Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things about Sherrypg. 1. I’m a tomboy. Have been. Always will be. 2. I lettered in basketball, softball, and track in high school. I won 4th in state my freshman year throwing the discus. 3. I grew up in the country. 4. I climbed a lot of trees. 5. I hate to have dirty hands. Almost borderline OCD. 6. When we built our house, I wired the family room for surround sound. Me. I did it. I actually ran the wires in the walls before the drywall was put up. 7. I can replace the light fixtures on your porch and then cook you a pie. I’m versatile that way. 8. The year after I graduated high school, I went with one of my best guy friends to his senior prom. I wore a white tux with tails, a purple tie, and purple cumber bun. His was black with purple. 9. I wore the tux shirt, tails, and tie with a dark pair of jeans and white tennis shoes to take my psychology final. 10. My final grade for the class? There were five or six classes in the whole section. I made the only A. The ONLY A. I think my female instructor “played for the other team”. 11. I have stopped giving out gift bags at birthday parties. Join me, won’t you? 12. I took glass blowing classes. I can’t blow glass to save my soul, but I can make awesome paperweights with that molten glass. 13. I don’t wear make-up. Yes, you read that right. I don’t wear make-up. I have worn it maybe 4-5 times my whole life. I don’t like it. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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Finished! Finito! Fin!

(As always, click on a photo make it bigger.)

Ta-Dah!


I finished. But I must confess. I called in reinforcements. Some Hard Cider and my brother-from-another-mother. See the red on his elbow? I have that disease too. It is called "Too much time spent hunkered over the jigsaw puzzle while resting upper body weight on left elbow" disease. At one point, he had the imprint of a puzzle piece on it.


We got some nourishment (meatloaf, garlic mashed potatoes, green beens, rolls, strawberry shortcake) and then got started on the puzzle about 8pm or so. I think we finished sometime around 11ish.

This corner? If you look closely at the full photo, you will see that this corner was covered up with some advertising. The small pictures on the side of the box were almost useless. So this corner was pretty much a guess. The rabbit at the feet of the magician couldn't even be seen on the box. Tricky, tricky.


Good times.

Now what?

Somebody broke the dog!

His new pups.

Soapbox time!

Hang on. Let me pull my soapbox up close to the microphone. There. Can you hear me okay? In the back? Can you hear me? Good. Let's get started.

Mom turns her back for "3 seconds" and her child crawls up into a Claw game in Minnesota.

Mom says - She wants the pizza place to child-proof the door of the Claw.

I say - Just keep an eye on your damn kid. I'm just guessing here, but wouldn't it take longer than "3 seconds" (her words) for a child to sqirm his way up there? Oh, and by the way, you and your child are banned from Godfather's Pizza. 4-ever. How's that for child-proofing?

Cat in Connecticut attacts people (on more than one occasion). Judge says to keep cat indoors.

Owner says - "I wish they would use a little common sense and basically just stay away from him."

I say - WTF?! Lady, are you on crack? You're lucky someone didn't use a little common sense and basically just shoot the thing in the head. A broken spirit is the least of its worries. IT ATTACKED A HUMAN BEING. Keep it in your house and shut up.

People! Stop blaming others for crap that goes on. Accept responsibility and go on with your life. Contrary to what you believe, the world doesn't revolve around you.

Okay. I'm done for now. Argh. I gotta stop reading CNN.com.

I can quit anytime.

So, for whatever reason, I bought a 1,000 piece puzzle this weekend.

It has become an obsession.

I started on it Sunday night around 8:30. I poured the pieces out onto the table and started putting the edge pieces in one pile and the inner pieces in another. I managed to finish the edge (minus one piece that had managed to wonder off) and got myself to bed at a somewhat reasonable hour.

Monday night after bowling I worked on it a little more.

Tuesday morning I worked on it some while Bright Boy was waiting for me in the car. (Oh, right! School. Work. I'm coming.)

Tuesday night. More of the same. (I did do dishes while on a break.)

This morning? Must. Not. Work. On. Puzzle. Must. Go. To. Work.

Tonight? I'm torn. Top Chef comes on at 9:00. I can get supper finished, a couple loads of laundry, get the boy in bed, and maybe sqeeze in some puzzle before TC comes on. I'll probably end up working on it during TC. They'll rerun it anyway.

If I remember, I'll take some photos of it.

Sentences that have been said during puzzle working.

Me - Don't touch the puzzle!
Me - What are you doing?!
Me - Ack!
Me - Don't touch!

Bright Boy - Mom? Where am I supposed to eat?
Me - The coffee table.

Some tips for my girlfriends

Five tips for a woman....

1. It is important that a man helps you around the house and has a job.

2. It is important that a man makes you laugh.

3. It is important to find a man you can count on and doesn't lie to you.

4. It is important that a man loves you and spoils you.

5. It is important that these four men don't know each other.

Thursday Thirteen (on Saturday)

Thirteen Things (Times Two) that Sherrypg has been doing for the past two weeks that kept her from updating her blog and getting her fans all concerned and so the phone chain started to find out if I was okay. (I'm fine Aunt Gladys. Just been busy.) 1. Attending a wedding and dancing to YMCA at the reception. 2. Spending time with the hubby who got to come home on leave for Spring Break. 3. Riding my new motorcycle that finally made it home! 4. Putting up an electric fence to keep the dog from escaping the back yard and chewing up the neighborhood. 5. Going to Bass Pro Shop and getting a new Nalgene bottle that will fit into my cup holder. 6. Taking the Bonus Son to Drivers' Ed classes. 7. Spending time at Ag Day at The Capitol for work. 8. Doing a brilliant job of avoiding a lying, thieving, former co-worker. 9. Sampling goat, buffalo, emu, pork, beef, fudge, pickles, and cheese at said event. 10. Traveling five hours with non-lying, non-thieving, current co-worker (platonic daytime spouse) to the Panhandle. (In the snow!?) 11. Eating pizza, drinking Hard Cider (natch), watching Top Chef (I'm addicted), swimming, relaxing in the hot tub, and playing dominos until midnight at the Days Inn. 12. Scraping ice off of the windshield with the side of a nail file. 13. Spending time at the Panhandle Ag Appreciation Day. 14. Freezing my @ss of for 8 hours in the Activities Building. 15. Basking in the warm fuzzies I got when the Director of one of the commodities groups asked me how much weight I had lost 'cause I was looking great. 16. Scoring a coffee cup with "Hooker Equity" on it. As well as a calculator, two "gimme" caps, a spatula, another coffee cup, four pens, an atlas, two pen lights, and a free lunch. 17. Sneaking to the front of the line to snag some Funyuns before they ran out. 18. Giggling like a 12-yo when radio station KGYN put up their booth. 19. Traveling five hours back home and practicing my Jersey accent (complete with smacking gum). 20. Laughing so hard my stomach hurt. (Haven't done that in for-ev-er.) 21. Attending a Parent-Teacher conference. (Go Bright Boy! Woot!) 22. Spending the better part of a day with the State 4-H Officers. 23. Taking Bright Boy to birthday party. 24. Totally forgetting I was supposed to take a loaf of bread to church for communion, but remembering before it was too late! 25. Buying new potholders with my mad shopping skills. 26. Attending my first ever Karate event to watch one of our students compete. (She won first place!) Whew. I'm worn out. I may need some more Cider... Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things about Sherrypg according to Drunk Katie and Slightly Drunk Vince. 1. I'm wound up from the ground up. 2. I share my Hard Apple Cider 3. I show my love with Old Dutch Caramel Corn. 4. I'm hospitable. 5. I release eggs for Mark Ruffalo. 6. I'm Super Sensitive. 7. I make a mean grilled cheese. 8. I'm Christopher's Mom. 9. I heart Harry Connick, Jr. 10. My first motorcycle was a Honda MiniTrail 70. 11. Vodka makes my cooter hurt. 12. I grow Aloe Vera better than anyone they know. 13. I don't like to do dishes. Next time I'll ask them BEFORE they start drinking.... Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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Fun Fun

Use Blingo to search for your first name plus the word needs or wants. Sign up as my friend! Use the link on the right.

Sherry needs a lot of time to care for them. (No kidding.)
Sherry needs the help of your students by coloring all the "sh" blocks blue. (Or purple. I'm not picky.)
Sherry needs to have a control group. (Or a group to control...)
Sherry needs to be phased out. (Not likely.)
Sherry needs to inform David that she can never again receive gifts of this sort from him. (But I like gifts!)
Sherry needs to be consumed within a few days of opening. (Just like Hard Cider.)
Sherry needs money too. (Lots please!)
Sherry needs to back off! (Says who?!)
Sherry needs to learn how to sleep at 3AM. (And 11:30 and 1:15)
Sherry needs time. (Time, time, see what's become of me.)
Sherry needs to be patient. (Patience my Aunt Harriet!)

Sherry wants her customers to know that all bedding prototypes go through rigorous testing to ensure quality and comfort. (We use them as trampolines.)
Sherry wants her mother to know that the FBI has no warrants for her arrest. (Three arrests, no convictions!) (Kidding.)
Sherry wants to know what's up. ('Sup fool?)
Sherry wants to be accepted by men as who she is. (Reubenesque.)
Sherry wants to infuse the politics of her country with the issue of the quality of human capital as the key to the development of the nation. (Yeah...what she said...)
Sherry wants to use violence. (If you can't beat them...arrange for them to be beaten.)
Sherry wants a doggy. (Not so much.)
Sherry wants to go. (Far, far away.)
Sherry wants to be First Lady again. (The first time kicked @ss!)
Sherry wants to possess NJ to satisfy her own needs. (And as you can see in the above, I have many needs.)

It's time to make some music...

You Are Animal

A complete lunatic, you're operating on 100% animal instincts. You thrive on uncontrolled energy, and you're downright scary. But you sure can beat a good drum. "Kill! Kill!"

The Muppet Personality Test

As good of an explanation as any

All the crap we have in our house? I have finally come to the conclusion that we built our house on top of a dump and it is seeping up through the floor.

The Maids come today. I needed to sweep some shoe schmutz up last night and then stopped and said to myself, "Nah, the Maids come tomorrow. heheheheheh"

Someone asked if they would be there all day and I said, "With my house? Pretty much. The baseboards alone will take all morning."

Maybe they can put a sealer down so the dump quits seeping.

I had a get-together Saturday night. Some friends came over for Taco Soup and we watched some basketball. A couple of them stayed after and we played dominoes until 1:30am. Before they got there, I was running around trying to clean up a little and said to my mom, "If I had company more often, I wouldn't need the Maids!"

Mom did dishes for me this weekend. She's cool that way.

Miss Directed

I have a lot of lost students who stop by my office looking for one building or the other. Just now? I had the best one EVAH!

Miss Directed - Excuse me?
Me - Yes?
MD - Can you tell me where I go to change my major?
Me - Uhhhh. Are you in Ag?
MD - No, I'm in HES.
Me - HES is in the building next door.
MD - I need to change it to Education. Is this "Building Name"?
Me - No, come with me. I'll show you which one.
We walk down hall toward the front door.
Me - The buildings aren't marked very well.
MD - They told me it was the pretty building. This one is pretty.
Me - (Pointing to "Pretty Building") It's *that* pretty building.
MD - Thanks!

Yikes. I hope she's shooting for Early Childhood Education and not High School Algebra.

The Pythagorean theorem is such a pretty theorem.

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things Sherrypg may hear during any normal work day. 1. Grass Tetany 2. Karnal Bunt 3. Dry Bean Breeder 4. Obstetrical Chains 5. Poultry Litter 6. Footrot 7. Aflatoxin 8. Hollow Stem 9. Coccidosis 10. Anaplasmosis 11. Brucellosis 12. Mastitis 13. Bovine Spongioform Encephalopathy Just think. Eight years ago I had never heard of any of these things much less could pronounce most of them. I still giggle when I say karnal bunt. 'Cause I'm twelve. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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The Strength of Ten!

(Alternate Title - Why I don't heart my automatic ice maker.)

What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.

I'll give you a hint. Icicles in my freezer.

G.I. Miss You

Commander,

Happy Alva Day!

16 years. Dang. And this is the first one we have spent apart.



I’ll tell you the real secret of how to stay married. Keep the cave clean. They want the cave clean and spotless. Air-conditioned if possible. Sharpen his spear and stick it in his hand when he goes out in the morning to spear that bear; and when the bear chases him, console him when he comes home at night and tell him what a big man he is. Then hide his spear so he doesn’t fall over it and stab himself. – Jerome Joseph Chodorov Fields

To keep your marriage brimming,
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you’re wrong, admit it;
Whenever you’re right, shut up.
- Ogden Nash

Remember, as far as anyone knows we’re a nice, normal family. – The Simpsons

I heart you,
Mrs. Commander