musing minds

Playing Tag

Kate tagged me with a meme (thanks Kate 😮 ). I’m going to leech off Kate’s for ideas.

Eight things you may not know about me.

1. Kate and a few others know this, but most don’t: I finally got my bachelor’s degree in Business/eBusiness one month ago! Hooray! And I’m starting the MBA program next week.

2. I don’t do video games that take a lot of quick hand/eye coordination. I am no good at racing games for instance. I have Civilization 4 and can generally go through to the end of a game, but I haven’t gotten out of the easiest levels. I don’t play often. Other games I like are Zuma, JewelQuest, QBs, stuff like that.

3. I put in my own brick patio last year. Hubby helped with the digging and cutting some of the final bricks, but I did all the rest.

4. I bought paint last year to paint the shed and I still haven’t cracked open the cans.

5. I’ve been designing and making crocheted purses and earrings and have them for sale at Hannah Rose (see ad in the left sidebar).

6. Kate’s never had a pet die of old age, I’ve had one die of old age a cat at 17, a cat at 10 of kidney failure, a cat at 13 of liver cancer, a young cat who died miscarrying a litter of kittens (very sad), two dogs and two cats who were hit by cars, and one dog who was given to us and subsequently given back… Currently we have three cats and two dogs.

7. I love to read books, but I have found that in the past 14 months since I quit smoking I haven’t been reading as much. You see, I would take a book outside on the front porch to read while I smoked a cigarette or two or more…. Now that I’m not smoking, I’m not reading as much. I need to do something about that.

8. Little Guy and I have joined the Library’s summer reading club. The theme this year is mysteries. He has to read 15 books, I only have to read 5. He could win a new bike. I could win an ipod like machine (some other brand).

Now, who to tag? Laura Lee, Jeanette, and Lady Jane.

Easy "Silver Dollar" Pancakes

I figured out an easy way to make “silver dollar” pancakes.

100_1096.JPGUsing any pancake mix (I used Bisquick shake and pour) put the batter into a plastic ketchup type squeeze bottle ($1 at WalMart or dollar stores). You have a lot of control over where the batter goes and no messy drips from a ladle.

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Squirt out the batter onto your hot griddle or frying pan
100_1098.JPGWhen they bubble nicely, flip:

100_1099.JPGWe had a few right away and the rest are in a Ziplock bag in the freezer ready to slip a few into the microwave for future breakfasts…

The Wiggles

We got to see the Wiggles today at Six Flags! The real Wiggles; Sam, Murray, Jeff, and Anthony, Captain Feathersword, Dorothy, Henry, and Wags!

I took the pictures with my Treo, from up in the stands, so they’re not terrific pictures, but we did have a lot of fun!

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Jeff (Purple) is asleep again!

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Everyone, near the end of the show

WBBM Chicago CBS2 was there as well and has this little video.

Remember Me

Back in April I posted on a You Tube video made by a 15-year-old girl from Ohio named Lizzie Palmer.

An argument ensued in the comments to that post, commenter Sue and others were not convinced that Lizzie is a real girl who put together a fantastic video. Fox News had interviewed Lizzie, but Sue couldn’t find a link to the interview and was skeptical.

Just today, Mr. Palmer, Lizzie’s Dad, commented and posted a link to the Fox News interview and he’s noted that Lizzie will be interviewed on CNN tomorrow (5/28/07) morning at 7:30 am Eastern.

Here’s the You Tube video.

Link to the Fox News America’s Newsroom segment with Bill Hemmer and Lizzie.

Let's Say Thanks

We posted on this eleven months ago and think that it’s appropriate to post again this weekend.

LetsSayThanks.com is a site by Xerox whereby one can choose a postcard design by a child, personalize the postcard message, and Xerox will print and send the postcard to troops overseas or at sea. Xerox has some choices of messages that are already written if you can’t decide exactly what you want to say, and they also give you the choice of personalizing a message.

Go. Do it.

Update:

Lorie at Wizbang! will updating a Memorial Day post during the weekend with links to other Memorial Day related posts.

See also In Flanders Fields posted below.

In Flanders Fields

Jeff posted this 11/11/2005 for Canada’s Remembrance Day which is also our Veteran’s Day. I’m posting it for Memorial Day this year.

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you, from failing hands, we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Written by Lt-Colonel John McRae (1915)

Fake Toenails

100_1029.JPGI saw these in the store the other day and just had to buy them to see how they are. 20 nails in 10 different sizes, glue on. I’ve had to glue some back on a couple times already. Very silly.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother’s to all the Mothers out there! To all those who are not mothers, remember, without a mother, there would be no you.mom.jpg
Mom, before she was a mom

I love you Mom, thanks!

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