Friday Fill-Ins -- December  16, 2011

It is official -- I am behind in the Christmas prep.  Today is going to be an interesting day trying to play catch up.  I am beginning to panic just a little bit since so much of what I have to do is mail order!  However, I am going to calm myself down a little bit by doing a Friday Fill--In.  So, here goes --


1.  Sleigh bells ring trying to lure the reindeer back that escaped this week in Dallas.

2.  It is coming on Christmas, they're cutting down trees which is, from what I read last night, much more ecologically responsible than  using artificial trees.  Who knew?

3.  You're a mean one fake Santa. I think you need to be investigated and evaluated.


4.  Father Christmas sounds better than Santa Claus.


5.  Silent Night, when listened to on Christmas  Eve, always means so much to me.

6.  All I want for Christmas is  -- well, never mind -- ain't gonna happen anyway.  Significant jewelry might help.  On further review -- nah.

7.  And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to watching "The Shunning", tomorrow my plans include a visit to the Gaylord with Beanie -- thank you daughter for asking us to join in your holiday celebrations, and Sunday I want to be done -- but won't be -- as I said earlier -- I am lagging behind.

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I haven't done a Friday Fill-ins in a while so I thought I would do one this morning. 

1.  One of my favorite birthday presents was a silver charm bracelet my then-boyfriend-now-husband gave me.  It is full of sentimental charms and I still wear it.

2.  I prefer crafting to domesticity, it is as simple as that.

3.  The moon, if full, can trigger labor -- an old wives tale with scientific merit.
 
4.  The thought of today is already tiring because it includes way to many errands that all have to be done early -- one of them for a second time!

5. I was tempted by the chocolate chip coconut cookies and I caved.

6.  Sightseeing, trying new restaurants and ignoring a schedule are some of the things I like to do on vacation.

7.  And as for the  the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to watching "Unknown" with Liam Neeson, tomorrow my plans include attending Beanie's first birthday party and Sunday I want to go to church, lunch, and either the plant nursery or the antique store.

Friday Fill-Ins

Well, what do you know -- it is Friday Fill in time and I am actually doing this on a Friday! Go me!

1.  It's 2011! I want to get skinny, read books, write blogs and make many crafts!

2.  Tuna fish salad just isn't right without pickles!

3.  Thankfully I have my family and my health -- if you ain't got those, you ain't got nothing.

4.  "Things" are not the best things in life.

5.  I am so excited about tomorrow!

6.  The Aggie's play their bowl game tonight -- 7 p.m.!

7.  And as for the weekend -- tonight I am  looking forward to Aggie football, tomorrow my plans include running around with the hubs and Sunday I want to do church and look for snow!






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Friday Fill-in's #126

Let me begin by saying yay! It is Friday! Ok, getting on with it now.

1. It's cold and cruel how life will allow somebody who couldn't comprehend geometry to have a strong desire to quilt!

2, I love tomatoes but every time I eat them I think of the book "Fried Green Tomatoes".

3. My favorite health and beauty product is anything that will make me look less like an antique.

4. I love a nice long ride in the autumn.

5. Well, first of all you need to have a plan B!

6. Animals in Animal Crossing: those were the cast of characters in a recent dream and it was completely bizarre that someone of my age would have a dream about a video game!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to a Netflix movie and the last night of Leno, tomorrow my plans include picking up new patio chairs -- all two of them, and Sunday I want to go to my DOK installation and have a relaxing day.

Friday fill-ins #124

1. If we had no winter I would probably be living in Hawaii.

2. Life is a perpetual astonishment.

3. If I had my life to live over I would do so many things different -- except my husband and my kids -- ok, I would train my husband better.

4. I would like to lose 75 pounds inside of four and twenty hours.

5. If you have never been thrilled then are a sad, sad person.

6. To be interested in the changing seasons means you are either ready for spring or ready for fall -- at least in Texas.

7. And as for the weekend, on Friday we went to College Station, on Saturday we sat through a rather lengthy graduation and on Sunday we went to the Washington-On-The-Brazos State Park. And to Rudy's for barbecue.

Friday Fill-in's #115


I thought I would do my FFI on this blog too -- maybe my answers will be better, wittier, more interesting -- nah, probably not but here goes.

1. When I look to the left I see darkness out of the shutter that the cat has opened.

2. The dining room is the room that has the best view in my home -- depending on what you want to look at!

3. Let it work out for the good of all.

4. Cooking done dirt cheap -- a news story on our local news last night. Well, ok, maybe not DIRT cheap, but cheaper. Whatever.

5. Keeping our city clean is a responsibility that all qualified citizens must share.

6. If you have any gripes about the economy please feel free to write your Congressman! Right.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I am watching a movie and eating homemade quac, tomorrow I am either going to the Dallas Quilt show or to our other house to work (duh!), and Sunday I just want to go to church, get on my knees, pray for change and then relax.

Friday Fill-Ins

1. I believe whatever doesn't kill you -- doesn't kill you!

2. If you are good at something -- you should try to make a living at it.

3. Why so --depressed?

4. Something is out there, it's ---coming to get you!

5. If my life were a sitcom, it would be titled Dazed and Confused Housewife

6. Sitting on my back porch I see -- a lovely little yard, some hanging baskets, some bird feeders, a bird bath and a cute metal gazebo called a "folly".

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I am looking forward to getting a good night's sleep if my children will PLEASE quit partying with the bridal party, tomorrow my plans include a trip to the museum and some posh mall I have never been to and Sunday I want to see Chrissy and Doug get married!!!! Yay!

Friday Fill-Ins



1. If I could be a fly on the wall, I would be getting the $^&# outta Dodge because A would be coming after me with something to relieve me of the burden of life.

2. Jealousy is an unattractive fact of life for teenage girls.

3. When I see a shooting star my wish would be that it wouldn't disappear so quickly!

4. I'd rather be too busy than bored any day.

5. Certain songs, when I hear them, make me wanna be 15 again.

6. If time were in a bottle -- well, I have to agree with JLSHall here -- big fan of Jim Croce but the whole time in a bottle thing makes you get into the "is the bottle half full or half empty" thing and then all of a sudden you are in a deep psychological/philosophical debate and the song is over and well .... time isn't in a bottle anyway so who cares.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I am looking forward to pizza and a movie with A, tomorrow my plans include seeing Nathan and Sunday, I want to go buy a Wii!

Friday Fill-Ins

1. Oh, I can't wait until I have a laptop even though one isn't on the horizon!

2. A chaotic assortment of goodies is the first thing you see when you open my refrigerator.

3. I never leave home without my shoes.

4. If I were a condiment I would be the newly discovered White Balsamic Pear Infused Vinegar because it is fabulous.

5. The irresponsibile overuse of paper in unnecessary junk mailings is really high on my list of pet peeves.

6. The last thing I though of before I went to bed was that HGTV House Hunters wasn't good enough to keep me up so late.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to my hubby coming home, tomorrow my plans include baby shower planning and Sunday I want to go to church and maybe just chill and read.

Friday Fill-Ins

I love these things!

1. A smile is just a frown turned upside down! Cheesy!

2. Skipbo is my favorite board or card game.

3. I would love to have more time with my kids in my life and less tension.

4. When I think of the Summer Solstice I think of my junior high school friend, Delphine.

5. I just remembered I need to go to the cleaners.

6. One of my favorite song lyrice goes like this:

"There are places I'll remember,
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life, I've loved them all"

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I am looking forward to going shopping and for a bite of dinner, tomorrow my plans include going to the shooting range and Sunday I want to go to church and then a trip to the airport to pick up the wayward travelers.

Friday Fill-Ins

Ok, I know it isn't Friday but I am off a day -- or two. I will do Thursday's thing in a little while.

1. Idle hands are the devils playground, or something like that.

2. I love Aveeno Colloidal Shower Gel in the shower.

3. My favorite time of day is when A nudges me from my chair slumber and says it is time to go to bed -- usually right after the Leno monologue or maybe the Leno headline funnies.

4. The last tea I drank was Stash Peppermint Herbal decaf, last night before my chair slumber.

5. I like to stay inside during the summer.

6. My mother always said "don't do anything to embarrass me". I didn't -- she wasn't.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I am looking forward to absolutely nothing, tomorrow my plans include going to the gun show, and Sunday I want to go to church and celebrate A's birthday with my family.

Friday Fill-Ins

1. For me dullness is the opposite of creativity.
2. I have been reading so many good books lately that I can't tell you what was the last excellent book I read.
3. I like fill-ins because they remind me of mad libs.
4. In nature, I like looking at trees and stars.
5. I don't have a clue who should win the US elections.
6. The lst time I laughed with all my belly was obviously a very long time ago because I can't remember it.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I am looking forward to dinner out, tomorrow my plans include absolutely nothing and Sunday I want to go to church and read the paper and not do anything at all.

Friday Fill-ins


1. On my laziest day I like to do cross stitch.

2. Vacuuming makes me feel like I'm being productive.

3. I love little kids and big cats.

4. This summer I want to lose weight and get in better shape.

5. Pent up creativity made me start my blog.

6. Red roses and orange marmalade.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to watching "National Treasure 2", tomorrow my plans include helping A to build a base for the gazebo, and Sunday I want to go to church and work on the back yard.

Friday Fill In's

1. Two of my favorite ingredients in a drink are water and a tea bag.

2. Life often amazes me.

3. You can keep doing that forever, the dog is watching tv.

4. Cookie mix, egg and water, mix it together and, voila! you have instant gratification for your chocolate chip/oatmeal cookie addiction.

5. If I had a yard with a garden, I would love to grow fern.

6. Water is best au natural. (not what you were expecting, right?)

7. As for the weekend, tonight I WAS looking forward to a simple supper, a good movie and a big dose of benadryl (not happening by the way), tomorrow my plans include absolutely nothing -- haven't really thought about tomorrow but maybe a trip to Costco, and Sunday I want to go to church and have a VERY quiet afternoon and evening. Please.

Friday Fill-Ins

This looks like fun so here goes!

l. When I fell in love I was a mere child!

2. I sneeze when the flowers boom and it heat up outside.

3. Oh no! The internet is down, what do I do now?

4. I have no idea what is the craziest tv show ever -- maybe Mork and Mindy.

5. Cheese and crackers make a great meal.

6. I don't need a garden.

7. As for this weekened, tonight I am looking forward to going to sleep, tomorrow my plans include houseework and Sunday I want to go to church.