20 Random Things About Me

Just for the heck of it, I present...

20 Random Facts About Me

1. I love fun character socks.  I have at least 10 pairs with penguins on them.
2. I like going to the dentist. It is relaxing for me.
3. I am named after a nursing student my mom had while she was in the Peace Corps in Afghanistan.
4. My middle name is from my Dad's sister and grandmother.
5. I have only lived in two states, while my parents and brothers have lived in significantly more.
6. I like to pluck the hair on my legs with tweezers.
7. I like folding laundry, but I hate putting it away.
8. I can't stand the scents of vanilla or maple brown sugar.
9. I love the smell of tomato vines.
10. I prefer salty to sweet and crunchy to chewy.
11. My favorite colors are earth tones like green and brown.
12. I got my ears pierces when I was 6 weeks old.
13. I wet the bed til I was 11.
14. I am terrified of flocks of birds.
15. I prefer a mountain lake to the beach.
16. When I was little I wanted to be an archaeologist.
17. I read romance novels and young adult literature.
18. I like to do long division on paper just for the heck of it.
19. I can remember my best friend's phone number from when I was 6 (270-4657).
20. In my dreams I am a chain smoker.

Now, it's your turn.  Tell me something random about yourself.  Or write your own list of 20 on your blog and add your link in the comments.

Friendly Trolling on the Internet--Updated

Ken and I are catching up on Grimm (no spoilers please, we are behind).  We watched another episode last night that mentioned a specific kind of creature called a "Wendigo."  Ken gives me one of those "looks" when they started talking about the creature.

Me: Why are you looking at me like that??
Ken: Wendigo?? Don't you remember??
Me: Obviously not.  What about it?
Ken: That's the same thing they were fighting on episode something or other of Supernatural {another show we are way behind on}.
Me: Oh.  I don't really remember.

So, since I have my iPad next to me I got it out and Googled this creature.  You can see the page your self right here.  You might want to check it out soon though, because I'm pretty sure it's been trolled.

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You see, the wendigo is a supernatural cannibalistic creature that features heavily in some Native American mythology.  I don't really think it has ever been featured in an episode "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic."

Speaking of trolls, yesterday someone mentioned that the Google street views had recently been updated for my town.  So of course, I went to check it out.  The link she had posted led downtown about ten blocks from my house.  I decided to "drive" to my house on the street view (I'm full of excitement, can't ya tell!?!) and see what it looked like. As I was "turning" into my neighborhood I noticed a maroon van.  It was my parents' van! I zoomed in on it and I could even see my mom waving at the camera!!

I emailed my mom, dad, and brothers in my excitement.  My younger brother emailed me back and said I'd given him the wrong link.  So I re-did it and sent him a new link. Apparently that one was still wrong.  So I gave him direction for how to get there himself and I included a screen shot of the van.

He responded by saying, "That's not them...van is the wrong color"

I shot back with a very mature " It is TOO! What are you talking about??! :P"

His reply was a troll face.

Continuing with my theme of immaturity, I said



And he responded with a picture that made me so sad that I will not post it here: A picture of Mr. Rogers flipping the bird!! (He was singing "Where is Thumbkin?" just in case you were as traumatized as I was upon hearing about it.)

So how about you? Seen any good trolls lately?


I am updating to add that my friend Gina over on facebook pointed out that such an episode of "My Little Pony" does exist. You can see a clip from it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZpeG5NXB7c.  You learn something new (and sometimes disturbing) everyday!!

National Puzzle Day

Quick Update from yesterday: We had Mac and Cheese for dinner and the kids loved it, so I am officially changing our regular menu to add macaroni and cheese.  Thanks to Zippiknits for the suggestion. Zippiknits, if you'll email me your name, address and a few of your favorite colors I'll get a photo book out to you soon! And don't forget your mac and cheese recipe!  My email address is rabia{dot}lieber{at}gmail{dot}com. 

In other news, today is National Puzzle Day.  I *love* puzzles!!  Growing up, my dad always had puzzles spread out on the table.  I would sit next to him in the evenings and try to help put them together.  I remember one he had was a red, round circle.  That's it! No other clues for piece placement at all!

I don't often work jigsaw puzzles now; mainly because the kids would ensure that the pieces were strewn everywhere around the house. Also because flat surfaces in my house tend to collect junk so I try to avoid having them.  I do, however, enjoy puzzles on paper.  I like Sudoku and other math type puzzles the best.  Ken loves crosswords, Crypto-quotes, and those anagram quote puzzles in the newspaper.

You can play Sudoku here online.

I also like logic puzzles:

And I love this "Japanese IQ test" puzzle. I *know* the solution. I've completed the puzzle twenty times and it still confuses me when I try it out. (The site is in Japanese.  Click "Play Here" and then click the blue button on the right.) But I just tried it again and got it!!



So tell me. Do you like puzzles?  What kind?  Any great new puzzle sites to share with me??