Vox Question of the Day - If a waiter stopped by right now to take your order, what cocktail or drink are you having?
Typically it would depend what was "on tap" or not. I am a big fan of the Northwest Microbreweries and like to experiment a bit but always like a Hefeweizen or similar. I'm also a big fan of wine, both red and wine depending on the season and what I am eating.
And depending on my company I have been know to venture into the "harder stuff." When I am handing with Katharine I have been known to drink margaritas or the like and when I am with my friend Suzie, I always drink Long Island Ice Teas. Yes, they are both horrible influences on me. ;-)
Originally posted on my Vox site. Full post moved here September 7, 2010 in anticipation of Vox's closing.
Friday, June 08, 2007
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Lobster carefully disguised as a Beaver fan
Being a Beaver fan is going to save this guy from being made into a Lobster Roll. He will spend the rest of his days at an aquarium. The odds of this happening are 1 in a million.
Sunday, June 03, 2007
QotD: Tune In, Turn On
Vox Question of the Day: How many TVs do you have in your house?
Two. One in the living room and one in the bedroom.
Originally posted on my Vox site. Full post moved here September 7, 2010 in anticipation of Vox's closing.
Two. One in the living room and one in the bedroom.
Originally posted on my Vox site. Full post moved here September 7, 2010 in anticipation of Vox's closing.
Friday, June 01, 2007
June begins in a whirlwind
I hope the rest of the month of June is a bit more relaxed that today was. WOW! It was a bit nuts.
I was up at 5:00 a.m. to finish packing, load the car and head to the office. While loading my luggage into the car I noted that my hand felt wet so I wiped it on my pants and kept going. When I got in the car I realized that I had sliced the thumb on my left hand open and my hand had been wet with blood. I was already driving down my driveway so I decided to handle it when I arrived at the office but it wouldn't stop bleeding so I drove to work with my right hand on the steering wheel and my left hand in a fist. When I arrived at the office I quickly cleaned it up and then attended to everything that required my attention and was on the road to Spokane for the Washington State P.E.O. Convention at 8:40 a.m.
It took me nearly 50 minutes to drive the I-405 loop to merge with I-90 and I suddenly started to panic that I was going to be late. But once I was safely on I-90 I relaxed a bit. I stopped to get gas in Issaquah and headed up the mountains, due east. About this time a got a call from Don letting me know that he was leaving Seattle and would be just 40 or so minutes behind me.
The drive was uneventful, which is good. It was great to drive and think and drive and sing along with my iPod and drive and think and drive and drive. I think you get the idea! I love road trips and I love being in the car alone, it's awesome thinking time. I arrived in Spokane without stopping at 1:10 p.m. and took the detour that was marked along the interstate.
This is where the real FUN began.
In hindsight I realize that I missed a critical left turn onto Spokane Falls Blvd. But for nearly 40 minutes I drove around the city of Spokane and Spokane Valley trying to find my way. I was due in my first session at 2:00 p.m but at that time I had stopped for directions and was heading frantically towards the hotel. Don ended up arriving at the hotel before I did and was awful curious that I hadn't checked in yet. We connected in the lobby and check-in to the room and parted ways - Don to the room to sleep and me to sneak into my session a bit more than wee late.
The session buzzed by. I calmed down from the being lost and driving and adventure of the day and remembered why I am here. I am here because this organization means a great deal to me. I am here to connect with sisters from other chapters and get energized about the phenomenal impact that P.E.O. makes on woman around the world. I am so glad that I am here!
Following the session I rescued my car for the valet and got my luggage. I went up the room and set my stuff down, grabbed my laptop and headed to the bar to give Don a chance to sleep a bit longer. I ordered a beer, connected my computer to the wireless network and am SOOO happy!
We will be imbibing at one of my favorite Spokane hot spots tonight. And then the rest of the weekend will be chock full of P.E.O. It's over 90 degrees and sunny in Spokane! :-)
I hope you have a fabulous weekend, wherever you are.
I was up at 5:00 a.m. to finish packing, load the car and head to the office. While loading my luggage into the car I noted that my hand felt wet so I wiped it on my pants and kept going. When I got in the car I realized that I had sliced the thumb on my left hand open and my hand had been wet with blood. I was already driving down my driveway so I decided to handle it when I arrived at the office but it wouldn't stop bleeding so I drove to work with my right hand on the steering wheel and my left hand in a fist. When I arrived at the office I quickly cleaned it up and then attended to everything that required my attention and was on the road to Spokane for the Washington State P.E.O. Convention at 8:40 a.m.
It took me nearly 50 minutes to drive the I-405 loop to merge with I-90 and I suddenly started to panic that I was going to be late. But once I was safely on I-90 I relaxed a bit. I stopped to get gas in Issaquah and headed up the mountains, due east. About this time a got a call from Don letting me know that he was leaving Seattle and would be just 40 or so minutes behind me.
The drive was uneventful, which is good. It was great to drive and think and drive and sing along with my iPod and drive and think and drive and drive. I think you get the idea! I love road trips and I love being in the car alone, it's awesome thinking time. I arrived in Spokane without stopping at 1:10 p.m. and took the detour that was marked along the interstate.
This is where the real FUN began.
In hindsight I realize that I missed a critical left turn onto Spokane Falls Blvd. But for nearly 40 minutes I drove around the city of Spokane and Spokane Valley trying to find my way. I was due in my first session at 2:00 p.m but at that time I had stopped for directions and was heading frantically towards the hotel. Don ended up arriving at the hotel before I did and was awful curious that I hadn't checked in yet. We connected in the lobby and check-in to the room and parted ways - Don to the room to sleep and me to sneak into my session a bit more than wee late.
The session buzzed by. I calmed down from the being lost and driving and adventure of the day and remembered why I am here. I am here because this organization means a great deal to me. I am here to connect with sisters from other chapters and get energized about the phenomenal impact that P.E.O. makes on woman around the world. I am so glad that I am here!
Following the session I rescued my car for the valet and got my luggage. I went up the room and set my stuff down, grabbed my laptop and headed to the bar to give Don a chance to sleep a bit longer. I ordered a beer, connected my computer to the wireless network and am SOOO happy!
We will be imbibing at one of my favorite Spokane hot spots tonight. And then the rest of the weekend will be chock full of P.E.O. It's over 90 degrees and sunny in Spokane! :-)
I hope you have a fabulous weekend, wherever you are.
Me as a flower
| You Are A Lily |
 You are a nurturer and all around natural therapist. People see you as their rock. And they are able to depend on you. You are a soothing influence. You can make people feel better with a few words. Your caring has more of an impact than even you realize. |
QotD: Senseless Saying
Vox Question of the Day: What's a saying or phrase that's never made sense to you?
"God never gives you more than you can handle" or any similar saying about God's will. I don't believe that God deals out misery to see where our breaking point is. And when facing a difficult point in my life I don't really need to be reminded by people that it was God's will and that God is just exhaulting some kind of punishment on the fact that I am strong and will get up, brush myself off and start all over again.
Originally posted on my Vox site. Full post moved here September 7, 2010 in anticipation of Vox's closing.
"God never gives you more than you can handle" or any similar saying about God's will. I don't believe that God deals out misery to see where our breaking point is. And when facing a difficult point in my life I don't really need to be reminded by people that it was God's will and that God is just exhaulting some kind of punishment on the fact that I am strong and will get up, brush myself off and start all over again.
Originally posted on my Vox site. Full post moved here September 7, 2010 in anticipation of Vox's closing.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Interpersonal Intelligence
| Your Intrapersonal Intelligence Score: 81% |
 Your Intrapersonal Intelligence is Very High You've spent a lot of time introspecting, and it's really paid off. You are comfortable with who you are, and you have a life philosophy that you are happy to live by. And you're always re-evaluating what you believe. Because you learn something new about yourself each day! |
Memorial Day Weekend Wrap-up
Oh, how I love holiday weekends! I had a great weekend, some of the highlights include.
I worked from home on Friday and my workday ended a bit earlier than so that Katharine, Don and I could catch the premier of Pirates of the Carribean - At World's End. Neither Don or I had seen the Pirates of the Carribean - Dead Man's Chest so we watched it Thursday evening in preparation for the Friday movie. I quite liked both films and it was really fun to see a movie on opening day which I haven't done for a number of years. We then had a yummy dinner of gargantuan proportions on the deck at Claim Jumper - Alderwood Mall. I arrived home just after 9:30 p.m, immediately put on my pajama's and was sound asleep by 10:00 p.m.
I had a somewhat leisurely Saturday morning including catching up with my RSS feeds, drinking coffee and enjoying the sun and my newly potted plant on my deck. I did a quick load of laundry to solve the "no clean underwear" problem, showered and left around 12:30 p.m. to head to my brother's home in Port Orchard. They had 12 cu ft of dirt and 10 cu ft of bark dumped in their driveway on Thursday afternoon and were in the process of undertaking a huge renovation of the back yard. He immediately put me to work and within a few hours I was quite proficient at "driving a wheelbarrow" (it's not as easy as it looks.) After "the cutest nephew in the world woke up from his nap I wasn't much for helping with the project because we had a lot of playing and talking to catch up on. We finished up around 6:00 p.m. and after a quick stop for gas and an Iced Coffee at Starbucks I was headed back for the city. Upon arriving back in Queen Anne, I ran by the grocery store and picked up some essentials and food for the week and then headed home. After a long, warm shower I enjoyed a BLT sandwich and caught up on my recorded TV for the week.
I awoke on Sunday morning to rain. I was disappointed at first especially when I realized how cold it was outside. I made a pot of coffee, closed the windows and crawled back into bed where I fell back asleep for another few hours. Upon waking again, I popped one of my NetFlix movies into the DVD player. The Mutiny of The Bounty was only in my queue because I'm still working towards watching all of the movies that have even won the Oscar for Best Picture. I went into it not knowing what to expect and LOVED it, which saying a lot since I am not a fan of Clark Gable. Following the movie I spent a couple of hours on the internet reading articles about the story behind the mutiny, the mutineers, Pitcairn Island and the ships created for the movie. (And Don, the population is 45!)
By then it was 3:00 p.m. and I decided that it was time to take a shower and do something productive. And at 4:00 p.m. I decided that I had put my laundry off as long as possible. Due to the great car saga of 2007, I had only been doing loads here and there just to "get by" because I couldn't get to the laundry room. I packed it all up carried it to the car and took it to the Queen Anne Laundry Room. Two hours and 5 loads (probably 8 in a regular sized machine) I drove home and put everything away. It had been weeks since every single piece of clothing that I owned was clean, it felt great. I then threw together a new dinner concoction of Asparagus and Ricotta stuffed Ravioli with Asparagus spears in a light cream sauce and watched another movie from my NetFlix queue.
Monday morning I woke up threw on work-out clothes and headed to the top of the hill to pick up Suzie and we went to Green Lake to walk. I desperately needed a bathroom when we arrived at the lake but the Community Center was locked so we started around the lake and by the time we made it to the wading pool and the first available bathroom I was ready to burst. We finished our walk and on the way home Don called to ask if I felt like drinking beer on a deck for the bulk of the afternoon. HELLO! YES!
I had planted some outdoor flowers for Katherine so we drove to Bothell to drop them off at her place and then headed to Bell Street Diner where we spent the bulk of the afternoon and early evening enjoying the boats, drinking beer, enjoying the sun, drinking beer, enjoying yummy food and drinking beer! It was an absolutely perfect Memorial Day!
Hope you had a great weekend too!
I worked from home on Friday and my workday ended a bit earlier than so that Katharine, Don and I could catch the premier of Pirates of the Carribean - At World's End. Neither Don or I had seen the Pirates of the Carribean - Dead Man's Chest so we watched it Thursday evening in preparation for the Friday movie. I quite liked both films and it was really fun to see a movie on opening day which I haven't done for a number of years. We then had a yummy dinner of gargantuan proportions on the deck at Claim Jumper - Alderwood Mall. I arrived home just after 9:30 p.m, immediately put on my pajama's and was sound asleep by 10:00 p.m.
I had a somewhat leisurely Saturday morning including catching up with my RSS feeds, drinking coffee and enjoying the sun and my newly potted plant on my deck. I did a quick load of laundry to solve the "no clean underwear" problem, showered and left around 12:30 p.m. to head to my brother's home in Port Orchard. They had 12 cu ft of dirt and 10 cu ft of bark dumped in their driveway on Thursday afternoon and were in the process of undertaking a huge renovation of the back yard. He immediately put me to work and within a few hours I was quite proficient at "driving a wheelbarrow" (it's not as easy as it looks.) After "the cutest nephew in the world woke up from his nap I wasn't much for helping with the project because we had a lot of playing and talking to catch up on. We finished up around 6:00 p.m. and after a quick stop for gas and an Iced Coffee at Starbucks I was headed back for the city. Upon arriving back in Queen Anne, I ran by the grocery store and picked up some essentials and food for the week and then headed home. After a long, warm shower I enjoyed a BLT sandwich and caught up on my recorded TV for the week.
I awoke on Sunday morning to rain. I was disappointed at first especially when I realized how cold it was outside. I made a pot of coffee, closed the windows and crawled back into bed where I fell back asleep for another few hours. Upon waking again, I popped one of my NetFlix movies into the DVD player. The Mutiny of The Bounty was only in my queue because I'm still working towards watching all of the movies that have even won the Oscar for Best Picture. I went into it not knowing what to expect and LOVED it, which saying a lot since I am not a fan of Clark Gable. Following the movie I spent a couple of hours on the internet reading articles about the story behind the mutiny, the mutineers, Pitcairn Island and the ships created for the movie. (And Don, the population is 45!)
By then it was 3:00 p.m. and I decided that it was time to take a shower and do something productive. And at 4:00 p.m. I decided that I had put my laundry off as long as possible. Due to the great car saga of 2007, I had only been doing loads here and there just to "get by" because I couldn't get to the laundry room. I packed it all up carried it to the car and took it to the Queen Anne Laundry Room. Two hours and 5 loads (probably 8 in a regular sized machine) I drove home and put everything away. It had been weeks since every single piece of clothing that I owned was clean, it felt great. I then threw together a new dinner concoction of Asparagus and Ricotta stuffed Ravioli with Asparagus spears in a light cream sauce and watched another movie from my NetFlix queue.
Monday morning I woke up threw on work-out clothes and headed to the top of the hill to pick up Suzie and we went to Green Lake to walk. I desperately needed a bathroom when we arrived at the lake but the Community Center was locked so we started around the lake and by the time we made it to the wading pool and the first available bathroom I was ready to burst. We finished our walk and on the way home Don called to ask if I felt like drinking beer on a deck for the bulk of the afternoon. HELLO! YES!
I had planted some outdoor flowers for Katherine so we drove to Bothell to drop them off at her place and then headed to Bell Street Diner where we spent the bulk of the afternoon and early evening enjoying the boats, drinking beer, enjoying the sun, drinking beer, enjoying yummy food and drinking beer! It was an absolutely perfect Memorial Day!
Hope you had a great weekend too!
Monday, May 28, 2007
What Makes Me a Good Friend?
| You Are a Good Friend Because You're Supportive |
 You are almost like a life coach for your best friends. You give them help when they need it... but you also know when to give them a push. People tend to rely on you for moral support and advice. You've probably always been mature for your age, so this is a role that's you're comfortable with. A friend like you is one of the rarest kinds. You are both a good mentor and companion. Your friends need you most when: They are confused or worried You really can't be friends with: Someone who only wants to complain Your friendship quote: "The only way to have a friend is to be one." |
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