I enjoy memes like this … I am going to try to start posting them more often. Tags? How about Amanda, Jeremy and Raymond? You know who you are. 
Okay, so 10 Things I’m Good At:
1. Spehllingh
2. Humour (ha … more like being a cheeseball)
3. Proofreading
4. Volleyball (okay, so it’s been a while since I tried …)
5. Seeing different viewpoints (to a fault).
6. Telling my kids “no” when it’s necessary
7. Paper crafts (I especially love card-making)
8. Listening
9. Tolerating football season
10. Dreaming up ideas/inventions. Laugh now; some day it’s going to pay off.
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Here are 99 things … I’ve boldfaced the ones I’ve done. Thanks, Karen!
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked (My car was stranded in the snow, I had no choice.)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance (after a car wreck when I was 19 in which I broadsided a drunk driver who ran a stop sign.)
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing (Jay has and loves it)
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie (Jay was an extra in The Last Castle, but I think he was cut out. Our bil Glen was in it as well.)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason (from a really sweet guy I worked with when I was 16)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (Naomi Judd came through my line when I worked at Hallmark in Cool Springs, TN)
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
Geez, I gotta get more items on this list crossed off!!
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I love memes. Can’t you tell? I even have a category for them.
For this one, Karen over at Only Sometimes Clever tagged me. Karen is my only virtual friend, and I really enjoy reading her blog. She is a devout Christian, a homeschooler (and more importantly, a lover of learning) and a mommy of 5 (just barely! her beautiful baby girl is just days old).
Anyway, here goes – seven random things:
1. I refuse to buy new books. I consistently make the rounds of all the Goodwills in the area – they have their paperbacks for 59 cents and their hardbacks for 99 cents. You’d be surprised what I find… all manner of Scholastic kids books, curriculum, Christian books, cookbooks. I recently decided to start doing Before Five in a Row with Mikaela, and I’ve been looking for the books that go along with the curriculum at our local Goodwill stores. I’ve had a fair amount of success, finding 5 of the books in one day alone. Hey, it sure beats paying huge prices for the same books online or in Barnes & Noble!
2. I am currently on a low-carb diet and I’m always looking for super-low-carb things I can make that give me a break from the monotony of egg whites and lean meat. Tonight I tried 1/4 cup of reduced-fat ricotta with a splenda packet and 3/4 teaspoon of raspberry sugar-free Torani. It was nasty and satisfying at the same time.
3. I can’t hold my breath for very long. Like, maybe 30 seconds, tops, before I start blacking out. I always lost the breath-holding contests at my neighborhood friend’s pool as a kid. Thankfully, this requirement was never on any of my job applications.
4. Don’t you get really annoyed by people who don’t use their blinkers? Specifically, I hate when I’m waiting for a car to pass before I can turn right … only to find out that car was turning onto the very street I’m on. Thanks a lot, people.
5. The sound of airplanes flying overhead is oddly comforting to me. I grew up about 13 miles from the Birmingham International Airport, directly in the path that the planes took when coming in for a landing. I have very few planes near where I am, so it kind of makes me sad. My mother thinks I’m nuts in this respect (and probably otherwise, but that’s another post) – she grumbles about having to go wipe the tire tracks off the roof.
6. If I was just a hair zanier, I would dye my hair cotton-candy blue and pierce my nose. I just may get a wild hair and do either someday.
7. I’m not really a fiction person, book-wise. I can very occasionally get into one, but I’d much rather be learning about something. Right now I’m reading one of Jay’s history textbooks, about the progressive era. I used to think history was dreadfully boring, but now that I’m older it is intriguing.
Was that random enough for you? If not, the next two posts are free of charge.
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Here’s a meme I saw over at Only Sometimes Clever … my apologies to Karen for copying all her memes. Hey, you’re the only blog I read who has them.
One. Word. Only. No. Repeats.
1. Where is your cell phone? near
2. Your significant other? asleep
3. Your hair? thinning (!)
4. Your mother? far
5. Your father? copacetic
6. Your favorite time of day? evening
7. Your dream last night? forget
8. Your favorite drink? coke
9. Your dream goal? publisher
10. The room you’re in? living
11. Your ex? None
12. Your fear? destitute
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? comfortable
14. What you are not? sick
15. Your Favorite meal? burritos
16. One of your wish list items? car
17. The last thing you did? laundry
18. Where you grew up? Birmingham
19. What are you wearing? PJs
20. Your TV is? off
21. Your pets? out
22. Your computer? aging
23. Your life? good
24. Your mood? blah
25. Missing someone? always
26. Your car? hot
27. Something you’re not wearing? shoes
28. Favorite store? World Market
29. Your summer? flying
30. Your favorite color? blue
31. When is the last time you laughed? today
32. When is the last time you cried? recently
33. Your health? great
34. Your children? blessings
35. Your future? hopeful
36. Your beliefs? firm
37. Young or old? young
38. Your image? improving
39. Your appearance? flawed
40. Would you live your life over again knowing what you know? absolutely
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