WW – fruity – 5.21.08
welcome to whatever wednesday.
where WHATEVER is bound to happen.
hope you stick around – it’s always a wild ride. i could barely make out last week’s progression, but it looked like y’all had ton o’ fun without me!
TheNorEaster closed us out last week with the question: what’s the difference between a fruit and a vegetable?
great question! here’s what ask dr. dictionary said: A fruit is actually the sweet, ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant. *we know y’all don’t read these answers* A vegetable, in contrast, is an herbaceous plant cultivated for an edible part (seeds, roots, stems, leaves, bulbs, tubers, or nonsweet fruits). *if you’re reading, say “random!” in the comments* So, to be really nitpicky, a fruit could be a vegetable, but a vegetable could not be a fruit.
ovaries, huh? wow…
now, class, let’s all thank dr. dictionary: “thank you dr. dictionary!”
moving on…
our starter question: is it better to deal with a runny nose by shoving tissue paper into it so it won’t drip, or by wiping/blowing?
the rules: answer the last, leave the next. be sure to hit “refresh” before “submit” because chances are somebody already beat ya to it! or just randomly comment throughout.
go!
A: Farmer’s Blow is the best, just don’t get any on your shirt
Q: Do you remember anything from your high school Algebra classes?
Well sure I do…I remember how cute Danny Nelson was..
What is the most important thing on your “to do” list today?
A: mail in a resume/application
Q: what was the last book that your read?
“your read”…wow! too early to type evidently
A: Recapture the Wonder by Ravi Zacharius
Q: Do you like me? [ ]yes [ ]no
A: Of Course I like you who wouldn’t? is the Algebra class?
Q: What irritates you about your morning routine? (exluding getting up)
A: When the new bottle of conditioner is left on the kitchen counter, and i’m already in the shower.
Q: What’s the best part of your morning routine?
A: My hubby hates when he gets up to make coffee and the old coffee is still in there, that doesn’t bother me too much, but what does bother me is when the dishes didn’t get done from the night before and i feel as though i’m starting the day already behind. Note – usually it is MY fault they are not done!
Q: Do you buy coffee already ground or in whole beans and grind them yourself?
oh bummer somebody answered it at the same time and i even hit refresh ….
A: Grind myself
Q: What’s the best part of your morning routine?
A: when my daughter is standing in her crib and sees me coming to get her up!
Q: do you lay clothes out in advance or pick them out while you’re getting ready?
a: I’m usually still pulling them out of the dryer !:(
Q: sack lunch or on the go or none
On the Go.
What is the Strangest thing within your reach right now?
A: a Hammacher Schlemmer catalog (GOOD question!)
Q: what do you feel like eating right now?
(manders — random!)
A: BurgeR AND OMelette!
Q: Where’s Wally?
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A: Probably still trapped in a book somewhere.
Q: Cold drinks…ice or no ice?
A: Depends on the drink
Q: BBQ…Chicken, Ribs or Burgers?
A: al of the above (I’m pregnant remember
)
Q: what are you doing for Memorial day?
Rafting and bbq….
What is your favorite summer memory?
A: Playing baseball in the backyard as a kid.
Q: Was I fast enough to type my answer before someone else answered the previous question?
A: Yes!!!
Q: “How come people who need to lose weight get credit for losing weight while those of us who don’t need to lose weight never get credit for never needing to lose weight?”
(Originally from mine comment on Tam’s blog…please read previous comment and aforementioned apology before tossing old tomatoes at me! I’m trying to make it in time so no one steals my thunder…!!!)
A: Maybe because it is harder to change a bad habit than it is to maintain a good one.
Q: At what age did you learn to tie your shoes?
A: Cannot remember it has been so long
Q: How long before Tam and Cathi hijack this thread?
a: preferred velcro…still do…it makes a great sound that tickles my fancy
q: when someone pulls the wool over your eyes, what does that mean to you?
HA! I’m here!
And I didn’t refresh…
wooot-a-woot!
a: it’s me … and b/c mandy mac is amazing…RANDOM
forgot to add the question…got too excited.
q: what constitutes a “funny video” for america’s funnies videos?
A: bodily harm
Q: why do we have to have teeth come in twice?
A: because babies would look silly with giant Chiclet teeth
Q: does anyone really like liverwurst?
a: liverwurst is like stop signs in the dessert…completely unnecessary
q: is there mouse flavored cat food? Einstein’s curious.
{where’s Mandy?}
A: No.
Q: Is there cat flavored dog food?
A: Does it matter for dogs, they eat anything
Q: What was in the briefcase in Pulp Fiction?
Heather: started a new job this morning. left early because i’m not feeling great. now on the couch.
A: air, and other stuff.
Q: how does the air get inside bell peppers?
A: Random. Ummm… Well… I tried to look up the answer on google, but it was too complicated to put here. So, short answer, that’s how God makes them!
Q: Do cloudy, drizzly days cause make you feel happy or depressed?
a: excited! cloudy, drizzly days prompt naps!
q: do you wash dishes prior to placing them in the dishwasher? It seems quite superfluous…but I do it and need some company in my redundant ways
[mandy mac blogging is the best cure for all that ails you]
sarah: do you teach sunday school somewhere?
Most hysterical answer so far:
By juliepersinger: A: because babies would look silly with giant Chiclet teeth
(Still cracking up at this one:)
A: we don’t have a dishwasher.
Q: best cure for the common cold (aside from blogging – cathi)?
a: washing windows. In 2 weeks your cold will be gone and you’ll have cleaner windows
q: true or false: mandy has the blue sky flu
a: false
q: did you believe in Santa growing up?
*random*
a. Yep!
b. Will it really take me 2 weeks to get my windows washed? (well, the ones I do wash).
a: no. I was too analytical
q: if you could take a letter out of the alphabet and retire it like an ex-pro jersey, which one would you choose
A: q
Q: black or blue ink?
A: black ink
Q: do you Twitter?
@Heather – I’m glad someone finds my random thoughts entertaining!!
A: NO WAY JOSE!!! i twitch when i think about spending more time in the digital world via twitter.
Q: popsicles or icecream?
Julie: as we say in the south, “you ain’t right”.
A: No, but I twitch.
Q: Favorite Bible passage?
A: Jeremiah 29:11-13
Q: Favorite dessert?
{yay for a new job? hope you feel better!}
A: peanut butter pie
Q: are you allowed to answer your own questions on here?
A: idk, but I will answer Mandy’s question, ice cream
Q: where will you go on your next vacation?
A: I think maybe. But it’s not as fun.
Q: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could…himself, chuck wood?
@ traciejane
A: St. Joseph, MI
Q: does your family prefer you listen to music…or sign along?
@becca – a lot, he’s a woodchuck
{there are two heathers I didn’t answer my own question}
{nice! my apologies…and congrats on 92 days to go!}
you can TOTALLY answer your own questions around here.
what question are we on?
and who’s got 92 days of what and why is this exciting? help – the meds are messing with me.
listen or sing along…
heather has 92 days left until her baby, according to her blog
and that was “sing” not “sign”…and i’m not on meds?
A: Sing along
Q: Have you ever had a kidney stone? (I am trying to pass one right now….thank God for painkillers!)
A: no, but I did have gall stones and had my gall bladder removed – thankyouJesus.
Q: along those lines, ever had surgery?
a. I am sure my family prefers I just listen to the music, but I have to sing along….
q. what is your favorite word and what do you use it for?
A: got knocked out to have wisdom teeth taken out
A: favorite word = thingies. use it when referring to things…
Q: tanning: spray on or bed?
yay 92 days heather!
A: THE BEACH!! oh, sorry, just got excited that I’m leaving tomorrow to get a tan at THE BEACH!!!
Q: what should I fix for dinner?
oops, I’m leaving Friday….and that question was me yelling out to my kids…but if you have an answer….
{Hopefully I can reduce the 92 by 14 … I’ll find out next week my exact induction date because of the sciatica … hopefully they won’t roll me into the hospital on a gurney b/c I can’t walk!
}
A: Breakfast. It’s always fun to have pancakes at night!
B: How many days until the kids get out of school?
A: 1 – tomrrow is Ryan’s last day!
Q: What are your summer plans?
(A: —->to having surgery…yes…13 times)
A: DISNEY WORLD!!! YEAH BABY! First family summer vacation! I don’t care that it means going to Florida in JULY…I don’t care that intense heat gives me migraines, or that the cost of a french fry in the park is the same as a rental car for a week…We have a daughter, she is 7 and we are going to Disney world! Thank you Jesus!!
Q: what is your favorite ride at an amusement park?
(sorry…for anyone interested, we are in the home stretch of adoption…this is our first child…I have been waiting a very long time for this!)
A: Favorite ride… Any sort of water ride, really. I can’t go on roller coasters. They give me panic attacks. I know, I know…It sounds lame. I’m secretly pretty Tuff, though.
Q: Rather do hard work in 33 degree weather or 93 degree weather?
(outside work)
{Lori, congrats on adoption! We want to one day as God opens that door for us! have fun at Disney .. we went in March with both boys and they had a BLAST. Start making your character reservations now! Dinner or lunch with the characters book up fast!}
{BTW Mandy I’ve been meaning to say this all day and kept forgetting … “random”}
A: I’d rather be cold than hot anyday … so working outside in 33 I’d hopefully keep warm by working
Q: Favorite Memorial day BBQ food?
Q: Rather do hard work in 33 degree weather or 93 degree weather?
A: no
Q: which Disney character are you?
shoot!
skip me
{Tam you are fired … hahahah I beat you!}
{where is everyone?}
{well, heather, they are not here… duh!}
A: Favorite Memorial day food? = A great strawberry pie with coolwhip!
A: What Disney character am I? = right now I feel like goofy!
Q: who is the one person you would want to meet in real life if you could – who is alive today?
{this time I did answer my own question and I answered tam’s too since she didn’t hit refresh before she answered!}
{I’m getting kinda bored talking to myself}
LOL!!!
hello hello hello!!!!
A: Kristiapplesauce
Q: the movies National Treasure I, II – yay or nay??
A: haven’t seen any so I’d have to say nay??
Q: movie – made of honor yay or nay?
Q: Rather do hard work in 33 degree weather or 93 degree weather?
A: 33 degrees. Gets the blood pumping and keeps you warm.
Q: Which Disney character are you?
A: Professor Plum.
[That was my answer/response to a question Tam asked because I didn't want her to feel left out today. This is Mandy's blog, after all.
]
["Harder to break a bad habit than it is to maintain a good one..." Yeah. I'll go along with that.]
{I was about to start singing I was so bored but I thought I might scare away anyone who might show up}
Lori: i’m SOOOOO excited for y’all… wow. drew and i might just adopt one day as well.
Heather: thanks for sticking around.
TheNor: “this is mandy’s blog after all” hahaha!!!! she’ll appreciate that one!
{well my sciatica will not let me go out and play outside with my boys so I thought since it was wednesday I’d play at WW thinking tam, kristiapplesauce, cathi or someone would be around … but nooooone is here … I must have scared everyone off}
helloooooooo is anyone out there????
LOL!! i’m STILL here. well, kinda.
A: made of honor? nay
Q: TV series via network TV each week, or via DVD?
A: DVD for sure. (then i can watch them at marathon speed!)
Q: which is more important — intelligence or common sense?
A: none, don’t watch TV!!
Q: tacos–soft or hard shell? (that was dinner!)
A: common sense
A: soft!!!
Q: taco bell – yay or nay?
A: With “grade Z” beef–NAY!!!!!!
Q: Are Don Knotts and SuperGrover really the same person..?
A: dunno
Q: Most romantic the picnic at the park or stroll on the beach?
A: BEACH!!!!
Q: milk – whole or skim?
A: skim
Q: chapstick or no?
Q: chapstick or no?
A: I use chapstick in winter.
Q: Clean your toilet or wash windows?
A. toilet
Q. Waterfall or stream
Q. Waterfall or stream
A: I love waterfalls.
Q: Which state has the craziest people, Oregon, Massachusetts or Georgia?
A: NY! actually have never been to Oregon so can’t vote
Q: racquetball or tennis?
A: racquetball – less running.
Q: biking or hiking?
Q: biking or hiking?
A: Hiking. I love walking.
Q: With gasoline prices going up, $4.17 a gallon, lowest grade, here in Connecticut, will you drive less?
A: i’m already down to minimum driving. We have a gas budget of 250.00 a month for both of us together. we can’t add anymore to that. i’m anxious to see how the Lord will continue to provide because I look at our budget now and still don’t understand how we make it month to month!
Q: any big summer vacations planned?
A. We are taking two weeks to drive to Maine for a week, stopping in Hershey, PA, a couple of days in New York, and 4th of July in Boston. Can’t wait!
Q. Is anyone watching American Idol?
A: YES
Q: David or David?
A. I’m totally on the fence – I think it’ll be really close…..
Q. What do you guys think?
A: Probably the kid, personally I like Cook.
Q: How do you put a picture in your signature?
A: It was Cook!
Q: First time I was wrong about anything. Ha,Ha! Have you ever been wrong?
A: every day at least 10 times
Q: when was the last time you got a haircut…or “style”?
A: about three weeks ago.
Q: motorcycles – yay or nay?
A. Last week
Q. What time do you usually go to bed?
oops!
A: NOW!!!!!
Q: do you get enough sleep at night?
Oops – and I hit refresh…
A. Yay on motorcycles with helmets
Q. What time do you usually go to bed?
A. Usually not – I stay up too late and I have to be up at the crack of dawn!
Q. Do you take a nap every day?
A: i WISH!!!!
Q: parties or one-on-one?
I wish I could take a nap every day
Q. When was the last time you took a nap?
[HA! Jinx Mandy! Buy me a coke.
]
usually one on one
Q: favorite pop?
[I think I just asked two questions. Oops - too tired I guess.]
Q: favorite pop?
A; Use to be Dr. Pepper, now I don’t drink soda.
Q: When was the last time you danced?
[just dropped in to say hi y'all.
gotta go. hope you all have a nice evening.]
HI!
A: – nap – this afternoon – fever
A: danced? last monday – swing music on the beach @ Daytona Florida
Q: ocean or river?
[FYI people - don't spoil the results of these contest shows please. (said with love - a whole bunch!) ]
A: OCEAN!!! Any day!!! Actually. EVERY DAY!
Q: If you were the opposite sex for one day what is the first thing you’d do?
TAMMY!!!! move to the east coast – all your problems will be solved.
A: duh – stand up while peeing in the morning – haven’t we covered this before?
Q: rain or snow?
A: Snow!!
Q: Clouds or blue sky?
Q: Clouds or blue sky?
A: Depends on my mood. When I am in a reflective mood I prefer a cloudy day. Clear blue skies are more for vegging out.
Q: How many blogs and web sites do your read everday?
A: Besides mine? I would say about 9 or 10
Q: What would you do to get your hands on a Klondike bar?
a: as little as physically possible. ( what’s a klondike like?)
q how can i help the meds mess with Mandy? ( Comment #59)
Tam – living on the West (‘later’ time zone) Coast is NOT easy , for us TV watchers huh?
Especially when East Coasters just have to blog about shows without concern for their fellow Americans (or Aussies)
There is nothing more frustrating that watching an East Coast broadcast of late news highlights that gives you the result of the program the same channel is about to broadcast next in your time zone for the first time! – Thank YOU, Channel 10! grrr.
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A: Meds mess with Mandy? I don’t know. I think I am as confused, as she is!
Q: Does the end of the school year make you happy, sad or affect you at all? How?
It doesn’t effect me at all any more….our kids are several years beyond school now…so we’re FREE until the grandbabies come!!!!
How can there be “self-help” groups?
A: I don’t know why don’t we start a group to find out
Q: Do you think you have a sense of humor?
A: I sense one occasionally.
Q: are you smarter than a 5th grader?
Q: are you smarter than a 5th grader?
Not according to my 5th grader…that thinks he’s a teenager…
New Q: Can we get a live camera on Mandy while she takes these medications?
Q: Can we get a live camera on Mandy while she takes these medications?
I guess we could ask Love to see if he’s poked any new holes anywhere lately
New Q: Are you all praying for Drew right now
A: I do daily. Lawd knows he needs it!
Q: Is anyone fooled by Mandy’s sweet southern charm?
A: Mandy is southern? I thought that was more of a middle eastern accent…
New Q: Tammy what are we having for dinner tomorrow?
A: hmmm… i was thinking BBQ’ing
Q: What is your favorite “health” food?
A:Cheese
New Q: What is your favorite BBQ meal???
New Q: What is your favorite BBQ meal???
A: Ribs
Q: Clean up poop or clean up vomit?
Q: Clean up poop or clean up vomit?
Gee, I get a choice
Poop all the way!
New Q: Has Drew needed to clean up and poop or vomit?
ooooh Mandy’s gonna love this conversation
New Q: Has Drew needed to clean up and poop or vomit?
A: My guess is he would live the dirty jobs for his women to take car of.
Q: Which is more annoying your partners snoring or their bed farts?
Sorry I meant to say he would leave the dirty jobs to his “woman”, not his “women”. Of course I don’t really know Drew.
A: BOTH. YES. BOTH. They are equally irritating and unacceptable. Bed farts should never be allowed while still awake. Snoring? If you snore next to me I WILL kick you. I will also plug your nose. I will shake the bed violently. I will turn the tv up to its loudest volume! Dont. Mess. With. Me.
Q: HAve you ever met anyone with a split personality?
Q: HAve you ever met anyone with a split personality?
A: No, but I have to read the blogs of someone who can be very sweet one minute and then very scary the next.
Q: What do you think of women who wear do-rags?
A: I try no to think of them. they scare me.
Q: What is your favorite animal and why?
Q: What is your favorite animal and why?
A: The platypus. Part reptile and part mammal, it’s got a little bit of everything thrown in the mix. It’s an animal that isn’t supposed to exist. It’s a mystery and I love mysteries.
Q: How often does your partner ask for advise in chosing which clothes to wear?
It’s 2:18 am here so good night all.
A: Not enough
Q: Should I close the comments for Mandy beings she’s sick??? Cause I totally will. In fact, any one of you can if you’d like. Go ahead and try it. it’s fun. It’s like an adrenaline rush. Look.
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see.
fun.
but what if it looked like this
{comments are officially closed for the evening, thank you for stopping by}
that’s prettier, tam, much prettier. and cordial, to say the least.
‘Dont. Mess. With. Me.’
the punctuation kind of gives you the impression Tam’s serious concerning the snoring/bed-fart issue huh???
I think i’ll go mess with Mandy instead then – now, where did i put her meds?
(you can have that as a new q if you like?)
oh – comments may be officially closed for the evening but since it’s 3 pm here and there is WAY TOO MUCH officialdom ruling our lives already, i’m unofficially re-opening comments for ‘the duration’
Tam’s right – taking control of Mandy’s Blog IS fun
‘Morning Miss Mandy
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A: Tam, Yes, you should close the comments. Because we know it never works and I always liked giving you and Mandy a hard time.
Q: If Tam is taking control of Mandy’s blog, does that mean Tam would never need a dictionairy to know the difference between a fruit and a vegetable…?
y’all are awful….
and need to get more sleep.
but good morning.
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