Ten on Tuesday

This week's Ten on Tuesday is supposed to be your Ten Favorite Movie Villains, but I can hardly think of one! Instead I'll be doing last week's topic... Ten Events That Should be in the Olympics 1. Speed knitting. How much fun would it be to watch this and hear the commentary? 2. Toddler Wrangling. You'd get low marks for crying or pulling out your hair. 3. Knife Throwing. I just think this would be fun to watch, really. 4. SCA-style Fighting. Those guys are bad ass. 5. Hide and Seek 6. Pizza Dough Tossing 7. Bowling 8. Curling, just because it's my favorite Winter Olympics sport and I'd like to be able to watch it more than once every four years. 9. Sheep/Alpaca Shearing 10. Egg Balancing Relay. you know, egg goes on a spoon, you try to walk as fast as you can without it falling off... Trying to blog more. See you soon!

The Color, not the Flower

you are orchid #DA70D6 Your dominant hues are red and blue. You're confident and like showing people new ideas. You play well with others and can be very influential if you want to be. Your saturation level is lower than average - You don't stress out over things and don't understand people who do. Finishing projects may sometimes be a challenge, but you schedule time as you see fit and the important things all happen in the end, even if not everyone sees your grand master plan. Your outlook on life is bright. You see good things in situations where others may not be able to, and it frustrates you to see them get down on everything. the spacefem.com html color quiz Seen around bloglandia quite a bit, most recently at Monster Crochet and Twitchysticks (formerly Crochet all Day). What color are you?

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My Ten Favorite Movie Characters 1. Ariel, The Little Mermaid 2. Donnie, Donnie Darko 3. Tim, Monty Python and the Holy Grail 4. Dory, Finding Nemo 5. Leonidus, 300 (YUM.) 6. Bob, What About Bob? 7. Gladys Leeman, Drop Dead Gorgeous (played by Kirstie Alley) 8. Marge Gunderson, Fargo 9. Ghost Dog, Ghost Dog 10. Velma Kelly, Chicago

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Ten Favorite Sports to Play or Watch To Play: 1. Volleyball 2. Badminton 3. Football 4. Pool To Watch: 1. Football (Gooooo Giants!) 2. Baseball 3. Soccer 4. Curling (I know, it's weird. oddly fascinating, though.) 5. Gymnastics 6. Is Texas Hold 'Em a sport? See you tomorrow!

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Ten Inventions That Have Made Life Easier 1. Sewing machines. 2. Electric sanders- my coffee table would stay exactly the way it was without it! 3. The internet- I love having a wealth of knowledge and entertainment and everything right at my fingertips. 4. Digital cameras. It is so nice to be able to take tons of pictures, and only print the ones that are actually good, instead of the crap-shoot we had to deal with with traditional film. 5. Indoor plumbing. 'Nuff said. 6. Modern printing. I love being able to collect books and have access to so many of them. 7. Diapers. I can't even imagine what life would be like with non-disposable diapers. 8. Dishwashers. 9. Can openers. 10. Crock Pots. Seriously, I don't know what I would do without it sometimes. Obviously, I left out some of the "duh" ones, like electricity and cars. Anyways, see you tomorrow!

Ten on Tuesday

I don't really like this week's topic for ten on Tuesday, so I thought I would do my own. Ten Things That Make Me Really Happy 1. The Monsterette's laugh. 2. My Hubbster. 3. finishing a project- be it knitting, crochet, sewing, etc. 4. Not having to clean. 5. Driving with the windows down, the music cranked, all by myself, and jamming out. 6. Talking to my mom and sister almost every day. 7. Sweets! 8. Learning something new, and being good at it! 9. How awesome my friends are, even the just-online ones. 10. My new swanky top-of-the-line Sonicare toothbrush my mom got me. Practically effortless, and leaves my teeth SUPAH-CLEAN! I love it.

Another Meme

I've seen this all over Bloglandia, most recently at JP's. So, here goes. The Rules: Rules are posted at the beginning. At the end of the post, the player tags 6 people and posts their names. Then the player goes to each of the “named” people’s blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. If you’ve been tagged, you do the same, letting the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer. Your answer, of course, is the answer to the following questions. Here we go! 1. What was I doing 10 years ago? Ah, jeez. Ten years ago, I was getting close to that magical age of 14, and getting ready to go into high school. That was the summer I worked for a company called Tree Trust, and we built two observation decks in the park, overlooking the river. Yes, with our own hands. I was buff and tan at the end of that summer! 2. 5 things on my to-do list today: 1. Take some pictures. 2. Go to the grocery store. 3. Work on my sewing. 4. More prep work for the Serenity RPG adventure I'll be running on Saturday (my first time GMing! Eeek!) 5. The usual cleaning. 3. Snacks I enjoy: Hmmm. Well, I've been trying to eat healthier, so snacks are things like carrots, low-fat granola bars, yogurt, and fruit. The ones I really enjoy, though, are things like chips (honey mustard Pringles, and Sweet Spicy Chili Doritos, anyone?), ice cream, Cool Whip, anything dipped in chocolate... 4. Places I've lived: Minneapolis, Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota Cedar, Minnesota Santa Fe, New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico 5. Things I would do if I was a billionaire: I did this for a Ten on Tuesday not too long ago, and heres that list. That one was a selfish list, though, and really, I'd put money away for the Monsterette's education, buy my parents a nice home to retire in, Give to friends and family and charities. I'd like to find a good cause to back, too, like sponsoring inner city sports teams or something like that. You all know I don't tag, so if you want to do it, go ahead! I'm going to answer some questions everyone has asked me about the no 'poo thing tomorrow. See you then!

Mosiac Meme

I forget the last blog I saw this on- sorry, whoever you are! If you want to do it yourself, here's the rules: a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search. b. Using only the first page, pick an image. c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker. My Mosaic: 1. .contrast., 2. Pears, 3. Clouds 3, 4. Mimosa_nuttallii__MG_3357, 5. Johnny Depp <3, 6. Refressing !!, 7. 20080531_0774, 8. He's the cherry on top., 9. Seattle Public Library, 10. family day out, 11. *garden*, 12. A stitch in time saves nine? The Questions: 1. What is your first name? 2. What is your favorite food? 3. What high school did you go to? 4. What is your favorite color? 5. Who is your celebrity crush? 6. Favorite drink? 7. Dream vacation? 8. Favorite dessert? 9. What you want to be when you grow up? 10. What do you love most in life? 11. One word to describe you. 12. Your flickr name.

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Ten Ways the World has Changed Since I was in School 1. The dress. Is it just me, or are the prostitots all the rage now? The girls seem to dress more and more provocative. 2. Piercings. When I got my tongue pierced in tenth grade, it was still very punk, as were a lot of the other less common piercings. 3. Text messaging. Most of the kids in school with me did have cell phones, but this whole texting craziness has gotten INSANE. 4. Blogging. 5. The "green" movement. 6. All the crazy flight restrictions, like the liquids thing (9/11 happened in my senior year). 7. Technology- flat screen HD TVs, digital cameras, blu-ray, all the good stuff. 8. Politics. Isn't it kind of crazy to think that we'll either have a black man or a female as the Democratic presidential candidate? 9. Gas prices. Holy shit is about all I can say about that. 10. Really, the biggest way the world has changed since school is that now I look at it through a mother's eyes. See you tomorrow!

I've Been Tagged!

TAG ABC's of you. Each player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then go to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog. A- Attached or single: Attached B- Best Friend: The Hubbster C-Cake or Pie: Hmmm. Depends on the choices! D-Day: Tuesday- especially knitting with the girls! E- Essential Item: A pad of paper and pen. You never know when you'll need to write something down! F- Favorite Color: Pink G-Gummi Bears or Worms: Bears H-Home town: East Bethel, Minnesota I- Indulgences: Chocolate! Cadbury Dairy Milk, to be specific. J- January or July?: July K-Kids: Just the Monsterette- she's great! L-Life is incomplete without: Family M- Marriage Date: December 1st, 2006 N- Number of Siblings: two- a younger bother and a younger sister. O- Oranges or Apples: Oranges P- Phobias or Fears: Falling backwards Q- Quote: "How singular is the thing called pleasure, and how curiously related to pain, which might be thought to be the opposite of it; For they are never present to a man at the same instant, and yet he who pursues either is generally compelled to take the other." --Plato R- Reason To Smile: The Monsterette's laugh. I LIVE for that sound. S- Season: Spring T- Tag Three: Tag! your it! U- Unknown fact about me: We have pet hermit crabs. V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animals: Bring on the burgers! W- Worst Habit: Smoking Y-Your favorite food: Hmmm... Chicken Tikka Masala for now. Z: Zodiac Sign: Libra I promise that tomorrow I'll put up my vacation blog posts!

Ten on Tuesday

We're back! The trip was good, but more on that later. I'll try to start getting blog posts from the trip up soon. For now, you get my Ten on Tuesday! Ten Things I'm Really Good At 1. Knitting! I like to think I'm a pretty bitchin' knitter. More to learn, though! 2. Driving. Especially for long periods of time. Learned that this weekend! 3. Being a mom. 4. Cribbage 5. Cutting hair. I went to school for this, but I don't have a license yet. 6. Making coffee. Not just coffee in the morning, but all those awesome drinks you get at a coffee shop. I had one guy tell me I made the best bone-dry cappuccino he ever had. 7. Organizing things. I may not be a great cleaner, but I rock the organization. 8. Listening. 9. Putting things together. You know all that crap you buy from the store in a box, and you open it and pour out all the parts? I love that stuff! 10. Amateur photography. I know I'm not great, but I think I'm a step above a lot pf the point-and-shooters out there.

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Ten Placed I'd Love to Travel to (That I Haven't Gone to Yet) 1. Canada- Toronto and BC, mostly. 2. Hawaii 3. Ireland 4. Australia 5. Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival 6. Seattle, Washington 7. Yellowstone National Park is Wyoming 8. England 9. Paris, France 10. Alaska I have soooo many more places I want to go! Maybe another time. See you tomorrow!

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Ten Superstitions, Traditions, and/or Personality Quirks 1. I can't read/listen to more than one book at a time, no matter how different. I'll always get plot points and characters mixed up. 2. I sort my colored candies (M&M's, Skittles, jelly beans) and will eat them either in order of least to most by color, or least favorite to most favorite. 3. When I shower, I do everything in a specific order. 4. I'm convinced that being preggers with a girl is the only reason I like pink so much now. 5. If I get a new CD, I first listen to the beginning of all the songs, then listen to the CD all the way through. 6. I'm not very neat, but I am extremely organized. I like things to be categorized or in some kind of specific order. 7. In relation to number six, I hate when there is more than one row of icons on my computer desktop. The Hubbster gets kind of crabby, because I'll move things around all the time. 8. I love to roll change by hand. 9. I have a bit of an obsession with symmetry. It's really hard to take into account that balance in things does not always mean it's symmetrical. 10. When I go into book stores, I can't help but straighten out stacks and shelves of books so they look neat. I'm not sure if this comes from working in a book store, or if it's just me being crazy. Yeah, I'm a little obsessive-compulsive. Can you tell?

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Ten Things I Love About My Life 1. Being a mom. The Mosterette is a great kid. 2. My husband. He really is a great guy. 3. Having awesome friends. 4. Crafty endeavors, like knitting and spinning and sewing. 5. Being blessed with a wonderful family- my mom, sister, brother, dad, etc. 6. My knitting gals at the weekly Sn'B. 7. My adventurous spirit- and the fact that the Hubbster has it, too. 8. The awesome people I've met through blogs and Ravelry. 9. The every day things that may seem mundane, like doing the dishes and laundry and cleaning. I may not love doing them, but I'm really grateful that we have the means for me to be a stay-at-home mom. Part of me loves being a "housewife". 10. Those few precious moments of total silence in the house, when I can take a nap, read a book, or knit in peace. These moments help me maintain sanity.

Some Silly Stuff

Here's a little meme that I stole from Erin. Let me know if you do this one, too! 1. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (Mother and Father's middle name): Ann Mark 2. NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother's dad, father's dad): Ralph Arnold 3. STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name): Downi 4. DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal!): Pink Butterfly 5. SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born): Goldie Forest Lake 6. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav drink, add "THE" to the beginning): The Orange Iced Tea 7. FLY NAME: (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 3 letters of your last name): Niing 8. GANGSTA NAME: ( fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie): Mint Chocolate Chip Snickerdoodle 9. ROCK STAR NAME: (current pets name, current street name): Shellie Osuna 10. STRIPPER NAME: (name of your fav perfume/cologne, fav candy): Chanel Cherry Cordial 11. PORN NAME: (1st pets name, street you grew up on): Sheba Radisson Hee, that was kind of fun.

Ten on Tuesday

Yep, another Ten on Tuesday, on Wednesday. Here is my list of my Ten Favorite Movie comedies, in no particular order. 1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2. The Simpsons Movie 3. Finding Nemo 4. What About Bob? 5. Drop Dead Gorgeous 6. The Big Tease 7. The Princess Bride 8. Napoleon Dynamite 9. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut 10. Liar, Liar

Yarn Meme

Casey, Ravelry's code monkey, recently posted a Current Top 100 Yarns, by both projects and stash. The meme goes like this: Out of the top 50 yarns on Ravelry (by number of projects): Bold the ones you’ve used and would use again, Cross out the ones you’ve used and would not use again, and italicize the ones you’ve never tried, but would like to. Add comments as desired, and then pass the meme along to 5 knitters/crocheters. Link back to this post and the person who tagged you. Here goes: Top 50 yarns (ranked by # of projects) 1, Cascade 220 Wool, 11967 projects 2, Patons Classic Wool Merino, 10445 projects 3, Malabrigo Yarn Merino Worsted, 8421 projects 4, Noro Kureyon, 7947 projects 5, Caron Simply Soft, 7914 projects 6, Lily Sugar’n Cream Solid, 6864 projects 7, Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Worsted, 6619 projects 8, Red Heart Ltd. Super Saver Solids, 6176 projects 9, Lion Brand Wool-Ease Solid, 5554 projects 10, Noro Silk Garden, 5410 projects 11, Koigu Painter’s Palette Premium Merino (KPPPM), 5094 projects 12, Knit Picks Wool of the Andes, 5071 projects 13, Lion Brand Homespun, 4296 projects 14, Lion Brand Cotton-Ease, 4157 projects 15, Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock Multi, 4086 projects 16, Manos del Uruguay 100% Wool, 3989 projects 17, Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Bulky , 3927 projects 18, Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran, 3751 projects 19, Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock - Lightweight, 3723 projects 20, Plymouth Encore Worsted, 3573 projects 21, Cascade 220 Heathers, 3422 projects 22, Lily Sugar’n Cream Ombres & Prints, 3384 projects 23, Zitron Trekking (XXL), 3348 projects 24, Patons SWS (Soy Wool Stripes), 3243 projects 25, Rowan Kidsilk Haze, 3203 projects 26, Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino, 2917 projects 27, Pisgah Yarn & Dyeing Co., Inc Peaches & Creme Ombres, 2658 projects 28, Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece, 2512 projects 29, Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock - Mediumweight, 2503 projects 30, Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick, 2489 projects 31, Pisgah Yarn & Dyeing Co., Inc Peaches & Creme Solids, 2476 projects 32, Cascade 220 Superwash, 2323 projects 33, Berroco Ultra Alpaca, 2286 projects 34, Knit Picks Swish Superwash, 2226 projects 35, Knit Picks Essential, 2149 projects 36, Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice Solid, 2142 projects 37, Colinette Jitterbug, 2090 projects 38, Lion Brand Lion Wool Solid, 2030 projects 39, Knit Picks Shine Sport, 1976 projects 40, Dale of Norway/Dalegarn Baby Ull, 1885 projects 41, Lion Brand Microspun, 1871 projects 42, Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Merino, 1863 projects 43, Knit Picks Palette, 1765 projects 44, South West Trading Company TOFUtsies, 1762 projects 45, Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool, 1756 projects 46, Mission Falls 1824 Wool, 1725 projects 47, Rowan RYC Cashsoft DK, 1718 projects 48, Red Heart Ltd. Super Saver Multis/Ombres, 1664 projects 49, Rowan Felted Tweed, 1646 projects 50, Rowan Calmer, 1571 projects There. That wasn't so hard! Although I wasn't officially tagged, I got the meme from Feather and Fan. Here's her meme post. Hopefully this'll make up for Leigh pretending she was dead so she wouldn't have to do it. You all know I don't tag, so I'm just going to guilt five of you into doing it. There. If you read that last line, and you haven't done it yet, consider yourself obligated and guilted. HA!

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My Ten Favorite Actors/ Actresses (in no particular order) 1. Johnny Depp 2. Angelina Jolie 3. Robert De Niro 4. Julia Stiles 5. Samuel L. Jackson 6. Jim Carrey 7. Robin Williams 8. Edward Norton 9. Russel Crowe 10. Maggie Gyllenhaal

Movie Quote Answers

Hey y'all. I thought I'd give you guys the answers to the movies you didn't guess on that meme I did, in case you were curious. 3. The Simpsons Movie. Friggin' hilarious! I totally loved this movie. 6. Black Sheep. Another great flick with Chris Farley and David Spade. 10. What About Bob?. This movie rocks my face off. Go see it, if you haven't! Alrighty, I'm off to watch a movie with the Hubbster and do a bit of knitting. The mojo has made a bit of return, with much pleading, begging, bribing, and finally, forcing. Progress pics soon! I Hope you all had a great weekend!

Ten on Tuesday

This week's theme is "Ten Things to do Before You get Married". I'm not really feeling that. Instead, I'm going to do this meme I got from Carole. I figured it would be more fun, and it sticks with the "ten" theme. Here's the low-down- have fun guessing, guys! 1. Pick 10 of your favorite movies. 2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie (or from memory). 3. Post them on your blog for everyone to guess. 4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie. 5. Looking them up is cheating, please don’t. 1. My nerves are shot. This is a catastrophe! What would her father say? I'll tell you what her father'd say. He'd say he's gonna kill himself a crab, that's what her father'd say! Leigh got this one! The Little Mermaid- one of my all time favorite movies. 2. Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you. Leigh got this one, too- Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 3. We have a great life here in Alaska, and we're never going back to America again! 4. I'll tell you what he said! He told me to forcibly insert the lifeline exercises into my anus! Blogless Sean got this one. (Hi, Sean, glad you still read.) It's from Donnie Darko- a great movie. Everyone should see this. 5. The point is, how do you know the fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Building model airplanes" says the little fairy; well, we're not buying it. He sneaks into your house once, that's all it takes. The next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser, and your daughter's knocked up. I seen it a hundred times. Way to go, Katie! One of my favorite lines from Tommy Boy. 6. Raving psycho! Butchered 400 chickens and screwed a beagle. I'm taking him back to Nevada where he's wanted for banging horses! 7. Tyrone, you know how much I love watching you work, but I've got my country's 500th anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder and Guilder to frame for it; I'm swamped. Another one for Leigh! This one's The Princess Bride. 8. Chancho. When you are a man, sometimes you wear stretchy pants in your room. It's for fun. Diane was right- it's Nacho Libre! 9. Well, then, I confess, it is my intention to commandeer one of these ships, pick up a crew in Tortuga, raid, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out. Diane got this one, too- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. 10. So what you're saying is that even though you are an almost-paralyzed, multiphobic personality who is in a constant state of panic, your wife did not leave you, you left her because she loves Neil Diamond?