BLOG sHALLENGE DAY #40

Blog Challenge Day #40

Nobody Knows That I...

Have a tattoo. But I think most people know I have a tattoo so I don't think this is a shock to most people.

I can't think of anything else.

Until tomorrow...

BLOG CHALLENGE DAY #39

Blog Challenge Day #39

What Is Your Favorite Way To Spend A Day Off?

Okay, I am going to sound lazy.  My favorite way to spend a day off is to sleep late. You see, my dogs get up in the middle of the night to go outside. Well, Happi mostly. So I usually only get about 3-4 hours of sleep at a time. So sleeping late is a luxury.

Then after feeding my managerie of animals their breakfast, I will sit down with a cup of tea and my breakfast and leisurely have breakfast.

Then I might watch a TV show that I had recorded. Then take a long bath.

Then it will be about lunchtime. I will make a nice lunch and eat it in the backyard with a book if the weather is good.

Then maybe take the dog for a walk or take a nap or both.

Then it is time to feed the dogs again. Then time to feed me. I would order take out food and eat while I watch a movie.

A relaxing day.

Until tomorrow...

BLOG CHALLENGE DAY #38

Blog Challenge Day #38

What's On Your Current Playlist And What Does Your Playlist Say About You?

My playlist is eclectic.  I have pop, rock, hard rock, alternative, punk, country and blues.

I have everything from:

• Missy Elliot
• P!nk
• Led Zepplin
• Justin Timberlake
• Taylor Swift
• Tina Turner
• Kid Rock
• The Beatles
• Indigo Girls
• Billy Joel
• En Vogue
• Katy Perry
• Jimmy Hendrix
• U2
• Melissa Ethridge
• Prince
• kd lang
• and so much more!

 This mix of music says that I love many types of music and am not set on one genre.  I like so many types of music and I can't settle on one type. 

Until tomorrow...

BLOG CHALLENGE DAY #37

Blog Challenge Day #37

What Are The Best Events That You’ve Been To Last Year?

Wow, in the last year.  Since I have had a foster kid I have gone to less events than normal for me in the last year. 

1. I went to my brother's wedding in NC
2. a number of parties
3. a bunch of movies
4. a painting party with a friend
5. the conservatory of flowers at night
6. A Christmas Carol
7. Protests
8. My birthday party extravaganza
9. Guests at my home
10. Cousin's bat Mitzvah FL
11. Visited my friend in KY
12. Family Reunion in NJ
13. Trip to Monterey

I guess I have had a busy year.  It didn't seem that busy.

Until tomorrow...

BLOG CHALLENGE DAY #36

Blog Challenge Day #36

Best ________ (Fill In The Blank. Example: Photography) Tutorials.

I don't really use tutorials much but recently I used a Youtube video to help me figure out how to transfer photos off my phone and onto my computer.  I did it before but I forgot how to do it so I Googled and found a video of how to do it.  I found it very helpful.  Sometimes the people on the videos go too slow but this person was just the right speed.

Until tomorrow...

BLOG CHALLENGE DAY #35

Blog Challenge Day #35

What Is The Best Gift You’ve Ever Received?

Probably the down payment for my car when I graduated from college.  I wanted a new car so much and my 1975 Ford Mustang was falling apart.  I wanted a new car that I didn't have to carry duct tape around for when things fell off.  I didn't want to have to bleed my own brakes anymore.  I wanted a car that smelled like new car and wouldn't break down. 

I got the down payment and went and bought a VW Fox.  It was a great car.

Until tomorrow...

BLOG CHALLENGE DAY #34

Blog Challenge Day #34

What Is Your Favorite Memory?

Do people have just one favorite memory?  I am not sure I have just one favorite memory.  I have a bunch of happy memories. 

• Being at the top of a mountain in Sedona
• Holding my nieces and nephews when they were babies
• Loving up on my fur babies Happi and Lucky when they are all cute and cuddly.  Also my Taiko who passed.
• Driving my car with the top down and the music up loud on a freeway

Those are some good memories.

Until tomorrow...

BLOG CHALLENGE DAY #33

Blog Challenge Day #33

If Your Favorite Book Hasn’t Been Made Into A Movie Yet, Who Would You Cast For The Characters?

A Fine Balance is my favorite book and it has not been made into a movie yet.  

• Ishtar would be played by Kal Pen
• Om would be played by Dev Patel
• Dina would be played by  Parminder Nagra
• Maneck would be played by Naveen Andrews

It would be a great book to be made into a movie.

BLOG CHALENGE DAY #32

Blog Challenge Day #32

Who is your favorite fictional character, and how do you think you are alike?

Charlie Bucket from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  Charlie loved chocolate.  He was a very responsible young man.  He had never won anything in his short life.  He knew if he won he would take care of his family. In the Chocolate Factory he was careful to follow all the rules and Willy Wonka gifted him the Factory because of it.  Charlie moved his family into the Chocolate Factory. 


I feel I am a very responsible person.  I LOVE chocolate (ask anyone).  I take very good care of my immediate family (Happi, Lucky and Sunny) and my foster son.  I an a rule follower. 

So Charlie and I are a lot alike.  I just wish I was gifted the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory.  That is my secret dream.

Until tomorrow...

BLOG CHALENGE DAY #31

Blog Challenge Day #31

What is the toughest part of being a ___FOSTER MOM______.

The toughest part of being a foster mom is having some control but not all control.  Having a foster child is like having temporary custody of your house.  Imagine having a house but you don't get to make any decisions about that house.  You can't choose the color or where the furniture goes.  You can't decide what happens in the house and who visits the house.  To get the house, you have to give all your information (financials, medical, background check, etc) to the house. 

That is what having a foster kid is like.  The kid lives with you but you can't make any decisions and your life is no longer your own because social workers, therapists, etc are making appointments when they want not when you want.  Those people know everything about you because you have supplied them with all the information about you. 

That is the toughest part of being a foster mom.  You are a mom but not a mom.  I just want to be a mom.

Until tomorrow...