August Blog Challenge Day 12

Today's challenge is to document a person I would love to meet. This is a tough one as there are so many that I think would be really interesting.
On the existential level, there is Buddha, Jesus, Abraham, Mary, etc.
Historically, it would be interesting to meet Queen Elizabeth I, John F. Kennedy, George Washington, Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt, etc.
Artistically inclined people would probably include Georgia O'Keefe, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Mary Cassatt, Leonardo daVinci, and the list could go on and on.
Literature people I would like to meet would possibly be  Shakespeare (if he really exists), Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Christopher Moore (who is still alive and I possibly could meet), Margaret Atwood, and so many others.

However, what I currently need in my life is laughter and lots of it. So I would like to meet funny people such as:
Jim Henson - He gave me so much joy as a child and still does today.

Gilda Radner - She was lost way too early. I wasn't old enough to watch the first seasons of Saturday Night Live, but I've seen her skits in reruns and she was an amazing comedienne...and how excited was I when I came across a picture of her WITH Miss Piggy!!

Tina Fey

Maya Rudolph

Amy Poehler

Yeah, the last three are there because I came across those pictures with those quotes and they made me smile. And, just for good measure:

August Blog Challenge Day 11

Today's challenge is to think about the songs I listen to when I'm Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, and Mad. However, I do not really go to music in any of these situations, or at least I do not go to specific songs. I do find that when certain songs start to play they evoke memories or emotions. I usually seek out music that has a good beat and makes me happy. I can only imagine what people in the cars next to me are thinking because I do tend towards some car dancing.

I know, I'm copping out on this challenge, but at least I admit to car dancing...wildly car dancing.... car dancing to the point that I realize that I'm super out of shape because I have been known to finish a song and be completely out of breath. The most miraculous part of it all is that the most frequent time that I car dance is in the afternoons as I leave the office....coincidence? 

August Blog Challenge Day 10

Today's challenge is to talk about something that I am proud of.

Now, this was a tough one because there are a lot of things that I'm proud of, at least in the moment that they are complete or that I'm doing them, etc. .

• You know, some of my quilts, I'm pretty proud of those. 
• And, purchasing a house, I'm pretty proud of making that commitment and keeping up with it and trying to make the house my home. 
• I'm proud of my puppy, just because he is just so darn cute. 
• I'm really proud of both my niece and nephew because they are amazing kids and quickly growing into wonderful young adults. 
• I'm proud that I've never been in jail, I'm always pretty much been a rule follower, so there really hasn't been any big fear there. 

One of the things that I'm recently proud of is:

Yep, that's me skydiving. I'm not so much proud of the act of skydiving (although I am), but more that I took the risk. I went with my gut and agreed to do it when Sara was talking about it and actually followed through on doing it. The next risk that I took was traveling to Europe with some ladies that I didn't really know, but I did it anyway and even happily went off on my own.

I'm trying more and more to take those deep breathes and just plunge in and take the risks that will make my life more fulfilling....but it is tough.

Just Because

One of the guys that I work with sent me the link to a restaurant in Dallas that I want to go to now (he actually said "This is a place you and Sara should go to"). It is called Oddfellows and they were voted Best Mac & Cheese in Dallas 2011.

What really caught my interest, when looking at their menu on line, was the titles of the following two sections: