Random Dozen #3 - and a Silly Haiku
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Linda at 2nd Cup of Coffee
1. Which is worse: a long, boring meeting or standing in a return/exchange line after Christmas?
Oh! What awful choices! I try to avoid both like the plague.... I guess it would have to be the long boring meeting. At least standing in line for the exchange, you HOPE to come away with something BETTER in the end! Not always true with long boring meetings.
2. Except for maybe Rosie O'Donnell or Ann Coulter, nobody likes confrontation, yet we all have to deal with it. When you feel cornered and defensive, do you "bite back" or become passive aggressive?
Usually I just CRY! But it depends on what I'm feeling cornered about. I have been known to bite back! If I know I'm in the right.
3. Do you know anything about your genealogical background? (What country, culture, ties to prominent historical figures, or other stuff.) My father did a whole genealogical study and put it all together and had it published. He called to ask me if I wanted a copy and I was uninterested ... honestly, I still am! I didn't get the book. I know on my mother's side we came straight off the boat from Ireland. My father's side has some German, I believe some Scottish, and some American Indian! LOL! I'm a fine mix, huh?
4. What is the quickest way a person can endear him/herself to you? I have NO idea. Maybe by professing their faith in Jesus. That does seem to draw me close quickly. But it's not a requirement... Maybe by being born cute... and my grandchild! THAT would certainly do it!
5. Cake, pie, cookies, or ice cream? (Note there is no "all of the above" option. You must choose one. Feel free to elaborate on flavor or memories tied to this dessert.) If you'd like, you can share a recipe, but you certainly don't have to. No ifs ands or buts about it! Hands down I am a CAKE girl! (not the kind that jumps out -- just the kind that eats lots!) If you read this blog often you know cake is one of my favorite foods! For a long time it was all about chocolate, but that was because the kids were small and that was THEIR favorite - but in recent years just about ANY flavor will do! Carrot cake, spice cake, strawberry cake, lemon cake... pineapple upsidedown cake! I love them all!
6. Females: Do you regularly change your handbag to coordinate with your outfit? I do NOT change my handbag for every outfit. I have certain handbags for "the season"... and I have a few outfits that I have a special handbag to go with. MOSTLY I carry so much junk that I just want ONE handbag to carry all the time - unless I'm dressing for a special occasion and then I might take a different bag just for that day!
7. Are you task-oriented or relationship-oriented? Oh dear... I don't think I'm either! Must be relationship? I'm never on task! But... if I AM doing something, I do NOT like being interrupted ... but on the other hand... I don't like being asked to DO something when I'm socializing either! Oh, can't we all just play NICE together?
8. IHOP, Bob Evans or Cracker Barrel? BOB EVANS! Sausage gravy and biscuits... Oh BAD!
9. Have you ever left a movie in progress in a theater? Why? I most definitely HAVE! I left the Indiana Jones movie when the part where they were crawling through snakes caused me to vomit! I've left a few other's too - when the language was just off the wall bad! I do not pay good money to watch people cuss for NO REASON at all! I can understand a foul word when the situation might call for it - but when they are just tossed in there just ... oh never mind! Do NOT get me started! I'll go on for days...
10. What is one area of life in which you would like to develop more discipline or organization? Hooooo boy! Well... I'm a stay at home housekeeper... and my house needs keeping! What does THAT tell you?!? I also need to develop a LOT more discipline about diet and exercise again!
11. Was middle school fun or painful? A little of both. I was such an awkward kid... but I did have some great times in middle school - especially during basketball season! I loved attending those games! But ONLY in middle school -- I never attended ONE in high school! Weird, huh?
12. What is your favorite Fall beverage? LOL! I guess that would be pumpkin spice coffee. I would drink it not JUST in Fall... but the manufacturers seem to have decided FOR ME that I should only have it in Fall! I do also like a nice warm cup of cider from time to time... but I don't mull a big ol' bowl of cider just for me. If I happen to go somewhere and it's offered, I will usually have some!
I'm off to battle the MVA (DMV) over a whopper of a mistake I made... so really I'm going to eat Humble Pie ... but I will be around to visit you all later! Hopefully this won't take all day! The Holy Spirit is traveling with me today - please try not to interupt! ;)
Linda at 2nd Cup of Coffee
1. Which is worse: a long, boring meeting or standing in a return/exchange line after Christmas?
Oh! What awful choices! I try to avoid both like the plague.... I guess it would have to be the long boring meeting. At least standing in line for the exchange, you HOPE to come away with something BETTER in the end! Not always true with long boring meetings.
2. Except for maybe Rosie O'Donnell or Ann Coulter, nobody likes confrontation, yet we all have to deal with it. When you feel cornered and defensive, do you "bite back" or become passive aggressive?
Usually I just CRY! But it depends on what I'm feeling cornered about. I have been known to bite back! If I know I'm in the right.
3. Do you know anything about your genealogical background? (What country, culture, ties to prominent historical figures, or other stuff.) My father did a whole genealogical study and put it all together and had it published. He called to ask me if I wanted a copy and I was uninterested ... honestly, I still am! I didn't get the book. I know on my mother's side we came straight off the boat from Ireland. My father's side has some German, I believe some Scottish, and some American Indian! LOL! I'm a fine mix, huh?
4. What is the quickest way a person can endear him/herself to you? I have NO idea. Maybe by professing their faith in Jesus. That does seem to draw me close quickly. But it's not a requirement... Maybe by being born cute... and my grandchild! THAT would certainly do it!
5. Cake, pie, cookies, or ice cream? (Note there is no "all of the above" option. You must choose one. Feel free to elaborate on flavor or memories tied to this dessert.) If you'd like, you can share a recipe, but you certainly don't have to. No ifs ands or buts about it! Hands down I am a CAKE girl! (not the kind that jumps out -- just the kind that eats lots!) If you read this blog often you know cake is one of my favorite foods! For a long time it was all about chocolate, but that was because the kids were small and that was THEIR favorite - but in recent years just about ANY flavor will do! Carrot cake, spice cake, strawberry cake, lemon cake... pineapple upsidedown cake! I love them all!
6. Females: Do you regularly change your handbag to coordinate with your outfit? I do NOT change my handbag for every outfit. I have certain handbags for "the season"... and I have a few outfits that I have a special handbag to go with. MOSTLY I carry so much junk that I just want ONE handbag to carry all the time - unless I'm dressing for a special occasion and then I might take a different bag just for that day!
7. Are you task-oriented or relationship-oriented? Oh dear... I don't think I'm either! Must be relationship? I'm never on task! But... if I AM doing something, I do NOT like being interrupted ... but on the other hand... I don't like being asked to DO something when I'm socializing either! Oh, can't we all just play NICE together?
8. IHOP, Bob Evans or Cracker Barrel? BOB EVANS! Sausage gravy and biscuits... Oh BAD!
9. Have you ever left a movie in progress in a theater? Why? I most definitely HAVE! I left the Indiana Jones movie when the part where they were crawling through snakes caused me to vomit! I've left a few other's too - when the language was just off the wall bad! I do not pay good money to watch people cuss for NO REASON at all! I can understand a foul word when the situation might call for it - but when they are just tossed in there just ... oh never mind! Do NOT get me started! I'll go on for days...
10. What is one area of life in which you would like to develop more discipline or organization? Hooooo boy! Well... I'm a stay at home housekeeper... and my house needs keeping! What does THAT tell you?!? I also need to develop a LOT more discipline about diet and exercise again!
11. Was middle school fun or painful? A little of both. I was such an awkward kid... but I did have some great times in middle school - especially during basketball season! I loved attending those games! But ONLY in middle school -- I never attended ONE in high school! Weird, huh?
12. What is your favorite Fall beverage? LOL! I guess that would be pumpkin spice coffee. I would drink it not JUST in Fall... but the manufacturers seem to have decided FOR ME that I should only have it in Fall! I do also like a nice warm cup of cider from time to time... but I don't mull a big ol' bowl of cider just for me. If I happen to go somewhere and it's offered, I will usually have some!
I'm off to battle the MVA (DMV) over a whopper of a mistake I made... so really I'm going to eat Humble Pie ... but I will be around to visit you all later! Hopefully this won't take all day! The Holy Spirit is traveling with me today - please try not to interupt! ;)
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I forgot all about the Silly Haiku thing today, until I visited Quilly,
so this part has been added late in the day!
Off to D M V
Thank you smiling State Trooper
My problem is fixed!
I forgot all about the Silly Haiku thing today, until I visited Quilly,
so this part has been added late in the day!
Off to D M V
Thank you smiling State Trooper
My problem is fixed!
And thank you Jesus, too!
Labels: Random Dozen
posted by Melli at
9:27 AM
19 comment(s):
I don't change handbags daily only twice a year, a beige for summer and a black for winter both Kiplings the same model, lol ! You are not interested in your ancestors ?? I would love to know a little more but when my Grandma wanted to talk about that I wasn't interested at all and my father always kept his family as a secret. All I know is from a cousin.
By
Ingrid, at
9/16/2009 10:56 AM
Hi! I'm coming by way of Linda's. Great answers, although I'm not sure about Bob Evans since I've never eaten there, but you sure make it sound good! :)
By
Dena, at
9/16/2009 11:58 AM
What is MVA? Hope it goes well.
I put that I usually withdraw during a confrontation -- but if I can't or the person is in my face, then I can't help crying, though it makes me mad that I do.
I haven't been to a movie in years but would leave one if needed for the same reasons -- language or sexual scenes or unneeded excessive violence -- which one reason why I haven't been to the movies in so many years. With a DVD at least I can skip scenes or fast forward.
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Barbara H., at
9/16/2009 1:07 PM
I would love to know more about my ancestors, particularly about the (marvelous!) women...
I seldom change my handbag, although I have a small collection...I got another one today (keep it as a secret!)
I am a cookie person. Unless you have brownies at hand for our coffee!!
By
MaR, at
9/16/2009 1:19 PM
A couple of things are very UNfamiliar to me as a European. Never heard of Rosie O'Doneel or Ann Coulter, I understand now that I have read the comments that Bob Evans is a restaurant instead of a commedian, pumpkin spice coffee sounds more like ice cream than coffee to me and I have NO idea what MVA is. I'm SURE I will be educated in due time. I did enjoy your answers though. Oh and a return line after Christmas? You mean to return Christmas gifts?
Oops!
By
Jientje, at
9/16/2009 2:02 PM
Your answers are hilarious!
By
Mocha with Linda, at
9/16/2009 2:46 PM
Loved your answers! :)
By
Akelamalu, at
9/16/2009 2:53 PM
Very good and funny answers my darlin' Loved it :)
By
Anonymous, at
9/16/2009 2:59 PM
Melli -- I love reading your memes and I always will. You make me laugh every time. Plus, we really could be sister, you know. Biscuits and gravy? Where's the nearest Bob Evans?!
By
quilly, at
9/16/2009 4:20 PM
I say on Thom's blog that you'd done an update, so here I am to read your haiku!
Is this the same flashing blue, blue, blue as your Wisconsin trip, or were you naughty yet again?
Maybe it would be best to confine you to the roundy, round races. You're allowed to speed there!
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quilly, at
9/16/2009 4:50 PM
OMG...did I miss this Haiku the first time or is this an update...YIKES..oh well...at least it's here. And well done my darlin' but
Your comment to me
You said that there were two sports
Only one got told
Best I could do with a Haiku LOL
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Anonymous, at
9/16/2009 4:54 PM
I thought the whole world knew and hate eaten at a Bob Evans. How sheltered I am!
Your answers were great, Melli! thanks for doing this. You add spice to the meme ... and not just pumpkin spice!
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2nd Cup of Coffee, at
9/16/2009 5:34 PM
dmv fixed your problem in one visit the Holy Spirit had to be with you.
I certainly learned things about you when I read that meme. We should have fed you more cake when you were here.
By
Dr.John, at
9/16/2009 5:44 PM
Great haiku...but is is cheating to use letters as syllables? Personally...I think it's brilliant ;)
By
Becca, at
9/16/2009 6:53 PM
Clever Hiaku. I am glad things worked out in you favor at the DMV. I'm never that lucky. You must of batted your eyelashes and smiled pretty at the state trooper. :)
By
annie, at
9/16/2009 7:15 PM
I really hate swearing for the sake of swearing in movies too and I absolutely can't stand it when they take the Lord's name in vain. That really bugs me.
Great answers.
By
Susanne, at
9/16/2009 10:48 PM
I do not like the DMV. Nothing good ever happens there LOL
By
AudreyO, at
9/17/2009 1:07 PM
Terrific and appropriate haiku for the State Trooper! I guess the DMV could definitely be grouped into the Chaos theme too :D
Welcome aboard - hope you enjoyed it enough to come back next week too!
By
Jenn@ You know... that blog?, at
9/17/2009 3:15 PM
I need to give you my Grandma's cake recipe. It's SO easy and SO good!
I love your answers here Melli! You are definitely relationship oriented in my book.
Hugs,
Susan
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Susan, at
9/17/2009 7:00 PM
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