Fun

This is one of those stupid, stupid things being passed around. I am being pressured into doing one, so here it is:

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you. Even if I didn't tag you, I want to know more about you.

1. I have been tagged at least 16 times to do this, and now am finally getting around to doing it.
2. I hate these things and have never done one before. I refuse to tag anyone, because I hate getting them, I don't want to spread the annoyance.
3. I have had my body pierced 11 times (but don't have all of them open anymore)
4. I met my husband on the internet (it was across the room, but we first talked there)
5. I have seen Breakfast Club many, many times, but never the uncut version (not edited for tv)
6. My mom is my best friend
7. My husband and I have been on a "real" vacation only twice in the 12 years we have known each other
8. I love foot rubs and pedicures but don't ask me to touch your feet
9. I can't stand silverware scraping on plates or teeth
10. I am not afraid of heights, but get vertigo very easily
11. I was on time (or early) 99% of the time before I had kids
12. I have moved at least 23 times (I'm sure I am forgetting some)
13. I have only gotten two speeding tickets, and both within 6 months of each other
14. I have only been stung by a bee twice, within a week of each other
15. The only bugs I can not stand are centipedes and millipedes
16. I have only read the same book twice, once
17. I drink way too much soda
18. My best subject in Trivia Pursuit is "Science and Nature"
19. I have done a polar bear plunge
20. The last real concert I have been to was in 1996
21. I secretly love the tween show "iCarly"
22. I have lived in Florida, California, Texas and Minnesota
23. I have had 11 surgeries or serious procedures.
24. I do not have an appendix or gall bladder
25. My favorite animals are both black and white (a cow and tapir)

On January 31st, I will be doing a Polar Bear Plunge as a fundraiser for Special Olympics. I will be jumping into White Bear Lake along with a bunch of friends from the “Hip Chicks” meetup group. We almost have the largest team, for which we would win an award. Costumes are encouraged, and we have decided to wear prom/bridesmaid dresses with big hair and bright blue eyeshadow. My hair is too short to make “big” but I will definitely be doing the eyeshadow.

I made a goal for myself for $200. Some family, a Plurk friend, and a Twitter friend made this possible!  I actually made $205! Everyone thinks I am crazy, Husband thinks I will get sick, so instead of donating, we will save the money for co-pays for the doctor visits. LOL It is a bit crazy, but it is a once in a lifetime experience and besides, it's for charity. If anyone else would like to donate some money to the cause, my personal Special Olympics website is here.  I of course will have someone taking photos and making a video of our group making the jump, and will upload it to YouTube so all can see the craziness!

We are having a fundraiser as well. For every margarita sold between 7:00 and 9:00, the bar will donate $3.00 to this cause. Everyone is welcome, and we are trying to fill up the bar as jammed packed as possible to earn some serious cash.

It will be held on Wednesday Jan 21st at Bar Abilene. The address is 1300 Lagoon Ave in Minneapolis. The phone number there is 612-825-2525.

The plunge is on Saturday January 31st, from 12-3:00 near the White Bear Lake VFW, 4496 Lake Ave. S. It is just off of Hwy 61.

We hope you can make it!

1. My cat likes pipe cleaners
2. I am already feeling the stress of the holidays
3. My plants die way too easily
4. It's heartbreaking to listen to a sick child cry
5. Who tangles Christmas lights while sitting nicely in a box all year
6. Terminator Chronicles sounds like a soap opera from the next room
7. New lightbulbs make you wonder how you managed in so little light
8. I only really use three of my purses, so who do I have 15?
9. The snow is sticking to everything except the grass??
10. Why don't they make feet pajamas for adults?

Fun Quizzes

Here are some websites with fun, meaningless quizzes, some of which provide personalized banners to place on your own website. Even if you don't want to post your results, it is still lots of fun.

http://www.namethatwhatever.com
http://www.heyquiz.com
http://www.blogthings.com
http://www.stupidtester.com

I checked out the map of theme parks on Google Maps. There was NOTHING in Minnesota (or any state touching it). No mention of Valley Fair, the Nickelodeon Univerise at Mall of America, nothing. There wasn't even a mention of Wisconsin Dells, The Water Park Capital of the World!® Iowa has Adventure Land, South Dakota: Gulches of Fun, and North Dakota, well, I couldn't find much appealing on a interstate of national level, but they do have a couple fun parks and some zoos.

There are some mapping websites, which I will refrain from bashing by name, that are just plain wrong a lot of the time, but Google Maps I had a little more respect for. Who comes up with these locations? Did they do any research? Are they just spitting out information they were given by someone that loves to overlook the midwest, thinking we are a bunch of country folk with nothing exciting to do here? There are a lot of those thinkers out there. Also, multiple times, I have seen those "on the street" poll takers and trivia games where people can't even tell you what states border which other in the MN, ND, SD, IA and WI areas. It's pretty sad, we (at least I can, and my circle of friends and family can, and some of us only have a high school diploma!)know what their state looks like, and can point to it on a map.

Anyways, here is the map it pooped out, obviously some sort of bias.

I just learned to type uʍop ǝpısdn!

.uʍop ǝpısdn ʇxǝʇ ʎɐ1dsıp oʇ ʇdıɹɔs ǝ1ʇʇı1 ɐ ɥʇıʍ ǝʇısqǝʍ ɐ sı ǝɹǝɥʇ

Very clever. Seems that there are no capital letters, but hey, what do you expect for a free, novelty game?? The website is even called cheezygames.com

I have been making some minor changes to my website over the last few days. I changed around my TMI and Start Page and added some more items to Art Therapy. I also created a new page for an ongoing discussion of great names for pets of all types. Go to Pet Names to see some that I have already posted.