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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Sunday Stealing

The 5000 Question Meme, Part Five 

Welcome back to Sunday Stealing which originated on WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud 
Weiser. Here we will steal all types of memes from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent memes. You may have heard of the expression, “honor amongst thieves”. In that age-old tradition, we also have our rules. First, we always credit the blog that we stole it from and we will “fess up” to the blog owner where we stole the meme. We also provide a link to the victim's post. (It's our way of saying "Thanks!") We do sometimes edit the original meme, usually to make it more relevant to our global players, to challenge our players, sometimes to select that meme's best questions, or simply to make it less repetitive from either this new meme or recently asked questions from a prior featured meme. 

The 5000 question meme has been tormenting bloggers for years. I have not found anyone that has completed it. I will post a continuance of what Bud started every now and then, Maybe in 10 years or so we can get it done. :) 


Today we ripped off a blogger named Leo from the blog Leonine's Journal. He was tackling a meme that his blogging site, Live Journal, hosts. It has 5,000 questions. He did a hundred. So, we will take it from there. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing! If you missed any part, and wish to catch up, Bud posted the first 100 here:




101. What does happiness/joy feel like physically?  I think true happiness makes you feel powerful... invincible... like you could fly.



102. List five things you love starting with the one you love the absolute most. I'm going to go with the "here and now" rather than something requiring me to ponder the reason for my being and such contemplative ideals.
A  Breathing out of both nostrils simultaneously (Because of this two-week cold/sinus infection/crap I seriously, haven't been able to...it's WAAAAY underrated).  If it's not stuffed, it's running non-stop.  I have no idea how someone my size can produce so much snot.  


B  Puffs Plus (with lotion) and Vicks! (see answer A above if you doubt me)  
C  Guacamole (I had some avocado with my salad, but it's just not the same)  It's SO not the same.  I need my guac fix pronto!
 

D  Trips away to recharge, refresh and be in the quiet... rocking chairs on a wooden porch... a tin roof in the rain... not a care in the world
 

E  Music... song du jour...



103. How many movies have you gone to see this year?  One.  In fact, I just went yesterday.  I saw a private screening of The Croods.  A DreamWorks animation about cavepeople.  It was cute.  Did I mention that it was in 3D.  Have I ever mentioned that I don't particularly care for movies in 3D?  Did I mention that I had to take Benji with me to this particular screening?  Have you ever tried to get a two-year-old to wear 3D glasses for over an hour while sitting STILL and being QUIET??  Do you want to talk about an ass whip?  THAT was a complete ass whip.  The movie was cute.  I tend to like children's movies almost more than any adult genres for the simple fact that nothing seems original in the world of grown-ups.  They're all sequels and remakes.  So, movies... 3D with a 2 year old.  Ass whip.  Would I do it again?  No.  (The movie, yes?  The taking of the two-year-old, HELL TO THE NO!)

104. If you could have 3 wishes...but none of them could be for yourself, what would you wish for?  I would wish for loving homes for the unwanted, abandoned and abused children and animals.  I would wish great harm and irreversible sickness on those that inflict harm upon children, animals and the elderly.  I would wish my children to learn the lessons of hard work and dedication.

105. In what ways do you relax and de-stress when you are really tense?  Getting in a good walk, run, jog, work-out or ... a big bag of chips with LOTS of guacamole!  

106. How much money would it take to get you to sell your blog address?  I'm not tied to this blog but it is mine.  I'm not for sale and thus neither is it.  Period.  ...but if someone were offering, I'd seriously think about it! 

107. Have you ever been hunting?  I'm a Texan!  Does a one-legged duck swim in a circle?  That being said, I'm not an ADVOCATE for hunting.  Personally, I abhor anyone that needs to kill things to feel powerful and worthy.  If you are going to hunt to say... feed your family....  I have no problem with that.  Sport hunting is, to me, pathetic.  

108. Have you attempted this 5000 question meme in the past?  Never.

109. What do you think of cloning?  I wish I had one...or four.

110. Do you read or watch TV more often?  Read.  I loathe the television.  People try to have conversations with me about episodes of shows I've never seen.... and I just wonder when the last time they actually engaged their mind... painted a scene with their imagination and drew up the schematics for how a developing plot will take shape... over a period of days rather than in a thirty minute time capsule.  Or people that see the movie WITHOUT reading the book -- GASP!  They are the stupidest people of all.

111. With all this talk of terrorism going around are you willing to sacrifice rights and freedoms for increased safety?  Yes, because if the government is really concerned with what I'm corresponding about on my phone or e-mail, they're bored.

112. What is the punishment you would come up with for Osama Bin Laden if you caught him alive?  The same punishment he received.... when he was found.  I do believe, however, that we owed him NO adherence to his faith in terms of burial or such.  I think that is a HUGE disservice to the American people.  


113. Have you ever named an individual part of your body?  No, they were already named when I was born.  Arm, liver, leg, spleen.... etc.  No room for creative enhancement.

114. Have you ever been on the radio or on TV?  Yes.  I was on PM Magazine when I was younger.  Local news a few times and on the Leeza Gibbons show.

115. Have you ever won a lottery, or sweepstakes?  No.  You have to play to win.  I would love to win some type of lottery, however, and give away all the money to help those that need it. THAT would be awesome.  

116. Have you ever won a contest or competition?  Yes.

117. Have you ever watched The Joy of Painting show with Bob Ross (check out this link if you don't know who he is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ross_(painter)?  Shamefully, yes... happy little trees.

118. Do you know what your grandparents and your great grand parents did for a living?  Yes.  My paternal grandfather was a truck driver.  At one point he owned two of his own rigs but when that was a wee bit stressful, he worked for Bekins and North American and also for the International Paper Company.  My paternal grandmother worked in a bakery at the grocery store.  She also was a packer for Bekins and North American.  She became a homemaker when her children (my dad and uncle) were small and then she owned her own ceramic business.  She worked hard!  

My maternal grandfather was in the military and ... that's all I know that he did.  My maternal grandmother had seven kids.  I'm going to assume she was at home with them but honestly, I don't know.  How sad.  I need to ask.

As far as great grandparents... not a clue.  

119. Is there anything really interesting in your family history?  of course.  I'm in it.  DUH

120. Is there anyone you trust completely?   I trust ME...and my gut...and instincts.  Hee hee... Yes.  ...with my life... all that I am... and every bit of my happiness.  

31 Day Blog Challenge - Day 3

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Day 3 - What makes you happy?

Wow these are loaded questions.  Happiness is such an internal thing... to be able to define a feeling with words is woefully inadequate... plus it is such a subjective thing.  However, what a fun way to create a list...because lists make me happy!  Ha!  Win-win!  This is a list of things that make me happy -- in no particular order

  • lists, obviously!
  • cleanliness (I live in a home of boys... and dogs!)
  • books (the older the better)
  • SUVs (shut up... I drive a minivan.  I want a new car... new cars taht ARENT minivans that bottom out on every pothole MAKE ME HAPPY.  It's MY list... piss off!)
  • order
  • organization
  • cooking
  • a pair of jeans that fit just right
  • mountains
  • creativity
  • health
  • aged, distressed furniture
  • giggles
  • stars
  • cabins
  • meaningful conversation
  • guacamole
  • music (when a GREAT song comes on just when you need it to...)
  • puppies
  • Colorado
  • Batman
  • lactic acid build up in my muscles from a day or two before meaning that I KILLED it at the gym!
  • fish tacos from Funky Baha's
  • flannel
  • campfires
  • vanilla
  • ice cream (and vanilla ice cream...funny how those two just kind of go together)
  • photography
  • writing
  • friends
  • fuzzy socks
  • vanilla thumbprint cookies from Market Street (sigh)
  • Star Wars
  • finding money in my pocket
  • hammocks
  • stillness
  • scrapbooking
  • casein brownies (OH MUH GAWD those are sinfully delicious but good for you!)
  • a good night's sleep (they're a very rare commodity in my current state of living)
  • good movies
  • fresh strawberries, watermelon and melon!
  • doing laundry (SAID NO ONE EVER).... I just wanted to see if you were paying attention)

Saturday, March 2, 2013

31 Day Blog Challenge - Day 2

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Favorite quotes
Today's "assignment" actually proves quite difficult because I break out certain quotes at certain times but none that I ever would consider my "favorite" because .... well, they all seem to be dependent upon certain circumstances and situations whether to soothe and comfort or encourage.

I am and die-hard and forever Seinfeld fan and will always pull out a "NO SOUP FOR YOU" response in a given situation... Equally wonderful are:

"Look to the cookie, Elaine."
"George likes his chicken spicy."
"I'm out!"  (Kramer, in response to their "master of your domain" challenge.)

"Yadda, yadda, yadda."
"Worlds are colliding, Jerry!" 
"Serenity now!"
... among others.

I frequently break out Ghandi's "You must be the change you want to see in the world."

Or, "This, too, shall pass."

...and as the mother of three boys, "Can't we all just get along."

One I love is from the brilliant Aristotle, "We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."

One of my favorite instructors used to say, "Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there."  But I don't know to whom that quote belongs.  I suppose I could look it up.
Sometimes David Allen's "You can do anything, but not everything."

I could totally break out a gazillion Einstein quotes because I love him and quote him daily.    "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."  

One of Thoreau's that I love, "Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something."

I think we have all used Alexander Pope's "To err is human, to forgive divine."

"Be good and you will be lonesome," Mark Twain.  

I could break out Freud, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Ben Franklin, Abe Lincoln... there are little gold nuggets all through literature, science and life... knowing when to break them out is key.

Saturday 9 - It's A Sunshine Day

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's meme!


Saturday 9: It's a Sunshine Day

1) The best known Brady Bunch song is, of course, the show's theme. Do you know the lyrics?  Unfortunately, yes.  And now, thanks to you, it will be stuck in my head...

Here's the story... of a lovely lady.
Who was busy with three very lovely girls...
All of them had hair of gold... like their mother.
The youngest one in curls.

AAAAAAGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!

2) The Brady's were a blended family. Do you have stepparents, stepchildren or stepsibs?  Yes and no.  I HAD step parents but both of my parents divorced again and never remarried.  It was rather an odd situation on both accounts.  My mother and my step-father were married for many years.  I am thinking from about the time I went to second grade until I was in my twenties so for him to just completely choose to drop out of our lives was... odd.  I tried to stay in touch but he obviously didn't want that so I just let it be.  I was never close with my step-mother for many reasons but I loved my step-sister as if she and I were best friends.  As such, I still claim my step-siblings (she had a brother, too) as family.  I don't believe "law" makes you family anymore than being a blood-relative gives you reason to be friendly with someone.  Obligatory relationships drain me... so I don't have them.  Blended families are fine -- just explaining them is a nightmare.

3) Samantha admits that, when she was 12, she taped Greg Brady's photo over her bed. Before you judge her too harshly, come clean yourself. Did you have a major pre-teen crush? Who was it?    Rick Springfield.  Sean Cassidy. Donny Osmand.  Leif Garret.  After a while everyone (other than Rick) was replaced with Cinderella, Bon Jovi, Motley Crue and other equally hot sexy men in tight leather pants.



4) Which TV character do you wish lived next door?  Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs... because then have a reason to wash my car topless while he mowed his yard.  Oh wait, he's not a character...he's just him.  Well, then I don't know because I don't watch TV.  Mickey Mouse?  Wouldn't THAT be fun!

5) It's a sunshine day! Describe your sunglasses.  The darker the better.  Nothing trendy.  I hate the "bug eye" Sleestak look.  Mine are a pair of Kenneth Cole shades that I've had for about 8 years.  My kids have broken all the rest of mine.  

6) You're on a 90-minute flight. How will you spend the time? Do you read a book? A magazine? Look out the window? Take a nap?  Hopefully talk to someone next to me because who wants to travel alone?  Not I.  Otherwise, I'll read.  I hate, however, having people next to me nod off and snore... or have their heads fall forward or worse... fall on me.  

7) Do you have a favorite brand of toothpaste?  Crest.  Plain white paste.  

8) How many keys are on your key ring?  One...but it's not a key.... just a keyfob thingy.  I do have a keyring, however.  I don't know what any of they keys are for other than the key to the front door.

9) What do you miss about summertime?  My long morning workouts... I didn't have to deal with being home at a certain time in order for breakfast being made and kids being transported.  It was the best me time... work outs... getting a sweat on... cardio... trails... you name it.  Summer workouts ROCK!

Friday, March 1, 2013

31 Day Blog Challenge

Fabulous Finds by Tiffany is hosting a 31 Day Blog Challenge.  You know me... I have to jump in the middle of the fun.  Well, by all definitive purposes, it's the beginning of the fun, not the middle, but that's neither here nor there.  


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The list of daily writing prompts is here...

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So, without further adieu, here is Day One -->  A self portrait and 5 random facts.

Photo: Word

1) I hate massages.  The idea of weird people I don't know touching me creeps me out

2) I love speaking before large crowds... I have no problem with a public forum and find it amazing that some people would choose death over public speaking.

3) I can type over 100 words a minute.

4) I love ratty jeans, worn out Converse, thread-bare comfy sweatshirts and flannel.

5) In my head, I silently correct just about everyone on their grammar usage.  It's a curse.


Five Question Friday


1. What was the most productive thing you have done this week?  Should I be embarrassed that I have to look at a CALENDAR to actually SEE what I did this week? I think this week I should say it is keeping everyone alive...especially my eldest son since he had to have an ass transplants from having his chewed off repeatedly.

This question (and my response) reminded me of the photo (below).... Remember when you asked what I do all day?  Today, I didn't.  LOL  


2. Enjoying the winter or ready for spring?  I like either.  We don't really HAVE "winter" in Texas much so it's not really bad here.  I don't want shorts weather yet if that's what you're asking.  I never like shorts weather.... I'm like... WHITER than white.  Paler than pale.  I'm like... Casper!

3. Are you an introvert or extrovert? Is your spouse the same as you?  It depends on the situation.  By nature I'm definitely an extrovert... but am very capable of adapting to new situations where perhaps being an introvert would be more accommodating.  I don't know... why don't you ask him.  I don't really like to answer for other people.

4. Would you rather go without music or television for 1 year?  Television.  Easily.  In fact, I can't remember the last time I actually WATCHED an entire 30 minute show.  

5. Have you ever been truly scared of someone?  Yes.  

Friday Fill Ins

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They are doing lyrics this week...but apparently, I'm free to fill in WHATEVER I'd like. I would anyway because that's the way I roll. And...here we go! 

1. Bert Kaempfert's a name that I've never heard of



2. My son Joshua comes by athletic ability naturally I just wish his study habits also came as such

3. So I'm packing my bags for NO WHERE.  Doesn't that SUCK?  I want to go somewhere.  Spring break is two weeks away.  I have zero plans.  I need to do something.  Bleh!  The closest thing I get to a BREAK is going grocery shopping by myself.  
 

4. I love listening to Stevie Ray Vaughn play the blues



5. Put the damned cell phone down and LOOK AT PEOPLE when they talk to you! 


6. Anyone who 
dips her donut in my tea better be ready to wear it!  

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to a workout at the gym, tomorrow my plans include taking my younger two to a movie (a private screening of The Croods) and then Drewdles is having a sleepover with his bestie.  I'm certain there will be LOTS of gaming... and little else and Sunday, I want to pretend to give a crap about something.  It'll be hard!