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 back , Heather has changed the name of her hop to "Monday Quiz About Me."
This weeks Questions:
 1. Finish this sentence - The last book I read and enjoyed was.... Skewered Halo.

2. Do you have special Victoria Day (Canadian) or Memorial Day (US) traditions?  If you don't live in Canada or the US, what is the next holiday that you are celebrating where you are? Putting the pool up!

3. If you could invent something to make your life simpler, what would it be? A "free" fuel source?

4. What is your favorite recent blog post? I don't really have a favorite.

And don't forget to add a 5th Question on your own blog so we can answer as we hop around!

My 5th question: This is unfortunately a question from my very recent personal life. A friend's son was killed in an accident so I took a day off and went to her house. I cleaned and cooked while the family took care of the arrangements. It's what I was brought up to do in times like these. So my question is - what do you do to console a friend in a time of loss? 

Six Word Saturday

To participate all you need to do is describe your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words. For more information, go to Show My Face. and Cate will explain it. Add an image, a video, a song, nothing.


I took the day off yesterday.
I took a vacation day and decided that I didn't want to even look at a computer screen for the entire day. The son of a friend was killed in a car accident on Wednesday night and I just didn't feel like doing it. Normally I sit in front of a computer all day long and then again when I get home. I kind of feel bad about not doing my normal Friday memes but then again I wasn't in the right frame of mind to do it.

Pondering With a Purpose

Thursday again! Time to do a little "pondering" with Brenda from Fiction With a Purpose.

Her rules are really easy:

1. Grab the Pondering with a Purpose Badge (in her sidebar)

2. Look at the week's prompt

3. Post something on your blog that relates to the prompt - it can be a story, a poem, a picture -- anything you want it to be.

4. Go back here and add the URL from your post to the linky list on Brenda's.

5. Go check out the other bloggers who have added their links to the list.

6. AND most of all.... Have fun!

This Week's prompt:  Favorite Color


My favorite color is green - has been since I was a kid. I don't really know why I like it so much, maybe because it reminds me of Spring and everything coming back to life - maybe because it reminds me of the mountains down in VA - maybe because there's nothing like the smell of fresh cut grass, which is of course green - maybe because of the way that grass feels between your toes. I don't know why but the color of green always makes me smile.

Semester Grades are in!

SEMESTER TOTALS
Hours Attempted:  6  Hours Earned:  6
Honor Points:  24.00  Grade Point Average: 4.000

How cool is that?!!!

Coffee Chat

 I'm joining the coffee chat again this morning! If you'd like to join, head over to Leslie's at Time out for Mom. The topic is: One gift or two?


Now Leslie's birthday happened to fall on Mother's Day and she is wondering if she should have expected one gift or two. Myself, since my birthday falls in the middle of August, have never had this problem but I do know something of it. Biz's birthday is December 25th - yep a Christmas birthday. He expects separate gifts. He doesn't always get them from me. Since I've never been "independently wealthy," Christmas has often been a struggle for me - especially those years when the kids were at home. Let me just say that being a single mom is not fun at Christmas. It's hard.  Those days are gone now but I'm still not "rolling" in money so at Christmas, I'm always broke. I just can't buy what I would like to. So Biz usually gets the "normal" amount spent on him. His mother does make a point of giving him separate gifts for Christmas and birthday. I don't. But I do always make a point of saying "Happy Birthday."