Swimming with Anemones

• December 3, 2008 - Christmas Meme

Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends. I invite you to participate with your blog! Just copy and paste the entire entry into your blog, replace the answers with your own, and then leave a comment so I can see your responses! 1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Both, if it's a gift in a box, I'll wrap it, otherwise, a bag is easier. 2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial. I'm allergic to cedar and pine trees. :P 3. When do you put up the tree? I try to do it within two days after Thanksgiving. This year, December 2nd. Woohoo! 4. When do you take the tree down? December 26th! My daughter's birthday is December 28th, so I try to make the house 'regular' so her birthday isn't competing. 5. Do you like eggnog? I drink Silk Soy Nog. Once again, another allergy is involved...eggs and dairy! I'm the only one in my house who likes nog, so I get the whole quart to myself! Yippee!! 6. Favorite gift received as a child? As a young child? I was enthusiastic about most of them except clothes. I have a picture of me in my underoos jumping with joy at a Connect Four game. 7. Hardest person to buy for? My son. He's at an age where there are three types of toys available. Action figures, complex lego or building structures, and remote control vehicles. *sigh* I think I'll just jump ahead 40 years and buy him socks and nuts.  8. Easiest person to buy for? My daughter. She never plays with any of her toys anyway. She'd rather sit in her brothers room and watch him play. Ay yi yi! 9. Do you have a nativity scene? I have a couple that were given to us. 10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Both. 11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Any time it involved getting a doll. 12. Favorite Christmas Movie? White Christmas and Holiday Inn with Fred Astaire and  Bing Crosby, featuring the music of Irving Berlin. Also, Elf. 13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? About December 15th. 14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Only the pink flamingo my family regifts every year. 15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Fruit cake. No orange slices, lots of nuts. 16. Lights on the tree? Big old fashioned bulbs, multicolored...this year. 17. Favorite Christmas song? The Drummer Boy, The whole Nutcracker Suite. 18. Travel at Christmas or stay at home? Home in the am, my parents at lunch, in-laws in the evening. 19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? Only if I sing Rudolph first. 20. Angel on the treetop or a star? Star. 21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Morning 22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Commercialism. 23. What theme or color are you using? ...Theme? Color? Um..lots of snowmen, santas, lots of balls.... and red...green... I haven't had a theme or color since before kids... they kind of take over. 24. Favorite for Christmas dinner. Pink Salad: one can condensed milk, one tub cool whip, one can cherry pie filling, one can of drained pineapple tidbits. 25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Diana Gabaldon books. And to see my family relax and enjoy themselves. 26. Do you have a favorite ornament? I have a few of favorite decorations: an old ceramic table top tree that plugs in with little bulbs, a carosel that plays 20 minutes of music with wind chimes, and a clear glass angel I bought while honeymooning in Eureka Springs. Now it's your turn!!

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• November 30, 2008 - Thanksgiving with Yin and Yang

Thanksgiving has come and gone, and I gained the obligatory five pounds I'm pretty sure. It was all emotional, stress eating. The week of Thanksgiving was a pretty dramatic week. The founder of Isara, Kirk, was suppose to embark on his journey to India and Africa, pop back over to Bangkok for an award and fly off to a carefree vacation in America. Instead, he spent who knows how many hours in the Bangkok international airport while the PAD protesters took over. All flights in and out of a huge international airport. While I can't imagine the stress of being in the airport, I can sympathize with any of you who hunted the internet for any and all slideshows pertaining to Bangkok's airport for about 24 hours. I was just about 70% sure that if Kirk was in a photo with a huge crowd, that I'd find it and be able to post it on Isara as proof that he was indeed leading the mediation efforts. How many of you searched in photos?? So the news comes that he's canceling this portion of Isara's trip. Followed quickly was the news of the events in Mumbai, India. The violence was surprising and targeted at foreigners. All of a sudden, it was peachy keen that there wasn't any big trips happening for Isara. Course, soon as Kirk got back to Nong Khai, the isara.org website decided to take a nosedive. I must say, without the forum up, I'm having a lot of withdrawal from keeping tabs on my friends. I might actually break down and use the phone to see if everyone is okay! While all at Isara has been stressful though, my family's own experience with Thanksgiving has been very relaxing! Thanksgiving breakfast at the in-laws was uneventful, which is in itself a noteworthy event. When you get together with 23 other people, opinions differ greatly. After a big breakfast, my family went next door to play Wii. I have never played with a Wii system before, and for the first time in my life, I didn't feel like a complete klutz while bowling! I wasn't a great bowler, but at least I didn't get a single gutter ball or bounce it into the next lane, or have it drop behind me. Yes, usually all those things happen to me during a regular game. Then we had a late lunch with my parents doing the whole turkey, rolls, and pecan pie. The kids enjoyed watching Wall-E and the adults enjoyed visiting. Home on Friday was a day busy with packing and running errands. With hubby off work starting Sunday, we decided a little mini-vacation was in order for the weekend. But to read anything about that, you'll have to check out my other blog.

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• October 29, 2008 - Phone Surveys

• September 26, 2008 - What state should you live in?

You Should Live in Arkansas If you don't want to live in Arkansas, you might also consider: Michigan Mississippi Missouri Tennessee Vermont What State Should You Live In? I can't believe it! I took an online quiz and it actually got a right answer! How about you?? Click the blue link and then post in the comments what state it says you should live in :)

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• August 29, 2008 - Like Mad-libs, but only funny if you wanna be

Once again the Friday Fill-In Meme is being attempted. :) 1. When I'm sick I'm _don't whine_. 2. When I take a walk, I think about _about four hundred things all at once_. 3. Money can't buy happiness but it can _make retiring early easier_. 4. Cotton makes me _comfy_ and leather makes me _frustrated_. 5. The strangest person/character I've had lewd thoughts about was _non-existent, as if I'm going to confess those thoughts here!!_. 6. My favorite color these days is _cobalt blue_ because _that's what it is every day_. 7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to _watching Eastern Promises with hubby while the kids are at Nana's_, tomorrow my plans include _absolutely nothing_ and Sunday, I want to _have a nice time at a Labor day cook out_! Leave a comment please and leave your blog address so I can visit you also!

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