Okay - I'll steal from MLL

MLL took these questions from a list of 100 questions

1. How old will you be in five years? 5 years older than today

2. How tall are you? 5'5"

3. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks? HAHAHAHAHA!!!!! December CRASHES into Tax Season -- and then February (my worst month each year) falls in there.

I'm only looking forward to MAY -- it will get here

4. What's the last movie you saw? Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

5. Who is the last person you called? Probably Crem to tell him I wouldn't be at dog class

6. Who was the last person to call you? Crem (to tell me he was stopping by after dog class)

7. What was the last text message you received? "No. Can't do that"

8. Do you preffer to call or text? Depends on the situation

9. Do you have any pets? one dog, one cat, one guinea pig.

10. What were you doing at 12am last night? sleeping

11. Are your parents married/separated/divorced? They were married from 1950 til my dad died in 1978

12. When is the last time you saw your mom? 1982

13. What color are your eyes? Sort of a non descript

14. What time did you wake up today? 7:30

15. What are you wearing right now? Jammies

16. What's your favorite Christmas song? I wanna Hippopotamus for Christmas

17. Where is your favorite place to be? BED

18. Where is your least favorite place to be? cleaning dog poop

19. Where would you go if you could go anywhere? Nude resort in the Carribean

20. Where do you think you'll be in 10 years? Illinois

21. Do you tan or burn? Mostly burn.

22. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child? Hmmm funny I don't remember fearing anything at night as a child. After I actually did have a boogie man come after me, I would often have "nested" dreams about being attacked (sleeping and dreaming about being attacked only to "wake up" and find I was being attacked).

23. What was the last thing that made you laugh?

24. How many TVs do you have in your house? 2

25. How big is your bed? King

26. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer? Both

27. Do you sleep with or without clothes on? I wear my pink pajamas in the summer when it's hot, I wear my flannel nighties in the winter when it's not.

28. What color are your sheets? Whatever color was on clearance at Land's End

29. How many pillows do you sleep with? 1-3

30. What is your favorite season? fall

Thanks MLL

Now, THAT'S a friend

Today I wasn't feeling well. All the sudden around mid afternoon my stomach said STOP and I sat still for a while and felt okay -- but moving around wasn't a good plan. So I did manage to sit still and watch some videos I've had out for too long.

However, another problem presented itself. Wednesday nights is "class" night. I take fuzzybutt to his obedience class, and Crem takes his own fuzzybutt to class (also sometimes known as "my favorite nephew" :} -- don't tell my human nephew that).

So -- tonight the spouse and son (a/k/a Chip and "the old block") went to class for me.

It was an interesting evening I understand. After class the instructor called me AND Crem stopped by. Quite the excitement with a little bit of an almost dog tussle and then, well come to find out I'm not the only one in the family with stomach upsets.

A friend will take a class with you.

A good friend will help you out in class.

A *REALLY REALLY GOOD* friend will clean up when your fuzzybutt has diarrhea in class.

(Gotta hand it to Crem -- usually I'm in charge of bringing the roll of paper towels and cleaner to class -- I'd completely forgotten to send it with my boys - but Crem brought his own and then cleaned up).

The face

I guess we all sometimes do the "chin up" "grin and bear it" "smile and get it over with" face. Sometimes you have one face you show the world while you're really going bonkers.

Today I look like .......




But really feel like



I one time saw an inflatable image of Munch's The Scream. I should have bought it. Not only to use as a punching bag, but also to remind me that no matter how often I've felt like ........



Life eventually gets better (remember the mantra "this too shall pass".)

But I'm not going to give myself any of that bunk about how "things can't get any worse" because I know that *EVERY DArN TIME* I've said that to myself ......

Sure enough -- things got worse.

The One Word Meme

The idea is to respond in one word with no explanations.

The One Word Meme

Yourself: Tired
Your partner: short-fused
Your hair: natural
Your Mother: yoyo
Your Father: principled
Your Favorite Item: chocolate
Your dream last night: curly
Your Favorite Drink: guinness
Your Dream Car: mustang convertible
Your Dream Home: paid
The Room You Are In: living room
Your Ex: where?
Your fear: pain
Where you Want to be in Ten Years: organized
Who you hung out with last night: family
What You’re Not: organized
Muffins: blueberry
One of Your Wish List Items: chocolate
Time: bedtime
The Last Thing You Did: read
What You Are Wearing: sweater
Your favorite weather: crisp
Your Favorite Book: drivel
Last thing you ate: watermelon
Your Life: limbo
Your mood: tight
Your Best Friends: solid
What are you thinking about right now:Crem
Your car: minivan
What are you doing at the moment: Blogging
Your summer: hot
Relationship status: Married
What is on your TV: Dust
What is the weather like: Crisp
When is the last time you laughed:

have it your way at worship

For those that don't know -- from the liturgical point of view, the church calendar "begins" with the first Sunday of advent, and "ends" the week before Advent, in some churches (Roman Catholic, some Methodist churches, and some others, this is Christ the King Sunday). That would be today.

There is a Contemporary Worship service at my church. It is rather "new", and runs on a little tighter budget, it also has a shorter history of decor to run with. It's also recently taken on a new location and let's just say things run on a shoestring.

I mean *REALLY* on a shoestring.

So today I'm sitting in worship and I'm looking at the Altar. There's a cross, some very artistically draped fabric, and a crown hanging off one side of the arm.

And I'm looking at it thinking "hmmmm what is is about this picture"

So, later I was talking to one of the ministers.

So, ummmm, who decorated the altar for Contemporary Worship today?

I did.

And, can I ask was that actually a Burger King crown on the cross?

Yes, it was.

I'm thinking I need to talk to someone about the budget.

FIRST -- using decor from kid's meals???

And SECOND, I'm thinking the Pastors need to get paid a little more so they can buy ADULT meals and not have to survive on kid's meals :^).

(just kidding -- I think Pastor J can afford real food, and I'm sure that there would have been resources for something else -- it actually looked really good, and if you don't live with a 6 or under you probably wouldn't have realized it).