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Thank Goodness Someone Else Had An Idea

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I just saw this over at my friend, Melanie’s, blog, and so now I’m totally copying her so that I have at least one thing to post this week.

“As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I have had together. It doesn’t matter if you know me a little or a lot, are an in-person or an online friend, just write anything you remember!

Nothing like reminiscing……right?

Next (if you choose to), re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.

It’s actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I’ll assume you’re playing the game and I’ll come to your blog and leave one about you. “

I’m It

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My friend, Elliott, has tagged me for a meme that requires me to produce 8 random facts about myself. So, here goes.

1. If I won the lottery, the very first thing I would do would be to install a soda fountain in my office so that I could enjoy the ambrosia of a fountain Coke whenever I wanted.

2. My husband and I refer to our cats in the third person, as in, “The Pip really enjoys expressing her love for us via the judicious application of her ass to our faces.”

3. Growing up I was of course not allowed to swear, but I was also not even allowed to say “shut up”. So during the spring of my freshman year of college I began my extremely late adolescent rebellion by calling up my husband (then boyfriend) for the express purpose of yelling out my very first swear word. (Do I know how to be a rebel or WHAT?!)

4. Thanks to nine years at Evangel Christian School I can sing all the books of the New Testament in order.

5. I passionately hate the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Just ‘cuz.

6. My favorite word is “creamy”.

7. When I was a senior in high school I was offered a partial music scholarship to Southern Methodist University for my piano playing ability, but I turned it down.

8. I must, at every second of the day including the times when I am asleep, be located near a bottle of hand lotion.

Seeking New Bloggers? Look No Further

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It’s time for a little catching up here in the land of Using Our Powers For Good. Due to my recent journey through the dark places of the soul I’ve gotten a little behind on things I was tagged for. So here they all are in one fell swoop.

1. Recently I was flattered to become part of Priscilla Palmer’s Personal Development List, which you can read about here

My additions:

Debra at 28 Years Later.I visit Debra’s site every day because there is always something uplifting there-a photograph, a quote, a meditative insight on life-that gives me a boost and makes me feel good.

Laura Howard West at Cafe Entrepreneur. Laura was the very first Life Coach I ever worked with, and it was she who introduced me to the idea that life could actually be fun (gasp!) She does a lot of work on how to align yourself with joy in all the different areas in your life, especially in your business and your work.

Karen at Square Peg People. I met Karen at a retreat for Marney K. Makridakis’ magazine and art community, Artella. She is one of the coolest people I know, and does amazing work helping those of us who are most definitely Square Peg People in a Round Hole World.

And speaking of Marney, it was thanks to meeting her and getting involved with her and all the juicy goodness that is Artella that I finally unpacked my writing dreams that had been squished down and buried for about a decade or so.

Lianne at Dropping Stitches. I just recently discovered Lianne and I’m so glad I did. She is currently reading Wayne Dyer’s new book on the Tao Te Ching and I am enjoying tagging along with her on this journey.

2. A while ago my awesome friend Mert awarded me the honor of being a Rockin’ Girl Blogger.


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And now I get to share this award with some of my favorite Rockin’ Girl Bloggers, such as:

Jessica at Oh The Joys, who was finally able to make her Park Ranger dream come true.

Maggie at Mighty Maggie, who is 4 months into a new baby and continues to rock the humor with her hilarious posts.

Baggage at Baggage and Bug, foster mom and Rockin’ Girl extraordinaire.

Crse at at Zamphir Panflutemaster, whose awesome take on life frequently makes me snort with laughter.

Lynne at Musings From The Edge, coach, mentor, friend, and all-around Bad-Ass Babe.

3. I recently signed up for the newest trend sweeping the blogosphere; namely, Blog Rush.

This blog has some helpful posts explaining some of the ins-and-outs. I like it because it is an easy way to be introduced to new blogs and bloggers, as well as being a pretty easy way to drive traffic to your own blog. Plus I always like to add cool new widgets to my site to increase my Nerd Points 😛

Thursday Thirteen #27: Thirteen Books That Have Changed My Life

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1. Codependent No More by Melody Beattie

2. Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach

3. Take Time For Your Life by Cheryl Richardson

4. The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

5. A Return To Love by Marianne Williamson

6. Loving what Is by Byron Katie

7. Ask And It Is Given by Jerry and Esther Hicks

8. The Lightworkers Way by Doreen Virtue

9. The Joy Diet by Martha Beck

10. Do You Think I’m Beautiful by Angela Thomas

11. Captivating by John and Staci Eldridge

12. You Matter More Than You Think by Leslie Parrott

13. The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron

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Thursday Thirteen #26: 13 Fictional Characters I’d Like To Meet

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1. Sherlock Holmes

2. Bishop Blackie Ryan

3. Nuala Ann McGrail

4. Chuck and Rosemarie O’Malley

5. Sean Dillon

6. Fr. Tim and Cynthia Kavanaugh

7. Miss Jane Marple

8. Hercule Poirot

9. Betsy (Ray), Tacy (Kelly), and Tib (Mueller)

10. Meg and Charles Wallace Murray

11. Vicky Austin

12. Canon Tallis

13. Polly O’Keefe


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Thursday Thirteen #25: 13 TV Events That Felt As Real As If They’d Happened To People I Actually Knew

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1. Pretty much everything that ever happened on Little House on the Prairie, including when Albert was dying of leukemia,

2. And when the entire town of Walnut Grove blew itself up rather than fall into the hands of an unscrupulous businessman.

3. When the Chief died on Gimme A Break. (OK, so this one did actually happen to a real person.)

4. When Alex P. Keaton drove cross country on Family Ties in order to meet Ellen at the train station to prevent her from marrying her boyfriend, and to tell her that he loved her.

5. When Nancy Drew was kidnapped by the Howard Hughes-type recluse on The Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Mystery Hour and it almost prompted Frank Hardy to admit how much he loved her.

6. When Carter was stabbed on ER, and as he fell to the floor, wounded, he looked over and saw Lucy also lying on the floor, mortally wounded.

7. When Ari shot and killed Kate on NCIS.

8. When Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson’s entire staff on The Closer, after fighting her for an entire year, all threatened to quit if she was fired from the department.

9. When Colby Granger turned out to be a spy for the Chinese on Numb3rs.

10. When Booth dropped everything and rushed to New Orleans to save Bones when she was unjustly accused of murder on Bones.

11. When Angela finally realized how much she cared for Hodgins after he survived being buried alive in a car on Bones.

12. When Keith Mars reveals to Veronica that he’s just gotten back the results of a paternity test that prove that she is, in fact, his daughter on Veronica Mars.

13. Also on Veronica Mars when Cassidy “Beaver” Casablancas blows up the airplane carrying his archenemy, and you thought that the explosion had also killed Keith Mars.

Oops, I forgot! 14. When Col. Henry Blake was killed in a plane crash on his way back home from Korea on M*A*S*H.


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With My Finger On The Pulse Of “Hip”

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Lately I’ve seen this blogging meme making the rounds where you Google “your name+needs” and then list the first five or so things that come up. Being nothing if not a Shamless Troller For Stuff I Can Write About On My Blog I googled, and I came up with these results:

-Jenny needs a job. (No thanks, I’m good.)
-Jenny needs to find herself a baller. (First, Jenny needs to know what the heck that even means.)
-Jenny needs a cold shower. (Yes, but only because of the fever that’s accompanying this damn strep throat!)
-Jenny needs a smack daddy. (This scares me.)
-Jenny needs attention (Hm, truer words were never spoken.)
-Jenny needs to see herself as a good reader. (Not a problem.)

I had no idea what a baller was (and I’m kind of afraid to know what a smack daddy is), but I wasn’t worried because today I was tutoring the high school student who is my source of knowledge for all things “hip” and current.

“So, what’s a ‘baller’ “, I asked her when she got here.

“Is that a serious question?” she asked in disbelief.(Sarcasm: the price I pay for knowledge.)

When I assured her that it was, she informed me that it had multiple meanings. On the one hand it can apparently mean that “you have pimps and ho’s around you”, or it can mean that you’re really good at something.

“So, you could say that you’re a baller at Spanish. And I? Well I could say that I’m a baller at life.”

(Gee, thanks.)

We went on with the lesson until we got to a tricky problem involving a certain verb conjugation.

“Why is that the answer?” she demanded, when I corrected her mistake.

“Because [involved grammar explanation that you probably don’t really care about].”

“That really pisses me off!”

“I know. It’s because Spanish is out to get you.”

“Jenny, the whole world is out to get me. I’m a baller at life. That’s just the price I pay.”

Thursday Thirteen #24: 13 Misheard Lyrics

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Thirteen Misheard Lyrics

1. “Sleep in heavenly peas.”-the Christmas carol, Silent Night: “Sleep in heavenly peace.

“2. “Gladly, the cross-eyed bear.”-the hymn, Gladly The Cross I’d Bear.

3. “There’s a bathroom on the right.”-Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bad Moon Rising: “There’s a bad moon on the rise.”

4. “Excuse me while I kiss this guy.”-Jimi Hendrix, Purple Haze: “Excuse me while I kiss the sky.”

5. “Dead ants are my friends; they’re blowin’ in the wind.”-Bob Dylan, Blowin’ In The Wind: “The answer my friend, is blowin’ in the wind.”

6. “Midnight after you’re wasted.”-Marcia Muldaur, “Midnight at the Oasis“.

7. “The girl with colitis goes by.”-The Beatles, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds: “The girl with kaleidoscope eyes.”

8. “She’s got a chicken to ride.”-The Beatles, Ticket to Ride: “She’s got a ticket to ride.”

9. “I’ll be your xylophone waiting for you.”-The Foundations, Build Me Up Buttercup: “I’ll be beside the phone waiting for you.”

10. “Are you going to starve an old friend?”-Simon and Garfunkel, Scarborough Fair: “Are you going to Scarborough Fair?”

11. “Baking carrot biscuits.”-Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Taking Care of Business.

12. “Donuts make my brown eyes blue.”-Crystal Gale, Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue.

13. “Got a lot of lucky peanuts.”-Frankie Valley and the Four Seasons, Let’s Hang On: “Got a lot of love between us.”

From 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said, ed. Steven D. Price


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Thursday Thirteen #23: 13 Tourist Questions Asked At Visitors Centers And National Parks

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Thirteen Stupid Tourist Questions
1. Do you have a map of the Iditarod Trail? We’d like to go for a walk now.2. Which beach is closest to the water?

3. Have we made peace with the Indians?

4. Where can we find Amish hookers? We want to buy a quilt.

5. What is the official language of Alaska?

6. What’s the best time of year to watch deer turn into elk?

7. Where are Rhett and Scarlet buried and are they buried together?

8. If you go to a restaurant in Idaho and you don’t want any kind of potato with your meal, will they ask you to leave?

9. I am trying to build a flying saucer. Where do I go for help?

10. Where can I find a listing of jazz funerals for the month?

11. Why did they build the ruins so close to the road?

12. Do you know of any undiscovered ruins?

13. How much of the cave is underground?

From 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said, ed. Steven D. Price

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Thursday Thirteen #22: 13 Malaprops From High School And College Music Exams

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Thirteen Malaprops From High School And College Music Examsfrom 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said, ed. Steven D. Price

  1. A good orchestra is always ready to play if the conductor steps on the podium.

  1. When a singer sings, he stirs up the air and makes it hit any passing eardrums. But if he is good, he knows how to keep it from hurting.

  1. Most authorities agree that music of antiquity was written long ago.

  1. Refrain means don’t do it. A refrain in music is the part you’d better not try to sing.

  1. The correct way to find the key to a piece of music is to use a pitchfork.

  1. A harp is a nude piano.

  1. A fugue was something the Hatfields and the McCoys had.

  1. Diatonic is a low-calorie soda.

  1. Music sung by two people at the same time is called a duel.

  1. It is easy to teach anyone to play the maracas. Just grip the neck and shake him in rhythm.

  1. If they sing without music it is called Acapulco.

  1. A virtuoso is a musician with real high morals.

  1. A trumpet is an instrument when it is not an elephant sound.


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