Monday, December 3, 2012

And You Are...? Blog Hop

What a fun blog hop!  Tammy Theriault and Emily posted about it weeks ago and it's been in the back of my head to do simply because the questions are hilarious!  So here goes!

1. How many speeding tickets have you gotten?
Um...5?  We have "speed cameras" in my county, so those darn things have caught me 3 times that I can recall and I've been pulled over for speeding twice.  Guess I need to slow down, huh?

2. Can you pitch a tent?
Maybe.  Possibly.  Last time I went camping was in 2002, and I honestly don't remember if I helped or not.  I'm sure I did.  What the heck - I'll go with YES.

3. What was your worst vacation ever?
I often take "staycations" because I get so much vacation time and my husband only gets 1/2 of what I have.  So my last "staycation" was right before my brother's wedding this past July.  I thought I'd take off, help them out a bit, hang out by the pool, relax.  Instead, my parents decided to redo their kitchen.  6 days before the wedding.  By themselves...or more to the point by using their children as labor.  So there I was, on my vacation, painting, cleaning, painting some more, cleaning some more and then finally cleaning the whole damn house.  I was not happy, but my parent's house and kitchen looked spectacular and my brother's wedding was wonderful.

4. What was the last thing you bought over $100?

I bought a bunch of makeup at Sephora recently.  It needed to be done.  Your face is forever and if you don't pamper it, it'll show!  So yeah.  Foundation, eye palette, moisturizer, serum, eye cream...the whole 9 yards. :)

5. We're handing you the keys to what?
A vacation property in Sarasota, Florida.  Which I will take and catch the first plane to.  OMG want!
6. What was the last meal cooked that made even you sick?
Chicken in "papillote".  Basically chicken in parchment paper with zucchini, carrots and onions.  It was over cooked and had zero flavor.  It literally made us gag.
7. Fill in the blank: Oh my gosh! Becky, look at her butt! It is so big. She looks like _____?
Some rap guy's girlfriend.
8. What was your first car?
1982 Buick Le Sabre, nicknames: Big Blue Boat; Lurch.  It was approximately the length of a football field, leaked oil non-stop, had no heat, no air conditioning, and no tape deck. The radio tuner only went in one direction (down) so you had to use the presets to go up on the dial.  Also, the roof liner was coming down, so it was like a giant bubble over your heads.  And it wouldn't go into reverse unless you eased it in and you felt the whole car shift.  The blinker was hanging on by a wire, so I had to turn that gently lest it fall off.  It would frequently stall when pressing the gas after coming to a complete stop, so I was the cause of many people being late to things as my car stalled in the middle of the intersection.  God I miss that car.
9. Your best friend falls and gets hurt. Do you ask if he/she's okay or laugh first?
Since she/he is hurt, I ask if he/she is ok first.  If she/he wasn't hurt, I would laugh hysterically.
10. What's the worst song ever?
Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up and The Christmas Shoes.

33 comments:

  1. The CHRISTMAS SHOES song is definitely the worst. How could I not think of that? Maybe I've blocked it from my mind.

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    1. The Christmas shoes is just plain awful. Whoever wrote that should be shot. :)

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  2. If we had speed cameras in my area I wouldn't even have my licence anymore!

    My husband is self-employed and rarely takes vacation, so most of my time off is a staycation too. I've grown to really enjoy it, but it's still nice to go on a trip every few years.

    Visiting from the hop.

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    1. My husband jokes that we own the speed camera on the road to the library. Oh well, I have to race to my books!

      I love staycations and trips! Either is a great way to spend the vacation.

      Thanks for stopping by!

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  3. David has provided a working link:

    http://getbusywriting.blogspot.com/2012/12/and-you-are.html

    And your first car sounds awesome. :) Thanks for participating!

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    1. Great! I edited the post to include your link.

      Yeah, the BBB was amazing. It was so incredibly awful and yet makes the best story.

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    2. Glad it fixed it!

      BTW, Sephora makeup is awesome. It's on my Christmas wish list!

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    3. Sephora FTW! :)

      Btw - hopping through and so far no one else has had over 2 speeding tickets. Me thinks I drive WAY too fast...

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  4. Glad your parent's kitchen looked nice and the wedding went well. Guess you really need that vacation house!

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    1. I just want to go to Sarasota. It's my favorite place. :)

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  5. I don't know that somg but it sound terrible! I should goggle it. But then again... maybe not.

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    1. Definitely don't do it! Be glad you're unaware. :)

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  6. Sounds like something my parents would do, slave labor over vacation. Fun post!

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    1. My parents are just the ultimate procrastinators and my brother and I end up picking up the slack.

      Thanks for stopping by!

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  7. Yay! High fives on being the only one so far who knew how to fill in the blank. I got close, but I thought it was "a total prostitute" I think that was the next line though...haha. Loved Charlie's Angels and Cameron Diaz in that scene. Do you remember it?

    FIVE tickets, huh? You sound like my husband. haha

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    1. I maintain that the speed limits are set ridiculously low. :)

      Love that scene from Charlie's Angels! So funny. Especially the crickets in the background when she's dancing. haha

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  8. P.S. And the Christmas shoe song is the hokiest thing I've ever heard. It cracks me up!

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  9. I will have to Google, The Christmas Shoe song.

    I need a staycation and soon.

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    1. Ugh it's depressing and horrible. Not exactly uplifting for the holidays.

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  10. My parents would always tear apart the house or yard days before a big event too! What is up with that?

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    1. Seriously?! I can only assume that your parents are serious procrastinators too?

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  11. Wow, and I thought my first car was bad! That's okay, now we have these "great" car memories, right? ;-)

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    1. The car was horrible, but I do have great memories of it. Like when I took it college Freshman year and fit a HUGE liquor order in the trunk. And then my mom found the "grocery list" of the alcohol we got and she took the car back. :)

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  12. Oh, I think I've been inside Lurch before, lol. Bessie, my car, must have been Lurch's sister, because they sound very much alike except Bessie was off-white.

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    1. Haha. Glad to hear that old Lurch had family. I'd hate to think he was an only child.

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  13. I was looking for make-up recently. I have none. And it shows. =)

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    1. No way! From your picture you look beautiful!

      I am obsessed with make up. It's a problem. Everyone has their thing, that's my thing. At least it's not shoes - make up is smaller to store.

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  14. that dang bubble in old cars! makes you just want to pop them but it'll only make it worse!!

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  15. It seems like the cars that give us the most problems are the ones we remember the most fondly.

    Shannon at The Warrior Muse

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    1. I love telling stories about that car. :) It was awful, but I still loved it.

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    1. It was, but the outcome was worth it. Kind of. :)

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