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It’s Okay If You Roll Your Eyes

July 12, 2008 By Jendi 5 Comments

My husband thinks I’m crazy to think about things like this, but as you can see that doesn’t stop me.

Here’s the non-million dollar question:

What if I die suddenly and nobody knows how to get in to my blog?

All you fine people out there would just wonder what happened to me.

I don’t have any real life friends living close to me that blog.

You would just think I deserted you!

Therefore, I think I will hide instructions with passwords for e-mail and blog posts.

Then I question where to hide them. They can’t be hidden so hard that nobody finds them until years after my death, but they can’t be hidden so easy that some bad person could find it and hi-jack my blog.

Do you see my dilemma here?

Filed Under: Blogging, Daily Life Tagged With: personal

What Kind of Quirk Do You Have? Husbands Not Included.

May 17, 2008 By Jendi 2 Comments

The first definition of Quirk according to Answers.com is as follows:

A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy.

Six Quirky Things

I was tagged for this meme by Cyndi at Modern Christian Homestead.

The obligatory rules:

Link to the blogger who tagged you.
List the rules.
List your six quirks.
Tag 6 others.

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Starting with the least quirky of the quirks I thought of. Probably right after I post this I will do something that will blow these quirks away….oh well…

6. Alphabetical order. I’m not overly crazy with it, my spices are mixed up and my books are usually in categories by size; but if it’s a typed list it really should be alphabetized.

5. Lists. Shopping lists, to-do lists, packing lists, things to look up lists, books-to-find lists, … I love lists! [I think a lot of ladies are like this, but when I told my husband that a lot of people make lists he said, “No they don’t!"]

4. Clean computer desktop. It’s bugging me as I speak type because I had to change the settings for the kid’s game and it threw the shortcuts out of whack. They should be lined up, similar ones together, with those that haven’t been used recently deleted. It doesn’t matter if my physical desktop has mounds of papers balanced precariously on top of CDs while pens roll around. My computer desktop must be clean and neat.

3. Little things on glasses that sit on your nose. I think they are called nose buds. Whatever they’re called, I can’t stand them. Not on regular glasses or sunglasses. Do you know how much that limits my choice of glasses?!

2. Being breathed on. If I can feel breath on my skin I will move. If it’s on my clothes, that’s A-OK. I just don’t want to feel your breath on my skin.

And my number one quirk…
1. Twirling my hair. It’s probably more of a bad habit than a quirk. During high school and the early years of marriage I did not twirl my hair. Then I got pregnant and I was emotional, tired, emotional, anxious, emotional, getting big, etc. The twirling returned. It’s always a piece of hair from the upper left side of my head slightly back from my ear.

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Now I get to tag people! Who should my victims be? How about…

Chel at Chasing Contentment, who constantly reminds me to be happy and content.
Katy at The Country Blossom, who has a joy that shows and a knack for decorating country-style.
Janet at Daily Provision, who is great with lists and just posted a great Thursday Thirteen.
Kara at Garden Vines, who is also waiting for her new house and just started a garden blog.
Katina at Cherish the Moment, who is super busy with her kids and definitely keeps her blog true to life.
Terri, my real life friend who doesn’t have a blog, just a son that gives her great blog fodder – like when he put Vaseline all over himself and her bed. She does have a Flickr site. Terri, you can leave your quirks in the comments – if you dare.

If anyone else wants to play along just let me know and I will give you some link love.

Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: meme, personal

How Many Bottles Are In Your Shower?

April 25, 2008 By Jendi 7 Comments

It’s amazing how many bottles and things accumulate in my shower.

When we first came to our apartment [that's what we're calling it] there were three empty ledges in the shower. It looked like there was lots of room.

My husband only needs a bar of soap and his one bottle of shampoo with conditioner.

I don’t use shampoo mixed with conditioner because my hairdresser says that it’s not good for my hair. She says the mixed cleaners tend to start conditioning before the hair is clean.

So three days later I checked the ledges and there was my shampoo, conditioner, liquid soap, scrubber thingie, razor, and shower cap. That’s six things for me and two for my husband!

And there’s a stack of kids toys taking up one ledge. I didn’t even mention the kids soap/shampoo because it’s on the counter.

What happened to all that room?!

Are we average or really weird? Do you have a lot of things actually in your shower area?

Filed Under: Daily Life Tagged With: my house, personal

Six Really Unimportant Things

February 26, 2008 By Jendi 2 Comments

Yes, it’s another meme. Maybe the emoticons will make you smile. You can blame it on Cyndi, who tagged me.

1. When eating party mix I always eat 2 pieces together.

2. My preferred way of sleeping is on my side.

Ironing.gif activiteit strijken emoticon image by ellyput54 3. Ironing is not fun for me.

4. Weeding is fun for me.

5. I think about the story behind pictures/art.

6. I can recite the alphabet backwards.

- These emoticons are all from photobucket. –

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Other meme’s I’ve done:

Getting to Know Me – an e-mailed list of questions
Another About Me Survey – 55 questions guaranteed to be different
A Christmas Meme
Who Are You Meme
Six Non-Important Things – What can I say? I was tagged.

Filed Under: Daily Life Tagged With: meme, personal

A Wonderful Invention For Short People

February 25, 2008 By Jendi 4 Comments

Our ’03 Suburban has a really nifty feature.

See it right there? It’s a pedal adjustment button. Oh Yea!

Let me back up a little bit to help you understand my excitement better. At full height, standing straight, flat-footed, no shoes, I’m 5 feet 1 1/2 inches tall.

I don’t mind my height. Really, I don’t. Short people can get in smaller places and climb something to reach higher. I don’t bang my head very much and I have wonderful balance for climbing things.

What’s this got to do with the pedal adjustment? It’s like this…

I’m quite used to always adjusting my seat to drive and/or sitting on a pillow. My husband has had a couple bench seat trucks and it’s just easier to use a pillow than drag the whole seat up and back.

This pedal adjustment feature made me laugh out loud, clap my hands, and shout “Hallelujah!” Okay, that’s exaggerating a bit, but only a little bit.

It’s the first vehicle I’ve driven that I have to stretch my arms out! You can laugh, it’s okay. Usually by the time the seat is far enough up for me to be comfortable with the pedals, the steering wheel is really close to me.

It’s a good thing I didn’t know about this feature when I was 9 months pregnant. My babies could turn the vehicle with a good strong kick while they were in utero.

Short drivers unite! Look for this very helpful feature in your next vehicle. You might want to build up your arm muscles a tad so they are used to stretching out.

Filed Under: Daily Life Tagged With: driving, invention, pedals, personal, vehicles