Happy Birthday, Daddy

Four things...

Dawn's "Tagged" entry reminded me of this list by my dad (found in his 'sent' e-mail file):

OK, I'll try the survey, but be advised, I never forward. Ever.

A) Four places that I go to over and over:

• The Presbyterian Church in Mesa (on Sunday morning)[I run the sound control system]
• Dillon's RV City, (I drop off our club newsletters and they pay the postage.),
• and other than grocery stores and Radio Shack, and restaurants,
  
• see C below.
  

B) Four people who e-mail me(regularly):

• Mary N.,
  
• Tony DeG,
  
• Skeets,
• Terri F.
  

C) Four of my favorite places to eat:

• Linda's Hoosier Cafe,
  
• Corner Cafe,
• Chilero's Mexican Grill,
  
• Serrano's Mexican Restaurant.
  

D) Four places I would rather be right now:

• Right now, I'm at Fool Hollow State Park with our Hi-Lo camping group and we just finished another fabulous pot-luck dinner,
  
• Sitka, AK,
  
• Brackettsville, TX.
  

E) Four people I think will respond: Not likely

F) Four TV shows I watch:

• CSI Las Vegas,
  
• The Closer,
  
• Trains &Locomotives,
  
• Texas Country Reporter.(all are recorded and watched at my convenience).

sent on October 10, 2008

tagged

5 years ago, I was...

• Preschool Administrator/Teacher
  
• Religious Education Director at St. Gregory's
  
• Creative Memories Consultant
• Girl Scout Troop Leader
  
• somebody's wife

5 things on my list to do today

• clean the kitchen
• catch up on my homework
• make the menu and shopping list for the week and go grocery shopping (double Alaska Airlines miles at Sea Mart today!)
  
• put together the shelf we bought for Cassie's room
• watch whales
  

5 things I would do with a million dollars

• tithe and pay taxes
• pay off my mortgage and Lori's mortgage
• remodel the bathrooms
• take Cassie on a cruise
• blow the rest on Coach purses

5 places I have lived

• Mesa, Arizona
• Maryville, Tennessee
• Annapolis, Maryland
  
• Falls Church, Virginia
• Sitka, Alaska

5 jobs I have held

• waitress
• fabric store clerk
• proofreader for a patent law firm
• service department cashier for a mercedes-benz dealership
• writer/editor for a timber sale planning team
  

5 people I tag

• Cassie
• Gary
• Mikie
• Ellen
• Jeremy
  

retail therapy, part three

what's this? more coach? and are those . . . oh my . . . 600 thread count sheets?!?!?

spring is here. the whales are swimming around outside, enjoying the herring. the snow will have to start melting soon. time to replace the flannel sheets inside, and step out into the sunshine with a new spring purse.

i was in juneau over the weekend for an early childhood conference. while there, we had a few hours in the evening to shop at walmart (sorry, lori), fred meyer, and costco.

anyway, one of the workshops was about inspiring creativity in children, and the presenter noted that we needed to feed our own creativity as well. thus the link to creative writing prompts (previous post). when i read the names in the prompt i thought "sounds like characters daddy would come up with." thanks for posting your stories.

creative writing prompt #250

Mildred Allard and Lee Rabinovitz meet on a lake. One of them is pretending to be someone else. Write their story.

Party Time

had a few friends over to celebrate st. patrick's day last night. the young 'uns played guitar hero. us old folks played don't wake daddy and mexican train dominoes.

did the baked potatoes in the slow cooker all day, layered with kosher salt. not too bad, but probably had too many potatoes in there.

my camera battery is dead, so no photos. :-(

retail therapy, part two

every girl needs a fabulous purse, right? well, cassie and i found this lovely bag at goodwill a few weeks ago...awesome, right?

well, no.

but i just HAD to take a picture of that purse because it is the exact same upholstery fabric as the couch i bought for my living room 15 years ago.

now this...


this is a fabulous purse. who knew i needed a coach purse? lori, you've ruined me. thanks so much, dear. and thanks, e-bay, for making me feel like a winner.