Still out at Green Acres, house sitting. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the country and I LOVE my friends D&T, but I don't have MY things, MY critters around me...and I miss my honey. The kid is out in the little house (basically D&T's really nice bedroom suite, that's separated from the main house by a lanai), playing on his laptop, I'm in here, trying to be creative on my laptop... It's not working cuz Sylvan done kilt my writing urges (making me realize I suck as a writer, yo). I have the harlequin pit bull mix (Gandhi) on one side, the ancient, tiny Chihuahua (?) mix (Julie) on the other, and the bird, Britches on my shoulder. Britches is preening and just took a shit on my back *sighs*. The other dog, Maggie (a lab/Golden Retriever), is sacked out in the living room. I figure, if I let them in, the chickens would be draped all over me. Well, except the one renegade hen, who didn't get the memo about the week-long lockdown and has been free (freee...FREEE) all week. Where she's getting water and all, I dunno..but she's still cluckin' and scratchin' away.
I can't eat or drink with Britches on my shoulder because he thinks anything that goes to my mouth should also go to his....and if I use common sense and do NOT feed a blue parakeet thingy Diet Coke and Good'n'Plenties...he gets pissy and tries to bite me. Such gratitude I get for sharing my cheese, cherries, chicken (the cannibal!) blueberries, grapes, and dried cranberries with him. (I think the cherries are what's now decorating the back of my shirt.)
I knew I had the dogs in the palm of my hand when they tried to follow my mini-van to work this morning. Heehee.
The contractor finally got the sink out in the lanai hooked up (the kitchen is being remodeled, so we've been roughing it all week), but only one drain works right. Oh well, it beats hauling the water by hose and bucket.
Sunday I feed everyone one last time and then go home...D&T are supposed to be back from NY in the afternoon. Meanwhile, I sure hope cherry-flavored birdshit does not stain teal colored cotton.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
me meme
Posted this on my private blog, decided to share here.
I’ve decided I don’t like most of the questionnaire-type memes out there because 98% of them are written by 13 YOs whose main thoughts are about sex, kissing, sex, drugs, dating, sex, and boys. So, I’ve like, you know…like, um, written my own. ;)
And yes, there will be sex.
1. If you could pick your first name, what would it be?
Being the same person I am now, I’m not sure, cuz I don’t like most female first names. Perhaps Kate, which is the nickname for my middle name.
2. If you could give people one piece of advice and be guaranteed they’d follow it, what would it be?
It is NOT all about you. Really.
3. If money were no object, and your family agreed with you…where would you live?
Seattle or perhaps somewhere in England.
4. If you could go back and do it all over…what job would you have now?
I’d be a forensic pathologist.
5. On someone else…what size boobs do you prefer?
Medium to largish..but not HUGE. The shape is sometimes more important.
6. On yourself, no surgery involved…what size? If you’re not female, you might want to think about this one. ;)
IF I were thin again, probably about the size I had. At this size…meh, I hate this size, so let’s not go there.
7. Pastels, colored pencils, crayons, or water color?
Pastels and water color…they work great together!
8. Beer, mixed drinks, or wine? If wine, red or white?
Beer or white wine, but there are a couple mixed drinks I like. Gin and tonic, martinis, Black Russian…haven’t had one of those in YEARS.
9. Mac or PC?
I like Macs better, but am stuck in a PC world.
10. To you, are wands air and swords fire, or the other way round?
I can see the case for both, but swords are forged in fire, their blades cut like fire, wands are part of trees, and trees rise into the air and move in the wind.
11. Sylvan glade or beach?
Sylvan glade!!! Beaches suck.
12. Which quarter do you call first?
North.
13. Your SO has no issues with it: would your extracurricular be male or female?
Can I have one of each, please?
14. Sugar cookie, chocolate chip, fig Newton, pecan sandy, or Oreos?
Sugar cookie, followed by fig anything. But I’d never, ever turn down a cookie…okay, so almost never.
15. Broccoli or Brussels sprouts?
Brussels sprouts.
16. Bleu cheese or ranch?
Bleu cheese.
17. Texmex or Pizza?
Oooh…that’s a tuffee….it’s a total toss up…no pun intended.
18. Oral or the real thing?
Yes, please.
19. You’re in The City…are you in NYC or San Francisco?
NYC
20. You hate weddings, but your BFF has lost her mind and is tying the knot…and has become Bridezilla from Hell. Do you let her have it, or ignore it all, cuz it’s her day?
Let her have it. BFF or not, bad behavior is bad behavior.
22.Do you stand in the wedding for her, cuz she’s your BFF and it’s her day? Or do you say no thanks, cuz you hate weddings?
I’d stand. As long as she 86s the bridezilla act.
23. Slippers or flip-flops around the house?
Flip-flops.
24. I say thongs, what do you think of?
Flip-flops.
25. George Bush is making a visit to your place of work. Do you call in sick, refuse to shake his hand, tell him just what you think of him, or deal, cuz he IS the prez, after all?
Deal. Everyone knows how I feel about this jerk. But, he IS the president and the office deserves respect, even if he doesn’t…plus, I have no desire to end up in jail, even for a few hours while he blows town.
26. Do you regret your first kiss?
Yes…it was rather unexciting, weird, and he tried to stick his tongue in my mouth!!!! GAH!!! ;) I think I was 13…14? maybe, I had no idea what he was up to and my braces got in the way.
27. Which inherited trait(s) of yours do you least like?
My hair, my intelligence and artistic abilities.
28. Which one(s) do you like the most?
Is passive-aggressive behavior inherited?
29. You have the opportunity to do your job from home? Would you?
Same job I have now….no. Some of it I can’t and if I stayed home, I’d never get out of bed.
30. Can you read a map?
Yes. I LOVE maps. Love, love, love. If a book has a map in it, I’m constantly referring to it.
31. On a scale of 1-10, how lame was this survey thingy?
I take the 5th.
I’ve decided I don’t like most of the questionnaire-type memes out there because 98% of them are written by 13 YOs whose main thoughts are about sex, kissing, sex, drugs, dating, sex, and boys. So, I’ve like, you know…like, um, written my own. ;)
And yes, there will be sex.
1. If you could pick your first name, what would it be?
Being the same person I am now, I’m not sure, cuz I don’t like most female first names. Perhaps Kate, which is the nickname for my middle name.
2. If you could give people one piece of advice and be guaranteed they’d follow it, what would it be?
It is NOT all about you. Really.
3. If money were no object, and your family agreed with you…where would you live?
Seattle or perhaps somewhere in England.
4. If you could go back and do it all over…what job would you have now?
I’d be a forensic pathologist.
5. On someone else…what size boobs do you prefer?
Medium to largish..but not HUGE. The shape is sometimes more important.
6. On yourself, no surgery involved…what size? If you’re not female, you might want to think about this one. ;)
IF I were thin again, probably about the size I had. At this size…meh, I hate this size, so let’s not go there.
7. Pastels, colored pencils, crayons, or water color?
Pastels and water color…they work great together!
8. Beer, mixed drinks, or wine? If wine, red or white?
Beer or white wine, but there are a couple mixed drinks I like. Gin and tonic, martinis, Black Russian…haven’t had one of those in YEARS.
9. Mac or PC?
I like Macs better, but am stuck in a PC world.
10. To you, are wands air and swords fire, or the other way round?
I can see the case for both, but swords are forged in fire, their blades cut like fire, wands are part of trees, and trees rise into the air and move in the wind.
11. Sylvan glade or beach?
Sylvan glade!!! Beaches suck.
12. Which quarter do you call first?
North.
13. Your SO has no issues with it: would your extracurricular be male or female?
Can I have one of each, please?
14. Sugar cookie, chocolate chip, fig Newton, pecan sandy, or Oreos?
Sugar cookie, followed by fig anything. But I’d never, ever turn down a cookie…okay, so almost never.
15. Broccoli or Brussels sprouts?
Brussels sprouts.
16. Bleu cheese or ranch?
Bleu cheese.
17. Texmex or Pizza?
Oooh…that’s a tuffee….it’s a total toss up…no pun intended.
18. Oral or the real thing?
Yes, please.
19. You’re in The City…are you in NYC or San Francisco?
NYC
20. You hate weddings, but your BFF has lost her mind and is tying the knot…and has become Bridezilla from Hell. Do you let her have it, or ignore it all, cuz it’s her day?
Let her have it. BFF or not, bad behavior is bad behavior.
22.Do you stand in the wedding for her, cuz she’s your BFF and it’s her day? Or do you say no thanks, cuz you hate weddings?
I’d stand. As long as she 86s the bridezilla act.
23. Slippers or flip-flops around the house?
Flip-flops.
24. I say thongs, what do you think of?
Flip-flops.
25. George Bush is making a visit to your place of work. Do you call in sick, refuse to shake his hand, tell him just what you think of him, or deal, cuz he IS the prez, after all?
Deal. Everyone knows how I feel about this jerk. But, he IS the president and the office deserves respect, even if he doesn’t…plus, I have no desire to end up in jail, even for a few hours while he blows town.
26. Do you regret your first kiss?
Yes…it was rather unexciting, weird, and he tried to stick his tongue in my mouth!!!! GAH!!! ;) I think I was 13…14? maybe, I had no idea what he was up to and my braces got in the way.
27. Which inherited trait(s) of yours do you least like?
My hair, my intelligence and artistic abilities.
28. Which one(s) do you like the most?
Is passive-aggressive behavior inherited?
29. You have the opportunity to do your job from home? Would you?
Same job I have now….no. Some of it I can’t and if I stayed home, I’d never get out of bed.
30. Can you read a map?
Yes. I LOVE maps. Love, love, love. If a book has a map in it, I’m constantly referring to it.
31. On a scale of 1-10, how lame was this survey thingy?
I take the 5th.
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