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!

Cheers to all us thieves!

Cheers to all us thieves!

Sunday Stealing: The Twenty Firsts Meme

First Job: a cook at my grandparent's restaurant

First Real Job: it was real... they paid me with real money and I cooked real food, what more do you want?
First Favorite Politician: Jimmy Carter. I don't know why, though. I just remember asking my mom who she voted for and when she said Ronald Reagen I was mad. I don't know why.

First Car: 4x4 chevy pickup.

First Record/CD: Oak Ridge Boys - Fancy Free

First Sport Played: Does baton twirling count? If it doesn't then I got nothing.
First Concert: Bret Michaels (from Poison) solo concert. It wasn't a "real" concert though since it was at a ballroom. Kiss was my first.

First Foreign Country Visited: Canada I guess.
First Favorite TV Show: the first? That would have to be the Mickey Mouse Club

First Favorite Actor: John Schneider. Bo Duke all the way. Or the dude that plays Grizzly Adams. I can't think of his name. I could cheat and google it, but I won't. Dan something.

First Favorite Actress: the girl that played Holly in the Land of the Lost.

First Girlfriend/Boyfriend: Jason Walker (no, not the same Jason I'm married to... )

First Encounter with a Famous Person: I have yet to have one.

First Brush With Death: I guess my motorcycle accident when I was 17. They didn't think I'd make it to the hospital, but I was fine except for road rash and some stitches. I had an angel looking out for me that day.

First House/Condo Owned: a little piece of crap in a little piece of crap town that I owned with a little piece of crap that I was once married to.

First Film Seen: in a theater I'm assuming? E.T.

First Favorite Recording Artist: Johnny Cash

First Favorite Radio Station: KCLD. Did I just admit that?

First Book I Remember Reading: Pokey Little Puppy

First Meme You Answered on Your Blog: Wordless Wednesday

R.I.P Big Boy

Big Boy is joining Maxwell in heaven today... I'm sure it will be a fun reunion!!!

this was my post about what was wrong.

The phone/Skype Meme

This week we will answer some crazy questions brought to you by Berleen & Kimber via phone & Skype conference, the color mango and the number 70566.

1. What color is your front door?
White. It's just a screendoor though. My real door, that is a really ugly brown. I should buy a new door.
2. We discussed our folks in previous TT so now tell me about your siblings. If you are an only child, tell me whether or not you wanted siblings, older, younger etc.
Sorry Kimber, but I'm doing that lame thing and skipping this one. There's 4 of them.... it will take too long. Bruce, Brent, Brenna & Patrick. There they are.
3. What color/type butterfly is your favorite?
Yellow, of course. Duh.
4. Will you be celebrating Cinco De Mayo?
I honestly don't even know what the sam hell it is.
5. Oprah- love her, hate her, or don't care?
She has some interesting people on every now and then but other than that I don't watch her. When she wasn't so famous I really liked her, though.
6. Are you worried about the spread of swine flu?
Not particularly. A case is within miles from me so it's here... listening to Obama talk last night you would make it think we should all build bomb shelters or something.
7. Hard or soft pillows?
soft squishy ones!
8. How many trees are in your neighbor's yard?
2 in the front... one in the back.
9. What was the color of the last car you saw?
maroon...
10. When does your driver's license expire?
ok I have to go look... let me get back to you.
11. Look at the clock on your computer and type the numbers backwards.
436
12. When you put your pants on, what leg do you put in first?
ha ha this was one of my questions! Wanna know why? Cause the other day for some dumb reason I tried to put my left leg in first and almost fell over. I can't put my left leg in first - its dangerous.
13. How would you respond to this letter if you were an advice columnist.

I am an ugly woman. I was an ugly baby and child even! It is a fact. I am 36 now and I have never had a boyfriend, and I am still a virgin.

Due to me not having men in my life, I have poured everything I have in to education and my career. At 36 I am the youngest (and first female CEO) at a big, successful, tech company. I have over 200 personal patents and millions of pounds in investments.

I have everything: huge house, holiday villa in Spain, 3 cars, power boat, a race horse, etc. but as much I try to talk myself into everything being “great” I cannot help but to miss that special someone to share it all with.

Most of my friends are married with kids and I feel like I am gradually drifting away from them also.

Where can I find someone to marry an ugly woman?

Get a facelift.

Was that mean?

Sunday Stealing: The Mud Meme

Sunday Stealing: The Mud Meme

1. What are your current obsessions?
Cherry Dr Pepper and getting a tan

2. Which item from your wardrobe do you wear most often?
my black tank top and my jeans. Always my jeans.

3. What's for dinner?
We had hamburgers that my hubby made on the grill

4. Last thing you bought?
a pink screwdriver! (see previous blog post)

5. What are you listening to?
some eerie music coming from the Wii game that Demon #2 is playing

6. If you were a god/goddess who would you be?
Ok I cheated and took a quiz. And it sounds good to me. I was gonna say her anyway.

7. Favorite holiday spots?
What kinda spots are in holidays? The dot on the "i"? Oh!!! You mean the spots you get in your vision from staring at the Christmas tree lights.... I like blue the best.

8. Reading right now?
The 3rd book of Twilight. Eclipse

9. 4 words to describe yourself.
goofy annoying random cold

10. Guilty pleasure?
peanut butter cups. Duh.

11. Who or what makes you laugh until you’re weak?
The demons

12. Planning to travel to next?
Camping in Milbank, South Dakota to hang out with a bunch of guys who are addicted to snowmobiling

13. Best thing you ate or drank lately?
my chocolate chip cookies

14. When did you last get tipsy?
hell like I remember.

15. Care to share some wisdom?
There's nothing you can't do, some things just take a little longer. Said by a wise man, my father - who I wish would start taking his own advice some days. Just because he's getting up there in age doesn't mean he's an invalid.

16. Nicest thing anyone’s ever said to you?
The husband told me the other day that I would look cute in a dirty t-shirt!!! He said it doesn't matter what I wear, I always look cute.

Every woman needs

a flowery screwdriver!

Seriously.

I'm not dead

Just so you know....

Sunday Stealing: The 40 Meme

Sunday Stealing: The 40 Meme

1. My uncle once : died of alcoholism. He only did it once. (sorry... he was the only uncle I really knew...)

2. Never in my life : have I skydived. I will never in my life skydive.

3. When I was seventeen : I was dating a guy who was 27.

4. High School was : a time when life was easy, at least I can say that now.

5. I will never forget : that butterflies in your stomach, walking with your head held high and not feeling the ground, adrenaline rush feeling of new & budding love.

6. I once met : a girl online who was more deranged than I was so I decided to keep her and call her my best friend.

7. There’s this girl I know who : can make me laugh at any given moment in time and I call her my bestest friend.

8. Once, at a bar : I stopped in for a drink because I was getting my mail. The bar & the post office were the same building.

9. By noon, I’m usually : done working.

10. Last night : I got a hair stuck in my throat.

11. If only I had : 260 million dollars. It might be enough money for the husband to buy everything he wants.

12. Next time I go to gym/church : everyone will turn and say "what the heck are you doing in here?"

13. Susan Boyle : is someone I do not know.

14. What worries me most : is that I will never have enough strength to overcome this anxiety disorder.

15. When I turn my head left, I see : a wall.

16. When I turn my head right, I see : a dryer that is drying clothes.

17. You know I’m lying when : I tell you I am.

18. What I miss most about the eighties : hair bands & love ballads.

19. If I was a character in Shakespeare, I’d be : whatever character has a love scene with the character Mel Gibson is playing.

20. By this time next year : I'll have a demon with a driving permit. If she's lucky.

21. A better name for me would be : Beth.

22. I have a hard time understanding : math.

23. If I ever go back to school, I’ll : have overcome this anxiety disorder.

24. You know I like you if : I can make you laugh.

25. If I ever won an award, the first person I’d thank would be : my dog.

26. When I compare 80’s rock to 90’s rock : I wonder where all the good ballads went.

27. Take my advice, never : try to demonstrate how to bounce on your back on a trampoline - when you are not on a trampoline.

28. My ideal breakfast is : coffee with a side of chocolate & peanut butter.

29. A song I love, but do not own is : every song I love because if I owned them, as in the rights to them, I'd have a little bit more money in the bank.

30. If you visit my hometown, I suggest : you come visit me!

31. My favorite Beatle is : made by Volkswagen.

32. Why won’t people : just shut the hell up once and awhile?

33. If you spend the night at my house : you'll be awoken by a golden retriever jumping on you.

34. I’d stop my wedding for : Mel Gibson screaming, "no!!! I'm here!"

35. The world could do without : stupid people.

36. I’d rather lick the belly of a cockroach than : the belly of a spider.

37. My favorite blonde is : John Schneider. Actually, whats really cool about that is that he follows me on Twitter. My childhood/teenage/adult crush actually knows I exist... in an online sort of way. I had the chance to meet him years and years ago when we lived in Idaho - he was filming something in Sun Valley but my parents wouldn't take me to see him! I have never forgiven them for that.
He is also probably the only blonde man that I find attractive. I've never like blondes, but there's something about the way he can slide across the hood of a car that makes me feel --- see #5.

38: Paper clips are more useful than : staples because they don't hurt when you try to take them off.

39. If I do anything well, it’s : make people question my sanity.

40. And by the way : I love you.

Twilight, Emails, Being Nude And More Crazy Questions!

This week we will answer some crazy questions brought to you by Kimber, the color rainbow and the number 2.


1. Recently Berleen and I discovered the allure of the Twilight series. Have you ever been sucked in to the latest "thing"? (Like Harry Potter, the movie Titanic, social networking, etc. etc. etc.)

• Yep. She's hooked as bad as I am. Only she's farther ahead of me. By 2 books. Damn her. So yeah, I was sucked into Twilight. Before that? No real "craze" type thing - I always went after my own obsessions. Ever read Clan of the Cave Bear? Now thats a series to get hooked on... it's the Earth Children's series if you wanna look it up. The last book is being written now. Still waiting on it.
  

2. What software do you use for your email?

• Mozilla Thunderbird. Nothing more, nothing less.
  

3. Are you comfortable being nude?

• Not really. Is that sad? I'm most comfortable in a tank top & undies. I guess I like to be covered. Maybe I just feel sexier in that than I do my own skin. I don't know. Strange question.
  

4. What is something you plan on doing this summer?

• Fish. Yes, I am a fishergirl. It's a sickness.
  

5. Do you have a favorite movie/book quote? If so, what is it?

• I'm embarrassed. "I wish I knew how to quit you." I'm not saying what movie it's from because... it's embarrassing.
  
• I'll also add "You know something, you ain't nothing special. You got no manners, you treat woman like whores and if you ask me you got no chance of being no officer." - Officer & A Gentleman
• And the best, "Hey, look friend, let's just cut the shit. Now we both know why I was transferred. Everybody thinks I'm suicidal, in which case, I'm fucked and nobody wants to work with me; or they think I'm faking to draw a psycho pension, in which case, I'm fucked and nobody wants to work with me. Basically, I'm fucked." - Mel. Lethal Weapon. And yes, I know he left his wife. For me. Didn't you all see that coming? I told you it would happen... he'd leave her eventually! .... oh and the pic I chose is a good line, too. "Do you really wanna jump? Do you wanna? Well, that's fine with me. Come on, I wanna do it, I wanna do it."

6. How many email addresses do you have?

• I had to go look. 5. All for different reason and I can't keep track of any of them.
  

7. Is the sky falling?

• I sure hope the hell not!
  

8. Have you been to the Grand Canyon?

• No, but Kimber is gonna take me there.
  

9. When was the last time you mailed a hand written letter?

• Probably 7 or 8 years ago. It was to one of my aunts that I used to write letters to all the time. They've both passed away so the letters stopped.