">
Welcome to my MommyFest Blog Party
|
 |
(This is a sticky post, please find current news items below) By J M L in General |
| ||
First I hope all Moms had a very Happy Mother's Day!
Don't forget to enter my Giveaway below!
This is a blog and a website with custom pages and files.
It is also hooked up to my two other blogs which I started before this one.
This blog I use for themed writing/Memes, and contests/parties/giveaways because people can post comments on them where as the other two, do not allow comments from non-members.
So why not check out a few pages here?
Get to know me
One of my favorite posts: Growing up in a Victorian House
Recipe pages
Crafty pages -- includes free sewing patterns for dolls and teddy bears.
Check out my Humor category for a laugh.
Or listen or watch some videos in the Music/Lyric category.
OK party on:
Learn a new dance: try it!
The Giveaway!!
Nothing too big, just a small trinket and it is very very cute and cheerful.
Leave your first official one comment on this post with a valid email address.
International mailing.
Comments in my controls are labelled with a number -- so that is your lottery ticket/s for this prize which will be drawn on Friday, May 16th at 7 pm EST. I will contact the winner and also write a reply under the winner's comment.
Good luck!
HTML tags are NOT supported in the comments.
Please note this box if you are leaving a comment,
It is located under the reply box:
This is a darling strawberry pin. I believe it is paper mache with a high gloss finish. It measures 1 inch wide by 1 1/2 inches tall.
It can be yours if you take the first chance and enter by posting on this official entry.
Earn one extra entry each (total of two) if you post a quality comment on the Dance post OR on the Victorian House post. Heck, comment on any other post and I will enter you again! You need to officially post ONCE on this party thread first though so I can identify you on the others.
Limit of a total of five (5) enteries/tickets during this event.
Happy Mother's Day!
|
|
|
(This is a sticky post, please find current news items below) By J M L in Humor |
| ||
So true, so true, so true. Enjoy this and laugh!
Welcome!
|
|
|
(This is a sticky post, please find current news items below) By J M L in Fun Links |
| ||
Unconscious Mutterings 275
|
|
|
Sunday, 11 May 08 - 12:53 PM (GMT -05:00) By J M L in Unconscious Mutterings |
| ||
- Track :: and field, race, on, railroad, right
- Snake :: sneaky person, song by Tom T. Hall (view below)
- Assignment :: America, homework, work, duty, job
- Blockbuster :: mega event, video store
- Bombastic :: news drop
- Adventure :: Wonderland, travel, highway, hiking
- First time :: romance/love
- Aged :: prune
- Grip :: flu, pull yourself together (get a grip on yourself)
- Shortcut :: something my husband always thinks is a good idea when travelling
My husband's responses:
- Track :: slot car, railroad
- Snake :: sneaky
- Assignment :: homework
- Blockbuster :: good movie
- Bombastic :: a big word
- Adventure :: shopping, road trip
- First time :: (he asked me when our first time was)
- Aged :: oxidation
- Grip :: rubber
- Shortcut :: lost
My husband was out in the garage when I came out with the list.
I do mine first then I ask him either I type it, or in this instance, went out and interviewed him and wrote it down. Well, he did not know my answers so naturally we were laughing at his answers but I was really laughing because he did not know mine. I told him he needed to take a peek when he was done. Yes, we compliment each other.
Blog Talkers #72
|
|
|
Sunday, 11 May 08 - 12:02 PM (GMT -05:00) By J M L in Blog Talkers |
| ||
My imaginary life.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world ~ Albert Einstein
A dozen things I would like in my imaginary life:
1. Children who would pick up their areas and stuff. My house would be clean and organized.
2. A Robot that can pick up themselves if they fall over. Also cook and clean just like Rosie the Robot on The Jetsons without the NY/NJ accent.
3. Car that would pick up the children. Insert a program disc and it is on it's way.
4. Cars that don't break down or need repairing.
5. My phone would stop ringing with solicitation calls for politics or services. There would be no messages that would need deleting if this were the case.
6. I would have a "hose down" room, completely tiled and filled with many shower heads (with various settings) to wash down either the children, the husband, the dogs, or myself. Sort of like an indoor car wash but only for people. It would be great for a baby, just put the high chair in there and turn it on "mist spray wash".
7.. Instead of teaching, become a clown/magician and then go to hospitals, nursing homes and entertain people on a whim.
8.. If I stayed in teaching, I would imagine my salary would be lots bigger than the peanuts I get after decades.
9. Become a children's picture book author and appear on BookTalk on C-Span. (This would also provide me with a little vacation.)
10. Win the lottery (50 million or more), keep a few million for myself, then with the rest, build my town a new school and provide scholarship money and donate to libraries.
11. Limit snow storms/blizzards/Nor'easters or move elsewhere where this does not occur.
12. Be able to twitch my nose like Samantha Stevens to get things done.
The reality -- becoming a children's book author or winning the lottery could come true.
I am just throwing those thoughts out in the universe to see what will happen.
Your thoughts are appreciated. Wish me luck.
I never worry about the future. It comes soon enough. ~ Albert Einstein
Friday Fill Ins 71
|
|
|
Friday, 09 May 08 - 12:08 AM (GMT -05:00) By J M L in Friday Fill Ins |
| ||
2. Bluebird Bluebird through my window.
3. Right now, I need a sweater!.
4. The grocery store is where I went Thursday night; it was not crowded.
5. Why does typing hurt so much?
6. All I can think of is the next project I will work on.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to cleaning and organizing, tomorrow my plans include reading and Sunday, I want to relax and refresh!
Friday Fill Ins
Friday's Feast 190
|
|
|
Friday, 09 May 08 - 12:01 AM (GMT -05:00) By J M L in Friday's Feast |
| ||
Appetizer When someone smiles at you, do you smile back?
Yes! I even give a friendly wave!
Soup Describe the flooring in your home. Do you have carpet, hardwood, vinyl, a mix?
Red Oak: hall, livingroom, diningroom
Vinyl: kitchens and baths
Carpeting: stairs and bedrooms
Salad Write a sentence with only 5 words, but all of the words have to start with the first letter of your first name.
Jaunty Jean jots, jumps, jeers.
Main Course Do you know anyone whose life has been touched by adoption?
Yes!
Dessert Name 2 blue things.
Both my children's rooms, the font color (even my blog!)
Friday's Feast
Frozen in New York
|
|
|
Thursday, 08 May 08 - 10:31 AM (GMT -05:00) By J M L in Humor |
| ||
Frozen in New York
Wordless Wednesday: NH Waterfall
|
|
|
Wednesday, 07 May 08 - 12:01 AM (GMT -05:00) By J M L in Wordless Wednesdays |
| ||
Tuesday Tunes 31
|
|
|
Tuesday, 06 May 08 - 11:06 AM (GMT -05:00) By J M L in Tuesday Tunes |
| ||
Rocking: Rocking Robin
Bird: Feed the Birds from Mary Poppins
Art: True Colors either Cyndi Lauper or Phil Collins, Color My World by Chicago
Mountain: Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
Road: Country Road -- John Denver or The Long and Winding Road -- The Beatles
Animal: Bird Dog by The Everly Brothers
Car: Baby You Can Drive My Car -- The Beatles, Drove All Night -- Celine Dion, or Big Yellow Taxi -- Joni Mitchell, Here in My Car -- Gary Neuman (?) or Little Red Corvette -- Prince.
Walk: I Don't Want to Walk Without You -- Barry Manilow (first dance song at my wedding)
Cloud: I'm on the Top of the World -- Carpenters (video/lyrics on another post here)
Wilderness: Theme from Bonanza
Tuesday Tunes
Tina's Tuesdays: Nose in a Book
|
|
|
Tuesday, 06 May 08 - 10:26 AM (GMT -05:00) By J M L in Tina's Tuesdays |
| ||
- What was the last book you read?
The Professor's Daughter by Joann Sfar and Emmanuel Guibert.
It is a graphic novel, the first one I have ever read.
I bought it on a glance and ended up with no money left over for the few groceries I had to buy. The decision was wretching but allowed me more time in the bookstore, a dangerous place for me! I absolutely loved it and laughed my head off. - What are you currently reading?
Rereading Gifts From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindberg
(read more about this book in my other posts) - What books do you want to read next?
Maybe another mystery with Miss Seeton or Miss Silver.
Tina's Tuesdays
Heads or Tails #37 - Mother
|
|
|
Tuesday, 06 May 08 - 12:01 AM (GMT -05:00) By J M L in Heads or Tails |
| ||
(mouse over picture for credits)
This is a picture of Cornelia Africana (in blue), remembered as the "perfect Roman woman, beautiful, and elegant as well as remarkable and clever."
She lived a long life considering the times she lived in. (b.190 BC d. 100 BC)
There are two stories about her and her virtuous manner. The first one was told to me long ago and the second one I read. Essentially they are similar but which one is true or maybe they both are, who knows but it is now legend.
1. The Romans were knocking door to door asking or demanding citizens hand over their precious metals and jewels for it was war time and citizens must sacrifice for the good of the cause. When Cornelia answered her door, the request was put upon her, she summoned and then brought forth her children stating to the soldiers "these are my jewels".
2. A splendidly dressed and bejewelled lady came to visit her one day.
While they were talking, the lady asked to see Cornelia's ornaments/jewels. She sent for her sons and when they appeared told the visiting lady, "These are my jewels and their virtues are my ornaments".
Cornelia remains honored today as a statue titled "These are my Jewels" at the Ohio Statehouse and there is a third similar version of the story there.
Many make the household but only one makes the home. -- James Russell Lowell
Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall;
A mother's secret hope outlives them all. -- N.P. Willis
They say that man is mighty,
He governs land and sea,
He wields a mighty scepter
O'er lesser powers than he;
But mightier power and stronger
Man from his throne has hurled,
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rules the world. -- W.R. Wallace
The instruction received at the mother's knee, and the paternal lessons, together with the pious and sweet souvenirs of the fireside, are never entirely effaced from the soul. -- Lamennais
The dignity, the grandeur, the tenderness, the everlasting and divine significance of motherhood. -- De Witt Tallmadge
Happy Mother's Day!
Heads or Tails
Unconscious Mutterings 274
|
|
|
Sunday, 04 May 08 - 09:57 AM (GMT -05:00) By J M L in Unconscious Mutterings |
| ||
- State :: of blissful living
- Lively :: animated
- Valet :: hotel
- Traction :: leg, car commercials when travelling up a steep hill
- Official :: badge, entry form for contest
- Red hot :: red hots the candy, also The Red Hot Chilli Peppers or The Red Hot Chilli Pipers (hot rockers in kilts, see performance below)
- Powder :: "lady powder" what I called perfumed powder and put on my daughter when she was younger, room
- Replies :: email or commenting
- Flagrant :: utterly disgraceful act
- Tweet :: my tweet heart
My husband's responses:
- State :: of confusion
- Lively :: in love
- Valet :: summer job
- Traction :: tires
- Official :: referee
- Red hot :: chili peppers
- Powder :: take a break
- Replies :: Beatle song (No Reply??)
- Flagrant :: out of the box
- Tweet :: some guy at work's name
Wish him a Happy Birthday!
He was on vacation this past week and the weather was damp, wet, and very cold. Today it is pouring out. He was very disappointed.
Chilli Pipers play Queen's We Will Rock You, some of Eye of the Tiger and some traditional piping tunes. The crowd goes wild!
Blog Talkers #71
|
|
|
Sunday, 04 May 08 - 09:43 AM (GMT -05:00) By J M L in Blog Talkers |
| ||
I have decided to read Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindberg again. (My review can be found here.)
I found a new copy at a yard sale yesterday so that is why I am rereading it. Basically, I like the message of a simple contented life with purpose theme.
I would recommend this book for anyone, especially as a gift for a high school or college graduation present.
For the most part, I like social parodies by E.F.Benson (Mapp and Lucia among others), Barbara Pym, Nancy Mitford, P.G.Wodehouse, Angela Thirkell, Miss Read and of course Jane Austen.
Growing Up in a Small Town
|
|
|
Saturday, 03 May 08 - 02:59 PM (GMT -05:00) By J M L in Humor |
| ||
Those who didn't will be in disbelief and won't understand how very true it is!
1) You can name everyone you graduated with.
2) You know what 4-H means.
3) You went to parties at a pasture, barn, gravel pit, or in the middle of a dirt road. On Monday you could always tell who was at the party because of the scratches on their legs from running through the woods when the party was busted. (See #6.)
4) You used to'drag'Main .
5) You whispered the 'F' word and your parents knew within the hour.
6) You scheduled parties around the schedules of different police officers, because you knew which ones would bust you and which ones wouldn't.
7) You could never buy beer because all the store clerks knew how old you were (and if you were old enough, they'd tell your parents anyhow.) Besides, where would you get the money?
8) When you did find somebody old enough and brave enough to buy beer, you still had to go out into the country and drive on back roads to drink it.
9) You knew which section of the ditch you would find the beer your buyer dropped off.
10) It was cool to date somebody from the neighboring town.
11) The whole school went to the same party after graduation.
12) You didn't give directions by street names but rather by references. Turn by Nelson's house, go 2 blocks to Anderson 's, and it's four houses left of the track field.
13) The golf course had only 9 holes.
14) You couldn't help but date a friend's ex-boyfriend/girlfriend.
15) Your car stayed filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason.
16) The town next to you was considered 'trashy' or 'snooty,' but was actually just like your town.
17) You referred to anyone with a house newer then 1955 as the 'rich' people.
18) The people in the 'big city' dressed funny, and then you picked up the trend 2 years later.
19) Anyone you wanted could be found at the local gas station or the dairybar.
20) You saw at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town or one of your friends driving a grain truck to school occasionally.
21) The gym teacher suggested you haul hay for the summer to get stronger.
22) Directions were given using THE stop light as a reference.
23) When you decided to walk somewhere for exercise, 5 people would pull over and ask if you wanted a ride.
24) Your teachers called you by your older siblings' names.
25) Your teachers remembered when they taught your parents.
26) You could charge at any local store or write checks without any ID.
27) There was no McDonalds.
28) The closest mall was over an hour away.
29) It was normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn mower.
30) You took a leak in a cornfield.
31) Most people went by a nickname.
32) You laughed reading this because you know it is true, and you forward it to everyone who may have lived in a small town.
RetroJunk -- Good Stuff from Yesteryear
|
|
|
Saturday, 03 May 08 - 12:01 AM (GMT -05:00) By J M L in Fun Links |
| ||
I stumbled upon this unique site with all things retro so take a trip down Memory Lane and find all those things that made your childhood happy, toys, old commercials, lost and found, and a message board with a treasure of topics.
RetroJunk
Invitation: MommyFest Blog Party May 12-16th
|
|
|
Friday, 02 May 08 - 02:11 PM (GMT -05:00) By J M L in General |
| ||
Well I am going to participate in this Blog Party also.
There will be lots going on and prizes to be won!
I might even do another Give Away!
So if you want to meet other Moms and blog hop, this is for you.
Click on the linked image to find out more.
Friday Fill Ins 70
|
|
|
Friday, 02 May 08 - 12:02 AM (GMT -05:00) By J M L in Friday Fill Ins |
| ||
2. My creativeness often amazes me.
3. You can keep doing that forever, the dog is tired.
4. Leftovers, mix it all together and voila! You have dinner for tonight!.
5. If I had a yard with a garden, I would love to grow corn and sunflowers.
6. Bananas is/are best au naturel.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to good weather, tomorrow my plans include yard sales and Sunday, I want to visit my Dad!
Friday Fill Ins
Friday's Feast 189
|
|
|
Friday, 02 May 08 - 12:01 AM (GMT -05:00) By J M L in Friday's Feast |
| ||
Appetizer What was your favorite cartoon when you were a child?
The Jetsons -- Astro was my favorite.
Soup Pretend you are about to get a new pet. Which animal would you pick, and what would you name it?
I would still get another Bichon Frise and name it "Coco Chanel".
Salad On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy getting all dressed up for a special occasion?
Depends, right now I say a 1 but depending on the occasion, maybe a 5 possibly an 8.
Main Course What kind of music do you listen to while you drive?
Soft Rock
Dessert When was the last time you bought a clock? And in which room did you put it?
Recently and it is in the livingroom.
OK a funny story from Christmas few years ago -- We have a Jr/Sr combo High School since we have so few students in our town. My daughter (grade 6 at the time) does pretty well getting up on her own but sometimes, we have to wake her. We were at a Thrift Shop and I spied this huge old fashioned alarm clock with the hammer that wavers and hits the two bells but it had modern mechanics for a couple of dollars. So I told my husband we would give it to her as a joke Christmas gift and put on the tag "Hope you can use this. From: Mrs. Smith", who was the principal. So she opens the big box up and sees what it is and laughs her head off at her crazy parents. It is in the livingroom and when it rings, it sounds like a fire alarm.
Friday's Feast
May 1st: Celebrate Mother Goose Day
|
|
|
Thursday, 01 May 08 - 12:02 AM (GMT -05:00) By J M L in Education |
| ||
Yes, it is Mother Goose Day, May 1st every year.
To celebrate -- read a few nursery rhymes to your favorite child.
One of the games I use to play with my fifth grade library classes was list ten nursery rhymes working together as a team. They would be put into groups of five or six students. I then asked them to list ten nursery rhymes on a paper. Usually out of six groups, only one group would have a complete and correct list. Pretty sad.
Nursery rhymes are very important for children to learn.
It helps them greatly with pre-reading skills.
So read a few to a special child or if you have your own children, select one and repeat it for a week. Then pick a new one each week.
Mother Goose Society -- the official page with lots of ideas and activities.
... More items are available in my News Archive
