FRIDAY FILL IN

1. I love a Parade.(you have to be an oldie to remember that one)
2. Cake, bread, carb stuff is my downfall.
3. I went to the gym to lose weight, but I gained!
4. Green is my favorite Color.
5. If I had a hammer I'd hammer in the morning (must be the day for old songs).
6. One of my favorite things to enjoy is walking in the woods.
7. I'm going to do yardwork this weekend!

New Toy

I bought a video ipod and just downloaded from podcasts:
Ellen DeGeneres Show
Mr. Deity

Any suggestions for other podcast videos?

13 Quirky Phobias

Janet, this is for you (and she'll think up 13 more guaranteed):

1. Men with fat fingers
2. Touching styrofoam peanuts
3. Touching cotton stuffed in aspirin bottles
4. Eating anything that looks like phlegm (oysters, etc.)
5. Eating anything that just basically looks weird
6. Driving manual transmissions - NOT EVER
7. People with unusually big heads
8. Sitting directly on grass
9. Swimming with living things
10. That space between the elevator and the floor when the doors open
11. Freaking if I'm late, even by a minute
12. Mispronunciations by others can make me nuts
13. Cracking your knuckles makes me barf

Catch Up

I think this post will go backwards in time since I haven't written diddlysquat in a while.

Sunday: okay what's this? Why this is my team photo. What are we sporting? Why is that a gold medal? Oh yes it is. I'm the tubby one second in on the bottom left.

I had a great skate for my farewell performance. I've decided not to skate synchro anymore and to concentrate on passing my tests for a mentorship for coaching.

Saturday: Robb came home on leave, they are in port for about 1.5 weeks. So I'll have some company (lawn mowing) for a while.

Let me just inject here that the weather effing SUCKS.

Friday: Got down the summer clothes to go through them for the Disney trip. UGH, most of those suckers are going into the giveaway bag.

I did make it to the gym twice last week and did a good sweaty workout. Also met with a headhunter on Thursday for a nice lunch at Legal Seafood. I'm optimistic, but it can a long process until I find the "cherry" job. Wish me luck.

FRIDAY FILL IN

1. When I need inspiration I read, read, read!
2. Being by myself is my favorite way to recharge my batteries.
3. I never get sick of pizza.
4. One of my fondest memories is any Christmas when the boys were small.
5. Robert always makes me laugh.
6. I am handy, smart and diplomatic!
7. This weekend, I'm looking forward to my last competition of this season which was way too long.

13 Things About Me and Dead Folks

1. After my sister died I started "hearing" other peoples dead mothers.
2. Yes I could be absolutely crazy and not really hearing them, but apparently when I relay it, it fits.
3. Thank goodness the only people I've relayed messages too were accepting and friends.
4. Most of the time they are telling me what to do when they visit.
5. I would love to "hear" from my husband and my sister.
6. I keep one seat in my car free of junk in case someone wants a ride.
7. I think I need to learn Morse code cause the lamp in the second bedroom sometimes goes batshit with blinking and it's not a pattern.
8. Chief the big brown dog always lays on the other side of the bed but on rare occassions he's on my side and refuses move to the other one, and he's a pretty obedient guy. I think it's Dan in the bed.
9. My best reception is in my car.
10. I haven't heard from anyone in a while that I "know".
11. Sometimes they try to get visible, scary ass shit.
12. No, I refuse to try and channel them, I'm a chicken.
13. Oh, and they like to eff up the radio.

UPCOMING FUN!!!

So ze snape and I are playing hookey and having us some big fun. Like the devout heathens we are, we are spending Good Friday driving to Reading Pennsylvania to see the US World Skate (see teeny pic above). She's gonna get her some Johnny "Weird" and I'll get my fill of Belben and Agosto. It's gonna rock. Then depending on my Marriott points, we may or may not stay. Saturday it's off to DC to the Tidal Basin for the photographer among us to take a zillion photos of the Cherry Blossoms. Can't wait! (Of course my laundry is overflowing, my house is a wreck, the dogs are shedding the winter coats, all in all the perfect time for company no?).