Life is a Beach!!

Back to the Land of the Living!!

I've been down with the flu since Saturday. Monday was the worse. But, I'm finally feeling better. Even had to take a trip out of town for a couple days. Gosh, I hate getting sick.

Sunny days ahead though. Sunday we are heading to the beach. I'm so looking forward to it. YAY for the beach.

Such A Lovely Day

Plans a Changing

Well, originally, we were headed to Maine for a wild adventure in our camper. But, the gas prices kept rising and rising way out of reach. It would have cost a fortune just to drive that far. So, we've cancelled our reservation and found a new destination.

Drum roll please . . . .

We're heading to Cherokee, NC. I've been there, but its worth visiting again. Tony's never been. The mountains are beautiful. Lots to do. Much, much closer. Like 1,000 miles one way closer. Less than a day's drive too. Good incentives to change plans.

So, that's the deal. I'm excited. But, then again I get excited anytime I get to go away. Its going to be fun.

Down side, I won't get to visit Tony's family. I won't get to visit my friends in Jersey.

Kissing A Camel

Weekend Recap

I'm either not as young as I used to be or I'm terribly out of shape. I think its a little of both. We spend all day Saturday at the UCF Arena for the Shrine Circus. We sell popcorn at the circus every year. My legs are screaming from climbing up and down stairs. Its a long day when you are selling popcorn.

Hence, we were lazy on Sunday and didn't do squat. Such is life when you get old.

Weekend Recap

I'm either not as young as I used to be or I'm terribly out of shape. I think its a little of both. We spend all day Saturday at the UCF Arena for the Shrine Circus. We sell popcorn at the circus every year. My legs are screaming from climbing up and down stairs. Its a long day when you are selling popcorn.

Hence, we were lazy on Sunday and didn't do squat. Such is life when you get old.

Personality Test Results

You are a Dynamic Leader.
personalDNA
about you
You are a Leader

Your solid grounding in the practicalities of life, along with your self-assuredness and your willingness to appreciate new things make you a LEADER.

You're in touch with what is going on around you and adept at remaining down-to-earth and logical.

Although you're detail-oriented, this doesn't mean that you lose the big picture.

You tend to find beauty in form and efficiency, as opposed to finding it in broad-based, abstract concepts.

Never one to pass on an adventure, you're consistently seeking and finding new things, even in your immediate surroundings.

Because of this eagerness to pursue new experiences, you've learned a lot; your attention to detail means that you gain a great deal from your adventures.

The intellectual curiosity that drives you leads you to seek out causes of and reasons behind things.

Your confidence gives you the potential to take your general awareness and channel it into leadership.

You're not set on one way of doing things, and you often have the skills and persistence to find innovative ways of facing challenges.

You are well-attuned to your talents, and can deal with most problems that you face.

Your independent streak allows you to make decisions efficiently and to trust your instincts

You are balanced in your approach to problem-solving, not letting your emotions hold you up.

You prefer to have time to plan for things, feeling better with a schedule than with keeping plans up in the air until the last minute.

You have a strong sense of style and value your personal presentation - friends may even seek your style advice from time to time.

Generally, you believe that you control your life, and that external forces only play a limited role in determining what happens to you.


If you want to be different:

There's more to life than the practical - take some time to daydream and explore the aesthetic sides of things.


how you relate to others
You are Dynamic

As someone who is DYNAMIC, you do not have a hard time meeting new people, and you have a bunch of close friends.

You are not overly concerned with what others may think about you, which leaves you free to be thoroughly involved in the world around you.

There are those who find being around people exhausting—but not you! Interacting with others, whether at a party or in conversation, gives you energy.

You have a strong sense of what the world is like and how it should be.

You have enormous respect for those who have earned their success, and have little patience for those who try to bend the rules or ride on the coattails of others' hard work.

Believing in the importance of integrity and hard work doesn't stop you from believing that people will do the right thing—you know that people are good at heart.

You sometimes have trouble understanding why others feel the way they do, but it doesn't stop you from having faith and trust in those around you.

Part of what makes engaging with people so interesting for you is that you occasionally learn something new about yourself or about a problem you're having when discussing things with others.

Your strong worldview leads you to believe that people shouldn't rely on their emotions so much when making decisions.


If you want to be different:

Taking some time to explore others' perspectives could make spending time with people even more compelling than it already is.

Making an effort to see the complexities of situations might open your eyes to alternative perspectives of how the world works.

Those who are as outgoing as you are often need to remind themselves that time alone can be just as fulfilling—take some time for yourself and you might find that there are many things in your inner world that are just as compelling as the world outside your window.

Take your own test!!!

Me too

I didn't the the gazillion question one, but I'll try this one.

1. Do you like blue cheese? Yuck

2. Have you ever smoked heroin? Never

3. Do you own a gun? I am not a great believer in own a handgun, so no.

4. What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic? I don't go to Sonic

5. Do you get nervous before doctor's appointments? Not usually

6. What do you think of hot dogs? Love them with ketchup and onions

7. Favorite Christmas song? God Rest Ye Merry Gentlement

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Diet Pepsi

9. Can you do push ups? Hmmm, I don't know, probably not.

10. What do you order at Starbucks? I don't drink coffee or tea and the only time I went to Starbucks was on our vacation to NJ/NY and it was freezing and we got hot chocolate.

11. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? I'm not a big jewelry person, I do have a gold cat pendent my mil gave me, that I really love

12. Favorite hobby? quilting, when I have time

13. How do you eat your eggs? over hard, or I make egg white omelets

14. Do you have A.D.D.? nope

15. What’s one trait you hate about yourself? I'm gullible and tend to get sucked in to bs stories.

16. Your eye color? very blue

17. Name three thoughts at this exact moment? 1. How am I going to come up with some money to go on my trip in a couple weeks. 2. I am not to use the Visa card. 3. A shopping list for a dinner on the 28th and Rebecca's bd party.

18. Name three things you bought yesterday? outfit for Rebecca, skin lotion, a magazine

19. Three drinks you regularly drink? Diet Pepsi, Diet Sierra Mist, Wine

20. Current worry right now? Money

21. Current hate right now? Oh, I won't go there. Same old, same old.

22. Favorite place to be? Camping in the woods with the birds singing

23. How did you bring in the New Years? We stayed home.

24. Where would you like to go? Maine, we're going in August.

25. Name three people who will complete this? Not sure

26. Do you own slippers? yep

27. What shirt are you wearing? Grey City Shirt

28. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? no, I like cotton

29. Can you whistle? yep

30. Favorite color? Blue, I have a bad habit of buying everthing blue

31. Would you be a pirate? That would be fun for a day

32. What songs do you sing in the shower? Not usually

33. Favorite girl’s name? Lauren

34. Favorite boy’s name? David

35. What’s in your pocket right now? My cell phone

36. Last thing that made you laugh? Robin Williams on American Idol last night

37. Most frequently dialed phone number? Tony's cell phone

38. Worst injury you’ve ever had? I sliced the side of my finger off in a meat slicer and had it sewed back on.

39. Do you love where you live? Yep, just hate the commute. 6 more years and no going back.

40. How many TVs do you have? 3 in use

41. Who is your loudest friend? Laura

42. How many dogs do you have? 2

43. What are you thrilled about right now? Nothing really, but I'll let you know when I do get thrilled.

44. Do you have a crush on someone? Antonio Banderas

45. What is your favorite book? I've been reading a lot of Janice Evanovich lately

46. What is your favorite candy? Butterfingers

47. Favorite Sports Team? Don't do sports

48. What song do you want played at your funeral? I have not clue

49. What were you doing at 12 AM last night? sleeping

50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? Where are my glasses.

Cleaning Showers

I hate cleaning showers. The most hated job in the world. But, sometimes, you just got to do it. My shower is clean. But, I hated every minute of it. It ranks right up there is washing dishes. If we were meant to wash dishes by hand, we wouldn't have dishwashers.

Excitement on the Horizon!!

Yay Spring is here. Lots of fun planned during the warm months; parties, vacations, weekends at the beach. Its funny every year we start out with, "This year we really need to not do so much. Save more money. Do stuff around the house." Before you know it, our calendar is slam, pack full. I'm looking forward to the warm weather and all the fun it brings.

Next year I think we are serious about not doing as much. We want to save for a big vacation in two years. We are thinking Europe. The plan is still formulating. But they say if you write it down, visualize it, it is an easier goal to plan and attain. So, I'm saying right now in 2010 we are going to Europe. There, done deal. Yeah, we'll see.