30 days hath September

blah, blah blah

real quick here

HOW MANY posts did you repond too?

Any make you stop and think?


Thanks everyone for taking time to read these.

oh's, fruit loops, golden grahams

I love golden grahams, but don't like milk. I like to eat them dry. Family likes when I buy them, they like them too. Monday is cereal day for Max before school.

Today's how many is

HOW MANY boxes of cereal in your pantry?

There are 4 right now. Honey bunches of oats, oh's, cocoa krispies, and fruit loops.

What makes your bowl happy?

whites/towels/jeans/uniforms/etc

I really am the luckiest person on the earth. With the lawn mower being broke Scott has nothing else to do, so he does laundry. Not by my choice. BUT it's ok, really it is. He even folds socks, puts away towels AND folds my underwear. How's that for lucky!

SO today's how many is this

HOW MANY loads of laundry do you do each week?

Towels for one (or 2), whites, jeans, shirts, my uniforms, scotts pants. So at least 6. The hallway hamper gets full quickly, so I try to do a load or 2 through the week.

So, what's your grand total?

mooooo, moooooo

moooove on in here and answer this one, lol!

HOW MANY gallons of milk in your fridge?

I buy 4 on the weekend and usually have to get another 1 or 2 through the week. Max and Kacey are the primary drinkers. I can't tell you the last time I had a glass of milk. And then what type of milk? I buy 1%

Ok, what's in your fridge?

speed dial number 2

I don't know who that belongs to on my phone. So today's how many

HOW MANY numbers are in your cell phone?

lets see, amy, julie, lisa m, lisa t, kacey, max, scott, work, doc, michelle k, darla g, kenny g, mom, dad, bart, jeannie, tina, cyndi, christie, grandma, angie. Who am I missing (I'm too lazy to go get my phone)

who's in your circle? HAHAH!

water water everywhere!

Except in my body. I am not a water drinker. AT ALL! I drink diet coke and LOTS Of it! Julie has got me trying to get more water in and staying away from artificial sweetners.

SO today's how many is

HOW MANY ounces or bottles of water do you get in each day?

Today I had 2 bottles or was it 3?


Glub/glub/glub!

you should see my entry way!

lined with shoes. WHY? I don't like em. I would rather be barefoot.

Today's how many is

HOW MANY pairs of shoes do you own?

By the front door I have 3 pair. 2 pair of tennis shoes and my birkenstocks. Love my birkenstocks. Got a few other pair, but I don't really care about shoes.

So what's in your closet?

gypsy rose

say has anybody seen my sweet gypsey rose, she's got rings on her fingers and bells on her toes.

Enough of that already.

Today's how many is

HOW MANY

HOW MANY rings do you wear?

none for me
All those years of working in surgery taught me that

ok, your turn

165000 plus!

thats quite a bit huh?

Let's get the question out of the way first

HOW MANY miles on your car?

The 165000 is actually how many on my last car. I actually did a page about it. OH the places we went. 165000 is alot. I think of all the places we went. St Louis, Hattiesburg, Dallas, Tulsa, Kansas City, back and forth to work, Claremore, etc. The safety it offered. I felt guilty about selling it. Well I haven't sold it yet, but you know. It was comfortable. Roomy, Mine, etc.

So, how many places has your car taken you?

should I turn left or right at the light?

redbook, readers digest, people

simple scrapbooks, better homes and gardens scrapbooks etc, women's day, rachel ray, oprah, good housekeeping, the surgical technologist, the ozark adventurer, AAA, sports illustrated, ducks unlimited.

Lots of paper here.

Today's how many is

HOW MANY magazine subscriptions do you get? And what do you do with them when you are done? I try and get rid of mine, but won't lie when I tell you I recycle them. I hope someone will get them out of the big dumpster and read them.

what about you? How many magazines are delivered to your house every month?

BTW, people is my favorite (I know my week is over when I get it). Reader's digest is next.

wow

I had so many posts loaded and BAM! I don't have enough. I have some loaded for the last few day of the month. I have a few more ideas ready. So here's one.

Today's how many is

HOW MANY tv's do you have?

How do I love my tv's, let me count the ways
one in our bedroom
one in max's
one in kacey's
one in the kitchen
one in the living room
one in the den
one in the back bedroom
one in storage (explain that one to me)
one in the workshop

TOO MANY! Only 2 get cable. It will cost us a fortune to get the digital converters. How come I have so many when I can only be in one place at one time?

hmm.... how many for you?

2007 nevada 2000 old onex2

QUICK! Go get your wallet. Don't worry, I'll wait.

Got it?

Now, how many quarters are in your wallet?

3 for me. DId you know that this is the last year for the "new" quarters? I realized that when I pulled out the state thing that holds all of them.


SO, what's in your wallet?

sprechen sie deutsch?

not a chance. Nor do I want to either. So today's how many is

HOW MANY languages do you speak? Or understand?

Like I said, none for me. 2 years of German for me in high school. Only because my brother took it. I thought he was cool. Still do.


SO combien de langues parlez-vous ?

paper. plastic, or recyclable?

If you have been reading for any amount of time, or know me IRL, you would know how anal I am. I make the menu out every week. I 98% of the time make the grocery list out on the back of last weeks menu. Then I make my list out. dairy, meat, produce, pets, h&b, cleaning, misc, bakery, frozen. Then a separate space at the bottom of the page for other stores. And it has to be in the up and down orientation (is that portrait?). I shop the same way. Go in the door on the left (I am going to have to redo this, when they get the store remodel complete), and make the big box around the store. I am just as anal when I put my items on the belt to check out. I take time to put like things together. I don't want the pool chemicals in with the eggs. Go figure. I want to shop on Sunday's. MAYBE Saturday. Like today. I don't want to put the groceries in the house on Friday, and have them eat it by Sunday. Oh, and I take Saturday's off from cooking. I try and cook all week long, so there should be leftovers on Saturday, or as we refer to it as musgo's (This must go, that must go, etc).

Today's how many is this

HOW MANY times a week do you go to the grocery store?

I try and go just once. I ask everyone if they need anything. Ask for input for meals. I usually ask someone to pick up a gallon of milk before the next trip. Seems that 4 gallons just isn't enough.

how are you today, paper or plastic?

I'll have water, no lemon please

When I go out to eat, at a sit down place, I will order water. When what I really want is a diet coke! skip the appetizer. Salad with no dressing, or at least on the side. I will usually have to alter my order in some way. I am not a desert lover. How often though do I do this? This is today's how many

HOW MANY times a month do you go out to eat?
I can say that it's usually more at lunch than any other time. Feeding a family of 4 is pricey. If we go out in the evening, Scott and I, we usually bring it home. Last time out for me (well except for before the ball game on friday), was last friday at work. Chinese buffet, water to drink.

So how about you, how many times a month do you let someone wait on you, in public that is!

baked, mashed or french fries?

short sweet and to the point

how many pillows do you sleep with?

For me, it's 2. ANd then then blanket wadded up under my head. 2 extra firm pillows. BUT, I wouldn't know, because once my head hits it, I'm usually asleep. Scott has about 15 pillows (no kidding). I bet that's why he doesn't miss me at night, haha. ANyone that knows us, knows, I can't stand the snoring. I deserve, no need a good nights sleep also. He even tells me, I can't move back to the bed. He has taken it over. Not a problem with me. I can't stand that many pillows.

so, how many pillows cradle your noggin?

snap, snap, snap, snap

Nope, no broken bones this time (at least we think not, after the Dr. reviews the films on Monday, we will know for sure). Not even cereal. Today we are talking pictures! Ball game last night out of town. Nice day. Worked till 10, got on the road by 1130, got there by 5. Had dinner at a nice pizza place across from the capitol. Watched some of the bicycle race. Got to the game. What a squeaker! Didn't think they were going to rebound from the defecit that they started out at, but they did. We intercepted a pass in the endzone with 8 seconds left. Visited with the boys afterwards. Got in the car, and except for a few stops on the way home, very uneventful. Got home and in bed around 4ish. Boy, am I tired. I'm not 21 any more, or even 31, gosh not even 41 any more.
My how many today is

HOW MANY photos do you take?

Last night I took pictures. Last night was different though. It was a new stadium, visitors side wasn't even supposed to be done. Beautiful stadium, very nice hometown crowd, sucky visitor accomodations. The benches actually sat below the level of the field. When you put all the team in front of you, most of what I got picture wise was the top of their helmets. Not ideal.

So, how many pics do you take at an event?

Everyone say cheese!

hey see the car on the left?

watch out for him
rode my tail, wouldn't let me move over, so he cut me off, doing almost 80. I had to slam on my brakes, he just moved on over in front of me, without even so much as a look. I was headed for the median. Lucky no one was over in the other lane
So guess what? I took his picture. As I will the rest of the crazy drivers that do stupid things
look out for him

who says you can't go home?

I guess wherever you are now is home, right? It is for me now. So, no beating around the bush, here's today's how many

HOW MANY miles do you live from where you grew up?


I live around 350 miles from where I grew up. I call Fayetteville home now. I guess. I went home last weekend. My brother and I went to Soulard market. It's been probably 35 years since I have been there. It was amazing. I had such a good time. Complete with about 150 pics. We must have walked it 3 times. I remember being drug through the place and not being very tall, so imagine the views I had. Maybe it was an omen. Who knows.

till later, where's the map?

here a blog, there a blog, everywhere a blog, blog

I guess everywhere you look, there's a blog, huh? Thanks to Google reader (Thanks Terri for telling me about that), I am in love with blogging! I have 46, yikes, 46 blogs loaded to my reader. (hey if anyone can tell me how to track my hits/views on my blog I would appreciate it).

Today's how many is this

HOW MANY blogs do you visit?

besides mine (big smile). I love having the reader that lets me know who has updated. I have a few that I get excited to read. That I actually save for last to read. Some that I want to read first, like if Cyndi ever updates hers, I will have to read hers first. Kristen has been diligently blogging along with me here, and I have enjoyed reading her responses, getting to know more about her. Jen's kids are so freaking gorgeous, but she and her hubby are hot, so whadda ya expect? Seeing what's news with Terri (sorry if it's just one r, let me know so I can correct it, OK?). Then we go with the folks I don't know. Here are a few.
1)confessions of a cf husband. Ok, I am not even sure how I found him, but this is one of the last post I read. Nate updates it at least once if not 2x daily. His wife is amazing, and little Gwyneth rose if so sweet. His wife had a baby, had a double lung transplant, now has a cancer that is not uncommon in her situation. She has/had cystic fibrosis. She's pretty young too.
2)confessions of a pioneer woman. OK Ree is amazing. How does she do all she does and keep up with blogging on like 3 sites she has. Her blogs are detailed. And she gets to sleep (I said sleep, not have relations) with the Marlboro man. I want one of them! Have you seen her post of his rear end, or even in his chaps? OMG!
3)the blog about the cake wrecks. Can you even imagine? I want a cake to say, go ahead, eat it, it's just going to go to your butt! Some pretty funny cakes there.
4)(don't worry, I'm not going to post all 46 of em) a beautiful mess. It's elsie's blog. She's kind of out there. I am not sure why I follow her. Maybe because she's a hometown girl? But not really
5)jessica claire photography. Her stuff is amazing.
6) nora griffin. Ok, this ladies, is where I got the idea for my card catalog. Or should I say card catalogS. I think I found her at 2peas 2 years ago? They were adopting a baby that the birth mother took back. It was sad. I kept up with her blog. I like to read her close to first
7) princess lasertron. Oh my gosh ladies! Look at her stuff! It's like some thing out of a ? (were you singing I like big butts and I can not lie). I have all my button jars out and my wire there and when I get around to it, I want to be just like her. Found her at 2peas also.
8)Simply me~ Donna Downey. Why have I not been a fan of hers like Forever? I like that she post videos on her blog. And that she can sit there and talk to like a camera. NO WAY! could I ever do it. I want her to live here and train me! She looks amazing, her stuff if amazing. And I love the sound of her voice.
9) wilkinson quints. You MUST go to their blog. (Google reader suggest blogs based on what you have in your reader. I think I picked a blog of a mom with multiples and thus this blog). They have the wq+2 olympics (or just search for the videos at youtube). Older brother Riley, sister Kaiya, then the quints. Let's see if I can do this without looking, Rustin, Ryder, Kaydence, Kyndall, crud I forgot one of the girls. Her name starts with a K and has a y in it somewhere. Oh well, check them out.
10) last one, don't get upset yet. It's taken me a long time to pick them out. Thinking inking. debbiedesigns. Her stuff is great. You can't see her pics on reader, you can't see her stuff on reader, you have to go to her site, but I promise it's worth it.

so, what's in your reader......................

Ok, I know, this is a bonus post

but I want to scream! Good screams that is. My brother picked up this cabinet off of craigslist. Kept in his garage. Didn't do anything with it. Asked me if I wanted it. Actually there are 2. I could only fit one in my car. We might be able to get the other one this weekend. But why? I will have to buy more stamps. I have already had to write this letter to my mom and dad, "dear mom and dad. Please move back soon. I moved the cabinet into the spare bedroom. be careful when you come stay, the corners will get ya. Love Betsy" How perfect is it for stamps? Each one has 24 drawers. I have about 100 SU sets. They are tucked away, two sets deep on a shelf. Guess I getter get some more stamps. Oh, and this doesn't even scratch the surface of my acrylic stamps, lol. Yes, there is a drawer missing, I have to glue the front of it. I am the luckiest girl in the world! Sorry for the way the pics are on here. I can't get them to load in order or even turn the right way.
I guess this can work for a how many

HOW MANY wood mount stamps do you have?

snap, crackle, pop, break....OUCH!

I've never had a broken bone, I never hope to have one (well not really, I always wanted a cast), but I can tell you anyhow I'd rather see than be one. That didn't work too good.
Max has broken both arms. One of them 2x. The first time he fell off a skateboard at a friends house and came home. We had to sit here for almost an hour waiting for the after hours Dr's office to call us back and give us permission to go to the ER. That's the way our insurance works, unless it is loss of life or limb, we have to get OK to go. The last time he broke it, he called me from school and said, I think I broke my arm. It feels just like it did last time. Great. I did get some great pics of him getting his MRI. (little did I know I would go through the same MRI machine at another time, but don't remember it, I guess that's another post for later too).
So today's how many is

HOW MANY bones have you broken?

My answer is above. I am scared that I will break a leg/ankle and have to take time to shave my legs before I go to the hospital. I guess I will have time while waiting for my Dr's office to call me back.

anybody got a sharpie?

....in the most dramatic rose ceremony yet

ok, I admit it. I am hooked on reality shows. My September calendar hanging at work is COVERED with dates of the reality shows coming up. Let's see Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday is Big Brother. Wednesday's is project runway and now top model. Biggest loser starts this month. Survivor starts too! (one of the ladies at 2peas mom is on survivor this time!)Dancing with the stars. Amazing race. I loved blow out (will that come back?) shear genius. I like the work out show? The one with skylab. Intervention is good, it's been awhile since I have seen it. Too close to home since they threaten an intervention on me for my scrapbook addiction. I love the bachelor/bachelorette (sp?). I keep up with Deanna and Jesse from this season. I don't think she picked the right one, but they seem really happy. Oh, and who could forget AMERICAN IDOL!

That being said, today's how many is

HOW MANY REALITY SHOWS DO YOU WATCH?

the only ones set right now to dvr are big brother and project runway. Oh, and I also love Tori and Dean.
But I really don't watch much tv, really I don't

hey, can you turn it up a bit, I can't hear it.............................

nintey nine bottles of beer on the wall, ninety nine bottle of beer

take one down pass it around, ninety eight bottles of beer on the wall.

do you have an item, NSBR, that you feel like you have 99 bottles of? For me it's ketchup. It's like a staple at the dinner table. I know I am NOT that bad of a cook, I mean look at me, better yet, don't. My hubby thinks that everything should have ketchup on it. Or is it catsup? Here's another one.... do you store it in the fridge or the pantry once it has been opened? We keep ours in the fridge, but growing up, the family I babysat for kept the open ones in the pantry.

Today's how many is this

HOW MANY bottles of ketchup do you have?

Currently there is NOT one in the fridge, but 5 bottles in the pantry. (have I mentioned I love my pantry? I turn the light on and open the door and can sit at the table and at a glance know what I need and don't need. Guess that is another post for another day).

till later, can you pass the ketchup?

a, nearly a, b, nearly b, c, d, dd, ee

I guess I could have added training, sport, minimizer, etc. to the title. (dad you can quit reading this one, ok?)
I was cleaning out my purse the other day and found 2 victorias secret gift cards. 2! for the total of 100. Now I know you think wow! she has a great husband (which I do) but they aren't from him. they are from my grandparents. I LOVE their underwear. (see post from like august of last year, lol). I am ok, with spending 25 for 5 pair of underwear. But I will NOT! spend that kind of money for a bra. I can't bring myself to buy a bra for full price. Probably why I only get half the support huh? I must buy them on the reduced rack (no pun intended) from usually JC Penneys.
That being said, today's How many is

HOW MANY BRA'S DO YOU OWN?

I hate shopping for them. Hate it with a passion. I have never been measured for one. I know it would be to my benefit for this, but just can't bring myself to do it. So I will wear them till the wires break, till the one hook that is left breaks, till it falls apart in the washer. I guess I own about 5? Don't get me wrong, if I had that ever cute, tiny body, I would be all about buying the matching sets.

Ladies, how many "supporters" do you have?

Till later

ruff, meow, chirp, neigh

What's that all about? Today my question has to be quick. Remember the alarm clock I talked about recently? I set it wrong last night and now I am going to be late for my hair appointment. He's usually late though so it should be ok. I dont' know why he set up a 9 am appointment anyway.

Today's how many is

How many pets do you have?

This can be past or present.
Currently I have 2 cats, bob kitty and timmy. 1 bird, bob bird. 2 horses, rocky and pete. Never thought I would have cats. I dont' breathe well around them. These crawled out from the barn and so we had them neutered and here they are. They live outside most of the time. I love these cats. I am normally a dog person, but.....

gotta run. So what animals fill your world with unconditional love?

come on baby move that conga

feel the rhythm I know you can't control it baby any longer. Yeah, like I know the words huh? I am cleaning the office for the current time. Last evening I got my zune (love it more than my ipod, sorry, no I'm really not, lol) out and listened to it while I was mopping (and sweating if you must know). First song that popped into my ears was that one, Gloria Estefan conga. I had Randy Travis singing, on the other hand, The whispers:give it to me, Afternoon delight (who sings this?). I find myself skipping some songs. Just not in the mood, KWIM? I searched once to find some good songs to work out to, and someone suggested Wyclef Jean. So I loaded the whole album (wow, album, not cd, but album, just how old am I?, old enough to still have my albums). Can't say that I have listened to the whole thing yet. I think I need a mix of songs that will keep me moving while on the treadmill. Any suggestions?
SO today's how many is this
How many songs do you have loaded on your mp3 player?

I looked at mine last night. I have 874 songs loaded. Max has over 3000 on his. The zune pass is well worth the 15 bucks a month for unlimited downloads. VERY simple to use. I have bought a few videos to go on it also. You used microsoft points to buy them. (did I mention I felt like I was dancing with the mop?)

That being typed, what music moves you?

would you like paper or plastic?

or should I say would you like fries with that happy meal? Or would you like to upgrade to a large size? That being said, today's how many is

HOW MANY JOBS HAVE YOU HAD?

1) lets see, I worked one shift at an A&W restaurant. Just one shift. I don't think they liked me. hmmmmmm, imagine that. Side note to that. Did you know that all the slushes they served started out the same flavor? stupid of me to remember that after almost 30 years.
2) I worked for a short time, maybe a month? at a dry cleaners. I just didn't get it. I think it's because they hired Robin and I at the same time, only planning to keep one of us and tag she was it.
3) I baby sat - does that count?
4) I worked at Arby's for 5 years. Worked up to manager. I think the only requirement was that you were breathing. Not really. I did a good job. Funny about that is: the neighbor girl who lived 3 houses away, interviewed at the same time. So we were hierd together, we have the same birthday, born at the same hospital, same middle name, in love with the same boy in 7th grade. Strange coincidence huh?
5) then I went to Spencer gifts. Yep, you got it. It was a blast! I had a great time working there. I learned alot from this job. Which figures that I don't work in retail. I got to manage the store eventually too. Worked on setting up new stores, new planograms, jewelry sales, shipments.
6) then I went to TJ cinnamons bakery. That was fun. Worked at a few different stores for them. Worked at Union station store in St Louis.
7) then I moved here. Got the job at NWMC. I answered the ad for a central sterile tech. I got hired as a scrub tech. Probably just as well, I did go to school for being a scrub tech. Worked there for 7 years.
8) worked for a few weeks with a plastic surgeon
9) worked for a while supervising surgical technology students
10) worked per diem for ARORA doing bone recoveries. I had a BLAST doing these.
11) worked for a plastic surgeon for 5 years
12) worked for the surgical technology program for 5 years before the sorry sons of bitches fired me. Only one other time in my life have I been let go. Well maybe make that 2. A&W never called me back. The dry cleaners called and said no more. (should I include being let go from my Sunday school teaching position when I was a senior in high school?)
and now job number 13) here at the butt dr's office. They rescued me, it will be 3 years then end of december.

Now that you have read my job history, What about you?

beep*beep*beep*beep*beep*

that's the sound of my alarm clock. Going off at whatever time it's set for. My clock is set 32 minutes fast. Not sure why I do that. My alarm clock has 2 alarms on it and yes, I use both. I have no idea what time they are set for. Eventually I will get up. Yesterday, it was 630 that I got out of bed. This morning I got out of bed and in and out of the shower by 602. 'splain that to me.
Today's how many is actually 2.

HOW MANY MINUTES IS YOUR SNOOZE ALARM? and HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU HIT IT?

My alarm has a 7 minute snooze and I hit it at least 3 times. Remember though, I have a dual alarm. I HATE when I set the alarms and they cycle to go off within one minute of each other. I just get snuggled back to bed and then
*beep*beep*beep*beep*beep

you get the picture
what about you?

Sometimes I wish I had a Mach IV

that the hatch of my car would open and throw rotten eggs at the cars that tailgate me. I don't know what people expect. I am in the fast lane for a reason. To go fast. If it was open in front of me I would go faster, but there's a slowpoke there. Thus I can't move around and neither can you. Or even a scrolling marquis to let them know, hey buddy, get off my rear!
So that got me thinking (this is todays how many)

How many cars have you had?

Let me see if I can get this

started driving on a datsun 510 (5 speed, sweet car)
then there was a maverick (I am pretty sure this is the car I tried to put in the garage by scrapping it in there, lol)
a little silver car, what was it? hmmm, I don't remember
a ford tempo
an aerostar van
a lumina van
my dodge caravan that just went bye bye
and now this ford escape
My favorite probably was the datsun 510

So what about you? How many cars have you had?

30 days hath September.........

lol! We were changing the calendar at my grandparents this weekend and found that their paper calendar had September with 31 days. Got us talking about the mnemonic to remember it. I don't know the 30 days hath September one, I just can count them on my knuckle to figure out how many days each month has. That being said.............
I am going to do a post a day of


HOW MANY?

I have 20 of them so far. It is late and I am ready for bed, and let's face it, nobody really reads my blog, lol. So my first one is

HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU HAVE?
If you are reading this, I am pretty sure you know that I have 2

Kacey just turned 21, Max will be 18 in December

Your turn. You can either post here or let me know you updated your blog with your own HOW MANY!