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9 Weird Things About MeMy friend Leah "tagged" me, so I'm going to share 9 weird things about me. (This shouldn't be to hard, I'm weird! HA
*HINT* However, don't ask your family "What are nine weird things about me?" They won't know where to start or when to stop,
1. I am obsessed with hair, especially my own. I am always making mental judgements of others' hair and their "do's" or styles. And when it comes to my own, I'm constantly primping, scrunching, touching, fluffing, feeling it, and running to a mirror to check on it..... it drives my family nuts! 2. I am horrible about blowing my nose. I cherish my Puffs (because toilet paper gets rough) to the point that I have caused myself to be over conservative. I will blow, fold, blow, fold, blow, fold, wipe, fold, wipe, fold and with the last clean piece of tissue available wipe once more before finally throwing it away. I've even found half used tissues by my bed..... I was saving it for next time, in case the brand new box ran out or ran off...... I guess. 3. I have TMJ..... basically a constantly popping completely irritating jaw. I can't open my mouth all of the way unless I dislocate it, and when chewing gum or food, my jaw pops with every chomp and becomes quite sore and stiff after a limited extended period of continual use. *sigh* I get it from my Mom. 4. I love anything green. Green clothes, green scarfs, green hats, green notebooks, green blankets, green carpet........ yeah, it's bad. 5. I hate ants. More than any other bug, I hate ants. They freak me out! And that is that. Ewww!!! 6. I have a personal property fobia called, "Don't touch my stuff!" It drives me crazy when people touch my car, sit on my bed, play with my hair, touch me in any way, touch my desk, touch my clothes, touch my ANYTHING really. I think I'm getting better, hopefully, and someday I hope and pray that I won't be so posessive, but...... *sigh* It's one of my greater faults. 7. I love take-home boxes from restaurants. Especially from Lomita's, our local mexican restaurant. Part of it may be that I can't stand wasting things, but partly I just LOVE the food inside them. (Maybe I'm deprived of eating out on a regular basis, but I doubt it.) 8. I always order milk, when I do eat out. No matter where we are, or what I'm eating, I stare at the "drinks" available and always get a milk. Occasionally I'll have a rasberry iced tea, and only sometimes do I get a lemonade or a rootbeer, but milk is most common. 9. I do not like, no that is to light of a word, I can't stand the smell or taste of popcorn and nuts of any kind. They make me sick, give me a headache, and gross me out. It's tough because both are "movie snacks" and popular "gathering treats."
Ok, Leah, (and the rest of you) these are probably way more weird than you cared to know, but ........ it's me.
Have a VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING everyone!!!! ~ Stephanie I've been tagged!! (again)I have been tagged by Ashley! But instead of doing more of the generic answers, I'm going to tell you what I have, that most people might not. ;-) I am different that way. hehe Here goes!
5 things in my freezer: 1. roast round rump - boneless 2. boneless skinless chicken breasts (YUM!) 3. leaf spinich (good in specific recipies only) 4. mixed veggies/peas 5. whole strawberries
5 things in my closet: 1. Quill Art - Floral Mineratures Craft Kit 2. Porcelain Doll (still in the box) 3. large box of Dominoes 4. Every American Girl box for both Kristen & Kaya's complete sets (we'll just say my Grandma loves them too... when I have my own house, I'm designating one room just to their stuff. lol) 5. Bob Ross /Master/ Paint set
5 things in my car: (well, when I get a car, I will have...) 1. CD player 2. Sunglasses 3. Ice Scraper thingy 4. Disinfecting car wipes 5. and Kleenex or something (my nose runs at the most unopportune times)
5 things in my purse: 1. mini mirror 2. camera/battery 3. trident spearmint white chewing gum 4. miniature new testament/psalms/proverbs (normally, happens to be missing) 5. notebook for my ever-forgettful memory
5 things in my wallet: 1. a few pictures of seniors this year (including my brother Caleb) 2. drivers license 3. expired free bowling card 4. voter card 5. Medi-Care Insurance card (I think that's what it is)
5 people I tag: alaska0girl My Summer Picture!This picture is specifically for SAMIAM's photo contest. I have taken many many pictures over the summer and it was extremely hard for me to choose. But I chose this one because I took it not to long ago and it is currently my favorite. I just love the brilliance of this dragonfly's blue color, and I was very fortunate to get this upclose shot before he flew off, again.
I will be posting again really soon, and as the school year approaches I plan to write more frequently. Keep checking back!
Let His Light Shine Through You! ~ Stephanie About My 4th of July!Hey Everyone, I know, I'm a little behind on sharing about my Independence day, but here it is. I had a great day! It started out by sleeping in. Sweet!!! haha We headed to Grandma's house (my Mom's family) at around 4:30. We had supper at 5. My Grandma is seriously one of the best cooks on earth. I LOVE her food! Potato salad, deviled eggs, fruit salad, pea noodle salad, and awesome cake. Grandpa also did a super job with the grilling. Those sure were tasty hamburgers, brats, and hot dogs! (I ate a lot. Around 6:45 we found our spot and settled in for the parade. You know you're in Iowa when you see this ......... a line of tractors! (click to enlarge)
It was a pretty good parade this year. There wasn't suppose to be candy or squirt guns, but thankfully there were (candy at least). It was good, long, exciting, and funny.
I only got wet once. They got my camera, I wasn't so happy, but it wiped off. LOL
Isn't she cute? Pink hair, purple necklace, blue bucket, orange shoes, and a sweet smile. I got some cute reactions when people saw they were getting photographed. (Note the lady in the distance as even she gets up to gather some candy.)
Speaking of old ladies, those model-t's sure look more authentic when the driver and passenger look like they grew up with them. Most of the old cars had drivers that looked like their automotive. It was awesome!
Now these guys looked like they tried to be from the same era, and boy were they adorable. I think it should be mandatory that paper boys wear their knickers when they're on their routes. Don't you?
Now here is a youngster who is a tad more up-to-date. We actually drove in drivers' ed together. He did some cool wheelies, but I wasn't expecting them, so I missed it.
And of course they had many many horses, buggies, coaches, ect. These were probably my favorite. Very handsome! (I hope the picture isn't to small, click on it for a larger view.) After the parade we went back to Grandma's for some more family time. I decided to be a kid again and ran around catching lightning bugs with my little siblings and young cousins. I got the ones that flew out of their reach. It was actually a blast, and I hate BUGS! I think we caught at least a hundred and put them into an old plastic peanut butter jar. Talk about a creepy crawly collection of blinking...... that's what it was. LOL Around 9:40 we walked two blocks down and across the street to a big empty yard that we have permission to use each year as our official fireworks watching "spot."
The Fireworks this year were spectacular. Ten times better than normal. The 15-20 min. show was just as good as our finale' last year, and our finale' started without a major break of preparation. It was just plain awesome! This is the best shot I got of "the works." I so wish I could have gotten more.
Well, I hope you enjoyed my late entry, and I hope your holiday was just as enjoyable as mine! God bless! I've been tagged!!Thanks to SuperAngel, I've been tagged! So, I guess that means I have to fill out this little survey deal huh? Ok, here goes. LOL Enjoy!
1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 158, find line 4 and write what it says. (It's a Dictionary) < GR bombos, deep and hollow sound: orig. echoic] 1 a container (Now that's funny right there.)
24. What do you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gate? Well Done, thy Good and Faithful Servant! Enter into the Joy of the LORD! Now, you girls better not let me down! I'm going to be watching your blogs for your answers to these random questions! haha Have a great day! Scheduling, Baking, and Picture Taking!Hey All, I'm just wondering if I have to or should start every new entry with some sort of a greeting. What is your input? I'm rather tired tonight. I tried to schedule myself down to the very hour, consisting of Sunday thru Wednesday staying up til 2 AM then sleeping in later so I could have some quiet time to myself (thus the late hours). And then Thursday thru Sat they would be exactly opposite due to Farmers' Market, starting this weekend. I should be going to bed fairly early and getting up around 5 AM. So far it hasn't worked. It's hopeless. The days I was "supposed" to sleep in, I naturally woke up between 6-7 AM. The evenings I was supposed to be up late doing reading and what not, I found myself fast asleep, fully dressed, lights still on, and books unread. OOPS! How do I do that to myself? Dad's full-time, reliable, funny, and extremely competent secretary has to go in for surgery sometime in the next month. I don't know all the details but it's looking like I will be #1 head secretary for a while. Meaning.... I have to spend WAY more time at the office learning all the extra stuff she does. Today is/was bake day. I baked 12 (only twelve) loaves of my beautiful Honey Whole Wheat bread and still have to bake 6 dozen (at least) of my delicious, fluffy white, melt-in-your-mouth, eat-em-while-they're-warm, heavenly Cinnamon Rolls. (Can you tell I LOVE eating them? Yeah, the making and the baking isn't nearly as great as the EATING part of the job. Gotta taste your work before you sell it right? LOL) A few fun facts: I have been baking bread and selling it as my own business now for 4 years this weekend! I sold 911 loaves between July '02 (when I started) and December '05. I will be doing a special promotion this Farmers' Market season, the 1,000th loaf buyer will receive a special prize. (I'd better come up with something good.) Ok, enough rambling, I want to share a few fun pictures that I took this week.
Mmmmmm...... I can smell them now! (Ya gotta love a camera phone when your Canon ain't handy.)
Tell me that ain't cool..... I was snapping some of our water lilies (again) during a light sprinkle and I happened to catch this amazing droplet.
I could take pictures of these all day long. Our pond is sooo beautiful this year and every day these gorgeous lilies look more wonderful. Lovin' it! (Our water really isn't black. Honest.)
This little kitty wanted front and center, and that's what it got! I laugh every time I look at this one, reminds me of some hilarious key chain.
And as always, can't forget family. This is little Joe Bear. Otherwise known as Josiah (7). He and a few of the other younger siblings (and cousin Chase) helped Josh wash his '63 Chevy today, getting it ready for the "Back to the 50's" car show in Minnesota this weekend.
Perty ain't it? Cousin Chase is on the right, and sister Lissa (Elisabeth, 4) is on the far left. Josh is getting the spots they 'missed'. Ok, that's all. God Bless y'all! My sister and I travel to Little Rock!Hey Gang, Here it is. The update from my Little Rock, Arkansas trip. I am beyond tired and I can barely think, so bare with me. You may need to put off reading this til very very late, or early depending on how you look at it in order for some of this to make sense. But hopefully not. It's a long story as to how we got to go, but I'll skip all that. Thursday night Dad drove us to a "friends'" house about an hour and a half away. I had met Sheila a few times, and her 30 year old son Richie, but I didn't really know them. (I do now.) LOL Anna and I stayed the night at Sheila's house and we left bright and early around 6-6:30 next morning. We drove all day Friday, stopping only for food every once in a long great while, gas every now and again, and occasionally a needed bathroom/stretch break. LOL (sorry, didn't get any pictures of that) I did get some pictures though, and we'll see if I'm able to share them with you. I THOUGHT I took more, but after I got home I realized I hadn't. Oh well. The scenery traveling through Missouri and then Arkansas was absolutely beautiful. It helped that it was a sunny day with blue skies and few white clouds. It was gorgeous!!! One thing I tried to accomplish was to take an awesome picture of a HUGE flag. You know, one that is so big it's like a good third of the 50-60 ft. flag pole? Well, due to fast driving, not the most expensive camera, last minute notice when one was spotted, windows that glared, and obstructions such as signs, cars, telephone poles ect. I didn't get my perfect picture. I did get a few good ones though.
This one for example. I wish a little breeze would have made the massive thing wave a bit, but alas it did not. The weather was just TOO perfect.
Now this one I played around with. We were stopped at a gas station so I could get a pretty clear picture, but it was extremely overcast, and there was a large sign/figure right next to it so I didn't get my "dream shot." I still love how it turned out though. Neat huh? This next one I happened to capture is probably the best 'scenery' shot I got during the entire trip. My sister Anna was begging and encouraging me to "take pictures of the rocks!" every time we saw them. (Which was often!) It turned out well though.
It's better when it's bigger. The weather was soooo nice! After a bit we were hungry so we started looking for a place to eat. (That's what hungry people normally do.) We decided to stop in Branson, MO to eat and take a peek at "The World's Largest Banjo" while we were in town.
Anna and I look so small! haha It was really huge. The neck stuck out of the building too. Pretty awesome. And the back was signed by many famous music groups. Pretty sweet! Some guy said there was a big violin too, so we drove around and found that. It was sticking out of the mall. Kind of hard to miss.
Can you see it? If you look hard the rest is behind the glass. We got more pictures of it from the inside but since it was way up high they looked kind of funny. Doesn't Anna make the cutest pointer? haha Just for kicks here are a few pictures of Anna and I as we were bored stiff in the back seat ...... mostly on the way home though.
Yikes, I just put a picture of myself on my public blog. I am really losing it. Oh well. The world may as well see the prettiest girl in Humboldt, IA. (big laugh) Ok, well, Jesus thinks I'm pretty, my Mommy thinks I'm pretty, Grandma thinks I'm pretty, and my little sister (well actually all of them) think I'm pretty......... so guess what that makes me? hehe K, enough about me.....
Here is my extremely beautiful sister Anna. I love her to death. She is so sweet and smiley all the time. (And you best beware when she isn't.) haha She has the loveliest golden blonde hair a girl could wish for. It is long and silky and oh my is it breath taking! She's a keeper! Ok. When we finally reached our motel in Little Rock there was a block long line, times three or so rows of cars waiting to get checked in. While we waited I took pictures.
Yup, we stayed at the Peabody motel. It was pretty nice. There were even live ducks in a little pond area in the lobby. I thought the pansies and violets were adorable though. What do you think of the picture? My all-time favorite shot from the entire weekend (except for Go_Granny..... long story) is this next one. I needn't say more.
I laughed so hard when I saw that. I am glad the picture turned out pretty good. Apparently the folks who did that job were NOT perfectionists. I am. And I had the urge to run out there and fix it. I hope others get at least a good laugh out of it though! hehe And the last picture is from the old state building lot in AK. It was only a few blocks walk from our motel.
It looked really awesome. I love how black the canon balls and canon itself are. I wish I could have climbed the fence and taken more of the building and it's surroundings though. So there you go. Those are a few of the pretty good shots I got from my Arkansas trip. It was a lot of fun, I took lots of notes during the awesome meeting on Saturday, and we made it back safely so all was well! I hope you all enjoyed that, and let me know what you think of my pictures. I hope to be an awesome photographer someday. Long way to go I know, but I'm working on it in my "spare" time. LOL I can not wait to travel again! And travel without to many rushed deadlines so I have time to stop and take those breath-taking photos every once in a few miles. hahaha Ok, enough rambling. I'm tired. And I still have to finish the gift I'm making Mom for her B-day. BTW, to all you Momma's reading this..... HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY on Sunday! God Bless you All! Ciao~ |
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(I love my cell, but I seriously have a phone phobia sometimes.) At least Dad's checks came in and I got paid today!!!! 
(I have already spent it a million and one ways in my head. Oh dear!)
