A Bit Of Me (Me)

A Bit Of Me (Me) is a weekly blog event hosted by There's A Book.

This week's question is :  What Would Your Dream Job Be?

     My dream job of course would be surrounded by books.  But not only books, but a  corner that had a bakery that housed cookies, cupcakes and cakes that are full of calories.  Nothing that spoke of low calorie.   I would have a section that children could come and enjoy looking at books and not be afraid that they were going to get yelled at.

     I would for sure have my apartment upstairs.  Cozy, with a window seat.  Fireplace, small kitchen, extra bedroom for my grandchildren to stay for as long as they desired.  Of course I would have a space for my husband.  And while we are dreaming, I would have a nice bathroom, nice size tub, with ledge for lots of candles.  Oh, it is so awesome to dream.

Six Word Saturday

A Sweet Yellow Succulent Blossom Surprise

     After another Saturday of working down at the trailer, I came home and was looking through the sun room window.  Now this is something I try to do once a day.  I always look at my succulents in the sun room, but I have found that going outside and looking from the outside in, I often find new treasures.

     Well, today was one of those days.  I almost missed it.  I thought that I had saw a little yellow and I went back and looked and yes.  There it was,  tiny, but there.  My plants can make me so happy.  Sometimes, I think I should just let my Mandy have all my plants.  She does so well with them.  But then they make me smile and I realize that without them, I would need something else.

I am not sure what this little plant is, but I am sure my Mandy would.  Should we ask her?

    One would ask, how can a little plant make one smile?  I don't really know, it just does.  So if you need a smile, you might give those little succulents a try.  I started with the little baby butts ( called lithrops) and little toes.  But beware, they can be addicting.

So here's the question: Do you have a particular TV show that you like to watch regularly? American Idol, The Office, Glee, or those CSI type shows?

There are so amdnythat I really like to watch, so here goes:

  1.     CSI

  2.    NCSI

  3.    Blue Bloods

  4.    Criminal Minds

  5.    Hawaii Five-O

  6.    CSI NY  7.    CSI Miami

  8.   NCI

  9.   How Do I Look?

10.   Cupcake War

11.    What Not To Wear

Fill In the Blank Friday

1.   I am currently obsessed with     wanting everything to have a place.  It seems that as soon as I find a place for everything in my kitchen, someone brings more items in.  Like my darling husband.  He will clean his office, which is right beside the kitchen and of course his office is clean.  It is all in my kitchen.   What is a body to do?

2.  Today I am  ticked  because,  I thought I had all the laundry done.  But, oh, no, Gabrielle cleaned her room up and you would think that she also cleaned her closet and drawers out.

3.  The age I am is    56    and the age I feel is   according to how much sleep I had last night,and more important is my gray showing! it is amazing how much better I feel when I have my hair colored.

4.  My favorite place is    Can I really be honest here?  It was my home, but for the past months when I began to loose my space, I really began to not enjoy my home anymore.  I am one that enjoys my quiet time and that has mostly been taken away.  I smile alot and know that one day my life as I know it will return.  But until then I wait until late at night and hope that all sleep.

5.  Something I have been procrastinating is  sanding my kitchen walls and cabinets.  I want to paint the cabinets some color of red and the walls a Tuscany color.  We live in the country and I think that would give me the country feel that I am after.  I have a rather large kitchen, so I think that this would look good.    

Gabrielle, Payton and Alexis

6.  The last thing I purchased was    shirts from "The New Black" a consignment shop for Payton.  They had some shirts come in from the store "BUCKLE" and that was a store that his Dad always shopped at. And then I got some shirts for Gabrielle.  Payton is a young man that lives with us and is finishing high school in December.  He is like the son, we never had.  He definitely keeps the young men that come around to see Gabrielle on their toes.

7.  The thing I love most about my home is       the bigness of it.  It is over 3,400 sq ft., two story and plenty of room for all the kids.  I love my kitchen the most.  It is large and when family come for gatherings we have plenty of cooking space.  The kids always enjoy the pool and the granddaughter has learned how to drive on the golf cart.  We live on 15 acres, and have 5 trailers on the place, with family living in at least 3 of them.  WE have four horses, bikes, go-carts, volleyball, fishing, and a paddle-boat.  So no one should be bored when they are here.  Oh, an a trampoline and swings.  What's not to love.  Except the clean-up!

Five Question Friday

1. Can you drive a stick shift?

    
   Yes, I can.  My first car had a stick shift and it was on the steering column.
    I remember my Daddy taking me out to drive and I was at the intersection       

    of Avenue Q and 34th Street in Lubbock, Texas and the light turns green.    
    Dadd said, "Okay, go."  Well, I had not had to make a turn at a major    
    intersection yet, so I take a deep breath and put my hand on the gear shift.  
    I start out smooth and then my car starts chugging.  Oh, how I wished that 
    the road would open up and swallow me whole.  But My Daddy just sat 
    there and smiled.  Finally, we made it across the intersection.  His way of

    of teaching his kids, was just to sink or swim, so to speak.


   I am so glad that I never asked him to teach me to FLY!!!!

2. What are two foods you just can't eat?

    a.To this day I can not stand to eat boiled squash.  My Mother loved the

    stuff.  It was her policy that if is she had it on the table, you had to at

    least try it.  So what if you tried it the last time she fixed it, it was a new

    day.  Oh, how slimy.  Now I love squash casserole and fried

    squash, but please oh, please do not offer me boiled squash!

    b.Oysters.  On Sunday, we would go out to eat at Seven Seas in Lubbock, 

    Texas.  My Daddy would always get the oysters and once   he had me try 

    them.  You know, pretty shell, salt, why not.  WHY?  Because they also are

    yucky and slimy.  How my Daddy could enjoy those things are still a

    mystery to me today.

3. Do you buy Girl Scout Cookies? What is your favorite kind?

    My favorite type of Girl Scout Cookie was the Mint.  But with 

    my husband on this low carb way of living, cookies are the way

    of the past.  But really, if I wanted some, I suppose I would but some.  The

    last time I did though, I felt cheated.  I wished that I would have just given

    some money as a donation and went into the store and bought cookies.

    There were hardly any cookies in the box for the money.  I know that the

    cookies are good, but there are just not many for the money.   I

    would just feel better giving them money.  So that Is what I would rather

    do now.  But they do make great cookies and I do believe that  the

    Girl Scouts are a great organization for our girls.

4. How do you pamper yourself?

    PAMPER, what is that?  Now, if I were to pamper myself, I would get my 

    sister, Tammy and we would go to a all day spa.  Now this would not be

    a plain spa.  This would be one that did our hair, nails, feet, massage our 

    body.  And in all the midst of this, no phones and no kids.

    But to get down to real life, just a couple of hours in Half Priced Books,

    with my Mandy, in San Antonio, will do for now.

5. What is your nickname and how did you get it?

    As of now I have found out that my youngest daughter, Gabrielle(my little

    pita) has me as PANDA in her cell phone.  And her friends also have me 

    listed as PANDA.  So I am hoping that this is not meaning something ugly.

    But with an almost 15 year old, what can one say.  Hopefully, it doesn't

    mean that I am fat, but cuddly.

You Capture/Things That Start With "L"

This weeks assignment is about things that start with "L".  So this week I choose the word LOOPING.

I love to sit out on the front porch and watch the horses out in the pasture.  Especially when the weather is cool.  Today two of the horses are out on a trail ride with Alexis and Tucker.  So they are in a frenzy, wanting out to join the others.

We have four in all,  Cisco, Ginger, Trick and Yoshee.  They girls have seasons where they ride and then they will not ride for a while.

Also, this is the season not only for riding, but for new loves.

Top 2 Things I've Learned From My Parents or Grandparent's

1.  From my Daddy:  Always set my goals so high that I would have a hard time reaching them.  For when your goals are reachable you tend to quit too early.






2.  From my Grandmother Shindoll:  I never heard her say a bad word about anyone, she always believed the best in everyone.