Snooty, you tricky woman.
She ropes me in with her Texas humour, and when I'm properly cow-tied to her blog, she tags me. Actually, Karen Deborah got me with this one too, and I stalled until school was back in session.
This one's simple enough and I've been so lucky to fly under the radar for so long, I figure I can alter my usual post style and just talk about me. (hah! did you just spit on your keyboard?).
Seven Things I Plan To Do Before I Die:
Only seven? Am I dying soon?
1. Attend the Highland Games in Scotland.
2. See a Royal Shakespeare Company production in Stratford-upon- Avon
3. Visit all 50 states
4. Hike the Appalacian Trail.
5. learn to ballroom dance
6. learn to belly dance (kill my kids off in embarrassment at the same time)
7. Travel: Pompeii, Turkey, Greece, Alaska to see the Northern Lights (Beany, I'll need a sofa. I don't mind camping, but I do mind camping with bears).
Seven Things I Can Do:
1. I can change my own tire and oil. (Talking car, not the tire around my middle and the oil in my Tzone).
2. I can drive a patient person insane (ask the Hubby).
3. Whinge. Like nobody.
4. Pull a lesson (sunday school, family home evening) together with little notice.
5. Juggle. Not balls, kids' schedules.
6. Paint. Oils mostly. These days I just paint house interiors though. Satin. easily cleanable.
7. Draw. Because I am never satisfied with anything, it was really hard to list this in the "can do" section.
Seven Things I Can't Do:
1. I cannot do the splits. At this point in my life, I don't think it's going to happen.
2. I can't do the taco thing with my tongue. You know, the rolling thing that 80% of the world's population can do, but I can't. My entire family including the 22 month-old can.
3. I cannot write a short post. ever.
4. Give up photography. I've tried to go places without a camera and I just end up using my phone's camera.
5. I can't memorize lines anymore (and watching a production gives me anxiety just thinking about it).
6. I apparently can't sing anymore. I used to.
7. I can't stand when people talk to me when they can obviously see I'm blogging.
Seven Things That Attract Me To The Opposite Sex:
1. Sense of humour
2. Nice eyes, if they're attached to nice bum, all the better.
3. Apparently youth. I am going to be one of those sick old ladies checking out the young guy bagging my groceries.
4. A Man Who Thinks I'm Beautiful. (sore spot in my marriage-- remember the quiz?)
5. Great conversationalist... going along with #6
6. Intelligence. Looks are nothing if he can't talk. Geodes are lovely, but I wouldn't want to marry one.
7. kindness. My hubby is really kind to my friends. I like that (and so do they, he has a fan club).
Seven things I say most often:
1. I'm tired.
2. Don't put that in your mouth
3. get your finger out of your nose
4. Remember your little sister/brother is on there (the trampoline warning given about 9 times daily)
5. Eternal Perspective, Eternal Perspective (chanted while the kids are making me wonder why I didn't remain celibate)
6. One more minute (usually said in a robot-like trance while typing frantically on the keyboard).
7. Get off (of the furniture). Get out (of the refrigerator). Get in the car!
Seven Celebrity Crushes:
In no particular order (in case one of them is reading my blog and wants to meet me).
1. Patrick Dempsey... oh my.
2. Sean Connery
3. Matthew McConaughey
4. Liam Neeson
5. Eye candies Orlando Bloom & Johnny Depp, see why I may be that sick old lady?
6. Ralph Feinnes
7. Mel Gibson
8. Colin Firth
Seven schmeven... who can only think of seven?
Now the poor seven souls who I am going to burden with all of this thinking:
psyche! I have no one to tag. I think everyone but me has done this. If not--I tag YOU!
I just read some of your blog for the first time ! I LOVE it...what fun and humour ....KathyB.
ReplyDeleteyour no. 6. for seven things you say most often "One more minute (usually said in a robot-like trance while typing frantically on the keyboard)."....
ReplyDeleteI simply couldn't stop laughing!!!!!
I'm like that too! and there is "ok, i'm coming", "ya, almost done, almost", "soon...ok ok, clicking the red button with the 'x' on it now...ya now...." but my hands have not even left my keyboard..*laugh*
See? This is why I like you so much. Insights mixed in with lots of light humour.
ReplyDeleteUm, yummy Liam. Yumyumyum. (Berp!)
I knew your answers would be fun, Snooty? humour in Texas? Excuse me while I hop,...
ReplyDeleteLiam is a hunk and yes 7 is too few and you are too young to be an old lady geezer, however I can qualify.
Yep, "just a minute" is a frequent phrase.
"I can't stand when people talk to me when they can obviously see I'm blogging."
ReplyDeleteI nearly fell off my chair I was agreeing with this so hard. I need a sign. Do not interrupt when blogging is in progress. Although the kids would probably starve then.
All those things you say, I say too but with an Australian accent.
I TOTALLY forgot Mel Gibson! And Liam Neeson! *swoon*
ReplyDeleteoh goodness, you make me laugh! I'm so glad I found your blog. I love your list of 7's, esp. the list of places to go and crushes. I agree with every single one of them!
ReplyDeleteNow that was a fun meme. And YES to all on your crush list! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat list! I would hike the AT if I didn't have to camp out. I cannot bear the thought of it. Pun intended...
ReplyDeleteI love your list!
ReplyDeleteum.... HELLOOOO... you totally want to visit CANADA before you die too... don't you? :)
ReplyDeleteLoved your list. Since I haven't done this yet, I guess I've been tagged. I'll have this up soon. I'm one of those fools that LOVES doing memes. I know, I'm strange, but on the blogosphere, I seem to be in good company. :-)
ReplyDeleteI always love reading these and for the record my WHINING could beat up your WHINING. :)
ReplyDeleteI love both of your blogs! You are hilarious. I am so glad you found me so I could find you! I hope you come back.
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Ooh you can change oil. I know it can't be that hard, but I enjoy sitting in the car watching them work.
ReplyDeletei saw Midsummer in Stratford when I was 12. very cool!
ReplyDeleteI've finished the meme if you'd like to check out my answers.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! I enjoyed reading this. These memes can reveal much about you. :D
ReplyDeleteOK, I love your answers on this, and because I think my personality is somewhat like yours (or at least the inability to SHUT UP, no offense intended, that was aimed at me), I'm going to address some of them individually...
ReplyDelete-Things you want to do before you die. We need to get together to take belly dancing. I want to do it, too. Partly because it's supposed to improve a medical condition I have, but I just think this is not something I can do alone. I'm a VERY MUCH alone-type person. But belly dancing? I would need someone to share the humiliation.
-I'm impressed with your "can do" list!
-On your can't do list... that whole tongue thing is recessive. I can't do it, either, and it makes us special. But it does make it difficult to spit, like in elementary school. No spitting contests won by me.
Then the short post thing. I SO hear you on that! That's why I've cut down frequency on mine. I don't have time for these posts that start out short and get out of control. Then the people talking to you when you're blogging. WHAT ARE THEY THINKING???
-Celebrity Crushes. Only 7 is right! And I'm SO with you on Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes.
Jeeze... It took at least three minutes to wipe the snot & saliva spew from the monitor, not to mention part of my evening cocktail. I knew you'd be fun in your responses. You have no idea how many ways we're alike. It cracks me up. Except that you can probly wink your left eye (without winking your right eye in unison and appear to be sleeping rather than winking, lol)) and I can't.
ReplyDeleteI love the piano piece (second song). I'm going to own it within the hour. Alright, third one as well. Fine. Add the fourth one too. Now I'm leaving.
Anyway, it seems our children survive... in spite of us. Thank God.
I hope the blog people don't ever decide to put post limits on us. I might have to go into therapy. Hmmm. I forgot! Blogging IS therapy!
Thanks for making me laugh and for making many of us not feel like such wackos out here in The Real World. Oh... I'm the only one that feels that way? Oooops! Nevermind, lol.
OH..Johnny's in his 40's and unmarried, fair game in my book!
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