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

Friday 5

1. Which open-all-night establishment has been a lifesaver for you? none in GA, but many many on the west coast
2. What open-all-night establishment is closest to where you live? have no idea, they close up the streets here at 9 pm,lol
3. What nonexistent open-all-night establishment could you really use in your life? a casino here near Atlanta would be nice.
4. Which open-all-night establishment in your town is least likely ever to see your patronage in the wee hours of the morning? the bars
5. Have you ever purchased anything advertised on television late, late at night? nope
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Friday Fun

1. What was your high school decade? the late 60s early 70s
2. Are you still friends with your high school friends? sadly, no
3. What was your favorite thing about high school? my social life
4. Your least favorite? MATH
5. Did you have a high school sweetheart? And how did that work out?! Yes, I married him and stayed that way for 25 years.
6. Would you do the whole high school thing again, or is it better left in the past?! Left in the past.... WAY in the past!
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Fiday Fiver - The feelings that I feel

1. What are you set on? Making more money and getting control of my life this year.
2. What do you have to do right? Eat right, do my finances right.
3. Have any kids? 2 grown sons, 3 granddaughters, 1 more grandchild on the way.
4. Are you patient? Not as much as I used to be.
5. Friday fill-in:I know if I put my mind to it __I can actually lose this weight____.
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Friday Fill-ins

1. Once I was __thin___.
2. _I'm so tired of____ being sick.
3. Today at work I _____. N/A, I don't go out to work.
4. What's _this brittney Spears thing really____ all about?
5. If I make a mistake I __try to fix it___.
6. When I woke up this morning, I thought _Oh geez, I have a busy day ahead____.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _resting and doing nothing____, tomorrow my plans include __babysitting Lily ___ and Sunday, I want to __color my hair___!
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Four for Friday

Q1 - Crime: Is there a crime, which if it wasn't illegal, you would gladly commit?
No, A crime is still a crime.

Q2 - Immigration: According to recent figures, the conflict in Iraq has forced over 2,000,000 Iraqi citizens to fee the country. Most are stuck in limbo in neighboring countries like Syria and Jordan, while a few (up to 12,000 for the year 2008) are allowed to seek asylum here in the United States. Given our government and military's actions in Iraq, do you think we should open our boarders to more Iraqi refugees or is 12,000 enough?
NO WAY NO HOW!

Q3 - Donations: Have you ever donated money to a presidential candidate? If so, looking back on your donation, do you think it was money well spent? Related: Have you donated--or do you plan on donating--money to someone running for the Presidency this time around?
No, I cannot afford to give a rich guy my money.

Q4 - Keys: How many keys are on your keychain, and do you know what all of them are for?
5 and yes
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Five on Friday

Sweet Stuff

1. Cake or pie? PIE
2. What is your favorite kind of candy? homemade fudge with lots of nuts
3. Do you actually like conversation hearts? NO
4. Would you prefer chocolates or flowers from a loved one? FLOWERS
5. What is the sweetest thing someone has ever done for you? My hubby does sweet things for me all the time.... one of the many reasons I love him.
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4 Foods on Friday

#1. What is your favorite kind of cheese for snacking? sadly, I like the kind in the can
#2. What is your favorite kind of jelly? blackberry preserves
#3. Yogurt. Regular or custard style? ONLY Yoplait regular, peach or starwberry
#4. Share a recipe for a stew or soup.

Corn Chowder

1 stick butter
2 cups onion, chopped
4 cups cream style corn
1 cup green pepper
2 cups milk
2 cups cream or half in half

Saute onion and butter together. Add corn and milk. Add salt to taste.Add green pepper and put in a double boiler to cook. If it is too thin,it can be thickened with a flour / water mixture.
Serve with crackers or corn bread.

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 5 CARS
1.If money were no concern and LOOKS the only consideration, what car would get yourself?

2008 BMW M6 convertible

2. If money were no concern and YOUR LIFESTYLE the only consideration, what car would you get yourself? SAME BMW

3. What is the best thing about your current car? If you do not own a car, what is the best thing about the car you most often ride in?
The best thing about my current car is it runs!

4. If cars could be skinned the way cell phones, laptop computers, and iPods can, what would be a really cool skin for your car? As long as it runs, I'm ok with it.

5. If you were going to decorate a friend’s car with a custom-made skin as a practical joke, whose car would you skin and what would it be? It would be my friends Kim and it would be bright puke green with frogs, bugs, and lily pads all over it.
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Friday Fiver
1. If you could change your name, what would it be? Mary Elizabeth and would be called MaryBeth
2. What is the worst name someone has called you? the C word... I just hate the C word
3. If you could meet someone famous, who would it be? Johnny Depp
4. How do you like to travel home? Fly
5. What kind of phone to you have? landline and Kyocera cell phone (both cheapies)
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Four for Friday
1.- Notification: Rose Tani, the 90-year-old mother of astronaut Daniel Tani, died this Wednesday in the Chicago suburb of Lombard. Police said Rose Tani stopped behind a school bus at a railroad crossing and then drove around the vehicle, bypassing the lowered crossing gate. A train struck the elder Tani's vehicle on the passenger side and pushed it down the tracks before stopping. Daniel Tani is believed to be the first American astronaut to lose a close family member while in space. If you were on a space mission, would you want to be notified of a death in your family, or would you prefer that you be notified once you returned to Earth?

I think I would want to be told. Even though I could do nothing from there, I could still start the grieving process.

2.- Memory: Can you remember what got for Christmas last year? Well, according to a new survey, half of British men cannot remember what was under their Christmas tree. A 2005 Canadian study was the first to systematically mark the onset of "childhood amnesia" in children rather than adults. The research shows that by our tenth birthday our early pre-school memories have receded into an inaccessible past. What is the earliest verifiable autobiographical memory you can commit to?

I know exactly what I got, because I got NOTHING, NADA!

3.- Strip Clubs: Do you think strip clubs (the ones where the ladies dance for the men) debase women, men, or both?

OK, some people will not like my answer. I think to each his own. If you do not want to go to these places, then stay home. If you want to go, then go. If you are just pissed because your hubby went, next time go with him. I have been to strip bars and wound up having a great time. I'm not a prude, and I don't judge people. I think most women who are against strip clubs are either very religious or very insecure about themselves. Strictly my own opinion. But like I said, I've been, and even been neighbors with some of the girls, and they are just women just like the rest of us. I could go on about this one forever, but I think that's not wise so I'll shut up now.

4.- Hold It: This one's an oldie but goodie here on the For For Friday. Right now, from where you're sitting, locate a clock or watch and hold your breath for as long as possible. Okay, now tell the rest of us for how long you were able to hold your breath? (FYI: The last time I asked this question--on May 20, 2004--Kim and Sya held theirs for one (1) minute, Dave and AC went for 45 seconds, I lasted 28, and seven people chose not to even try.)

27 seconds (gasping now for air)
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Five on Friday Season's Eatings
1. What foods do you associate with this time of year?
soups, chili, homemade cookies, pies, cakes

2. Which of them are your favorites? Your least favorites?
Fave is Homemade Vegetable Soup , Least Fave is probably cake (I'm a pie girl)

3. What traditional (or nontraditional) holiday foods do you make or buy every year?
I have Turkey on Thanksgiving and Ham on Christmas, must fix Sweet Potato Casserole and Pumpkin Pies for both holidays.

4. Are you more likely to overindulge or abstain from seasonal treats? OVERindulge

5. With all of the high-calorie temptations at this time of year, how do you manage your diet?
That's the problem, I don't manage it at all!
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4 Foods on Friday
1. Hot chocolate. With marshmallows or without? WITH

2. What is your favorite ice cream? NUTTY COCONUT (Baskin Robbins)

3. What is your favorite candy bar? HEATH BAR

4. Name something you make with creamed corn in it, and how you make it.

JIFFY CORN CASSROLE

1 can whole kernel corn, drained
1 can creamed corn
2 eggs, beaten
1 box Jiffy corn muffin mix
1 stick butter, melted
1 c. sour cream
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
Shredded cheese (opt.)

Mix all ingredients except cheese. Sprinkle shredded cheese on top, if desired. Bake in casserole dish or 9"x13" baking dish for 30 to 45 minutes or until fully cooked in center.