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    • Friday’s Feast: 195

    June 27th, 2008 she Posted in Popularity Contests No Comments »

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    Appetizer: What is the weather like today where you live?

    No idea.  I’ve been locked in the dungeon all day.  Well, in the warren of offices on the second floor below the library to be exact.  Rumour has it it’s supposed to be quite nice today and this weekend though.  29C.

    Soup: On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how career-minded are you?

    Depends on what you mean by career-minded.  I’m an absolute, one track mind, overworked, underpaid, workaholic.  There’s no denying that.  Most of my behaviour has less to do with being career-minded (or climbing the corporate ladder) than my inability to say “no” and my refusal to fail.  I’m one of those we only succeeded because of heroic measures people.  I’m supposed to stop doing it.  Switching from corporate to academia was supposed to help my work/life balance.  Uh huh.

    Salad: What type of window coverings do you have in your home? Blinds, curtains, shutters, etc.?

    Depends (there’s that word again) on the room.  Blackout blind in the bedroom, venetian blinds in the kitchen, wooden shutters (inside) in the basement, curtains in the living room and spare bedroom, etc.

    Main Course: Name something that instantly cheers you up.

    Friday Night Blues and Beer

    Dessert: How many times do you hit the snooze button on a typical morning?

    Me?  Probably 2x.  The hubby is about the same most days.  We have dual alarms but since he typically gets up before me, I “benefit” from 4 snoozes instead of just 2.

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    Friday’s Feast: 194

    June 20th, 2008 she Posted in Popularity Contests No Comments »

    It’s been a while since I’ve completed one of these.  178 was my last.  I’m trying to get back into the groove of T13 and FF’s since I did really enjoy doing them and visiting others to see what they had to say.  I just need a few more hours in my day.

    Appetizer : If you could live on another continent for 1 year, which one would you choose?

    I’d return to Asia.  I frequently miss India and would love to return.  Next time will have to be on a visitor’s visa.  My business visa runs out in Jan ’09 but I can’t see the college sending me to India to work anytime soon…

    Soup: Which browser do you use to surf the Internet?

    Depends on the day and the computer.  At work I tend to use Safari 3.x while at home I use Firefox 3.x

    Salad: On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being highest), how much do you know about the history of your country?

    5 if I’m lucky.  If you don’t specifically study Canadian history in university, you don’t tend to get a well rounded view of the country or it’s history.  Unless something has changed since I was in school, history was taught on a regional basis.  I learned all about the history of the east coast and quebec (and Europe) but very little about the west or north in school.  My husband’s history courses were limited to events that occurred in southern Ontario.  I’ve learned more about the history of Canada since I’ve been forced to complete Canadian history courses at university.  I might bitch and moan about the courses while I’m taking them, but they did encourage me to try and learn more about my country.

    Main Course: Finish this sentence:  Love is…

    acceptance.

    Dessert: Have you ever been in or near a tornado?

    A tornado is how we ended up with a Costco membership.  We used to drive through tornado alley in Ontario on a daily basis when we lived at CFB Borden.  I made the trip down to Newmarket every day by Go bus and Drew frequently picked me up and took me home.  One day we were driving down the highway and a small tornado cut across the highway a few miles ahead of us.  More were touching down in farmer’s fields.  The only building around for miles was a nice big concrete Costco.  We drove into the parking lot, ran into the building, and became members that day.  When the tornados had moved on we got back on the highway and finished the drive home.

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    BlogBlast For Peace Meme – Advance Preparation

    May 30th, 2008 she Posted in Popularity Contests 4 Comments »

    “Rules” and backstory – with much stealing from Mimi’s original post.

    The Peace Globe project began in the fall of 2006 with a simple post from one blog, Mimi Writes. The post ignited a flame in the blogosphere. The flame became a passion. The passion became a movement. It amazingly traveled from blog to blog to blog across the globe. Bloggers wrote passionate articles on what peace means to them, along with the promise of three Latin words scribbled on a globe – Dona Nobis Pacem (Grant Us Peace) – branded with the integrity of their names or blog names. It was positively inspiring to watch. And it began to happen all over the world – from Singapore to China to Afghanistan to Brooklyn.

    It was simple. And powerful.

    In less than two weeks bloggers from all across the globe will blog for peace. We will speak with one voice. One subject. One day.

    Won’t you join us on June 4, 2008?

    How To Get Your Peace Globe In 4 easy steps!

    1. Access the link above.

    2. Choose one of the four Peace Globe designs. Right CLICK and SAVE in JPG format.

    3. Sign the globe using Paint, Photoshop or a similar graphics tool. Decorate the globe anyway you wish. You can even include the name of your blog. Click here for hundreds of inspiring examples from previous BlogBlasts.

    4. Return the peace globe to me via email ~ mimiwrites2005 at yahoo.com – Let me know your blog’s name and url by leaving a comment here and signing the Mr. Linky. Your submission will be numbered and dated in the official gallery . Your globe and post will be listed on the Official BlogBlast For Peace website and The Peace Globe Posts page.

    Here’s the most important part.
    5. On June 4, 2008 DISPLAY YOUR GLOBE IN A POST. Title your post “Dona Nobis Pacem”. This is important. The goal is for all blog post titles to say the same thing on the same day. Write about peace that day or simply fly your globe. Click here for examples of peace globe posts from previous BlogBlasts.

    If you’d like to help spread the word add this button to your site.

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    Six Unimportant Things

    February 26th, 2008 she Posted in Popularity Contests 7 Comments »

    I’ve been tagged by Darcey – Meme: Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.

    1. The Hobbit blessing doesn’t apply to me. I have no hair on my toes.
    2. Sock. Shoe. Sock. Shoe. Pants.
    3. I’ve scrapbooked in a bar.
    4. You can’t take the sky from me.
    5. Both times I’ve traveled through India I’ve had to replace my suitcases.
    6. No separate food stuff on my plate are allowed to touch one another. I pick one item, eat it until it’s gone, then move on to the next.

    Tagged:

    1. Joy
    2. Amy
    3. Amber
    4. Dawn
    5. Susan
    6. Laughing Muse
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    Friday’s Feast: 178

    January 31st, 2008 she Posted in Popularity Contests 10 Comments »

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    Feast Number One Hundred & Seventy Eight

    I have been “out of the game” a while. My last feast was 143. Bad me!

    Appetizer: What is your favourite kind of cereal?

    • Porridge – the way dad used to make it on a cold winter’s morning.

    Soup: When was the last time you purchased something for your home, what was it, and in which room did it go?

    • Good thing this wasn’t a scrapbooking related question 😉 The last “for the home” purchase was a combination racelette and fondue pot/baking stone appliance that is now residing in the kitchen.

    Salad: What is the funniest commercial you’ve ever seen?

    • I haven’t seen it since I was a child but I used to love the “Hack Attack” commercials. I think Benelyn put them out in the 80’s. Aside from that, I’m very fond of the “Herding Cats” commercial.

    Main Course: Make up a name for a company by using a spice and an animal (example: Cinnamon Monkey).

    • Coriander Coyote

    Dessert: Fill in the blank: I haven’t ______ since ______.

    • I haven’t visited relatives back home since I was 16.

    Condiments:

    1. Which open-all-night establishment has been a lifesaver for you? When we lived in New Brunswick, it was Sobey’s. When we moved to Winnipeg, it was Perkins. Now that I’m old and in Edmonton I sleep at night.
    2. What open-all-night establishment is closest to where you live? Wal-mart
    3. What nonexistent open-all-night establishment could you really use in your life? Any bookstore.
    4. Which open-all-night establishment in your town is least likely ever to see your patronage in the wee hours of the morning? Wal-mart
    5. Have you ever purchased anything advertised on television late, late at night? Nope.

    h/t to Caylynn’s Contemplations for the FF graphic. I shamelessly swiped it from her site.

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