Coffee Chat

Time for the Coffee Chat! If you'd like to join, head over to Leslie's at Time out for Mom.

The topic is: 

 "Early Bird or Night Owl?"

Do you think it's possible to switch?
Is it possible -  I suppose it is. I used to work third shift so early morning was not my favorite time of the day. It was the time I was getting really tired and wanting to go to sleep.  But then I switched to working days - and it took me a long time to get used to it. My body and my brain wanted to rest when I had to "get up and go." But eventually, both came around. Funny thing is, I still have no problem pulling an all nighter when the need arises. It seems that once my body learned to make the switch, it never forgot how and I can easily go back and forth. I can stay up all night long reading, crocheting, or writing a paper and while I may be tired, I'm not falling asleep at my desk. I just end up going to bed a little earlier than usual the next night and I'm up in the morning as if nothing changed. 

I'm sitting here this morning in my own house -with coffee in hand. I actually stayed up last night, knowing that I could lounge around all day. But of course, I was up at 5 and ready to do something. Hopefully I'll get a lot done today! 

Monday Quiz About Me

Welcome to Monday Quiz About Me - hosted by Acting Balanced and Touristic. They post 5 questions on Sunday evening along with a linky for you to link up your post answers! 

Here are the Questions:

1. Do you tend to be more logically or emotionally driven in your decision-making? Definitely more logical. I've learned the hard way to not let emotions make decisions for me.

2. Do you take vitamin or other supplements?  Do you feel that they actually work? I actually just started to take vitamins - calcium that is. I think at my age the bones begin to shrink. Do they work - not sure but can't hurt.

3. Have you ever kissed someone and just knew they were not the right person or vise versa? Yes. I had a good friend and we actually tried to date. First kiss was just too weird - almost felt like I was trying to kiss my brother.

4. Why shouldn't the woman pay for a Valentine's Day date? I can't rationally think of any reason she shouldn't. But I don't think it's right the way men seem to want the women to take care of everything these days. It almost seems like the roles are reversing.

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 week is ... 

Have you noticed that the days are getting longer?

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.

Just got back from the vet.
Had to get Kimmy's nails clipped.
They were starting to curl up.
Not as active as once was.
Also had a skin tag checked.
Vet said it was pretty normal.
For a dog of her age.
That was a relief to me.
I know she's getting quite old.
I know the day will come.
Don't want to think about that.

Follow Friday Four Fill-In Fun

Welcome to the weekly Follow Friday Four Fill-in Fun Blog Hop!

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Each week, Hilary over at Feeling Beachie lists four statements with a blank for you to fill in on your own blogs.   This week’s co-host is me - I came up with the last two statements!
This week’s statements:
1. When I am on the phone I have to ____
2. I have a ____
3. I started blogging to ________
4. My worst habit is _______

My Answers:
1. When I am on the phone I have to walk around while talking if possible.
2. I have a serious addiction to coffee.
3. I started blogging to be able to keep in touch with son and dil when they moved to England.
4. My worst habit is wearing pajama pants at all times when at home.

Please add the Follow Friday button to your post, or your blog.
Please follow Hilary. Since Google Friend connect is gone, please follow through networked blogs, Facebook fan page or by email….If there is a co-host, please follow them as well. Leave a comment! I will follow back!
Please link your Follow Friday Four Fill-In Fun post to the linky below. PLEASE grab the linky and post on your blog…
If you tweet, please use #F5-bloghop so she can find you…

Pondering With a Purpose

It's Thursday! One of my favorite days. Time to do a little "pondering" with Brenda from Ponderings of an Author.

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:  Words with double meanings - Race

The first thing that comes to mind when I think of race is ethnicity and discrimination - which by the way - is so TOTALLY wrong. I have a hard time understanding why race is still an issue for some. Come on people, it's 2013. I would like to think that we could get past all that and just take people for what they are and what they believe in instead of how they look. We are a melting pot of people from everywhere. I myself have a heritage of Scot, Irish, and Cherokee and who knows what else. What race am I? I'm an American, that's what. Why does everything have to be about race? I hear that racism is more prominent in this country now than it has been in the recent past and I think - Is it racism or is it just politics? I do not like the current politics in this country but it has nothing to do with race. I don't care about your race. I do care about the country going down the tubes.

Sorry about the rant this morning - just had to.