Tag - I'm It

Friday night, I opened my email to find I'd been tagged by a couple of friends to answer a million questions about myself. Okay, maybe not a MILLION...but there were a lot.

Because I'm lazy and because it's Monday, I thought I'd let you in on some of my answers:

What time did you get up this morning? 
5 FREAKING o' clock  

Diamonds or pearls? 
Well, I'd be dumb to turn down either one wouldn't I!!??

What was the last film you saw at the cinema? 
The latest incarnation of Friday the 13th because Hoodie wanted to and ugh........ 

What is your favorite TV show? 
Will and Grace and also Lost

What do you usually have for breakfast? 
15 minutes of extra sleep on the living room couch.

What food do you dislike? 
How about liver! 

Favorite sandwich? 
Grilled ham and cheese 

Favorite item of clothing? 
My pajamas! 

If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go 
My DREAM is Italy or England/Ireland/Scotland 

Favorite brand of clothing? 
J. Jill 

Any new and exciting news you 'd like to share with us? 
Let's see....the older Hoodie gets, the bigger pain in my neck he becomes. 
Oh no, that's neither "new" nor "exciting"....nevermind! 

What did you want to be when you were little? 
TV reporter and archeologist 

How are you today? 
PMSing terribly....bet you couldn't guess by my snappy answers, could you? 

What is your favorite candy? 
The divinity my Grandma used to make at Christmas. 

What is your favorite flower? 
Wildflowers 

What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? 
Any day I can sleep later than 5 FREAKING o' clock is great. 

Do you wish on stars? 
I've been known to do that from time to time. 

If you were a crayon, what color would you be? 
indigo 

How is the weather right now? 
Almost too warm for my liking. 

Summer or winter? 
Winter, cause I sweat too well. 

Chocolate or Vanilla? 
Both, either, why make me choose just one? 

Salty or sweet? 
I can be either one, just depends on the circumstances. HA!

I feel like whoever wrote these questions probably also writes many of the quizzes on Facebook! At the very end, I half expected to see a "submit" button and the next screen asking me which of my friends I wanted to send the quiz to.

At least I didn't find out that my stripper name is Rose SunnyDream!

Punched In The Heart

You know sometimes when you hear or read really, super shocking news how maybe you have the reaction to say "what" out loud like you're just not sure that's what you really read or heard?

That was pretty much all I could say this morning when I read that Shana Myers, otherwise known as Gorillabuns, had lost Thalon, her beautiful baby boy over the weekend.

It was like a syntax error that the crappy computer in my stupid, little brain refused to process. What...no more Thalon?

What? What?

In the midst of the tears I'm trying to comprehend how God and the universe can take such a handsome little baby away from a mother who loves her family so fiercely.

Shana has the most real-life guts of any Mommy Blogger I've ever read. She has laid it out, honest as can be so the rest of us can see that life isn't about book or movie deals. It's about dealing with whatever happens to you, your husband and your children and still hold on and hang in there even though is doesn't always land "sunny side up".

She bares her heart to us all and her love for her family always comes first and always shines through.

That's what kept me glued the most to reading her blog month after month, that unspun, unabashed, devil-may-care writing of hers. And it always brightened my day when she would take time out and leave comments here.

I don't know what happened to her precious baby. And all I want to do right now is leave my office and drive several thousand miles to her house and pick everyone up in my arms and make their pain go away ... somehow.

Somehow......how?

How could anyone ever be able to take that sort of horrifying pain away? Was it a syntax error in the universe that deleted that tiny little life? I just don't get it!!!

Please, please, please take this family into your prayers and wishes right now. They are dealing with more than any parents should ever have to for any reason.

If you have the ability to make a donation for hospital and funeral expenses, there is a PayPal account set up here. Just give from your heart.

Thank you.

Hardy Har Har

While I certainly do NOT appreciate my body's sense of humor, I still must deal with it.

Once a week, I have to bleach the area under my nose,otherwise I'll end up looking like Mario from the Nintendo games.

Once a month, I have to dye my roots, otherwise look like I've got white and gray tentacles coming from the top of my head.

Twice a day, I have to apply moisturizer to my hands, arms, feet and legs, otherwise I'll look like an iguana trying to shed it's scales.

Once a day, I have to shampoo and condition my hair, otherwise I'll wake up looking like a horse used it's tongue to spread mayonaisse all over my head.

12 Hour Sale

Happy Friday!

Are you ready for the weekend? I sure am. Hoodie has been home from school all week with what I think is strep throat. The doctor he saw Wednesday thinks differently and supposedly, his throat culture came back negative. She thinks he has sinusitis, but he's got a worse sore throat than anything else.

On a different note, today is also my 12 hour sale from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm PST at Sparkles In Time. Any ring or pendant is 30% off if you purchase it during that time. I'll refund the discount to your PayPal account.

Treat yourself to a little vintage fun!

March Madness

Just an FYI, next Friday - the 13th - I am going to have a One Day SALE over at my Etsy shop where you can save 30% off everything!

Be sure to mark your calendars and "shop" on by!

Oh Facebook, You're Crazy

I'm a lemming.

I'm a moth.

I am a sheep following the herd and I've been doing that over at Facebook recently.  Originally, I joined to keep in touch with someone whom I've been friends with since high school.  She's a super busy lady with a lot of friends and it really works for her to keep people updated on her life.

I sort of neglected my profile for awhile because that's just the way I roll....you know that!  And then I did a short stint on MySpace, but all I wanted to do over there was constantly change my background.  

All in all, they both proved to be diversions from working or writing here and I made the decision to delete the MySpace account and keep up with the Facebook one.

Am I ever glad that I did!  Yes, it's like a virtual reunion of sorts, but some of the people I've been able to re-connect with are folks I would love to get re-aquainted with anyway.  Not to mention it's sort of been responsible for letting me find out that another friend has a secret identity and life!

Well, I guess it's sort of secret, I mean she didn't go out of her way to TELL anyone about it.  I guess you really CAN'T keep a secret with the internet around. HA!

Aaaannnnndddd, I've completely lost the point of this post.

Tune In Tuesday

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