183 posts tagged “qotd”
What are the goofy nicknames you have for your pet? Bonus points for sharing a picture of him/her.
Submitted by Papi Chulo.
Lunatic
luna tuna
tunatic
baby
baby kitten
beebee
shitzenberg (when she is being especially evil)
Shitzenberger
lilshit
crazy
nuckin futs
tunatastic
panteluna
pantaloon
floofer
the floof
floofenator
Princess Floofypants
Princess
acrocat
I am sure there are many many more
Here's one for the ladies: What's in your handbag right now?
Submitted by Kadeeae.
*lip gloss "bloom"
*egg nog lip balm
*chiclets
*earrings i made
*3 pens
*1 mechanical pencil with eraser half gone
*sudoku book
*house keys
*tiny pad of paper with cute animals on it
*tissues with reindeer on them
*gloves
*digital photography book
*camera case
*camera
*ticket stub from antique show
*pink post its
*sharpie fine point black
*wallet containing no cash, but $35 in olive garden bucks
*old grocery list
*wrapper from the fair scone I ate at antique show
*receipt from doctors office $10 co-pay
*endless amounts of lint
Audio: Share a song with some great piano playing in it.
Ok, it has to be asked: What's your take on Britney's recent trip to the hospital?
I don't think her tragic life should be our entertainment.
We should not gossip about what is wrong, or how she looked while trying to get a breath of fresh air during an obviously hard time in her life.
It is HER LIFE!!!!
She sings crappy songs, and dances. This is how she entertains us. That is what people pay her to do. What she is doing now should be NONE OF OUR BUSINESS!!!!!!! I laughed when I saw the you tube footage of the Britney fan screaming through tears "Leave Britney Alone!!!" Now I am almost to that point! I have never been a fan, and have been critical of her talent. But I am a full grown woman, not a teen aged girl looking for someone cool to look up to.
I feel bad for the girl, she is uneducated and has been a tool for so many for so long. A person can only take so much of that before they snap. And the poor girl has. This is not entertainment.
I used to go to Perez hilton and get the latest gossip, watch the occasional trash tv show on a sunday afternoon, but I feel they have gone too far. I refuse to be a part of it. It all changed when I saw footage of britney shaving her head. I was almost crying, here are 50+ people watching her fall, and nobody puts a camera down and holds out a helping hand. No, they scoop up her hair and sell it on ebay.
I am the type of person who looks away after a person trips so they do not see that I saw that small embarrassment. That is what I am going to do now, I am looking away. Please join me. We should all as humans, look away. We would want other strangers to do the same for us.
Her life is not our entertainment.
It is none of our damn business.
How do you stay organized?
Submitted by devillibrarian.
I have spoke of my clutter problem. It is holding me back now.
I grew up with nearly nothing, I always wanted cute pens and pencils adorned with kittens and rainbows like the other girls. I wanted novelty lip balm that tasted sweet. I wanted pretty hair barrettes with ribbons of bright colors hanging down into their hair with plastic beads shining at the end. I wanted the pastel pants with the triangle tag on the back picturing an ice cream cone. I wanted adidas tennis shoes. I wanted more than one coat, two pairs of pants with holes in the knees and a handful of stained shirts. I wanted stickers to put in my sticker album that held mostly chicita banana stickers.
I wanted to fit in. I wanted to not be so different. I wanted a cute hairstyle rather than the butcher job my mother did on my hair every few months to get my bangs out of my eyes. I wanted white teeth, not the yellow ones I got because of medicine mother took while she was pregnant with me. I wanted to not be so skinny. I wanted someone to tell me I was beautiful. I wanted to hug my mother and have her hug me back. I wanted to kiss my mother and not have her push me away. I wanted a relationship with someone where I was allowed to be me. I wanted to be more than what mother said I would be. I wanted to dance. I wanted to sing. I wanted to learn music. I wanted attention.
It was not until the last year that all of these wants have been manifest in stuff. I want so I buy. I am interested in antiques, I thought I was going to be an antique dealer until I found out how ruthless and dishonest you have to be. I did not realize the want I felt inside was not for stuff, it was for me. I have been SO out of balance. I have been giving and never learned how to give to myself. I filled that giving to myself with delicate dishes handpainted from Japan in the 1920's. With tiny juice cups with the cutest animals playing around the rim. Cups and saucers with brightly colored flowers. I have this thing where I see beauty in almost everything, so I buy things because they are so beautiful.
I have not been able to use my dining room table in months. There is a table at the end of my kitchen, under piles of stuff. It was to be a breakfast nook. I have two bedrooms that are FULL of stuff! They can't even be used. I look around my house and we have paths to get around. I am done. I cannot live like this any longer! My poor dear husband has been up to his ears with it for years. But he could see what I could not. He let me have it, hoping one day I would come to my senses. Well, Darling, I have come to my senses. I need to get rid of it all. Antique dealers in my area are going to flock to my super cheap yard sale. They are going to release me from all of my clutter. I am going to feel lighter.
I want to feel lighter. I want to feel relaxed. I want to feel calm. I want to feel love in my home. I want to feel free.
How do you keep calm?
Submitted by L33tchica.
It snowed today! YAY! husband got to sleep in, we drank coffee and watched the view, he suffered through it. Haha!
So of course I went out and took some pictures! Which answers the QOTD, I take photos, I look for beauty in every leaf, in every curve of a branch, in every moss covered stone. I keep calm by searching for beauty.
What are 10 things you've done that other people probably haven't?
Submitted by Janette.
This is going to be super tough as I have avoided risks and adventure my whole life.
1. I worked at my first job for over 6 years (fast food none the less!)
2. I was a junior in high school when I received my first kiss, then too scared to say I liked him because I thought I was going to have to have sex with him
3. I was a virgin until I was 21, and that is the same guy I am with now! 14 years later. : )
4. I had a step-mother who was only 6 years older than myself, I guess she still is, the divorce is not yet final
5. This is the first time in my life when I have time to take care of myself, I have always put everything and everybody before myself. Now it is my turn.
6. I collect vintage aprons
7. I have only had 4 jobs, and have worked solid 40+hour work weeks since I was 17.
8. I worked two jobs for over 2 years, 9 hours at BK, then walked a mile home, ate, changed clothes, walked a mile to Kmart and worked for 4 hours, then walked a mile home. This started at 5:30am and got home at 10pm. so I walked 4 miles a day along with a 13 hour day. I had mondays off and usually slept all day.
9. I take sidewalk chalk to the local park and draw hopscotch squares on the paved path around the park, and inspirational words too. When I make each lap around, I jump the hopscotch and think about what the words mean to me.
10. I still at the age of 34, do not know how to drive
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. What's your strongest memory or impression of King's contributions?
I just remember they used to play the "i have a dream" speech over the loud speakers at school. I remember the first time I actually listened to it, I was in my biology class, sitting at the double table by myself. Dreading the moment when the teacher says "Ok pair up with your lab partner" I did not have one. They interrupted the class, I was glad. So I decided to listen to the speech this time. It moved me SO much, I thought I was going to cry. It made me think about how much the times had changed, I could not imagine that kind of life. Not being accepted because of the color of your skin.
Even now, I am a few weeks away from age 35, and every time I hear Martin Luther King Jr.'s voice say " I Have A Dream!" It gives me goose bumps and a wave of emotion flows through my body. It makes me realize how far we have come, and how far we still need to go.
What do you think is your best physical attribute?
Submitted by Nacwolin.
My eyes, for lots of reasons.
they are expressive
the color is nice
my eyelashes are long and dark even without mascara
I like what they can see most of all.
I love that they are constantly searching for beauty
beauty in people
beauty of a twisted branch
my eyes, they are my best physical attribute. I have always thought so.
What are you saving up for?
Submitted by Star.
well, we have JUST enough to get our bills paid, with a little extra on the house payment (at years end it adds up to an extra house payment, we are about 2 years ahead of schedule now) We do not have extra to save. There is always something that comes up, birthdays, new part for the wood stove, car problem, health problem, etc. You know, life stuff. BUT! If I had enough to save for something I would save up for
*Camera
*retirement
*laptop for husband
*vacation in an RV
*landscaper, I want a veggie garden
*art supply organizers
*yoga classes
*photography classes
um, I think that is it. That is all I want that money can buy. I don't really want a whole lot, I have no desire for it. I don't really buy frivolous things too often, I am more responsible. I put extra money on the house payment, the more ahead I get there, the easier it will be for husband and I to retire later. We got a slow start on the retirement funds, starting only a couple years ago.
