Here's a "color quiz" to take. Turns out I'm dark orchid--Don't really like that color, but you know, a lot of the time I don't like me either. This really describes me pretty well; I'll definitely try to do a layout with this color - if I can find some paper of that color!
the spacefem.com html color quiz
Here's what mine said:
Your dominant hues are blue and magenta. You're the one who goes to all the parties but doesn't quite fit in at every one... you know what you want, but are afraid of what the world might think of it. You're a little different and that's okay with them, and if you're smart it's okay with you too Your saturation level is higher than average - You know what you want, but sometimes know not to tell everyone. You value accomplishments and know you can get the job done, so don't be afraid to run out and make things happen. Your outlook on life is brighter than most people's. You like the idea of influencing things for the better and find hope in situations where others might give up. You're not exactly a bouncy sunshine but things in your world generally look up
The following is an essay which I believe was written by Jean Shepherd, who also wrote The Christmas Story.
Miss Agnes Carter
69 Sugarplum Lane
Des Moines,Ia
December 14, 1987
My Dearest John,
I just recieved your lovely gift, a partridge in a pear tree. How thoughtful and beautiful. Thank you for the delightful gift.
Love Always,
Agnes
December 15, 1987
Darling John,
Today your beautiful gift arrived, two turtle doves. I just love them and they remind me of us. I just can't wait to see you and show you how much I love them.
Always and Forever,
Agnes
December 16, 1987
Well, you sweet romantic devil, you've done it again. Three french hens! They really are lovely but don't you think they're a little extravagant? You are so sweet.
See you soon,
Agnes
December 17, 1987
Today when i got home from work there were four calling birds on my front porch. They really are sweet, but a little loud. I really must say sweetheart, You're being TOO kind!
Fondly,
Agnes
December 18, 1987
Dear John,
Oh darling, you are just the sweetest man ever. Five golden rings, one for each finger! They are so beautiful. Thanks so much. To be honest all those birds squawking was beginning to get on my nerves.
Forever yours,
Agnes
December 19, 1987
Dear John,
I woke up this morning and saw six geese a laying in my backyard. So, you're back to the birds again huh? PLEASE don't send anymore birds, the squawking is really giving me a headache, so enough with the birds OK?
Sincerely,
Agnes
December 20, 1987
John,I asked you to stop with the f***ing birds, didn't I????? Well today your seven swans a swimming were dumped in my pool. Ever try to clean a pool with all this bird crap in it? They're running through the whole house and it is beginning to stink. SO STOP WITH THE F***ING BIRDS!!!!!!! NOW!!!!!!!!
Agnes
December 21, 1987
John,
I have had it. I guess you think you're a wit sending eight maids a milking. Well you're half right. Did you realize that the eight maids would have eight COWS, along with them? The whole house and yard smells like a damned barnyard. I feel like screaming, but nobody would hear me over this racket. The neighbors are starting to complain, and one has reported me to the health department. Thanks a lot you jerk!!!!!!!!!!!!
Agnes
December 22, 1987
Listen you idiot,Who do you think I am, P.T. Barnum? You must think i am running a ***ing circus here. Nine pipers piping. Four of them are off key, four more are trying to get in the milk maids bloomers, and the last one is looking longingly at the Guernsey with the long eyelashes. Where do you shop for your gifts, Tortures "R" Us?? I am up to here in cow shit and the city is going to have my house condemned. Go take a flying leap you stinking moron.
I HATE YOUR GUTS FOREVER,
Agnes
December 23, 1987
Hey Shithead!!!
What do I have to do to make you understand? Ten ladies dancing. I don't know how you could call those sluts ladies, they've been balling the pipers all night long. The cows are sick and have diarrhea, you stupid sonofabitch. The only good thing that has happened, is the cows have stomped all over the screeching birds and are killing them one by one. They couldn't die fast enough for me!!! I'll get you for this if it's the last thing I do!!!!!
YOUR SWORN ENEMY,
Agnes
December 24, 1987
YOU'RE A DEAD MAN NOW!!!!!Well this is it, eleven lords a leaping on those maids and ladies.Some of those broads will never walk again! Thankfully the last of the 23 lousy birds croaked this morning. I am up to my ass in dead birds and cow shit, and do you have any idea how much these deadbeat "lords" eat? I'll have to file bankruptcy, thanks to you, you mother-fucker. I despise the ground you walk on, and if I ever see you again, You're one dead S**ofaB****!
SPITTING ON YOUR GRAVE.....
Agnes
The Law Offices of Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe
8756 Main Street
Des Moines, IA
December 25, 1987
Dear Sir:
This is to acknowledge receipt of your latest "gift" of twelve (12) drummers drumming, and to inform you that Miss Agnes Carter has retained this office to, in her words, "sue the fucking pants off the motherfucking sonofabitch". We are confident that the court will agree that damages in this case are extreme. Miss Carters' house has been condemned by the health department, the animal protection society has placed her on their top ten list of wanted animal abusers, and four pregnant milk maids are suing her for child support. Naturally we are counter suing you as the cause of all of this. Have a Merry Christmas, and we will see you in court.
Sincerely yours,
J. Cheatem
Attorney at Law
P.S. Any further personal correspondence to Miss Carter should be sent in care of the Happy Dale Sanitarium.
Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends. Okay, here's what you're supposed to do: Just copy this entire blog entry and paste it into a new post on your blog. Change all the answers so that they apply to you. A friend of mine, Jenni, posted it on her blog and suggested people put it in their blogs.
Here we go...
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper - it's so much more Christmassy.
2. Real tree or artificial? I prefer real, but I'm living with my DIL, and she has a fake tree.
3. When do you put up the tree? I don't know, this is my first Christmas with my DIL and she hasn't put it up yet. I used to put up my real tree a week or two after the first of December.
4. When do you take the tree down? I used to take it down New Year's Day.
5. Do you like eggnog? Not really - and I HATE fruitcake!
6. Favorite gift received as a child? When I was about 9 or 10 I got a weaving set. I made potholders and sold them around the neighborhood two for 25cents.
7. Do you have a nativity scene? No.
8. Hardest person to buy for? My father. He is so dang hard! What do you get for an 80-year-old?
10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I think the worst present I got turned out to be one of my favorite. My mom and dad gave all their kids a framed picture of themselves. I thought it was so boring, but now I treasure it.
11. Mail or email Christmas cards? Homemade cards in the mail. I don't do too many of them, because I'm not too good at cards, but I do like to mail them out to a few people.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Dickens' Christmas Carol.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Whenever I have the money, sometime in December.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? I once recycled a fruitcake!.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Christmas Dinner!
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? I think I prefer colored, but clear lights are pretty too.
17. Favorite Christmas song? Silent Night
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Usually stay home.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Hmm, let's see: Dasher, Dancer, Comet, Cupid, Blitzen... nope, guess not. Sigh.
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? We used to always have an Angel.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? One on Christmas Eve, and the rest on Christmas morning. Don't know how my DIL will do it.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Can't really think of anything.
23. What I love most about Christmas? Watching the kids open their presents -- and finding something special for someone that they really like.---LOVE IT!!!WISHING YOU ALL A WONDERFUL & JOYOUS CHRISTMAS!!!! Hope to read your "list" soon!!!
The following is an essay by Kelly of www.flylady.net. She gave me permission to publish it here, and I plan to read it everyday until I don't need to anymore.
We are heading in to the holidays, this usually means we are going to be spending time with friends and family members. We often find that the ones we are closest to are the ones that will say things to us that are not meant to hurt (or sometimes they are) but yet you feel the hurt. There are several ways to not allow yourself to get caught in that downward spiral of hurting.Remember that you are Special!! No matter what anyone says to you or how they say it, you are a very special person because you are YOU! You are a smart, capable, loving individual that is FLYing!Remember that you can't change how people behave – you can only change your reaction to their behavior. This means if your cousin Millie always looks down her nose at you and has a tendency to treat you poorly – feel pity for her because most likely she is a very insecure person that can only feel good about herself when she is hurting others to make herself feel good. People like this do not know what it is like to FLY!Remember that "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent" (Eleanor Roosevelt) This means that you need to keep things in perspective and not give permission to yourself to get caught up in feeling inferior to anyone!!! Do not give anyone the power to hurt you, keep the power of FLYing around you as a shield and wear it proudly.Keep in mind an old saying "those who anger you conquer you". This means that if you give someone the power to hurt you or make you angry than they have won. They have managed to beat you up without straining themselves because you gave them the ability to do so! Keep in mind that unhappy people have a need to ridicule or talk behind your back and yet some "helpful" family member will want to make sure you know about it, sometimes to protect you and sometimes to be the gossiping middleman. I have experienced this in many ways and I promise you that truly the best way to handle this is with grace and dignity. Do not respond to mean and unhappy people. It is not worth getting dragged into a family nightmare. The unhappy ones always have a way of twisting things so that they will always be someone else's fault. Do not bother getting down in the gutter of misery with these kinds of people. Remind yourself that you are FLYing and that loving yourself is far more important than what unhappy and miserable people think or say about you.
1. Name one thing that gives you great joy.
-My friends and family all together.
2. Which would you say is more important, being smart or being happy?
-Being smart, if being smart would preclude me from making stupid choices.
3. What is your favorite quote either from a movie or song?
Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.
4. If someone bet you $100.00 that you couldn't go one week saying only positive, happy, optimistic things, would you win that bet?
No, but I'd sure try.
5. Finish this sentence. "Complete contentment for me is _______."
-Holding a sleeping baby in my arms. When my kids were small, I'd hold them for at least 15 minutes after they fell asleep.
6. If you could relive one day from your past, which day would you choose?
-Fourth of July when I was 16. I spent it at a park with a boy I was crazy about. We picniced, walked through the zoo, rode on carnival rides (he kissed me on one of them). And later, it got cold, so we watched the fireworks cuddled under a blanket. He was so sweet, and a perfect gentleman--DARN IT!!!!
7. When was the last time you cried and laughed at the same time and why did you?
-I can't remember, but it was probably at a funny movie.
8. Tell 2-4 things which you feel are valuable things you've learned in life in the past ten years.
-Don't move in with your son and DIL, no matter if they asked you more than once.
-getting old is a real drag, but it's better than the alternative.
9. Fill in the blanks. "I'd rather be ____ than _____."
-I'd rather be rich than poor.
10. Which one would you pick:
a: A hot cup of chocolate on a snowy evening in front of a fireplace.
b: A warm day by a lake having a picnic with friends/family.
c: A cup of hot cider and apple pie after a walk through a pumpkin patch.
d: Planting flowers and a vegetable garden while smelling the lilacs from a neighbors yard.
-a and b.
