a little fun

v.w. bugs are something I collect! and here this was on gizmondo today

Here is the link

a dvd player and /cd player and so very cute, for the collector LOL

mutterings for the week

from subliminal

1. Stuffed:: like a turkey on thanksgiving! overflowing
   
2. Armstrong:: Lance
   
3. Bruise:: egos : mine and others
   
4. Content:: satisfied with things.
   
5. Musical:: Polar express and the songs and dance.
   
6. Assistance:: 911
   
7. Scrambling:: eggs for breakfast
   
8. Battle:: what Steven is doing by playing computer games.
   
9. Extended:: family - though I wish mine were closer
   
10. Discount:: store
    

more than you want to know!

way more than you ever wanted or needed to know about me

found this one on a blog from Dawn who got it here [under construction]

1. ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT? Under the left side of my nose, I have a small scar from a pair of scissors my brother threw at me when I was a little kid about 3^rd grade or so. They hit me and cut me. And it was one scar that never went away fully.

2. NAME 7 THINGS IN YOUR ROOM My bedroom is a sanctuary that I consider my room: candles, books, stuffed animals, lots of pillows, down comforter, TV. and phone.

3. WHAT DOES YOUR CELL PHONE LOOK LIKE? Purple cover and small, earpiece and tucked into my purse.

4. WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LIKE TO LISTEN TO? Country

5. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YOU WERE BORN? About 3:00 a.m. in the morning

6. WHAT DO YOU LOOK FORWARD TO THE MOST IN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS? My birthday, maybe going to CKU in May

7. WHAT DO YOU MISS? Having a very close friendship with other women, I am not too good at being friends and it is frustrating for me as I am so hard on myself.

8. WHAT IS YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSION? My necklace that I wear everyday- the one Steven bought for me.

9. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SMELL? Coffee, breakfast

10. DO YOU GET CLAUSTROPHOBIC? Yes in a crowd- too many people together freak me out!

11. IF YOU DIED TOMORROW: I hope that my family would be happy with some of the legacy I have left in my scrapbooks, though they are not finished

12. THE LAST PERSON TO MAKE YOU CRY? – my son and talking about him makes me cry with frustration and desire that he be a better person and find things to help him get along easier in this world. His teenage years are tough so far.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOGNE / PERFUME? Chanel number 5, have worn it since I was 16 . I also like the vanilla bean noel that bath and body has, yummy.

14. WHAT KIND OF HAIR DO YOU LIKE ON THE OPPOSITE SEX? Short is best for my personal taste. I like that Steven will let me cut his with the clippers, it always gives me a thrill.

15. WHERE CAN YOU SEE YOURSELF BEING PROPOSED TO AT? Been there done that already (older)

16. DO YOU LIKE PORN? Yes.

17. WHO IS THE LAST PERSON YOU MADE MAD? My EX, that seems par for the course where he is concerned. I just get mad at myself mostly, he doesn't " make " me that way, some days I try to choose not too.

18. DO YOU SPEAK A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE? Yes French was my minor and I speak some German too. I read and understand it better thatn the speaking it.

19. WHAT WAS THE BEST GIFT SOMEONE EVER GAVE YOU? Steven gave me a CD player and music that I just loved and it meant so much too me I still think it was one of the best romantic gifts I have ever gotten.

20. WOULD YOU FALL IN LOVE KNOWING THAT THE PERSON IS LEAVING? Yes

21. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO TELL SOMEONE HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO YOU? I love you-say what you really mean and don’t lie to that person ever if you can help it.

22. SAY A NUMBER FROM ONE TO A HUNDRED:02

23. WHAT IS THE LAST TEXT MSG YOU RECEIVED? So long ago don’t remember it.

24. WHAT IS THE ONE NUMBER YOU CALL OFTEN? Stevens’s cell phone

25. WHAT ANNOYS YOU MOST? Liars and people who out and out lie

26. HAVE YOU BEEN OUT OF THE US? Many times and too many places to tell you all

27. YOUR WEAKNESSES? Chocolate and good food.

28. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Wurzburg

29. FIRST JOB? Babysitting then went on to restaurant work hostessing

30. WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? A teacher, a doctor or a mom

31. WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE YOU FILLED OUT THIS SURVEY? Just surfing the blogs and just getting up from a nap

32. IF YOU COULD GET PLASTIC SURGERY, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Well maybe a breast reduction. Nope, just, the weight reduction surgery.

33.WHY DID YOU FILL THIS SURVEY OUT? i found it while blog-surfing & i liked that it was completely different & i am one of those strange people who likes these things if they aren't the same 5 that have been floating around since the beginning of the internet.

34. WHAT DO YOU GET COMPLIMENTED ABOUT MOST? My cooking ability, my hospitality and kindness.

35. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF ALCOHOL BECAME ILLEGAL? No problem, can live without it.

36. WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY? This year I want to go to CKU and that will be in May (not my birthday) I would like to have a gift certificate to a spa day of pampering. My bathroom done.

37. HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT? I have 2 of my own and 2 of my husband and they are the perfect number.

38. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Not a real person, a fictional Russian spy from a French novel according to my mother.

39. DO YOU WISH ON STARS? No just birthday candles

40. IF YOU COULD PUT 5 BANDS TOGETHER TO PLAY A CONCERT, WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE? I would want to see all the big country headliners, Alan Jackson and Martina McBride top my list, with Toby Keith, Garth Brooks, and Jimmy Buffet rounding out the crowd.

41. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? During the movie Million Dollar Baby

42. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Yes I do, and many people say I have nice handwriting

43. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO RETIRE? Haven’t really given this too much though but maybe someplace like St. Maarten

44. ANY BAD HABITS? Yup , eat too much, bitch too much and occasionally whine.

45. WHAT IS YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING CD ON THE SHELF? Paula Abdul

46. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? I would- as I like creative and smart people and those with honesty and kindness.

47. HAVE YOU EVER TOLD A SECRET YOU SWORE NOT TO TELL? Yes, I think I have though I can’t remember justifying why. I feel I usually don’t do the telling until the secret has past and doesn’t really matter anymore.

48. DO LOOKS MATTER? Yes – sadly for me as I am not a norm- it has always provided a way for people to discriminate against me.

49. HOW DO YOU RELEASE ANGER? Throw things and slam doors, things that make a big bang for the buck help.

50. WHERE IS YOUR SECOND HOME? Don’t have one, though would love to have a cabin in the woods or a house on the beach.

51. DO YOU TRUST OTHERS EASILY? Yes much to my dismay sometimes- I am very naive

52. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD? I liked my dolls and Barbie a lot

53. HOW MANY NUMBERS ARE IN YOUR CELL PHONE? About 40

54. DO YOU USE SARCASM? I have been accused of having an attitude and rolling my eyes occasionally

55. EVER BEEN IN A MOSH PIT? Nope

56. WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A GUY/GIRL? A honest person, trustworthy with integrity and someone who walks the talk (Steven) , has a sense of humor and likes many of the same things I do

57. WHAT ARE YOUR NICKNAMES? Queue_t, QT and T- Trouble

58. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Hardly ever!

59. DO YOU THINK THAT YOU HAVE STRONG POINTS? Some, but I am my worst critic and find it easier to be negative and find my faults

60. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? I like anything with chocolate, I especially like the baskin robbins chocolate with peanut butter ice cream.

61. What is your shoe size? Depends on the shoes

62. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE COLORS? I like purple and red- I didn’t wear red for many years as my first husband hated it and so I didn’t wear it not I own a few things and love them.

63.HOW MANY WISDOM TEETH DO YOU HAVE? None of 'em

64. WHO DO YOU MISS MOST RIGHT NOW? My friend Kate, wish we could be closer to be able to scrap and do fun creative stuff.

65. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS? no one has to. if you do though i wish you would link back to it so i can see!

66. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Music videos on MTV hits.

67. LAST THING YOU ATE? A doughnut at coffee hour at church today and a few chocolate pretzels this afternoon.

68. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? I don’t know I have to think about this I talk on the phone at work all day and don’t care if I don’t talk to anyone other than family. Yes it was Steven’s mom on thanks giving day.

69. IF YOU WERE GIVEN $100, WHAT WOULD YOU GO BUY? Clothes at the moment I need some new work pants Steven needs some more clothes too.

71. WHO DO YOU THINK IS OVERRATED? Being a parent, and responsible adult

72. FAVORITE DRINK? ice cold water, I like Dr. Pepper for soft drinks

73. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK? Amaretto or a mud slide

74. WHAT ARE YOUR NEW YEARS EVE PLANS? home with Steven and a few
fireworks?

75. WHERE WAS YOUR LAST VACATION?: I can’t remember, we took a little working break to grand junction about a month ago.

76. WHAT INSPIRES YOU?: Photos and other artists, graphics and magazines. Music and lyrics, good story telling

77. SIBLINGS? Yes 2 brothers one older and one younger- I am the middle child

78. FAVORITE MONTH? February- a romantic love valentines, my birthday and my baby girl’s birthday

79. YOU LIKE SUSHI? Yes I like it.

80. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Polar Express, very cool and well done. Million Dollar Baby (made me cry) In the theater, we saw Walk the Line- I loved this movie and thought it was well done and cast outstandingly.

81. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR? My birthday

82. ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK SOMEONE OUT? No , just really wasn’t raised that way. Would rather be the traditional girly girl.

83. SUMMER OR WINTER? Not me , I like fall best of all

84.Kiss or hugs? Hugs more but still like kisses

85. RELATIONSHIPS OR ONE NIGHT STANDS? relationships

86. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? In Her Shoes by J. Wiener- pretty funny so far, I just finished a million little pieces by James Frey wow powerful and inspiring.

87. WHERE DO YOU WORK? A small company-

88. WHATS YOUR MAJOR? My Major was Distributed Studies- a B.A. ( maybe some B.S…LOL)
89. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? Moving up and trading spaces on TLC
90. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK WHEN YOU WAKE UP? What time is it?

Happy turkey day

Happy Thanksgiving-

Things I am thankful for:
A wonderful supportive Husband, friend and lover in Steven.
4 great kids- whom i wouldn't rade the world for.
I have a good Job and earn a nice wage.
I have a nice house in a nice neighboorhood.
my Friends that are here in town and far away: they are the support system for me when things need to be told, discussed and disected LOL.
I have a car to drive and money to put gas in it.
My parents
my husbands parents
all the techie things I have- all the care steven gives them
scrapbooking, it is a great hobby and makes me happy when I am creating.
a Great Church and Rector there...where we are welcome and part of a larger family in God.
my puppies and kitties
I have more things to be thankful for but these are the ones that come right to the top of my list.

target- a holiday store

I love Target
I love the Dollar Spot
I like their merchandizing
I always find something to buy there.
I will be shopping there on Friday morning!

a little Key west, Johnny Cash, and a snug

the evening we had last night ended at the Irish Snug, a great Bar in Denver's capitol hill neighborhood, Began at Hemmingway's and Had a little Bit of Johnmy Cash in the middle

I have the best Hubby in the world

He told me he had a surpize waiting for me at home tonight and guess what it was???? it was this little ipod

we downloaded some cool software called anapod and it makes it easy to rip music and download it to the ipod shuffle I can't wait to have this in my hot little hands tomorrow, music for me!

I love this guy so much, he is the best dad, the best husband, respectful and he has integirty , he is a great guy

from the quote of the day site - What is normal?

Ellen Goodman

"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it."

Yeah this is how I feel somedays! And Other times there is no normal at all, there is going from one crisis to another in time to start on a third. Today there was no normal. Went with J to see the regular thearapist and we had an enlightnig session- he is ready to get to work on getting some of his stuff back, and privilages back too. But it is tough and hard for me to hold out for the trust I need to feel to give him back freedom. so we are trying to get unstuck and move forward in a positive way. wish me the best in this tough job called parenthood.

My boss is away for a week, and today there seemed to be endless crisis - so when it came time to talk to him today I declined, because I really think he needs a break form the everyday grind too, all the really good stuff can wait till later....

I am tired and going to go to bed sooner than later tonight. Steven is worried about me because I am really snoring and he thinks I SHOULD SEE A DOCTOR and take the apnea testing. I am thinking about it too. But who has the time - I am thinking of it though....

we went to the G3 on Saturday!

What is the g3 you ask well it is Gears games and gadgets expo it was held at the convention center Downtown Denver.

Join us for the 3rd Annual Stevinson Automotive Gears, Games & Gadgets, November 12th & 13th, 2005. This year's event promises plenty of interactive games and displays, with cars, trucks, motorcycles, electronics and back by popular demand, the 27,000 gallon scuba tank! With tons of new activities and events, this show is sure to surprise you!

Well it surpized me! it was wonderful, no charge to get in a first for me at the convention center! And great sponcership by Stevensons auto group. Wow lots of really cool and amazing cars, really neat arcades all free and fun for all. We took all the kids and everyone had a grand time looking at all the really fun boy toys for big boys.

there were bikers and cyclists and skate borders and fighters, lots of fun and sites to see, schwag to garner. ... I did not bring my camera much to my dismay , that could have even made it better for me. but there was plenty too keep me occupied.

The boys had a blast and we did a fun family thing. ( Steven's birthday present)

little mutterings

1. Mighty:: Lord God Almighty
   
2. Gotta find time to ....:: Have fun and scrap more
   
3. Statistic:: don't want to become one ever
   
4. Midnight:: a time to be sure to be in bed for my 5-1/2 hours of sleep for the night
   
5. Thaw:: I never can remember to take out dinner to do this LOL!
   
6. Hips:: Honky tonk budonkadonk
   
7. Reader:: What I consider myself- what i do well at church
   
8. Related:: my Brothers
   
9. Brilliant:: Steven
   
10. Posture:: wish mine was better
    

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my pail went at the auction

I am not sure how much it want for- but the auction was profitable and there was a good turn out.

my Christmas cards didn't get sold, so maybe I should RAK them here- I hope I will get them back by next week.

my political compass reading

Economic Left/Right: -2.50Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.10

well I am not as conservative as I thought! LOL

here is where you go for the quiz

Pail up for bid at my church's silent auction

This is my Basic Grey tm lunch pail made for the silent auction this weekend at my church. St. James Episcopal Wheat Ridge CO

the papers are from die cuts with a veiw christmas paper pack I purchased last year at JoAnn's near by.

the little tag says Christmas

the gold snow flakes are old large sequins that have been in my stash for ever.

ribbons from all kind of places, espcially my friend Karen ( thanks girlfriend)

Thanks Dad - and Dave

I am proud to be the daughter and sister of two fine military men. Thank you for protecting our rights and freedoms around the world. I believe that we live in the best country in the world because we enjoy freedom and democracy .

Happy Veterans day- My dad Alan F. Spector ret USARMY 25 years
My Brother David active US Air Force 20 years

what an interesting blog

I want to share more of my stories lately and this lady hit my spot today I hope you find her as interesting As I do.

" Over the past 15 years or thereabouts, life has directed me to tell stories, and encourage others to do the same. Those of us who "have it bad" likely started out charmed by the connection of hearing a story well told by another. It's a visceral sort of thing, a hunger deep in the soul that we have, that we've probably always had. Experiencing this, we seek to do the same thing ourselves, so we learn some stories, tell them, join storytelling guilds, and then tell some more stories."

" If you're reading this, take a moment when you connect next with another living, breathing soul to share a story. It could be a grand adventure of your youth or the sad tale of loss. Either way, if you can believe it--kernel of truth or nothing but--so too can your listener."

I want to share more of my stories.

my halloween kids-
hh was insitant on cowboy garb, vest and boots and braids- that hat is one that I purchased on my trip to the grand canyon when I was 15 and 1/2 the hat band is real pheasant feathers that my friend Sylvia's dh brought home from hunting and we freeze dried them and arranged then in this really wonderful hat band.
D. is goth " pimp" I think. LOL
They decided to go skating this year and not around the neighbor hood. but they had fun and got candy at the roller rink too.

to write well for web posting, take note of Lifehacker's suggestions

Lifehacker's web writing suggestions

more muttering

1. Unbreakable:: What I wish my heart was - but seems more breakable lately than usual
2. Have mercy:: Oh LORD- and I have been praying alot.
3. Do it better:: maybe J will next time, it is getting to the next time that makes it tough.
4. Settle scores:: a grudge and a long one at that
5. Comments:: What I wish I had on my blog, sorry that I haven't been posting lately will update soon.
6. Craziest thing:: Why J doesn't want to be happy??
7. Apple:: a day keeps the Dr. away
8. Halloween:: Fun for the kids this year.
9. Manageable:: my job as office manager
10. Trick:: What I feel that i have had done to me lately.

wow this seems so negative- heres hoping your week is better

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