Guido introduced us to Meez recently, and I have been having fun with it. It's sort of like playing dress up or playing with dolls. lol
This is my MEEZ --
Click on this image to take you to Meez and Photobucket.
I think that when I finally get around to visiting virtually with all of my J-land buddies and their families I'll let my Meez be the one to go. Wouldn't that be fun?
Another thing going around J-Land is the "Ask Me Three Questions" meme. I can't imagine anyone really being all that interested, but go ahead if you'd like. Ask me three questions, and I'll try to answer them truthfully.
I saw this at Mary Jo's journal and thought it would be fun.
1. YOUR REAL NAME: Lori
2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 2 letters of real name plus -izzle): Lo-izzle
3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (fave color and fave animal): Blue Cat
4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (your middle name and street you live on): Frances Assembly
5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name): Hello (I really LOVE this one!)
6. YOUR SUPERHERO NAME: (Your 2nd favorite color, and favorite drink): Fushia Tea (which actually sounds rather tasty)
7. YOUR ARABIC NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, 1st letter of your middle name, 2nd letter of your mom's maiden name, 3rd letter of you dad's middle name, 1st letter of a sibling's first name, and last letter of your mom's middle name): Olfo-Ls or Olfols. My dad didn't have a middle name, so I put the hyphen there, but it's better without. Now I have SIX siblings, so it could actually have been this OR -- Olfods, Olfoas, Olfolms, Olfops, or Olfobs. I think I like Olfops best of these choices. I'll have to let my sister Phyllis know.
8. YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one of your pet's names): Either Black Scout (my dog) or Black Freedom (my cat). Either one is just too, too cool, right?
This is Hello, (or Olfops, or Black Scout, or whatever) signing off.
When Thomas got home from work yesterday he and I ran some errands, then he followed me over to our mechanic's shop (a friend of ours) where I left my car to have some things checked out. I got in his truck with him, we took off, and about three blocks from the mechanic's garage the truck decided to stop on us.
It would sound like it wanted to start, but it just couldn't quite do it. It almost sounded flooded, but it's a fuel injection motor, so it couldn't have been flooded. If our mechanic had been at his shop, it wouldn't have been much trouble, but it was after hours. So Thomas started calling friends to see if he could find someone who could come tow the truck back to the mechanic's shop.
He made three or four calls and got voice mail or answering machines each time. Then he called another friend who lived not too far away from where we were. This friend answered the phone, and Thomas asked if he had a truck at his disposal that could pull our truck. He said no, but that he'd be there to help us anyway, and that since we were only three blocks away from the mechanic's, he and Thomas could just push the truck.
Thomas said, "Oh, I'm not going to ask you to do that."
And this friend, said, "I'll be there in five minutes," and hung up.
As soon as he'd hung up, another friend called back after getting Thomas' message, and said he'd be right there with a truck.
So both guys showed up at about the same time. Between the three of them they came to the conclusion that it was the fuel pump. While they were hooking up Thomas' truck to the friend's truck, another friend called back and was getting ready to come to our aid as well. It's nice to have lots of friends; and I'll tell you what -- Thomas is a great guy, who will do anything for a friend, and these guys know it and will drop what they're doing to come to his aid as well. The last guy who called lived about 30 or 40 minutes away and was having a cookout, but was ready to come if we needed him.
Well, anyway, we pulled the truck back to the mechanic's shop, left it and retrieved my car to drive home. I took Thomas to work at 4 this morning, and am waiting to hear from the mechanic. If he can get Thomas' truck on the road today, I'll take my car back to him and switch them out.
It never rains, but it pours, doesn't it?
Our whole week has been like that; first one thing and then another. Oh well. It could always be worse. The weather is great, and I'm getting ready to go check out some yard sales. My sister from Florida is at my Mom's for a week or two, and we'll be getting down there to see her next week. So I've got plenty to be happy about. I just hope next week goes better than this past week.
Everyone have a great weekend!
I have been remiss in posting all of my "learn something new" entries. I thought about just saying, "forget it", but I took the time to make sure I learned something and wrote about it, so I'm going to go ahead and post them all in one entry.
Day 18 -- Accidents
I learned that there is more chance of being hit by a flying champagne cork than of being bitten by a poisonous spider. I don't think I have to worry since I'm rarely in the vicinity of a flying champagne cork.
Day 19 -- Blinking
Women blink twice as often as men. Maybe because we're always "batting our eyes" at the gentlemen??
Day 20 -- Pledge
The word "pledge" in Dutch mean "piss", as the Johnson Wax Co. found out.
http://www.rayma.com.my/battleground/bg_rivkin3.htm
Day 21 -- Strange Laws
In the county where I was born there was once a law on the books that made it illegal to walk your duck on a leash. I. Kid. You. Not.
Day 22 -- Satellites
All of Uranus' satellites are named after characters from Shakespeare.
Day 23 -- Rosemary Kennedy...
...is still alive. For some reason I thought she had died before her mother.
Day 24 -- Hitler
Hitler's third grade teacher wrote in a report that young Adolf was temperamental and fancied himself a leader. I don't know if this is true or not, and probably isn't, but isn't it funny? I'll do a little more digging and see if I can find confirmation of this.
Note: I never did do any more digging. Perhaps I will someday.
Day 25 -- Lightening
85% of people struck and killed by lightening are men. This is very interesting to me because I have a brother-in-law who has been struck by lightening three times!! I wonder what the ratio is between men and women who have been struck by lightening and lived.
Day 26 -- Quilting
Today I started a patchwork quilt. I have never quilted before, so I got some tips from my mother (and an instruction book). If I manage to finish the thing, I'll post pictures.
Day 27 -- The letter A
If you were to write out every number, you would get to the number 1000 (one thousand) before getting to the letter "A".
Day 28 -- The Lesson I Learned
Today I learned that the next time I decide to learn something new for 30 days, I'm going to choose a less busy month -- like January or February.
Day 29 --Freecycling
Today I learned what Freecycling is, and I joined a local Freecycle group.
Day 30 -- Lock Picking
Today I learned that I can pick a lock, if I try hard enough. Eler Beth has this little lock box for which she lost the key. So I managed to pick it with a little tiny screwdriver. It's a good thing I did because she had some real "treasures" in there.
Day 31 -- Bonus
Today I learned that I am rather tired of learning something new each day! lol I think I'll take a few months and just let new information come to me naturally instead of going to look for it.
We've had a great weekend here. Friday night I took the kids to see Shrek The Third, which was pretty good. Then Saturday morning Eler Beth and I spent about three hours at yard sales in one neighborhood! They were having a neighborhood sale, and there were dozens of them. Then in the afternoon we had a thundershower. We've really been needing the rain. It rained a bit this morning also.
Tonight we barbecued some chicken and pork, and a friend of Thomas' came over so Thomas could help him sight in his compound bow. I've been very lazy today, except for helping with the barbecue. But I'll make up for it tomorrow, I'm sure.
I hope everyone is having a great weekend!
