Appetizer
What does the color dark green make you think of?
this is harder than yellow. I can't remember what the first thing was, but the second was a forest, then brocolli.

Soup
How many cousins do you have?
Honestly I have no clue... Let's see there's 4 ... 2... 3?... well at least 7.

Salad
On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being highest, how honest are you?
I'd say I'm about an 8. Could be more honest I suppose, but then again, do you really want to tell people what you REALLY think of them? I thought not.

Main Course
Name something that is truly free.
breathing

Dessert
Using the letters in the word SPRING, write a sentence.
Pigs sing in rings in spring.

Happy Birthday to Me

My entrance to the world was marked today by being sick. Blech.

I also got a birthday song from my family, an OOTS game (woo-hoo!) and a pizza dinner. I also got a couple of souveniers on our trip that I'll count as presents. From Build-a-Bear I got myself a moose who I named Mooselaki - don't ask, it just popped into my head. Ya know, I still like stuffed animals. I could do a lot of those from Build-a-Bear, some of them are just so cute. Also from the rock shop I got a little gem tree and a set of white marble polar bears.

Not too exciting, but it was nicely marked. Maybe next year I won't be sick.

Good to be home

Traveling takes a lot out of you.

I'm beat...

Not only did we have a good trip, we had a bad trip too. With everything from burnt fingers to the screaming vapors and everything between (it seems), we did survive. But only barely.

Anyway, here's a bit of pictorial evidence that we left the immediate area...

Waaaaay up north: Kitty throwing snow at Aunt N.; Touching the sharks; Playing DS at the airport; Tikis at one of the restaurantsOnly slightly up north: Snow on our first morning; Wildlife; Dinosaur Resource Center

We also visited the Garden of the Gods. Absolutely beautiful place.

Of course this was only a smattering of the more than 100 photos I took over the course. Family will receive some others if they're interested.

But alas, it's time for bed.

Vacation Feast

Appetizer
On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 as highest), how much do you like your own handwriting?
At the risk of sounding conceited, 10. I like my handwriting, it's neat, it's legible.

Soup
Do you prefer baths or showers?
tough question, because I prefer a shower after my baths.

Salad
What was the last bad movie you watched?
Don't know what the last one was, but there have been many, including Hell Comes to Frog Town and Hercules in New York just for the pure cheese and bad voice-over factors.

Main Course
Name something you are addicted to and describe how it affects your life.
Monster energy drinks. I don't believe it's for the energy, I just really enjoy the taste. But they're not good for me or my blood pressure.

Dessert
Which instrument is your favorite to listen to?
Good question! I think though I'd have to say cello/oboe/bassoon. Something deep and melodic.

Three syllables

vay

cay

shun

!!!!!!!

Some things I think are totally awesome

Microfiber
Yes, I've heard the glories of this for awhile now and have been cautiously skeptical. Do you remember the new furniture I bought? Remember that it's a cream/off-whiteish color? Remember that I don't allow anyone to eat or get stinky socks on my furniture? Well someone-who-will-remain-nameless-no-not-me accidentally (yep, well and truly an accident) got blood on my couch. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

Thanks to a microfiber cloth that came with a steam cleaner and the microfiber of the couch... no stain. NOTHING! All I used to clean was water. And rinsing out the cloth was just amazing. I'm totally a believer.

Budisms
So our trip is looming the the very near future. Excitement is running high. Bud wants to try his trip toothpaste (a small tube with a certain square cartoon character on it) and I told him he'd have to wait until the trip. Then the following conversation occurred:
Me: Are you getting excited about the trip?
Bud: Yep
Me: Are you going to be a good boy and not whine in the car for daddy?
Bud: But there's monsters in the car.
Me: No there's not.
Bud: Yes there are, in the cooler.

Ok, he's talking about Monster energy drinks. We bought a couple yesterday and had them in the cooler for the car. Honestly I love the way this kid thinks.

Pudding
Why not?

Interestink.... very very in-ter-es-tink

Out of curiosity, I browsed through the responses to the friday feast on their site. Apparently my thought of butter is quite out of the ordinary. Who woulda thunk? One person mentioned "buttery yellow" but that's not really the same as butter. Another person mentioned fat... which is much closer, but still not the same. A majority of people mentioned sun/sunshine/summer. As I told my friend, that never even occurred to me.

I'm slowly coming to the conclusion that I'm as weird as I try to say I'm not. Actually, I know I see things differently than others, visualize things differently, have a sense of humor that can be totally non-understandable by others. But ya know, that's ok. I've survived thus far, and hey, good for me for having those weird things that make me chuckle.

Ok, and while I'm at it... can y'all see the linky-dink buttons over there ----> Just curious as when I view my page they're playing like candy bars... sometimes you feel like a link, sometimes you don't