This is my brother and me. Our neighbor Steve dressed up as Santa and I had no idea it was him. I am getting excited to head back to that living room on Saturday to hang out with the family for New Years.
Sunday, December 22, 2013
December 22
Today's blog-a-thon post is to share a picture of wee me.
This is my brother and me. Our neighbor Steve dressed up as Santa and I had no idea it was him. I am getting excited to head back to that living room on Saturday to hang out with the family for New Years.
This is my brother and me. Our neighbor Steve dressed up as Santa and I had no idea it was him. I am getting excited to head back to that living room on Saturday to hang out with the family for New Years.
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Friday, December 20, 2013
December 20
My first
job was at the mall.
thing to the left is a can of RC Cola.
grade memory is that I met my friend Melia.
book I ever read
thing I do in the morning is dread the thought of having to get ready. Getting ready to leave the house is my least favorite thing ever.
food I knew I didn't like was hamburgers.
memory was sitting on the front steps with my brother.
job was at the mall.
thing to the left is a can of RC Cola.
grade memory is that I met my friend Melia.
book I ever read
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thing I do in the morning is dread the thought of having to get ready. Getting ready to leave the house is my least favorite thing ever.
food I knew I didn't like was hamburgers.
memory was sitting on the front steps with my brother.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
December 19
10 things in my bag.
This is a strange prompt.
1. wallet 2. smokes (don't be judge-y) 3. lip stuff 4. book club notes 5. headphones 6. car keys 7. perfume 8. writing stuff 9. oatmeal 10. Advil
This is a strange prompt.
1. wallet 2. smokes (don't be judge-y) 3. lip stuff 4. book club notes 5. headphones 6. car keys 7. perfume 8. writing stuff 9. oatmeal 10. Advil
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
December 18
Today's blog-a-thon post is wishcasting.
Maybe instead of a New Year's resolution, I will have my New Year's wish.
Maybe instead of a New Year's resolution, I will have my New Year's wish.
I wish for balance in the new year.
That my mind can nurture calmness and focus, that my body is healthy and
cared for, and that my soul finds an inspired purpose.
As you wish for yourself so I wish for you also.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
December 17
Free association. Today's blog-a-thon prompt is to share what the following words inspire in you.
River. Canoeing down the St. Croix, falling into the Flambeau, tubing down the Apple and Cannon, fishing in the Yellowstone, Mississippi headwaters. The smell of water.
Fresh. A fresh and crunchy salad with fresh-baked bread.
Escape. A Bobaloo and Jillmisadventure. Where to go? Boston, New Orleans, Chicago, the Pacific Northwest, Yellowstone?
Moment. Breathe in, breathe out.
Night. Laying on a picnic table at the KOA listening to Kevin Kling and watching for meteors, the counting of satellites.
River. Canoeing down the St. Croix, falling into the Flambeau, tubing down the Apple and Cannon, fishing in the Yellowstone, Mississippi headwaters. The smell of water.
Fresh. A fresh and crunchy salad with fresh-baked bread.
Escape. A Bobaloo and Jill
Moment. Breathe in, breathe out.
Night. Laying on a picnic table at the KOA listening to Kevin Kling and watching for meteors, the counting of satellites.
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Monday, December 16, 2013
December 16
Today's blog-a-thon prompt is to share your favorite songs. This list could get lengthy. Hmmm... let's just stick to 15 or so, in no spectacular order.
Silver & Gold: Neil Young
Climb to Safety: Widespread Panic
Crimson & Clover: Tommy James & the Shondells
Rockin' the Suburbs: Ben Folds
Light of a Clear Blue Morning: Dolly Parton
Walk on the Wild Side: Lou Reed
Roll on Babe: Vetiver
My Life: The Beatles
Home: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Hotel Song: Regina Spektor
Downtown: Petula Clark
Minnesota Moon: The Big Wu
Dead Sea: Lumineers
We're not the jet set: John Prine
Love Still Remains: Emmylou Harris
10 Rocks: Shelby Lynne
What are you listening to these days?
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Sunday, December 15, 2013
December 15
Who do you love?
Of course these two...
and very soon I get to see my two besties...
and the whole family...
a lot of love to go around, I tell ya.
PS. I finished the Christmas tree....
Saturday, December 14, 2013
December 14
One Sentence Saturday.
Grab the third book in on your top shelf of books.
Share the first sentence.
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Grab the third book in on your top shelf of books.
Share the first sentence.
"There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife."
Friday, December 13, 2013
December 13
Today's blog-a-thon prompt is to share a first.
I got my first job (besides babysitting) when I was 17 at the mall. The store I got hired on at was Northern Reflections which I thought had totally disappeared by now but I guess it still exists up in Canada. I made $8.00 an hour and told women that their sweaters were sleek and the boot-cut jeans really elongated their legs.
It is here where I note that my fashion sense (or lack of) has always been a lot more function than fashion and I have never been too particular about things matching. I had no business telling other women what looked good on them.
This is what the store looked like:
When I wasn't doling out compliments and flattery, I was following the customers around right before closing time and refolding all of the sweaters.
I only worked there for six months before I moved on to becoming the smoothie girl at Mervyn's California, another mall staple that eventually met its demise.
What was your first job?
I got my first job (besides babysitting) when I was 17 at the mall. The store I got hired on at was Northern Reflections which I thought had totally disappeared by now but I guess it still exists up in Canada. I made $8.00 an hour and told women that their sweaters were sleek and the boot-cut jeans really elongated their legs.
It is here where I note that my fashion sense (or lack of) has always been a lot more function than fashion and I have never been too particular about things matching. I had no business telling other women what looked good on them.
This is what the store looked like:
When I wasn't doling out compliments and flattery, I was following the customers around right before closing time and refolding all of the sweaters.
I only worked there for six months before I moved on to becoming the smoothie girl at Mervyn's California, another mall staple that eventually met its demise.
What was your first job?
Thursday, December 12, 2013
December 12
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Ten Things I Know For Sure.
Tomorrow is another day, things always look better after some sleep.
My mom can beat me every time at a game of Foosball.
Actions speak louder than words especially when it comes to that love stuff.
A good life is knowing people who can make you laugh even on your worst day.
Music can save your mortal soul (says Don McLean, anyways).
Don't give others the power to dictate your mood or happiness.
The mountains are to the West.
Clubs are awesome. Just as my Mix-Tape Monday club fizzled out, Books 'n' Booze began.
It's not a big deal unless you make it one.
Kiss the cook.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
December 11
The blog-a-thon topic for the day is Weepy Wednesday.
That's a tough one. I am not a very weepy person. If there are tears, I am very, very upset. Like, the sky-is-falling upset.
I wrote this blog post over the summer about an episode of The Simpsons that gets the tears going.
Also, one of my favorite Roy songs is about this very topic:
That's a tough one. I am not a very weepy person. If there are tears, I am very, very upset. Like, the sky-is-falling upset.
I wrote this blog post over the summer about an episode of The Simpsons that gets the tears going.
Also, one of my favorite Roy songs is about this very topic:
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
December 10
Show & Tell
I started making my Christmas tree out of sticks and twine. The finished project (and a better picture) will be soon to come.
Monday, December 9, 2013
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Saturday, December 7, 2013
December 7
One Sentence Saturday:
Today I listened to Elvis Presley sing "Blue Christmas" and gave the bartenders elf names.
Today I listened to Elvis Presley sing "Blue Christmas" and gave the bartenders elf names.
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Friday, December 6, 2013
December 6
Looking back....
Today's prompt for the blog-a-thon is to share your first blog post. So here it is...
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Let's get ready to rum ball!
Get it? Rum ball = Rumble. Well, this seems as good of a way to start a blog as any. Merry Christmas.
On December 24, 2008 I was 25, newly married, and working as a receptionist. I started out reading a couple of great blogs and was inspired to create my own.
This blog was started to be a place to be weird and goofy but my brand of weird and goofy is best experienced in person so instead I started writing about the goings on in my life.
It took a long time to find my "voice" here and I cringe reading some of my old posts. Cringe. But just like my brace-faced/home-permed/neon outfit middle school pictures, they still exist. I refuse to delete, keeping them as evidence of growth. Or something.
This blog and I have been through a lot together.
And to those who read, you have given me so very much.
I'll stop being such a sap now. Anyhow, thanks for reading.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
December 5
1. I wear my Grandma J's wristwatch everyday for good luck.
2. My mom loved to sign me up for things when I was a kid. I've taken dance lessons, figure skating lessons, trumpet lessons, quilting classes, soccer, etc. I did not/do not have the coordination, patience, or social skills for any of these things.
3. Bobaloo is the only person (until now) who knows that deep down I hate sharing food. This was expressed in a single sentence uttered by me at the bar, "I'm going to order nachos but you have to order something else because I'm not going to share."
4. I know that when it is eight at night here it is six in the morning in Iraq. I used to work the late shift and passed a mountain that had a light up "M" on it at night. My older brother was deployed and I would look at the "M" and think about how I was finishing my day and he was beginning the next. (The "M" stood for Mines, I pretended it stood for Marines.)
5. One of my favorite winter memories is my Pops and Uncle Doug taking me to the ski jumping tournament in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The noise the skiers make when they jump is incredible.
6. I learned the F-word when I was three on Easter. I shouted it to my Grandma Cille and she started giggling so I kept yelling it around the house to all my relatives.
7. My family used to go to my Aunt Doreen's house on Christmas to go ice fishing. I loved it and still think that it's my favorite cold weather activity.
8. I used to watch my younger brother Kyle after school and every afternoon we'd eat a snack and watch Spongebob Squarepants.
9. My cousin Kira used to watch my brother and I in the summer when we were little. When the neighbor girls and I would stage our basement production of Annie, she would always enthusiastically play Ms. Hannigan.
10. Bobaloo and I found our dog Nik at a shelter. When we first met her she sat her ass right on Bobaloo's foot. I giggled, knew she was the one and that we weren't leaving without her.
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
December 4
The Kickin' It Old Skool Blog-a-thon's topic of the day is...
Weather!
Five days ago, we had a day like this...
I gave Bobaloo a ride to work, so I woke up at 4 o'clock this morning to this...
I still took my afternoon walk...
Weather!
Five days ago, we had a day like this...
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and took a proper selfie...
and because he's funny...
"Weather tonight: dark. Turning partly light by morning." (George Carlin as Al Sleet, the Hippy Dippy Weatherman, 1966)
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
December 3
what is the first thing you think of? APPLES
closest red thing to you? A STRIPE ON MY SCARF
last thing that made you angry? LACK OF SLEEP
are you a fan of romance? NOPE (although bobaloo bought me some bling over the weekend.)
do you have a temper? NOPE
what is the first thing you think of? GREEN APPLES! (i must have apples on the brain. (how do you like them apples?))
closest green thing to you? POST-IT NOTES
what is your favorite green environment? MY PARENT'S BACKYARD
are you jealous of anyone right now? NO
are you a lucky person? THE LUCKIEST
what is the first thing you think of? GRAPES (i think i am hungry for breakfast, hence all of the fruit)
closest purple thing to you? MY JACKET
do you like being treated like royalty? NO
do you like mysterious things? NOT REALLY
are you intuitive? MY GUT SAYS YES
what is the first thing you think of? THE CATHEDRAL DOME IN DENVER
closest blue thing to you? INK PEN
are you good at calming people down? YES
what's your favorite body of water? THE CHIPPEWA FLOWAGE IN WISCONSIN
what was the last thing that made you cry? A NASTY DEPRESSION DAY (stupid brain)
are you a logical thinker? NO, NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT
what is the first thing you think of? THE SUNSHINE
closest yellow thing to you? MY SWEATER
what was one of the happiest times of your life? 2005
what's your favorite holiday? HALLOWEEN
what makes you happy? PEOPLE LAUGHING AND HAVING FUN TOGETHER
what is the first thing you think of? FLOWERS
closest pink thing to you? MY WATER BOTTLE
what sweet things do you like? SKITTLES & LICORICE
are you sensitive? VERY
what is your favorite flower? I LIKE PLANTS
do you have a crush on someone? BOBALOO
what is the first thing you think of? ORANGES
closest orange thing to you? A CALENDAR
do you dress up for halloween? YUP
what gives you warm fuzzies? HANGING WITH MY PUP
what would your superpower be? DRINKING MILK WITH MY FINGER LIKE MORK
what is the first thing you think of? COFFEE
closest brown thing to you? MY DESK
what is your favorite type of chocolate? NOT A BIG FAN (twix, maybe?)
what makes you feel grounded? TAKING WALKS
paint the wood or always leave it au naturel? NO PREFERENCE
what is the first thing you think of? SNOW
closest white thing to you? PAPER
do you always try to keep the peace? MOSTLY, EXCEPT FOR BOARD GAMES
do you like to play in the snow? YES
are you afraid of going to the doctor or dentist? SOMETIMES
what is the first thing you think of? CATS
closest black thing to you? CELL PHONE
are you sophisticated or silly? SILLY, ALL THE WAY
do you have a lot of secrets? NOPE
what's the new black? WEARING WHAT'S COMFORTABLE
closest red thing to you? A STRIPE ON MY SCARF
last thing that made you angry? LACK OF SLEEP
are you a fan of romance? NOPE (although bobaloo bought me some bling over the weekend.)
do you have a temper? NOPE
what is the first thing you think of? GREEN APPLES! (i must have apples on the brain. (how do you like them apples?))
closest green thing to you? POST-IT NOTES
what is your favorite green environment? MY PARENT'S BACKYARD
are you jealous of anyone right now? NO
are you a lucky person? THE LUCKIEST
what is the first thing you think of? GRAPES (i think i am hungry for breakfast, hence all of the fruit)
closest purple thing to you? MY JACKET
do you like being treated like royalty? NO
do you like mysterious things? NOT REALLY
are you intuitive? MY GUT SAYS YES
what is the first thing you think of? THE CATHEDRAL DOME IN DENVER
closest blue thing to you? INK PEN
are you good at calming people down? YES
what's your favorite body of water? THE CHIPPEWA FLOWAGE IN WISCONSIN
what was the last thing that made you cry? A NASTY DEPRESSION DAY (stupid brain)
are you a logical thinker? NO, NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT
what is the first thing you think of? THE SUNSHINE
closest yellow thing to you? MY SWEATER
what was one of the happiest times of your life? 2005
what's your favorite holiday? HALLOWEEN
what makes you happy? PEOPLE LAUGHING AND HAVING FUN TOGETHER
what is the first thing you think of? FLOWERS
closest pink thing to you? MY WATER BOTTLE
what sweet things do you like? SKITTLES & LICORICE
are you sensitive? VERY
what is your favorite flower? I LIKE PLANTS
do you have a crush on someone? BOBALOO
what is the first thing you think of? ORANGES
closest orange thing to you? A CALENDAR
do you dress up for halloween? YUP
what gives you warm fuzzies? HANGING WITH MY PUP
what would your superpower be? DRINKING MILK WITH MY FINGER LIKE MORK
what is the first thing you think of? COFFEE
closest brown thing to you? MY DESK
what is your favorite type of chocolate? NOT A BIG FAN (twix, maybe?)
what makes you feel grounded? TAKING WALKS
paint the wood or always leave it au naturel? NO PREFERENCE
what is the first thing you think of? SNOW
closest white thing to you? PAPER
do you always try to keep the peace? MOSTLY, EXCEPT FOR BOARD GAMES
do you like to play in the snow? YES
are you afraid of going to the doctor or dentist? SOMETIMES
what is the first thing you think of? CATS
closest black thing to you? CELL PHONE
are you sophisticated or silly? SILLY, ALL THE WAY
do you have a lot of secrets? NOPE
what's the new black? WEARING WHAT'S COMFORTABLE
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Monday, December 2, 2013
December 2
Day 2 of the blog-a-thon is upon us and today's topic is Time Capsule.
Let's capture this moment in time.
What are you reading?
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What are you watching?
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What are you listening to?
"Classy Girls" by The Lumineers is my current jam.
What are you loving?
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| Game night with friends! |
What are you wearing?
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| Christmas socks that don't match. |
What are you creating?
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| Bobaloo started on the Christmas tree. |
What are you looking forward to?
Taking a week off to road-trip up to my old stomping grounds to celebrate the New Year with my whole fam damily.
What's been new with you?
Sunday, December 1, 2013
December 1
Time to dust the cobwebs off this old thing, eh?
I am linking up here for the kickin' it old skool blog-a-thon and today's prompt is selfie. I cheated and dated this one for yesterday.
Bobaloo took this so I don't think it technically counts as a selfie but it's the best one I had on my phone. The photo was taken on Halloween. Can you guess who I was?
I am happy to see November go. Boy, that was a busy month. A lot of fun was had but now I am ready to make some mac'n'cheese, watch Christmas movies, and get the house decorated. Speaking of decorations here are some of the spooky ones that we put up for Halloween:
I am linking up here for the kickin' it old skool blog-a-thon and today's prompt is selfie. I cheated and dated this one for yesterday.
Bobaloo took this so I don't think it technically counts as a selfie but it's the best one I had on my phone. The photo was taken on Halloween. Can you guess who I was?
I am happy to see November go. Boy, that was a busy month. A lot of fun was had but now I am ready to make some mac'n'cheese, watch Christmas movies, and get the house decorated. Speaking of decorations here are some of the spooky ones that we put up for Halloween:
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