Following Mari

I got this award from Mari...
Thank you Mari!

Then she also did a Book Meme today so I figured "why not join in" since my brain isn't working for thinking of my own ideas anyway this morning. I love run on sentences, don't you?

So here are the Meme rules: Open the closest book to you, not your favorite or most intellectual book, but the book closest to you at the moment, turn to page 56. Write the 5th sentence, as well as 2-5 sentences following that.

Press arrows on the control button to select the item you want to set. Press 0 to enter the setting. Turn off the setup screen, press MENU.

Can you figure out the book that was closest to me? The manual for my camera because I still haven't been able to get the flash to work, the error sign to go away, and stop the batteries from being drained at lightening speed. Grrr. I have done what it tells me to do and it says if it doesn't fix it I need to find a "local authorized Sony service facility". Bummer!

Have a great Saturday!
Smiles!

Tonja's Purse Meme

Tonja (pronounce the "j", I have to keep reminding myself. wink) has started a Purse Meme. I think she has a thing for purses, check it out.

TONJA'S PURSE MEME:

1. Describe your favorite purse...
-right now it is black, it kinda looks like alligator skin, it has 2 handles, medium size, cheap (that is the best part)

2 What 4 things are ALWAYS in your purse...
-Epi Pen
-Lipstick
-Wallet
-Contact case

3. What is the most unusual thing you carry with you on a regular basis...
-Epi Pen

4. What is the strangest thing you have ever found in your purse...
-Popcorn (must have been sitting open near a kid)

5. Is your purse an "open book" or a "private sanctuary"....
-Private sanctuary usually but I do send the kids in it occasionally to get stuff but they never go in it without being told to.

6. Do you change purses often or tend to use the same one for everything...
-I only ever use 1 purse at a time

7. Any "purse wisdom" you would like to share....
-Life is much more simple when you stick to 1 purse. LOL!


If you are reading this please join in. Smiles!

A photo Meme

I found this on another blog and thought it looked like fun. I am not going to tag anyone but feel free to join in.

The rules:

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name.

Smiles!

Meme - 7 Facts about me

I've been tagged by my friend Erica at Herzog Family on her scrap-booking blog. Check out this post for some incredible pictures.

Here are the rules:

1. Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.

2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.

3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.

4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Here are 7 facts about me:

1. I rarely finish any project fully. Maybe that is where Zack's ADD comes from.

2. I am going to have a garden this year. THANK YOU BRANDON!

3. I don't like talking on the telephone. Maybe another ADD thing, but I am easily distracted.

4. I miss my Mother-in-law. Audrey Jean Hill 9/8/1934 - 8/8/2005.
5. My toes are often purple. Not very attractive in summer sandals.

6. I snack on Ramon Noodles plain, uncooked, broken up into bite sized pieces.

7. I am leaving the US for the first time this summer. Unless you count walking over the border in Texas into Mexico and back, oh and driving into Canada.

Now, here are seven bloggers that I am tagging:
(Don't feel obligated it is supposed to be fun. Wink!)
1. Angie @ The Knightly News
2. Brandon @ Bsloterbeek's Weblog (This is the name you pick for your blog and you are an English major?)
3. Cheri @ Just Another Day in Paradise
4. Dawn @ The Sloterbeek Scoop (I think you need to help Brandon on a more creative name for his blog.)
5. Elisa @ Extravagant grace
-. F (I can't find a single name beginning with an F)
6. Gayle @ Grace For Gayle (Read this post. I read it to Mark through tears because I was laughing so hard. He didn't get the humor. What is wrong with him? Maybe it's a mom thing)
7. Heather @ Heather's Ramblings

Wow, linking all that takes a lot of time. I need to go get ready for the day. Mark is meeting me for lunch, then we are hitting a bucket of balls (I am going golfing with some girlfriends tomorrow and Mark doesn't want me to embarrass myself I guess. LOL!) Then we have a track meet for Zack. Busy day as usual!

Kudos to Brandon for tilling up a space for my garden last night. You rock!

Smiles!

Meme-15 Random Things

I was tagged by Tonja to list 15 random things about myself. She thought I might need something to take my mind off missing Anna. Here goes:

1. I don't like wearing socks. I have been seeing a lit of blogs for knitting socks and I want to try it but I keep thinking I would put the work into it and then not wear them. Maybe I need to bless others with socks. Hmm...

2. I am the youngest of 3 girls, but I am also the tallest (by 3+ inches) and have the most kids so people sometimes think I am the oldest.

3. I love Coke (the pop that feels like a drug) but haven't had any pop since Aug.

4. I was engaged to my wonderful husband when I was 18 years and 1 month old. Oh please my precious children don't do this to your mother. I know now why this stressed out my poor parents.

5. I was voted wackiest wiggler my Senior year in HS. My dad always said that I had a catch in my get-a-long. I guess others notice it too.

6. Just like Tonja, I don't like to sit in the back of church. In fact we usually sit in the second row right up front behind our Pastor. I am too easily distracted by people watching if I don't sit up front.

7. I like pizza but I hate ordering it. Too many decisions. Mark orders it for us.

8. My first car was a Mustang. Not even close to being a "cool" model though.

9. My siblings and parents all have names that start with a "J", John, Judy, Jodi, Julie and Jennifer, and our first dog's name was Joker.

10. I love thunderstorms. I usually crack our bedroom window open to listen to the rain at night.

11. I don't drink coffee. I just don't care for it.

12. I love fabric stores, book stores and yarn stores. I could spend hours in them just coming up with different projects to do or books to read. Too bad there isn't more hours in the day.

13. I enjoy playing softball. However, every year I start thinking maybe I am getting to old for this but so far I haven't backed out.

14. I love shoes, especially really fun sandals.

15. My favorite ice cream is mint chocolate chip.

Whew! That was harder than you think. Maybe number 16 should be I have a terrible memory. I am now tagging Anna and Kaylyn. Maybe this will get them to update their blogs finally.
Smiles!

A Meme from Mari.

5 Favorite Blog Posts Meme

I was tagged by Mari of My Little Corner of the World to do this fun meme.
Here's the rules:
Go back through your archives and post the links to your five favorite blog posts that you’ve written.But there is a catch:

Link 1 must be about family
Link 2 must be about friends
Link 3 must be about yourself
Link 4 must be about something you love
Link 5 can be anything you choose

Post your five links and then tag five other people. At least TWO of the people you tag must be newer acquaintances so that you get to know each other better

Link #1 - Family - Pictures of the ones I love.
Link #2 - Friends - This post about a game at Youth Group, seems appropriate since the word friend is in the title.
Link #3 - Me - A Meme about me.
Link #4 - Something I Love - Seeing my kids helping eachother.
Link #5 - Anything - I get such a laugh at these pictures I had to include them.

Here are the 5 bloggers I am tagging: (Don't feel obligated if you are being tagged for too many of these!)

Hope from Monkey Giggles

Jennifer from The Ramblings of a Crazy Woman

Melissa from Mel's World

Angela from The Potter's Hand

and Beth from A Mom's Life

Trying to stay warm.

Smiles!

I will be closing comments to my 100th post give away later today so stop over if you haven't had a chance to yet.

Am I wierd? Another Meme.

Rebekah apparently thinks I am weird because she tagged me for this Meme (remember it rhymes with dream). I will try my best to not disappoint.

The rules are as follows: Simply link to the person who tagged you. SHARE SEVEN WEIRD things about yourself. Tag SEVEN bloggers to do the same AND include a link to their blog. Let each person know that they have been tagged and finally post the rules on your blog.

7) I talked my hubby into putting in an underground pool and I don't like to swim. I do like to sit next to it under a big umbrella and read while the kiddos are swimming.

6) This one links to the last one. I sit outside almost every day in the summer for no less than an hour by the pool with the kids but I don't like being hot so it takes most of the summer before I have a tan because I sit in the shade. Oh well, no skin cancer here right?

5) I sing to the radio when I am driving and often embarrass myself when someone drives up next to me and catches me just belting out the song. Looks like I am talking to myself because no one else is in the car. I am praising my Lord and there is nothing embarrassing about that right?

4) This one is getting better but one of my little quirks is that I hate making decisions, even simple ones, so when it comes to things like ordering pizza I ask Mark to do it for us. Then I sit there telling him what I want on it. Why don't I just order it myself? Poor Mark.

3) I don't like socks. Even in the winter if I am at home I am probably not wearing socks. I know you are wondering... nope not wearing any right now.

2) I don't like coffee. I have had friends tell me to just "grow up already". Is that what it takes to grow up? Because my daughter Kaylyn likes coffee and she ... let's just say I think I have proved my point that there isn't a link there.

1) I made a dessert that uses puff pastry last night and I baked the left-over scraps for me to eat. I know I am stretching here but I am running out of things that I dare to share.

Now, lets hear from some other weirdos out there.... Melissa, Dawn, Anna, Kaylyn, Tori, Julie, Brenda

Smiles!

What does "Meme" mean anyway?

I was tagged by Cheri and Kim to do this Meme. I have seen these going around and have wondered what Meme really means. I was thinking it was pronounced "me-me". It is not. I discovered it rhymes with dream. So now that I have educated myself this morning I will do the Meme that was requested of me.

8 Random Facts Meme

1. I have bungee jumped and my father has a video to prove it. (and no I won't be doing it again)
2. I have an Associates Degree in Technical Drafting and Tool Design from Ferris State University. (not so girlie after all)
3. I was a cheerleader in High School. (okay maybe a little girlie yet)
4. I had my 4th child 2 days after my 30th birthday. (Kim might find that funny compared to her 3rd fact)
5. I loved being pregnant. (and would love to be pregnant again but dear hubby has made certain that that can't happen again)
6. I am the 5th "J" in my family. (John and Judy had Jodi, Julie, and Jennifer and owned a dog named Joker)
7. I was never given a middle name just a middle initial. (the story goes that they couldn't think of a good middle name and my father said you never use your middle name anyway because documents just ask for a middle initial so they just gave me an "L" yup weird!)
8. When Mark and I got married we wanted to have 6 kids. (now number 5 makes more sense doesn't it, I think I got cheated somehow)

So there you go. I hope that was "random" enough for y'all.

I will tag...
Jenni
Jennifer
Jenna
Jennifer
(am I making you laugh yet?)
Jennifer
I was hoping for 8 but this is all I got so I will add...
Anna
Kaylyn
because they REALLY need a reason to update.

Smiles!