I was just out with the dog, and didn’t have my scarf on. My poor nose was so cold. That wind is wicked.
Most current stats from Weather Underground:
Temp: 16.4 F/-8 C
Winds:
Wind Gusts: 12mph/19km/hr
Windchill: 8 °F /
practice, and I will have to take the dog outside, too. I just
want to stay in the house!
This week’s questions come from one of our very FAITHFUL participants (and she happens to be my mother), sherle. Thanks, Mom! =)
1. Do you make New Year’s resolutions? If so, what is your most important one?
I’m not much into resolutions, but getting more exercise and eating better, would probably be on it, if I did.
2. Easter is coming. Many Christians give up something for Lent. Do you give something up for any reason (or season)? What is it this year?
In church, we don’t sing any alleluias, during Lent. So, when I play my piano, I try not to, at home, too. It makes Easter more sweet to do that.
3. Do you watch the Super Bowl? If so, do you watch it with a group? If not, what do you do while the game is on? Anything special?
Super Bowl, smooperbowl. Bleah. It’s not really my thing. Two years in a row, the Green Bay Packers were in it (about 10 years ago), and then we ate supper at a friend’s house and watched the game. If the Packers aren’t in it, I really don’t care. If I watch at all, it will be at home with the kids, and just to see the commercials.
4. Would you miss Monday Madness if it stopped permanently?
Yes, I would, but if it did stop, I guess I would find another meme to do.
5. Name at least one theme for MM questions. Share at least one question for that theme.
I like to write about books, since I love to read. One of the blogs I read, has already read 5 books, since the beginning of the year and I’ve only read one! My question would be, “Who’s your favorite author?”
Stolen from Stacy
1.When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought? I so need a haircut! (Had one scheduled for this afternoon.)
2.How much cash do you have on you? $30
3.What’s a word that rhymes with DOOR? lore, more, store, core, bore, gore, pore, sore, tore, soar, boar, and wore
4.Do you label yourself? No, I try not to.
5.Bright or Dark Room? I mostly prefer bright rooms, except for watching TV. Then I like it darker!
6.Why is there always a missing question? Huh?
7.What does your watch look like? I have several watches. The one I’m wearing is black, with a black band, and white face with black hands. I need a nice bright watch, for taking pulses at work.
8.What were you doing at midnight last night? Trying to fall asleep.
9.Where is your nearest 7-11? The nearest gas station/convenience store is about a mile away.
10.What’s a word that you say a lot? Jazz or Jasmine! If she is being naughty.
11.Who told you he/she loved you last? Gary
12.Last furry thing you touched? Jasmine the cattledog
13.How many rolls of film do you need developed? None, but still way behind on filing digital pics, or getting them printed.
14.Favorite age you have been so far? They’ve all been good, in their own way. 23, for when I started out on my own, 27, for when I married Gary, 29, for when Sarah was born, 32, for when Emily was born, and 46 going on 47, because that’s where I am now!
15.Your worst enemy? Probably treats in the house
16.What is your current desktop picture? A picture of the beginning of a sunrise, over Lake Michigan, on January 7, 2007.
17.What was the last thing you said to someone? A comment to Gary, about how the new paper shredder, shreds better than the older one we have! LOL!
18.The last song you listened to? National Emblem March (From Stars and Stripes Forever + World’s Greatest Marches by the Boston Pops and Arthur Fiedler. What can I say? We are band geeks in this house!)
19.What time of day were you born? About 3pm on a Saturday afternoon. (yeah, it’s my favorite time of the week, too. I love Saturdays!
20.What do you do when vending machines steal your money? Get upset
21.Do you consider yourself kind? I hope so, I try very hard to be kind and considerate
22.What’s your life motto? Be true to yourself.
23.Name three things you have on you at all times. If I’m going out, my car keys, my purse, and my cellphone. At home, my wedding ring, my eyeglasses, and clothes.
24.Can you change the oil on a car? Nope, never done it! When I was single, I had it done, either at the garage or a quicklube place. Now, Gary takes care of it. I was good about getting the oil changed, when I was single, though.
25.When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper and mailed it? I don’t remember.
I won’t tag anyone specifically, but I’d love it if anyone out there would like to play along. Be sure to leave me a note and I’ll stop by and check out your answers to this silly meme!
What is something ‘new’ you have planned for the coming year? A vacation? A new craft? A new crop you are experimenting with? Are you moving? Write a post about your hopes or fears about it.
Hmmm. We haven’t really settled on a vacation destination yet. My 14yo wants to go to Kentucky to see horse-racing stuff. DH mentioned once that he would like to go to Springfield, IL. I know the 17 yo would like to go to Utah to see Bryce Canyon and the Arches. We need to have a family conference and get it decided. In 2005, we went to Niagara Falls and last year we we to South Dakota, so I’ve got my 2 big destinations out of the way and don’t really care as much, this year.
What is new, is that my 17 is graduating from high school, in the spring, and starting college in the fall! That will be a new experience having one child on her way out of the nest. In some ways I’m excited about her going to college and part of me is sad, too. She is going to nursing and loves science. I loved the science classes that went with nursing and wish I could take them again, to do the experiments again! I’ll be jealous that she gets to do them and I don’t! When going to the preview days, I could remember being in college myself and it made me sort of want to do it again! LOL!
For a new “crop,” I purchased some hyacinths, pink daffodils and an assortment of tulips, from Dutch Gardens, and I’m eagerly awaiting their blooming, in the spring! I had some hyacinths by my back porch, but one year, they started growing in a warm period in February and of course it got cold again and they never really came back again. :( So, every year I kept meaning to plant more bulbs, but this year I actually did it! So, I can’t wait to see them! We had a warm December and I was worried they would sprout, but I don’t think anything did. Now, we have snow cover and it’s colder, so that’s a good thing.
Wow, another new version! It didn’t take me long to get it updated. I updated my guestbook tonight, too, to a newer version. Just had to check it out.
Gravatar is supposed to be back, in February! I can’t wait. My gravatar image is still pumpkins, from October. When I wanted to change it to something more Christmas-like, then Gravatar was done! So, it’s still stuck in a fall time warp!
So, no time for the State of the Union address tonight. I was too busy on the computer. 
I hope everyone’s new year is going well. I had planned on getting back to Monday Madness on New Year’s Day, but obviously I haven’t been posting. I apologize and hope you still play!
1. Did you make any resolutions this year?
I don’t usually bother with resolutions. That means I’d have to try to stick to it!
2. If so, which one do you think you’ll really stick to? If not, is there something you’re going to try harder to accomplish?
I really should make an effort to exercise more and walk my dog more. They really do go hand-in-hand! The kids and I did walk along the beach this past Saturday, at the state park, with the dog! That was fun, because the beach looks a lot different in the winter, than it does in the summer.
3. Do you have a fear of any small rodents/insects/etc? If so, please share.
I don’t like big spiders. The little bitty ones that share my basement with me, don’t bother me. I had a mouse fall down to the floor of the basement, from the ceiling and I did shriek a little bit, because it was an unexpected thing, not because I’m scared of mice. The shriek was enough to bring the dog down by me, and then, within a few minutes, she had taken care of the mouse. Who knew that dogs were good mousers, too?
4. Share something exciting that’s going on in your life.
Exciting? I don’t think anything’s going on, that’s exciting. I have a daughter about to graduate from high school, in the spring though and she starts college in the fall. So, we have some big changes coming up! Oh, she’s 17 and will be 18 in August. She bought Forever in Blue, the 4th Summer of the Sisterhood, and the saleslady at the bookstore was worried about her reading the passage where a girl possibly is pregnant. Oh please. Even in the first book, Bridget was trying to hit on the soccer coach. I don’t need help parenting my kids, thank you very much. In just over 6 months, she is old enough to vote. I think she can read what she pleases! (Whoops, got off on a tangent! Oh yeah, she was wearing her letterjacket with the “07″ prominently displayed in the front!)
5. Did you wonder what happened to Monday Madness these past few weeks?
Yes, I did. I was hoping everything was okay with you! Oh yeah, and I really missed doing it, too! I was searching out other memes, for other days of the week to do!
…and this question comes from one of our good friends, tricia:
Do you have a favorite gameshow announcer?
I hardly ever watch gameshows, so really can’t make a decision! LOL!
randomness…feed your mind and your blog
week of Jan 21: What’s Your Favorite Comfort Food?
till next time…
A big bowl of chili, with cheese and sour cream added to it! Yummy! I love smelling it cook, eating it, and then having it for leftovers the next day, too!
Be honest now …. do you snore? What about your bed-mate? Do they snore? What’s your remedy to get them to stop snoring?
DH definitely snores and nudging him or body-slamming him doesn’t help. It has no effect, so if I can’t sleep, I go out on the couch. He tells me I snore sometimes, too, but I bet it’s not as loud as him! He can snore no matter what position he is sleeping in, too! Argh! 
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If it were socially acceptable for you to dress for work any way you liked, what would be your typical outfit?
Well, I’m a nurse and I think I would just show up in my scrubs. I wouldn’t want any thing to spill, on my regular clothes.
So tell us, do you write a diary as well as blogging? If you do, why? If you don’t, have you ever been a diary writer?
I kept a diary as a kid. I was pretty good at keeping up with it! When I got into college, it wasn’t a diary anymore, but just a notebook, that I wrote my thoughts into. I didn’t have a computer in college, so no blogs then! LOL! I don’t have them anymore, because most of them were about the college boyfriend. I complained about him a lot! Maybe it’s a good thing we never got married!
Bella, baby llama born November 9th, at my local LYS. Pictures were taken right before Christmas 2007.
