26 Things are here.

Thanks, sh1ft.org, for sending us on such a great photographic scavenger hunt. I'm headed off to see what the rest of the world found.

I'm soooooooooooo behind. Still working on the library essay for the Wednesday Wonder, trying to get 26 things on a page, and ... need to prepare a fishnet report. Catch ya later! (Just had a nice wheel around the blogosphere, y'all are fun to visit! Okay...back to work, Shirts!)

AN AQUAMARINE BOX

A PLUM BOX

A PALEGREEN BOX

meg is checking out browser-safe color-names. Pretty.

I fell asleep too early tonight and haven't finished the Wednesday Wonder. It's about libraries...and I'll have it up tomorrow! Promise.

Okay, Lynn, I can never pass up chocolate!


Wow... aren't we... enthousiastic? You are White
Chocolate. You can annoy people, but you're
sweet, caring, and quite nice to be around when
cheering up is needed.


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Well, it's Charity Tuesday at work today, and the theme for the outrageous wear is "fishing" so I'm wearing fishnet stockings. Wish me luck!

This plant looks like it could talk back.

Monday Madness:

1. What one thing do you wish would never have been invented? Why? WMD.

2. If you could change the speed limit on the highways, what would you change it to? 55. Except in Montana

3. What word or words do you misspell consistently? I'm not particularly consistent about anything *grin*.

Let's throw in one more again this week................
4. What wealthy person is the least deserving of their fortune? Why?
Um. I think I'll leave this one alone. Don't want to stir up a can of worms.

Happy Monday!

Solunar Tables

I always think of animals feeding at dawn and dusk. According to the newspaper, they actually have a varying schedule of feeding, which the newspaper prints in the form of a Solunar Table. For instance, today, in our area, there was a minor feeding at 3:35 a.m., a major at 9:45 a.m., another minor at 3:55 p.m. and a major at 10:10 p.m.

Googling on "Solunar Tables" brings up a lot of sites, but most of these offer to sell you the tables for fee.

Speaking of times, this morning I woke up to a lot of buzzing and sawing and droning. A majority of leases in our complex run out the end of July so that management can spend time getting the apartments in shape for incoming students. (We're probably about fifty percent students here.) Well, I figured that of course if there was that much noise on a Sunday morning it must already be 10, so I dozed a bit longer. I was wrong. They started about 8:00 a.m.! I should have gotten back up and congratulated the blogathoners! *sigh*

Unconscious Mutterings:

Okay, I'm going to do a redo here. (7/27 8:56 p.m.)

I say … and you think … ?

Partner:: None In crime
Goddess:: Beauty
Village:: Grand Ledge
Relationships:: Suck Are complicated
Irrational:: Me Fears
Volcano:: Me Eruption
Fabulous:: Not me Marvelous
Unencumbered:: Me Free
Coyotes:: Tricksters
Fulfilled::Not Me Complete

Ewww. Cranky this morning, are we?
We hope we are a little gentler tonight?

And now our Blogathoners are off to recuperate. I had a great time reading the posts and surfing the Blogathon ring. Super job!

It's the home stretch now, Blogathoners! You will make it!

Kathryn and Meryl are hanging in there with posts and links and good stuff. You both rock!

From my visit today to the MSU Children's 4-H Garden. (Requires flash but is a neat virtual tour, complete with the sound of the train going by.)

Okay, Meryl, your words:

Then there are those who think that Hemingway was more than just a misogynist hack journalist/wannabe writer who used as few words as possible because he was too talentless to write like, oh, Fitzgerald. They want you to write Hemingway-style. Let's try it:

"She was a woman. She was beautiful. Mike liked her. But he knew she'd have his balls in a jar. She was the kind of woman that collected balls. Lots of them. So he left."

That was from memory. I haven't had to read a word of his since my senior year in college, when I read the Cliff Notes for The Sun Also Rises and managed to pass my final with them. How'd I do? I'm thinking I wasn't as subtle as Hemingway, though. In The Sun Also Rises, he just had the matador get killed by a bull the morning after he slept with the female lead. Guess it's that Samson/Delilah thing. (Wow, that virginity thing will get 'em every time, no matter what century they're losing it in.)

So if you stop by, I have two questions:

1. Did you ever read Hemingway, or is he just a Cliff Note?

2. Why the Hulk? He also uses few words.

I'll be back.

Let's check in on our Blogathon bloggers. They're approaching the ten hour mark.

Kathryn is lobbing the literacy sites by state, finally getting around to tell us about her trip home for her 40th birthday, and...lives with St. AB. I guess Santa is going to have to let the chap off the hook, Kathryn.

Meryl just had a guest blogger so that she could cook supper. Mmhmm.

As usual, great posts from both. Carry on!

Update 10:26 p.m. EDT. They've rounded the half-way point and are looking mighty strong!

Hurrah for the Blogathoners!

Edit at 10:46 a.m. EDT: They are off and running. Amazing how fast a half hour goes, isn't it??? And I forgot to mention what a wonderful way to meet new (to me) bloggers the Blogathon presents. I'm scrolling through their webring now. Good stuff. (But Kathryn and Meryl are the best.)

Go Meryl!

Go Kathryn!

You can do it!

Meteor Alert

From the Meteor Showers group:

The Southern Delta Aquarids peak on July 28 but some may be seen now through August 17. This shower produces around 20 meteors per hour at it's peak, or better than one meteor every two minutes on average.

To observe this shower, plan to observe in the few hours before your sky brightens at dawn on the morning of the 28th. You'll want to concentrate on viewing southerly direction. Although a few meteors should be visible from the more northerly regions of the northern hemisphere, this shower will be better the farther south you are.

Montana's burning!

And the west side of Glacier National Park is being evacuated. This could turn into a really hot vacation.

Blogathon 2003.

In less than twelve hours, Blogathon 2003 will begin. Bloggers around the world will be doing a marathon 24-hour blog for various charities.

Won't you join me in supporting Kathryn at The Hestia Chronicles who is blogging for Austin Literacy and/or Meryl at Yourish.com who is blogging for funds for an ambulance for Magen David Adom in Israel. And be sure to check their blogs for some entertaining posts tomorrow and Sunday. (The ones at around 3:00 a.m. are usually the most fun...really!)

Nephew long-tall Paul hit a milestone Tuesday. He passed driver's ed and has his learner's permit. Time sure flies, seems like just yesterday he was a babe in arms.

My brothers and sister and I were remembering some of our learner's day stories. I remember learning with the station wagon stuffed with eight people, pop-up camper towing behind, in Sunday traffic going to Silver Lake. What the heck were my parents thinking? I could have wiped the whole dadgum family out!!!

There were also the stylistic differences of my parents. I remember a dog in the road. "Brake," said Dad. "Blow your horn," said Mom. Okay.

How did you learn to drive?

Wednesday...What wonderful thing will happen today?

I'm trying to deliberately change to a more positive viewpoint this week. (Thank you very much, naomi.) I'ts hard, but...it's working. Yesterday's most positive thing at work was the fact that the groundhog that lives in the vacant field next to our building was out playing, so any time I went to get printouts he/she made me smile. (Work has been particularly deranged lately, so this was really much nicer than it might seem *grin*.)

After work I stopped at my mother's house. Up-north brother is down sans family working on her garage some more. (Rehabilitation projects on older homes seem to expand as they progress.) I wanted to just say "hello", but Mom had leftover roast beef from the noon meal, and it wouldn't have been nice to say "no" now, would it? (Like I would say no to any roast beef, who am I kidding?) We had a pleasant visit.

So now it is Wednesday. What will the day bring?

Oh shoot! I missed Monday Madness! Let's just roll the calendar back a couple of days.

Monday already? Maybe it's true what 'they' say; "The older you get, the faster time seems to go by." (nothing to do with this week's questions....) Here ya are! Enjoy! (One extra question this week!)

Er, and, I'm VERY old, hehe.

1. Do you remember what you dream about; and if so, have you had any recurring dreams? I remember some dreams, and I wouldn't say I have true recurring dreams. However, the variations on the "missing a test" dream might count as recurring.

2. What is the weirdest dream you ever had? Well, this was a really sad dream and it spooked me for years. I was five and we had been at my grandparents. They had one of those big old grates in their front room (the kind you could stand on when it came on and it would puff your skirt out). I had dropped a yardstick down one of the holes in the register. That night I dreamed that Grandpa had gone down to get the yardstick and had gotten burned up in the furnace. Unfortunately, he did die of a heart attack a couple of days later and I never got to see him again. You can imagine that for awhile if I had any death/injury dreams I was pretty anxious until I heard from the person.

3. Do you think your dreams have anything to do with what food you eat, what mood you're in, or something that's been bothering you at the time? Yep!

4. Have you ever been interested in knowing what your dreams mean, to the point of visiting a dream analyst or reading a book about dreams? I've looked at a couple of dream books. They're interesting.

Thanks, otto! I'll try to do better next week!

I've been working on an altered book as my current craft project. The book just happens to be an old western civ book titled Civilization. So of course I like to say that I'm "altering civilization". Here's one line that I have to fix somehow:

While Sparta developed the physical fitness of its citizens and possessed the finest military machine in Greece, it remained backward culturally and economically.

As a supporter *big grin* of the MSU Spartans, we definitely need to spice up that description! Oh well, at least our mascot isn't a smelly animal.

And in keeping with our new thought process: Yay Tuesday! What exciting, wonderful thing will happen today?

From the monday monday comments:

~ I know~ hopefully the week will go by quickly, no wait maybe the week will be wonderful and we'll want it to last forever.

Thanks, Naomi! That's a good shift to seek.

Instead of waking up at 2:00 a.m. with a stomachache, wouldn't it be wonderful to sleep Sunday night through, then wake-up at the regular time and look forward to what the new week might bring? Oh yeah. Thanks, Naomi...because that shift can happen (I think).

Monday, Monday. *sigh*

Unconscious Mutterings:

I say … and you think … ?

Wizard of Oz:: Tin Man
Ford:: Fairlane
Wrinkles:: Neck
Extravagant:: Grand Hotel
Conventional:: Me
Stewart:: Jimmy (oh okay, i thought Martha first, but....)
Offensive:: Lineman
Heartbeat:: from the Presidency
Chaos:: Order
Jiffy::Lube

Some thoughts at night:
(Does the earth revolve around the sun clockwise or counter-clockwise?
Do you think eminem will ever do a commercial for M&M's?
Can loneliness be good for you?
What happened to the lost colony of Roanoke?

81
Percentage of women 40 to 44 years old who are mothers. In 1980, 90% of women in that age group were mothers.

from Mothers by the Numbers.

A lot of scrapbooking is set up for the mother/child family relationship. There's a market out there, folks, for the aunties. There aren't a whole lot of men scrapbooking at all yet. There's another market. Remember, you saw it here first!

Yesterday was a very productive day-off. Reservations are all set for Montana (dancing on edge of chair here, I wanna go NOW!), I'm on a roll with some scrapbooking pages I've been itching to get done, four loads of laundry finished and put away, AND one box pulled from my storage area and assessed. (I need to quit shopping so much and just check out my storage area...)

Ilana points to the Nick Bantock site. I loved the Griffin and Sabine books, so thank you very much!

Amit has been sharing island vacation memories. *sigh* And cyber-brother Jeeem has less than 40 days before he leaves for a teaching job in China. He's a rambling man.

meg has sunflowers and 100 degree temperatures! Our sunflowers won't be showing until late August, and it got down to 46 degrees this morning. I'm jealous.

One week from now Blogathon 2003 will be underway. I'll be cheering for Kathryn and Meryl. Anyone else doing the 24-hour deed? It is a wonderful experience and a great way to make new friends. That's how I met Kathryn!

Well, the timer just went off, so back to the scrapbook table! Have a super Saturday!

Anniversaries.
August will be my 25th anniversary of working for my company. Sounds like I might have had a bit of inertia to stay so long, but we have had five owners in that time, so the job changes about every five years.

My 30th year college graduation reunion is coming up in October.

I'm getting into kind of a reflective mood here.

Thank you, Susan! The number 1 phrase people use to find The Other Side is ladybug tattoo, so this is perfect!

In the interest of politics, I watched the Jerry Springer show today. I had never watched it. I was truly amazed.

Lynn has claimed "picnic tables in Halifax" as a photoproject. Nice start, Lynn!

Gates of the Mountains. Lewis and Clark land. We'll be there soon.

I'm off work today, yippee! When i originally asked for the time I had planned on a Lake Michigan weekend. However, a survey of funds said it would be better to stay home this weekend and spend the money on our upcoming trip to Montana. And that's just fine, because I have a bunch of scrapbooking to catch up on, and it's great fun to slow the pace here at home.

Hope you all have a great day!

Have you ever tried Burt's Bees Products? I recently bought a little sampler kit of products and have been impressed. The oatmeal/lavendar bath was very refreshing. The shampoos come in soap bars instead of bottles. And last night I tried the toothpaste: lavendar mint. It didn't leave the mouth as tingly fresh last night, but it seems like the morning breath is a little more pleasant.

Are you good? Do you believe in girlism?

Congratulations and Best Wishes!

Joni loves Brian, Joni married Brian, Joni has pictures!

Walking in the Rain

Had to run over to the corner store for some cleaning supplies. It's faster to walk than roll the car out of the parking lot, but rain was threatening. So of course, I walked. I got splattered and spattered a wee bit, but when I came out of the store a little boy was yelling to his mama in the car: "Look at the rainbow."

And there it was, a perfect bow across the eastern sky.

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LEAH!

A Couple of Changes.

I'm not very good with changes and with hellos and good-byes, so we'll just say "so long" to LillyAnne, who is moving in the real world and needs some down time, and to Laura, who has ended her blog. Be well, my friends! And stop by often to keep us posted on how you are!

Edit: Thursday, July 17, 11:35 p.m.!
Welcome back, LillyAnne!

whoa! See Bryn go! She's doing over 50 memes this week.

The fireflies were certainly dancing last night. I think it is wonderful that such charming, smile-inducing critters also provide these services to scientists:

Today chemists are already applying and studying further applications of the fireflies' tools, their light-generating luciferin molecules and luciferase enzymes, to a wide range of problems. Here are a few:

Identifying tuberculosis strains, thus reducing pre-treatment time from two months to two days.
Measuring the effectiveness of various drugs in treating human tumors.
Coding genes.
Testing soft drinks, milk, drinking water and meat for bacterial contaminat ion.
When our spaceships visit other planets, determining whether life exists there.
Establishing which plant genes are associated with roles like daily timing cycles.
Detecting trace amounts of oxygen, mercury or aluminum in living tissue.
Exploring gene modification to reduce the risk of stroke.

Wednesday Wonder:

Experiment With Acting Consciously Different
Do something that you normally do a certain way in a different manner. Do it knowingly, consciously, think about it, and write a brief something about it.

The first thing I tried was brushing my teeth with my left hand. Are toothbrushes handed? I never could get the grip quite right. The whole procedure slowed down, and I did feel that I was giving more attention to individual teeth, but I also felt I was weaker with that hand.

The second thing I had planned was going to a different restaurant on my lunch break. Normally I either bring my lunch or go to one of six places north of 496. There are two cute little hole-in-the-walls south of 496, and I thought this would be a good time to try one of them out.

I got fooled. Apparently I'm more a creature of habit than I thought. I use my lunch hour to eat and then walk around a little bit, get the kinks out. I wasn't willing to give that up for a "new" experience. Maybe when things aren't so anxiety-provoking at work I can go try again.

So, tonight I went to the "new" mall in town. We have four malls: one on the east side, one on the west, a central one that is the second-oldest in Michigan, and a "new" one that opened at Christmastime. I had been there once, but as a participant in the Volunteer of America coat drive. So tonight I visited it.

It's one of the new "village square" type malls, which is nice for people like me who like open spaces. I had a good walk, checked out a couple of stores, and plan to go back.

It was also interesting coming home. Though I've always lived in this town, I came down a road I am sure I have never been on before, at least not as a driver. Interesting feeling being a stranger in your own town.

Now I'm scared. Meryl is talking the Hulk and Hemingway. In the same breath. In the same post. Yikes!

Uh-oh. Saw this first at Kathryn's, and my multiple-personalities must have taken hold, because I scored equal remnants of each of these poets.


You are Carl Sandburg
You see the world in a different way than your peers and are able to find beauty in the most unusual places!

Take the Which Poet are You? Quiz - brought to you out of boredom and pretention!


You are Sylvia Plath
No matter how much you struggle, you can't manage to shake off depression. You use symbolism to express yourself and have a knack for getting the most out of gas ovens.

Take the Which Poet are You? Quiz - brought to you out of boredom and pretention!


You are e.e. cummings
Your use of the English language is not bound to any grammatical or even logical standards. You live your life with rhythym and passion and find yourself constantly searching for meaning by traveling or in new relationships.

Take the Which Poet are You? Quiz - brought to you out of boredom and pretention!


You are William Shakespeare
You have a certain eloquence and stoicism about you that is juxtaposed at times with a most peculiar sense of humor. Your world is orderly and simultaneously romantic. You are able to note beauty in the old and the new. Just keep in mind that passion and order are often at opposite ends of the spectrum.

Take the Which Poet are You? Quiz - brought to you out of boredom and pretention!

Thanks (I think) Kathryn!

Good afternoon!

Otto's Monday Madness!

Okay, my first time running this meme. You rock, otto!

With summer comes concerts, fairs, carnivals, festivals and all sorts of 'exciting' events. I've decided to make that this week's subject..........(remember, you can always email me with suggestions! On with the questions................
1. Have you ever attended a concert? If so, who; and how old were you when you attended your first concert?

Ut-oh. I refuse to answer on the grounds that it might incriminate me, both in age and musical taste.

2. What is the biggest ride or rollercoaster that you've ever been on? Were you frightened to go on it?

Whatever the biggest one was at Cedar Point the summer of 1970. And why? Because Doug made me *grin*

3. Is there an annual 'festival' that you make sure you never miss? If so, please tell about it; if not, is there any annual event that you like to attend?

In the 90's there was the Michigan Fest, a 10-day extravaganza at Michigan State University, and I seldom missed that. Now there is a "Common Grounds" Festival, but that isn't as big of a deal.

Ruth. A lesson in hope. Or in not giving up. Or in the power of a mother-in-law. Or something. Anyway, just what I needed today. Last week I started back to church after an absence of a few months. (The up-north bunch made me go.) Didn't want to attend today, tried to sleep in but failed, and that was a good thing. Go ahead and read it, it's very short. I double-dog dare you.

Unconscious Mutterings.
Natalie:: Wood
Concrete:: Jimmy Hoffa
AIDS:: Africa
Rubber hose::pain
Paper clip:: work
Route 66:: George Maharis and oh oh...what was his name? The blond one. (Ten minutes later: Martin Milner)
Summer camp::Maranatha
Coin purse:: the squeezy kind
Orion:: Winter friend
Instigate:: Jane

Blogathon
2003

It's coming! July 26. Participants will blog every half hour for charity. The charities vary per blogger.

I participated last year and had a blast...and made it the full 24 hours! My charity was the United Cerebral Palsy Association in honor of my brother J.R. It was a very therapeutic 24-hours and I met some wonderful people through the process.

This year I have a schedule conflict, so I'll be a cheerleader. I'm supporting Kathryn at Hestia Chronicles as she blogs for Austin Literacy and Meryl at Yourish.com as she blogs for funds for an ambulance for Magen David Adom in Israel.

(Note: I'm going to spend some time July 26 blogging about Ernest Hemingway. Meryl had a post a while back that needs a little discussion.)

Last year I had some wonderful cheerleaders (thank you very much Lynn, Susan, Kathryn, Bryn, and Eve). Hope I can do half as well. And if I've missed anyone, please let me know! There's still plenty of time to sponsor!

Playing
With
Books

I've been an on-again off-again scrapbooker for oh, about ten years now. There are lots of peripheral crafty type things that go along with scrapbooking: stampworks, tag art, and altered books, to name a few. (Note to self: just hit post instead of post and publish when you're saving an in-progress post. Sheesh.) And of course I have to dabble with all of them. Operative word, dabble.

So the last time I was in Pages In Time, picking out a wondrous assortment of scrapbooking papers and elements, I picked up Altered Books 101. It's a neat guidebook that stresses that there is no wrong way to alter a book and gives many many options to experiment with. And so, I have commenced altering a book. I chose an old Western Civ book, entitled Civilization. Yep. That's right. I'm altering civilization.

101 does point to an Altered Book List at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/altered books. I haven't checked it out yet.

I'm having a little trouble placing eyelets. Any crafters out there that can share a secret or two?

An interesting color-test here. (Flash.)

Found at Hestia's: (and I got the same results!)


Rainy


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Friday Five.

1. Do you remember your first best friend? Who was it? Sure I remember Linda.

2. Are you still in touch with this person? No, she died when I was ten.

3. Do you have a current close friend? Yes.

4. How did you become friends with this person? Summer camp when I was 14. She was always standing in one place near the bathrooms at night, waiting for her friends. I always teased her that she was guarding a trap door.

5. Is there a friend from your past that you wish you were still in contact with? Why? My grade school boyfriend Phil, because...well, just because.

Do.

Ouch!
I don't know if reading The Secret Life of Bees out on the balcony brought them on, but there were bees building combs in my chair arm and in a corner of the balcony railing tonight when I went out to read my Newsweek. And how do I know this? Well, I sat down, reached down to deadhead the geranium, and one of the critters stung me! Youch!

Usually I believe in live and let live, but I like my balcony, so measures are being taken.

Checking Newsweek on line I find that there is a new problem in Iraq: 3000 Saddams have surrendered. Ut-oh.

Also, for all Elvis fans...have you thought of bidding on this?

Joni loves Brian....and in two days they get married! Yay!

Meryl says we must link to Frank J. today. I have no idea who he is, but I feel obedient. (Where the heck did THAT come from?)

Sending positive thoughts to LillyAnne today. Moms' jobs are tough, and waiting for medical news has to be the toughest.

AOL Spoken Here

Awww. We'll miss you, Jed.

Saw it first at Hestia's.

I taste like Bread. I am a staple in almost everyone's diet. Friends like me are a complement to any other friends I get on with almost everyone, remaining mostly in the background, but providing substance when it would otherwise be lacking. What Flavour Are You?

*sigh*
And now it is Monday.

Sunday's Unconscious Mutterings.

I say … and you think … ?

Fashion show:: skinny women
Boundaries:: borders
Roadkill:: skunk
Narcissistic:: rageboy
Authority:: Police
Martini:: olive
Personality:: disorder
Comfortable:: Ease
Symptom:: illness
Dating:: game

Celebration!

This year our 4th celebration has extended into the fifth. One of the brothers is singing the national anthem at the minor league baseball team's game tonight, so the big family outing is this evening with a picnic first.

Yesterday we had a smaller gathering. We're a working class bunch of people: burgers, dogs and brats are our usual barbecue fare. Because it was a smaller group I decided to spring for steaks. Very worthwhile. Bub, the twelve-year-old, lost the "thumbs-up" on the prayer. His last line made my day. "Thank you for letting us have steak today." All righty! (And of course he got to have the extra one *grin*)

HAPPYFOURTH

Did Strom have a black daughter? Interesting.

Oh, I just saw the absolutely cutest thing!

I was tired after work and decided to drive through the Michigan State University fields before I headed home. (I just live on the other side of the expressway from them, so it's not that far out of the way.) The drive "in the country" always relaxes me, and is a nice benefit to living next to one of the world's largest agricultural colleges. (One of the not-so-nice benefits is when they're spreading fertilizer over there, but hey, that's a different story.)

I was toodling south on College Road when I saw a car pulled off next to a field. A closer look showed a blond mother and daughter, dressed in pink and white, standing next to the field. They were standing next to a CORN field. They were checking to see if the corn was knee-high--by the 4th of July!

That was just sooo cool!

The Crayola brand crayon is 100 years old! Join the celebration. I love my millennial set.

Creation. I like it.

Taking a page from Kathryn and Bryn, I decided I needed a coming home ritual.

I have several big white enamel pans with red trim that came from Grandma Bea's place. These are big pans which she always used to tote vegetables in from the garden. I can readily see her sitting on the back porch with a pan full of peas that she was going to shell.

Now one of those pans is full of marbles. As I come home from work and sit down to email and blog, I have my feet in this pan. Mmmmhm. See ya!

"It was the in-between time, before day leaves and night comes, a time I've never been partial to because of the sadness that lingers in the space between going and coming."

from The Secret Life of Bees

ew boy. The Wednesday Wonder this week is on body image. I am struggling. I feel like truth-or-dare time is imminent. hmmmm. Post will come by midnight. Promise. Maybe.

Edit 10:28 pm. Not midnight yet.

Edit 11:46 p.m. Here it is.

And a little this-or-that!

1. Lemonade or Ice Cold Beer? Lemonade
2. Swimming pool or beach? Beach where possible, but I love the pool too!
3. Long weekends here & there, or a 2-week vacation? Never a two week, but this year six working days. Mmmhmm. And a couple of long weekends.
4. Destination: Acapulco or Hawaii? Montana
5. Destination: Mountains or Beach? Mountains for the long trips, beach for the short. (Michigan is a water wonderland!! Come and see!!!)
6. Hotel/motel/B&B or camping? Both/all/whatever
7. Carefully planned vacation, or play it by ear? Planned enough so we know we have a place to spend the night (usually) but loose enough to go with the flow.
8. Sneakers or sandals? Sneakers.
9. Air-conditioning or fans? Fans
10. Concerts in the park or baseball games? Concerts in the park unless the baseball game has people I know playing in them.