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Two weeks ago I wrote this and it has been sitting in my drafts folder.
I wasn’t tagged for it but I kept seeing this meme where you looked in the fourth folder where you keep pictures and then you post the fourth picture in that folder and talk about it.
The fourth picture in the fourth folder on my hard drive is a picture of the bathtub in the townhouse that was my third choice when we moved to the DC Area. Aren’t you glad I’m not doing that meme?
I wonder why I still even have that picture?
Then today Ashley tagged me.
So here you go:
Obviously I have mad photography skillz. I am sure my intent was to include my hand and the towel hanging on the back of the door. I can’t decide if the focal point of this picture is the glare in the bath tub, my engagement ring or the cord to the blow dryer.
My husband is right. I keep too many pictures.
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7:02 pm |
I don’t know if it is this heat or what, but I’ve got nothing.
I guess this is a good time to do this meme that Vicky tagged me for. (Nothing like ending a sentence in a preposition in one of the two original ideas in the whole post.)
What was I doing ten years ago? Planning my wedding. Well, technically ten years ago I was planning on getting engaged – but close enough. GAbe and I were living in an apartment just down the street from Universal Studios Orlando. I was working for a production company.
What are five (non-work) things on my to-do list for today:
1. Return the overdue books to the library.
2. Go grocery shopping
3. Call the plumber
4. laundry
5. pay some bills
5 Snacks I enjoy:
1. Bleu cheese and crackers
2, Doritos
3, Brownies
4. Oreos
5. Tootsie Rolls
Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
1. Travel extensively.
2. Buy a house with a bigger master bathroom.
3. Go get my masters degree.
4. Pay for college for all of the kids in my extended family.
5. Buy a suite at Raymond James Stadium and fly down for all of the Bucs home games.
Places I have lived:
Mansfield, Ohio
Tampa, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Pomapano Beach, Florida
Northern Virginia
Jobs I have had:
I worked in a record store.
I worked as a receptionist in a music store.
I leased apartments.
I wrote up proposals for an event planning company.
I worded for a production company. They did lighting and sound.
I sold airline tickets.
I sold electronics components. (Not stereos and DVD players, but the things you use to build stereos and DVD players and highly sensitive top secret equipment that I cannot talk about.)
Stay at Home Mom
Blogger
I’m not tagging anyone, but instead I will ask you one question:
What was your most interesting job?
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9:26 am |
May 27, 2008 | Memes
Ah yes. The six random things meme. Again. But Karen tagged me and you don’t screw around with Karen so here goes.
Six random and weird things about me.
1) Back in the days of cds I used to play something I called “The Game” which involved listening to every one of my cds in alphabetical order.
I had well over 1000 cds.
I did this about once a year.
It took months.
2) I am obsessed with Keens.
3) There are over 200 books on my “to read” list.
4) I wanted to name my child Gruden after the Bucs won the Super Bowl but Gabe said that was crazy.
5) I hate “American Idol” and I won’t watch “Survivor” but I have no problem watching the reality shows about hair salons on Bravo.
6) I take surveys for money. A lot. Seriously. I’ve been doing this one for years. I’ve made hundreds of dollars this way.
That is all.
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10:46 pm |
February 2, 2008 | Books, Memes
Alison from AliBlog tagged me for a meme last night.
Now normally I am not this prompt about anything, but since hers was the first blog I ever read (yes, I owe most of the credit for this mess of a blog to her) and since I’ve know her for close to 30 years – and since I haven’t sent her a gift for her beautiful new baby girl yet (and also since I still have a Santana onesie that she left at my house three years ago – I bet she forgot about that one) I thought I would do this one right away.
Plus it is a book meme, and you know I’m a sucker for a good book meme.
Here are the rules: Pick up the nearest book, turn to page 123, skip the first five sentences on that page, then type the next three sentences.
To be perfectly honest, the closest book to me is the new Cabela’s catalogue (Sorry, catalog). For some reason they sent Gabe the hard back edition yesterday. We were browsing elk drawer pulls and night vision goggles before I got distracted by the fact that they sell Keen shoes now. (Have I mentioned how much I love Keens?)
Anyway, to answer the meme it would be this:
Eliminate line twist with 300 high-quality barrel swivels in a range of sizes to cover all of your saltwater needs. Holding strengths range from 90 lbs. to 350 lbs. and the swivels have a nonreflective black finish. In this kit you’ll receive barrel swivels in sizes: 5, 3, 1, 1/0, 2/0 and 4/0 (50 of each size).
Sice that was so amazingly boring, and since I’ve covered all of your saltwater needs, let’s try a different book.
The second closest book to me is “The Dog Who Cried Wolf” by Keiki Kasza. It only has 30 pages, so I am going to get up off of my lazy butt and grab the book that I am reading.
A ha!
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
. Page 123:
The acrid air stung Philip’s nostrils, and he could see that the stalls had not been mucked out for three or four weeks. He was not disposed to overlook the negligence of the stable lads today. As he handed over the reigns he said: “Before you stable my pony you can clean out one of the stalls and put down fresh straw.”
Awesome. Barrel swivels and horse poop. Aren’t you glad you tagged me, Tiffer?
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10:48 am |
December 4, 2007 | Memes, Music
Amy at Tastes Like Crazy tagged me for the seven things meme. Yes, I’ve done it before. I may even do it again.
1) I don’t know how many of you love “Arrested Development” the way that we do, but you are, you may be the only people that will understand this. I’ve been trying to get the kids to tell Gabe “No, it’s me – Gene Parmesan.”
2) One of my favorite words is stigmata.
3) The other day I watched the movie “Becket” and I Peter O’Toole reminded me of Brad Pitt.
4) We have an unusual rule in our house: No Dancing in the Shower. We have to have this rule otherwise Ian would fall down every time he bathed standing up.
5) I am reading Dune and it makes me thirsty.
6) I seem to be competing for the world record of for the person who does the seven things meme the most times.
7) I love to know what people have on their iPods. I love it so much that I could not resist this iTunes meme:
iTunes Meme
I saw this over on Kate’s blog and I was so curious about what my answers would be I decided to just do the thing myself. (Yes, I know I am a dork.)
Now, keep in mind that I share my iTunes with somebody, so if it is really super lame (and not opera) let’s just assume it is Gabe’s music, okay?
How many total songs?
18869 songs. 47.9 days worth.
Sort by song title – First and Last…
A*s Clown – Ministry and Jello Biafra
? – Outkast (if you don’t like that answer, please accept 9th Wonder (Blackitolism) by Digable Planets)
Sort by Time – Shortest and Longest…
Digustipated – Tool, 1 second
Blue Collar Comedy Tour – Larry the Cable Guy, 1:13:31
(Longest actual song is MX – Deftones)
Sort by Album – First and Last…
Abbey Road – The Beatles
Yo Gabba Gabba – It was an EP that Nick Jr. sent me
Sort by Artist – First and Last…
A-ha
999
Top Five Most Played Songs…*
Roaches in the Sink – Alice Donut, 101 plays
7 Words – Deftones, 97 plays
Killing Zone – Rancid, 97 plays
Carry On – Common Rider, 94 plays
The Air Near My Fingers – The White Stripes, 92 plays
Find the following words. How many songs show up?
Sex: 120, Death: 232 , Love: 800, You: 2057, Home: 170, Boy: 578, Girl: 388
First five songs that come up on Party Shuffle…
Bounce (Let me See Ya Throw It) – Busta Rhymes
Velouria – The Pixies
She’s Leaving Home -The Beatles
What More Can I Do -The Zombies
Shelter From the Storm – Bob Dylan
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I won’t tag anyone, but I know a few Daddy Bloggers who could make an interesting post out of this.
* Gabe wanted me to stick a note on here to tell you something important. Our playcounts are very skewed by the fact that our iTunes was completely wiped out and restarted in August. All of those counts are from August until now.
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2:23 pm |
