Friday Memes

Friday Fill- Ins

1. I love springtime in _California____!

2. _Gravy and biscuits____ are foods I love to eat for breakfast.

3. It seems I'm always searching for _ways to make more money____ .

4. _A nice long bath____ is a great way to end the day.

5. I think I _am losing my mind sometimes____!

6. _Watermelon____ is what I've been craving lately.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _go out to dinner with my son and his family____, tomorrow my plans include _nothing since it's supposed to rain____ and Sunday, I want to _catch up on my blogs____!

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Friday 5
1. Among your acquaintances, who’s the best screamer?
I don't think I've ever heard them scream about anything.

2. When was the last time you had to shout in order to be heard?
Almost every day, just kidding. Not much shouting around here, thank goodness.

3. When was the last time you cheered for anything?
my granddaughter's ballgame

4. Whom did you last yell at?
my dog when he wouldn't come back to me after getting with his dog friends outside

5. When did you last lose your voice, or at least find yourself hoarse?
Hoarse from being sick last year.

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Amazing Slow Cooker Orange Chicken

1/4 cup all-purpose flour
10 3/4 ounces cream of chicken soup, condensed
1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
1/2 cup chicken broth
2 teaspoons brown sugar
1/3 cup frozen orange juice concentrate

1 Heat the shortening in a skillet over medium-high heat. In a bowl, mix the flour, condensed soup, seasoned salt, pepper, and salt. Dip chicken in the mixture to coat, and fry in the skillet until golden brown.
2 Place chicken in a slow cooker. Mix the chicken broth, brown sugar, and orange juice concentrate in a bowl, and pour over chicken in the slow cooker.
3 Cover, and cook 2 to 3 hours on Low or 1 to 2 hours on High.

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Four Foods on Friday #24

#1. What’s your favorite food smell?
Wow, that's hard to answer. I think any smells that remind me of my childhood.

#2. What’s your favorite kind of apple?
I like yellow apples.

#3. What veggies do you like in your salad?
lettuce, cucumber, radished, carrots

#4. Share a recipe that uses beef.

Pepper Steak

Notes: In place of the tomatoes, I sometimes use one 15 oz. can tomato sauce. It makes a lovely gravy for the rice.

1 1/2 pounds round or sirloin steak, cut in 1/8 " strips
2 tablespoons garlic salt
2 tablespoons margarine
1 cup sliced onions, with tops
2 green bell pepper, cut in strips
2 large tomatoes, diced
1 cup beef broth
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons soy sauce
3 cups hot cooked rice

Sprinkle steak with salt and pepper (and meat tenderizer); brown meat in butter. Add garlic salt. Add onions and green peppers; cook until wilted. Add tomatoes and broth. Cover and simmer on low heat about 15 minutes. Blend water with cornstarch and soy sauce. Stir into steak. Cook until thickened. Serve over hot rice.

Friday Memes

Friday Fill-Ins

1. Tonight I saw _cops at my neighbor's house____
2. _Most 80s music____ makes me wanna dance!
3. Splitting a few appetizers between friends _is a great way to start an evening____
4. _Pat, my MIL____ is someone I'd like to get to know better.
5. The smell of _forsythia____ reminds me so much of springtime!
6. _He kissed me____ and that made it all better.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _having my weekly Sandy self-spa night____, tomorrow my plans include _going to the Dogwood Festival in Atlanta____ and Sunday, I want to _go out and take pictures around town____!

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Friday 5 for April 4: Pancakes


1. Where can you get some really good pancakes?
IHOP

2. How do you like your pancakes?
regular with strawberries and strawberry syrup on top

3. What’s your theory on why restaurant waffles are so much more expensive than pancakes?
Because they are there to make money and they can.

4. The pancake chef is going whip up a batch of the most interesting, creative pancake invention you can imagine. What will you order?
hmmmmm..... smores pancakes, yummy

5. When was the last time someone made you pancakes, not counting visits to restaurants?
Hubby makes pancakes every Sunday morning.
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The Friday Five

1. If you became ruler of the world, what three things would you do first?
Stop the wars! Give free healthcare to all who couldn't afford it! Lower taxes!

2. If you were a superhero, what would be your name and what powers would you have?
SuperSandy I would be able to time travel.

3. You can ask one question to someone who knows EVERYTHING. What is it?
What really happens when you die?

4. If you were invisible for a day, what would you do?
easy- stalk Johhny Depp.

5. If you saw a mythical/religious deity walking down the street, what would you do?
talk to them and find out all that I could.
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Four Foods on Friday

#1. American cheese. Sliced fresh or prepackaged processed cheese product? I'm a Kraft girl.

#2. What is your favorite cracker? Ritz!

#3. What hot breakfast cereal do you like? Think oatmeal, farina, grits, etc. OATMEAL!

#4. Share a recipe that uses corn.

CORN `N BEAN CASSEROLE

1 sm. can whole kernel corn
1 sm. can French style green beans
1 whole sm. onion, diced
12 oz. Cheddar cheese, shredded (optional)
1 sm. can cream of celery soup
12 oz. sour cream
1 stack Ritz crackers
1 stick butter

Combine corn, beans, onion, cheese, soup and sour cream in casserole dish. Top with crumbled crackers. Scatter pats of butter over crackers. Bake at 375 degrees until bubbly. Delicious cold. Yields 6 servings!

Friday Memes

Four Foods on Friday

#1. Steak. Plain, steak sauce, hot sauce, ketchup or something else?
Wanna hear the weirdest thing ever? I eat french dressing on my steak. Started when I was young, it's the best thing ever. Try it!

#2. Water. Flavored, plain, carbonated. How do you like it?
Plain and cold.

#3. What’s your favorite kind of waffle?
not much of a waffle person, but I guess the plain ones my hubby makes on occasion would be my favorites.

#4. If you could have any one new small appliance for your kitchen what would it be and why?
I need a new can opener really badly.
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Five on Friday

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you read each of these words and why?

1. ice cream (butter pecan sounds good)
2. primary politics
3. dirty my kitchen floor (because it is)
4. green money (because I don't have any)
5. fly away (it's what I'd like to do. It is cold and rainy here. I'd like to fly away to an island somewhere.)
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Friday Fill-Ins

1. _Getting away from all the problems of life for a minute____ is the best thing about traveling.

2. I love a good __hot shower___ when I'm cold.

3. I often use _my reading glasses because I can't read without them anymore (old age)____.

4. I'm reading __The Willow Lake series by Susan Wiggs ___ right now; I __really like ___ it, so far, but I'm only on book 1 of 4.

5. _My five year abusive relationship____ is something I dislike talking about.

6. When I visited __Las Vegas___ I most looked forward to seeing __my old friends at my old job___.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _being alone____, tomorrow my plans include _cleaning house and doing laundry____ and Sunday, I want to _have a "spend the afternoon with Grandma Day" with my granddaughter Kenzie____!

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Friday 5

1. What’s a pretty good sign that your day at work or school is going to be rough?
If I get up late, no matter what the day brings, it seems to mess up the reast of my day.

2. What’s a pretty good sign that your day at work or school is going to be terrific?
When I get up early and refreshed, and feel good about the day. It's all in the attitude, baby!

3. What’s a pretty good sign that you should probably eat out?
When my kitchen is messy, like now.

4. What’s a pretty good sign that you’re going to spend more money than you should?
Anytime I shop for my granddaughters.

5. What’s a pretty good sign that someone you’ve just met is going to be a pretty good friend?
If we hit it off real fast and seem to click on everything. It's easy for me to make friends, and I am a pretty good judge of character.

Friday Memes

Today is February 8 - It is Laugh and grow rich day....and that is exactly what I want to do!!!!!
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Friday Fun Clotheshound Edition

1. Do you have to dress for work? If so, what is your “uniform”?
I work at home now, but I worked for sixteen years at a major company, and had to dress up every day.

2. How would you describe your style when dressing for yourself, rather than work?
casual, comfortable

3. I have noticed that there seem to be two kinds of dressers in the winter months. Those who love turtlenecks and those that abhor them! Which are you?!
I abhor turtlenecks! Always have. I think they look really good on, just not on me.

4. It’s lounging time on the couch in the evening. What are you wearing?
panties and a tshirt.

5. Describe your favorite “feel good” outfit!
Anything that I feel like I look good in. When you are fat, nothing is a 'feel good' outfit.
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The Friday 5

1. Do you like the thrill of a chase? Nah, I'm too old and fat to chase anymore.
2. What winds you up? Do I look like a wind up toy? No seriously, stupidity winds me up.
3. Are you a loud talker? Only if I'm angry, which isn't often.
4. What comes easy to you? Listening and forgiveness. I'm a good listener and I forgive very easily.
5. What did you dream about recently? I hardly ever remember my dreams.

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Friday Fill-Ins

1. I'm looking forward to __getting new craft supplies today___.
2. _Hawaii____ is a place I always wanted to visit and haven't made it there yet.
3. I've fallen in love with _my granddaughter Lily____.
4. Six of one, Half dozen of the other_____.
5. Addiction _is a terrible thing____.
6. The _Chelsea Lately show on E!____ cracks me up!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _spending quality time with my honey____, tomorrow my plans include _doing laundry and cleaning my dirty house____ and Sunday, I want to _go to the flea market on the other side of Atlanta____!

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FFOF #16

#1. What is your favorite kind of juice to drink? I'm an apple juice kinda girl.
#2. Pizza. What’s your favorite? Dominos Deluxe- pepperoni, sausage, green peppers, onions, and mushrooms
#3. Mustard. Yellow, brown, depends. Yellow (always)
#4. Share a side dish recipe that uses rice or pasta-

Heat olive oil in saucepan. Throw in two sliced cloves of garlic. Stir about. Add about a quarter cup diced vidalia onion. Stir in one cup of brown long-grain/basmati rice, stir until lightly toasted. Pour in one 7oz can of chipotle sauce. Add one and one half cans of water. Put in a handful of dried sweet pepper. Add one medium tomato, diced. Add two diced olives. Add one can (15.5oz) of dry peas, rinsed and drained. Bring to a boil, cook til done.
If you like, add cheese. On day two, use as enchilada filling.

Friday Memes

Friday 5

1. What was the last important thing you were late for?
I'm never late... I'm one of those people that gets there too early.

2. What was the last important thing you were late with?
forgot to pay my cable bill last month til they sent me a nice little reminder notice

3. What (or who!) is the most frequent cause of your lateness? Again, never late.

4. Which of your close friends or relatives can you expect almost always to be inconveniently late? My DIL Regina

5. What’s most likely to cause you to stay up too late before bed?
Hubby works graveyards and a swing shift at that, so I never get used to it. I hate being alone at night, so I stay up late many nights alone watching tv. Otherwise, I'd lay there for hours.
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Friday Fun

1. If you were to get a unexpected windfall, what is your first thought on what to do with the money? Were you practical or not?!
I would buy my own mobile home on an acre of land at the lake. Practical, yes!

2. You have $1000 to spend on yourself. What do you buy? With $5000?
$1000 - new clothes and shoes, a spa day, and a hair salon appointment.
$5000 - Lots of new clothes and shoes, a trip to CA to visit my sister.

3. You have $1000 to spend on something for your home. What do you buy? With $5000?
$1000- new patio furniture, new lamps
$5000 - Living Room furniture

4. You have your windfall and you realize your car is older than you. So what do you buy?
an F150 pickup truck, yeppers.... I'm a truck girl

5. You decide to buy some books with your windfall at Amazon. What 5 books would you get?
Change Your Thoughts -Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao by Wayne W. Dyer
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
If I Only Knew Then..Learning from Our Mistakes by Charles Grodin
Lakeshore Chronicles, Books 1- 4 by Susan Wiggs
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
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Friday Fiver

I'll show you what I'm made of

1. What are you missing?
I am missing my friends and family on the west coast.

2. How do you feel?
Honestly, I feel like I'm losing my mind sometimes and very depressed.

3. What have you let go?
I've let go of a lot, but I still carry such baggage with me that it scares me sometimes.

4. Who have you hurt?
Oh wow, I have hurt so many people. When I was living with the devil, I hurt so many people who cared about me.

5. What do you deserve?
So much more than what I have, but it's my fault that I don't have it.
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Friday Fill-In

1. __My granddaughter Lily___ makes me happy.
2. I would like __to be your friend___, please.
3. __Robert's homemade chili___ tastes SO good!
4. __Monday___ is my favorite day of the week because _it's like a new beginning every week____.
5. __My hair___ is my best feature.
6. We could learn so much from _each other____.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to __getting some rest___, tomorrow my plans include __cleaning house___ and Sunday, I want to _see my granddaughters____!
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Four Foods on Friday

#1. Bacon. Chewy, crispy or burnt? Crispy

#2. Mayonnaise or miracle whip? Mayo... I loathe the taste of Miracle Whip.

#3. What green vegetable is used in Italian Wedding soup? escarole or spinach

#4. Share a recipe that you use Italian sausage in.

BLACKEYED PEAS WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE

1 lb. Italian sausage
2 (15 oz.) cans blackeyed peas, undrained
1/2 c. onion, chopped
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. pepper
4 tbsp. cornstarch
1/4 c. water
Rice

Cook sausage, drain. Add onion, garlic powder, and pepper. Cook until onions are transparent. Add peas, bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 25 minutes. Mix cornstarch and water. Add and stir until thick. Serve over rice.

Friday Memes

http://www.friday5.org/ Life's a Mystery

1. The Travis McGee series of mystery novels by John D. MacDonald is famous for always including a color in its titles, such as The Dreadful Lemon Sky, The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper, and The Empty Copper Sea. What two or three similar titles could you give to events in your life in the past week?
The Gloomy Gray Sky, White Snow on Black Pavement

2. The Kinsey Millhone series of mystery novels by Sue Grafton is famous for its alphabetical titles, such as A is for Alibi, K is for Killer, and M is for Malice. What two or three similar titles could you give to recent episodes at your workplace or school?
"P is for Powerless" , "S is for Stranger's Secrets"

3. Margaret Truman’s murder mysteries are known for being set in and around Washington, D.C. with such titles as Murder at the Pentagon, Murder at the Kennedy Center, and Murder on Capitol Hill. What are two or three similar titles you could give to episodes of great inconvenience to you around your hometown?
Murder in Cartersville, Murder at Red Top State Park, Murder on the Square

4. Susan Conant’s Dog Lover Mysteries often contain dog-related puns, such as A New Leash on Death, Paws Before Dying, and Dead and Doggone. If a series of books were to be written about your favorite hobby, what might some of the punny titles be?
Scrapping your way to Heaven, Photographer Dies Alone, The Stove Blew Up- A Comdey

5. The Three Investigators series of juvenile mysteries often explores baffling phenomena that turn out to have perfectly reasonable explanations, such as The Mystery of the Invisible Dog, the Mystery of the Headless Horse, and the Secret of the Haunted Mirror. What would be a couple of similar titles you could give for the last few things that mysteriously disappeared from your possession?
The Mystery of the Missing Sapphire Earring, The Mystery of the Lost box of Recipes
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Friday Fun: Yummies Edition

1. What is your favorite guilty pleasure yummy food? Chocolate

2. It is snack time. What do you reach for? Chips? Ice cream? Something healthy?
I'm addicted to carrots and dip.

3. What is your ideal breakfast? homemade biscuits and gravy

4. What are you craving right now? #3 sounds pretty good, but I would like to have a ham and cheese breakfast sandwhich from Burger King.
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Friday Fiver You just have to wait......

1. What do you need?
I need to know I have enough money to pay my bills and I need health insurance.

2. What won't you share?
I am a giver, so I share just about everything. I wear my life for the world to see. I will not share other people's secrets.

3. What do you hurry through?
I hurry through the bills and finances, because they are so dim lately. But things will be better this year.

4. Who is worth waiting for?
My new grandbaby that is coming in July.

5. Friday fill-in:I can't bear to __go back in the hospital again____.
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Friday Fill-Ins #55

1. The last compliment I got was from __my DIL___; he/she said __I looked really nice when we went out to dinner last weekend___.
2. I'm reading __The Winter Lodge by Susan Wiggs___.
3. I woke up today and thought __about how late I slept. It was 8AM which is late for me.___
4. Why does __my bank account look so low___?
5. The last thing I ate was __an apple___.
6. January... __is cold in GA, and I am not used to cold. BRRR___.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to __relaxing and watching tv___, tomorrow my plans include __watching it snow___ and Sunday, I want to __take pics in the snow___! We are expecting 3 to 6 inches.
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Five on Friday Healthy Habits

1. Do you wear sunscreen? Do you use it everyday or just when you're at the beach?
I just use it when I am at the pool or the beach, but I do use it a lot more in the summertime.

2. How often do you brush your teeth? What about floss and flouride?
I brush twice and sometimes three times a day, I floss nightly, and I do not flouride.

3. Do you get at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables every day? I try to.

4. How often do you exercise? What do you do? I walk, and not nearly often enough.

5. Do you use a seatbelt every time you get into a car? Yes, don't you?
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Four Foods on Friday #13

#1. Cold cuts. Prepackaged or sliced fresh at the deli counter?
Prepackaged

#2. Which ingredient reduces acidity in red sauce? Corn syrup, molasses or brown sugar.
Brown sugar

#3. Whipped cream. Fresh, canned or frozen?
all of the above

#4. How do you make pea soup? If you don’t, share a recipe that you use peas in.

SLOW COOKER SPLIT PEA SOUP

3 qts. water
1/2 lb. bacon, cut in pieces
1 lb. (16 oz pkg) dry split peas
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
3 carrots, chopped
3 celery stalks, chopped
3 c. canned tomatoes
1/4 tsp. cumin seasoning
1/4 tsp. garlic salt
1 med. onion, chopped
Put in at night, ready for noon meal. Let cook on low all night. Very good

Friday Memes

Friday Five

1. Under what conditions can you have the perfect nap? Haha, at this age, lately every afternoon I have the perfect nap.

2. Under what conditions can you let most of your guard down? I very seldom ever let my guard down except with my hubby.

3. Under what conditions can you do your best writing? I like to sit on my patio and write while listening to nature early in the mornings.

4. Under what conditions would you give away everything you own? Well, I left everything I owned at one point in my life, so I'd rather like to think that will never happen to me again.

5. Under what conditions would you kiss a stranger? Hmmmmm, a kissing booth maybe? But wait, do they let 53 year old fat old ladies in a kissing booth, and just how much would we have to pay these guys to let us old ladies kiss them?
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Friday Fun: Home Edition
This week it is all about your living space. Photos are welcome!

1. Do you live in a house or apartment? I lived in my own home for 25 years, but sadly now live in an apartment. Hoping to buy a house later this year.

2. What is your most used room in your house? Does it tend to follow any kind of design theme?
The most used room would be my living room. It is where we congregate and watch tv, talk, spend time together. No design theme at the moment.

3. Which room in your home would you most like to change? What would you change in it?
I would like to tally change my extra bedroom. I want to keep the spare bed for guests, but would like it to also be my dream craft room/computer room.

4. If you could add a room to your house, what would it be used for? I would add a sun room as I had one in my house, and used it almost every day.

5. Find a real estate listing online of a home that could be your dream home and share it with us. It can be anywhere in the world and totally not realistic! Well, I like this one-


http://cgi.ebay.com/FL-Emerald-Coast-Waterfront-Over-9000sq-feet-Gorgeous_W0QQitemZ160197391461QQihZ006QQcategoryZ12605QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem










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Friday Fiver

1. Where do you like to walk? I like to walk at the park, at the river and around my neighborhood.

2. What does your hair look like? It is long and brown and pretty straight.

3. What are you jealous of? As much as I hate to admit it, I am jealous of people who have the life I want but don't have.

4. What kind of promises do you make? I only make promices I can keep, which are few and far between these days.

5. What makes you stare? A cute couple, a small child playing and having fun, lots of things that I enjoy looking at make me stare.
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#54

1. My favorite __memory___ of 2007 was _getting the check I won from Monster.com for $20,000.00____.

2. I'm most tempted by _junk food____. Yes people, I am a junk foodaholic!

3. Today I want __to finally put away all my Chrismas stuff___ .

4. The last thing I took a picture of was _us at the river afe days ago____.

5. You and I have memories _another life, another time, before the divorce____.

6. The most recent movie I’ve seen that I really enjoyed was _Mr. Brooks____.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _going out to eat____, tomorrow my plans include __going to the movie to see 'The Bucket List'___ and Sunday, I want to __rest___!

Friday Memes

FRIDAY'S FEAST #172

1. Appetizer-Make up a word and give us its definition.
sandytude- DH says I have sandytude, not attitude.

2. Soup - What is currently your favorite song?
Who Knew - Pink

3. Salad - What’s at the top of your Christmas wish list this year?
good health and a lot of weight loss for 2008.

4. Main Course - Name a scent that reminds you of someone special in your life.
my Mom wore Shalimar when I was a little girl... I can still smell that fragrance.

5. Dessert- Who is someone on television that you feel probably shouldn’t be, and why?
Brittney Spears,, because that is all you hear about, and she is just sad now. Why does no one help her? Where is her family? She needs a strong intervention of some kind.

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The Friday Five
Many people make a big deal about not being "labeled." And yet, we all are, constantly.

1. Pick one label that you think does describe you (race, religion, hobby, etc.). Fat
2. Pick one label that is often put on you, that you really think is inaccurate. Stupid
3. Pick one label you wish could be put on you. Sexy
4. What is one kind of label that you think is universally wrong to use (race, gender, height)? race
5. Labels, used intelligently, can be a convenient rhetorical shorthand for identifying how a given person will fit into (or react to) a given situation. Labels, used incorrectly, can be an excuse for dismissing the differences still inherent in the people to whom the label is applied. Discuss.-
I for one hate labels. I grew up in the south when racism was really bad, and finally moved away from it. Now I'm back, and things have not changed that much. Also, since I gained weight, people are cruel about it. I'm labeled fat. SO WHAT! Fat does not make me stupid, or ugly, or shorter, or whatever... it just means I like to eat. Labels are not good- Period.
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Friday5
What’s your favorite song about growing up? Green Day - Time of Your Life
What’s your favorite song about cars or driving? Good Vibrations- Beach Boys
What’s your favorite song whose title is a person’s name? Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter - Herman's Hermits
What’s your favorite get-up-and-dance song? WOW! All songs are get up and dance songs.
What’s your favorite novelty song? anything by Weird Al Yankovich
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Friday Fun

1. What were the big names in bands when you were in high school?
Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Herman's Hermits, and the Monkees

2. Do you still like them, or have your tastes changed as you have gotten older?
still love them, still know all the words

3. Do you listen to the same music that high schoolers listen to?
Some of it.. I like Daughtry

4. What is your favorite genre of music?
oldies, pop

5. Do you play/have you played an instument? If so, what? If not, if you did, what would it be?
I play piano.
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Four Foods on Friday

1. Tuna fish. Water or oil? What do you add when making yours?
Water, I use tuna, boiled chopped eggs, chopped pickles or relish, a tad of chopped onion, and mayo

2. Stuffing. What else have you done with a box of stuffing besides stuff meat (turkey, pork, chicken, etc)?
We only like the chicken and I serve it with baked chicken and cranberry sauce

3. Orange juice. Pulp, some pulp, no pulp, fresh squeezed. How do you like yours?
I love it with pulp, but hubby doesn't, and since we are always low on cash, I usually just buy Sunny D

4. Fast food restaurants. Do you have a favorite one and why?
I like Burger King, hubby loves McDonalds