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Monday, January 21, 2008

My Sunflower Moment for Today

I am a
Sunflower

What Flower
Are You?

There is not a day that goes by that you can't find something good about the world and your fellow human.

A while ago I took one of those on-line quizzes. Turns out I am a Pollyanna Sunflower...I just bubble over with good somethings about the world and my fellow human.

So. My sunflower moment for today. Something good about the world and my fellow human. Does that mean all humans, or can I just find something good about a subset of humanity. like there do not seem to be any serial killers living in my neighborhood?

okay. Probably not the best example. Mom bloggers are fun, and remind me how glad I am to have moved on to the teenage phase of parenting. My kids, for proving that teenagers are terrific and fascinating creatures.

Politicians, for proving that optimism and fellowship and statesmanship are alive and well in the United States...whoops. Not the politicians. Okay, the televangelists...no. Pro athletes. Sure, except for steroid use, killing dogs for sport, blood doping, losing medals, betting on games...

Maybe I am the cranky sunflower...

I just took the quiz again..now (drumroll please!)

I am a
Daffodil

What Flower
Are You?

You have a sunny disposition and are normally one of the first to show up for the party. You don't need too much attention from the host once you get there as you are more than capable of making yourself seen and heard.

Well, this sounds more like me...

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Okay -- updating my profile because I never removed the guinea pigs from it, even though they have been elsewhere for months.

Um...new obsession (HA) the elliptical trainer in the garage. I hate the thing, but today I burned 395 calories. I know. I so wanted to burn 5 more to make it an even 400, but then I would be at 50 minutes and 19 seconds, so I would have to make that round out to an even 51 minutes, and then the mileage could be rounded up to a more even number, and then the calories would be just a few away from 450, but then I could do just a few more seconds, then another few hundredths of a mile, and so on until finally I would fall off, hit my head, end up in the hospital with another nasty concussion, and gain weight because I am bedridden. It was so much easier to just burn the 395 calories.

We moved from the Sonoran desert of southern Arizona to the almost Arctic of Anchorage. I like the winters of Anchorage better than the summers of Tucson, so far.

Still have three kids, the oldest one is a freshman at the U of Arizona (dang it, now I will have to edit this again in a few months), the other two live on Fort Richardson with me and the dogs and the husband.

Other obsessions...my camera, my IPod Touch, my sewing machine. Fabric. Definitely fabric. Dishes. It's a thing females in my family have, an obsession with dishes. Pottery, and earthenware. Silver, definitely. Not crystal and china though. I am not a big fan of the fussy and overly ornate, and both crystal and china tend to fall into those categories, to me. Plus if I have delicate dishware, then I can't have the kids wash the dishes or put it in the dishwasher.

Other than that, I weigh too much, sleep too little, am very liberal, rabidly pro-choice, find it insane this country does not have universal health care, and think the world may be a better place with Obama at the helm. Oh, yeah, and chocolate. Much much chocolate.