The List Game

[Karen Elizabeth]

Tomorrow is another day

You're going to have to do it anyway so you may as well be happy about it (taking my son to school over some 14 years and he hated every day of it, lol!!!)

bring me more sacrifice (ok, thats more a favourite movie saying, lol)

Don't worry, be happy

I love you (pets, children, parents, plants, spouses .... maybe not so much spouses )


One day at a time

When in doubt ....... (sort of depends on the situation )

Your mothers quite nice .... family joke that started with an advert for KFC (at least, I think it was KFC!!) and developed into a catchphrase that generally has us giggling like idiots, has to be said in a certain tone of voice

oy vey!!!

I'm sure there are lots more, the children could probably tell you, ha ha!!!



what are some of your favourite phrases?

[Trinkets]

what you don't know, you don't know (my friend, MaryStuart McKenzie)
Bless your heart (what it REALLY means)
motivated seller (come on, really? what seller is NOT)
sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't
I cried because I had no shoes until I saw a man with no feet
I am Woman!
Oy vey!
Basta Magoula! (that's my curse word; I tell people it's Italian and for me the translation changes to fit my mood! LOL, makes ME feel better. Have no idea if it is a real word/phrase )


Right now all schools, banks, etc. are closed where I live because of Isaac (either tropical storm, a breeze, or hurricane) so I'm baking banana bread, cleaned out the refrigerator, and thinking about what's next.
What do you do when you find yourself stuck at home like me?

[Karen Elizabeth]

Trinks!!!!

Basta Magoula! I love it!!!

ha ha ha motivated seller, I know!!!!

Gee, hoping it'll be a breeze, Trinks ....

and me ... I'd be doing the same, plus I'd start on bedroom cupboards, and I'd turn out the lower cupboards of the ' china cabinet ', do the pantry ...... that would take me several weeks ......
I also liked what you don't know, you don't know, classic!!! I liked them all, actually



what kinds of weather do you like, and what dont you like?

[Junebug]

I don't like really cold weather
I don't like weather that causes icy roads
I don't like high humidity
I don't like weather 90's & above (common in our summer months)
I do like chilly days for Christmas shopping

I do love sunshine
I love a wonderful spring day with all the new flowers beginning to bloom
I love a warm sunny day at a beautiful beach
I like weather in the 70's for doing yard work
I love a night with a full moon (especially if I get to go on a ride around the lake to see it!)
I like snow so the kids can play in it (rare in my part of Texas)

Please list any number of ways you would entertain houseguests staying with you for 3 - 5 days

[Trinkets]

Well, that's usually when we invite some of our local friends over for dinner to meet our out-of-town friends. It's always nice to have our friends meet each other to put names to faces.
Then we would usually go into New Orleans for a day and a dinner, stroll through the French Quarter and try not to get murdered sort of thing
Drive over to the Coast and perhaps take in a show at a casino or take the ferry over to an island for a day on the beach
fish in our pond and cook up a fish feast
stroll through the woods
late nights on the front porch with good wine
brunch and watch a Saints game
Always good food and wine!

How would you like to be treated as someone's guest for 3 days?

[Junebug]

Hmmm...I'm pretty easy going

I'm happy just being with my friends/family

A glass of wine and conversation

Adding some cheeses to it couldn't hurt!

If they want to go out, I'm good with that

If they want to see a play, movie concert, etc. that would be great too!

If I'm somewhere I've never been before I would enjoy seeing the area!

Please list what type of entertainment you like to go to outside of your own home...

[Trinkets]

I used to enjoy going to the movies but haven't wanted to see any new ones lately.
Love going to plays, expecially Broadway plays
we have a wonderful community band made up of old and young, love going to hear them.
fireworks shows
Christmas concerts
"holiday" concerts at elementary schools (can you believe they can't say WHICH holiday?! As if we don't know!)
Saints football games at the Dome...so exciting
Philharmonic concerts

What were the last 3-5 gifts you bought?

[Karen Elizabeth]

I need to get a gift for my son, I'm thinking shoes ...
I gave my friend an emerald green scarf
I gave another friend a bath/shower/pamper thing
I gave my daughter a photoframe
ummm ....

thats about it recently, as far as Occasion gifts go ....


a few things you might give a young man in his mid-twenties, not too expensive
(bearing in mind he's getting shoes, probably )

[Trinkets]

gift cards for coffee shop, movies, i-tunes
golf balls, tennis balls,
Memory pillow
towels
bath robe
funky socks
cologne or manish shower soap
books
Bocce ball game
cookbook
bottle of wine or 6 pack of imported beer
key ring
flash drive
beef or turkey jerkey
all-in-one tool
picture hanging kit with hammer
pen set
backgammon set
alarm clock (I actually got one for a friend's son that jumps off the table and rolls away so he has to get up and chase it to turn it off)
Polo shirt

This entire week has been a multi-tasking week for me. What/How do you usually multi-task?

[Junebug]

It seems like I'm constantly multitasking!

This weekend I had 8 extra people in my house for the weekend so I was definitely multi-taking. It was my granddaughter's 16th birthday so I also had an extra 6 or so teenage girls who chose to camp in my backyard in a tent!

I was cooking/baking
Coordinating time tables
Supervising table set up, table coverings and table decor
Taking photographs and too many other things to even mention!


Please list any number of songs that you listen to over and over again

[Trinkets]

Adiago after Marcello, Bach transcription
Wherever You Will Go
Lord of the Dance
The Flower Duet
They Can't Take That Away
Silver Bells
If I Only had a Brain
Tomorrow


At the grocery store, forgot your list and you're hungry, what do you grab?

[Karen Elizabeth]

pasta
tinned tomatoes
cream
parmesan
brie
corncakes


I will always be gravitating to the cheese when I'm hungry



whats on your to-do list for October?

[Trinkets]

Karen: October!? You are too organized!
But, ok, I'll take a whack at it:
Going to niece's wedding in Maryland (Suzanne's oldest sister:))
Christmas shopping
3 closings, so far (2 are 1st time homebuyers)
clean out the garage and the barn
That's it for now.

What are your favorite cookies? I'm thinking of baking this Christmas.

[Junebug]

Snowball Cookies
Sugar Cookie Icing
Chewy Skor Toffee Bits Cookies
Butterfinger Cookies
Uncle Bill's Whipped Shortbread Cookies
Santa Cookies
Cream Cheese Cut-Out Cookies
peanut butter cookies
chocolate chip cookies


please list any number of side dishes you like for Thanksgiving dinner

[dogloverforever]

mashed potatoes
macaroni and cheese
green bean casserole
stuffing

What are the top 3 things you like the most about autumn?