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Tuesday, January 03, 2006The Things I Do For LoveThings like...washing, drying and ironing our king-sized duvet cover because Eric spilled red wine on it last night around 11:00. Ask me how often I actually wash the duvet cover. Answer: once a year. In April. Under extreme duress. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have to iron the thing before re-stuffing it with our down duvet. Needless to say, I only did a quick touch-up job with the iron before replacing the cover today. It isn't April, after all, so I was under no obligation to do it right. At least the wine stain came out. That in itself is nothing short of amazing. Unexpected wine spills notwithstanding, you are about to witness another "thing I do for love." Namely, I'm going to answer the meme that Cheezweezil was kind enough to lay at my doorstep. If he wasn't such a great guy and entertaining blogger, I might just have to act the snob and ignore the fact that he tagged me. Ah, but I'm not that coldhearted. And I'm sensitive enough to realize that his having tagged me was a kindness -- and an honor. (Mind you, I wouldn't say that about any old meme-crazed blogger. Just Dave. And only because he and his sweet wife sent us a cool Christmas gift. Well, okay, that's not the only reason. But I digress...) So, without further fanfare, here are my answers: Four jobs you've had in your life: 1. Telemarketer for a shady-as-they-come, "Hey, you've won a free, black-and-white TV," fly-by-night company. I was seventeen; it was my first job. They fired me after one month. Reason? Lack of sales. The fact that I'd made up a character with a British accent in order to get more people to actually listen to my pitch didn't end up holding water. 2. Queen of the Drive-Thru at Wendy's. I moved quickly up the ranks from deboner-of-chicken-breasts and wiper-of-pubic-hairs-from-urinals to the number one gal at the drive-thru window. One word of caution: Never, never eat Wendy's chili. Never. 3. Teacher of a more-children-than-is-legally-allowed-in-Tennessee roomful of four-year-olds in a daycare. I wasn't a mom yet, and I already knew that I would choose to stay home when my day arrived. Nevertheless, working at a daycare nine hours a day convinced me beyond the wisp of a doubt that I would have my womb removed without anesthetic before I would ever place a child of mine in a daycare. 'Nuff said. 4. Administrative secretary for a local Christian ministry. I've blogged about my boss before -- best one I've ever had. This was the period of my life during which I laid the foundation for my love and knowledge of computers. I was a WordStar guru. I taught myself how to download cool fonts into my laser printer (yes, yes, all you too-young-to-remember whippersnappers; fonts had to be created and downloaded back then). Four movies you would watch over and over: 1. Pride and Prejudice (the A&E version) 2. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 3. Lord of the Rings (all three, of course) 4. Room With a View Four places you have lived: 1. Catasauqua, Pennsylvania (It's an American Indian word; it means "The earth is thirsty.") 2. Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania (College years -- it's where I met my beloved Eric.) 3. Nashville, Tennessee 4. Franklin, Tennessee Four TV shows you love to watch: Let me be perfectly clear: I don't watch TV. However, back in the days when all the Star Treks were on, Eric and I were completely addicted. So I will list them, even though we no longer watch them: 1. Star Trek: The Next Generation 2. Star Trek: Voyager My favorite British sit-com is As Time Goes By with Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer. That is no longer on TV, either, and we own the entire set on DVD. Four places you have been on vacation: 1. Ocean City, New Jersey 2. Ocean City, Maryland 3. Disneyworld (Orlando, Florida) 4. Cape May, New Jersey Four websites you visit daily: 1. Google (It's my homepage.) 2. Blog Explosion 3. Mommy! The Internet Lifeline for At-home Moms (The online community of at-home women I manage on MSN) 4. My own blog. Seriously. I check my hits and comments and use my sideboard to visit my favorite bloggers. Four of your favorite foods: 1. Lobster tail with drawn butter (sea scallops are a close second) 2. Petite filet mignon, medium-well, at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse 3. Jonathan's homemade chocolate chip cookies 4. Gourmet chocolate -- dark Four places you would rather be right now: 1. The ocean 2. The ocean 3. The ocean 4. Anywhere in the world with Eric Four bloggers you are tagging: 1. Doris at Nature's Artwork 2. Iris at My Lighter Side 3. Kathie at Housewife Cafe 4. Ellen at The Reign of Ellen Tada! I've done it. An enlightening experience, to be sure. Now I might actually go work on my latest novel. Oh, and a big THANKS for all your wonderful comments on my last post! I felt very affirmed in my smells-like-port-o-potty state. You all rock. |
About Me
I am: Mother to five stunningly individualistic children... Writer of young adult fantasy... Passionate advocate for Women At Home... Madly in love with my husband... In need of Organic Gourmet Chocolate on a regular basis. I've got a Paypal account if you'd like to contribute to the cause....
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22of my readers are feeling chatty:
Your responses are awesome (I'm using that word too much lately), but I think it's so funny that TV is such a big part of my life and not at all a part of yours. Perhaps that's the reason I'm overusing the word awesome. For some reason, the shows on TV make me feel connected to people all over the country, like a shared experience with those who no longer share my everyday life happenings...I'm sure there's something psychologically wrong with that, but for now the TV's staying.
So, I have no idea what I'm supposed to do now...respond to the questions here or do I blog them on my site? I'll check back for an answer soon! Glad you're back in the groove.
Blog them on your site. It gives you something easy to blog about, yes? :)
The Internet gives me that "connected" feeling you mentioned. I was fairly imbalanced with it back in the late 90s when I first got online! LOL I think I've evened out. (Gee, I hope so...)
Ha I still get As time goes by! watch it every Saturday :-)
Umm you do realize that if I go through with your tag, it goes against everything I have ever done in blog land right? I have never once giving in to a tag LOL
Yeppers -- you're going to have to un-snob yourself like I did! :oD
"It goes against everything I have ever done in blog land right?" LOL ME TOO! Hobbit sisters unite.
Fine, I have it saved as a draft! I guess latter today or tomorrow I will put it up. :-) ~
Thanks my friend - but at least it is not that long...
See you soon...I hope...
Hope your 2006 will be splendid...
BTW - loved your answer on the four places - you might just see something silmular on mine - ha....
Iris -- I actually thought of you after I typed that answer! :)
Now see are you not glad I undid my own non meme/tag snob and started this whole thing rolling LOL
Wendy, we all bow in thy presence, oh great White Queen of Narnia!
Jill:
WOOHOO!
I'm glad that I could sway you from your tag-snobiness. ;)
Thanks for being a good sport.
Thanks for buttering me up too!
"I can't believe he's not butter!"
Great responses! I enjoyed reading them. And I believe I've just found a fellow Tennessean - or at least you were at one time. I live in Franklin now, and my two granddaughters are in daycare here! Yikes!
Done :)
BTW I know you took part last time so just a heads up I have a 48 hour casting call up on my blog :)
Dark chocolate and Star Trek TNG--may be a perfect combination :
Wendy directed me here!
You washed your hands between cleaning the potty's and deboning the chicken right?
Ken
Naaaaa... They made me wear disposable plastic gloves when I was working with the chicken, so it hardly mattered. :D
Come to think of it, I used the wrong word. I didn't have to deBONE the chicken; I had to deVEIN it. Nasty, nasty...
Hey! I told you before how much your blog inspires me. WE are definately moving to the ocean soon. I grew up in the Outer Banks of NC and now live in Tx...home of the wildfires. I miss the ocean so much....so if I had to choose 4 places to be- it would be the ocean as well!:)
I dropped the ball on this one...I'll do this in the next couple of days...so sorry.
YOU ARE KIDDING! My dh & I LOVE the $30 filet mignon at Ruth's Chris! IN fact, we just had it w/ garlic mashed potatoes & asparagus spears Saturday night for our 17th anniversary :o)
Also, I'd like to watch As Time Goes By again whilst sipping Carmel Macciatos that Eric makes! :o)
I'm glad I "found" your blog!
Alicia
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