Thursday Thunker's Week!

These questions were submitted by last week's Thursday Thunk's participants! (so don't blame Kimber & Berleen for the quality of the questions.....)

yeah anyway, don't blame us.

1. Have you seen the new Star Trek movie, and if so what did you think?
Um... there's a new Star Trek movie?

2. Which popular sitcom character (past or present) are you most like?
Probably a toss up between Rosanne, Lucy & Joy on My Name is Earl

3. What kind of dreams do you have?
Wouldn't you like to know? Do you think you are in them?

4. Bugger it. Go get a tattoo and come back. Right, now answer me this, what ees eet?
The new vet here in town has paw prints going up the back of her arm. I think I found my new idea. 2 dog prints for Maxwell & Saki and 2 cat prints for Murray & Serena.

5. Do you think you could be on American Idol with the singing voice you have now without any voice training?
Depends on the song, honestly. I think I could make it to Hollywood, but not far after that I'm sure.

6. How much wood, would a woodchuck chuck? If a woodchuck could chuck wood?
my bestest friend asked this question and I'd like to smack her for it.

7. If you were a tree in a Dr. Seuss book, what would you look like?
I'd have pretty pink & white blossoms coming off of me

8. Twilight? I'm addicted/Who cares/What the hell is Twilight?
I am addicted. I'll admit it. Bella & Edward are the new Romeo & Juliet.

9. Do you think Kimber and Berleen do a dube while writing these questions?
I'd like to see us do one... Skype would have to have one helluva upgrade, though

10. What the worst injury you've ever had?
major road rash on my face & arms from a deer getting in the way of a motorcycle I was on

11. What is your favorite dessert?
peanut butter & chocolate smothered all over vanilla ice cream.

12. What do you prefer...beach or mountains?
For what? What am I doing? How am I dressed? A bikini would be awful chilly in the mountains. But I'll take the Rocky Mountains, if you are offering.

13. What movie have you seen that still make you cry?
The Notebook. Gets me everytime.

14. Why are you making me submit a question? Are you too lazy to think of one yourself?
Yes. I was lazy and so was Kimber. And there's no reason why you lazy asses need our creativity every week... we deserve some fricken help every now & then.

15. how often do you do laundry?
Whenever I need to. Today I did only because it was 30mph winds and 90 degrees - I could hang stuff outside and my family won't notice because the clothes aren't stiff!

16. What is your favorite movie of all time, and why?
anything with Mel in it, of course.

17. If you won a million dollars in the lottery, would you keep working?
Yep. I'd open a critter crisis center. (a no-kill shelter)

18. If there was a war of the gummies, would you be on the gummi bear side or the gummi worm side?
Worms! They can crawl into a hole and the bears can't get them

19. What's your favorite comic strip?
Family Circus. It's all so true.

20. Close your eyes… imagine you are in the perfect room/place… describe it.
No.. it's dark when I do that.

....to be continued next week.... (you didn't want all 40-some questions this week, did you?)

Are you a rose expert?

I had/have 3 different rose bushes planted in front of my house. If you know my history, I plant roses every year and every year they die. Well, I decided to give up. Today I went out and bought day lillies to plant in their place. Thats something I can grow. I get all ready to dig out these 3 rose plants and look what I find....



each one of them is showing signs of life! A couple days ago there was nothing. Even as I started to cut down some of the stems, they were dry and brittle... dead, to my eyes... until I saw this.

Now, I know a rose plant should be a lot farther in growth in mid-May than this. My mini-roses, which I can grow, are going crazy with lots of leaves and showing signs of buds.

Are these things trying to tell me that they want to live?

The Official Teenager

Yesterday we had the birthday party for Demon #2. She's officially 13 now.

She's a video game addict. Her hopes for the future include working for Sega as a video game designer, so Sonic was the only thing that made sense to have on her cake.

My sister helped light all 13 candles, even though I was told, "candles are sooo 3rd grade, Mom".
The husband & I cutting & serving the cake.
Guess who's going on a shopping spree?
Just a random picture taken of me... which doesn't happen often.
and Saki just couldn't figure out what all the fuss was about.

Robbing the place, cracks, blogs, geographical locations and other fun stuff

1. You are at the store when suddenly 2 men walk in with guns and rob the place. Are you the hero, quiet & follow the rules type, or try to make a run for it?
I follow the rules.. as best I could. It would throw me into a fricken panic attack and I would pray that they didn't say they would kill me if I wouldn't stop shaking.

2. Do you like Twizzlers?
Not really

3. Are you a YouTube watcher?
only when my kids insist that I have to watch something

4. When a auto glass store calls you and asks if you have a chip or crack in your windshield, what do you tell them?
I just tell them no and hang up, but then wish I'd remember all the cool lines when I'm actually on the phone with them.

5. What is the age difference between you and your father?
37 years

6. Have you ever tried to find the end of a rainbow?
Nope.

7. Camping - recreational vehicle or tent?
Either or

8. Have you ever had to call 9-1-1?
Yeah... twice.

9. Who is your favorite blog in the Thursday Thunk bloggers to visit?
I can't help it... I have to go with the crowd and say Buds.

10. How long do you think you could live locked in your house on the food that you have on hand right now?
Probably a month maybe? Two months if food includes dog & cat meat.

11. Pepper - shaker or grinder?
I'm really liking the grinder. Its fun.

12. What state (or country if you are not in the US) is 2 states west of you?
That depends. It's either Montana or Wyoming - depending on where I want to say

13. What color do you believe you look best in?
black

and once again... next week is Thursday Thunkers Questions... so....

14. What is your question submission for next week?
I just came up with 13 questions and I gotta do this again. Grrr Is it cloudy right now?

Hold on to your hat

It's very windy today.

Thats all.

Holy crap!!!!

I just realized that this Saturday marks the day that I officially become a mom of not only one, but TWO fricken teenagers! This ain't right. Seriously people. I am not old enough to have 2 teens. It can't happen.... but it's gonna, isn't it? Holy crap.

And the last 13 years went.... where?

Unbelievable. What I wouldn't give for those terrible twos again. And don't any of you toddler moms come chewing my ass telling me how insane I am for saying that - I lived through the terrible twos, twice. And the terrifying threes... and guess what? It's a piece of fricken cake compared to the years ahead. Now instead of my sweet babies crying and running towards me when they are hurt, they run for their room and slam the door and scream "LEAVE ME ALONE!".

Terrible twos. Ha!

You ain't seen a tantrum until you've seen a PMS crazed teen.

Shamless Plugs....

Just taking the time to share some links for ya...


With Father's Day coming, you gotta start thinking about what you are going to get that dear old dad of yours... don't forget about InsanityWear! You know, that obnoxious store that I run?


Yeah, that.

And remember that I do personalizations, too! So if you want one of those cutsey tees done with the kids' or grandkids' names on them... I can do that.

Just email me and we'll work something out.

Here's the links -

HookLineN'Sinker - fishing & hunting or our larger fishing tee's shop - The Fishing Bowl.com

InsanityWear T-shirts & Gifts from Zazzle (same designs... other great products!)

InsanityWear from CafePress - the one and only!!!

Sunday Stealing: The 2 for 1 Meme

Sunday Stealing: The 2 for 1 Meme

1. What is on the walls of your room?
2 large big cat pictures. One of a leopard and the other of a tiger. They are the most expensive wall decorations in my house. Oh.. and my baby blanket, some wood things that the husbands grandpa made and a picture of golden puppies.

2. What type of music do you listen to?
Country

3. What do you want more than anything right now?
my family to get along

4. Do you get scared in the dark?
yes

5. What's you worst fear?
dying

6. If you could anything right now, what would it be?
see #3

7. What’s the meaningful gift that you’ve received?
my engagement ring

8. Do you have a crush?
Yeah, I think there is some grape crush in the fridge

9. Who is your favorite celebrity?
duh. Don't any of you read my blog?

10. Could you fall in love with someone that you know must leave?
Yes

11. Share a favorite quote of yours.
There's nothing you can't do, some things just take a little longer

12. What’s your weakness?
Lots of things... chocolate & peanut butter, guitarists, men in leather, red headed children

13. Do you believe that we all have a soul mate?
Yep

14. What were you doing before Sunday Stealing?
filling up my cup of coffee

15. What do you get complicated about the most?
um....

16. What turns you off the most from a potential partner?
holier than thou attitudes

17. What is you worst habit?
smoking

18. When was the last time that you were jealous?
I'm always jealous

19. Have you ever had a “friend with benefits”?
Yeah.

20. Do you use sarcasm?
Nope, not at all.

21. At the moment, what’s you favorite song?
can't think fo anything

22. What is you favorite day of the year?
tomorrow

23. Describe your love life.
I'm married w/ kids

24. When was your last one night stand?
New Years Eve 1990.... although eventually I married him, but it was a one night stand to begin with

25. How many past lovers are too many?
Two. I think it would be cool to only have been with one person. If only I'd thought of that years ago.

The Lives of Robins Pt 3

She's up to 4 now!

Why oh why, people? Watermelons, doorbells and stuffs.

This week we will answer some crazy questions brought to you by Berleen & Kimber via Skype, the color cranberry (is that a color?) and the number 1,999,784,926,901.

1. Why the heck did you come back this week to do this meme?
because Kimber reminded me that I had to do it the meme questions this week and I figured I better answer them, too.

2. Ever whiten your teeth?
Nope. Doesn't pay. I just stain them with coffee & cigs again

3. Do you drive the speed limit?
Usually not. Not always on purpose though. I used to be really bad... 90mph was a comfortable speed for me. Damn Nova.

4. Did the dog eat your homework?
Nope. The cat did.

5. How many bites does it take to get to the center of a watermelon?
ask my kids. They can inhale an entire watermelon in 2 seconds flat.

6. Did you eat paint chips as a child?
I think I did. It would explain many things.

7. If someone rang your doorbell/knocked on your door at 1am, would you answer it?
No, I'd have my husband do it.

8. "Amazingly Smooth" makes you think of what?
Dr Pepper - where do you think I got it from?

9. What was the last stupid thing someone said to you? (not counting this meme's questions)
My brother & sister in law laughed at me when I told them I had a lot of work to this week. They followed the laugh with, "you don't work". Yeah ok. Wanna tell me why I paid so fricken much into the IRS this year?

10. Would you eat a stick of butter for $100?
I dunno. It's tempting. $100 is $100 but a stick of butter seems like it would give a person a tummy ache and I hate those.

11. Find the nearest fabric tab, not counting your clothing you are wearing. What does it say the object is made of and where was it made?
100% cotton exclusive of decoration. Whatever that means. It was made in China

12. What is the strangest name you've ever heard someone name their child (or a person you met... however you want to answer it)?
It's not Wednesday Zella, believe it or not. My answer is Berleen. I'd rather live with the name Wednesday. At least the explanation is quicker and makes more sense.

13. Why is some toilet paper really soft and others are really hard?
Because Mom tried to save a buck. (this question was from Demon #2)

The life of robins Pt. 2

She laid another egg today....

In the life of a robin

We noticed a nest was made our birch tree in our front yard - on the bottom branch. Didn't take long before we realized it belonged to a robin. I thank this little bird for creating this nest within photographic reach. I can now document the lives of 2 little robins through pictures.

I don't know how many pictures I'll get of her from outside. The one of her is taken through a window.

I looked out a couple times yesterday and when she was away from the nest I snapped a picture inside the nest. I can't see in the nest, but I can reach my camera up to see it that way. The first time I looked, there was 1 egg.


Later yesterday afternoon there was 2. This morning Demon #1 went out and did the picture of the nest check and there is still only 2.

In about 2 weeks I'm hoping to catch newborn babies and then their growing the next weeks after.... I'll be posting them here as I go.

It should be a fun photographic experience!