I hate Indiana/ ABC Meme/ Thoughts

It's snowing like a freakin' blizzard!


Meme copied from Randi's blog: just for fun.

A-Available - Available for having fun, available for a relationship, available for more time commitments, that might be questionable!

B-Best friend - I feel like I have a lot of best friends, but long term is probably Lu.

C-Cake or Pie? - Cake, chocolate, with chocolate frosting.

D-Drink of choice: Pepsi, but I try to drink water to help with my swelling problems. I'm not sure why drinking MORE water helps you retain LESS water. I know it has to do with solubility and stuff like that, but I wish I could drink more of the tasty stuff!

E-Essential - Creative things to do.

F-Favorite color - Blue. I really like cobalt blue.

G-Gummi bears or worms: Bears, lick 'em and stick 'em. I don't really like to eat either of them.

H-Hometown: Well, born in Lafayette, but I have lived in Bloomington longer now, so consider it home.

I-Indulgence: Chocolate malts

J-January or February: Hate them both in Indiana, too damn cold. But I guess, maybe February if I had to choose, because Valentine's day is happy fun.

K-Kids and names: Already done with that! At one point I had TEN names picked out for children. I ended up using three of them, Emily, Megan and Michael. I had to use Brittain for Michael's middle name because it is Ed's family name, but I wouldn't have chosen it otherwise. I don't hate it or anything, though.

L-Life: is busy, happy and sometimes a little tiring.

M-Marriage date: I am repressing it. I don't know if there will ever be a second one.

N-Number of siblings: 3

O-Oranges or apples: Oranges. I like apples, but can only eat them if they are cooked, otherwise I have an allergic reaction that is really severe!

P-Phobias: I don't really think I have any TRUE phobias. I don't like heights. Sometimes I wonder if like being home alone so much that I could develop agoraphobia, but if I start to think it is happening I will get help immediately because I know I have to be able to function.

Q-Quote: Hmmm... I don't know if I have a favorite quote. There is one that says something about dancing that I printed out and posted at work and then I added "and sing." but I can't remember exactly how it goes! Erin? Oh I have one posted on my door from Frank Lloyd Wright. It says, "Room, Peace, Comfort" I also posted Patti Field's "Goals for Children" and subtitled it, "For everybody, really." If anybody is interested in knowing what those are, comment and I will post them, They are fantastic!

R-Reason to smile: Paying bills on time!

S-Season: Summer and Spring and fall, anything but winter!

T-Tag - you're it!

U-Unknown fact about me: Oh gosh. I don't know if there are any unknown facts about me. I write about every trivial event in my life! Maybe I will have to go back into my past.... ummmm... I never went to a high school prom.

V-Vegetable you don't like: So far I haven't found a way I like eggplant.

X-X-rays you have had: Teeth, elbow, wrist, ankle, shins, feet, head.

Y-Your favorite food: Chocolate frosting, but Michael says I'm not allowed to say that because it isn't real food, but I think it is! Of REAL food, probably chicken.

Z-Zodiac: Libra - I guess that is why I am a perfect balance of neurotic and normal!

Thoughts:

I have been thinking of my brother Bobby a lot today. My niece Barbara got married yesterday (Congratulations Barbara!) and I wonder if it was a little bittersweet for the family with him not there. He was such a great man and a wonderful father. I miss him terribly and Michael misses him terribly and we didn't even get to see him that often. I can't even imagine what it must be like for Karen and his children. My heart aches just typing that short paragraph. I remember how at Kwanzaa dinner Michael named Bobby as the ancestor he would like to honor and it touched my heart so much. I wish Michael could still have Bobby in his life. Michael will spend half the summer at his dad's, but I am thinking of asking him (along with cooperation of my nieces, who may be reading this!) if he is interested in going out west without me for a couple of weeks so he can see my nieces and especially my nephew in laws so he can see some more positive male role models who are not crazy, bi-polar assholes like his father. I would hate not seeing Michael for that long this summer, but I couldn't afford tickets for both of us, especially with the fares going up with the oil prices. When we get the "economic stimulus check" however, I might spend it on a ticket for him if we come to a plan.

Spaghetti sauce is simmering and the house smells heavenly Italian. I put in some extra rosemary from what Christie gave me for my birthday and I dried. It is going to be extra rosemary sauce. I didn't put in that much, but it must get extra concentrated when you home-dry it!