So who were you in HS?
You Were the Brainy Kid |
 In high school, you were acing AP classes or hanging out in the computer lab. You may have been a bit of a geek back then, but now you're a total success! |
Saturday, August 23, 2008
The Brainy Kid? I think not!
So there was this fun quiz over at SSD about "Who you were in High School". I took the quiz and it said I was the brainy kid and a nerd. So not true. Ya I was an A student but I don't even know what AP classes and couldn't have found the computer lab if my life counted on it. LOL!
So who were you in HS?
So who were you in HS?
Friday, August 15, 2008
Never would have guessed!
I don't think I have a "Boston" accent even though I've pretty much lived in the Boston area most of my life but to have a "Midland" totally surprised me!
!
| What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio. | |
| Boston | |
| The West | |
| Philadelphia | |
| The Northeast | |
| The Inland North | |
| North Central | |
| The South | |
| What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz | |
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
BFF Award!
I got this fun award from Karen! Thanks Karen, I'm honored!
And what good is friendship if you don't pass it on of course I've got some BFFs to pass it on to!
The rules for the "Blogging Friends Forever" award are:
* Only five people allowed
* Four have to be dedicated followers of your blog
* One has to be someone new or recently new to your blog or lives in another part of the world.
* You must link back to whoever gave you the award.
* The winner can put the logo on his/her blog.
So my pics are:
Donna
Kristi
Jodene
Rachael
and a fairly new reader is Hallie
* Only five people allowed
* Four have to be dedicated followers of your blog
* One has to be someone new or recently new to your blog or lives in another part of the world.
* You must link back to whoever gave you the award.
* The winner can put the logo on his/her blog.
So my pics are:
Donna
Kristi
Jodene
Rachael
and a fairly new reader is Hallie
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Grease Quiz
This is and always will be one of my favorite movies. When I found out on the SSD blog there was a quiz I of course had to take it.
Here are my results:
Here are my results:
You are an expert!
You have correctly answered 13 of 15 questions.
On average, 440 of users who took the quiz gave 11.38 right answers.
I was actually surprised I got any wrong and I wish they told you which ones!
Are you a Grease Fan? Go take the quiz to find out!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
I got a JOB!!!
So while I was in NY I had to log in to submit my unemployment claim so as not to miss my payday. I decided to quickly check my email and there was an inquiry from a company named Oberon about a Configuration Management position at Hanscom AFB, MA. I emailed them and told them I would be out of town but would call them on Wednesday when I got back.
Monday morning the boys were very cranky and overtired and I was coming down with a cold and I decided it was time to head out a day early. I was upset that my visit with Cindy was going to be cut short but I didn't want her and her family to have to deal with my cranky kids.
Tuesday am I emailed the Oberon contact and told them I was home a day early and available to talk to them. They called me and said it was a good thing I got home early as they were about to make someone an offer, asked me if I could come in the next day. Wednesday morning I showed up at 10am to talk to them and by 11:30 I had an offer. It was contingent on me getting a security clearance so they posted my start date for August 11th. Well when the security people ran my social my old clearance from 2005 was still active so they didn't have to do all the background investigations and just picked up that clearance and called me back and said I could start Monday!
What a whirlwind! I can't wait to get back to work!
Monday morning the boys were very cranky and overtired and I was coming down with a cold and I decided it was time to head out a day early. I was upset that my visit with Cindy was going to be cut short but I didn't want her and her family to have to deal with my cranky kids.
Tuesday am I emailed the Oberon contact and told them I was home a day early and available to talk to them. They called me and said it was a good thing I got home early as they were about to make someone an offer, asked me if I could come in the next day. Wednesday morning I showed up at 10am to talk to them and by 11:30 I had an offer. It was contingent on me getting a security clearance so they posted my start date for August 11th. Well when the security people ran my social my old clearance from 2005 was still active so they didn't have to do all the background investigations and just picked up that clearance and called me back and said I could start Monday!
What a whirlwind! I can't wait to get back to work!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Today's Thoughts
I got this via email and thought I'd share it's very sound advice:
Jim is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood
> and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him
> how he was doing, he would reply, 'If I were any better, I would be twins!'
>
> He was a natural motivator.
>
> If an employee was having a bad day, Jim was there telling the
> employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
>
> Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and
> asked him, 'I don't get it!
>
> You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?'
>
> He replied, 'Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two
> choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or ... you can
> choose to be in a bad mood
>
> I choose to be in a good mood.'
>
> Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I
> can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
>
> Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept
> their complaining or... I can point out the positive side of life. I
> choose the positive side of life.
>
> 'Yeah, right, it's not that easy,' I protested.
>
> 'Yes, it is,' he said. 'Life is all about choices. When you cut away
> all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations.
> You choose how people affect your mood.
>
> You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's
> your choice how you live your life.'
>
> I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry
> to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him
> when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
>
> Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious
> accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.
>
> After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released
> from the hospital with rods placed in his back.
>
> I saw him about six months after the accident.
>
> When I asked him how he was, he replied, 'If I were any better, I'd be
> twins...Wanna see my scars?'
>
> I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through
> his mind as the accident took place.
>
> 'The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my
> soon-to-be born daughter,' he replied. 'Then, as I lay on the ground,
> I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I
> could choose to die. I chose to live.'
>
> 'Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?' I asked
>
> He continued, '..the paramedics were great.
>
> They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me
> into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and
> nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'.
> I knew I needed to take action.'
>
> 'What did you do?' I asked.
>
> 'Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me,' said
> Jim. 'She asked if I was allergic to anything 'Yes, I replied.! ' The
> doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took
> a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity'.'
>
> Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on
> me as if I am alive, not dead.'
>
> He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his
> amazing attitude... I learned from him that every day we have the
> choice to live fully.
>
> Attitude, after all, is everything .
>
> Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
> Each day has enough trouble of its own.' Matthew 6:34.
>
> After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
>
> You have two choices now:
> 1. Delete this
> 2. Forward it to the people you care about.
>
Jim is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood
> and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him
> how he was doing, he would reply, 'If I were any better, I would be twins!'
>
> He was a natural motivator.
>
> If an employee was having a bad day, Jim was there telling the
> employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
>
> Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and
> asked him, 'I don't get it!
>
> You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?'
>
> He replied, 'Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two
> choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or ... you can
> choose to be in a bad mood
>
> I choose to be in a good mood.'
>
> Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I
> can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
>
> Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept
> their complaining or... I can point out the positive side of life. I
> choose the positive side of life.
>
> 'Yeah, right, it's not that easy,' I protested.
>
> 'Yes, it is,' he said. 'Life is all about choices. When you cut away
> all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations.
> You choose how people affect your mood.
>
> You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's
> your choice how you live your life.'
>
> I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry
> to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him
> when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
>
> Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious
> accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.
>
> After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released
> from the hospital with rods placed in his back.
>
> I saw him about six months after the accident.
>
> When I asked him how he was, he replied, 'If I were any better, I'd be
> twins...Wanna see my scars?'
>
> I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through
> his mind as the accident took place.
>
> 'The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my
> soon-to-be born daughter,' he replied. 'Then, as I lay on the ground,
> I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I
> could choose to die. I chose to live.'
>
> 'Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?' I asked
>
> He continued, '..the paramedics were great.
>
> They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me
> into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and
> nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'.
> I knew I needed to take action.'
>
> 'What did you do?' I asked.
>
> 'Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me,' said
> Jim. 'She asked if I was allergic to anything 'Yes, I replied.! ' The
> doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took
> a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity'.'
>
> Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on
> me as if I am alive, not dead.'
>
> He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his
> amazing attitude... I learned from him that every day we have the
> choice to live fully.
>
> Attitude, after all, is everything .
>
> Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
> Each day has enough trouble of its own.' Matthew 6:34.
>
> After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
>
> You have two choices now:
> 1. Delete this
> 2. Forward it to the people you care about.
>
Friday, July 25, 2008
Going on a Road Trip
The boys and I are headed down to NY to visit with my good bud Cindy and her family. We are staying the weekend and maybe more if we all get along! ;) Cindy thinks she is going to teach me how to knit and while I laugh at this I shouldn't laugh too hard as she is the ONE that got me into Digi Scrapping! ;)
I had an interview that went pretty well on Wednesday. They did have more candidates to interview this week and next but I am hoping I'll come back to good news. If y'all could send me some hiring vibes I'd appreciate it!
When I get back the boys are headed to Maine for a week with my Inlaws and I have no idea what I am going to do with myself being all alone for a week. It's been 4 months since I got laid off and they have been home with me every day since the end of June! I am gonna miss them! At least I'll have Michael when he gets home from work!
I hope everyone has some fun plans for the weekend and I'll see you sometime next week!
I had an interview that went pretty well on Wednesday. They did have more candidates to interview this week and next but I am hoping I'll come back to good news. If y'all could send me some hiring vibes I'd appreciate it!
When I get back the boys are headed to Maine for a week with my Inlaws and I have no idea what I am going to do with myself being all alone for a week. It's been 4 months since I got laid off and they have been home with me every day since the end of June! I am gonna miss them! At least I'll have Michael when he gets home from work!
I hope everyone has some fun plans for the weekend and I'll see you sometime next week!
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
It's Tuesday which means New Releases
I've got a new kit, some matching quick pages and some new template packs in my store this week at 30% off until next Monday!
New Kit Oopsy Daisy
Oopsy Daisy Quick Pages
Some Card Templates
and a Cosmo Cricket Jack Album Template set
Thanks for looking! Have a great day!
New Kit Oopsy Daisy
Oopsy Daisy Quick Pages
Some Card Templates
and a Cosmo Cricket Jack Album Template set
Thanks for looking! Have a great day!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Tagged
One of my digi-idols Kate tagged me today and since I haven't done a tag in some time I figured I'd get right to it!
The Rules: Answer the questions using only one word. Then tag four others.
The Rules: Answer the questions using only one word. Then tag four others.
1. Where is your cell phone? Purse
2. Your significant other? work
3. Your hair? growing
4. Your mother? work
5. Your father? unknown
6. Your favorite thing? lappy
7. Your dream last night? weird
8 Your favorite drink? water
9. Your dream/goal? HAPPINESS
10. The room you’re in? den
11. Your hobby? SCRAPPING
12. Your fear? HEIGHTS
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? working
14. What you’re not? TANNED
15. Muffins? Cinnamon
16. One of your wish list items? addition
17. Where you grew up? everywhere
18. The last thing you did? scrapped
19. What are you wearing? PJs
20. Favorite gadget? lappy
21. Your pets? cats
22. Your computer? PINK
23. Your mood? stressed
24. Missing someone? Nana
25. Your car? H3
26. Something you’re not wearing? make-up
27. Favorite store? fashion bug
28. Like someone? yep
29. Your favorite color? pink
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? march
I'm tagging Kristi, Donna, Debbie (cause 101 things wasn't enough!) ;) and Dawn
Have a great day!
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Fireworks
What Your These Fireworks Say About You |
 You are focused, single minded, and intense. You don't let others see your intensity often, and when they do, they are quite surprised. You burn brightly, but you also burn steadily. You have the endurance to get the one thing you desire most. |
Happy 4th Everyone!
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Birthday Memories
The Sweet Shoppe Blog is asking us to post about our very favorite birthday memory this week. Mine came to me without hesitation and will always be my very favorite Bday memory as I don't think anything can ever top this one!
It was my 40th Birthday. I wasn't too happy about turning 40 but I was going to be going to Cape Cod for a scrapbooking weekend so it was looking up. Well when all of very favorite scrapping buds and some of my best friends in the world decided they were going to join me that just took the cake! Chris was flying in from California, Andrea was coming up from Florida, Carol from Texas, and Cindy from New York. I couldn't have had a better birthday weekend than that weekend. We had so much fun, scrapping, eating, laughing and talking into the wee hours of the night! It was a blast.
Here is one of my very favorite photos from that fantastic weekend:
It was my 40th Birthday. I wasn't too happy about turning 40 but I was going to be going to Cape Cod for a scrapbooking weekend so it was looking up. Well when all of very favorite scrapping buds and some of my best friends in the world decided they were going to join me that just took the cake! Chris was flying in from California, Andrea was coming up from Florida, Carol from Texas, and Cindy from New York. I couldn't have had a better birthday weekend than that weekend. We had so much fun, scrapping, eating, laughing and talking into the wee hours of the night! It was a blast.
Here is one of my very favorite photos from that fantastic weekend:
So that's my favorite memory and it's gonna be so hard to every have another birthday as fun. So lets keep the fun going, tell me about your favorite birthday memory!
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Tuesday New Releases 30% OFF!
YAY! I've got some new stuff in my store today...
First off a fun Hand Doodled Alpha:
And three new Layered Template sets:
Sketch-it Pack 2
Sketch-it Pack 3
Sketch-it Pack 4 "Inspired by Tracey"
Thanks for Looking and Have a great Tuesday!
First off a fun Hand Doodled Alpha:
And three new Layered Template sets:
Sketch-it Pack 2
Sketch-it Pack 3
Sketch-it Pack 4 "Inspired by Tracey"
Thanks for Looking and Have a great Tuesday!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Check it Out DIGI scrappers
Look at that new blinkie over here to the right ------------>
Yep, I am selling digital products at Digital Freebies!
Yep, I am selling digital products at Digital Freebies!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Out of the Box!
Thanks to my good pal Jheri I finally stepped out of my comfort box and put my camera on Manual mode and am shooting in RAW! I have had my camera for 4 years now and before yesterday I had only put it on Manual once to get 'twinkle' lights on the Xmas tree.
Here are a few of my photos:
Thanks for the training session and the push Jheri! You rock! :)
Here are a few of my photos:
Thanks for the training session and the push Jheri! You rock! :)
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Fantastic Charity Kit
Click on ad to see it largerHere is a layout I did using the kit:
Have a great day!
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Glass Alpha Freebie!
Another little giftie for my digi pals!
ENJOY! And don't forget if you use it to come back and link me up!
Happy Hump Day!
ENJOY! And don't forget if you use it to come back and link me up!
Happy Hump Day!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Happy Birthday Kendra!
Happy Birthday to one of the most talented and beautiful people I know in cyberspace. Kendra!
I've been a huge fan of Kendra's work since forever ago and now that I've gotten to know her too I feel very lucky. I hope to be able to meet her this fall in person along with Kristi, Lynette, Donna, Janette and some other very nice cyber friends who are getting together because Lynette is coming all the way from Australia! Now if I don't get a job I can't be in on any of the fun so I need all the job finding vibes and prayers sent my way pretty please!
OK and now on to the not so important stuff. I started the Couch to 5K running program last week (for the 2nd time!). I finished Week 1 and started Week 2 today. Today it's going to be over 100 and it had to be in the 80's and very humid when I went out. I thought I was going to cave but I actually did all the intervals! Yay me! Now the pine pollen is making the air green so later I should pay dearly for it but I did it!
The boys have 2 weeks of school left. If I don't get a job this will be my first time home with them for a vacation in 12 years. Well other than the week off here and there. I can't even imagine what we are gonna do with ourselves with no money! Thank goodness my neighbor has a pool and we have a Wii! LOL!
I am no applying for waitressing jobs. I have never waitressed in my life except at home! ;) But when I am turned down for Administrative Assistant jobs because I'm over qualified I'm not sure what luck I'll have getting a waitress job! So not fun!
I have picked up a few paying digital jobs where I make mini albums and quick pages for sale so that helps me have a little mad money for scrappy supplies. If you know of anyone that wants albums made send them my way! :) I'm still trying to figure out what I should try to sell on Ebay/Etsy so I don't ever have to go back to work! LOL! Fat chance of that!
So is that enough of an update for all of you? Hope so cause that's all I've got.
Have a great day!
I've been a huge fan of Kendra's work since forever ago and now that I've gotten to know her too I feel very lucky. I hope to be able to meet her this fall in person along with Kristi, Lynette, Donna, Janette and some other very nice cyber friends who are getting together because Lynette is coming all the way from Australia! Now if I don't get a job I can't be in on any of the fun so I need all the job finding vibes and prayers sent my way pretty please!
OK and now on to the not so important stuff. I started the Couch to 5K running program last week (for the 2nd time!). I finished Week 1 and started Week 2 today. Today it's going to be over 100 and it had to be in the 80's and very humid when I went out. I thought I was going to cave but I actually did all the intervals! Yay me! Now the pine pollen is making the air green so later I should pay dearly for it but I did it!
The boys have 2 weeks of school left. If I don't get a job this will be my first time home with them for a vacation in 12 years. Well other than the week off here and there. I can't even imagine what we are gonna do with ourselves with no money! Thank goodness my neighbor has a pool and we have a Wii! LOL!
I am no applying for waitressing jobs. I have never waitressed in my life except at home! ;) But when I am turned down for Administrative Assistant jobs because I'm over qualified I'm not sure what luck I'll have getting a waitress job! So not fun!
I have picked up a few paying digital jobs where I make mini albums and quick pages for sale so that helps me have a little mad money for scrappy supplies. If you know of anyone that wants albums made send them my way! :) I'm still trying to figure out what I should try to sell on Ebay/Etsy so I don't ever have to go back to work! LOL! Fat chance of that!
So is that enough of an update for all of you? Hope so cause that's all I've got.
Have a great day!
Friday, June 6, 2008
Dream Vacation?
What's your dream vacation? The one place you want to visit before you leave this earth? Mine is Australia. It's a huge place and I think I'd need at least a month there to see everything I want to see. It's the only other country I really really want to visit, I mean sure, Italy and Ireland would be nice but there is something about Australia that just pulls at me (and it's not just my cyber sister Jodene living there either). Sydney looks like a beautiful city, and of course there is Tazmania just because! Their beaches look heavenly too and then there are so many different animals to see, the kangaroos run around like squirrels here from what Jodene says. Granted there are also some very scary spiders and snakes and other poisonous stuff there but I think the Australian accents alone would get me over that hump! LOL! So share with me where you want to go, you never know you could change my mind!
Happy Friday!
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