A Meme - For Rudee

A blogger friend has a cute meme and a great story. Go check it out, she's quite the storyteller.

Pick the sixth picture from your sixth folder and post it with the story. Well here is my picture but there really isn't much of a story. This photos is from our cruise in October of 2007 to Istanbul and the Greek Islands. it was our first night on board the Blue Monarch and little did I know how seasick I would get.

On this first night though, we had fun and we were happy...



I'm not tagging anyone, but please feel free to play along.

A Meme

I'm just heading out the door this morning to my appointment with the Heart Clinic at the hospital to hopefully get the date for my surgery but I thought I'd throw this post up. We are expecting another blizzard later this afternoon with 25 cm expected. Hopefully we get all finished and home before it starts. Meanwhile there is this Meme and feel free to do it.

This comes from Ellas Devil and I thought I'd give it a try.

"OK so this is the deal, this is a really easy meme with minimal typing from you. Simply copy and paste the list below into your blog and bold the things you have done in your lifetime and that is it. There's no need to explain any of your answers and it'll not take you very long so go on.... give it a go."

HAVE YOU EVER?

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said 'I love you' and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped.
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten my own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than I could afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as I possibly could
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking.
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about my life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for my computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk.
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip.
48. Gone rock climbing.
49. Taken a midnight walk on the beach.
50. Gone sky diving.
51. Visited Ireland.
52. Been heartbroken longer then I was actually in love with the person.
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them.
54. Visited Japan.
55. Milked a cow.
56. Alphabetized my CDs.
57. Pretended to be a superhero.
58. Sung karaoke.
59. Lounged around in bed all day.
60. Posed nude in front of strangers.
61. Gone scuba diving.
62. Kissed in the rain.
63. Played in the mud.
64. Played in the rain.
65. Gone to a drive-in theater.
66. Visited the Great Wall of China.
67. Started a business.
68. Fallen in love with someone and not had my heart broken.
69. Toured ancient sites.
70. Taken a martial arts class.
71. Played D&D for more than six hours straight.
72. Gotten married.
73. Been in a movie.
74. Crashed a party.
75. Gotten divorced.
76. Gone without food for 5 days.
77. Made cookies from scratch.
78. Won first prize in a costume contest.
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice.
80. Gotten a tattoo.
81. Rafted the Snake River.
82. Been on a television news program.
83. Received flowers for no reason.
84. Performed on stage.
85. Been to Las Vegas.
86. Recorded music.
87. Eaten shark.
88. Had a one-night stand.
89. Gone to Thailand.
90. Bought a house.
91. Been in a combat zone.
92. Buried one of my parents.
93. Been on a cruise ship.
94. Spoken more than one language fluently.
95. Performed in Rocky Horror Picture Show.
96. Raised children.
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour.
98. Created and named my own constellation of stars.
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country.
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over.
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge.
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when I knew someone was looking.
103. Had plastic surgery.
104. Survived an illness that I shouldn't have survived.
105. Written articles for a large publication.
106. Lost over 100 pounds.
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback.
108. Piloted an airplane.
109. Petted a stingray.
110. Broken someone's heart.
111. Helped an animal give birth.
112. Won money on a T.V. game show.
113. Broken a bone.
114. Gone on an African photo safari.
115. Had a body part of mine below the neck pierced.
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun or pistol.
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild.
118. Ridden a horse.
119. Had major surgery.
120. Had a snake as a pet.
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours.
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states.
124. Visited all 7 continents.
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days.
126. Eaten kangaroo.
127. Eaten sushi.
128. Had my picture in the newspaper.
129. Changed someone's mind about something I care deeply about.
130. Gone back to school.
131. Para sailed.
132. Petted a cockroach.
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes.
134. Read The Iliad.
135. Selected one "important" author who I missed in school, and read.
136. Killed and prepared and animal for eating.
137. Skipped all my school reunions.
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language.
139. Been elected to public office.
140. Written my own computer language.
141. Thought to myself that I'm living my dream.
142. Had to put someone I love into hospice care.
143. Built my own PC from parts.
144. Sold my own artwork to someone who didn't know me.
145. Had a booth at a street fair.
146: Dyed my hair.
147: Been a DJ.
148: Shaved my head.
149: Caused a car accident.
150: Saved someone's life.

So there it is, my list of things I've done. I guess I should do a few more in my life, play along...

I've Been Tagged - Grrr...

Fruits of My Mind has tagged me for the meme but it's kind of fun and here are the instructions I received.

1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open it at page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence/phrase.
4. Blog the next four sentences/phrases together with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig your shelves for that very special or intellectual book.
6. Pass it forward to six friends.

So here goes...the book currently on my coffee table that I am re reading probably for the 50th time or so, is the following. It was first printed in 1936 is it has been said that it is as close to autobiography of Ayn Rand as there will ever be. My all time favourite of hers is still Atlas Shrugged though, but it wasn't on my coffee table today.


So without further ado, here are sentences 6 to 9...

The Revolution had come to a country that had lived three years of war. Three years and the Revolution had broken railroad tracks, and scorched fields, and blown smokestacks into showers of bricks, and sent men to stand in line with their old baskets, waiting at the little trickle of life still dripping from provision centers. Forests stood in a silence of snow, but in the cities wood was a luxury; kerosene was the only fuel to burn; there was only one device to burn kerosene. The gifts of the Revolution were to come.

So since this was so much fun and anyone who sees what I read will know me a little better, I tag the following lucky people.

Teddy
Kat
JMB
Lisa
Chrysalis Angel
Braveheart (because I owe her one)

Have fun with it... and now on to my new hobby over here...

I've Been Tagged - The Random Meme

Braveheart has tagged me for this Meme

Here are the rules: Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog. Share seven random and/or weird facts about yourself. Tag seven random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a notification on their blog.

1) I hate flying. I have nightmares weeks before scheduled flights even if they are to a nice warm destination. I especially hate flights to Greece with are 12 plus hours and sometimes more and I hate snotty cabin staff even more.

2) I absolutely detest raisins yet I love grapes. There is something about that little shrivelled up brown thingy that just can't pass my lips.

3) I love my bed which consists of a very very expensive mattress, plus a memory foam mattress, plus a feather bed and last but not least a heated mattress pad. Steve says I'm like a princess in that bed, me I just feel like I'm sleeping on a cloud.

4) I love to read crime novels, mystery novels and espionage where people usually die in the most gruesome ways but don't ask me to watch a movie that shows even the tiniest bit of blood, ugh..I faint.

5) I am a collector which drives my spouse nuts. Lately I'm onto a milk glass binge but I still love my orange lustre-ware to bits. I also collect yarns, all kinds but mostly for socks.

6) I'm a clutter bug and desperately need help. Lately I've been going around the house with garbage bags ruthlessly trying to get rid of some but no avail. It just springs up somewhere else in the house. The kitchen on the other hand, has to be completely cleaned and tidy before I can sit down for the evening.

7) I'm a control freak...If I don't know exactly what is happening and when it's happening I suffer from anxiety. I also expect people to be on time for appointments and get pissed when they are late. Me, I'm always on time, of course that doesn't count if I have a migraine. I'm liable not to even phone in that case.

Now here comes the hard part, finding seven random blogs...but I'm working on it.

Okay, here is my list, oh never mind. I decided that I am really not good at tagging people, what if they don't want to it or get mad at me so anyone who wants to can do this one.

I Finally Caught A Break

Most regular readers and lurkers know that I have been having some health issues recently. The gallbladder was taken care of before Christmas and the only other issue left to deal with was the heart arrhythmia that had been plaguing me since about mid May of last year.

Various drugs were tried and tossed out mostly due to side effects that I was not prepared to live with. Both Metoprolol and Norasc left me incredibly tired, with severe leg and foot pain and worst of all severe depression. Those are common side effects I discovered.

I stopped the drugs and made some dietary changes the biggest of which was to almost totally cut salt from our diets. That seems to have had the desire effect since my blood pressure is now normal, my legs don't hurt and other than the normal winter blues I am not depressed.

My Cardiologist decided that heart ablation was the best therapy for me and I mentally prepared myself for that ordeal. Today I had my long awaited appointment with the Heart Clinic and surgery was discussed. He pretty much agreed with me that the stress of caring for my Mom and the stress of her hospitalization prior to her death could have caused most of my problems. We reached a mutual decision that since I had been good since before Christmas I wouldn't need this surgery at this time. That made me really happy. Of course it may still happen in future but as long as I don't have arrhythmia on a daily basis I'm good to go.

To celebrate I had lunch out with a good friend in beautiful downtown Unionville and bought some wool for socks. My friend also bought me some beautiful silk yarn as a present and it will also be used for socks, yup silk socks. I'll post the pictures on my knitting blog later this weekend.

Oh, I almost forgot...I got tagged from Braveheart for a Meme. I'm going to have to think about this one over the weekend.