I have a friend who has 30 best friends because, as she says, “They’re all best at something different.”
I think she’s onto something.
I’ve been collecting best friends for quite some time now. Some of my friends have to put up with me in person. Anxious me. Confident me. Tongue-tied me. Eloquent me. Weepy me. Stoic me. It’s not always awesome, but they do it because Living Love has little to do with the worthiness of the recipient and everything to do with the generosity of the giver.
Some friends — many of you — do the same thing, living love into this space and my heart, even though we’ve never met in person. Whatever. It’s the 21st century. We can have best friends from all over, even if face-to-face hasn’t happened yet. Thank you, all of you, for enduring, even championing, the whiplash of Both/And Beth.
The trouble is, I often feel like those of you who come here to the blog know me better than I know you, though I recognize many of your names and stories and hearts. Part of it’s just the nature of this forum, and I understand that there are limits. But I don’t like them. They feel… I don’t know… needlessly lopsided. And I’ve decided in many parts of life that doing something is better than doing nothing, even if I can’t do it all. I’ve decided here, in this space, that means pushing into some of the get-to-know-you limits.
So, from time to time, I’m going to ask you a few questions. 5 Quick Questions!
They may be light. They may be deep. But they’re all geared at getting to know you a little bit better. Over time, a lot better. Obviously, answering is up to you. But I hope this gives you a chance to meet each other, too, because this community is AMAZING and encouraging and the world is a better place for having you in it.
Last week I sent my newest BFF, Jacoba of A Yankee Mom in Texas, five questions. Her answers inspired this post, so I’ve copied the same questions here for our first session of 5 Quick Questions. I’m doing this despite the fact that Jacoba called dibs on the Be- Fri- part of the Best Friends necklace and is sticking me with -st -ends. That’s just the kind of Live Love friend I am, folks. The giving kind.
5 Quick Questions
- Greek yogurt. Yes or no?
- What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read?
- Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain.
- How do you feel about Texas hair? Yeah, yeah. I know it’s a stereotype, and I’m sorry for perpetuating it, but I can do seriously BIG Texas hair and my skills are totally unappreciated in crunchy Oregon. I need to know whether our friendship is open to full hair expression.
- Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was __________________________.
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1) I actually don’t think I’ve tried it… but I’d be willing to!
2) I’ve read about everything I can get my hands of, and can’t say any of it embarrased me. Not to say I haven’t read some pretty…. interesting things! Just immune to embarrassment I guess.
3) Tuesday, 3 o’clock…. My one night of the week with no after work activities, an hour and a half until quitting time…. MORE COFFEE, FAST FORWARD, GET ME MY LITTLES AND HUNNY AND MY SNUGGLES, STAT! ^_^ I REALLY like Tuesday’s right now! (Subject to change when Little League starts up!)
4)I was born in the ’80s, my mom’s pony tail is like five inches around, and I was Dolly Parton one year for Halloween. Is there any other way than “BIG”? (And then there’s me who’s pony tail MIGHT measure an inch…. But I can ADMIRE Big!)
5) I love the man so much I went back to diaper days to be Mom to his littles…. I’ll clean up wet everyday (Until potty training takes affect!)
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1. Chobani is pretty good- I like the black cherry flavor… I’ve been having problems with a lack of appetite lately, so food might or might not sound good at any given moment.
2. I read all the 50 Shades. Not totally embarrassed to have read them, but my ears were a little red
3. I have packed up my computer and purse and they are stashed in my car (I’m a preschool director). I’m waiting for daycare to drop off my 2 year old and all the stuff has to be done so we can stick with our schedule and get the Kinder picked up on time.
4. I have no feelings either way… I just remember growing up and spraying/gelling the bangs after curling and teasing…..
5. Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was last night. I poured the 2 year old’s milk into a cup meant for the Kinder… oops. I had to pour it back into the carton and I spilled a bit. Eh. Life happens.
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Greek yogurt. Yes or no?
yes. I’m a cat and I don’t discriminate when there’s dairy to be had.
What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read?
I don’t read but it’s my mission in life to get in my human’s way when she’s reading.
Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain.
Yawn. Stretch. Lie on something important.
How do you feel about Texas hair?
Can I lick it?
Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was Oh Yum! My sister cat lost her mouse and I ate it. It was good.
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Haha, these are great!
Greek yogurt: YES. But not plain. Who’s eating and enjoying plain yogurt? I like to get vanilla and then mix stuff in (like chocolate chips and peanut butter).
Embarrassing Book: Hmmm…I don’t embarrass easily, and while I read Twilight, I HATED it, so that doesn’t count. I liked Stephen King’s JFK book, he’s not super high-brow so I’ll go with that.
Tuesdays: Usually getting ready to leave my classroom, already debating on whether or not to go to boot camp, but excited to put on stretchy workout pants right when I get home, so I usually go.
Texas hair: I couldn’t have big hair if I tried, so I guess I feel…fascinated? And confused about how people’s hair can do that. I have very little hair, and it’s fine so big hair is beyond me.
Wet but not mine: Ew. Um…no pets or kids. I cleaned the fiances toothpaste out of the sink last night. Boring.
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1. Greek yogurt. Yes or no?
ABSOLUTELY! Chobani (pomogranate!!) and Oikos (caramel) are so good, and Fage tastes just like sour cream so I put it on nachos and stuff!
2. What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read?
Not ashamed of any I don’t think, because if I don’t get into it by pg. 25 I give up! Favorite of all time- Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers
3. Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain.
Boys are napping, and I am fighting hard to either be doing homework or working as a counselor at my internship.
4. How do you feel about Texas hair?
I am from TX, and I have fluffy hair. I was too young in the 80′s to really appreciate it, but really, anything goes as long as it isn’t paired with bright blue eyeliner!
Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was 5 min ago, in my 1 yr old’s diaper.
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1. Yes. Athenos, because I am really hoping to see John Stamos with every bite.
2. I admit I read the 50 Shades books. The jucy parts aren’t as embarrassing as the fact that I put up with that bad writing for 3 books.
3. Picking my kids from school or sleeping. Or both.
4. I can dig it. I like your hair so..
5. I, too, have 5 kids, when am I not cleaning someones wet mess. It doesn’t help that one of them is only 8 weeks old.
*Bonus. Yeah you. This is my first time commenting on your blog, on any blog. What can I say, I love a good survey/questionnaire. Oh, and your blog is pretty hilarious. It’s fun. And everyone could use more fun in their lives. So thank you.
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Totally meant Oikos. No wonder John isn’t showing.
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Welcome to commenting, Cassie! So glad to have you!
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Greek yogurt. Yes or no? …no, only because i haven’t found one i like yet. i’m not opposed to trying new.
What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read? hmm, not really embarrassed about anything i’ve read. i HAVEN’T read 50 shades. i might be the only one who’s not interested.
Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain. sitting at my desk at work. designing something, working on event materials, managing social media, replying to emails, catching up on blogs, pinterest…
How do you feel about Texas hair? the higher the hair, the closer to god. LOVE me some volume!
Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was when a friend tried to use our water dispenser on our fridge and it went all over the floor instead of into her cup (it’s semi confusing…)
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1) Sometimes I can handle it but it mostly seems just a bit too thick for my likings.
2)The only book that comes to mind is the Hunger Games Trilogy…mostly because it’s from the juvenile section but let’s face it I’m a bit juvenile!
3) Picking up kids from school and watering them!
4) I’m a bit of an expert on Texas big hair for two reasons. First, I was born and raised and still reside in Texas. Secondly, I have thick, wavy hair which lends itself easily to large and fluffy. Many times I try to tame the mane with a flat iron and after a walk outdoors I’m in full big hair swing. My hair is growing out after being short for several years and I’m struggling to figure out what to do with it…besides the ponytail gig. I used to laugh at the older women whose hairstyles hadn’t changed in 20 + years. I think I’m her now! If only big hair were in style!
5) Question might be better answered: The last time I wasn’t cleaning up something wet was 7.5 years before my firstborn arrived!
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Oooo so fun! I like it…
[as a side note: I just discovered and became obsessed with texturizing powder. It helps make my 'do last the next day without getting too greased out (because my life is now lacking in showers)...however, the other night my husband asked me why I put stuff in my hair to make it feel like dirt. Awesome.]
1) Yes yes yes! Especially (or specifically) if it’s Zoi brand Honey…it’s practically dessert!
2) When I was a sophomore in high school I read a book about a medical examiner student called ‘Body Bags’ by Christopher Golden. I got totally fascinated with it and considered going into that field…now I understand my love of crime-drama tv.
3) Right now my 3 o’clock Tuesday consists of picking up my 15-year-old brother from school and taking him to get allergy shots…glamorous I know!
4) I am all about Texas Hair! I know what you mean though about Oregon…but I will say, when I get it how I like it, even the crunchies go “Wow!”
5) The last time I had to clean up something wet that was not mine (or my baby’s diaper) was my husband’s dribblings from the juicer.
PS-I just had to google to find the book’s name and found out there’s a few more in the series that I never read…hmmm
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Speaking of texturizing powder, have you tried Suave’s Dry Shampoo?? $2.99 per bottle. Does the same thing at the lowest price I’ve found.
P.S. My spell check wants to change “texturizing” to “unappetizing” … pretty sure your husband is sabotaging my spell check.
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Oh I haven’t tried that one but I think I will. I just ran out of my Sexy Hair Dry Shampoo, and I’m pretty sure my husband would prefer the $2.99 price point! Thanks for the tip.
PS-My husband would do that, haha!
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1). Yes, the Greek God brand with all the squiggly lines on the container. In honey!!!
2). Any historical romance novel I can get my hands on, even the old 80s ones with Fabio on the cover. I’ve got to have some kind of escape, right? I’ll cook dinner eventually!!!
3). I have picked up kids and am either trying to drag out of them what they did that day or refereeing an argument between them.
4). I live in Georgia and I imagine we are a close second. But my hair could never do it, no matter what I put in it or how long I teased it.
5). I have a 7 mo old. ‘Nuff said.
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Love this.
1. YES. I adore it. Creamy and delicious AND healthy? Bring it.
2. I’m with Natalie–I’m a little embarrassed that I read the Hunger Games trilogy straight through in six days, especially considering I have a toddler and a full time job.
3. Winding down my work persona and gearing up for toddler time.
4. Sorry, I’m an au naturel kind of girl…but I enjoy all forms of entertaining self-expression!
5. Every day of my life. Did I mention I have a toddler? And two big dogs?
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1) I have food texture issues (don’t get me started on Jell-o or creamy peanut butter….), so I am with you, Natalie. I can do regular yogurt in small amounts, even better if I add slivered almonds.
2) Read all the Twilight books– because my 11-year-old daughter wanted to read them, so I felt compelled to pre-read for approval. Bella just irritates the heck out of me.
3) Chocolate break.
4) Love, love, love Texas hair. I have flat limp English-Irish heritage hair. Used to get tortuous spiral perms in the 80s. Would do it all again, too.
5) Two weeks ago, 11 year old (who never ended up reading Twilight, even with my blessing) with a vicious stomach virus. “I think I hit the bean bag chair with that one, Mom. Sorry.”
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1. yes, but I’ve never tried plain. I probably should though.
2. Remember that show on ABC last year, “GCB”? There’s a book that it’s based on. I’ve read it. But I haven’t seen the show.
3. Tuesdays at 3pm is recovery from naptime. This means I get to snuggle with my almost 2 year old while she watches Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood.
4. Love big TX hair!
5. This morning. The toilet. ‘Nuff said.
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5 Quick Questions
Greek yogurt. Yes or no? Yes, I’ve even tried to make my own in the crockpot. Won’t try that again any time soon. Scorched milk just isn’t my thing.
What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read? I read almost all of the Traveling pants series in one week. I’m pretty sure the librarian looked at me funny. I used to manage a bookstore, and now that I’m a mom, reading time is hard to come by.
Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain. My only free afternoon. Usually spent trying to get the two littles down for a nap, and the older one interested in something so I can get some online school done.
How do you feel about Texas hair? I’m not sure I completely get the question. Are we talking “Dolly Parton/Beauty Queens”, that sort of big hair? Or just “Wow, she actually had time to wash, dry, AND style her hair today?” Any time someone spends time on their hair, I’m impressed. I’m still trying to find a style that doesn’t require a cut every two weeks and/or makes me look like a hipie.
Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was: Last week. Potty training, need I say more. But we are past that now! A whole week with dry beds too! (Angels singing in the back ground here!)
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Yogurt: Just had some Fage w/ blueberry on the side. Yum.
Book: Probably some cheesy romance. Don’t read those often, but sometimes they’re necessary.
Tue 3:00: Trying to fight the sleepy’s at work.
TX Hair: I am Texan….with really flat hair. I try to make it big, but it’s just not, no matter how much I try.
The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was this morning. 3 yr old w/ a stomach bug. ER visit yesterday left us with veins full of fluid and an Rx for nausea. Still sick today, though.
Thanks Beth!!
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Why is everyone so ashamed about reading Twilight? It’s like a lollypop. Kids love them, but adults like the occasional lollypop, right?! Keep on reading, sisters!
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1. it’s not necessary, but once in awhile.
2. I know there are some but I can never remember what books I read once I’m done, so I’m drawing a blank!
3. Tues 3pm: in the energy slump of the day at work, looking for some chai to power through til 5pm and home time!
4. Big hair? Wear it however you feel good. I’ll do the same. I went to a Mennonite HS and in those days the fad was to “puff” the front of the hair in front of the veil… the bigger the better! So I can relate to the impulse.
5. Um, yesterday only because no one leaked before I left the house this morning, and it would be a puddle from the toddler and a hairball from the cat.
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Greek yogurt. Yes or no? — Yes! Its a great breakfast. I love voskos yogurt with the attached granola. It makes you feel like you actually ate something. Plus the pain stuff can be used in all kinds of things such as the souflees I’m going to make on valentines day for my hubby and I.
What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read? — I read a lot of free book on my kindle that I don’t not like… they’re usually crappy romance novels but I read them while I workout so I just need something to keep my mind off my body.
Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain.– This tuesday at 3 I’ll be home celebrating my completing my Comprehensive Exams (kinda like the bar exam but for my PhD program). Usually, sitting in my office reading school work or experimenting on babies.
How do you feel about Texas hair? Yeah, yeah. I know it’s a stereotype, and I’m sorry for perpetuating it, but I can do seriously BIG Texas hair and my skills are totally unappreciated in crunchy Oregon. I need to know whether our friendship is open to full hair expression. — Never understood big hair because I have fine straight hair, but I’m cool with it.
Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was — a little dog puke when I came home this afternoon. It was pretty dry by the time I got to it, but I’m trying not to think about it.
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1. No. Tried it, but already have dairy issues and it just didn’t work. Now Ben and Jerry’s??? No problemo whatsoever
. Love Tuesdays at 3
2. Can’t remember being embarrassed, but did just finish a book I didn’t pass on to my 30+ daughter cuz I thought there were too many risque parts (which I speed read, of course!!!)
3. Tuesdays at 3. Ahhhhh lovely time of day. Both kiddos still at home have after school activities–so extra time for coffee, pastry and chat with my best friend living with me
4. Texas hair–been there,, lived there, and it didn’t compare to my sister’s Virginia hair. I have thick, voluminous, curly hair but I couldn’t stack it like hers. Now even tho I’ve been in OR for years–my TX hair still wants to bet BIG–it’s the humidity, I tell you!!! I used a roller brush, curling iron, AND hair spray and it STILL gets big!
5. An um about the wet stuff,. Well, you see, there was a cup of hot chocolate on the coffee table, and somehow—I DON’T KNOW HOW–when I was scooting over a monitor to get my laptop on said coffee table–I “might” just have accidentally knocked said cup of hot chocolate onto the old hard wood floor. But since there was no one here but me…. no proof, right????? (This is where having a pet is quite usefull—Here…. come lick this up.)
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1. No, I’ve tried but I can’t:(
2. Nothing, I’ll read anything and everything. My particular favorites are children’s and young adult fiction
3. Littlest is asleep, middle and I are usually baking or crafting while waiting for biggest to get home from school.
4. Rocked the really high crunchy sprayed bangs in jr. High;)
5. A bucket of pee care of the youngest who is potty training. He left it for me right next to the potty chair.
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1. YES! Fage is the best, best, best! Smooth, no grit, no pungent smell or taste. If you do the plain flavor put honey and cinnamon in it. Yum.
2. How to be Single. Yes a novel, not a how-to book. Racy/risque? Yes. Didn’t share it with the rest of the women in my family. :-0
3. Tuesdays 3pm still at work with 3 hrs left. ER is starting to ramp up and the 7 ICU floors are starting their afternoon rounds so look out it’s all about to hit!
4. I can do BIG Texas hair. Finally moved to the South (Nashville) a year ago from Idaho just so I could fit in somewhere. My nickname down here has been Big Hair Sar.
5. Wet stuff… that’s easy. Mucus! Not mine. From a patients trach on my gloved hands, but also down my uncovered forearm. Also a large amount traveling down the patient’s chest. Too much??? So gross.
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1. Yes, but not usually. I eat Trader Joe’s lowfat (plain) yogurt with a little fruit for lunch every work day. And now I like it plain, BFF Jessica Fletcher.
2. I once read a James Patterson book. And I was on the waiting list for a Nicholas Sparks book, but then I saw the movie and gagged and cancelled. I am so ashamed.
3.Stuck on my bum at my desk entering invoices into Quickbooks. Usually nodding off a bit.
4. I live in NJ. NJ hair is also big, although as I’m not FROM NJ, mine is not.
5.This morning before work. Not as nefarious as it sounds. My son’s Claritin was knocked over. But if I HAD ventured to wipe up the bathroom before work, the answer would have been the same.
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Love this idea!!
1. Greek yogurt – wish I could love it b/c I understand how healthy it is. Too slimy for me, so gross.
2.I’ve read lots of books (not 50 Shades) but I don’t think I’m embarrassed about them. Yes, I’ve read JFic and love them, and yes, I’ve read beach reads and am fine with that. Ok, I’ve read a bunch of One for the Money books and if you MUST know I read People magazine but only when it’s an emergency, or a holiday, or I’m traveling. So there.
3. Tues 3 – Both kids are getting off of the bus. Am I supposed to say that’s the best part of my day. At that point I’m hoping I’ve accomplished something b/c if I haven’t, all bets are off.
4. I have 2 besties that are Texans, though neither of them have big hair. I’m open but I’m also such a born and bread New Englander that I’ve just never really fussed with hair.
5.Wet diapers and wet snot are just routine in these parts.
Did I pass? The competitive part of me wants to make sure I made the cut!
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1) Definitely, with honey. (we are talking about eating the stuff aren’t we? or are we talking about other uses?)
2) The belly melt diet. Why do I do these things? I blame kindle -one click and its there without even have to endure the embarrassment of buying it in a shop
3) The most awful time of the week. Every other weekday I pick up my littlie from daycare at 3pm – but on tuesdays the evil-ex gets to pick him up, So at 3pm on tuesdays by heart kinda breaks. Every single week.
4) Texas what??? Forgive me, I’m foreign and I have no idea what you’re talking about
5) …merely moments ago. And unidentifiable.
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1. Never had it. Sorry. Not even sure whether they sell that over here! Let’s find out soon
) that need my attention and/or finishing, so trying to stay focused on endless discussions between my colleagues (usually the men by the way) on how many times you should warn a teenager before putting your money where your mouth is, is a serious waste of my time…
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2. Those romance pocket books (that’s what we call them) in which something or someone is always throbbing. Or breathing heavily. You know the ones. You know you do
3. At 3 o’clock we (the teachers) always have meetings. Al-ways. Which makes me sad, and frustrated, because there are a million things ( or as some might call them ‘kids’
4. Texas hair? Sounds okay to me, not sure my hair can be that voluminous though… We’re talking Reba-old-style, right? I say, have at it, girlfriend!
5. The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was about an hour ago. It involved a baby, a diaper that apparently wasn’t closed properly and a husband who was busy folding laundry (you can see why I left him in peace, right?
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1. Greek yogurt. Yes or no? Yes, but it makes my stomach feel a little weird. I eat it anyway….’cause it’s good for me.
Don’t worry…I also eat cake, which evens out the whole “good for you” factor.
What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read? Fifty Shades of Grey. Riding crop, anyone?
Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain. I’m just leaving work to pick up the kiddos at school. So I’m a little scared. What will the evening bring?!
How do you feel about Texas hair? To be totally honest, before this question I had never, EVER considered Texas Hair, nor how I felt about it. Hmmm. I am fine with it. Done.
Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was….I have 6 year old sons who have terrible aim, and are easily distracted, especially when peeing. So I clean up a lot of pee. I also cleaned up cat barf today, and something that looked like a drain clog that I found on the floor. Yech.
I really love your blog. It has so much honesty in it that it practically oozes. I thank you for that, and hope that you continue to share with us!
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1 Greek yogurt. Yes or no? No. That is not a comment on greek yogurt but on me. I don’t do yogurt at all and am pretty weird about food. I eat like a 5 year old child.
2 What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read? I honestly can’t remember. And I would say so but I don’t read that often lately (5 pages at a time at school pickup usually) so it takes me forever to get through a book.
3 Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain. Oh good Lord! I am just walking in the door from picking up from school but we need to be out again at 4 to get the kids to their activity. This isn’t every day but it is Tuesday. So they are begging for after school snacks and “unwind time” and I am screaming for homework to get done and checking on whatever is in the crockpot (because it’s Tuesday and if dinner wasn’t ready at 10am, we’re not eating).
4 How do you feel about Texas hair? Well, I love hair you can plot geographically. I’m in MA and you can tell a Revere girl by her hair. It isn’t all over big but the bangs are still pretty high and stiff. I don’t think my hair would DO Texas (or Revere) because it is limp and lifeless but if you can do it, you should!
5 Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was: Fair warning – totally disgusting answer coming at you. We are recovering from a blizzard here. Well, my precious, spoiled German Shepherd would not go out in it. So she used my front hall. More than once. I told her I hate her but I didn’t say it in German so I think we’re still cool.
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“I told her I hate her but I didn’t say it in German so I think we’re still cool.”
Bahahaha! Love.
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1. I’ve never tried Greek Yogurt, but I’d like to think YES, I would like it. Why not?
2. Twilight, though I’m more embarrassed by the LIKING it than the READING it.
3. I Homeschool, so the days kind of blur into each other. I DO know that Tuesdays (this term) are FREE of outside activities, so I like them very much, especially at 3:00 when other parents are fighting the crazy traffic at our community school, and I’m at home avoiding it.
4. I had big Texas hair all through Junior High and High School and for my first year or so of University. And dang if it didn’t look GOOD. Unfortunately, pregnancy hormones interfered and now my hair is CURLY (who even knew that could happen?), and if I try for big, I get frizzy Monica-from-Friends-Tropical-Hair. It doesn’t look like classy Texas hair; it doesn’t even look like a cool ‘fro. It just looks…scary.
5. I cleaned the bathrooms this afternoon – there was all manner of wet, non-mine stuff in there. I’d rather not speculate on what any of it was. I did discover some toothpaste on the toilet lid; I’m not asking questions – just opening new toothbrushes.
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Organic greek, yes. Well, any organic yogurt, really. I even make it sometimes!
When I was a tween, I LOVED Barbara Cartland’s historical romances. Think: lotsa fainting, virginal ladies in empire dresses. Cartland holds the world record for most books written in one year. That is indicative of the length and breadth of her later works *hee*
It is likely that I am struggling to make a snack for my 2yo, start dinner, do my homework, and prompt my 17yo to do HIS homework…all at the same time.
Oh, I’m open. I was born in 1972 so I grew up in the 80s. THAT was an entire era of big hair. Like, big Jersey hair. Big.
The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was as I typed this comment.
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1. Greek yogurt is a yes and no for me. You cannot get this question wrong. I’m new to it, and I’m TRYING, I swear. It’s going a lot like theology… sometimes it makes sense to me and other times I’m completely bewildered. FYI, my friend Angela just dropped off her favorite kind on my porch, like Greek yogurt evangelism. I have rad friends.
2. I liked the 4th Twilight book. Like, a lot. I understand if this affects our friendship and I want to say I’m genuinely sorry and I’ll miss you very much. (Come back!) If it helps you forgive me, I haven’t watched the movies because I can’t take that much Pensive and Brooding.
3. Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. The spirit is willing to lay off the coffee, but the flesh is weak. So, SO weak.
4. Just because I CAN do gigantic hair doesn’t mean I DO DO gigantic hair. Whatever YOU do with your hair is wonderful. I try to respect Pacific Northwest culture and tame the mane. But, oh, I want to let it fly. I’m visiting Texas in March, though, and I’m bringing hair spray, friends.
5. The last time I had to clean up something wet and not mine was 10 minutes ago. Boy child with his hose in the bathroom.
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1. Greek yogurt – meh. I tried it once at the Ikea cafeteria and I couldn’t get behind the super thick texture – it. just. didn’t. want. to. go. down.
2. I don’t embarrass about books, but I’m impatient with them, so that may be why. If it isn’t good by the end of chapter one, I’m moving right along to the next one.
3. Usually indoor activities with toddler, anticipating the 4pm start-cooking-dinner-get-the-dinner-bath-bed routine on the road. 3pm is about my least favorite time…it’s not early enough to go out and do something, and it’s not late enough to get the the evening routine rolling.
4. Texas hair? Hey, if you can get away with it, go for it. I’ve never done it (I keep my super short ’cause I’m lazy like that).
5. Yesterday morning before sunrise. Cat vomit. I stepped in it, it was cold and clumpy and coated my right big toe.
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1. As long as it doesn’t have cornstarch in it.
2. I love a lot of young adult books. Currently on my sixth (?) re-read of The Blue Sword.
3. Most weeks, that’s down-time. This week, insanity. My son has an appt at 2:30, I have one at 4.
4. I don’t know what Texas hair is, so you’re pretty safe there.
5. I have a toddler. Who is not potty-trained.
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I adore Robin McKinley books, too.
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1. Yes. Love it!
2. Cheesy Christian Romance Novels. And *sigh* Twilight. Explain? I’m an English teacher. I don’t count those things as true literature. But they’re super fun to breeze through like a giddy schoolgirl.
3. Trying to get the 3 littles out te door to pick up the two biguns.
4. I was born in Texas, but can’t get even normal body in my hair. It’s sad.
5. Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was vomit. Today. Before that? Vomit. Yesterday. 4/5 kids have had this bug now. Wanna take bets on how I’ll fill this in tomorrow?
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Beth, are you gonna answer these for us too??
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Just kidding. I missed it. While you were writing it, I must have been telling this kid, “Do NOT stand in front if me and whine. Lie down, watch tv, whatever. I’m sorry that you’re sick but I CAN NOT let you stand in front if me and whimper.”
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1. Greek Yogurt- Heck no! Can barely choke down regular yogurt.
2. Prince of Tides- Though I’m not sure I understand why I’m embarrassed by it- maybe because the movie was so lousy.
3. Today at 3:00- grieving the breakup of my best friend and the death of my grandpa. On a normal Tuesday at three o’clock- if I’m working, watching Little House on the Prairie episodes or napping while my charge is napping. If I’m at home, cleaning, reading, or napping.
4. I LOVE Texas Big! Though I’m not sure it looks good on me! People like you can totally pull it off though Beth.
5. The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was my charge Molly’s vomit last week. Fun times being a nanny!
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Prince of Tides…watched the movie first. The book was better. No shame there.
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Hi Beth,
I haven’t been commenting much, but I love your blog. I catch up with it in bursts and one night I had four entries saved to read to my husband when he came home! So, in the interest of stories not being a one-way street….
1. Love greek yoghurt. Only eat greek or plain yoghurt (every day for brekky) and it must be full-fat. I don’t believe in low-fat versions of anything – I’d rather eat less and eat really tasty stuff!
2. Hmm…I generally refuse to be embarassed by any books/films/musicals that I like! I know plenty of friends think that I should be embarrassed to love the Twilight series.
3. Today is Tuesday and at 3′o’clock my 22month old toddler should be waking up and we’ll be heading to a friend’s for afternoon tea. How delightful! Most Tuesdays however, I am praying that one of my mothers’ group friends and her son will be available for a playdate and am always a little sad if they aren’t.
4. You’ve lost me here. I’m in Australia so have no idea about texas hair! Your hair always looks gorgeous in the photos though. I’m good with big hair if you’re good with colourful hair (hot pink, cobalt blue, turquoise, purple etc)
5. The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was about an hour ago!
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1. Sure, but not too often.
2. I read “The Vow” because someone recommended it to me. Instead I ordered the wrong one from the library and ended up with a rather racy novel about 4 women chasing men. And getting them.
3. Nothing special going on usually. Waiting for my hubby to get home b/c if he gets home early enough I can take a walk. Usually a little tired of my 4 year old and ready for a break and feeling guilty for feeling that way as I know they grow up so fast. Usually hoping the baby takes a decent nap (which may or may not be @ 3 pm.
4. If you want to bother with it, ok. I don’t judge. And I like to talk about people’s hair.
5. Hmm, just picked up a wet towel and swim suit. And that’s a tame one.
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1. Yogurt in general is a problem for me (my mom got a yogurt maker when she was pregnant with my younger brother… green bean yogurt anyone??), but I have learned to sneak it into my diet (smoothies, mashed potatoes, et al)
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2. I read everything… well almost… and with teens, I read lots of interesting stuff. My dad said I would like Game of Thrones (because I love the medieval period) and I read all of them, but I still don’t know if I like them and would never let my kids read them.
3. Tuesdays at 3 my teen daughter is feeding snack to the 2 year old we watch (child development class for my fellow homeschoolers
4. I am from Texas and could do some major BIG hair (also a teen in the 80s). Now I try to tame it, but my curls have a mind of their own, so big hair isn’t just an option, but a way of life.
5. Wow…. I have kids, a dog, borrowed kids, and I teach a preschool class…. everything is wet and rarely mine (although i have my moments)
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Greek yogurt. Yes or no? –Nope, I like Yoplait Ligh
What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read? –Currently reading American Sniper by Chris Kyle
Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain. –Meetings, grading papers or lesson planning for my third grade classroom
How do you feel about Texas hair? Yeah, yeah. I know it’s a stereotype, and I’m sorry for perpetuating it, but I can do seriously BIG Texas hair and my skills are totally unappreciated in crunchy Oregon. I need to know whether our friendship is open to full hair expression. — Hey, if you’ve got it, flaunt it! Who am I to judge, just please, if you choose to wear it, then ”wear it big, wear it proud!”
Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was—luckily, a long time ago!
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1. I have had an interesting relationship with yogurt in general. I have found that if I don’t take my time eating it and rush myself, it makes my gag to the point of almost puking. Which is more than you wanted to know, but it is something new for you
I have only tried Greek Yogurt once and I thought it was pretty good. It was the vanilla and honey flavor as suggested by someone from my Weight Watchers meeting.
2. I must say that I haven’t fully read this book, but I do own it and I am at least a little embarrassed about that. It is the unofficial biography of Justin Timberlake.
3. Is this your time with Maury? My Tuesdays at 3 are spent teaching either 6 Pre-Calculus students or 1 Calculus student depending on the rotation. Either way its a good time
4. I LOVE big Texas hair. I could stare at it all day wondering how in the world they got it to be that big and how much they spend in hair spray every year and if that really does create a larger hole in the ozone and if they would need a helmet while riding a motorcycle or if the hair is big enough and hard enough to prevent brain damage and if this run on sentence can get any longer.
5. The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was this weekend when my boyfriend brought his 2 dogs with him to visit me. One urinated on my carpet while the other puked in my kitchen. All while sleeping beauty was in bed.
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What a fun idea!
1.Greek yogurt. Yes or no? I am a bit ashamed to admit this, but I have never tried it. I have bought it and used it in smoothies for the kids. This is because I try (half-heartedly) to eat healthy, but force my kids to.
2.What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read? Um, most of what I read is pretty unimpressive. I’m not too proud of any of it, but also not too embarassed either.
3.Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain. Hmm… The quads don’t have preschool on Tues, so we’ve been hanging out all morning. My oldest gets home at 4:00, so this is usually me trying to sneak in a bit of quiet time. This sometimes means sitting the kids in front of PBS in the family room and going to my bedroom to fold laundry and try to watch an adult tv show.
4.How do you feel about Texas hair? Well, my hair is crazy fine and doesn’t do big too well. In middle school, I did have fabulous poofy bangs. My oldest sister was more of a child of the 80′s than I and she rocked some seriously big hair. Big hair always makes me think of her
5.Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was __________________________. It is winter. I have 5 kids. The mucus is out of control!
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Greek yogurt. Yes or no?
NO. This is because I believe in full fat everything and Greek yogurt always seems to be no fat. I appreciate that it still tastes rich and creamy but I think we benefit from the actual fat in full fat yogurt.
What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read?
Hmmm…I’m a voracious reader and am not ashamed of any of it.
Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain.
Rushing out of the house to pick up my kids. I love 3:00. If I’ve had a bad day where I accomplished little, I feel like I get another chance to feel worthwhile at 3:00.
How do you feel about Texas hair? Yeah, yeah. I know it’s a stereotype, and I’m sorry for perpetuating it, but I can do seriously BIG Texas hair and my skills are totally unappreciated in crunchy Oregon. I need to know whether our friendship is open to full hair expression.
There was a time in the 80s I went for big hair, now not so much. But I’d never judge your hair.
Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was last weekend in the public restroom at Costco; I cleaned pee off the seat…with my butt. I really hate that.
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Can I just say Amen! to full fat yogurt? So hard to find recently. My 11 month old started eating yogurt and even the pediatrician agreed in full fat, but all stores sell is low/no fat. Ugh! Ok, rant over
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Not sure if I’ve commented here before, but hi! I’m not a mom or wife, but I may as well be a mom. I work in a day care and have for years. When I’m not working in a day care I was going to college for elementary and special education, baby-sitting, working the church nursery, volunteering with the church kids stuff, and working at summer camp. So, yeah, I get it (as much as one can without actually being a mom. I understand some things can’t be understood until actual motherhood is achieved).
Now for the questions.
Greek yogurt- just tried it recently for the first time. It was yummy!
Embarrasing books- I read romance novels and depending on the novel or who I’m talking to it can get a bit embarrasing (the church youth pastor who also happens to be my boss at the day care…)!
Tuesday at 3- chillin’ with up to 7 toddlers. and perhaps cleaning up their snack or diapers or getting some cuddles/tackled by 7 kids who all want me to read and to sit in my lap
big hair- go for it if you want to! I’ve been working to tame my frizzies because my hair does big all on its own and I want to figure out how to make it smaller
Last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was either in a diaper, formula, or breast milk for one of the babies today at work.
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Hooray! Welcome to commenting, Kim. Actually, it sounds like you’re totally accurate about motherhood… some people just get it.
You’re one.
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Definite yes to Greek yogurt, although I will admit that the yogurt I make is yummier. I am one of those people that like plain yogurt, but I will add some homemade jam to it for a new flavour.
When I was young and foolish I read harlequin. Mostly I was embarrassed about the pictures on the front (so stupid, and sometimes they did not even match the book!)
Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. This Tuesday I will be studying Leviticus (and who not to have sex with, and when). I am getting my degree in biblical studies, and so the on line course I am taking is on Tuesdays.
How do you feel about Texas hair? Never met a Texan (that I know of) so I am sure that there hair is lovely. I personally do not like my hair to be big – I feel like a poof ball that should be used to clean the chipped nail polish off my fingers.
The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was today. I help run a non-profit coffee house and many of us (myself included) spill coffee once in a while. Last week I managed to spill coffee on me – in three areas, the counter, the shelves, the floor, and the volunteer next to me!
Also, even though we may know some of these answers. I am shocked and horrified that you do not understand the etiquette of answering the questions first. So tell us the scoop. What are your answers?
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1. If I’m in the mood. I think Greek yogurt has a bit of a tang to it.
2. Twilight. Yes I did read them all. At a ridiculous speed too.
3. 3:00 pm I’m just waking up and about to go pick up my son from daycare. I work 3rd shift (11pm -7am) so I’m much more active at 3 am. Lol
4. I’m from the South y’all! I don’t have big hair, but I sure can appreciate it!
5. I have an 11 month old boy and two huge dogs. So constantly cleaning up wet stuff that’s not mine.
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1. Greek Yogurt. Yes or no? – Dunno, never really tried it. It’s kind of expensive though, and since my fridge is where regular yogurt goes to die, I dont think I’ll be trying Greek yogurt any time soon.
2. What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read? – All of the Twilight series. I try to justify it with the fact that I read the series way before all this “Twihard” nonsense began.
3.Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain. – Hopefully I’m smack dab in the middle of giving a massage to some person who thinks I’m the best LMT ever and thinks I deserve a tip. Just a buck will do…
4.How do you feel about Texas hair? Yeah, yeah. I know it’s a stereotype, and I’m sorry for perpetuating it, but I can do seriously BIG Texas hair and my skills are totally unappreciated in crunchy Oregon. I need to know whether our friendship is open to full hair expression. – Since I can only do a ponytail and sometimes my little princess gets lucky and gets pigtails, I can take or leave BIG Texas hair.
5.Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was – earlier this week. Dog decided she didnt like the carrots she swallowed whole so much after all.
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1. Yes, I make my own
2. Dracula
3. Um, well today is Tues and 3pm today the 3yo had just woken and I was feeding her and reading the 5yo stories. But there’s no set pattern for Tuesday’s afternoon.
4. I’m from Oz. I don’t even know what Texas hair is. But the answer is no, if you ask about a mullet
5. I don’t remember. The subconscious blanks it out wherever possible. Oh wait. It was Miss 3′s water at dinner 10 minutes ago. There, that wasn’t so bad.
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Alas, typing one handed anyway. Only time to get on here today is via my phone, please excuse whacky auto-corrects.
1. Occasionally, like when pregnant. Never really liked yogurt/or think of buying it to eat unless I’m pregnant and I’m trying to figure out something healthy i can eat and still stick to my diet.
2. At the time, i was a little embarrassed to be reading “I Kissed Dating Goodbye”, but only Because I’d been married several years by then…. I was hoping to be able to encourage my younger sisters…would have been a good book for me to read while in high school.
3. Am? Probably getting a little girl out of bed for a “snack”…. Pm? Really wanting a nap before the kids in school get home on the bus, yet wrestling mentally over all the other stuff that still should be done.
4. I wish, no skill and no patience with hair personally. Have given some consideration to shaving it of and wearing wigs.
5. Constantly… Baby’s diapers, baby’s medicine, middle kids spilled beverages…..
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1. Greek yogurt – No, I don’t like the texture.
2. Embarassing book – I can’t remember reading recently, unfortunately.
3. Tuesday, 3 pm – In the NICU, finishing feeding baby number one, getting ready to feed baby number two
4. Texas hair – I have the flattest hair ever, so it’s hard to say, but it’s entertaining to look at.
5. Something wet that’s not mine – Right now, in the middle of the night, pumping breastmilk for my premature babies hopefully coming home soon so I don’t have to keep doing this forever (it’s been 2 months!)– wait, though, that technically is something wet that actually is mine. Well, yesterday, one of them peed on me while I was changing him.
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Sending you love, Heather! I had premature twins, too. Pumped round the clock while waiting for them to come home. I don’t even know how to describe that wait or the loss and the love involved. So know that my heart is with you. x’s and o’s, mama.
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Thanks for the words of support! After 12 weeks of bedrest, an in utereo surgery on my placenta, and 9 1/2 weeks in the NICU, both my babies are home and doing well! Still mostly pumping around the clock, as they aren’t quite strong enough to nurse exclusively, but we’re getting closer. Nice to know I’m not the only one who’s been here! Thanks for giving me some encouragement and entertainment in the middle of the night!
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CONGRATS on bringing babies home! Yep – been there on transitioning to breast and pumping around the clock to meet demand. We can do hard things… we know because we do them every day. Love to you.
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1.Greek yogurt. Yes or no?
yes yes yes – preferably in Greece…with honey…and a honey…ahhh the memories…
2.What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read?
Anything (uh everything) by Jackie Collins
3.Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain.
Busiest time of day, Washington is awake and emailing and calling me frantically and I’ve got 1 hour and 45 minutes before I need to pick up my kids from school.
4.How do you feel about Texas hair?
Could we just call it big hair? I came of age in the 80s and I have a sum total of 7 hairs. I worked hard to make them big, but my hair doesn’t get much bigger than not tiny. I still have a soft spot in my heart for big hair. My cousin who has naturally curly hair came in out of the misty rain one day with a halo of hair, and I said “wow! Your hair looks sooooo pretty.” She shot me the look of death. People with big hair don’t always appreciate it!
5.Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was
6 teenage boys shooting a zombie movie in my house filled up the bathtub and did a water scene. Nuff said.
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1. Yes, but only with fruit or berries
2. Twilight series. Although I didn’t really like the first two books much… books 3 and 4 I kinda enjoyed even though the writing was utterly poor.
3. Umm… I’m probably sitting in front of the computer thinking I need to wake up the 2-year-old soon so that we can go and pick up her brother who goes to kindergarten three days a week.
4. Being Finnish, I tried the Google image search for this one, but the results varied so much that I’m not sure what Texas hair looks like. So, um, I’ll have to skip this one.
5. Some milk my 2-year-old spilled during breakfast.
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1. Never tried. My mom swears by her Greek Yogurt. I refuse to be my mom.
2. All the 50 Shades. While taking bubble baths. Meh. Nothing too risqué in my opinion, yet couldn’t put them down.
3. Tuesdays at 3pm. Napping for another 43 minutes, or having mommy guilt that I haven’t baked cookies for the kiddos. I really need to go back to work! LOL.
4. 80′s hair…I have naturally frizzy curls. It’s always the 80′s here.
5. After the last 9 years of having 3 kids 11 months apart!!!!!! I REFUSE to touch anything that is wet that isn’t mine. I have PTSD around flu season.
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5 Quick Questions
Greek yogurt. Yes or no? — definitely yes, and especially with granola
What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read? Sometimes I like bodice-rippers, but I’m not really embarrassed to have read them. I also like kid books like The Hunger Games and the Harry Potter series.
Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain. 3 o clock is snack time. Somehow, no matter how much lunch I’ve eaten, my stomach wants more at 3 o’clock
How do you feel about Texas hair? Yeah, yeah. I know it’s a stereotype, and I’m sorry for perpetuating it, but I can do seriously BIG Texas hair and my skills are totally unappreciated in crunchy Oregon. I need to know whether our friendship is open to full hair expression. I have big hair and had a much easier time with it when it was the 80′s and early 90′s. Now I spend a lot of time getting my hair thinned and layered and otherwise trying to control it.
Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was when the cat, Hermione, barfed on the rug. My husband has to clean up the dog messes. I am in charge of the cat.
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1.Greek yogurt. Yes or no? I like yogurt. Greek yogurt is nice and thick and creamy; I like it in dessert applications.
2.What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read? The Fever series. It’s what finally got me to buy a nook- “whatcha reading”…..”uh, a book about faries from outer space trying to take over the world”? No, really, it’s good.
3.Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain. Is it time to go home yet??
4.How do you feel about Texas hair? Yeah, yeah. I know it’s a stereotype, and I’m sorry for perpetuating it, but I can do seriously BIG Texas hair and my skills are totally unappreciated in crunchy Oregon. I need to know whether our friendship is open to full hair expression. Born and raised in Texas- a teenager in the 80s! Oh yea, Big Hair-I had the do that my friends called “the crunch” because the “pouf” was PERFECT and sprayed so heavily that it woud crunch if you touched it. Now; I don’t mess with my hair anymore other than washing and the occassional cut and color. Life it too short. I spent all of my allotted “hair” time in the afore mentioned 80s. But you go girl.
5.Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was-I’m pretty lucky with this, my kid is 18 but that boy has the.healthiest.colon. I am jealous, like I just can’t believe how huge that kid shits. Cleaning the toilet is a major task. Like, WOW!
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1. I hate yogurt by itself. If it is mixed into things, then okay. But Greek yogurt by itself? I feel like it’s chewy. So I take probiotics and avoid yogurt
2. Cheesy romance novels. Started in junior high, sneaking my aunt’s harlequin romance books, and I just can’t quit!
3. Tuesdays at 3:00pm…snuggled with hubby (who works nights) while the 3 year old naps and I listen to perfect silence in my house. Tuesdays at 3:00am… Usually changing pee sheets from said 3 year old, or attending to him as he has a sleep disorder and seems to enjoy crying at 3 am. That or letting out the dog, who apparently LOVES the outdoors at 3 am.
4. I grew up in the ’80s in the Midwest. Love me some big hair! Especially on ’80s hair band guys (but only then….now they would look ridiculous)
5. Last thing I cleaned up that was wet and not mine were Sunday night’s middle of the night pee sheets. But the 3 year old is currently playing in the kitchen sink, so I foresee cleaning that up in the near future.
I have been lurking for months. I love your blog, especially your posts about being an adoptive momma!
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Welcome to delurking, Rachel! xo
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1) Greek yogurt? No, I can’t see the point, sorry. Of course, I make my own yogurt (maple when I have real maple syrup on-hand), so the yes/no dichotomy doesn’t really work for me on this one. (And I make a gallon at a time, cuz 5 kids is a lot of kids! I’ve heard homemade yogurt goes bad after 2 weeks, but I’ve never had it stick around long enough to test the theory.)
2) Embarrassing reading? I can’t answer this one; possibly because I am hard to embarrass; I can’t think of anything I have read and enjoyed but was embarrassed about afterwards! I glance through trashy magazines and tabloids at the supermarket, but it’s not particularly embarrassing…
3) Tuesday, 3 o’clock. It varies! This past fall/winter, I was coaching a Lego Robtics Team for our homeschooling group here in my house; at 3 pm on Tuesdays, there were up to 10 kids aged 8-14 messing with Legos on the giant (4′x8′) table set up in my living room, and using my computer, with the toddler running rampant all around us. Chaos! Now that Lego is over and the toddler has a firm nap schedule, 3 pm most days involves Extreme Quiet: people either doing their lessons (quietly) on the first floor, or doing something noisy (like playing a game, or practicing guitar) in the basement, or running around outside. I am either grading or catching up on my email (or facebook, ). On rare occasions, I may be looking ahead to dinner. More likely though, it isn’t until about 4:30 that I go, “Oh crap! They all need to _eat_ again! What on earth am I going to make _this_ time?!?”
4) Texas hair! I’m from NJ. I never personally got into NJ hair, but am quite comfortable around it. I am not sure that Texas Hair is actually bigger than NJ hair; I had friends in high school who used half of a giant can of hairspray _per_day_. Do recall that Jon Bon Jovi is from NJ, and Bon Jovi’s hair style in the 80′s and 90′s was widespread amongst the local population! (My mom had the NJ version of the beehive when she was in high school; just like a regular beehive, but twice as tall. NJ has always been this way, apparently…)
5) The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was… umm, 5 minutes ago? I have a 17-month-old.
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1. Greek yogurt – Oh yes! It should be a food group in my personal food triangle. I have a banana and a cup of chobani for lunch every day. My favorite is peach or blueberry.
2. What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read? I’ve read all the twilight books and have to read each book before I watch the movie. Since I’ve seen each movie once or twice I have also read the books several times. Evidently I’m a 13 year old girl again. My hubby loves to tease me for my twilight love.
3. Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain. 3:00 means I have gotten home from picking my oldest son up from preschool and I have gotten all three of my sons into their respective beds. It doesn’t matter if they sleep, but having 30 minutes to vegetate and drink coffee(yes, coffee is necessary in the afternoon!) without anyone yelling “mahhhhh-ma!” at the top of their lungs is a boon to my sanity. I have a 3 year old, 2 year old, and 11 month old. Most of my sanity disappeared about 2 years ago.
4. How do you feel about Texas hair? I grew up in dallas(live in Maryland now) and I LOVE big hair. Unfortunately if my hair is big it’s super frizzy, so I end up looking like I’ve been electrocuted. As a result, my flat iron is my hairstyling BFF.
5. Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was about 20 minutes ago when my 11 month old dumped his brothers training potty out on the dog. *sigh* My two year old really needs to get his act together and learn how much fun it is to stand on a stool and pee all over the toilet so then all te surfaces I clean will be porcelain. A girl can dream, right?
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1) I don’t like yogurt but my kids eat Greek yogurt every day.
2) 50 Shades, I succumbed to peer pressure and wished I hadn’t.
3) Tuesdays 3:00 is when I’ve fallen off the diet wagon and probably have made more cookies. Every day I go on a diet and every day around 3pm I fail.
4) I don’t understand Texas hair. I’m so glad I don’t live there! I still wear scrunchies!
5) I just cleaned up a bunch of snot off of my daughter’s hand.
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Greek yogurt… sounds scary… I will wait until someone slips it to me and I fall in love with it by accident.
Book- so many??? seriously, can not remember
Tuesday today at 3??? Job interview!
Texas hair – I live in Ellensburg which = WINDY , so what happens in Texas, stays in Texas
A very gross water container for the chickens with stinky mold, and black gunk, Thought I’d get it into the dishwasher, but it was too big. Then after it dumped black gunk in the dishwasher, I had to wash it and the dishwasher.
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first: holy moly, I just spent an hour reading and getting to know my fellow blog-followers…shhh, don’t tell my boss!
1. Greek yogurt – I’ve heard rave reviews but haven’t been brave enough to try it yet. I’m sure someday I will, maybe around the time the next big thing comes along and everybody starts eating that instead…
2. Embarrassing book – Harry Potter. When the first one came out and there was all kinds of hype, I shunned it just because it was trendy. But then my mother bought it for me, and I LIKED it (oh, horrors), and then my husband liked them so much that we brought them camping on our honeymoon and read them out loud to each other (I know, incredibly romantic). I think we’ve read them all 6 or 7 times now. But I haven’t read Twilight (yet) so I can sooth my ego knowing that I’ve snubbed that hoopla.
3. Tuesdays 3:00 – I start planning for girl scout meetings (which are Tuesday evening 6pm) and kicking myself for not planning sooner. Also, stress-eating whatever sugar I can find, ironically usually girl scout cookies because I didn’t plan sooner, and now the babies are waking up from naps, the 4 yo will be getting off the bus from school soon and then we’ll have to go pick up the 6yo from her school. But given the choice, I’d rather be napping myself.
4. Texas hair – I always marvel at the way other women find time to do their hair (not to mention makeup). Big, fancy, straightened, whatever. I can usually find time to wash and/or brush my hair, and I remember to get it cut once every 3-4 years. If you can accept me for my laziness in styling, I can definitely accept your style, whatever it may be!
5. The last time I cleaned up something wet-but-not-mine was this morning before work when my nursing 6 mo old reversed gears and vomited breast milk all over me…although I suppose that could be considered mine since I made it? Before that was the 4 year old’s urine-soaked bed, and before that was the pile of cat puke that I stepped in as I got out of bed. Just a typical morning at the Brown house…
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Greek Yogurt: milk & I don’t get along well anymore, so no yogurt for me, thanks.
Embarrassing book: none come to mind, but movies, I spent time yesterday watching “Magic Mike,” oy, what an embarrassing waste of time!
Tuesday 3pm: packing up to head home for the day
Texas hair: love it
Liquid-not mine………i guess that would be the cat throw up on the floor last week
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1. No to the Greek yogurt. Too thick. Too yogurty.
2. I read a lot. But I can’t think of anything I am truly embarrassed to have read. My reading is always for fun and always fiction, which is only embarrassing with my very academic, accomplished friends who learn violin and Russian in their spare time while I am being amused by whatever chick-lit is free for Kindle.
3. As it is now almost 3:00 on Tuesday, apparently my answer is avoiding work by reading blogs- so it looks like I’m working except when I laugh a little too much and occassionally cry.
4. I haven’t spent much time in Texas, but I am from Georgia and I imagine the humidity and heat are similar. So if you are going to frizz out to big hair, might as well roll with it.
5. The events run together with the cleaning of gross things, but I believe that was what I prefer to think of as “maybe it isn’t pee” from directly in front of the toilet my husband had just used (no blaming this one on the stepsons). I like to pretend that it was just stray shower water clouded by the filth it met on the floor.
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5 Quick Questions
Greek yogurt. Yes
What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read? I couldn’t even tell you the name but it was more a short BDSM story that I got on my kindle after reading 50 shades…not that I was embarrassed about what I read, more that I was embarrassed that I wasted time reading it….it was poorly thought out and written!
Tuesdays. 3 o’clock – the time I start wondering how long it is till Friday 5 o’clock
How do you feel about Texas hair? Some people can pull it off and look good…I can do neither!
Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was __________________________. I totally want to say this morning here as my little guy woke up wet but the “my little guy” portion of that phrase sort of negates that. This morning I wiped down the counter around the coffee pot in the lunchroom at work.
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1. Greek yogurt? Sure if you are giving it to me, I will eat anything. Stonyfield whole milk French vanilla yogurt is the winner at our house. We go through three pints a week. And when I say “we” I mean Jesse. We have a stack of yogurt containers that can reach our ceiling to prove it.
2. Embarrassed, about completing a book. That is crazy talk. I only felt embarrassed about reading “water for elephants” when I told my mom to read it and it made her uncomfortable. Which surprised me! I mean she is the one who made me watch “the big labowski” growing up.
3. Tuesdays at 3:00? Hmmm, depends on the week. If I a working I would be wrapping up my shift or just off and figuring out what I should do with this lovely time in between work and picking up my kids….usually I go to Nikki Janes just to look at things. If I am at home I am anxiously awaiting Jesse’s arrival in two hours…..try to go do something like walk to the park.
4. Texas big hair? My hair knows no such thing, but power to you if you can rock big hair.
5. Wetness? Oh ten minutes ago when I wiped wetness off the toilet. Fortunately it was at the request of my daughter and it was for her bath time Barbie. About as good as you could hope for in terms of toilet wetness.
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5. Wetness? Just kidding as I was writing this post my daughters sprinkled milk from a bottle all over their room. Fun times.
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I have been lurking on your site for a while now and hardly ever comment, so thanks for the challenge!
Love the stuff, but only if it has fruit in it. That’s how I feel about the regular kind, too.
1. Greek yogurt–YES!
2. I have read all 4 Twilight books and have read the 1st at least 3 times and the 3rd twice…and I’m nowhere near being or having a tween/teen, so I can’t blame it on that. They were just nice, light reads
3. Tuesday @ 3 I am making phone calls for work to make sure our employees are doing a good job and people understand their services/warranties. I am literally doing this every weekday at 3pm, so you can think of me and either be jealous or be glad you’re not me, depending on the kind of day you’re having!
4. I don’t know a lot of Texans, but from my experience big hair comes with a big smile and a sweet spirit many times, to BIG IT UP!
5. Wet but not mine? Yesterday, but it’s a daily occurance at our house (I have an almost-2-year-old) so I’m sure my time’s coming for today.
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I’m pretty sure you already know me, but whatevs, I like games.
1. greek yogurt-yes, esp in poscicle form
2. can’t think of an embarrassing book, maybe some self-help book
3. Well it’s 2:30 on Tuesday now…. So…..Just got home from running errands with my sister-in-law (who lives in your neighborhood) and her precious grandson. We went to the Mall and Whole Foods. My Tuesdays can be random.
4. Texas hair? The bigger the better. I’m from GA. I’m down for any style that makes me laugh. Which said hairstyles tend to do. Also: whatever floats people’s boat.
5. Cleaned up some something while visiting my father-in-law in the hospital. He just had heart surgery. I don’t know what or whose it was. Disturbing, I know. The most disturbing part was that I had to be reminded to wash my hands afterward. Who have I become anyway?
Love! Lotus
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1.) Greek yogurt–yes, if it’s a good brand. And only with honey.
2.) Embarassed to read a book: Read most of the first of 50 Shades, but there is only so much sighing and heavy breathing a girl can take so I gave up on it. Otherwise, I do go through a Janette Oke phase every few years so I muddle through the sappy prose.
3.) Tuesdays: well, every other Tuesday I am at work (when not on maternity leave, which rocks) praying that the next 4.5 hours go by quickly and no one dies. Every other Tuesday at 3pm I am praying that the next 2 hours go by quickly until Colby gets home and no one dies.
4.) Big hair: Sure. If that’s what floats your boat. I would try it if I ever had enough energy to take mine out of a pony tail.
5.) Well, seeing that I have a snotty two month old on me, I will probably clean up the snot running down my hand as soon as I am done typing.
Yeah, you want my life, I know. Don’t be jealous. Have a great day, Beth!
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1. Allergic to dairy, but it looks good!
2. I will read anything proudly! That said, the smut only comes in the house via the kindle.
3. Any day at three , I’m either sleeping ( night shift nurse) or awake and wishing to be asleep.
4 I’m a child of New Jersey mall hair in the 90s. Nuff said.
5 I do rescue so I have a bunch of animals. Hair ball. Yuck.
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Since it’s nearly 3pm on a Tuesday, I thought I should answer your 5 questions!
1. Greek yogurt is great with GrapeNuts mixed in – I need a little chew to my yogurt. I appreciate the idea of yogurt, but have never had much love for it ’cause I suspect it’s a secret-spy calorie hog that’s making me fat when I look the other way. So yummy.
2. Any of the Harry Potter books. Enjoyable for sure, and really, shouldn’t I be occupying my time with something more challenging now that I’m not 12?
3. Tuesdays at 3 – writing to my favorite Mommy Blogger of course! Actually, most days I’m counting down the minutes until I leave work and return to screams of “Mama!” from my 17 month old and 5 year old sons. Also at 3 o’clock I do an inventory of what I need to bring with me from work because the next day I have to commute 2 hours from Sacramento to Oakland for work. Wednesday are my “Oakland office” workdays so I have to pack accordingly.
4. I’m a big hair of the 80′s girl myself, was a pro with my bangs, but haven’t broken out the AquaNet in a while. I say, host a Big Hair Party and revel in it with like-minded friends! Can I come?
5. Ugh. Cat vomit of course. We have 2 indoor cats (kittens we haven’t released to the outdoors yet) and 2 adult/senior cats who are indoor/outdoor. They all take turns barfing in rotation apparently, just so I never feel safe walking through the kitchen barefoot in the middle of the night, and so I can’t figure out who to take to the vet!
Thanks for asking!! Love your writing – and I hope you do too! Keep it up forever please!
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I have been reading this blog for a while now without ever commenting, and I feel like introducing myself via opinions on hair and yogurt is just too good an opportunity to miss
1. Oh my heck, I love Greek yogurt so much, but I can’t have it. I was getting really good at making my own (I am a biologist, so making yogurt is just a simple microbiology experiment. If I have grossed you out then I am sorry) and then I was told by my doctor that I can’t have dairy for a long time, or possibly ever again. But that was over a year ago, and I started eating cheese again because life without it was sad, and I don’t seem to be suffering, so maybe it is time to bring back the Greek Yogurt.
2. I don’t think there are any books I’ve read that I liked that I am embarrassed by. I probably should be a little embarrassed that I read lots of childrens/young adult literature, but I just like it so much! I suppose the thing people are most surprised to hear that I like is anything by Louis L’Amour, but Westerns! Horses! How can you not like those things?
3. It was recently Tuesday at 3:00. An hour ago, actually. I was doing work in my lab. In fact, I am usually doing work in the lab on Tuesdays at 3:00, and typically I am pipetting. Because that is what you do when you are in school for molecular biology, apparently.
4. I appreciate big Texas hair. I appreciate anyone who can do anything interesting with their hair. I wore a ponytail for like 20 years, and then finally I just went for the pixie cut, and I am so happy with short hair. It is the best hair if you like minimal effort. So, big hair is neat, but I will never have it, both because my hair is short and very straight, and because I have no idea how you make hair poofy on purpose.
5. The last wet but not mine thing I cleaned was some reagent that got spilled in the lab. I think this answer indicates that I have neither children nor pets.
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Greek yogurt. Yes, but I don’t buy it, we like Tillamook!
What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read?
Embarrassed… maybe that I don’t read more non-fiction, but not of the stuff I DO read!
Tuesdays. 3 o’clock: Right now. Some parts of my children are asleep, oldest behind me on the bed playing with Legos and usually singing random songs. Today it’s “soy una pizza” and I’m really not sure why he thinks he’s a pizza! Mainly, a little break for this Mama!
How do you feel about Texas hair? Don’t really care… I’m a very low maintenance hair type of person and if I have to spend an hour to get it big… it ain’t gonna happen! Besides, I’m actually still embarrassed by the poof bangs from 7th grade so I really don’t want to go back that way!
Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was… half an hour ago? I do it all day every day and sometimes in the middle of the night. Most memorable today: wiping boogers off the car seat buckles so I could buckle the 2 year old in. Yeah, it’s that time of year!
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Greek yogurt–no. I loved yogurt as a kid and ate a ton of it, and then all of a sudden I didn’t like it any more at all. Still don’t. Except Yoplait, until I checked how much sugar was in it and decided I’d rather eat cookies for my sugar quota. (Trying to cut back. Or I was, before I got pregnant.) I tried the Greek stuff, I really did.
I love the book I received for Christmas but the cover is horrible. That’s what I get for liking science fiction, I guess. And I’m sometimes embarrassed to leave the library with an armful of novels intended for young adults, but maybe no one will notice under the all the early readers and board books…
Tuesday at 3:00 I should be starting dinner so we can eat at 4, before hubby goes to work, but today i was at the grocery store. I really needed the nap though.
I’m not sure I know what Texas hair actually is. Pardon my ignorance. And while you’re at it you could pardon my ponytail as well, I have needed a haircut for at least three months. But I have straight thick hair and I don’t like to mess with it much. I’d rather get a good haircut and let it grow out until I can’t stand it any more.
I’m not sure which was the last wet thing I cleaned up that wasn’t mine. The toddler’s potty accident? His wet pants? His bloody lip from when his brother pushed him? I seem to have got through the day (so far) without cleaning up anyone’s spilled milk, though, that’s pretty good. Only because I made the six-year-old clean up his own spill though.
This is fun! I’ve enjoyed reading the other answers.
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1. No. But that’s because I’m lactose-intolerant, and haven’t found one that doesn’t disagree with me.
2. The entire (!!!) Twilight series. And I also watched 4 of the 5 movies. *blush*
3. It’s just before the boys get home from school, so I’m vacillating between finishing what I’m doing (probably an online game LOL) or picking up the messes that my 4yo has made. I usually decide to finish my game so I can then monitor after-school snacks, homework, and hand-washing while I pick up all the messes. Then I realize if I don’t start dinner soon, these people will starve. My husband calls around this time to ask if I need him to pick anything up from the store. I tell him no, then as soon as we hang up I remember something and I try to call him back but his phone is on silent and he’s probably got the radio blasting and won’t hear the phone rattling in the cupholder. I decide how to make dinner without that item I needed, and by 5pm I’m ready for a nap.
4. My hair is short, but I’d be willing to let you experiment with it. It’s hair, it’ll grow back.
5. 5 days ago, my 8yo barfed three times between his bed and the toilet. My husband offered to get the cleaning supplies (how sweet) but I got to do the actual elbow grease.
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1. Greek yogurt… Yes, with some reservations and a little gagging.
2. Not embarrassing per se, but really liked the Hunger Games series.
3. Hurrying home after the last bell rings to catch my nanny before she leaves…. I only have her for like 20mins on Tuesdays… But it’s a good kind of hurrying bc it’s our one night with no dance or any other activities!
4. I am ambivalent, but I used to spend a LOT of time on big hair, which does not come naturally to me. My DH wishes I had TX hair, for sure.
5. DD had a friend sleep over and that friend had the WORLD’S BIGGEST POOP in our upstairs bathroom, which they tried to flush, flooded the bathroom and didn’t tell me. It was awesome.
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Greek yogurt: Meh. It’s okay. Not terrible, but nothing I’d go out of my way to buy.
Book: “A Courtesan’s Guide To Getting Your Man”. I loved it. It’s somewhat embarrassing because I usually read more intellectual writing like Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. I even turn my nose up at “Eragon”. Most embarrassing reading, though, is very smutty online Artemis Fowl fanfiction.
Tuesday afternoons I’m usually trying to put the 1-year-old down for a nap while my hubby picks up the teenager from school.
I have no opinion on Texas hair. My own hair is usually meh.
Wetness that didn’t belong to me.. well, since my kids belong to me, doesn’t that mean that all wetness emanating from their bodies belongs to me as well? So either kid poop or dog vomit, however you look at it.
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1) Greek Yogurt- only if John Stamos shows up like they promise
2) Book – An old Danielle Steele book- I’m so embarrassed I’ve mentally blocked out the name.
3) 3:00 pm- picking up daughter from Christian school while cussing under my breath at the line-cutters and wishing I had a Vodka neat in my hands.
4) Texas hair- Hell yeah, y’all!! The older my age, the higher my hair.
5) Wetness not my own- I had to…ummm…”check” the dog to see if she had accidentally been inseminated…yeah………
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1. Mmmmmmm greek yoghurt especially vanilla flavoured over a lovely fruit salad.
2. 50 Shades of Grey but mostly because it was SO bad.
3. 1 hour of work left and then home to pick up my kidlet from childcare and then a Mummy and Millie evening while hubby plays indoor cricket (translates to drinking with his mates).
4. I live in Australia and I don’t understand this question lol I know I can’t have big hair because mine is too fine and it falls out after about 30 minutes
5. Last Saturday my 4 year old spilled a glass of water in the lounge room.
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Oh, you make dulurking fun! I jumped over here from your illustrated post at Crappy Pictures and just never left.
1. I buy the plain stuff and use it for sour cream and also in our smoothies. With enough honey or fruit added to it, it’s not bad. But generally I have a healthy suspicion of anything “fat free.”
2. Not really embarrassed of anything I read. I guess I didn’t recommend the Chelsea Handler books to my grandmother when she asked if I had read anything good lately. So maybe those.
3. Monday and Tuesday the 4 yr old doesn’t have preschool so by Tuesday at 3 pm both he and I are counting down the minutes until it’s time to pick up the kindergartner from school.. Usually we’re both a little testy at this point. He needs his Best Friend back and I need a little break from being the second choice Best Friend.
4. I’m afraid I’m one of those crunchy Oregonians who doesn’t appreciate big hair, but even though I can’t appreciate it doesn’t mean I’ll judge. Well, just a little bit: because I don’t get why someone would spend those precious minutes on her hair instead of not-sleeping in bed.
5. I have 2 small boys. I assume I’ll have to clean up something wet that isn’t mine every day until they leave home.
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I LOVE this idea.
1. Greek Yogurt- Yum/Yes, pineapple specifically. It is amazing.
) wash hands, snack, homework, settle the dispute on who feeds the dog because of course no one wants to wash their hands more than necessary, straighten the house, start dinner, baths, prayers & bed. And I’ve successfully done this all while nursing the baby. 
(Truly I don’t feel I have it all that hard 
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2. Embarrassing book- I wish I had something witty and funny for this one, but I have nothing. I do love to read though.
3. Tuesdays 3 o’ clock. My hubby’s late night, I’m on my own and usually tired. Just walked in the door from school with my pre-schooler, kindergartner, and 12 week old who has spent most of her 12 weeks crying (especially in the car) if not screaming and occasionally smiling (which makes it all okay
4. My feelings on “Texas” hair- I love hair, it’s what I do. But Texas hair, you can spot a mile away. It’s all the same- Big ol’ Texas style.
5. Cleaned something wet that wasn’t mine- Today: My 6 year old’s boy pee off the back seat of my car. : / Emergency stop to pee in a water bottle, his little winky slipped out and sprayed the back of the drivers seat.
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Haven’t tried Greek yogurt. I tried to buy it a couple of weeks ago, but accidentally bought GOAT yogurt instead. Whoops.
I read The Mists of Avalon and really liked it until my husband read it and was all, “Gosh, there’s a lot of incest in this book!”
On Tuesdays at 3 o’clock I am hopefully ushering the last of the parents and kids out of the family centre where I work. Then it’s on to do the end of the day tidying up duties before the end of the day debriefing. Then I go home. I’m ok, usually a little tired and more than a little in need of a cookie or a small Coke.
Not all of Oregon is crunchy. I grew up there. If you want to do big hair, go for it, I say. Some people might think you are being hipster-ironic, and that would be pretty funny!
Hmmm. One evening this weekend just after bedtime, my son came out of our (one) bathroom and announced that there were girl underwear on the floor in the bathroom. I went in and checked. Yep. Wet. And belonging to the child who swore up and down while she was throwing a tantrum that she did NOT need to PEE!!
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Next time I do big hair here, I’m totally using the phrase “hipster ironic.” LOVE.
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Hi!!!! Sometime commenter (various emails or Facebook) and an emailer of sorts chiming in here.
Greek yogurt – yes! Almost every day for breakfast, except when my kids eat all of it and there is none left for me.
Embarrassing reads? Nah, I got over that after I tried to slog my way through Anna Karenina (and couldn’t finish it) at the behest of my best friend who thought I should read something “real”. Love historical romance, young adult fiction. I have a list of at least a dozen books my kids want me to read next.
Tuesdays 3pm? Usually taking a quick break at work.
Big hair? Love it! I have fine thin hair, so it takes way too much time for me to go big. Plus it falls out if I do try. Go for it!
This morning, cleaned up the spilled hot water from the kids making their instant grits.
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First off — I love your blog.
1) NO. I don’t like any yogurt. Unless it’s vanilla and I have some granola to mix in.
2) Twilight. I’ve read all four books in the Saga. And I love the movies. (now I’m REALLY embarrassed.)
3) Either making a snack for my two little boys, or sleeping. (I’ve been sick recently, just finished up a round of chemotherapy, so these days I’m usually napping at 3:00. My sweet mother-in-law takes care of the boys at that time.)
4) I envy Texas hair. My hair is perfectly straight and if there’s even a smidge of humidity in the air, it falls completely flat.
5) this past Sunday morning. My 3-year-old son missed the toilet and I found him standing in a puddle of pee in front of the toilet. Love him!! At least he was trying to get there!!
This was fun! thanks for your sharing and humor!
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1) NO. Actually I don’t like any yogurt.
2) Twilight. (I’ve read all four books in the series…now I’m really embarassed.)
3) I’m either making snacks for my two little boys, or sleeping. (I’ve been really sick recently – just finished up a round of chemotherapy – and most days I’m napping at 3:00, at which point my kids run around unsupervised. No – really – my sweet mother-in-law takes care of them while I’m sleeping.)
4) I envy Texas hair. My own hair is perfectly straight, and if there’s even a smidge of humidity in the air, it falls completely flat. Plus, chemo thinned my hair out, so I’m in even worse shape than ever!
5) …last Sunday morning. My 3-year-old son didn’t quite make it to the toilet in time, and I found him standing in front of the toilet, pants down, in a puddle of his own pee. Poor baby – he was mortified, but I was glad that he was trying, at least!
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Sorry to post twice — the first time, I got an error screen and it said I’d lost everything! So I tried again. At least I got the info down right the second time. Chemo brain.
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Sending you love, mama! May chemo and you kick butt. xoxo
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1. Greek yogurt – I enjoy the plain. You can sprinkle a little garlic salt in it for a savory snack. Or, for a sweet snack, put some honey in it. It’s DELICIOUS!
2. Embarrassing book – when I was maybe 15 or 16, my mom gave me a book to read, not knowing that it was a romance novel (my mom loves romance novels). I was very surprised when I got to the racy parts! I asked her if she knew it was a romance novel and she said no – and then she asked me if I finished it. Well, of course I did! I was pretty embarrassed to tell my mom that, ha ha!
3. Tuesdays, 3:00 – I’m wrapping up work so that I can leave at 4:00 and go shake my booty at Zumba.
4. Texas hair – I’m not a huge fan of Texas hair, but my husband is, so when I get ready to go out, I use the diffuser, which makes my naturally curly hair BIG BIG. I’ve walked out of salons feeling like a newscaster after they did the blowout with the round brush. I’ve learned to tell them to pull my hair DOWN, not OUT when they dry my hair. My hair wants to be big. I want it to be medium sized. I have a small head. You have to have hair in proportion, ya know?
5. I don’t have kids yet, and I make my husband clean up after himself, so I don’t clean up wet stuff a lot yet. The last time was probably last week when I had to clean the dirty water from the pavement off the back of my legs. I do so love how walking in a skirt over wet pavement makes little water droplets spray up the backs of your legs. Oh, Oregon.
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Shout out from a born & raise Oregonian, currently Floridian, by way of California…
1. Greek yogurt. Yes or no? Not for me – tried it a couple times cuz of all the hype, can’t do it.
2. What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read? Favorite smutty novel from college was “Butterfly” by Kathryn Harvey and the sequel “Stars”. Well, let’s just say it’s not hard core, but for a former church youth leader, it was an eye-opener
3. Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain. Sitting at my desk thinking, “It’s only Tuesday? Oh, I forgot to put the diaper laundry into the dryer before I left for work this morning, shoot! I’ll have to monitor that while feeding the baby, cleaning up from dinner, repacking the diaper bag, and folding the laundry from Monday that didn’t get put away. Gah, I’m tired already and wish I could just go to bed. *Looks at the clock* Thank goodness it’s two hours away.”
4. How do you feel about Texas hair? Envy – I have no patience to spend any more time than washing, towel-drying, combing, and pony-tailing, so I’m deep in envy of anyone that can take that extra 5-30 minutes and look so put together. Lord, help me if I have a girl someday… she won’t be looking to me for hair & makeup advice.
5. Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was _____cat puke_____. My old cat is losing tolerance for cat food and while my 1 year old snoozes away all night long, my cat pukes at 3am every other night. Gross!
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1. No, I don’t like yogurt.
2. I read all the time. I can’t think of anything I’m embarrassed by.
3. Tuesdays at 3 o’clock, I am cleaning up my classroom for the day and getting ready to go home.
4. I love Texas hair. I seriously loved my hair in high school, but unless I pay for a serious perm, there is no more Texas hair
5. I woke up this morning. Walked into the bathroom. Stepped in a puddle. Backed up to turn on the light, and the cat had peed on the bathroom floor in protest that the food dish was empty. I was not a happy cat owner to say the least. At least it was on the linoleum and not on carpet.
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1. Greek Yogurt. I love it!! I haven’t actually ever had the flavored ones. I buy plain Zoi, or I buy regular plain yogurt and strain it to make my own greek yogurt. I do eat it plain occasionally, but usually I drizzle honey and sprinkle cinnamon on it, or make tzatziki. (the greek version of ranch dressing). I also use it instead of sour cream on various dishes.
2. The Art of Kissing. My friend bought it for me. ‘Cause that’s what best friends who know you’ve never been kissed do. (Don’t worry, my husband rectified the situation quite adequately when we were dating……
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3. It really depends. Probably cooking something super yummy for my husband or watching a movie with my son. Or my son is shrieking at me at an unbelievably high pitch and I’m trying to figure out whether it’s a happy or sad shriek….
4. It’s fine. I don’t do it myself much, except for 80′s parties. But if it looks good on you go ahead.
5. This morning when my son drooled in my ear and snotted in my hair……
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Beth, I’m late for the party, but I’m loving all the answers and joining in….
Greek yogurt. Yes or no?
Definitely yes… I like how thick it is and have even managed to turn it into dessert a few times – fruity Chobani with a layer of Hershey’s syrup on top. Turned out much better than expected.
What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read?
I have read a lot of books I’ve over the years that I wouldn’t want to leave on my coffee table… “Romance” novels, a book about how to solve your cat’s litter box problems (looong story), Kama Sutra sex positions, and a huge collection of cheesy Sweet Valley High books I was addicted to as a kid that take me back to that time whenever I pick one up.
Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain.
I have a bizarre schedule… Some days I’m just waking up at 3pm after going to bed at 10am. My husband is usually off from his day job on Tuesdays, so we’re often working on side jobs at home around 3pm.
How do you feel about Texas hair? Yeah, yeah. I know it’s a stereotype, and I’m sorry for perpetuating it, but I can do seriously BIG Texas hair and my skills are totally unappreciated in crunchy Oregon. I need to know whether our friendship is open to full hair expression.
As a child of the 80′s, I have a soft spot for huge hair… Like the band Nitro-huge (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1OIruGJk88). I remember trying to get my bangs/hair into a sky-high style like everyone from Tiffany to hair bands had, but the results could be summed up with a single comment from my father: “It looks like your brains are exploding out the front of your head”. I have utmost respect for anyone who can do big hair well and I say more power to Texan ladies who wear it well. In equally crunchy San Francisco, big hair doesn’t fly, but maybe it should…
Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was
About an hour ago… My cat becomes a helicopter when he has a hairball and always throws up a minimum of three times. He has a big fluffy tail that he smacks the ground repeatedly with as he pukes and spins in circles, so if I’m not there to grab and guide him, he decorates himself and the floor quite nicely with his paintbrush of a tail… Kind of like really gross abstract art.
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I love this post. Thanks for asking! Here goes:
Greek yogurt: I’m not sure. The last time I had any, I was first-trimester pregnant and had an unreliable palate/stomach combo and was traveling by car from Arkansas to Georgia. It didn’t end well and I haven’t tried it since but it might not have had a fair shot, all things considered.
Slightly embarassing book to have liked: I guess Rob Lowe’s Stories I Only Tell My Friends?
Tuesdays. 3 o’clock: In the car picking up my five-year-old from school. On arriving home, I will have either three or five children in my charge for the next two hours, depending on the childcare needs of my neighbor. The five kid days get a little crazy and they’re only all in my house at once for those two hours out of the week. Don’t know how you do it 24/7.
Texas hair? I think I have no opinion. The last time I did anything intentional with my hair beyond pony-tailing was a good couple of years ago. I guess I could have opinions about other people’s hair but… Yeah, I guess this makes me open to full hair expression. Probably the central great discoveries and celebratory moments of my life have had to do with the flying of freak flags so go ahead — wave that baby high!
The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was: belonging to one of two potty-training two-year-olds? Only one of them is mine but when the other one pees in my house, I still get to clean it up. It was probably that, most recently, I mean, but definitely most grossly was last Saturday’s projectile vomit. We’ve had some norovirus around here.
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Ok, so I’ve had this window open on my computer since you first posted it wanting to respond. Here’s to gettin’ things done and closing windows! Oh, and letting you get to know me better.
Greek yogurt. Yes or no?
Yes, love
What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read?
The only thing I can think of right now is the Twilight series. I know they aren’t the best pieces of fiction, but I liked them. And that’s the point right?
Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain.
Oh 3 o’clock (I sigh). That’s the time that my kids get up from their nap/rest time. So I’m usually lamenting over my time ill spent while they were quiet and not up in my biz. If they are not awake yet, I’m trying to decide if I really want to go wake them up or let them sleep (which will most definitely make bedtime even harder).
How do you feel about Texas hair? Yeah, yeah. I know it’s a stereotype, and I’m sorry for perpetuating it, but I can do seriously BIG Texas hair and my skills are totally unappreciated in crunchy Oregon. I need to know whether our friendship is open to full hair expression.
I can dig Texas hair. I think I have naturally Texas hair. I work everyday to tame it. So I can relate.
Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was
This morning when my 3 yr old sneezed and snot went all down her face, onto my shirt, and also added a nice spray to our sheets. That reminds me…I need to wash those. Could be worse … could be worse.
LOVE your blog. Thank you for being so open and authentic in everything you write!
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5 Quick Questions
Greek yogurt. Yes or no?
Sure. We like it in smoothies and I like it as a sub for sour cream.
What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read?
Can’t think of one
Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain.
I’m at work. Usually nothing exciting happening.
How do you feel about Texas hair? Yeah, yeah. I know it’s a stereotype, and I’m sorry for perpetuating it, but I can do seriously BIG Texas hair and my skills are totally unappreciated in crunchy Oregon. I need to know whether our friendship is open to full hair expression.
Being currently from Texas, I haven’t really seen it, but I don’t understand it either. But full hair expression is fine.
Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was my son’s nose. Nothing gross or thrilling there.
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1). Yes! Love oikos caramel. Heaven
2). Embarrassed? Are you kidding me? As another mother of 5, I think they have run out of things to Embarrass me with. Can’t think of a thing.
3). I run a daycare with 5 other kids that are not my own. 3oclock on tues usually means just 45 minutes left until all the urchins get up from naps and my kids come through the door. In other words, hurry up and do what just HAS to be done or take a quick nap!
4). Texas hair … Hmmmm. No real opinion there as I have always had really short hair since 3rd grade. I have been known to rat my hair a little so I guess I am in the big hair camp!
5)something wet that wasn’t mine has to be the vomit from my 8 mo old day care kid this morning as she and her mom walked in the door! Good morning to me! The fun never ends!
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1. Greek yogurt is too expensive. But last year we were at the Ostrich Festival in Arizona over spring break and there was this greek yogurt truck handing out FREE greek yogurt to kids because they were advertising a new kids version. I totally ate one of my kids’ and I liked it.
2. Twilight Saga
3. Just about everyday at 3, I am trying to pump myself up for the task of collecting three of my kids from the bus stop.
4. I wish I could make my hair big, but there’s not enough there. More power to ya!
5. I wiped up a baby prunes/spit-up combo a couple hours ago.
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Okay, I will delurk too!
Greek yogurt. Yes or no?
Yum. We don’t buy it or make it much, but it sure is yummy. My toddler thinks it’s ice cream.
What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read?
Okay, so I still on occasion read horse stories. Yes, I am “a little too old for them”. But they’re happy.
Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain.
I dunno Beth, there’s no explaining them.
How do you feel about Texas hair?
It’s pretty rare here in the interior of BC, but hey, why not?
Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was
5 minutes ago, I wiped my baby’s nose.
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I am late to the party, but I am here!
1.Greek yogurt. Yes or no? Yes, but only if it is flavored. Though i feel it necessary to point out that John Stamos has never appeared to me while eating it.
2.What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read? Not embarrassed by books.
3.Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Explain. I sit in a parking lot waiting to pick up my husband from work. Usually singing and dancing in the car while I wait
4.How do you feel about Texas hair? Yeah, yeah. I know it’s a stereotype, and I’m sorry for perpetuating it, but I can do seriously BIG Texas hair and my skills are totally unappreciated in crunchy Oregon. I need to know whether our friendship is open to full hair expression. I am a Texan, I live in humidity, “Texas hair” is a necessity.
5.Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was … No kids, no pets so nothing gross, in fact, I can’t even remember.
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1) I make my own yogurt, so I think that makes it Canadian
I like it plain, full-fat, with real maple syrup.
2) Cheesy Christian romance junk, I think. Or maybe Twilight? Those were pretty awful. And yet I devoured them. Ugh.
3) Praying baby sleeps a little later than usual for his afternoon nap and the toddler and preschooler don’t murder each other or destroy things while I drink my tea in the kitchen. 3 kids in less than four years make one a little twitchy.
4) Texas? Never been. Is that a thing down there? I think I’d be in culture shock if I went.
5) Wet, not mine. Well see there are plenty of times in the day where I encounter wet things that aren’t mine. Like the baby’s spitup and drool. Or the potty-learned-but-regressed toddler’s pee on the couch. Or the preschooler’s master plan of washing the windows with a dripping wet towel. Or the bite of soup that was spit into my hand because it was “too hot”. Whether or not I clean them up though is a different story. There’s dried drool on my shirt right now. And I’m at Starbucks. Mercy.
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1. Greek yogurt is a YES. It’s got to have some fat in it, though. Not a fan of the 0% stuff. (Too funny about your yogurt evangelists!)
2. I love to read, and there is not much I’d be embarrassed to admit to reading. However, the Flowers in the Attic series was one that I read as a teen, and was glad that my parents had no idea what it was about.
3. I am at work, chatting with customers and filling their prescriptions.
4. I could never do the hair, but I’ll admire from afar.
5. Wet but not mine… chicken poop on the sidewalk, yesterday.
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No dairy here. No yogurt either: texture issues.
I read constantly. I can’t think of anything I am embarrassed to admit to reading.
At three p.m. in Tuesday’s, I am despairing of the fact that my 1 yo always wants to nurse and nap right before we have to leave the house to pick up the kids from school.
I long for not big hair. My hair has enough curl to frizz but not enough to look good. Not a fan of big hair on me but I acknowledge it works for some people.
Last wet thing I cleaned up was rice milk spilt at the dinner table. For some reason, none of my kids whether 5 or almost 13 can pour milk for meals without spilling it.
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1. No
2. It was a romantic mystery novel that my mil and sil liked.
3. chores: dishes, laundry. Maybe some reading or unfinished lessons.
4. Texas hair is great!!!
5. yesterday
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Greek yogurt. Yes! Yes!
What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read? The Mysterious Benedict Society
Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. I usually have approximately 6 children, rather than the normal 3, and they are all going to ask for a snack soon so I’m getting one ready. This started as a time to have a friend or two over for my youngest (now 7) and has become a time when my olders & my friend’s olders can also join the fun IF they are caught up on school work & chores. Sure it’s noisy, but it’s lots of fun too. And since they are all engaged, I can sometimes sneak in a bit of relax for me, too.
How do you feel about Texas hair? Go for it – and help me build some bigness while you’re at it!
Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was ….. a coke spilled on the floor while watching Carmen with my daughters. That music can get intense, you know.
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1. YES. And no. Lemme ‘splain: Greek yogurt is awesome, rich, yummy, high fat (which means lots of yummy and actually less overeating on my part because I’m satisfied faster), creamy, awesomeness in a container. But my intestines recently decided they are lactose intolerant. So, so sad. Goodbye, lovely yummy rich creamy delicious Greek yogurt.
2. Every John Grisham novel.
3. In which I fail at not yelling, only half an hour after my kids get home from school.
4. Texas hair is weirdly plastic.
5. The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was my 2 year old’s pee on one of the dining room chairs. Five minutes ago.
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OK, let’s talk. I’ve read a LOT of Grisham’s novels, but The Chamber killed me dead. Oh dear Jesus in Heaven THE CHAMBER. That is the book I threw across the room when I was done reading it because Mr. Grisham did a brilliant job painting the no-win situation that is death row… I mean, BRILLIANT. Damn him. And I’ve read few of his books since because that level of emotional involvement = NOT GOOD, BETH.
P.S. I read that book approximately 17 years ago, and I’m still reacting this way. I’m broken.
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I’m also dismayed that you are embarrassed to have read John Grisham.
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ooh, I love these, can I reply too? I have been reading your blog for a few months, but have never dared to actually comment. Does that make me a creepy stalker?
Greek yogurt. God YES!
What’s one book you liked that you’re at least a little embarrassed you read? Just one? I have a looong list. But let’s just stick to Fifty Shades of Grey. I read all three of them. I should probably wash my brain with bleach.
Tuesdays. 3 o’clock. Still at work to 4pm, just enjoying the last hour of being “me” and not “MAMMAAA” (Mamma being Norwegian for mum). Hubby is the one picking up the kids in the afternoon, I’m responible for the mornings.
How do you feel about Texas hair? Any hair, no hair, weird hair, doesn’t matter really. But no Texas hair on my head, I’d look insane.
Fill in the blank: The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was: chocolate milk on the kitchen table. Seriously, I’m just so happy there are no pee incidents any more, I’ll take chocolate milk any time.
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1. Greek yoghurt – eewww! I know it’s supposed to be good for you but I just can’t bring myself to eat anymore.
2. I read really cheap trashy romances on the sly. My husband doesn’t even know about my secret stash.
3. Tuesdays 3:00pm – usually I’m prying myself (and my children) away from my girlfriends (and their children) so that we can go pick my husband up from work. Some Tuesdays he is picked up a lot later than others.
4. Texas hair – I had to google it to figure out what it was and have decided I love it! If you’re ever in Australia you can come do my hair anytime.
5. The last time I had to clean up something wet but not mine was about 10 minutes ago when I had to clean my youngest daughter’s nose. She has a cold and copious amounts of slimy green boogers have been a large part of my day!
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