8 Radom Things...

MagnetBabe is playing my letter game so I am going to play her 8 random facts game. I agree with her that it is hard to pick 8 things that are not already in my 100 things list….which as you know I cheated on anyway.

Eight random facts:

1.) I have a 55 gallon fish tank with 3 fish in it. 1 stripy banjo catfish, 1 neon, and 1 white angelfish. They have lots of swimming room. I have tried to buy other fish…they die. I don’t know why. These three have lived in there a long time.

2.) I seem to startle easily. But I (almost) always think it’s funny so it’s ok. As long as it’s not done to be mean. I tried to go shooting with some friends years ago. I thought I would like it. I’m noisy myself. I jumped every time a gun went off. IT’S A SHOOTING RANGE…LOTS OF GUNS GO OFF. I did get tired of that pretty quickly.

3.) I LOVE seafood!! I like crab, fish, shrimp, lobster, all of it. Not sooooo much for the raw stuff. Salmon with a blackberry sauce is my signature dish. It has 4 ingredients and takes 15-ish minutes to make. YUM!! (Everyone has LOVED it so far)

4.) I have mixed feelings on meeting my blogger friends. I have thought it would be cool to be your real friends. Then I’m like but it’s nice that these people and I can be complete strangers and still be friends. Does something change if you meet your penpal? I never had one. I do have “regular” friends that read and it’s kinda weird because then you talk about it twice…sorta.

5.) I see the question sometimes on blogs and memes “where do you see yourself in 10 years” and this makes me think sometimes. I have NO idea!! I didn’t have any Idea 10 years ago so I cannot imagine what 10 more would do. I knew where I was 10 years ago wasn’t permanent I knew the relationship wasn’t I knew the job wasn’t. I know 10 years ago I wasn’t very happy. I knew I wanted lots of things…they aren’t any of the things I have now. However I wouldn’t give up any of them. I wouldn’t give up FireGuy, my house, my kittens, my friends that I have made since then. I really now have a home in Tampa and I wouldn’t change that. 10 years ago I hadn’t been here very long and didn’t know if I was staying. But who knows maybe in 10 years I will live somewhere else and love it or maybe I will still be here loving it.

6.) The only think I hate about teaching is giving tests!! I have to sit still and be quiet. I am not very good at either activity. I either take a book to read or I take my lap top in and surf the net or blog or IM with friends while the students pull their hair out. Hehehe

7.) I want to be a paleontologist. If I won the lottery I would go back and get a degree in that from somewhere...I don't want to dig in Alaska or anything I just want to think about Dinosaurs all day long.

8.) I can’t go to bed if it’s noisy. Not because I can’t sleep through noise but because I am the biggest 4 year old on the planet and I can’t sleep for fear I am missing something. Remember when you were little your parents put you to bed and were really quiet in the other room till you were asleep. THEN they and their friends could have more fun. Yeah…that’s me. Good thing I can out last people most of the time. (Just try to keep up at a theme park!!)

Ok that’s 8. And it must make up for the sorta cheating ones in the 100 list. So I’m supposed to tag 8 people. If you have a blog and you haven’t done this and you have read it…then tag you are it. (If ya want to)

Brought to You By the Letter H and the Number 10!!

The letter H

Ok so here is another game from Bre the fabulous...I like her games. She gave me the letter H. Comment that you want a letter and I will give you one. Then list 10 things you love that begin with that letter.

(too bad that Cookie Cookie Cookie Cookie Cookie starts with C)

1. Handsome Fireguys (Like you didn't think I would figure out how to put him on my list) :)

2. House Cats - Again like my kitties wouldn't make the list somehow

3. Holidays (vacations, National ones, days off...what ever YIPPEE!!)

4. Hardcover books - Ok, again I'm being creative...it's fun this way Paperbacks are good too...Books are good. My Mother never thought she would hear this when I was a kid. Check out my Library Thing on the sidebar. :)

5. Home Team - Because it's root root root for the home team if they don't win it's a shame. *Note* this doesn't have to be baseball...home team football, arena football, hockey, what ever will do just fine (Go Rays, Go Bolts, Go Bucs, Go Bulls, Go Strom)

6. Halloween - I know it's a holiday but this is my favorite one AND it starts with H!!

7. House - specifically MY house. I love my house!! And now there are new couches on their way to MY house. :) Yippee

8. Humming Birds - I think they are cute!! I want a pretty glass feeder to go on my porch of my house.

9. Helicopters - They are COOL!! I would like to ride in one someday!!

10. Hoodie sweatshirts, Heffelumps, Hot Dogs, Hamburgers w/ cheese...

That was entertainment enough for me today....

How ‘bout this weather!!

I hope those of you up North are finally having some nice weather. The Fabulous Bre seems to be doing well enough with highs in the 70’s. The lows are a little low for me.

And JustRun in CO seems to be a bit chilly!! But not too bad…It doesn’t look like she needs her winter coat to run and her built in snot catchers.

However, MagnetBabe, E.B. and I are having Phenomenal weather today. And I’m sure we are all stuck in the same boat….that being stuck inside!!

I WANNA GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY!!!

I was outside this weekend. I went garage sale shopping with a friend. Found a few things too. One of those fireplace sets with the little brush and shovel and poker an stand and all for $15, and some wooden bowls ($.25 ea.) Then SCA stuff yesterday outside too. However it was a little warm. Now nothing like it’s going to be in a month but a little warm. I wouldn’t comment on yesterdays warmness except that yesterday evening it rained and cooled off just a little bit, so today is FANTASTIC!!! And now I’m inside!!

Humph!!

Someone should be outside playing baseball in this weather!! It should be me!!

Actually FireGuy wanted to go out tonight and picked a little place here in town called the Front Porch. Which is what they have, a BIG front porch. It should be a perfect evening to sit outside on said porch. Good choice FireGuy (The food is great too – Little local place with really good food if you come to TPA you should try it)

Then it will be home to watch Heroes!! (Save the cheerleader!! Save the world!!)

The Mighty and The Humble

I met some new people, a couple, this weekend at an SCA event. He had moved into Florida 2 years ago and brought her into the group. I met her first in the bathroom with her daughter, who had a cast on her leg. It was red fiberglass with a black fiberglass stripe. Well any one who knows me knows that if I needed a cast and I could have two colors it would be a red and black cast!!. So I told her that was the coolest cast I had ever seen. (It really was)

Throughout the day I got to know this lady a little bit and FireGuy got to know her boyfriend. Both were very nice people and seemed a lot of fun. We all ended up at the same table at dinner. They had a good time and asked us to join them in their camp later to hang out. We had a good time too and accepted the offer. I counter offered when they invited us to join them and I invited them to FireGuy’s Bible study the next morning. They said they were not sure if they could make it they had a lot of packing, but they were interested maybe the next time when they could plan ahead better.

Word was passed to me that she wanted to call me but did not have my number and sent hers along to get to me. I called her and she said she was so sorry they were not able to make it Sunday morning but she really liked FireGuy and I and wanted to know if he would be having a Bible study at the next event. I let her know details and we began to chat...Between the event and the phone call this is what I know:

The first part of the conversation she talked about how they had a good time with us and how great we were and how great her boyfriend was. Some other chatting about the other people we knew and she said how much she liked this or that about each of them. She had something nice to say about every one of them. Then I got asking more about her...

Ok...so this lady has two cute little girls. One has a cast as I said before. She did not break anything it is to help her muscle grow long by keeping her foot straight. She is on seizure medication and has already had 5 (yes I said FIVE) brain surgeries!! (That kid didn’t look a day over 8 or 9 to me. The younger one is doing better…she has only had to have one brain surgery! No Kidding!! Also about 2.5 years ago this lady lost her husband. To cancer. They found out on a Wednesday and he was dead on Sunday. She was still in shock that she had been told the oldest was going to have her 5th brain surgery when he died and she alone still had to go through her little girl going under the knife a couple moths later. I said “How did you do it?” She said simply…”Humor and faith.” She said she didn’t have a choice she had to keep going. She had to raise those girls. I told her that had a rough year and I know you just have to keep going but I can not imagine having to keep going like that. She said she knew what I meant. SHE knew what I meant?!?! When she was in the hospital with her daughter she would see parents with kids who would not make it the night. She would talk with them and hold them and cry with them because she knew she was better off... her girl would live, so she could keep going.

I do not know if I could do it. I hope that I could. I had a rough year last year but nothing like her world.

Some days you meet someone you just cannot believe. I think I might have a new friend.

All right I’ve had enough!!

I’m white. I’m a straight female. I’m fairly conservative but not blindly. I’m a Christian. I’m educated. And I WORK for a living!

Someone needs to TOLERATE ME!!

Sorry having one of those weeks!!

Ever have one? I just needed to get that out!!