How do they know?

I just took another one of those little online quizzes and I have to say for something no more than six questions long, it sure pegged me!

You Have a Melancholic Temperament

Introspective and reflective, you think about everything and anything. You are a soft-hearted daydreamer. You long for your ideal life. You love silence and solitude. Everyday life is usually too chaotic for you. Given enough time alone, it's easy for you to find inner peace. You tend to be spiritual, having found your own meaning of life. Wise and patient, you can help people through difficult times. At your worst, you brood and sulk. Your negative thoughts can trap you. You are reserved and withdrawn. This makes it hard to connect to others. You tend to over think small things, making decisions difficult.

What Temperment Are You?

Is there a doctor or a cleaning fairy in the house?

I guess I'm falling a little behind on this blogging thing. I have been so sick the past week I haven't felt like doing much of anything except watching TV, sleeping and sitting in front of this computer. So you would think I would manage to update, but if all you're doing is sleeping and watching TV, what is there to update?

My Scrap Addict "Secret Sweetie" had someone make me an awesome blog banner but do you think I'm smart enough to get it into my blog? Of course not. I don't feel up to fighting with it and/or trying to outsmart this thing, so it'll just have to wait a while longer. I'm getting to it, though, and I really do love it, gals!

This is the one month of the year it's good to work for the state of Missouri. Two three day weekends in a row. Ahhhhhh nice. :) I guess that's to get us ready for the two month haul with zero holidays coming up. Oh, but did I mention I love my boss? I had to miss Wednesday and Thursday because I was two shades from death. I went back Friday because they really needed me, but she sent me home an hour early and insisted I use sick time and not vacation time even though I felt OK at that point. I got home and had a major relapse. I hate the flu. So much for that flu shot I had last year.

And in other news....I really need the cleaning fairy to clean my house. I'm not up to it other than keeping up with laundry. (Even sick I have to have clean clothing!) John either fractured his foot or severely sprained it in an altercation at the high school last week, so he's not up to it, and the kids only work so well. Shona attempted to clean the bathroom floor for me by splashing half her bathwater out (but mom, there was a bug on the floor, I was trying to drown it!), so at least that part is finished. I'll take what I can get for now, but whoever is holding that cleaning fairy hostage...I'd sure like to borrow her for a while.

4 Jobs You Have Had in Your Life:

Stay at home mom (which was the hardest job ever!), bank vault manager, bank teller, Department of corrections payroll/inmate cash payout release section.

4 Movies You Could Watch Over and Over:
Somewhere in Time, While You Were Sleeping, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Hunt for Red October

4 Places You Have Lived:
Missouri, Texas, Maryland and Italy. I'm trying to forget California ever existed.

4 TV Shows You Love to Watch:
Golden Girls (you didn't say it had to be new!), Survivor thanks to Cori and her blasted scrappin' games, CSI when I remember to watch it (rarely) and Trading Spaces (haven't watched it in forever).

4 Places You Have Been on Vacation: Does a two year "vacation" in Italy count? :) Other than that, Florida, St. Louis (woo) and North Carolina.

4 Websites You Visit Daily:
ScrapAddict, ebay (thankfully I don't buy very often), CNN. That's pretty much it for daily.

4 of Your Favorite Foods:
Chips, popcorn, really good cheesecake and a mouth watering medium rare steak.


4 Places You Would Rather Be Right Now:
Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola, Florida

4 Bloggers You are Tagging:

I'll get back to you on that!

Should old aquaintance be forgot?

Apparently not. This week, out of the blue, I heard from a long lost friend I'd given up as gone forever. We hadn't heard a peep in over 7 years, so this call was quite the surprise. I'd always sent a Christmas card with an update, but after a while you do give up when you hear nothing back. She has her hands full with work and caring for a severely impaired son, so I can see where she'd be slow to respond...but seven years? All's well, though. We chatted for over an hour (Me! I was on the phone for over an hour. I haven't done that since John was deployed) and caught up. The sad part was my life didn't take much updating. Maybe that is why I am Mundane Ramblings. In any case, I was thrilled to hear from Cece. She's a one of a kind lady, completely original and funny as hell.

And in a weird coincidence, I had another friend email me from out of the blue. I hadn't heard from her in nearly a year. Then today, Katy had a call from a friend of hers who had moved away over a year ago. It's very odd, but maybe good things come in threes, too. One can hope. And here's hoping we keep in closer contact with good friends from days gone by.

What a day. I prefer to be busy at work, but today was just unreal. We were going like the Energizer Bunny until quitting time. Why, oh why, can't they spread it out a little more? Why must Wednesdays hit so hard? Just another mystery of life.

No scrapping to be done tonight. I have a meeting to attend about some 8th grade graduation party. I've never even heard of having a school sponsored 8th grade graduation party until this year. It seems a little strange to me. I never was one for ceremonies (why do you think I eloped?) so to have a party on top of a ceremony will nearly kill me, I'm sure. Oh, what we put up with for our offspring.

I'm too tired to blog. :)

I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends...

...you know you're going to hum that song the rest of the evening. THANK YOU SO MUCH to Julie for enlightening me on how to add that row of links down the side of my blog. I would also like to thank her for narrowing down by one who isn't my Secret Sweetie. Muahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

A little help here?

I'm not sure I'm cut out for this blogging thing. I forget it's here most of the time and I prefer reading them to writing in them. I don't have time to sit down and figure out things like adding fun links down the side of my page, either. I'd love to list the blogs I frequent, but alas, I am blog code challenged. Hard to believe I taught myself basic HTML and did my webpage years ago. All that knowledge does me no good with this weird blogging system. You have to know *their* codes or you are up the creek sans a paddle.

However, today I feel like a celebrity. Felicia mentioned me in her blog "It's a Jungle in Here" so now I'm returning the favor. Of course, if someone out there would give me the lowdown on how to EASILY add those links down the side of my page (hint hint) I would love to link up to ScrapAddict permanently. Ahem. Oh, and if my Scrap Addict Secret Sweetie (you know who you are) wants to really wow me with something I would use every day, she could get a custom made sign for the top of my blog. I don't even know what they are called, a banner? Something with Basic Grey papers in the background. Something with grunge lettering. Of course, this mystery person would also have to instruct me on how to insert it at the top of my blog since I don't have time to get in there and figure it out for myself. Ah, a scrapping girl can dream, can't she?

Last night I spent about three hours making sketches. I'd fallen behind and had to make up for lost time. I even did one just winging it and I'm pretty impressed with myself. It's not that I mind making sketches, I just forget to. Like everything else. I have started carrying around a notepad to write myself notes. I think middle aged forgetfulness has hit full force. That and gravity. I will not look down. I will not look down. It aint a pretty sight.