Questions and Answers

Who's the last person you flipped off and why? I was in high school and someone was tooting his horn at me---little did I know it was a cop. And yes, he wanted my number. (didn't get it)

What's the worst job you ever had? doing pap smears for Planned Parenthood

What do you really think of GWB? I pity him.

What was the last argument you had with your spouse about? our whole life is one big argument-but it was about whether or not he was listening (he wasn't)

What did you do afterwards? same old, same old. I went about my stuff and he fell back asleep.

Dill or Sweet? Gerkins

Worst habit? Letting people take advantage of me-knowing I don't mean anything to them-unless my wallet is open and free flowing.

What do you watch on TV-for real? Sports, news, weather and Roseanne reruns.

What is the most embarrassing thing you ever did? had sex on a golf course during the Indy 500 (in Indianapolis)

How good are you on Jeopardy? very very good but too scared to go on TV.

Can you finish a Sudoku? I prefer logic problems or challenger crosswords. Hubby likes sudoku. a lot.

What about your face would you change? What's wrong with it? I have a weird brown spot on my lip-looks like a chocolate blob. It showed up while I was sick and never went away.

Do you hold doors for people? all the time-and few ever say thank you.

When you pout, what do you pout about? being ignored

What would people say about you if they thought you would never know? I don't know and really don't care.

What makes you laugh out loud? I Love Lucy. Babies giggling. People running into walls (myself included)

What do you most regret? Not going into the Peace Corp like I wanted (I met hubby a month before I was to leave)

What is the best thing you make in your kitchen? all sorts of hodge podge soups and cheese biscuits.

Do you believe in UFOs? I was brought to earth by one-waiting for the mother ship to return for me.

Do you kill bugs or take them outside? take them outside-except skeeters.

When was the last time you were drunk? drunk or tipsy??? drunk maybe mid 80's, tipsy hmmmmm. Courtney's open house in Clarkston.

Last book read-really? Veganomicon-cookbook and Leo LaPorte's computer book.

If you weren't what you are, what would you be? a giraffe.

Even if you don't believe in reincarnation, what were you in a previous live? a door mat

Why do you think that when people are asked that question, they never ever say some ordinary Joe? I wasn't even a person so don't ask me.

You have an afternoon all to yourself-what do you do? go to the gym, come home, watch the game, make dinner at midnight, play with my paper and ink. Nothing special.

What did you want to be when you were growing up? a nun, then left fielder for the Detroit Tigers.

Mayo or Miracle whip? eggless mayo

Favorite ice cream topping? nuts and fudge (without the ice cream)

When was the last time you drove a car by yourself and where did you go? Did you break any laws? Yesterday, drove to and from Fowlerville and talked on my cell phone (it's not against the law here but could be soon in Detroit)

What do you order on a pizza? eggplant, roasted tomatoes, red onions and garlic at Uno's. home town pizza is black olives and green peppers.

What is your greatest fear? pain as bad as what it was-and doctors didn't believed me.

When was the last time you operated a washing machine? I just put in a load now.

What's on your Ipod? John Williams soundtracks.

So I tag Courtney and Johanna and Allison and Jen.

Fives

What were you doing thirty years ago?

1978 and we had almost finished building the house we live in now. We moved into the house in early August after spending several months in an apartment (we had sold our old house way too fast I guess).

What were you doing twenty years ago?

1988-my daughter was graduating junior high and off to high school. I was in training for a marathon that never happened and in the early stages of Fibro (I thought it was a bad flu).

What were you doing ten years ago?

1998 I was very ill and I have a hard time remembering a lot of the details because of a bad seizure but some have come back to me. I did the Crim with Karen Bentley and our kids-Karen was very ill, too. We were crazy but I treasure that day.

What were you doing five years ago?

2003 Nothing much different than usual. I moved my herb garden to the present spot and spent the summer adding new plants like my first lilacs. It wasn't a biggie that year. I still had Clancey and Fletch and Alex-all gone now.

What were you doing 1 year ago?

2007 and I had just seen my son get married in late April. My daughter had just moved for the umpteenth time and I gave up my addiction-to Superman comic books!

Name your five favorite snacks.

1. peanut butter from the jar
2.pretzels and peanuts mixed together
3.saltines with peanut butter
4.peanuts from the jar
5. peanut butter girl scout cookies


Name five things you would do if you were a millionaire.

1. Move somewhere warm
2. Plant all my favorite flowers that I can't grow here in Michigan
3. Get the car of my dreams-a 100% all electric non-polluter

4. Hire a personal trainer twice a week

5. Set up a non-profit like I always have wanted to send kids to Space Camp.

Name five things you would never wear again.

1. A thong-horrible butt/rubber band thing-nasty.
2.An under wire bra-I feel so "wired" shut-let them flow freely.
3.Open toed shoes-I have nasty looking toes from running.
4.Bikini-scars will do that and three kids!

5.An Easter bonnet-I hated them as a kid and I look like a dork now.

Name your five favorite toys

1. My talking Jar Jar Binks puppet
2. All my Sims and Sims 2 cd-roms and updates
3. My electric screwdriver with changeable heads
4. My running shoes
5. My food processors-the big one and the prep one.

Merry Gold

Christmas in June? Well, I tend to post them as they line up, so that is what you are getting today. I really really love using embossing paste and stencils now that I know how to do it correctly. If only I could learn how to tie a bow better. This one looks screwy.

Take a stencil and tape to a piece of card stock. You can use textured card too as it just fills in when you swipe the knife across the stencil (always make sure to clean your stencils right away-keep a water bath to soak them nearby as you finish your project). Swipe a swath of translucent embossing paste across the stencil and scrape off any extra for a level playing field. I bought my scraper in the kitchen aisle. It's from Wilton and made for icing a cake! 2 bucks. If you go into the art aisle, you will pay a lot more. Same danged thing too.

When the paste is dry, take a glue pad and place the stencil over the design again and tamp on the glue. Remove the stencil and clean. Heat the glue until tacky and place the gold leaf on it and press down to stick. Let cool and using a stiff stencil brush, and using circular motions, rub the leaf flecks off (save them for later) and ta da-there is your image.

I mounted it to layers of scraps that I felt were prominent in the leaf. Gold and teal here-then I layered to a plain textured folded card. It was a bit plain, so scrounging thru my ribbon stash (like others stash chocolate, I stash stuff I can't eat) I found this metallic ribbon and laid a straight piece using the Trio. I then tied a bow in the middle of the piece and fiddled with it to sorta be straight.

As a finish, I found some small pearls in the dollar bin and added them at the bottom. I do need to work on the ribbon deal a bit so that may change but this was pretty quick (other than the paste drying which took about 20 minutes) so you could do this assembly line if you needed to-the first would be dry as you finished the 20th maybe?

Dirty Thirty

Where do these come from? I get so many a week and save them for fillers. I am wasting time at 2 AM.

1. When was the last time you shaved your legs? a week ago-not that anyone notices or cares.

2. What were you doing this morning at 1am? looking at the world news

3. What were you doing 15 minutes ago? checking out the sports scores

4. How many people have you slept with? today? none as I haven't gone to bed yet.

5. Are you mad at anyone right now? The Pistons-yeah! Just a little.No, a lot!

6. Have you ever smelled moth balls? I love that smell!

7. Last time you made-out? I got a good deal on some clearance stuff at Target. Made out like a bandit!

8. Do you know the words to the song on your my space profile? no song there-my space is dead space.

9. Last thing received in the mail? Entertainment Weekly and the house insurance update and bill.

10. Do you have any famous relatives? for being liars, thieves, drunks etc-yup.

11. Have you ever stole something? I took the can of disinfectant when I left the hospital 10 years ago-smelled like oranges.

12. Have you ever been searched by the cops? my body-no. That might scare them.

13. How is your hair? shorter than last month but brighter in color.

14. How many different drinks have you had today? bottled water, hot Chinese tea, iced tea, water in a glass.

15. What have you eaten today? Sun Chips, Bimimbab Vegetarian in the stone bowl, veggie pot stickers,kim chee, a fortune cookie, 6 chocolate bats and a spoonful of peanut butter.

16. Are you any good at math? depends-you can keep the calculus.

17. Do you have plans on Saturday night? Next Saturday? nope.Whatcha wanna do?

18. Do you draw your name in the sand when you go to the beach? no-I scrunch my toes.

19. Most painful dental procedure? flossing is painful.Had a hole in my sinus from my teeth.

20. Have you ever been awake for 48 hours straight? yes-as a reaction to sleeping meds.

21. Do you like the ocean? I love the smell and the sound.

22. Do you stay friends with your ex's? I will let you know when I get rid of the one I have.

23. Something you are excited about? maybe getting a new kitchen

24. What did you do today? got up, laid down on the heating pad, went back to bed, got up, watch 15 minutes of Austin Powers (I am still waiting to laugh-stupid movie) went to the gym, got Artie, drove to Lansing for din din, went to the home improvement shop, took Artie home,drove home, washed the dishes, got on computer-still here.

25. Are any of your great-grandparents still alive? nope and none of my g-parents and only one parent or in law.

26. Where do you keep your change? in a plastic jar in the kitchen and in my ash tray-when full, to the Coin Star and into my savings.(its free for us-bank has its own Coin Star-woo hoo)

27. Do you remember the most naughty night of your life? the night I got engaged maybe? What the hell was I thinking????

28. Would you rather sleep alone or with someone else? alone-I am a light sleeper.

29. What was the weather like on your Birthday? cold, snowy, the usual in December.

30. What are you gonna do now? post this and go to bed. I need to plant some flowers in a few hours.

What TV Mom I Am?

This is too white here so I moved the post to my other blog. Check for it here .

What Kind of Fairy Are You?

I don't normally direct to other blog candy entries, but I am curious to know the answers for this. Please go look here and enter your answers. I am Janette Legume-the Vegetable Garden Fairy.