Monday Meme

What is your favorite outside temperature?

Mine?  80 degrees.  Not too hot but warm enough for the heat to penetrate my skin and make it tingly.  Perfect beach weather.

Monday Meme

Life is a stage.  If you had just one performance to give, what would it be?

I would sing ‘Songbird’ while accompanying myself on a black grand piano.  I would be barefoot.  I would rival Christine McVie.
For you, there’ll be no more crying
For you, the sun will be shining,
And I feel that when I’m with you,
It’s [...]

Monday Muffin Meme

Yes, I know.  An extremely late Monday Meme this week.  Please forgive me, I am running around trying to finish everything before our Christmas vacation to Georgia.  I made blueberry muffins (pictured) over the weekend.  We enjoyed them with fresh coffee and sliced mango.  What is your favorite muffin recipe?
8 Blueberry Muffins

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking [...]

Meme Monday

I am longing for winter in a “I want to wear a comfy sweater, sit by the wood burning fire, and watch the snow fall” sort of way.  Last night I made the first hot chocolate of the season.  We sipped the delicious treat on the couch while watching football.  Eh, not necessarily the picture-perfect winter evening [...]

Meme Monday: Teen Idol Edition

My mom still pokes fun at my teenage obsession with Tom Cruise, particularly the 1986-1990 era of bad attitude, washboard abs, and megawatt smile.  Sure, now he is a creepy Scientologist and keeping Katie hostage along with ‘their’ daughter who looks more and more like Chris Klein each day but he was a legit movie star back in [...]

Monday Meme: I Don’t Wanna Grow Up

The Toys R’ us catalog arrived this weekend and had me remembering my favorite toys growing up.  So, I am passing the follwing question along to our reader(s):
What was your all-time favorite toy as a young child (ages 4-10)?  Why?

Meme Monday

What day did you laugh the hardest during this past week (October 5th-12th)? 

Why?
New format: Clay and I will respond in the comments section.  The Meme Monday posts are becoming too cluttered with our answers before the jump.

Meme Monday

What is your favorite orange-colored item/thing/place?  Why?

Meme Monday – 9/22/08

What is your favorite fall-related smell?
Karen: The aroma of picking apples mid-afternoon in 55 degree weather.

Meme Mondays

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9/15/08 Meme
If your life were a musical, what song would you break into right at this moment and why?

Karen: “Born to be Alive” by Patrick Hernandez (see above).  Everything is going great in my life and I have no complaints.  I would also emulate Mr. Hernandez’s dancing to illustrate [...]