Friday Fun - Take 4

Yeah! Friday is finally here! I picked up my daughter at the airport last night and I have the day off so, I'm on cloud nine! Tomorrow my other girl comes to town and I'll have double trouble roaming the house!

We have a full weekend packed with fun stuff so I hope the weather holds. With tons of stuff on the To do list, let's start off the weekend right with some Friday Fun!


1. On my laziest day I like to Read! (Nothing better than to curl into bed with a good book and let the time roll by!)
2. Quilting makes me feel like I'm being productive. (After a day of quilting I have tangible proof of my work. Even when I'm at work there is no end product, just a constant stream of things to do, but when you sit down and take pieces of fabric, put them together and produce a work of art or just a hug that can be wrapped around a loved ones shoulders... now that is productivity!!)
3. I love little Gadgets and big TV's. (Love my eReader and any other small electronic toy I can get my hands on. But for TV's, the bigger the better - what can I say, I'm my father's daughter! LOL!)
4. This summer I want to Lose 15 pounds. (Since the start of the year I've lost 27 pounds so I'm hoping the trend will continue and I can get to goal soon.)
5. Reading made me start my blog. (I had been reading for a couple of years and saw many book review blogs popping up everywhere. I already kept track of my reading and kept short reviews in a file so I could go back and reference them when I needed to look back on a book I had read, so I thought why not put it out there on a blog so others looking for reviews could use them too. And I just started posting)
6. Red, Yellow and orange are my favorite summer colors! (my sister says they are too bright but honestly, they are the colors of sunshine and when you put them on, you get to feel happy from the outside in!)
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to watching the movies we got in the mail this week, tomorrow my plans include going to my weigh-in, picking up Lindsay at the airport and Game Night with friends and Sunday, I want to go to the Renaissance fair at Scarsborough!


Our Chef was on vacation this week but Tina stepped in and gave us a menu:

Appetizer

Wii, Playstation or XBox? Playstation! Absolutely!

Soup

Would you ever go skydiving? Never! I am scared of heights so skydiving is out of the question.

Salad

Name a sequel that you think is better than the original movie. Dang! This one is hard because I can name a few sequels that were just as good as the original but Better? Ah! Got it! Harry Potter. The first one had special effect that were lacking, the story as great but the Special Effects were poor while the subsequent movies have held the story lines and have improved on the imagery.

Main Course

Share your most wonderful birthday celebration. It would have to be on my fourth or fifth birthday. I remember that I felt like a princess. I had a special velvet dress that reached my ankles and I had my mother put my hair up in a beehive do. I remember feeling so darn special and grownup because I had my hair done up like my moms (this was in the late sixties, early seventies). I had my favorite teach from my pre-school there, her name was Betty and although my family and her were friends she was coming to MY party. I have many pictures of the event and when I look at them I still can feel the excitement of the day. I rate this one higher than my Sweet Fifteen (I'm Hispanic we celebrate 15 instead of 16) where awkwardness and boys had already poked there influences on me.

Dessert

If you dare, post a picture of yourself making a silly face. I would dare but I haven't taken a picture in many years and least of all one making a silly face. I'll owe you thin one.

That's it for this week! I hope you have a great Memorial Day weekend!

Friday Fun - Take 3

Not only is it Friday but this is the last Friday before I have my DD back at home and that is something to be happy about. This is the longest time I've been away from my daughter ever and it has been a bit difficult (even though we talk a few times a week on the phone). The sad part is that she is coming home for just a week and then heading off to Japan for another 6-8 weeks. So, I'll be really trying to squeeze some lovin' the week and a half she is here. On top of that... I get to see my other little girl.

My surrogate daughter is coming to visit for a week too. It will be two years in august since I last saw Lindsay and I miss her and Jessie (my other surrogate Daughter) so much it sometime hurts (especially during their b'days and holidays) but I'll have my girls home for a week and will be counting the days until next Friday.

For this week lets do some fill-ins and some feasting to get me through the week.


1. There is absolutely NO way you can get me to bungee jump, skydive or do anything from far above! (can you say Fear of Heights?)
2. No AC in my car reminds me that summer is almost here! (yeah.. I live in Texas in case you didn't know. No AC is a b*tch!!)
3. I cannot live without my laptop. (I'm a techie, what can I say?)
4. Tole Painting and knitting are two things I'd like to try. (I love all things crafty but I have never tried to paint or to knit - well, I once bought everything I needed to knit but didn't have any one to teach me and knitting really can't be learned from a book)
5. When life hands you lemons you make lemon poppy bread. (Not as fond of Lemonade as the bread)
6. Riding my Granfather's tracker when we visited Puerto Rico in the summer is my favorite childhood memory.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to posting this, tomorrow my plans include my weight watcher meeting and grocery shopping ... maybe and Sunday, I want to read the ARC I have waiting for me next to my bed!

Appetizer

What is the nearest big city to your home? Dallas

Soup

On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how well do you keep secrets? 7, depends on who's secret and who I'm telling.

Salad

Describe your hair (color, texture, length). Short, Brown (for this week), straight (for today) but thick (a bit rowdy in the mornings)

Main Course

What kind of driver are you? Courteous? Aggressive? Slow? Depends on how close to that time of the month I am. Really it depends on where I'm driving and who is with me.

Dessert

When was the last time you had a really bad week? NEVER!!! To have a bad week you have to be really negative, but to have a bad day is a whole different matter. My last bad day was April 25th. When I had to call the cable company for a discrepancy in the bill.

That's it for this week! See you all soon!!

Friday Fun

It's Friday again and the weekend is finally here. Yeah!! I'm so behind on my book reviews it's a joke but I've been so engrossed with my reading I really don't care! LOL!

A new Friday Fill-ins and Friday's Feast has hit the blogsphere.

Let's see what we are talking about this week....



1. Two of my favorite ingredients in a drink are Bailey's & Godiva Chocolate Liquor!
2. My daughter often amazes me. (You can see why when she posts things like this on her blog; From Good to Great)
3. You can keep doing that forever, the dog is Never going to get it. (My shit-zu Pepper was a bit on the hard headed side - loved her to death but sometimes you could not get her to move )
4. Take Politics and Friendships, mix it all together and voila! You have a Royal Mess!
5. If I had a yard with a garden, I would love to grow Daisies. (the most unpretentious flower out there!)
6. Pizza is best au naturel. (Yeah, you can add tons of crap on it but honestly, a plain cheese pizza is all you really need. The rest is decoration on perfection! - Can you tell I'm going through a pizza withdrawal)
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to catching up on some blogging & watching what I have on my TiVo, tomorrow my plans include going to my Weigth Watcher's Weigh-in and catching up on some sewing and Sunday, I want to go to the movies to see Robert Downey Jr as Ironman!

Appetizer

What was your favorite cartoon when you were a child? Candy Candy & Captain Harlock

Soup

Pretend you are about to get a new pet. Which animal would you pick, and what would you name it? I'm a dog person, so it would have to be a dog. When I moved to Texas I left my dog with my older sister and nephew because he had grown very attached to Pepper (short for Peppermint Dreams). My younger sister, whom I live with now, has grown an itch to get a pet but I can't bring myself to get a new pet when, in my heart, Pepper is still mine, but if I DID get a new pet, it would have to be a dog. Maybe a Chocolate Lab or a Beagle. I would name him/her something that would suit it's personality or looks. Can't put aside a name without looking at them in the eyes and getting to know them.

Salad

On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy getting all dressed up for a special occasion? 3 - I enjoy seeing the results but the getting there is such a pain in the Arse! I'm very much a jean / t-shirt type of gal. My sister is always harping on me that I don't have feminine cloths in my closet. Comfort before Beauty is my motto!

Main Course

What kind of music do you listen to while you drive? I don't really listen to music. I listen to Audiobooks. On the rare occasion I change the iPod to something musical it would be either Country (love the Dixie Chicks!), Alternative (Counting Crow rocks!) or Korean Pop (Bi/Rain is the bomb!!!)

Dessert

When was the last time you bought a clock? And in which room did you put it? I don't remember ever buying a clock. I have an alarm clock that I inherited from my daughter when she went off to college. The clock that is in the family room was among my sisters possessions when we merged our stuff together in the new house. I have NEVER bought a clock! Interesting tid-bit I never knew about myself.

Friday Fun

Found a few more things to add to my blog...

I found the Friday Fill-Ins while I was out reading someone elses blog and loved the idea, so I decided to join the fun.

Friday's Feast was found while I was reading someones Friday Fill-Ins! LOL! Are you confused yet? I thought it was food related but it's more a meal for the mind!

Okay, so here we go:


1. When I fell in love it scared me!
2. Everything looks sooo pretty when the flowers bloom and it heats up outside!
3. Oh no! The internet connection is down, I hate that %^&@# Cable Company!
4. Eli Stone is the craziest tv show ever.
5. Cheese and anything make a great meal!
6. I would kill every plant if I had a garden.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to coming home from work, tomorrow my plans include Weight Watchers Weigh-in and Sunday, I want to finish my Merry Gentry book!



Appetizer

Name something you would categorize as weird: Some of my daughter's roommates!

Soup

What color was the last piece of food you ate?: Brown (an ice cream bar)

Salad

On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy being alone?
8, I'm more of a loner and love doing solitary things like reading, writing & watching foreign films (not alot of people like these)

Main Course

Fill in the blank:

I will need to decide who to vote for when elections come around in November.

Dessert

Describe your sleeping habits: Early to Bed, Early to Rise