Fun little thing from Sarah, easier to post here than to email out...

Welcome to the Christmas edition of "Getting to know your friends." Okay, here's what you're supposed to do, and try not to be a SCROOGE!!! Just copy (not forward) this entire email and paste into a new e-mail that you can send. Change all the answers so that they apply to you. Then send this to a whole bunch of people you know, INCLUDING the person that sent it to you......Tis the Season to be NICE!

 

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Gift bags, they’re so much easier.  And we re-use them as much as possible.

2. Real tree or Artificial? I like the real ones better, but using an artificial one is more economical over the long haul.  And the next one I get will be pre-lit.

3. When do you put up the tree? Late November or early December  

4. When do you take the tree down?  First week of January if I can get help. 

5. Do you like eggnog? I never liked it till I couldn’t have it due to a milk allergy. Now I want it.  J

6. Favorite gift received as a child? A big kid bike, with blocks on the pedals.

7. Hardest person to buy for?  Gary, cuz he always wants stuff that I have no idea how to get.

8. Easiest person to buy for?  Newly married kids, cuz they need everything.

9. Do you have a nativity scene? Nope

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? If I do anything, it’s an email update.  But I only do that now and again.

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?  I’ve never been a fan of getting those meat logs for gifts.  I don’t like them.

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Miracle on 34^th street and It’s a wonderful life.

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?  Probably January.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?  Yes.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?  Turkey dinner, pies.

16. Lights on the tree? Of course.  Hopefully next year it’ll be a pre-lit tree.

17. Favorite Christmas song?  What child is this

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, Blitzen, Rudolph.

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? I have a star that Audrey brought me from Austria, and I have an angel I painted myself.  I love both.

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Morning, after stockings which are in my room full of good things to eat.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Kosi radio has already started playing “all Christmas music, all the time.”  I prefer a mixture.

23. Favorite ornament theme or color?  I like to have gold ribbon, red poinsettias, red balls, and then Disney ornaments.

24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? I like to do prime rib, normally, but beef doesn’t always agree with me. We might have to do turkey this year.

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? I kind of want a Wii, but a GPS would be nice too because I hate getting lost,  Or a new bread machine would be good since ours will probably not last much longer.

26. Who is most likely to respond to this? I hate this question…

27. Who is least likely to respond to this? I hate this question too.

OCD

Sarah has been blogging about an OCD trait that she has and there have been a few replies about other various OCD traits.  Last night when I was watching TV I decided to have a snack.  I pulled a handful of crackers out of the box and arranged them before I ate them.  It occurred to me that whenever I eat crackers out of a box, I arrange them so that they are stacked up by size.  The whole crackers are at the bottom and the broken ones toward the top, with the smallest broken pieces being at the very top of the pile.  Then I eat them in order, starting with the smallest and working my way down the little pile until nothing is left but whole crackers.  I can’t eat them any other way.  And if partway through my snack I decide to add more crackers, I have to insert them where their size would put them, meaning whole ones to the bottom and the broken ones arranged by size with the existing pile. 

 

And yes, I did feel this was normal till Samara pointed out that it was not.  J 

 

Anyone else have any OCD traits?  I suppose the only other one I have is that at my desk my stapler and tape dispenser have to be perfectly aligned.  Okay, EVERYTHING on my desk needs to be perfectly aligned. 

 

Love you!

 

Mom

 

Happy birthday to Mickey...

Happy birthday to Mickey.

Happy birthday dear Mickey!

Happy birthday to Mickey!

and me too.

Susie

My baby...

Wow, my youngest has her driver’s license.  I’m not quite sure how I feel about that.  On one hand, I’m proud of her and happy for her too.  She got her license younger than any of her siblings, I believe.  But on the other hand, everything she does is a “last” for me.  I don’t think I’m going to cope well with empty nest syndrome.  I may have horrified Dad because I told him a week ago that if I hadn’t had a hysterectomy I would have another baby right now.   

 

On the lighter side, today is Halloween and I dressed up for work.  I came as a UAL mechanic, since I’m the office assistant for that department.  The real mechanics loaned me all the stuff I needed: a mechanic uniform, a tool belt (with tools, but dang that thing really pulls down your jeans when it’s loaded up like that.  No wonder mechanics have plumbers’ cracks!), a flashlight, a hardhat, and a key ring with a couple dozen keys on.  One of the other employees said I was the prettiest mechanic we had, which may not be a huge compliment when you see our mechanics, a bunch of testosterone-dripping middle aged men.  One of the other employees said that when he first saw me he thought I was a real mechanic.  I’m not so sure I’m happy about that, see description of our mechanics above…

 

Susie

 

 

Musical breakfast!

So every morning I get up and fix Samara breakfast.  She's easy to please, she wants an egg, scrambled soft with cheese mixed in to melt.  Serve it on a slice of toast.  Well, our toaster is both cheap and old, so it was starting to not toast one of the sides of bread.  Carebear and Archie got me a birthday present and let me open it early, it was a new toaster and it imprints the bread with a Mickey Mouse face.  Plus, when the toast pops up, it plays the Mickey Mouse march!  Sort of reminds me of the little toilet we had for the kids when they were being potty trained.  As soon as they peed, it played "Twinkle twinkle little star."  :)

 

Love you!

 

Mom

Ooo... A survey. I know how much you love these...

Place an X by all the things you've done and remove the X from the ones you have not.  Answer the 30 questions at the end.

 

(X) Gone on a blind date

(  ) Skipped school

(  ) Watched someone die

(  ) Been to Canada

(X) Been to Mexico

(X) Been to Florida (many times!)

(X) Been lost (many times.)

(X) Been on the opposite side of the country   

(X)  Gone to Washington, DC

(X) Swam in the ocean

(X) Cried your self to sleep

(  ) Played cops and robbers

(X) Recently colored with crayons

(  )  Sang Karaoke/Tried

(X) Paid for a meal with coins only

(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't

(X) Made prank phone calls

(  ) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose

(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue

(  ) Danced in the rain

(  ) Written a letter to Santa Claus

(  ) Been kissed under the mistletoe

(  ) Watched the sunrise with someone you care about

(X) Blown bubbles

(X) Gone ice-skating

(X) Been skinny dipping outdoors 

(X) Gone to the movies

 

1. Any nickname:     Susie Q, Susie Creamcheese

2. Mother's name:   Hellyn

3.  Favorite drink?  Water, but not tap water or spring water.

4.  Any Tattoo's?   No 

5. Body piercing's?   yes, ears

6. Do U love your job?   Yes

7. Ever seen or been in a tornado?  No

8.  Favorite vacation spot?  Walt Disney World

9.  Ever been to Africa?   No

10. Ever eaten cookies for dinner? yes

11. Been on TV?   Yes

12. Ever stole a traffic sign?   No, but I moved a Big Boy statue…  

13. Ever been in a car accident? No

14. Drive a 2-door or 4-door vehicle? 4 door

15. Favorite salad dressing?  Bleu Cheese (mom’s recipe)

16. Favorite Pie?    Peach

17. Favorite number?   18

18. Favorite movie?    My Fair Lady

19.  Favorite holiday?   Thanksgiving or Christmas

20. Favorite dessert?   Shortbread cookie

21. Favorite food?  Corn

22.  Favorite day of the week?   Friday

23. Favorite brand of body wash?   Amazing Grace by Philosphy

24.  Favorite Toothpaste? Colgate

25. Favorite smell?   Amazing Grace

26. What do you do to relax?   Watch TV and crochet

27. How do you see yourself in 10 years?  Retired and living half the year in CO and half in FL.

28. How many siblings do you have?    5

29. Furthest Place you will send this message?   CA

30. Who will respond to this the fastest?    Audrey

 

 

How do I...

So how do I add someone to my list on the right?  I want to add David's blog, but I don't remember how.  And by "remember" I mean that I didn't see Michael set it up so I have no clue how.  

 

Berserk, I missed the boys on Monday.  Valkyrie was going to bring them over while you two went out.  I thought I'd take them to Mickey D's and let them eat and play.  Maybe I can have them for a few hours on Saturday?  

 

I love you guys!

 

Mom