I usually don’t blog memes, but I liked this one I saw on Please, Stop Bouncing – so here I go!
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper
2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial
3. When do you put up the tree? I try to get it up the first week of December
4. When do you take the tree down? After January 6th – it has to stay up until the Three Kings get to the manger
5. Do you like eggnog? Oh yeah!
6. Favorite (or most memorable) gift received as a child? Brand new albums for my stamp collection (yeah, I'm a geek)
7. Hardest person(s) to buy for? My niece and nephew
8. Easiest person(s) to buy for? Mom
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Of course
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Both
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Perfume
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? A Christmas Story
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? When I start getting ideas and have $$$
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No – I’ve been tempted a couple of times, but always chickened out
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? My Mom's broccoli and homemade cheese sauce
16. What do you want for Christmas? A job would be nice. If I can't have that, I will be happy that my family will be all together and we are all relatively healthy. It's funny how priorities change as we get older.
17. Favorite Christmas song?
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? If you count driving to Cheektowaga travel, then travel
19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer? Of course
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star - it was my Grandmother's
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? When I was little we were allowed to open one gift on Christmas Eve and then all the rest on Christmas morning. I'm not sure when it happened, but now we open everything on Christmas Eve.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? The fact that Christmas starts right after Halloween
23. Favorite ornament, theme, or color? I can't choose - I love all the ornaments I put on my tree
24. Favorite for Christmas Dinner? My Mom and sister are really good cooks, so what ever they make is my favorite for dinner
25. What do you want to do for Christmas this year? Relax and reflect
I like lists - I always have. They help me keep things neat and organized and I like things to be neat and organized. Even if a list isn't about getting things done, I'm still attracted to them. Like this one I got from Busy Bee Suz - which is part of an alphabet meme.
Here's how it works:
Leave a comment on this post and I will assign you a letter.Write about ten things you love that begin with said letter.Post the list on your blog.When people comment on your list, you assign a letter, and the game continues.
I will only assign a letter if you request it, so don't hesitate to comment...
I was given the letter G and here is my list:
1. Garden
I really enjoy my garden from spring right up until the frost kills everything. I love eating stuff fresh from the garden - especially tomatoes. Mmmm! I also plant corn, cucumbers, green beans, strawberries, lettuce, sweet peas, green peppers and rutabagas. But the rutabagas are for my Mom - she likes them a lot. I've also done potatoes, pumpkins, watermelon and raspberries. I haven't had much luck with the raspberries, so I'm giving up on those this year.
I spent all morning looking for mid-summer pictures of my garden, but I couldn't find them. I guess I need to be more organized :(
2. Grandma
She died when I was in high school, but I loved her a lot and still miss her. She was someone I could count on to love me no matter what.
3. Ghosts and the paranormal
Ghost Hunters, ghost stories, ghost movies - I love them all! I do believe they exist.
4. Green
My favorite color. Thereis ashade to matchmyevery mood.
5. Geocaching
I love hiking. I love scavenger hunts. Geocaching is the perfect marriage of the two. Looking for caches has taken me to places I never knew existed - some of them practically in my own backyard! I've seen beautiful vistas and met some pretty cool people through Geocaching. Plus it's really great exercise. I have a travelbug that made it all the way to Denmark. I just wish I could read Danish so that I knew what the logs that are being posted about it say :)
6. GPS
The tool most important to Geocaching. I recently got a new one, but haven't had the chance yet to give it a thorough tryout. There are some people that Geocache without a GPS, but I think it's more fun with one.
7. George
That's George as in "Where's George?" I love to register and mark all my $1 bills with www.wheresgeorge.com and track them wherever they may go. It's fun to get the email that lets me know that someone has one of my bills and see where it is at the time. I have one dollar bill that went all the way to Italy! I think I've only found five or six bills marked by someone else - they are as much to find as they are to send out :)
I love having two of the five Great Lakes - Erie and Ontario - practically in my backyard. I love visiting Niagara Falls which connects the two. The Great Lakes contain about one-fifth of the world's fresh water, which is reassuring to me given the state of the world. When I was little, my uncle used to have a boat and would take my family out on Lake Erie for rides. I'm not much of a beach person, but I love walking along the waterfront - especially early in the morning or when the sun is going down.
10. Global Warming
I don't believe in global warming. But looking at the single digit temperatures we've been subjected to all week, I wish there *was* global warming!
I've seen this in several places and it looks like fun - so here we go :)
The items that are bold are ones I've done...
1. Started your own blog.
2. Slept under the stars.
3. Played in a band.
4. Visited Hawaii.
5. Watched a meteor shower.
6. Given more than you can afford to charity.
7. Been to Disneyland/world.
8. Climbed a mountain.
9. Held a praying mantis.
10. Sang a solo.
11. Bungee jumped.
12. Visited Paris.
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch.
15. Adopted a child.
16. Had food poisoning.
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty.
18. Grown your own vegetables.
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France.
20. Slept on an overnight train.
21. Had a pillow fight.
22. Hitch hiked.
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill.
24. Built a snow fort.
25. Held a lamb.
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Run a Marathon.
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice.
29. Seen a total eclipse.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.
31. Hit a home run.
32. Been on a cruise.
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person.
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors.
35. Seen an Amish community.
36. Taught yourself a new language.
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied.
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person.
39. Gone rock climbing.* *indoor
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David.
41. Sung karaoke.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt.
43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant.
44. Visited Africa.
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight.
46. Been transported in an ambulance.
47. Had your portrait painted.
48. Gone deep sea fishing.
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person.
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling.
52. Kissed in the rain.
53. Played in the mud.
54. Gone to a drive-in theater.
55. Been in a movie.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China.
57. Started a business.
58. Taken a martial arts class.
59. Visited Russia.
60. Served at a soup kitchen.
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies.
62. Gone whale watching.
63. Gotten flowers for no reason.
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma.
65. Gone sky diving.
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp.
67. Bounced a check.
68. Flown in a helicopter.
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy.
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial.
71. Eaten Caviar.
72. Pieced a quilt.
73. Stood in Times Square.
74. Toured the Everglades.
75. Been fired from a job.
76. Seen the Changing of the Guard in London.
77. Broken a bone.
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle.
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person.
80. Published a book.
81. Visited the Vatican.
82. Bought a brand new car.
83. Walked in Jerusalem.
84. Had your picture in the newspaper.
85. Read the entire Bible.
86. Visited the White House.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
88. Had chickenpox.
89. Saved someone’s life.
90. Sat on a jury.
91. Met someone famous.
92. Joined a book club.
93. Lost a loved one.
94. Had a baby.
95. Seen the Alamo in person.
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake.
97. Been involved in a law suit.
98. Owned a cell phone.
99. Been stung by a bee.
47 out of 99 - Wow! I feel like a pretty well-rounded person :)
There are a lot of things on the list that I've always wanted to do and I will. Someday. Conversely, I see a bunch that I have no desire whatsoever to accomplish!
