Friday Fun Questions, Volume 5

It's that time of the week! Time for Friday Fun Questions. I actually had a tough time coming up with questions today and it almost slipped my mind that today was the day. Guess all this hurricane business had my mind elsewhere!

1. In what style would your dream home be? What are some must-haves you would want to be in it?

2. An author's work you consider to be a must read?

3. What's a TV show that's no longer on that you miss watching?

4. If someone made a movie of your life, who would you want to play you?

5. What's one invention you can't imagine living without?

My answers:

1. I'd love to have a Greek Revival home ( you know a plantation home?) I can just imagine myself sipping mint juleps on the porch! I'd want it to have a huge wraparound porch and high ceilings with a magnificent staircase and a cozy living room with a fireplace. Oh and a big kitchen too!

2. I think Doris Kearnes Goodwin is phenomenal. She really captures the lives of the people she writes up and makes them as if you know the intricate details of their lives.

3. I miss all the old shows like Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, Let's Make a Deal and those sorts of shows. TV Land used to play some of them, but now are playing the likes of Third Rock From the Sun and Just Shoot Me, not classic TV in my opinion.

4. I'd want Reese Witherspoon to play me. She's funny, intelligent and a good actress. I think she'd play me in a believable way.

5. I'm sure a lot of people might say this, but I cannot imagine not having the Internet and not having the ability to find anything within just a few seconds at my fingertips. I wouldn't have met all you fabulous blogger people either without the Internet!

Let's hear those answers!

A tad stressed...

I'm a bit stressed today.

Sean failed his second PT test in a row this morning and things are not looking good for him. He was well above average on his sit-ups and push-ups, but failed his run by ten seconds. That's exactly what happened last time.

Now, after getting a counciling statement, he is going through the beginning stages of possibly getting discharged because of this. He's already been put on no-jump status, which means we are already going to start getting less pay since he can't jump.

If he doesn't pass this next PT test then it's going to be really bad, it's actually up in the air right now if we are even going to go to Italy. I hate not knowing what's going to happen and I find it a bit ridiculous that this whole situation is even a big deal.

Please pray that he passes his next test and all this will be taken care of. I know we could make it if he was discharged, but I don't even want to think of that and how hard it's going to be.

MRE's: Not For Me, is up!

Emily was a doll and put our template up for our new recipe blog, if you want to check out what it looks like head to www.militaryrecipes.blogspot.com and see what MRE's: Not for Me! looks like in it's beginning stages!

To categorize it we are going to be separating it into normal categories:
Appetizers
Soups/Salads
Main Courses: Beef
" ": Poultry
" ": Pork
Vegetable/Side Dishes
Desserts

AND we will also be categorizing it according to main ingredients as several of you have suggested. I'd like to put submitted by under each recipe, so if you email recipes then please put your Blogger name to cut down on confusion.

I know Lindsay was working on links for printable recipes, which I think we would all love to see. So, Lindsay if you've made any headway with that let me know. :)

Again, if you have any questions or suggestions please do not hesitate to let me know.

Simply Smashing!

So in reference to my blog title, let me explain why I chose that. See...yesterday I was in the bathroom applying some make-up, when my liquid foundation fell off the bathroom counter and onto my big toe. I'm pretty sure my next door neighbor could hear my howl of pain, but that's not even the worst part. Evidently it bruised my toenail badly, because even slight pressure on the nail leads to excruiating pain. I'm not going to be suprised it all if it falls off, it's that bruised.

I'm off work again today. I'm not sure why, although one of my co-workers called last night and attempted to explain, but her phone was cutting out so badly I couldn't here her. I'm hoping we go back tomorrow because even though I'm getting hurricane pay for the days we are off work, it's really nothing compared to what I'd be making actually being at work and right now is not a good time for me to not be making that much money. So...I'm hoping we go back tomorrow.

My most exciting news of today would be something I purchased yesterday that I have been wanting for a long time. A Canon Rebel XSI!



I had narrowed it down between that and a Canon 40D, but honestly I just couldn't afford the price difference of the 40D and I wasn't willing to put the remaining amount on a credit card. So I bought the Rebel XSI. I had originally wanted to buy it off aafes.com, but when I looked at it on there yesterday it was no longer on sale and gone back to $895.00, which is ridiculous to me. So, I went back to beachcamera.com, where I bought my camera before this one. I had a wonderful experience using them before and I am very pleased with the deal I got off there this time as well. The camera was over $200 cheaper on their website and I didn't have to pay sales tax or shipping. My camera should be here in about a week and I'm so excited! I cannot wait to start using it!

In light of gaining a couple of pounds with all the food I've been eating waiting out Gustav, I need to go do some Turbo Jam.

Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone!

It's Over

Well, Hurricane Gustav moved through our immediate area without much damage, but just over the line into Rapides Parish most residents are out of electricity. We got lucky and the storm went more north of us which put us on the western side of the storm, which is the better side of it.

Our electricity is not out (obviously) and it did flicker a few times, but thankfully stayed on. It rained most of last night into today and just recently stopped to a drizzle.

Hopefully I'll be back to work tomorrow and the residents of the coast will be back to their homes quickly.

We Have a Winner!

It's official, we now have a name for the recipe blog. A special thanks to Katie from True Life: I'm an Army Wife for submitting the winning name of, MRE's: Not for Me! Katie, if I had any special prize to give you I certaintly would.

If you want to start emailing your recipes to the email account you can email, militaryrecipes@gmail.com.

I'm getting ready to set up the actual blog and once Emily gets back from her vacation she'll be setting up the template. For those who actually want to be multi-users on the recipe blog, you can email me once I've set up the blog and request the password. My personal email is osugirl713@hotmail.com

So ladies, start gathering those recipes and get ready to submit them!

Voting Will Close Tonight at 7p.m. CST...oh yeah and an update on us!

Ok everyone, if you haven't already voted for the name for our new recipe blog be sure to get your vote in before tonight at 7p.m. CST. I will be closing the voting then and annoucing the winner. Thank you to all who have voted so far.

An update on us here in Louisiana. It's cloudy here, some rain sprinkles, but nothing too major yet. They are predicting it to hit here tonight at 1 a.m. In fact I was watching the national news earlier and Bobby Jindal mentioned the storm was going a little further south then expected and would be cutting across Vernon Parish and Fort Polk. Kind of eerie to hear that, but we expected it.

We are just relaxing today. I'm watching some Sex and the City and Sean is watching re-runs of some of Saturday's football games. Thank you again to everyone who has been sending well wishes and concern. I will try to let you all know as soon as possible once the storm has passed.