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So glad to finally be finished with this! I've only been working on it for like 15 months now! 

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Promoting: Face 2 Face by Kat Brooks ( http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/KatherineBrooks/face-2-face-movie?ref=live )

Reading: If You Ask Me (And of course you won't) by Betty White

Writing: Lesson Plans or at least I should be

Hearing: Wicked soundtrack (it's delightful)

Watching: Not much these days

Wearing: Grey shirt, black shorts

Going: to be really tired later today...I have to get back up in like 3 hours, Geez, I got to get to bed!

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40 Questions!!!

I haven’t done one of these is awhile, so I figured what the heck. Plus I really have nothing better to do. Sad, I know!
1. Do you like bleu cheese? YES!
2. Have you ever smoked? yes
3. Do you own a gun? Yes, a couple of .380 pistols and a 270 deer rifle
4. What flavor Kool Aid was your favorite? The blue kind, I think…
5. Do you get nervous before your doctors appointments? no
6 . What do you think of hot dogs? I LOVE hot dogs with chili, lots of cheese and mustard. I think they are equivalent to ambrosia!
7. Favorite Christmas movie? I would have to go with A Christmas Story
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Coffee
9. Can you do push ups? Yes, I can do a few, well at least a couple
10. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? my college ring
11. Favorite hobby? At the moment Mafia wars
12. Do you have A.D.D? no
13. Do you wear glasses/contacts? I wear reading glasses, sunglasses and maybe permanent ones after the cataract surgery this summer which I’m not excited about
14. Middle name? Danielle
15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment? This is a stupid question, who sings this song, geez, I’m less than half way thru this silly thing
16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink: water, coffee, iced tea
17. What's the last thing you ate? Meat loaf, rice, tomato gravy & peas all mixed up together YUMMY! My 3rd favorite meal behind Grandma’s chicken and dumplings and of course Hot Dogs!!
18. Current hate right now? Nothing…I’m not a hater…ok, well maybe Mondays
19. Favorite place to be? Right here at the computer
20. How did you bring in the new year? I think I was asleep
21. Where would you like to go? New Zealand
22. Name three people who will complete this: IDK
23. Do you own slippers? Nope
24 What color shirt are you wearing? White with a severed lower leg & foot on it…a promo shirt for the first Saw movie (which I have never seen, but the shirt was free and it is really soft)
25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? Yes, I do but I don’t currently own any
26. Can you whistle? Sure can
27. Where are you now? In front of the computer in my study
28. Would you be a pirate? Yes, I would! Adventure on the high seas what’s not to like?
29. What songs do you sing in the shower? I really don’t sing in the shower
30. Favorite Girl's Name? IDK, Jill (right now anyway)
32. What's in your pocket right now? Cell phone
33. Last thing that made you laugh? This questionarie filled out by my sister, freaky
34. What vehicle do you drive? Ford Ranger Sport
35. Worst injury you've ever had? IDK Maybe when I slammed my finger in my truck door. I think I broke it but didn’t get it x-rayed just stitched up and wore a splint for a couple of weeks or days actually.
36. Do you love where you live? It will do for now
37. How many TVs do you have in your house? four
38. What is the last book you read? I don’t remember the last one I finished but I am currently reading The Shack, Learn the bible in 24 hours, Teaching the Ditigal Generation and Nineteen Minutes (I read a lot)
39. Do you make your bed? Nope what’s the point
40. Do you watch the news or read it online? Mostly just catch the headlines online


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Merry Christmas to All!

Merry Christmas to all and to all a Happy New Year!

I spent another night in the hospital with my Grandpa. He spend the first three days there trying to get out of bed and has apparently, finally pooped himself out. So he slept all night, so I got some sleep myself as much as is possible in the hospital barklelounger chair thingy.

Still don't know for sure if he had a ministroke or just an upgrade in his already progressing Alzheimer's and probably we won't know ever.

My BFF grandma is home sick, but no new critter stories.

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Opossum Update!

It died. Apparently, according to Grandma it was malnourished. "Poor little thing."

All the neighbors came down the street for a viewing. I wasn't clear on whether this occurred before or after the passing of the opossum. What I do know is my Grandma was pleased because she became acquainted with some of the cul-de-sac neighbors she had not yet met.

Grandma moved to this area back in May. She misses all her old neighbors.

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Promoting: Vote NO on Prop 8 (in CA)!

Watching: The Violet Underground

Listening: Fall For You by SecondHand Serenade

Reading: The Taking of Room 114 by Mel Glenn

Playing: Fable 2

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News Bulletin: This just in...

Mom left town again less than 24 hours ago and already once again I have become my grandmother's BFF.

So she calls me several times a day most everyday with something.

The second call today was a 'real emergency!’ She apparently had a baby (tiny) opossum on her front porch right beside the front door which she almost stepped on.

I wasn't exactly sure what she wanted me to do about it. I told her 'Grandma, we live in the city. I can't just come over and shoot it. They frown on that. Do you really need to go outside right now? It will probably go away eventually.' She doesn't answer this question. I don't think she actually heard it. She has that selective hearing -- you know, she hears what she wants to hear or not.

I suggested that she sweep him/her (??) off the porch; however, she is afraid it will run past her into the house. I'm out of suggestions and the neighbor is yelling to her from across the yard, so she hangs up on me.

Apparently, she did call pest control and they don't come out after 6 pm. So the neighbor called the police because that is the logical next step.

The police officer shows up and picks it up and seems to think it is malnourished. So apparently we are now concerned about the opossum’s nutrition? Turns out the opossum is the newly adopted pet of the other next door neighbor and it escaped from the back yard where it was left.

I'm pretty sure I haven't heard the last of that opossum.

My grandmother tends to find the negative in any given situation and as they say Misery loves company, mine specifically.

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