Ten on Tuesday

I do not usually do this but today's Ten on Tuesday fits perfectly!

Ten Things to Bring on Vacation:

1. Bike Shorts -- standard black with good padding. (Pearl Izumi for the gals and Mike, Performance for Little Squid.)

2. Bike Jerseys -- Velowear in yellow and red with our Squid on Wheels logo ironed on. (Velowear is not our favorite but is the only brand easily and inexpensively obtainable in four different sizes at once.)

3. Knitting -- socks for this trip -- enough yarn for 3 pair. Yes, I am overly fearful of having too much knitting time.

4. Geocaching swag (mini socks for us)

5. Maps, guide books and more maps

6. Nuun! (and the water bottles to go with it)

7. Ebooks! Lots of books in a very compact package. No fear of running out of reading material on this trip.

8. Easily schelped games for summer evenings -- Quiddler and Set.

9. Folding Bicycles. Can't have a bike trip without the bikes.

10. The rest of the family. 'Cause it just wouldn't be as much fun without them!

One Word

I picked this up from Dee and thought it was cute. Take it if you want it ... I'm not obligating anyone.

Here goes:


ONE WORD ONLY!

Not as easy as you might think. Now copy, forward, or post this and change the answers to yours and pass it on. It’s really hard to only use one word answers. (I changed one question and deleted one question from the l

1. Where is your cell phone? ………….. lap

2. Your significant other?………………….. desk

3. Your hair? …………………………………….. long

4. Your parents? ……………………………….. wonderful

5. Your dream last night?………………….. strange

6. Your favorite drink? ……………………….. tea

7. Your dream/goal?………………………….. quiet

8. The room you’re in?…………………….. living

9. Your ex?……………………………………….. none

10. Your fear?…………………………………….. loss

11. Where do you want to be in 6 years?…….. home

12. Where were you last night?………….. home

13. What you’re not?………………………….. perceptive

14. Muffins?……………………………………….. cranberry

15. One of your wish list items?………….. loom

16. Where you grew up?…………………….. NYC

17. Your favorite thing? ................... husband

18. The last thing you did?………………….. sync'd

19. What are you wearing?………………….. sweatshirt

20. Your TV?……………………………………….. annoying

21. Your pets?…………………………………….. turtles

22. Your computer? …………………………….. laptop

23. Your life?……………………………………….. interesting

24. Your mood?………………………………….. confused

25. Missing someone?……………………….. no

26. Your car?……………………………………….. minivan

27. Something you’re not wearing?…….. hat

28. Favorite Store?……………………………….. yarn

29. Your summer?……………………………….. happy

30. Like(love) someone?…………………………….. yes

31. Your favorite color?……………………….. pink

32. Last time you laughed?……………….. morning

33. Last time you cried?……………………….. evening

34. Who will re-post this?…………………….. noone

Tagged Again

My cousin tagged me with the Unimportant Thing Meme

Here are the Rules for this game of tag:

1. Link back to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Share six unimportant things about yourself.
4. Tag six random people at the end of your blog entry.
5. Let the tagged people know, by leaving a comment on their blogs.

6 unimportant things about me:

1. I rarely cook.

2. I do not mind, and often even relish, eating the same thing day after day.

3. I have worked in the same school for almost 16 years.

4. I do not sit still well. Except today when even typing is an effort due to the nasty virus we are passing around.

5. I tend to be squeamish when it comes to random squeem inducing stuff but can suck it up and behave like a very in control adult when it involves a family member, like yesterday.

6. I had my ears pierced at some random place near Times Square during an outing with my other cousin (sister to the one who tagged me) when I was 16. Then we went and saw (I think) Dreamgirls on Broadway.

I do not have enough brain function to tag anyone. It took me over half an hour just to type it. Feel free to take this if you wish.

Thanks for Making My Day

Two, count them, two other bloggers awarded me the "You Make My Day" award, citing my NYC posts among other things. Thanks Cat and Dee! You two made my day!

With this award comes the obligation to bestow it on others.

So, in no particular order ...

Susan for giving me a glimpse of life in Oklahoma and for being a shoulder to cry on when I really needed it.

Cookie for her no-holds barred approach to griping about life. Sometimes you just have to tell it like it is. She is also an amazing fast and amazingly good knitter.

Sarah for inspiring me on the biking front as well as on the knitting front. Her pictures make me really want to bike in New England.

Debby, another cycling knitter for organizing the Tour de France knit-along this summer. The day-by-day summaries were a must read for the entire Tour.

Kristen, yet another cycling knitter (see a trend here) for inspiring me to get off my rear and work on preventing osteoporosis.

Dave, for his amazing photography and way of spinning a tale. Love that Ms. Lulu.

There are so very many blogs in my google reader, but these are just a few that I make sure to click through to every day. Thank you all for making my day!

More Distraction

I was tagged by Mary for the newest incarnation of the seven things meme.

The rules:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself: some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).
4. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment at their blogs.

The things --

1. Mike and I were in the same homeroom in high school but did not even know the other person existed until the end of our senior year.
2. I have taken classes at a total of 6 colleges / universities.
3. I held a degree from one of these colleges before ever having taken a class at it.
4. I am the only one in this apartment with a middle name.
5. We honeymooned in New Orleans.
6. I just threw out about half my yarn and fabric stash. (Yes, threw out.)
7. I am the only one of my siblings who cannot dive.

Due to severe brain fog I am not tagging anyone. Consider yourself tagged if you want to do this.

Birthday Meme!

I've been tagged by Isabelle for the Birthday Meme

The rules: You go to Wikipedia and type in your birthday (day and month). Then share 3 events, two births and one holiday.

3 events:

• 1924 - In New York City the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
• 1973 - The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92 to 3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States (on December 6, the House confirmed him 387 to 35).
• 2005 - The first partial human face transplant is completed in Amiens, France.

2 births

• 1874 - Chaim Weizmann, 1st President of Israel (d. 1952)
• 1955 - Bill Nye (The science guy), American engineer and broadcaster

1 holiday

• Barlaam and Josaphat was all that was listed but frankly ... many years, Thanksgiving!

I'm tagging Elana, Susan, Cookie, Debby and Sarah

7 Things You Probably Don't Know About Me

MeMe MeMe Meeeee!

1. I cannot clap in time. Really!

2. My hair was permed for 2 years while I was in college.

3. The first gift Papa Squid ever bought for me was a pair of plastic Lobster Earrings. I still have them.

4. I'm not overly fond of air conditioning. Even as I am begging the contractors to return it to other offices I'm telling them that mine can wait.

5. I could never play poker -- my emotions always show on my face.

6. I'm a cat person at heart even though I am allergic.

7. If I ever get back into the classroom, I want to teach freshman biology again. I LOVE that course!

I'm not sure who has and has not been tagged at this point so, if you're reading this, consider yourself tagged!