A meme for you........

Do you like bleu cheese? Yes, yumm

Have you ever smoked? Nope, never even touched my lips

Favorite type of food? I like beef and yorkies, turkey dinners, and Italian/seafood

Favorite type of music? not a big listener of music. Allison is introducing me to all sorts of new stuff though!! (my young friend! heheh)

What do you think of hot dogs? The whole "all-beef" thing scares me. But I still eat them sometimes.

Favorite Christmas movie? Elf (I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite)

What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Coffee, with coffee cream and sugar. Sometimes I have tea.

Can you do push-ups? To save a life, maybe.

What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? My necklace and wedding band. One circle says the kids name and my friends added the other "circle of friends" on my 40th.

Favorite hobby? crafting (knitting, crocheting, sewing, other handmade stuff)

Do you have A. D. D.? Maybe? Possibly? Sometimes I think so!?

Do you wear glasses/contacts? glasses, and until recently contacts. Can't wear them anymore for some reason?

Middle name? Ruth

Name three thoughts at this exact moment: the storyline on Mad Men (which I am watching now online as I type), should I have some wine? plans for the next few months of school/work

Name three drinks you regularly drink: Pepsi, juice, water

Current worry? That the children I support at work will meet all their goals for this year

Current hate right now? Doctors, protocol

Favorite place to be? I really like being at work (seriously!) Specifically, Miss Clark's grade one class "heart"

How did you bring in the new year? With good friends who happen to live next door

Someplace you’d like to go? Local: Oregon Coast (this summer!) Far away: Wow....Great Britain, Australia, Norway, Maui (specifically Kaanapali)

Name three people who will complete this. Sheri, maybe Barb and I'm going to challenge Jamie

Do you own slippers? Yes. but my feet get too hot, so I prefer sandals around the house.

What color shirt are you wearing? lime green with white and yellow flowery things. Short sleeve. First of the year!

Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? I never have, so I don't know

Can you whistle? No, I can make noise, but that's it

Where are you now? In the kitchen watching Mad Men and typing

Would you be a pirate? Uh, no

What songs do you sing in the shower? I don't. I'm usually concentrating on the lather. rinse. repeat. thing

Favorite Girl’s Name? Names!! I have so many! Lindsay Jane will always be number one, but if someone put a baby girl in my arms today, I would name her Nora.

Favorite boy’s name? Graham might have been a Callum, I still like that. My tastes have stretched to more uncommon, so maybe I'd go deeper into Scottish names.

What is in your pocket right now? I work in a school, with kids in grade one, so it could be a number of things! I have math counters in my pocket! really. about a dozen. I couldn't find my pencil case!

Last thing that made you laugh? My daughter. ALL THE TIME. Tonight it was "Mumma, when I grow up I'm going to be Maria" (Von Trapp) (or would that be Julie Andrews?)

Worst injury you’ve ever had? Well, there's that one from when I ballroomed danced. Ya, right. Um. I guess just twisting my ankle on my honeymoon.

Do you love where you live? Hmmm. I reallllly like my house and those people next door. Other than that - meh..

How many TVs do you have in your house? Well, three, but one is for video games

How many computers do you have in your house? our Mac, our old junker and Cam has one for work

If you changed your job, what would it be? Hmm, maybe work in a yarn shop, I could fondle yarn all day and maybe do some photoshop on the side.

If you were granted three wishes, what would they be? Ummm. Money, lots of it. Health for my family. time.

Oh no...this is going to be addictive

And I want to see your search story so you better leave a link! (I'm sure I searched a lot more things while waiting for Graham)

Retro Telephone

As I blogged this I just realized I have many posts titled "retro"......Hmmmm. Love stuff from the '60's, '70's.

Lindsay has a new room which I blogged about earlier. I was keeping my eye out for a bright orange retro phone for Lindsay's desk. They must be hard to come by. I found some on Ebay, but the shipping was outrageous! None seemed to be coming up on Craigslist, until last night. Found this cute pink one. Once I polish it up, I think it will look adorable sitting on her desk!

Guess how much it is!!!

Adorable pink phone

The desk it will sit on. Not sure if I will plug it in at first. I don't want any midnight calls to relatives in England or Norway.

The orange one, which was just too much

WAY BACK WEDNESDAY - Avon Pin Pals - Did you have one?

If you were a girl in the '70's, you should remember these Avon Pin Pals that were the craze for a while. They opened up and had perfume inside that was like a cream. I for sure had the snowman as you can see from the picture and I think I had the bunny as it looks so familiar. I should have saved mine as they sell for ten whole dollars on ebay now! Some are unopened. I wonder what the perfume is like now??

Did you have an Avon Pin Pal?

Grade three, about 1976 or '77