Monday Memes

Mute Monday Theme= "DIXIE"

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Curious As a Cat

1) If you could have the characters from any painting come to life, which painting would you choose?

My Mom had a painting in her living room that I looked at my entire life (now in my brother's garage somewhere), and it was a woman and 2 little girls playing at the park. I use to wish I was one of the girls. Would love to meet those people.

2) What athlete do you have the most respect for? Why?

I do not follow sports very much, and usually what I hear is not good, so I can't really answer this question.

3) What physical ailment would you most like to avoid as you age?

All the ones I already have!

4) What is the most disturbing sound you know of?

Someone crying or screaming in pain.

5) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.

This reminds me that having just moved to GA from AZ, Buck has never seen snow. I would love to see him play in it. Maybe this week, the forecasters are saying Thursday!

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Monday's A Bitch
Last But Not Least

1.What is the last rebellious thing you did?
Divorced my 1st husband.

2.When is the last time you saw a magic show?
In Las Vegas three years ago, saw Lance Burton. He was awesome.

3.Who is the last person you'd want to go into business with?
This is something we are actually thinking about at the time, and it is a close family member, so I won't go any further with this.

4.When is the last time you injured yourself?
Hmmmm, I broke my elbow back in the 80s, and can't remember anything since. Does breaking a nail count?

5.Where is the last place you would expect to be having dinner tomorrow night?
a secluded beach in Hawaii
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Manic Monday

Which sex do you think has it easier in our culture?
I think men still have it much easier than women. This has been the case for centuries, and even though it has improved, women still don't have it as easy as men.

Have you ever wished you were the opposite sex?
Not even once. I like being a girlie girl!

What books from your childhood would you like to share with your children?
I already did this as my sons are grown. Now they are sharing books with their children. Dennis' favorite was Grover at the end of this Book, and he bought it for Lily last year. She loves it.

What is one talent or skill you don't possess but always wanted?
singing, I love to sing, just nobody loves to listen to me sing.

Unconscious Mutterings

Unconscious Mutterings

1. Dream big :: Lose 140 pounds.


2. Competition :: win more contests


3. Torn :: between staying in the south near my family or moving back to CA where I really want to be


4. Modeling :: new Supermodel show


5. Coaster :: roller coasters, baby, Yeah!! I love roller coasters.


6. Slut :: Kim's friend Terry


7. Spread :: jam


8. Amanda :: John's wife (this one should have been #6 answer)


9. Romance :: a 2nd honeymoon with hubby


10. Paradise :: Hawaii secluded beach

Cute t-shirts

I found the cutest t-shirt site here. You can custom order them , and they also have mugs, mousepads, religious Ts. Cool site to browse through!

I ordered these three for my bunch.

Saturday Romance Challenge #1

For this week's romance challenge....

Everyone seems to be organizing their rooms, homes, papers, schedules, kids, everything for the new year. Why not organize your love life? Being married, I find it's sometimes very hard to spend quality time with my husband as life just gets in the way.
A friend of ours gave us this as a gift and swears it rekindled her love life last year, so I am going with the idea with my own twists of course. The gift was the "52 Weeks of Naughty Nights" .
Anyway, I challenge you to once a week PLAN a date night for you and your hubby, lover, boyfriend, partner, whoever your significant other may be. Just the two of you, no kids allowed. If you can't get a sitter, do the challenge after you put the kids down. Whatever the case they will from now on be called the SO=significant other. If you are single, maybe you will get some new ideas along the way.
Each week, I will post a new theme, and give ideas to help execute the theme. Most of these ideas will be free with stuff you already have at home, or cost very little. The challenge will for 7 days, so you can do it any day of the week. I think our relationships will only get better from doing this. I told my hubby, and even though he chuckled, he also stated he cannot wait to see what this weeks theme is. One week a month (the last) will be a "going out' date. The other three will be 'staying in dates'.
Since this is our first challenge and some of us may struggle with it, the theme for week #1 is.......

"THE BEGINNING"

Start planning.Think back to when you first fell in love, your first date, first night dining out, first night of passion.... build on the theme.

Dress for the occasion. You don't have to dress up but put on some makeup, shave those legs, look the way you wanted him to see you back in the beginning.

Set the music. What kind of music did you like then? Buy a cd, download an album, or just find the right radio channel with just music and no talking.

Light those candles.

Feed him. Serve up not what he likes now, but what you ate back in the beginning. Cook it or get takeout in advance, or have it delivered right before the date starts.

Flirt with him! Pay total attention to your SO. Like you did in the beginning, with no talk of the kids, the house repairs, the family, etc.... Concentrate on your SO and only your SO.

After dinner, do something you used to like to do.... watch a movie, take a bath together, play a game, sit and talk for a long time about each other, whatever you did in the beginning.

Thank him for spending the evening with you on your special planned date night. Give him a very sensuous kiss and take it from there.

You never of course have to tell us any details, but please do let us know if you participated in the challenge and give us your own ideas about your theme. This may help us add to our own ideas.

Good luck and have a great time!

Lake Trash

I found a new website called Lake Trash . We stay on the water in the spring and summer here, and I love their merchandise, plus they have an awesome forum called, of course Lake Trash Forum . It is filled with lake events, photo post, classifieds, and other specific lake activities.
They have a huge Lake Trash Photo Gallery. Check out the funny, sexy, lake trash member pictures and photo galleries here!

Lake Trash Membership
Get information on all the events nation wide and access to the photo galleries and forums! Membership does cost if you get the VIP, but they also have free membership available on that page. Hubby and I are going to sponsor a local Lake Trash community at Lake Allatoona near our home.
We really want one of these- they cost between $169 and $599, depending on what you get. We go to a lot of fairs, and camping a lot, so this will be a long term investment for us. Now if I can just figure out how to get the money I need.


Chexk out their site.

Saturday, January 12

Saturday's Photo Scavenger Hunt "Skinny" Yes, people there was a time in my life many many moons ago that I considered myself 'skinny'. Even then, my friends told me I was fat.

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Saturday Special
~Media All Time Favorites ~ Name Two~

1. Favorite Reality Shows?: American Idol, Amazing Race
2. Favorite Movies?: Bridget Jones Diary , Dirty Dancing
3. Favorite TV Series?: House, Grey's Anatomy
4. Favorite Songs?: Home by Daughtry, Bad Day by Daniel Powter

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Saturday Six - Episode 195

1. How well do you feel that you know your inner self?
I think I know my inner self very well. I just don't pay enough attention to her.

2. Take one more quiz: How does your intrapersonal intelligence rate?

Your Intrapersonal Intelligence is Average You have a pretty good awareness of who you are, but you occasionally surprise yourself. There's a lot about your own psychology that you can figure out. Consider starting a journal or writing poetry. There's a much deeper side of yourself that you will discover.

How Does Your Intrapersonal Intelligence Rate?

3. How much do you trust your own instincts?

I don't. If I did, I would not be where I am today living the life I'm living.

4. Do you find that you are good or bad at giving people advice?

I give very good advice.... I just don't take advice well.

5. If you had to go back in time and start over, erasing a certain period of time in favor of a “do-over,” would you want to go back 20 years, 10 years, 5 years or 1 year?

5 years, before I started gaining weight and became depressed for no good reason.

6. After selecting the answer above, you were suddenly informed that the “do-over” was not mandatory, after all, would you still do it?

In a heartbeat!

Friday's Feast #175

Friday Feast


Appetizer
What is your middle name? Would you change any of your names if you could? If so, what would you like to be called?

My middle name is Kaye. I absolutely hated my name as a child, but now I like it so no, I would not change it.

Soup
If you were a fashion designer, which fabrics, colors, and styles would you probably use the most?
I would use anything that made me look better and feel better, because fashion is all about making a woman feel good about herself and what she is wearing. I tend to go with lots of fall shades, but I also love color.

Salad
What is your least favorite chore, and why?
Laundry, because it just never seems to stop. You get everything washed and put away, and the next day, it starts all over.

Main Course
What is something that really frightens you, and can you trace it back to an event in your life?
I'm really afraid of creepy crawlys. I have no idea why, and cannot pinpoint a reason, but they totally freak me out.

Dessert
Where are you sitting right now? Name 3 things you can see at this moment.
I'm in the spare bedroom/computer room. I see the building across the street, the parking lot, and the cars going down the street.

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___!

Sandy's Friday's Challenge

Today is "Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day".

In honor of that I found these awesome umbrellas. How many umbrellas do you have? Are they just plain Janes or are they artistic and beautiful? Small or large? Manual or automatic? Tell me about your umbrella, leave an umbrella poem, tell me an umbrella story,treat yourself to a beautiful new umbrella.

Dolphins
For the Dolphin lover.


Yin and Yang


Blue Birds

Radio Flyer Umbrella Great for all kids with a wagon!

Beneath a Blue Umbrella by Jack Prelutsky an Umbrella book

Monet

Undersea

Sandy's Thursday Challenge

January is National Thank You Month and tomorrow is National Thank You Day.

So, my challenge is to send a thank you card, email, or ecard to someone who least expects it from you. I sent a Thank You e-card to my sister-in-law for being such a good friend to me when I need her the most. She is always there for me and is an awesome person. I think she will be surprised. Below is a list of several sites you can send free thank you cards from.
123 Greetings
eGreetings
regards
ecards4free

Need to find an email address you've lost? Check out Freeality under email lookup.

Need really inexpensive thank you cards? Check out Pinatas and type in Thank you in the menu? 4 pages of cards to choose from.

Don't forget to come back and comment telling us who you thanked and why!