3 Snacks I Love But Can No Longer Find Locally

1.  Flicks candy.  Remember those?  They came in a cardboard tube, and had green, blue, red, or gold shiny paper on the outside.  They were like a flattened Hershey Kiss. 

 2.  Screaming Yellow Zongers.  Way better than Fiddle Faddle or Cracker Jacks or any of the other pretenders.  I can eat a box of SYZ’s in a single sitting; they are that light and fluffy.  A couple of years ago I came across a display of SYZ’s at The Dollar Tree.  I bought 10 boxes.  Ever since then I’ve been kicking myself that I didn’t buy ALL of them!

3.  Taco-flavored Doritos.  These are SO good.  There was some sort of taco flavor a little while back, but it wasn’t the same.  Now I’ve noticed you can get Taco Doritos in the same package as another flavor, but I don’t like the other flavor.  The Taco “Rollitos” that were on the market a few years ago are just NOT the same.

3 Reasons I Didn’t Post Yesterday

1. I’m starting to get sick and don’t have a lot of energy.

2. I was watching tv, trying to get the recorded shows cleared off the DVR.

3. I forgot.

3 Animals Records

1. Fastest Bird (sky): Peregrine falcon.
Peregrine falcons can dive toward the earth at more than 200 miles per hour. The Oregon Zoo does a bird show every day during the summer months, and they do a demonstration with a falcon to show how quickly it grabs prey from the sky. To show this, a dead mouse is tossed into the at the same time the falcon is released. One day I was there with my kids and the falcon missed the mouse. The dead mouse dropped onto a blanket that a family was picnicking on and the falcon when after it. The reaction from that family was hilarious!

2. Largest Invertebrate: Giant Squid.
Giant squid, reaching lengths of 43 feet, are the largest invertebrates. They also have the largest eyes (about the size of a human head). The largest giant squid ever measured was 59 feet long. For some reason, I’m fascinated by the thought of giant squids. It is said that nobody has ever seen one alive. I’d freak out if I ever came across one.

3. Smallest Bird:
Adult bee hummingbirds, found in Cuba, weigh about two grams. While vacationing in southern CA, we saw many hummingbirds at the San Diego Zoo. We even saw some land on flowers and rest…very cool to see hummingbirds holding still.

3 Recorded Shows I Watched Today

1. ‘Til Death. Eddie was all bragging about his mad basketball skills, when it turned out he couldn’t play at all. He ‘fessed up, and Joy still loved him. Hey, has Joely Fisher always had such large breasts?

2. Grey’s Anatomy. The main hospital trauma was a family caught in a meth lab explosion. In the mean time, Christina avoided Burke’s mom, Meredith avoided Derek, and George tried not to avoid Callie so he could tell her he loved Izzy, but she was having a bad day and didn’t want to talk to him.

3. CSI: Miami. A random photo sent a girl skyrocketing into cyber-celebrity, and her boyfriend was killed. Turns out the killer was a jealous friend who actually meant to kill the famous girl. In the meantime, the son of a man that Horatio put away tried to kill H. We all know THAT didn’t happen.

3 Quotes from Favorite Movies

1. You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never to get involved in a land war in Asia. And only slightly less well known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!”
~~The Princess Bride

2. What you know you can’t explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt it your entire life, that there’s something wrong with the world. You don’t know what it is, but it’s there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad.
~~The Matrix

3. Mankind. That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can’t be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interest. Perhaps it is fate that today is the fourth of July and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution, but from annihilation. We’re fighting for our right to live, to exist! And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice, “We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We’re going to live on! We’re going to survive! Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!”
~~Independence Day

3 Jobs I Held For Less Than 6 Months

1. Pear Sorter at Northwest Packing, the cannery in town. My job was to stand at the conveyor belt and sort out bad chunks of pears from the good. Between the smell and the constant motion of the belt it didn’t take long for me to start feeling queasy. Every 55 minutes a breaker would take over your spot so you could take a 5 minute break to rest from the constant motion. Four or five hours into my first shift when my breaker came to relieve me I told her I wasn’t going to be back and walked off the job. I never did collect a paycheck from them.

2. Sandwich Maker for Jimbo Sandwiches. As the name implies, I made sandwiches. Specifically, the type that are sold in grocery and convenience stores. We made the sandwiches in an assembly line; one person put down the bread, the next spread on the condiment, the next the meat, and so one. Over and over. About a month after I started I was “chosen” to do the product inventory. It was presented like a big honor (and I did get a small wage increase) but what they failed to mention was that part of the inventory was done in a walk-in freezer. I had to wear thermal underwear, gloves, scarf, the works. I had to use a pencil to write down my findings because the pen in my ink was always freezing up. Three months after I was hired several employees, including me, were laid off.

3. Merchandiser for several national companies. This one doesn’t really count, because some of the jobs were supposed to be short-time, but I didn’t have any other jobs to list. I held many merchandising accounts and did a variety of jobs. In some stores I reworked the video departments. In others I put out and ordered greeting cards. While I enjoyed working primarily by myself, in the end I stopped merchandising because I needed a full-time job with benefits.

3 Foods I Will Never Get Tired Of

1. Baked potatoes. LOVE them! Especially with butter, sour cream, cheese, and bacon.

2. Filet mignon. Nothing beats a perfectly cooked filet done medium rare.

3. Ice cream. Ben and Jerry’s Coffee Heath Bar is my fav, but I’m not picky. I love just about all the flavors.

Sounds like dinner!

3 Politicians I Should Vote For

According to this quiz I should vote for
1. Joe Biden (D)
2. Hilary Clinton (D)
3. Barack Obama (D)
in the upcoming 2008 presidential election.

I haven’t made up my mind yet.

3 Good Things That Happened Today

1. I noticed that my pants are starting to fit me again. After my foot surgery in November I gained a lot of weight since I was in a cast and not getting any exercise. I couldn’t get into my jeans at all. But, the other day I pulled some of my jeans out of the closet and they fit! Today I had to cinch my belt up a notch. I’m not dieting or exercising; that would be crazy! But I am back to work and active again, and I guess it’s enough to get me down a pants size.

2. The kids spent a minimal amount of time fighting. Seriously, those two fight ALL the time. It drives me nuts, so when they aren’t bickering it’s a good thing.

3. S ate dinner at her friend’s house, and the boys fended for themselves. There are just days when I really don’t feel like dealing with the whole “What’s for dinner” thing. Today was one of them.

3 Comments About the Fall TV Premieres

1. If I were a Bionic Woman I’d be pissed if only one of my arms were bionic. I mean, really, what is up with that? Is she supposed to use one arm to write with and the other to lift and throw cars? Something I just realized as I was looking up the link to the show: the star, Michelle Ryan, apparently came from the UK show, Eastenders. I’ve seen this show mentioned in books, like the Shopaholic series, but never realized it was an actual program.

2. Enough with the multi-episode storylines! In both CSI and NCIS there was a story that carried over several episodes and into the premieres. Ok, so Sara Sidle has been found and saved, and La Grenouille is dead. Let’s move on and solve some crimes, folks.

3. Why do the people on The Office do the things that Michael tells them to do? Like, there’s no way he could’ve made them all participate in his “Fun Run”. If I had a boss like him I’d be calling Human Resources A LOT!