A blogger writing in a continuous fashion will continue to generate new content unless acted upon by an unstable force.

A blogger at rest will stay silent unless acted upon by an unstable force.

My potential energy is bursting at the seams…

1. What color are your socks right now?
  Cream (nude-for-me) Fishnet Stockings
2. What are you listening to right now?
  Children laughing, the Weird Al Show the children are watching, a toddler with a flashlight, Phoenix “1901″, the hum of the laptop cooling pad, and the voices, of course =)
3. What was the last thing you ate?
   A piece of shortbread to accompany my meds
 
4. Can you drive a stick?
  Yes, and I prefer it, though it will be many many many years before I obtain a personal vehicle that will fit that bill.
5. Last person you spoke to on the phone? 
   Curtis
6. Do you like the person who sent this to you?
   Yes, she is very endearing.
7. How old are you today?
   32 years, 10 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, 18 hours, give or take 
 
8. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV? 
  WiiSports & WiiSports Resort
9. What is your favorite drink?
  Common–Dr. Pepper & Barq’s Root Beer
  Less Common– Carrot juice & hot drinks with flavored creamers
10. Have you ever dyed your hair?
  Yes, though the outcome of using Black Cherry KoolAid was not as successful as I’d hoped. The most noticeable results were the reddish ears and the new nickname on my tag at work.
11. Favorite food[s]? 
  Freshly baked bread, a well made fruit salad. Runner up: Bacon. Honorable Mention: pie crusts with whipped cream.
 
12. What is the last movie you watched?
  Metantei Conan: Tengoku No Countdown (US title–Detective Conan: Countdown to Heaven)
 
13.Favorite day of the year?
  Unsure. Last day of school, perhaps?

14.How do you vent anger? 
  Not well. Listening & singing to loud cathartic music & writing are the better two of my methods.
15. What was your favorite toy as a child? 
  Right now I’m thinking of a little red saucer sled & my first teddy bear, Radar (probably named after Big Bird’s stuffed companion rather than the M*A*S*H character).
16. What is your favorite season? 
  Winter.
17. Cherries or Blueberries?
  Fresh blueberries typically edge out fresh cherries. If the cherries in question are baked, candied, or an artificial medication flavoring ::shudder::, blueberries win, no question.
18. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back?
  Key word is ~friends~. I would always want to hear from friends.

19. Who is the most likely to respond?
  Someone who is bored or finds something offensive.
20. Who is least likely to respond?
  Anyone who is bored or finds something offensive. 

21. Living situation?
  Chaotic brushfire-fighting, with occasional moments or bliss, rarer instances of ecstasy and the unfortunate, wholly consuming conflagration. Er, an unemployed aging woman married with six children, four of whom she schools at home.
22. When was the last time you cried?
  Today. (Didn’t note the exact time though)

23. What is on the floor of your closet right now? 
  My collection of boots, two empty suitcases, a couple of hangers, the destroy-upon-death footlocker, and the jeans I didn’t like for my outfit on Friday.

24. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending to?
  Probably Jaime (yo, Omaha!), going on 11 years and AJoy, almost 9 years.

25. What did you do last night?
  Explored more of the Lord of the Rings Online world.
  Expressed myself through swearing.
  Examined this week’s Gospel Doctrine lesson.
  Experimented with alterations to take in my church outfit

26. What are you most afraid of ?
   Failure (and the rejection that comes with it)

27. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers?
  Bacon cheeseburgers

28. Favorite dog breed?
  Not a dog person, but I’ve known some cute Bichon Frise. 

29. Favorite day of the week? 
  For a long time after baptism, it was Sunday.
  When Richard had only one day off, it was Saturday.
  Now, all I can say is it’s NOT Tuesday.

30. How many states have you lived in?
  Idaho, Washington, Idaho, Kentucky, Idaho, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Idaho, Arizona… 6. (and no, Idaho is NOT next on my list)
 
31. Diamonds or pearls?
  Diamonds, of course. Who can resist the allure of one’s birthstone?

32. What is your favorite flower? 
  The Tulip.

33. Did you get an H1N1 vaccine?
  No, but I did start using those cart wipes at the grocery store.
 
34. Are you going to turn this into a cheap & easy blog post?
  Why yes, my dear reader, the better to post something in February 2010 with…
 

publishing something, anything, just to get the month listed.

Where did November go in real life??

I have to get something up so October 2009 appears in the archive list…

Behold, four of the pictures taken in the last 30 hours.

Everyone in their R9 shirts, ready to go to the AZ State Fair.

Ephraim & Anya on a pirate ship ride.

Lil’ Miss Cookie Monster munching her cookie from Fry’s Moonlight Madness (she has little cookie monster hair pretties on because we lost the mask/headdress last year)

Queen Amidala, after all the Madness, looking not quite as pale as her filmed self.

perfectionism. me.

It’s usually me.

I had a good laugh as I read this post by Kent (MC), New Sayings for Mormon Walls (and Decorative Tiles) Be sure to scroll down through the comments for additional humorous suggestions.

My friend Ajoy has one up in her kitchen, and I’m biffing it due to poor memory,

“Many people have eaten in this very kitchen and no one has died yet”

(Ajoy if you’ll leave the quote in a comment, I’ll update the post with the accurate phrasing)

In the way of full disclosure, I do have a pink heart vinyl lettered wall that hangs (or will once we finish painting) with our family photos:

                                                        All Because Two People Fell In Love” 

Swimming lessons started out really rough for Ephraim. He screamed and screamed the first day, cried the next, and didn’t listen to instructions to stay away from the wall dividing the slightly deeper side of the pool. The teacher and I agreed that I would get in the water with him and that worked reasonably well. This past week he was kicking and screaming again–when it was time to LEAVE the pool. Today, he didn’t even need me in the water with him. I am so excited by his progress!

Ephraim holds out his “swim buddy”. This was taken before his first lesson started.

You may notice that his hair a bit shorter, no longer covering his eyes. Yes, at the end of July all three males in the household got haircuts.

He was more cooperative than we expected during the process.

Ephraim has a developmental preschool screening in a couple of weeks. We’ll see if it’s a good fit for him (presuming he qualifies) and how that schedule would mesh with ours. Something twice a week for a couple of hours would be pretty doable, I think.

Upcoming posts: Duncan; Cheanna; Emma Catharine; Elena; Anya; the Academy update; Opting out of Sunbeams (me, not Ephraim); and other drafts sitting around right now, paralyzed by perfection. 

One for every year I’ve been blogging.

When my sister gave me a website for my birthday back in 2004, I had some trouble getting it going, despite her best efforts. (hit the mute button, it’s screaming “Update me! Update me!”) I’m still working on my html, she is still incredibly patient, and the sky’s bandwidth’s the limit…

Random Musings gave way to Kazoo–the Weblog which changed to wordpress powered The Bloggeriffic Kazoo.

Give me another five years, and I’ll make good on my promise, sis. (Does fixing up a guest bedroom count?)

-ADDITIONAL-

A quick count of posts puts my total at just over 500, or an average of 100 per year. Given that some of the older ones were series of single photo posts, my blogging to time ratio is pretty pathetic.

I have 290 Bloggeriffic Kazoo posts with 882 comments. I’m not going to go back and figure out how many comments were left pre-August 2006. If I had the time for that, I’d be blogging more, n’est-ce pas?

I strengthen my family by reading the scriptures. It will strengthen my family because we will learn more about the heroes and about Heavenly Father.

I strengthen my family by helping others. Because I’m helping others, I’m doing what God wants me to do. Serving together helps us have blessings from working together.

I strengthen my family by protecting them. Now I can tell my family when something bad is going to happen because the Holy Ghost will tell me, because I got baptized in February.

I strengthen my family by praying to Heavenly Father, because He is always there for me when I need Him. He will always be there to protect them too.

These are a few ways I can strengthen my family.  By keeping my family together, we will be strong and eternal.