Category: Odds & Ends

I’m messing with my theme.  No, dirty mind, not that one. 

Thought I could use a new look–or an old one in this case.  And those big eyes?  Mine.  And yeah, they can see you…

I’ve been tagged a few times and while I loved getting the thinking blogger award from Heather, I’m having trouble putting together five of my favorite thinking blogs–simply because most of them have already been tagged.  She’s one of them–I love Weekend Zen! 🙂

But I can do this one from Lyn.

Eight Random Facts about Moi:

1. I will sometimes eat weird food combos.  For instance, I’ll eat avocados with just about anything, but I love them in a fried egg sandwich. I also dip pizza in ranch dressing sometimes. When I was growing up, my dad salted all fruit for us–especially grapefruit–to this day, I want salt with one.  (I didn’t say “healthy” food combos.)

2. I will randomly (okay accidentally) mutter spoonerisms causing new family phrases.  “Big a dig hole” is one.  The other day I said, “Ew!  He nicked his pose!”

3. I collected giant panda items as a kid.  Posters, stuffed animals, figurines… Still have some–okay, a really big one in my office that the hubby gave to me when we dated.

4. I lived in Manassas, Virginia when the Bobbits did. 

5. When I asked my kids to list some random things about me, I got these answers, “When you’ve been in the house working too long, you hide behind doors and scare us.” “When you’ve been in the house working too long, you sing weird songs in the kitchen.”  “When you’ve been in the house working too long, you play pterodactyl.”  Okay, apparently, I spend too much time in the house working.  

6. Oh, the other weird fact–to them, anyway–is that I like hard rock and heavy metal sometimes.  “That’s weird for a mom,” daughter said.

7. When I asked the husband a neat fact about me, he said nothing.  He merely chewed the homemade stuffed pasta shells I made for dinner and grinned.  My blog isn’t X-rated enough for interpretation.

8. There’s a local hospital commercial about a seven year-old boy who dies and becomes a donor and I can’t handle it.  I turn the channel, but I never fail to burst into tears first anyway. 

And since I’ve seen this tag just about everywhere, I’m letting it fade out here… unless anyone feels the need. 

I swiped this off Ann Wesley Hardin’s site.  It’s too funny!  If you like it, visit her–she has two more loaded. 

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I don’t know about you, but we’ve watched nothing but news the last 24 hours.  My heart is in Virginia right now. 

I wasn’t sure I really planned to share these pics–loaded them after a comment about John Hughes movies.   I even pulled some movies out and had a blast remembering those days.  But the fashion! 

We could all probably use the laugh, so I’m going ahead and sharing some old pics of me so we can make fun of that 80’s fashion. <g>

I was 5’10” and weighed 115 lbs.  That’s like 35 lbs less than today!  Wah.  But look at that hair!

I simply can’t believe I wore this.  Unfortunately, there’s proof.  Stirrup pants, the big shirt and those freaky earrings! 

The numbered senior shot.  Yes, that is big hair and a real jean dress.  I wore a jean dress for my senior picture.  Dig the expression.  I gotta find the final shot, so you can enjoy that big hair in all it’s frizzed finery.

This looks like I walked off the set of Valley Girl.  Oh, I loved, loved those boots.  I think I cried when they finally died. 

This outfit cracks me up.  I felt so dressy in it and I hated the shirt because it took sooo long to iron.  Then, I felt like I couldn’t move in it.  From the expression on my face, I must have just finished ironing it.  And don’t you ever wonder why we thought shoulder pads were cool? <g>

Still feeling really sad over the boy’s death, so anything I write might depress you guys to death.  So, a little levity is needed.  Got this from a friend this morning.  Could you use this? 

Outside:

 

Inside:  One way mirrors.

No one guessed correctly.  Sorry I didn’t get to this yesterday.  We had an unexpected hectic day and today is looking to be about the same. 

I was going to post a pic of all the books I have, but someone (translate to probably a kid) took off with my phone cable. 

Betty was right.  Those are all books I would read. <g>  The only one I haven’t read yet is the Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, but it’s sitting here for when I take the time.

So, I put up two short story books and I do actually have the On Writing Short Stories.  Paid a small fortune for a used copy of that one and it is worth every penny. 

I don’t, however, have this one.

I was hoping a random guess would pick it since there is no way of telling what books I have unless you take a magnifying glass to the pic down and to the right.  heh heh

I’ll come up with a better topic contest.  Something everyone can actually use logic to solve.  With the Internet at our fingertips, that isn’t as easy as it sounds. 

Thank to all who did guess!

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I really wish I had some sort of love wisdom to share with you all today.  Instead, I offer you this strange thing I found oddly amusing.   I’m just not feeling the love lately… but I did radically change my hair today– so maybe that’ll help. 

Heh.

Oh and if the above does not give you a chuckle.  Here is a commercial that never fails to make me smile. 

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I’m waiting on pics from my sister.  I think hers were better.  But, I’m sharing some of the wonderful costumes.  I managed to take these before the big rush of guests.  After that, I was pretty busy– as you can guess.  We bought this house because it has a big kitchen and a big circular style throughout.  We love to throw parties for our friends and family.  Despite the big circle… most of them stayed in the kitchen.  You could barely squeeze through. <g>  As usual, I’m having to manipulate the photos to get them to fit.  Warps them a bit, darn it!

My mother

My father… uh… a bit later in the evening. 

OMG, Amanda’s costume was so cool! 

My parents’ best friends.  They’ve been in our family for 33 years, so they’re like my 2nd set of parents.  They are even in my wedding album as such.  They are more fun than should be legal and I love them like crazy.   When you offered to help him out, he said he ate already.  LOL!

My sister– stunning as usual.

My husband

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For those of you who are fans of early Anita Blake books, don’t you think she’d be perfect?

This post gets such a huge amount of traffic and I’ve had to delete some pretty rude comments.  People, this is an opinion. This actress hasn’t been picked for the role but I still believe she has the chops to pull it off and she comes very close to the image I had of the character as I read the books.

Monday time wasters. Have fun!In this first one, I said Wolverine was the sexiest XMan. Hmmm. You Are Cyclops

Dedicated and responsible, you will always remain loyal to your cause. You are a commanding leader – after all, you can kill someone just by looking at them.Power: force beams from your eyes

Which of the X-Men Are You?

This one cracked me up.

Your Famous Last Words Will Be:

“I can pass this guy.”

What Will Your Famous Last Words Be?

The Underwear Oracle?

What Your Underwear Says About You

You enjoy wearing nice underwear, even if it comes at a hefty price tag.You’re comfortable in your own skin – and don’t care to impress anyone.

The Underwear Oracle

This one is cool.

Your Dosha is Vata

Creative and restless, you take in all of life’s pleasures (maybe a little too much!). You’re quick witted and very talkative, but you also tend to have a spotty memory. You tend to get very into ideas, people, and lifestyles… but only for a short time. It’s difficult to hold your attention, and you sometimes feel with what life has to offer.With friends: You are very uncomfortable in new situations or with new peopleIn love: You fall in and out of love very easily To achieve more balance: Live in a warm climate and spend some quiet time in nature

What’s Your Dosha?

You Are 50% Normal

While some of your behavior is quite normal… Other things you do are downright strange You’ve got a little of your freak going on But you mostly keep your weirdness to yourself

How Normal Are You?

And for your listening pleasure… some older Over the Rhine. This first one is off of their CD The Darkest Night of the Year which is full of some excellent Christmas songs. Click on the title to listen.
Thank You My Angel

And one of my favorites from the 1996 release Good Dog Bad Dog. Worth a listen if you have time to give it your ear. 🙂
Everyman’s Daughter