Sunshine Blues

SUNSHINE BLUES SAYS GOOD-BYE

2006-09-24T10:54:00.000-04:00

SATURDAY PHOTO HUNT

2006-09-23T00:01:00.000-04:00

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This weeks theme: EYES

In a cat's eyes, all things belong to cats. -- English proverb

When the pupil of a cat's eye broadens, there will be rain. - Welsh superstition

When you see a one-eyed cat, spit on your thumb, stamp it in the palm of your hand, and make a wish. The wish will come true. - American superstition

A common folk cure for a stye on the eyelid was to rub it with the tail of a black cat.

In Egypt, it was once believed that the life-giving rays of the sun were kept in a cat's eyes at night for safekeeping.

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TAKING OFF FOR A WEEK

2006-09-18T13:00:00.000-04:00

SHOW US YOUR FRIDGE MEME

2006-09-18T08:23:00.000-04:00

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Here for your critiqing pleasure are two shots of my fridge front and side! The white spots are where I turned my pictures around. Don't want to share those special shots. Just know they are of family and pets!

My fridge is always messy. I clean it off every 3 months or so. I do rotate the pictures with new ones as they come along. We keep two lists up so that there is always a place to write what groceries we are out of. My sons work schedule is posted along with a birthday/anniversary reminder list. I try to keep the main door clear so that things don't fall off as we open and close it!

So what does my fridge say about me?

ONE TIME MEME ON MONDAY

2006-09-18T07:00:00.000-04:00

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SATURDAY PHOTO HUNT

2006-09-16T00:01:00.000-04:00

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This weeks theme: LOOKIN' UP

LOOKIN' UP
I went out my door, to see what I could see,
Lookin' up to the sky with my untrained eye,
What did I see , what jumped out at me?
Behind the trees, what could it be?
Why nothing but the blue sky with
A smiling sunshine in my eye!
So I took some pictures!

This is my favorite shot!

And this is a slide show of all the rest I took on my stroll! Enjoy!

FRIDAY FEAST #111

2006-09-15T08:04:00.000-04:00

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Appetizer
What was the very last song you listened to?

Boheimian Rhapsody

Soup
What is one company/store/corporation you would recommend that people stay away from?

Can't say I have a problem with any store.

Salad
On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy having your picture made?

I really don't care, so I guess a 1. In my house I am armed with a camera!

Main Course
Besides a bookmark, what is something you've used to keep your place in a book?

A receipt, a pieces of string, ribbon, post-it note, paper-clip, picture, hair-tie

Dessert
Name a food that you like that most people don't.

I love a good hot bowl of cabbage soup. Just plain cabbage with a bit of carrot in it. So yummy, very filling, light on calories and no fat!

THURSDAY THIRTEEN #3

2006-09-14T00:01:00.000-04:00

13 TV Shows That Sunshine Blues Looks Forward To Watching
1. HOUSE -- By far the best show I have seen in years, and I have quite a few on me! This show is so good! I would never go twice to a doctor like House and I know this is not real world, I mean where are the nurses, but I just love to watch Hugh Laurie work his way through the show each week! I am hooked on his baby blues!

2. STARGATE SG1 -- I have been a fan of this show since day one! I so miss Richard Dean Anderson but since I really like Ben Browder from his Farscape days it has been an easy switch for me!

3. BATTLESTAR GALATICA -- Hated this the first season but got reeled in the next. I really like this show! New episodes in October!

4. BONES -- I like the whole cast in this show. They work together really well and David Boreanaz is real easy to look at!

5. CRIMINAL MINDS -- Mandy Patinkin and Thomas Gibson are two great actors! The rest of the cast just jells and makes the show one I like!

6. CSI -- Will we pick right up where we ended or will they drag it out a bit?

7. CSI MIAMI -- David Caruso has grown on me!

8. THE CLOSER -- This is a great entertaining show. I just love Kira Sedgwick!

9. NCIS -- Mark Harmon, need I say more?

10. NUMB3RS -- I like the whole show and find it very entertaining!

11. DESIGN ON A DIME -- I was once very hooked on HGTV and still watch it, but this is one show I still watch regularly.

12. STARGATE ATLANTIS - This one I usually watch in reruns because it competes with other shows and SCI-FI is great for re-running a show in order!

13. LAW & ORDER - CRIMINAL INTENT -- This is the only L&A I like. Vincent D'Onofrio is a wonderful actor! Every since I watched him in the first MIB movie and more recently The Cell, I have always liked his stuff!

WHAT CAN HAPPEN WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

2006-09-13T00:05:00.000-04:00

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SATURDAY PHOTO HUNT

2006-09-09T00:01:00.000-04:00

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This weeks theme: FOOD
This is food found laying on the ground in my yard.
It is animal food fit for a squirrel king or two!

FRIDAY FEAST #110

2006-09-08T00:01:00.000-04:00

Appetizer
Name 3 things that you are wearing today.

Socks, undies, housedress

Soup
Who was the last person you hugged?

My Hubby

Salad
What do you like to order from your favorite fast food place?

Wendy's Single, fries and a small frostie

Main Course
What time of day do you usually feel most energized?

Early when I first get up! By mid noon I have no energy at all and it is nap time!

Dessert
Using the letters in your first name, write a sentence. (Example: Sweet unusual spaniels are nice.)

Super ugly ninjas saying hello is not easy!

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THURSDAY THIRTEEN #2

2006-09-07T12:01:00.000-04:00

For those that played WW yesterday and did not see the other picture, if you click on the cats toes the full picture pops up!

Denise posted this last week!
“I would like to challenge all Thirteeners to come up with 13 things they like about themselves on the next Thursday 13…September 7.I feel like we, as women, spend so much time scrutinizing ourselves that we sometimes forget the good stuff.”

13 THINGS I LIKE ABOUT ME

1. My blue eyes! They look like my moms!
2. My hair now that it is getting longer! Shoulder length and growing!
3. My ability to get the job done!
4. My organizational skills!
5. My williness to learn new things.
6. My camera skills that are getting better the more I work with it!
7. My love and faith in the Lord.
8. My willingness to be frugul, even if it kills me!
9. Being able to keep a check book balanced!
10. Being able to make things with my hands that are useful.
11. My imagination, keeps me looking at things and being able to use them in new ways!
12. My diet, week 4 almost over, and so far I have lost 4.5 pounds! Yeah me!
13. Being able to laugh at myself and how silly I can be about things I cannot change!

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

2006-09-06T00:01:00.000-04:00

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MONDAY MADNESS

2006-09-04T07:30:00.000-04:00

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1. Which holidays (if any) do you consider more as a day off from work, than anything else?

I don't work but I love the Thanksgiving Holidays because it is always a long weekend with family!

2. Which 3 holidays are most celebrated in your family?

Thanksgiving, Christmas, and 4th of July

3. Do you have an organized filing system at home?

I have a drawer filing system, and then everything else is on harddrive and filed by years and subject.

4. Do you clip coupons for groceries? If so, do you remember to use them? If not, why?

No we already shop very frugul and the things we buy never have coupons.

5. How many magazines do you subscribe to?

10 mostly bead magazines, Readers Digest and Consumer Reports

6. Do you play any computer games on a regular basis? If so, which is your favorite, and why?

No I do not. Occassionally I will buy a game for vacation.

7. Have you watched any movies worth recommending, lately?

I just watch Zathura and thought it was a great kids movie.
Plot Outline: Two young brothers are drawn into an intergalactic adventure when their house is magically hurtled through space because of the board game they are playing.

SATURDAY PHOTO HUNT

2006-09-02T00:01:00.000-04:00

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This weeks theme: ON THE ROAD
This weeks theme called for a road trip! So a road trip we took. I took this photograph as we were cruising on the road toward our destination. The small slideshow are photographs of where we went for our trip on the road!

FRIDAY FEAST

2006-09-01T07:38:00.000-04:00

Appetizer
What are some lyrics you have misheard (such as, instead of "Gettin' Jiggy With It" you heard "Kick a chicken with it")?

I could swear when Mick Jagger is singing in Beast of Burden that he says "I am so hungry I could suck a d**k." but what he really is saying is "Yeah all your sickness, I can suck it up"!

Soup
What is the worst movie you have ever seen?

Pick any of the "Scary Movies" out there. I know they are suppose to be spoofs and funny but they are just pure nasty.

Salad
Using the letters from your favorite number, write a sentence. Example: Tomorrow has really easy experiences.

Only new eyes.

Main Course
What was the most interesting news story you have heard this week?

That gas prices might get back down close to $2.oo by the end of the year!

Dessert
Which word(s) would you choose to describe your wardrobe?

Comfortable

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STUFF PORTRAIT FRIDAYS

2006-09-01T00:01:00.000-04:00

1. Show your Support (everyone supports something right?)

I support the bead sellers of the world. If they produce and sell at a great deal an interesting bead to use I have to buy it therefore making them richer and me not!!

2. Show me your sacrifice (everyone makes them right?)

I started a life change 3 weeks ago. It is called a diet! I have had to give up my favorite night snack of graham crackers with peanut butter (530 calories/33 grams fat) for fat-free cream cheese on Rice Cakes (160 calories/0 grams fat). Just one of the sacrifices I have made recently!

3. Something red.

This was made from the stash of beads I did not show in the photo above (oh yes there are more than that!). It is one of my favorite pieces. There are over 10 shades of red used to give it the shading it has. I did not do the design I just beaded it!

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THURSDAY THIRTEEN

2006-08-31T00:01:00.000-04:00

Thirteen Snippets From SunshineBlues Favorite Songs
Can you guess which these are and who sang them?
Some songs were sang by different people!
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1. Standing by the highway suitcase by my side
No place I want to go, I just thought I'd catch a ride
Many people look my way and many pass me by
In moments of reflection, I wonder why
To the thieves I am a bandit, the mothers think I'm a son
To the preachers I'm a sinner, Lord, I'm not the only one

2. I had a friend who was a big baseball player back in high school
He could throw that speedball by you
Make you look like a fool boy
Saw him the other night at this roadside bar I was walking in and he was walking out
We went back inside sat down, had a few drinks but all he kept talking about was...

3. I loved you since I knew ya
I wouldn't talk down to ya
I have to tell you just how I feel
I won't share you with another boy
I know my mind is made up
So put away your make up
Told you once I won't tell you again it's a bad way

4. Wake up Maggie I think I've got something to say to you.
It's late September and I really should be back at school.
I know I keep you amused, but I feel I'm being used.
Oh Maggie I couldn`t have tried any more.
You lured me away from home, just to save you from being alone.
You stole my heart, and that's what really hurts.

5. Jeremiah was a bullfrog
Was a good friend of mine
I never understood a single word he said
But I helped him drink his wine
And he always had some mighty fine wine

6. I was cutting the rug
Down at a place called "The Jug"
With a girl named Linda Lu
When in walked a man
With a gun in his hand
And he was looking for you know who.
He said, "Hey there fellow
with the hair colored yellow.
Whatcha trying to prove?
"Cause that's my woman there
And I'm a man who cares,
And this might be all for you!"

7. Tonight with words unspoken
You say that I'm the only one
But will my heart be broken
When the night meets the morning sun?

I'd like to know that your love
Is love I can be sure of
So tell me now, and I won't ask again

8. "There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief,
"There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.
Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth,
None of them along the line know what any of it is worth."

"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."

9. Come on go with me, babe
Come on go with me, girl
Baby, lets go
To the cabin down below

I got a radio
Put it on soft and low
Baby, lets go
To the cabin down below

10. There's a sign on the wall
But she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
In a tree by the brook
There's a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.

11. Mary Anne and Wanda were the best of friends
All through thier high school days
Both members of the 4H club
Both active in the FFA
After graduation Mary Anne went out lookin'
for a bright new world
Wanda looked all around this town
And all she found was...

12. Blame it all on my roots
I showed up in boots
And ruined your black tie affair
The last one to know
The last one to show
I was the last one
You thought you'd see there
And I saw the surprise
And the fear in his eyes
When I took his glass of champagne
And I toasted you
Said, honey, we may be through
But you'll never hear me complain

13. On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
'This could be Heaven or this could be Hell'
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say...

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WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

2006-08-30T06:32:00.000-04:00

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MONDAY MADNESS

2006-08-28T07:54:00.000-04:00

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1. Do you do dishes by hand or do you use a dishwasher?

We use a dishwash for all except the pots & pans and big pieces of tupperware! The sharp knives rarly go into the dishwasher!

2. How many people have your cell phone number?

About a dozen. Maybe!

3. Do you shower in the morning or at night?

Always shower in the morning and if I need to soak my knees then a tubbath at night!

4. Do you ever have a song 'stuck' in your head?

All the time! Commercials will get me humming bits and pieces as will a blog that plays music!

5. Do you pay your bills when they arrive, or do you wait until closer to the due date to pay them?

We tend to pay as soon as we can.

6. Are you obsessive about anything in particular?

Blogging and memes! Quilting, scrapbooking, scifi movies!

7. What one thing would you say you have a zero tolerance for?

Liars. Can so totally do with out them!

SATURDAY PHOTO HUNT

2006-08-26T00:01:00.000-04:00

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This weeks theme: BLUE
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FRIDAY FEAST

2006-08-25T06:27:00.000-04:00

Appetizer - If you could have a free subscription to any magazine, which one would you like to have?

Either the Rolling Stone or SciFi Magazine. Both are too expensive for me.

Soup - Describe your living room (furnishings, colors, etc.).

Walls are painted roasted cashew (kind of a midwestern orange), white brick fireplace, has one sofa (blue striped denim), one old purpleish lazyboy recliner, redone dresser (painted a soft yellow no feet)which serves as the entertainment center with 32" television, surround sound system, cable box and VCR. China cabinet I got from my mother that I keep all my precious things in. Very eclectic and lots of things I've done by myself.

Salad - What does the shape of a circle make you think of?

The sun, the moon, a wedding ring, tires on a car.

Main Course - Name 3 things in your life that you consider to be absolute necessities.

God, my husband, coffee in the morning.

Dessert - What was the last really funny movie you watched?

Well I didn't watch it so much as listen to it when traveling. The kids were watching Finding Nemo. I don't watch many funny movies. More into scifi, scary and fantasy kind of movies.

STUFF PORTRAIT FRIDAYS

2006-08-25T06:18:00.000-04:00

WHAT IS STUFF PORTRAIT FRIDAYS ALL ABOUT?

1. Stuff that annoys the living stuff out of you.

I know the Hubby will see this and not be happy but I can't stand the newspaper left laying around the chair. If your done reading it put it where it belongs. For me Sundays are the worse because there is so much of it. And yes there are days I just let it lay there and do my best to ignore!

2. YOUR space.

I did not even bother to clean up this area. This is my craft/computer space. I do share the computer area to the right with my hubby and brought a chair in for him to sit but the rest of the stuff is mine!

3. Something in your life that keeps the makers of Xanax in business.

This is the root of my depression. Never enough! Oh I could go get a stupid job in which the cost of gas to get there would equal the paycheck I'd receive! But there still wouldn't be enough. Life is lived by this stuff. Need it to do anything from yard work to redoing a living room. Oh sure credit cards work for those kinds of things but not in our house! So yeah this is one thing I stay down and out about a lot!

WELL WHAT DO YOU THINK?

2006-08-24T16:27:00.000-04:00

Well What do you think?
Welcome to Sunshine Blues. This blog is full of sunshine but on cloudy days there can be a bit of blues!

I love what I have been reading on meme days so I decided to join up with a few. LOL Who am I kidding I plan to play at least one a day if I can find ones I like! So this is where they will be so they do not clutter up my journal blog!

So come with me as I meme along with you! Enjoy the sunshine! But don't forget we still need the rain!