Something I Stole from Shanda's Blog...(Just the ?s Not the answers!)

1.You are in the Witness Protection Program and must invent a new first, last, and middle name. I can't tell you!!! I'm in the program to hide from people like you! DUH!!!!
2.You are in a threesome with two famous people, alive or dead. Johnny Depp and George Clooney.
3.You are in charge of naming your new band. What's the name of the band? WPP (Short for Witness Protection Program)
4. You are going to get a free tattoo. What would it be?If I could stand the pain it would be an ethnic design of some sort. Maybe a Maori symbol like the koru or an ancient culture one. Not sure. Would have to be colorful.
5. You are being forced to listen to one song over and over, ad infinitum, as a form of torture. What song is it? Whatever I would sing in WPP. Because I'm that bad of a singer.
6. You are leaving your state/province. What state do you move to?I have already done this. I moved to New York. Lived there for nearly two years. I also lived for a summer (NOT A FAN OF THE HUMIDITY) in Lousiana. I could go back to either place. Maybe somewhere new like Maine or Hawaii.
7. You are leaving your country, where would you move?New Zealand in a heart beat.
8. You get to choose one book as the best ever written. What book do you choose?This is FRICKING torturous! How can I, a biblioholic, choose just one? I guess Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston. Hometown girl makes good.
9. You get to choose one movie as the best ever made. What movie do you choose?Tootsie. It makes you laugh, cry, and has a great love story.
10. You get to spend one day each as a bird, an insect, and a mammal. What bird would you be? What insect? What mammal?An egret, a honey bee (the Queen of course) and a jaguar.
11. You must relive one year of your life. Which would you like to relive?So far this one!!!!! It's still my favorite year to date.
12. Which year(s) would you least like to relive?If I'd be exactly as I was then? Probably a high school year (1981) or the year of separation leading to divorce (1996.) But I'd be willing to go back and relive if I could take my current wisdom with me. Maybe enjoy them better the second time around.
13. You have a time machine that will take you backwards anywhere from 1800 to the present. What decade do you most want to visit?1810-20 To see the opening up of America. The 1812 War. The British and Napoleon battling it out in Europe. The beginning of what would later lead to the Industrial Revolution.
14. You must choose to go skydiving or very-deep-sea diving.I can't do either because of health issues. But if I had to for survival or something of that nature I'd pick deep-sea diving.
15. You get to return to the past (using that handy dandy time machine we were talking about before) and have a sexual encounter with a rock star who is no longer alive. Who do you pick?Not sure. I have to do some research on this one.
16. You get to be a contestant on any game show, airing today or in the past. What show do you want to be on?If I don't go on Jeopardy my sister Carin would kill me. She even sent them a request for information (re: auditioning)FOR ME using my name and address to get me to go on the show.
17. You are given $1 million dollars but you must give it all to one charity. What charity do you choose?The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. If it's good enough for Warren Buffett's billions then it's ok for my imaginary million.
18. You must ban one word from the dictionary and all usage, to be no longer uttered or written. What word do you ban?War. Maybe if we couldn't name it we wouldn't do it.
19. You can have 100 million dollars tax-free but if you take it, you'll die at the age of fifty. Do you take it?Since that means dying sixty years before I have planned the answer is NO WAY IN HELL!!!!!Besides I'm forty (and a half) that gives me less than a decade left, so I reiterrate NO WAY IN HELL!!!!!!

Catch Up

Getting ready to head to Florida. Fun things have happened in June. Here's a short list:
1. Kauai with family was exceptionally peaceful and the catamaran trip with parents was an absolute blast. I swam with a SHARK and a HONU (the green sea turtle of Hawai'i)!!!!
2. Father's Day was fun. Brunch for Dad at the house with entire immediate family showing off their tans and bitching about jet lag. Playing Oh Hell with Carin, Karie and my folks and then leaving with my parents for the Jackson Rancheria. I did nicely at the roulette table.
3. Went on a blind date. Not so bad.
4. Went to see my friends, Jeanine and Mike, in a play that took twenty years to get onstage and was worth the wait.
5. Saw my friend Bobi who encouraged me to keep working on myself because I'm doing a good job.
6. Went to Arena 2 Football with Shawn one Saturday and with Tony the following Saturday.
7. Gave my niece Carina a set of the Little House books for her birthday. She was floored. My mom said it would be the perfect commercial on the power of literature if a camera had been on her face when she opened the present.
8. Was "Wing Man" on a date and wasn't even needed.
9. Hung with Shanda.
10. Hung with Carin and Karie on Carin's birthday...which was also the anniversary of my getting hit by a bus which led to this blog in the first place.
11. Got a foot massage and a chiropractic adjustment....which after the flight I desperately needed.
12. Applied, interviewed, and was accepted into massage school. My classes start July 18 and go until September. I CAN'T WAIT. I was itching to enroll when I got the info.
13. Hung with Tony, Cathy and Jeanine.
14. Downloaded a poker cd I got from my dad. Can't wait for some free time to play.
15. CLEANED AND REARRANGED A LOT OF MY HOME!!!! Feels great to be nearly done.
16. Got a call and have now played phone tag with the new president of my union. She left message that they have some conferences coming up and she'd like me to represent them if I can. Pretty cool!
17. GOT A CONTRACT!!!! So we won't have to strike. Which is absolutely thrilling and mind blowingly relieving.
18. Took Liz out to lunch for her birthday. Shanda and I got to hear all about what it's like to be newly pregnant. She probably is tired of talking about it but we pushed because we're fascinated with the subject.
19. Sent sperm bank paperwork to Karie's mom, an OB-GYN, who's going to help me come Aug-Nov. When I can amass enough cash to pay for it. Initial insemination is a bit steep.
20.Got hit on by a couple of guys when hanging out with Shanda. She said I had my "aura" going on. (The term WHATEVER comes to mind.)
21. Read a play that Shawn will most likely direct and found out he wants me in it. Luckily will most likely be after massage school is over.
22. Set up training dates for my new assignment as a SEVENTH grade teacher. Same site We're going K-8 which is a fabulous challenge. Saw Christyn right after and we talked about everything. Hard to believe we hadn't seen each other in two and half weeks. We're really looking forward to the partnership next year.
23. Dealt with the 100+ temperatures fairly well. Didn't have a heart attack when saw the P. G. & E. bill either.
24. Saw David and Rae Ann's new home.
25. BLOGGED....which rarely ever happens any more. (I HAVE GOT TO GET A LAP TOP!!!!)

Take care! Wish me well in Florida.

ALOHA!

So in about seven hours I will be flying off to the island of Kauai, in the state of Hawaii, with my whole (immediate) family.

Yippee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and ALOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

OK June Announcements!
Happy Birthday to friends: Mike Kiley, Liz Smith and Ashley Smith (no relation).
Happy Birthday to nieces: Carina Deann Burgher and Sabrina Elaine Nelson
Happy Birthday to my youngest sister: Carin Adele Nelson
Happy (Posthumous)Birthday to my grandfather, Michael John Chavez.
Happy Anniversary to my grandmother, Merle and my late grandfather, Bob Nelson.

Will be home the 15th. So hope to start re-blogging from then on....so much more time to write when not having to do that little thing called WORK! ;-)