I did WHAT???

So on my laptop today I discovered the following vaguely familiar document, cut and pasted into Word. Apparently I found the meme last night (no clue where– not from any of my regular blog reads), then filled the whole thing in, then fell asleep. This is what happens when the husband plies the sweet wife w/lotsa wine on a Wednesday night.

A-Z Meme

A - Accent: goes from Texan to Southern, depending on alcohol consumption. Occasionally becomes slightly Canadian, when around best friend from teenage years.
B - Breakfast Item: Yummy Café au Lait, thank you Husband.
C - Chore you hate: toilets.
D - Dad’s Name: Curtis (and he looked just like Paul Newman).
E - Essential everyday item: iBook.
F - Flavour ice cream: Coffee w/Heath bar crush-in
G - Gold or Silver?: Platinum, all the way
H - Hometown: our ranch in Burnet County, where every great memory of my childhood occurred.
I - Insomnia: not the issue. My problem is that I have to sleep at all— I wish there was a ‘hyperdrive’ switch I could flip.
J - Job Title: Mom, Artist, Short-order Cook
K – Kids: Two so far (fifteen and thirteen, and they are the shit); still waiting for my next two.
L - Living arrangements: Lotsa kids and animals and craziness in the casa—it’s all good.
M - Mum’s birthplace: Vicksburg, Mississippi
N - Number of significant others: One. Unless you count the dogs.
O - Overnight hospital stays: Two, C-sections.
P – Phobia: roaches—bigtime; claustrophobia; germ freak.
Q - Queer?: No, but I do sing along with showtunes.
R - Religious Affiliation: Episcopal
S - Siblings: One of each, both older. They raised me.
T - Time you wake up: 6:30 to 7:30.
U - Unnatural hair colours you’ve worn: My best friend asked me to put big white-blond chunks in the front of my hair for her fortieth birthday, then a couple of years ago I dyed everything but the chunks copper. I liked it.
V - Vegetable you refuse to eat: lima beans.
W - Worst Habit: forget where I’m going before I get there.
X - X-rays you’ve had: Chest; teeth.
Y - Yummy: Shrimp Saltillo at Nuevo Leon.
Z - Zodiac sign: Aquarius.

So, if you read this, consider yourself tagged (and leave a trail of bread crumbs).

Now check it out–

–I mean, you can’t really check it out, but trust me–her insights into the character as Everyman, and London’s implied warning about humankind’s arrogance brought the literary component of her project fully up to the level of the artistic. I want to be a teacher. Can you imagine interacting with multiple kids each day, having these conversations?

I love the mind…

…that created this poster. Littlest is working on a report for a short story called “To Build a Fire” by Jack London. In it, an unnamed man is out in a huge snowstorm, and needs to build a fire to save his life. So, here is the Littlest’s interpretation of the importance of the elements to the story.

Lotsa Whos in Whoville

I’m reposting the WhoZoo, because I don’t think the first post even had a lurker, and the babies are all so spiffy.

points oints soints

So the chub’ums has gone back to Weightwatchers. It completely sucks. Not WW, but that I have to torture myself. The thing is, my weight went on walk-a-bout when my thyroid went south. The rest of the thing is, that was eight years ago.

So a couple years ago I did the WW thing, and lost weight, and then my thyroid went south again. Bad, mean thyroid.

Then, see, there’s my total adoration of red wine, and chocolate, and cooking. Then there’s the family: they love to eat what I cook.

Then there’s the Husband, who completely rocks all worlds, and adores me. As do the babies. The Littlest says, “I love my mama, and her jiggly bottom”.

So, motivation must be self-driven. That leaves Motivation in the ring versus late-night nachos and peanut M&Ms. Normally Motivation has a fighting chance, but Nachos and M&Ms have Red Wine on their side.