I speak English

Your Linguistic Profile:

75% General American English

5% Dixie

5% Midwestern

5% Upper Midwestern

5% Yankee

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Just for Karen ---

3 things that scare me:
Demons
Movies with witches
Not know details of events (yes, I am very anal)

3 people who make me laugh:
Joel
Hailey
Tony

3 things I love:
My family
Stokley
Potatoes

3 things I hate:
Slit pea soup
Not being in control
Someone calling me a bad name

3 things I do not understand:
Why men feel the need to compete most of the time
Why I can’t take my dog wherever I go
Why weeds have to grow in my flower/mulch beds

3 things on my desk:
Post-it notes
Pens ---(in a holder mind you)
Speakers

3 things I am doing right now:
Sitting in a chair
Typing
Reading

3 things I want to do before I die:
Visit Europe again
Have children
Parasailing

3 things I can do:
Wash Dishes
Teach mathematics
Organize --- Clean sweep here I come!


3 ways to describe my personality:
Diligent
Anal
Childlike

3 things I can't do:
Live without a schedule
Sing on tune
Play any musical instruments

3 things I think you should listen to:
Your parents -- they know a few things!
Wise people in your circle of friends
The person who knows you the best

3 things you should never listen to:
Someone putting you down
Someone telling you that you can’t accomplish something
Elevator music

3 absolute favorite foods:
Baked potatoes
Mashed potatoes
Fried potatoes

3 beverages I drink regularly:
Milk
Water
Mountain Dew

3 shows I watched as a kid:
The Rifleman
John Wayne Movies
Disney Movies

3 things I really want to do:
Eat --I’m really hungry
Own another puppy --- Stokley needs a buddy
Pay off my mortgage

Not as nerdy as I thought....

I took the nerd quiz at www.nerdtest.com . I only scored as 56% nerd. But I thought the test was a bit skewed toward science and math nerds --- not necessarily nerds in other fields. But oh well.

I just cleaned my house today for the first time in two weeks. It was so nasty. I feel better when it's clean.

I can't believe we're heading into the last week of summer. Summer just doesn't feel like summer to me if I haven't gotten to go swimming or hang out on a lake. My childhood summers were filled with long days on our boat, tubing and skiing. Man I miss those days. We need to buy a boat! --- I've already got the skis.

Oh, my cousin's wife just a baby girl. Her name is Madison. I can't wait to get down and see her! As far as I know, her middle name is still up for suggestions.

Where has the Summer gone?

I can't believe that we are have way through July! Joel and I spent the 4th hanging out with Molly, Myron and Betsy in Grand Rapids. We went to Reeds Lake to watch the fireworks. It was nice to have some time to hang out with Betsy.

Last weekend we went to visit Joel's parents in Indiana for his grandpa's 80th birthday. It was a nice time to catch up with some of his family. Plus we got to try out our new tent before Mexico.

This week is filled with wedding stuff. Joel is singing in a friend's wedding so we have a bonfire/cookout tonight, rehersal tomorrow and wedding on Saturday.

Thinking about all of this makes me long for when I was a kid and the summer seemed to last forever!

Coincidence

Yesterday my parents came up to hang out with Joel and I for the day. We had fun pricing out fencing materials at Lowe's, buying a tent at Gander Mountain and a few plants for our yard at Horrocks. After a great summer meal of corn on the cob, watermelon, chicken, steak and potatoes on the grill, they helped us do a bit of yard work. We needed to trim some trees and cutback some shrubs. My mom really likes to use the pruning shears --- in fact she did such a good job that about 1/2 an hour after they left the dead tree we had in the back yard fell and took out almost all of another tree. We had just had a conversation about how we needed to cut down the tree and what the best way to do it would be since it has power lines on both sides of it. Thankfully when it fell, it fell into our neighbors yard and broke their power lines. By the way, the house is vacant and under construction. So we called the Board of Water and Light and they came out and re-ran the power line. Any one need any fire wood?

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