Chats on the Farmhouse Porch

It's time to head over to Patrice's porch for the weekly chat. Here are this week's questions:

Here are our questions for today:

1. Who do you go to when you really need someone to talk to about something important?
2. How often do you grill food outdoors?
3. What's the interior color of your car/truck/van?
4. What's the last great buy you got?
5. What's new?

My answers:

1. It used to be my dad - I could always count on him but he is gone now. I'd say that my daughter is probably my closest "confidant" these days.
2. Probably a couple of times a week during the summer months.
3. Beige
4. I just bought new living room furniture! My old couch/chairs were 15 years old and really showing it. The new is leather and is currently covered up with blankets and throws until I get #5 taken care of.
5. I have to call and get an appointment to get my younger cat (the Princess) de-clawed and she is so not going to like it! The queen was de-clawed years ago.

Tuesday Coffee Chat

 

 I'm joining the coffee chat again this morning! If you'd like to join, head over to Rory's at Time out for Mom. The topic is: Slang

Ok, I'm really not into the slang but I hear an awful lot of it. It kindof makes me cringe when I hear kids talking around campus. Makes me want to stop them and say, "Does your mother know you talk like that?"

Oh well - just a part of growing up I guess - we used a lot of slang when I was a kid. This may indeed be telling my age but does anybody remember:
Bomb-adj. to be hip, cool. ex. That guy has a bomb Chevelle.
Bitchen-cool, the all time best, good idea, "That bike is bitchen", or "Bitchen, let's go!"
Be There Or Be Square!-Attend or you'll be looked down upon
Can You Dig It-You Understand
Cool-o-roonie-something really cool
Down With.-meaning i understand,like,hey man,are you down with it?
For Sure-Usually pronounced "fer shure"; synonym for the gazillion other things meaning, you are correct, such as, right on, I'm hip, I dig, etc.
Gnarly-cool, awesome, very good
Jinkies-Sign of surprise, "Oh my god!", "Oh dear!"
Let's Boogie-Let's get going, or Let's dance
No Duh-A response to use when someone states the obvious
Psyched-Excited. "Hey I am so psyched about this concert."
Radical-cool,awesome,sweet. "that was RADICAL man."
Say What?-a short question usually used to indicate, that you don't believe something someone said; Hate to tell ya this kid, but you didn't win the contest. Say what?
Shotgun-Laying claim to the front seat
Totally-yeah;sure
Tubular!-way cool, awesome
What's Shakin'?-Casual greeting; equivalent to "What's Happening?", "How's it going?"

So I guess the kids now aren't really so different than we were!

Skewered Halo

Skewered Halo - Brenda Youngerman

This is the story of a middle child, Diane, who is tormented by her older sister hew entire life. When Diane leaves home for school she decides to make a clean break and put the past behind her. For a while she believes she has. But then things start to happen.  Everywhere she goes, it seems that trouble follows. Everyone she develops a relationship with disappears. Why is this happening. You wonder this and more, right up until the very end.

Like all her books, Skewered Halo is a book you will not be able to put down until you finish it and then you'll be wanting more.

Monday Quiz About Me

Based on the original Meet Me on Monday hosted by Java at Never Growing Old, Heather over at Acting Balanced  posts 5 questions on Sunday evening along with a linky for you to link up your post answers! Since Java is coming back , Heather has changed the name of her hop to "Monday Quiz About Me."

And now for this weeks Questions:

1. Finish this sentence - The last movie I saw in the theater was... I don't even remember.

2. Do you have any idiosyncrasies?

I can't go to bed without my kitchen cleaned - does that count

3. What is your favorite clothing store to shop at?

I used to like JC Penny but they've changed everything recently so now I'm open to suggestions.

4. What fun things do you have planned for the week ahead?

I have a new ceiling fan coming tonight that I'll have to put up. Then Wednesday the new TV stand should be here.


My 5th question this week is...


Do you garden? What do you have in this year?

Now, please link up and tell your friends to join us!

Z is for

Zoo -

1. the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition

I hate to be obvious but really, isn't this the first word everybody thinks of for the letter "Z:. Now I've been to a lot of zoos but I have to say that my favorite is Forest Park Zoo in St. Louis. I used to take the kids there every year and they loved it. It was also one of the first places that my dad took us when we landed here in IL. Lots of good memories in that place.

So that's it - the A to Z Challenge is over. I've enjoyed it and I've met some great new bloggers but have to admit that I'm glad this is it. It's been a little crazy trying to keep up with both the challenge and my normal blogging.