a perfectionist in the least.
30. I don't hesitate to give up on a book, or shelve it to try again later, if I am not drawn into it in the first 50-100 pages.
31. I have four pillows on my bed.
32. I love baby animals. Like who’s going to say, “Damn, kittens suck!”???
33. I have no use for pretentious people. Another no brainer.
34. I think I'd rather live in the past than in the future.
35. I believe in absolutes.
36. I am pretty happy with where we are financially, if we could just stay disciplined, we'll do fine.
37. I have voted every time I had the chance since I turned 18.
38. I haven't been in the spotlight for so long that I've forgotten what it was like, but I think I liked it pretty well at the time.
39. My parents have been married for 32 years.
40. I tend to get in over my head taking on too much because I see things that need done that aren't getting done, and then I don't get them done either.
41. I really enjoy thoughtful gifts, even if they cost nothing.
42. I love to make people laugh and smile.
43. I have two living children.
44. I can't grow nice nails.
45. Patience is something I need to work on, but I'm trying.
46. I tolerate coleslaw.
47. I don’t really follow comedians.
48. I've never seen an episode of Sex in the City or the Sopranos.
49. I obsess when my computer isn't working right.
50. I’ve driven since I was 16.
51. I like silence at times.
52. I'm a spiritual person and I go to church most Sundays, as well as a mid-week Bible study and assorted similar activities.
53. I possess an above-average I.Q.
54. I procrastinate.
55. I hardly ever wear earrings.
56. I’ve never been snakebitten.
57. I still enjoy coloring books and crayons.
58. I used to have so much on my plate I often became overwhelmed.
59. I am not a member of the mile high club.
60. I generally know where my purse and keys are.
61. I had jobs in high school but I haven't worked outside the home since I had kids.
62. I try to do the right thing, but sometimes I slack.
63. I overreact about things sometimes. Don’t we all?
64. I have a (very) few really close friends.
65. I often remember my dreams.
66. I like to people watch.
67. I like witty people.
68. I prefer cool weather to really HOT weather.
69. I have never been to a rock concert.
70. I have never smoked pot.
71. I like going to the ballet.
72. I like an occasional candlelit bath.
73. I love my online friends.
74. I have learned to say no.
75. When confronted, I'll debate and argue, but I get all trembly. I do much better at this sort of thing via email than in person.
76. The original #76 on the list I have was a leeeetle too personal to print here, but it was true. If you follow the link back to where I got this, I'll still blush, but at least I won't get bizarre Google hits from it.
77. I own one pair of scratched sunglasses.
78. My bra and panties almost never match.
79. I think hairy, muscular men are more aesthetically pleasing than skinny, hairless ones.
80. I am sometimes overwhelmed and astounded by how much it is possible to love my children.
81. I am succeeding at losing weight for only the second time in my life.
82. My boobs are natural. (and nothing to get excited about, that's for sure)
83. I love the water and I swim like a dolphin.
84. I don’t have any known allergies.
85. I love to fly. (and I've done it all of twice).
86. I daydream sometimes.
87. Sometimes I talk to myself -- or more specifically, I imagine conversations and say my parts out loud.
88. I am very, very happy in my marriage.
89. I don’t mind spiders but I hate centipedes.
90. Noisy eating really annoys me.
91. I am easily amused.
92. I'm ready for this list thing to be over.
93. It bothers me that some news stories get huge amounts of coverage, when the same thing gets totally ignored under different circumstances.
94. I don't have a ton of true friends, but I love the hell out of the ones I have and value them highly.
95. I have secrets.
96. I am curious about everything. When I encounter something I don't know about, I love to research it until my curiosity is satisfied.
97. I like to help people.
98. I miss my grandfather.
99. I buy things for people just because.
100. I'm glad this is done!
Also, while I'm making a meme entry, I'll stick this quiz result in:
You're The Dictionary!
by Merriam-Webster
You're one of those know-it-all types, with an amazing amount of
knowledge at your command. People really enjoy spending time with you in very short
spurts, but hanging out with you for a long time tends to bore them. When folks
really need an authority to refer to, however, you're the one they seek. You're an
exceptional speller and very well organized.
Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.
Monday, February 23, 2004
ANOTHER meme... can you tell there's nothing funny going on in my life right now?
This one I nicked from KiwiRia.
What song....
Reminds you of an ex-lover:
I don't have ex-lovers, just ex-boyfriends. ;-) (can't really call them "lovers" when you're a teenager, can you?). Anyway. It's all so long ago that the songs just bring to mind the general time period, and not necessarily the person, but "Love Bites" by Def Leppard is probably pretty close to this.
Reminds you of your best friend:
Anything from "Phantom of the Opera", since we just watched that together.
Makes you cry:
There was a cheezy country song a few years ago called "Don't Laugh At Me" that made me cry when I heard it. THERE's an embarrassing confession. Sometimes really good classical music will bring tears to my eyes. And the "All I Ask of You" reprise that the Phantom sings, up in the angel, is just heartbreaking. I know there are other songs that fit this category that I just can't think of off the top of my head.
Makes you laugh:
"Another Postcard" -- BNL
Reminds you of the one you want:
(or the one I have, in this case). oh, tons of songs, for different reasons. The "Mission Impossible" theme, lol. A lot of 80's music. A lot of old country music. That "Breakfast at Tiffany's" song. A lot of Alanis Morissette songs. Mavericks -- especially "Oh What A Thrill". Evanescence. So many.
You wish you wrote:
hmm, good question. Maybe "My Immortal"?
You never want to hear again:
"Stacy's Mom." Gag.
You want to get married to:
I already did get married, and we used some corny-sounding Christian music with good lyrics, and the traditional wedding marches, and Canon in D on piano and violin.
Makes you want to mosh:
I don't think anything could make me want to mosh.
You used to hate but now love:
"Bitch" by Meredith Brooks
You like to wake up to:
something perky. But our clock radio is tuned to talk radio, so I don't generally get to do that. Back when I used to have to get up at 5 am and go to work, the alarm would go at 4:45, and then at 5 am Chuck Smith's program came on, and it used this one praise song as "bumper music". I always hated that song, even out of that context, because to my brain it meant it was time to actually get out of bed and get moving.
You like out of your parents record collection:
"Mon Pays Bleu" and a host of other Roger Whittaker songs.
You love that you wouldn't know about if it wasn't for a friend:
oh, lots of songs. It was mostly friends (and my husband) who got me out of Only Classical mode ten years ago or so.
Makes you think of someone who died:
Corny as it will sound, "The Heart Will Go On" reminds me of my daughter, because it was on the radio ALL THE TIME at the time that she lived and died.
You sing in the shower:
Mostly Broadway stuff, I guess. "If I Were A Rich Man" seems to figure heavily here.
You sing when you're alone:
Anything. Everything.
You love the video more than the tune:
I haven't watched more than five music videos in the past ten years. Sorry.
Reminds you of your first crush:
Again, that "Love Bites" song
Makes you think of being alone:
I don't know of any in this category.
Makes you want to go out:
I'm such a fogey and a homebody that I don't "go out" in the sense of this question. But there are several songs that make me dance around the living room, does that count? Lots of Ace of Base will make me do that, and 80's music also. REM's "Stand".
Reminds you of summer:
"There Goes My Heart" -- the Mavericks. One summer while they were working on their derby cars, my husband and his friend had the Mavericks playing almost all the time. So anytime I hear that song I smell summer.
Makes you happy:
Again, "Stand" by REM. This song has a long history of making me happy.
Makes you feel guilty for liking it:
I can't think of any that I feel guilty about liking. There are several I don't play while the kids are in the car, though. :)
Sunday, February 22, 2004
lots of fives
note: I realize that I forgot to make my 200th entry the extravaGANza I had planned. Oh well, it wasn't working out anyway.
Meanwhile, since I am, as everyone knows, addicted to surveys (I think random strangers on the street in, say, Singapore, or along trails in remote sections of Kenya, would know that hsing-mom is that one who loves surveys), here is one I nicked from just--jenn.
15 YEARS AGO I:
- was a little more than halfway through with eighth grade.
- had an enormous crush on the boy I ended up going out with for the first two years of high school, and in retrospect I have no idea what we saw in each other.
- was a part of a group of friends for the first time in my life.
- had very little self-respect, but more than I'd had the previous year.
- had already achieved my adult height of 5' 8 1/2".
10 YEARS AGO I:
- was engaged.
- was knee deep in wedding plans.
- had not slept with the man who is now my husband.
- had been a Christian for right around a year.
- had a great job as in-home child care provider for a family with three children three days a week.
FIVE YEARS AGO I:
- was pregnant with my third child.
- was planning for a visit from my best friend, which was two months off.
- was also planning a 1000-mile drive north to Tacoma, WA to visit my mother-in-law for the first time since she'd moved there just after I got married.
- had just started an online group for women due to have babies the same month as me, and that group has since become a very big and important part of my life.
- was dabbling in "professional" web design.
TWO YEARS AGO I:
- had a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter and was planning my son's sixth birthday party, which was to have a "space" theme.
- was just about to get rid of the nasty old rug in this house and have the hardwood underneath refinished.
- was still nursing my daughter.
- was busily cleaning up the apartment next to our house, which had been trashed by the most recent tenants, in exchange for two months' free rent from our landlord.
- was about to start the one web design job I have now.
ONE YEAR AGO I:
- weighed 30 pounds more than I do now.
- had a diaryland diary (not this one) which I used to review books.
- was looking forward to finally being out of debt.
- was really sad about my husband going back to work after having been off for two months because of a broken ankle.
- started a crochet project which I still haven't finished (nothing new there).
YESTERDAY I:
- bought a breadbox and a paper-towel holder.
- blew my diet.
- helped install a ceiling fan.
- had a new propane tank installed.
- sent a letter certified mail.
TODAY I:
- cried because my son cried.
- blew my diet again (but the chocolate was fully worth it.)
- wanted to just spend the afternoon at home but had to go to two different places, quite far apart.
- had a worse time than I thought in some ways, and a better time in others.
- had a tea party with my daughter and her dolls.
TOMORROW I WILL:
- sweep and mop my kitchen.
- have a "dishwasher race" with my children (happiness is children old enough to help with household chores ;-).
- spend a good deal of time relaxing, I hope.
- fold some laundry.
- go for a walk if it stops raining.
FIVE ITEMS I HAVE BRAND LOYALTY TO:
- Diet. Cherry. Coke.
- Grape-Nuts
- Imperial margarine, the kind we can only get at Costco for some reason. It doesn't make toast soggy.
- Orange scented Fantastik.
- Pine Sol, again orange-scented. I am all about orange-scented cleaning stuff right now. mmm.
FIVE SNACKS I ENJOY:
- Cadbury Roast Almond bars
- a yogurt and fruit smoothie
- Oreos
- Cheez-its
- carrot sticks
FIVE THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT:
(really, I could, but I understand the gist of the question and I'm not feeling nitpicky enough to list, "gaseous oxygen, hydrogen, water, carbon, and nitrogen")
- a good book
- Diet. Cherry. Coke.
- tall glasses of cold water
- hugs and kisses from my husband and children
- my size 12 tall Eddie Bauer jeans (which now, hurrah, need a belt, and I'm daring myself to buy 10's)
FIVE THINGS I WOULD BUY WITH $1,000:
- Um, a large stack of books? does that count as one thing? Or is that cheating?
- contact lenses for myself
- contact lenses for my husband
- a large bag full of treats for my kids (cheating again, bad me)
- A new living room set. Whoops, there goes the whole thousand right there. Good thing this is just a fantasy, I guess.
FIVE BAD HABITS I HAVE:
- blowing my diet
- wiggling
- talking too much
- biting the insides of my cheeks
- saying "interesting" (in context)
FIVE THINGS I WOULD NEVER WEAR:
- low-rise jeans
- flare-leg jeans
- anything with fringe
- a midriff-baring shirt (in public, anyway)
- a bikini (good ol' "badges of motherhood" did away with those even if I DID lose 30 more pounds...)
FIVE SHOWS I LIKE(D):
- "Who's the Boss?"
- Sesame Street
- Between the Lions
- Jeopardy
- Whose Line Is It Anyway?
FIVE PLACES I’VE LIVED:
(again I am unable to answer the real question because I have always lived in the same area except for a brief stint when I was two years old.)
- Taft, California (that's the stint when I was 2)
- little yellow house which has since been demolished
- apartment above the shop where my dad worked
- my maternal grandmother's house
- the teeny apartment next to the house I live in now (which we now rent and use as a schoolroom/guest room)
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
I think I'll take the rest of the day off
This is the kind of afternoon I am having:
I have the beginnings of an earache. It's (again) my first day back on my strict diet and I am STARVING. Kids are moderately whiny. I am feeling very, very lazy. And just now I had a minor panic attack because for some reason one of my oven racks began vibrating noisily. Was the oven about to explode? Was there some kind of looooong earthquake going on? Demon possession, maybe? It took a while for me to figure out that it was happening because the washer (which is, hello, at the completely opposite end of the house from the kitchen) was spinning. Which, considering that it's never happened before when the washer spun, probably means that I'll go into the laundry room and find that the washer has walked even farther than its previous 2-foot record across the floor. Fun.
At least my bed is made and my kitchen's still remarkably clean (it looks like a normal person's kitchen now. Keeping it that way means that I have become this snappish person whose children don't understand why last week it was OK to do X [just pick something very messy, like, say, having them put the butter and the cheese powder in the macaroni and cheese] but this week it's not). And I've done some laundry. So can I go back to bed now? please?
Thursday, January 29, 2004
Friday Five
I haven't done a Friday Five in a while...
You have just won one million dollars:
1. Whom do you call first?
My husband at work, I imagine.
2. What is the first thing you buy for yourself?
Acreage and a house.
3. What is the first thing you buy for someone else?
Probably something for my parents, not sure what.
4. Do you give any away? If yes, to whom?
I think, aside from the chunk that Uncle Sam would of course take off the top, I would end up giving a lot of it away -- to Christian ministries, homeless missions, our library...
5. Do you invest any? If so, how?
I am clueless about this. We'd probably buy some stock, or maybe put it somewhere really safe for retirement or to help the kids with college.
I've been having a weird kind of week. T has been sick. LT is displaying some tics that make me think he probably has Tourette's (this week he changed from blinking to yawning). I've been feeling like time has just been whizzing by so fast that I can't even see what's going on in the blur around me. It's almost February, for crying out loud! How did that happen?
School has been going well; we have a classroom now that's separate from the main house and that makes it MUCH nicer as far as keeping everything neat and making the kids enthusiastic about school. Not to mention that I found a bunch of stuff I'd forgotten I had while we were moving, which gave me a bunch of new ideas which are working out nicely. yay. And while I'm updating about standard diary stuff I'll mention that I'm at my lowest weight since I got married -- 165 -- and yes, it HAS taken me long enough to get here! yikes. I'm back on track and now my hope/plan is to be at my goal of 150 (size 10) by April 1st. Wish me luck.
I've been keeping a real diary, and as a result this one has suffered. I really was getting tired of trying to draw the line between exhibitionism and a creative outlet anyway. What's the point? So when I feel like it, I write, and when I don't, I don't, which explains the fact that there have been, what, five entries in January? (yawn). I knew it would happen; it just took longer than I thought.
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
a million fortune cookies
from diarist.net:What thought or sentiment would you like to put in 1,000,000 fortune cookies?
How about:
USE YOUR TURN SIGNAL
YOU MORON
Or
FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, PUNK
PULL UP YOUR PANTS
Or
TO YOU, IT'S ANGST
TO EVERYONE ELSE, IT'S JUST WHINING
SHUT UP ALREADY
I feel not terribly creative tonight; feel free to add your own ideas in the comments section... --------
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