1. What is your occupation right now?
B: Takes Care of Wounded Warriors
M: Nags planners to plan their careers
2. What color are your socks right now?
B: Grey on weekends, green on workdays
M: Its not that cold yet.
3. What are you listening to right now?
Both: typing sounds
4. What was the last thing that you ate?
B: French Fries
M: Pancakes
5. Can you drive a stick shift?
Both: Yes
6. Last person you spoke to on the phone?
B: One of his guys who’s in treatment and just lost his best friend.
M: Kory on the Denos Answering Machine- Zims is going out of business and everything is on sale.
7. How old are you today?
Both: 38
8. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV?
B: The Tour de France
M: I don’t watch sports on TV.
9. What is your favorite drink?
B: Sonic cherry lime aid
M: Sonic blackberry iced tea (Sonic – the official drink stop of team Schiele.)
10. Have you ever dyed your hair?
B: no, but I had it all cut off once, does that count?
M: Yes it is red right now.
11. Favorite food?
B: Mexican, and a nice grilled steak and beer
M: I have had the flu and saltine crackers rock!
12. What is the last movie you watched?
Both: The love guru, kinda funny, Mike Myers is hilarious
13. Favorite day of the year?
B: My birthday and June 20th and Christmas and the 4th of July.
M: My birthday
14. How do you vent anger?
B: make bugs
M: Clean the house
15. What was your favorite toy as a child?
B: Bike
M: my imagination
16. What is your favorite season?
B: Summer
M: Spring
17. Cherries or Blueberries?
B: Strawberries
M: Cherries
18. Living arrangements?
Both: Married and residing at the Team Schiele World Headquarters
19. When was the last time you cried?
B: I don’t remember
M: yesterday, while worshiping the porcelain god. (Getting over the flue)
20. What is on the floor of your closet?
B: boots and shoes
M: shoes
21. What did you do last night?
Both: watched the love guru see question 12
22. What are you most afraid of?
B: Not getting out of the army
M: Fish
23. Plain, Cheese or Spicy Hamburgers?
B: Swiss or Monterey Jack
M: Cheese
24. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds
B: How about a Leica?
M: pearls
25. What is your favorite flower?
B: Mirinda
M: the ones in my garden.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Dont count em before they hatch
Sad news this week for my sustainability/ preparedness/ health plans.
The city council has decided not to peruse the proposed chicken ordinance. It would seem that it is a matter of education and they have crazy ideas about chickens running wild and turning the city into a third world country. Also- bees are considered animals and are not allowed except in agricultural zones.
I will do my best to educate the City Council and hope for a change of heart. Maybe we can hope for Chickens in the spring of 2010 if not spring of 2009.
I suppose I should pick my battles and give up on the bees for now.
For those of you who can use a good chicken laugh, check out Mazola Montana’s chicken controversy.
http://www.newwest.net/city/article/missoulas_urban_chicken_squabble/C8/L8/
The city council has decided not to peruse the proposed chicken ordinance. It would seem that it is a matter of education and they have crazy ideas about chickens running wild and turning the city into a third world country. Also- bees are considered animals and are not allowed except in agricultural zones.
I will do my best to educate the City Council and hope for a change of heart. Maybe we can hope for Chickens in the spring of 2010 if not spring of 2009.
I suppose I should pick my battles and give up on the bees for now.
For those of you who can use a good chicken laugh, check out Mazola Montana’s chicken controversy.
http://www.newwest.net/city/article/missoulas_urban_chicken_squabble/C8/L8/
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
This and that in September
We had a great day on Brian’s birthday. We went to the Monet to Picasso exhibit at the U and it was amazing. I love the impressionists and to see the actual brush strokes was so fun. I love how close up all you can see is the brush strokes and dots and as you move away, the details, light and shadow reveal themselves. Brian was impressed by the one Dahli they had. We also tried a sushi place that Brian had wanted to check out. It was yummy but I always think that sushi is overpriced.
As a gift I dyed my hair red. He missed that time when I went crazy and dyed my hair all sorts of colors. He likes it and so do I so I think I will keep it for a while. Andrea is a genius with color!
We also were able to get a tree cut down. It was dead and I didn’t think it would stand through the winter. We had just finished moving two loads of rocks to the front corner project and this guy came up and offered to take it down for a reasonable fee. We helped and kept the wood and now we will have fires for the fall and winter.
I am now finished with pickle fest 2008. I tried out 6 different pickle recipes and we will have a tasting in mid December when the last batch is ready. It is a good thing too as I am almost out of jars. I am hoping we will find one we really like and I will get rid of the other recipes.
It has been so fun to experiment with preserving our harvest. Last year we had enough stuff grow in our garden that we could actually taste a thing or two. This year we have had enough to save a bit. I froze corn on the cob. We tried it on the grill and Brian didn’t like the texture. We will try boiling it to see if it makes a difference. If not I will be glad that I only froze a handful of ears.
We went to the state fair with some friends and I think if we have luck with chickens next year we will be looking into bees. The buzzing, pollinating, honey making kind, not the baseball team. One thing at a time however, we are still waiting for chickens to be legal. We are planning our coop however so I guess you could say we are counting our chickens before they hatch. :)
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Happiness runs in a circular motion
I am really into circles. I love bubbles, and at one time was going to become a bubbleologist. Yes, there really is such a thing. And this summer I have seen many threads of my life come full circle.
It started at the beginning of the summer when an old friend I had broken contact with found me. It was fun to see the old friend I loved and the new person she had become. It showed me how much I had changed since I had last spent time with her. I liked what I saw in both of us.
It continued at the reunion of my Mother’s family. I was able to catch up with cousins that I had not talked to in years. I was reminded of so many happy moments from childhood, and the love between myself and grandparents long gone, cousins, aunts and uncles.
Last month both Brian and I attended our 20 year reunions. I have a better understanding of Brian after meeting some of the people who knew him as a he came of age.
I was able to reconnect with not only high school friends, but with memories of myself. I had forgotten the crazy things my friends and I would do to entertain ourselves. I had forgotten the fun and the angst and the craziness.
This life review I have been going through over the last few months, has led Brian and I to start talking about the possibility of adding a new member of Team Schiele. We are considering adoption. Nothing has been decided for sure, but we are talking about starting a new circle.
It started at the beginning of the summer when an old friend I had broken contact with found me. It was fun to see the old friend I loved and the new person she had become. It showed me how much I had changed since I had last spent time with her. I liked what I saw in both of us.
It continued at the reunion of my Mother’s family. I was able to catch up with cousins that I had not talked to in years. I was reminded of so many happy moments from childhood, and the love between myself and grandparents long gone, cousins, aunts and uncles.
Last month both Brian and I attended our 20 year reunions. I have a better understanding of Brian after meeting some of the people who knew him as a he came of age.
I was able to reconnect with not only high school friends, but with memories of myself. I had forgotten the crazy things my friends and I would do to entertain ourselves. I had forgotten the fun and the angst and the craziness.
This life review I have been going through over the last few months, has led Brian and I to start talking about the possibility of adding a new member of Team Schiele. We are considering adoption. Nothing has been decided for sure, but we are talking about starting a new circle.
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