Friday Fill-Ins #108

1. Oh, I am so block-headed sometimes!
2. Embrace changes, big and little.
3. During the silence of the wee hours, I do my best writing.
4. Bungee jump; are you kidding me???
5. Right now I'd like to be on vacation, instead of waiting till next week.
6. My brain is my favorite gadget.
   

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Friday Fill-Ins #107

1. Enough with the Shrub. I'm very ready for a new life form in the White House!
2. Very little causes me to be conflicted, unless it's when I'm trying to decide which thing to procrastinate on first!
3. I've been craving adventure.
4. Denis makes me laugh.
5. I wish I could go to Bisbee next week instead of the week after so I could fill that craving in #3!
6. Housework has been on my mind lately, with family and friends coming to stay one right after the other in the next few months.

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Friday Fill-Ins #102-- Be of Good Cheer!

--Friends are my chosen family.

--Good health; it's never to be taken for granted.

--I'm ready for a 48 Hour Sleepathon. (And I'm ready for Christmas, too!)

--Yankee Candles' Clovebud & Citrus is one of my favorite smells, so naturally they quit making it.

--The oldest ornament I have is a rather tatty-looking Santa that's about 58 years old.

--Take some cold weather and some water, mix it all together and you have snow.

Ho ho ho!

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Friday Fill-Ins #100--Overload

--My stomach didn't get stuffed to the gills yesterday, which is just the way I like it.

--Beef and noodles is what I ate the most of on Thursday.

--The yard loves all the rain we received the past two days.

--With my husband is where I'd rather be at any given time.

--The smell of pumpkin pie reminds me of my grandmother.

--Patience is what I need right now as I head off to deal with the customers and panicky co-workers of Black Friday!

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Friday Fill-Ins #99--Holidays Here We Come!

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--The last "band" I saw live was Simon and Garfunkel.

--What I look forward to most on Thanksgiving is having my husband come home from work.

--My Christmas shopping is done.

--Thoughts of curling up on the daybed in the middle of my Christmas forest with a pile of books and a pot of tea fill my head.

--I wish I didn't have to wear a bra, but I don't look good with black eyes. (Had to change it. I'm a jeans/sweaters/t-shirts/bare feet kinda gal!)

--Bagpipes make me cry with their beautiful sound. (My ancestors are from the Highlands, what did you expect?)

Friday Fill-Ins #97

--My blueprint for success includes time for stopping to smell the flowers.

--I honestly can't remember the last candy I ate.

--The best facial moisturizer I've ever used is sweat. (Hey, it clears out the pores, and I have naturally oily skin so I get to save money in the moisturizer category!)

--Laughter can be good therapy. (So can puppies and kittens.)

--I'd like to tell you about the time I was standing in front of Robert Redford in the check-out line at Albertson's, but it would take too long.

--A thirst for knowledge is my strongest characteristic.

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Friday Fill-Ins #96

--My favorite food seasoning is pepper (and not just black).

--Laughter is music to my ears.

--Lucky is being married to Denis.

--My job is something I take very seriously.

--Many people think I'm a bit strange.

--Our Christmas cards, hearing aid batteries and Duma Key were the last things I bought at the store. (Today, even. First time I've been in Costco in over a year. I send Denis in normally. He doesn't overspend or stop at the book tables!)

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Friday Fill-Ins #95

--Right now, I'm feeling stuffed.

--Financially secure is where I want to be.

--How does one calculate the square root of dark?

--Desire keeps me on track.

--Please don't whine. You'll only get in a world of hurt in this house.

--Nature fills me with joy. Especially when I have visitors to our house like this!

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Friday Fill-Ins #94

--Follow the yellow brick road.

--Books are something I always take with me on vacation. (I pack them first!)

--To achieve your goals, you must suck it up and work hard.

--My middle name is something I'd like you to know about me. (Glenore)

--I have a brand-new pair of roller skates...you have a brand-new key.

--Hope floats.


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Friday Fill-Ins #93

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--One of the best concerts/ plays/ movies I ever saw that I really didn't think I'd like was Mamma Mia!

--Chunky Chicken Chili with Hominy is a recipe I recently made that was delicious!

--It's time for doing some serious housework that I've been putting off all summer.

--Ice water is quite refreshing. (I never used to think so until I moved here to the desert!)

--If I never hear the word _________ again, it'll be too soon. (I came up a complete blank on this one. No one I'm around has a stunted vocabulary, and normally it's the tone of voice that drives me up a tree more than the words used.)

--To one side of the curving road was a beach littered with the silvered trunks of huge trees carried in on the tides, and on the other was an impenetrable fogbound forest.

Friday Fill-Ins #92--October Is Upon Us

--October is a month here in Phoenix where I have the windows open to the breeze. No air conditioner, no evaporative cooler, no furnace. Ahhhhhhhh!

--Earwigs scare me!

--Leaves are falling all around, it's obvious that the hallucination I'm having doesn't take place in Phoenix, Arizona!

--My favorite horror movie is "The Haunting" starring Julie Harris because the psychological scares the pudding out of me more than blood and guts.

--Good friends = good memories.

--It was a dark and stormy night, and I was making my usual patrols, looking out the back windows to make sure the pool wasn't going to get flooded. Just another monsoon season in Phoenix!

Friday Fill-Ins #91

1. Temperatures that aren't in the triple digits, being able to use the stove without wearing a sweatband, the migratory birds moving back to Arizona, these are some of the things I'm most looking forward to in October.
2. Sometimes I just sits and rests!
3. Murphy is in charge of this loony bin and that's why there is a saying, "Never say never"!
4. When I'm down, I go look for critters to photograph.
5. Here at home--my Haven--is here you'll find me most often.
6. A rainy day is good for all living things here in the desert.

Friday Fill-Ins #90

A big thanks to Janet, for helping keep us entertained on Fridays!

1. There is no need to use that tone with me, missy!
2. Where in the heck did the summer go?
3. Keeping my sanity is all I managed to do.
4. Prospects for a top-notch autumn look splendid.
5. VOTE! is the message.
6. Simplicity and tranquility are no strangers to me.

Friday Fill-Ins #89

1. I enjoy watching monsoon clouds build in the sky during summer afternoons.
2. Should I blog about that? is something I wonder about often lately.
3. In your heart, you knew you just couldn't resist me.
4. Take a camera, add a little critter, and you end up with some photographic magic.
5. Life has gifted me with many blessings.
6. A book is an instant vacation.

Happy Weekend, everyone! I'll be keeping one of the Target stores open for y'all (and doin' a little cookin', readin' and swimmin' as well)!

Friday Fill-Ins #88

1. If I was to walk into your life, would you let me borrow that book?
2. Catch a bright star and place it right back where you found it so everyone else can enjoy it, too!
3. And you can send me a monthly stipend that will allow me to stay home and read.
4. I can easily forgive, but I'm dealing with a memory that never forgets.
5. I'm the innocent bystander. Somehow I got stuck with clean-up detail.
   
6. What's keeping us apart isn't selfishness, it's the price of airline tickets!

Friday Fill-Ins #87

1. When I'm sick I'm a Greta Garbo clone: "I vant to be left alone!"
   
2. When I take a walk, I think about...depends on what sort of walk it is. If it's from Point A to Point B, I'm thinking about what I need to do when I get to Point B. When I'm out walking for the heck of it, I'm thinking about as little as possible. If I'm out hiking, I'm thinking about keeping the Jeep's location in mind and keeping alert because I always have my camera in hand to photograph anything that strikes my fancy--most of which is wildlife and moves FAST.
   
3. Money can't buy happiness but it can help build a great personal library!
   
4. Cotton makes me drag out the iron and leather makes me stick to it this time of year.
   
5. The strangest person/character I've had lewd thoughts about was Batman.
   
6. My favorite color these days is blue because I've always been a sky watcher.
7. I'm not going to answer this one until I have something new to say!
   

Friday Fill-Ins #86

1. Dancing to the beat of fast music while doing housework makes me get that obnoxious stuff done quicker.
2. The last time I went grocery shopping I nearly forgot the ice again.
3. When I drive I provide a running commentary on the idiots sharing my road. (Good thing I'm almost always solo, eh? Although I have had a few reactions from bystanders when my windows are rolled down!)
4. I saw six javalinas standing in the middle of the trail the last time we were up in the White Mountains.
5. Give me my pool in the summer or my daybed in front of the fireplace in winter, give me a pile of books and a never-ending drink of my choice, give me solitude, and I'm good to go!
6. Next week I'm looking forward to being able to sleep again...please!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to reading a good book in the pool, tomorrow my plans include work and reading a good book in the pool, and Sunday I want to get home from work and read a good book in the pool! (Until it cools off too much for the pool, I'm going to be a broken record, folks. I work every weekend, and my husband works 15-hour shifts every weekend. Leave me to my own devices and I read!)
   

Friday Fill-Ins #85

1. The last meal I had at a restaurant was at the Olive Garden after a movie a couple of months ago.

2. Being in a crowd is something I intensely dislike.

3. The full moon mesmerizes me.

4. Toadchoker is one of my favorite local expressions. (It may not be local to Phoenix, but it's local where I grew up in central Illinois. The monsoon is bringing us some rain right now which is why it popped into my head.)

5. Sometimes it's best to keep your mouth shut and walk away.

6. Mamma Mia! is the best movie I've seen so far this year!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to reading a good book in the pool, tomorrow my plans include surviving another day at work then reading a good book in the pool and Sunday, I want to come home from work, jump in the pool and read!

Friday Fill-Ins

1. You know you're old when when you begin one too many conversations with "I remember when...."
2. My heart is divided between Ben & Jerry's Cinnamon Buns and Ben & Jerry's Berried Treasure.
3. A minion is what I need RIGHT NOW!
4. I have felt the Homeowner's High, I have known the depths of Homeowner's Despair.
5. Gah, won't these people stop rattling my windows with their (c)rap music?
6. Tell someone you cherish that you love them as soon as you can!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to a little "Murder in Suburbia" on the telly followed by John Harvey's Flesh & Blood, tomorrow my plans include reading out in the pool after work, and Sunday, I want to read out in the pool after work. (A photo of my summer reading spot is a couple of posts down!
   

My First Friday Fill-Ins

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1. If I could travel back in time, I'd be exploring with Lewis and Clark.
2. Give me books or give me my camera!
3. I am listening to the hum of the air conditioner.
4. Somewhere, someone is thinking of what they'd do if they won the lottery.
5. I'll always be a bookaholic.
6. My idea of a good time includes going off road with my husband in his Jeep Liberty and exploring the middle of nowhere at our own pace...of course with a couple of books along just in case!
7. And as for the weekend, I'm looking forward to sitting in the pool with a good book after work, tomorrow my plans include sitting in the pool with a good book after work, and Sunday, I want to sit in the pool with a good book after work. (I work every weekend. My "weekends" are Tuesday through Thursday.)