A  WIN!!!

FINALLY!!!

I have no idea how much Frank Gore gets paid, but seriously, it isn't enough.  I STILL say we need a new QB, and better play calling by the coaches. Singletary is seriously on my sh*tlist!

 I am getting WAY, WAY to much practice at this:

You Should Take Some Deep Breaths

Part of what's stressing you out right now is that there's too much going on at once. You hardly have room to breathe. And to be honest, the idea of taking on a little project to de-stress yourself is even stressful. So don't worry about doing much. Just take a few deep breaths. In fact, try it right now. Doesn't that feel good? Repeat this as often as you need to. This is the first step to clearing your head and feeling better.

How Should You De-stress?

Blogthings: Learn Something Surprising About Yourself

       

YES, I am still here.

Rough week at work,  had a background headache that sort of ebbed and flowed into my consciousness all week.  So forgive me if this is not the most inspired post.

Thom asked me about my vertical garden.  Seems good to me after the season, one plant died, but the rest seem pretty robust.



We definitely are into that fall late afternoon light in that picture and you can see the spruce tree has started dropping it's needles.  We've had a definite frost, so my eggplant and tomatillos are toast, but my tomatoes and peppers don't seem to get it and have been flowering and setting new fruit.  Seems sad to pull them up.  My hanging basket flowers also seem to be optimistic.





Fall flowers are here - loving the mums and daisies!





I can't get a picture of how truly deep and rich the red mums are, but you get the idea.  I have finished 2 crochet projects and a knit one, but they are for swaps so until they get to their intended recipients I can't post the pictures.  My two bags were put on temporary hold until those got done, so I hope to be felting next weekend!


SInce I have been feeling considerable  stress this week I figured I'd share 2 stress quizes:

You Are Driven Stressed

You have a lot of stress in your life, but a lot of it is your own doing. You put a lot of pressure on yourself. You have high standards, and you won't stop until you meet them. You can become work and goal obsessed. You sometimes suffer from too much micromanagement. Slow down and give yourself a break. When it comes to stress, you are your own worst enemy.

What Kind of Stressed Are You?

Blogthings: Quizzes and Tests and Memes, Oh My!

        

Your Stress Level is: 54%

You are somewhat prone to stress, especially when life gets hard. When things are good, you resist stressing over little problems. But when things are difficult, you tend to freak out and find it hard to calm down.

How Stressed Are You?

Blogthings: If Quizzes Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Take Quizzes

       

Your Seduction Style: Ideal Lover

You seduce people by tapping into their dreams and desires. And because of this sensitivity, you can be the ideal lover for anyone you seek. You are a shapeshifter - bringing romance, adventure, spirituality to relationships. It all depends on who your with, and what their vision of a perfect relationship is.

What Is Your Seduction Style?

Blogthings: Quizzes and Tests and Memes, Oh My!

       

Another 50 Questions Meme, Part One (perhaps!)

Another 50 Questions Meme, Part One (perhaps!)

Welcome back to Sunday Stealing. Sunday Stealing originated on WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser. Here we will steal all types of memes from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent memes. You may have heard of the expression, “honor amongst thieves”. In that age-old tradition, we also have our rules. First, we always credit the blog that we stole it from and we will “fess up” to the blog owner where we stole the meme. We also provide a link to the victim's post. (It's our way of saying "Thanks!") We do sometimes edit the original meme, usually to make it more relevant to our global players, to challenge our players, sometimes to select that meme's best questions, or simply to make it less repetitive from either this new meme or recently asked questions from a prior featured meme. Let's go!

Today we ripped this meme of a blogger known as Nigel Vanstone at Away for a Bit. Nigel explains that he was tagged to do the meme, but does not credit the blogger. But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. He promises to post the next 25 questions, soon. If he writes them by next Saturday, we will complete his meme. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!

Cheers to all of us thieves!

Sunday Stealing: Another 50 Questions Meme, Part One (perhaps)
1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?  Uggh.

2. How much cash do you have on you? Cash? what means this cash? ever since Dunkn donuts started taking cards, I rarely have this cash...

3. What’s a word that rhymes with DOOR?  Floor!!!  I love floors!!  Not a huge fan of carpet - but a fan of the guy who brings me my carpet!

4. Favorite planet? JUPITER 

 

5. Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your cell phone?  Bahri - the eedjit who "runs" flooring in my building.

 

6. What is your favorite ring tone on your phone? I don't know how to link it here. But bahri's ringtone is Achmed saying... " Silence... I kill you... silence ... I ... KILL you... Silence I kill you..... stop touching me!!!"

7. What shirt are you wear? Ok, I sucked at English class, but dude wtf??

8. Do you label yourself?  I defy any attempt at labeling!!! 

9. Name the brand of the shoes you’re currently wearing? Target flip flops - silver

 

10. Bright or Dark Room?  I know dark rooms are for film... bright rooms are for???

11. Did you do anything to celebrate John Lennon's 70th yesterday? Didn't know, didn't care, not a fan.

12. What does your watch look like?

13. What were you doing at midnight last night? Same thing I do every night Pinky, dream of taking over the world! mwahahaha

14. What did your last text message you received on your cell say?Now I am excited ;P

15. Where is your nearest 7-11?  I think a couple miles down 46 ... but I personally get slurpee over Tony ...

16. What’s a word that you say a lot? Dude!

17. Who told you he/she loved you last? the Angie

18. Last furry thing you touched? the Angie

19. How many drugs have you done in the last three days? Do caffeine or alcohol count?

20. How many rolls of film do you need developed? One word... Digital.

21. Favorite age you have been so far?Yes.

22. Your worst enemy? Normal people.

23. What is your current desktop picture (extra points if you post it.)?  Tony of course!!
 


24. What was the last thing you said to someone?  Have fun! Luv ya! ( Angie heading out with friends)

25. If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to fly what would it be? With my luck if I could fly I'd be shot down with a PATRIOT missile.. but cleaning up after a million bucks...

 

Thank you for playing this week on Sunday Stealing! Please leave a comment or link when you have posted. Feel free to stop back and visit other player’s posts. Have a great week. See you next Sunday!

Grace's Birthday & Spoiler Alert.

If you are doing the she-knit's mystery knit for Kimmy or Samantha - and you do not want a Kimmy Spoiler, do not scroll down any further.  There is a picture of Kimmy after clue 3!

That being said, a little bit late I have pictures from last Thursday.  Last thursday was my friend Grace's Birthday.  I picked her up and took her to lunch in Montville.  It had been literally months since we got together, since she was ill and hurt her knee. (two seperate reasons, sad, but true.  A few months ago she had a blog contest.  I don't even remember what it was.  But I was one of the winners and I won a great shawl. ( Grace makes the best shawls)  Also the last time we had gotten together I was all whiny because the store where I had been buying my favorite tea (yes I sometimes put the coffee cup down and have a tea) stopped carrying it.  So Grace, who buys the decaf (yuck) version of the tea, ordered me 2 boxes.  Grace has been making the cutest gnomes lately ( she goes on such fun knitting sprees, cats, bunnies with their heads on their butts - funny story-)  and she made me  a gnome!  


My gnome hanging out with Kermit - my eggplant plant.



My gnome,  tea and shawl.

THANK YOU GRACE!!!!

Here's a peek at my bag - Kimmy-  after clue 3.  The final clue, involves interior pockets and attaching the strap and then felting.   But I need to catch up on the other bag - Samantha I am making.  Hopefully I will finish clue 3 on Sam before I need to drive Angie back to school tomorrow.  

the Angie is coming home!

Angie's sabre' lame'  has some dead spots. really worn spots in the metal threads, so it won't pass for competition use.  There is a really big tournament next weekend CHAOS that her club is going to.  So she needs a new one, and she's pretty sure her mask won't pass tech inspection either.  Since she's hard to fit, and wants a different brand of lame' she needs to try them on so I can't order online and ship to her.   Surprisingly the closest place to Philly that sells them for sabre's in an actual brick and mortar store where she can go try them is Absolute Fencing Gear in Bridgewater.   They give 10% off to the club she belongs to up here so it's almost comparable to internet pricing.  Since they are about 30-40 minutes from us, she decided to come home.  So as her last Friday class ends at 1230, she will take the subway to the PATCO to the red river line? and I can pick her up in Trenton.  Since it will take her 2 - 2 1/2 hours we should get to Trenton around the same time!