iMagiNe cReAtiVe nAme hERe

blogiversary month...

I've been blogging here since Nov. 2003!!! Woot! Happy 8th  blogiversary to me! :) To celebrate I will try to come up with 8 *new* things about me (thx, Elle!)...

1. I finally gave up sugar in my coffee this past summer. Go me!
2. I put Frank's hot sauce in my grits.
3. My current favorite beer is a local one: Victory Headwaters!
4. I think the movie Elf is hysterical.
5. This BBC version of Sense & Sensibility is sublime & haunts me (music, scenery...ah).
6. I believe that dust bunnies should roam in peace... (I may have mentioned that one before...)
7. I now have two dishwashers. Their names are Lydia & Frances.
8. I am learning to play the ukulele. Yes, really.
9. BONUS: I like to knit at the roller derby.

25 random things about ME...

I was tagged by friends on facebook for this and decided I would post it here too. I appear to be into lists and randomness these days...

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1. When I was little I remember wearing red keds and another pair of red leather shoes. I love seeing photos of me with those little red shoes. I bought my own children red keds to wear when they were small and plan to keep them forever.

2. I want a pair of red leather Birkenstock Bostons and a pair of red cowboy boots (see #1).

3. I volunteer in my children's school library once a week.

4. I never had legos as a child and bought myself some in college.

5. I have a deep abiding affection for Playmobil which I also didn't have Playmobil as a child. I bought myself the Playmobil farm when I was in my 20s, single and teaching elementary school. I still have the farm.

6. My grandmother thought I would be an old maid school teacher with cats. Still have the cats...

7. I didn't get married until I was 31.

8. I had my first child when I was 32.

9. I think teaching elementary school was easier than raising 4 kids (I've been home with the kiddos since the first was born).

10. I miss being able to sleep with a pile of books in the bed next to me like I did when I was single.

11. I am a piler not a filer and loathe housecleaning.

12. I grew up with a purebread Pembroke Welsh corgi named Duffy.

13. My dad worked for the FBI for many many years and was privy to many secrets. I think he should write a book. He had the fingerprints of famous people and notorious criminals in his office safe. (Shh, mom don't tell him I wrote that one!)

14. My dad has always been disappointed that I didn't pursue a law degree.

15. I just found out that my parents attended JFK's inauguration. I told my dad to write that memory down.

16. I have no qualms about leaving dishes overnight in my sink much to my mother's dismay. hee hee...(see #11)

17. I read constantly. One of the first programs I put on my iPhone was Stanza: http://www.lexcycle.com/

18. I love knitting socks with double pointed needles and rarely wear machine made/store bought socks anymore.

19. I am a "country mouse" living (for now) in the city.

20. I want a grain mill so we can grind our own wheat for bread and pasta.

21. I read cookbooks like novels.

22. I love beans and incorporate them into many of our meals. Heirloom beans from Rancho Gordo are a special favorite of mine! http://www.ranchogordo.com/

23. I dislike fat free, nonfat, and low fat versions of most types of food but especially CHEESE. I would rather eat a small piece of REAL full fat cheddar cheese than the lower fat/ FAKE versions.

24. I visited the Cabot Creamery in Vermont on my honeymoon. I love Cabot cheese!

25. I love Muir Glen fire roasted tomatoes.

Notice the red shoes! (See #1!)
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Several of you asked in the comments last post about Inkheart the movie...it was good, not great, just good. We enjoyed it and thought they stayed fairly true to the book but the ending was quite different. Long movie too but the book is longer!

One more thing...I just finished a REALLY GOOD BOOK! If you haven't read Mary Ann Shaffer's  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Societ, you must! It's a treasure!

retro me...

retro me
Originally uploaded by iMagiNe cReAtiVe nAme hERe.

Recently my mom has been scanning old slides and sending them to me. Ahhh, those carefree days in the 70s...

Am I the only one...

• who continues to buy steel cut oats in the tin from McCann's and not the cheaper bulk ones just so I can have another tin????

• who checks out more library books than I'll ever be able to read in the time allotted even with additional renewals?

• who loves Method's laundry detergent?

• who is VERY ready to put away the winter coats, mittens, and hats?

• who thinks Postcrossing is brilliant?