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Testimonial: As you know, I am not a mom. So just as a precaution I have taken this quiz to see just how good I would be if I'm ever attacked by a bunch of kindergarteners. You just never know! I have 2 nieces and 2 nephews who ARE 5-year-olds. This quiz has made me feel much safer about going to Thanxgiving dinner. ;)

Please take this quiz if you have a pentapedaphobia (okay, I just made that up. It was as close as I could get.)

I Love you Autumn,Braxton,Clay and Haley!

-Aunt Snuggie

My new Trikke

I've been wanting a Trikke (trike), for a while now and just really became obsessed with having one.   www.trikke.com

So, I'd never ridden one or seen one in real life until yesterday, and I came home with one.  I am learning to ride it and finding that learning to ride on an incline is not the way to go, so last night I rode it to the church parking lot and played there for a while under the lights.    I am determined to learn how to get it up an incline w/out walking tho.  :)  I live up hill from every direction, I've learned, and it is steeper than the one in the parking lot.

We also got the electric pack for it, and it will be fitted later.  The one I played with yesterday was a T8, I believe, and I have the T12 roadster.  I can, basically, park my car in Meadow and ride my Trikke 4-5 miles to work.  Use the battery and carving to get there, and then carve and get the workout on the way back to the car.   I didn't get to play much with it yesterday, so later this afternoon, I'll be back at it.   Check them out!  They are addictive!

Oh My My

The title of the blog will make sense later. The questions below are some that we often may wonder, but what better way to answer them then with music.

Here are the Rules-
1. Put Your iTunes, Windows Media Player, MP3 Player, or whatever on Shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write down the name of the song no matter how silly it sounds!
4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name.

If someone says, “Is this okay?” You say? "Another Auld Lang Syne"  Dan Folgelberg

How would you describe yourself? "Out of Body Experience" Pure Moods  (LOL- my sisters would describe me that way)
What do you like in a guy/girl? "Mr. Mom"  Lonestar  (I have one of those)
How do you feel today? "Back in Black" ACDC
What is your life’s purpose? "Oh Yeah"  Yello 
What is your motto? "My Life"  Billy Joel
What do your friends think of you? "Hearts" Marty Ballin

What do you think of your parents? "Woman" John Lennon
What do you think about very often? "The Light of Being" Pure Moods    (yes, I do)
What is 2 + 2? "Edge of Seventeen" Stevie Nicks  (now THAT was freaky)
What do you think of your best friend? "Not Listed On Package" Tranquil Moods/Pure Moods  (Yes, it really says that on the CD.  Guess a best friend is not included?) 

What do you think of the person you love? "The Grand Illusion" Styx  (hmmmm, no illusion there )

What is your life story? "Living for Tonight"  Accept
What do you want to be when you grow up? "The Streak" Ray Stevens (maybe this accounts for the dreams I have that I am being arrested, but I usually have my clothes ON)

What do you think of when you see the person you love?

"Drug Me" the Dead Kennedys

What will they play at your funeral? "I'll be Back" The Beatles (hahah-  reincarnation, I tell ya!)

What is your hobby/interest? "You Oughta Know" Alanis Morrisette

What is your biggest fear? "Sister Golden Hair" America  (funny) 

What is your biggest secret? "One of These Nights" The Eagles
What do you think of your friends? "You Don't Love Me Anymore" Weird Al
What will you post this as? "Oh My My" Ringo Starr

This was fun and it made me laugh.  Who needs a Magic 8 ball? Some of those answers fit pretty well- I should mention my mp3 is a Zen.  That fits me, huh?) 

Update: Patio Apartment

All the fish living in their Patio Apartment have now relocated to their winter address, in the greenhouse.  So far so good, meaning no casualties.  Yes, they have become 'snow birds' without the motorhome.   We'll see how they fare during the winter. 

Apparently the fish in the house and new tank mate, Pascal the catfish, are doing fine.   Eric says he must have done something to tick the fish off because they don't tattle on me anymore and they don't talk to him anymore, either.  :)  

Weird Home Remedies

Okay, so last Thursday I got my 2nd of 3 laser skin resurfacing done.  There is a new after treatment protocol that hurt like mad for the first hour after (but bearable), and DIDN'T puff my face up like a balloon for days after, and seems to be healing quicker. Very nice.  BUT, there is still the issue of the fact this process will activate cold sores (or any other dormant infection you my have).  I got a doozy of a cold sore last time- it spread, it was huge and lasted for 2 weeks!   So, this time I was prepared and took a prescription prior to and after treatment.  After the meds ran out, TA-DA- a cold sore!  

So, after deciding that I was doomed, I was up until about 2a.m. looking for miracles on the Internet because  neither Abreva nor Campho-phenique worked last time.  I think it actually made it worse.  Campho usually works for me.  So, this time, I was looking for something different.  Let me tell ya, I found a few odd things that many people swear by to kill a cold sore: 

1. Nail polish remover.  Bummed because I didn't have any (and I really looked hard). 

2. Perfume.  Didn't care to try that. 

3. Water/bleach.  I see the reasoning.  

4.  Urine. Um, not just no...

5. Earwax.  

This last one intrigued me.  It is supposed to keep it from spreading and nip it in the bud.  The others dry it out.  Well, I think I may have been too late cuz there was already a blister or two.   Bummer, and I just cleaned my ears.  But, I am desperate, so what I did have went on the cold sore.  This morning it was all crusted over and seems to be less red.  What the heck?  Our bodies are made to heal themselves.  I'll have to let you know how it went.  I will toss the Abreva if it really works.   

Do you have other weird home remedies?  Tell me.  I am probably crazy enough to try them.    Here's another we used as kids: pickle juice on a sunburn.  Works well!

update:

A week later, the cold sore is gone thanx partly to earwax and the rest because I probably confused the thing so much with all the stuff I tried on it, it likely decided it just wasn't worth it.    So, yeah, I tossed the Abreva!

8 Tag

8 Tag

What shows do I watch on t.v.?
1. Heroes
2. Ghost Hunters
3. Grey's Anatomy
4. Desperate Housewives
5. Lifetime/Lifetime Movie Network
6. Discovery Channel
7. DIY Do it Yourself (because Eric has to watch my shows)
8. The Tonight Show (Just the parts before the guest come on) 

What did I do yesterday?
1. Slept in till 9:00am.  Good thing it was turn the clocks back day, or it would have been 10:00am
2. Did one load of laundry (the others are still on the bedroom floor).

3. Wondered where the rest of the weekend went 
4. Did yoga.
5. Played on the computer.
6. Watched TV and knitted...does that count as two things?
7. Laid in bed in the morning and listened to it rain really hard. 
8. Actually went to bed early and still had a hard time getting up this morning! 

Where do you like to eat?
1. My house on the patio

2. The Happy Sumo- I've only been there once, but it was memorable...it was good sushi, but the best part was it was for my b-day, and my sisters had to be there while I ate it. 

3. Tepanyaki

4. Cafe Rio
5. The Ruby River
6. My house in the living room w/ tv trays
7.  Willey N Jose's  (Sam's Town)
8. Tony Romas
NEVER: Del Taco (sorry honey bunny) or MickeyD's

Things you are looking forward to
1. Getting my 2nd of 3 laser skin resurfacing on Thursday.  It's painful for about a week, but I like the results!
2. The holidays
3. Putting up a tree this year!
4. A front yard (next spring, I guess)
5. Eating the other half of my pumpkin chocolate chip cookie. 
6. Eric to wake up from his computer chair and go to bed (really, the SNORING is a beautiful thing outside of earshot)
7. Working from home next week...really, clients would think I was a Halloween layover. 
8. Spring (not a big winter fan!) 

Things on your wish list
1. To always be able to listen and learn from silence. 
2. To make Eric as happy as he has made me. 
3. To have an abundance of dark roast coffee and extra dark chocolate (or a dealer that can get it for me). 
4. To find something good in everyone if humanly possible (even if it is just a nice haircut). My job doesn't always allow for that. 
5. To be a superhero
6. For my family and friends to know that I love them.
7. For KTLA-Los Angeles to come back to C-band satellite TV. 
8. World Peace

I tag whoever wants to do this! It's fun and makes you think!!

New blog photo

I love that rose in the main title photo.  It was the last one we had just before it snowed in October- now it's saved forever