not all that wander are lost

The Longest Meme

Name: He calls me "Goddess".

Height/Weight: Shorter than I used to be, and smaller too!

Are you happy with your looks? Most of the time.

What’s something you would change? I'd be quite pleased to get my hair back, but I'm learning to rock the Sinead look (in fact I frequently go out "topless" now).

Are you taken/Single? Taken!

Where do you live? The IE.

Describe your room: Which one? The one I'm in now is the "office" which is supposed to be breakfast nook off the kitchen.  Pretty messy

Your Best friend: My honey, I can tell him anything (though I don't tell him everything).

How do you make a PBJ: With smooth PB, and grape jelly, soft wheat bread - classic.

Your favorite place in the world: I love lots of places, most likely anywhere I can find my friends and family.

Your relationship with your parents:  Great with my mom, and getting better with dad.

Your morning routine: Pee, brush teeth, wash face, make up, dress, take kids to school, work.

School: On and off when it suits my mood.

The best day ever: Ever?  When my babies were born!

What are you grateful for? My friends and family, heck I love my life.

Do you play any sports? Are you kidding me?!

What do you complain the most about? Work--doesn't everybody?

Do you believe in inter-racial marriage?  Yes, is anyone still bigoted enough not to believe in it?

What other countries would you live in? I'd be happy to go back to NZ

What’s your worst injury?  Heart break hurt way more than my million broken toes

Have you ever had your heart broken? Yeah. It sucked.

Where do you go when you need to get away? Into my head.

Who do you vent to? My honey

Do you drink 8 glasses of water a day?   Nope, I drink iced tea like you wouldn't believe

What do you think of cigarette smokers? Nasty!

If something bad happened to you who would show up first besides family?  My friends

What do you take for granted?  Probably too many things, but I am thankful for my wonderful life.

What's the best thing that's ever happened to you? Becoming a mother, sharing my life with R.

What’s your most prized possession?   Our home (I love it so much)

What is your worst personality trait?   I hold everything in.

How often do you make mistakes? All the damn time. Everyone does.

What do you wish you could take with you after life?   Love - but since I'll get it in every lifetime, I'm not going to sweat it too much.

Are you friends with your exs? Oh, HELL NO.

What attracts you most in a person?   Smart, Funny, and manners

Would you ever change a belief for someone?   No

Where do you want to live?   Anywhere

How old do you want to be when you die?  About the day before I can't do things for myself anymore.

Six Word Memoir

A while back my mom tagged me to write a six word memoir.  Now I'm sure others are coming up with great witty 6 word phrases, but like my mom I wanted to find 6 words that sum up what I feel is "me".  I'm sure others would disagree or have their own 6 words to describe me and that is wonderful, but these words felt right to me.

Loving
Good
Imperfect
Diverse
Unreserved
Strong

Now I'm supposed to tag five others, but I am really most interested in seeing what Jade, Gypsy and Wichi would write down for themselves.  But anyone else is more than welcome to play!

Five On Friday

Five things on my To-Do list today:

1. Get my current work in progress stack down by 1/2
2. Get pro status on wii bowling
3. vacuum and a load of laundry
4. Figure out dinner
5. post office

Three of my bad habits:

1. internalizing everything
2. swearing too fucking much
3. grazing mindlessly
4. trying to be perfect (and getting upset when I fail)
5. biting the inside of my lip

Five places I’ve lived:

1. New Zealand
2. Japan
3. Germany
4. California
5. England

Five jobs I’ve had:

1. Video store clerk
2. Operator at a telephone answering service
3. bookkeeper
4. owned my own business for a few years
5. Mom

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Now playing: The Black Crowes - Wiser Time
via FoxyTunes   

5 Things

5 Things Found In My Bag

1. Wallet
2. my keys
3. arbonne hand cream
4. digital camera
5. bag of lipsticks

5 Things Found In My Wallet

1. Drivers License
2. my debit card
3. AAA card
4. business cards
5. one of those kids info cards in case my kid ever gets stolen

5 Things Found In My Room

1. a jar of coins
2.  styrofoam wig heads
3. too many pairs of heels out of their boxes
4. TV
5. an unmade bed

5 Things I’ve Always Wanted To Do

1. Reach my goal weight
2. Spend a week at the beach
3. Open my own coffee shop
4. Live happily ever after (thank you honey!)
5. Be the focus of another persons envy (just for a minute or two)

5 Things I’m Currently Into

1. trying to be a jogger
2. eating clean (no sugar or processed carbs)
3. trying new recipes
4. Spring break
5. asparagus (can't get enough of it lately)

Christmas Meme

1.  Wrapping paper or gift bags?  I prefer wrapping paper but have used gift bags

2. Artificial or real tree? Real trees are so awesome, but we use an artificial tree

3. When do you put up the tree?   The first weekend in December

4. When do you take the tree down? The weekend after new years

5. Do you like Eggnog?  Hell yeah, especially the southern comfort brand (preferably with soco added!)

6. Favorite Gift you received as a child?  They were all perfect and favourite in the year they were received.

7. Do you have a nativity scene?  No

8. Hardest person to buy for? My mom

9. Easiest person to buy for? G

10. Worst Christmas gift ever received?  Beer

11. Mail or e-mail Christmas Cards? mail

12. Favorite Christmas Movie?   The Grinch

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? When I have money and time

14. Have you ever 'recycled' a Christmas present?  You bet

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?   Grandma's stuffing (oooh and all those delicious cookies)

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree?   many colours!

17. Favorite Christmas Song? O Holy Night

18. Travel at Christmas or Stay Home?   Stay home, but maybe see a movie in the afternoon

19. Can you name Santa's Reindeer? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph

20. Do you have an Angel or a Star on top of your tree?   This year we don't have anything on top, but we have both a star and an angel

21. Open the Presents Christmas Eve or Morning?   Christmas is on Christmas people!  Christmas morning

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?  Mass consumerism

23. Shopping Mall or online? both

24. Do you decorate outside for Christmas or just inside?  mainly inside, just a few lights outside

25. Favorite Christmas cookie? Hmmm spritz or chocolate crinkles

26. Do you own Christmassy clothing or jewelry? no

27. Do you believe in Santa? of course

35 Pointless Things

• 01. Can you cook? Yes, and I'm damn good at it too.
• 02. What was your dream growing up? I wanted to drive race cars
• 03. What talent do you wish you had? I wish I could do hard math off the top of my head
• 04. If I bought you a drink what would it be? lemondrop martini
• 05. Favorite vegetable? artichokes, mushrooms, zucchinis, squash, too many !
  
• 06. What was the last book you read? The center of everything
• 07. What zodiac sign are you ? Gemini
• 08. Any tattoos and/or piercings? a few, would like more
• 09. Worst habit? Bossy and anxious.
• 10. If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride? I would hope so. I dont bite.
• 11. What is your favorite sport?  marathon art sessions
• 12. Negative or optimistic attitude? relatively optimistic (most days)
• 13. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me? Chat you up
• 14. Worst thing to ever happen to you?  OMG where do I start, my life is tragic (yet it is still good)
• 15. Tell me one weird fact about you. ...hmmmm weird factoid? what are you talking about, I'm normal.
• 16. Do you have any pets? Tucker, the worlds loudest cat
• 17. What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?  Want some coffee?
• 18. What was your first impression of me?  Hmmm this is an odd one
• 19. Do you think clowns are cute or scary? scary, scary....SCARY.
• 20. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?  bigger boobs (where did they go?)
• 21. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience? Crime for sure. Ive been told Im a bad influence. lol
• 22. What color eyes do you have? Green
• 23. Ever been arrested?  nope
• 24. Bottle or draft? no beer thanks
• 25. If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it? Pay my damn bills.
• 26. Would you date me? Nope, I'm taken
• 27. Where's your favorite place to hang out?  At a coffee shop, yakking away
• 28. Do you believe in ghosts? Yes...I really do.
• 29. Favorite thing to do in your spare time? Make something...anything.
• 30. Do you swear a lot? I have a FILTHY mouth.
• 31. Biggest pet peeve? Children who scream and run wild in public. And TOUCH things. lol
• 32. In one word, how would you describe yourself? Eccentric.
• 33. Do you believe in/appreciate romance?  I adore it
• 34. If you could spend 12 hours with me and ask/do anything you like, what would it be?  do some crazy art, drink a little too much wine, and talk forever
• 35. Do you believe in God? I believe in many gods.

Are you having a blog drought?  Feel free to repost!

The Answer

Ooops I almost forgot.

Awhile back I indulged in a blog game my mom suggested.  I was to tell you 7 things about me (6 of which were true, and one which was false and you guys were supposed to guess which one was false.

I must say, it was a lot of fun, and I enjoyed hearing everyone's guesses.  But you were all very, very wrong.

The false one is about receiving 2 speeding tickets in one day.  I've never had a speeding ticket at all *knocking on wood*.

Thanks for playing folks!

Marathon Meme

*WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?  Not that I know of

*WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?  Last night

*DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?  Yes, if you can't read it, that's your problem

*WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?  Tuna salad

mmmm Books!

• Look at the list of books below.
• Type "READ" beside the ones you've read.
• Type "WANT TO" beside the ones you'd like to read.
• Type "AGAIN AND AGAIN" beside the ones you could read again and again.
• Type "TRIED" beside the ones you gave the ol' college try and then gave up on.
• Leave blank the ones that you aren't really interested in.

1. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown) READ
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) READ
3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee) READ
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)  
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien) READ
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien) TRIED
7. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien)
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery) READ
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling) READ
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown) READ
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling) READ
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden) WANT TO
16. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Rowling) READ
17. Fall on Your Knees(Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18. The Stand (Stephen King) READ
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling) READ
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) READ
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien) READ
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)  
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) READ
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold) READ
25. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) AGAIN AND AGAIN
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte) READ
28. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis) AGAIN AND AGAIN
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck) READ
30. Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom) AGAIN AND AGAIN
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks) READ
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
34. 1984 (Orwell) AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN :-)
35. The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley) READ
36. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett) READ
37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb) READ
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant) READ
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho) READ
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel) READ
42. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini) READ
43. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
44. The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom) READ
45. The Bible  
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
48. Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt) READ
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck) READ
50. She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb) READ
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver) AGAIN AND AGAIN
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
53. Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling) READ
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
59. The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood) READ
60. The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrew Niffenegger) WANT TO
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
62. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)  
63. War and Peace (Tolsoy)
64. Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice) READ
65. Fifth Business (Robertson Davis)
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez) TRIED
67. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashares) READ
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller) READ
69. Les Miserables (Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) READ
71. Bridget Jones' Diary (Fielding) READ
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez) READ
73. Shogun (James Clavell) TRIED
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje) WANT TO
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) READ
76. The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
78. The World According To Garp (John Irving) READ
79. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte's Web (E.B. White) READ
81. Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck) AGAIN AND AGAIN
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
84. Wizard's First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. Emma (Jane Austen)
86. Watership Down (Richard Adams) AGAIN AND AGAIN
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) READ
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
89. Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer) WANT TO
91. In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje)
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding) READ
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
94. The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd) WANT TO
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum) WANT TO
96. The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton) READ
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch) READ
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford) READ
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield) READ
100. Ulysses (James Joyce)

Stolen from the WebMiztris, please steal and post, I'd love to see your list

3 Things

3 Things That Scare Me;

Spiders

Being alone in a strange place

Public Speaking

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3 People Who Make Me Laugh

Jon Stewart

Ray

Mom
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3 Things I Love

Cuddling

Chocolate

G
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3 Things I Hate

Nonstop whining

Feeling "not good enough"

People that don't know how to staple at the office (take the old one out and restaple, not staple on top of staple people)
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3 Things I Don't Understand

Chemistry

War

Why the world doesn't actually revolve around me
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3 Things On My Desk

Makeup

Skype phone

Stuff to list on ebay
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3 Things I'm Doing Right Now

Listening to classical on iTunes

Getting ready to do dishes

Figuring out what to pack for lunch.
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3 Things I Want To Do Before I Die

Live "happily ever after"

Watch G grow into a man

Show my artwork and not be embarrassed
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3 Things I Can Do

read a book in a few hours

Xstitch beautiful things (not your grandma's xstitch)

find almost anything on the internet (it's a gift)
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3 Things I Can't Do

Sing well

Dance

rocket science
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3 Things I Think You Should Listen To

music that resonates within you

your inner voice

me
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3 Things You Should Never Listen To

your inner critic

whining

things said in anger
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3 Things I'd Like To Learn

Patience

How to relax

How to play poker
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3 Favorite Foods

Chocolate
Thai
Sushi
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3 Beverages I Drink Regularly

Iced Tea

Water

Soy TNL from Sbux
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3 Shows I Watched As A Kid

I dream of Jeanie

Robotech

She-Ra
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