Ask Me, Part Four

Katie gave me a couple of really hard ones:

"Here are my (3):

1). If the walls in your home could talk what would they be saying?  Paint Us!!  Seriously!  I really need to do some interior painting!  Other than that, they'd tell me to get rid of some junk; they'd tell Eler Beth to slow down a little; they'd tell Andrew to get outside more; and they'd tell Thomas that he needs a day off from work!

2). If you were to make a movie of your life ~ What would you name it and who be play the starring role (you)?  I have no idea!!  A movie of MY life?  How about "A Comedy Of Errors"?  No, wait, Shakespeare already took that one, didn't he?  Hmmm.  Maybe "Live and Learn"??  Who would play me?  Probably some unknown actress.  Playing me would be her big break-out role.  Hah!

3). What is your favorite comfort thing?  I'm not sure how to answer this.  If I need comfort for something serious that's going on, spending time with Thomas is my favorite comfort thing.   He can usually help me stay calm and relaxed.  Sometimes I need the comfort of being with my mom and my sisters.   I call that needing some "Dowell Girls" time.  I also find comfort in a good book, or a nice phone conversation with a good friend.  As for comfort food, it would have to be a pasta dish of some sort, preferably a very cheesy one!  Spending an evening at home with just Thomas, Andrew, and Eler Beth, playing a board game or reminiscing about the kids when they were little is a peaceful thing, too.  I hope I've answered this one suitably.

Looking forward to your answers! Have a great day!
Katie

Phew!  That's three more down. 

Thank you Donna for the graphic

Tags: Memes, Ask Me Anything

Ask Me, Part Three

The third one to ask questions was Kelli:

I have been scared to do this. I might let people ask me one question! O.K.

1. When was the last time you went to the spa?  I have NEVER been to a spa.  I think it's about time I went, huh?

2. do you know how to scrap book?  Yes, I do, and I have two going right now that I need to finish.

3. what are your goals once there are no more children in the house.  Well, Eler Beth has informed us that she will ALWAYS live with us; and the man she marries will have to be okay with living with us also.  We'll see how THAT goes.  After Thomas retires we would like to get some property in the wilds of Canada and spend a few months out of every year there fishing and hunting (and reading and writing), and I would love to get a really, really nice RV and travel for several months out of the year.  Those are the dreams, anyway.  (And that's what the 401-k and other investments are theoretically for.)

Tags: Meme, Ask Me Anything

Ask Me, Part Two

   I believe Traci was the next one to send her questions:

"Ok, I like to play even though you didn't ask me anything!  LOL

1.  Are you going to homeschool Eler Beth next year?  Yes, indeed.  We had always planned on homeschooling during her Middle School years; we just upped the date by starting with her fifth grade.  I really do love teaching her at home, and wish I'd been able to start a long time ago.

2.  Who was your first love?  I have to be literal here and say that Thomas was and is my first love.  I never liked/had a crush on/was infatuated with/dated/whatever anyone else where what I felt was even a tenth of what I feel for my husband.  But if you mean who was my first crush/love as in the guy I first dated and got my heartbroken over, his name was Keith, and he's a pretty good guy.  I run into him once in a while.  He was very, very immature when we were dating (as a teen, how could he have been otherwise?), and he was very much a momma's boy, and momma didn't like him to have "girlfriends".  But I really thought there was more to him than there seemed to be at the time.  He just had some growing up to do.  I did shed a few tears over him at the time, though.

3.  That's it, I'm too tired to think of another one.  That's okay, because my answer to #2 was long enough to cover #3, anyway.

Traci"

Note:  I have since asked Traci three questions.  After all, fair is fair.

Tags: Memes, Ask me anything

She Knows What It Takes Sometimes

Yesterday afternoon Eler Beth went down the street to play with two sisters (11 and 8) who are friends of hers.  Then they decided they'd like to come down to our house to play, so she called me to get permission.  I said yes, and they came on down.  These two girls have two brothers, and the family is getting ready to move.  The boys (12 and 7) are at a day camp every day this week until 5, and the father works, so the mother just has the two girls at home with her this week.

I imagined that it was good for her to have Eler Beth down there keeping her girls occupied while she sorted and packed or to have her girls down here, but she's really funny about letting them go anywhere, even just down the street, so I was surprised she'd given them permission.

Eler Beth told me later last night that when the older girl asked their mom if they could come down, she hesitated for a minute.  Eler Beth said, "I didn't say anything. Then A said, 'Mom, it would give you some peace and quiet.' and I thought, 'She's got'er now!' "

Yes, my girl knows.  That's all it would have taken for my permission!

I'm Not That Bad!

No, I have not just been sitting here at the computer since 5 a.m. this morning.  I've been doing other things as well.  I just keeping stopping what I'm doing to play on the computer.

I have done three loads of laundry, including bedclothes, (line dried )cleaned my kitchen   and my bathroom, fixed breakfast and lunch, and cleaned and re-arranged under my kitchen sink. 

I'm a little bit punchy from getting up so early and having so much coffee.  I also spent a little bit of one-on-one time with two of the dogs, one at a time.  Did that make sense?  When you have six dogs it's sometimes hard to spend one-on-one time with them, and they really appreciate it when you do.

   I do a little here and a little there, and then I sit down and play on the 'puter. 

And now I really should take a nap.    

  And if I had one of these I probably would! 

Ask Me, Part One

Dawn was the first with three questions.

    She asked:

1.  You have to eat one dinner meal every day for the rest of your life, what will it be?  Hmmm.  I gave this a lot of thought, and here it is:  elk roast (because it's the most tender and tasty meat there is) with sauteed mushrooms, mashed potatoes with gravy (because if I have to eat the same thing for dinner every night, mashed potatoes had better be on the menu), creamed Brussels sprouts (because I have a very simple and out-of-this-world recipe for them, and I could make myself sick eating them, they're so good!), steamed asparagus (because it's one of my favorite veggies and maybe they'll counteract the rich, fattening, heavily creamed Brussels sprouts), made-from-scratch biscuits, and strawberry short cake with cool whip for dessert.  How's that?

2.  What one vegetable would you banish from existence if you could?  I can't think of a veggie that I don't like.  I don't like hominy, but if I banished hominy I'd have to banish corn, and I like corn.  Is rhubarb a vegetable?  I don't care much for it, although rhubarb and strawberry pie is good.  I guess it'd have to be rhubarb.

3.  What was the first arena/stadium concert that you went to see and who did you go with?  The band Journey, with a group of friends.

Phew!  That wasn't so bad.

(Can you tell I've been having fun with my Meez?)

Tags: Memes, Ask me anything, Meez

Happy Hump Day

     When I got up this morning to take Thomas to work at 4 a.m., Eler Beth woke up.  I suggested she go back to bed, but she assured me that she would not be able to do so.  She also let me know that she was very hungry and would love some French toast for breakfast.

So after dropping off Thomas I swung by Kroger to get a gallon of milk, because I remembered that I was almost out.  I spied a yellow sale sticker in front of the milk in the freezer case, and thought "oh goodie, it's on sale."

Yep.  On sale.  For $3.09.

How high is the price of milk going to go anyway?

Anyway, when I got home she was lying on the sofa, but she assured me that she was still awake.  So, being the WonderMom that I am I started preparing batter for French toast.  After I had two slices done I called her into the kitchen, asking how many she thought she'd like.  No answer.

Even now she is still asleep on the sofa.  Oh well, I put up the French toast for later, and saved the rest of the precious batter (??$3.09 for a gallon of milk??) for later as well.

Yes, still no Thomas' truck.  It was the fuel pump, and apparently it shorted out a relay of some sort.  D, our mechanic, fixed it (or rather one of his guys did), and we picked it up on Monday.  Thomas stopped, got gas, drove home; later I realized I had to run to the grocery for something and took his truck since it was parked in front of my car; drove to the store, got what I needed, tried to start the truck, and it did the exact same thing again!

So it's back at the mechanic's.  He's really swamped right now, so I don't know when he'll get to it; hopefully today.  He's a good mechanic, with reasonable rates, and he's never been stumped before.  I really hope it's something he can take care of because I know it will be more expensive if we have to go somewhere else.  In the meantime I'm taking Thomas to work and picking him up, and I still need to get my own car in to have some things looked at.

Well, I'm in the mood to journal today, so don't be surprised if you see a lot of me.

Ta for now.