…but…
Sorry, Christina!!
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Tisn’t Nice to Brag
Posted on March 11, 2012 by auburnchick
Wednesday Hodgepodge With a Summer Flair
Posted on June 1, 2011 by auburnchick
It’s time for the Hodgepodge! Joyce has included a lot of summery questions this week. I hope you’ll consider playing along. It’s a lot of fun!
1. Have you ever been to the US capital – Washington DC? If so, what’s your favorite site? If not, what would you most like to see on a visit to that city some day in the future? Is it even on your list of places to visit?
I went to Washington DC when I was seven or eight years old, I believe. If memory serves correctly, I was living in Colorado at the time, and we DROVE the entire way! We signed up for an official tour, and I remember walking endlessly. I had stupidly worn sandals, and I had humongous blisters by the end of the day. I think my favorite site, blisters and all, was Arlington Cemetery. We got there in time to observe the changing of the guard. It was an incredibly solemn ceremony, and I have chills when I think about it even now. The sight of all of the tombstones stretching as far as young eyes can see was breathtaking and humbling.
2. When did you last attend a wedding? Are there any weddings on your summer calendar? Were you a summer bride? If you’re single, is summer the season of your dream wedding?
First of all, I was not a summer bride. I got married in September.
The last wedding I attended was that of my good friends…Will and Kate…
I wish. LOL
Seriously…the last wedding that I attended was one of the youth pastor’s at my church. He and his bride married a year and a half ago…on New Year’s Day. Chicky and I went to the wedding, then drove to Coupon Queen and Grand Pooba’s in the middle of the night, and then got up at o’dark thirty to drive down to a soccer tournament at Disney. It was a long couple of days!
BTW, I made the Tree of Life Afghan for the couple…
Will and Kate, eat your heart out! You may have the moolah and royal palaces, but the couple above have something from my knitting needles. You can’t put a price on that!
BACK TO THE QUESTIONS (heehee)…
3. What is your favorite way to eat strawberries?
Rinsed off with the tops chopped off. I’m eating healthy, remember? I like my fruit plain. It’s sweet enough au natural.
4. What is one thing you are especially looking forward to this summer?
Joyce, I am going to list two things. First, I am looking forward to finishing my teaching certification classes. I have five more weeks to go (technically, I’ll be finished the last week of June). Second, we’re going on a BIG family trip. I won’t tell you when, and I won’t tell you where. You’ll have to just wait and see. 🙂
5. Do you use/like the self checker at the grocery store?
Can I tell you a little secret?
I love scanning bar codes.
Uh huh. I really do.
There is something thrilling about the beep that occurs after a UPC has been successfully scanned.
I never had a job as a cashier, but I think I would have enjoyed it immensely.
Thus, when I have the opportunity to scan my own stuff, I do. Home Depot…fifty pound bag of sand…I’ll do the lumberjack squat (have you ever seen those competitions on TV?) just to heft that baby on the scanner.
heehee
6. Share a favorite piece of common sense advice.
Common sense? Seriously? I have none. I’m all book smarts. heehee
Ok…let me see…here goes. If you want something done right (aka, YOUR way), just do it yourself. Don’t complain, and don’t moan. Just. Do. It.
7. Barefoot, flip flops, tennis shoes, sassy sandals – your first choice for summer time?
Pictures speak louder than words…
The best part is that I don’t have to hide the shoes from the Mr. He was actually present when I purchased these Kohl’s specials!! Woo Hoo! I love me some sassy sandals!!
8. My Random Thought
I am still enjoying Words With Friends. I fear that my friend, Rebecca, has given up on me. She is the queen of WWF. However, after being on the receiving end of a 60-something point word, I was fortunate to score the following…
Here’s a close-up of the actual points…
For the record, I played the word “hookers.” My friend played the word “groping.”
Uh huh.
Just remember…it’s all about the points, and I like to win. LOL
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Directionally Challenged Hodgepodge
Posted on April 6, 2011 by auburnchick
It’s time for the Wednesday Hodgepodge, when bloggers everywhere get to relax their brains and just have fun!
Oh wait. Joyce’s questions aren’t always that easy. Hey, at least we don’t have to come up with the topics of our blogs. There ya go!
Drive (get it…with the direction theme) on over to Joyce’s blog and link up!
1. National Read a Road Map Day falls on April 5th. Would people say you have a good sense of direction? Do you rely on a GPS when you drive someplace new? When was the last time you used a map?
Uh oh. This is embarrassing. I get lost a lot. It all started when I began driving while I was in high school. Living in Super Podunk, USA was tough…lots of small back roads. One night, I was driving home after a high school football game, and I got so lost that I wound up two hours away from home. That was in the day of pay phones. I had two friends in the car, and we all had to stop, around midnight, and call our families. Not fun.
I am infamous for calling up friends to get help. My not-so-favorite time was when, on my way to a soccer field way out in Podunk, New Orleans (why do they stick soccer fields in hard-to-find places?), I called up my daughter’s best friend’s dad. He could find his way out of the Sahara Desert. He asks, “Where are you? What do you see?”
I shouted back in frustration, “All I see are trees. Lots of stupid trees.”
Yeah.
Ok…so it’s obvious that I use a GPS all the time! Even then, I still get lost!!! The GPS actually once yelled at me (I kid you not) when I was looking for a yarn store in New Orleans (different trip). Maybe she was mad because I really wasn’t supposed to be spending money. I’m sure the Mr. had paid her off.
The last time I used a GPS was two weeks ago…on my way across town to the high school where my mentor teaches. I had passed this school the two times Rooster’s band had to play at that school. I didn’t trust myself, especially in early-morning rush hour traffic.
2. What’s your favorite cookbook?
Ha, ha, ha! Funny one, Joyce! Right now it’s the menu of Panera. Take 1 bowl of Black Bean Soup, add 1 long baguette, and take it To Go. Serves 1. (I’m a pig and eat the entire baguette…to help keep my weight up, I might add.)
Sorry folks. That’s my life right now. On the plus side, I’m earning a lot of free goodies thanks to the frequent buyer card the place has. 😉
3. What painting would you like to “walk into” and experience? Why?
The first thing that came to mind was The Last Supper
Oh my word, but just to be with Jesus while He was still on earth and be able to break bread with Him!! Wow!
But, I will get to do that when I enter heaven one day, and that will be even better!!
4. What annoys you more: misspellings or mispronunciations?
Hmmm…English teacher speaking here…I can’t say that one annoys me more than another. I probably encounter mispronunciations more often than misspellings; however, I cannot stand to read misspelled words…especially on prestigious web sites or, say, in teenagers’ essays. It’s called Spell Check, people!!
5. What is something your mother or father considered important?
A good work ethic is the legacy my parents handed down to me. I’ve recently been called a workaholic. I don’t see myself as that. I do see myself as an overachiever (my mentor alluded to this as well in an email I received from him yesterday). I just cannot accept anything less than my best or others’ best. My poor students have had this drilled into their heads this year.
6. Do you like or dislike schedules?
I dislike them only because I have to live by them so rigorously right now. I am ready to retire and not be tied to any kind of schedule.
7. Let’s have some fun with National Poetry Month (that would be April). Write your own ending to this poem:
“Roses are Red
Violets are blue…
One of my students
Likes to write about poo-poo.”
I kid you not. My juniors and seniors have been maintaining blogs, and this student of mine is extremely funny (of course, she has me as a great role model in that department…har-de-har-har). If you have a sec, would you visit her page and give her a comment? These kids come into class smiling when they get comments.
8. My Random Thought
Words with Friends is going to be the death of me. The Mr. doesn’t know how to use half of the features of his fancy, schmancy phone, but somehow, he discovered how to download, install, and use this app. And now he expects everyone else to play the game with him.
Folks, he LIVES for this game.
I resisted the urge to play along, but after I started games with Chicky and Rooster, the Mr. pouted.
I was trying to be a good girl and not get too distracted from my classes.
He pouted.
Finally, I invited him to play a game.
Oh, good gravy.
Now, we have two games going. When one ends, he invites me to a rematch. Even though I decline, he persists.
As I sit in the main room working on assignments, all I hear is the tinging noise that signals that he has entered a new word.
This goes on ALL NIGHT LONG.
Seriously.
Yesterday, he even hunted down Rooster…dared to enter a teenage boy’s room…and asked, “Why haven’t you put a word in?”
Yeah.
What about you? Have you discovered this game yet?
Disclaimer: That is not my username.
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